episode_0070

Yusura sat down, panting for breath. She must have been very tired.

I took a few steps closer to the guy and decided to check on his condition.

“Haa, haa. Where did that guy go? What the hell happened.”

Yuseo was muttering in a low voice, as if he was not convinced by something.

I know it’s because I wasn’t there for him. That’s why I ended up feeling sorry for no reason.

As I was slowly walking next to her, my eyes met with the fake will that had been lying there.

Then, the fake suddenly started to struggle and got away from the real Yoo Seol-ra.

“Ugh.”

Apparently, Yu Seo, who had let his guard down due to exhaustion, accidentally fell to the ground during the attack, and thanks to that, the fake was able to escape right away.

Then the fake looked at me and shouted loudly.

“That’s fake! Please help me quickly!”

Only then did the seemingly real will next to her recognize that I had come. She looked at me with a puzzled expression.

Then, as if he suddenly realized what the situation was, he shouted along with the will.

“Don’t be fooled! They’re fake!”

It seems that he thought that I, Yuseo, might attack him. Well, if you look at it this way, you can’t tell who’s real and who’s fake.

Honestly, I’m still a little confused.

I opened my mouth slightly indifferently.

“Hey, how do I tell that apart? Is there a way?”

“There will be a difference in memory. You can distinguish it by that!”

Yoo Seo-ra, who had collapsed earlier, said that.

Then, the truly expected Yoo Seora was momentarily flustered and turned her head to the other Yoo Seora. It looked like she wanted to say something, but she just bit her lips.

It seemed like there was probably a problem.

‘Maybe that one was fake.’

Because nobody knows that.

There’s no easy way to find out other than those two.

“Memory gap? Okay. Then I guess I can just ask a question or something.”

I said that with a smirk.

Then I thought for a moment about what question to ask. I thought it might get a little boring if I asked an easy question.

Time continued to pass slowly.

I could feel the tension between the two of them. So I thought about it for a bit more and then opened my mouth.

“Okay, I’ve decided. Now, let’s get to the questions.”

I cleared my throat and said.

“What is the secret of Yusera that I know?”

“Regression!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yoo Seora, who had collapsed, spoke loudly. Then, the other Yoo Seora next to him dilated her pupils as if she had been momentarily flustered.

It seems that the desperate desire was greater for Yu Seo-ra, who had collapsed.

“Then is the one who couldn’t answer the fake?”

I raised the corners of my mouth and pointed with my finger. Then she frowned slightly, as if she was uncomfortable.

“Well, we can’t confirm it just with that, so next question.”

I continued speaking with a relaxed expression.

“What did Yoo Seo-ra do as soon as she found out my secret?”

“I tested it on you.”

This time, Yusera, who had been lying down calmly, answered again. She seemed to have regained some composure, and when I checked, I could see that she was certain that she would survive.

Now that guy is getting some hope.

I looked at the other Yusera. She was still biting her lip without responding properly. It seemed like she was getting annoyed.

I could empathize with you because I think I would have done the same thing if I were in that situation.

“Is that okay now? That guy is fake! He didn’t even answer properly!”

“You said that before I could even answer!”

“Don’t lie. You just didn’t know anything, so you couldn’t answer.”

I chuckled slightly as I watched those two fight.

“Ah, both of you, shut up. I still have questions. Up until now, it was in the tens, but this time it’s in the hundreds, so it’s possible to turn things around, right? So let’s try harder! Fighting!”

The expressions on the faces of the two who heard those words were truly astonishing. Yoo Seo-ra, who had fallen, spoke.

“Do you think this situation is a joke?”

“Of course not. That’s why I keep thinking about it and asking questions. I’m also having a hard time and want to finish it quickly, but how can you say that? You’re losing points.”

I said that for a while and thought about it.

Actually, I had already thought about the last question for a long time. That’s why I just spoke as naturally as possible.

He opened his mouth slowly.

“How did I notice Yusera’s return?”

Then, both of them shut their mouths and fell into thought. And the first one to speak was Yoo Seo-ra, who had fallen down.

“The message window told you, right?”

“Okay. That’s your answer.”

I remained silent for a moment and then looked at Yusera. She was still thinking with her mouth closed, and it seemed like she was hesitating to answer.

“Hey, aren’t you going to answer? This time, I’m going to hear your answer too.”

At those words, Yu Seo slowly opened his mouth.

“How would I know that?”

“Why don’t you know? I told you before.”

“That could be a lie.”

Only then was she able to smile and regain her composure.

“Okay, that’s the answer.”

I aimed my gun at the fake guy right away. Then the guy took a momentary look of confusion and backed away from me.

“Why, why? You answered correctly!”

“That’s true. But honestly, I think you’ll doubt what I said then. That’s why I decided to differentiate it.”

Actually, I had made a distinction in other ways as well.

It basically means that the first person to answer is fake. If you think about it, this is the ‘world of imagination’.

Even if it wasn’t possible to attack me mentally, I could probably read my thoughts, at least roughly. Of course, that might not be the case, so I still couldn’t be sure based on that alone.

But I knew from the beginning that the loser was the fake. That’s because the Yusera I know wouldn’t have come without properly preparing for something like this. So there had to be a way to win somehow, and that’s why I was sure that the winner was the real Yusera.

But I asked the question just to be more sure.

“Ha, but can you be sure that I’m fake? What if I’m real! After all, I answered like that just to please you!”

“Are you really that upset? Then should I ask you another question?”

“What, what is it?”

“It’s simple.”

I looked at the real side once and said.

“What on earth will Yuseo think of me?”

Then the fake answered with a hollow laugh.

“That, that’s simple. I think of you as friends. We’re friends, right?”

“……That’s right, we’re friends. But I don’t think Yuseo would think that way, right?”

I stared at Yusera and spoke in a low voice.

“You’ve done a lot of shit to me to think of me as your friend, right? Answer me.”

But she didn’t answer at all. She just watched the situation unfold without opening her mouth at all.

Yeah, you don’t think of me as a friend.

Before his return, he must have thought of me as his friend. And perhaps he still has that feeling, and sometimes he shows some affection towards me.

But essentially, she won’t think of me as a friend or colleague, because she finds me very suspicious.

At the same time, you are not normal.

That’s why Yusera doesn’t think of me as a friend. Of course, she still says we’re friends.

“No answer. Okay, I already know the answer anyway. Now that I’ve had enough rest, let’s finish this.”

“…….”

“I think you’ll accept it now.”

I said with a snicker.

I slowly placed my hand on the trigger. Now I slowly pulled it to fire the bullet.

I was in the process of drawing up my mana deeply to finish it for sure.

I felt a dark and strange atmosphere coming and going. I was so flustered for a moment that I stopped moving my fingers.

Then the fake suddenly chuckled and spoke to me as if he was looking at something trivial.

“You’re really pitiful. In the end, no matter how close you two become, you’ll always be suspicious of each other.”

“…….”

“That’s a will, so you too. You threw away the first human relationship you had because of regression. How pitiful. In the end, if you continue like this, you’ll end up alone. How pitiful.”

The fake continued to laugh and mock us.

I couldn’t understand what was so funny, so I just frowned.

“Poor thing, really pitiful. Hehe, pitiful. It’s so pitiful that I can’t stop laughing. Hehe. It’s really pitiful, hehe……!”

At that moment, the fake body slowly began to melt away.

The form of the Yusera collapses and its limbs fall off. It gradually loses its color and turns a strange gray. Something bubbling up causes an extremely unpleasant sensation.

The stench was so strong that I couldn’t help but cover my nose.

“Fucking hell.”

It wasn’t a very dangerous situation. But it was an unpleasant sight, and I couldn’t help but frown as hard as I could.

Even though he saw something similar to me, Yuseo still had a peaceful expression on his face. He just watched as if there was nothing there.

“Hey, how do we get out of here? There has to be a way.”

I couldn’t stand it any longer, so I spoke to Yusera. Yusera just stood there, still in a daze.

“Hey, can’t you hear me talking? How can I get out?”

“Oh, yes. I have something to think about.”

Only then did Yu Seo come to his senses and turn his head towards me.

“Just wait a little while and the background will change automatically.”

“The background changed? And you didn’t wake up?”

“Are you awake? What are you going to do?”

He tilted his head as if he didn’t understand the English word “will.” He made a face as if he really couldn’t understand what it meant, so I answered without realizing it.

“Here, this isn’t reality. Surely you wouldn’t know. That’s why I asked if you weren’t awake yet. Why is that.”

“You’re saying it’s not real? Is it true?”

what.

You didn’t know?

Hey, there’s no way Yusera didn’t know that…….

“You really didn’t know?”

“Of course. I would like to ask you instead. How do you know that?”

“Uh… The owner here told me.”

“Are you the owner here? Why did I tell you that? No, was there something else?”

What’s with him?

Don’t you know anything?

“His ability didn’t work on me properly, so I talked to him directly. That’s how I found out. What, do you have a complaint?”

“……Ha, this is really ridiculous.”

“No, what.”

“There’s information I don’t know. If you were me, wouldn’t you be shocked?”

“At least for now.”

I’ve been seeing a lot of information that I didn’t know before.

“Okay. That’s it. Oh, the location has changed. The passage over there is now open, so let’s move.”

“Oh, yeah.”

I answered like that, but I couldn’t help but feel uneasy for some reason.

If I think about it, the guy clearly said he would kill me for sure in the next step. But how is that possible when I still haven’t woken up from this ‘world of imagination’?

It doesn’t really matter as long as it’s possible, but if it was going to be like that, couldn’t it have been used earlier? Feeling that sense of discomfort, I had no choice but to go inside.

“Oh, and I’ll answer the question you asked earlier.”

When Yusera suddenly turned her head to look at me, she opened her mouth.

“It’s true that I don’t think of you as a friend, but I definitely want to be close with you.”

“What is that?”

“A rough cooperative relationship? It’s just that I find you too suspicious. If you can prove that you’re not a threat, I’d like to continue to be friends with you.”

“Oh, this is crazy.”

I turned around and walked down the hallway.

Whether what she said is true or not, at least right now she doesn’t trust me.

Even if they said no, one thing was certain.

I also found it difficult to consider Yusera as a friend.

What if they were the enemy?