Amidst everyone watching me with bated breath after my declaration (including the use of force), only one person shouted at me.
"Don't make me laugh...! Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to say you'll save me!?"
It was Shin Yuseung from the 41st turn.
"The 41st turn I lived in is gone now. It doesn't exist anywhere in this universe, in any world line! The people I remember are gone, no one remembers me anymore!!"
As I watched the 41st turn Shin Yuseung shouting at me in anger, I quietly listened to her words.
"What do you, you people, know? How could I forget all those years, all that time! How could I just...!"
At that moment, Shin Yuseung stopped speaking and blankly stared at Yoo Joonghyuk.
"All regressors live while hating things that haven't even happened yet."
And under Shin Yuseung's gaze... the one who had lost everything yet had to keep living began to speak, telling his story.
"I kill that bastard because 'he's going to become a bad guy in the future,' I kill that bastard because 'he's going to kill my comrade in the future,' and I save that bastard's life because 'he's going to become my comrade in the future'..."
Yoo Joonghyuk stood up and continued speaking while looking at Shin Yuseung.
"I know they're things that haven't happened yet... I know they don't remember me, and I know they haven't done anything wrong. But I act believing that they will live that way."
The one being who could understand her sorrow... the loneliest man in this universe told his story.
"Because in my mind, all of that is 'definitely going to happen,' and if I deny it, I can't go on living."
The regressor Yoo Joonghyuk. He was telling Shin Yuseung from the 41st turn how he survived in this ruined world.
"You live like that too, Shin Yuseung. If you want, I'll gladly become your hatred in this turn. Live to kill me."
As if he had said all he needed to, Yoo Joonghyuk turned his head away.
"Wait, Captain...!"
Shin Yuseung's hand reached out toward Yoo Joonghyuk.
However, that hand could not reach Yoo Joonghyuk, as if their worlds were different.
"Shin Yuseung... now this is your new turn."
At that moment, as Kim Dokja, who had been watching the situation, reached out his hand toward Shin Yuseung.
[I'm sorry, but that would be a bit difficult.]
Sparks flew in the air, and soon the damn intermediate dokkaebi revealed himself.
"Why is it difficult? We haven't broken any scenario rules."
['Keeping the Calamity alive'? Are you out of your mind? You must want to die.]
"Die? On the contrary. We're doing this to save everyone."
At Kim Dokja's words, the intermediate dokkaebi's voice gradually hardened.
[Do you know that's a violation of the rules? The scenario's content is 'to kill the Calamity.' If you're not faithful to the scenario...]
"Don't worry about that, we'll kill the Calamity."
As the party simultaneously looked at Kim Dokja upon his words, Kim Dokja added.
"Just, not now."
[What...?]
"The scenario clearly states 'no time limit,' right? So, when we kill the Calamity is up to us."
At Kim Dokja's words, Baul made an expression as if he had been punched in the face, and seeing Baul's expression, Kim Dokja shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"So don't rush us."
However, Baul, with an expression that he couldn't tolerate it, said to Kim Dokja.
[I can't let that slide.]
"Trying to interfere with the scenario again? Have you forgotten what happened last time?"
[...]
At Kim Dokja's words, Baul grimaced and glared at Kim Dokja, and Kim Dokja looked at Baul and gave a small victorious smile.
[...You're as entertaining as ever. But things won't go your way. Not all incarnations in the Seoul Dome will think like you.]
As Baul spoke, he flicked his finger, and soon a sub-scenario arrived before our eyes.
[I will now double the bounty on the Calamity.]
However, despite Baul's declaration, no one showed any intention to move readily.
And for good reason: all of our party, who could be called the strongest in the Seoul Dome, were standing protectively around Shin Yuseung, and the surviving kings were controlling their groups.
In such a situation, attacking the Calamity was tantamount to suicide, so no one moved.
[What a disappointment. I didn't expect the incarnations of the Seoul Dome to be such cowards.]
At those words, Kim Dokja glared at Baul and said.
"Why don't you back off? Honestly, isn't everyone satisfied by now?"
[...Everyone is satisfied?]
Baul glared at Kim Dokja for a moment, then made an expression as if he had realized something and looked at Kim Dokja with an admiring voice.
[...Haha, I see. So that's what you were thinking?]
Baul, having seen through Kim Dokja's intentions, looked at Kim Dokja and gave a slight smirk.
[As Dokgak said, you truly are a master of performance. Indeed, violence isn't the only form of stimulation.]
"If you understand, then why not make a decision? Either give us the reward, or let's continue with the fifth scenario."
Heh.
Then, Kim Dokja continued with a confident smile toward Baul.
"Even if the fifth scenario continues, there's no problem moving on to the sixth scenario, right? Main scenarios can be overlapped."
The intermediate dokkaebi Baul fell silent at Kim Dokja's words, blankly staring at him, then finally spoke to Kim Dokja.
[Incarnation Kim Dokja. You are the most clever and frightening incarnation I know.]
As Baul spoke, his expression began to loosen. And in a bad way.
Kim Dokja seemed to sense something ominous from Baul's expression, as his face gradually stiffened.
[But this time, that cleverness will be your downfall.]
"...What do you mean?"
Ignoring Kim Dokja's question, Baul blatantly turned his head to the side and slowly opened his mouth.
[...Understood, constellations. Let's show you the story you've been waiting for.]
Pazzuzuzuch!
Sparks flew in the air. The intermediate dokkaebi was manipulating the scenario.
[The intermediate dokkaebi intervenes in the scenario.]
[According to the scenario contract, control over 'Calamity of Flood Shin Yuseung' is transferred to the intermediate dokkaebi.]
At the system message, Calamity Shin Yuseung's complexion began to change.
"Ah, no. Wait. I'm... Aaaah!"
Despite Calamity Shin Yuseung's scream, the ominous purple sparks showed no sign of stopping. Eventually, an ominous black aura began to rise from Calamity Shin Yuseung's body.
As the ominous black aura rose from Calamity Shin Yuseung's body, the party made panicked expressions, and Kim Dokja urgently glared at Baul and shouted.
"Wait! What are you doing...!"
Despite Kim Dokja's shout, Baul looked down at Calamity Shin Yuseung and spoke with a solemn expression.
[Fulfill the contract. You are a cog in the scenario.]
"Aaaah...!"
[Calamity of Flood Shin Yuseung's personality is forcibly changed.]
[Calamity of Flood 'Shin Yuseung's' alignment is fixed to 'Evil.']
[Arrogant incarnation. Did you think the constellations would back down so easily? Humans tend to believe what they want to believe.]
[The constellation 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband' looks at 'Kim Dokja' with pity.]
[The constellations of the Korean Peninsula look at 'Kim Dokja' with regret.]
At the indirect messages from the constellations, Kim Dokja gritted his teeth, and his expression began to darken.
[It seems your luck has run out here, incarnation Kim Dokja.]
"Uwaaaah...!"
Due to Baul and the constellations, Calamity Shin Yuseung, forced to become evil, emitted an ominous aura from her body.
Simultaneously, behind her back, an ominous black-colored monster gate, different from the previous one, was created.
Seeing the countless monsters flooding out from it, I bit my lip.
Although I had anticipated this situation from the start, actually experiencing it felt fucking terrible in many ways.
'...Wait... I will definitely tear you all apart...'
Having made a vow in my heart, I then looked at Shin Yuseung, who had been forcibly aligned to Evil, and took out an item from my inventory.