Kings (2)

"Cough cough!"

Xin Jian blinked.

"Hey, look, your crush is calling himself by your name."

"…"

The Oldest Dream caught his breathing before recalling something.

"…Since you remember that my name is Kim Dokja, why didn't you make any comment when the man in a white coat previously called himself 'Kim Dokja'?"

Xin Jian frowned.

"Don't be narcissistic, not everything revolves around you. There are a lot of people with the same names."

'He also looked exactly the same as me when I participated in the scenarios, though?!'

The younger-looking Oldest Dream slowly breathed out, trying to not bicker with Xin Jian who already knew the loopholes in her own words.

Xin Jian saw him breathe out as if he was holding back his feelings and affirmed:

"You have serious anger issues, man."

'Because of whom?!'

Fed up, the Oldest Dream closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, so Xin Jian watched the world lines and searched for an excuse to wake him up.

Meanwhile, in another station, the Earth Dragon King Gu Daesung and the Tyrant King Jung Youngho were fighting.

"Take back what you said!" Gu Deasung yelled.

After a fierce battle, the Earth Dragon King's group barely defeated the Tyrant King's group.

Gu Deasung clenched the wound on his abdomen, trying to slow down the bleeding, and looked down at the Tyrant King on the ground.

"The Tyrant King is dead! Now, we have a black flag!" He announced.

However, as he was about to reach out and take the flag, a slender hand grabbed it before he could.

Surprised, he turned back and faced an extremely beautiful young lady. He hadn't even noticed her presence.

The Earth Dragon King suddenly had chills; he felt as if the unknown woman could see through him, even the deepest parts of his mind.

She had long blonde hair casually tied up as they smoothly and luxuriantly flowed down; emerald eyes reflecting a somewhat palish flame, looking as deep as the ocean and also as pure as a gemstone; her facial features and the shape of her face were matched with a stunning beauty and her bearing and elegance were clear and pure.

The lady softly smiled, making him forget all his thoughts, and as if nothing was wrong he willingly handed his own flag to her before turning to the rest.

"From now on, we will follow the orders of this lady."

Strangely, everyone accepted the weird order to follow the unknown woman.

***

In a different station, someone planted a flag. That person was surrounded by a group of people donning pristine white robes.

"No, why are you suddenly dressed like this?! What weird idea made you dress like f**king priests from a sect? I never understood this."

One of the nearby people made an awkward expression as he replied:

"It's because we received the revelation, so we thought religious attires would suit us well…"

His voice lowered gradually as he spoke.

The king clicked his tongue in annoyance before turning to the newcomers. He wouldn't have noticed their presence if they hadn't deliberately revealed themselves.

On Sherlock's shoulder, Sharron observed the group. As if he hadn't eavesdropped their conversation before, Sherlock approached their leader with a smile on his face and greeted him.

"Hello."

Among the white robed individuals, the king narrowed his eyes.

It was a man with a thin face and pale skin. His hair was thin and black; he had long eyelashes, dark circles, a slender physique and wore an eye-catching white coat. That man finally opened his mouth.

"What do you want?"

Sherlock kept on a smile, followed his spiritual intuition and politely answered:

"Miss, we have no group, could we temporarily follow yours?"

Sharron: ?

The man was stunned for a moment. He stared at Zhou Mingrui for a while before glancing behind him to check if the latter was talking to someone else.

In Zhou Mingrui's vision, the man appeared as a petite, nicely proportioned and rather beautiful woman. She had a small face with sharp canines and white skin; her eyes were large with their corners angled upwards, with a beauty mark underneath one eye and her hair was short and fine, black in color, and just reached her shoulders.

Zhou Mingrui stared at the woman's reaction and wondered if he had said anything wrong while Sharron silently looked at him.

Finally, the 'man' wearing a white coat smiled with a strange light in his eyes.

"No problem, what is your name?"

Zhou Mingrui introduced himself to the woman without knowing that the latter appeared to be a man wearing a white coat to everyone else.

"My name is Zhou Mingrui."

They shook hands.

"I am Kim Dokja." The 'man' or woman said.

After meeting Cale Henituse, 'Kim Dokja' had come across another interesting variable…

'He' (?) squinted 'his' eyes.

"Welcome to our group, Zhou Mingrui."

Nobody had seen through 'his' disguise before, 'he' had to keep an eye on this man…

In the flying train, Xin Jian exclaimed:

"So Kim Dokja was a woman! The truth is revealed! See? I told you not to be narcissistic."

The Oldest Dream, who had stopped pretending to be asleep from the moment the fake Kim Dokja entered their vision, ignored her words and asked about something else.

"How did your friend know that he is a woman? Even I didn't know."

"Hmm? Well, he is still the pillar of the universe, shouldn't it have its perks? Maybe it's because of the true vision of the gray fog if he completely accommodated it. It can even see through Amon's avatars."

"What are you talking about?"

Xin Jian gave up explaining because the matter was too complicated and shut up.

***

[You have failed the scenario.]

When he woke up from Welcome Prison, Cale saw this message.

He looked around and gradually regained his senses. However, he couldn't help but feel as if he was still there, sitting at the table with his friends while Raon was about to ask to brush his hair…

As his head began to ache, Cale wept the cold sweat on his forehead. Then, a dokkaebi appeared and glanced at him.

[I will be short. The penalty for this scenario is 2000 coins.]

It seemed to be a busy dokkaebi.

However, Cale only possessed 1600 coins…

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' sponsors you 400 coins.]

Thankfully, he now had exactly the amount he needed to survive.

Cale paid the dokkaebi and suddenly became poor. He now had 0 coins.

[The constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' sponsors you 200 coins.]

[The constellation 'Secretive Plotter' sponsors you 100 coins.]

The previously silent constellations began to sponsor him coins.

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' sponsors you 200 coins.]

Even though Xin Jian wanted to send more, she restrained herself to preserve her friend's probability before the Oldest Dream became even younger (even though he would be very cute).

Cale now had 500 coins.

The crimson-haired teenager raised his head and addressed the constellation who had helped him survive this scenario's penalty by giving him 400 coins.

Maybe her constant show of friendliness had made him willing to lower his guard a little, or maybe he had just felt lonely.

"Believer in Mysteries, who do you believe in?"

He questioned the constellation that didn't act like a fanatic but had the name of a fanatic. It seemed strange.

Xin Jian, who saw that Cale was finally willing to talk to her, was in a good mood.

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' says that the term 'believer' does not refer to faith but to trust.]

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' adds that 'Mysteries' is the nickname of a friend.]

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' affirms that her modifier means that she trusts her friend.]

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' asks you to keep that fact a secret since you may see that friend soon.]

'?'

Wasn't that friend a constellation? Why would he see a constellation?

Cale still nodded and reached Chungmuro Station where the 3rd main scenario had already ended.

"…"

He used Fire of Destruction to burn the corpses of monsters and humans blocking the way until he could finally see the whole station.

On the ground, even more corpses were piled up. The staircases leading upstairs had been destroyed and some people were standing there.

His gaze scanned each of their faces but Cale didn't see Yoo Jonghyuk.

The crimson-haired teenager pulled down his hood that had fallen until it covered his eyes and activated Sound of the Wind to join the people upstairs.

When they saw him, some were flustered and backed away while others put on a fighting stance.

"Excuse me, has one of you seen Yoo Jonghyuk?"

When they heard these words, the others became hostile. By observing their reactions, Cale concluded that they had indeed seen him him but the man should have done something bad.

Cale shrugged and bypassed them, heading to another station.

At this moment, he wished that he could communicate with the wind elementals to know where the regressor was and sighed.

However, he remembered that he had another way to know the location of the man.

Cale raised his head to the sky.

"Where is Yoo Jonghyuk?"

After all, he had to keep his word and join the man.

Xin Jian nudged the Oldest Dream.

"Where is Yoo Jonghyuk?" She repeated.

"…At Dongmyo Station."

[The constellation 'Believer in Mysteries' says Dongmyo Station!]

On the way, Cale passed by Myeongdong Station.

There was a brown flag in the flag holder.