This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 55



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 055

55. Love Zone Player

I crossed my arms, looked down, and slowly opened my mouth.

“therefore…….”

The white-haired boy kneeling before me had his hands tied and his eyes were shaking anxiously.

His lips twitched as if he felt wronged, but he soon shut them tightly.

I looked up and asked Lucas and Bones.

“You brought me here because you saw me lying in the snow?”

“…yes.”

To sum up the situation, it is like this.

Lucas and Bones, the two of them, avoided me and went out to search a little further away.

This area was too close to the area for large monsters to approach, so I couldn’t find anything special.

They say they found something small wriggling in the snow.

When I got close enough to see with my own eyes, I saw a young child lying on the ground, clutching his knees.

Normally, these two people would have quickly approached and checked on the child’s condition.

The two children with phobias who fell into the snow because of me were extremely vigilant and watched the child closely.

As a result, it was possible to detect that the child was deliberately pretending to be injured.

Even when they looked around, there were no traces of being chased in a hurry or of having fallen, and the child’s footprints were neatly left behind. They said that when they did not approach any further and just quietly watched, the child began to panic and they judged it suspicious.

So the two of them carefully tied up the little child and brought him in front of me.

‘Early education was rewarding.’

Even though they handled it well, both of their expressions were not very pleasant.

I brought it here because it has learned values, but it looks like I don’t know if it’s okay.

But there was no way they could have misunderstood an innocent child.

Because I could see it clearly in my eyes.

[Name: Omok-nun-i

Title: Avoiding the Enemy

Affiliation Area: Love

*As a player whose system has not been opened, friend requests are not possible.]

‘You were a love zone player.’

So is this guy sent by ‘God’?

The title ‘Evaded a Strong Enemy’ is a title that can be obtained when you evade medium to large-sized monsters 10 or more times in a row.

Judging from the title, it looks like you encountered a lot of monsters on your way here, but you managed to get here safely from the Love Zone.

‘Is it because it’s been about 3 months since the title was announced that players with titles are starting to appear?’

I don’t know why the Love Zone player came all the way to the Cola Zone to try to seduce the NPC.

My cute cadets had already undergone mental reformation a long time ago, so it seemed that this guy’s acting didn’t work on them.

I raised both my hands and clapped them a couple of times to give Lucas and Bones a round of applause.

“Well done.”

Lucas shrugged, as if he wasn’t used to my lower body yet, but Bones, who had already figured out my true nature during the last training simulation, had an indifferent expression.

“But… … .”

Lucas glanced down at me as if he was concerned about the child he had made to kneel.

“No matter how you look at it, he seems like a normal child, but didn’t we go too far?”

“No. It was a really good decision not to approach her rashly.”

He strode over to the Love Zone player and rolled up the bound man’s trousers, revealing a knife hidden in the heel of his shoe.

“Ah, no… … !”

Lucas, greatly embarrassed by the sight of the weapon, fumbles around for the knife on his heel and examines it.

The blade gleamed as the sunlight reflected off the snowfield.

“It’s a good day. It’s not surprising that a child in our area would have something like this… … .”

In fact, there was no reason in our area to be suspicious of a child with a knife.

But that knife has some shortcomings.

“It looks a little different from the knives issued to boy soldiers.”

That’s because it looks different from the knives we deal with in our area.

Since the weapon details for each area in the game are different, the weapons created by different characters under different conditions are bound to be slightly different.

“I think it might be something from another area.”

“What do you mean by ‘from another district’? So, does that mean this child is from another district?”

“I haven’t seen your face at the charity party, so you must have come from another area.”

The team started to get agitated when a knife was found on the child’s body and there was even talk that he might be from another district.

Unlike the new officers who were meeting the residents of other districts for the first time, Meursault, who had been in this situation several times, asked me relatively calmly.

“What are you going to do?”

“Well… let’s stop the search for a moment and interrogate them.”

“Interrogation?”

Meursault furrowed his eyebrows slightly and asked with a displeased look.

“Surely… You wouldn’t be doing it yourself, Mr. Haydam?”

“Wouldn’t it be easier for me to talk since we’re the same age?”

Then the team members began to exchange glances.

… You’re just a kid, so why are you exchanging such disrespectful glances when I’m a kid too?

Meursault looked at me intently for a moment and then muttered quietly.

“I guess there’s something you need to hear from that kid.”

That Meursault guy, he’s just pretending now.

It seems that he realized that there was something he needed from my attitude of insisting on interrogating me when he could have just taken me to the main camp.

Meursault spoke to me in a somewhat soothing tone.

“Very well, Heydam. I will set up a temporary barracks for you.”

“thank you.”

“But, you shouldn’t be too harsh. He’s still a child.”

what?

“Well… I’m just a kid after all.”

“Heydam… Do you have a conscience?”

“You treat me like a child even though I was carrying a weapon, but you don’t treat me like a child?”

I looked over to see if the others thought the same, but they were all busy avoiding my gaze.

Ha, these guys.

When I get back, I’ll have to run the training simulator.

* * *

Love Zone player Omoknuni stands in a makeshift barracks.

Leaving these two behind, the rest went out to stand guard.

The first thing I did after the others were out of sight was to use the knife I had seized to untie the rope that was binding the goblin.

I thought it would be better to let go and let the guard down rather than keep it tied up.

Even if you run away from this snowy field, you’ll be caught in a few seconds.

“… … .”

Even though he was freed from his bonds, Omok-Nun remained frozen in place, rolling his eyes and looking around.

I gave him enough time to think things through, then sat down on a folding chair some distance away from him.

“Now, speak comfortably. There’s no one here.”

Even though I made it easy for him to talk, he hesitated and didn’t open his mouth easily.

Looking at how nervous he is, I wonder if he came to this area with good intentions… … .

“I have no intention of harming my fellow players. So feel free to talk.”

When I showed my false kindness without even wiping my mouth, the guy hesitated for a moment and then spoke in a crawling voice.

“Are you… a dopamine addict?”

‘You know who I am right away.’

I just confirmed that the system isn’t open to this guy.

It seems like that ‘God’ guy has been telling his area players quite a bit about me.

If ‘God’ had told me that there was a dopamine addict in the cola district, then when Meursault called me ‘Heydam’ earlier, he would have easily figured out that I was a ‘dopamine addict’.

The only person who directly told me that I was in the middle of a bastard raid was Home Protector… but even if they didn’t hear it directly from me, any player would be able to infer that much.

Since he seems to know me, I guess I can talk to him a little more comfortably.

“What brings the Love Zone player to the Cola Zone?”

“… … !”

The guy’s eyes widened at my words.

“How did you know I was a Love Zone player?”

“What? How did you find out?”

I was about to add that I naturally viewed it as a system, but then I kept my mouth shut.

‘Something’s strange… … .’

If you’ve heard my story, I would assume you’d know about the system, too.

The guy seemed genuinely surprised that I recognized his territory so quickly.

‘Oh my god, this guy.’

You didn’t tell your local guys about the existence of the ‘system’.

The system is only open to those who have the meteorite, so the rest of them would never know about the system’s existence unless the player with the meteorite tells them.

Now that I think about it, that guy Shin said something strange a while ago.

-There are quite a few players in our area, too. But they all decided to serve me.

At that time, I wondered what on earth that meant… … .

Are you really acting like a ‘god’ without telling anyone about the system?

It seems that God is trying to deceive me by targeting my leader.

Not only NPCs, but also players are targeted for attack.

‘But if that’s the case, it’s a bit strange.’

If ‘God’ is not revealing the system to the players in his area and is using the system as if it were some kind of ‘authority’.

Why did you send me this player called ‘Omok-Nuni’?

If I just tell this guy the ‘system’, he’ll get caught in his scam.

As I was thinking that and not responding, Omok-nun asked with a bright face, as if he had found the answer in my silence.

“As expected, you also received a revelation from God, just as Manshin said?!”

A revelation from God?

‘What the heck, that middle school-like name.’

Since he uses the term ‘divine revelation’ instead of ‘system’, I don’t think the god guy really talked about the system.

‘But… Manshin?’

Doesn’t that refer to a shaman?

Well… ‘cult leader’ or ‘shaman’.

The ‘God’ guy created a pseudo-religion in his area and took on the role of a shaman who receives revelations from that god.

Seeing this guy with the concave eyes use extremely respectful terms like ‘Your Majesty’, it seems like he’s been fooled too.

‘Telling a guy like this that you’re being tricked would be counterproductive.’

If ‘God’ ordered him to come all the way to the cola area in the body of a child, then his religious faith must be extreme.

Anyway, out of all the zones, this guy started in the love zone.

It means that even if you are scared like that now, you are crazy.

Since the ‘God’ guy has been telling me that I too have received ‘divine revelations’, even if I take out items from my inventory or list out other people’s information through character browsing, it won’t serve as evidence for the ‘system’.

Even if I told the truth about the system in the first place, it is uncertain whether it would be accepted positively.

Wouldn’t it be fortunate if this wasn’t taken as a ploy to slander ‘God’?

For those who fall for such a myth, what’s important isn’t ‘truth’ but something like ‘someone to rely on’.

The reason God readily sent his player to me was probably because he was sure that I wouldn’t easily believe him if I denied his revelations and brought up the system.

What he was hoping for was probably me denying their religion.

It could be that he was trying to incite his followers to turn against me.

But there is one thing God overlooked.

I have no intention of denying the pseudo-religion created by God.

The strategy for the leader was originally something I created.

All you have to do is use the pseudo-religion that others have worked so hard to create.

‘God, I will use the followers you sent me well.’

“Hey… Dopamine Addict? You received a revelation from God, right?”

As I remained silent for a long time, I looked at the sunken eyes that seemed to be getting a little anxious and cautiously asked me a question.

I said with a gentle smile.

“That’s right. I too am a messenger of God who has received revelation.”