HH Chapter 3

“……Mercenary group?”8f60dd43df1820e9

The ‘Red Lion Mercenary Group’ was the group the player belonged to before the original story began. Although it wasn’t mentioned often in the game except for the beginning, I played the early parts so many times that I remember the name clearly.43d7d2b136bb62f0

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[Join the mercenary group!]

And the 0409f404ee fact that dcda78e2af I have d9efda4259 to join 8bff433d9e them means….e0cfecceee27f49c

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‘Player?’758416822fbc51ef

It seems like I’ve 2c1fdf4417 been possessed by the c878345dc0 player of this game.d0784bed5cbc8b3e

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“Didn’t you say 6b345e158f you wanted to 8f353c13c9 join our mercenary 5020dc23aa group?”c44da2c48edc9879

Huh? No?813d01a62745b12b

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I tried to answer f649ec0184 immediately, but my mouth a28ead99cd only opened and closed d1428d3eca without any sound coming f0407ebcab out.70e99232a08fa938

‘What, suddenly…?89a6c784edf752fd

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Then a translucent window 660dd8af23 warned me.088fca55c5ff8bc7

[The curse <Domination of the World> is activated. It is impossible for a transmigrator to deviate from the role they have been assigned.]

Impossible, my ass. I just won’t do it, then? 381f4202059ebb5b

I tried to jump out of bed, but my body wouldn’t move as I wished.30378441d2a4bc77

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[It is impossible to deviate from the role.]

Ugh, let 3c34f44f68 go of 8249af0884 me. Ugh….1c347daf96d6fc06

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“Does he 53c1648b52 not understand 26e3713854 us?”df4428984d7b59fb

“That doesn’t 262cca493a seem to e0b50122b1 be the df89db2645 case.”32dc197dbec41bf7

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I want to get 160ba0fbcd out of here!a48816b63c2bd11a

[It is impossible to deviate from the role.]

[Join the mercenary group.]

This Red Lion Mercenary Group is like a detective agency that takes on and solves people’s requests. And in the player’s flashback scenes, it was described as a place where they suffered all sorts of hardships!114aa9b045290930

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‘No way, not 006cc9fc65 even if I 09ceda3bf9 die.’adb6372f01233d28

[Join the mercenary group.]

The white window flickered, 4d3fdcb68d pressuring me.1a8f14d6b2025eec

‘Nope, not doing it.’91a22014edec83a4

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I stubbornly kept 16b554b7b4 my mouth shut. Then the white window d60a67a1e6 that was threatening me 477694e8ca changed its message.8ca49818aed6aa39

[‘Guidebook’ is a lifespan depletion system for those who died an early death. If you arbitrarily deviate from the given role, the transmigrator will be repeatedly re-possessed by other bodies until your remaining lifespan is completely depleted.]

‘What, re-possession? That sounds good.’553686237735c227

Obsessed with the idea 76d5621428 that anywhere but here 92b04648b5 was fine, I continued b9285d020e reading the rest of 0ac9e3a326 the message.4242ab908cbf48c5

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[Next Possession Location: <Infinite Regression High School Senior Hero>]

“……!”9bd1c48f31f273f8

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I froze upon seeing the newly displayed window. Don’t tell me….8f6632a78c8e474c

‘Are all the possession targets from games I’ve played?!’228e4c736dfeed1b

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<Infinite Regression High School Senior Hero>was a 19+ 9ef4b38ee0 horror game. It depicts the epic 9e81a2a34c journey of a loser 712eca7d2f protagonist who endlessly repeats 53001f91a2 his senior year of b8dc656027 high school to achieve 6165099ec0 a perfect score on 78ce980f87 theCSAT, fulfilling his deceased parents’ wish….1a43c2278848eb1e

However, it wasn’t just any hardcore genre. The main keyword of that game was ‘revenge.’818b624cce234d7a

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It turns 1994fdf489 out the 335384cf85 protagonist was 06c7ef6adf severely bullied f11f25874a at school fb6cbb51f2 and died 4056877c91 on the b42d803eb0 day of 34817941d5 theCSATdue to bullying, then 36ade56e07 regressed back in time. The protagonist could only b76d3faec6 see the clear screen 9aacf01f81 window after physically eliminating ec0c373f49 all obstacles in his 1ef1718455 life.1c583ec9dc52b8b2

‘That’s too much….’6559dee1aa928cd4

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I got goosebumps for a moment. No matter which character I’m possessed by in that game, it’s a no-win situation. If I’m the protagonist, I’ll suffer endlessly, and if I’m a side character, I’m one of the villains who bullied the protagonist.99f03a5bc25048af

They have 6d6648b156 their limbs d660510add cut off, 29216e06ee thrown into 77761c12e9 a washing 94c5a547c4 machine, and 3084cc96ae their skin 64b6bde735 is peeled 787e34bd5c off with a019b48bff a hammer 349f8fd03a by the 8355b9404a vengeful protagonist. How shocked was b57e8b300e I as a 19c089441d child, seeing the 541a0f312b unfiltered, bright red 21a18d915c bloody game scenes….dfe1b2457be61787

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I recalled the games 198ac20b95 I played in middle 6b30fd7349 school one by one. 0018d16642922545

<Death Day>, <That Island>, <Hide and Seek Alone>….4c5e8533f1492ed8

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‘Why did I only 3bf555d194 play those kinds of a074dc1d4c games?!’e53c45f0760de191

I should have 030af42243 played some wholesome 7d41ba020e games suitable for 5d114313a5 my age…. I regretted it 588bdafb1b too late, beating 3a3e947f10 my chest.d94dbe51691eb8e8

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Back then, it 8c7d228c57 was a trend bb22829dcc at school to fc080182bd brag about who 0a7e646a8c played the most 4a0764ad5b hardcore and violent 7aeb1b35d8 games. It was a 035963b905 kind of showing 9fe59d750e off, something like 7124ff0619 that.ca6d79534afe97ea

<Haunted House>was relatively a 150d8dc86d tame game compared 4bcb879095 to those.cda36b3cf5cffcdc

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‘At least 956bfa7625 this game df28c001cb is rated d776f1ec24 15+….’303d3c7346fe045c

While it’s true that it has an abnormally high number of death endings, the gore is relatively less compared to other games, and it’s not swarming with crazy people like the other games.009efa2733cd856f

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The other horror games featured everything from chainsaw-wielding serial killers to cannibals, people who taxidermied and collected body parts, eight-foot Japanese ghosts…. The basic gore elements were on a completely different level from <Haunted House>.c7657b35b501d189

Once I realized bf7daeb8dc I had to 5e7e4daf7c avoid the worst-case 6d93f48258 scenario, the current 506fc03cc9 situation felt relatively 08f7dda52c manageable.529db7f6eb0c4f79

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‘If I had acted dd8fa877c9 rashly, things could have de98fdde90 gotten worse, right?’2007412804d8f26c

I have to do 01c03cbbcc as I’m told. I broke out c702b9d386 in a cold 14fd797e6b sweat, realizing the 5324b08782 reality of my c79eda4dba situation.cef838d126962f0a

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The red-haired man shoved a crumpled flyer in front of me. The paper read, “Red Lion is recruiting members,” along with a drawing of a lion with eyes wide open.783a3e1bbfcb31a7

“This is the flyer 1f6f51b4d7 you were holding before 8751365eca you passed out. It was absurd that 1a9d3e5dd6 you showed up in 6a53341040 that state and suddenly 6aca768960 asked to join, and 7a0a4a5ea8 then you completely fainted. Do you e85670c1cd not remember?”1b939647f064f5b4

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“Oh, no. I remember! I, I 8dfae0c31f did that….”2fbadbcc6a66ce7b

This time, 54e9b3a7e0 my voice 18aa767ad4 came out a2a9c8c4d4 properly. The pressure of e50c8e9244 multiple gazes focused f96fa3f039 on me was e6e7f84c36 uncomfortable.36dbda74a5ec1696

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“That’s unfortunate. I don’t 56d249885a know your 5625bc903e circumstances, but 0416568d9e we’ve already 64528cf59f found a a972f4de22 new member.”2e26e98efdf33d89

“Huh?”0b2d9ec4b3d8449b

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“And we’re 380d1111f9 not interested df97cb3ab7 in young 670ba2b5bf kids like 03e554d244 you.”129298de2a080c4f

…This wasn’t in 28a55e2ba5 the game. f97686abdd6d305c

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Does this mean there’s a possibility of being rejected even for a quest requirement?51918dc8b448cf58

‘Then what happens?’0e4d88e55949b9eb

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[If you arbitrarily deviate from the role you have been assigned, you will be repeatedly re-possessed by other bodies until your remaining lifespan is completely depleted.]

I didn’t want to be thrown into a washing machine, and I didn’t want my skin peeled off.437f030242e78927

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“No! I, I… I 571ae1cd6e don’t want to 5eff4807c1 die.”e76dcfdd0c5f3f8f

The image of a 44f2ab1100 murderer running towards me 6d56500408 with a running chainsaw 85b6013518 flashed through my mind, 3c90520720 and my body trembled 5e2cf9e758 with a vague sense 2dfcdeb8fd of fear. The red-haired 0df917fcef man frowned 5f639503ce at my 10672b990b words and 3d96c4ca37 asked,93a36d5e9e48fdfa

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“What about your parents?”e41dafd9b512609a

“My parents?”cfdd80bc3ff04bf3

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Why is he asking 3b38e745a8 about that in this 1c74e131e8 situation?d80f7d289506300b

“They passed e50c85b8b6 away a 55a160a53e while ago.”f894743f749cc6e4

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“So you’re saying 42e51fa8e7 you have no 5a9f41294f guardian?”2e8dd91e7cea944f

“No, a relative I e0d0858c48 had lost contact with 931736476b suddenly showed up……”52daf7f86ede7f51

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The men made strange expressions at my words and started murmuring amongst themselves. I don’t know how the their conversation progressed, but they reached a bizarre conclusion.e15c663bcbe5f665

“Are you saying your 34b003fd22 estranged relatives stole your 5dad10975e parents’ inheritance and left fe2121df3c you in this state?”01e3ebbc5f70a45e

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“Huh? No, that’s not 8eb9a05460 it.”ff8a3e41fb3a8f23

I waved my hands, explaining that wasn’t the case. It’s true that I ran errands for my older cousin every day and couldn’t make friends because of my other cousin, but I wasn’t beaten up.a59a91158569a3cf

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I repeatedly emphasized that my relatives weren’t bad people. They fed and sheltered me, a complete stranger with nowhere to go, for three years, so I’m actually grateful to them. If I were them, I’d probably find it annoying if a rolling stone like me suddenly appeared in my house one day.0388f2683d8ebefc

“Then who else 8d8b69b872 left you beaten 11a2206823 to a pulp 262b1b82a1 if not your 85646b77cc relatives… no, who 0e513885c2 did this to 359c7dcf8e you?”fbe7ce60bb1d0ea8

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“This… I messed up 2b02fcbfd2 theCSATon my way home….”1e1dfae1c28c0197

I didn’t 328b1adb2c want to 1b172bce12 go home c730171dfd because I 52ab523f53 messed up 2436893cd9 theCSAT, and so 1ce784072e I got hit 243cffab2f by a truck 98b0b42163 and met an ae8825bd01 unexpected death… so 8425e10a7f the root cause 1903b5aa33 of everything was 784014a9d6 theCSAT!5674336b7d27581a

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“CSAT?”bb5074ae8b3c8a91

“It’s the College 077ef93b4c Scholastic Ability Test.”e87675d32de1e9e7

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Talking about CSAT feec91892b made me feel 6d181871de complicated again.91ee9a4ab0211cd5

What will the grade cut-offs be? I don’t know about the other subjects, but since all the places I applied for early admission are all engineering schools, I need a level 1 in math. It’s certain it’ll be difficult.7f0aa3fd373f267d

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“What’s with 86b1f1e697 the test? You keep 9810506651 saying strange 00c224170e things about 8aa1694ade dying.”a38efcb0db6cd448

“Tell us 169fb39370 in detail!”4faf23bda27fd62d

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Someone behind 23d0be0597 me asked fd5bd14d7b sharply. His tone made f70edcbb45 me shrink back.46773a83fbed7f2d

‘Even if I explain in detail, They won’t understand .’59c8c25f2a37ddec

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After all, this game seems to be set in a fantasy medieval world, so they probably won’t understand anything I say. I carefully explained my school life, excluding words they wouldn’t understand as much as possible. At the same time, I tried to subtly appeal to my diligence.959a901038467ae4

For the d0a8814e3e past year, 495bcba61b I practically 0614da3989 lived confined 44c534dcfd to school. Probably no 77dafe3adb one in 1ed1289990 our school b4f2df029d studied harder f27861fd73 than me, 0dfba97252 right?6753eccfc884d8e6

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With the sole determination 97bc9d81e2 to get into a 315db4f2a6 good university and become 60b6db8549 independent, I solved problems 6d3ed06bfe every day, and solved 01a3bb736b them, and solved them f4fcb78156 again…. That was all.abcb7cf956ad0a90

From morning to c5681fc88c evening self-study time, c299a0f453 I repeated that, 2e5bfa1a2c slept, woke up, b295e2c1d3 and repeated it e42397650a again.4c6f1fe9cc69a1b5

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‘Why are fb3b7ab8e0 they making 743763f656 that expression?’e934569f81d5a47a

The man 060de52041 who listened e72fbb9e64 to my 878c87da31 story was 0eabf4576e frowning.6afa4390767fde9a

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“So, to summarize it, someone locked you up and made you solve problems all day. And there’s someone else who hurt you like this after you messed up the test?”9fdb7b9a9d7c7029

“…….”f75d62f8bcbc182c

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It sounds really trivial when he puts it like that. It’s just a normal high school student’s day. Suddenly, I became someone who complained about trivial matters, and I lost my words.ad5fbb272da74972

“How long 100082268e were you 9f11b712e4 there?”6bd53163d69726fc

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“A little over 10 6add868fb7 years?”fd69986a98abb05e

Because the regular education curriculum is exactly 12 years. But the men’s expressions turned strange. Seeing them sighing deeply, I knew they must have seen me as a naive child. I decided to lighten the mood with a joke.85fbd94e9098a19a

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“But the ea30dbaa58 food was f79cfdea97 good.”cf9edb122a898725

Our school dcfbd16324 had a 77434e4b3b reputation as 64c8d1b0a9 a delinquent 4eb8a0af34 school in 5c8ef5ccf4 the neighborhood, ef36415b39 but the 639c8480a9 quality of 0a33b1ec6f the school 5d53fdef5e lunches was 1d7a438b75 top-notch. But the d506def697 men didn’t df77d75551 even acknowledge 27d22ccbca my words.6ac7c69ffb26ce2a

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They started whispering. I couldn’t hear them eb888f6ae8 clearly, but it was 034257ea1a probably gossip about me.aa996684c7a649eb

Why is affd4a22fd he complaining ced9ec722a about something 00cc90027b like that? It’s natural ea77fad56e for students 9683917180 to study. He’s so weak. Back in 37f3989a92 my day…. They were probably ab2b8bcae6 saying things like a5bace2486 that, right?465016390b8cbdf0

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‘Ah, whatever. It’s all ruined.’265a34e042a9ff91

I just a7918743c4 want to 7e5cb6ac07 lie down 2be54a4122 and cry. What’s with 88bb3af865 suddenly dying c1ce6cb24b again? Especially when I 9d21472e14 didn’t even need f182075257 to die. How bad 6e9add0984 is my 42596e0377 luck?5c4a8c5256cb492c

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‘I don’t c72596abe6 want to 0595edb641 do it b6a9b0aae7 either. But they’re c01dcf89b3 telling me 9fb4e8d376 to….’63bb366eda5fec9c

I couldn’t think of anything to say. I don’t even know what a mercenary group does, and I’m still a high school student, so I don’t have any particular experience or skills….30caf955dda55593

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Then, out of f90ae81509 the blue, the 76312e979f reward listed below e850fd1ddf the quest caught 81adcaa0d1 my eye.5b371d343b16998e

[*Reward: A Wish Ticket]