episode_0138

People who had been frozen start moving in strange gestures.

Jump up-

Yoon Da-ju, who had been standing still, almost bumped into me as I jumped up.

“!#@$? !#%$^&”

Yoon Da-ju climbs onto Jeong Hae-won’s shoulders, saying something unintelligible.

In his hand, he is holding Jeong Hae-won’s cell phone.

cell phone?

I checked my pockets.

The cell phone I had clearly moved to Yoon Da-ju without me even noticing.

“!@$%”

“#da!%%^”

Jeong Hae-won and Yoon Da-joo also converse in an unknown language.

Rather than approaching rashly, I quietly observed the situation.

In this strange flow of time, only Yebin and I are free.

The rest of the people just stand by and do nothing, but I still feel a slight sense of discomfort.

It’s like rewinding a video.

Flick.

Da-ju and Jeong Hae-won, who had come back down to the floor, screamed as if they were very excited.

Of course, I can’t understand what they’re saying.

It just rewinds backwards, so it makes a really unpleasant sound.

“Hey!@$%^$!”

The cell phone is still in Dazhu’s hand.

I walked over and checked the screen.

Still nothing appears.

There isn’t even a message saying that you’re connected to an internet broadcast. It’s just a turned off cell phone.

In fact, time is being rewinded.

It’s not normal for me to check out that internet broadcast.

Now we have no choice but to wait until time returns to the beginning again.

“Wow!”

Yebin stands alone awkwardly, then suddenly jumps to avoid Daju who rushes at her.

Whether Yebin and I stand or not, people continue to move along the set route.

It doesn’t just move, it moves in a rewinding manner, so it’s hard to see and avoid.

“Come here.”

He grabbed Yebin’s wrist and dragged her to the door.

“Whew… … . I almost got in big trouble… … .”

“Time is rewinding.”

“Yes, I think so.”

The bizarre sight at first glance continued for several minutes.

“Dabin. Maybe Dabin knew something she shouldn’t have known. I think that internet broadcast was the problem.”

“Yeah. That might be true, that’s right.”

“Huh?”

“I shouldn’t have watched that broadcast in the first place.”

A story is quickly rewinding before your eyes.

No. Strictly speaking, this isn’t rewinding. We’re watching the collapse of a failed worldline.

If I see this video, the branch will split and the world will be destroyed.

In the end, the only result is that the world is completely erased by being swallowed by the Seven.

Of course, in the end, it’s like time is turning back.

What’s different is that it poses a huge threat to the life of an already precarious world.

Ugh-

The world twists its heavy body forcibly to reverse the results.

To find the only way for him to survive.

Tt …

It seemed as if a loud noise was coming from somewhere.

The sound of the whole world falling apart.

There was no way to know if this process would end safely.

Perhaps the restoration here fails and the world is deleted.

That wouldn’t be so bad either.

When the story returns to its original point, all that remains are my memories.

So, that Internet broadcast was a signal that only I could see.

At the same time, it is a question that my future self asks at the last moment.

“Why?”

Now I thought I understood what the question meant.

‘Why can’t I die?’

Because I was from a higher stratum of narrative.

The lower narrative layer. That is, I cannot be destroyed until this world is completely erased.

At the same time, a question arises:

That doesn’t make sense.

“Oh.”

I twisted my body and barely avoided colliding with Dazhu.

I tried to sit in a place where there would be as few people as possible, but Yoon Da-ju’s movements are completely unpredictable.

Many weeks.

Jeong Hae-won.

Sister Se-rim.

All the other survivors I met in the apartment.

The reason my future self was able to kill them without any hesitation was because he knew about my origins.

Anyway, I come from a different narrative class. So, killing the survivors is no different from killing a character in a novel.

This must have been the thinking.

But why did you have doubts at the last moment?

This is the strangest thing.

‘I am indestructible until the end of the world.’

There’s no way I wouldn’t know this.

“But Dabin.”

“Huh? Why?”

Yebin carefully points to my eyes.

“Tears. I think it would be better to wipe them away.”

“Huh?”

“Other people will think it’s weird.”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

I had forgotten for a moment, but tears were still welling up in my eyes.

“Fuck.”

“Dabin?!”

Yebin is startled.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard Dabin say something like that.”

“Why. Should I do more?”

A snicker comes out.

Even thoughts that were taken to extremes find their composure again.

As the serious atmosphere broke away, Yebin was able to smile a little.

“Yes. Isn’t it interesting?”

“What are you talking about, hey.”

He rolled up his sleeve, wiped away his tears, and cleared his throat a few times.

“Ah. What the hell!”

Anyway, no one will listen except Yebin.

After screaming loudly, he sat down with his back against the wall.

What should we do going forward?

Although I didn’t come to a conclusion from my conversation with Yebin, I feel a little relieved.

I feel like I’m calmer after crying.

The present me and the future me who has moved on to another world line.

To sum up, there is one difference.

Source of information.

I come from a higher stratum of narrative.

Finding this out myself and hearing it from the ‘professor’.

The source of truth changed everything.

I feel a little strange.

When I wasn’t properly mentally prepared. After hearing this from the professor, my future self chose to be annihilated.

And it failed.

An empty sky with no one. Only seven people welcomed ‘me’.

It is still unknown what the professor and ‘me’ have planned.

But after seeing the last words that ‘I’ left behind at the last moment, I am now able to move forward on another path.

The destruction of the future that should have never happened.

But it was the librarian’s ability that influenced me and enabled me to make different choices.

The librarian’s abilities are optimized for preserving information. It is in the same context that he is not affected by even the slightest forgetting meme or anomaly.

Even as time goes by, memories survive and influence me.

That is why the current conclusion appears.

The moment I watch the broadcast, my world falls apart.

But I remember watching the broadcast.

I haven’t seen the broadcast, but I know the content as it is.

You shouldn’t treat other people as tools.

You shouldn’t think of yourself as an actor in a play, needed to move towards a predetermined conclusion – the salvation of the world.

Even if everything seems doubtful, be faithful to what you see now.

“I’ll do it.”

Even though he was talking to himself without any context, Yebin nodded vigorously.

“Yes, that will happen.”

“Yeah. I’ll definitely do it.”

The next moment, Yebin, who had been hesitating, grabs my hand tightly.

“Dabin.”

“Yeah.”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be of much help.”

“No.”

A time when a failed world returns to its original place.

In just a few minutes, I came to a conclusion.

It was something even I couldn’t figure out.

Why did my mind, which was about to give in to frustration, turn around in an instant?

perhaps…….

It might be because of the location.

Because the hotel hallway where everyone is present is much more comfortable than the cold emergency exit.

Yeah, honestly, it’s really cringey, but let’s just make a definitive conclusion, this too.

Thanks to other people.

Just having you by my side makes me feel at ease.

It’s a narrative hierarchy and all. It just happens like that.

Bam.

The world barely managed to turn itself over.

People start moving as usual and the story starts flowing again.

“What? It’s not on TV.”

“Huh? That’s weird? It was definitely on TV earlier?”

Let’s take a quick look. The screen of the phone Jeong Hae-won is holding only shows a message saying that there is no internet signal.

I know the truth, but if this happens, Haewon will be in trouble.

“Wow. I’m addicted to the show. Addicted. ”

As expected, Yoon Da-joo grabs Jeong Hae-won’s shoulder and shakes her roughly.

“Ah. Really!”

“Oppa. Haewon is seeing things? Are you addicted and lost in your illusions?”

Daju is now including me in the cooking game.

I think it would be right to react as calmly as possible here.

I approached her naturally and pretended to look at her phone.

“What? There’s a broadcast coming out?”

“Yes. They say there’s an internet broadcast on the phone, but there’s nothing. I invited all these people for nothing.”

“No, it really came out.”

Daju asks back in a cold voice.

“What came out?”

“That’s it, so… … .”

Jeong Hae-won scratches his head.

“I don’t remember.”

“Wow!”

Bang!

Jeong Hae-won gets hit in the head and hangs his head.

“Stop watching the people!”

“No, really, it’s really unfair.”

Jeong Hae-won stutters as if he feels so wronged.

Although it was a little pitiful, I was about to leave after letting Yoon Da-joo continue to argue.

“Huh?”

Sister Se-rim, who was in the corner, suddenly stands up and grabs my sleeve.

“Dabin!”

“Huh? Yes.”

The look in his eyes was so serious that I was a little taken aback.

There’s no way that Se-rim can read my thoughts right now. My resistance is so strong that my thoughts don’t leak out unless I specifically intend to.

But still, I felt like my older sister was seeing through my heart.

“Dabin, what’s wrong?”

“No… … . It’s nothing.”

“I think I cried a little.”

“Huh? I didn’t cry. I was just watching Daju and Haewon fight. ”

“Um… … . Isn’t it.”

“Yes. But I think I’m a little nervous. Because I have to risk my life now.”

“Then that’s good.”

Sister Se-rim smiles and pats my head.

It’s a feeling I haven’t felt in a long time. I close my eyes naturally as the feeling of my heart becoming warm.

“Now I’m going to stop that guy called Professor.”

My sister asks without a question mark.

“Yes.”

“Then are we getting closer to the ending?”

“Everyone survives, the world is fine. That’s what will happen.”

“But Dabin.”

It’s the same quiet voice as always.

Se-rim hesitated for a while before finally opening her mouth again.

“Then can we also… … be in the same place at that time?”

I thought you were going to ask something great, but it was a more muffled question than I thought.

That doesn’t mean it’s not important though.

“Maybe.”

We all come from different timelines.

That doesn’t mean they will disperse or cease to exist. That doesn’t happen.

“Now the world is almost dead, so the timeline isn’t tied so strictly. I don’t know if I should call that a blessing.”

“Then what happens?”

“Well, it’ll probably all come together, right?”

“What is that? ”

“That’s true. I just ignore the fact that my family and other people outside the apartment exist at the same time.”

“I see… … .”

Sister Se-rim nods quietly.

That sight suddenly seemed cute, so I decided to act a little spoiled.

“That’s fortunate. I’m worried that there aren’t many opportunities left.”

“That’s right. But we have to do it so we can survive.”

The hand from before touches my head again.

Swish swish.

A warm and comfortable feeling.

Ah. I think I’m going to get addicted.

“Let’s work hard, Dabin.”

I opened my eyes that had been tightly shut.

The maintenance is almost done, and we’ve gathered enough supplies, so it’s time to get started.

Invade the ‘Professor’s’ lab, stop his plans, and kill the ‘Professor’.

What worries me more than the failure of the operation is something else.

What will the ‘Professor’ say? Will I be able to stand by those words without being shaken?

I couldn’t be sure of that.

Two days after that.

Robin called everyone together.

“I will start executing the plan from now on.”

Her cold voice penetrates the bodies of those gathered in the hallway.

“The goal is to invade the research center and prevent the release of the ‘Fifth Apostle’.”

“And the murder of a person called ‘Professor’.”