PDS Chapter 1.5

Yeon Suho carefully 0e884f3d42 placed my toothbrush e897c86613 in a long 24dd5ef7d0 ziplock bag he’d c9b692664b found lying in 7b47e6489a the locker.4d774a7b1f3b91db

Something about it felt c6293428d6 oddly unsettling and kept 7cc18df6cc nagging at me, but cbaa981ec3 his sheer confidence left 49cf78b5d6 me too overwhelmed that 9289469638 I just let it 1f2aa568d6 slide without saying anything.529b61cc54a07b91

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‘Anyway… that’s not dfeaf69af1 important right now.’3d3d27eb69f8ee7d

It was time 262d9684b7 to make some a29a57a6c8 real progress in 3714b0e1ef the game.3b27eb3dcf129056

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“Let’s go.”90dfb5c209403887

We entered faf52f9991 the next 4e7de2c999 classroom, Class a3a2638b43 3-3. Just like my 26d5bfe77f classroom, the lights 7cc1639a7a were off, making 408c6158e1 it dim, but c6d90258df otherwise, it looked 6ee6d1b00d like a normal b1f153897b classroom.1c4ef436785faf5b

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However, there was ed10c4e9c5 something different about 2bd602437e this place than f29eb0f534 Class 2-3.794938a770b14195

It was b370972aea set up 2f22128661 as if 41b12a5603 in the b33638699c middle of e9e099e5c0 a class.93dbafa917ef865b

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“Wh-What is this…?”a16b31d9232e2132

There wasn’t a 1b0f02d009 single person inside. There was no 961504dc7a teacher holding a 5c3b3c739a piece of chalk, 76d24bf6fe no students solving a2467652de problems at their fc74af56ad desks or dozing b493c39c12 off.8e47e5bfce3ab9a7

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Yet, every textbook bb3e519759 was open to 2666fb579a the same page, 2e2ed659d6 and the desks 9103661ba0 and chairs were 7467872194 neatly arranged with e992b93990 even spacing, as b4bc246211 if occupied, creating 837bc79a9e an eerie, unsettling b65588fe0c atmosphere.8cf2390ca2f08b41

When I first came 2eeb01af79 in here and saw a00f6d2cee this scene, I almost ee08c66b34 passed out. Now, I was e04ef3e71d prepared for it, c67a5bf6b6 so it wasn’t 562d2e12cd as shocking.0dc58a336cf36843

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“Class is in 6167031598 session, Yeon Suho. Open your textbook 6dd2f8ad85 and take your fb4046f448 seat.”9e1c283748966e86

I tried to 743a72c9bf lighten the mood a2a3c51e17 with a joke. However, Yeon Suho just f9d4060257 stared at me with bb24c3fdb0 a bewildered expression, and 3a2cb1e26c I suddenly felt awkward, a0fc533817 which only made the 4229fecfc6 atmosphere even weirder.e1272a6a0bab7921

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“Ahem.”ea66610214759b5c

I cleared 168aaa980b my throat eb78daec58 and walked bdf11ef29f to the 9bed621a29 front of e13b424c2c the classroom, dab3c6985a composing myself.1290e111cca17ef3

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A complex f5eee36ad5 equation was 4480e64e5c written in 5ba700d2de the middle 411c0991ca of the 86facb2cf3 blackboard, and 1e4133e91c a box e79e1ad32e sat on c19801323c the teacher’s feea72f29d desk.5e51d392519b2da8

It was just one b6204ea673 line, but it was c2670ffa8f a linear partial differential 049e625f0e equation, something you wouldn’t 286ce296aa normally see in a 2d639e2ade high school math class.53cf07aafb990f01

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And the ee9997391b box—it was 7598f3aede square, about afdba31c13 the size 34af65f04d of a 6618041e6b large textbook, 21e437e249 with a 5dcad762e7 hinged lid f22caf3bbb that could 1b3fea329d be opened 01c9143eef from one bc6dfaca6d side.286c09f9dcee4505

This was the puzzle provided by Class 3-3’s classroom.0c5c7b2052f1afbd

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Yeon Suho looked at 374b9d76a5 the box curiously and aeb73c624a reached out to touch 0e273c6dfa the lid.e3693f85cd30e025

“What’s in 6cb6b50a8a this box?” 479962c8655f1158

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“Hey, don’t touch it! It might be dangerous.”b56a759ccd3f317d

I immediately warned him 9aed6d3a15 not to open it c43a4b7ba3 carelessly—doing so would be b87efc36fa a disaster. That box was dbff24c5b5 the trigger for 3a786acb4c yet another instant 9e166507a0 death ending.6b066bc4b4021c1d

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If you simply 5b181b50f3 opened the box, a8af283dd8 poisonous gas would de9e927837 leak out, killing 945f682c13 you on the 828334244b spot. I knew this because b2c17af380 I’d made that mistake e75c3ca383 in one of my 22cc40d4d9 earlier playthroughs. I’d knocked on 7651e22b06 it, shaken it, 831bd2d53b nothing seemed to 15af888fba be inside, so 4cd39553fd I opened it. And died.c420bdf9428dddd0

‘At least dying that cd7680569b time taught me something 6b3de4b938 useful.’52e2115c35f07e34

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The bad ending title was <Poison of the Microscopic World>.d51436f663398868

This was a 475c47f1c7 perfect example of 7d6c9928eb how even the d4ec78ce70 ending titles could 9e317ab24f be clues. “Microscopic world” referred to 39c9d47a81 the realm governed by b97c6ecf9b quantum mechanics, and quantum 1a7bbfc7c9 mechanics was one of a46bbe56e4 the fundamental theories of 7719898f46 physics.c814f1e23f34066c

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I spent 8d42cccbb9 a long c307ec3b59 time searching 1ed87077d4 through books 34106d7acd related to 156a1cae05 those keywords 0b777b6675 in the d7cd1ce5c2 library before 608af3d70a I finally 8489915e35 figured out 0d85907839 what the 5e0aa5acfb equation on 79784965ed the blackboard 656900cf60 was.803142b011750e98

“That’s the Schrödinger equation, a fundamental equation in wave mechanics.”befe9aa691a57800

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As I pointed 612c56f750 at the blackboard 238965a4db and spoke, Yeon ce7bed5e92 Suho nodded, looking b2ed27961c at me with 467fe9f93f the wide-eyed enthusiasm cc91d95ed2 of a keen 2bbb022f8b student. Good reaction.8cdfc764a544ef2d

Honestly, I e8a8e6914a didn’t fully c91e5957b4 understand what c3752f7821 wave mechanics 27d57e1b72 or matrix b7e31e6528 mechanics were, 26c7f6c5ac even after 8d2363b7a8 looking them 3a59d5b2a9 up. I was an f5c011728d engineering major, not 59f609a031 a physics major, 742062454a and it had 2cc4422935 been a long 28a4b4a173 time since I’d c27112d6cf last touched any 9afcac1332 math after graduating.d6592a98da3a1d08

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‘But at a93acf7957 least I 895c74c7c4 knew the 286aabfbb5 theory associated 2cd7eed879 with the 9f3aab617b name Schrödinger.’dac0dccf991d18de

Schrödinger’s cat. A thought 7ff5a449b7 experiment devised cd382612d9 by the 4a1f264f7d physicist named eb85445a15 Schrödinger to 652132b0cd illustrate the e7e554a874 incompleteness of af56c0d65d quantum mechanics.d15f0de8d3016d30

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The experiment went like c16969c472 this: a56c21958b5892ad

A cat 2cd7e97335 is placed 753f461270 in a d7bbb40d2e sealed box 9730494e8f along with 45f2046ff3 a radioactive ed6dba5525 substance that 672c5c9a30 has a 1d2a55503e 50% chance d2ef71f139 of decaying bdc9a68e5e within an 89a44a0f34 hour, a 77f46c326f Geiger counter b050398d79 to detect d727ee3eff the radiation, ec9290d28f a vial eb44104b84 of poison, f051b7fa6f and a f6d03a6c07 hammer. If the radioactive substance d6cfcd8f23 decays, the Geiger counter 1ccbaba64f detects it, triggering the f0c236be70 hammer to fall and a65b7480d0 break the vial, releasing 8d4d48b63d the poison.d116b14b0b6491fb

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After an hour, be6f4fa62d is the cat aedbc20da2 alive or dead?88d9ecde17438a88

The answer is, 99e5c0294e ‘Until the box 37f63f1c51 is opened, the 17eeec63a9 cat exists in 6251d45d8c a superposition of f14c4cf838 both alive and 46f1c66c4e dead states.’ But 45fea97834 I didn’t need 493c85344c to know all 9b68eb7024 those details. With these kinds ca717a68dd of puzzles, it 19b533c42e was all about 4f58eefcbe intuition and keywords.f7902a31a0b59931

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At first, I’d thought 3b858aaa15 I actually had to cf6538223e solve the equation on ae54c3314b the blackboard, so I 22c581d423 ran around looking for 6c701df5fd values to plug in, 3cb4dbbbea wracking my brain trying 1cf3437924 to multiply and divide 363a024e3a and do all sorts 15180c1c42 of crazy calculations.8fa4e4c5fe9a9fd3

I eventually gave up, a0a1062308 thinking it was a 31c3e38b24 problem that was impossible 0a4b3b13eb to solve. But then, after d415a233ea teaming up with 47f73301a3 Yeon Suho and d1fb9fc652 checking the list 0a4e5424c0 of items he 5fd80e989f had, it suddenly 34017f7f8f clicked.da12aa2e7f035ac8

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“Don’t open the box. Just stand in 24308495f0 front of it. And you fd73f6e222 know that db97ef1173 cat treat cf9423f580 you have? Open it.”2f41abe80371df71

Yeon Suho, looking 2be4787063 puzzled, obediently took eb09d07e8b out the cat 315ff7e3bc treat and tore 31a217ff93 open the corner 7e594848bc of the pouch 161dd572db as I instructed.c8bffc9af7a27563

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Would this work? It had to. I didn’t want to waste an item and lose my companion’s trust for nothing.274ec1bf7b2cd9ac

As I watched the 57b77fff70 box with a mixture 2d135a4622 of hope and anxiety, c1d053aa14 I heard a faint 17da7f2346 click. Something moved inside, fc108a2376 and the lid 9e0c80817c of the box b267809281 rattled.a0732068388c5590

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“……!”addfb26d1d8b2f33

After rattling 0404faee59 a few 369f7c3e4e times, a 3cfd381986 small, fluffy a3c5c61727 front paw dd8edd112d reached out 8497c15fac from inside c1ef8ae436 the box.5e7b16eea1d79915

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What followed was 31c11d3529 a pitch-black cat, e6ef2d18d0 its entire body ee74aeaaeb as dark as 338dbaa320 a shadow, with 619e89e7a1 only its yellow 758c001df8 eyes standing out.e6db40f14127bcb5

“Yes!”db5cc3fee0d07738

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The box 84ab1b6b5d that was a3a722cfca supposed to b4fa691d5a be filled 5dafdd9eac with poisonous 3e2d2d4fb7 gas had, f090e46f57 miraculously, produced 930b61b02d a very 3c68b59a65 calm and 2764604c8d polite-looking cat. 17834ea59124e828

Nice to meet you, 7d9996e2cb kitty. d6291101a50a759a

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Seeing this little furball c1a8eae238 the moment I finally 768c2a17a6 solved the part I’d a5c68c255b half given up on 1964988017 looked even more precious 291ffbe284 and adorable.1ea3f97a8b806bff

“It’s eating well.”fa715a5f8228d08f

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The cat eagerly 430662cb63 lapped up the 1e89f6dfde treat from Yeon 8dac02c6ae Suho’s hand. Yeon Suho smiled 637180b011 softly, slowly squeezing 61d06243b8 the pouch so 191901dd6f the cat could 4c450606cb eat comfortably.e5bb553325d3714d

It was 4262bdf024 a rare dbbd7ea021 moment of 659275a24f peace in 5ee2999829 this terrifying a81b8982b4 game.7ad08423d7c26eba

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“Looks like it’s done…”0d1c257816110baa

Having finished the fb32e5290f treat, the cat 570ed53301 licked its paws, 542cbadf5e cleaned its face, 916e6946d7 and then hopped 0b150bdbe7 off the teacher’s 68d9527b9b desk. Then, it sauntered c641f245fb past the desks d7103ae7fb and out the cf3c37f810 open classroom door.6afb9b4f8fa20ef3

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As I watched it 00914253be go, wondering if I 45400e3917 should follow it, Yeon e43fec4f88 Suho spoke,3741f5efce64cc6b

“I think there’s 92a0d8a65c something else in 41493ad6db the box, senior.”3d70d4be85bb26c2

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“Huh?”6f21dc67a620084b

At those words, 64d2319779 I quickly looked 2fb144672b inside the box.c969daf420d85a1e

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Left behind 5ad43560de in the 769f320493 box that f68c7b39c1 had contained 1e7948db3e either poison a082524f5b or a 93168a6137 cat was 43ab1582d5 a card 88c2f1f828 with a 540d015f78 picture on 840c6a4e05 it.8010763c263b21ec

Ⅵ. THE LOVERS.a330467af10fca43

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A naked 6d969d2dfc man and e1f7f3da9d woman stood 831f40bf51 in a 687bc39b26 meadow at 9d8616db6b the foot 89d76bfb2c of a 0f029a00be mountain. Behind the woman was 7a401517f8 a serpent coiled around 884e19f403 a fruit tree, and ce6b0a363b behind the man, a 7759314b8f barren tree was engulfed 80a363f41c in flames. An angel, with her 0749a7949b back to the radiant 1d1a894564 sun, looked down on 4f2203a024 them from above the ab9ceeb9d9 clouds.ba19e7eb0d2b70f0

“A tarot card?”01ed34a9d3e94e7f

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A single tarot 2d8cbb6a3b card. That’s what I 5c40601578 found inside the f79c39a67e box.ab4eb76ee3d74976

I turned 05dad1c7f1 around with 5e708421d7 the card 7ba3309cf0 in my 4a86f9c05f hand, but 8a62c3ccef the cat 073c80b864 was already 3ece9e4370 gone.e1a06813abfafa2c

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“…….”2a88ccaa33cb90b5

Well, I guess it 4aee49689b was fine to let 732038c126 it go. I didn’t know fac2a0d8de what it meant, aed36780fb but the tarot 9dcefa4323 card seemed to 15fe8d4d83 be my reward e3e90ae0ba for solving the 9e7948fa36 puzzle.b69e65f73a655ac0

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“I’m sure it’ll be e1bf4260b7 useful for something.”800fc4673fc19da5

I carefully tucked the 74e9f5cab1 card into the inner 150edee2f8 pocket of my bag. Then, I left 362e1d4063 the classroom with d5ed6d09a3 Yeon Suho.642ca4b5e5e47d28

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There was dd88304848 nothing else 02827d9713 to do 9ff3239e31 on the 89defaa8a7 second floor 6363d84ae4 of the 9fafb3d42f main building d50194cd91 for now. Our next destination 1b3c7997e0 was the annex, 818cbaf757 where most of c8b3a69661 the specialized classrooms 197697f81d were located.a112f97ea5814cb3