[Main Scenario #3 Emergency Defense Battle has ended.]
[You have acquired 1000 coins as a reward.]
The main scenario, which I thought wouldn't begin until the sun was high in the sky, began showing signs less than 10 minutes after the third main scenario ended.
[The fourth main scenario is about to begin!]
As the message announcing the imminent start of the scenario appeared, Kim Dokja, who had slightly furrowed his brow, immediately approached Lee Jihye and said.
"You stay here with Yoo Joonghyuk."
"......Is that really okay?"
"Going down now won't be any help anyway. And when that bastard wakes up, he'll be a problem as soon as he does."
Lee Jihye looked at Yoo Joonghyuk, who still hadn't regained his senses, and then nodded.
"Just let me know when he wakes up. I'll hit him in the back of the head one more time."
After that, we began descending the Theater Dungeon at high speed.
'Should I try a gacha pull on the way down?'
I immediately spent 15,000 coins on a gacha pull.
From my perspective, having earned around 450,000 coins since the early scenarios, 15,000 coins was pocket change.
[Trait 'Man of Heavenly Luck' raises its hand.]
[Heavenly Luck is strongly activated.]
[The gacha has ended.]
[Kamen Rider—Dual Gashat Beta]
[Type-Moon—Skill: Invisible Air]
[The Legend of Zelda—Lynel Bow]
[Kamen Rider—Lost Driver]
[Misc—Decently Good Boots]
[Solo Leveling—Key to the Demon Castle]
[Misc—Fully Charged Power Bank]
[Misc—Fully Charged Power Bank]
[Kamen Rider—Gamer Driver]
[Solo Leveling—Skill: Sprint Lv. 1]
[Kamen Rider—Trait: One Qualified to be King]
[Super Sentai—Team Ring: Boukenger]
[MapleStory—Skill: Will of the Sword Lv. 1]
[DARLING in the FRANXX—Skill: Sandalphon Lv. 1]
[Jujutsu Kaisen—Skill: Black Flash Lv. 1]
[The Seven Deadly Sins—Skill: Full Counter Lv. 1]
[DARLING in the FRANXX—Skill: Raphael Lv. 1]
[The Legend of Zelda—Lynel Shield]
[Project Moon—Stigma: E.G.O Solemn Lament]
[One Piece—Skill: Haki Lv. 1]
[Super Sentai—Team Ring: Dekaranger]
[Misc—A Bottle of Water]
[Naruto—Skill: Wind Cutter Lv. 1]
[Dark Souls—Ring of Life]
[Toriko—1 BB Corn Egg]
[MapleStory—Skill: Ray Lv. 1]
[Kamen Rider—Dragon Bottle]
[Misc—A Bottle of Water]
'Wow~'
As good items came out one after another, I felt like jumping for joy inwardly, and a smile kept spreading across my face.
Then, Kim Dokja, seeing me like that, asked me with sudden curiosity.
"By the way, Kang Yuseong-ssi, it seems you went into a different movie alone.... You look quite a bit stronger..."
Kim Dokja looked me over once, then asked me with a slightly surprised expression.
"Well... you could say that. Each one was a pretty tough movie... But thanks to that, I was able to get three Legendary-grade Fables, other traits and items, and around 450,000 coins."
[Constellations within the channel doubt their ears.]
"Huh? Wait, what did you just say?"
Hearing my words, Kim Dokja made a dumbfounded expression and asked me again.
"Huh? Um.... Three Legendary-grade Fables, traits, items, and around 450,000 coins?"
At my words, Kim Dokja's mouth hung open, and then he asked me.
"By any chance, are your stats now...."
"Uh... all stats are Lv. 40, and with the trait effect (+27), about 67?"
At my words, Kim Dokja made an expression of shock, then lowered his head.
[Constellations within the channel are astonished, saying it's the first time they've seen an Incarnation earn 450,000 coins purely through strength from the early stages.]
[Constellations within the channel are surprised that there's an Incarnation who acquired three Legendary-grade Fables from the early stages.]
[Constellations within the channel shout that he's just a monster.]
"Dokja-ssi, isn't it hard? I'll carry Gilyoung."
"Ah, I'd appreciate that."
Then, Jung Heewon, seeing the bowed head of Kim Dokja, said that and handed Lee Gilyoung, whom she was carrying, to Jung Heewon, saying thank you.
At that moment, Kim Dokja noticed Jung Heewon making a somewhat serious face.
"...Heewon-ssi."
"Yes?"
"...Did you hear something earlier?"
"Hmm... Did it show that much? Yes, I heard a little."
At Jung Heewon's words, Kim Dokja flinched and then became busy gauging the reactions of those around him.
"Dokja-ssi, what exactly is your identity?"
"...I am....."
Kim Dokja alternated looking at Lee Gilyoung and me, hesitating, then honestly told Jung Heewon.
"I know a part of the future."
"Is, is that really true?"
"Yes."
At Kim Dokja's words, Jung Heewon seemed to ponder something for a moment. She seemed to be thinking about whether Kim Dokja's words were true or not. Then, as if having made a decision at some point, Jung Heewon bit her lip.
"Do Yoo Sangah-ssi or Lee Hyunsung-ssi know?"
"Not yet."
As Kim Dokja answered obediently, Jung Heewon, carrying Lee Gilyoung, cautiously stepped back from Kim Dokja.
"......You won't suddenly kill us or anything, right?"
"Why are you suddenly saying that?"
"That's the usual development, isn't it? Something like 'You know too much about me'...."
Saying that, Jung Heewon looked at Kim Dokja and took a step back.
"If that were the case, I should have already killed you or my comrades. If I had done that from the start, wouldn't Kang Yuseong-ssi behind me have let me be? You saw it earlier, right? That bastard Yoo Joonghyuk was knocked out by one punch?"
"I felt a bit relieved then.... And to be honest, that's a little strange."
"......I didn't say it with bad intentions. Quite the opposite, in fact."
"The opposite?"
At Kim Dokja's words, Jung Heewon finally met his eyes.
"The scenarios that remain ahead will be more dangerous. We'll have to cross life-threatening crises many times, and we might lose precious things."
"...So?"
"So......."
Looking into Jung Heewon's increasingly anxious eyes, Kim Dokja continued.
"Please stay by my side in the future as well."
"......What do you mean?"
"It means I'm asking you to become my companion."
At Kim Dokja's words, Jung Heewon pondered for a moment and then asked.
"It seems Dokja-ssi has never considered me a companion until now?"
"Precisely the opposite. Just because I think of someone as a companion doesn't make them one."
Jung Heewon's pupils trembled faintly. Seeing that, Kim Dokja took a step back and said.
"If being a companion is burdensome, you can think of it as a transaction. I need Heewon-ssi's martial prowess, and my information will be helpful to Heewon-ssi. It's a mutual give and take. The important thing is that our relationship doesn't change going forward."
"That's a bit sudden... Do I have to answer now?"
"That's not necessary."
At those words, Jung Heewon thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Then, can I ask one more thing?"
At Jung Heewon's question, Kim Dokja nodded.
"In the 'future' that Dokja-ssi knows, what was I doing?"
To that question, Kim Dokja thought for a moment, then looked up at the sky and said.
"I don't know either."
"...Huh?"
"Because in the future I knew, there was no Jung Heewon-ssi."
"What do you mean......."
"That's why this transaction is absolutely necessary for you, Heewon-ssi."
At those words, Jung Heewon's pupils became round, and she then answered Kim Dokja.
"It's a bit sudden... I'll think about it for now."
It was just as Jung Heewon finished speaking that a noisy sound was heard from the floor below.
"Think it over well. Let's hurry a bit."
And so, we immediately ran down towards the lower level.