I Don't Want This Reincarnation [2]

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"Make a decision, what does that mean?"

Cheon Sa-yeon asked Edward on behalf of me, who couldn't say anything. Edward, who had looked at the jackknife and me for a while, explained in a bitter voice.

"This jackknife is the key."

"Key?"

"Yes. This is the only key to getting out of this space. Using this key is the only condition for activating the exit."

Jackknife is the key? However...

'Jackknife...'

It was the cause of Kwon Se-hyun's death. That was the key. There was only one condition.

The worst was starting to picture in my mind. The air in the room sank heavier than ever.

"How can we use the key?"

Breaking through the chilly silence, Ha Tae-heon opened his mouth with a heavy voice.

"...as I said before, everything in the space, including this hotel, is filled with lines. It's like proof that the producer made it."

Edward's ability was to see through the essence of the crafted items. It would be no exaggeration to say that with his help we found a clue to get out of this space.

"I found a grey line in it... I followed it and found the exit. But we couldn't get out because I didn't know the most important 'condition for the exit'..."

Edward, who was speaking, paused for a moment, hesitated, then continued.

"After meeting this jackknife brought by Han Yi-gyeol-ssi and the store owner, I was convinced. For the jackknife and the store owner, I don't see the line, instead, there's light."

"If it's light..."

"The light on the blade of the jackknife and the light on the store owner's body must match exactly. It's like putting a key in a keyhole."

The terrifying sensation of my blood rushing out of my toes just by talking about it came over. I moved my hard tongue and barely spoke.

"The light on his body... where exactly is it?"

"......"

Edward answered with a pale, tired face.

"The stomach. There... you have to stab him there with this jackknife."

The ominous foreboding was accurately hit. For a moment, my eyes clouded over and I felt dizzy. I closed my eyes tightly and bowed my head, resisting the dizzy feeling. For some reason, I felt a hot pain near my stomach.

"I don't even know why the space suddenly collapses. But I'm sure there's not much time left."

"How... much time do we have left?"

"For now... it will only last about 30 minutes."

The pain in the stomach gradually grew stronger. I bit my lip and looked at the jackknife.

I resented myself for not keeping even my promise to that kid and regretted it even right before I died. Even Kwon Se-hyun, who was here, helped me to live a different life than I did.

I hope you live for a long time without dying and be happy even a little. I hope you keep your promise to that kid in the right direction... I sincerely hoped that.

'However...'

I slowly raised my arm. And I held the jackknife in Edward's hand tightly. It was clear that I trembled when I forcibly applied force to my cold hands with a cold sweat.