Yu Jung-Hyeok was reading the article of a portal site on a person's phone next to him.
– Pro gamer Yu Jung-Hyeok, for how long will he stay under the radar?
Several private matters that other people didn't know, such as discord between the teammates and the tyranny caused by the director's high-handedness, brushed past his mind. However, they were stories from years ago, and he couldn't think of an answer no matter how hard he thought about them.
– We found their home address.
That text message appeared on his smartphone. It was from the detective agency he hired, letting him know that his parents had been located. This was the reason why he decided to step outside the house for the first time in a while.
Yu Jung-Hyeok wished to know about his origins. To find out who gave birth to him, and who had abandoned him. To find out who left behind a little sister in his care when he was on a fast track to success.
Yu Jung-Hyeok oh-so-desperately wanted to find out.
– Ng? Did people like that live here before?
– Eh-iiing, I don't know, either. It's been too long.
Even though he spent a considerable sum to hire the detective agency, the only thing he got in return was an address of an empty house. The agency told him that there was nothing more they could find out.
His parents were gone without a trace, as if they had evaporated from this world. How could such a thing happen, though?
28-year old Yu Jung-Hyeok seemed to exist all alone, without being able to recall a single memory concerning his parents, or anything nostalgic from his childhood. As if he was a being crafted to be an adult from the moment he was born.
As he rode in this noisily-clunking subway of the 3rd line, Yu Jung-Hyeok was facing a philosophical quandary for the first time ever in his life.
'Just who… am I?'
And that was why he didn't react in time.
“Heuh-euh….!”
“Uwaaaaah!”
He noticed the ruckus only after a short while later.
A giant of a man, with a scraggly beard on his chin; the home-made explosive device clutched in his hand, and the cogged wheel of the lighter turning with pronounced 'tick, tick!'; only after someone smacked past his shoulder did he awake to this surreal situation.
⸢The terror.⸥
The lights in the subway went away the next second. The train came to a sudden emergency stop, and the surroundings rapidly filled up with darkness.
Yu Jung-Hyeok felt all the hair on his arms stand up. The inside of his head felt dizzy. Was this really an act of terror? Something that he'd only ever heard about was really happening in South Korea, too? Where should he evacuate to? Should the police be notified? Or…
[Welcome, everyone. Nice to meet you.]
Yu Jung-Hyeok's dilemmas were carefully extinguished by a small CGI-like lump suddenly appearing in mid-air.
[It's getting tiring to make the same introduction over and over again, but… Anyway, this situation isn't a movie shoot nor is it a terror inciden…. Ng?]
These creatures would later introduce themselves as 'Dokkaebis'.
That unknown existence floating in the air observed the situation within the train and broke out into a wide smile.
[What's this? Hahahahat! Dear Constellations, please take a look over here! The scenarios haven't even begun yet, but something entertaining is already underway!]
The Dokkaebi spoke in a languid but cruel tone of voice and laughed.
[I'm already beginning to look forward to this particular car. I pray that you'll all show us an entertaining tale.]
[Main Scenario has arrived.]
Type: Main
Difficulty: F
Clear condition: Please kill one or more lifeforms.
Time limit: 30 minutes
Reward: 300 Coins
Failure: Death
And 'hell' began from then.
….Bihyung, that fool. He was rather adorable back then; there used to be a moment like that in the past, didn't it?
While listening to the screams resounding out within the subway, I fell into a bit of ill-timed reminiscence.
⸢Are you saying you want to sign the
It felt like only yesterday that I met the guy for the first time and discussed getting into an exclusive contract with him.
Chapter end
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