208 – Two-Dimensional Girl
The accident stopped for a moment.
A person who should have died is alive here.
I wasn’t particularly happy about that news. Because we didn’t even know each other, let alone were friends. We had one-sided access to media such as webtoons and documentaries.
It would be great news if she could become her current power to the magical girls, but she intuitively realized that she could not be her power.
“…Why?”
So, it is questionable that it appears.
It was a fundamental question.
The word ‘why’, which was used without several basic elements that make up the sentence, had multiple implications.
How are you alive here? Wasn’t he dead? Did he die and be resurrected, or was the death itself fake in the first place?
If you could have revealed yourself like that in the first place, why have you been hiding yourself until now? There were many problems that could be solved with your appearance.
In this chaotic world like now, you probably don’t know how much hope your existence can be.
If you had just announced the existence of the belt, I wouldn’t have had to hide like I do now.
Why did you hide that technology until now? Was it because it was so dangerous that it could be used by bad forces, so they took advantage of it? Dying before you have the chance?
That excuse no longer works.
Because I knew you were alive. Surely there would have been a chance at least once in all these years. But you ignored it.
What is your relationship with that lion? I understand that you had some kind of contact with a lion. What kind of doctor’s sharing was there?
Did they make a deal with each other? Or did they just dominate the stories going around in public?
That monster killed my parents. It was the first button that made life difficult. If you formed friendly relations with that monster, did you condone the death of my parents?
Why did I have to lose my parents? Shouldn’t you have gone crazy with resentment and resignation at that young age?
“Why…?”
Why did you drop the belt in front of me?
Why did you make me, who resented monsters more than anything, become a monster?
Why did I have to wander for a moment because my memory disappeared?
Why did you give me the opportunity, desire, and ability to dream, but not give me time?
Why did you put me through this ordeal?
Were you the destroyer who ruined my life?
Why on earth did it have to be me?
Numerous questions lingered in Han Jaejoong’s mouth until he collapsed.
It was partly because I was worried about what to say first, partly because I was influenced by emotions rather than reason, and partly because those unrefined emotions led me to erase and rewrite countless words and eventually reach the point of resignation.
If we think about it here, what benefit will we get? The incident has already occurred and time has passed. What happened cannot be undone.
No matter how hard you try, it will only result in shallow emotional waste.
I just asked and waited.
“You have a lot of questions? Well, that’s natural. I understand. Don’t understand. Yep.”
Seeing Sky Polaris nodding repeatedly, Han Jaejoong fell into doubt again.
“You have a lot of questions? “I just said one thing?”
For some reason, the forced correction of speech has disappeared in this space. Not Watcher’s unique arrogant way of speaking, but Han Jaejoong’s.
Ordinary speech and voice of an ordinary man.
“I just won’t say it here. Do you know anything? Maybe we had a lot of conversations somewhere else? hehehehe.”
Han Jaejoong frowned as he saw Sky Polaris smiling meaningfully.
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What is so fun that makes me smile so much?
“You know my magic, right?”
Then you get the idea.
Future prediction.
For magical girls who have no choice but to solve an incident after it occurs, foresight is the power that can prevent the incident itself.
With that power, she turned numerous crises into attempts.
Magic called a blessing that will never occur again in the history of magical girls.
After the death of Sky Polaris, the rate of monster attacks in Korea increased by 120% compared to the previous year. Even at that time, it would have been a time when S-class monsters were swarming around.
“Ah, to be exact, my ability is to observe parallel worlds.”
Again. This time too, Sky Polaris stepped forward and corrected Han Jaejoong before he could say anything.
“You’re familiar with it, right? “It’s the most fundamental technique of the belt, right?”
Sky Polaris took a step forward.
“After taking one step like this, where will we go next? Left? Right? Or back again? Look. That’s just three things I said. Tens of thousands of possibilities that will appear with one choice, and seeing a parallel world when those possibilities are realized. “That’s my magic.”
Sky Polaris’ eyes were extremely transparent. Beautiful eyes that most people of this era have longed for, are longing for, and will long for.
Eyes that don’t look cloudy at all. There was a spirit there that naturally made the viewer feel at ease.
“Take a look too. You encountered my existence as a webtoon character in a parallel world without monsters, right? And you probably know things I didn’t tell you right now. I did it too. So don’t be surprised. “I just guessed what you were thinking after hearing the question you asked in some world.”
He held up the hem of his long sleeves that covered his hands, covered his mouth, and laughed loudly. Before we knew it, Sky Polaris was getting closer.
Clear eyes are close. Han Jaejoong looked away. The lion still shows no sign of moving. It seemed clear that there were some kind of restrictions.
“Oh, that one? Don’t worry too much about that. Because I’m a troublemaker by nature, I’m just tired of moving. “I really like to relax.”
That’s what I said. Sky Polaris grabbed Han Jaejoong’s chin while he was looking at the lion and forcibly pinned it to her.
“So, now is the time to focus on me. You have a lot of questions, right? Ask me anything. I’ll answer anything. Oh right. Of course, from what I know? There are things I don’t know, hehehe… Well, if you want, I can make up the answer.”
Han Jaejoong swallowed his saliva. There’s something I’ve been feeling since a while ago. The way he speaks, his eyes, his smile, his distance, all of it is unusual.
Sky Polaris is feeling close to itself now. That too to a significant degree. It is strange to dismiss it as mere internal intimacy. Speech is easy and natural.
“Hmm, I think it would be better to look them in the eyes and say it.”
Sky Polaris, who was staring at him for a moment, smiled.
“This is uncomfortable, so let’s take it off!”
The other hand that was not holding his face slowly stretched down.
Thumping. Without any hesitation, she grabbed his belt and pulled it on. A natural touch without any awkwardness.
Surrr to only The buckle resembling a telescope was removed from the waist, and the iron cord attached to it was tangled into it.
“No, suddenly something….”
The armor that covered the body was illuminated by starlight and scattered. The monster’s hideous appearance was left behind, and the body and clothes of an ordinary adult male were revealed.
“…What?”
Han Jaejoong was embarrassed once again. Clearly, this vision was based on the precognitive ability unique to Ursa Major.
But now that the transformation was over and the belt was no longer connected to the brain, the vision was no different.
The world was still at a standstill, dislocated from reality.
“Oh. Your hair is short? Did you get your hair cut recently? You look handsome. Yep. Matches well!”
Sky Polaris proudly raised its thumbs up. All reactions were just perplexing to Han Jaejoong.
“Of course, stories should be shared while looking at each other’s eyes. Let’s talk properly now…”
“Step back!”
At that moment, I felt a weight on my back. Someone hugged me from behind. Whoop, the wind blew once and Han Jaejoong’s body fell backwards. He let Sky Polaris escape his touch.
Han Jae-joong’s body lost balance, and he hit his butt. There was something familiar about that angry voice.
“Red… Spica?”
“Hey, that guy is dangerous…!”
Gulp. Red Spica’s expression was even more determined as he swallowed heavily and shouted. Is it the tension he feels from facing a vastly higher level of his senior, or is it simply the pressure he feels against an overwhelming enemy?
It seemed clear that he was afraid of whatever it was. The hand holding him was trembling.
“How could you….”
“This is the belt space!”
I couldn’t believe my ears.
“What?”
“This is the space of the belt! So there can be both me and him! Because there is no body!”
A space separated from reality.
That perception was accurate.
“What you expected was correct. When I died, the starlight was absorbed by you and was absorbed into this belt. Instead, there was a little bit of resignation left in it. Belt’s tone has changed recently, right? It’s because of me. “Because it reflected my thoughts.”
This place is separated from reality. Not just space, but also time and dimension. It’s also different from the Goldilocks zone.
“Then whose personality did the belt before that belong to?”
Literally two-dimensional.
“It’s him! “That guy is the fundamental personality of the belt!”
Another world.
“It’s a system!”
A place where time and space are all intertwined and twisted.
A place where beings with actual bodies and beings with mere thoughts are entangled.
It was a world of gaps where all possibilities were intertwined.
**
“What?”
Jo Ayun was embarrassed and stopped moving. The lion disappeared. In an instant, it evaporated before my eyes. Simple, as if some kind of magic had been performed.
“What… Is happening? “Did you do it?”
Silver Luna also rolled her eyes, unable to hide her embarrassment. What the rolling eyes were looking at was Odette.
“No… No.”
The lion’s mane has the effect of preventing all miracles. Odette’s magic was also blocked. There was no way that could work now.
When the lion disappeared in the first place, there were no butterflies flying around it.
“Well, then…”
Silver Luna rolled her eyes again. The person who glanced at me this time was contradictory.
“Me neither.”
Contradiction twirled the spear she was holding tightly. As it rotated, the spear handle disappeared and the spear took on the appearance of a shield.
She touched the shield a couple of times and then shook her head.
“The lion’s power… Can no longer be copied.”
Although she did not show it on the outside, she was quite embarrassed on the inside.
The condition for activating the ability of contradiction is to recognize it as an enemy.
In other words, one’s perception is determined by unclear and superficial conditions.
You can copy your power even if you think that an opponent is an enemy who is not in your field of vision. However, that’s not everything. For this, one prerequisite is required.
There must be someone in this world who is recognized as an enemy.
If you recognize something that does not exist in this world as an enemy, it will be nothing more than a delusion and not preparation for battle.
Therefore, even if a being that is not in this world or is dead is recognized as an enemy, its abilities cannot be copied. Non-reality and death are synonymous, meaning that only dead beings can’t copy abilities.
In other words, is it safe to assume that the lion is dead now…?
‘I don’t think this is…’
The lion suddenly died? Weird.
“Well, then, senior?”
“Me neither.”
“Blue….”
“Me neither.”
“Red….”
“I’m not either…?”
No special changes were detected in the personnel fighting with the lion. People who are confident in their own senses. If there was any suspicious movement of starlight, you would definitely have noticed it in advance.
For a moment, Jo Ayun thought of other people who were not here but participated in the battle.
“…No.”
I definitely promised.
I decided to save my own body this time.
I noticed that they were shooting in Merak’s form from behind. I didn’t really like it though. Still, what about this? I could forgive.
But no more than that.
Ursa Major is in danger on his body right now.
Jo Ayun quickly turned around without even having a chance to leave a word to anyone.
The figure disappeared with the wind. The area that reappeared was around the building where it was just standing.
-[Oppa, are you okay? Where are you now. Please respond!]
Ayoon Jo attempted to communicate through the belt around him. No answer. The only answer that came back was silence.
Recently, he has not once not contacted me. Jo Ayun became even more anxious and continued communicating with the stretched belt.
-[Oppa, please answer me! Brother! f*ck you! I’m really going… Please answer me…]
As I continued to make calls out of anxiety, a voice came into my ear.
“Oppa!”
There was not a single human shape.
-[Oppa!]
Instead, I was able to find a machine that was repeating the voice I had just shouted.
A sturdy, cold iron ball lying roughly strewn about in the rubble of a building.
It was a belt.
