Han Su-Yeong and Yu Jung-Hyeok were taken away in stretchers to the hospital where Kim Dok-Ja was staying.
While listening to the round of Yi Seol-Hwa's non-stop nagging, Han Su-Yeong calmly organised the plan of action she came up with. And exactly one hour later, she told the companions of her idea by using the most concise words she could think of, while leaving nothing out in the process.
However, you speaking concisely and precisely didn't automatically mean your audience would concisely and precisely understand you. The companions' reactions were like this:
“…..What do you want to do, again??”
Jeong Hui-Won asked back, while both Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong dropped the jaws ever so slightly.
Han Su-Yeong replied. “Okay, so, if I put it in a simpler perspective….”
“You are aware of what you've been saying until now, right?”
“….Uh? So you did understand me?”
“We can't do that thing again. Did you already forget about the memories from two years ago? What happened to us after the group regression….?”
“I'm not saying we should regress.”
“This and that are the same! If we cross the world-lines again….!”
“I'm also not saying we should distort the other world-line's future, either. You did hear what I said, right? I just want to send a single novel to that side, that's all.”
Yi Ji-Hye silently listening to the conversation finally opened her mouth. “Okay, what you're saying is, you want to show the novel written on this side to Dok-Ja ahjussi in the other world-line. Did I hear you right?”
“You did.”
“What meaning doing that will have?”
Han Su-Yeong started her explanation in a composed voice. “The 'Most Ancient Dream' is Kim Dok-Ja. And that Kim Dok-Ja was broken down into many pieces and scattered around to the rest of the world-lines before reincarnating into different existences. You with me so far?”
“…..You think I'm a dummy because I got an F last time?? Okay, so what's next?”
“The important part starts from there. The newly-reincarnated Kim Dok-Ja might not be 'Kim Dok-Ja' anymore. However, that doesn't mean he isn't the 'Most Ancient Dream', either. They themselves might not be aware of it, but all those souls are the 'Most Ancient Dream' that maintains this universe.”
Back when they escaped from the [Final Wall] for the last time, no one was left behind in the subway. Yet the universe's time didn't stop. Meaning, the 'Most Ancient Dream' hadn't disappeared.
The souls that used to be Kim Dok-Ja had scattered to the rest of the universe and reincarnated, and unbeknownst to even themselves, they were dreaming of the different universes.
Yu Sang-Ah nodded her head as if she understood it. “So, you meant to use their power of imaginations.”
“The imagination of the Most Ancient Dream is reality, after all.”
“Making the reincarnated Dok-Jssi dream of the conclusion we all want….”
“That's right. It'll be like we're presenting him with the source of imagination. So that they can dream about this world's conclusion.” Han Su-Yeong studied the faces of her companions one at a time and continued on. “No one will get hurt this way. No one born in other world-lines will get harmed. All we have to do is to make those guys read a certain story, that's it.”
Countless Kim Dok-Jas scattered throughout many world-lines would all be imagining it. Those born with various appearances, living in various environments.
There was no meaning in meeting them or bringing them here. The only thing the companions could hope for in this situation was a miracle.
A miracle that could bring back Kim Dok-Ja they all remembered.
It was fine even if it was all a delusion, a lie – if only he could imagine their happiness…
If only all those countless 'Kim Dok-Jas' imagined the one single universe…
A short bout of silence descended on the room. A similar sort of expression was floating up on the faces of everyone.
Chapter end
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