World of Vampire Detective [7]

[No potential]

"Fuck!"

"Quiet down!"

I screamed without thinking, and the guy next door yelled back. I thought about going over and punching him, but I stopped myself. This is the real world.

"I'll hack your stuff later. This time, I'll ruin your life."

I tried to stay positive.

"My potential must be tied to the [Play Life] app."

I could gain skills and increase my stats using the app. Hell, it even made my dick bigger. In a way, the app granted me potential.

"I have the app. Who needs potential? Fuck!"

Still, having no potential at all was a bitter pill to swallow.

Some might call me greedy, but human desire is endless. What you have is taken for granted, and what you don't have, you want.

"Ah! Humans."

I clicked on [Manage App].

It was time to check on the money my avatar was making.

I resumed and set the 'Vampire Detective' simulation to auto-progress.

The avatar smirked as it crumpled the paper in front of it and tossed it into the trash.

"Ah, I want to go to Yeong-hye-jeong again. But I'm broke and too lazy to work… Should I just spend 300,000 won on a call girl?"

The avatar started hacking into a computer to search for call girls in Seoul. It was genuinely intended to call one.

"…Yeah. The avatar mimics my actions."

I paused the simulation before it could actually call anyone.

"Forget the money for now. I'll rewatch Vampire Detective from the beginning."

I had watched it live when it aired last year. I remembered the main plot but not the detailed settings or storylines.

I intended to gather information by rewatching the drama.

"Knowing future information is valuable, so I should use it."

I started focusing on the drama.

Honestly, it wasn't very entertaining. I remembered enjoying it live, but now it felt dull.

The female lead wasn't appealing. The actress, Kim Jung-mi, had small breasts, but she was charming in other roles.

"Is it because she's a typical female lead?"

Then, a familiar face appeared on screen.

"Wow! Shin Hye-jin. Just seeing her makes me think of her tits and pussy. Her areolas were quite big… I wonder what her real ones look like."

I was dying to find out.

I wanted to strip her down and check right now.

"Shin Hye-jin had a mole near her asshole!"

Of course, that was in the simulation.

"Na Ah-yeon! Inverted nipples! They pop out when she's aroused!"

Na Ah-yeon was a married woman with a child. I remembered she had hair around her anus. A top-tier actress with butt hair—could it be true?

Madam Kim Mi-ok from Yeong-hye-jeong appeared. I looked up the actress online.

Her real name was Yoon Kyung-joo. She was 48.

"Wow. She's 48 with that face. She must be a vampire."

Unlike Na Ah-yeon, Yoon Kyung-joo didn't have butty hair, but she had more pubic hair.

Searching online, I found she always wore long skirts or pants, never showing her legs. She was praised for her modesty, always wearing conservative clothes.

The only time she wore something revealing was at an end-of-year award show, where her back was slightly exposed.

I couldn't be sure if the actress's body matched her character's exactly.

But what if it did?

"I need to check out an idol variety show. Variety shows count as creative works, right? They should. If not, maybe music videos."

I watched the drama half-heartedly.

"Oh, her..."

It was a girl working at Yeong-hye-jeong. A fleeting extra. She had sucked my cock during the King game. A mole under her left nipple and a big clitoris.

"And her..."

The girl who rode my cock 50 times during the game. She had a small burn scar, shaped like a butterfly, on her inner thigh.

I straightened my back and focused on the drama.

That's right.

Not only renowned actresses perform in dramas, Apart from the main and supporting roles, there are also extras, cameos, etc. While not all are stunning, you never know. I memorized them.

"Remember them... Wait! Didn't I get Shin Hye-jin's number in the simulation?"

Could the real Shin Hye-jin have the same number?

I impulsively grabbed my phone and dialed.

The line rang, then clicked as someone picked it up.

"Hello."

A man's voice. I was disappointed.

"Is this Shin Hye-jin's phone?"

"No."

"Wrong number. Sorry."

I hung up, sighing. Maybe Shin Hye-jin's body and Hera's are completely different. I didn't want to think about that.

"Wait a minute."

Another thought struck me.

"Actresses don't do just one project."

Popular actresses often do 4–5 projects a year. Even with breaks, one project a year is too few.

I looked up the dramas and movies Shin Hye-jin had been in. She had done more drama than I thought. Only two movies, both minor roles.

I quickly scanned the [Play Life] app for other creative works featuring her.

"If other versions of Shin Hye-jin's pussy look like Hera's…"

It wouldn't be a coincidence. From now on, I'll believe in destiny.

I planned to enter other play world, find actresses, rape them, then escape to confirm their bodies.

But I hung my head in despair. None of the available creative works featured Shin Hye-jin or any other actress from Vampire Detective. Not a single one.

"Sigh~"

I sighed heavily and decided to focus on the drama.

"Ah! Bro! I'm losing my mind lately!"

It was a voice from next door.

I thought about shouting back but remembered the neighbor's awful situation. I paused the drama and leaned against the wall to listen.

"Yeah... I took that photo. But I didn't upload it on KakaoTalk! I wasn't drunk! Some idiot invited all the girls to the chat and posted it! I was hacked!"

Heh!

I quickly moved away from the wall, laughter bubbling up from inside. I covered my mouth with my hand.

I understood the situation.

"I was going to report it to the cybercrime unit! But Ah-young said she'd report me if I did!"

Ah-young was one the girl the neighbor had taken nude photos of.

"She'd be embarrassed to show her nude photos to the police. Most of the other girls would too."

Idiots.

I smirked at him.

If he'd been more considerate of noise, this wouldn't have happened.

"Bro! You know I can work. I'm good at my job. I'll keep quiet from now on. And it's hard to find someone as good-looking as me, right?"

The 'Bro' must be his boss. And my neighbor was probably hearing, "Don't come to the club anymore."

"Bro! Please! We've known each other for five years!"

Now he was appealing to their relationship.

"Fuck! I didn't do it! I was hacked!!"

Getting angry.

"Please... I was wrong. I want to keep working there. Okay? I don't have any savings."

Begging.

"...Alright."

Resigned.j

"Fuckkkkkk!"

He screamed. I yelled back.

"Shut the hell up!!"

"What the fuck did you say? You wanna die?"

My neighbor shouted angrily.

I get it. The situation was probably pissing him off. But that doesn't mean he should take it out on a complete stranger.

"You want to die? Try me!"

"You bastard! Come out here!"

"Think I won't?"

Naked, I quickly threw on some pants and marched out the door.

I'm an aspiring hunter. Hunters, due to the Hunter Law, avoid conflicts with ordinary people to protect them, but I'm not an official hunter yet. Officially, I'm still just an ordinary person.

We both burst out of our apartments at almost the same time, and I couldn't help but laugh.

The guy next door had a good-looking face but a weak-looking body. He was about 5 cm shorter than me. For reference, I've got a decent amount of muscle on me.

When our eyes met, his anger quickly turned to fear, his face stiffening with tension.

I chuckled.

"Your voice carries all the way to my place. If you're going to argue, do it outside. If I hear your annoying voice one more time, I'll come over and beat the crap out of you. Got it?"

"Ah... Y-Yes, I-I'm sorry."

I slammed my door shut.

A broad smile spread across my face. It was satisfying to see that my neighbor's situation was worse than I thought.

"I'll let it slide this time."

It looked like his life was already half-ruined anyway.

***

Late at night.

Moon Ji-hyuk, the protagonist of the drama Vampire Detective, was on a stakeout.

In the dimly lit car, he crouched quietly, watching a particular house. His partner had gone to the sauna for a bit. Ji-hyuk hoped he would bring back some snacks when he returned.

"When is he going to make a move?"

The suspect he was watching was a man in his 30s, suspected of murder. He had pushed a woman in her 30s in a nightclub bathroom, causing her death, and fled.

Circumstantial evidence was clear. What was needed was definitive proof. Once they had that, they could get a warrant.

Ji-hyuk glanced at the rearview mirror. The reflection showed a rather handsome man with a somber expression.

His skin was unusually pale and lifeless.

He slightly parted his lips, revealing sharp fangs. They were too sharp to be human.

'A vampire…'

He had encountered a vampire in an alley a while ago. It had nearly killed him, sinking its fangs into his neck and draining his blood. If a car hadn't passed by at that moment, scaring the vampire away, he would have surely died.

He had somehow survived and turned into a vampire himself. It was a secret he couldn't tell anyone.

'I can't believe vampires actually exist…'

Of course, he had done some research after becoming one. He also experimented on his own body.

Reality turned out to be quite different from fictional vampires.

He could move during the day, but his body felt heavy and sluggish. His physical abilities were below average during the day.

At night, however, his physical abilities increased to an inhuman level.

He had been shocked when he jumped straight up and easily cleared over a meter without a running start. With full focus, he could probably manage two meters.

'I can eat regular food and sleep at night. Except for the sharp fangs and pale skin, there's no noticeable change in my appearance.'

He hadn't felt the urge to drink blood yet. Even when he saw a cross, he felt nothing. Garlic? He had garlic chicken for dinner a few hours ago.

'As much as I hate to admit it, the vampire body is superior.'

He only struggled during the day. At night, he felt like he was flying. He could easily take on five to seven people, as long as they weren't armed.

'But I don't want to be a monster.'

In the end, a vampire is a monster that feeds on human blood. And Ji-hyuk was a detective.

'There must be a way to become human again. For now, I need more information about vampires. I need to find the bastard who turned me.'

The problem was, he had no idea where that bastard was, and most people didn't believe vampires existed. Investigating was tough.

'Should I ask Taker for help?'

Taker.

A hacker he had met a year ago while investigating a con artist.

As a detective, Ji-hyuk had considered arresting the hacker. But catching hackers wasn't his job. He was about to pass the case on to the relevant department when he discovered how valuable the hacker's information was.

For a mere 300,000 won, the hacker sold high-quality information that would have taken Ji-hyuk days to gather on his own.

So, he changed his mind. Knowing the power of information, he chose to deal with the hacker.

'Taker might know something about vampires… But how much will this information cost? 500,000 won…?'

It was a significant amount for an average person, so he pondered deeply.