episode_0019

“Chivalry, Suyeon Jeong.”

From the VIP room at the hospital, we moved into the first house we saw.

The can of drink fell with a thud and rolled down to my feet.

“This doesn’t make sense.. Who are you?”

*

The man standing in front of me was my older brother.

“..Are you even pretending not to know now?”

I don’t understand the current situation.

“How did you get in here?”

“It’s my skill. I had no intention of hiding it.”

‘skill?’

No matter how skilled I was, would I have been able to come here?

The basic conditions for the second floor of the tower are:

first. Only one person can enter the tower.

Unlike the 0th and 1st floors, if there is only one person in the tower in each country, the 2nd floor entry button is disabled in the system.

second. All items, skills, and magic cannot be used.

Therefore, it is basically helpful for people with high physical strength and mental strength to clear the second floor.

third. You have to have good sense or luck.

You must quickly learn the rules of Mannequin City by finding notes hidden in every corner of the second floor to survive in this city before the first night comes.

fourth. You need a ton of coffee.

The reason is that..

“By the way, who are you, and have you decided to pretend you don’t know anything?”

It was my brother’s question that brought me out of my thoughts and into reality.

“..If you are really that person, answer me straight. If you get even one thing wrong, it won’t be fun.”

Jeong Soo-yeon really had to check.

I wonder if that person is my brother.

Throughout the past 10 sessions, not once did more than two people enter the second floor.

However, I have never seen a mannequin imitating my brother on the second floor.

“Name and age.”

“Jeon Cheonhwi 25 years old.”

“Tell me there’s a secret about you that only I know and haven’t told my family about.”

“Family… are you and I still family?”

“…”

“Hehe… Under the assumption that you and I were still family, we lived alone because our parents were not there. So there is no such thing as a secret that you don’t tell your family..”

“2nd year of high school, when I was 2nd year of middle school.”

“?”

“You caught me watching a pornographic video featuring your stepmom.”

“ㄱ.You’re lying! Where are you? This evil… you bastard is a monster!”

“The correct answer is a lie. Then what were you looking at?”

“..Sister creature..”

“You’re my brother.”

*

“Losing? uh! When you were in your third year of high school, you watched your brother’s porn too!”

“Ah..No?! You said you entered the wrong link by mistake! You’re a monster pretending to be my brother!”

“Mistakes are downloads..”

“Aaagh! Die!!”

I tried to defend myself by raising my magic power when I saw Soo-yeon suddenly attacking me with a baseball bat.

‘Can’t I use magic power?’

First, I grabbed Suyeon’s arms in a hurry, and Suyeon struggled and couldn’t hit me, probably because she couldn’t use her magic.

Let’s face it like that for a while.

“Put this away..”

“Yes.”

Strangely enough, I was the first to speak up as things became awkward between us again.

“What are you doing here?”

“Survival.”

We were doing a live show just now, but this is the second floor of the tower.

You could die if you act needlessly, so you need to be careful about your future actions.

“..Let me ask you one important thing.”

” That’s right, just as I felt earlier, I can’t use any magical power here…”

“Are you calling me oppa again?”

“…”

I was greedy

“There are no other people and no one needs to come on the second floor except us, so that means it’s just you and me here.”

“..?”

I admitted that I had given up, but when I decided to live my life, I saw her.

“I won’t ask you what the story was or what the reason was, at least here we go again..”

As expected, I felt a desire to be together.

“Let’s be a family, at least here.”

*

Coming into this session, I made a promise.

To never be greedy again.

Look at the results of yesterday’s greedy decision not to put my brother in danger due to my personal feelings.

I got greedy and went directly to my brother, and he almost died with that one act.

If it weren’t for Fencer’s ring, I would have just let the Earth perish.

however.

“Let’s be a family, at least here.”

This time my brother is greedy.

‘Should I just give up here? What if my brother gives up right away?’

“.. Do whatever you want.”

I turn around quickly.

I thought my red face would reveal my true feelings, but

“I naturally called you oppa from earlier.”

It seems like he’s already been caught.

“For some reason, I said I wouldn’t ask.”

Without even realizing it, I had made room for it.

‘It’s just like confessing… that there’s a reason why…’

Even though my brother got hurt so much because of that small greed I showed two days ago…

‘Hey, this is just my brother being greedy, so it’s okay…! ‘It’s just another week.’

Jeong Soo-yeon saw a hope she didn’t know she had.

To her older brother who was trying to pull her who had been pushing her away.

The hope is that if you clear all of these towers, you can restart your relationship with your brother.

however

‘Let’s not be greedy.’

A week becomes a month and a month becomes a year.

You have to hit it right here.

Damn it, didn’t it become dangerous again as soon as my brother became involved with me?

*

“It doesn’t look like an ordinary village from the outside.”

Look at the yellow piece of paper with the rules written on it.

First rule.

Do not leave the house during the day.

“No matter how hard I look, I can’t see anyone?”

The village seen from the window looked like an extremely ordinary village, except that there was literally no one there.

“You have to wait here until nightfall.”

“It’s something we always do. When I come home from work, the two of us stay at home all day long.”

“Sure.”

“I miss you.”

“Huh? What?”

“Ordinary daily life. Don’t you miss me too? Before TOP came out, roughly.. about a month ago.”

“…It was a month ago.. I don’t really miss a month ago. I wouldn’t know if it was 5 years ago.”

“It was 5 years ago.. It was still good then.”

“… Okay, what do you know?”

Then it was Sooyeon who went into her room.

Even if it’s their own room, they just pick up any room and use it.

“It’s bland..”

I chew the chocolate chip cookies that were in the refrigerator and eat them.

At first, I made all kinds of fuss, asking if I knew what this was and if I couldn’t recover from eating it when I couldn’t even use my magic power, but when I tried the snack that he put in my mouth, it was just so delicious that I decided to keep eating it.

I’ve been staring at the street for almost an hour.

Still surprisingly, not a single ant baby is visible.

Even flying birds.

Even insects like mosquitoes and flies.

It was a quiet village without any living creatures.

The door behind me opens, and Suyeon, already changed into her pajamas, walks out.

“Does it suit you well?”

“Where did you get that from?”

“I was in the room.”

“It suits you well.”

“Thank you.”

Jeong Soo-yeon stands next to me, smiling.

“Oppa.”

“Huh?”

“Oppa, don’t you hate me?”

“I don’t hate you.”

“I see. Well… then you know. Please do me one favor.”

“Yes.”

“Get out of here.”

“..They say I’ll die if I go out?”

“No, please leave the tower. Using my brother’s unknown skills.”

“I can’t go out.”

“Why?”

“How could I leave you alone? I would rather be left alone.”

“..Okay then, can I ask you something else?”

“Listen and watch.”

“Please don’t forgive me.”

At the same time, I felt a strong shock in my neck.

The last thing I saw in my eyes as I collapsed was her shedding tears with powerful eyes that seemed to have made a promise.

I felt the impact of someone hitting me.

“Wake up.”

Tuk-tuk.

“…?”

When I opened my eyes, it was dark.

“Because I read this and was in front of the door.”

Then a yellow piece of paper was held in my hand.

I tried to turn on the light to find some light.

“If you turn it on, you die immediately.”

“Why..?”

“Not to me, but to those guys outside.”

‘That guy outside..? We’re out of here… just for a moment.’

“Suyeon? Why did I faint? And.. don’t forgive?”

“I’ve never had someone like you as an oppa, and I’ve never had someone like you as a boyfriend, so don’t call my name carelessly.”

“Soo..”

“If you call me by your name one more time, I’ll leave you here alone, so say it again, what?”

It was so oppressive.

To the point where I felt a sharp disconnect from the happiness I felt at being able to become my older brother again, even if just for a moment.

It was unpleasant.

“..Okay. Hyeseong..guild leader.”

“Read it quickly, because if we stay here, we’ll both die.”

I slowly read the yellow rule paper with my eyes adjusted to the darkness.

Second rule.

Never take your eyes off them.

As long as they are out of sight, they are free.

Third rule.

Move to a new residence every morning.

The residence where you stayed overnight is heavily scented with your scent.

‘Keep an eye on it… do you want me to move my residence?’

“Follow me. Make as little noise as possible.”

Before I knew it, I was heading outside with her carrying my bag.

Jump and jump.

The only thing that could be heard in the dark village was the sound of our footsteps.

at that time.

We stopped walking at the same time as she put out her hand to signal me to stop.

Paradoxically,

Jerk. Jerk.

I heard someone’s footsteps in the dark village.

like.

‘mannequin..’

Mannequin, I wanted to hear this kind of sound when a mannequin walks on the floor.

The suspicious steps gradually disappear, and he begins to walk again, following her who gave him a signal to follow him.

Soon she lowered her head and picked something up.

In her hand was a yellow rule sheet.

After glancing at the paper for a moment, she handed it to me and whispered to me to read it.

Fourth rule.

Never get caught by them.