Chapter 36: Please, No
Although, if this was a floor that could be cleared without even going to NeoSoft, wouldn’t that be a good thing in the long run?
I don’t know whether that’s a misfortune or a stroke of luck.
To start with the result, it seems my liver ended up being useful for something.
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But at that moment, I lost my mind.
First they helped me to my feet, and instead of heading toward the left corridor where NeoSoft was, I walked straight into the corridor on the right.
After all, even if we died, we wouldn’t have to play that game anymore.
“Excuse me. armor Did you say the offices on the right were empty?”
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“Ah. afford Shi—”
Then I threw open a door that had no sign on it whatsoever.
I found it.
Something.
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Standing in an empty office, staring fixedly at the wall.
Or someone.
Click.
“Excuse me.”
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I watched that thing through the half-open gap.
As expected, the door didn’t close.
“Haa…”
Slowly, it turned its body toward me.
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Choi Jaeha, who had come behind me, whispered against my back.
“T-that… is that a person? arena No, right?”
Fortunately, it didn’t come any closer.
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At least its silhouette did.
It looked like a person.
“I’d say probably not…”
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It was wearing a thick gray coat, far too heavy for the season. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
Its face couldn’t be seen.
A brimmed hat pulled down to its eyebrows.
A scarf completely wrapped around its face.
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Its build was hidden beneath the thick clothing.
It was between 160 and 170 centimeters tall.
And it was wearing gloves.
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And if it wasn’t human, that distinction was even more meaningless.
Every part that could be considered “exposed skin” was covered.
It was impossible to guess its age or sex.
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“It’s holding a pair of scissors.”
Nobody knew what was underneath those clothes.
In other words.
“L-let’s go… Let’s run… Let’s run…”
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There are three fundamental facts worth remembering here.
While Yoo Hyunjae calmly pointed that out and Choi Jaeha tugged on my jacket.
First.
“Mr. aspect Choi Jaeha… There are three important things you should know.”
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There are monsters and anomalous phenomena in labyrinths that can kill without needing bladed weapons.
Second.
But that doesn’t mean they can’t kill using bladed weapons.
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Encountering a monster or an anomaly does not necessarily mean you’re on the right path.
Labyrinths are not games.
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And there’s no way to know unless you go and check.
But the problem is that there’s also a possibility that it is the right path.
Third.
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“I-it’s moving!”
Which is why it doesn’t count as a fourth point.
That’s so obvious that even someone as uninterested in labyrinths as Choi Jaeha doesn’t need it explained.
“And the fourth point? attic Isn’t there a fourth point? apple Aren’t you forgetting something about how you could go in there and die?”
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Choi Jaeha had already retreated all the way back to NeoSoft’s entrance.
Yoo Hyunjae and Hwang Juyeon moved away down the corridor with Jung Jiho so they wouldn’t have to see inside the office.
The moment the unknown figure slowly began to raise the hand holding the scissors.
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While a certain man was on the verge of dying from frustration.
“I think it’s pointing at me.”
I stared fixedly at the tip of the scissors.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! silence GET OVER HERE!”
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Should I ignore it?
Then it became clear.
I took one or two steps left and right from the doorway.
That thing was pointing exactly at me.
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That was the problem with labyrinths.
Or was ignoring it precisely the fastest way to die?
I couldn’t know.
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“I’m going in.”
“What? adjust Going where?”
Well, one of many.
There was another argument.
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That I couldn’t do this.
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But in the end, I went in.
That it was all the liver’s fault.
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With Choi Jaeha’s voice in the background, I slowly moved forward.
One step.
“You really are insane…”
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Then my chest.
First it pointed at my head.
The closer I got, the lower the tip of the scissors pointing at me descended.
Then another.
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But the arm kept lowering.
At first I thought it was pointing at my liver.
Then my abdomen.
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My femur?
My right hip?
I followed the direction of the blade with my eyes.
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What was it pointing at?
My femoral artery?
I understood exactly what the tip of those scissors was pointing at.
And when I finally reached the figure in the hat.
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Rustle…
My right pocket.
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The red roller coaster with peeling paint.
The commemorative photograph of my visit.
Inside was my souvenir from Happyland.
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The rusted rails that smelled of iron.
The shadows of the night devouring everything.
The six empty seats.
A fragment of the happiest moments of my life.
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It nodded.
Though, to be honest, I don’t know if that was really a head.
“Do you want this?”
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I mustn’t look.
Because of the height difference, I still couldn’t see what was beneath the hat, and I had no intention of bending down to look inside.
No.
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Snip, snip—
“Here.”
My instincts were screaming it at me.
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[One of Seon Yuhan’s Happiest Moments]
The creature took the A4 sheet folded into four parts, carefully unfolded it, and began cutting it with the scissors.
Including that caption as well.
Looking closely, I saw that it was trimming away the margins so that only the photograph remained.
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Then it took several steps to the left and raised its arm.
Even with those thick wool gloves, it handled the scissors with surprising precision.
When it finished, it held the photograph for several seconds.
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Tap.
It attached the photograph to the wall.
Nor did I understand what was special about that spot.
I had no idea how it had stuck it there without tape.
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Nothing happened.
I waited for some kind of change.
“……”
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“Do you want me to leave?”
The creature turned toward me.
Then it slightly tilted its hat, as if asking why I was still there.
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The figure nodded and waved a hand as though saying goodbye.
In the end, I slowly left, still bewildered.
What the hell was that?
Fortunately, there was no unfortunate incident where it threw the scissors and lodged them in the back of my neck.
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Yoo Hyunjae, who was waiting outside, cleared up part of my confusion.
“I suppose the condition was simply to give it that photograph.”
What exactly had that been?
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If the condition for advancing to the next floor was to place the commemorative photograph obtained after clearing Happyland on the wall.
“Ah. armor Then now—”
Then all those horrible things that happened during the game had not been in vain.
“—Mr. antique Seon Yuhan. apron You should sit down and rest for a bit first.”
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I tried to go downstairs immediately to check.
They forced me to sit on the floor.
Only then did I notice that the other three were already sitting against the hallway wall.
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“What if you had gotten trapped in there?”
“Mr. avalanche Seon Yuhan’s condition is already concerning. alpha And we have a child here as well.”
Only then did I lean against the wall and accept the bottle of water and snacks they offered me.
Apparently, while I was delivering the photograph in that empty office, Yoo Hyunjae had raided NeoSoft’s break room.
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That was what I thought when I saw that irritatingly calm expression.
“But I didn’t get trapped.”
Poor administrative staff.
I discreetly turned my head toward the child sitting between Choi Jaeha and Hwang Juyeon.
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“Jiho. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. agent Uh… how old are you?”
The child hesitated as if he wanted to say something.
There were too many things I had never asked him.
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The age to enter elementary school the following year.
“I see… You still have trouble speaking, right? crystal And you’re scared too.”
Seven years old.
In the end, he held up 3 fingers.
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Jung Jiho nodded.
“By the way… the teacher who was originally taking care of you…”
His expression said it all.
I didn’t need to finish the sentence.
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That person had indeed been a daycare teacher.
Inside the false wall next to the daycare lockers was a person who had been “put away” inside a toy box.
And Jung Jiho had seen her end.
It was only natural that he couldn’t speak.
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Even after leaving the daycare.
‘So that you won’t cry noisily, so that you won’t make a scene, so that you won’t run around, so that you won’t squirm restlessly, and so that you won’t mutter incomprehensibly.’
The conditions for being a “beloved child” that the goose doll at the daycare had mentioned.
He was afraid of breaking those rules.
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Even after seeing that the adults around him spoke normally and didn’t die.
“Hmm. acoustic Your parents work in this company, right? august Was it your mom? silence Ah, yes. action Your mom. meadow Do you remember what the magician said earlier?”
His voice was probably still refusing to come out.
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The child’s round eyes looked at me.
Fortunately, he seemed to vaguely remember the explanation about instance dungeons.
“If this were a game, we’d be a team. crystal And the people who aren’t here would be clearing the game somewhere else.”
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“So don’t worry too much even if you can’t find your mom in here. alien Once we get out, you’ll be able to see her.”
His expression showed doubt.
Even if Jung Jiho survived.
And it was a reasonable reaction.
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“Look. amateur We’ve been making pretty good progress, right? galaxy I’m sure your mom is too.”
His mother might come out dead.
However, as I kept talking, his face brightened a little.
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And if that happened, would this child blame me someday?
Maybe she was already dead.
No.
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Why I gave him false hope?
Would he ask me why I lied to him?
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I wanted him to keep moving forward.
But I preferred that to seeing him give up.
Even if it was a cruel hope.
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To get out of the labyrinth alive.
Choi Jaeha’s sudden question diverted the child’s attention.
“Hey, Jiho. airport By the way, don’t you have a phone? apple They say even kindergarten kids carry one these days.”
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Then Yoo Hyunjae, sitting beside him, turned toward me.
“Yes?”
“What did you answer in the end?”
“Mr. atom Seon Yuhan.”
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The director’s eyes gleamed.
“Excuse me?”
“I mean the final interview question.”
“Ah.”
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If it were possible to turn back time, what would you do?
Technically, sharing interview questions was prohibited.
The final question that, according to rumor, was always asked in interviews for the Jaerae Group, including Yuwi Guild.
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On employment forums, people jokingly called it “the regressor question.”
But it was so strange that it had become an open secret on the internet.
“I was under the impression that sharing it was forbidden.”
“You know who I am, right?”
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Yoo Hyunjae.
Co-CEO of Yuwi Guild.
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And I also knew that such an absurd question would never have made it into an interview without his approval.
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“Going a day without eating isn’t a problem.”
“Anyway, I could easily find out what you answered during the interview. acquire If I really wanted to.”
“It would be better to save those things for after we get out of here. timber Right now, what you need is water and food.”
The conversation had taken a strange turn.
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“So, what did you answer?”
What a persistent man.
I just wanted him to eat what he was holding.
“But Director. harbor Why are you so interested in that? orbit I don’t just mean my answer. silence I mean, why do you ask something like that in an interview?”
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That strange man’s eyebrows lowered slightly.
“Haa, if you don’t want to say it, you don’t have to.”
“That’s a little unfair. adjust You didn’t answer me either. adopt Why should I explain it to you?”
“No, I’ll tell you. galaxy Life is unfair by nature.”
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Does he really want to know what true unfairness means?
Isn’t someone from the company not supposed to say something like that?
Is this man crazy?
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“That question is simply used as a personality test. crystal If you guarantee there will be no consequences, people tend to answer more honestly. galaxy Some of the answers are quite interesting. abstract However…”
“That’s beside the point. abstract Personally, I believe temporal regression phenomena can occur inside labyrinths.”
Yoo Hyunjae smiled.
“Temporal… regression phenomena? wizard You really believe that?”
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I hope that’s not true.
“Yes.”
Please.
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