Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

If someone you’ve never met suddenly spouts nonsense about your sibling not recovering but being offered as a living sacrifice and dying horribly, naturally, not many people would believe it.

Especially in a situation that has turned out like this.

They’d probably just think it’s an attempt at persuasion or sowing discord.

However, if that stranger you don’t even know the name of had just summarized your life story at a glance and instantly figured out the background of this assassination, truly a transcendent monster…

You would have no choice but to believe.

“Wait, what nonsense are you talking about!! Those bastards are going to kill my sibling?!”

“Hmm… Should I explain in more detail? On a huge marble altar with something like a red magic circle drawn on it, watched over by a statue in the shape of a robed man, your sibling’s heart…”

“Damn it, that’s not what I want to hear!!”

“Ow, why are you getting angry at me? I’m not the one killing them, it’s those guys…”

Why get angry at the person who told you…

“He really does change when fortune-telling, doesn’t he? Right, So-ha chan?”

“I’m starting to think this might be his true self.”

Akame and Cheong So-ha are whispering behind me again… but I can’t hear them clearly, so I’ll just focus on the task at hand.

“It can’t be… Of course, the start was the worst, but those guys wanted to borrow my power. So they put up my sibling’s treatment as payment for the request, and I actually confirmed that they were getting healthier…”

“That’s a drug. Um… To be more precise, should I call it a special medicine of those cult friends? It doesn’t have addictive properties, but instead it shaves off the remaining vitality to block pain and make you feel good. That’s why your sibling seemed to be regaining health.”

Hmm, it could be called an anesthetic. Or maybe not.

“Anyway, because the pain was forgotten due to that medicine, it would have looked like they became healthier beyond the body’s limits, and because they felt good, it would have felt like vitality and energy were circulating? Instead, your sibling’s physical condition would have worsened. If they don’t receive proper treatment in time, it’ll probably get more serious? Ah, you probably won’t be able to find your sibling in time anyway. Maybe you’ll only see the corpse?”

“No… that can’t be…”

“Ah, the name of that medicine is ‘Oblivion’. The reason they fed that medicine to your sibling and deceived you into thinking they recovered was not only to use you but also to make your sibling a better living sacrifice. From what I can see, it seems the effect is better when the sacrifice is offered brightly. But what effect is supposed to be good?”

“It, it can’t be… Such, such…!!”

By the way, why are they offering this living sacrifice? What effect does it have?

No, let’s not think too deeply. It’s not like I’m going to get deeply involved with those cult guys anyway…

“Why… why are you telling me this in my current state… Are you mocking me? Are you saying I won’t be lonely on my journey to the afterlife because my sibling will follow me?”

“Uh… Why would I say such an eerie thing… I’m not that bad a person… I just told you because I could see it.”

I’m just a very ordinary and kind citizen… What’s the point of incurring someone’s grudge?

Ugh, look at those bloodshot eyes. If I incurred their grudge, they might appear as a ghost in my dreams.

Ah, but come to think of it, I just realized, in this situation, isn’t this sniper’s enemy that cult, and Cheong So-ha’s enemy is actually those cult guys who put in the request?

Oh? Then is cooperation possible here? After hearing the story, I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for them…

It’s also quite uncomfortable to see someone die right in front of me… Especially someone looking at me with such desperate eyes.

Anyway, thinking that persuasion might be possible in this situation, I first approached Cheong So-ha and shared my thoughts.

“Hmm… That’s a good idea. Indeed, getting rid of the mastermind would be cleaner and less unsettling. There would be more targets to vent anger on too.”

“Uh… Anyway, that means you agree, right?”

Anyway, after Cheong So-ha agreed, I approached the sniper again.

“Ahem, sniper friend. Isn’t it a shame to just be used and die like this? If you continue like this, you and your sibling will just be thoroughly used and die miserably…”

“…Are you saying I should betray Hoecheon-gyo and join you? That you’ll show mercy if I follow you, right?”

“…Uh, I didn’t go that far, but it’s similar, I guess?”

At my proposal, the sniper gnashed their teeth and cried out as if wailing.

“If you’ll show mercy, fine! I’ll gladly become your servant! If only I can save my sibling!!”

“Can we trust those words?”

“They’re the only family I have left!! What more do you need?!”

Hmm, it doesn’t seem like they’re lying. I can trust this.

At the sniper’s words, I smiled broadly and looked at Cheong So-ha, and at this, Cheong So-ha gestured and the restraints binding the sniper were released.

Well, with this, the sniper has become an ally. Is this what they call “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”? I feel like I’m remembering some meme made with animals…

Then the sniper, though staggering, quickly stood up and started taking big steps.

“No, where are you going in that condition? Without recovering.”

“It’s an urgent matter, so I need to hurry. I know the location of those guys’ hideout anyway. You just need to follow me.”

“…That place is fake, so sit down and recover first. Doesn’t an S-rank recover completely with just a bit of time?”

To be more precise, they put in the request to the sniper and fled to another place in preparation for any contingencies.

“…What? That place is fake?! Th-then how are we supposed to find those well-hidden bastards in just two days…?!”

Well, it would be difficult for ordinary people to catch guys who fled without any information, even for S-ranks like Cheong So-ha and Akame who haven’t even heard of this suspicious cult.

Ah, of course, I already saw everything when I looked inside the sniper earlier, so I know where it is.

“Well, I’ve already seen it all, so just sit down and get treatment…”

So please just listen to me, friend… Do you think I’d be wasting time leisurely if it was urgent…

Anyway, after hearing my words, they came back and sat down with a thud, then asked me.

“…So where is this place?”

“Wait a moment, let me search…”

I can see where it is, but to explain the name in detail, I need to search the internet a bit…

“Ah, so this is the name? This Russian Sakhalin Island’s…”

Anyway, I roughly explained that the entrance is in a small, quiet port city on the outskirts of Sakhalin Island.

Their hideout exists underwater near that city. It seems to be located in a secretive and covert place befitting a secret cult organization.

“They moved there right after giving you the request, so your sibling should be there. I’m sure.”

“No, I hardly know anything about Hoecheon-gyo and didn’t know such things, so how on earth did you figure out all of this by looking at me…?”

“Huh? I could just see it?”

“…Is this really physiognomy…?? No, huh…”

The sniper blinked their eyes as if they couldn’t believe it, and Cheong So-ha, who had somehow appeared next to them with a potion in hand, approached.

“We find it amazing every time we see it too, so don’t think of it as too strange. It’s because the teacher is extraordinary. Anyway, hurry up and drink this and recover.”

“If something feels strange and ridiculous, don’t think ‘Does this make sense?’ but think ‘Ah! Han-ul is amazing!’ Got it? Well, even as I say this, I’m constantly amazed too?”

And Akame also winked at the sniper while saying this.

“…No, why are you all praising me so much?”

“…Why on earth hasn’t such an amazing person become known? Could it be that you’re the mastermind of a secret organization manipulating the world from behind the scenes… and you want to get rid of the secret organization Hoecheon-gyo because you don’t like them?!”

“…What nonsense are you… I’m an ordinary person who hasn’t even awakened! And I was even unemployed until recently!!”

Well, I’m a fortune teller now… Anyway, why do you keep praising me so uncomfortably?! You S-rank superhumans are more amazing! Aren’t I someone who could die with just one gesture from you?

“…What?! I was sure you were an EX-rank transcendent who hadn’t revealed their identity to the world… Though I did feel that you didn’t give off any superhuman vibes…”

“No, that’s a bit…”

Aren’t you overestimating me too much…?

Well, I guess it could be a bit strange…

Anyway, the look in this sniper’s eyes towards me seems to have changed a bit.

How should I put it… A look mixed with a lot of reverence?

“Ahem, anyway… We’ll be traveling together from now on, so we can’t keep calling you ‘sniper’… Should I just call you Lee Su-yeon?”

“Do as you like. I’ll call you teacher from now on too… To think there was someone with such an amazing talent. The world is indeed vast…”

Anyway, after drinking the potion, Lee Su-yeon’s recovery accelerated, and soon they fully recovered their body.

…Is this an S-rank superhuman? To think they could recover so instantly like this…

“Hmm, then since your body seems to have recovered roughly, let’s start departing soon. Since it seems we won’t be able to reach within the time limit if we use transportation… I’ll just freeze the sea as we go.”

“Huh? Then how am I supposed to go??”

You seem to be misunderstanding something, but I’m just an ordinary person…? My physical abilities are obviously those of an ordinary person too??

“I’ll carry you and run, so don’t worry, Han-ul! Leave it to me, okay?”

What??

Anyway, like that, being carried by Akame in a somewhat embarrassing princess carry, I crossed the sea frozen by Cheong So-ha along with Lee Su-yeon, and as soon as we reached our destination, I staggered.

After running so fast, I was completely drained, forgetting about embarrassment or anything else!

“I, I feel like I’m going to die…!!”

“It’s okay! We were armed with protective equipment and artifacts! But should we drink a potion just in case?”

Anyway, exhausted like that, I moved towards the hideout of the cult organization along with three S-rank superhumans.