Failed Possession Chapter-56

## Ch-56.

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Perhaps because they had properly settled his heart demon, that bastard Point Ignition managed to stay sane now even without Yuri attaching “usa” to the ends of his sentences.

Instead—

it was Yuri who was having trouble keeping sane.

USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ was a **woman**?

[I’m a bunny princess from Bunny Star, usa.]

USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎’s original character was a silver-haired girl with rabbit ears and a tiny crown, dressed in a lavish dress that no real princess would ever wear.

CatPanties had bought illustrations of their Original Character from many artists, so the styles all differed—

but USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎’s illustrations weren’t like that.

USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ drew her own character.

If FUCKINSEXY—FS—posted his filthy masturbation diary every day,

then USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ regularly posted drawing practice.

At first the art looked like something an elementary school kid drew,

but over time, as posts accumulated, it improved steadily.

Right before USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ hit #1 in the Hall of Fame, the quality was comparable to CatPanties’ commissioned illustrations.

[Today bunny princess has overtime again, usa.]

[Bunny princess too depressed so ate carrot cake, usa.]

[Want to go back to Bunny Star, usa. Earth is too harsh for bunny princess, usa.]

[Don’t want to work, usa. Why do you have to work on Earth, usa? On Bunny Star bunnies can live without working, usa.]

[Bunny princess is so tired she’ll drink alcohol too, usa.]

[Got a call from the company, usa. Bunny princess has to go back to work, usa. Don’t want to go, usa.]

[Already working overtime for ten days, usa.]

[Coffee taste coming up from my throat, usa. Bunnies shouldn’t drink coffee but can’t endure without it, usa.]

If CatPanties invested in their concept by pouring hundreds—maybe thousands—into commissions,

USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ invested by identifying herself with her Original Character.

Lee Suhyeok had **never once** thought USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ was actually a woman.

Playing a female character or having a female character didn’t automatically make you female. That’d be ridiculous.

“USAUSAMI… is a woman…!”

Yuri muttered, still unable to escape his shock.

Haryeong, who had lowered her mask again before Point-Ignition came to his senses, muttered as if she couldn’t understand his reaction.

“Is it a problem if she’s a woman?”

It wasn’t, exactly.

Yuri forcibly steadied himself and composed his face.

Once he forced himself back to clarity, he could process what Point-Ignition had said earlier.

“USAUSAMI died?”

That statement was just as shocking as her being female.

This world was shitty and not exactly friendly to possessors, so he’d sometimes thought maybe someone he knew had already come over and died…

But—

Full Moon Play openly advertised himself as a possessor and was alive.

Not just alive—one of the strongest in the world.

Maybe because of that, Yuri had subconsciously assumed FS, USAUSAMI, and CatPanties were all alive too.

But she was dead.

He’d considered them fairly close.

[Bunny princess has to go to work, what about you, usa?]

[ㅇ]

[You’re NEET, usa?]

[What’s NEET]

[Don’t go to work, usa?]

[ㅇ]

[wwwwwwwwww]

[ngm]

They checked in on each other often.

“Revenge?”

Yuri narrowed his eyes and stared at Point-Ignition.

From the way he’d babbled about revenge, it was obvious Point-Ignition was connected to USAUSAMI’s death.

“You… you’re from the community, right?”

“…!”

“What was your ID?”

“I… didn’t post much—”

“ID first. The one you recorded in the Hall.”

“…Houseman951…”

“How long since possession, and what year/month on Earth?”

Point-Ignition’s eyes shook under the detailed questioning.

But he couldn’t refuse.

“On Earth… March 2021. I’ve lived thirteen years in this world…”

It had been over thirty years since possessors first appeared.

ZEROMAN first cleared the hidden boss and topped the Hall of Fame at the end of 2018.

By that calculation, one Earth year equaled roughly seven or eight years here.

He searched his memory.

2021… that was when #1 changes slowed and veterans were disappearing after hitting first place.

He remembered.

Houseman951.

A generic fire mage who constantly whined about not getting first place.

Yuri remembered him because he’d painstakingly optimized his build for days—and the guy disappeared without even saying thanks.

‘This bastard.’

Thinking about it, there were lots of people who vanished without thanks.

Of course—they’d been possessed immediately after ranking first.

Still—

the hollow anger he’d felt back then was real.

He wanted to smack this guy upside the head.

‘Should’ve kicked harder earlier.’

He suppressed the boiling irritation and forced himself calm.

“What happened with USAUSAMI?”

“I-if I answer… you won’t kill—”

“I won’t kill you. Just talk.”

He asked while deliberately leaking killing intent.

Thankfully, no relapse into heart demon.

Point-Ignition steadied his breathing and began.

“I…”

Being possessed after playing a game was already horrible luck—

but who you possessed was luck too.

Point-Ignition had been unlucky.

The person he possessed was born poor—

“Get to the point.”

Yuri didn’t care about his tragic backstory.

Anyway, thanks to possessor talent, he became a mage and reached third rank in seven years.

He could’ve joined a magic tower—

but fear of being exposed stopped him.

“Get to the point.”

He met USAUSAMI five years ago—

in the Eastern Continent rift, **Gangyu**.

Unlike low-level rifts like Lagos, Gangyu was a good farming spot.

Demons there dropped inner cores.

Limited uses, weaker than elixirs—but still valuable stat items.

The problem:

a third-rank couldn’t survive alone.

So he joined a senior adventurer party.

Unlike the game, farming wasn’t easy.

But cores still dropped.

So he entered with hope.

Ten days later—

everyone but him was dead.

Not demons.

They were attacked while arguing about how to divide a core they’d found.

[That belongs to this Myohee!]

A woman barged in and subdued four party members.

[Merciful Myohee will hear your last words. Speak.]

Everyone who spoke died.

Last was him.

[Pizza… cheeseburger… cola…]

Pizza and burgers could be made.

Cola couldn’t.

[You… are you a possessor?]

That’s how he met USAUSAMI.

She wasn’t alone.

Two other possessors served her as “princess.”

They’d all been exposed via last words.

And became—

her slaves.

“That woman is a demon… insane…”

He trembled.

“We were literally slaves. Risked our lives hunting demons for her. Built shelters. Cooked. Robbed adventurers. Bought supplies…”

She was strong enough to survive alone.

Already consumed four cores.

They hoped—

maybe after the fifth, she’d reward them.

[Why would this Myohee bother?]

[You should have died already! You live only by my mercy! And you dare demand effort from me?!]

Only anger returned.

Then—

the rift rampaged.

A great demon appeared.

And it seemed to be targeting Myohee and her slaves.

[Great demon! Lowly ones, protect this Myohee!]

Myohee was strong.

But the great demon was strong as well.

It was a fierce battle where it wouldn’t be strange for either side to fall—one small outside interference could decide the victor.

The moment Myohee’s hand tore open the great demon’s chest and abdomen and ripped out the inner core—

the lowly ones’ rebellion became inevitable.

[How dare—how dare you!]

Clutching the core, Myohee tried to flee, but already exhausted, there was no way she could shake off the pursuit.

In the end, mortally wounded, Myohee fell off the cliff—

along with the inner core.

“…Doesn’t sound dead to me?”

When Point-Ignition finished the story, Yuri muttered that.

Mortally wounded and fell off a cliff.
But no one confirmed the body, right?
And she fell while holding an inner core?

In movies or wuxia novels, that kind of situation meant survival every time.

“There’s—there’s no way. It was a height you couldn’t survive…! And Myohee was mortally wounded!”

“The body?”

“The cliff was too high…”

“Was there a river or something below?”

“No… just ground.”

Then maybe she really did die.

“What happened to the other possessors?”

“…Dead.”

“Why?”

“….”

“You killed them, didn’t you?”

Yuri asked with a faint smirk.

“Because they found out you were a possessor?”

“I—I didn’t try to kill them first!”

The story went like this.

After their rebellion succeeded and they were no longer “lowly ones,” the three possessors cooperated and attempted to escape Gangyu.

Like Lagos, Gangyu was crawling with demons.

A third-rank mage was barely useful there.

Thankfully, the other two were fourth rank.

Individually insufficient—but together, escape was possible.

Then—

an inner core dropped from a demon they killed during the escape.

Who would take it?

Yuri knew well that in this world, strength came before negotiation or dialogue.

Before any peaceful discussion could even begin—

the two fourth ranks attacked each other.

Strike first, win first.

Their thoughts aligned.

They ignored Point-Ignition entirely.

A third-rank mage wasn’t a threat.

One died.

One was heavily injured.

And that last one—

Point-Ignition killed.

“I had to… otherwise I would’ve died…!”

“You ate the core though, right?”

“….”

“Well… it happens. Couldn’t be helped.”

Was Myohee—USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎—really dead?

Honestly, Yuri wanted to believe she was alive.

The body hadn’t been confirmed.

She fell off a cliff.

Point-Ignition called her a demon—

but that wasn’t Yuri’s concern.

The ones enslaved weren’t him.

It was Point-Ignition and the two dead possessors.

“But…”

Point-Ignition shrank his shoulders and glanced at Yuri.

“Y-you… who are you?”

“Me?”

What should he say?

He couldn’t use his own ID.

So he borrowed someone else’s.

“CatPanties.”

“…What?”

Of the four who used to hang around in the community—

Full Moon Play possessed first.

Second was FS.

Third was USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎.

Fourth was CatPanties.

CatPanties had once suggested they line up first place together—

but Full Moon Play went first, breaking that promise.

Still, CatPanties held off claiming first for a long time.

Obsessed with surpassing USAUSAMI₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎’s record.

“…So you were a guy after all…?”

Point-Ignition muttered as if it made sense—then froze.

“If… if you’re CatPanties… then you’d be Myohee’s friend…?”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Friend? I wasn’t her friend. Didn’t even like her.”

Yuri answered while immersing himself in CatPanties’ persona.

“Still… sucks that she’s dead, though.”

“….”

“Don’t be so scared. I told you, I didn’t come to kill you. Just wanted to talk. And ask something.”

Hearing about USAUSAMI’s fate was unexpected—

but Yuri hadn’t entered Panteleon’s Zone 4 just to find possessors for that.

“You in a cult?”

Point-Ignition’s face stiffened.

“If you lie, I’ll have to do bad things. Be honest. I don’t want possessors killing each other.”

“…I’m not in a cult.”

“Don’t bullshit me, Point-Ignition. Then why are you hiding here? You commit some crime? Doesn’t look like it. And you’re terrible at controlling your face, so stop trying. Just tell the truth and relax.”

“I…”

“I’m trying pretty hard to talk with you. If you keep this up, maybe I don’t need to try.”

Yuri’s voice lowered.

Point-Ignition shut his eyes and sighed deeply.

There was no way out.

He was already captured.

He could die anytime.

“…Why are you asking about the cult?”

“Why do you think? Same reason as you.”

“…?”

Maybe he should sell it a bit more.

“Figured I’d worship some evil god and get some benefits too.”

If Lorellia heard that, she might’ve blown his head off with **Blazing Burst Fist**.

Thankfully—

she wasn’t here.

Instead, there was Haryeong in a fox mask making a fuss.

“Oh my, oh my, oh my.”

“Crimson-Leg—no, CatPanties—are you becoming a cultist?”

“Shut up.”

“I respect freedom of religion, but becoming a cultist is surprising.”

“Seriously, shut up.”

Yuri shot her a glare.

Point-Ignition opened his eyes and stared at them strangely.

“Wait… th-that woman… is she… Pad-lip Immune-nim…?”

“No, you bastard.”

Yuri couldn’t hold back and smacked him upside the head.

‘Wait. Pad-lip Immune-nim?’

That honorific bothered him.

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