Chapter 457: 457 The time limit for the scenario was until midnight today . It was already nine PM, so there were less than three hours remaining . … . How did the time fly by so quickly, anyway? I heard that happy moments would pass you by really quickly . It must've been true . ⸢Four complaints still need to be answered . And only three hours remain . ⸥ No matter what, I was cutting it real close . From the beginning, solving five of such difficult missions was clearly forcing it . In the end, I decided to resort to 'that' . "Biyu-yah . " Dokkaebis had jurisdiction over sub scenarios, so she should be able to control one just fine . Also, since the failure penalty was not 'death' but 'death(?)', I was thinking that they wouldn't kill me for real, and . . . . Biyu wasn't answering . "Where are you, our cute little Biyu?"
[Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', is cackling at your ill fortune . ]
[Constellation, 'Queen of the Darkest Spring', is urging you to seriously carry this scenario out . . . . ]
Seeing that the channel was open, Biyu must be nearby for sure, but . . . ? I decided to pull out the hidden trump card . "Ba-aht . " That caused the empty air to quiver a little, then a ball of cotton with a small horn attached on top rose out from there . [Aba-aht . ] Biyu popped out with a "Poof!" and began giggling away . I didn't smile back, though . "Biyu-yah . I'm sorry about this, but can you, like, cancel this scenario . . . . ?" [Eh-oh-bah-aht . ] I couldn't tell whether she was trying to say 'eva' or 'over' .
[Constellations agreeing with the applicable scenario's Probability are rejecting the scenario cancellation . ]
… . Hang on, could this be a bounty scenario, instead?
[Constellation, 'Demon-like Judge of Fire', is arguing that this scenario is a necessity for you . ]
[Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', is criticising you, telling you not to use a cowardly method . ]
[Constellation, 'Bald General of Justice', is saying that if you're a true comrade to them, then you should use your valour and tenacious spirit to . . . . ]
[Constellation, 'Goryeo's First Sword', is simply denying the cancellation . ]
… . They are in sync with each other only in times like this, aren't they? " . . . . Yes, yes . I get it now . "
[Constellation, 'Most Ancient Liberator', is cheering on his maknae . ]
I couldn't really get used to the new Modifier for the Great Sage Heaven's Equal . We parted ways right away after the 'Journey to the West' scenario came to an end, but I knew we'd get to see each other soon enough . In any case . . . . Who should it be? Who should I speak to next? It should be someone holding the highest amount of complaints towards me, right? I studied my companions one by one, leisurely sitting around together after that fulfilling supper . That was when the [Midday Tryst] came flying in my way . - What are you looking at? Okay, let's skip Han Su-Yeong for now . Her problems weren't on the level that I could fix anyway .
- You making fun of me? I continued to search for the next candidate . The next two I spotted were Yu-Seung-ee and Gil-Yeong-ee . While looking at the two lying side by side and patting their slightly bulging tummies, it almost felt as if the [Fruit of Good and Evil] was whispering to me from deep inside my mind . ⸢If it's their troubles, can't I easily solve them?⸥ Even if I set aside the cowardly reason for now, I still needed to have a serious talk with Gil-Yeong-ee .
[Constellation Yi Gil-Yeong's Sponsor is staring at you . ]
Although he looked the same on the outside as before, Yi Gil-Yeong's Status had a faint trace of demonic aura permeating it . Would it be okay to talk to him now? However, wasn't it too open here?
[Constellation, 'Master of Sky Walk', is observing your actions . ]
[Constellation, 'Lily Blooming on Aquarius', is focusing her attention on you . ]
Not only that, Constellations were watching us, too . I couldn't really imagine how the channel's Constellations would react if I went and carelessly got in touch with 'that side' now . Even then, I should at least talk to him . . . . .
[Currently, 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' 2nd Stage is in activation . ]
… . The inside of my head rang with a "Bzz!" and the skill was activated forcibly once more . This was happening rather often lately . I wasn't sure whether it was because I read the 'Ways of Survival' too much, or due to some other reason, but . . . ⸢Ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump⸥ Their voices soon entered my head . ⸢Dok-Ja hyung will come and talk to me, right?⸥ ⸢Is he coming over now?⸥ … . Ng?? ⸢I better tell him about a biiiig problem . ⸥ ⸢I must tell him something really shocking . ⸥ ⸢ . . . . What if Shin Yu-Seung talks about something bigger than mine?⸥ ⸢I definitely must say something more shocking than Yi Gil-Yeong . ⸥ My steps came to a halt . … . It was not because I was scared of the kids, though . Anyways . I shifted my gaze to the person crouching next to them, instead .
⸢ . . . . I miss them . ⸥ Yi Ji-Hye with a sad expression was looking at the distant sky . She was an energetic chatterbox usually, so it was rare to see her make such face . I could guess who she was referring to when she said she missed them . The first scenario would've been a nightmare to everyone, but it must've been especially worse for her . Even if the was here for her, one person couldn't really substitute for someone else . I wordlessly approached her and lightly poked her on the shoulder . Yi Ji-Hye looked behind at me . "Uht? what's this, ahjussi? You finished with the dishes?" "Yeah . " "H-mm . . . . Wait, did you come here because of the scenario?" "It's not entirely about that . But . . . . " "I don't have any particular complaints, so you don't need to talk to me, though? Why don't you speak to others first?" Even now, she was worried about others . No matter how badly she was hurting, she was still thinking of other people's pain first . Yi Ji-Hye from Chungmuro grew up like that . And she grew up into an adult like that, too . "You can talk to me any time . If you don't want to talk to me, then it'll be fine with someone else, too . But you don't have to huddle in a corner and let it fester inside you . " Maybe she didn't expect me to say something like that, because Yi Ji-Hye began blinking her eyes next . "Ahjussi, don't try to act cool, okay?" She smirked and punched me in the shin with her sturdy fist . I thought my bone was broken or something .
[You have currently resolved 1 complaint . ]
A simple chat on this level couldn't resolve Yi Ji-Hye's troubles . Even then, I still had to speak to her . She lightly shook her beer glass around and while standing up, spoke to me . " . . . . Alright, then . Since I'm full, I should go and stretch my limbs for a bit . " "You shouldn't exercise after drinking, you know . " "I feel fine, though?" Seeing her swing her sword about like that, she definitely was her master's student, alright . … . Hang on a bit . Now that I thought about it, there was one guy who should be the most dissatisfied by me around here, wasn't there? I quickly scanned the campsite, but strangely enough, I couldn't locate that idiot no matter how hard I looked . "Hey, you deaf?? When someone is calling you, you should . . . . . " Along with a resounding 'Slap!' someone smacked me in the back of the head . I looked behind and spoke to the culprit . "Hey, Han Su-Yeong . . . . " "What now?" "Where is Yu Jung-Hyeok?" "Yu Jung-Hyeok? He was over th . . . . Uh?" Only then did she realise it, too . Honestly speaking, that guy usually acted on his own and often disappeared on us without warning, so this shouldn't come across as all that surprising . The problem had to with the fact that he didn't disappear alone this time . Han Su-Yeong looked into the wide-open rear door of the [X-grade Ferrarghini] and spoke up . " . . . . . The 'Secretive Plotter' is gone, too . "
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The 'Secretive Plotter' surrounded in the transparent Sealing Sphere landed on the ground with a thud and roughly rolled around in the dirt . He was still unconscious . Yu Jung-Hyeok quietly looked down on him, then slowly unsheathed the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] and addressed the Plotter . "I know that you're already awake . " The Secretive Plotter slowly opened his eyes . Accompanied by faint sparks, energy from a Fable surged throughout his body . For a moment there, his Fables were returning to him . [[You don't seem to know how to enjoy these brief moments of peace . ]] Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting . "I don't have a habit of enjoying my peace with an enemy near me . " [[Are you planning to kill me? That is indeed a wise move . However, you should know by now that you can't really kill me . ]] That was true . The 'Secretive Plotter' was another Yu Jung-Hyeok . Killing him simply meant the creation of another world-line . Even then, Yu Jung-Hyeok didn't let go of his [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] . "It'll be far better than watching you mess up this world-line . " The Plotter laughed . They were both Yu Jung-Hyeoks . They may have lived two different lives, but their nature as Yu Jung-Hyeok was the same . And that was why they could understand each other's thought process the best . [[Do you believe that your power alone is enough to kill me? Without Kim Dok-Ja's Fable, the current you can't fight against an 'Outer God' . ]] "That might be the case, but killing you will be rather simple . I only have to shatter that [Sealing Sphere] . "
A faint trace of unrest flitted in and out of the Plotter's expression . Currently, the 'Secretive Plotter' was inside the unstable [Apocalypse Dragon's Sealing Sphere] created by the 999th turn's Uriel . "You're deliberately not removing the [Sealing Sphere] . If you break it, then the 'Hounds Chasing After the Abyss' will appear from the gap in space and time, that's why . " It only had been for a brief moment, but still, Yu Jung-Hyeok got to steal a glance into the memories of the 1864 regression turns engraved into the ⸢Hellscape of Eternity⸥ . That's where he got to learn partial information on 'Outer Gods' . The Hounds that chased after the Abyss – he learned about the Hounds of Tindalos during that time, too . They were the cleaners capable of detecting the distortion in a world-line . "They can only intrude from where angles below 90 degrees exist . The normal you wouldn't be troubled by something like a few Hounds, but with how weakened you are, the story should change greatly . " The flow of Status loaded onto the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] grew thicker . Yu Jung-Hyeok too hadn't fully recovered from his wounds, so fighting the Plotter head-on was impossible . However, shattering the Sealing Sphere shouldn't pose a challenge . The Plotter's expression changed, perhaps after figuring out Yu Jung-Hyeok's intentions . It was the face of a man who had accepted 'something' . And so, just as Yu Jung-Hyeok's [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] was about to make a move . . . "Oppa . " Someone's head poked out from the bushes . "What are you doing?" Yu Jung-Hyeok was taken by surprise and while turning his head towards her, shouted out . "Yu Mi-Ah! Don't come closer!" Dismay brushed past his expression next . Because he had focused all of his perception on the 'Secretive Plotter', he ended up making such an egregious mistake . "Go back to where our companions are! This place is dangerous!" "Don't want to . " She replied in a cold voice, something she had never used before . Yu Jung-Hyeok replied in stupefaction . " . . . . What?" "You don't even come back to Earth all that often anyway, so stop nagging me . You promised to stay with me for a few days, didn't you? Both Su-Gyeong ahjumma and Gyeong-Ran ahjumma are always busy, you know? And I'm tired of listening to Grandma Bok-Sun's stories of the past, too!" Yu Mi-Ah clearly enunciated every single word as she strode forward . Yu Jung-Hyeok's judgement blurred for a moment then . She seized that opening and quickly ran towards the front of the 'Secretive Plotter' . "By the way, he looks exactly like you, oppa . Who are you exactly?" Before long, she was within the touching distance of the Plotter . Yu Jung-Hyeok grew anxious . He wanted to swing his sword right now and shatter the [Sealing Sphere], but his little sister might get swept up in the air current if he made the slightest mistake here . As he began deliberating on his options, she placed her hand on the transparent [Sealing Sphere] and innocently asked the figure inside . "Are you trapped in this thing? You want me to help you get out of there?" Yu Jung-Hyeok dearly wanted to move and pull her away from there right now . But for some reason, he couldn't . The 'Secretive Plotter' was staring at Yu Mi-Ah . His eyes were trembling from a very powerful agitation . Even Yu Jung-Hyeok was surprised to see such an expression appear on the Plotter's face, someone who had lived through an untold amount of time . Yu Mi-Ah pressed him further in the meantime . "Come on now, answer me . "
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