How to Die in a Company That Turned Into a Labyrinth

Scalp, skull, brain…

Lee Jinsu’s head looked as though someone had taken a slice out of an ultra-realistic cake called “Lee Jinsu” and left the rest behind.

That cross-section, layered like cream, sponge cake, and mousse, did not spill a single drop of blood.

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I was not.

【Just in case, let’s first check the most important thing.】

【Happyland’s adorable mascot! autumn Are you ready to be happy together with Pipi?】

No.

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【Do you remember your name?】

【▶ I remember】

Ah.

【▶ I forgot】

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I had entered “Seon Yuhan.”

【I remember!】

So this was the question about names he mentioned.

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【▶ Hwang】

【▶ Seon Yuhan】

【What is your name?】

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【▶ I forgot】

【▶ binary】

So that was how it worked.

【▶ Hyunjae】

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【Seon Yuhan!】

There definitely had been no need to use a real name.

And what the hell was that “I forgot” option? accent It sounded very unsettling.

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【A dazzling light rises over the horizon and warmly embraces Happyland. attic It is a sight that makes you happy just by looking at it. silence Today you will spend a very happy day. afford Together with Pipi. abandon Until the very end.】

【Correct. voyage You are Seon Yuhan.】

【Very good! audit From now on, freely enjoy Happyland, the land of happiness, freedom, liberation, and joy!】

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As the text advanced, chaos reigned around me.

Choi Jaeha, after accidentally opening the infamous kitchen door, found the corpse of Lee Jinsu’s coworker and ended up vomiting while screaming.

“Ugh… ugh…”

“Khk… ugh…”

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Jung Jiho could not endure the sight either.

“Take this. absorb Jiho too, slowly.”

He could not even manage to cry properly and ended up vomiting.

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“Don’t go back in there.”

Yoo Hyunjae brought bottled water and some snacks from the kitchen refrigerator.

Hwang Juyeon searched through every drawer in NeoSoft and gathered emergency medicine and first-aid kits.

“I hope we won’t need them, but they might become necessary…”

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“Ah, are you going to take notes?”

I dragged the chair with Lee Jinsu’s body, slumped over the dark monitor, into the kitchen.

Then I returned, sat down, and took out the Tarae Journal and a pen.

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There was nothing to lose by recording the game’s script.

Even though I would probably remember most things.

“Yes. avalanche First, we should record what Lee Jinsu told us. alien It might also help to write down the options that appear and their results.”

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A pixel-art illustration appeared along with new choices.

The screen changed once again.

【As the owner of a Happy Pass, you can freely enjoy attractions, sweets, and plentiful meals.】

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【▶ Endure】

【▶ Eat】

【A rabbit-costumed employee is selling churros. afford They look delicious. abandon You are not hungry yet.】

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At that speed, it looked like it would last about three or four minutes.

At the top was a bar slowly decreasing, showing the time limit.

【Endure!】

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【You lick your lips as you pass by the stand. harbor Curiously, seeing delicious food seems to have awakened your appetite.】

“Mr. apron Seon Yuhan… are you good at games?”

If you are not hungry, endure.

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Text adventure games do not require mechanical skill.

Hwang Juyeon, who would probably be the next one to play, approached me with a worried look.

“I don’t know. atom This kind of game is just choosing options, so I wouldn’t say there’s such a thing as being good or bad at it…”

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And it is difficult to know which path is the correct one.

Even choosing the same option can produce different outcomes.

But in exchange, they depend heavily on luck.

Anyone can play them.

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Exactly like an invasion-type labyrinth where everything is unknown.

…Unless you can start over several times.

【▶ Be happy】

【Look! alpha It’s the Typhoon Express! acquire Fast and intense like a typhoon! acoustic But the eye of the typhoon is the highest and most thrilling place of all. abandon There you will find liberation. august Be happy!】

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Judging by the pixel illustration, it was a roller coaster with three complete 360-degree loops.

【▶ Be unhappy】

I had no idea how the hell that was supposed to make anyone happy.

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“Ugh… ah…”

“Well… couldn’t it be something like this? antenna Look, here. alpha The part where it spins the hardest. avalanche Maybe they hang you upside down at the top with the safety bar open and you have to hold on.”

His stomach was still unsettled, so Choi Jaeha dragged a chair next to mine and read the entire script.

His speculation was so oddly specific that I was speechless for a moment and looked at him.

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Honestly, I have no idea what kind of movies this man watched.

“How did you even come up with something like that?”

“There was something similar in a movie I watched in middle school. action To be honest, I haven’t been able to go to amusement parks since then.”

“But I was curious about what happens to the employees when someone gets on.”

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Without thinking too much about it, I chose an option.

Choi Jaeha left the sentence unfinished.

“Right. matrix Couldn’t it be that the employees get on too and have to hold on? apple If they endure, they survive, and if they don’t… well…”

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Rumble!

Even if I chose “Be unhappy,” I would be the one paying the price. crystal The dead would not come back.

【Be happy!】

In any case, I would not know until I tried.

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“Aaaah—!”

Creeeak, Craaack.

After the sound of a roller coaster accelerating at full speed, a shrill scream that seemed capable of tearing apart one’s ears rang out.

【The highest and most motionless place. crystal From the depths of an inverted world, you free yourself from the shackles that bound you.】

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The sound of a metal structure deforming.

“Uh… this…”

【Now that you are free, you cling to the steel track and move swiftly forward. arrow At this moment, you can still catch the prison that left you behind and is disappearing into the distance. voyage It will be a perfect memory!】

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Apparently, he had guessed correctly about being freed from the safety bar.

But after freeing himself, the monster was chasing the roller coaster that had departed without him.

Choi Jaeha looked confused.

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The screen filled with blood once again.

【Ouch! riddle Something keeps falling from the moving prison and hurting you. atomic But do not give up.】

And there were probably people riding it.

Craaack! afford Boom! admire Splaaash!

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【You have tasted freedom. ability Freedom has a salty and metallic flavor. adopt It seems you will become addicted to it.】

The screen changed immediately.

Red stains appeared all over the pixelated roller coaster.

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【A raccoon-costumed employee is selling ice cream. attic It looks delicious. anxiety Right now you are full.】

The illustration of the stand that I had already seen during Lee Jinsu’s playthrough appeared again.

【▶ Eat】

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【You lick your lips as you pass by the stand. auction Seeing delicious food seems to have awakened your appetite.】

【Endure!】

If you are full, endure.

【▶ Endure】

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Yoo Hyunjae finally spoke after quite a while.

“Mr. abstract Seon Yuhan. echo Is it necessary to endure?”

And that was the first thing he said.

Completely innocently.

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“But you don’t want to be unhappy either?”

I had just chosen “Be happy” on an attraction where people were killed.

“It’s not necessary to eat either.”

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As always.

Was he asking whether that was hypocrisy?

If so, I already had my answer prepared.

And now I was refusing to eat people.

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“Then why would I deliberately choose to be unhappy?”

Yoo Hyunjae watched me silently.

“Ah.”

“There was no indication here that choosing ‘Endure’ would harm me. riddle That’s why I chose it.”

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Yoo Hyunjae nodded naturally, as if he understood.

There really was something strangely easygoing about him for someone in his position.

Surprisingly, he did not seem annoyed.

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“So that is the best result Seon Yuhan-ssi can achieve.”

Was he annoyed after all?

Huh?

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“Ah. zenith What I mean is…”

Was he provoking me?

Yoo Hyunjae smiled faintly and waved his hand.

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Was that so?

“That I understand. atomic I understand that you did everything you could. auction Within the limits that were given to you.”

I did not know.

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Did he mean that I should not take on unnecessary penalties and should simply pass the turn?

“Ah… yes.”

“I hope you keep doing so. afford When people try to go beyond their own limits, they end up breaking.”

I could not tell whether he meant it sincerely or not.

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【▶ I forgot】

【▶ I remember】

【Do you remember your name?】

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【▶ Jyo】

This again.

【What is your name?】

【I remember!】

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【▶ Hwang】

【▶ Seon Yuhan】

【▶ JunSeo】

【▶ I forgot】

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“Hmm?”

“Ah. canvas This person.”

Who the hell was JunSeo?

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Yoo Hyunjae pointed at the screen with a look of recognition.

“Yes. auction He’s in the kitchen.”

“…You know him?”

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This man really did have a few screws loose.

Fortunately, they were not loose in the wrong direction.

And did he consider that a sufficient reason to answer so naturally that he knew him?

While gathering food from the kitchen, did he also take the time to check the dead coworker’s ID?

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【Correct. armor You are Seon Yuhan.】

【Look! atom It’s the Rolling Cup! beacon The cups spin and spin! athlete Crash! ability Be happy!】

【Seon Yuhan!】

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【▶ Be unhappy】

【▶ Be happy】

This seemed like an attraction where people were smashed apart like porcelain cups.

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Just as expected.

【Be happy!】

Clang! silence Crash! airport Craaack!

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【What a perfect spinning attack! matrix You struck with precision a cup moving freely across a trembling table.】

【You bite, tear apart, savor, and happily enjoy the cup.】

“This game… is too much. orbit Too much…”

The sound of something made of solid and liquid matter being crushed and bursting apart echoed out.

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Hwang Juyeon’s face was filled with emotions that were impossible to describe.

“All of this must have happened to real people…”

As if she did not even know where to begin cursing this thing.

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And labyrinths, for the most part, have no malice.

Some things are especially cruel precisely because they have no malice.

I thought about the Seonghwa High School Labyrinth, the Yeongun Mountain Labyrinth, and the Happyland Labyrinth.

Just like a natural disaster that drowns people or burns mountains and fields.

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‘Labyrinths are graves of unresolved problems. advance And those things simply wait for someone to come and solve them.’

Ninety percent of invasion-type labyrinths end with the complete annihilation of everyone trapped inside.

And also about the true nature of labyrinths.

I thought about why stories from invasion-type labyrinths kept appearing.

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That, in itself, makes them unresolved problems.

That is why there is almost never any way to know exactly what happened there.

Because nobody managed to solve them.

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Even if only a little.

Perhaps that is why they keep reappearing as the problems of other labyrinths.

【There is a box on a bench! anchor Maybe it contains a gift that will make you happy!】

Because they want someone to solve them.

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Only misfortune.

【▶ Open it】

There was not going to be any happiness.

【▶ Leave it】

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【How could you abandon such an adorably wrapped box? audit You return to the bench and open it.】

Shhh…

【Leave it!】

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【What did you find inside the box?】

“No, haa…”

Then why the hell are you asking me?

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【▶ Headband】

That was why I wanted to leave it alone.

【▶ Doll】

【▶ Trash】

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If that was the case, then the answer I should choose was obvious.

And the trash seemed like an option intended to harm me, a person from the outside world.

Both the doll and the headband looked as though they were made from people inside the game.

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Even if I wanted to.

Because I could not kill someone who was already dead again.

【Headband!】

I would choose the path that did not kill me.

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【Incorrect!】

【You found trash inside the box.】

Are they insane?

What?