Yu Jung-Hyeok's massive announcement caused the crowd to go silent.
于重赫的大规模公告引起了人群的沉默。
The movers of the alliances, not won over by his speech, continued to exchange knowing glances with each other, but the crowd was no longer within their ability to control.
联盟中的权贵们，并没有被他的演讲所说服，继续相互交换着知情的眼神，但是人群已经不再受他们的控制。
"Conquering King…."
“征服国王......”
Someone softly muttered. Soon after that, reporters began dreaming up of potential headlines all on their own.
有人轻声嘀咕道，不久之后，记者们就开始凭空幻想可能的头条新闻。
⸢Conquering King Yu Jung-Hyeok, declares his desperate resistance!⸥ ⸢<Kim Dok-Ja Company>'s joint top representative Yu Jung-Hyeok, "won't give up on the scenario till the end."⸥
征服了余重赫国王，宣告了他的绝望抵抗！Kimdok-jacompany的联合首席代表YuJung-Hyeok说，“直到最后都不会放弃。”
Incarnations who heard about him being a regressor seemed to be even more excited than ever before. Some shouted out loudly, and the [Industrial Complex] was immediately filled up with the roars of cheering.
化身们听说他是一个回归者，似乎比以往任何时候都更加兴奋。一些人大声喊叫，[工业园区]立即充满了欢呼的吼声。
"Conquering King Yu Jung-Hyeok!"
“征服王于重赫!”
"Yu Jung-Hyeok!! Yu Jung-Hyeok!"
”于正赫!!于正赫!”
Everyone was now chanting his name.
现在每个人都在喊他的名字。
Even those making snide remarks against <Kim Dok-Ja Company> earlier had been swept up in the flow and were staring at him now.
甚至那些早些时候对金道子公司发表恶毒言论的人，现在也被人们一扫而光，目不转睛地盯着他。
Things wouldn't suddenly improve with this, but at a bare minimum, the foundation had been laid today. The 'world after the scenarios' should now form with Yu Jung-Hyeok as its centre.
事情不会因此而突然改善，但至少，今天已经奠定了基础。“情景之后的世界”现在应该以俞正赫为中心形成。
Even if I said the exact same things, I wouldn't receive a similar level of cheering. Probably.
即使我说了同样的话，我也不会得到同样程度的欢呼。
Han Su-Yeong finally released my collars and while looking in Yu Jung-Hyeok's direction, opened her mouth. "If only he acts like that every day."
韩素妍终于松开了我的衣领，看着余重赫的方向，张开了嘴。“要是他每天都这样就好了。”
I agreed with her. However, that was his personality, so…
我同意她的看法但那是他的个性所以..。
Now that it got going, the chanting showed no sign of stopping any time soon. The cheering that began with Yu Jung-Hyeok's name soon moved onto Jeong Hui-Won, then Yi Hyeon-Seong, and even over to Yi Ji-Hye.
现在，唱诵开始了，但是没有迹象表明很快就会停止。从俞正赫的名字开始的欢呼声很快传到了郑惠元，然后是李贤成，甚至传到了李智慧。
And as every name except the 'Demon King of Salvation' was being chanted out, my companions shifted their gaze in my direction, looking clearly uncomfortable. I waved my hand at them to indicate that it was alright. They deserved to be cheered on, anyway.
当除了救世魔王之外的所有名字都被喊出来的时候，我的同伴们把目光转向了我的方向，看起来显然很不舒服。我向他们挥手示意一切正常。无论如何，他们值得欢呼。
Eventually, the chanting reached Han Su-Yeong's name, too.
最终，诵经也达到了韩素英的名字。
"Black Flame Demon Empress, Han Su-Yeong!!"
“黑焰妖女，韩素妍!!”
The crowd in the audience gallery was now searching for Han Su-Yeong hiding behind the stage.
观众席上的人群正在寻找躲在舞台后面的韩素英。
I spoke to her. "It's your turn. Go ahead."
我跟她说，“轮到你了，去吧。”
But she shook her head, instead. "I hate stuff like that."
但她摇了摇头，“我讨厌这样的东西。”
"I thought you liked being the centre of attention? Was I wrong?"
“我以为你喜欢成为人们关注的焦点，我错了吗?”
"That's as a writer, not as Han Su-Yeong, you know."
“那是作为一个作家，而不是像韩素妍那样，你知道的。”
While lightly tapping on the ground with her heel, she lowered her gaze and frowned a little. When she didn't show up, the chanting naturally shifted over to Shin Yu-Seung's name.
当她用脚后跟在地上轻轻拍打时，她低下了目光，皱了皱眉头。当她没有出现的时候，歌声自然地转移到了申玉升的名字上。
The companions waving their hands on the venue as seen beyond the curtains came across as famous movie stars in my eyes.
同伴们在会场上挥手，透过窗帘，我看到他们是著名的电影明星。
[Korean Peninsula's Constellations are proud of <Kim Dok-Ja Company>!]
[朝鲜半岛的星座以金道子公司为荣!]
While watching them carry on, I spoke up as if to voice my thoughts. "Han Su-Yeong?"
看着他们继续，我大声说出了我的想法:“韩素妍?”
"What is it?"
“这是什么?”
"If this world was a novel, which volume do you think we are in right now?"
“如果这个世界是一部小说，你认为我们现在在哪一卷里?”
She seemed to ponder this quandary for a bit before making her reply. "Not sure. Depends on who wrote it, I guess."
她似乎想了一会儿才回答这个问题。“不知道。我想，这要看是谁写的了。”
But, of course.
但是，当然。
Some might write a whole book out of what had happened during a single day, but some would condense everything that happened in 100 years into a single sentence.
有些人可能会把一天内发生的事情写成一本书，但有些人会把100年来发生的一切浓缩成一句话。
Han Su-Yeong continued on. "If it was me, we should be past at least the 20th volume."
韩素英接着说，“如果是我的话，我们至少应该超过第20卷了。”
"….That's a lot."
”...那是很多。”
"It should be. Lots of things happened, right?"
“应该是的，发生了很多事，对吧?”
Indeed, lots. Without a doubt, it had been a long journey.
的确，很多。毫无疑问，这是一段漫长的旅程。
If it was twenty volumes-long, then just from the quantity alone, this book should be on the scale of a proper epic.
如果这本书有二十卷之长，那么仅从数量上来说，这本书就应该是一部真正的史诗。
Dusk was settling in from the skies above the conference venue. Not sure why, but it felt as if the sun was setting much sooner than usual today.
黄昏从会场上空降落下来。不知道为什么，但感觉今天的太阳好像比平时落得快多了。
Han Su-Yeong spoke as if she understood how I felt. "But then again, there are some people who can read all twenty volumes in one sitting, you see."
韩素妍说话的样子好像明白我的感受。“不过话又说回来，有些人可以一口气读完二十卷书，你看。”
Suddenly, a corner of my chest grew cold.
突然，我胸口的一个角落变冷了。
I wanted to ask her - have I been reading every story that I found at a suitable pace?
我想问她——我是不是一直在以合适的速度阅读我找到的每一个故事？
Could I say that I've read the stories of everyone precious to me thoroughly and didn't miss a single thing?
我是否可以说，我已经彻底地阅读了每一个对我来说珍贵的人的故事，而且没有遗漏任何一件事情？
"Kim Dok-Ja."
“金道子。”
"What is it?"
“这是什么?”
"You may not be this world's protagonist nor a really cool side character."
“你可能既不是这个世界的主角，也不是一个真正酷的配角。”
"…"
"..."
"However, you have read it with all of your heart. I know that."
“不过，你已经用心读过了，我知道。”
I didn't know what to say.
我不知道该说什么。
"And everyone you've read, they are standing there now."
“你读过的每一个人，现在都站在那里。”
Han Su-Yeong looked at the people by the press conference venue.
韩素英在记者招待会会场旁看着人们。
I too stared at them. Comrades I cared about were standing on a spot almost within reach, just beyond the curtains.
我也盯着他们。我关心的同志们站在一个几乎触手可及的地方，就在幕布后面。
They existed beyond the curtains, alive and moving.
它们存在于窗帘之外，活生生的，动人的。
Yu Jung-Hyeok glaring at the crowd, Jeong Hui-Won grinning back at them, Yi Ji-Hye jumping up and down in fluster, Shin Yu-Seung waving her hand towards me…
于正赫怒视着人群，郑慧媛笑着回应他们，易智慧慌乱地跳上跳下，申玉升向我挥手..。
Someone had written their stories. And I had read them.
有人写了他们的故事，我也读了。
Every story started off from there.
每个故事都是从那里开始的。
While waving my hand back at Shin Yu-Seung, I opened my mouth.
我一边向申玉升挥手，一边张开了嘴。
"Tomorrow morning, we leave for the Final Scenario's location."
“明天早上，我们将启程前往最终方案的所在地。”
*
After the press conference came to an end, the companions gathered in the reception room.
记者招待会结束后，同伴们聚集在接待室。
Jeong Hui-Won massaged her shoulder while looking at the rebroadcast of the conference.
郑慧媛一边看着会议的转播，一边按摩她的肩膀。
"Eii… Cameras just aren't my friends, it seems."
“看起来，相机不是我的朋友。”
It wasn't just the Korean Peninsula, but the entire <Star Stream> was set abuzz by the <Kim Dok-Ja Company>'s press conference.
不仅仅是朝鲜半岛，整个星流都被金道子公司的新闻发布会搞得沸沸扬扬。
- I have no thoughts of saving you.
我没想过要救你。
Jeong Hui-Won tutted after watching Kim Dok-Ja and his bright face making that declaration within the display panel. "Seriously, though. He can't help himself with things people will hate him for."
郑惠元在看到金德子和他那张明亮的脸蛋在显示屏上发表了那番言论后，开始发出啧啧的啧啧声。“不过，说真的。人们会因为他做的事情而恨他，他却无能为力。”
"Still, doesn't he look more presentable now that his face has been fixed up properly?"
“不过，他的脸已经整过容了，是不是看起来更像样了?”
Yi Seol-Hwa, in charge of Kim Dok-Ja's make-up, nodded her head in satisfaction.
负责金道子化妆的易世华满意地点了点头。
Yi Ji-Hye added something else. "Now that I think about it, doesn't Dok-Ja ahjussi's features come across a bit manlier now? I mean, he used to be on the paler side, and kinda felt like a piece of stretched dough, you know?"
易智慧又补充了一些东西。“现在我想起来了，是不是Dok-Jaahjussi的特征现在看起来有点像男人了？我的意思是，他以前的脸色比较苍白，感觉就像一块被拉长的面团，你知道吗?”
"Uht? I was thinking the same, too."
“是吗?我也这么想。”
A few among them nodded their heads in agreement.
他们中的一些人点头表示同意。
For sure, Kim Dok-Ja of now had changed a lot compared to when they first met him. It wasn't just the impression he gave off, either.
可以肯定的是，与他们第一次见到金道子时相比，现在的金道子已经变了很多。这不仅仅是他给人的印象。
Jeong Hui-Won muttered as if she was recalling the distant past. "Honestly, I thought he was a bit of slick-tongued miser the first time I saw him."
郑慧媛咕哝着，好像在回忆遥远的过去。“说实话，我第一次见到他的时候就觉得他是个油嘴滑舌的吝啬鬼。”
Just how different was Kim Dok-Ja of the first scenario to that of a man about to face the Final Scenario?
第一种情况下的金道子和即将面对最后一种情况的金道子有什么不同？
While listening to others chat on, Jeong Hui-Won stared at Kim Dok-Ja's face in the screen - at his eyes, sparkling when he was reading the prepared script, or the corners of his lips that moved mysteriously when he smirked.
在听别人聊天的时候，郑惠元在屏幕上盯着金德子的脸——看着他的眼睛，当他读准备好的剧本时，他的眼睛闪闪发光，或者当他得意地笑时，他嘴角神秘地移动。
Every little thing like that was serving as proof that he definitely exited in that place.
每一件这样的小事都证明了他确实是从那个地方离开的。
While feeling those expressions loom closer than before, Jeong Hui-Won began pondering Kim Dok-Ja's Fables. Could it be possible that the Fables they had created together was changing him just a little? If so, that would be nice. What if their story had changed him like how he had changed them?
在感受到这些表情比以前更加逼近的同时，郑惠元开始思考金道子的寓言。有没有可能他们一起创造的寓言只是改变了他一点点？如果是这样，那就太好了。如果他们的故事改变了他，就像他改变了他们一样，又会怎样呢？
"By the way, where is Dok-Ja-ssi?"
“顺便问一下，杜佳斯在哪儿?”
"I think he's making preparations for the Final Scenario."
“我认为他正在为最后一幕做准备。”
"Wait, that ahjussi isn't cooking up yet another weird thing all by himself, right?"
“等等，那个大叔不会又是自己想出了一个奇怪的东西吧?”
Yi Ji-Hye's words caused a flitting shadow to cast over everyone's expression.
易智慧的话语给大家的表情蒙上了一层转瞬即逝的阴影。
The person who lifted the mood up was the smiling Yu Sang-Ah hugging the two kids with both of her arms. "He promised not to do that, so let us believe in him."
笑容可掬的余相娥用双臂拥抱着两个孩子，让人心情大好。“他答应不这样做，所以让我们相信他。”
Kim Dok-Ja inside the screen was busy saying something only to be subjected to a barrage of insults. Jeong Hui-Won watched that for a long time before placing her hand on the panel. She felt this lukewarm sensation.
金道子在屏幕里忙着说些什么，却遭到了一连串的辱骂。郑慧媛看了很长时间，才把手放在面板上。她感到这种不冷不热的感觉。
"…..Can I really trust him?"
“我真的能相信他吗?”
She whispered in a really quiet voice, yet everyone present caught that. Even then, no one among the group looked at her strangely.
她用一种非常平静的声音低声说话，然而在场的每个人都听到了。即便如此，这群人中也没有一个人奇怪地看着她。
Shin Yu-Seung muttered out. "Ahjussi's skin looks so nice."
申玉升咕哝着说，“大叔的皮肤真好看。”
They thought that they had grown closer to him by now, yet Kim Dok-Ja's face seemed as distant as ever.
他们以为他们现在已经离他更近了，但是金道子的脸看起来还是那么遥远。
*
Throughout the night, I had been thinking about the Final Scenario.
整个晚上，我一直在想最后的情节。
I read the excerpts taken from the 'Ways of Survival' that I found essential, and also spoke to Han Su-Yeong through [Midday Tryst] as well. It was to use her [Predictive Plagiarism] to predict what might happen to us in the future. When I thought that alone wasn't going to be enough, I exchanged opinions with the 'Secretive Plotter' through Yu Jung-Hyeok.
我阅读了《生存之道》中我认为必不可少的部分摘录，也在午间幽会期间与韩素英交谈。这是用她的[预测剽窃]来预测什么可能发生在我们的未来。当我觉得光这样还不够的时候，我就通过俞正赫和“秘密策划者”交换了意见。
Unfortunately, it was as if the Plotter was trying to be as obtuse as possible when it came to the matter of Conclusion.
不幸的是，在结论这件事上，这个阴谋家似乎想尽可能的迟钝。
[[The path you're about to walk on hasn't been trodden by anyone. Taking cues from other world-lines could become poison for the current you, instead.]]
你将要走的路没有人走过。相反，接受其他世界线的暗示可能会成为现在的你的毒药。]
Since I understood what he was saying here, I decided not to query him any further.
既然我明白他在这里说的话，我决定不再问他了。
"What about Anna Croft?"
“那安娜·克罗夫特呢?”
"She has withdrawn from the Peninsula along with 'Zarathustras' yesterday."
“她已于昨日连同《查拉图斯特拉斯》(Zarathustras)一起撤出了半岛。”
It'd been nice to get the help from her 'Precognition', but unfortunately, I seemed to have lost that chance.
能得到她的预知能力的帮助是很好的，但不幸的是，我似乎失去了这个机会。
Swiiiish!
滑溜溜的！
The blade of the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] scythed past the air. About a dozen or so steps away, Yu Jung-Hyeok was currently focused on his training. He seemed to be swinging in the exact same pose as before, yet he treated every and each movement with care as if they contained profound meanings. Maybe it was possible for him to repeat all those lives because he was capable of doing something like that.
黑暗天堂恶魔之剑的剑刃掠过空中。大约十几步远的地方，俞正赫目前正专注于他的训练。他似乎还是像以前那样摆着一模一样的姿势，但他对待每一个动作都很小心，仿佛它们都蕴含着深刻的意义。也许他有可能重复那些生活，因为他有能力做那样的事。
"Goddammit. What kind of a crappy development is this…."
“该死的，这是什么烂发展......”
Han Su-Yeong was also racking her brain trying to guess how the Final Scenario might unfold. However, even she seemed to be stuck, going nowhere fast.
韩素妍也在绞尽脑汁地猜测最后一幕会如何上演。然而，即使是她也似乎被困住了，哪儿也去不了。
Even if her [Predictive Plagiarism] was powerful, it wasn't truly omniscient. If that was the case, the 1863rd turn's Han Su-Yeong wouldn't have run into so much trouble.
即使她的[预测剽窃]是强大的，它不是真正的全知全能。如果是这样的话，1863年的韩素妍就不会遇到这么多麻烦了。
I studied her for a little while before switching on my smartphone. Files appeared on the screen - from the original version of the 'Ways of Survival', to its final revised version.
在打开智能手机之前，我研究了她一会儿。文件出现在屏幕上——从“生存之道”的原始版本到最终修订版本。
- Three Ways to Survive a Ruined World (final revision).txt
年的今天，三种方法生存一个毁灭的世界(最后修订版)
I quietly stared at that file for a long time, before turning the phone off. I didn't want to break the resolution I had been sticking to until now.
我静静地盯着那个文件看了很长时间，然后关掉了手机。我不想打破我一直坚持到现在的决心。
⸢Kim Dok Ja.⸥
金道子
I raised my head as [the 4th Wall] called out to me.
