Chapter 369: 369
Anna Croft's expression hardened instantly and she sneakily pulled out her shortsword behind her back . " . . . . 'Conquering King' . "
Completely disregarding her, Yu Joong-Hyeok spoke while taking large strides to approach us . "You two seem to be getting along nicely . Do you feel a sense of camaraderie from the fact that you both know about the future?"
" . . . . But, you also know the information about the future, don't you?"
"What I've experienced isn't the future . "
Kugugugugu-!!
"It's simply the 'things that had happened' . It's the past . "
Things that had happened, he said .
Yu Joong-Hyeok had to live through the story that I read while welcoming thousands of deaths in the process . As if to respond to all those years he had spent, the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] held in his hand began to cry out viciously .
Anna Croft snuck a glance in my direction .
I replied to her . "You should go . This guy came to see me, not you . "
"I pray that I'll get to hear your end goal through your own words next time we meet . "
Leaving behind those words, she vanished through the portal without a trace . For sure, she had no reason to stay behind . She had paid her debt more than enough by assisting me this far, after all .
Yu Joong-Hyeok didn't try to stop her from leaving . If it was any other times, he'd doggedly pursue her and cut her head off, but not today .
"Yu Joong-Hyeok," I called out to him .
But, he didn't look at me . No, he simply stared at the empty, open mouth of the portal .
So, I called out to him one more time . "Please, at least listen to what I have to say . You used to call me your comrade, once upon a time, didn't you?"
He shifted his gaze towards me and slowly unsheathed his sword .
"That was in the past . "
The icy-cold rage permeating within his voice wasn't something that I could readily unpack .
[Unique skill, the 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' has been activated!]
And so, I took yet another step into the curse of omniscience .
[Your degree of understanding on the applicable individual is lacking!]
Unfortunately, Yu Joong-Hyeok's inner thoughts didn't permit my spying attempt, as if to assert that the person in front of my eyes was no longer the same guy that I knew all this time .
"I can already guess what you want to talk to me about . It's probably about that book of yours . "
" . . . . . "
"Through that book, you peeked into my life, and used me as your entertainment . Is there anything else I should know?"
I couldn't mouth any excuses . Because those were all truths . What I did was no different from what other Constellations had been doing .
"I . . . . "
I knew that . I definitely did . But… .
But, was the sense of betrayal everything he felt?
[Your degree of understanding on the applicable individual is increasing gradually bit by bit . ]
Yu Joong-Hyeok was waiting for me, as if he was the judge searching for that yet-undiscovered opportunity to frame me even further .
Too bad, I had no idea what to say here .
His emotions flooded into my head and filled it up to full in no time through the 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' . All the texts that I knew were steadily being overwritten by the words completely foreign to me .
The words that I should be saying, words that I wanted to say, they were all being buried under the blackened waves of emotions crashing in .
And then, his sword moved .
Even at that moment, it still didn't feel real to me . Indeed, it felt far too surreal that he'd forget about all those times we survived together and try to kill me right here .
['Fruit of Good and Evil' is influencing your emotions!]
['The 4th Wall' is shaking around violently!]
The moment I saw the blade flying in right in front of my nose, a guilty conscience, as well as a sense of unfairness, welled up in my heart .
['Fruit of Good and Evil' is dragging out your dark emotions to the fore!]
I did my best in my own way . After these scenarios got underway, I really tried my best . In my own way, I did my best to put what I read to practice .
I never once thought about hurting Yu Joong-Hyeok or any of my companions . All I ever thought about was these scenarios – what should I do to minimise the harm? What should I do so that we could safely reach the true end of everything?
That was all I did . Nothing more . Yet . . .
Just what made things to go so wrong like this?
Claaaang!!
Along with the explosive grinding noise, blue sparks danced in the air .
"Why are you standing around dazed like that, you dumbass?!"
Han Su-Yeong was standing next to me now .
*
It was no coincidence that Han Su-Yeong arrived on the 'Middle Island No . 3' .
While progressing through the 'Small Island's' scenario, she had a certain dream . And it was about a man wearing a white coat dying at the hands of another man wearing a black coat .
It was the same rubbish dream she had already a while ago, so she even muttered to herself, 'It's that stupid dream again,' while dreaming it . Because, a dream would remain just that, a dream, and would never come to reality .
… . Just like a novel could never become reality, that was .
- Looks like the me of the 3rd turn is a bit of a moron, isn't she . I showed her the same image several times already, yet she doesn't seem to get it… .
'What the heck was that?!'
Han Su-Yeong in the dream nearly jumped up in fright and shifted her gaze towards the voice . A woman wearing a black coat was standing there . This mysterious person possessed a similar physique to her . And as if someone deliberately erased her face, there were no distinguishing features at all .
That blank face continued to speak .
- Looks like this regression will end up as a failure if this keeps up, huh… .
Han Su-Yeong felt this instinctive fear and took a couple of steps back . Unfortunately, she was still inside her own dream, and no person alive could run away from their dreams .
- You see, me, I like throwing a wrench in someone else's schemes .
The moment this woman of the dream extended her hand, strange, unexplainable information flooded into Han Su-Yeong's head .
[Ability of 'Predictive Plagiarism' is being awoken inside you!]
And that was how Han Su-Yeong woke up from her sleep . Unknown information swam inside her head, and her consciousness moved on its own volition to sort through her new-found knowledge base .
A short while later, this one sentence formed in her head .
- Yu Joong-Hyeok will head towards the 'Middle Island No . 3' .
She had no clue why such a sentence popped up in her mind . Even then, she decided to heed it . She didn't know what that unidentifiable dream was all about, or who that faceless woman within it was, but regardless, the thought of 'I must do so' rang clearly in her head .
And that was how she reached this very location, this very moment .
"Get out of my way . I have no business with you . "
Yu Joong-Hyeok was glaring at her with a pair of frightening eyes . Meanwhile, Kim Dok-Ja was staring at her with a dazed expression on his face .
Han Su-Yeong slowly sucked in her breath . She still didn't know what the dream was trying to show her . However, at least right in this moment, she knew what her role was .
Han Su-Yeong chuckled in her usual slimy manner and spoke up .
"I knew that you'd cause a problem sooner or later . There's no way the 'Yu Joong-Hyeok' I know would change like that . "
"If you don't move out the way, then I . . . . "
"What, you want to kill me, too? And what would you gain by doing that? Is this the compensation for all those times you've been deceived?"
Yu Joong-Hyeok didn't reply . Instead, his sword skill seemed to be forgotten for a moment there . His blade sliced down from the air and Han Su-Yeong defended against the attack with a smirk .
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