?Emotional ckmail is a powerful form of maniption.
It clouds your mind with a thick fog of Fear, Obligation, and Guilt, leaving you feeling trapped and powerless.
It''s a maniption tactic that preys on your deepest fears and insecurities, leaving you at the mercy of the maniptor.
Fear is the most potent weapon in the arsenal of emotional maniptors.
It is a universal emotion that can be triggered in anyone, and once the maniptor discovers what triggers that fear in you, they hold power to conquer your mind, body and soul.
It''s a dangerous game, one where the stakes are high and the consequences severe.
However, there''s one more tool. Albeit not as effective as fear, it still has its own perks—Guilt.
Unlike fear which directly targets the victim, guilt is a subtle form of maniption that can be just as effective in controlling the victim.
It makes the victim feel responsible for the maniptor''s feelings or actions, causing them to take actions they wouldn''t normally take.
Hmm? Why am I telling you all this, you ask?
You''ll understand soon enough.
Anyway, right now, I was just getting ready for today''s event—The unit test.
All cadets from sses 1-A-1 and 1-C-8 are going to be at the 5th district forest for this test.
No, unfortunately there''ll be no drama today. Yes, there will be some ''idents'' since both sses, at this point, hate each other, but nothing major.
Of course, just because there''s supposed to be no drama today doesn''t mean I can''t create it myself.
Starting today, I''ll set my n for the mock war in action.
"Huaaaa~" after stepping out of the bathroom, I nced at myself in the mirror, ensuring I looked presentable. Even after a shower, I still felt sleepy.
Normally I would have made a narcissisticment on my beautiful appearance, but today I was in a hurry.
I''ve been working hard thest few days to develop a n. I made sure to think through every little detail and ount for any potential surprises.
I made sure to make my n foolproof so I didn''t want to mess up by showing upte to the training session today.
So I promptly walked to the side table next to my bed, opened one of its drawers, and found it filled with various stationary items such as pens, papers, tapes, and a thermocol cutter.
I removed all of the items, emptying the drawerpletely. Once the drawer was empty, I opened a hiddenpartment by tapping at the corner of the bottom of the drawer, which flipped open to reveal a false bottom.
Upon taking out the false bottom, a shiny red quill feather pen was revealed, eliciting a smirk of excitement on my face.
Why did I hide it here instead of keeping it in my smart bracelet? Well, I keep it in my smart bracelet during the day and then shift it here at night before going to bed.
Anyway, I took the Pen out and nced at it for a moment. Nodding satisfactorily, I grabbed the thermocol cutter and one of Lucas'' old wristbands.
I ced the cutter over the wristband on the bedside table and took a step back.
"Fuuu," letting out a short breath, I aimed my Pen at the cutter and immediately a red translucent rectangr window popped in my sight.
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Item: Ordinary Thermocol Cutter
Status: Normal
Condition: Good
Abilities: None
Rank: None
Edit: ____
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Item: Ordinary Wristband
Status: Normal
Condition: Good
Abilities: None
Rank: None
Edit: ____
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For the past few weeks, I''ve been experimenting with the Pen. I''ve noticed that even a small involvement in the plot earns me some Edit Points.
I''ve been using those points to test the limit of my Pen. And honestly, I''m pretty amazed to say I can do anything.
This Pen has the ability topletely rewrite reality and change an object to anything I desire– as long as I have enough Edit Points of course.
? It would''ve been awesome if I could control the living creatures with this Pen too but oh well.
Even without the power work on living creatures, this Pen was absolutely broken.
With this Pen in my hand, I can evenbine two objects to make a new one. And that''s what I was about to do here.<novelnext></novelnext>
I began moving my Pen and started writing in the Edit section of the two object''s status screens.
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Item: Ordinary Thermocol Cutter
Status: Normal
Condition: Good
Abilities: None
Rank: None
Edit: Be an automatic retractable hidden de.
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Item: Ordinary Wristband
Status: Normal
Condition: Good
Abilities: None
Rank: None
Edit: Be the strap of the hidden de.
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One more thing that I''ve discovered about the Pen is that if I have a clear picture in mind of what I want the object to look like after the Edit, I can be as vague as I want and I would get exactly what I want.
[Finalize your Edit for a total of 14 Edit Points
Yes/No]
Suddenly, another red translucent screen appeared in my vision.
Arghh, 14 Edit Points? That''s nearly everything I have!
Touching my chin, I contemted for a moment or two before finally gritting my teeth.
"Tsk, fine." clicking my tongue in frustration, I tapped on the ''Yes'' option on the translucent screen.
In an instant, the cutter and the wristband started glowing in a brilliant white light, forcing me to squint my eyes in difort.
In a second, however, the light subsided and I was able to look at the object in front of me.
There it was—a retractable hidden de.
Ahh~ I have always been a fan of the hidden des from a game I used to y during my childhood, as I found it very cool.
So ever since I transmigrated into this world, I desired to have something like that for myself.
And here it is. After only a few days ofing to this world, I''ve acquired a hidden de for myself!
Now all that''s left is to create a group of assassins and make this weapon our trademark! Muahaha!
Kidding. I''m obviously kidding.
Anyhow, I quickly picked it up and, with sparkling eyes, wrote it on my right wrist since my smart bracelet was already on my left.
Oh~
The wristband had transformed into a ck leather brace that extended along half of my forearm.
The de was hidden within the leather material and I discovered it was securely encased in a metallic sheath.
To release the de, I closed my wrist and gave it a swift flick.
Click—!
I heard the sound of the spring mechanism deploying and instantly, a narrow steel de emerged from the leather brace.
Cool! It was so cool! Kyaaaa~!
"Ahem," coughing to hide my overly excited face, I quickly calmed myself down.
I need to focus. This isn''t the time to fawn over a new toy.
Shaking my head, I retracted the de back and wore the academy''s first-year red and ck tracksuit, hiding the de by covering it with my jersey''s long sleeve.
Okay, everything was ready. I should start going now.
"Ah!" but before I could even walk a step, I remembered something and halted my steps.
Instead of leaving the apartment, I walked towards my wardrobe and opened it. Inside, I found a collection of 47 luxury watches in the lowerpartment.
"Arghh," a frustrated sigh escaped my lips as I thought of something.
"Fine," I said to myself and took out one of those watches before putting them in my smart bracelet''s dimensional storage. "Now, let it begin."