Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint Novel MTL - Chapter 610

Chapter 610

**610 Episode 12 □□ (1)**

“A story does not obey the laws of time. It simply flows toward a void.”

—The King of Dokkaebis

How could ‘Han Sooyoung’ be here?

Was this person truly the Han Sooyoung from 『Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint』 that I knew?

My instincts said yes, but my logic insisted on proof.

[The target is immune to ‘List of Reader Comments’.]

[‘Character List’ cannot be used.]

The target was unavailable.

“Are you really Han Sooyoung?”

I had never received such a message before.

「 I hadn’t anticipated this. 」

Not when I discovered this world was the 41st regression, a turn absent from the original story.

Not after witnessing the kkoma versions of Kim Dokja at the theater.

Not even when I met Kim Dokja on the snowfield in my dream.

Perhaps, somewhere deep down, I had been imagining this moment would arrive.

Han Sooyoung stared at me blankly and replied, “Yes. I am Han Sooyoung.”

[An individual is activating ‘Lie Detection’.]

[‘Lie Detection’ has verified the statement is true.]

She even verified it with a skill.

Her meticulous nature was exactly like the Han Sooyoung I remembered.

The difference was that the Han Sooyoung before me felt more authentic than the one in my memory.

She radiated an indescribable aura.

It was like standing in the presence of someone monumental.

“Aren’t you going to introduce yourself?”

“I am—”

“I know who you are, Cheon Inho. No…”

Han Sooyoung tilted her head slightly.

“The author of ‘Omniscient Reader’ from planetary system Z865123.”

My hand unconsciously clenched into a fist.

“How do you know that?”

“You keep taking the items I wanted. How could I not know? As for whether you’re a reader or a writer… your behavior is a little different from a reader’s.”

Seeing Han Sooyoung smile, the tension left my fists.

“You’re pretty capable on your own, I see. I guess you read very carefully…”

The phrase ‘read carefully’ stuck in my ears like a thorn.

“It seems others besides you do it quite a bit… though you can’t even compare to the ‘prophets’ from my world line.”

She had a face that seemed to know everything.

There was no hostility in Han Sooyoung’s tone. If anything, it was encouraging, as if from the bottom of her heart.

“I suppose the novel sold well in that world line? In some, it was a complete failure.”

“The reception wasn’t bad. It was successful.”

“Is that so?”

Han Sooyoung gave a light smile.

“I’m glad.”

What did she have to be glad about?

I let out a short laugh.

“Before I met you, I thought I had written the entire story.”

Han Sooyoung looked at me with something like pity.

“I see. But I was the one who wrote it.”

I had no choice but to accept it.

The narrative flowing from her very being spoke the truth.

That person is the real author.

It wasn’t me who wrote it; it was her.

“If you wrote a story, you know. Every sentence you conceived came from the cloud.”

“The sentences from the cloud were transmitted as inspiration. I believed they were my own ideas.”

“That’s correct.”

Really? Had I not written a single sentence of my own in that world?

As if brushing the question aside, the original author of the story spoke.

“So, just stop here and leave.”

Before I could even move, one of my knees felt weak.

Yet, at the same time, I felt a strange sense of relief.

“You don’t have to bear the responsibility. I’ll handle the rest. Step down and rest.”

Why did I want to believe these words and just give up on everything?

Stumbling, I managed to ask, “Handle it… what do you mean?”

“You’re a writer too, aren’t you?”

As if she already knew the answer, Han Sooyoung posed the question.

Her vague premonition solidified into certainty, and my fingertips trembled with anxiety.

Han Sooyoung spoke as if driven by that same premonition.

“The conclusion of this turn has already been decided. I am merely trying to hasten it a little.”

The ‘end of the 41st turn’ I remembered flashed through my mind.

「 The legacy power utilizing the ‘Absolute Throne’ fails to progress the scenario. 」

「 After losing all his companions, he makes a contract with a demon to send ‘Shin Yoosung’ to a past world line. 」

「 ‘Shin Yoosung’ wanders the world for over a thousand years. 」

「 She descends as the ‘Disaster of Floods’ in a past world line. 」

Nothing good came from the end of this story.

It was that kind of world from the very beginning.

Han Sooyoung spoke as if to console me. “No need to continue, no need for sorrow. Some stories are simply like that.”

I know.

This world was already finished.

Through the conclusion of the 41st turn, the next incident had already ‘occurred,’ and the ‘end of the incident’ must be fixed.

Only then does 『Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint』 truly begin.

I understood that.

I understood, and that is why I did not understand.

“Then why were we summoned to this world line?”

It felt unjust.

Certainly, 『Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint』, the story Han Sooyoung wrote, is correct.

But.

“Ordinary people were suddenly brought to this world line and forced to fight for their lives.”

Can it be said that every moment I and the other readers endured here was also her writing?

“Battling monsters we had never seen, scrambling for food, killing others to survive.”

I believed there had to be a reason we were brought here.

That it wasn’t just random chance. I trusted that we, as we were, must have a role to play in this narrative.

“Not just me, but everyone with me did that. So I believe we have a right to know why.”

I thought of Kyung Seok doing squats in the corner of Geumho Station, and of the old man Dansu, who called his daughter’s name in his nightmares.

I thought of the Killer King left behind in the theater to send me up, and of Literature Girl 64, who believed in that Killer King and aided me.

All of them were readers brought here simply for having read Omniscient Reader.

“There are even people who died after being brought here.”

“They aren’t dead. You know that.”

Han Sooyoung let out a light sigh and added, “They merely returned to being ‘Fragments of Kim Dokja’. They have reverted to their original form.”

“They are no longer Kim Dokja. They were people who lived lives in another world. They each had their own existence.”

“You called us here.”

“I did not call you?”

Of course, it was ‘RepresentativeKimDokja’ who abducted us, not Han Sooyoung.

But could Han Sooyoung truly be considered unrelated?

“I saw a video of you.”

“A video of me?”

“Didn’t you say, ‘So far it’s just a preview. The side story will begin soon’?”

The memory of the theater where <Kim Dokja’s Banquet> was held remained vivid.

RepresentativeKimDokja, who had kidnapped us, played a video of Han Sooyoung on the screen.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about?”

Han Sooyoung narrowed her eyes, seeming genuinely confused.

“I’ve never done anything like that. What are you referring to?”

Judging by her expression, the person in the video likely wasn’t Han Sooyoung herself.

If that was true, had someone impersonated her?

It wasn’t impossible.

RepresentativeKimDokja possessed the ‘Ever-changing Stealth Suit’.

Since RepresentativeKimDokja knew information about Kim Dokja and 『Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint』, imitating Han Sooyoung’s manner of speech would not have been difficult.

But questions still remained.

“So you had nothing to do with us coming here?”

Han Sooyoung hesitated for the first time.

“I may not be entirely unrelated, but… Regardless, I was not the one who summoned you to this world line. It was not my intention.”

“Then why are you here?”

As Han Sooyoung herself stated, this story had already ended. Those words applied to her more than anyone.

“『Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint』 is a tale that has already concluded. Why did you return to it?”

Countless universes bloomed and were lost to complete this story.

There were countless tragedies, and an ending was seen. The world line is closed.

Originally, she should not have been able to come here now.

“I am—”

Han Sooyoung’s eyes wavered. For the first time, agitation showed on the author’s face.

“I am a Kim Dokja—”

A shower of sparks exploded across her body with a crackling sound, *tzzt*.

The aftermath of probability.

The reason was simple.

「 That is information she cannot reveal. 」

Han Sooyoung’s expression hardened. She looked down at the sparks dancing over her hand and spoke in a much cooler tone.

“I am under no obligation to give you the details.”

“Wait.”

“Hey.”

I felt a chill run through my blood.

“Do you have any idea how tired I am right now?”

Both of her eyes were fixed on me.

“Do you know what I had to go through to get here?”

Seeing the cold emotion in her gaze, I instinctively took a step back.

“I feel sorry for you as well. I sympathize with being called to a place like this, and do you think I haven’t experienced scenarios? I will find a solution too, so for now, just stay quiet.”

I felt overwhelmed just listening.

It was as she said.

Han Sooyoung was someone who had already lived through scenarios. A person who had reached the end, not once, but twice.

No matter how much I and the other readers knew about her story, we could never outperform her.

「 Wouldn’t the smart thing be to entrust everything to Han Sooyoung? 」

A weak thought surfaced in my mind.

When I first found myself in this world, hadn’t I thought about finding and relying on Kim Dokja or Yoo Jonghyuk?

If it changed to Han Sooyoung now, nothing was really different.

So perhaps now, I should believe her and withdraw.

How many steps had I taken back without realizing it? I felt something against my back.

When I turned, Yoo Jonghyuk was standing there.

I stared blankly at Yoo Jonghyuk’s motionless, hardened face.

And in that moment.

「 What I want to protect. 」

I heard Yoo Jonghyuk’s story.

Not the Yoo Jonghyuk from the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint I knew, nor the Yoo Jonghyuk from the Ways of Survival that Kim Dokja read.

「 Do I still possess something worth protecting? 」

I could tell just by looking at his face.

[The character ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ is suffering from ‘Regression Depression’.]

Han Sooyoung’s method of subduing Yoo Jonghyuk.

She had employed the same technique Kim Dokja used in the 1863rd turn.

“You’re planning to do something like this to him?”

Without my conscious intent, something surged up inside me.

The words spilled out, though I wasn’t sure I had the right to say them.

“What has this Yoo Jonghyuk done wrong?”

“I told you not to concern yourself with it.”

I wanted to believe in Han Sooyoung too.

However, I could not comprehend her current actions enough to simply ignore this.

Why hadn’t Han Sooyoung killed the Theater Master?

[Your exclusive attribute effect is activating!]

Why did Han Sooyoung feel the need to subdue Yoo Jonghyuk here?

I looked at the simulation Han Sooyoung controlled, connecting her and Yoo Jonghyuk through the Theater Master.

「 “Kim Namwoon, you cannot follow me with that level of effort.” 」

Yoo Jonghyuk was dreaming.

「 “Lee Hyunsung. Sometimes you must think for yourself, act, and decide.” 」

Even in his dream, he was carrying out scenarios with a resolve ready for death.

「 “Fall back, Lee Jihye. From this point, I will take charge.” 」

Losing comrades and failing the scenario.

Unaware that all these stories were false, Yoo Jonghyuk struggled.

Perhaps Yoo Jonghyuk would never get to see the ‘end’ of the 41st turn in the future.

The moment I thought that far, I understood Han Sooyoung’s plan.

In this world, there were too many variables that could interfere with the ‘end of the 41st turn’.

Me. The readers. And even Yoo Jonghyuk, who possessed abnormal power compared to the main story.

What if there was a way to remove all those variables at once?

“You don’t intend to clear this theater dungeon.”