The Tutorial Is Too Hard - Chapter 244

Chapter 244

Editor: Tide

Ahbooboo’s words made sense . To infiltrate and gather information, I had to act inconspicuous . It was better to finish quickly and concisely than to run around in circles .

“Oh, my gosh…”

When I poked his side with my elbow, he fell over with a groan . Because of his large size, I could easily hit his vital point . I was sitting right next to him, so it was even more convenient .

“Eck… Cough… Cough…”

[What’s wrong with him?] Ahbooboo asked when he saw the giant doubling over and crouching in front of the seat .

[He’s in shock . His internal organs are disordered because of that . I told you to be careful . What if he dies?]

He wouldn’t die . If there was no internal bleeding, no bone or muscle damage, then why would he die? It would just hurt a little .

Occasionally, people glanced at the wheezing giant, but for the most part, they ignored him . I focused on sitting in my seat as nonchalantly as I could . No one stepped forward and took care of the giant, so it seemed that he was not only stupid but also unpopular . He was a fool, but he made me worried .

This idiot who had a muscle for a brain was bluffing .

[They say there are many people with supernatural powers here . I thought he might have been powerful since he’s here . ] Ahbooboo frowned .

If the giant had been practicing martial arts or learning magic, I could have figured out his strength without having to hit him . However, since he was a superhuman, I had no idea how to measure his ability .  

Curiously, I asked Ahbooboo if he knew about superpowers .

[I don’t know either . I only know the basic ideas . ]

I asked Ahbooboo to elaborate on his knowledge .

[There aren’t many benefits of superpower, and you just have to be lucky to be born with superpowers . ]

“What else?” I probed .

[It’s hard to tell if someone has superpowers or not, and the use of superpowers requires relatively little mana . ]

From what Ahbooboo was saying, superpowers sounded perfect . When fighting against a superhuman, it’d be hard to determine what their abilities were .

[There are disadvantages, too . Superhumans have limited capabilities . Take a wizard, for example . If you’re a wizard who can use firewall magic, then you’d be able to use fireball magic since the two types of magic are closely related . However, in the case of superpower, you can’t use certain types of powers if you’re incapable of it; their skill set is limited . ]

Indeed, it was a considerable disadvantage . Superpowers were an innate ability, but a superhuman would never be able to improve on abilities that weren’t superpowers .

[I’ve heard that they can improve their skills . It’s just that they can’t practice a new ability . ]

This was interesting . In a way, many tutorial challengers were similar to superhumans . Some challengers used magic spells but didn’t fully understand magic, which limited their improvement and development .

Superpowers were innate, so it wasn’t surprising that there was an ID system based on your abilities . However, it created a classist system that categorized people based on how affluent they were with superpowers[1] .

“Hey, 1400,” I called out to the giant sprawled out on the floor . His coughing ended, and the pain should have already faded, but he continued to lay on the ground and stare at me . There was a stark difference between his current condition and the time he feigned strength .

“”What?” responded the giant with tears clinging to his eyelashes . Had it hurt that much? I didn’t hit him that hard, though .

I asked the pitiful giant what kind of superpower he had .

Then, the giant looked at me with a puzzled look . Why was he looking at me like that? I was just asking a simple question .

“It’s body strengthening…”

* * * * * *

Body strengthening was the ability to improve strength, agility, sense, and endurance significantly . I was shocked; I was able to beat up a person with such an ability .

“I had no idea . ”

[Warrior, a superhuman with body strengthening could hardly withstand your attack . Imagine what would have happened if he was an average person,] Ahbooboo scolded

“… I’ll control my powers,” I assured him .

Perhaps, because I kept looking at him with a look of disbelief, the giant pulled his ID card out and showed it to me as proof . On the back of his identification card, was written:

<014>

“What is that?” I asked, confused .

He quickly answered that the number indicated a measure of physical reinforcement . “If you’re a superhuman, you should know this . ”

[Just pretend that you know, why are you asking such a question? You’ll seem suspicious . ] Ahbooboo advised, but I didn’t want to do that . Wasn’t this stage meant for information collection?

I pulled out my ID card and checked the back . Just like the giant’s, there was a number code embedded .

<122>

The number was high . Was it a good thing?

[You’re not going to push that big guy and ask him what it means, are you?]

Um .

[If you don’t know what your ID says, you’ll stand out . It’ll become evident that it’s a fake ID or someone else’s ID . ]

Ahbooboo was right . As I was thinking of the meaning of the number code 122, my eyes fell on something

“Work is a Beast Summoner . ”

Oh, so I was a summoner . If I had to have a fake ID, I should have gotten a reinforcement power that would make it easier to disguise myself . Just why was I a summoner?

[Why don’t you comfort that giant? It’s embarrassing for him to be beaten by a summoner . ]

Instead of saying anything, I simply activated the ring to summon the frog .

“Kea-ek!” As soon as the frog appeared, it complained about being summoned so late .

“Wait, what’s that?”

“Is that a frog? Or a dog?”

Chatter broke out in the crowd as a massive frog appeared in the conference room . Man, our frog’s presence was dope .  

“It’s an invisible frog,” I explained to the giant, who had a dazed expression .

[That’s a very insincere explanation . ]

* * * * * *

Using the frog, I was able to convince the giant that I was not the one who hit him; it was the invisible frog . When the giant growled at me, the owner, asking why I didn’t stop it, I weakly said that the silent frog had attacked before I could notice anything .

Surprisingly, the giant seemed to believe this lie . I supposed it was better for his ego if he believed that I wasn’t the one who had beaten him .

“So it was the frog’s killer move,” he said . “It’s great that I endured it . It was excruciatingly painful . ” After apologizing to each other, the tense atmosphere finally lightened .

“Thank you, 1400,” I said, accepting the snacks and drinks he had bought . In commemoration of his apology and our reconciliation, the giant bought food from the snack bar .

“Why don’t you stop calling me 1400?” 1400 grumbled .

I heard from the giant that the score of 1400 is the highest in grade B . If he had 100 more points, he would have received an A grade . With those extra 100 points, his life could have been different .

It made sense . At the meeting, those that were B-level or lower were strictly excluded and were no more than spectators . Most of the meetings were led by S-levels, while the A-levels sometimes contributed their views .

Me? I just watched the meeting while eating snacks . There was evident differential treatment by grade . I couldn’t even share my opinion even though I was called to a meeting . If you were going to treat me like that, I would have rather not come .

“By the way, this is delicious,” I complimented .

“Right?” The giant grinned . I felt he was a good guy . Or maybe just a pushover .

Be it me being a summoner, an unexpected accident, a quarrel he had started, bluffing because he didn’t want to get beaten, people ignoring him, his buying food .

You could tell he was a pushover . Since it’s a stage where we need to gather information, I decided to be kind to this pushover and extract information from him in a comfortable way . Fortunately, 1400 was very talkative .

He worked for the Defense Agency . In a significant accident or crime, they were dispatched to settle the situation and had to mediate disputes in case of conflicts . It was what police should do, but due to the limitations of non-superhumans, people with abilities such as 1,400 were often dispatched .  

He was a good friend, and it was nice listening to his daily life . Suddenly, there was a big commotion in the conference room, and a bill was stuck on the front panel of the conference room .

<SSS-class Supercaptain Archiden Rescue and Extraterrestrial Asteroid Disappearance Operations>

“Are they really doing that?” 1,400 muttered, dumbfounded . Looking around, those with B-grade and A-grade abilities seemed visibly puzzled .

The agenda posted on the panel included the mobilization of all capable people above grade B . In other words, I was being forced to go regardless of my own wishes .

[How many of the people in the Supernatural People’s Association are capable of ordering that?] I asked .

[Well, didn’t you say this was a planet with many superpowers? Perhaps the king or emperor doesn’t have power over superhuman affairs . A person with supernatural powers, not a king or an emperor, may be the head of state . Maybe one of them over there is the ruler . ] Ahbooboo replied .

Our thoughts differed from each other, but we agreed that the power structure of this society favorably treated superhumans .

The meeting adjourned with that . The agenda was approved, but details of the operation seemed to have not been decided . It would take some time for details to be decided and the operation to be drawn up, according to 1400 .

I followed the crowd out of the conference room and asked 1400, “Where are you going?”

“I’m going home . I need to go to work early tomorrow morning . ”

I was thinking of drinking or having a late-night snack with him, but I did need a place to rest .

“Then I’ll come along with you . ”

“Huh?”

“I’m going to your house . ”

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[1] : If you didn’t know, classism is discrimination based on a perceived social class set by society . Feudalism is a type of classism .

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