Chapter: 110
### 110 – Room 107, The Gate Room – ‘Doppelgänger Train’ (1)
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– Park Seungyub
What the heck? Seriously… what the heck!
Suddenly, screams erupted from the front of the train, and Kain-hyung started asking me bizarre questions, then he went completely off the rails! At first, he casually approached Old Man Mooksung to borrow a gun.
“Grandpa, can I borrow a gun? I need to check something.”
Who would suspect someone asking for a gun among comrades?
“Are you going to shoot out the window? Give it a go, but it won’t break.”
“Hm. So, while legacies can’t be replicated, can the gun be? It’s easier than a knife.”
“What?”
“Grandpa, remember the name of your grandson who passed away?”
“Why are you suddenly bringing that up? What was that child’s name… uh…”
—Bang!
Just when Old Man Mooksung tilted his head in confusion, Kain-hyung pulled the trigger immediately.
…
The train car I was in began to fill with screams.
“K-Kain! What the hell are you doing?”
“Tell me the names of your siblings.”
“What? What are you talking about—”
—Bang!
“What were the names of the dogs we raised at home?”
“Ahhh! Big brother! Save me—”
—Bang!
In an instant, Old Man Mooksung, Eunsol-noona, and Songee-noona fell unconscious. Are they dead?
So scary…
What the heck is going on here?
—Crash!
Sounds of something being thrown, followed by shouting. Jinchul-hyung and Kain-hyung began to fight.
“You crazy bastard Kain! What the hell—”
“Am I the crazy one? Really? Isn’t it the opposite?”
“What nonsense are you saying? No, you can’t be Kain! Did a ghost possess you or something?”
—Crash!
“Of course. I’m not Han Kain. And neither are you.”
“What the hell are you on about—”
“Don’t you really know? Or are you pretending not to? If you’re really Cha Jinchul, then show me your ‘star.’”
“…What?”
What on earth does that mean?
Just moments ago, Jinchul-hyung was yelling, but now he took out a star and stood there like a zombie.
Something’s off. If the star appeared, there should be this overwhelming wave tickling my skin, but why is nothing happening? Kain-hyung casually approached and stabbed Jinchul-hyung with a knife.
“Got it now? You’ve been feeling it already, right? Someday, the time of pain will start again, but for now, I hope you can rest.”
…
One by one, the living beings in the train car began to dwindle. This is terrifying. I can’t move because my heart is racing.
—Tap!
The only survivor, aside from me, sat in front of me.
“Are you okay? You’re sweating cold.”
“…”
“Relax. You need to keep moving.”
“Who are you?”
“Still don’t know? I’m not even sure who I am, but for sure, you’re the only ‘real’ one in this car.”
“…”
“Everyone else is fake. Including me. I must have been a participant long ago.”
“How do you know that?!”
“I felt uncomfortable from the very beginning. Probably because it’s not my real body? Also, when the parrot flew by, it reacted only to you since you were the only one it recognized. Then I looked out the window, and my memories were strange. I have memories of video recording from when I was a child, but thinking back, that recording business ended decades ago. No way could a child of Han Kain have done that. Lastly, when I summoned my grimoire, it only produced a sham book. The only thing sealed on this train was a blessing, meaning the only reason a fake legacy came out is that the real one isn’t with me.”
“…”
“Ah~ Who am I? I feel on the verge of remembering something.”
“Why are you helping me?”
Upon hearing those words, the man laughed for a while and patted my head.
“You really are a fool, aren’t you?”
About five minutes passed, and someone crossed over from the front car. The person was Songee-noona, with Pepper perched on her shoulder. Seeing this, the man in front of me spoke.
“Ah ha! So you’re the ‘real’ Songee! How did you figure it out? Did you see the parrot following only you? Or was it through the bracelet?”
“…Who’s the real one?”
“Can’t you tell at a glance? This little one is the real deal!”
Songee-noona’s right arm, ‘Diverse Perspectives,’ emanated a faint glow.
“Overkill! You think I’d hold her hostage or something? No way I’m going to treat her ugly.”
“…”
“Just give me a little time. Just a bit.”
“Time?”
“I need time to remember who the ‘real’ me is. I cleared the fakes for you, can’t I have that much?”
Songee-noona approached. Pepper gave my head a light tap. Noona silently grabbed my arm and leaned against one side of the train.
“Noona, what is going on?”
“Among those in this car, everyone but you is fake.”
“I heard that already.”
“In my car, I was the only real one. It seems all of us were separated into different train cars.”
After about three minutes, Kain-hyung, no, ‘someone’ stood up.
“Alright, I’ll finish this personally. Step aside. And by the way, it would be wise to make it quick.”
“What do you mean?”
“When the hotel intends to use NPCs, their ‘original personality’ will never be resurrected. But I felt uncomfortable and out of place right from the start, and looking outside the window, I figured out the truth. You understand what that means? After a certain amount of time, the fakes will all regain consciousness. This is a time attack. Do you think they’ll cooperate like me? Better hurry if you want to save your ‘real comrades.’”
Noona’s expression hardened instantly, then she rushed towards the man. Watching ‘someone’ do this, he smirked quietly and brought the gun to his head. … Until now, I couldn’t comprehend why that man helped me.
Before pulling the trigger, the man muttered softly.
“Ah, I get it now. My name is Cha Seungjin. Just so you know, I was in the Navy SEALs, and I’m confident I can offer you significant help. Please remember my name.”
—Bang!
… That man wanted a chance at revival in exchange for helping us. Noona picked up the gun from the man’s corpse and headed with me to the next car.
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– Park Seungyub
As we entered the next car, everyone inside gaped at us in disbelief. Since Songee-noona and I were both present, it was a wholly unexpected situation.
In the chaos, my noona raised her gun and—
—Bang!
Blew the head off the ‘fake Songee-noona’ standing right in front of her!
“Those with legacies, pull them out immediately!”
Without my noona saying a word, a person who had suddenly crossed over from the adjacent car started firing, and legacies instantly popped out. It took less than a second to figure out who the ‘real’ ones were in this room.
—Scrape!
As soon as the situation sank in, Ahri-noona attacked from the back, ruthlessly killing the fakes!
… What a harrowing moment.
No matter how fake they were, they thought they were Han Kain, Yu Songee, and Cha Jinchul; did we really have to kill them? With Songee-noona attacking in front and Ahri-noona behind, the ‘fakes’ had no legacies left.
In the end, they were all wiped out faster than I could have imagined. After Ahri-noona picked up the gun from the fake Old Man Mooksung’s body, she approached us.
“Pepper only targeted me, so I thought, could it be? But they really were all fakes? Unbelievable.”
“We need to hurry!”
“Hmm?”
“The conscious ‘fakes’ said that after a while, they would naturally realize they were fake. What do you think they’ll do then?”
“… Let’s go, and by the way, how do those without legacies identify the truth?”
“I think Pepper knows just by looking.”
—Click!
The handgun was cocked.
“Looks like the value from the golden balloon was finally starting to show. So, unlike legacies, it seems guns were given to every Mook Seong on the train, right? Can we take this with us?”
The journey through the fourth car proceeded similarly.
As soon as we crossed over, Ahri-noona and Songee-noona immediately shot the fake Ahri, Songee, and Seungyub before sending Pepper flying. Pepper flew to rest on Eunsol-noona’s shoulder, and the rest were all taken down.
The issue began in the fifth car.
By the time we crossed over, the ‘fakes’ in the fifth car had already started to awaken. Just moments ago, they thought they were Yu Songee, Kim Ahri, and Park Seungyub, but as their understanding of ‘real self’ began to awaken in their minds, they started going wild.
The fortunate thing? The real one in the fifth car was Old Man Mooksung. The train sealed the blessings, and with the rest being fakes without legacies, there was no one to stop the old man who was armed.
When we arrived, Old Man Mooksung stood there with a hollow look among seven corpses. Even as Pepper sat on the old man’s head, he just stood there, unmoving.
—
The real one in the sixth car was Jinchul-hyung. Even if he had a legacy, summoning a star without a blessing was the same as committing suicide. Nonetheless, he had no choice but to forcibly summon a star to face multiple opponents.
Mid-fight, we crossed over and suppressed the fakes, but by then, Jinchul-hyung was gravely injured.
“Hyung! Are you okay? What happened… what do we do!”
How could there have been such a horrifying battle in a matter of seconds? Hyung was bleeding from multiple injuries, and even shot. Between summoning the star, his skin had transformed, looking like a reptile’s.
In truth, half of him resembled a lizard’s skin, while the other half looked like a jellyfish; it was terrifying to even look at. Ahri-noona said coldly.
“Let’s move to the next room. Anyway, we can’t heal him. He’s still alive, so we need to pass through this room and regain our blessings. Then the regeneration will save him.”
“Ahri’s right… Just go on. That’s the way to save me.”
“Jinchul-hyung!”
Ahri-noona, without listening further, pulled Songee-noona along to the next car. Eunsol-noona and Old Man Mooksung gritted their teeth as they walked past Jinchul-hyung.
It’s getting frantically scary. As we moved to the back，the fakes began coming to their senses and their behavior turned crazed. I suddenly realized just how lucky I had been. Even without blessings!
The first ‘fake’ to wake in my car, Cha Seungjin, didn’t cause any pointless havoc but cooperated with the real ones, hoping for a chance at revival later.
It wasn’t simply gratitude for assisting me. A person who can make rational judgments in extreme confusion and fear— surely that made him a candidate for those we might later resurrect, right?
I remembered the name ‘Cha Seungjin.’
We had two more cars left: the seventh and eighth. The fakes had already regained their senses. What on earth happened?
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