Chapter 148

In a situation where at least several dozen people in the city were after her, one character who was being targeted busily worked her small head.

If only she hadn’t maintained her protection, could this situation have improved?

That assumption was instantly negated by Erica as she shook her head in denial.

Should she sacrifice part of her body to use it again if necessary, but continue using the protection, it would be akin to losing.

Even if she were to knock out all these foes and faint afterward, the opponent could take her, torture her however they liked, making it no different from a defeat.

Therefore, she must restrain her ability so as not to lose consciousness and subdue the adversaries without killing them.

Moreover, since both previous instances where she borrowed strength ended with her fainting, she must refrain from relying on borrowed strength.

“Can I do this?”

Before Erica could come to a conclusion, clones of a woman, copied so precisely it was as if a copier spat them out, wearing a black tracksuit that wouldn’t show stains even with summer’s bl**d, rushed at her wielding batons.

If she got hit on the head, it would be over.

Not only did she need to be careful of the batons but also the ‘Confusion,’ a skill she must cautiously avoid…

She must consider her limited stamina as well.

That was her final thought before Erica jumped into the sky.

The batons swung mercilessly in the empty space Erica had just vacated.

Reaching a height of over 20 to 30 meters — an impossible leap without the use of her supernatural ability — Erica looked down, pondering.

The adversaries swung their batons with the thought of either killing or not, while Erica, on the other hand, couldn’t afford to k*ll them.

If she killed someone, going to prison was a given.

And getting imprisoned would play right into the hands of her adversaries, isolating her similarly to how Han Ye-seul would’ve been isolated. With the prison sentence stretching for the rest of the scenario, this was nothing short of a “Bad Ending” for Erica.

‘Handling broken dolls would’ve been a far better situation.’

Unaware that the doll maker she was dealing with was manipulating living humans like dolls to approach her, Erica gradually descended, contemplating the beings below her.

All those with identical faces turned their heads upward, waiting for her descent. Her problem was that they had completely filled the alley.

“Roughly, between a hundred and two hundred.”

Too many.

Far too many.

She wished she could just run if there was any chance, but unfortunately, the girl whose jump had left her knees burning with heat lacked the real ability to fly.

Without any way to resolve the situation, Erica plummeted back to the ground.

[Hint: A situation where many target one person, including resisting the unfair majority, is also a scenario where a Revolution can be used.]

Believing there was no way out, Erica’s vision was interrupted by a hint from the System.

“Use Revolution? How…?”

Revolution.

It was the power acquired during the Busan Incident, a power Erica had never used before and whose usage she was uncertain of.

Even with the hint that it could be used in this situation, without knowing how to, it was useless. Before Erica reached the ground, a message flashed and then vanished.

[Revolution is a power used for the first time in this body. When emergencies arise, the ability is forcibly activated. …Searching. Revolution can currently combine with Protection. Revolution’s Protection will be used temporarily.]

Boom.

The thud of her landing on the ground accompanied the swarms of batons swung in all directions.

Despite dodging, each blow would return to the wielder with Erica untouched, the women attacking her, now swollen in places from their own hits, showed zero hesitation.

But all the batons froze mid-air before reaching Erica. Though the speed meant they couldn’t even apply the brakes.

[Revolution Protection – A revolution against the rules has begun. Physical violence by ‘the majority’ aimed at the user will never reach you.]

“…Could something like this be possible?”

As the bizarre phenomenon caused by the message unfolded upon every attack, amidst the urgency, Erica couldn’t help but think of the original owner of this power.

Busan Girl.

The one who had failed against Erica, despite possessing powers like these.

Did her power originally have this kind of strength or did combining it with Protection make it stronger? Perhaps it wasn’t that, but that the pieces missing from her abilities had led her to this revolution.

“Even with ‘you’ instead of you, this seems impossible.”

Though physical attacks didn’t reach her, there was no mention that supernatural abilities would be blocked.

Meaning, if the vast number of foes began using their supernatural abilities, this battle would be far more hopeless than before.

While her surrounding enemies fumed and swung futilely, Erica, curious if real batons truly didn’t affect her or whether limbs still could, spoke.

“If you don’t wish to d*e, then back off.”

“Hmph.”

The posturing of someone unprepared to k*ll.

To this, all who surrounded Erica froze, then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Their laughter loud enough to make Erica unconsciously frown.

And as they stared directly at her, their eyes gleamed.

“It seems we’re not completely unable to interfere, right?”

“Huh?”

Unknowingly informing them that their voices were audible was undoubtedly Erica’s mistake.

The powers of supernatural ability users are powerful, leading rare yet existing battles between them.

Moreover, if the opponent was a supernaturally powered person controlling such fighters,

Erica, who had fought brutish supernatural fighters but never opponents who targeted supernaturals,

must avoid revealing information.

If you accidentally reveal a part where your opponent’s power can affect you,

And then, nameless ones opened their mouths,

—————!!!!!

And Erica’s ears were instantly bombarded with ultrasound waves.

Precisely speaking, the sound was infused with the opponent’s ability—Confusion.

If the ability had been contained within the batons, it might have failed to affect her. Perhaps Erica noticing that the opponent could embed confusion anywhere on their person would’ve allowed for a countermeasure.

But as the enemies restrained their powers until Erica revealed an opening,

Zzzziiiing!

Her ears hurt.

Even though she willed herself to stand, her knees gave out helplessly.

The same-looking supernaturals swarmed around the kneeling girl.

Not only was she physically young, but her limited experience showed.

Erica, who fought far fewer supernatural ability users compared to the original,

Erica, who wielded her own powers like an inexperienced child,

it was from the start impossible to win against someone capable of commanding an ‘army’ of supernaturals that could paralyze their foes by confusing the nervous system.

One woman who stood in front of Erica came towards her, grabbed her collar, lifted her, and said:

“Now we’ve got you.”

When she fought against Busan Girl,

When she fought against Terrorists,

When she fought against Dolls,

And now also,

H-Battles had never appeared when she faced the Former Queen.

Erica should’ve understood why.

If an H-Battle had indeed occurred, could Erica have defeated the Former Queen?

Obviously not.

Erica, who was just beginning to experience s*xual pleasure, would have no chance against the Former Queen.

Then, why did an H-Battle appear in the relationship with the Former Queen?

The reason was simple.

It appeared for someone who could abandon the fight upon engaging in s*xual relations with Erica, in other words, to those with whom negotiation was possible.

Thus, the ones without the warning were, for Erica, completely non-negotiable.

Had Erica ignored everything and focused solely on knocking each one down,

Even if someone nearby caused confusion, she could have ignored their noises and defeated all of them.

“So, what shall we do now?”

Erica’s total defeat.

But at the same time, Erica wouldn’t fall into their hands.

“Haa, I knew this would happen. It was a smart move to install a couple location tracking app just in case.”

A person who worried about Erica being in danger, secretly installed the app during her engrossment in comic books.

“I see you have gathered quite an audience, eager to hear my song. Though, is there only one real audience member? I actually wanted to ask you this: Why do you keep stalking me?”

“…Who are you?”

“Huh?”

—A somewhat clumsy rescuer.