This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 77



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 077

61. Divorce (3)

“… … .”

“… … .”

The living room was quiet.

Without anyone speaking first.

I stared blankly at the god sitting across from me.

‘I expected it, but… it’s surprising that it’s actually here.’

A pure white dress like a wedding dress.

The Love Zone is a mysterious mix of East and West, so it’s understandable why.

The only thing I don’t understand is the meteorite earring dangling from the guy’s ear.

‘You came into my area… and you didn’t even put it in your inventory?’

There was only one thing I asked of Omok-Nun as I sent him back to the Love Zone.

If you want to prevent the second apocalypse, give me the meteorite item.

… I think I spoke a little more softly.

Anyway, it’s like I suddenly demanded the meteorite item through the messenger of God.

‘I thought I would make a bold choice, but… … .’

You could have ignored my words, but I never thought you would show up in front of me wearing a meteorite item.

“…But why isn’t anyone saying anything?”

Unable to bear the silence, Meursault was the first to speak.

Meursault looked at me and the commander for a moment, then asked cautiously, as if he couldn’t contain his curiosity.

“I heard that… the lady came looking for Heydam herself. Is that true?”

In response to Meursault’s question, Shin nodded with an incomprehensible smile on his lips.

Meursault suddenly leaned closer to God and asked, as if he took God’s nod to mean that he could ask him anything.

“I wonder if you have any relationship with Heydam… … .”

“Meursault.”

When I called his name, meaning to tell him to hurry up, Meursault looked as if he was being wronged.

“No, since the name of the guest is so meaningful, and he came from the Love Zone, shouldn’t you ask what their relationship is?”

Of all things, he’s talking about something meaningful like a love zone.

Even though there isn’t much interaction between safe zones, I think they all know the names of the other zones.

I’m not a middle-aged man who can’t help but get along with young people.

“father.”

When I looked at the commander as if to ask him to let Meursault out, the commander nodded and said.

“It’s not strange, since I also came from another area and met Luna Moon.”

These guys, I can’t understand you.

Come to think of it, that bastard Meursault had admired Daphne his entire life, even though they had never even had tea together, and he was a great romantic who said he would take responsibility for the woman Luna Moon had entrusted to him, even though the commander was a married man.

Perhaps because they are from a minority background, they don’t seem to be of much help in these conversations.

“Please go out for a moment so we can talk for a moment… … .”

“It won’t be difficult.”

“Oh… Sorry. We didn’t notice.”

I’m sure they’re just making a fuss on purpose.

“Get out of here, Meursault.”

“I’ll leave the door open just in case.”

“Are you crazy… … .”

As I raised my middle finger to Meursault, who was still rambling, and kicked him out, I heard a small laugh.

It was the laughter of God.

“Why are you laughing?”

“no…….”

When I asked in Korean, Shindo answered in Korean.

“I think I misunderstood you all this time.”

“What misunderstanding?”

“I thought you were a hopeless psychopath.”

what?

No, of course this guy seemed to think of me that way.

The fact that you’re saying that to my face right now… has your mind changed?

“I didn’t know you were calling Commander Hayden ‘father’ so affectionately. It seems like you didn’t poison Meursault either.”

It wasn’t just a sarcastic remark about me playing family games with NPCs.

That seems like a relief.

It was a muttering that seemed to suggest some possibility.

“You, that wasn’t the original strategy. Why did you leave them both alive?”

“Because I need that.”

“No harm if necessary. Is that your rule?”

I had never really thought about rules, but when Shin asked with a rather serious expression on his face, I nodded briefly.

“Well… that’s right.”

“If that’s the case, then I don’t think there’s any need to be afraid of you right now.”

I don’t know what you’ve been talking about, but it seems like he saw me interacting with the NPCs in the Cola District and decided that it wasn’t what he thought.

At least that means I, having seen and judged it myself, am not a psychopath, right?

“Why are you afraid of me? I don’t harm players. I even sent your messenger back alive.”

“That must be because it was ‘necessary.’”

God left a short comment containing his own insight and smiled faintly.

“Actually, when I heard the messenger say that they seemed to have already taken control of the army, I was really… terrified.”

“Controlling the army? Is that what that squinty-eyed guy or something said?”

“Yes. I thought you had already killed the commander and Meursault, since you were commanding the troops instead of the commander. My messenger must have misunderstood something.”

You hunched over-eyed bastard, you must have gone back to the love zone and exaggerated a lot.

It was worth scaring me.

I looked at God blankly and said.

“You are just like I thought you would be.”

When I said that, God opened his eyes wide as if he was surprised.

“Similar to what you thought? What made you think of me?”

“I thought you’d be generous. I didn’t know you’d come to see me in person. But… … .”

I asked, resting my chin on the arm of the chair.

“Didn’t the messenger say something else?”

“What else would you say?”

“I’m sure I said something more important.”

“Ah… That story. I’m still not sure how to take that… … .”

The god lowered his eyes for a moment and then muttered softly.

“Special privileges for conquerors of all areas… … .”

The god, who pronounced the eight-letter word smoothly as if rolling marbles in his mouth, looked at me and asked.

“Dopamine addict. You say you can stop the second apocalypse… Is that true?”

“Really, then.”

As he was about to start swearing without any change in expression, another voice that was not that of God pierced his mind.

[You really have no conscience… … .]

‘… … !’

I froze for a moment at the sudden voice, but soon realized that it was Luna’s voice.

‘Are you able to send telepathy now?’

I muttered to myself, wondering if she could hear my thoughts, and fortunately, it worked and I got a reply from Luna.

[That’s because there are other meteorites nearby.]

‘Other meteorites? Those earrings?’

[Yeah. The more meteors I gather, the more power I can use from my body.]

The power of the main body?

I don’t think I can call that small, soft, fluffy, fist-sized body I’ve seen so far the main body.

‘I guess that wasn’t the main body just now?’

[Of course not! As I said, I was born long before you. I wasn’t originally this kind of baby.]

Hmm.

Somehow, he looks too young for someone born only 10 years ago.

Are you saying this wasn’t the main body?

My mental age fits my current size perfectly… … .

[Don’t be rude! I can hear everything now!]

While Luna was grumbling telepathically, Shin just stared at me, as if he was thinking deeply about something.

The god who had been silent for a long time opened his mouth and spoke.

“You can stop the second apocalypse? Don’t lie.”

[This woman doesn’t get fooled?]

Well, if I had believed it right away, it would have been disappointing in its own way.

God lifted his gaze and looked at me quietly, then began to speak softly.

“If you collect 9 meteorite items, you will be granted the power to stop the second apocalypse… No matter how much I think about it, it seems like the perk for clearing all areas couldn’t be that vague. You must have received something more specific as a perk.”

“Are you saying I lied about the special features?”

[In reality, I lied… … .]

I continued, listening to Luna’s muttering voice as if it were the voice of my conscience.

“Tell me what you think the special perks of conquering all areas are.”

“At best, they’ll just let you use the title or the item as is.”

[It’s sharp.]

I agree that God is much sharper than we think.

I just didn’t think you’d believe what I was saying, I had no idea you’d go beyond that and predict it so accurately.

‘At this point… I think I can leave at least one meteorite item to you.’

As I’ve said before, I don’t plan on keeping all the meteorite items.

Because I don’t intend to become a target because I’m greedy.

I need to at least deal with the Unicorn Zone player, that guy, before I can get all the meteorite items in my hands.

So it’s true what they say about not harming anyone if necessary.

This guy is the first system-opening player I’ve ever met, aside from the Unicorn Zone guy.

If I could just coax him into peacefully handing me ‘one of the meteorites he has’, that would be great.

[Ouch! How did you know I had more than just the meteorite and the earrings? Can you feel it too?]

Judging from the fact that she asked if you could feel it too, it seems like Luna can sense the presence of other meteors.

Well, just a little while ago, I said that the meteors were close enough to send telepathic messages.

Thanks to that, I was able to find out that she had other items besides earrings.

‘You said meteorites in the plural. Even though there are two earrings, I don’t think you would say that in the plural.’

[Meow! That’s right, that’s right… … .]

Luna kindly reconfirmed that there are several items, so Shin probably currently has two items.

A pair of earrings from the love zone… … .

‘Is that the pistol you took from the home protector?’

It would be better for the person receiving it from this guy to receive it as an earring if possible.

Having decided so, I opened my mouth and spoke.

“God. You have a point. But there’s something you don’t know.”

“What I don’t know?”

“There really is a ‘GOD’ in this world.”

[what?]

“what?”

Luna, why are you playing with me?

“I was wondering what you were going to say… … .”

The god had a smile on his lips that seemed to be a joke.

“Are you trying to counterattack me while I’m in the middle of a fake attack? You don’t think I’ll be fooled, do you?”

[Oh, what is it?]

Complaints also erupted from Luna.

[I asked him what he was talking about when he said there was a god, and he said it was just another scam?]

‘Please tell me that this isn’t a scam, this is a strategy.’

“god.”

I added in a soft voice.

“Have you ever thought about why we were born into this world?”

God answered me obediently, although his expression seemed to be suspicious of the intention of the question.

“We got possessed at the convenience store at the address you posted. Weren’t you possessed at the convenience store too?”

“That’s the way it was done, not the reason.”

“Are you trying to tell me that there is another reason for our ice age?”

“Yes. To be exact, there was a ‘purpose.’”

“Purpose… you say?”

Even though he didn’t believe me, the god tilted his head slightly towards me, as if he was curious about what I was trying to say.

I continued with a faint smile.

“The purpose of our being possessed in this world is to prevent the end of this world.”

Then God burst into laughter.

“To prevent the apocalypse? I can say that too.”

I continued speaking regardless of whether God laughed or not.

“If you’re a player of your level, you probably already know that this world isn’t just a game.”

“… Of course I know this isn’t just a simple game.”

When I spoke to her with a nuance that seemed to acknowledge her, God acknowledged my words without much resistance.

However, that does not mean that he accepted the existence of God.

“But that doesn’t prove the existence of God.”

“Why do you think they didn’t just let us go, but made us spend years conquering a ‘safe zone’ that was exactly like this world?”

When I asked that, the god’s eyes wavered slightly, as if it was something he had never thought deeply about.

“It was a practice exercise to save this world from the end. The god of this world needed ‘old people’ to save the world.”

“You needed the old water?”

“Yes. Among them, I, who was the conqueror of all regions, was given the power to prevent the end.”

[I know you’re talking nonsense, but it still sounds plausible. If this is talent, then it’s talent.]

The god was silent for a moment, then answered with a still smiling face.

“It seemed plausible, but I can’t believe that God ‘possessed me’ because He needed me. It’s a shame that you can’t accept the existence of ‘God’ if you don’t know about my ‘possession.’”

He was saying that he didn’t believe me, but his smile was stiff, unlike before.

Well then, I guess we’ll have to hammer home the point here.

I opened my mouth and spoke.

“You chose the love zone on purpose, didn’t you? You knew you’d get possessed.”

“… … !!”

God looked at me with surprised eyes at my words.