Episode 222
Episode 222 Securing Probability
Rumbling-
I woke up to the sound of thunder.
‘What is it here?’
I don’t know where it is, but it’s very spacious.
A sky full of bright red clouds and an endless silver metallic earth.
Rumbling-
Eerie thunderbolts dance in a long trail among the blood-red dark clouds. It looks like blood will pour out at any moment instead of rain.
And faceless dolls are placed here and there on the large land. All of them are enormous in size. I feel like I’m going crazy when I see the giant doll head placed in place of the mountain on the horizon.
“Crackling-crackling!”
13 rats running through a canyon made of piled dolls. Although they say they are rats, they are all monsters with bizarre shapes. So you’re a rat monster?
Now that I think about it, the floor that I thought was metallic turned out to be made of fish scales.
‘It’s like looking at a surrealist work by a neurotic painter.’
For some reason, I am walking through this strange space.
Wait, why are you walking? Since when did I?
“What is this? “Where are we?”
“uh?”
“Ugh.”
My voices sound as if they are responding to my voice.
No, I think the expression is a bit strange when I think about it this way. But I understand what the situation is.
I spoke to the two people around me who gave me ‘my voice’.
“Seeing you guys appear, do you think this is a dream?”
“… … .”
Kim Shin-hwa, who has always been a shy person with a fox mask, wriggled and made a gesture that meant ‘I am angry.’ Are you going to scream right now?
Fortunately, Crow Mask’s Kim Shin-hwa quickly intervened and stopped the incident.
“Hey, calm down.”
“No- really-”
Why is he so angry? The crow mask looked at the fox mask and me alternately, and when the fox mask seemed to calm down, it opened its mouth again.
“Lee Ha-seo from outside was trying to wake you up in all sorts of ways, and it seems that thanks to that, your lucid dream began.”
“I don’t really understand what’s going on, but there is some good news.”
“Relief?”
The fox mask tilts its head and responds to my words.
“Anyway, I’m glad I have Kim Shin-hwa, who likes explanations, in my head. “There are not just hot-tempered or crazy people like him.”
“what? “Are you arguing now?”
Fox Mask rushed at me as if he wanted to grab me by the collar, but was blocked again by Crow Mask.
“ah! Kim Shin-hwa, why are you doing this? “Can’t you just politely listen to my explanation?”
“Hey, let go! Let it go! You bastard, come here! “You son of a bitch!”
“Okay, don’t stop her, just let her go. “Let’s see what we can do.”
Sigh-
The fox mask’s fist landed on my shoulder, and we (including the crow mask) began a pointless and foolish battle of superiority.
But I couldn’t be treated for that long.
“Ha, X bar.”
“Whoa, damn it.”
“These idiots… … .”
My lack of physical strength was the same even in my dreams, and perhaps naturally, the other two guys also shared that characteristic.
We were spread out on the floor in a half-lying position, and the crow mask spoke to the two of us.
“Are you feeling better now?”
“huh.”
“Then I’d like you to apologize.”
“Sorry.”
“To him too.”
“sorry.”
“f*ck you.”
“Ugh.”
A crow mask sighing.
“I’m sorry about what happened to you out there, but stop taking your anger out on me now. “We were the ones who cleaned up the area and protected you while you were unable to move.”
“okay.”
For a moment, I recalled the story I heard from Crow Mask before our stupid argument.
“So, I woke up thanks to what Lee Ha-seo did? “But where are we?”
“This is an image world that reflects your consciousness.”
My consciousness?
This desolate world is my mental state?
Blood-soaked dark clouds in the sky, giant dolls hanging on the horizon, a floor made of fish scales, and horrible rat monsters wandering around that world.
And for some reason, the objects are gathered in pairs of 13.
My alter egos and I walking in such a space are wearing masks.
“Yes, all the madness I went through.”
But why was he wandering around a place like this?
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I looked at the two Kim Shinhwa again and asked a question.
“that… … “Where are you going, like a room?”
Fox Mask raised his head and said.
“No entry now.”
“why?”
“Well, because you’re in a state of confusion right now.”
“Confusion? a moment ago… … . No, I don’t know how much time has passed, but didn’t that crazy bastard who took control of my body lose his madness by destroying something like a doll?”
“I think it’s been lifted. “The fact that we can comfortably say the word ‘doll’ is proof of that.”
“Ah, I understand. “The insanity trigger that causes delirium has been lifted, but I guess my sanity level isn’t high enough to get me out of the delirium on my own.”
The shame of the opposite sex.
Or SP (Sanity point).
When the characters of [Cthulhu World] are placed in a surreal situation, they don’t just go crazy and go crazy.
There is a gauge called sanity value calculated based on mental strength stat, and it decreases whenever mania occurs or a shocking experience occurs.
“that’s right. We think so. “In the game, it was easy to check because there was a UI where you could check your sanity level, but that’s not the case now, so we can only guess.”
As soon as Crow Mask finished answering, Fox Mask stood up and spoke.
“When I saw it, we were screwed. Reason is 0. “The game is over.”
A character whose sanity level reaches 0 can no longer be controlled.
Although he did not die, he became an irrecoverable madman.
In other words, game over.
“Oh, no. no.”
Crow Mask hastily intervenes.
“Probably not zero. The defense magic you set up in advance is working. And, to a limited extent, it has also been successful in sending messages to other people’s minds.”
“Oh, so you are recovering? “It’s not like a huge amount of time has passed, right?”
Sanity level cannot be easily recovered.
Of course, if you do nothing and rest, you will recover slowly, but you will need several months of rest.
There are ways to artificially speed up recovery, but they usually have dangerous side effects… … .
“It’s below, right? “That strange woman shot some crystalline spiral energy or something at your head a little while ago.”
“Oh, that? That… … He shot me in the head… … .”
This is the regenerative ray that Lee Ha-seo was researching before the commotion broke out at the hospital.
“I think the protection magic you created recognized the ray as a friendly effect and accepted it without filtering it.”
Although it does have healing and madness reversal effects, did it have an 89% failure rate?
“… … “Have we recovered a little from beating the 11% chance?”
“No, I failed.”
“… … .”
“You have been banned from entering the closed ward for the time being for violating the ban on experimentation and shooting a ghost ray at your head. But thanks to the monster ray that woman shot, she activated the [Abyss Madness] trait.”
“Ah, so that’s why I came to my senses.”
I haven’t recovered.
I just had a slight awakening while maintaining my sanity level of 3 or 5.
“It’s an incomplete awakening. “I need a clearer opportunity to wake up.”
The situation has been roughly sorted out.
But it was an opportunity… … . There is something I always carry with me for situations like this.
“What if I use a keystone?”
The fox mask haha! He bursts into mocking laughter.
“That’s the first thing we thought.”
Ugh.
The crow mask also slowly shakes its head.
“I lost my keystone when my bag tore.”
“If I had it in my arms, I would have forced it to activate.”
“I’m spreading consciousness everywhere, looking for the keystone, but it’s not easy.”
“Even if it is found, if the hospital staff finds it, they will treat it as a ‘patient’ and hide it somewhere.”
That means… … .
“So, the one that was supposed to wake us up was banned from doing something stupid, and the only artifact that could wake us up was lost, right?”
“okay. “We’re screwed.”
“that’s right. “It’s a difficult situation.”
I thought for a moment after hearing the pessimistic conclusion. Is it beleaguered?
It’s not that there is no way to escape from the state of confusion on your own, but it will take quite some time.
‘The problem is that my location is a closed ward at Paju Central Hospital.’
If you remain confined in a closed ward for a certain period of time, a hidden event occurs.
It’s not a great event.
Trapped in this hospital forever and unable to escape – that’s why you become like Gong Yi-su.
In short, game over.
“Now that I think about it, it’s not like there’s no one who can help.”
“who? Heo Sang-hyun? Or red? “I tried to contact you, but I can’t break through this hospital’s barrier when I’ve lost control of my body.”
“No, there is one at this hospital.”
“… … “That loser bastard?”
It looks like Gong Yi-soo doesn’t like the fox mask.
“Gong Yi-soo won’t work. “I tried to get close, but I was pushed back by a mental barrier.”
Did the Crow Mask approach Gong Yi-soo in the meantime? You are so sincere.
“Even if it means breaking through the barrier, you’ve had a conversation, right? “It is impossible to negotiate with Gong Yi-soo now.”
“Okay, what can that loser do for you?”
I said, waving my hand towards the two.
“No, no. “The person I’m trying to get help from isn’t the current Gong Yi-su.”
“You’re saying you’re not the current Gong Yi-soo?”
“Are you crazy? Are you trying to travel through time while in a state of confusion?”
Hmm, everyone is impatient.
“No, how do I travel through time? Gong Yi-su will do it, not me.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“This guy was spinning when I saw him.”
“Now, listen carefully to my story. I’ll tell you later. He will be very kind to Gong Yi-soo. “I’m going to be so good to you that the bastard will be so impressed with me that he’ll take the risk of traveling through time.”
“Am I right? “This bastard turned around?”
“Kim Shin-hwa… … . To get out of this situation, you want to become friends with Gong Yi-soo from the future? “Cause and effect don’t match.”
right.
In order to get out of this situation and get help from the future Gong Yi-soo, you have to become friendly with the future Gong Yi-soo, and to do that, you have to get out of this situation.
“I know it was a bit strange, but is it possible? At least Gong Yi-soo later – not now, later. “I’m curious as to what happened to me, so I’m going to come take a look.”
okay. Gong Yi-soo will come back in time to be involved with me.
There have already been a lot of signs.
“So I declare again.”
I stood up in this strange wilderness and spoke loudly.
“Gong Yi-soo someday. He will definitely decide to help me.”
“By what method?”
Kim Shin-hwa’s grumpy voice wearing a fox mask.
“Yes, cause and effect-”
Kim Shin-hwa’s perplexed voice wearing a crow mask.
“No, ignore method and cause and effect!”
I spoke as if I was urging them both.
“Do you know how many improbable things the beings of the abyss have caused so far? This time I will do the same! “I decided to do it, and it will happen.”
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A sound coming from a direction that no one can observe.
“okay. okay. “I understand.”
Gong Yi-su eventually raised both his hands and spoke.
“good. Just once. Did you say Kim Shin-hwa? okay. He’s a junior or something. “That bastard.”
Gong Yi-su noticed that his hands were shaking and slowly brought them together and massaged them.
“I don’t know what that bastard did for me later, but is this worth taking this much risk on? okay. “I understand.”
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“No, I will be the judge, not you. I will come and see it with my own eyes. “I’ll see if that kid is worth it, and then I’ll judge again.”
Gong Yi-su, who had been obsessively massaging both hands, reached out again and fumbled with the metal helmet resting on his neck.
Giiiiiiing-
As soon as the characteristic was activated, what he had ignored and dismissed as a hallucination appeared in his field of vision.
[System: The unique characteristic ‘Left Hand of the God of Destruction’ is activated.]
“Hehe, I can see it. Yes, I can see it.”
This time, the second ability.
[System: The unique characteristic ‘Creator God’s Right Hand’ is activated.]
Let’s go!
Did the crazy scientists at Paju Central Hospital say [surrealistic mechanical engineering abilities that cannot be reproduced or copied]? Poor bastards.
The helmet that replaced his head looked completely different from before.
A round disk that floats where the ball player’s head should be.
The disc has a black border on a pure white background, and 60 marks are engraved along the border.
And three thorns extending from the central point of the disk.
Tick-tick-
[You decided to participate again. welcome. ⌚, no, Watch head. I hope your dream comes true this time.]
“No-no. no! no! no! no! no! “I’m not participating!”
His hysterical cries.
His tone seemed as if it would cause confusion at any moment, but his third ability ended up activating anyway.
[System: The unique characteristic ‘Time Traveler’ is activated.]
Tick-tick-
The floating clock begins to turn backwards where his head should be.
And Gong Yi-su’s body moves to the left, to the left – further left than we can see, that is, in a direction that no one can observe.
fantasy,
