EP.20 The culprit must be inside. Then,
it is not the setting sun that announces the night in the abyss, but the flickering daylight. When the military standard clock strikes 6:00 p.m., the artificial lights that replace the sun turn red as if imitating the sunset.
What is imitated is bound to be bound by its form. After the light from the daytime lights from top to bottom slowly sinks like the sun setting over the horizon, dim night lights scattered throughout the abyss illuminate the interior of the building.
Copying is obvious, so the night light is lacking in many ways compared to the evening sky. Instead of the dark blue sky drawn by the remnants of light, dim lighting illuminates the abyss. It is an unpleasant light that creates shade even in the dark, which is distinctly different from the twinkling of the moon and stars that permeate like fog.
Compared to the grace of the sun that shines on the whole world, what light does not fade?
The daytime lights went off, and the light in the hallway was also dimmed. Now, the mirror pieces installed in the cracks in the door reflect only darkness. In addition, the lights in my room are also off, so I can’t work. I stopped what I was doing and got up from my desk.
There were 52 cards lying on the desk. It is a card made by spending all the alchemy given by the regressor and the time of the day.
I am a magician and an alchemist who creates money using cards and amulets. A deck of cards is my weapon.
I ran my hand over the desk. The 52 cards that were spread out in an orderly manner on the desk came into my hand with a single gesture. Square, hard and elastic. A familiar touch welcomes me.
Split the deck face down in half and shuffle. The flexible and flexible cards burrow into each other’s gaps. Mixed, inverted, twisted and mixed again. Took. He set the shuffled deck of cards down on the desk.
“Diamond 1.”
The top card is turned over. It was Diamond 1. No wonder. Because it was mixed like that.
I didn’t catch the card for a few days, but my skills didn’t go anywhere. It was just waiting for me deep inside my heart. I indifferently raised the diamond 1. A pointed red pattern is writing all sides of the card as if it were theirs. I grabbed the card with my index and middle fingers and flipped it over. When I opened my hands right after that, the diamond 1 was nowhere to be found.
The quality and condition of the card is not bad. He took a deep breath and made up his mind.
“ruler. Shall we go?”
I’d rather have Aji steal it. But if not…
I’ll have to get my own weapon to escape.
I opened the door carefully so as not to make a sound.
The hallway, immersed in darkness, seemed to swallow even the sound. It was quiet during the day, but there was minimal activity.
Now, however, he was sullen and quiet, befitting the name Tantalus.
I headed down the deep hallway. In the dark and quiet hallway, I felt like I shouldn’t even make a sound, so I walked on my heels involuntarily.
It didn’t take long to get to the restaurant. I concentrated and looked inside to see if I could feel the thoughts of others.
There is no noise whatsoever from inside. At least that means no one is thinking right now.
Whether it’s thoughtless or not human remains to be seen.
I sneaked inside and took a seat in a corner of the restaurant. You can wait like this and arrest Aji the moment he covets the pot. If a ghost appears, run away immediately.
Bondi hunting is the aesthetics of waiting. Behind any glorious Shannyang lies the patience of waiting. I held my breath and stared in the direction of the pot.
When tedious time passes and my concentration drops and my head nods and tacks. how many minutes have passed A shout was heard from outside.
You got caught.
look at it You are also an intruder. What are the people on the inside? I don’t believe in conspiracy theories that can’t be proven.
I braced myself, waiting for the perfect moment, waiting for the prey to fall into the trap. The moment you put your hand on the pot, you can’t take it out or beat it. At that time, I’ll have to go out and attack…
The shadow that entered the restaurant looked around the restaurant with its golden eyes.
“What are you doing there?”
walked towards me
Just because I can read thoughts doesn’t mean I’m not particularly good at hiding. I stood up and pointed at the regressor.
“It was you. I was expecting it.”
“what?”
“If you were that curious, you could have asked for a bite. Did you have to sneak up and steal it in the middle of the night? Because of your deviation, mistrust has grown among us! Distrust is an evil that eats away at society. An obstacle that creates friction and noise like rust between rolling gears! Do you know what a terrible deed you have done?”
“What are you really talking about?”
The regressor ignored my words and looked away.
“If you have nothing to do, do it quietly.”
“I heard that the fart gets angry. To poop on this Tantalus and ignore it!”
“What the hell are you talking about?!”
The regressor, who refuted reflexively, looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“You really think I came here to steal food?”
“Until a little while.”
“In that case, you’re not going! A little while ago? Did I look on the same level as you?!”
the same what While being trapped here together.
Anyway, I just read your thoughts a little while ago. Unfortunately, the regressor did not come for food, but came back at night because he was concerned about the presence he felt right before leaving the restaurant.
I started talking scratching my head.
“then. Are you really saying that there is something hiding inside?”
“maybe. I’m not sure, but it won’t hurt to find it.”
“iced coffee.”
I packed my luggage. I got up from my seat and bowed my head toward the regressor.
“take care.”
“…Where are you going?”
“I run away because I am scared.”
The regressor asked with a puzzled expression.
“When did you say that you are the instructor responsible for managing and supervising us?”
“Ghosts are not apprentices.”
“I am? I said I was going to investigate the prison, but are you just watching?”
“Who told you to investigate? And if you don’t investigate, you won’t? If you’re going to stop it, is there any point in me interfering?”
“and.”
‘The words are still sarcastic. What’s more? I’m serious? no no no Maybe he’s planning something?’
plan and what If it’s a real ghost, if it can’t read minds, there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m less than a worm against non-humans.
I didn’t even look back and headed for the restaurant door.
“ruler. Then I’ll go. Don’t forget to report back. If possible, please submit a report with a sample.”
“If so, why don’t you watch it?”
“sorry. It’s lights out time, so I have to sleep.”
“Stop talking and watch over there.”
“yes? why?”
‘The strong enough to cut my sword look wary… Is there something really powerful hiding here? Or are you trying to distract me? Whatever the intention, let’s get in the way. It’s not because I’m scared… It would be okay to leave it in the rear just in case.’
Fear is contagious, so when I showed that I was completely scared, the regressor raised its guard just as much. To the point where he even thought of leaving me behind, tentatively.
The regressor finished his thoughts and looked around.
“Couldn’t the being hiding inside and living like a parasite be an intruder? Then it’s up to you, the one who manages this prison, to exclude them. You should watch too.”
“That makes sense. Check it out and if you are an intruder, report after taking action. Until then, I will be in my room.”
Good luck. I’m leaving. when i step out the door
‘hey! I told you not to go! Let’s throw a thousand cherry blossoms as soon as possible!’
then no. that you die
I turned around and went back inside. Then, he snuggled close behind the regressor’s back.
The regressor expressed disgust at the sudden change of attitude.
“What are you doing?”
I can’t say that I’m back because I’m afraid I’ll really use my strength.
And in fact, as the regressor said, if there is a real intruder. Maybe it’s safer to be with a regressor than to be alone?
Aji is angry with me right now, and the vampire has no interest in this matter, perhaps because he is a ghost. Except for the regressors now, I am the only one who can protect me.
That’s pretty unreliable.
“Come on, take the lead. I’m going to go and defeat the demons! We dare not let ghosts threaten us!”
“You…”
‘But… there’s someone behind you, so it’s relieved. Chit that man is the problem, but…’
Anyway, the regressor left me behind and started looking around with brightly shining golden eyes.
The third golden eye among the seven colored eyes. Hwaan Gold Jewel (Fire Eye Gold Jewel) that allows you to see the invisible. If you have eyes like that, you won’t be afraid of ghosts.
What can I do? there’s nothing. Just watching from the side and eating popcorn.
Oh, can I cheer you on?
“go for it! Ghosts are just remnants of magical power that arise after death! Don’t be afraid, let’s go! If it’s Shay’s trainee’s sword, it can cut down even a ghost!”
“…Could you be quiet? It’s so loud you can’t hear it.”
“Anyway, you’re only looking at it with those twinkling eyes. Focus on the visual.”
“Are you listening too?”
The regressor looked around the restaurant carefully. In addition, it gave attention to the warehouse attached to the shelf a little further back. She tilted her head with a puzzled face.
“I can not see. nothing.”
“no way. what. After all, it was nothing.”
“It can’t be. My gut feeling is that when you feel like there is something, there is usually something really there.”
I don’t trust that sense. You couldn’t see through my bluff.
Anyway, thanks to that intuition, I survived and had nothing to say.
“If you can’t see it even with the twinkling eyes, you can assume it’s not there.”
“It’s strange…”
“Give up. There’s nowhere else to hide in this tiny diner. A restaurant with two tables and a storage room the size of a palm is all there is, so where else to look? I don’t know if the opponent can pass through the wall.”
“wall?”
Of course, I said it as a joke, but the regressor listened to my words and was deep in thought.
“okay. wall. there was The military’s concrete is thick. You wouldn’t have noticed it if you were hiding there.”
Conspiracy theories are serious enough. I sighed and waved my hand in front of the regressor.
“excuse me. So what are you going to do? Maybe break down the wall? That would be vandalism.”
“I won’t break it.”
‘I just cut it down.’
The regressor raised his head and raised a finger to stab his own eye.
Four-color green eyes among seven-color eyes.
These pupils, with ominous green eyes, could see through objects. Metals, especially lead, are hard to see through.
‘I can’t see through’ means that it occupies a corner of the field of vision in black. Therefore, it was very advantageous to find metal.
With mind-reading, I peeked into the regressor’s vision.
I see black and white vision. The world was dark and bright, as if it were made by drawing thin threads over and over again. The penetrating vision allowed me to see inside objects, and when the regressor’s gaze reached me, I could see the white bones in my body. It’s embarrassing to show naked, but it’s strange that you don’t feel any shame when you take off your skin.
The regressor’s gaze turned to the wall. The concrete walls looked like white cardboard, and the mesh-like steel frames embedded in them were clearly visible. The regressor slowly scanned the wall and found something.
On one side of the wall there was a silhouette of a small doll. To anyone looking at it, it would look like the doll was accidentally inserted when making the concrete.
But the true identity of the doll.
“found. Are you still there?”
It was a miniature model of the military magic golem.
The regressor reached his hand behind his head. The cherry blossoms are caught in the hand. At that moment, it was as if the sword of the regressor had already gone out.
The slash that swung in an instant slashed the wall thinly. The cracked concrete, like the bark of an old tree, turned into a roll and turned into dust from the tip. gaps revealed.
There, the regressor pulled out the magic golem with the tip of a thin sword. The golem’s body convulsed.
“I strongly request you to stop the sabotage.”
A dry voice came from the golem. It was the voice I heard when I first came down to Tantalus.
Was it Captain Abbey? military communications officer. The trumpeter of an emotionless military nation.
At that request, the regressor snorted.
“That’s a request you can make before you hide like a mouse and spy on me.”
『Considering your destructive and sensitive tendencies, it was judged that this object would have been destroyed even if it had stepped forward. That judgment is still valid today. Additionally, this object stopped working when it determined you were nearby. There is room for it to be interpreted as not stealing you.』
“That’s right. that’s right. All of your judgments and requests are correct. It is also a military answer. always reasonable therefore.”
The regressor raised his sword again. A spark rose from the tip of the sword. Parts of the circuit burned and the golem crackled as if screaming.
“I’ll break it. good bye Hiding inside the walls was a bit novel.”
“Stop the sabotage immediately. Disruption of communication causes inefficiency.』
“Hey. It’s urgent. Do you think this golem will be the last? but. It wouldn’t matter if there were a few more. From now on, I will be scanning all the walls with Green Eye activated.”
The regressor harassing the golem seemed quite happy after a long time.
It’s a golem, so I couldn’t read your thoughts. Somehow. hey good luck It wasn’t a ghost, it was a golem. In terms of not being able to read thoughts, it’s as tough an opponent as a ghost, but the regressor will destroy it, so it doesn’t matter.
I’ll just have to keep an eye on it. It was a moment of relaxation.
“I ask for it over and over again. Stop the sabotage immediately. Because of your actions, the dissemination of information and distribution-related content becomes impossible. I ask for it again and again…”
It’s rationing. One word that I heard suddenly stimulated me.
As long as you are trapped here, your supplies will come to a limit someday. If Aji eats his own food like now, the food will run out in an instant.
I don’t know if you’re a regressor with all kinds of treasures, but I need rations…
Come to think of it, the golem can’t be destroyed!
I hurriedly approached the back of the regressor.
“Repeat, that’s a word I hate. But you can do it any number of times.”
Not even noticing my approach, the regressor was engrossed in harassing the golem in rapture.
“Even if I destroy the golem, nothing will happen to your body. Still, if the military is in trouble even a little, that’s it.”
“I warn you. Hostilities are…]
“Goodbye.”
Tung.
With a slight flick of the cherry blossom, a small golem floated into the air. The regressor led the angel and prepared a slash that would soon rage like a storm. It was on the verge of bursting out of the compressed power in his crouching position.
Fearing to be stabbed by that knife, I approached the blind spot and reached out my hand toward the regressor.
“Wait! wait!”
That’s when my hand touched the regressor’s shoulder.
Something rose from the bottom of my vision. I had a feeling that something was being pulled without any time to react. Something huge is coming toward me.
no it’s backwards The world turns upside down and the field of vision spins.
It was me and nothing else that soared.
Cheonban-gyeong 天福境.
flip the sky.
what?
counterattack?
A level of counterattack that the body remembers without even thinking about it?
When I read that, my body was falling towards the ground.
