[No Potential]
"Fucking hell!"
"Shut up!"
My impulsive shout was immediately met with a yell from the neighbor. I considered barging in and punching him, but decided against it. This was reality, after all.
You little bastard, I'll hack you again later. This time, I'll ruin your family.
Returning to the topic of potential, I decided to view this situation positively.
In truth, my entire potential was the Pleasure World App all along.
The Pleasure World App allowed me to acquire skills and enhance my stats. Hadn't it grown significantly already?
In a way, the app itself was my potential-granting ability.
Since I have the Pleasure World App, who needs potential anyway? ... Fucking hell.
Still, having absolutely no potential felt wrong.
Some might call me a greedy bastard, but human greed knows no bounds. What we already have becomes commonplace, while what we lack becomes our obsession.
Ah, humans.
I clicked on the app management.
Time to check how my avatar was making money.
I resumed Vampire Detective paused game and set it to auto-play.
The avatar glanced at the paper on the monitor, smirked, crumpled it up, and tossed it into the trash.
- Ah, I want to go to Yeong Hyejeong again. But I'm broke and too lazy to work... Should I just spend 300,000 won on a call girl?
Using his hacking skills, the avatar remotely controlled the computer and began searching the internet for Seoul call girls. He was genuinely considering hiring one.
"...Right. The avatar just mimics my actions."
I paused the avatar before it could call the escort.
"Forget the money for now. I need to rewatch Vampire Detective from the beginning."
I had watched Vampire Detective live when it aired last year. I remembered the main plot points, but none of the detailed settings or specific story elements.
My plan was to rewatch the entire series from the start, gathering information as I went.
"If I can easily access future information, I should definitely use it."
I began focusing on the drama.
To be honest, the show wasn't very interesting. I remembered enjoying it when I watched it live, even going out of my way to catch every episode. But now, it felt utterly boring.
The female lead, whom I had found unappealing even back then, still lacked charm. Kim Jungmi, the actress playing the role, was undeniably flat-chested, but she had been quite captivating in other roles.
Maybe it's because she's the typical female lead.
Then a familiar face appeared on the screen.
"Wow... Shin Hyejin. Just looking at her face makes me think of her breasts and pussy. Her areolas were a bit large... I wonder what Shin Hyejin's real areolas are like."
I was dying of curiosity.
If I could, I'd knock her down right now and find out.
"Oh Ji-hye! She has a mole on her asshole!"
Of course, this was all part of the game.
"Na A-yeon! Inverted nipples! They pop out when she's aroused!"
The actress Na A-yeon was a married woman with a child. I remembered she even had hair near her anus.
A top-tier actress in the drama world with asshole hair? Could that be true?
Kim Miok, the madam of Yeong Hyejeong, appeared. I searched online and found the actress's name.
Her real name was Yun Gyeongju, and she was 48 years old.
"Wow. 48 years old with that face? That's insane. Is she a vampire or something?"
Yun Gyeongju didn't have butt hair like Na A-yeon, but she had more pubic hair.
A quick internet search revealed that she always wore long skirts or pants that covered her legs. Her modest attire earned her a reputation for being demure and reserved.
The only time she wore revealing clothing was at year-end awards ceremonies, where the only exposed part of her body was a slightly bare back.
This wasn't enough to confirm whether the actress's real-life body was identical to her character's in the game.
What if her vagina in the game was exactly the same as the actress's real one?
I should check out some works featuring idol groups. This would probably fall under variety shows, right? But do variety shows count as creative works?
They must, right? They have to. If not, maybe music videos or something...
I half-heartedly watched the drama.
"Oh, she's..."
The girl I saw was a hostess at Yun Hyejeong. Just a passing extra.
To be precise, she was the girl who sucked my dick during the King's Game. She had a mole beneath her left nipple and a large clitoris.
"And her..."
She was the girl who straddled me during the King's Game and thrust her hips fifty times. She had a small, butterfly-shaped burn scar on her inner thigh.
From that moment on, I straightened my posture and focused intently on the drama.
That's right.
Dramas aren't just for famous actresses. Besides the main and supporting roles, there are also bit parts, extras, cameos, and more.
Among them, those with exceptional beauty are rare, but you never know. I memorized them all.
Memorize them. Mem... Wait a minute. I got Shin Hyejin's number in the Game World.
Could it be the same number in reality?
The thought struck me, and I impulsively grabbed my smartphone and dialed the number.
The ringing tone went through, followed by a click as someone answered.
- Hello?
It was a man's voice. I was immediately disappointed.
"Is this Shin Hyejin's phone?"
- No, it isn't.
"I must have dialed the wrong number. Sorry."
I hung up and sighed. Maybe Shin Hyejin's and Hera's vaginas were completely different. The thought was unbearable.
Wait a minute.
Suddenly, another idea occurred to me.
Actresses don't just shoot one project, do they?
For a fairly popular supporting actress, filming 4-5 projects a year wouldn't be unusual. There might be rest periods, but one project a year was far too few.
I searched online for dramas and films featuring Shin Hyejin. She had appeared in more dramas than I'd expected. Among them, only two were films, both minor roles.
I opened the Pleasure World App and quickly scanned the list of playable creations.
What if Shin Hyejin's vagina in another Play World looked exactly like Hera's?
It couldn't be a coincidence. No, from now on, I would no longer believe in coincidences.
Shin Hyejin... No, I planned to enter the Play World, find other actresses, rape them to confirm their vaginas, and then immediately withdraw.
But all I could do was hang my head and wallow in despair. Among the available creative works, there wasn't a single one featuring Shin Hyejin or any other actress, except for Vampire Detective. Not a single one.
"Haa..."
With another heavy sigh, I decided to just focus on watching the drama in silence.
"Ah! Seriously, I'm going crazy these days!"
The voice came from the apartment next door.
I almost shouted at them to be quiet, but then I remembered the neighbor's dire situation and paused the drama. I leaned against the wall, straining my ears to listen as intently as possible.
"...No! I did take that photo, but I didn't post it on KakaoTalk! And I wasn't even drunk!
What kind of idiot would invite all those women to a group chat and post a photo like that?!
I'm telling you, I was hacked!"
Heh heh.
I quickly moved away from the wall, laughter bubbling up from my stomach. I covered my mouth with my hand.
I had a good idea of what was going on.
"Hyung, I tried to report it to the cybercrime unit! I did! But Noa Young is threatening to report me too if I do!"
Noa Young was the woman whose nude photos had been taken by the man next door.
She must be too embarrassed to report it, since she'd have to show the police the nude photos. Most of the other women who were photographed probably feel the same way.
How foolish.
I scoffed at him.
If he'd been more considerate of noise pollution, this wouldn't have happened.
"Hyung! I can work. You know I'm good at my job. I promise this won't happen again. I'll keep it down. And you won't find another guy with a mask like mine, right? Huh?"
It seemed "Hyung" was his boss. The neighbor was likely being told, "Don't come to the club tomorrow."
"Hyung! Please! We've known each other for five years!"
He started appealing to their bond.
"Ah, fuck! That wasn't me! I was hacked!"
He snapped angrily.
"...Please. I messed up. Please. I want to keep working there. Huh? I don't have any savings..."
He pleaded desperately.
"...Fine," I said, resigned.
"FUCK!" he screamed. I screamed back just as loudly.
"SHUT UP!"
"...What the fuck, you bastard?! You wanna die?!" the neighbor yelled angrily.
Well, I understood. The situation was fucked, so he was probably just pissed and wanted to vent. But you can't just take it out on a complete stranger.
"You're the one who wants to die!"
"You little shit! Get out here!"
"Think I can't?!"
Naked, I grabbed my pants, threw them on, and stormed out the door.
I'm a Hunter Aspirant. Hunters are supposed to avoid conflict with civilians due to the Hunter Law, which protects ordinary people.
But I'm not a full-fledged Hunter yet. Officially, I'm just a regular civilian.
Bang! Bang!
We burst out almost simultaneously, and I couldn't help but chuckle.
The man next door had a handsome face but a frail physique, standing about 5 centimeters shorter than me. For reference, I have a moderately muscular build.
When our eyes met, the man next door seemed to instantly transform into a master of anger management, his face freezing in tension.
I chuckled derisively.
"Fucking hell. The sound carries all the way to my place. If you're going to make calls, do it outside. If I hear your goddamn voice one more time, I'll come over and kill you. Got it?"
"Ah... yes. I-I'm sorry."
I slammed the door shut again.
A dark smile spread across my lips. I was quite satisfied to learn that the man next door's situation was even worse than I'd imagined.
I'll let him get away with ruining his family.
It seemed like half his life was already in ruins anyway.
Late at night.
Moon Ji-Hyeok, the protagonist of the drama Vampire Detective, was on stakeout.
Hunched down silently in the pitch-black car, he kept his eyes fixed on a nearby house. His partner had briefly gone to the sauna, and Moon Ji-Hyeok hoped he'd bring back a quick snack when he returned.
"...When is this guy going to make a move?"
The suspect he was monitoring was a man in his thirties, wanted for murder. He had pushed a woman to her death in a nightclub bathroom and fled.
The circumstances were damning, but what they needed was solid evidence. Only with that could they secure a warrant.
"Hoo..."
Moon Ji-Hyeok glanced at the rearview mirror. A handsome man with a melancholy expression stared back at him.
His skin was unusually pale and lifeless.
He parted his lips slightly, revealing sharp, pointed canines so sharp they hardly seemed human.
"Vampire. Vampire..."
He had encountered a vampire in an alleyway some time ago, nearly dying when its fangs pierced his neck and drained his blood.
If a car hadn't passed by at that moment, startling the vampire into fleeing, he would have certainly perished.
He had somehow survived the vampire's attack, but his body had been transformed into that of a vampire. This was a secret he could never reveal to anyone.
To think vampires actually exist...
Naturally, after becoming a vampire, he had conducted some research and even experimented on his own body.
The reality was quite different from the fictional portrayals of vampires.
He could move during the day, but his body felt heavy and drained of energy. During daylight hours, his physical abilities were actually lower than those of an average human.
At night, however, his physical capabilities surged to levels that made comparing them to human limits almost insulting.
He was startled when he jumped in place. Without a running start, he had effortlessly cleared a height of over a meter. With proper focus, he could probably jump over two meters.
I can still eat food and sleep well at night. Aside from my fangs becoming sharper and my skin turning a bit paler, there are no other visible changes.
He hadn't yet felt the urge to drink blood. Even when he saw a crucifix, he just thought, So what? Garlic? He'd eaten garlic chicken for dinner just a few hours ago.
I hate to admit it, but a vampire's body is extraordinary.
He only struggled during the day; at night, he could practically fly. He felt confident he could easily take on five to seven humans at once provided they weren't armed with guns, of course.
Still, I don't want to become a monster.
But ultimately, vampires are monsters. Monsters that feed on human blood. And Moon Ji-Hyeok was a detective.
There must be a way to turn back into a human. So first... I need information about vampires. And I have to catch that bastard who turned me into one.
The problem is, I have no idea where that bastard is, and most people don't even believe vampires exist. Investigating this won't be easy.
Should I ask Taker for help...?
Taker.
A hacker I met a year ago while investigating a con artist.
As a detective, Moon Ji-Hyeok had considered arresting this hacker. But catching hackers wasn't his job.
He'd planned to hand the case over to the relevant department... until he discovered Taker was an exceptional information broker.
The hacker traded almost any information for the right price. Moon Ji-Hyeok had spent days running himself ragged to obtain high-level intelligence, only to find the hacker selling it for a mere 300,000 won.
This realization changed his perspective. Knowing the immense power of information, he decided to strike a deal with the hacker.
If Taker knows about vampires, I wonder how much he'll charge for that information. 500,000 won...?'
The sum was beyond the reach of ordinary citizens, causing him to ponder deeply.