This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 112



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 112
71. Hunger (1)

It is true that I deliberately induced the Igu-gu troll to confess in front of the dentist.

The dentist is a player who, despite being a newbie who doesn’t even know the strategy, devoted himself to the candy area and earned the title of Saint of the Christmas Forest.

That means I’ve been caring for and dedicating myself to the NPCs in that area as if they were my own body.

If he misunderstood that I was the one who set fire to the Christmas forest, it was obvious that our relationship would become uncomfortable in the future.

So after accepting the dentist’s friend request, I told him to hide behind the meteorite and tell him the truth through chat, and I provoked the Igu District troll into confessing…

‘You’re wearing the title of saint, but you’re going to chop someone’s head off with an axe.’

Well, the saint of the Christmas Forest refers to the saint of the Candy District NPCs, not the saint of the player.

“What did I say, how could you take me away, how could you do this to the same person… … .”

The dentist cried for a long time in front of the corpse of the Igugu troll.

Perhaps because he had just heard the story that they had tried to kill all the people in the district in order to escape him, he seemed to feel a great sense of guilt even though it was not his fault.

I left the dentist crying.

To offer him some consolation, I too still call the people of this world NPCs.

Because he’s a player who’s not much different from the trolls in this area.

Only when he was so exhausted that he could no longer shed tears did the dentist stop crying and look up at me sitting on the meteorite.

The dentist lifted his arm and wiped away his tears.

“Thank you, senior.”

“Thank you?”

I was wondering what he was going to say, but I heard something completely unexpected.

Did you hear the confession of this district troll correctly?

“I think he just said that he saw that I wanted to take you away and that’s why he did this… … .”

Until now, the Igu-gu trolls have been living quietly, pretending to be NPCs.

If I hadn’t shown up in this area, no one would have died, and the area where we lived might not have burned down.

And yet you thank me.

But the dentist shook his head as if he thought differently and then said firmly.

“When I heard that he wanted to take me away, I thought of setting fire to the forest because he is an evil person.”

“I am not a bad person?”

“Senior… is a benefactor.”

The dentist stood up from his seat and bowed to me in greeting.

“Thank you, Senior. The people in our district, thank you for helping them… for allowing them to survive.”

I did it solely for my own benefit… … .

“As expected, you are the senior I know.”

Oh, that thing… that senior who can’t just pass by someone in need?

Honestly, I don’t think it’s my story, but I guess the dentist can’t help but think I helped the people in Candy District without paying anything in return.

In return, I got two things: a meteorite and a dentist.

‘I guess I’ll have to leave the meteorite to the dentist for now.’

I can’t move a meteor of this size, and I don’t know if it’s safe to load it onto the unicorn flying machine that that crazy bastard gave me.

Having decided to keep the meteorite in the dentist’s inventory, I felt an inexplicable sense of unease as I got down next to the dentist.

‘Bloodstains… … .’

When the axe was struck, the blood of the Igugu troll that had splattered everywhere was not even slightly present on the meteorite.

If you look at the blood splattered right in front of the meteorite, it is impossible that blood would not have splattered even on the meteorite if the laws of physics applied in this world.

As I stared intently at the meteorite, the dentist seemed to sense something strange as he looked at the same spot and tilted his head.

“The blood stains are gone? Do meteorites absorb blood stains?”

‘The meteorite absorbed the bloodstains… … .’

It may sound like a creepy story at first, but it wasn’t for me.

Because this meteorite is a highly stimulating item that gave me an ecstatic experience.

‘There’s no way giving dopamine could be dangerous.’

I placed my hand on the meteorite and said.

“Let’s put it in your inventory.”

“Huh? Inventory? No, more than that, you said that the meteorite seemed to have consumed this person’s blood, so you want me to put it in my inventory?”

“You can’t put it in my inventory. This meteorite is yours.”

“It’s not a matter of not being able to put it in or not… … .”

The dentist tried to explain something as if he was uneasy.

“Well, if that’s what you want, senior… … .”

He asked me with a resigned face.

“So, how do you put it in inventory?”

Since this is your first time playing Iceborne, you may not know how to use the inventory, but you speak as if you don’t know what the inventory itself is.

If you don’t even know what an inventory is, then you’ve never played a game before.

Well, that’s why I became a doctor.

I kindly explained it to you, dear newbie.

“Imagine putting this meteorite in an imaginary bag.”

“I’ll try.”

The dentist closed his eyes for a moment and seemed to be groaning, but then the meteorite in front of him disappeared from his sight.

The dentist must have felt the sensation of being put into inventory, because he opened his eyes slightly, confirmed that the meteorite was gone, and looked at me with a surprised face.

“Is it done?!”

“okay.”

“Wow, that’s amazing. Can I store other items in it too?”

“Yeah. But the plane didn’t go in.”

“…Did you try to put that plane in your inventory earlier?”

“I’m worried about taking it out.”

“Senior, your control freak tendencies are still there. But I guess you can’t put people in your inventory. If that were possible with your personality, you would have put me in there already.”

“Storing people in inventory? … I never thought of that.”

“What, would you put it in if you could?”

“I tried it just now and it didn’t work.”

“You were just trying to put me in your senior inventory?!”

No, why would you be so shocked when you told me the possibility first?

Just based on what I’ve tested.

I can’t agree that I’m a control freak, but when I listen to him talk, it sounds like he was really close to me.

No matter how hard I try to remember, I can’t remember anyone I was close with during my college days, so it’s frustrating.

“But who is that person?”

As he said that, the dentist looked at Tae-jeong, who was left in the burned forest with me.

When sending the Candy District residents on a plane, Mickey Parker was sent to drive the plane, and Han Yeo-bom and Luna were sent to monitor Mickey Parker, so the only one left was Tae-jung.

I’ll introduce Taejung first and introduce the other two when I get back.

“Taejung, come here and say hello.”

“Yes, brother.”

“older brother?”

The dentist tilted his head again at the name Taejung used to call him.

I talked around moderately.

“He’s a player who grew up with me in my area since we were young, and he’s like a younger brother to me.”

“Oh, this person is also a player.”

“From now on, when you see people your age, it would be a good idea to look up their personalities.”

Well, even I, who said that, thought that the Igu-gu troll was an NPC and didn’t look at the character list.

However, when I was putting the Candy District residents on the plane, I checked their information one by one through the character view just in case.

I checked to see if there were any players hiding their identities, but fortunately, there were no players in this area other than the dentist and the Igu District Troll.

‘The chicken area we go to next will probably have more players than this.’

When we first chatted, I think a player who was either aerobic or something said that there were several players in his area and that they had decided to join forces.

I don’t think the tobacco area will be helped by a home protector, so I’ll have to go looking.

If Sappable wasn’t lying, then all the Beer Zone players who were trying to use the same strategy as Sappable would have been wiped out.

Even if there were other players in the Knife Zone besides Tibalom, there’s no way he would’ve lasted six years without obtaining the meteorite knife, so it’s certain that only Tibalom survived.

It’s the love zone. There must be guys that Shin Jo brought.

The only thing I don’t know about the situation is the cocaine and unicorn zone…

‘Another me… I told you not to come over here, so you plan on taking responsibility for it, right?’

Well, if the logout doesn’t open even after you’ve finished clearing out the players in other areas, you can go find the Topamin Addict, so let’s put that aside for now.

“Senior’s younger sibling, my name is Onchiyeol. The name displayed in the system is a dentist.”

“This is Ingamen Taejeong Taese Beyonce.”

Taejeong greeted the dentist with a polite attitude and an in-game nickname that was completely at odds with his manners.

Judging from the fact that he uses his in-game nickname instead of his real name, it seems like he still doesn’t want to reveal to others that he is Kim Tae-jung.

“however…….”

Taejeong spoke with some hesitation.

“The doctor called you ‘senior’… Do you know each other?”

“I know you, but I guess you don’t remember me.”

At those words, Taejeong’s expression became strange.

“It’s quite common for someone I know to not remember me.”

hmm.

Did Mickey Parker secretly think that he didn’t remember him?

“But Mickey Pucker. Didn’t you say that you don’t know Kerma?”

“That’s true, but while you two were in the candy district, Mr. Parker and I were guarding the plane.”

“That’s right.”

“But if you look closely, his actions are exactly like that guy’s.”

Judging from his actions, is it really the Mickey Parker that Taejung knew?

“So I was wondering if it was just Mickey who lost his memories of me… … .”

Hmm.

Could it be that my inability to remember my dentist is a similar phenomenon?

As expected, the dentist seemed to have the same thought, as he suddenly approached Tae-jeong and spoke in an excited tone.

“Then!! Could it be that that’s why you don’t remember me, Senior?”

“That’s why I told you.”

“As expected. There’s no way my senior wouldn’t remember me.”

The dentist looked at me with pity, as if he had concluded that it was not that I didn’t remember myself, but that I had lost my memory about myself for some reason.

“Senior… You were possessed in such a dangerous world and you don’t even remember anything… You protected the people in our district even in that state? Don’t worry anymore. I’ll protect you from now on! I’m pretty strong!”

hmm.

Since I got addicted to this game, this was the first time I’d seen a player protect me so purely, so I just smiled gently.

The taste of a newbie is definitely different.

Taejung was looking at the dentist with eyes wondering who the newbie was trying to protect.

“You don’t have to protect me, but I hope you’ll help me with what I’m going to do from now on.”

“What are you trying to do?”

“We are trying to log out.”

I brought up the logout story again the other day when I was trying to explain it to the dentist and was called by Argon, so I couldn’t explain it.

“What does it mean to log out…?”

“Literally. I’m going back to reality.”

“Can we go back to reality?!”

To be exact, I’ll go and come back.

“There are conditions, but it’s possible if you help me.”

“If that’s the case, I’ll help you out as much as I can! I was just worried about what would happen to the patients who already had reservations… … .”

… It’s been six years since you first consulted with me, and you’re still taking care of your patients with reservations?

The fact that he said he was close to me was also clear that he was a very strange guy.

If someone on the street stopped me and asked if I believed in the Tao, I think I would listen to them sincerely and buy them a drink…

“You’re a completely different type of person from my brother. Of course, in a good way… … .”

for the better?

Taejung? What does that mean?

“Excuse me, Senior. I would like to hear more about logging out.”

The dentist was very enthusiastic.

It seems like this newbie was prepared for me.

I looked at the dentist with satisfied eyes and said to Taejeong.

“Taejung, explain to the dentist… no, to the dentist.”

“Shall I explain?”

This kind of thing.

Taejung, who knew that I would never leave it up to anyone else to explain my future plans, looked puzzled at the thought of me entrusting him with a newbie.

But there was nothing I could do.

Because now it was the limit.

“I need to get some rest… … .”

When I said I needed to rest, both Tae-jeong and the dentist looked at me with surprised expressions.

“Senior, are you having a hard time?”

“Are you having a hard time?”

“No, that’s not it. I’m just… a little hungry.”

“yes?”

Taejeong tilted his head as if to ask what that meant, then answered as if he understood.

“Oh, so you mean you need a ‘meal’? I’ll explain to the doctor about logging out, and we’ll find something to eat together.”

“…okay.”

I answered appropriately and left the two of them alone as I went into the house, which was slightly covered in soot.

What I wanted was not food.

Since we all have not felt hungry for six years since we came into this world, we could only understand hunger as a need for food to heal our bodies.

‘But this is not a metaphor or a joke.’

I was hungry.

So much so that even the smell of blood feels appetizing.

I forced myself to sleep, trying to forget the hunger that seemed like it would never be quenched.