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Ssuru, the ground opened up hugely and the space inside was revealed. I had seen it in comics and such, but it was the first time I saw it open like this, so it was amazing. As if it was familiar, Yuseo immediately went down the ladder inside as soon as the floor completely opened.

In an instant, I realized that I had been dazed. It seemed that I was still not used to this. Only then did I come to my senses and immediately tried to follow.

“Oh.”

I looked down and a sigh escaped my lips.

You could tell that it was going to be extremely difficult because we had to go down so deep that the bottom was almost invisible.

Suddenly, Yusera raised her head from her descent and spoke to me.

“Why aren’t you coming down?”

“I was absentminded for a moment. I’ll be right there.”

I gave a simple answer and immediately climbed up the ladder.

It didn’t take that long. The bottom was unexpectedly fast, and unlike what I had expected, it took only a few minutes. Once I got there, I realized that the only reason I couldn’t see the bottom was because it was dark.

The whole place is dark.

“Stay as calm and mature as possible.”

I nodded at Yusera’s words. Knowing what kind of place Masinism was, I could understand why she said that.

Because if you show even the slightest sign of immaturity, they’ll be suspicious.

“And today is a conscious day, so you know that.”

“Consciousness?”

Was there something like that?

This was something that wasn’t mentioned much in the novel.

“You don’t seem to know much about consciousness, do you?”

“Well, honestly speaking, yes.”

In the novel, people are just killed or kidnapped without any consciousness or anything, or they just suddenly commit suicide in front of others. The main characters just have to stop it, so there’s no need to worry about it.

Well, if you think about it, it’s almost like one religion, so it wouldn’t be strange if it existed.

But why wasn’t it mentioned in the novel?

I was really annoyed by the fact that things that weren’t even mentioned in the novel kept coming at me.

What kind of writer does he do that he doesn’t write things like this?

“Then, it might be a little shocking.”

Maybe he was doing something crazy. I let it slide and continued following Yoo Seora down the hallway.

The place we arrived at was a huge door. Yuseo went to the front and knocked skillfully with a specific rhythm. It felt a bit strange, so I didn’t really want to listen.

– Who are you?

It was a voice coming from inside the door. It was a thick, middle-aged man’s voice, but it didn’t sound like a good person because it sounded like he was drunk and couldn’t hide his excitement.

“We have come to hear the words of the great god. Please open this wall.”

The voice sounded so passionate that it instantly gave me goosebumps. The tone of voice was like someone addicted to something, so I even felt a sense of rejection.

For a moment, I forgot that it was Yoo Seora’s voice.

– Okay, come in.

With those words, the door began to slowly open. Very slowly, but the sound reverberated throughout the space so majestically that it felt like an earthquake was occurring.

Kukukuku, the creaking sound continued, and at one moment the door opened wide and stopped with a creaking sound.

There stood a man with a beard so thick that it couldn’t be distinguished by his mask, and his voice was inconsistent.

“Come in.”

Unlike when he had spoken inside the door, the middle-aged man spoke politely in a soft yet sharp voice. Honestly, I wondered why he was speaking politely now when he had spoken informally before, but I couldn’t ask.

Yu Seo-ra remained silent for a while and then bowed to greet me. Since I had some sense of humor, I bowed as well.

“I will go in.”

“Yes. Please take care of it.”

Yusera went in through the door, and I followed her in.

“Do you know about Masinism or not?”

I guess I was just being too foolish.

“Can you tell?”

“I know because I am the one who knows.”

“How?”

“That’s right.”

I thought it was because it was Yoo Seo-ra who said that, and not someone else. In fact, in the original work, there was a record of Seo Jae-hyeok being with another girl by guessing.

Actually, it would be more accurate to say that it is a feeling that comes from experience.

“Yeah. This is my first time here.”

“Of course, but then how do you know about the Masin Church?”

I hesitated for a moment about what to say, then opened my mouth.

“There’s a little story.”

“What’s the story?”

“I found out about something by chance. It’s nothing.”

“Hmm, I’ll ask about that later.”

As he said that, Yuseo stopped walking. I stopped walking as well. When I looked straight ahead, I could see that there was another door.

“Just open this.”

“Oh, really?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuseo went forward without hesitation and grabbed the doorknob and turned it. And as he pushed in, a space similar to a gymnasium was spread out, and there were people there. The murmur of voices could be heard throughout the place, and it felt like a convention hall.

“It will start in ten minutes. Just wait a moment while it lasts.”

“Thanks for letting me know.

If it was 10 minutes, I could probably have a conversation with other people. I wouldn’t know exactly what I was going to do from now on, but I thought I could at least get a feel for what kind of atmosphere Masin Church was like.

I took a quick look around.

I guess it would be better to just stay still, but I really needed to find out.

”Would you like to talk to other people to get some information?“

I quickly noticed that it was a suicide note, perhaps because I kept looking around.

”Uh. I need to find out a little bit.“

I was currently feeling in real time that the information in the novel was not enough. In fact, just looking at the current incident, I thought that I needed to take off my shoes and investigate it myself because it was something that was not in the original work.

It would be good because I would be able to learn information I didn’t know before.

What kind of risk do you have to take?

”Then it’ll be a little difficult, right? Hehe.“

The sight of Yoo Seol-ra laughing as if she was having fun was so disgusting. Anyone who saw it could tell that she was being sarcastic.

I’m not even kidding.

”What are you talking about? I’ll go talk to you first.“

After declaring that, I grabbed a man nearby.

”Hello. Have you come to hear the words of the Lord Masin?“

I spoke in a tone that appropriately mixed what Yu Seora had said and the description of the Masin religion in the original work. At the same time, I also used a soft tone, which is one of my strengths, so I thought I would at least make a good impression.

”What the heck? Are you fucking around? Get out of here!“

But it seemed like the other person didn’t really care. Even though he couldn’t see his expression because of the mask, I could strongly sense that he was displeased from his voice.

What the heck, I feel sick.

I stepped aside without saying anything. From the beginning, I thought, “What the hell is going on with this kid?” and then thought about it for a moment.

‘Wait a minute, so this isn’t just her?’

The reasons and methods for joining the Masin cult from the original story flashed through my mind. It seemed like everyone didn’t want this kind of conversation.

‘But I thought you would treat us well since we are of the same species.’

In fact, in the original work, there was an expression that executives in the same class were close friends. However, it seems that on average, that wasn’t the case.

I was able to realize it right away. That must be why Yusera smiled at me.

‘Oh my, I almost wasted my efforts.’

No, this writer doesn’t describe things like this properly in his novels.

”Then, shall we go back?“

It was at that moment that I thought I should go back to Yoo Seo Ra again.

Kuuung!

Suddenly, the ceiling began to shake with a loud noise. I instinctively raised my head and saw someone coming down from there.

A young man with short hair was wearing a mask and black robes like a priest. You could tell at a glance that this man was a high-ranking official here.

The man slowly came down on stage, picked up the microphone, and opened his mouth.

”Hello, everyone. I am Choi Kang-hoon, the priest here.“

Whoa whoa whoa, I started screaming at the top of my lungs. It was so loud I seriously wanted to cover my ears for a second.

”Thank you for welcoming me so warmly. I’m sure the Lord is watching what happened today“

It was a commercial voice that you might hear from some voice phishing scam. It felt like they were trying too hard to pretend to be a good person.

What kind of guy is he?

”Okay, there’s only one reason we’re here, right? So let’s get to the point!“

The man named Choi Kang-hoon suddenly smiled and pointed somewhere. I felt uncomfortable for some reason.

What are you trying to do with all this nonsense?

”We need to listen to the words of the Lord. And that requires sacrifice.“

Slowly, very slowly, the guys with their faces covered came out with something. It felt like they were being dragged around like they were being treated like an animal.

In an instant, his face hardened. His hands became tense.

I could only watch because I couldn’t even describe the sight.

My thoughts suddenly stopped.

”That’s why what’s needed is a sacrifice. A sacrifice for the god!“

You crazy kids.

Fuck fuck like that dog.

I ended up shutting my mouth for a moment.

I couldn’t stand the intense excitement welling up deep in my chest.

I guess I took the Masin Church lightly. If they had realized that what they wanted was the destruction of the world, I could see that they would have done something like this.

Until just a moment ago, I was just foolishly amazed.

‘It’s something I can think about enough.’

Even though I knew that I would end up killing civilians, I was disobeying it too lightly. I was taking this world lightly.

”We will attain enlightenment by killing these six children!“

There were innocent kids on stage.

They had gentle faces, but their expressions were filled with great despair.

”Mom! Mom! Mom! Black! Mom!“

”Euuugh, euuugh! Euuugh!“

”Please save me! Please save me! Please save me!“

”Hey, where am I! What’s going on!“

”Someone help me! I don’t want to die!“

”…….“

My face reflexively frowned. The people here were screaming so excitedly that it was almost like a festival. I quickly looked around. Aside from Nana Yusera, most of the people were holding weapons, and there were probably some Awakened people as well.

”Now, the chosen ones will kill those children.“

Slowly, guys who looked like adults came out on stage. Their expressions were not visible because of their masks, but they looked happy.

The sharp blade shone strongly into my eyes.

”Now, please kill these children cleanly with the knife I gave you.“

People were screaming enthusiastically as they watched. It was as if they had been subjected to mass hypnosis. However, these people were not hypnotized. They had not joined the Masin Church against their will, but had come here of their own free will.

As soon as that thought occurred to me, I felt uncomfortable just being here. I wanted to run out right now and kill everyone here.

All I can think of is that they’re not some weird people, they’re just crazy kids.

‘This is reality.’

It was only then that I realized it.

It was something I knew, but it was only now that I could understand it directly. I was shocked because I didn’t take this world seriously.

On the stage, he could see that he was slowly giving a knife. Yuseo would probably continue to watch this. To him, the kids over there are not related to him. For the sake of his purpose, it would be the right choice to stay still for now.

Actually, I don’t have any sense of justice or anything like that, but I do have a minimum level of good.

I slowly raised my gun. As I was looking around, my eyes met with Yu Seo-ra’s.

He must have known what I was going to do. But the guy was smiling. He was even nodding. I guess he meant that I could move however I wanted.

Yes, from now on, I will commit murder.

I thought.

There is no one in the world who deserves to die. That is what I learned and that is probably the right way to think. Then, what I am about to do could be considered wrong. However, these people are not people, and I, who am watching, have decided to kill them.

There wasn’t a single moment of hesitation.

First of all, I shouldn’t kill that priest. I’ll have to catch him first and ask him a lot of questions. So for now, I’ll have to put those guys who are trying to kill those innocent kids first. I held on to the trigger that seemed like it would snap at any moment and tried to figure out how to turn things around to my advantage.

I saw something like the machine I used when I came down earlier. In addition, there were many miscellaneous things here. If I use that to attack, it will work. I can definitely hit the target, but I can show unpredictable movements.

As long as there was a will, I could see that it wasn’t that bad for me.

He glared at the guys in front of him as if he was going to kill them. Then, slowly, he pulled the trigger.

bang!

Crimson blood gushed out.

Thanks to my ‘Sharpener’ skill, my bullet was able to pierce the head of one person in front of me with great accuracy.

”What, what is it!“

”What’s going on!“

Without a moment’s hesitation, I shot bullets at all the guys in front of me. Since they didn’t understand what was going on, they couldn’t react and their heads were pierced. It seemed like the guys in front of me were just like me, incompetent ordinary people. If they were Awakened, they would have been able to dodge easily, and at the very least, they wouldn’t die. Thanks to that, I was able to kill them easily.

There was no guilt. No, there shouldn’t have been.

I ran straight ahead.

”You, you! It’s him! Catch him!“

Choi Kang-hoon shouted at me. One of the people who had appeared to be the Awakened One ran towards me first. I just stared at him.

Crunch!

Yusera aimed for the bastard’s back and cut off his torso. The blood that burst out from him soaked my clothes red.

”Okay, the test is over. Now I know what kind of person you are.“

It seems like bringing me here was a test made just for me. I laughed out loud for a moment. Who is evaluating whom?

You’re testing me with something like this, you psychopath. What a fucking bitch.

”Then, let’s get started right away. You take care of the kids.“

”Okay.“

I started running towards the children again.