Chapter 85 – Episode 85: Ask and Go Double!

“Ah… No! AaaaaH!!”

Eunji screamed as she saw number 3 become 0 before number 1, which was her number, became 0.

The number 3 was never supposed to become 0 first, but somehow number 3 ended up becoming 0 first, so it couldn’t have been a big deal.

This wasn’t Eunjiman’s idea. From Jia and Ji-seon’s perspective, it was a situation where number 3 should not have become 0.

However, even if the three people denied it, in the end, the number changed from 10 to 0 three times.

Dohyeong’s alter ego, who was watching from the side, laughed out loud just as Dohyeong thought.

Haha! This is a masterpiece. No wonder number 3 is 0 first, haha!”

Of course, Dohyeong’s alter ego is also connected to the original Dohyeong’s thoughts, so we know under what circumstances number 3 became 0 first.

It was just so much fun to be able to see the three people suffering.

I especially liked the fact that among these three, Eunji was in a painful situation.

Eunji said she almost got excluded from the punishment and she was so angry that the number didn’t go from 1 to 0.

Because there were so many strange things about this game.

Actually, there were a lot of things that puzzled me when Dohyeong explained this game called Countdown.

Until now, as the game progressed, the game situation changed depending on the three people.

Although the process was very painful or full of things I didn’t want to do, winning or losing the game was determined by my own efforts to avoid punishment.

However, this game was played regardless of what the three people did. It’s just a game where you hope that the number you choose among the numbers on the electronic display board will quickly become 0.

‘I have to pray whether I will be punished or not in a game of luck like this… Where is this?!’

He would have felt less unfair if he had struggled to avoid being punished and was ultimately forced to lose and be punished.

But I couldn’t allow myself to be punished for a number I didn’t even know about.

I felt like I wanted to argue with Dohyeong right now.

What on earth is this number based on?

Why did the number he chose stop at 1?

When Dohyeong started the game, the three people felt frustrated because they did not explain anything about the numbers.

And now that they are all being punished, they feel even more frustrated and annoyed.

“Kkkk… I guess you all don’t want to accept the consequences of being punished?”

“Well, that is…”

Eunji could not immediately respond to Dohyeong’s alter ego’s words. Because I really didn’t want to admit it.

“Then how about doing it like this?”

Dohyeong’s alter ego slowly got up and walked to the electronic display board. Then, when I pressed the device with a button that looked like a remote control in my pocket, the screen showing the current game status turned off and a new screen appeared.

“Master… What is this?”

“Three… Oh my…”

“Her…”

The screen of the electronic signboard was split in half, showing two scenes.

The three people’s eyes first caught the sight of two women with bloody foreheads. They all covered their mouths with their hands and couldn’t say anything as they were bleeding profusely.

Su-jin and Dong-eun, who had just put their foreheads on the iron plate, were lying unconscious in another room.

In another screen, a scene appeared where Hyemin and Ara were worried about burning their foreheads in front of the iron plate.

“Uh… Huh? Those guys…”

Ji-seon, who was watching the screen intently, frowned and began to react as if she knew something. Starting with Ji-seon, Ji-ah and Eun-ji gradually started to look familiar, and I felt like I knew who the women on the screen were.

Rather, Do-hyeong’s alter ego was a bit surprised by Ji-ah and Ji-seon’s reactions.

I thought the four people I caught this time were people related to Eun-ji, but I didn’t know that they also had a connection with Ji-ah and Ji-seon.

Driven by her desire for revenge against Min-ah, she searched for the people who had harassed Min-ah and began to take revenge by proxy by finding her four ringleaders, of which she knew that Eun-ji was involved.

However, the point of contact between Ji-ah and Ji-seon did not appear in the memories of the four people, so they just thought that the two had nothing to do with Min-ah.

Dohyeong’s alter ego didn’t say anything, but just explained about the guys shown on the screen.

“I’m sure you’re wondering how those numbers got reduced. So… Ah, you can look now.”

Dohyeong’s alter ego was trying to explain the game, but she stopped explaining when she saw Ara, who felt like she was going to die of thirst and starvation any longer, swallowing dry saliva in front of her iron plate and preparing to play Dogeza.

“Just look at the screen here and you’ll see how this game works.”

The three people stared at the screen without saying anything at Dohyeong’s alter ego’s words.

And… She was startled as she watched Ara put her forehead on the iron plate and let out a loud scream. I didn’t know why Sujin and Dong-eun, who looked like they had injured their foreheads, were in such a state, but seeing Ara now, I started to understand.

“Ah, that number over there…”

Then, on her screen, Jia saw the number 10 decreasing as Ara put her head on her iron plate, pointed with her finger and shouted.

At the sound of Jia’s voice, Ji-seon and Eun-ji also noticed the decreasing numbers on the screen.

The number, which started at 10, gradually decreased and eventually reached 0, and then Ara, who had been screaming with her forehead against the iron plate, fell unconscious next to her.

Do-hyeong’s alter ego, who saw this, pressed the number on the remote control again and the screen returned to the first electronic display.

There, the three people were able to find that the number 10 in number 4 had been changed to 0.

As a result, the three people who understood the full story of the game that Do-hyeong spoke of were unable to say anything in shock.

They had no idea by what standard their numbers were being reduced, but when the person on the screen shortened the time by sticking their foreheads on a hot iron plate, they understood exactly how their numbers were being reduced.

But I still felt a sense of injustice.

Although they learned how the game works, the point was that in the end, winning or losing was not determined by their own hands.

That was also what Dohyeong was aiming for.

“Okay, then… I’ll make a suggestion to you all. Wouldn’t it be unfair if you all got punished now?”

The three people focused on Dohyeong’s alter ego words. It was a natural reaction since it sounded like they were trying to give themselves a new opportunity.

“The difficulty level of this game was 2 stars. Let’s ask about that and play another game. How about that?”

“One… More?”

“Yes. We’re doubling the game from 2 stars to a 4-star game. Of course, this time, you all participate in the game yourself. Of course, since this is an individual game, I’ll tell you that none of the three of you will be punished.”

The three people were slightly worried about Dohyeong’s statement about his alter ego.

Now, that means in the end, will the group receive a 2-star punishment, or will it be changed to a 4-star punishment and each person will receive it together?

Since these three people had never received a two-star punishment before, they had no idea how painful the punishment would be. However, when I thought about the 1-star and 4-star punishments, it was clear that it was a punishment I did not want to receive.

So, rather than being punished for a 2-star rating, I thought it would be much better to move on to a 4-star rating and give it to someone else.

Anyway, it’s just a matter of not getting caught yourself.

“Well, I agree with what you say, master!”

“Me too!”

“It’s a bit unfair for me to be punished like this.”

Dohyeong’s alter ego smiled at the three people’s words.

“Then… Okay. I will bury the punishment for this game and add it to a new game as you wish.”

The three were relieved that they would not be punished right away. However, I was worried because I didn’t know how the next game would work.

“Master… Then how will the next game proceed?”

“Oh, that? I’ll explain tomorrow. Let’s end it here for today.”

The three people, who felt uneasy because it seemed like Dohyeong was being taken over so easily, greeted Dohyeong’s alter ego as he left the basement.

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“Ugh… Aaaaa!!”

Finally, when everyone passed, including Hye-min, who made the number 0 by sticking her forehead to the iron plate, Do-hyeong eliminated the clones that came out of Jia, Ji-seon, and Eun-ji’s basement room.

They even picked up Hyemin, whose forehead was burnt and bleeding, and moved her to the room where the three people who had collapsed first were.

Dohyeong cast magic on the forehead of Hemin, who passed last, and healed his wounds.

However, this was not a complete cure; it only stopped the bleeding, and the scars where the skin was dented by the burn remained. It is possible to heal without scars like this using magic, but I didn’t do that on purpose.

“If you did something like that to Mina, wouldn’t you all be left with the same scars?”

Dohyeong smiled happily at the sight of all four people leaving beautiful burn scars.

At the same time, the first thought that came to mind was that I wanted to show off this sight to Minah right away.

However, I immediately erased that thought.

Minah is also an ordinary person after all.

Dohyung knew very well that what he was doing now was not something he could proudly show to the general public.

Maybe Minah will see this and she will faint in shock.

Do-hyeong was troubled as to whether he should completely hide the revenge he was carrying out or tell Min-ah indirectly.