Having admitted for nothing (77)
Lesson 17. How to clear the trick room – 2
When Light heard about what was happening in the small town, he stood up wide-eyed.
“You mean the killer is on the move…?! How dare you do such a shameless thing!”
“calm down. I haven’t even checked the murder scene myself yet. I just hypothesized what was going on in the city based on various clues.”
The man who had been sneaking around wearing a hood had mentioned the murderer, so I guessed that, but I couldn’t figure out all the details yet.
But there’s no way Light, who aims to become an apostle of justice, calms down with such words.
“But if murder could happen there tonight, now is not the time to be so carefree!”
“I’m not even a real person, so I don’t care.”
“what…?”
In the end, it was only after Dok-go-yeon stepped forward and told the last secret hidden in this room that he was able to calm his attitude.
It was very cute to see Light blinking his big, bright eyes and making a puzzled expression.
“Are you not a real person?”
“of course. In the first place, there’s no way humans other than us climbers could enter the tower. If you add a little bit of exaggeration, those people who look like humans are no different from monsters after all. It means that the tower created the situation.”
In fact, even Banyuwon was a little confused until he infiltrated the small town himself at night.
However, he was convinced after learning that the power of the Constellation was being applied to the small town.
It’s all just a prank made up of lies.
‘Among the humans in that small town, if there really is a Constellation Contractor, there’s no way they’re staying in Room 23. Those contractors are just fakes created by the Tower with the help of the Constellation to test the climbers. Perhaps the Constellation got a share in exchange for lending its power to the tower…’
Since everything was fake, there was no need to feel any sense of duty or guilt for what was happening in the small town.
Just like a mafia game where people sit around each other on Earth, Room 23 is also just a game where all you have to do is annihilate the enemy before all your allies die.
After hearing all the explanations, Light’s expression was half decayed.
“Half my head is so complicated right now…”
“What are you thinking so hard about? I gave up on estimating the power of the tower at the point where monsters are pouring out infinitely.”
“Yu-won is really… I don’t know if I should call him wise or fair.”
Even Ruchel was stunned by the anti-yuwon’s attitude that seemed to equate monsters with humans.
However, Ban Yu-won did not change his expression and spoke to the party.
“The hint was there before. Do you remember that Professor Yumina said that someday you will have to protect the weak in the tower?”
“Oh, I see, so it was.”
“In the future, there will always be trick rooms that limit our actions… Among them, there will be cases where we have to protect such beings. Let’s get used to this opportunity.”
In fact, compared to Light or Ruchel, Ban Yu-Won received less shock from the appearance of a ‘fake person’, probably because he is used to the existence of NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in games such as RPGs.
‘Actually, if it’s a tower, I wouldn’t be surprised if they summon people from another dimension into the tower and use it to eat them. … isn’t it? An NPC, right?’
It would be nice if I could get in touch with them and investigate the in-body concept in detail.
By any chance, treating them as NPCs ‘even if they were real humans’ would be beneficial to Banyuwon’s mental health, so we decided not to think about this any more.
“policy…?”
“Okay, everyone suffered. Let’s go to bed quickly and move tomorrow morning as soon as it’s bright. Before we leave the tower, we must conquer Room 23.”
After seeing Ban Yu-Won’s expression change subtly, Ruchel looked at him with a worried expression, but Ban Yu-Won smiled at him and forced him to go to bed.
Will the people of the small town accept them just because a day has passed?
In conclusion, it was not accepted.
“I told you not to come near, monsters!”
“People died yesterday too! Why do you want to enter the city at a time like this!”
“go away! If you don’t disappear right in front of my eyes, I’ll shoot my bow!”
vehement refusal.
However, since he failed to infiltrate the city at night, he could not retreat this time.
“We’ll have to get inside somehow.”
Dok-go-yeon, who approached the gate, refracted all the arrows fired from the wall without touching them, and made a strong declaration.
“Hee!”
“A freak monster. A real monster!”
“That must be the killer!”
Even the humans who occupied the top of the wall and the gate and stubbornly refused to enter them were frightened by her spirit and could not move, so Ban Yu-won slapped his forehead.
Is that really Dokgoyeon who insisted that the other party members develop their ability to deal with crises?
Aren’t they just rushing forward spouting life!
“We were not in the city yesterday, so we are not killers. And we must enter the city.”
“Don’t come any closer!”
“I asked to let you in.”
“Hee hee hee!”
Forcibly advancing further than this could have directly injured the people, so Dok-go-yeon just stood in front of them.
However, it was a situation where those who guarded the gate were falling and peeing one after another with only the murderous death she weakly hinted at.
“Hey, if we do something like a siege in the future, I’ll just rush into Dokgo Yeon.”
“Don’t say that directly to Dok-go-yeon, Ban. Unless you want to be like them.”
“But I think Dokgo-yeon’s actions are the answer. I can’t help it in a situation where you don’t listen to me at all.”
Ruchel, who seemed to have realized something after seeing Dok-go-yeon’s forced breakthrough, also followed her and advanced without saying a word.
“Hey! Another monster is coming!”
“A bow… a bow, a bow!”
“Don’t aim. Then die! die!”
Ban Yu-Won and Light, who were not yet moving, only saw Ruchel’s back… but seeing that half of her hair was dyed black, they could roughly understand why people were so frightened.
Even if he’s not in a direct battle now, he handles his heart quite naturally! I was so proud that I was in tears!
“Yeah, that’s because that’s also skill…”
“Half?”
“Let’s go too. I think we can talk a little bit now.”
“It’s a story. It’s not a threat, it’s a story…”
When Ban Yu-won and Wright, who seemed relatively weak compared to Dok-go-yeon and Ruchel, arrived in front of the castle gate, the people finally calmed down.
“You guys! What the hell! What do you mean!”
I guess I thought it was relatively easy.
actually as well.
“dare…!”
“It’s okay, Lucille.”
Ruchel tried to reveal it when she saw her bullying Ban Yu-Won, but Ban Yu-Won held out a hand to restrain her (of course, it was intentionally staged) and smiled kindly.
“We are looking for the killer.”
“what?!”
The citizens who were guarding the gate were surprised and glared at Banyuwon.
In fact, his party members were all surprised, but they were trying to manage their expressions.
“You said there was a murder in the city, right? It’s all done by those who serve the ‘evil god’. We’re still tracking them down. It’s our job to kill them.”
“It’s a lie. Don’t think we’ll be fooled. Aren’t you guys one of them too!”
“In that case, there would be no need to talk like this. I’m sure you realize too. That it is not rational to reject us.”
A serial murder case taking place in the city.
As a result, it reacts sensitively even to minor changes.
If you think about it calmly, the probability that an outsider is a suspect in this murder case will converge to zero.
“Leaving it as it is will only spread the damage. You want a peaceful life and we have to find the killer. We have the same goal, so there is no need to check each other.”
“That’s it.”
“Really? They’re chasing a killer…”
“But they certainly never came into the city, so they couldn’t have murdered…”
The citizens regained their composure one by one at Ban Yu-Won’s strangely persuasive words.
It looked as if magic had been used to cancel wide-area status abnormalities, but this was because the power originally possessed by Banyuwon was strengthened by the effect of Ortima’s prophecy obtained not long ago.
But in fact, Banyuwon’s argument was not very suitable for entering the city calmly…
“No, I can’t believe it either! Of course, at a time like this, I can’t bring you guys who showed up to find the murderer into the city…”
It was the reason why there could be such a needless misunderstanding because he lightly talked about the existence of a murderer who is now treated as a taboo in the city.
Even if you pretend to have nothing to do with the murderer, you may or may not let them in, but you have revealed your purpose openly!
But, of course, this was also what Ban Yuwon was aiming for.
“I think everyone has convinced us that we are not killers. Then you don’t want to bring us into the city chasing the killer…”
Hoxy…?
The man who received the suspicious gaze of the half-yuwon was greatly embarrassed.
“Oh no! I am not a killer! I just want to protect my city…”
“Then why are you overreacting? Did you happen to last night…”
“No!”
“I’m really suspicious after hearing it. Aren’t these people killers? Why are you so unwilling to bring them in?”
“Could you really?”
“Oh no! I’m innocent, I’m not really!”
huh?
The Rebellion party tilted their heads as they watched Banyuwon quickly get out of the suspicious position and corner a man along with other citizens.
How did this happen?
Ban Yu-won gave a brief explanation to the party, who must have such doubts, in a low voice so that the citizens could not hear.
“The game has already started. And the best way to survive in this game is to rush and hang on to those who are not on our side.”
“You are not even a person!”
It was because of this that Ban Yu-Won took a strong position in the first place.
In order to turn the unreasonable majority into allies and drive the (smart) minority who doubt themselves to the contrary!
The best way to get close with someone is to make a common enemy.
Banyuwon was just practicing it very actively!
“There’s no doubt he’s a murderer!”
“Somehow, I recognized it from the time I strongly insisted that outsiders should not be allowed in!”
“Hang on! Hang him!”
Even while the party was stunned, the impromptu trial by the citizens was heating up.
In the meantime, the vigilance of the party, which is an outsider, was blurred, and he succeeded in stepping into the city subtly.
“execution! Death penalty!”
“Kill the killer!”
“Everyone, calm down! No one can be saved this way…!”
“Everyone who prevents fair punishment is murder!”
The madness created by the anti-yuwon quickly spread throughout the small town, resulting in an impromptu trial followed by execution.
Dokgo-yeon and Ban Yu-won, who had been watching the execution until the end, nodded their heads at the same time as if they realized something.
“It wasn’t.”
“But we are fine.”
“…?”
Light tilted his head, unable to understand what the two were saying, but realized something in an instant.
“…wasn’t it? A killer?”
“huh. I was expecting a little bit because it came out so strong, but it wasn’t. I guess he was just a suspicious person.”
“Since he treated us like killers, he must have been prepared to do the same.”
“…”
The two continued their conversation, leaving the pale, tired light behind.
“Actually, it was also an exploration of tricks. Apparently, as long as we don’t kill them with our own hands, they won’t be sanctioned by the Trick Room.”
“I thought it would be okay from the start. Unless all of the climbers have the same authority as you, you won’t be able to clear this room without making a single mistake.”
“ha ha ha.”
Light let out a dry laugh.
On the other hand, after seeing the NPCs die in front of their eyes and seeing the concept of extinction with their own two eyes, and realizing that they were not human, Banyuwon declared with a much lighter expression.
“Okay, then it’s your turn now. I’ll help you at least, so give it a try. Let’s see how long we have to hang it to finish this room.”
“Did you hear Light Ruchel?”
“I hate poetry… I hate things like this! This isn’t the tower I thought it would be!”
“Ruchel.”
“yes!”
In the end, the light exploded, but it was within the expected range, so Ruchel immediately stepped forward and subdued it.
The blood-washing trial began.
