The moment the small mirror reflected Kyuk Hoe's image, the system notification popped up in front of Leinster's eyes.
DING! [Lvl 4 Face Your Fear Mirror: Reflect 100% of the karma imposed by the person reflected in the mirror!]
[PS: this is the best tool for revenge~]
Leinster's stiff, metallic face shifted slightly as he watched a red thread that only he could see slowly came out of the mirror, flying towards Kyuk Hoe and coiling around his neck.
Kyuk Hoe couldn't see the thread but he suddenly felt something cold plastered on his neck.
He subconsciously touched his neck and was about to discern what the strange feeling was when his mouth suddenly opened on its own, without his control.
"Wait, shopkeeper! I saw a thief! Someone stole a watch!"
Kyuk Hoe repeated his words exactly the same as before, even down to his intonation and pace.
His sudden outburst attracted everyone inside the store, including the shopkeepers.
Unknown to anyone but Leinster, his transformation into a watch abruptly halted, as if someone pressed a pause button.
The leading shopkeeper had a question mark above his head as he spoke in a low tone with a hint of anger.
"This...customer...are there...more... thieves?"
How audacious!
Then, under the chubby Wong Dae's astonished gazes and everyone else's shocks, Kyuk Hoe blurted out a familiar sentence.
"The thief is me! I saw it! Shopkeeper, just search my body and you will find the stolen watch!"
The exact same words except for the "you" changing to "me".
"L-Kyuk Hoe, what are you saying?" Wong Dae broke into a cold sweat as he hurriedly tried to cover Kyuk Hoe's mouth.
Did Kyuk Hoe just accuse himself?!
W-what kind of idiotic behaviour is this??
Kyuk Hoe stiffly turned his neck around to look down at Wong Dae, his face pale and tears were brewing in his eyes.
No, no, it wasn't him! It wasn't him who was speaking!
He couldn't control his mouth at all!
But Kyuk Hoe couldn't utter those words, just repeating the two paragraphs over and over again, like a broken recorder.
The shopkeepers in the shop were silent for a few seconds before the same group of people who searched Leinster's clothes walked rigidly towards Kyuk Hoe, their eyes shining with malice.
"Thief...search...watch..."
"Another...thief..."
They unconditionally believed Kyuk Hoe's words due to his own power and now, the same female shopkeeper who found a watch in Leinster's "pocket" found another watch inside Kyuk Hoe's trousers pocket.
The moment the watch was taken out, Kyuk Hoe's eyes widened in horror while Wong Dae screamed exactly the same words Otomen Lover uttered before.
"A-ah!! Kyuk Hoe!! Your body— "
It seemed as if time was repeating itself.
Kyuk Hoe's legs slowly melted, the skin turned into cold metal and the legs fused with each other, forming a watch strap.
His head slowly turned into a bizarre shape, his hands shriveled into the shape of watch hands and his eyes slowly hardened, turning into...
Jewels.
Kyuk Hoe's uncontrollable mouth finally broke free from the unknown control and he instantly let out a heart-piercing scream.
"A-AHHHHH!! No! No! Turn back! Turn back! I'm not turning into a watch!!!"
Kyuk Hoe forcefully used his "Words Come True" ability that he had just awakened a while ago but was already at level three, yet...
The punishment that descended on him seemed to be at level four or even...stronger than that.
Kyuk Hoe watched with wide eyes as big as ping pong balls how his body slowly shrunk into half his height and transformed into a similar watch as the one he stole.
Is this not karma, what is it?
Leinster's stiff face that was glowing with a silver metallic light twitched and he let out a broken laugh.
"Huff. Huff. Haha! Hhaha— huuu— hahahaha!"
Despite his eyes slowly turning into crimson rubies, Leinster still had time to laugh at Kyuk Hoe.
Serves you right, bastard!!
Everything happened so fast that Otomen Lover was still frozen in shock before she snapped out of her daze and collapsed to the floor, scrambling towards Leinster while her entire body trembled from head to toe.
"L-l-lein-leinster!"
The woman directly called out Leinster's name as she scooped out Leinster who was now only the size of a basketball and still continuing to shrink.
The palm that was holding Leinster's extremely deformed body trembled so hard that she almost dropped Leinster's body so many times.
"L-leinster! Y-you didn't steal the watch at all! It must be that bastard who framed you!"
Otomen Lover's eyes reddened as she whipped her head round and screamed at the leading shopkeeper, hoping that he would revoke the punishment.
But the leading shopkeeper still had that stiff smile on his face as a hint of glee escaped from his words.
"Thief...punished...no...exception..."
No matter what, Leinster was found with a stolen watch, an irrefutable evidence.
The shopkeepers were more than happy to get a new batch of fresh "products".
Otomen Lover felt a chill in her heart and she felt like fainting on the spot when Leinster suddenly whispered with difficulty.
"Oto...huh....tell...then...you...want...to...buy...me...raw...material...intact..."
"W-what? Buy you? Raw material?"
"Hurry...use...the...hand..."
Even after getting his revenge on Kyuk Hoe, Leinster still felt that his life was slipping away from his hands.
If he had an HP bar, he would only have 10 points left.
Even worse, the death countdown had already reached a dangerous timing.
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"I...also...need...life...vote..."
Even just one Life Vote was fine!
But Otomen Lover, who was now a fellow challenger, didn't have an option to give her life votes to Leinster.
She quickly looked at the invisible camera that might be recording her own livestream and begged to her audience.
"Please, please, anyone! My friends who have used Leinster's safe zone before, please spare one or two votes to save Leinster!"
They had paid the full price before, but adding one or two points won't hurt, right??
With choked sobs and a hoarse voice, Otomen Lover hugged Leinster's deformed body and kneeled on the floor, lowering her head until it almost touched the tile.
"Please!! Please! I beg you!!"
Save Leinster!
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