Chapter 422: 422
"Just what the hell happened back there?"
Bihyung hung his head low after hearing Han Su-Yeong's words .
"You were busy talking a big game, but then, we got refused entry at the door . . . . Oii, Dokkaebi, will you say something already?"
[Well, that is . . . . . Fuu . . . . ]
In the end, the couldn't go to the 'Final Scenario' and had to return to Earth . The reason? Their 'qualification is insufficient' .
[It seems that the Great Dokkaebis were behind this . ]
"You think everything'll be fine after saying that? What will you do about our wasted time, dude?"
[… . I'll compensate you with suitable rewards so please, stop grilling me . ]
While the grumbling Bihyung was rummaging through his pockets, Han Su-Yeong sighed deeply and took a look at her companions .
They had somehow returned to Earth after going through all sorts of crazy ups and downs . Predictably, none of them were themselves at the moment .
"He might have died for real this time . . . . I'm sorry, hyung . . . . I . . . I wasn't qualified . . . . Because, I didn't do the contract . . . . "
Yi Gil-Yeong had been muttering some indescribable things to himself while crouching over there, while Shin Yu-Seung had her eyes closed and both of her index fingers were pressed to her temples as if she was meditating or some such . Meanwhile, Yi Ji-Hye and Jeong Hui-Won had taken Yi Hyeon-Seong to Aileen at the [Industrial Complex] and had vacated the premises for the time being .
" . . . . This place hasn't changed at all . That ahjumma didn't even bother to clean the house, did she?"
Han Su-Yeong muttered to herself as she patted away the dust on the aged couch .
Once upon a time, she, Yu Sang-Ah, and Yi Su-Gyeong stayed together in this very house . A place where they lived together for three years during Kim Dok-Ja's absence . . . .
Her brief reminiscence was cut short by the doorbell .
She utilised the [Black Flame] to remotely open the door and smirked to herself . " . . . . I guess the ⸢Devil showing up when you talk about her⸥ could be a Fable as well . "
"It's been a while, Su-Yeong-ah," said Yi Su-Gyeong as she scanned the messy state of the house . She eventually shook her head . "You're still the same as before . You should at least ventilate the place . "
"I'll have you know, I've returned only just now . And it's already been so many yea . . . . . "
Han Su-Yeong flinched when she got that far . She might have spent dozens of years in the 'Isle of Reincarnators', but that was time spent within the island itself . She couldn't really tell exactly how long it had been on the outside .
Yi Su-Gyeong opened all the windows in the house with a simple flick of her hand and sent away all the stuffy dust outside . Her eyes remained fixed on the group sagging on the floor in the meantime .
Han Su-Yeong sneakily blocked the older woman's view towards them and coughed to clear her throat, before asking a question . "By any chance, did Jeong Hui-Won tell you already?"
"Tell me what?"
Han Su-Yeong lightly bit her lip . She wasn't sure how to explain this situation .
"Well, you can see that Kim Dok-Ja isn't here . "
"Hmm, that's true . I learned of it just now, too . "
She thought that maybe, she shouldn't have brought it up, but it was spilt milk already . Han Su-Yeong squeezed her eyes shut and spoke . "The reason why he's not here, it's . . . . Me, Yu Jung-Hyeok and Jeong Hui-Won, we all wanted to save your son and tried to go with the soul's one big hit, but . . . . "
"Please get to the main point . "
"Ng . Actually, ahjumma, your son's gone to some place with someone . But that place is . . . . "
"Are you perchance speaking of that?"
Han Su-Yeong followed Yi Su-Gyeong's pointing finger and turned her head . The TV mounted on the wall was playing a news footage .
The scene on the screen showed a man wearing a white coat floating in the jet-black sky, with Kim Dok-Ja dangling off that man's arm .
- Breaking news! 's president kidnapped!
Han Su-Yeong's jaw dropped to the floor as she muttered softly . " . . . . What the heck is that?"
For some unfathomable reason, the Earth's media had found out about that event . Yi Su-Gyeong and her rather relaxed expression stared at the screen for a little while, then she nodded her head . "That boy . He's still so popular . "
"Ahjumma?! Don't you get that it's a pretty serious problem??"
"But, he looks like Yu Jung-Hyeok-gun . So, what can be a serious problem?" (TL note at the end)
"Because, that's not the 'Yu Jung-Hyeok' . That's the problem . "
Han Su-Yeong spat out a groan . But then, the TV's screen suddenly rewound itself back and the exact same footage played out again .
- Breaking news! 's president kidnapped!
She looked around wondering what was going on here, only to discover the stupefied Yu Jung-Hyeok continually poking the TV remote . He rewound the footage several times and repeated it over and over again .
Han Su-Yeong asked him . " . . . . . Hey, are you alright?"
" . . . . . "
"You won't regress even if your rewind that, you know? Did you even forget how to go back now?"
He didn't even pretend to hear her . His eyes burned scarily as if he wanted to engrave the appearance of the 'Secretive Plotter' in them . The Status of the Regressor who refused to accept his defeat oozed out from him and made the air in the living room rather stuffy and hot .
Han Su-Yeong spat out an even greater groan . "Dammit . Just who the heck distributed that footage . . . . . "
[Hum, hum . ]
She turned her head yet again to find Bihyung this time, coughing to clear his throat .
" . . . . You haven't left yet?"
[Here's your reward . ]
Now that she thought about it, she had forgotten all about the reward payout . She extended her hand out, and the Dokkaebi's small hand placed 500 Coins on her palm .
"Are you messing with me??"
[Well, the thing is, the financial state of the Bureau's Seoul branch is a bit strained lately, you see . . . . And what with all these many things that require our attention, it's like . . . . . ]
Bihyung whistled while glancing at the other side of the sky .
The Seoul's sky that should've been clear was now dyed in the ominous colours of crimson and yellow . There were Probability's sparks lashing down like lightning bolts, as well as the pitch-black [Great Hole] swirling around viciously .
Han Su-Yeong frowned deeply and asked . "Did something happen to Seoul?"
"The skies have been like that for a while now . "
This city was no longer the location for the main scenario . But, if the apocalyptic phenomena were still persisting like that, it . . . . .
[It's because of the Apocalypse Dragon . ]
Bihyung looked at the sky with a bitter expression, pulled out a lengthy smoking pipe from his inner pocket and mouthed it .
Perhaps she found that sight unacceptable, Han Su-Yeong snatched the pipe away and yelled at the Dokkaebi . "What are you talking about?! Why does the Apocalypse Dragon's effect reach this far?"
[You don't know? I thought Kim Dok-Ja would have told you already . ]
"That idiot never tells us the most important information . "
Bihyung pulled out a second smoking pipe looking rather unperturbed and spoke while lighting it up . [The revival of the Apocalypse Dragon is the first button of the great annihilation for all of us . You can think of it as the world-line now rushing towards its end with that thing wide awake . . . . This was why I told you that we need to hurry to the 'Final Scenario' . ]
" . . . . What will happen if we don't get to the Final Scenario?"
[As the word implies, it's the apocalypse . You, me, this world . ]
That composed declaration prompted the dumbfounded Han Su-Yeong to sharply shoot back . "What the heck, what is even . . . . What's the point of this 'Final Scenario' when the whole world is about to be destroyed? Why did you people even create such a scenario in the first place?!"
[The great annihilation is not a scenario planned out by the Dokkaebis . It's simply meant to be . And because the annihilation is real, the 'Final Scenario' has gained its purpose at last . ]
Bihyung looked up at the distant skies with an expression of remorse . He saw the movements of a group of stars, hurriedly trying to get to some place . Stars of the heavens were getting further away like shooting stars .
*
[Oh-oooooooh!]
[Ah-aaaaaah!]
The 'Outer Gods' unleashed their jet-black Statuses, dyeing the entirety of the N'Gai's Forest in pure darkness .
The kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks managed to extract me from the vines and quickly stood all around me . The kkoma number [999] spoke up first . "Protect Kim Dok-Ja . "
"I told all of you this before, didn't I? I knew he would cause a problem . "
"Indeed, we should've killed him the first time we saw him . "
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