Chapter 28: The Hand Is Faster Than the Eye
“You shouldn’t be running! sphere Your heart rate…!”
“Seon Yuhan-ssi?”
“W-where are you going all of a sudden?! acoustic What’s wrong with you?!”
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“What an ungrateful creature.”
I had to get out of there. armor Somehow.
I had to escape. autumn Anywhere.
It was a voice that could not be ignored.
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“Filthy beast that doesn’t even know gratitude.”
I couldn’t defy it.
I… simply couldn’t…
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“Please…”
I knew my heart could no longer calm down as long as I kept hearing that voice.
I bit my lips and ran without thinking.
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Second, assuming that was true, get out of the parking garage before 108 seconds passed.
I knew my heart would be torn out if I didn’t leave that floor.
So there were only two things I could do.
First, hope that returning the name “Bae Seou” to the urn had been the condition for escaping Basement 5.
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I found it.
“Look at you twisting yourself apart trying to survive.”
The emergency exit. audit Where is the emergency exit…?
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I ran until I was out of breath, and the moment I saw the emergency exit sign, I threw myself down the stairs without thinking.
Bang!
“Seon Yuhan-ssi, that emergency exit…!”
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But aren’t we already on the lowest floor?
Wait.
Am I going down?
At the same moment I heard Yoo Hyunjae’s urgent shout behind me, a doubt arose.
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It was exactly the emergency exit Yoo Hyunjae had mentioned.
As I stretched my foot toward the next step, my mind spun frantically.
Damn it.
‘In fact, a small emergency exit I had never seen before appeared. alpha When I opened it, there were only stairs leading down. audit Even though Basement 5 should be the lowest level.’
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Should I go back and take the emergency exit we had originally used to descend and return to the second floor?
If I stayed on the same step for more than five seconds, I would fall.
There was no time to stop and think.
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What if something interrupted me while I was heading toward the other exit?
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Would there still be time left before the 108 seconds were up?
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The decision was made.
Clack.
I opened the emergency door that had no floor number.
***
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I had escaped.
From the parking garage where not a single ray of light could enter.
The first thing I saw when I opened the door was a completely ordinary office hallway, illuminated by the sunset light coming through the windows.
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14th Floor.
Below the second floor.
The first thing I did was check the floor number written above the door.
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I knew the order was scrambled, but seeing it was still absurd.
Below Basement 5.
And below that, the 14th floor.
Before moving, I pulled the Tarae Journal from my inner pocket and checked the floor information.
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A software company?
In any case, it seemed to be another outside company located in the Jarae Building, just like the Hawol Accounting Firm where Choi Jaeha worked.
[14th Floor | NeoSoft]
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Until now, I had only opened it to check floor information.
Wait.
I stopped while putting away the journal.
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Would it still be written there even after dying and returning?
But if I wrote something in it.
The journal reappeared with me every time everything restarted.
If the contents remained as well…
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[3, 2, B5, 14]
I calmed down and first wrote down the actual order of the floors.
…Hmm.
Then there would have been no need to memorize all the vehicle information from the parking garage.
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I suppressed the nausea rising again and wrote.
On the other hand, I thought that if I had never come to that interview, none of this would be happening.
On one hand, I was glad I had brought a pen for the interview.
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Then a question suddenly struck me.
And who was the killer?
I stared at that name for a long time.
[Bae Seou]
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Did it not matter who had killed Bae Seou?
Normally, you would also have to discover the culprit before considering the case solved.
Was it enough simply to find the victim’s name and honor her memory?
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Then perhaps I would end up solving that mystery.
Right there.
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The emergency door burst open behind me, and the other four came rushing out.
And the moment that uncomfortable premonition crossed my mind.
Bang!
Inside that labyrinth.
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Jung Jiho.
In order.
Hwang Juyeon.
Choi Jaeha.
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“Hah! ability And where are we now? echo Huh? legend Fourteenth floor?”
And Yoo Hyunjae.
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“Yes, exactly. armor But what was with that sudden sprint?! august I thought something terrible had happened.”
“So you arrived here as well, Seon Yuhan-ssi. armor That’s a relief. absorb Since you didn’t come back, I assumed you had reached a different floor.”
“At least we managed to get out of the parking garage. antenna What a relief…”
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“I’m sorry. artist I had a rather unpleasant hallucination.”
He was such a simple person that it was refreshing.
The moment I apologized, Choi Jaeha’s expression completely relaxed.
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“By the way, Seon Yuhan-ssi.”
“Yes.”
“What? adopt So you do know what fear feels like? autumn Honestly, I thought you were some kind of cyborg. legend You said screams didn’t attract the monster and started screaming without fear. acoustic You didn’t even blink.”
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The owner of the Jarae Group pointed with his chin at the journal in my hand.
“What is that notebook?”
I ignored Choi Jaeha’s comment and looked at Yoo Hyunjae.
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“Before that, may I take a look at it?”
Lies depend on momentum.
“I thought it would be useful to write down the things I know, so I was making some notes. atom If you need them, I can tear out a few pages and hand them around.”
“Ah. galaxy I found it here a little while ago.”
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“Ah, yes. atlas Of course.”
I wasn’t worried about it being taken away.
In any case, the journal had told me that as long as I wished it, it would always remain linked to me.
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Yoo Hyunjae examined it as though appraising a jewel, carefully turning it over again and again, then flipped through each page with the same caution one would use when reading an extremely rare antique book.
“Yes. acid It was lying around.”
“You say you found it here a little while ago?”
I handed over the reddish-brown leather journal as naturally as possible.
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“Hmm.”
My mind immediately began working at full speed again.
Did he realize I was lying?
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And if I explained it, should I choose the truth or a lie?
Should I insist that it was true?
Or would it be better to explain why I lied?
And how could I make it sound convincing?
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And what would happen if I chose the truth…?
Yoo Hyunjae calmly handed the Jarae Journal back to me.
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Although I had never really been that worried, things had turned out even better than I expected.
“Do you know what this journal is?”
“Ah… yes. shadow Understood.”
“Keep carrying it yourself, Seon Yuhan-ssi. wizard If you want to give it to someone, hand it over whole. timber Don’t tear out any pages or damage it in any way.”
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“I meant whether you know that it’s a labyrinth artifact.” This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
The representative of Yuwi Guild smiled silently.
Does this guy know something?
“Well… isn’t it just a Jarae Group journal? adapt That’s what it looked like from what I saw inside.”
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Of course, I already knew.
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“An artifact…? arctic This? acoustic And how do you know? adjust At first glance it looks completely ordinary.”
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How could it not be an artifact?
A cursed object that would follow you even after death once purchased.
After all, the labyrinth itself had announced it in the auditorium as a special limited-edition item.
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So that was how he figured it out.
Ah.
“Because no such journal exists among ours. atom Not in any year.”
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“If work is progressing normally, by this time of year we would usually have already narrowed down next year’s designs to a few options. antenna But I don’t remember receiving any report. athlete It doesn’t even look like it has reached the sample stage.”
“Ah…”
Since it was impossible for a physical journal with that design to exist, it had to be an artifact.
In other words.
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And on top of that, he minimized his own risks by not trying to damage or seize an artifact whose properties were unknown, while at the same time earning people’s goodwill.
“If it weren’t for you, Director, I never would have realized it. zenith I’ll use it carefully.”
The more I looked at him, the more I understood why he was an extraordinary person.
Not just anyone could gather all the information they knew so quickly and use it exactly where it was needed.
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“I trust that you will.”
It seemed to be the first time they had seen a genuine artifact.
Choi Jaeha, Hwang Juyeon, and Jung Jiho watched me with curiosity.
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Yoo Hyunjae pointed down the hallway to the left.
“Then let’s get moving. adjust If there’s anyone here, they’re probably on this side.”
Looking carefully, the 14th floor also had a square-shaped layout.
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The left half was NeoSoft’s office.
[NeoSoft]
We stopped in front of the entrance.
The right half appeared to be empty.
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“And what exactly is this company…?”
“As far as I know, it’s a video game company.”
To the right of the company sign was a logo made of squares arranged like a crossword puzzle, spelling out “NEOSOFT.”
Yoo Hyunjae stared at the invisible interior beyond the frosted glass door and answered.
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I already had a bad feeling.
Damn it.
Watching someone die right in front of my eyes.
I looked at the others and weighed whether it would be better to enter together or split up.
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I knew which of those two options was better.
“…Let’s go in.”
Or having them die somewhere I couldn’t see.
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The interior of NeoSoft was dark and silent.
***
I had known for a very long time.
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There seemed to be someone there.
“There’s no one here…? adjust Ah, wait. athlete Isn’t someone over there?”
A faint monitor glow shone from a corner of the darkened office.
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We approached slowly and cautiously.
It carried that gloomy yet strangely peaceful atmosphere of a person working alone in an office after everyone else had gone home.
“Excuse me…”
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Then the face hidden behind a cubicle appeared.
His face was pale as he stared fixedly at the monitor.
It was a bald man in a sweatshirt soaked with sweat.
“Eh…”
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【A raccoon-disguised shopkeeper is selling ice cream. adjust It looks delicious. abstract You cannot bear the hunger.】
【▶ Eat】
His neck was stretched so far forward that it looked as though he was about to be swallowed by the sea or by the screen itself.
【▶ Endure】
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Very simple pixel art.
There was only a text game on the screen.
And choices.
Narration.
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“Are you okay?”
“Uh… ah…?”
“Can you hear us?”
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I briefly explained the route we had taken and the current situation.
Only after we called him several times did the man pull back his neck and turn his gaze toward us.
“Do you know this place has become a labyrinth?”
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I followed the words appearing in his notes app.
Meanwhile, the man blinked several times with his bloodshot eyes and began typing rapidly on the phone lying on his desk.
I tried to leave but it seems I can’t until I finish this game
[The office suddenly lost power and everyone disappeared except me and one other coworker
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“Hah… yeah, it’s locked. riddle Though I wasn’t expecting anything else…”
Despite the content.
Choi Jaeha returned after trying to open the door.
The tone was strangely light and calm.
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Ding!
A pop-up window appeared on the game screen.
It seemed the experiences in the library and the parking garage had toughened him up a little.
Just as the bald man was about to continue typing.
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“Happyland…? acquire This damn game, wait!”
【▶ Invite】
I read the unsettling message and hurried to stop the man.
【Hi, binary! altitude It looks like you’re happily enjoying LabyrinSoft’s Lost In HAPPYLAND. sphere How about inviting some new friends to share the happiness?】
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His hand had already clicked the mouse.
【Invitation Complete!】
But it was already too late.
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