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The second strongest incarnation in Seoul Dome is '---'
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Kim Dokja and Nirvana both paused as the message was heard. The dokkaebis floating in the sky started to sweat nervously because of the information released, or rather it was because they didn't release any information at all.
'Did the system break again?'
Honestly, at this point, Kim Dokja was almost used to it. Maybe he wasn't as angry because he was the one doing it, except he still couldn't help but swear at the system in his heart.
It did occur to him that this might have a connection with all the error messages he has been getting lately. But still, why did the system have to screw up like this?!
"...This is ridiculous."
Nirvana couldn't help but point out. And for once, Kim Dokja agrees with what Nirvana is saying.
However, Kim Dokja will always be Kim Dokja, it doesn't matter how unpredictable scenarios you throw at him. In one way or another, Kim Dokja will always find bullshit his way out of it.
"You said you wanted to live in the 'present'?"
"..."
Smoothly and completely ignoring the ridiculous circumstances, Kim Dokja continues his talk.
Nirvana's body shook like he had encountered a topic that could never be interpreted. Or maybe he has still stuck on the past from a few seconds ago. Either way, Kim Dokja opened his mouth and spoke in a very low voice. Just like a whisper of a reaper.
"Nirvana Moebius, I will tell you about your 'death.'"
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"Kuaaaaaaak!"
Nirvana's body flew across the stadium. Kim Dokja still hadn't had enough of beating Nirvana up. And it seemed like Nirvana hadn't had enough of a beating either. Despite being beaten black and blue, Nirvana didn't stop talking back. As if what Kim Dokja just said was an insult to his entire carrier.
"You will tell me about my 'death'?! My 'death'? Don't make me laugh. I won't die, I can't die! If true death was that easy for me, I would have been released from this suffering a long time ago!"
'How can he still be so full of emotion?'
There was such a question in Kim Dokja's mind. Yoo Jonghyuk had become much more emotionless in a much shorter time. No, made Yoo Jonghyuk had always been this expressionless and emotionless.
'Of course, this could just be part of Yoo Jonghyuk's char- no, human beings themselves aren't 2D. Still, how Nirvana developed his personality is a mystery to be solved.'
Kim Dokja used his privilege as Yoo Jonghyuk to grab Nirvana's collar and hold him up in the air.
'This is such a nice feeling. If only Yoo Jonghyuk was here to see.'
'Or to try it out with him in b...'
Kim Dokja used every bit of his mental power not to finish that thought. He tried to redirect his attention to the one being lifted by himself.
"You actually want to die, right?"
"...!"
"It is because you can't die that you're comforted by the death of others. That's why you preached to the Salvation Church. You watched them live a one-time life and also want to be absorbed into their lives. You want to share the emotions they feel."
[Your understanding of the character 'Nirvana Moebius' has increased.]
"Don't speak nonsense."
Nirvana's tone changed. No, it wasn't just his tone. This time he looked completely serious. Kim Dokja picked up on this, it seemed that Nirvana had finally gotten angry.
"It is the same for humans who don't know death. Nothing exists after death! Humans can die but they can't suffer from death in a true sense. It is something that can't be owned by anyone!"
"At least we can feel the fear of death. It makes human life possible. That is the biggest difference between you and an ordinary human."
"You-!"
Nirvana tried to swing his fist towards Kim Dokja but Kim Dokja easily caught it. Another privilege of Yoo Jonghyuk is long strong arms. Even after catching Nirvana's fist, he could still hold Nirvana's collar.
"That's why you want to become 'one' with Yoo Jonghyuk, right?"
'Did you know that saying something like 'becoming one could mean something entirely different?'
Kim Dokja wanted to educate Nirvana on how he says things. No, he even felt the need to do that especially. If only he wasn't planning to kill Nirvana at this time.
If anyone else heard what he had been saying, there would have been a deep misunderstanding. However, in this case, Kim Dokja already knew what Nirvana was trying to accomplish.
"You think you can erase your existence by becoming one with Yoo Jonghyuk. Right?"
Nirvana's expression completely stiffened.
"Reincarnation is the stigma of the highest grade constellation. To erase it, you need the power of a higher constellation."
In other words, he needed the power of Yoo Jonghyuk's constellation. The mystery constellation not even himself knew what it was called.
Nirvana looked at Kim Dokja and gritted his teeth.
"You are beyond my imagination."
"I don't think that I'm the only one beyond your imagination. After all, your imagination has always been very limited."
"Then kill me already! Still, keep in mind that I'll always come back to life, and when I do I'll kill you and show the worst pain. Just like how I did to your mother."
"Oh? Did you meet my mother? Did she even give you approval?"
"...you."
"Thought so. "
"She, she is a very good mother."
'What does that have to do with anything?'
Kim Dokja internally questioned Nirvana's sanity, then realized that it was reincarnator Nirvana he was thinking about.
"It is fun to make her submit. You know, I like to corrupt a virtuous spirit."
[The exclusive skill, 'Fourth Wall' is shaking!]
"The scene where she struggled and begged for her life is still vivid in my eyes."
[The exclusive skill, 'Fourth Wall' is steadily shaking.]
"Ha, now you're caught!"
[The character 'Nirvana Moebius' has used 108 Worries Lv. 2!]
Kim Dokja's vision shook and his world became dark. Kim Dokja had a feeling of being sucked and thrown into another world other than the stadium. This was the stigma 108 worries' work.
In the darkness, voices could be heard.
「 Master, run away! 」
「 Please, please save this world. 」
「 You can easily throw away this world. But I ...! 」
They were voices filled with resentment.
This darkness, could it be the inner part of Yoo Jonghyuk?
"Yoo Jonghyuk! You finally allowed me in! Now... you will be one with me."
It seemed he wasn't the only one here in the darkness.
"It is a mistake for you to be here."
Kim Dokja watched Nirvana with cold eyes. A reincarnator was truly a reincarnator, look at him preparing a counter-attack last minute.
A mandala pattern appeared by the feet of Nirvana. Since the inner surface of the soul was less affected by probability, Nirvana would be able to use all his accumulated stories.
Nirvana grew gigantic in an instant, his massive build was the result of his accumulated stories.
Hundreds of arms grew like wings from his back while his legs were half-covered with the feathers of a bird and half-covered with the scales of a snake. A wolf-like snout protruded and horns grew from his head.
He looked monstrous. And it was this monstrous creator that represented the 'true' Nirvana Moebius.
[I am Nirvana Moebius.]
Nirvana introduced his true self.
[A reincarnator who leads the unfortunate people to Nirvana.]
In this form, Nirvana looked confident. However, Nirvana didn't know that everything had been planned out. Getting hit by the stigma was all part of the plan.
"Nirvana, do you know the principle of reincarnation?"
The space trembled as Kim Dokja spoke.
"Your soul is bound to the mandala's guardian. Once you die, you don't go to the Underworld. According to the unique laws of the constellations, your soul is nestled in a body that was just born."
[...What are you talking about?]
"You aren't immortal. Your body is born again but your soul isn't."
[Nonsense!]
"Nonsense this, nonsense that. When will you realize-"
The hundreds of arms on Nirvana's back poured towards Kim Dokja. It poured out like a waterfall, if Kim Dokja was hit by this in reality, he would have already been long gone. However, this wasn't reality.
"-that this battle is already over."
Kim Dokja was now Yoo Jonghyuk. In other words, this inner place was also his, his inner self. These attacks were useless before even being fired. The hand of Avalokiteśvara melted right before Kim Dokja's nose, rendered completely useless.
Nirvana looked surprised like he had already been before many times over.
Numerous pages rose and surrounded Kim Dokja. The fluttering white pages were filled to the brim with words, the words of what he had once read. The countless words that Kim Dokja had read formed a wall blocking Nirvana off from himself.
[The exclusive skill, 'Fourth Wall' is activated!]
Nirvana tried to escape the wall but it was already too late to escape. The wall had already fully surrounded him.
[What have you done? Release this wall! This, this is...!]
The perplexed Nirvana looked at the wall. A blinding light emerged from the letters on the wall.
「 If this world continues to be reborn, we can clear it. 」
[This... don't tell me...!]
Nirvana stared at the pages that contained his truth.
「 Yoo Jonghyuk, I can take you to the end of this world. 」
[H-How do you have this?]
Kim Dokja looked at the perplexed Nirvana and spoke.
"You don't need to see the end of this world."
Every time letters appeared in the world, Nirvana's huge body started to disintegrate. Nirvana's body split into countless letters and started to be sucked into the Fourth Wall.
"You will meet your true death here, Nirvana Moebius."
An unknown emotion-filled Nirvana as his soul disintegrated. On the wall, words were being written in real-time.
「 At last, the reincarnator Nirvana reached a 'single life' after hundreds of years of wandering. 」
He laughed to himself.
[Ha, hahaha. Ha!]
「 He greeted his real 'death.' 」
Nirvana's expression was jubilant.
「 This is... dying. 」
[I see. This is it.]
「 At that moment, Nirvana realized what he had long been waiting for. 」
It had been hundreds of years. He reached the end after countless incarnations. Nirvana closed his eyes at this long-awaited moment. Despite closing his eyes, Nirvana's inner thoughts were still written on the wall.
「 Then why? This is what I've been hoping for. 」
His whole body was covered in minor cracks, and it was all being sucked into the wall.
「 Why am I feeling afraid? 」
He felt the fear of death for the first time. One of the only things separating him from the rest of the humans. The concept of death, not being able to move, think or feel his own existence.
「 I don't exist. 」
Nirvana's eyes flashed open for a moment.
「 Don't... I don't want to! 」
No one would hold a philosophical view when fated to die. All beings were helpless before death.
Kim Dokja read Nirvana's thoughts and actions through the wall. For him, it was like watching the end of a character in a novel.
「 In his last moments, Nirvana repeated the words he hated the most. 」
「 I don't want to die. 」
Soon, Nirvana's soul had fully disappeared.
[The Fourth Wall has eaten the character 'Nirvana Moebius.']
[The Fourth Wall is smiling with satisfaction.]
It was fine for the wall to kill Nirvana. However, Kim Dokja still didn't understand the existence of the wall.
[The Fourth Wall is looking at you with greedy eyes.]
The Fourth Wall wriggles like it was alive. The pages turned and flowed around him.
Suddenly, Kim Dokja felt a presence behind him. Misty cloud started to pour in and surround himself. At first, it looked as if it was trying to devour its prey before the wall. However, if you looked closely, you could see that its protection was set up against the wall that was looking at Kim Dokja with greedy eyes.
[...Kim Dokja?]
The voice sounded like it was right next to his eats even though there was nothing there. The familiar voice was recognized instantly by Kim Dokja.
It seemed as though it was time for Yoo Jonghyuk to wake up.
Kim Dokja smiled sadly at Yoo Jonghyuk's appearance.
"...Did I betray your trust, Jonghyuk-ah?"
[...]
The voice only returned silence.
"I don't want to make excuses for myself Jonghyuk-ah. Right now, lend me your power."
[...Kim Dokja, what did you do?]
Kim Dokja's expression was like an explanation in itself. Although barely conscious, Yoo Jonghyuk understood Kim Dokja's heart.
Instantly, Kim Dokja sensed the overflowing power. Maybe it was because of how they had become one that this process as possible. However, what mattered more was that it worked.
"Jonghyuk, thank you."
「 At this moment, Kim Dokja thought, 'I will surely come back to you.' 」
[108 Worries has been disabled.]
Kim Dokja's vision started to return to its original state. The wall, Nirvana, Yoo Jonghyuk. It was as if nothing had happened from the beginning.