Chapter 144 – Episode 144 the Last Game (6)

Do-hyung was just about to grab the microphone to give Jia and Ji-seon a new mission when he realized one thing and stopped his hand.

“Oh, I almost forgot. I have to do this too.”

As Dohyeong tapped the keyboard in front of him a few times, he heard Jia and Jiseon’s startled screams from the TV screen he was watching.

That was because, right before the eyes of the two people, one person’s score on the scoreboard changed significantly.

Butterfly: 35 points
Cami: 36 points
Heavy: 45 points

Originally, Eunji was not in a state where she could receive points.

Clearly, Eunji failed to carry out the mission given by Dohyeong. Among the missions that Do-hyeong gave Eun-ji, Eun-ji didn’t even realize it and complete one.

Moreover, Eunji did not clear the mission without her knowledge.

However, on the TV screen that Ji-ah and Ji-seon were looking at, Eun-ji’s score rose by a whopping 35 points at once, showing 45 points.

In fact, Eunji’s score on the TV screen she was watching did not change, remaining at 10 points.

In other words, Do-hyung arbitrarily changed the TV screen that Jia and Ji-seon were watching to a number other than Eun-ji’s actual score.

It is impossible to know what Eun-ji did with Jia and Ji-seon, who cannot see Eun-ji because they are in different rooms anyway. There is no way to find out.

So, even if a shape changes its score arbitrarily in front of others, there is no way to know how the score increased.

On the other hand, if Eun-ji’s score suddenly goes up, Ji-ah and Ji-seon can’t help but feel anxious.

They suddenly surpassed the score they thought they were ahead of.

This is precisely what Dohyeong was aiming for.

Since Eunji was not told about the mission, Eunji’s score was actually bound to increase slightly.

If that happens, Ji-Ah and Ji-Seon will feel less pressure to keep score with each other.

All you have to worry about is the score of the two people who clear the mission and increase it.

However, if Do-hyeong raises the score arbitrarily like just before, the two people who don’t know anything have to hastily raise the score.

In fact, Jia and Ji-seon looked surprised when they saw Eun-ji’s score suddenly increase.

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Ji-seon was surprised to see Eun-ji’s score suddenly increase. What was important was not simply the fact that the score had jumped, but how much it had increased.

“W-what… Why did it suddenly increase by 35 points?”

I don’t know what the standard is, but Ji-seon, who was looking helplessly at Eun-ji’s score, which was quickly surpassing Ji-ah and Ji-seon, turned her brain to figure out what was going on.

However, Ji-seon was unable to obtain any information as she did not know the condition of Eun-ji, who was currently in another room.

From Ji-seon’s perspective, it just seemed like Eun-ji cleared Do-hyeong’s mission and earned an additional 35 points.

“Ugh…”

Ji-seon became irritated and moved his body a little, but his Achilles tendon, which he had just cut, hurt so much that he groaned and fell to the side.

“Ugh… Holy shit…”

Although it was just to score points, losing one of my important body parts was more heartbreaking than I expected.

Additionally, the pain coming from the cut area was beyond imagination.

When he first cut the Achilles tendon in his left leg, he thought he would faint on the spot.

He wondered if he would actually cut it with the scissors he was holding, but whatever he had done to the scissors, it was cut easily even though he did not apply much force. If the scissors had not been sharp enough, he would not have been able to cut as cleanly as he did now and would have forcefully torn his Achilles tendon.

Just getting cut was a huge pain, but imagining having to do something like that was so horrible.

The good news was that his legs were not cut to the point where he could not move them at all.

It’s hard to stand up and walk right now, but Ji-seon thought that if she gets out of here and undergoes surgery, she might be able to lead a normal life, even if it’s not completely cured.

The only thing I was worried about was the blood flowing from the cut area. I was worried that if I stayed like this, he would bleed out and die from excessive bleeding.

So, I hoped that Dohyeong would quickly give me a mission. I wanted to finish any mission quickly and be the first to reach 100 points to end this crazy game.

And as Ji-seon had hoped, Do-hyeong’s voice came out from the TV.

“Well, you’ve been waiting a long time, right? I see that you’re bleeding quite a bit, so I think you should give me a mission right away.”

“Ugh… Yes, I will definitely accomplish any mission!”

Ji-seon shouted loudly at Do-hyung’s voice on TV, telling him to come for any mission.

“Good posture. Since you can’t reflect, you’re the type of person who needs to use your body to overcome it. Then, I’ll give you the next mission you’ve been waiting for.”

Ji-seon became a little nervous when Do-hyeong told her about the next mission. This time, it was scary because I couldn’t predict what kind of crazy thing they were going to do.

‘But I’ll do anything. I must survive here!’

Ji-seon pledged to survive and listened intently to the next mission.

“If you clear this mission, I will give you 30 points like before. The mission is… Shall we blow off an arm?”

“… Yes?”

Ji-seon, who did not understand what Do-hyeong said for a moment, blurted out words without realizing it.

“It’s not about anything else, it’s about this.”

As soon as Do-hyeong finished speaking, an object fell from the ceiling in front of Ji-seon.

Surprised, Ji-seon raised his head to look in the direction where the object fell, but there was not a single hole.

‘What, what? Where on earth did you fall? More than that… What on earth is this?’

The object in front of Ji-seon was something she had never seen before, and she had no idea how to use it.

But one thing is certain: it seems to be related to what Dohyeong just said.

As Ji-seon checked the new item, Do-hyeong’s voice was heard again.

“Now, instead of you reflecting on it, I’m going to hit you with my body. I said I was going to blow off an arm earlier, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to cut it off.”

While listening to Do-hyeong, Ji-seon picked up the object in front of him and looked around.

The object, painted black, had a hole that could fit a fist, and around it was an iron plate with sharp thorns.

When I moved something like a lever, I could see the iron plate with thorns moving.

“Now, just put your hand in there, grab the handle, and lower it. It will pierce the tendon in your arm exactly. If you do that well, I’ll give you 30 points for clearing the mission.”

Ji-seon quietly listened to Do-hyeong’s explanation, and anger welled up in his heart.

This could almost save your life, but it was like creating a half-baby.

“Um… Did the other guys pass this too?”

Ji-seon asked Do-hyeong if she was the only one experiencing this.

“No, you’re the only one doing it?”

“Then what kind of mission did the other guys give you?”

“That’s none of your business. What you should focus on now is whether you want to do the mission I gave you or not. That’s all you have to choose.”

Listening to Do-hyeong’s words, Ji-seon thought that Jia and Eun-ji received points for doing a completely different mission than herself.

She felt aggrieved as she thought that maybe she was the only one who had been given the mission to disfigure her body like this.

But she had no real choice for Ji-seon.

If she wants to live, she has no choice but to complete the mission suggested by Dohyeong.

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Do-hyeong was wondering whether to do the mission he had asked him to do, and in the end, he watched Ji-seon on TV, putting her hand in the item he gave her, pulling the handle, and experiencing the pain of a sharp thorn piercing her arm.

The TV also showed Eunji struggling because she couldn’t even receive the mission properly.

“It’s really a sight, it’s a sight. What do you think?”

Dohyeong spoke to the person standing next to him.

“Yes, master… Really… I don’t know why you can’t properly reflect on your mistakes.”

The person who answered Dohyeong’s words was Jia.

“If only he would regret his mistakes like me… Master would forgive him… I really don’t understand why he does that.”

He was Jia, who was trapped in another room and was on a mission like Ji-seon and Eun-ji, but now Do-hyeong had taken her out of the room.

The reason was that he was the only one who was locked in his room and looking back at his mistakes.

Do-hyeong planned to punish Ji-ah, who was reflecting, by putting her in the game along with Ji-seon and Eun-ji, but he was unable to do so because he remembered Hye-min, who died by his own hands even though he reflected on the past day.

So, after taking Jia out of the basement room, he brought her to his own room and they were watching TV with Ji-seon and Eun-ji on it.

However, as I told Eunji, it was true that some skin on my face was torn. Do-hyeong treated him to stop the bleeding, but he did not completely remove the wound, which would leave a scar on his face.

But Jia didn’t care.

Because she felt like she could live with Do-hyeong’s forgiveness.