Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 218

Chapter 218: A NEW AGE

KI GAYOON could tell the temperature in the room suddenly dropped.

And it was understandable.

The bomb I dropped was probably too much for them.

"A personal Status Window?" 17 asked, half-confused and half-curious. "You mean, each Esper will soon get their private Status Window? That we won’t need to go to our country’s main System’s Heart just to check the status of our skills?"

Yeah, that was how it was for the past years ever since the apocalypse started.

And that was one of the reasons why Gayoon couldn’t completely cut off the government from his life.

Even I need to check the status of my skills using the System’s Heart.

Moreover, thanks to the relevance of System’s Heart, the government and the National Guide Bureau weren’t able to kill Kwak Hakjae or absorb the Esper Association.

"Gayoon, you’re not bluffing, are you?"

"Admittedly, I like messing with my country’s government," Gayoon said, shrugging. "But you’re one of the few people I wouldn’t lie to, 17."

Because 17 was one of the few people he couldn’t kill easily.

I mean, I’ll go all out if I have to fight him. But when I do, I have to prepare myself to lose at least a limb or two. And I can’t afford for something like that to happen— not when I still need to find Noh Yuno.

"You sound confident, Gayoon," 17 said. And even if the official #1 Esper tried to hide it, it was still obvious that he was nervous. "I wonder what makes you claim confidently that the age of personal Status Window for each Esper is near."

"Not "near,"" Gayoon said firmly. "I said it’s already here."

17 flinched, as if he was trying to convince himself that he heard it wrong the first time.

Is he that scared of change?

On the other hand, Hayoung Cheon and Professor J looked very curious.

Like they would squeeze the information out of me if they could.

That was funny.

Gayoon turned to Kwak Hakjae.

Just one look and the Esper Association President already knew what to do next.

"We called you here because we’re willing to cooperate with the Awakened World Organization. That means we’re going to answer your questions as honestly as possible, of course. However..." Kwak Hakjae said, standing up. And then he clapped his hands twice. "We need to make sure that this conversation won’t get leaked to the public."

A circular platform suddenly emerged from the center of the long table.

Everyone’s attention was now focused on the Mana Stone floating above the platform— shining brightly, proof that it was a high-grade Mana Stone.

That meant it could hold an Oath even among natural S-Class Espers.

It’s very rare and expensive, even by my standards.

"Let’s make an Oath first," Kwak Hakjae said, smiling. "We don’t have the kind of relationship where we can trust each other blindly, right?"

Heh.

Gayoon couldn’t help but smirk at what Kwak Hakjae said.

Damn right.

***

A SLAP ON the face.

Right, this is what I get from running my mouth again.

Yuno already knew that he had a problem with keeping his mouth shut, so he wasn’t shocked when Ni-ki slapped him across the face after his sarcastic remark.

In my defense, if I can’t fight using my body, I’ll do it in my mouth.

We used Bibi Noona’s portal, so I didn’t really see anything.

Got you.

[As a reward for choosing to save Esper Ki Gayoon-nim, we have given you a <Boost Skill>, Guide Noh Yuno-nim.

Until you are rescued, all your skills will be temporarily promoted to S-Grade.]