The 100th Return of a Max Level Player, Episode 20
20. Real Ryu Min
‘Where should we go?’
After much thought, Ryu Min moved to the power of time.
None other than Seo A-rin’s worldline.
‘I’ll have to look for it step by step from here.’
There may be hosts and seeds here too.
Maybe it hasn’t even appeared yet.
‘On the other hand, it may have reached the brink of collapse.’
But the downtown area of Seoul seen from the skyscraper looked no different than usual.
‘So this is Seo A-rin’s world line?’
Although each world line did not have a specific name, Ryu Min named it Seo A-rin’s world line.
It’s not that this isn’t the case, but this is the world line that came into existence after Seo A-rin’s wish came true.
‘This is the world line where Seo Ah-rin’s wish is applied. Maybe I can meet myself.’
This is the world where the survival game has ended.
Without parents, but with himself, his younger siblings, Minju-ri, Ma Kyung-rok, Ahn Sang-cheol, and Christine.
It is a world where 97 players who survived the final round still exist.
However, that doesn’t mean the player’s strength remained.
‘This is where the players I saved exist. You might even meet some familiar faces.’
I don’t know where they, including Seo A-rin, live and what they are doing, but the current situation is dangerous.
Because Deorant was working to destroy the world line.
‘I don’t know what Seo Ah-rin’s wish was, but it doesn’t seem like much has changed.’
Ryu Min, who was looking down at the downtown area of Seoul flowing by as usual, checked the date on the electronic board.
‘Has it been about two years since the survival game ended?’
Certainly, time flows differently in each world line.
My brother’s world line ended not long ago, but here, two years have passed.
‘Shall we start looking around? First, we need to figure out what’s going on here.’
Ryu Min went to the PC room and looked up articles on the Internet.
If the host and seed were already running wild, it would be covered in the headlines.
As expected.
‘This is it.’
I saw an article that caught my eye.
[Breaking News! A monster crashes into a wedding hall, causing multiple deaths… … .]
When I clicked on it, I saw that there was only one photo and some brief information, as if to indicate that the situation was urgent.
(Photo of the wedding hall interior, out of focus)
On the afternoon of the 12th, actress Seo A-rin’s wedding hall held at a hotel in Seoul is being devastated by a monster. (Photo = Reporter Jo Min-jeong)
‘Wait, this is Seo A-rin’s wedding?’
Looking at the photo, it seemed like it was taken in a hurry and every second seemed critical.
Given the circumstances, it was clear that it was the host’s doing.
‘I’m curious about who Seo Ah-rin’s fiancé will be, but… … I’ll find out once I go.’
When I used the Rune of Light, the world around me slowed down.
I was able to find it after searching through all the hotels in Seoul.
The sight of a wedding hall filled with screams and death.
‘It’s already over.’
Looking at the situation, I saw numerous corpses lying on the floor.
If only he had come just a little earlier, he could have saved those people.
‘It turned into a bloody wedding.’
The guests were pitiful, but how much worse must the people getting married feel?
On a day that should have been the happiest for anyone, such a large-scale murder occurred.
Ryu Min, who had been looking at the corpses of the guests with pity, moved again in the still flow.
‘There it is.’
I saw a man threatening someone while raising a black blade.
‘I can tell at a glance that guy is the host. I have to take care of him quickly and leave… … .’
But the face of the person being threatened looked familiar.
No, apart from the familiarity, it’s the same as looking in a mirror.
‘This is… … me?’
I found myself passed out on the floor while wearing a suit.
And Seo A-rin, wearing a pure white dress that hugs herself as if wrapping herself.
As soon as he saw the two, Ryu Min was able to satisfy his curiosity.
‘Seo A-rin… you’re marrying me?’
Strictly speaking, it was this world’s own self, but whatever it was, it couldn’t help but be shocking.
Because I never even imagined marrying Seo Ah-rin.
‘Given my personality, I wouldn’t have proposed first… … Could it be that Seo Ah-rin’s wish was… …?’
It was surprising, but whatever it was, it had nothing to do with me.
The people here have their own lives, and I have my own life.
‘… … I just clean up the host and leave.’
When the rune of light speed was released, the flow of time that had been slowed down returned to normal.
As I take out my crimson sickle and cut off the host’s arm, the guy looks at me with surprised eyes.
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“Keeeek!”
“Your opponent is me.”
“Don’t disturb… … .”
He stretched out his hand as if he had nothing more to say.
Phage, phage, phage!
The host’s body was hit by high voltage and burned black.
After the situation is over.
I briefly met Seo A-rin’s gaze as she looked up.
“ah…….”
Her eyes are filled with surprise.
‘The dress suits you well.’
I wanted to say that, but Ryu Min disappeared without saying a word.
As if it had never been there in the first place.
* * *
“Ryu… Min…?”
Seo A-rin lowered her head as she muttered.
A man was seen lying with his head on his knees.
It’s Ryu Min.
My companion with whom I promised to marry.
‘Then who is that person?’
Seo A-rin raised her head.
Phage, phage, phage!
I met his eyes with the one who had burned Song Min-hyeok black.
“ah…….”
It’s not something you can dismiss as someone who looks alike.
It’s exactly like the face of the person you love.
In the blink of an eye.
“uh?”
He disappeared.
For a moment I thought I was seeing a goblin, but the result was right before my eyes.
The corpses of countless guests and the corpse of the monster that was the mastermind.
And even the sight of Ryu Min losing consciousness.
I wanted to dismiss it as a dream, but it was all reality.
It was something that actually happened and it was a major event that would remain as a disaster in his life.
“Uh, first the ambulance… …!”
Seo A-rin’s fingers quickly pressed 119.
* * *
-I’m at the wedding of actress Seo Ah-rin that took place the day before yesterday. As if to tell the story of the tragic moment at that time, all the tables are scattered in disarray.
The media was busy reporting on the wedding incident.
The first-ever mass murder case to occur at a celebrity wedding.
There were 126 deaths, most of them from the entertainment industry, who lost their lives in a short period of time.
That made Seo A-rin sad.
‘It’s fortunate that my parents and Won-i weren’t hurt, but… ‘
A deep sigh escaped Seo A-rin’s mouth.
This was because his most important spouse, Ryu Min, had become a vegetative state.
“Min-ah… How am I supposed to live now? Sob… … .”
He held tightly Ryu Min’s hand as he lay motionless on the hospital bed.
I’ve already cried a lot, but the tears keep flowing out without any time to dry.
“I thought I was starting to feel a little happier… … What the heck is going on… … .”
A monster suddenly appears at a wedding hall.
Where on earth did such a monster come from?
It wasn’t just Seo A-rin who didn’t understand the situation.
Even though the CCTV footage was recorded, people couldn’t believe what they saw.
The scene of a human inflating his body and shooting toxic substances was just like a scene from a movie.
‘It’s a monster created by environmental pollution. It’s an alien from space. Song Min-hyeok is actually a player who has hidden his powers, etc. There are many inferences. However… … .’
What Seo Ah-rin was more curious about was the man who appeared holding a scythe.
‘If it weren’t for him, Ryu Min and I would have been dead.’
What bothers me is that the man’s face looks exactly like Ryu Min’s.
Fortunately, the CCTV did not show his face, but people were convinced.
└Huh? It’s a black scythe.
└Looking at the scythe, it is clearly a black scythe.
└Didn’t the black scythe disappear two years ago?
└It’s not that they disappeared, but all the players lost their powers and became normal people.
└If you’re a normal person, where did you get the scythe? And how did you kill the monster?
└I don’t know. I guess I got my strength back.
Everyone thought that the black scythe had returned with its power restored.
But Seo A-rin knows.
That’s impossible.
‘Black Sickle, Ryu Min is here… … .’
So who was the person he saw?
Could this be someone else posing as the Black Sickle?
Or another Ryu Min?
Although I had constant doubts, I was more worried about them at the moment.
I was worried about my spouse.
“Min-ah… … I’ll come back tomorrow. Stay strong.”
Seo A-rin left the hospital room, leaving behind a sad voice.
Watching a loved one suffer was harder than I imagined.
And to become a vegetable with little chance of survival… … .
Knock- knock-
Tears flowed again from Seo Ah-rin’s eyes as she stopped.
‘I thought there would be no more flow… … .’
It flows without warning like a broken faucet.
‘Min-ah. Cheer up… You have to overcome this. We promised each other. To live happily… ‘
I got into Ahn Sang-cheol’s car without giving up hope.
“Where should we go?”
“Please go home… … .”
Manager Sang-cheol Ahn stepped on the accelerator.
Seo A-rin’s sad face was reflected outside the window.
* * *
Squeak-
“We have arrived.”
The place Seo A-rin arrived at was not Galleria Forest.
It was a three-story country house with a modern exterior.
This is a newlywed home we prepared to commemorate our new beginning with Ryu Min.
It’s useless now though.
“Due to the circumstances, all of the schedules that were set for a week have been put on hold. Arin, please rest at home for a while and calm your mind.”
“Thank you, manager.”
“Then, I will come by tomorrow morning.”
“Yes. Please go in carefully.”
Seo A-rin got out of the car and went into the house after seeing Ahn Sang-cheol off.
He said he would come in the morning, but he didn’t ask why.
‘You must be coming because you’re worried that I might starve.’
The couple they loved were attacked by a monster on their wedding day and became a vegetable.
The happiness that was shattered in an instant was so bad that I couldn’t even be of sound mind.
You might think that you might stop eating or drinking or even commit suicide.
‘No. I will never leave Min behind.’
I will watch over Ryu Min, who has become a vegetative person, until he wakes up.
Even if you don’t wake up, I will take care of you for the rest of your life.
Because I haven’t yet achieved my wish to live happily with Ryu Min.
widely-
Seo A-rin entered the house and went into her room.
Since there is no one there, silence flows.
With a strange sense of loneliness.
“Sob… … .”
Emotions welled up again.
At that moment.
Squeak-
Seo A-rin turned her head, startled by the sound.
‘What are you talking about?’
The sound of the door opening?
The thought of someone being in the house gave me goosebumps.
“Who, who are you?”
I deliberately went out of the room and made some noise.
There was no answer, so Seo A-rin headed to the kitchen.
It was to equip weapons out of fear of an unexpected situation.
Sling-
The moment I picked up the knife, I saw a shadow appear.
But I quickly turned my back and swung my sword.
widely!
I was helplessly caught by a strange man.
“T, this is no… … .”
Seo A-rin’s eyes, which were about to scream, opened wide.
Because the being in front of me was not supposed to be here.
“Ryu… Ryu Min?”
“It’s been a while, Seo A-rin.”
The man Ryu Min thought was a villain snatched the kitchen knife from Seo Ah Rin’s hand and stabbed her again.
“Mi, Min, how did you get here… …?”
“I’m telling you this so that you don’t misunderstand, but I’m not the Ryumin of this world. The Ryumin of this world is still lying in the hospital bed in a vegetative state.”
“what……?”
Ryu Min of the 102nd world line took out a scythe as if to prove it.
Tsk tsk tsk!
A giant scythe shot out of the air and was caught in his grasp.
It was a player ability that an ordinary Ryumin in this world would never be able to achieve.
“I am Ryu Min from another worldline. Is this the worldline where Seo A-rin’s wish was granted?”
“Do you know about… the wish?”
“I know. Because I saw Arin touch the wish stone at the last moment.”
Seo A-rin’s rabbit-like eyes grew even bigger.
“That, that means… … .”
“is it so.”
Ryu Min, in front of me, put the scythe back in.
“I am the real Ryu Min who went through life and death with you.”
