Ch 72
Episode 71 – Shadow Game.
Jung Yu-mi regretted it.
“Can I do it well?”
-Catch only the mentality
-ㅇㅇ Then they will bite and bite each other.
-You know that the ordeal is impossible to proceed with the party?
-You only read the flow.
– Leave it to me. I’ll take care of it.
“thanks.”
The moment I entered the 17th floor, it was dark everywhere.
I couldn’t see an inch ahead, and all I could feel was the occasional breeze that blew me away, giving me goosebumps.
[4890 units. 4891 units. 4892 units. 4895 units. A total of 6 people entered.]
[Condition number of people have been met.]
[The level of the ordeal is proportional to the user’s total difficulty.]
The holographic message shone brightly through the darkness.
Still, he couldn’t even see the floor, let alone the surroundings.
She felt like she was blind.
[Disable chat function]
[Disable Shop Feature]
[Skill Disabled]
[Viewers cannot leave until the trial is over.]
[The 17th floor trial begins.]
[Check the ordeal alarm window.]
[Time remaining until start: 10 minutes]
At the same time as the remaining time was notified, the surroundings began to brighten.
The 17th floor was a small hall made of marble.
When six men and women entered, the space was so narrow that it looked like there were no gaps, and when you stretched out your arms, your fingertips could reach the other person.
“················ogue.”
“················ogue.”
“················ogue.”
Everyone was speechless.
Each one silently lowered their heads as if opening an ordeal alarm window, and their gaze stopped in the air.
They didn’t even say hello to each other.
‘scared.’
Jung Yu-mi swallowed her saliva and looked at the rising alarm window.
[17th floor ordeal alarm]
[One of the six has swapped shadows and souls.]
[Find a shadow or make sacrifices of 3 people at the altar of evil spirits.]
[Otherwise, 5 people will die except for the shadows. However, when a shadow is selected as a sacrifice. The shadow survives.]
The 17th floor was a death game where only a few survived.
[Only one chance is given.]
[The shadow is distorted according to the difficulty.]
[Current difficulty total: 18]
[Number of Twists of Shadow: 6]
[Therefore, you can ask six questions. Touch and bite the stone statue. It’s true if you laugh. If not, it’s false. However, it is impossible to ask a question that directly confirms whether it is a shadow.]
[Please light the shadows by voting in the system window.]
3 men and 3 women.
What they all had in common was their uncharacteristic white clothes.
As soon as they entered, everyone’s clothes changed.
“Fuck.”
The first person to open his mouth was a man with sports hair.
With a long face, thick lines, and large size, a grimacing face was enough to make people flinch.
Feeling the rushing gaze, the man opened his mouth again.
“what. Don’t you look like you’re not swearing right now? Did you not see the difficulty? No bad luck!”
As he spoke, his voice grew louder and his eyes trembled.
An ordinary-looking man standing next to him quickly shook hands.
“My name is Park Chang-sun. Calm down. If we get excited, it’s only us that loses.”
The sports head who looked at the outstretched hand reluctantly took it.
“…Im Jinseong.”
The common name ended quickly.
“I mean, did you all choose the difficulty level?”
Jung Yu-mi is a dwarf who can’t get rid of her frightened expression.
“Don’t just lie. If you don’t want to be suspicious.”
Ha-seon Jeong is a woman with short hair.
In his own words, he dealt with psychology, so he made a strong statement saying that a clumsy lie would be offensive.
“It’s over quickly. I think I’m going to vomit.”
The woman with long straight hair is Lee Min-ha.
“I will turn.”
The sports head of courtesy is Im Jin-seong.
“Talk to us and we’ll get an answer.”
The ordinary impression is Park Chang-sun.
Finally.
“My name is Jaejoo Kim.”
Even Kim Jae-joo with a calm impression.
Each of them looked at each other and burned their nerves.
“About six minutes left. Are you going to go straight?”
Park Chang-sun was the first to speak.
“It’s said that you’ve been twisted six times, so how do you know who is swearing?”
It was Im Jin-seong who was immediately told whether the boundary had been reduced because of the first handshake.
It didn’t change the negative attitude, though.
“Better than doing nothing.”
Lee Min-ha pushed her long hair back and stepped out.
“You seem quite uncomfortable to be here.”
Im Jin-sung looked at her with anxious eyes.
“Aren’t you uncomfortable? I think I’m normal.”
Lee Min-ha snorted and turned to Kim Jae-joo and Jeong Ha-seon.
It meant that the two of them remained silent without a word any longer.
“Are you suspicious now? I didn’t even ask a question, but I’m a little offended.”
“Well, you can see.”
As Jeong Ha-sun responded with an arrogant voice, Lee Min-ha turned her head with an indifferent expression.
“Anyway, anyway.”
This is because the remaining time has reached 0.
Kugu Palace.
In the center of the hall, a human-sized stone statue began to spring up.
A hideous face and folded wings.
His hands were outstretched in front of him as if supporting something.
It was obvious without saying what to support with those empty hands.
“················ogue.”
Their mouths, which were chattering or muttering, were completely shut.
[Time remaining until selection: 60 minutes]
“What are you going to do? If you don’t choose, everyone will die.”
Lee Min-ha looked at everyone and said.
“Do you have any good ideas?”
Park Chang-sun asked carefully and leaned close to the wall.
“I think. We pick the most suspicious person and ask the statue if it’s true.”
“You mean all the questions?”
“yes.”
“What if not?”
“Are there any stars? The rewards may be bad, but it’s like climbing a ladder. Did you even draw? We have to pick three people.”
Lee Min-ha’s answer was clear.
So, it was not easy for everyone to agree.
“Are you kidding me? People are dying, so let’s leave it to luck?”
Im Jin-seong strode closer to Lee Min-ha in an angry voice.
“You know? If you want to hit me, hit me. I am thankful that they will be sacrificed on their own.”
Although Lee Min-ha smiled mischievously without showing any signs of hesitation, Im Jin-seong just clenched his fists and didn’t say anything.
“The first question, let’s go straight to the rules.”
At that time, Jaejoo Kim, who had been quiet, came forward.
It was not a welcome voice from Lee Min-ha, who was in control of the situation.
“Did you not see the message? It’s been twisted six times. Even if you ask if it’s a man or a woman, if the gender of the shadow is twisted, it’s a meaningless question, you know?”
As she said, if the gender is distorted, the statue is judged by its original gender.
This dichotomy becomes meaningless.
“It has meaning.”
Even though Lee Min-ha gave him a cup of tea, the answer that came back was firm.
“I beg your pardon?”
“Even if you change your gender, your habits, attitudes, and tone of voice are not going anywhere. Stop witch hunting.”
“······what the. When is the enemy elimination method?”
Immigration grunted, but could not refute it.
“What he said makes sense.”
Starting with Im Jin-seong.
“I agree. The environmental differences between women and men are clear. I don’t think the seesaw game is bad either.”
Jeong Ha-sun laughs at Lee Min-ha.
“One is better than three dead.”
“······like.”
Park Chang-sun and Jung Yu-mi.
The atmosphere she was leading was turning around.
“follow your heart.”
Lee Min-ha snorted and leaned her back against the wall.
Amid the chilling silence, Park Chang-sun coughed and stepped forward.
“Then, knowing that you are going to the standard, let’s start by introducing ourselves.”
Starting with Park Chang-sun, everyone briefly talked about the journey from the tower.
If it’s special, it’s special, but in the tower, it was an ordinary process.
“I, I came from working as a fitness trainer.”
At the end of the introduction, with Jung Yu-mi’s words that followed.
“You recently changed your career path to magic engineering?”
Lee Min-ha raised her voice.
“Yes, yes… is something wrong?”
“No, Kim Jae-joo said that he learned magic engineering from the beginning. You said exactly the skill name and level you learned. But why is Jung Yu-mi so ignorant?”
“That, that’s…”
“If you don’t talk straight, you will have no choice but to doubt, right?”
Ha-sun Jeong, who didn’t like Lee Min-ha’s subtle voice, only licked her lips and didn’t come forward.
As I said, there was definitely something suspicious about it.
“It’s because I’m shy!”
Jung Yu-mi suddenly raised her voice and shook her hands.
The terrified expression on his face made the distinction between the perpetrator and the victim clear.
“yes?”
“Recently, magic engineering seems to be good. There’s something a new viewer told me. You came when you arrived on the 10th floor… I heard that the mechanical gloves made with magic and magic engineering on the 6th floor were amazing. There are cranes, students, and ah, uncle.”
Jung Yu-mi’s words were unpredictable.
The corners of Lee Min-ha’s eyes naturally curved wildly.
“Oh, is it?”
“Well, I don’t have any talent for magic, and, oh, I don’t have the guts to go forward, so I’m not bad at magic engineering… that’s why I changed it!”
Lee Min-ha was rather taken aback by the sight of crying and pouring out words in a voice that seemed to shed tears at any moment.
“…you can say that from the beginning. Can’t you see everyone standing at me right now?”
Jung Yu-mi burst into tears as if she was saddened by Lee Min-ha’s lowered voice, which was slightly poisoned.
“Jeong, you really are. It’s because I’m an introvert by gender and personality… Huh, heh.”
“I know. Psychologist there. Do you think I’m lying?”
Lee Min-ha looked at Jeong Ha-sun, but she shook her head.
When Jung Yu-mi thought that she could not believe her words until the end, her head flashed as if her sadness had exploded in the end.
“Well, if you look at it that way, Lee Min-ha is more suspicious. They were all talking about making sacrifices, and they were about to kill a person!”
The reddened corners of his eyes were full of questions he had been holding back.
“······under. I really want to see you. It’s funny because I’m quiet, am I?”
“················ogue.”
Jung Yu-mi’s mouth was tightly shut as she looked at her with a deep expression on her face.
“Okay, let’s do that. What are you blacksmithing now?”
Im Jin-seong, who could not see, intervened between the two.
“It’s crazy.”
As Jeong Ha-sun helped with a word, Lee Min-ha’s head turned to her.
“What did you say?”
“Crazy bitch.”
“I don’t think I’ll see you again when the 17th floor is over, don’t you?”
“Eat some sashimi. Shall I do as you say?”
“What?”
Ha-sun Jung, in the chaotic atmosphere, finally leaned back and came forward.
“Witch hunting is good. You are the most suspicious in this situation.”
“Don’t you know that Ha-seon Jeong who says that is no different?”
“Ah, now everyone who speaks is suspicious?”
Lee Min-ha bit her lip.
The atmosphere was strangely turning.
Park Chang-sun and Kim Jae-joo were watching the situation in silence, but he did not look favorable to Lee Min-ha.
Im Jin-seong was looking at Lee Min-ha, soothing Jung Yu-mi from crying.
Jeong Ha-sun had nothing to say.
Because he is now the main culprit in the witch hunt.
“Ha, so I pour out all the questions and it’s not me? Am I excluded from the three sacrifices?”
“No, having a bitch like you right now should be a hindrance. I just want you to die.”
Lee Min-ha’s eyes widened.
“Gee, now what?”
“I wish I could go back.”
“Don’t you know that the use of force is prohibited?”
“know. I know that resisting sacrificing you is considered powerless. Am I the only one who thinks that way?”
Jeong Ha-sun looked around and said.
Lee Min-ha’s eyes fluttered as she turned her head to follow her gaze.
“Isn’t it a matter of chance that someone dies?”
No one said no or that it was wrong.
‘It was too rushed.’
In the middle, things were going according to plan.
If you went as expected, you could rip your clothes and draw blood from a piece of cloth, or climb a ladder.
He was a professional con artist in that way.
The famous clan promised that if you clear the infamous 17th floor, you will be taken to the 20th floor.
‘Dog bastards.’
But they were also users who rolled in the tower.
I thought there would be some kind of backlash, but I didn’t know there were people with this much energy.
To make matters worse, the bullshit of psychology was added.
Lee Min-ha looked at Jeong Ha-sun and regretted it, but it was too late.
Because she was already at the stake.
The moment I opened my mouth to buy time.
“Wait.”
A man’s voice, who had been quiet the whole time, interrupted.
“why?”
The person who looked back at Ha-seon Jeong.
It was Jaejoo Kim.
“Give me a chance to write one question.”
“why?”
“I think we know who the shadow is.”
The ripple effect of the quiet voice was great.
“Really?”
Im Jin-seong stopped the hand that was stroking Jung Yu-mi and asked blankly.
“yes.”
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“No, even if you suddenly say that…”
As the atmosphere driving Lee Min-ha faded, Ha-sun Jeong, who was raising her voice, blurted out the end of her speech.
It’s because he started to compare survival with fucking Lee Min-ha, whom he didn’t like.
The opportunity cost was clear.
“I don’t know what you are thinking.”
I stared at Jaejoo Kim, but it was difficult for doubt to penetrate his unshaken eyes.
In the end, I passed the decision by looking at others.
“You seem to be a cautious person, but there must be a reason. I think one question is fine.”
Starting with Park Chang-sun, everyone nodded.
In particular, the expression of emigration became brighter.
Only Jung Yu-mi was crying and couldn’t raise her head.
“There is something I want to ask you, Yumi Jung.”
“Yes Yes?”
Jung Yu-mi raised her head in surprise.
“It’s not a big question, so just answer it.”
“Seol, I hope you…”
“I’m just asking because I’m curious, so please feel free to answer. We’re going to do it for sure.”
Jung Yu-mi rolled her eyes as if thinking about it.
The glances that slowly flowed past Jung Ha-sun, who was staring at him with a piercing gaze.
“Okay, I see.”
“Did you say that you chose the difficulty level even on the 5th floor?”
“······yes.”
“You said you used a great sword, so you must be the 6th Knights Commander.”
“Right, that’s right. I told you before.”
“All right.”
Jaejoo Kim approached the stone statue, put his hand on it, and opened his mouth.
“I will ask. Did the gender of the shadow change from male to female?”
Everyone opened their mouths, thinking it was a useless question.
Even asking if the gender itself has changed is not enough.
“Hey!”
Ha-seon Jeong cried out urgently, but soon she had no choice but to open her mouth blankly.
Because the corners of the stone statue’s jaws were drawing a crescent moon.
“No, how do you do that…”
Kim Jae-joo turned to Jung Yu-mi, regardless of Park Chang-seon’s blank question.
“long time no see.”
Both were spherical.
“················ogue.”
Jung Yumi really regretted it.
His shadow mixed the truth with the lies, and he responded appropriately, but he had a feeling that someone who cared would notice.
“Mr. Jung Kang-hyuk.”
No, Jung Kang-hyuk was afraid.
Kim Jae-joo, whom he saw on the 6th floor, sweeping away the janitor with a cold gaze.
Because I thought I’d find the answer somehow.