Chapter 95

Episode 19 – Singularity (4)

That night, the child didn’t die . Yoo Sangah didn’t want to kill her and I agreed .

“Do what you want . ” Han Sooyoung muttered and left in a huff, leaving only Yoo Sangah and I in the abandoned building . The child was temporarily frozen with Hit a Pressure Point . Yoo Sangah stroked the sleeping child’s hair and spoke in a dark voice .

“She is a disaster?”

“Yes . ”

“Dokja-ssi, do you know this with your ability?”

“It is something similar . ”

I recalled a sentence from Ways of Survival .

「 The final disaster of the fifth scenario . The Disaster of Floods is the most dangerous and saddest disaster . 」

Yoo Sangah bit her lips and asked, “Is she the same as the Disaster of Questions?”

“It is similar but a bit different . ”

The Disaster of Floods . If she used all her strength, she would be an unmatched disaster compared to the Disaster of Questions . The Disaster of Questions would just affect Gangdong-gu but the Disaster of Floods was different . With her power, Seoul would be wiped out in less than an hour .

“No matter how I look, she doesn’t seem like a disaster . Can this kid become a disaster in just five days?” Yoo Sangah wondered .

In fact, Yoo Sangah was right . Right now, the child wasn’t a disaster .

[The exclusive skill, Character List is activated . ]

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[Character Information]

Name: Shin Yoosung

Age: 11 years old

Constellation Support: None (Two constellations are currently showing interest in this person) .

Private Attribute: Beast Tamer (Rare), Reflexive Killer (General)

Exclusive Skills: Taming Lv . 5, Diverse Communication Lv . 7, Agile Feet Lv . 6, Hybridization Lv . 4

Stigma: None

Overall Stats: Physique Lv . 12, Strength Lv . 12, Agility Lv . 16, Magic Power Lv . 24

Overall Evaluation: She has good magic power but her overall abilities are low . She has excellent talent and rare attributes but isn’t receiving the attention of constellations due to her fragile nature .

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Shin Yoosung . This child’s name showed that she was the disaster . This child would destroy Seoul in five days .

Yoo Sangah said, “I heard that disasters hatch from meteorites . Yet this child didn’t come from a meteorite…”

“That’s correct . This child didn’t hatch from a meteorite . She was born and raised on Earth . She will still be a human of Earth in five days . ”

“Then why…”

“The Disaster of Questions was originally from Earth . ”

Yoo Sangah’s eyes widened . “This child is like the Disaster of Questions…”

“Yes and no . ”

“Huh?”

All disasters from Earth were returnees . They were destroyers who wiped out another world and returned . This child could be called a returnee because she destroyed Chronos . However, that wasn’t all .

Among the five disasters of Chronos, this child was special . She was also the most dangerous .

“The one who will cause the disaster isn’t this child, but her future self . ”

“Her future self?”

“This child came back from decades in the future to finish off Earth . ”

The sweet and innocent child would become one of the most terrible disasters of this world in the future .

“That is why Han Sooyoung said to kill this child . If we kill this child now, we can eliminate her ‘future’ . ”

A disaster that even Yoo Jonghyuk couldn’t stop .

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「 Yoo Jonghyuk looked at the empty hole in his chest . It was a wound that couldn’t be healed without using Recovery immediately . He angrily asked the woman who made the wound .

“Shin Yoosung . Why… have you thoughts changed?”

“Changed? I didn’t change . ” Shin Yoosung laughed . “I’m not a regressor like Captain . I’m just a toy stuck in the cogs of the scenario . I have the same personality as the ‘disasters’ that Captain has met in the past . ”

“Then why…”

“Is this currently your third regression? I must’ve given you a chance in the second regression . Yet Captain once again failed . I gave you so much information but you failed again . ”

Shin Yoosung smiled sadly at the blank-looking Yoo Jonghyuk .

“You can’t change the world . Many things are still intact and nothing has changed . ” Shin Yoosung spoke while looking up at the Great Hall in the sky . “Thus, I thought about it . Indeed, this world should end here . ” 」

My old emotional state came back as I read Ways of Survival again . This was the taste of Ways of Survival .

“Hey, what are you doing?” I heard a voice and turned off my smartphone . It was Han Sooyoung and she asked, “What did you decide?”

“I’m still thinking . ”

Han Sooyoung frowned at the indecision in my voice . She whispered while paying attention to Yoo Sangah and Shin Yoosung . “Have you forgotten? Yoo Jonghyuk almost died because of the last disaster in the third regression . ”

“He didn’t die . ”

“That doesn’t matter . The important thing is that we can’t win in a frontal battle . ”

Han Sooyoung’s words were true . The third round Yoo Jonghyuk actually ended up dying because of Shin Yoosung .

“If you hadn’t killed him then the Delusional Demon Kim Namwoon could’ve…”

Unfortunately, this time there wasn’t the Delusional Demon to kill the young Shin Yoosung .

“I certainly said that I am opposed to it . I warn you, do you think I will do nothing?”

[Some constellations dislike the burning of the sweet potatoes . ]

[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is preparing carbonated drinks for the sweet potatoes . ] (TL: Once again, sweet potatoes describes a stuffy feeling while cider/carbonated drinks is a refreshing feeling)

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ expects your wise judgment . ]

Perhaps this conversation wasn’t properly filtered . The filtering of future information was slowly loosening up…

Yoo Sangah sighed after talking to Shin Yoosung and came this way . “Dokja-ssi, you can’t think about it . ”

Her face was desperate .

“It is a future that hasn’t happened yet . If we take good care of her now, perhaps the disaster won’t happen? Like the butterfly effect…”

It wasn’t without reason . The person who came to this world was the ‘future Shin Yoosung . ’ This world was the ‘first world’ that created the future Shin Yoosung .

In other words, if we changed the present Shin Yoosung then the disaster might not come . It was theoretically possible . It was the same as killing Shin Yoosung to prevent the disaster . However, there was a problem .

“The event that makes this child a disaster happens in the distant future . It won’t be affected by anything we do now . ”

The butterfly effect didn’t happen that easily . A butterfly flapping its wings in the Pacific Ocean would cause a typhoon on the other side of the world?

It was theoretically possible . The important thing was the time it took for the wings to become the ‘typhoon . ’

Yoo Sangah’s expression became grouchy . “You don’t know that…”

“Once again, it isn’t possible at this time . Even if we change the kid, the disaster that will come in five days won’t change . ”

In fact, Yoo Jonghyuk had attempted it several times in the mid to late regressions . The first thing he did was find Shin Yoosung and try to prevent her from becoming a disaster . He failed every time . No matter what changes were made to the Shin Yoosung in the present, the future Shin Yoosung would return in five days . Then she destroyed Seoul .

Yoo Sangah voice gradually weakened . “Why is this child a disaster? What happened in the future?”

“I don’t know . ”

I naturally knew the answer but I didn’t say anything . Instead, I walked towards the child who was eating meat and asked, “Is it delicious?”

“…Yes . ”

I could feel Yoo Sangah and Han Sooyoung watching me from a distance .

‘No . ’

‘Kill her . ’

‘I won’t let it happen . ’

‘Kill . ’

In fact, killing Shin Yoosung wouldn’t damage the important part of the ending point . If I didn’t kill Shin Yoosung now, the slightest mistake meant Seoul would be destroyed .

Looking in the short-term, saving Shin Yoosung would only bring damages . Shin Yoosung ate the meat and looked at me with unknown eyes . “Ahjussi, can you see the future?”

“Huh?”

“I… am I a bad person in the future?”

Perhaps she heard our conversation . I replied quietly, “Perhaps . ”

“How bad am I?”

“You are probably the worst person in Seoul . ”

“As bad as Joker or Thanos?”

“I don’t know . ”

Shin Yoosung lowered her head . “It isn’t unusual . ”

“Why?”

“I am already a bad person . ”

She didn’t have to tell me why . I already knew how Shin Yoosung was able to survive in this world .

[Your understanding of the character ‘Shin Yoosung’ has increased . ]

[Exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint stage 2 has been activated!]

「 I killed him . 」

She killed her dog in order to survive the first scenario .

「 I’m sorry . 」

She stole a coat from an old man who collapsed from an attack . She killed a woman who always looked after her to protect her own green zone . She handed over a person chased by someone in order to get food .

In this world, everyone was forced to commit crimes . Not everyone could rationalize such things .

「 I will be punished . It isn’t worth living . 」

Determination filled the child’s frightened eyes . The expression of a person determined to die was no different for an adult or a child .

“You can kill me . I’m ready . ”

If I was the protagonist of this story, I would’ve killed Shin Yoosung without hesitation . However, I was a reader . A reader had to make a reader’s choice .

Of course, I wasn’t a writer so the only things that emerged from my mouth were obvious words . I stroked Shin Yoosung’s head and said, “Don’t worry . Your death isn’t in the ending that I want . ”

Yoo Jonghyuk’s regression would have no meaning if I killed this child . He was fighting to change the past . If someone killed another person because the future was fixed, what did this suggest?

Thus, I would prevent this child’s death for Yoo Jonghyuk .

Her eyes shook .

[The character ‘Shin Yoosung’ feels a faint loyalty to you . ]

[Your understanding of the character ‘Shin Yoosung’ has increased . ]

“But I must die…”

“There is a way to stop the disaster . ”

I could hear Han Sooyoung sighing behind me . By her side, Yoo Sangah was watching with tightly closed lips .

“I can do it with your help . ”

In the first place, the ending I wanted was impossible . Yet if I changed small impossible things one by one, I might end up changing it to the impossible ending . Shin Yoosung would be one of the small cornerstones of this impossible story .

I immediately opened the Dokkaebi Bag and bought a few items . Shin Yoosung muttered without any confidence, “What can I do? I don’t have a sponsor . ”

“Why does it matter if you don’t have a sponsor?”

[You have sponsored the ‘Growth Package I’ to the incarnation ‘Shin Yoosung . ’]

Shin Yoosung’s mouth dropped open .

[You have sponsored the ‘Growth Package II’ to the incarnation ‘Shin Yoosung . ’]

[You have sponsored the ‘New Scenario Commemorative Package’ to the incarnation ‘Shin Yoosung . ’]

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The messages continued rising . Shin Yoosung paled .

“W-What is this?”

“It’s okay, I have a lot of money . ”

“Ahjussi, who are you?”

“I am Dokja . Kim Dokja . ” I tapped the head of the child who lost her sense of realism . “In the next five days, you will become stronger than anyone here . ”

It was true . Beast Lord Shin Yoosung . This child would later become one of the world’s 100 most powerful people .

This child, who might become a disaster, would become my ‘first incarnation’ in this round .