The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - RMLP Chapter 94: Ju Sung-Taek (Part 2)

Why? To lure them?

Because it was fun.

No, to be precise, because life had become boring.

That’s how life is.

There comes a day when boredom strikes so intensely that you want to drop everything.

Ju Sung-taek had been like that since the second grade of elementary school.

“I thought I was going crazy from boredom.”

Nothing was fun, everything was dull, and nothing was interesting no matter what he did.

Despite his young age, he had lost all enthusiasm for life.

Looking back now, it was like a missing screw, a malfunctioning part.

Even when he reached middle school, it was the same story.

He tried studying like everyone else, hoping it might get better if he immersed himself in something.

“I never missed being first in class.”

But even with good grades, nothing changed.

He received nothing but superficial praise and heightened expectations from his parents.

Too bored to handle, he hoped that the bullies would torment him, but not even they dared to touch the top student.

“Bullies didn’t dare to mess with top students.”

That’s what he thought, but there was a truth that Ju Sung-taek didn’t know.

The bullies didn’t leave him alone not because he had good grades.

It was because of his madness.

They had seen an unfathomable madness in Ju Sung-taek’s eyes.

That’s what made them avoid him.

Drip, drip…

As he wiped his dagger clean on the clothes of the dead body, Ju Sung-taek reminisced about the past.

“Hehehe, looking back, those times were really great. Especially when I committed my first murder.”

The first person Ju Sung-taek killed was his parents.

Bored with their constant nagging due to his declining grades, he had lashed out.

That’s when the kitchen knife ended their lives.

“It wasn’t intentional. It was just a moment of anger.”

But that moment turned out to be a turning point in his life.

“Ah… I can’t forget that feeling even now.”

The heart pounding with tension.

The living room floor stained with blood.

The feeling of pushing a knife into a person’s body.

That first murder had taught him so much.

In his moments of extreme boredom, when he felt like he was about to die of it, he found the meaning of life.

“I want more… I want to savor this thrill a bit more.”

With that in mind, he voluntarily turned himself in to the police.

He realized that there was no point in running away in a country full of CCTV cameras.

“In any case, if I’m going to get caught, it’s better to surrender early.”

Instinctively, he knew that it would work in his favor for a reduced sentence.

He wanted to go to prison quickly and plan things properly, to kill people again.

He wanted to experience the thrill of murder once more.

That’s why he pretended to regret his crime and framed it as an accidental killing.

Fortunately, Ju Sung-taek had a talent for acting.

The police, unwaveringly, believed that it wasn’t Ju Sung-taek’s fault.

“What a bunch of idiots. I clearly killed them, but they believe there was no wrongdoing on my part.”

He laughed it off.

At first, he had planned to go to prison as part of his sentence reduction strategy.

But Ju Sung-taek faced an unexpected twist.

“What? They’re treating me as a juvenile delinquent?”

Back then, anyone under 14 was exempt from criminal prosecution.

He was sent to a juvenile detention center, ordered to complete community service, and released under supervision.

For Ju Sung-taek, who had expected to end up in prison after killing his parents, this was an unexpected stroke of luck.

“This is a breeze, isn’t it?”

His streak of luck continued.

He graduated from school, became an adult, and reached the age of 27 without being caught.

Despite committing numerous murders, Ju Sung-taek remained unapprehended.

Was it because he meticulously planned each murder on an annual basis?

Or maybe because he selectively chose homeless individuals whose deaths wouldn’t raise suspicion?

In any case, he could kill people and still lead a seemingly normal life, even now.

“Those foolish police. They haven’t managed to catch me yet.”

However, his luck seemed to run out this year.

When he was told he had to participate in a survival game where his life was on the line up to Round 20.

Ju Sung-taek felt unjust.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have killed people to my heart’s content and gladly gone to prison.”

He had been careful all this time, evading the watchful eyes of the police, and it had become infuriating.

But.

It didn’t take long for him to realize that life in this new world suited him.

“Is it really that hard to catch these goblins?”

Watching countless people die in Round 1, Ju Sung-taek couldn’t understand.

Stabbing goblins, who were smaller than middle school students, was easier than killing people.

It also matched his hobbies.

“It’s not as fun as killing people, but…”

Then, in Round 2, he was lucky enough to become a shaman while hunting.

“Maybe it’s because of the [Rune of Drops] I received at first?”

The Rune of Drops significantly increased the drop rate of special items.

The appearance of shaman-specific items might also have been influenced by the rune.

“After that, well, there wasn’t anything difficult.”

He didn’t miss 2nd or 3rd place in the previous zones, and he cleared Round 3 without any issues.

Round 4, where he had to kill people, was even easier.

For someone who had been a serial killer, it was not a difficult task.

“It was actually quite exciting. Hehe.”

Games that provided stimulation in his ordinary life were enjoyable for Ju Sung-taek.

He wanted to enjoy them as long as possible, even beyond survival.

“If I clear up to Round 20, I’ll make a wish to increase the rounds. It’s just so much fun.”

Now, everyday life has become boring.

If he were to go back to being a regular person, he might not be able to.

“Watching the world fall apart like this is also quite exciting. Keke.”

Perhaps because he had killed so many people, it was no longer about whom to kill but how to kill them in an interesting way.

What he was currently scheming was part of that plan.

“What if I hide the corpse I just killed in a clothing collection bin next to the alley, and the buyer shows up?”

He would detonate the corpse with the [Corpse Explosion] skill.

After rendering the guy helpless with the [Curse of Terror], he would meticulously chop his arms and legs like slicing up bugs.

“No hard feelings, dude. Just understand that I’m doing this for fun.”

Turning away from the corpse, Ju Sung-taek looked at his phone.

There were three hours left until the agreed-upon time with the buyer.

“Hurry up, you bastard. I’ve prepared a gift for you. Keke.”

To introduce a new stimulus, he placed the corpse in a clothing collection bin and used [Erase Trace] on the ground.

The arms and legs that had been scattered were gone, leaving no trace.

He waited for three hours with the hope that the guy would fall into the trap.

Finally.

Step by step.

One person entered the alley where the trap was set.

A wicked smile formed on Ju Sung-taek’s lips.

“Bingo.”

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