This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 94



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 094

64. Daphne (4)

[Dopamine Addict: To my room now.]

As soon as I returned to the commander’s residence, I sent a chat and called Banggu Seok Yeobo into the room.

Those who passed the entrance exam were already in the central area preparing for their entrance exam, so Banggu Seok-yeo was currently staying with Tae-jung in the commander’s residence.

Thanks to the system I opened up, we’ve been able to share small stories through the chat system, but I think we’ll have to talk about Daphne face to face.

Not long after calling, Banggu Seok-yeo-bo opened the door wide and came in without knocking as usual.

The lady in the corner of the room saw me sitting on the bed and immediately asked me this.

“Did you call me because Daphne died?”

I guess this guy also heard the news of Daphne’s death.

Well, if it had been somewhere else, you might not have known, but since it was at the Commander’s Residence, you couldn’t have not known even if you tried.

Anyway, if we already know that Daphne is dead, it probably won’t be difficult to bring up the subject.

I was at a loss for where and how to start by telling you that the dead Daphne must have been your older sister, when the girl in the corner of the room spoke cheerfully with innocent eyes.

“Dopamine addict, did you poison yourself?”

“No way.”

Since the strategy for the Cola area that I posted on the community started by killing Meursault and Daphne, I immediately denied it because I thought that the girl in the corner of the room thought that I was involved in Daphne’s sudden death.

“There’s no reason for me to kill you now. You remember that Daphne is a player, not an NPC, right?”

“Of course. But you’ll kill any player who gets in your way.”

Shin Jo too… Why do you think I would harm a fellow player?

So far, the only player I’ve PK’d is a safe 8-station player, and even that wasn’t my intention.

I say this over and over again, but the picture I want is one where the difference in power is so overwhelming that they surrender.

Because this is no longer a survival game where you have to kill everyone until only one player is left.

I don’t even know what a logout system is, so it would be boring to just kill players with my own hands and leave NPCs in the world.

anyway.

“I called you because I wanted to ask you something about Daphne.”

“… to me?”

Banggu Seok-yeo looked very surprised that he was being asked about Daphne.

“I haven’t seen Daphne since I came here.”

“That little poem that Daphne possessed. Your older sister said she did it too, right?”

“Are you suddenly talking about your older sister?”

When I asked about my older sister while talking about Daphne, she tilted her head in confusion, but answered obediently.

“Of course my older sister tried it too. She was the one who made me play that game.”

“Do you remember by any chance what your older sister’s nickname was when she was a teenager?”

“What’s my sister’s nickname?”

Banggu Seok-yeo looked at me with a look of absurdity.

“I remember, but you asked such a random question.”

All I heard from Meursault was that Daphne Player was originally a doctor and had a sickly younger brother.

It was only a guess whether she was really Banggu Seok Yeo-bo’s older sister.

So before I tell you that Daphne died and logged out and that it seemed to be your sister, I needed to confirm that it really was the same person.

Fortunately, Banggu Seok Yeo-bo remembers the nickname, so we’ll be able to check it right away.

“Tell me what your nickname was, and I’ll tell you why you’re asking me this out of the blue.”

“Oh my… … .”

Banggu Seok-yeo furrowed her brows for a moment, then relaxed her expression and spoke.

“My sister’s favorite character was Meursault. Maybe she was called Meursault’s wife… or Meursault’s wife. That’s what her nickname was.”

‘It’s the same person.’

Verification is complete.

Banggu Seok Yeobo was confused as to whether she was his wife or his wife, but surely there was another player with the nickname Meursault Wife, and it would be impossible for her to coincidentally have similar conditions to Banggu Seok Yeobo’s older sister.

“First of all… don’t be surprised and listen.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Daphne isn’t dead, she just logged out.”

“You’re saying he wasn’t dead, but just logged out?”

Banggu Seok-yeo looked surprised for a moment, but soon spoke with a face of no interest.

“It’s interesting, but is it really something to warn people not to be surprised by?”

“The problem is that Daphne’s status window says ‘Meursault’s Wife.’”

“… … ?”

Banggu Seok-yeo’s head tilted slightly to the side, as if she didn’t understand what I meant.

I waited until the guy understood, and soon the lady in the corner straightened her head and asked me.

“What… does that mean?”

I’m not asking because I really don’t know what this means.

You probably figured out by now that the reason I first brought up Daphne and then asked about her older sister was so that the player possessed by Daphne could say that she was Banggu Seok Yeobo’s older sister.

But no matter what, it’s hard to immediately accept the fact that the NPCs we knew were family.

When I found out that Luna Moon might be my mother, I felt the same way.

“If you doubt what I’m saying, go ask Shin Jo. He’s the only one who checked Daphne’s status window besides me.”

“Am I understanding this correctly? Are you really saying that Daphne Player was my older sister?”

“okay.”

The girl in the corner of the room looked at me with a blank expression.

“Why didn’t you tell me until now?”

“I just found out today that you are my older sister.”

“No, if you had at least told me your nickname in advance, I would have known! Who is Daphne! Why on earth did you only tell me after I died… ?”

The guy who looked a little confused looked at me with suspicious eyes.

“You… aren’t lying, are you?”

“what?”

“You’re always thinking of joking!”

“What do I have to gain by lying and saying that Daphne is your sister?”

“Not that! You already knew but didn’t tell me, right? You knew she was my older sister but didn’t tell me.”

Of course, even if I had known in advance, I wouldn’t have told Banggu Seok-yeo-bo.

If Daphne and Banggu Seok Yeobo, who have already been in the area for more than 10 years, collude, my position could be in danger.

Since Bang Gu-seok knew me so well, it wasn’t unreasonable for him to be suspicious.

But this time I really didn’t know.

It wasn’t hidden on purpose.

And at least if I had found out Daphne’s true identity after Shin Jo had blocked the gun he was holding, I would have told her without hiding it.

“I really didn’t know.”

“Does it make sense that you only found out after you died?”

“There was something he left as a will to Meursault just before he died.”

“testament?”

“He said he was actually a doctor and had a sickly younger brother.”

There I added one more word.

“And I will definitely come back.”

Banggu Seok-yeo’s eyes wavered for a moment at the story that he had left a message saying that he would return.

“What do you mean, ‘come back?’ No, before that. How do you know I logged out?”

“It’s a long story to explain, but it’s not impossible. If you died here, you would have logged out… and returned to reality.”

“It’s absurd that Daphne was my older sister, but you want me to believe that she died and returned to reality?”

All sorts of emotions rushed over Banggu Seok-yeo’s expression, and then she spoke in a voice full of distrust.

“… I can’t believe it.”

“Why don’t you believe me?”

“How can I trust you after seeing everything I’ve seen so far! You lied to me from the first time we met that you were Tibalom!”

Yes, that’s right.

Is this what it feels like to be a shepherd boy?

It’s not that I don’t understand Banggu Seok-yeo’s reaction.

If the family was close by and I only found out after they died, I would be suspicious.

I didn’t personally witness the logout, so it’s just a guess.

But there is one thing I can’t just pass over.

“But… isn’t there something you haven’t told me?”

“What? Me?”

“When I fell into a crevasse.”

When I said that, Banggu Seok Yeo-bo flinched and closed her mouth, as if she was really being stabbed.

“It wasn’t your idea to send a rescue team to the cave. Why did you hide the note you received?”

“… … .”

Banggu Seok-yeo was quiet for a moment and then asked me.

“… How did you know? That I received a note?”

This kid.

It’s not that I forgot to say it, I was really hiding it.

“Why didn’t you tell me? Even you would have known that the note that came flying in was suspicious, even though there was no status screen. Why did you hide it? No, why did you lie and say that you sent a rescue team because it was a cave you knew about?”

“Because I knew it wasn’t you.”

“what?”

“Dopamine addict, it wasn’t you. It was a note from an imposter player from the Unicorn Zone. I knew that, so I didn’t say anything.”

It’s surprising that not only did he know that it wasn’t me who sent it, he also knew exactly who sent it.

“You called me ‘Ahssa’ in the first place, and Taejung called me ‘Taejung.’ But the note had ‘Banggu Seok Yeobo’, ‘Taejung Taese Beyonce’. The nicknames were written in full, so I thought he sent it. Taejung and I were the only ones who checked the status window and left.”

“Wait. So you sent a rescue team knowing that it was a note from a Unicorn Zone player?”

“That bastard, I told you that I had no intention of harming you even though I was going to kill you. So, somehow, I felt like you were really in danger, so I sent a rescue team. The reason I didn’t tell you… … .”

At that point, Banggu Seok-yeo hesitated as if she knew it was her fault, and then continued speaking in a voice the size of an ant.

“…I thought I was going to get in trouble.”

“Are you really an elementary school student?”

“I thought you’d really piss me off if I told you I believed the imposter and sent a rescue team!!”

I have nothing to say because that must have really happened.

“So what happened to our sister? Is there a way to check if she really returned to reality safely?”

“You said it. Your sister suddenly quit being a doctor and went to work at the Salvation Project.”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“I went back and joined that company. To create a safe zone.”

At those words, Banggu Seok-yeo looked for a moment as if she had been hit with a hammer.

“that…….”

Banggu Seok-yeo barely opened her mouth to speak.

“That’s just your guess… … . It might be different from what you think.”

He used to say that, but his expression of distrust had become lighter than before.

All you need is a little confidence.

I decided to tell my mother’s story here.

I don’t know how people will perceive the fact that my mother created this game, but… … .

If I don’t tell him now and it gets revealed to him later by someone else, he’ll never trust me again.

Now is the time to speak out.

“Last time, I told you that my family also works at that company. For the Salvation Project.”

“Yeah. What, is your family Luna Moon or something?”

Oh? It’s sharper than I thought.

“…Why do you have that look on your face?”

Perhaps it was a random remark, but Banggu Seok-yeo frowned and finally realized something and spoke.

“Is it true? Luna Moon is really your family?”

“Yeah. Just like your sister, after dying in the game, you returned to reality and started a company called Salvation Project.”

“You ‘set up’ a salvation project?”

“That’s why I’m saying that your sister must have returned to reality too. She was also crazy about making games.”

“No, so your sister developed the Safe Zone series?”

“Not my sister, but my mother.”

“What? Hey, Mom?”

Banggu Seok-yeo grumbled as if she had heard something unexpected.

Yeah, I guess it’s a bit shocking that the NPC I was pretending to be my son was actually my mother… … .

“So, then your mother… did you have a nickname… Luna Moon?”

Are you surprised?

… No, but why is it that I have to feel shame?