Chapter 255: Episode 45 – Entrance as a Character (1)
A burning pain was felt from my cheeks several tis.
“Kim Dokja! Hey! What is this?”
My vision blinked and my consciousness slowly rose to the surface.
[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ is strongly activated!]
“Uh...”
My voice didn’t sound like . It was only a mont but it felt like I had beco a different existence and ca back. A terrible sensation remained in my entire body. The shoulders being touched by Jang Hayoung’s fingers trembled.
“What’s wrong with you?”
I couldn’t clearly rember what had happened. I asked the Fourth Wall to check the Attributes Window and then I heard a voice...
I rubbed my temples and asked, “...How did I faint?”
“I don’t know! I ca running because of a sudden lightning bolt!”
“Lightning?”
“Do you know the sparks that appear when you break the probability? That...”
“Did it strike like lightning?”
Jang Hayoung nodded. “It was the first ti I had seen sothing so big.”
My coat and other clothing were charred black. I couldn’t believe that the coat with the automatic restoration function was damaged like this... The ceiling of the office looked like it had been hit by a teorite.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. Of course, I’m fine...”
Rather, I felt lighter. It was impossible. My body was burnt like this but my spirit was clear. The power of my stories felt fuller.
[The effect of the exclusive skill ‘Reading Comprehension’ has increased understanding.]
I saw the ssage and a previous mory erged. That’s right. I had obviously seen such a ssage.
[Your understanding of the character ‘Kim Dokja’ has increased.]
The ssage marked as a character. It was sothing that never happened before. Cool energy filled a corner of my chest.
I had seen the presence of ‘characters’ many tis.’ They were those who ca from outside the original novel but was eventually assimilated with the original. They were mostly those who stopped reading the novel.
I urgently summoned the Attributes Window. ‘Attributes Window.’
However, the Attributes Window didn’t easily open. The reason was obvious.
[The Fourth Wall is looking at you.]
I started sweating.
「 Kim Dok ja look ed for 15 se conds. 」
‘I’m sorry, really.’
Who knew who much ti had passed? In fact, 10 or 15 seconds to look at the Attributes Window was a tight ti fra.
「 I wi ll no t see you for the mo nt. 」
‘Wait, let ask you sothing.’ I grabbed the Fourth Wall before it was about to disappear. ‘What the hell is behind that wall?’
It was a vague mory but I definitely saw sothing before I fainted. I looked a bit closer and it seed I had been talking to soone. There were clearly a few shadows.
「 ...Sleep y. 」
Then the Fourth Wall fell asleep. The function was still working but the consciousness had turned off. Shit.
[You have acquired a new story!]
[The story ‘Looked into the Abyss’ has been acquired.]
[This story doesn’t have a rating.]
I stared at the ssages in the air with blank eyes.
Looked into the Abyss. I knew the existence of this story from the original novel. I couldn’t prevent the goosebumps.
Unrestrained questions flooded my head. Why did I get this story here? What was the relationship between that story and being called a character? Was I now a character or was I still a reader? I... Was I still able to change the future?
“Kim Dokja?” Jang Hayoung was staring at with emotional eyes.
How much better would it be if my situation was as clear as his eyes? If I could read myself like I read these eyes...
At this mont, there was a flash in my head.
「 What if I use Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint on myself? 」
I never thought of it before. There was clearly sothing lurking inside that I didn’t know. I didn’t know if it was sothing the author left behind or if it naturally perated during the process of the world changing. The obvious thing was I needed to figure out what it was.
However, I hesitated to use Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint.
...Could I figure it out using this? In the first place, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint was a skill that read the thoughts and movents of the target...
[...Kim Dokja? Are you okay?]
I barely escaped from the mire of thoughts thanks to the dokkaebi floating in front of . “Bihyung?”
I stared at Bihyung with a stupid expression. Didn’t he say he was leaving earlier? Bihyung started stamring.
[Ah... after the sudden storm...]
He said he was busy but he must’ve been observing in the vicinity. In any case, he was a sneaky fellow. I couldn’t trust him.
[D-Don’t get wrong. I forgot to tell you that I ca back.]
As I spoke to the dokkaebi with calm eyes, Jang Hayoung looked over here with the frightened eyes of a rabbit. I patted his shoulder with a gentle gesture and asked Bihyung. “What aren’t you saying?”
[As you know, the Demon King Selection will be a very big event.]
It was already expected. The story of what happened at the Gourt Association must be spreading between the constellations. So of those present would certainly participate in the Demon King Selection.
[It isn’t just getting bigger, there is also a fight over the broadcasting rights. You might’ve expected it but I’m not the only one dispatched to the Demon World.]
“Then?”
[You know the dokkaebi on the other side.]
I knew the dokkaebi?
[It is a guy with a huge grudge against you.]
There were two of them. However, one was in Murim so there was only one more left. “...Is it Dokgak?”
[Yes.]
Dokgak. The dokkaebi, who was in charge of the Japanese channel, had been humiliated by and Bihyung.
I was lucky at the ti but now it was different. Among the dokkaebis ntioned in Ways of Survival, Dokgak was a person with outstanding talent regarding channel managent. If he was chosen as one of the dokkaebis to lead this ‘Demon King Selection’, the future schedule would never flow smoothly.
[In any case, be careful. The channel managent is good so... wait a minute. What about your dokkaebi?]
“Dokkaebi?”
Co to think of it, I felt very lonely. Through the cracked ceiling, the constellations shining in the sky could be seen. It was strange. I might’ve ordered the blocking of the channel but I should be hearing their complaints. Yet I didn’t hear any ssages.
“Biyoo?” I called out a na with an uneasy heart.
Biyoo didn’t appear. At first, I thought she was sleeping again. However, minutes passed and there was no Biyoo. An ominous premonition struck .
...Don’t tell ?
“Biyoo!”
Biyoo had disappeared.
***
[A new constellation has entered the #BI-90594 channel.]
.
.
[The constellation ‘Bald General of Justice’ is greatly moved by your return.]
[The constellation ‘Mariti War God’ is welcoming you with a smile.]
[Many constellations are welcoming your return!]
I entered Bihyung’s channel and familiar nas greeted . I couldn’t rejoice at all despite the baptism of cheers.
[The constellation ‘Demon King of Salvation’ is asking the whereabouts of the dokkaebi ‘Biyoo.’]
So of the constellations answered imdiately.
[The constellation ‘Bald General of Justice’ is wiping his head like it is difficult.]
[The constellation ‘King Heungmu the Great’ is coughing and placing his thumb and index finger together.]
[So constellations say they are willing to answer if you give them coins.]
...It turned out that the constellations of the Korean Peninsula had little money. I rummaged for coins in my pocket while Jang Hayoung opened his mouth. “Perhaps she was caught in the storm?”
Biyoo wasn’t from the bureau and didn’t have a mighty story to protect herself from a great storm. I couldn’t rule out the possibility that she was swept away by the storm. However—
“It can’t be. There were no signs.”
If that happened, terrible debris could be seen. However, there were no traces of Biyoo. It felt as if soone had completely ripped away Biyoo’s existence. Who was it? Who took Biyoo...?
Bihyung looked up from where he was biting his nails. Our eyes t and we realized that we had the sa idea. Biyoo was the only dokkaebi with an independent channel.
[Fuck, it’s those guys.]
“The wenny people.”
The sentences of the original novel flowed into my head.
「 The only scenario area that isn’t under the jurisdiction of the dokkaebis. It is the Demon World. 」
As written in Ways of Survival, the Demon World was essentially the area of the wenny people. In such a zone, they confird there was a dokkaebi who wasn’t a mber of the bureau.
-The soul is mine.
The first ti we t, he had coveted the Dokkaebi Egg. The value of an independent channel was so large that it couldn’t be calculated at present.
A giant story event was currently taking place in the Demon World. There was no way the wenny people would miss sothing happening in their sphere of influence. They had definitely stolen the channel for the Demon King Selection.
The wenny people were inherently resistant to probability. Thus, they would’ve been able to take Biyoo when I was unconscious and there was a storm around . Dammit... why at this point?
[Leave it to . I’ll find them.]
I could see anger in Bihyung’s eyes.
[The dokkaebis’ honor is at stake. She might not be a mber of the bureau but I can’t see this.]
“Let’s go together.”
Bihyung shook his head.
[It isn’t long until the Demon King Selection. In the anti, aren’t there certain things you should be doing?]
That’s right. The remaining ti was really short. If I misused this ti to find Biyoo, I might be defeated at the start of the competition.
“...Why are you doing this?”
[You belong to my channel now.]
Bihyung avoided my gaze while replying.
[I’m just moving for my channel. You have to win. That way, the constellations will like you and my channel will beco bigger.]
Then Bihyung disappeared into thin air.
Jang Hayoung asked, “...Is it okay to believe in him?”
There was nothing as stupid as a question about believing a dokkaebi. Putting aside my belief in Bihyung, there was no race as mysterious as the dokkaebis in all of the Star Stream.
I sighed briefly. Yoo Jonghyuk’s situation wasn’t good right now and Jang Hayoung wasn’t strong enough to pursue Bihyung.
A presence that could help was in the night sky but the problem was that I was now in Bihyung’s channel. In other words, all ssages I sent through the channel would be inevitably read by Bihyung.
If so... there was only one way. “Jang Hayoung, call the wall.”
***
There were quick footsteps in the darkness.
[Baat, baaaat!]
Biyoo burst out crying as she was trapped in a cage.
[Baaat! Baat...!]
An elderly man with a small lump on his left cheek was running along a dark road. There was an excitent in his urgent steps. The old man was in a very good mood.
[The age of the dokkaebis will now end.]
The old man was excited at the thought of showing off his achievent to the other wenny people. He couldn’t describe how envious he was when a fellow colleague recently ca up to him bragging about gaining the ‘story of beating up a dokkaebi.’ Now he brought not a story about beating a dokkaebi but a dokkaebi itself. The old man patted Biyoo’s cage like it was adorable.
[My child, you will be the first ‘wenny person’ with a channel.]
This was the long wish of the wenny people. It was to take back the dominance of the story from the dokkaebis.
[■■’s strear. From the hell of this terrible scenario, I will free the slaves...]
The lump on the old man’s left cheek swelled greatly. The lump wriggled excitedly as it touched the cage containing Biyoo. Biyoo stared at the lump with terrified eyes and urgently looked around. She searched for help but unfortunately, there was no person to rescue Biyoo present.
[Hey.]
To be precise, it wasn’t a ‘person.’
[Won’t you put that lump away?]
Reviews
All reviews (0)