125. Disposition
Meanwhile, in PER’s waiting room.
First, Ryu Jae-jun, who was eliminated from the game and was watching the game with the coaching staff, had no choice but to split up.
“Ugh… … .”
I said I was on guard, but I never thought I would be treated like this.
But when you look at it calmly, what happened to Ryu Jae-jun wasn’t because he was careless or anything like that.
The intruder’s abilities that the doppelganger randomly copied were just too powerful.
‘… … Even if we fight again, if I give in to the first attack, I’ll lose again just like before.’
And I thought that if I were to give up the initiative, it wouldn’t be easy, even if the opponent was Lee Chang-hyun.
That’s why the current situation couldn’t help but be uncomfortable.
Especially since the doppelganger had his own face.
‘If this continues, it will seem like it’s all my fault… … .’
I kept screaming inside to notice, but I knew that even that wouldn’t be easy.
I had no choice but to give up in my heart, thinking that I had lost this game.
Maybe that doppelganger will take advantage of the opportunity to create negative variables.
While I was thinking like that.
Waaa …
Outside, a thunderous cheer echoed from the stands.
‘no way……!’
A change occurred in PER as he entered a room in the ‘Palace of Dreams’.
A change I never expected.
***
The maps of the top are incredibly varied, many of which present players with significant disadvantages and variables.
Among them, the Palace of Dreams provided one of the most unique variables.
so that……
‘I have doubts, but I can’t just let it pass.’
Right now, I can’t be sure whether Ryu Jae-jun is real or fake. But one thing is for sure. Even if it means taking risks, I have to check it out.
Because one enemy within creates waves that are on a completely different level than one enemy without.
Then, I stood in front of a room in the ‘Palace of Dreams’.
“Here… … ?”
Lee Yeon-ju asked back, but I brushed it aside. Instead, I just urged her on.
“Let’s go in quickly, since we don’t know what the index will be like.”
The room I went into with such a sudden opening was empty. There was no one in the room.
‘Of course. That’s the next room.’
Now that Kim Do-jun might be a doppelganger, I had to quickly move on to Ryu Jae-jun.
“Changhyun? There’s no one in this room?”
Ryu Jae-jun, no, his doppelganger opened his mouth.
But strangely enough, no one answered that question.
“… … ?”
There is only silence.
And around the time when the doppelganger also started to sense that something was strange.
Lee Yeon-ju’s [Bondage] and Yoon Han-gyeol’s [Lee Gi-eo-geom] blocked his body so that he couldn’t move.
With movements that seemed planned out, as if he knew that Ryu Jae-jun was his doppelganger.
Taang -.
And at the last moment. In a split second, before anyone could even react, Lee Chang-hyun’s gunshot was heard. His body had already been pierced by the bullet.
“Huh… … How… … .”
“How did you know? I don’t know.”
The guy whose body was pierced by the bullet slowly liquefied and melted away, and then eventually disappeared completely.
“Whew… … This is really creepy. If it was a dungeon like this, countless hunters who climbed the tower would have died.”
‘Well… … In reality, this ‘Palace of Dreams’ is one of the dungeons that caused the most casualties for the first generation hunters.’
“But… … Changhyun. That guy… … How did you know?”
Now we’ve finally caught the doppelganger. PER’s group said as they went to find Han Ji-soo again.
“That’s right. You told me that you were going to fake it with that image sharing ability. You even shared an image that would attack at the same time as the signal. Weren’t you sure about it?”
Well… … To be honest, the last time I was sure of it was when I conveyed the image of my ability to Lee Gil-han.
When I was passing it on to Lee Yeon-ju and Yoon Han-gyeol, I kept wondering if it was too long.
“Well… … I’ve been seeing him for a long time, but it’s a habit. The way he talks. I can tell just by looking at him.”
“Oh… … I see. I had no idea. Even the clothes are all the same.”
Of course that was a joke.
Because I absorbed the memories, I couldn’t tell the difference from the real Ryu Jae-jun.
This time, I was able to tell that it wasn’t the real Ryu Jae-jun only thanks to [Piercing Eyes].
I used [Full Bloom – Talent Blooming: Commander of the Same Bed and Dream] so that I could easily deal with Ryu Jae-jun’s doppelganger without using mana out of the blue.
In short, if you use the commander of the ideal dream to signal, it will convey the image of killing Ryu Jae-jun.
At the same time, by using that ability, you create an environment where it is natural to use mana. It blocks the use of detection-type skills such as [Piercing Eye].
And it obviously worked.
‘If I had only used [Piercing Eye], the guy might have been suspicious because the mana would have been concentrated in the eyes.’
Maybe the fake is just too familiar.
“Come on. Anyway, come to your senses. The person next to Han Ji-soo could be her doppelganger, so come to your senses. Let’s go.”
The door to the room where Han Ji-soo was, which was almost there, was opened.
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***
As such, the game was quite indifferent. And the traitor was dealt with without much incident, but outside, where the game was being watched, it was quite noisy.
When Lee Chang-hyun opens the door and enters the room and gives a signal, they all rush in at once and kill the doppelganger.
At that sight, a huge cheer erupted.
That’s because the commentators keep listing the negative outlook and the reasons why it would be difficult to find out, but they found out in a nice way.
[Caster]: No… …! How did you notice that Ryu Jae-jun was replaced by a doppelganger?? It didn’t seem like only Lee Chang-hyun knew about it.
[Analyst]: Ahh… … Since the Hunter’s League auditions, Lee Chang-hyun has been suspected of having a special ability to see ‘invisible things.’ It seems to have something to do with that.
“No way… …! If you use your ability, your doppelganger would have noticed the flow of mana. Then he would have prepared himself and not been easily defeated… … .”
The large black man watching the broadcast had a hard time believing it and kept asking questions day after day. But in the end, what happened happened.
At those words, Lehmann simply laughed. And then he added just one more word.
“Do you know the world of competition?”
“Are you asking me that? Of course… … .”
The large man was taken aback and was about to say that he knew, but Lehmann cut him off.
“Do you know what the countless operations, schemes, and dirty deeds of corporate raiders behind the scenes look like from the outside?”
“… … .”
“After the decision, just one line in the newspaper. That’s all. XX Company acquired YY Company, so we expect to see good results in the ZZ sector through synergy in the future. Something like that.”
Lehmann laughed out loud after saying that.
So much so that I don’t know what’s so funny.
“That’s how fights are. Invisible psychological warfare, countless fights that end in a single exchange of blows.”
“Lehman! I know that too. But that’s definitely strange from the perspective of someone who’s experienced that map… .”
“Tsk tsk… You, a so-called successful hunter, still don’t know that? The fact that the doppelganger took ‘strange, unusual’ actions that he didn’t notice means that something was going on under the surface.”
“… … .”
As if he finally understood, the man sat down with a thud.
Even for someone like me who was a great hunter, something unexpected happened. That alone was quite a shock.
‘I found a better guy than I expected, Lee Geun-taek… … .’
A faint smile appeared on Lehman’s lips.
***
Click -.
Kkiei… …
The ‘Palace of Dreams’ painted in purple. Now, the four remaining PER team members opened the door to the room where Han Ji-soo was.
It was a hinge sound that created a sense of tension, unlike the building itself, which had a sophisticated and grand design.
But contrary to that ominous sound, the door opened quickly, and there were familiar faces inside.
“Jisoo, Dojun!”
In the case of Kim Do-jun, Yoon Han-gyeol’s face lit up as if he was happy to see that he might be a doppelganger.
Perhaps it was just nice to see someone I knew in this strange, purple, repetitive, empty palace.
‘This map makes me want to vomit too.’
Because I often think that this is a map that is really filled with malice.
But of course that wasn’t what I was concerned about now.
What I’m most concerned about right now is Kim Do-jun.
‘In Ryu Jae-jun’s case, his doppelganger also had earphones… … but I can’t help but think it’s suspicious that he doesn’t have earphones.’
It was really not an ordinary thing that Kim Do-jun, the loudmouth, had not said a word through his earphones until now.
But of course, I had no intention of showing it right away like before.
If possible, it would be best to send him away with one blow like before, without giving him any room to fight back.
“So, how is it? Did anything happen while we were here?”
In particular, he asked Han Ji-soo with the intention of confirming whether there had been any strange behavior on the part of Kim Do-jun.
“What’s going on…? What’s going on…?”
Han Ji-soo tilted her head.
If you can’t think of anything right now, it probably means that nothing special or noticeable has happened.
But, as we’ve already seen, the doppelgangers on this map are pretty decent.
There’s no way to confirm that.
“Well, there were only two of us, so what could have happened? We were just waiting quietly together.”
‘noiselessly……?’
It was a situation that was hard to imagine when thinking about the usual Kim Do-jun.
But if you think about it carefully, back in the days when they were at Seoul City Academy, Kim Do-jun and Han Ji-soo didn’t get along…
If I think about it that way, it might be normal not to talk much… …
Thinking about it this way, I realized that worrying alone wouldn’t solve the problem.
‘I told the kids that Kim Do-jun could be a doppelganger anyway, right? We were going to attack first if they gave us the signal… … Should we go ahead and do it ourselves?’
Before we knew it, the seats had slowly changed, and the camp surrounding Kim Do-jun had changed… …
“What… what is it?”
Naturally, Kim Do-jun noticed the change and was quite flustered.
“Why are you doing this to me? Let me tell you something.”
But it didn’t change, and all the team members surrounded him and glared at him. Did they notice that the atmosphere was not normal?
“Shouldn’t we make it a draw?”
Seeing him spout nonsense, I had a fleeting thought that it might be Kim Do-jun.
Still, I have to ask this.
“Hey. Where did your earphones go?”
“Oh, that? If that’s why it happened, you should have told me earlier. That’s… … .”
Kim Do-jun suddenly moved his body and took something off.
It was like a smoky membrane, like an insect shedding its skin.
“I can’t put in my earphones because I have to put on the new mana equipment I brought… … .”
Is this the secret weapon that Kim Do-jun had prepared before?
I was dumbfounded by the strange sense of reality that it was the real Kim Do-jun when I saw the transparent, shed skin that the guy had shed.
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