Chapter 35: How Many Funerals Has It Been Now?

[Deceased: 　　　]

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“If it were possible to turn back time, what would you do, Mr. autumn Seon Yuhan?”

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[Deceased: Bae Seou]

I led Choi Jaeha, Hwang Juyeon, Jung Jiho, and Yoo Hyunjae through the B5 basement parking lot and quickly found Bae Seou’s funeral urn.

We only had to pretend we were following what was written in the diary.

It wasn’t difficult.

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Five flowers burst into flames on their own and turned to ashes.

Fwoosh.

“Huh? orbit Bae Seou…? amber Huh? anxiety Huh…?”

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Hwang Juyeon watched the scene in confusion before moving her lips.

“T-this…”

“What is it? absorb Do you see something? attic Or hear something?”

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Honestly, at that moment my head was completely occupied with the idea of clearing that game.

What was she suddenly talking about?

“No, it’s not that. arch It’s just that… I don’t know whether I should say it or not. zenith I’m not completely sure either.”

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I was only thinking.

‘This time I have to win.’

After all, everything was random.

And many of the penalties weren’t fatal.

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“…What?”

“I think I know this person. atom Bae Seou.”

But a single sentence from Hwang Juyeon, spoken while carefully pointing at the urn, erased all those absurd thoughts at once.

Nothing else.

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Then why hadn’t she said something like that before…?

No, wait.

What was she suddenly talking about?

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Ah.

The next time, Choi Jaeha had just died.

The first time, I was the one who heard that strange voice and ran toward the emergency stairs.

Because we had never been in a situation where she could.

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Obsessed with the game.

I had completely abandoned Hwang Juyeon.

And after that.

“When I saw the name in the diary, it felt familiar. airport And when we heard on the radio about the unidentified skeleton found in the Yeongun Mountain Labyrinth. acid But I couldn’t remember properly. acquire I couldn’t connect the pieces.”

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“There was a girl named Bae Seou who disappeared. galaxy About twenty years ago. wizard I was in middle school. alpha We went to the same church. afford Though only for a short while.”

“Ah…”

The piano teacher continued speaking while nervously moving her slender fingers.

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The church?

Then the cross?

“After that, I stopped going for various reasons, so I lost contact with her. harbor But I think that Bae Seou and this Bae Seou are the same person…”

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And how using that cross as a clue had led me to search for the car with the cross ornament, which ended up causing Hwang Juyeon’s death.

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I remembered the cross-shaped pendant inside that delivery box.

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The real clue connected to “Bae Seou” was the shipping label.

Hadn’t it been a trap?

No.

That wasn’t it.

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“Ah. apron The emblem.”

Yoo Hyunjae said, slightly raising his eyebrows.

Not the cross inside.

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“Ah, I suppose so. arcade Sorry for not realizing it sooner…”

At this point, it could no longer be a coincidence.

“I mean the emblem on the sedan that the snake entered. agent There was a cross drawn next to the snake. zenith Maybe that was also a clue.”

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“Still, I’m glad we figured it out… Well, shall we go down? absorb I think the next floor was the 14th, right?”

But I did.

They didn’t know because they had never opened the box to see what was inside.

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But I decided to remember it.

Because that cross.

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Might be a clue to finding the culprit.

[NeoSoft]

By now, the image of the game company office plunged into a blackout felt familiar.

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He has a tongue, he has hair, and he has ears.

A living Lee Jinsu did not.

“Uh… hello…”

I had only seen him once.

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He felt strangely similar and yet different from the man who calmly confessed to killing his coworker and refused to quit the game simply because he found it fun.

“Ah. auction You came down from the parking lot…? atomic My coworker and I were playing this game and… ah. alert We had another coworker too, but he died, so we moved him to the director’s office over there…”

But in any case, he’s alive.

It looks like he’s missing a few fingers and part of a leg.

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He had deep dark circles under his eyes and a gloomy expression.

He wasn’t cold.

But he wasn’t energetic either.

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【Hello, binary! crystal It looks like you’re happily enjoying 《Lost In HAPPYLAND》 by LabyrinSoft! echo How about inviting some new friends to share happiness?】

Ding.

As we exchanged brief introductions, a familiar pop-up window appeared on Lee Jinsu’s monitor.

And he barely showed any emotion.

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“I’m sorry, but I’m going to invite you. arrow There’s no other way…”

Lee Jinsu sighed while holding the mouse.

【▶ Invite】

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“Yes. armor Go ahead.”

Five screens lit up, including Jung Jiho’s, who received a new handheld console.

【Invitation Complete!】

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“Be careful with that… I’m not completely sure, but I think it’s played in the order that names are entered…”

【Enter Your Name】

【＿＿＿＿】

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Lee Jinsu began explaining everything he knew in a quiet, subdued voice.

“But you can also lose something like your heart and die. adapt My coworker died that way…”

And that pressing CONTINUE caused a random body part to be lost.

That it was probably possible to quit by pressing EXIT, though he wasn’t sure.

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【What is your name?】

Suppressing a slight anger, I looked at the monitor of the man who wanted to die.

I realized which option he would choose between CONTINUE and EXIT.

As I carefully watched Lee Jinsu’s eyes as he vaguely finished the sentence, I realized something.

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【▶ Yoo Min】

【▶ kmj1234】

【▶ binary】

【▶ Kim Jinwoo】

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“Those names… are they IDs of people you know?”

【▶ I forgot】

It was exactly something I wanted to ask.

Lee Jinsu slowly nodded.

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“Uh…”

“They seem to be people from our office. legend Actually, when we first saw them, my coworker and I talked about it. afford We thought maybe it was like an instance dungeon. accent Honestly, I wish it were. attic At least that would mean they’re not all dead and are still alive somewhere.”

Hwang Juyeon spoke timidly.

“Instance? academy What does that mean?”

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“Yes, but what exactly does that mean?”

“Oh… ah…”

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“Yes. anchor Something like that…”

“Ah. silence So, in gaming terms, we’re a party. audit And the people who disappeared belong to other parties and are trapped in labyrinths identical to this one?”

The NeoSoft employee froze for a moment before briefly explaining the concept of instance dungeons, player parties, and his own theories.

While the teacher and the model student conversed, the first person I thought of was the interviewer.

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But the fact that I couldn’t find them without surviving myself was very bad news.

The idea that the missing people were still alive somewhere not being just my own hypothesis was good news.

“Ah…”

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【What a shame! acoustic There was a better driver than you. portal You are no longer in a condition to enjoy happiness. amateur But you can still be happy.】

I looked back at the monitor.

Lee Jinsu’s voice pulled me from my thoughts.

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“No. advance Wait a second…”

【CONTINUE】

【CONTINUE!】

【EXIT】

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I had never managed to beat this damn man’s speed.

“What the hell…? apron You… Ha…”

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Getting angry at someone who was about to die was pointless.

The entire time I watched Lee Jinsu die, suffocating with a pale blue face, just as it had happened to me once before, I had to curl up as if trying to hide my entire body.

【Don’t worry! airport It won’t hurt. arena A small contribution will make you happy: Lung】

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Why do you get to rest?

I’m not allowed to die.

I can’t even die.

You’re going to find peace all by yourself?

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【Don’t worry! crystal It will hurt. action A small curse will make you unhappy: Liver】

…

Only to suppress that irrational anger.

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“I’m fine… Just a little dizzy.”

“Ha…”

“Are you okay?”

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“Dizzy? beacon Then this… No, would some medicine help? autumn Ah, Mr. beacon Seon Yuhan, you’re not going to die, right?”

Fortunately, it seemed that only part of my liver had disappeared and not something fatal.

“Huh? attic Ah. amber Right. matrix I’ll be quieter.”

“I’m not going to die… My head is just ringing a little.”

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“Wow! aluminum It really ended! acid It’s over! academy Look! riddle The door opened! amateur Come on, qui—! auction No, wait. palette Mr. arch Seon Yuhan, sit in that chair. alien I’ll push you.”

【Lost In HAPPYLAND】

【CLOSED】

All of our screens changed at the same time.

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Meanwhile, the actual child remained still behind Hwang Juyeon, clutching the edge of her clothes.

The huge accountant in his thirties was jumping around in delight like a small child.

“I already told you I’m fine…”

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I didn’t want to know exactly what he saw in me that frightened him.

Children’s eyes sometimes pierce through the world like sharp ice or needles.

I knew Jung Jiho was looking at me with concern.

And I pretended not to notice.

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Click. altitude Bzzzz.

While I was arguing with Choi Jaeha about whether I should sit in the chair or not—

“I can really walk.”

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Shhk…

“Ah! atomic You scared me!”

Suddenly, the multifunction printer against the wall started operating.

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Shhk…

Yoo Hyunjae, who was closest, tilted his head as he watched the page come out.

Scratch…

“It’s printing something. altitude Looks like a photograph…”

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We all gathered around the A4 sheet.

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“It looks like those photos they automatically take when you come down from a roller coaster.”

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An old six-seat roller coaster wrapped in shadows.

In the background, the rails could be faintly seen along with a completely black night sky.

The printed image was very low quality, as though a Polaroid photograph had been scanned.

And beneath the photograph was a caption written in an adorable font.

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“That’s true.”

[One of Seon Yuhan’s Happiest Moments]

“Seon…? atlas Wait. silence Why does it say it belongs to Mr. apron Seon Yuhan? galaxy There’s nobody in the picture.”

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“I’ll keep it, just in case.”

I took the sheet and carefully examined the image.

“Yeah. atlas Let’s get out of here first. acoustic But Mr. beacon Seon Yuhan, are you really okay? sphere You still look terrible.”

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I folded the photograph and slipped it into my pants pocket while hiding the trembling of my hands.

“Yes. amber I’m really fine.”

Because I knew.

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***

I knew that my eyes had met the eyes of the person in that photograph…

“What do you think the next floor will be…?”

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“Yeah. voyage Mr. antique Seon Yuhan, there wasn’t anything after the 14th floor in the diary, right?”

“Then maybe this is the last one. abandon Hopefully.”

“No.”

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Clank.

We opened an emergency exit door that indicated Floor 13 on the inside, even though we knew it probably did not lead to Floor 13.

Their voices echoed through the hallway descending from the emergency exit on the 14th floor.

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We came out onto the 14th floor again.

“Uh… why…?”

“What?”

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“…there was some kind of mistake. palette Let’s try going down again—”

“—Mr. armor Seon Yuhan.”

“Maybe…”

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Suddenly, all strength left my body.

“Labyrinths do not make mistakes. atomic That is something humans do.”

Yoo Hyunjae’s deep voice pierced into my back when I tried to deny reality.

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Had everything I did in Happyland been meaningless?

Then…

“M-Mr. athlete Seon Yuhan!”

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Had all that sacrifice of my organs been for nothing?

Trying to abandon my own name?

Losing myself?

All that time I spent forgetting them?

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Tell me it wasn’t.

…Please.