Disasters (2)

Yoo Jonghyuk addressed Cale, Yoo Mia and Jung Heewon.

"Stay here. It will be dangerous from now on."

Yoo Mia nodded.

The regressor looked at Jung Heewon.

"Protect my sister."

Then he turned to Lee Jihye who they had met on the way.

"As for you, prevent people from entering the island. This is a danger zone."

Lee Jihye nodded.

"Yes, Master."

Yoo Jonghyuk stared at Shin Yoosung.

"…And you, follow me."

The child tightened her grip on the teenager's hand and hesitantly looked at Cale, asking for approval.

"I will come too, I can defend myself." The crimson-haired man announced.

Yoo Jonghyuk was silent for a while, feeling conflicted, and finally accepted.

"Ok."

Then, he turned back and headed to the center of the island, followed by Cale and Shin Yoosung.

Cale glanced at Shin Yoosung, then at Yoo Jonghyuk, and finally toward the direction they were headed.

He had a bad feeling.

Yoo Jonghyuk sternly fed the guides to the meteorite to hatch the disaster early once again and stared at it with complicated emotions.

[The Disaster of Floods has hatched.]

Maybe, this time, he would be able to convince her.

[The Disaster of Floods is waking up.]

Along with the message, a green light emerged from the meteorite. Finally, the hatching of the meteorite began.

The voice of the intermediate dokkaebi was heard.

[The incarnations of Seoul are really hot-tempered. Other areas aren't so eager to wake up the disaster and are struggling to avoid the disaster…]

[Do you miss your first companions? Now, prepare to face the disaster. Your companions are waiting for you in the other world.]

[A new main scenario has arrived!]

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[Main Scenario # 5 – Disaster of Floods]

Category: Main

Difficulty: SS

Clear Conditions: Kill the Disaster of Floods, Shin Yoosung.

Time Limit: ―

Compensation: 100,000 coins, ???

Failure: The fall of Seoul.

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The large meteorite split apart and revealed the interior that was reminiscent of a womb. A completely nude woman was trapped inside like a fossil.

It was a mysterious woman with pure white skin. Her beautiful hair was tied up in a ponytail and wrapped around her body. This was the appearance of the adult Shin Yoosung.

The moment that Shin Yoosung opened her eyes, white fur grew all over her body. The white fur was reminiscent of an animal's pelt and covered her body in the form of clothing.

Shin Yoosung slowly emerged from the meteorite and stepped on the ground. She was like a child taking her first step. She had just taken a step when everyone around her was frozen.

She was a species with a different strength. Even the strong ones among the incarnations found it hard to move. However, there was a person who wasn't troubled by her pressure at all.

"…I have been waiting, Shin Yoosung." Yoo Jonghyuk said.

As well as Cale who used the Dominating Aura and little Shin Yoosung who was affected by Cale's power, but that's another matter.

Shin Yoosung slowly turned towards the man.

"…Captain?" It was a short encounter but Shin Yoosung instantly realized something.

"Captain was waiting for me… this isn't the first time you have seen me? Right?"

Yoo Jonghyuk nodded.

"I need your help."

"Before that, what regression are you on now?"

Yoo Jonghyuk hesitated for a moment before replying.

This time… he would convince her.

"The fourth time."

"Ah, I see… Then you met me in the second regression. Right?"

She was the reason why Yoo Jonghyuk could reach the 46th scenario in the second regression.

"…Yes."

He had already had this conversation last time.

"This is the fourth regression. I gave you information before but you still failed?"

"That's why I need more information."

The second regression Shin Yoosung chose Yoo Jonghyuk and gave him all the information she knew. It was a final consideration for the Yoo Jonghyuk that she knew. It was only for the second regression.

Shin Yoosung gave him a strange gaze.

"But, then…"

Her voice was sharp.

"Shouldn't I have tried to kill you last time? Why are you here, naively thinking that I will help you now?"

This temperature suddenly decreased.

Shin Yoosung tensed up while watching the two and hid behind Cale.

Shin Yoosung then noticed the child hiding behind the slightly strong individual and her mind became blank. The nostalgic days shook her soul.

She recovered from the shock and sneered.

"Haha… yes. I knew it."

Shin Yoosung moved towards the girl. She knew why Yoo Jonghyuk had done this. He was a human who would use any means and methods to achieve his purpose.

"Yoo Jonghyuk, you son of a bitch…"

Did he take her past self as a hostage? Did he intend to kill her if he couldn't convince her?

Yoo Jonghyuk remained silent.

"…It took thousands of years."

Countless years of fatigue were piled up in Shin Yoosung's resentful expression.

The things done by the 41st round Yoo Jonghyuk were worse than murder. Thousands of years. This period of time was enough to make a person collapse and for their ego to wear down. Shin Yoosung endured all that time and finally became a disaster.

"Captain, do you know how hard it was for me?  I endured all these years to comply with your request."

Yoo Jonghyuk had never been skilled at convincing people, so he repeated the same question as before.

"…What do you mean?"

"I wanted to see Captain."

Yoo Jonghyuk could now faintly see the despair in Shin Yoosung's smile.

'Nothing has changed.'

Thanks to Yoo Jonghyuk, Shin Yoosung moved alone in the labyrinth of worlds for over 1000 years. She worked 200 years for the sake of humanity. She kept her promise to defend the world for 200 years. Then for another 200 years, she remembered Yoo Jonghyuk and her companions.

Throughout the years, Shin Yoosung used the handful of memories to protect herself. However, questions rose the more she remembered.

'What does all of this mean?'

Time erased her cause and sense of justice. Once the cause disappeared, only the poor human truth remained.

She felt resentment towards Yoo Jonghyuk who turned her and her companions into a tool of 'regression'. Loneliness and despair of losing the world permeated her bones. Shin Yoosung hated Yoo Jonghyuk who made her into this.

Yoo Jonghyuk was annoyed, he knew that Shin Yoosung wouldn't necessarily comply and could turn against them at any moment.

"Captain has never changed."

A voice appeared in her mind.

「Then why don't you find other companions? Why do you have to stick to the same person?」

"You don't understand how much I suffered because of you."

She gritted her teeth.

「How are you so sure? Didn't the Yoo Jonghyuk of the 41st round have to regress countless times? Didn't he also spend a lot of time saving the world without knowing why?」

"What are 'we' to Captain?"

「Don't you think that the reason he came here and hatched you early was because he didn't regress much yet and his feelings were less numb, so he wanted to spend more time with you? Even though he needs your information, what if you were the one he wanted to go with to the end of the scenarios?」

"I did everything for you. I gave you one chance. However, Captain is still here."

She graciously helped Yoo Jonghyuk in the second regression.

"You will keep going forward. You will turn people like me into tools and abandon me in the terrible labyrinth of worlds. It is all because of that goddamn sense of justice. I hate you for living in this world alone."

「You only know the Yoo Jonghyuk of the 41st regression, but what do you even know about him now? You don't know the Yoo Jonghyuk of the 999th regression, you don't know the Yoo Jonghyuk of the 2nd regression, you don't know the Yoo Jonghyuk of the 3rd turn, and you don't the Yoo Jonghyuk of the 4th turn either. That's why you can't know what happened in the last turn, and why he was here, waiting for you, now.」

Shin Yoosung was facing the Yoo Jonghyuk of the fourth regression.

"There is only one thing I'm going to tell you. Captain can't save anyone."

["Unni, you don't know. Yoo Jonghyuk will use you and abandon you. You will die."]

["You, who wanted to be acknowledged by Yoo Jonghyuk, died in the sea you loved so much. You were horribly slaughtered by the Japanese who hated your sponsor."]

["Do you know what Yoo Jonghyuk said after losing you?"]

["In the future, sea battles will be a bit difficult."]

["Yes, Hyunsung oppa. I knew you would be here."]

["You were our most reassuring shield. You saved my life many times."]

["You are the same as ever. Hyunsung oppa. One of Yoo Jonghyuk's most loyal…"]

["You saved the lives of countless people and protected Yoo Jonghyuk to the end. Then you were hit with the breath of the iron blood dragon and scattered into a handful of ashes."]

["Do you know what Yoo Jonghyuk said then?"]

["I lost a bad shield."]

「What he said may have not been because of cruelty but to try to cover up the pain he felt by seeing his companions dying again and again, have you never thought about it?」

Shin Yoosung laughed. "Your fourth regression ends here."

Light emerged from Shin Yoosung's hands and created an ether storm.

Persuasion was meaningless.

[Skill 'Imagination Lv. 1' failed.]

[Skill 'Imagination Lv. 1' failed.]

[Skill 'Imagination Lv. 1' failed.]

Xin Jian clicked her tongue, convincing her by telepathy didn't work.

She then heard the voice of the Oldest Dream.

「It's useless, the terms of the scenario say that you have to kill her anyway, so she won't change her mind.」

It's fine, failing the scenario didn't mean death, and didn't Shin Yoosung help Yoo Jonghyuk in the second scenario anyway?

「Listen to my plan.」

Information appeared in her mind and she curled her lips in a bitter smile.

"Your plan is far worse than mine…"

[The level of the 'Imagination' skill has temporarily increased due to unknown reasons.]

[Skill 'Imagination Lv.1 (+20)' is activated!]

[This story is plausible, would you like to proceed? Yes | No.]

While holding Cale's hand, young Shin Yoosung suddenly held her head in pain and had a nosebleed.

After Yoo Jonghyuk received her attack and was heavily injured by it, adult Shin Yoosung saw that her past self had a problem and crossed the latter's gaze.

"No!" She shouted.