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Chapter 6 

Ja-Ae (Self-Love) Cult. 

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Lee Jinwoo – 25 years old 

Trait – [Treasure Buried in Mud] 

Treasure Buried in Mud – Details: 

You have lived for years in the mud. But you have discovered treasure in the mud. 

Lv.0 – Become mud. 

Lv.1 – Obtain a mud-exclusive weapon. (Resolved) 

Lv.2 – Those connected to the mud gain additional traits. (Resolved) 

Lv.3 – (Locked) – (Hint: Overcome trauma) 

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I realized this late. After my first awakening… no, after I reached level 1, I hadn’t checked my status window, so I didn’t know. 

‘Well… of course.’ 

Normally, a trait means a unique ability. A unique ability, meaning just one. But my trait was a bit different. 

‘I didn’t expect there to be levels.’ 

Officially, there was no such thing as levels for traits. There might be proficiency, but levels… 

No, there had already been a hint. 

‘That text message…’ 

It took 15 years to go from Lv.0 to Lv.1. That must have been the condition for leveling up. 

‘But it only took a month to go from Lv.1 to Lv.2.’ 

The only thing that changed was that I sprayed the spray everywhere. Over the past month, I saved over a thousand women. And those women, thankfully, decided to help me. Without asking for anything in return. 

‘I’m glad my trait is growing.’ 

If it helps my salvation, all the better. I don’t think it’ll become an obstacle. 

"Oppa!!♡" 

"Jinwoo~ Ji-young nuna is here♡" 

Ja-Ae Cult elders’ meeting. 

Seven elders besides me gathered here. The criterion for becoming an elder is personal strength. 

Here, strength includes not only physical power but also the potential to ‘save’ others… and the degree of devotion to salvation so far. 

…Of course, I’m the one who decides. 

And there’s no discrimination between elders and non-elders. They just have different roles… But maybe because they can meet me up close, or for some other reason, everyone is desperate to become an elder. I’m grateful for that. 

"Oppa?! Why did you call us? Is it for a group orgy?♡♡" 

The Southeast Asian prostitute, aka Dongchang-nyeo. 

Her ability is Hardening. 

She was the first woman sprayed by me and has helped me a lot since the start of the Ja-Ae Cult. Thanks to her, nearby prostitutes and sex workers belong to my cult, and I’m already famous in their communities. She bragged about it and was active on social media… There are even interviews and videos out there. 

Some mock those saved by me as ‘cultists’ or ‘junkies’… I don’t care. In a way, they’re not wrong. 

But… do they know? There are already over a thousand people waiting for me for the sake of freedom… 

‘Of course, most of them are prostitutes…’ 

But now, the number of people wanting to see me is slowly decreasing. The waitlist is still long, but it’s not growing as fast. That means most of those who know me have already gained freedom through me, and only a few remain. 

‘It’s time to step into the light.’ 

Not the shadows, but the light. Until now, I’ve been active in the shadows. Most of the people who wanted me were shadow people prostitutes, sex workers, hikikomori… those who couldn’t live openly in society. They were the ones who sought me out, while people living normal lives didn’t know I existed. 

Well, these days, men just see the surge in tattooed, tanned gals and think, ‘Is this the trend now?’ and move on. Women too. They might think, ‘She’s pretty, but I wouldn’t want to be like that.’ That’s most people’s reaction. 

‘The hate comments I get are similar.’ 

I don’t bother reading them. I can guess what they say. My salvation is too progressive for them to understand. Those who haven’t tasted society’s darkness can’t understand this ideology. 

"Jinwoo♡ Are we really having an orgy?" 

Oops, did I call everyone here just to get lost in my own thoughts… 

"No, it’s about our ‘salvation.’" 

A heavy silence falls. Everyone knows how seriously I take salvation. I’ve always said it, after all. 

"Ja-Ae Cult, one thousand members. It’s a lot, but still far from enough." 

  Members? Or are you talking about cocks? 

  Shh, be quiet! 

"It’s much more than when I was saving two people a week, but at this rate, we can only make 12,000 believers a year." 

Even then, it would take a hundred years just to save the women living in Korea. My goal is the salvation of the world. The salvation of all humanity… 

"Fortunately, my trait isn’t fully unlocked yet. There’s at least one more chance for it to grow." 

Murmurs  

"From today, I’m… taking a break from cult activities." 

"No, you can’t!! There are women out there in the cold waiting for salvation… How could you!" 

"Hey! Are you doubting Jinwoo’s words right now?", "Yeah, that’s right!" 

"Quiet." 

  I’m not stopping salvation. This is just a brief pause to gain momentum. 

"There’s someone I must save… no matter what." 

Yeon Mijin. 

Before I got [Treasure Buried in Mud], she was my fiancée. 

Now, she’s married to a congressman’s son. 

And she’s the one who tormented me. 

My trauma. 

When news of our engagement spread at school, she hated and resented me more than anyone. She was furious, as if she wanted to erase the fact that she was engaged to me. 

That’s right. She too was just a poor soul trapped by the prejudice of appearances. The memory of her tormenting me still pains me, but she’s also a victim. An unsaved victim. 

‘I have a duty to save her.’ 

I feel it. To move to the next stage, I must save her. I must free her from her cage. This is how I overcome my trauma. 

"One month." 

  Gasp! 

"I’ll be back in a month." 

  A whole month? We won’t see Jinwoo for a month… 

  This must be a dream… it has to be… 

Honestly, I don’t like leaving them to go see a woman who hates me. But even if it’s a woman who hates me, I have a duty to save her. 

That’s my mission. 

"You’ll do fine without me… I trust the Ja-Ae Cult." 

Honestly, all I ever did was eat and have sex, eat and have sex, eat and have sex. If I leave them alone, they do just fine. 

"Jinwoo… can’t I come with you…?" 

Han Ji-young, she’s been doing so well. Before the prostitutes gathered in earnest, she was the one with the most capital. 

No… it’s not that she had a lot of capital, but that she worked so hard she ended up with a lot. 

She did anything she could for money prostitution, OnlyFans, modeling, streaming… all for me. 

"Nuna… you know you’re in charge when I’m gone, right?" 

"Sniff, Jinwoo…" 

"…Don’t worry too much." 

I’ll be back soon. 

‘…I said that, but actually, I’m at a loss. How am I supposed to meet her?’ 

[This number does not exist…] 

Did she change her phone number? 

‘Yeon Mijin’s husband is Noh Jinsu.’ 

Son of Noh Deokgu, a congressman from Gangnam. As a native of Gangnam, Seoul’s prime real estate, he’s said to have wide political connections and a strong network. Fortunately, Noh Deokgu himself is just an ordinary person with no special abilities. 

Yeon Mijin’s ability is ‘Barrier.’ She can create a semi-transparent shield wherever she wants. The shield is as strong as steel. 

‘But my spray isn’t made of ordinary particles.’ 

As long as my eyes and hands are aimed at a woman… the spray always hits. I know this from experience. But the range is only about 1 meter. 

‘If I can just get her alone…!’ 

While mud mode is on. But back then, Yeon Mijin always kept her barrier up, as if she didn’t even want to breathe the same air as me. 

‘Kidnapping? Confinement?’ 

Impossible. She’d never be alone, and I’m not strong enough to break through her barrier and kidnap her. 

‘And even if I tried to win over people around her, my ability can’t disguise itself.’ 

That’s right. No matter how fair-skinned a woman is, once she’s sprayed, she immediately becomes a tanned, tattooed gal. Makeup would look obvious, and it’s winter, so she can’t claim to have gone to a tanning salon. 

‘If the entire cult mobilized, maybe, but…’ 

That would be the worst move. If the whole cult kidnapped a chaebol’s granddaughter, we’d be branded as subversives and ordered to disband. We might even end up wanted criminals. That would take us further from the goal of saving humanity… 

‘In the end, I have to solve this alone…’ 

Buzz  buzz. 

The streetlights come on. 

Lost in thought, I didn’t realize how late it got. 

I’ll just rest nearby for now… 

A Motel. 

"A single room is 90,000 won, a double is 190,000, a group room is…" 

Ssssss  

"Kyaa?!" 

Puff  

As the smoke cleared, a voluptuous body was revealed. It was as if all of human potential had been drawn out in that body. And even the scent… 

"…But, for you, it’s a special: zero won♡" 

  And my pussy is zero won too, as a service♡♡ 

After that, we had wild, messy sex.