Chapter 106: Celebration Time (8) – Confession

Celebration Time Second Evening

– Han Kain

After I got here to myself, I used to be in a spot that resembled a clear convention room. Within the background was Ahri’s clear voice.

“The executive goal is ‘Dream Eater’. In response to the data, it was first found in 1924 close to London. Digging into the thoughts of the host, it stirs up their trauma and eats away at their physique. Their favourite hosts are younger, inventive, and emotional people. As a way to eat ‘uninterrupted’, it creates bodily avatars of the host’s trauma and spreads it close by. Whereas the encompassing individuals are preventing in opposition to the host’s realized trauma, the Dream Eater devours the physique and the thoughts of the host to a degree of no restore.

“The precedence is to kill it on the spot. The strategy is by having an agent with superior situations to the host sleep close by. Quickly, the Dream Eater would depart the physique of the host and transfer over to the extra interesting goal. The agent would then starve the Dream Eater inside their psychological world, and destroy it as soon as the weakened Dream Eater leaves the physique.”

“…”

“How was that? Did I sound like an agent?”

“Was that how brokers do briefing within the Administration?”

“Yeah.”

“So that you’re saying you selected me as a result of I ‘look extra scrumptious’ than Seungyub, proper?”

“Actually, it didn’t need to be you. Seungyub was half-dead already and within the eyes of the Dream Eater, or Nightmare Butterfly, he was a semi-complete meal. It could have moved over to anybody sleeping close by – the explanation I selected you, is just because I had one thing to speak about.”

One thing to speak about, huh? I may guess what that will be, however was this the precise time for it? Wasn’t Seungyub dying proper now?

“There’s no want to fret about Seungyub. The butterfly has already moved over to your physique. Really, you and I speaking like this right here is already part of the method of killing the butterfly.”

“How so?”

“What do you see round us?”

“Nothing however you and me.”

“It will get very technical, however I’ll simply say that I’ve remoted our minds on this place via the Historic Blood. The butterfly remains to be in search of us – it’s utilizing its vitality each second, and can quickly depart your physique exhausted.”

“Historic Blood?”

“My data modified within the system window, proper?”

“Yeah.”

“Ah~ I knew this time would come ultimately.”

Ahri heaved a sigh earlier than taking a seat subsequent to me.

“So, I’m certain you’ve got a whole lot of questions so ask away.”

“What’s your actual blessing? It confirmed up as ‘???’.”

“Flip in your system window.”

Consumer: Han Kain (Knowledge)

Date: Day 34

Present Location: Basement, Room of Mountain climbing

Sage’s Recommendation: 1

Ahri flicked her hand as soon as.

[How does it look now? This is the power of my Blessing. The power to find secrets of the Hotel, and hide my secrets. The Blessing of ‘Secret’.]

To be trustworthy, it was very shocking. I had no concept there can be an influence that might distort the contents of the system window like this!

“Secret?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s such a bizarre blessing although… Isn’t it bizarre that there’s a blessing to deceive ‘Knowledge’? The truth that there’s a capability that’s focused at different contributors and never the Cursed Room is—”

“The truth that you discover that unusual, is definitely the best energy of this crew.”

“What?”

“The facility of the Blessing will get vastly influenced by the contributors themselves. The explanation none of your blessings have a capability that’s focused at different teammates is that none of you might be even serious about such a factor. Even for ‘Secret’, if it was one among you who had it, there wouldn’t have been one thing like a capability to deceive ‘Knowledge’.”

“…”

“Let me discuss concerning the previous – the primary crew I skilled. Objectively talking, they have been implausible and vastly gifted. Half of them have been brokers of the Administration, and the opposite half have been from particular ops, medical doctors, and professors. Each bodily and psychologically they have been on the high 0.01% of humanity. With all these skills in place, have been they capable of escape the Lodge? What do you assume?”

“…”

“Two died earlier than going previous the first Ground, and progress stopped on the 2nd Ground. I used to be capable of escape within the center by sheer fortune, however for a really very long time, nobody was capable of return to Earth. They have been all useless. What do you assume was the issue then?”

“…”

“They have been all individuals who have been exceptionally gifted from a younger age. That they had a powerful sense of competitiveness and a want for accomplishment. I’m not saying they have been human trash – they have been regular law-abiding residents on Earth, and individuals who contributed vastly to society. Nevertheless, within the Lodge with no hierarchy and limitless threat, they revealed their true personalities. I don’t need to share the small print, do I? The 2 that died on the first Ground have been each killed by the identical participant.”

Wanting again, it made sense although.

Her first crew had a horrible historical past, so it made sense why she would need to conceal her arsenal. Hiding the Inheritance meant she needed to conceal the blessing as effectively; hiding the blessing meant she needed to deceive my system window, and whereas she was at it, she additionally hid her age and actual identification.

Lies have been giving delivery to extra lies.

It wasn’t simply another person’s story.

I used to be having the identical downside myself. I hid clues concerning the elevator, hid the situations of Sage’s Recommendation, and lied concerning the content material.

What ought to I do?

Turning to the system window, I discovered the road that learn [Sage’s Advice: 1]. There was one left—if I requested the owl, it could in all probability return a reply that it thought of useful. I may even guess what it could be about; it could in all probability train me a method to conceal the reality from them.

I made a decision to not ask.

Since when have I been so depending on a fowl whose actual ideas I couldn’t even learn? At the beginning, I used to be solely asking questions concerning the Cursed Room, however by the point I spotted it, I had begun asking all types of questions and even started in search of recommendation in human relationships.

Via the day by day means of asking questions and in search of recommendation, the owl had seeped into my life.

Give it some thought. What was the best energy of our crew?

It was that we may belief one another, and cooperate.

I made up my thoughts.

*** Celebration Time Third Morning**

Instantly upon opening my eyes, I spotted that it was a brand new day – the Possession timer and the variety of Recommendation’s obtainable had each been replenished.

After I wakened, I used to be on the couch close to the tea tables of the entrance reception. It appeared that they moved me right here in my sleep.

“Is the whole lot alright?” I requested.

“Huh? Kain, you wakened! Nice work.”

The teammates paused their chat and gathered close to me to elucidate the whole lot that occurred.

The disposal means of the butterfly was fairly boring. As quickly as Ahri and I fell asleep, dozens of blue butterflies instantly emerged from Seungyub’s physique and transferred over to mine, and after an hour or so, it appeared that these butterflies left in weary situations.

As quickly as they left my physique, Eunsol-noona used the pesticide she ordered within the meantime and sprayed it at them.

***

Funnily sufficient, regardless of being such supernatural existences, they have been “actual butterflies” on the similar time.

The occasion ended like that and we obtained a mysterious merchandise.

“By merchandise, are you speaking about that accent in your hair?”

“Yep! Does it go well with me?” Eunsol-noona requested brightly.

Actually talking, a brooch within the form of a butterfly as elegant as that will in all probability solely go well with grandmas, however I returned a constructive reply nonetheless.

“It appears to be like nice. What does it do?”

She introduced the brooch nearer and cracked it open. Wriggling inside was a small pupa.

“What’s this?” I requested.

“I’m certain this may flip into that very same butterfly. It’ll in all probability fly in the direction of the goal I select and assault their thoughts or one thing, proper? Nevertheless it’s nonetheless a pupa so I’m not totally certain both.”

The thoughts assault she talked about jogged my memory of Seungyub.

“Is Seungyub alright?”

Her face turned gloomier.

“He’s sleeping in Room 105. I’m undecided if he has any severe accidents, however he’s nonetheless very bony, and says unusual issues in his sleep.”

“The physician will deal with him. I’m certain he shall be high-quality by tomorrow.”

“I hope so. Anyway, it’s best to relaxation up, Kain. We selected the schedule when you have been asleep. In the present day, Ahri mentioned she’s going to inform us the whole lot she is aware of concerning the Gate Room and the 2nd Ground.”

“Actually?”

“Yeah. I do know it’s uncommon, however Ahri needed to voluntarily clarify the whole lot to us. I used to be really serious about asking her about it anyway.”

Gate Room.

2nd Ground.

These have been the most important obstacles we now needed to face. It was time to investigate the “subsequent stage”.

In fact, earlier than that, I needed to come out trustworthy and inform them /genesisforsaken