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A young lady sat in front of the crowded cafe, suddenly flinched. Her eyes were dazed and showed a hint of confusion. Once she snapped out of it, the young lady looked around frantically.

‘What just happened? Where am I?’

In order to understand what happened, we need to look back an hour back in time.

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“So everyone in the company received this hidden scenario notice?”

Kim Dokja inquired his party about the scenario window currently in front of him. For some reason, a hidden sccenario was activated and the only ones that received the notice were the incarnations of [Kim Dokja Company]. It was something he didn’t knew existed and have not read from TWSA, so it’s hard to trust. But,

“The amount of people needed for this scenario are 4 people in total. The clear conditions doesn’t seem that bad, and the rewards are pretty good too, so I think it’s fine to do it. Who wants to participate?” he asked.

Yoo Sangah, Han Sooyoung, Jung Heewon, Lee Jihye, and the kids, all raised their hands. Lee Hyunsung seemed hesitant, but seeing all those that raised their hand made him back out. Did he want to give out the opportunity to the others? Jang Hayoung kept asking me to choose him…considering the scenario's clear conditions and how he didn't even realize who the Demon King of Salvation was before, I feel like I shouldn't. Meanwhile, Yoo Joonghyuk stood in the sidelines silently.

Kim Dokja noticed that most of those that raised their hands were all present during the Theater Dungeon scenario. He figured that they must have volunteered, most likely because they’re confident on how they’ll do, after going through the Theater Dungeon.

Kim Dokja contemplated on who should participate in the scenario. Thinking back, Heewon and Jihye have been busy dealing with the rowdy and ignorant incarnations in Seoul, and the kids have been training all day to prepare for the next main scenario. Figured the said members could need a break, he took them out of the list. Though they were a bit let down when he told them to participate next time.

He then looked at the two ladies remaining. Han Sooyoung returned back the stare, and opened her mouth to speak.

“What, so it’ll be you, me, this girl, and Yoo Joonghyuk?”

After hearing this, Kim Dokja turned towards the said man. “Will you be participating as well?”

Yoo Joonghyuk was silent for a moment before saying “do what you want”.

Ah, doesn’t this line up remind you of something? Kim Dokja realized that it was just like when they were against the Disaster of Questions during the fourth scenario. Despite the tension between the two girls at the time, they worked well together. This made him think that maybe, the hidden scenario will proceed smoothly.

“Then, shall we start?”

[ Initiating world transfer… ]

[ Warning! Skills cannot be used during the scenario. ]

What?

[ Clear the conditions to complete the scenario. ]

“Dokja-ssi, this–!”

“Tch…!”

“Everyone! Make sure to secure communication as soon as possible…!”

Light enveloped the four, then disappeared.

.

.

.

.

“That…have we arrived at the scenario location?” The young lady stood up from her seat. “Seeing how they are not here, we must’ve been separated from each other.”

The lady’s deep thought were cut short by the vibration coming from her pocket. A notification showed up in the screen of the unfamiliar phone.

[ RFA Messenger New Message: Unknown: Hello? ]

“...Huh?”

It was a familiar message.

“Sangah-ssi, what are you playing?”

“Oh, It’s Mystic Messenger. I wanted to try it out to get ideas for our future projects.”

The young lady–no–Yoo Sangah, was currently transported into the world of one of the games she has played.

Vvzzt.

Another vibration.

[ Unknown: Can you see this? ]

At this point, things became obvious. The scenario relates to the game she had played.

Before doing anything else, Yoo Sangah checked to see if she can summon the scenario’s detail window. Sure enough, a light blue panel appeared before her.

<Hidden Scenario - Mystic Mystery>

Category: Hidden

Difficulty: A+

Clear Conditions:

Enact and unravel the mysteries of a certain story. Finish a route and reach the ending of this world.

Duration: ???

Reward: B-grade skill, 100,000 coins

Penalty: None

[ Scenario has been updated. ]

“!” 

<Hidden Scenario - Mystic Mystery>

Category: Hidden

Difficulty: A+

Clear Conditions:

Enact and unravel the mysteries of a certain story. Finish a route and reach the ending of this world.

* In certain circumstances, the 'Restart' function can be used. 'Reset' function can only be used with a specific role. (Current role is applicable.)

Duration: ???

Reward: B-grade skill, 100,000 coins, ???

Penalty: None

As Yoo Sangah continued to looked through the scenario details, the more she became anxious about this scenario.

From how things are, she has become the main character of the game for this scenario. But what about Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk, and Han Sooyoung? What are their roles for this scenario? To make things sure, she planned on meeting every known character in the game.

“Let’s start with this person first.”

Unknown. His first and last appearance on the route she played was only in the beginning part of the game. Though there was a way to meet him and still survive the encounter.

‘By lying.’

And so, Sangah typed, remembering the dialogue choices she made that got her that certain bad ending.

‘If I can afford to reset, I might as well use the opportunity.’

***

After chatting with Unknown, Yoo Sangah immediately headed to the apartment in the address he sent. As expected, the suspicious texter sent her the passcode for the door, but Sangah kept insisting that there was no lock on the door. It didn’t take long for Unknown to reveal his true colors to her.

[ Unknown: Plan failed. ]

Yoo Sangah heard footsteps coming from behind her. She turned to her back, to be greeted by a man in a punky outfit and pinkish-white hair. He was wearing a mask, so his face cannot be recognized. He had a funny voice, as if using a filter of some kind.

“The plan failed. I’ll have to find someone else.”

Yoo Sangah took a step back. “...Who are you?”

“You don’t need to know,” the man, Unknown, continued to stare at her. “What should I do with you…?”

“I’d like to let you go, but you already know me.”

Unknown took a step forward.

“Sorry, but you’ll have to come with me.”

“I could just get rid of you…but that’d be a shame. You’re so cute.”

Yoo Sangah anxiously waited for his next words.

“You can be my assistant.”

Sangah internally sighed in relief.

This was the outcome she was going for. Yoo Sangah wanted to test if somehow, one of her companions possessed another character of the game, so she tried it with Unknown first. Not only that, but to also test the ‘Reset’ function of the scenario.

Unknown abruptly snatched her hand then hit her nape.

"Urgh..!"

"Sweet dreams."

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It took quite a while for the two to reach their destination. After getting out of the car, Unknown took off the blindfold that he had made Yoo Sangah wear throughout the whole trip and pushed her out of the car.

Looking around, she deduced that they were in a remote place of what she assumed to be in the middle of the woods, the trees seemingly never ending no matter what direction you looked in. The forest also appears to be placed on the mountains, as the ground wasn't a flat surface. Certainly a place you can get lost in if you try to escape.

With Unknown’s orders, she cautiously followed him into an unassuming mansion in the middle of the woods. The place definitely had a dark and unsettling atmosphere, that you can tell something was off. As they walked around the halls, they ran into some men in robes, which Yoo Sangah found strange and eerie. As she walked around behind Unknown, she caught a glimpse of a blonde streak of hair flutter in her peripheral. She stopped in her tracks as she stared at the view.

‘Huh–wait…!’

It seems the woman whose the hair belonged to also noticed her, as she also looked her way. An expression of surprise was evident in her face. Yoo Sangah noticed this and realized something.

“Han Sooyoung-ssi…?” “...Yoo Sangah?”

“!”

With this, Yoo Sangah believed she hit multiple birds with one stone.

“Hm? Why did you– !!” Unknown became startled at the sight of the woman.

“My god…what brings you here? I thought you were in your quarters.”

The blonde woman intently stared at the man. She seemed to observe Unknown’s facial features and expression.

“I felt like walking around and go to the garden,” she replied, then proceeded to turn towards Yoo Sangah. “I want to talk to her for a moment. Will you please leave us for now?”

“Of course, my god.”

Unknown bowed, then slowly walked away. The two women watched him as he left their field of vision.

“...”

“Hey…” “You…”

“Ah…”

Well, things started quite awkwardly.

“Yoo Sangah,” the blonde woman called out her name. “It’s you, right?”

“And you’re Han Sooyoung, yes?” Yoo Sangah asked back.

“Mhm.”

The two fell silent for a while.

Han Sooyoung opened her mouth to speak first. "From how it looked earlier, you recognized the identity of whose body I'm in right now," she raised her hand to point at Yoo Sangah. "But how did you realize it was me?"

"I could say the same. But as for me, I was already searching if one of us happened to possess characters I know of, my theory was just confirmed when your expression changed and then called out my name."

"Huh. Well, as soon as I saw you, I thought it was you since you looked nothing similar to what I remember from what I can remember of your character."

Yoo Sangah's eyes widened for a moment. "Is that so?"

"Mhmm."

“Say…” Han Sooyoung started up a new topic. “Do you know the world we’re currently in?”

Yoo Sangah nodded. “Yes. It’s Mystic Messenger. It’s a messenger-style dating simulator game. I happen to have played it a long ago.”

“Ah, so you’ve played it too?”

Yoo Sangah’s eyes widened at the other’s remark. “‘Too’? Does that mean Sooyoung-ssi has also played it? I definitely didn’t expect you to bother doing something like playing these type of games.”

A frown formed on Han Sooyoung’s face. “Hey, hey. Don’t get it twisted. I played it because I got curious about the good reviews on the story. Though I didn’t even managed to get halfway through it ‘cause I keep failing everytime for some reason.”

“Ah…that does make sense.”

Han Sooyoung stared at Yoo Sangah.

“Hmm… But why are you here? I’m sure you must’ve also known about the Prologue’s Bad Ending, yeah?”

“Yes. Actually, about that, I came here on purpose.”

Yoo Sangah then started explaining the ‘Reset’ feature in detail. Han Sooyoung intently listened in as she talked. As Sangah spoke, her companion’s eyes lit up, as if epiphany came to her.

"...Seeing how we can interact right now, despite the fact that the Bad ending is done, means that we—no, you–can reset at will."

Sangah nodded.

“And so, I’ll be resetting after gathering enough clues here, since I can’t go back to the main plot by usual means.”

“Huh. That’s true,” Han Sooyoung rubbed her chin. “Then, I’ll tell you everything I found here, and you tell me everything you know about Rika. I only got to play until around the fourth day, so I’m pretty much still ignorant about this world.”

And so, the two took their time with their discussion.

***

“...!”

“...ven!”

“...Seven!!”

“Ack!”

I felt a hard slap to my back.

What? What the hell just happened?

Just a moment ago, we were in the middle of the Industrial Complex, and about to transport into the hidden scenario…

I looked around to see a spacious, classy room, except that there are mess everywhere and there’s…

“What the hell are slacking for, Seven?!”

…This guy.

“...Who are you?” I asked.

“Hah? So this is how you’re gonna play it?”

Shit. That was a bad move, I guess.

“Hahaha…yes i’ll continue working…!” I completely have no idea what’s going on, so I’m just gonna wing it.

I stood up from the sofa and started cleaning up all the empty cans and packets of chips lying on the floor. I also tidied up the laundry placed everywhere in the room.  Since this room is too messy, I figured he meant I was slacking from cleaning. It just happened that one of the dirty laundry was in front of this guy, that I noticed him blankly staring at me as I crouched down to pick up a jacket.

“You…”

“Uh, what.”

This guy scoffed. “Wow. I can’t believe you’re actually cleaning.”

???

Was I not supposed to??

“Then what am–” THUD

“Damn, why are you weirder than usual today?”

Hey, will you give me a break? I just hit my head on the table and I–

“W-whoa, are you good?”

The part of my head that got hit wasn’t the only one hurting. For some reason, I started feeling dizzy, resulting to me wobble to the floor. This person with me supported me as my vision started becoming blurry.

“707.”

“Seven? You’re fine now?”

Vanderwood. This guy’s name is Vanderwood.

And I’m 707.

No, wait. Isn’t my name Kim Dokja?

With the confusion from all the mixed memories loading in my mind, I ran to immediately look for my phone–707’s phone.

“Hey, at least answer me, will you?” Vanderwood kept speaking.

I had no time to deal with him right now, so I forcefully sent him off. He complained endlessly that I had no choice but to promise him I’ll finish my work by tonight. Wait, ‘my’?

After it has become quiet and without anyone else in the room with me, I opened the messenger app in the phone, then typed out a message.

[ 707: Anyone online?? ]

[ 707: (anxious emote) ]

‘I didn’t mean to use that emote…’

Someone replied.

[ Yoosung: I’m here! Is there something wrong?? ]

Somehow, I felt the need to say something else.

[ 707: I feel like I’ve seen the future!!! ]

I felt natural saying all these things, yet at the same time, strange and out of character. Typing these cheerful messages were like trying to change a bad habit, but still ended up failing.

Zen: Ah, here he goes again.

Yoosung: Eh?!

Yoosung: Really? What is it about??

Jaehee: Yoosung, are you really believing Seven right now?

Jaehee: (disbelief emote)

707: How mean!

707: I just wanted to share an amazing prophecy!

707: (giddy emote)

Yoosung: Still…I’m curious what it is!

Zen: Isn’t it just a waste of time?

Jaehee: Agreed.

Zen: But wait, isn’t Jumin also online? I’m surprised he hasn’t said anything yet.

Jumin: I am not Jumin.

Yoosung: omg

Jaehee: Mr. Han…? Are you alright?

Zen: (surprised emote)

Zen: Seriously?? lolol

‘Huh? Wait a minute…’

It was just an if …a 'what if'. But…what if he really was not Jumin? If it was someone who was in the same situation as me…it could be…

[ 707: Yoo Joonghyuk? ]

After I sent that message, everyone followed with a ‘?’, then, Jumin replied.

[ Jumin: Kim Dokja? ]

Bullseye.

It really was Yoo Joonghyuk. So he became Jumin, huh… How fitting…Huh? Who the hell is Jumin in the first place?!

It seems that the more time I spend in this scenario, it seems the more I am affected by this body’s memories. Another factor is also that we can’t use any skills, so my Fourth Wall is also currently deactivated.

Vvzzt.

New messages popped up.

Zen: What the hell are you two talking about now?

Yoosung: Huh? Who is Yoo Joonghyuk? Kim Dokja?

Jumin: Where are you?

707: I have no idea. How about you?

Jumin: The same for me. I woke up in an office.

Zen: Stop ignoring us.

Zen: (angry emote)

707: Alright. Mr. Kim, your personal driver, should be stationed just outside your office. I’ll send him the coordinates, so let’s meet.

Zen: Hey…

Yoosung: What are you two gonna do??

707: Nothing our precious Yoosung needs to know lolol

707: 707, logging off!!

707: (wink emote)

[ 707 has left the chatroom. ]

Immediately after leaving the chatroom, I went ahead and texted Mr. Kim a series of numbers that signify the coordinates of a nearby cafe. Just like how it was when I was chatting with the others, knowing about everything while also having no idea about it feels bizarre. I fixed myself up and prepared to leave.

I was about to walk out the front door but I suddenly felt the urge to turn around and walk towards to…what's up with all these luxury cars? Is this 707 person that rich?

"Which of my babies should I use today~?"

'???'

Seriously, what is happening right now??

Chapter Text

"Han Jumin-ie!"

Jumin—or should I say Yoo Joonghyuk, turned his head to look at me. Looking at him right now and comparing Jumin's face to Yoo Joonghyuk's, nothing seems that much different. Well, except he looks cooler and intimidating as himself, while Jumin looks a lot calmer and tame. Though him frowning with Jumin's face makes it obvious it was him inside the body.

I strutted towards him, who's standing still beside Mr. Kim in front of his car.

"You're too lax about this scenario."

"Does it seem like that to you? I'm actually having a hard time here at the moment.

That's right. I had to deal with a lot of troublesome things this body's memories has brought upon me. At this point, I've just given up and just want to go with the flow.

I turned to Mr. Kim and whispered to him, "could you please leave us alone for a moment? I have something to discuss with our lovely~ young master."

"Yes, of course," Mr. Kim looked awkward, but still complied to my request and left.

After making sure no one can hear our conversation, I faced Yoo Joonghyuk and open my mouth to speak.

" "Have you found Yoo Sangah and Han Sooyoung?" "

"Ah."

It seems we were thinking the same thing. But seeing how Yoo Joonghyuk is asking that as well means he also has no idea on where, or more like who, the two are currently. My companion here also came to the same conclusion and didn't repeat the question anymore.

While thinking of any more matters to discuss, I checked on the scenario details once again.

[ Scenario has been updated. ]

What?

What is this 'reset function'? This makes the scenario feel like a game. No, come to think of it, the setting for this scenario could really be from a game, as it mentioned the words 'route' and 'ending'. Was this world that of a visual novel?

'Huh?'

To my surprise, something new was also added in the rewards as well.

'???'

What is that supposed to be?

"Yoo Joonghyuk, this…"

I never realized Yoo Joonghyuk was staring at me this whole time, that it startled me when I turned to look at him.

He nodded. "Even if the A+ didn't change, the fact that the rewards increased makes me think that the scenario will be a lot more difficult and annoying than it's supposed to be.

That's right. That's why it's quite worrisome. The penalty for failure also wasn't specified, so anything could happen in the case we fail.

Should I not have accepted the scenario?

No. It's fine. They'll be alright. You can do this.

Ugh, I shouldn't have, huh. Well, it's too late to regret now.

"How about the reset function? Is your role applicable for it?" I changed up the topic to move on.

"No."

"Hm. I'm not applicable for it either, so it's most likely Han Sooyoung or Yoo Sangah that can use it. The problem is where they are…"

I noticed that Yoo Joonghyuk was about to speak, but then, his pocket started ringing.

"Who is it?" I asked as I peeked at the phone he pulled out.

"It says 'Assistant Kang'."

"Oh! If it's Assistant Kang, then it's Jaehee from that chatroom. Do you remember?"

"..."

Uh, seems not.

"In any case, you can take the call."

Yoo Joonghyuk's frown deepened, but he still took the call like I said. He put the phone to his ears as the line was connecting.

– Mr. Han?

"..." Yoo Joonghyuk was glaring at me.

"Go on," I whispered to him. "Just try talking like you usually do."

After thinking things for a moment, he put his mouth near the mic of the phone to speak. I also scooted over his side to listen in.

"...Yes."

– Where are you right now? You have a scheduled meeting in a few hours.

"Can't you move it at a later time?" annoyance was evident in his tone.

– You're seriously asking this, Mr. Han?

A sigh can be heard on the other side.

– You know well that the Chairman won't be happy if you miss it. Is the conversation you must be currently having with Seven that important?

"..."

– Please hand him your phone for moment.

After hearing this, I wasted no time for Yoo Joonghyuk to give the phone to me and immediately snatched it from his hands. I can tell that he's pissed, but that's the least of my concerns at the moment.

"Hello Jaehee! Sorry for stealing Jumin for a bit~"

– Haaah… Just have him come back to the office please.

"Gotcha! I'll just wrap up our conversation real quick."

– No, wait a minute. What is it that you two have to talk about that you had to meet up? Also what's with all those weird messages in the chatroom earlier?

"Hmm? What are you talking about?"

– Don't you--

"Jumin will be there in a few minutes, talk to you soon Jaehee!"

Click!

"..."

"No more using the chatroom as a private messenger."

"Hm."

"Anyways, you should get going. At least we got to confirm things personally," I handed the phone back to Yoo Joonghyuk. "I'll message you later. You can also do the same if you need anything."

"..."

Hm?

"Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing. Tell me if you've found where those two are," he turned around to look for Mr. Kim, who was staying at the empty seats in front of the cafe.

Noticing that we have finished up our conversation, Mr. Kim immediately stood up and hurriedly walked towards us.

"Are you done?"

"Yes. Let's go."

"Yes, young master."

Yoo Joonghyuk went inside the car first. I was about to leave too when...

"Mr. Choi."

'Huh?'

I stopped in my tracks and turned back. "Yes, Mr. Kim?"

Mr. Kim looked worried as he rubbed his nape. "The young master seems to look rough today. Did something happen that made you two meet up in a hurry?" he asked anxiously.

I can understand where he's coming from. The sudden change of mood and demeanor would be worrying and suspicious afterall.

“I think there’s no need to worry much. Though you might have to expect this mood from now on, I’m so sorry about it…"

“Pardon?”

“I secretly cuddled with Elizabeth the 3rd, but he found out. He’s too prickly!”

“Ah…”

Mr. Kim bid me farewell as he entered the car and I watched them drove off. I noticed that Yoo Joonghyuk was staring at me through to the car window. Ah, come to think of it, I forgot to tell him something. I brought out my phone and typed out a message.

‘Hm, this should do.’

I then headed to my nearby parked car to also go home. Upon entering the car, a ‘ding!’ sound can be heard.

[ Reset function in use! ]

“This is…!”

[ Returning to the starting point of the scenario… ]

It’s as if time has stopped, things around me froze. I thought even the people outside weren’t moving at all, so I got out of the car to check closer. The world just seemed to…stop altogether. And just like that, my surroundings became blank.

“What…? Where is this…”

I was suddenly in the middle of the void. Pure blackness replaced the the commercial area I was in earlier. Looking around was futile. There was only nothingness, and I was completely alone.

[ Error! ]

[ Current role is affected by the reset! ]

[ You will be moved to the scenario area shortly. ]

Ah. I remember now. This place is…

“Seven!!”

“Ack!”

It was a familiar pain on my back. Vanderwood’s voice rang in my ear as I tried getting up the sofa.

“What the hell are slacking for, Seven?!”

Those were some familiar words as well. But this time, I’m not as clueless as before. I braced myself before answering him.

“Stop hitting me! I was only taking a break…”

“More like intentionally dragging your work. Get your ass to your computer already. Ugh, this place is always whenever I come here… Clean up sometimes will you?!”

“Ugh, my back hurts…”

I was back to this place. Back to the time when I first got here in this world. As for Yoo Joonghyuk, he should be back at the office as well. But why was the reset function used? It's giving me a bad feeling…

In any case, I dragged myself to my work area and plopped on my chair. I opened the computer like how 707 always did from the memories I got.

The character I’m supposed to be right now, 707, always acted playful and mischievous on purpose, and hid his ‘real’ side from others most of the time. I don’t really know the actual reason but the feeling of necessity to do it tells a lot. The fact that he knows of that void earlier too means that it wasn’t something that was made only during this scenario. It has existed even before we got here. On how it relates to the reset function, I’m still not to sure…

Vvzzt.

“Hm?”

[ New message: Jumin: Where are you? ]

So Yoo Joonghyuk remembers the reset too, huh. It must be because he’s the one inside Jumin at the moment. I put away my phone for a bit and searched for a flashdrive in the nearby organizer. After retrieving the flashdrive, I plugged it into the computer and moved certain files to it.

“Hey, Vander,” I got up from my seat and walked towards the doorframe to see Vanderwood.

“Vander what now? Why are you–woah,” he caught the flashdrive I threw towards him.

"That's the files I got from that organization."

"You already have them?" Vanderwood's eyes were wide open like deer in front of headlights.

"Like I told you, I wasn't slacking at all."

"Well, good to know," he put down the empty cans of Phd Pepper in his hand on the coffee table and put away the flashdrive.

"Shut it. Who's whose maid now, huh? You better continue the cleaning yourself. I'll be going now!"

"Eurgh…"

Vanderwood finally left… If not for the weird condition of this body right now, I think it would be very exhausting to always act like this.

I went inside my room and plopped down to lay on my bed. I brought out my phone and replied to Yoo Joonghyuk's message.

'Oh, he sent another one.'

[ Jumin: Kim Dokja, are you still there? ]

"Hmm."

[ 707: Sorry, yeah, I'm still here. I just had to deal with this body's guest. And I'm back to where I was when I first woke up. You must be back at the office too. ]

[ Jumin: Yes. Something must've happened to those two. ]

Yoo Sangah and Han Sooyoung…

Looking back at Seven's memories, I can guess who they are right now and their roles. But in order to tell these guesses to Yoo Joonghyuk, he must know about a specific fact of this world. It was a memory that was triggered back to me when I was in that void earlier.

Instead of telling him through texts, I dialled his number. Yoo Joonghyuk immediately picked up.

“I’ll be telling you on a call so this discussion will be fast. I have a hunch on who Yoo Sangah and Han Sooyoung are, currently.”

– Who are they then?

“First, I must tell you that this world we’re currently in is that of a game. I’m sure you have picked up that much from the scenario details,” I continued talking as Yoo Joonghyuk remained silent. “Specifically, a dating simulator game. And both of us have become target characters for the player.”

– …Hah?

His tone has become noticeably irritable.

“I can understand if you’d feel awkward or annoyed, since roleplaying in dating the main character player was the least we expected to do in this scenario. But this scenario seems like more than reenacting a random route.”

– Hmph. How many routes does this game have and how do we tell which one is the one we should complete?

“...There are nine, as far as I remember. Mine as 707’s, yours’ as Jumin, the other people in the chatrooms’s route, and my brother’s.”

– Your brother’s?

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

– Are you messing with me right now?

“...Ah! Uhm, that’s uh…sorry. Actually, my head’s been all over the place since I got here.”

I really miss the Fourth Wall right now.

– …You’ve been awfully knowledgeable about this world since earlier. Does that have to do with what’s happening to you right now?

“Well, I got some parts of this body’s memories…wait, you…?”

– I remember nothing.

Shit, really? Am I really the only one like this? My role was also affected by the reset earlier and got transported to that void as well…

“Haah, let’s come back to this later. Like I was trying to say earlier, I have an idea on the two’s current identity.”

It’s not sure if they can possess a male character, regardless of gender. But strictly speaking, if they can only possess female characters, then… Well, Jaehee can be crossed out based on she acted earlier, so,

“It is likely that one of them has possessed the main character, the player’s body in this world, given how a certain role can use the reset function. I think the main character will most likely be Yoo Sangah. As for Han Sooyoung…”

To be honest, I am a bit lost on who she could be. There’s that girl that would be in Jumin’s route, but her role is quite minor. Considering only major characters can be possessed, there’s another one I can think of. But how would that work, since she’s already dead?

Unless…

"This person is really making me think things I haven't realized..."

– Kim Dokja.

Yoo Joonghyuk disrupted my train of thoughts.

That was dangerous…I think I almost entered a forbidden territory of ideas for a second.

– So, which is the other one?

“I’m still not sure, but we can confirm it soon,” afterall, it should be starting anytime soon.

“I’ll be logging in in the chatroom, and you also do the same. Remember what I told you though.”

Right. Just before the reset initiated, I sent Yoo Joonghyuk a message.

[ 707: Also, you should act as a chaebol, or just how you do in general. Don’t be too hard on the others, as they’re only normal civilians here! ]

I was afraid that he might get agitated and start going aggro on others if they pissed him off because we got used to the harsh scenarios, so I sent him that message. I do trust that he can remain calm when the time calls for it, but I just had to make sure…

– …

Yoo Joonghyuk hung up.

I immediately logged into the chatroom. Yoosung and Zen were already online and chatting.

[ 707 has entered the chatroom. ]

707: Agent 707, checking in.

Zen: Hey.

Yoosung: Hello Seven!

707: Hello hello!!

[Jumin has entered the chatroom.]

707: Ooh, hiyaa!

707: Jumin’s here too

707: (starry eyed emote)

“...”

[ Jumin: Hello. ]

It sure took him a while to reply.

In any case, shall we start this act?

Chapter Text

707: please send Elly pics!! >_<
707: sendddd

Jumin: …
Jumin: What is wrong with you?

Zen: I think you finally broke him lmao

Yoosung: I wanna see her as well! How is Elizabeth the 3rd doing?

707: (Excited emote)

Jumin: She's fine. She's currently sleeping.

707: pic???

Jumin: No.

707: Oh come on~ show everyone how gorgeous she is~~

Zen: Hey, let's stop with the cat talk already. I'm starting to feel itchy just reading you guys talk about cats…
Zen: Oh yeah Yoosung, weren't you gonna tell us something earlier?

Yoosung: Ahh right!!

Yoo Sangah has entered the chatroom.

YOOSUNG: Failed my midterms fml T_T
YOOSUNG: Crying Yoosung emoji

707: Cuz u played LOLOL all night lol.

JUMIN: If you want to work for our company, you should take care of your GPA.

YOOSUNG: I’m still on the list?! +_+
YOOSUNG: Starry Yoosung emoji

JUMIN: Yes.

707: Nice~ Can’t believe u get to work straight after college lol
707: In this day and age!

ZEN: Lame. It’s nepotism.

JUMIN: It’s called recruitment actually.

ZEN: It’s giving a free pass instead of actually training the worker.

JUMIN: Whatever. I couldn’t care less what you say.

ZEN: What’s the difference between recruitment and nepotism?

707: Thought they r the same? O_O?
707: (Confused 707 emote)

JUMIN: It’s nepotism if you recruit a person you know and they aren’t of any help.

YOOSUNG: Oh… So you become a candidate for nepotism the same time you’re recruited!

ZEN: (… Zen emoji)

707: Wait!!

YOOSUNG: Why?

ZEN: ??

707: Think someone entered the chat room;;

JUMIN: …

ZEN: Wtf. How did it get in here?

707: Hacker!

YOOSUNG: Hacker!? Therae’s a hacker in ouer room!!!
YOOSUNG: Sevnee do somethign!!

ZEN: Hey, typos. -_-;;

707: Wait a sec. I’m searching.

YOOSUNG: omg

JAEHEE: No one can enter this chatroom without installing the private app we use… It seems someone has downloaded the RFA Messenger.

ZEN: Oh, you were here Jaehee
Zen: You were so quiet I thought you went somewhere.

JAEHEE: Nothing was out of the ordinary so I was just watching
JAEHEE: but I see something has just happened.

Yoo Sangah: Hello…

YOOSUNG: Gahhhh it’s talking!!
YOOSUNG: (Shocked Yoosung emoji)

Zen: Who is it?

YOOSUNG: Find out what it is!

JAEHEE: How did you find out about this place? Where did you download the application?

707: Oh… ^^; Wait.

ZEN: What is it. Hurry and tell me.

707: I traced the IP…
707: It’s from Rika’s apartment.

YOOSUNG: Rika’s apartment?

JUMIN: Where was it?

JAEHEE: The location is not revealed. I know it to be classified.

707: Anyways, someone must have broken into her apt.
707: It talked now, so it must be a person ^^;

YOOSUNG: So it hacked the program, Seven?

707: Yup

YOOSUNG: Who are you?! How did you get into Rika’s apartment?!
YOOSUNG: How did you get this app?!
YOOSUNG: Gah~ So scared right now…
YOOSUNG: (Depressed Yoosung emoji)
YOOSUNG: I thought the apartment has a passworh lobk?

ZEN: Typo

JAEHEE: I assume it was a break in.
JAEHEE: Username “Yoo Sangah”, I recommend that you confess.

ZEN: Jaehee, would you voluntarily confess to everything if it were you?

JAEHEE: No. But it is good to ask first.

707: Lolol

JAEHEE: … An abrupt stranger.

YOOSUNG: Usrnsme Ypo Sangh! Who are u?!

ZEN: Use proper english please.

707: If it doesn’t say anything I’ll hack in and find out.

ZEN: …Maybe
ZEN: one of my fans?

Yoo Sangah: …My name is Yoo Sangah, the same as my username. Who are you all and what is this place?

ZEN: Seems more normal than I thought.

YOOSUNG: What were you thinking?

ZEN: … Nothing~Nothing.

YOOSUNG: Should we… introduce ourselves?

JUMIN: …

JAEHEE: I think it is a bit too early for that.

ZEN: Hi. I’m Zen. (24 yrs old) Musical actor… Don’t look me up on the internet.
ZEN: It’s embarrassing.

YOOSUNG: Zen, you’re so brave!

JUMIN: You could’ve endangered yourself if she was an actual hacker.

ZEN: Ugh come on man
ZEN: (Zen photo #1)

YOOSUNG: Omg… a photo too.

JAEHEE: My eyes have been cleansed.
JAEHEE: (Sparkly eyed Jaehee emoji)
JAEHEE: Wait. I can’t be like this…

JUMIN: I see that you have no sense of danger.

707: Lolol
707: My nickname’s 707.
707: Real name is a secret.
707: Fyi, Zen’s real name is Ryu Hyun.

ZEN: Your name’s a secret but not mine?;

707: U don’t care anyways lol.

JAEHEE: 707 does have the strangest name so I understand the secrecy.

707:  wdym? Is Kim Dokja a strange name??
707: (Question mark emote)

ZEN: Lmao what's with that made up name

Jaehee: (Sighing emote)

707: Just remember me as the 22yr old young hacker lol
707: Where I live is also a secret.

ZEN: So many secrets;;

YOOSUNG: I’m Kim Yoosung! I’m a college student… 21 yrs old.

JUMIN: …
Jumin: You all don’t even know who that person is. Why are you doing introductions?

YOOSUNG: (Yoosung photo #1)

707: So warm and fuzzy here

ZEN: Lol. Seven, you don’t have any selfies to show?

707: Nothing recent.
707: Oh and also!
707: Jumin’s the heir of a pretty famous corporation and Jaehee is his assistant. 27 and 26 yrs old respectively.
707: You have a better sense of who we are now, Sangah-ssi?
707: (Winking emote)

JUMIN: …

JAEHEE: In any case, I suggest that we take care of this stranger first.
JAEHEE: Could it be that we have a security breach?

ZEN: True. Yoo Sangah, how did you get in here?

YOOSUNG: Is it really in Rika’s apartment?

707: Yup. It’s for sure…
707: How did it get the apartment password?!

ZEN: Where the hell is the apartment?

Yoo Sangah: About that…I came here while chatting with a person called ‘Unknown’. Do you know him by any chance?

JUMIN: Unknown?

ZEN: Maybe he just didn’t set a username?

707: It’s mandatory to set a username so he must have set it that way.
707: Maybe…
707: (Shocked 707 emote)
707: A hacker…?!

YOOSUNG: !!!

707: A hacker! No way.
707: I have everything covered!
707: Hey, Sangah-ssi. So he told you the password for the door lock?

Yoo Sangah: Yes.

JUMIN: Hmm.

YOOSUNG: But..
YOOSUNG: How did you end up chatting with that person?

JAEHEE: I see.
JAEHEE: Where did you download this messenger app?
JAEHEE: Yoo Sangah-nim, you are quite strange as well.

ZEN: Do you think this person’s a creep? No way.

Yoo Sangah: Actually, I'm not too sure as well, since before I knew it, it was already somehow on my phone.

707: I'll take care of it.

JAEHEE: I think it would be a good idea to contact V.

707: Yeah. I think that’s a good idea.
707: I’ll call and explain everything.

YOOSUNG: Seven seems talk to V pretty often.
YOOSUNG: Oh but shouldn’t we tell MC what this chatroom is for first?
YOOSUNG: She has to know how serious it is that she’s here!

Zen: What’s more serious is that she’s in Rika’s apartment though…

YOOSUNG: That’s true…

JAEHEE: I am always ready to call the police.

YOOSUNG: Jaehee’s scary T_T

V has entered the chatroom.

707: Oh, V! You’re here ^_^

ZEN: Finally he’s here.

V: Yeah. I guess I’m the last one to know about this.

V: How is everyone? Jaehee, you’ve been well?

JAEHEE: Yes. It’s been a long time, V.

YOOSUNG: Hey V

V: Hey.
V: Well, I heard about a situation.
V: Yoo Sangah is currently in Rika’s apartment with info from a stranger and logged into this chatroom.

707: I told him everything through the phone.

Jaehee: Who disclosed the password for Rika’s apartment?

V: Well. No one knew the password. I don’t even know.

YOOSUNG: …Thought V knew.
YOOSUNG: She never invited me to her apartment.

JUMIN: …
Jumin: It’s the same for everyone else.
JUMIN: No one’s been there before.

YOOSUNG: Tell us the address. I’ll go there… I want to check who MC is myself.
YOOSUNG: Seven, you know right? You traced the IP just now.

707: Uhm. Sorry but…
707: I can’t tell you that.

YOOSUNG: ??
YOOSUNG: I’m her surviving family.

ZEN: Maybe because you’re just her cousin?

707: Not even her immediate family can go.
707: And the apartment doesn’t belong to Rika.

YOOSUNG: Then who?

V: Me.

YOOSUNG: You don’t even know the password!

V: I just respected her privacy.

YOOSUNG: …Were you really in a relationship with her?

V: I’ve never even been there. I just know where it is.

V: Anyways, the apartment is in my name.
V: Rika usually worked there. There are a lot of documents in there that must not be damaged.
V: I can’t reveal the address because all the classified information about this organization is stored there, plus other sensitive materials.

YOOSUNG: You don’t trust us enough to let us go, right?

JUMIN: Yoosung.
Jumin: Don’t take it personally. It’s better to be ignorant sometimes.

V: Yes, for the reason that Jumin said.
V: Anyways, I can’t tell you the address. I’m sorry.

Jumin: …

YOOSUNG: Then how did Seven know that the address he traced is Rika’s apartment?

JAEHEE: Since he’s responsible for the organization’s classified information.

707: Yup. That’s true, but also I’m the one who developed this app.
707: Rika wanted to take care of some work through this too.
707: I went to her place to link the app with some of the documents in her computer.

YOOSUNG: Oh…

V: Only Luciel and I know the address.
V: I repeat, since the information must be protected, please do not attempt to find the apartment.
V: Do not ask Miss Yoo about it and Miss Yoo, please do not reveal the address.

Yoo Sangah: Alright.

V: All the information there is classified.
V: So Miss Yoo Sangah… Is that what I call you?
V: Please do not touch anything there.
V: For example, if you try to force open one of the drawers…
V: The alarm will ring.

Yoo Sangah: Yes, of course.

YOOSUNG: What do we do about her apartment?
YOOSUNG: Can Yoo Sangah stay there?

V: First…
V: No one here is going to go to Rika’s apartment, right?
V: Since the information involves everyone around us, there might be trouble if we are not careful.
V: But if it’s someone who knows the password…
V: It might be someone that Rika trusted.

707: (Confused emote)

ZEN: (Confused emote)

V: I am only guessing…

707: So then that ‘Unknown’ person…
707: knew Rika!?
707: I can’t believe she trusted someone more than V…

YOOSUNG: I don’t believe that. She couldn’t have trusted anyone more than us…

ZEN: That is… a bit surprising.

V: It’s hard to believe myself… But we shouldn’t assume that we knew everything about Rika.
V: She…
V: had a deep world of her own.

YOOSUNG: …

JUMIN: …Anyways, continue.

V: If I am right.
V: MC being at her apartment right now…
V: Rika must have wanted that.

Jaehee: Rika called in a complete stranger from up in the sky?

V: I’m not saying she wanted Miss Yoo to be there… but maybe…
V: Rika wanted someone to do the work she did before.
V: At the place she worked before.

JUMIN: What…?

ZEN: No way…

JAEHEE: The work Rika did before…

YOOSUNG: Do you really think… that Rika planned this?
YOOSUNG: If she made that decision when she was alive…

V: That’s my guess… but yes.
V: Since she didn’t leave a will.
V: According to the information Luciel provided, Miss Yoo doesn’t seem dangerous.
V: Besides, she’s basically in the same boat now that she knows about this messenger app.
V: Whoever she might be.

ZEN: If that’s what V thinks…

JAEHEE: Wait…
JAEHEE: I understand… that everyone values V’s opinion.
JAEHEE: But…
JAEHEE: This chatroom is strictly prohibited to strangers.
JAEHEE: If I may say so, I think that we must verify what MC has said.
JAEHEE: For all we know, MC could have simply made up that ‘Unknown’ person.

707: I feel like Jaehee’s glasses are glinting right now.

JAEHEE: ?

V: Thank you for your opinion, Jaehee.
V: But right now, I would appreciate it if you could trust me.
V: If Miss Yoo is not to be trusted, we can deal with it then.

JUMIN: Hmm.

V: Everyone… I know that this is confusing. But…
V: Maybe MC was chosen by Rika.
V: 707 will look into that person called ‘Unknown’.
V: So for now, please just believe in me and wait.

707: Wait, aren't you busy right now?

V: Yeah, I think… I have to leave right now.
V: Miss Yoo, it is best not to touch anything in the apartment.
V: It won’t be good if the alarm rings.

Yoo Sangah: Yes, I understand.

V: I’m sorry…
V: But I have to leave.

707: Okay. See u later, V.

V: Jumin.

JUMIN: …?

V: Please take care of things for me.

JUMIN: …Alright.

V has left the chatroom.

707: …V’s gone.
707: Ok, let's do things this way
707: I'll explain the necessary details to Sangah and invite her to the RFA.
707: So anyways, welcome her.

JAEHEE: Isn't it a bit early for that? After all, we haven't heard her answer yet.
Jaehee: Oh well. For now, I look forward to working with you.

YOOSUNG: Welcome!! Good luck to us.

ZEN: Glad you joined, Sangah ^^

Jumin: Let's talk after this.

707: yep. Gotcha

Han Jumin has left the chatroom.

ZEN: Oh… By the way
ZEN: I had a good dream last night. I think I saw you there…
ZEN: Or not. Bye~!

ZEN has left the chatroom.

Kang Jaehee has left the chatroom.

Yoosung★ has left the chatroom.

707: I'll be calling in a minute or so, Yoo Sangah-ssi
707: (Winking emote)

707 has left the chatroom.

—----
“Sangah-ssi.”

– Yes.

“…It really is you,” I already knew it was her but I still didn't help but sigh in relief. “Have you come in contact with Han Sooyoung yet?”

– Uhm, about that…

Yoo Sangah seemed hesitant about something.

– I think we should talk about it in person.

***

“That’s what she told you?” Yoo Joonghyuk asked me for confirmation.

“Yeah…”

I was currently in Jumin’s office in (comp. name) to meet up with Yoo Joonghyuk. I went over so I can wait for him and drive him to our rendezvous with Sangah.

It’s hard to meet up with her in person, so we had to keep in mind some things in relation to Rika’s apartment. Even our phonecall earlier was dangerous enough for us, as Unknown could very well be already monitoring her chats in the messenger.

Anyways, I was watching Yoo Joonghyuk scanning through the documents in front of him with a frown on his face. His glare at the files were so intense, he might as well burn through a stack of it.

…I think it’s funny how that image of his, seating in that chair contrasts his seemingly confused actions.

I leaned over to see what he was reading for the past 10 minutes I was talking to him.

‘Oh, it’s a project proposal.’

It was mostly basically just management work. I took another glance at Yoo Joonghyuk’s face to see his expression. Nothing has really changed, except that it has become stranger than it was earlier.

Don’t tell me, this guy…

“...You can ask me for help with that if you’re having trouble, you know.”

“...”

Yeah, of course he won’t, this prideful bas–

“...This,” Yoo Joonghyuk pointed at a certain page.

“...”

…Yeah, let’s just take a look at it.

…

Through that moment, I found out that my companion is not too keen when it comes to management. Finance related management, to be exact.

It was quite frustrating teaching him, honestly. Especially with that glare of his that he would give every time I point out things he got wrong.

“...How annoying.”

“Hey, at least you’re doing well.”

Frankly, I didn’t even expect him to do this much. Was I just being too worried earlier?

The sound of a clicking door was heard. It was Jaehee who entered the room. In her arms were another pile of documents for Jumin to possibly approve. I noticed that Yoo Joonghyuk was staring at them as well.

Ah, I guess Jumin was quite the workaholic too, now that I thought about it. Well, technically speaking, Yoo Joonghyuk is also a workaholic when it comes to the scenarios? It really was fascinating how he came to be chosen for Jumin's role, with their similarities and all. But I'm pretty sure flawlessly working through paperworks wasn't one of them.

"..."

"Why are you two quiet?" Jaehee raised her brow. "And Seven…you're really waiting for Mr. Han?"

"Of course~. We'll finally hang out after a long time," I shrugged. "I've been wanting to invite him to Rotte World for a while now, but he's been too busy! When else would I get the chance?"

"Rotte World?" she looked at us incredulously. It's as if she's saying 'Mr. Han agreed to this?' with her expression.

"...I'll leave Elizabeth the 3rd in your care like always, Assistant Kang."

Hm? Did Yoo Joonghyuk just…?

Ah, Right. I forgot I briefly told him about Jumin's character and personality before proceeding with the 'prologue' chat room earlier. Another thing I told him about was Elizabeth the 3rd…Let's excuse the fact I suddenly fangirled over a cat I didn't even know about as I explained to him…

In any case, that was smart of him to say. It would seem suspicious if 'Jumin', who loves his cat dearly, suddenly agrees to go out with Seven of all people, while leaving his cat all alone for the rest of the day. Way to go, Joonghyuk-ah. Though if you start thinking about it more, it's still suspicious enough for someone as cat-obsessed as Jumin to leave his beloved cat in someone else's care just to hang out.

Well, now that I look closely, he's so stiff. This was also the reason Mr. Kim got worried for him before the reset….He looks awkward acting, but is still doing pretty well. More than that, I didn't expect him to be this cooperative? Did he eat something off before the scenario?

"I'm sure you know you will be payed extra salary for this, with how many times–"

"Jeez, capitalism slavery is strong here."

"..."

I'm sorry, Yoo Joonghyuk. I can hear your teeth grinding, but bear with me as I'm supposed to be acting childishly. I wanted to slap myself back to my senses as well, with how I'm spitting these annoying words so naturally.

Jaehee sighed. "As if you're one to talk."

"As long as I can buy more of my babies, I can remain a slave forever~~."

I stood up from my seat then stretched a bit. "Now then, shall we get going?" I glanced at Yoo Joonghyuk.

"Now? Mr. Han has a lot more to do–"

"We're already done with them."

Jaehee was stupefied.

No you don't say that, idiot! Why are you saying I did it with you? I'm supposed to be a distraction, not a helper!

"Yes?" she asked, as if wanting confirmation of what she just heard.

"I don't wan't to be bothered any longer, so I had him to help me finish to just get this over with."

"Huh? Ah, yes."

"..."

…That works too, I guess. Confuse someone enough to make them want to just stop thinking.

Yoo Joonghyuk also stood up and fixed up his suit. His gaze then landed on the documents in Jaehee's hands.

"I'll sort through those tomorrow. You can leave early today as well."

"See ya later, Jaehee~."

"Please be careful on the road."

And so we left.

"..."

Let's get outta here…

***

We went to the building's underground parking to fetch my car.

Obviously, I rode the driver's seat. Yoo Joonghyuk was going to seat next to me at the front, but I insisted he sit at the back instead. When I told him the reason, he just remained quiet.

"The bag is there, check it out," I took a glance at him through the rear-view mirror. "There should be enough space there for you to change."

From my peripheral view, I saw him brought out the clothes I had stashed in the bag as I started up the car's engine.

A red hoodie, navy blue trench coat, and a black cap. He also brought out the ziplock bag containing facemasks that I included, in case we needed to use one.

There was a reason we picked Rotte World for our rendezvouz.

First, it was somehow only a few minutes away by train from Rika's apartment, so it'll be easy for Yoo Sangah to leave and return to the apartment.

Second, we can easily blend in with the crowd, and in the case that we were being followed, it'll be easy to shake off our pursuers by using the crowd to confuse them. While we can just go as is, there's a possibility Jumin's face would be recognized. Hence, the disguise I brought. Well, as for me…

I could notice Yoo Joonghyuk's frown deepen, as long strands of black hair also came out of the bag.

"That one's for me," I opened my mouth before he even got the wrong idea after seeing a wig in the bag.

That's right. I'm crossdressing.

This is a good chance to do so, don't you think? It could help throw off those sniffing off our tails and I could just deal with it later if something happens.

This Seven guy just happens to crossdress sometimes for missions and actually quite enjoy it. The urge to use this chance when I saw that wig in the closet felt strange and disturbing. I'd say Loki would enjoy watching this scene if he can see it.

Anyways, Yoo Joonghyuk, or should I say Jumin's face, distorted even more. Wow, he actually looks scary right now, even though Jumin's face looks softer than his…

"I'll just assume this is not something you actively thought of."

"Yeah, thanks for understanding…"

Silence filled the car as we both did our own business as we went to our destination. Fortunately, there wasn't much traffic, so we got there quite quickly. Yoo Joonghyuk was already all fixed up by the time we got there, so only I had to prepare my appearance.

To be honest, I think this is too much effort, but part of me screams that something is wrong, which is the main reason I even felt compelled to go with this, even though I'm not too fond of this method.

Once I was done fixing my looks, we entered Rotte World.

…

Lively music can be heard all over the park, along with the cheerful laughs and chattering of the people, and the screams of those on the rides. We just ignored all of those and went straight to searching for Yoo Sangah.

As we looked around the park and reached the huge ferris wheel in the middle, I felt a mild vibration in my pocket. I took out my phone to see any new notifications, and there it was. Sangah-ssi had messaged us, telling us to turn around and look at the food stall selling ice cream nearby. I did as she told, and I noticed a familiar face.

“Joonghyuk-ah,” I tugged at his sleeve. “There she is.”

“Joonghyuk-ssi!”

We strutted towards the stall and approached Yoo Sangah. When her gaze turned to me, I noticed her flinching a bit. I told her about us disguising beforehand, but it must still be a shock seeing it in person.

“It really is strange seeing you dressed like that…” she wryly smiled. "I've seen Seven crossdress in the game, but seeing it in real life really feels different…"

Hm? I've been wondering about for a while now…

"How much of the game have you played, Sangah-ssi?"

Yoo Joonghyuk seemed to have been thinking the same thing, as he stared at Yoo Sangah, as if pressing for an answer.

"Ah, well," she paused for a bit. "I only finished Jaehee's route. I've played a bit of Yoosung's route, but got a bad ending for insufficient affection needed to continue on."

"Ah."

I can somewhat tell what happened as she played.

In any case, we at least have new information at hand now, since the memories I got from this body were limited to only the basic stuff, like the premise of the game, characters' personalities, and such.

For now, we walked around the park as we talked. Sometimes, we would eye the rides we passed by.

You know, this would've been a pretty nice trip if not for the fact that we're currently in the middle of a scenario.

As we continued walking, I brought up another topic.

"Right, you did say that you have met with Han Sooyoung, didn't you?"

"Yes… but it made me confused."

That statement made me stop on my tracks.

"What do you mean?" It wasn't me, but Yoo Joonghyuk, who asked for elaboration.

"I intentionally took the prologue's bad end in order to check if the characters I know of have been possessed by either one of you all. After meeting Unknown, I was brought to a place called 'Mint Eye', and encountered Sooyoung-ssi there," Yoo Sangah paused. "...but she possessed the character 'Rika', who was supposed to be dead."

I shuddered at the mention of that certain name.