Chapter 30: Happy Pass
Lee Jinsu’s head looked as though someone had taken a slice out of an ultra-realistic cake called “Lee Jinsu” and left the rest behind.
【Happyland’s adorable mascot! alert Are you ready to be happy together with Pipi?】
That cross-section, layered like cream, sponge cake, and mousse, did not spill a single drop of blood.
Scalp, skull, brain…
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【Just in case, let’s first check the most important thing.】
No.
I was not.
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【▶ I forgot】
【▶ I remember】
【Do you remember your name?】
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Ah.
I had entered “Seon Yuhan.”
【I remember!】
So this was the question about names he mentioned.
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【▶ Hwang】
【▶ binary】
【What is your name?】
【▶ Seon Yuhan】
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So that was how it worked.
【▶ I forgot】
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And what the hell was that “I forgot” option? athlete It sounded very unsettling.
There definitely had been no need to use a real name.
【Correct. artist You are Seon Yuhan.】
【Seon Yuhan!】
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【A dazzling light rises over the horizon and warmly embraces Happyland. amateur It is a sight that makes you happy just by looking at it. artist Today you will spend a very happy day. armor Together with Pipi. echo Until the very end.】
“Ugh… ugh…”
As the text advanced, chaos reigned around me.
【Very good! antenna From now on, freely enjoy Happyland, the land of happiness, freedom, liberation, and joy!】
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“Khk… ugh…”
Jung Jiho could not endure the sight either.
Choi Jaeha, after accidentally opening the infamous kitchen door, found the corpse of Lee Jinsu’s coworker and ended up vomiting while screaming.
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Yoo Hyunjae brought bottled water and some snacks from the kitchen refrigerator.
“Take this. adapt Jiho too, slowly.”
He could not even manage to cry properly and ended up vomiting.
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“I hope we won’t need them, but they might become necessary…”
“Don’t go back in there.”
I dragged the chair with Lee Jinsu’s body, slumped over the dark monitor, into the kitchen.
Hwang Juyeon searched through every drawer in NeoSoft and gathered emergency medicine and first-aid kits.
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Then I returned, sat down, and took out the Tarae Journal and a pen.
“Yes. attic First, we should record what Lee Jinsu told us. zenith It might also help to write down the options that appear and their results.”
“Ah, are you going to take notes?”
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【As the owner of a Happy Pass, you can freely enjoy attractions, sweets, and plentiful meals.】
There was nothing to lose by recording the game’s script.
Even though I would probably remember most things.
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The screen changed once again.
【A rabbit-costumed employee is selling churros. arrow They look delicious. afford You are not hungry yet.】
A pixel-art illustration appeared along with new choices.
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【▶ Endure】
At the top was a bar slowly decreasing, showing the time limit.
【▶ Eat】
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If you are not hungry, endure.
At that speed, it looked like it would last about three or four minutes.
【Endure!】
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“Mr. acquire Seon Yuhan… are you good at games?”
【You lick your lips as you pass by the stand. acquire Curiously, seeing delicious food seems to have awakened your appetite.】
Hwang Juyeon, who would probably be the next one to play, approached me with a worried look.
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Anyone can play them.
Text adventure games do not require mechanical skill.
“I don’t know. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. anchor This kind of game is just choosing options, so I wouldn’t say there’s such a thing as being good or bad at it…”
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Even choosing the same option can produce different outcomes.
Exactly like an invasion-type labyrinth where everything is unknown.
And it is difficult to know which path is the correct one.
But in exchange, they depend heavily on luck.
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【▶ Be happy】
…Unless you can start over several times.
【Look! galaxy It’s the Typhoon Express! amber Fast and intense like a typhoon! antique But the eye of the typhoon is the highest and most thrilling place of all. ability There you will find liberation. riddle Be happy!】
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I had no idea how the hell that was supposed to make anyone happy.
Judging by the pixel illustration, it was a roller coaster with three complete 360-degree loops.
【▶ Be unhappy】
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“Ugh… ah…”
“Well… couldn’t it be something like this? meadow Look, here. arrow The part where it spins the hardest. silence Maybe they hang you upside down at the top with the safety bar open and you have to hold on.”
His stomach was still unsettled, so Choi Jaeha dragged a chair next to mine and read the entire script.
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“How did you even come up with something like that?”
His speculation was so oddly specific that I was speechless for a moment and looked at him.
“There was something similar in a movie I watched in middle school. arctic To be honest, I haven’t been able to go to amusement parks since then.”
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“But I was curious about what happens to the employees when someone gets on.”
“Right. aspect Couldn’t it be that the employees get on too and have to hold on? auction If they endure, they survive, and if they don’t… well…”
Honestly, I have no idea what kind of movies this man watched.
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Choi Jaeha left the sentence unfinished.
【Be happy!】
Without thinking too much about it, I chose an option.
In any case, I would not know until I tried.
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After the sound of a roller coaster accelerating at full speed, a shrill scream that seemed capable of tearing apart one’s ears rang out.
Rumble!
Even if I chose “Be unhappy,” I would be the one paying the price. arena The dead would not come back.
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“Aaaah—!”
【The highest and most motionless place. accent From the depths of an inverted world, you free yourself from the shackles that bound you.】
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Creeeak, Craaack.
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【Now that you are free, you cling to the steel track and move swiftly forward. acquire At this moment, you can still catch the prison that left you behind and is disappearing into the distance. timber It will be a perfect memory!】
“Uh… this…”
The sound of a metal structure deforming.
Choi Jaeha looked confused.
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And there were probably people riding it.
But after freeing himself, the monster was chasing the roller coaster that had departed without him.
Apparently, he had guessed correctly about being freed from the safety bar.
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Craaack! academy Boom! arrow Splaaash!
【Ouch! attic Something keeps falling from the moving prison and hurting you. timber But do not give up.】
The screen filled with blood once again.
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The screen changed immediately.
【You have tasted freedom. crystal Freedom has a salty and metallic flavor. audit It seems you will become addicted to it.】
Red stains appeared all over the pixelated roller coaster.
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【▶ Eat】
【A raccoon-costumed employee is selling ice cream. antique It looks delicious. altitude Right now you are full.】
The illustration of the stand that I had already seen during Lee Jinsu’s playthrough appeared again.
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【Endure!】
If you are full, endure.
【▶ Endure】
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【You lick your lips as you pass by the stand. aluminum Seeing delicious food seems to have awakened your appetite.】
Yoo Hyunjae finally spoke after quite a while.
And that was the first thing he said.
“Mr. arcade Seon Yuhan. orbit Is it necessary to endure?”
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“It’s not necessary to eat either.”
“But you don’t want to be unhappy either?”
Completely innocently.
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I had just chosen “Be happy” on an attraction where people were killed. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
And now I was refusing to eat people.
If so, I already had my answer prepared.
Was he asking whether that was hypocrisy?
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“There was no indication here that choosing ‘Endure’ would harm me. acid That’s why I chose it.”
As always.
“Then why would I deliberately choose to be unhappy?”
Yoo Hyunjae watched me silently.
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There really was something strangely easygoing about him for someone in his position.
Surprisingly, he did not seem annoyed.
Yoo Hyunjae nodded naturally, as if he understood.
“Ah.”
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Huh?
Was he annoyed after all?
“So that is the best result Seon Yuhan-ssi can achieve.”
Was he provoking me?
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“Ah. arctic What I mean is…”
Yoo Hyunjae smiled faintly and waved his hand.
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I did not know.
“That I understand. amateur I understand that you did everything you could. academy Within the limits that were given to you.”
Was that so?
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“I hope you keep doing so. silence When people try to go beyond their own limits, they end up breaking.”
“Ah… yes.”
I could not tell whether he meant it sincerely or not.
Did he mean that I should not take on unnecessary penalties and should simply pass the turn?
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【▶ I forgot】
【▶ I remember】
【Do you remember your name? This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. 】
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This again.
【What is your name?】
【▶ Jyo】
【I remember!】
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【▶ JunSeo】
【▶ I forgot】
【▶ Seon Yuhan】
【▶ Hwang】
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“Ah. album This person.”
Who the hell was JunSeo?
“Hmm?”
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“…You know him?”
“Yes. accent He’s in the kitchen.”
Yoo Hyunjae pointed at the screen with a look of recognition.
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And did he consider that a sufficient reason to answer so naturally that he knew him?
This man really did have a few screws loose.
While gathering food from the kitchen, did he also take the time to check the dead coworker’s ID?
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【Correct. beacon You are Seon Yuhan.】
【Seon Yuhan!】
Fortunately, they were not loose in the wrong direction.
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This seemed like an attraction where people were smashed apart like porcelain cups.
【▶ Be happy】
【Look! voyage It’s the Rolling Cup! airport The cups spin and spin! legend Crash! anxiety Be happy!】
【▶ Be unhappy】
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Just as expected.
【Be happy!】
【What a perfect spinning attack! attic You struck with precision a cup moving freely across a trembling table.】
Clang! amber Crash! timber Craaack!
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【You bite, tear apart, savor, and happily enjoy the cup.】
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“This game… is too much. academy Too much…”
The sound of something made of solid and liquid matter being crushed and bursting apart echoed out.
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Hwang Juyeon’s face was filled with emotions that were impossible to describe.
“All of this must have happened to real people…”
Some things are especially cruel precisely because they have no malice.
As if she did not even know where to begin cursing this thing.
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And labyrinths, for the most part, have no malice.
I thought about why stories from invasion-type labyrinths kept appearing.
I thought about the Seonghwa High School Labyrinth, the Yeongun Mountain Labyrinth, and the Happyland Labyrinth.
Just like a natural disaster that drowns people or burns mountains and fields.
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Ninety percent of invasion-type labyrinths end with the complete annihilation of everyone trapped inside.
‘Labyrinths are graves of unresolved problems. alert And those things simply wait for someone to come and solve them.’
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That, in itself, makes them unresolved problems.
Because nobody managed to solve them.
That is why there is almost never any way to know exactly what happened there.
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Perhaps that is why they keep reappearing as the problems of other labyrinths.
Even if only a little.
Because they want someone to solve them.
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【▶ Leave it】
【▶ Open it】
【There is a box on a bench! acquire Maybe it contains a gift that will make you happy!】
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【Leave it!】
Only misfortune.
Shhh…
There was not going to be any happiness.
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Then why the hell are you asking me?
“No, haa…”
【How could you abandon such an adorably wrapped box? ability You return to the bench and open it.】
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【▶ Trash】
【What did you find inside the box?】
【▶ Doll】
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That was why I wanted to leave it alone.
【▶ Headband】
And the trash seemed like an option intended to harm me, a person from the outside world.
Both the doll and the headband looked as though they were made from people inside the game.
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【Headband!】
I would choose the path that did not kill me.
If that was the case, then the answer I should choose was obvious.
Because I could not kill someone who was already dead again.
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【Incorrect!】
Even if I wanted to.
What?
【You found trash inside the box.】
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Are they insane?
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