10. Saint. And the Heavenly Demon (Side Story) (2)
Side story 2. The world of an eternal year
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-Akashiu: I think this one has mental abilities.
-Akashiu: Where was the manual…
-Akashiu: Ah, I found it.
-Akashiu: [How to distinguish and deal with mental abilities.Txt] Read this and follow along.
-Akashiu: This method works for all other kids.
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“Spiritual world… ?”
Again, Siwoo turned his neck around and looked around. A city with an oriental style, buildings that look like temples, clear air, and even people who don’t look Korean. Even at a glance, it was a landscape that made you feel like you were in a different country, a different world.
An ordinary person would be confused here, but Siwoo, who has read a lot of novels, was able to roughly understand what was going on.
Transfer to another world. Or possession. That’s probably the scenario. However, the problem was what this chat room was and the reaction of the people in the chat room.
‘If you listen to what I say… I understand.’
According to their words, they are themselves possessed by different novels, and he, as a possessor who has been possessed for a year, was talking to them normally until just a day ago.
But today I suddenly lost my memory, so I suspect I was affected by mental powers.
The statement itself is reasonable. A person being possessed by multiple novels at the same time and talking to each other was something I had never heard of, but if you think about it that way, possession itself was not common sense in the first place, so it wasn’t a big problem.
The question is whether they are really themselves. And the question is whether you can trust them.
If this is truly a ‘mental ability’ as they say, there is no guarantee that they are not just an illusion of that ability. Rather, it may be an attempt to guide him and trap him in a nice way.
As if reading his thoughts, an answer flowed out of the chat room.
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-Akashiu: Oh, you can still connect and chat in the chat room even if you are attacked by a mental attack, so there is no need to doubt that.
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‘… ‘
The suspicion grew stronger.
It was a very plausible story. Of course, he didn’t know much about mental abilities, but didn’t he have a rough idea of what he had seen in various novels?
Forcing someone to sleep and showing them illusions, ignoring and manipulating the owner’s will, planting false memories, etc… Even in such a situation, the idea of being able to view the chat room seemed quite absurd to Siwoo.
The timing was just right for his question, as if I knew it well. It’s not completely unconvincing since there were several other cases, but it was extremely suspicious to those who already had suspicions.
‘… However, even if the chat room is welcoming, it is still strange.’
Even if there were parts that could not be controlled even with mental attacks, and a chat room was created to encourage that, there were many strange things.
Siwoo tried manipulating the chat room himself. Chat records that go up endlessly, a profile list showing 999 Siwoos, and all kinds of neatly organized data.Contents, even a place where novels that he couldn’t remember were restored.
Isn’t it unprofitable to put this much effort into creating a hallucination just to deceive one thing?
Of course, since he is actually a 20-year possessor who is in the process of becoming a warrior, he may be worthy of this level of investment, but if it was really a mental attack that required that much investment, there was no way he could have approached it in such a clumsy and awkward manner.
‘If he was capable of such a mental attack in the first place, he would have created a much more natural situation and induced me.’
Rather, it could be said that trust is gained because it is openly suspicious.
After much deliberation, Siwoo finally decided to trust them and read and followed the manual in full. From basic RC checks to fantasy tests that can be used even without psychic abilities. In fact, when I read it, it didn’t seem like a trap at all, so I was able to follow it without any pressure.
However.
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– Dashin Siu: There’s nothing?
-Akashiu: No, that can’t be possible…
-Jong Nam Si-woo: Didn’t you just hit your head hard and lose your memory?
-Akashiu: If that were the case, you would feel something different in your body. But he says his body is the same as it is in modern times.
-Jong Nam Si-woo: Oh, then what is it?
-Experiment Siwoo: It may not be a mental attack.
-Experiment Siwoo: You also discussed this topic once.
-Akashiu: Is that so?
-Experiment Siwoo: This is a famous rice cake from Possessed Water.
-Experiment: In a world with regressors, what happens to other people when the regressor regresses?
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‘… !’
Siwoo’s expression hardened as he immediately understood what he meant.
But there was still hope.
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-Da Shin Si-woo: So where I am now is the second world, right? There is no regression anymore, right?
-Akashiu: Well. I think I need to read the original to understand this… Wait for a sec
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Siwoo waited impatiently for Akashiu. Since I didn’t even know which novel’s world I was in, I had no other option than to wait.
Meanwhile, Siwoo hoped that this would be the second time. The existence of the regressor itself implies that Si-woo is terminally ill. If so, the best assumption is that this is the ‘last world.’
If the returner completes all the trials and gets a happy ending, he will not be caught up in the return without even knowing what it is.
But the answer that came back was completely unexpected.
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-Akashiu: … Is this a novel without a returner?
-Dashin Siu: ?
-Akashiu: No, if this is the case, what is it really?
-Game Pan Siu: There may have been a backstory. If any of the protagonist’s companions die, they will automatically regress.
-Akashiu: Aren’t you using the backstory too comprehensively? Why did the author hide that setting?
-Gempansiu: Well. Or maybe it’s something else. In fact, from the beginning, ‘the entire world continues to repeat an infinite number of years’…
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Rumbling-
The moment Siwoo heard those words, he felt the world shaking ominously. OthersI passed by without even knowing that something like that was happening, but one person, Siwoo, definitely felt it.
This was by no means just a coincidence. It is a whisper conveyed by the world’s waves resonating with Siwoo’s soul.
The meaning was this.
That is the truth of this world.
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-Akashiu: I’ve heard of this setting somewhere, but isn’t it too fitting?
-Gempansiu: No. There are many parts to this that are subtly correct. The time from his original prologue to the epilogue was exactly one year, and the time he returned was also exactly one year.
-Dashin Siu: … I think that’s right
-Gempansiu: ㄹㅇ? Really? Is this real?
-Akashiu: No, he said it himself and he was surprised.
-Da Shin Si-woo: As soon as I heard those words, the world shook. It’s too different to be a coincidence. I can feel it
-Akashiu: Then let’s assume the hypothesis is correct. So what are you going to do?
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It was a question that struck the core.
If the hypothesis is true, Siwoo has already been sentenced to one year to live. After one year, no matter what spiritual ability you cultivate, you will return to the starting point, your precious relationships will disappear, and all the good and evil deeds you have done in this world will be erased.
A year where you can do anything because there is no point in doing anything. And with a terminal diagnosis, a life in which only momentary pleasures are pursued.
Dark impulses.
Putting aside that dangerous idea, Gamepansiu answered lightly.
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-Gempansiu: Is there anything special? I have to keep retweeting and find out why the world keeps revolving.
-Game Pan Siu: If you save information in a chat room and come back every time it resets, you feel like a pseudo-regressor. If you do that, you might find a clue, and since you’ll return in a year anyway, you can risk your life and try something more adventurous.
-Game Pan Siu: When you say it like this, it sounds like a real game.
-Dashin Siu: … I know. When you say it like that, it feels like a real game.
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Siwoo felt like he had been hit on the head.
In the first place, it’s ‘Lit’. Is it okay to express this so lightly? I felt like I was going to burst into laughter at the words that made all of his worries countenance.
He originally thought it would be over after a year. It was a natural thought. They say he only has one year to live, so who cares about ‘the next me’?
However, Gempansiu’s words changed his thoughts from the root.
Yes, think of it as a game. It’s a game where you die without knowing anything at first, and you won’t make any big discoveries in this life, but one day you will break free and see the true ending.
In that case, what Siwoo had to do was simple.
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-Dashin Si-woo: Then I guess I’ll have to hit it somewhere first. Where should I start? You all know what ‘me last time’ did. Do you have some advice?
-Gempan Siwoo: To be honest, we were busy adjusting to each other at the time and there were so many Siwoos, so I don’t remember your chat very well…
-Gem Pan Siu: First, I will tell you the original work, so read it in a place where the data is organized.
-Gempansiu: That alone will help a lot.
-Gempansiu: In your world, there are many temples and many gods.You can go to those beings and ask for information.
– Dashin Siwoo: ㅇㅋㅇㅋ I understand first of all.
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Now that I think about it, his name was ‘Dasin’ Siwoo. Is the naming of this world meant to be a world with many gods?
Siwoo looked at the temple and sky in the distance.
This world feels like a prison. In a world where one year repeats infinitely, only he was able to trace the eternal recurrence even a little bit.
Siwoo looked at the others.
They didn’t know that this world repeats itself. In a world without Siwoo, they repeated the same actions in every world. Their year was short, but their moment became an eternity.
Siwoo looked at himself.
The one who would break that cycle was standing here now.
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‘hahahaha, this seems like a real protagonist.’
Siwoo took a step forward. The people who glanced at Siwoo and left were already different from the previous world.
A ripple in a pond that had been calm for eternity.
It will one day become a big shower that overflows the pond and silences their eternal sustenance.
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