Return of the Frozen Player 574
white lies (4)
Just before taking the two of them into the conference room.
In the hallway, Skaja made a small gesture towards him.
“You go in first.”
“All right.”
Seo Jun-ho approached her and asked.
“Are you ready?”
“Yeah, but… …
As she was about to hand over the hologram file, she opened her mouth with a worried expression.
“I don’t know. Is this really the right direction?”
“Now is the best. When you know the truth, Shin Seong-hyeon may not know it, but Son Chae-won collapses.”
“How do you know that?”
“… … Because I saw it in the previous episode.”
It’s not what he saw, Sungjun
I’ve been there, but there’s no doubt about it.
“What, when did you come back again? I think you’re overdoing it.”
“You don’t have to worry about that part. I can’t do it anymore.”
Skaja, who was about to hand over the file, retrieved it.
“what? What else do you mean? Please tell me in detail.”
“It goes without saying, literally. I can’t go back now.”
She may not know, but she read the last page of the diary in this episode.
Did not receive.
In other words, unlike Seong-jun, who was able to return if things went wrong, he had no corner to return to.
“You understand my heart that only insists on the best results, right?”
Skaya, who was worried with a serious expression, opened her mouth.
“I always believe in you, Junho, but sometimes I worry about the way you are going.”
“At a time like now?”
“I know. The choice is yours.”
Upon receiving the data, Seo Jun-ho confirmed the contents.
It contained a photo and voice recording of Woojungi that she had magically manipulated.
“That should explain the reason why Kim Woo-joong can’t contact you right now.”
After a confrontation with Silonso, the swordsman who gained enlightenment is in training.
This was her alibi.
“He said that once he fell into training, he often lost contact, so he wouldn’t be suspicious.”
“thank you.”
“But remember this one thing.”
Just before entering the office, a voice reached Seo Jun-ho’s ears as he turned around.
“Always choosing the best option doesn’t lead you down the right path.”
“… … I know.”
It’s because Sung-Jun has already failed once while sticking to ‘the best’.
However, human psychology is such that the more you are driven into a predicament, the more you have no choice but to insist on your best.
‘Me too.’
He who carries what Seongjuni left behind can never fail. He must not fail.
Seo Jun-ho, carrying a burden that felt particularly heavy today, entered the meeting room.
“The reason I brought you two apart is because I have something to tell you.”
“I think I know. Isn’t it about Christine Lewis?”
Shin Seong-hyun asked with her eyes shining.
Where Isaac and Valencia were, Christine Lewis was also there.
‘If it was the Dusksuni I know, then he would have captured clear evidence of internal communication in that situation.’
Seo Jun-ho opened his mouth as he looked at the two people who were full of expectations.
“I don’t think it has anything to do with it. But you don’t have to worry about snitches anymore.”
“What do you mean now?”
“Christine Lewis is not an introvert.
was.”
A sound like thunder fell from the sky at the two of them, who were making faces of surprise.
“Mercenary King Millpage. He was the spy planted by the demons.”
“oh my god.”
Their lost eyes floated over the meeting room table like a drifting boat.
“As you are probably guessing, please keep it a secret.”
“… … to cheat players
That’s right.”
“yes. Above all, the Harlem Guild must not be excluded in this situation.”
Humans are pack animals.
One thing that never goes away from historically herding animal groups is discrimination.
“The moment when I feel that I am a little different from us. Discrimination begins.”
That discrimination will result in a disconnection of communication and reduce the morale and power of the allies.
Seo Jun-ho could not tolerate the situation.
“… … I can’t help it. I will follow.”
“Um, I feel uncomfortable, but I think it’s valid.”
The story ended with the two nodding their heads.
“Thank you for your understanding. Then, at tomorrow’s meeting, let’s make a more detailed plan for attacking the power plant.”
“yes. But maybe… …
Chaewon Son asked carefully.
“Didn’t you hear about Woojungie outside?”
What is to come has come.
time to lie
I feel it again, but ‘planned lies’ always make people difficult and nervous.
‘I don’t know.’
What will your expression look like now, will you be able to act well with a face you don’t know.
Respond calmly and hand over the file.
The moment Seo Jun-ho swallowed his saliva and tried to open his lips.
-partner!
“Oh, what a surprise.”
Seo Jun-ho was startled.
He turned his chair back and apologized awkwardly to the two people who were looking at him strangely.
‘What is it, is it intuition?’
– Long time no see, partner.
‘What is it all of a sudden? He didn’t even answer when I called him.’
This guy didn’t talk for a long time, so I thought he was in a long sleep.
Sometimes I think of it and ask ‘Are you sleeping?’
Because there was no answer.
-The reason I didn’t say anything was because I was looking back at my partner’s remaining life.
‘… … What are you looking at?’
– A long, long life that started from the moment I was with my partner. I was exploring it.
Indeed, was that the reason why there were no words?
‘Then why did I look back at that all of a sudden?’
-Because now there is no chance left for the partner. to be cautious
was standing
‘oh… …
It was the moment when the ‘higher level’ I wrote to this guy was considered worthy.
In the meantime, did you write to him from time to time? There were times when I thought
-That’s too much. Anyway, looking back on the rest of my partner’s life, I discovered something. I call this the crossroads.
‘A crossroads?’
-okay.
The tone of his intuition, speaking clearly, was more serious than ever.
-It is said that there was a strange sense that was felt whenever a partner stood at a crossroads of an important choice.
Intuition listed the moments when he felt the sensation.
-When I decided to attack the Queen’s Nest. When you purchase a suspicious egg from a Las Vegas auction. When she refused to be treated calmly by the saint and went to find her brain agent. Even though I knew I would lose, when I fought against the Heavenly Demon at the baseball field, when I first encountered Erevo… … .
Just once, the price of life
Different choices.
The intuition that recited those options continued.
– I discovered that I felt a strange sensory pattern every time. I feel it this time too.
‘increase..’
Does it mean that your future will change dramatically depending on which choice you choose this time?
‘then… … What is the right choice?’
It feels like the foothold has disappeared while I was walking forward.
A rush of fear crept in.
I thought that one wrong choice could ruin everything.
‘tell me. What do you think I should pick?’
-That I don’t know.
Intuition responded calmly and weakly.
-I only recognized that my partner was at a crossroads, but I didn’t know what was right or wrong.
‘What is that.’
The moment I was about to say that I was being too irresponsible.
Peripheral vision was distorted.
This is a sensation that I have felt many times before.
In a space where everything around the sound and air has been reversed.
Seo Jun-ho turned his head with a bewildered expression.
“Helic?”
“Tsk!”
The 7th floor manager frowned and clicked his tongue.
* * *
“What is it all of a sudden? suddenly.”
Seo Jun-ho asked as he silently followed Helic up the stairs.
I didn’t know that it would be called like this without warning.
‘That’s not a dream, but in reality.’
It was probably made possible by retrieving two sacred objects that had been taken away by the Transcendental Emperor.
Helik is a chair in the withered garden
sat down and chined.
“Sit down. I have something to tell you.”
As we sat quietly in front of her, the conversation began.
“first of all. I tried pretty hard.”
“… … Oh, are you sure you complimented me just now?”
“Consider it an honor.”
Helic, who responded in an arrogant manner, continued.
“Thanks to you getting the holy relic back, my powers as a manager have returned to some extent.
have come As you can see, I can call you.”
“That is fortunate.”
“I was bored so I was watching you for a while… … It’s because I heard something I couldn’t ignore.”
“What if it’s something you can’t ignore?”
“Did you say intuition?”
Helic’s eyes toward him turned golden.
Looking at oneself, but looking at something other than oneself.
“Say it rightly. what I said earlier
Is this true?”
The intuition that was silent for a moment agreed.
– From what I feel, yes.
“Tsu” 入、.
I saw it for the first time. Intuition speaks respect.
Upon hearing the answer he was looking for, Helik bit off his nails with a troubled look on his face. like a child
“Things got messed up. It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the universe depends on this choice.
no.”
“yes? Aren’t the elixirs too strong?”
Are you simply lying, Mana’s problem can’t lead to that.
But Helik shook his head.
“This is the method the Grand Duke likes to use.”
“Are you the Grand Duke?”
“okay. Throw in several options, and make sure to set traps among them. So were all the things you’ve chosen so far. Actually, you went through a lot of failures, didn’t you?”
“… … What if I step on that trap?”
“Will it end with my ankles flying off?”
The situation worsens to the point where it can only be rectified by turning back time.
The problem was that the person in front of me had no chance to turn back time anymore.
“… … After that, my head hurts. I don’t even have enough sugar.”
“Can I get you some chocolate?”
“what? chocolate?”
Helic glanced at him as if he was dumbfounded, and held out his hand with a click on his tongue.
“… … Give it to me.”
When I handed the chocolate I was going to give to Seo-Ri, she peeled off the wrapping paper and took a bite, crossing her legs.
After thinking for a while, Helic snapped his finger.
“First, return the holy relic. That is mine.”
“Oh, wait.”
I take two relics from my inventory and put them on the table.
emerged as
“Mmmm, after all, if this is enough… …
Helic nodded and lightly released his power.
Whoaaaaagh!
The sacred radiance that spread from her center instantly covered the world.
After staring at the glow for a while, Helic stood up.
“Get ready.”
“What are you ready for?”
“Prepare to go down to the underworld.”
The shining divine power gathered together to create a door.
Helic stood in front of the door and motioned for me to follow him.
“wait a minute. What are you going to do after going down?”
“Did you not understand? What did the Grand Duke want?”
“… … I must be choosing the wrong option.”
“right. So, what is the best way here?”
It’s that simple.
“It’s about choosing the right answer.”
“Wrong. Foolish human.”
Helik snorted and crossed his arms.
“It is best to get rid of the situation itself where you have to choose. Then there is no need to take risks.”
“but… … Is that possible?”
“possible. Why did the modifier omniscient and omnipotent be attached to me?”
After boasting to the fullest, her expression became serious.
“Right now, lift the curse of your friend who became a demon. Then there will be no reason to lie.”
“But the other day I heard that I needed to collect three holy relics to lift the curse.”
“Of course, that is for sure. If I lift the curse now, I will lose my powers for a while in the aftermath.”
But even so, there are reasons to invest.
Her dissatisfied gaze caught a glimpse.
“… … He’s a pissed off person, but he’s also the only key.”
“The only key?”
“Oh, I don’t know. I hate to answer. Don’t pretend to be friendly.”
Helic responded bluntly and entered the door first.
