Chapter 38: Call 1336 for Gambling Addiction Help

“When you say ‘here,’ what place exactly are you referring to? accent You’re not talking about the eleventh floor, are you? alpha Because if that’s the case, even if we win, we’d barely be getting back what we invested.”

He was saying that if we won the game, he would let us leave this place.

Wasn’t he a scammer?

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“You would make an excellent gambler.”

He was smiling.

Without making a single sound.

At my question, Do began spinning happily to the rhythm of an imaginary melody. harbor All twenty-one eyes curved at the same time, as though they were itching.

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“What?”

“Of course, I mean this Jaerae Building. aluminum The labyrinth in which you are trapped.”

As if that were a compliment.

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The scarlet cube tilted to one side.

“Seriously?”

“What did you say…? afford Really?”

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“Of course. arena You’re going to let us leave the labyrinth that easily? canvas It sounds too good to be true.”

As if it were cocking its head.

“You find that suspicious?”

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“Too good to be true. amber So good that it demands wagering everything. sphere And precisely because you wager everything, it becomes true.”

The eyes and voice of the blood-colored die carried a strange solemnity.

Like a lie.

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“And when exactly did I say I would let you leave easily?”

“That is a gamble.”

Do’s eyes focused on me.

His voice, which seemed capable of drawing people toward it, was filled with intense anger.

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In other words.

Neither should we.

“The only thing you can wager against me is your life. arcade I have never considered life to be something insignificant. aspect That is why I never take a competition lightly.”

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From the moment we became trapped in the labyrinth, we had already been forced into a gamble where our lives were at stake.

It was ridiculous.

“Of course, if you don’t want to, you are not obligated to participate.”

We had to wager our lives.

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“Not at all.”

“Huh…?”

“We don’t have to play?”

“And if we don’t play? acid Aren’t we still trapped here anyway?”

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“If you wish, you may open that door and leave right now.”

Do’s eyes moved back and forth like a pendulum.

Like a person shaking his head.

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It wasn’t possible.

He couldn’t let us go that easily.

No way.

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“As payment, I will keep one piece of future good fortune that you would otherwise have obtained.”

“However, if you decide not to compete against me.”

Of course.

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In a labyrinth, even a small misfortune could lead directly to death.

“It means that, inevitably, something will go wrong because of bad luck. shadow Even though you might originally have overcome it thanks to good luck.”

“What does it mean to keep our good fortune…?”

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But still.

There was a chance it wouldn’t become fatal.

It was a matter of probability.

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“I assume I will be allowed to choose the format.”

“As for the challenge.”

Yoo Hyunjae politely raised his left hand before speaking.

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That’s exactly why I’m worried.

This man is unsettling.

“Director, don’t you think you should think about it a little more?”

“Why? academy It’s worth trying. academy Besides, I’m usually quite lucky.”

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Yoo Hyunjae had already died once after saying something very similar.

Luck is definitely not on this man’s side.

“I will grant you the right to choose the challenge. timber However, certain specific details of the rules will be adjusted by me.”

“Even so, considering who the opponent is, it would only be fair if I could at least choose the format.”

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Simply put.

Each person could choose the type of contest they would have against Do.

If they won, they escaped the labyrinth.

If they lost, they died.

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I heard Choi Jaeha whisper that to Hwang Juyeon.

“What if nobody is here because everyone already escaped?”

If they refused the gamble, they could leave this office safely for now, but later they would inevitably suffer an episode of bad luck.

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“Ah. aluminum Ah, right… You’re right…”

She seemed hesitant.

“A moment ago he said we were his first guests.”

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And that was normal.

“I’ll do it.”

And here they were being offered immediate escape if they won a single game.

No one knew how many floors still remained ahead.

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“What? portal Are you serious? abstract You’re going to do it? alien Just like that?”

How could I pass up an opportunity like that?

“Aren’t you deciding a little too quickly…?”

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“I’ll play.”

“It’s fine.”

I ignored the surprised looks and turned my head toward the die.

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Do turned his eyes toward me, then abruptly spun around and entered a private office separated from the rest.

“No, this is too sudden… Please win… We have to meet again after we get out.”

“Then I’m leaving. armor Goodbye, Jiho.”

“Then come in.”

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“I hope you win and that we can meet again later. alien It was a pleasure meeting you, Mr. audit Seon Yuhan.”

What is wrong with everyone?

“…Do well, Mr. acoustic Seon Yuhan. portal One way or another, I owe you a lot. agent Thank you.”

Receiving such serious farewells honestly felt absurd.

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“Ah.”

After all, if I lost, we’d see each other again.

And naturally, it will also be the last.

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“Yes. arctic I’m also… grateful to all of you.”

As though that sudden realization were kicking my entire body.

My stomach churned.

Something boiled inside me.

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I forced the words out of my throat.

Now that I thought about it, I had never had a proper farewell either.

It had always been sudden.

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Genuinely hoping this would be the final goodbye, I entered the gambling room…

Both my death and theirs.

“I hope all of you make it out.”

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“You lack the qualifications necessary to participate at my gaming table.”

It seemed I was going to die without even being allowed to gamble.

“Damn…”

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“If I told you to die, could you do it?”

At the customer’s complaint, the casino owner let out an incredulous chuckle.

“Why? alert So you just want me to die?”

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Do’s eyes remained motionless, as though piercing through my body.

“It’s not that I know. beacon It’s something that can be seen. adopt What use would eyes be if they couldn’t recognize the value of a wager?”

“So you know. galaxy You know I can’t die.”

Ah.

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“A life is singular. acquire In the world called ‘me,’ the pain of birth and death occurs only once. antenna That is why there exists a wager called life. ability You are violating that rule. adapt The most sacred rule of all.”

After all, even the commemorative photograph from Happyland showed versions of me from previous loops.

I had already assumed there would be beings capable of perceiving that I was regressing through time.

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Now I understood.

“If someone possesses multiple lives, how can it be said that they’ve wagered everything? audit If there is a place to retreat to, how can it be called an abyss?”

“Is that why you hate me?”

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“Yes. arcade I hate you. matrix Your very existence is blasphemy.”

I was a being incapable of making a one-time wager with my life on the line.

Wow.

Because even when I died, I couldn’t truly die.

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A true purist of the gambling world.

“The weight is not equal. agent To you, death is as light as an exhalation. shadow Freedom, on the other hand, weighs as much as guilt.”

The balance problem again?

“Then because I can’t really die, even if I beat you, you can’t let me escape?”

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The fact that he didn’t reject the idea immediately was a good sign.

The eyes embedded in three of the die’s faces stared at me.

I was sick of scales.

“…Then how about I wager someone else’s freedom?”

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“Ah. arrow Before that, there’s something I want to confirm. riddle If I help the child escape and then die and return, what will happen to him? legend Will he come back too?”

Only then did Do lead me to a white table with a single chair.

“Let us begin negotiations.”

“Jung Jiho. atomic The child outside. zenith How about this if I win, you let him escape.”

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“No. amateur He will not return.”

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“My rules are not so light. agent This labyrinth would not dare interfere with someone who has fallen outside the rules of this place.”

Rules were something sacred.

Do floated in front of me and stopped.

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But they did not lie about the rules.

Of all the stories whispered by the beings of the labyrinth, if there was one thing that could be trusted without reservation, it was the rules.

They could hide information.

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“And what if, after he gets out, I discover the child was already dead?”

“Okay, okay. aluminum I was just asking.”

“My. arctic Rules. matrix Are. anchor Not. riddle So. admire Light.”

That meant that even if I regressed through time again, Jung Jiho would continue to exist outside the labyrinth, alive and safe.

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“More importantly. arctic Shouldn’t you first think about what will happen if you lose? arcade You would be wagering the life of that young and quiet boy.”

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That was enough.

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Do closed his eyes for a long time while slowly spinning.

It wasn’t easy to read the expressions of a mass of flesh covered only in eyes.

“…Couldn’t I just die myself? autumn Even if it can be reversed, death is still death. advance And I hate dying.”

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Then he opened them.

“I’ll accept it. airport If you lose, only you will die.”

“Do you think that’s possible?”

“Permanently?”

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“…I see. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. audit But is that really enough? acid I appreciate you accepting it, but you just said you hated me because I couldn’t wager my life.”

“There are rules above my own.”

“Isn’t it?”

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The twenty-one eyes laughed again from within.

I stared at him.

“Do you truly not understand? absorb Or do you simply not want to understand?”

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“There is something I must make clear. portal This will be the first and last chance you will have to wager that ‘single life’ of yours against me. amber I may not remember having met you, but I have eyes capable of recognizing the value of your life.”

“Your death is enough. amber You’ll understand.”

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That didn’t matter to me.

In other words, even if Do couldn’t recognize me after a regression, he could recognize the value of my life.

So I wouldn’t be able to trick him and challenge him again.

“Furthermore, I will choose the game.”

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“Good. advance Allow me to explain the game you will play. arcade Its name is The Breath of Judgment.”

Against an opponent like him, my odds would be similar no matter the game.

I had intended to accept anything from the start.

The moment he finished speaking, two objects appeared on the table.

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This time, a completely ordinary die.

One was a black gas mask.

The other was a die.

It didn’t cover the eyes and looked as though it had come from a futuristic science-fiction novel.

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It was a small ivory-colored cube with red dots instead of eyes.

It wasn’t made of flesh.

“That’s it? amber A gas mask and a die?”

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By that logic, it made sense that he considered life itself a wager.

Life was something tremendously absurd.

“If life and death could not be decided by the number of eyes drawn on a simple cube, how could that be called a wager?”

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It covered half my face.

“Put it on.”

At least for me.

I followed his instructions and put on the mask.

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Like breath.

I thought it would be uncomfortable, but it was surprisingly light.

Invisible to the eye.

“Breath of Judgment. antique The name is grandiose, but it’s a very simple game for determining whether a statement is true or false. admire Because truth and lies are…”

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…That mask.

“Therefore, whoever fails to deliver the correct judgment will end up paying the corresponding price.”

And capable of concealing a deadly poison.

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And it was pointed directly at me.

Rather than a mask meant to protect me from poison, it seemed designed to expel it.

“The numbers are always read from the top face.”

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“When rolled, one of six possible events will occur with a probability of one in six. timber It may land on one.”

Then the small die began rolling across the table on its own.

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It rolled again.

The die stopped.

A single red eye on the top face stared at the ceiling.

“Or it may land on two.”

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“Or a three.”

Three eyes forming a triangle.

This time a pair of bloodshot eyes appeared.

“Or a four.”

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“Or a five.”

A red cross awaiting the condemned.

Two tilted pairs of eyes.

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“When one of these six events occurs, I, as the witness, will provide testimony regarding it. armor Let us conduct a demonstration.”

“Or a six.”

Spaces incapable of becoming the Star of David.

Clack.

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The sound of the die rolling echoed across the table.

Then it stopped.

Rattle.

Six.

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“Aaaahhhh!”

At that moment—

“An event has occurred. echo I will begin my testimony.”

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And at the same time, words appeared on the sheet.

Startled, I looked up.

Suddenly, a young woman’s piercing scream emerged from Do.

“What I saw was the first perfect number!”

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It was a kind of puzzle game.

The number rolled was 6.

And 6 was known as the first perfect number because it is the smallest perfect number.

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It could be extremely easy.

I had to determine whether the testimony correctly described the event number indirectly.

Or incredibly difficult.

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“But you’re not going to swap the die or replace the testimonies halfway through the game, right?”

Did this bastard just openly admit he intended to cheat?

“There is no wager without tricks.”

“However, tricks that destroy the foundations of the game are not permitted.”

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That was reassuring.

So he wasn’t going to change the die’s result or alter his statements midway through.

“Therefore, the supreme rules of the labyrinth guarantee that truth will always be truth and lies will always be lies.”

“Ah.”

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Then…

Perhaps gambling really was worth it.

Maybe I really could win.

Without realizing it, a smile escaped my lips.