Chapter 451
What the 'Secretive Plotter' said felt as hollow as words coming from someone who had lost all meaning in his life .
I spoke up as if to rebel against that hollowness . " . . . . Your life saved someone else's . "
To someone who had lost so much, the truth of saving a kid whom he didn't even know the name of wouldn't be much of a consolation . The boy was someone completely unrelated to him, after all . That boy was not his comrade or his family member .
I tried to open my lips several times, yet I still couldn't say anything else . The life I lived was no help whatsoever in the quest to save this guy .
The 'Secretive Plotter' looked at me struggling and spoke . [[When I first saw you, I believed that I needed to bring you under my wings . ]]
Bring me under his wings . For some reason, I recalled the moments I first encountered him .
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… . I remembered it .
That did happen . The 'Secretive Plotter' showed up during my first Sponsor Selection as my third potential choice . He really did try to become my Sponsor .
[[After that, I continued to observe this world-line . Sometimes, I was surprised . I was just as surprised by the fact that I was surprised . Because, I hadn't been surprised by anything for a long time . ]]
I knew that . During this world-line's story, he watched what we did and sent various indirect messages . If I dug through the indirect message logs, I should be able to read the ones he sent to me .
[Constellation, 'Secretive Plotter', is intrigued by your choice . ]
[Constellation, 'Secretive Plotter', is impressed by the level of your stupidity . ]
[Constellation, 'Secretive Plotter', is disappointed by your flippant declaration . ]
[Eyes of the Constellation, 'Secretive Plotter', are sparkling after he heard your plan . ]
[Constellation, 'Secretive Plotter', is curious about your scheme . ]
… . .
Those messages made the first actual face-to-face with him rather awkward for me . I knew now that [666] and other Yu Jung-Hyeoks were responsible for those indirect messages, but still . . . .
[[I had to decide – whether to continue observing this distorted world, or to destroy it . ]]
" . . . . Was that why you sent me to the 1863rd turn?"
The Plotter nodded his head . His choice led to the beginning of this 'world-line' .
He continued on . [[It was roughly a similar reason why I gave this turn's Yu Jung-Hyeok the information on the 1863rd turn . I had a need to test you . To find out whether you or this turn's Yu Jung-Hyeok was the more suitable candidate to witness the conclusion . ]]
"Okay, so your choice was?"
The 'Secretive Plotter' didn't reply and simply stared at me, before opening his mouth . [[There is a massive wall at the end of this world . It's the 'Final Wall' that can only be opened when all the keys have been gathered together . ]]
- You have acquired answers to all the questions .
- The 'Three Divine Questions and Answers' has ended .
I realised it then . That reply of his was the answer to my 'three questions' .
Sparks dancing around the 'Secretive Plotter' grew more vicious . Certain information would require the consumption of a great deal of Probability just by mentioning it . And if the info was related to the end of this world, then it was only obvious that the Probability cost would be enormous, too .
The 'Final Wall' .
That was the 'Conclusion' the Secretive Plotter had encountered in his epilogue .
[[The 'fragment' you possess is the last key that I've been searching for . ]]
I got nervous and backed away . As I was in the shape of a [Murim dumpling], it was pretty hard to take backward steps, but whatever the case might have been, I simply had to create some distance between us .
If the Plotter's goal was [The 4th Wall] in my possession, then he . . . .
He, who was busy clenching and unfurling his fists, came across as rather terrifying for some reason .
Other kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks were also looking up at the Plotter with tense expressions .
[[Far too many things had to be distorted to create this world-line . I can't decide whether leaving you alone is the right thing to do or not . ]]
The distorted world-line . The broken Probability .
I heard about those two things lots of times already .
"Okay, so what? What do you want, then?"
I just threw out whatever came to my mind . The important thing was to buy time . I needed to drag this out as long as possible and return to my original body . That was important .
"I don't really get what you're trying to say here . I don't get all this confusing mumbo-jumbo about the end result devouring the cause and whatnot . However, regardless of what, my comrades and I did our absolute best to come this far . The conclusion is practically around the corner for us . "
I could almost see it, the conclusion to this previously-unwritten story .
[[Seeing the conclusion is not everything . The truly important thing is to witness the correct conclusion . ]]
"Correct conclusion? Deciding that would be . . . . . "
[[A story with distorted Probability will always go on to create a calamity . ]]
I became dazed from that declaration, something that only a Dokkaebi would make .
"That's not like you . With something you haven't even seen yet . . . . "
It was then an earthquake suddenly erupted out . Something collapsed with a loud 'Thud!!'
The wine glass on the circular table tumbled over; the whole forest was shaking around .
" . . . . . What's going on??"
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