Regressor Instruction Manual-Chapter 1157. Suspicion (1)

I was sure that it wasn't because of my appearance, but I canceled my Flower Ki-Young form just in case. As the Saint of Flower and Fertility who had just performed a miracle, I took a deep breath to appear exhausted.

‘Recognize me now?’

I thought his attitude would change, but...

[Where’s Mr. Ki-Young... Where is he?! Where’s Mr. Ki-Young?! I asked you where he is!!! You jerk!!! Who... are you... Who the hell are you?! Why do you look like him...]

‘What the hell is wrong with him?’

There was something terrifying about the way he screamed with his voice that had split into two, making him sound like he had lost his mind. I could probably have laughed it off if he had said all those things with his true face, but the way he screamed with that grotesque face was terrifying.

He was also so loud that I felt like my eardrums would burst.

Confronting an insane and malevolent being head-on was anything but pleasant. I couldn’t say anything because people were watching, and he also wasn't sane enough to hold a conversation.

Kim Hyun-Sung's faith was that blindly unwavering. He was acting as if I really wasn’t Lee Ki-Young. He was just rejecting me without a single ounce of doubt.

‘What the hell... Don’t act like this all of a sudden. Seriously.’

[Tell me now!!! Right now!!!]

To make things worse, he was dragging the monster's massive form toward me. Its body was being affected by the pillars of light that had manifested everywhere in Saint Bell, but the large monster moved as if those lights didn't matter.

Despite the fact that Chalkis’ flesh kept falling off...

[Who are you?! Who the hell are you?! Damn it!!! What the hell did you do to Mr. Ki-Young?!]

I immediately realized that something was wrong because he was reacting so violently. Obviously, it was weird that Kim Hyun-Sung couldn't recognize me. To make things worse, he was watching me with his own eyes before he was summoned here.

‘Did something go wrong during the summoning ceremony?’

Had he lost some of his memories because he rushed to get here? Or was he that anxious that he was delirious? Was he finally breaking down mentally?

Could it be that he was suffering from schizophrenia?

‘If those aren’t the case...’

Perhaps he wasn't the real Kim Hyun-Sung.

“...”

“...”

It was getting complicated, but there had to be an explanation behind this.

‘No. Th-That’s impossible.’

It was too unrealistic to say that he was Kim Hyun-Sung from the Dummy World.

He didn’t know anything about the dummy world, and he definitely didn’t have the ability to create a high-quality homunculus. Even if he got someone’s help, brought out the data, and materialized a physical body, it wouldn't make sense for him to fight the Commander of the 21st Legion.

Saying that Dummy Kim Hyun-Sung had obtained a body and took down Marthym, the Commander of the 21st Legion, was even more absurd than saying that I defeated Bahamut using sword techniques.

‘What’s wrong with you? Seriously, what’s wrong...’

[You... jerk... Give me back... Mr. Ki-Young... Give him... baaaaaaack!]

I saw him dragging the unstable body toward the command center. Obviously, he became a huge target, so he was exposed to the players’ spells and attacks, but he didn’t seem to care about those attacks.

[Give him... back...]

‘Is this a horror movie... or something...’

Everyone looked at Chalkis of Flesh and Gore with disgust. Despite not being able to move anymore, it wriggled with its hand stretched out.

It was unintentional, but fear was written on the faces of Rohen’s expedition group. Although they had succeeded in recapturing Saint Bell and created a safe zone, they had also realized the true strength of the 21st Legion.

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They had also realized just how far the members of the 21st Legion could push themselves and the fact that they could transform into fanatical, frenzied beings.

[...Where... is... he... Ki... Young...]

‘Stop it. You’re really scary, man.’

[Ki...Young... where...]

‘...’

[I won’t... forgive... you... Give... him... back...]

‘...’

[...Never...]

‘...’

[Give... him... back... Mr... Ki-Young...]

He remained silent, but an eerie silence persisted in Saint Bell. Everyone had to be really exhausted because I couldn’t even hear their cheers. Everyone just looked at each other, and I could tell they couldn’t bring themselves to be joyful.

I told myself that I needed to say something, but it was hard to say something.

‘Shit. What is this... What the hell is this...’

I was having a hard time assessing this confusing situation.

Thankfully, there was someone who could turn this situation around. He had to have noticed how unstable I was because Will nodded and headed toward the center.

After cutting off Chalkis’ head, he held up its head and declared, “Raise your head, heroes! We’ve won!"

“...”

“From now on, Rohen will be undefeated. Rohen’s sun will rise over Saint Bell,” he continued.

After he made his incomprehensible speech, people cheered so loudly that I thought I was going to go deaf, but of course, I was happy that we won.

‘How come he doesn't recognize me? What went wrong?’

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!”

‘This is such a ridiculous situation.’

“I knew we’d win! Shit!”

‘What the hell, Kim Hyun-Sung? What happened to you...’

“Mr. Lee Ki-Young, are you okay?” William asked.

“I... I... Yes... I just need some time...” I mumbled.

“Just now—”

“I’m sorry, but can we talk tomorrow? I-I want to rest right now,” I interrupted him.

“...”

My head was throbbing because the situation had strayed from the intended path. I would have been able to keep my composure had it just been an expected event, but what had happened was clearly different.

“...”

‘What’s the problem?’

How come he couldn't recognize me? Obviously, I had to find the answer to that question. Many different thoughts popped into my head. I couldn't help but think that there was something wrong with Kim Hyun-Sung as well as what had happened during the summoning ceremony.

I was also wondering about whom he got into a contract with and if he ended up getting scammed. I also wondered if the contract was distorted while he was crossing over to Rohen and if that was the reason why he couldn’t recognize me.

What happened to the Regressor Instruction Manual?

I had to look into the details, as diagnosing Kim Hyun-Sung was extremely important. If there was nothing wrong with him, there would be something wrong with me.

While crossing over to Rohen, perhaps something about Kim Hyun-Sung had changed upon getting nerfed, but I didn't think that would cause him such confusion.

‘He seems really certain.’

Despite knowing that a simple apology wouldn’t be enough if he were to make a mistake, he still muttered unforgivable nonsense. I could still remember him threatening me.

If there had been even the slightest suspicion, he wouldn't have acted that way.

‘There weren't any issues until he came here. He noticed something amiss upon seeing me with his own eyes.’

Just then, an unpleasant possibility popped up in my head.

"Noona."

— ...

"Noona."

— What? I’m busy.

"Is it possible for one’s body or soul to experience abnormalities while being summoned to Rohen?"

— That’s a really random question. Stop saying ridiculous things and get back to work. Ah! Is everything over on your side? You called me because everything in Saint Bell is over, right?

"No, I’m not trying to be ridiculous. I’m asking a serious question. I think the situation is pretty absurd... but I don’t know if Hyun-Sung recognizes me."

— Nonsense...

"It’s true."

— There’s no way he’d act like that. He has no reason to dig his own grave.

"..."

"What if he became crazy because he has been living every day with anxiety? What if his mental illness finally got to him? It’s possible because he's been suffering from something like paranoia.

"Something is threatening Lee Ki-Young. I’m sure he thinks of that dozens of times a day. He has been suppressing it for too long. I knew he was going to turn out like this someday."

— ...

— The bottled-up emotions finally exploded?

"You don’t get it. It’s not like that. Take this seriously, noona. I think something happened while he was summoned to Rohen. It's either Kim Hyun-Sung or me, but I’m sure there’s something wrong with either of us. I want to know how Kim Hyun-Sung ended up here. Do you know anything about it?"

— ...

"..."

— Haa...

"..."

— I told you that I don’t know the details. If Kim Hyun-Sung shared that information with me, do you really think I'll come here in Domi’s body? I would have dragged the entire legion here. Anyway, I’ll take it seriously since you said it’s a serious issue. I don’t think there were any issues.

"..."

— We arrived here legally. I can confidently say that the Commander of the 21st Legion won’t have any issues with his memories or losing himself when descending into the mortal realm.

— If you look through the past cases, you won’t find anything like it. Do you remember Belial, whom Jin had summoned in Laios? Back then, only half of him was summoned, but everything else about him was fine. You think there's something wrong with Kim Hyun-Sung when he was summoned with an entire army?

"..."

— His visa is a bit different, but it’s the same for the Outer Gods. If anything, there might be something wrong with his memories, but having trouble recognizing a specific person... is a really ridiculous theory. You think the system will do something like that recklessly? In addition, the rules of Rohen aren't as strict as on our continent.

"What do you think about my situation?"

— I’m not sure. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think there should be any problems... I’m the one who went through a more complicated process to enter. I don’t know what you’re worried about... haa... but I’ll look into it. Come to think of it, it’s strange that out of everyone, Kim Hyun-Sung is the one who doesn’t recognize you...

"What do you think, noona? Did anything about me change?"

— You’re still the same.

Something felt off. I had been overlooking it, as I hadn't noticed it until now.

However, I couldn't help but feel that something was off while I was talking to Lee Ji-Hye.

— You’re still the same.

It was kind of a strange question, but I had to say it.

"But noona..."

— What is it?

"This question may sound kind of strange... but there’s something I want to ask."

— Geez...

"Noona."

— ...

"When I arrived here..."

— ...

"How come you stopped calling me oppa?"

— ...

I wasn’t certain, but maybe I was the dummy. That thought popped into my head.