Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Black Sheep Exodus #3

“Oh my god… A plan to lead all the participants and escape is unprecedented . Have we ever had such a participant? If this happens then it really will be like the miracle of Moses!”

“How many participants are remaining now?’

“17 except for the wolves…”

“I-If the plan is successful then that’s a huge sum of 3 . 4 billion won!”

The party guests had already heard of the Black Sheep Exodus plan .

Sheep hunting wolves .

That was surprising enough . However, that wasn’t the end . The black sheep started leading other sheep to escape the circus .

Most of the guests listening to the plan thought it was a carefully planned fraud . He and a handful of other people were deceiving the participants in order to survive . If successful, it would be the best scam since the Death Circus started .

That alone made the masked people watch the monitor while sweating . It was the charm of an addictive show .

“This show alone is worth a few billion . Immediately scout Lee Cheol-su as a wolf!”

There were comments about wanting Cheol-su to appear as a wolf in the next Death Circus . Every time Cheol-su solved a puzzle, there would be a loud sigh .

“H-Hoo! H-He perfectly cleared the Puzzle House!”

“T-That is ridiculous! How can he solve it so quickly?”

“I-I already missed nine questions…!”

The extraordinary scenes continued . The black sheep solved all of the problems and received the prize money with a casual expression .

–How is it? Simple right?

Tremendous cheering shook the ballroom . The atmosphere was like the Korean national soccer team scoring a goal from behind!

The only one who remained silent was the lion mask . He was quietly waiting for his sources to figure out Lee Cheol-su’s identity .

A clear photo of his face . His name . The age was in the mid-20s or so .

If they had this information, then all the details could be discovered in 30 minutes . He pressed the call button as the call he had been waiting for arrived .

“It is me . So what did you find out?”

–That… So . No matter where I looked, there was no information matching the person you described .

“W-What? You can’t even find him with that much money! You incompetent bastard!”

-I-I’m really sorry . I thought his name might be an alias, so I tried searching the resident registration cards of adult males . Indeed…

“Then he would be a ghost!”

–I-I am ashamed of myself .

The lion mask roughly hung up . In the end, he couldn’t identify the black sheep . The lion mask looked at the image of Seo Tae-hyuk on the monitor . He murmured in a trembling voice .

“You… Who the hell are you?”

Then he shut up again .

There was another person on the monitor . It was the woman called An Eun-jeong who had been attached to the black sheep from the beginning of the Death Circus .

She read the note from the black sheep and suddenly screamed . Unfortunately, they couldn’t see the contents because of the camera angles .

The masked people clamoured loudly .

“What is that?”

“I’m feeling dizzy . Please show the note . ”

“Damn . Call the Puzzle House manager right now to check it out!”

Unexpected developments followed .

The lion mask swallowed his saliva and stared at the monitor . He was curious about the following contents so he couldn’t afford to think of anything else .

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Tears flowed from An Eun-jeong’s eyes . Her heart throbbed, and it felt like her heart had been cut into twelve pieces .

At that moment, she recalled a sentence that Cheol-su wrote .

‘Noona should know the pain that they experienced . ’

“Ah…”

A moan emerged from An Eun-jeong’s mouth .

She betrayed her family and ran away before falling into the corruption of a multilevel company .

Father… And her little sister… Did they feel like this? It was the feeling of being betrayed by someone that was completely trusted .

“I’m sorry . Daddy… I’m sorry… Sorry Eun-young… Mama… I can’t return…”

She would soon die . The guillotine would cut off her limbs and she would die an awful death .

At that time, the appearance of her family emerged . The appearance that she had hated so much came to Eun-jeong’s mind . If only she was given one more chance… She wanted to apologize to them for her mistakes .

“Sob sob…”

Eun-jeong slowly started to prepare her mind for death .

At that moment, the bearded manager of the Puzzle House approached Eun-jeong and said,

“Did you have a fight with your lover? By the way… The man who just left told me to say something to you . ”

“U-Uwaah…”

“I don’t know what the situation is, so I will just say it . ”

He threw some words at her before returning to his seat .

“That note is a joke . ”

“…Sob… Huh?”

She was so amazed that the flowing tears dried in an instant .

“What’s up with that look? I received money so I just did what I was told . ”

The bearded man started to count the money that he had received from someone .

“D-Don’t tell me…”

Eun-jeong wiped her eyes with her sleeves and looked out of the Puzzle House . She saw Cheol-su smiling innocently at her . He waved his hand when he caught her eyes .

In the end, Eun-jeong couldn’t resist screaming .

“Hey, you jerk!”

She wanted to do something truly unpleasant right now but she couldn’t .

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“H-How can t-t-this person d-do this!”

An Eun-jeong was able to solve all the puzzles and earned 50 million won .

As soon as she came out, she demanded answers from Tae-hyuk who was waiting . Tae-hyuk replied with a satisfied expression .

“Wasn’t it a moderately tense attraction? Now, don’t betray the faith of your family again . ”

An Eun-jeong bit her lip . It was terrible enough to make her want to beat him up . But thanks to him, she was alive like this . In the end, Eun-jeong agreed .

“Yes…”

“If you betray them once more then you will see me again . ”

“H-Hik!”

An Eun-jeong’s face turned white . Meet this demon again? She didn’t want to imagine such a terrible thing .

“Come now . There is no time . The next person should enter . I will tell them the answers . ”

Although there was some trouble, An Eun-jeong answered all of the puzzles and earned the prize money safely due to Tae-hyuk telling her the answers from outside . The participants who saw it raised their hands .

“I’ll do it . ”

“No, me first!”

Tae-hyuk put them in a suitable order and smiled as he nodded .

‘Like this, hasn’t Eun-jeong noona’s spirit become determined?’

She obviously wouldn’t enter a pyramid scheme again . The plan to mentally fix An Eun-young and Seo Ha-ran ended safely . Now the only thing left was to thoroughly defeat the Death Circus .

‘But I never thought it would be helpful to memorize all these problems . ’

There were a total of 150 problems in the Puzzle House . And the questions were random . In order to find all the problems, a person would have to participate at least five times . In the worst case, they might challenge the Puzzle House 21 times . It was impossible for all the participants to challenge the Puzzle House to figure out the questions .

But it was possible for Tae-hyuk who had memories of the future .

He was trapped in a prison cell for 10 years . They weren’t pleasant memories . However, Tae-hyuk had knowledge of many crimes thanks to that experience .

Nights in the prison were long . The prisoners who didn’t fall asleep easily would quiz each other . The problems at that time were the ones written by the Producer . Tae-hyuk heard prisoners solving the problems every night .

He became really tired of hearing it . It was to the extent that he knew the answer just by hearing the first word of the question .

Due to that, this ridiculous winning strategy was possible . Tae-hyuk laughed and muttered .

“Now it is time to catch a wolf . ”

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“W-We really can get out of here alive!”

“It is all thanks to Boss!”

An additional 10 people cleared the Puzzle House for a total of 500 million won . The time remaining was approximately 150 minutes . They would be able to collect the target amount before closing .

‘Of course, I don’t have to do anything . ’

The wolf laughed .

Their job was simple: Interfere in the work of the black sheep . Then they could get out of here . They could obtain the bounty .

The wolf’s plan was simple . The total amount of money that the group of sheep had was 900 million, with most of the money belonging to the black sheep . Furthermore, the next three payment fees meant that more than half of that money would be gone .

In the end, the number of people who could get out would be reduced to two . In other words, if they didn’t make money anymoren then the sheep would fight against each other .

‘The method is really simple . There can only be one person in the Puzzle House . That is the rule . Once inside, I won’t answer the questions for as long as possible so they won’t be able to proceed . In other words, I will waste all the time . ’

It was a simply way to destroy the sheep .

The wolf smiled . It was their turn to enter the Puzzle House .

‘You didn’t notice my identity even at the end . Yes . This is my victory!’

The wolf slowly walked towards the puzzle house .

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“Wait a minute . ”

“Huh?”

Tae-hyuk blocked the person about to enter the Puzzle House .

“I think we should change the order of entry . You can enter after everybody has already obtained 200 million won . ”

“W-Why all of a sudden? Didn’t you set the order beforehand?”

“That’s right . ”

Tae-hyuk slowly took a step forward and whispered in the other person’s ear .

“Because you are a wolf . ”

“W-What are you talking about? I’m not a wolf . You should know . The people gathered in Group A absolutely can’t be wolves!”

The only woman belonging to Group A, Jeon Mina, shouted with confusion .

“If you aren’t a wolf, then it doesn’t really matter . The order is just changed . There will only be a little bit of boredom from waiting . In the meantime, you can talk to Eun-jeong noona . ”

“I-I’m innocent! I believed in Boss from the beginning! Ah, yes . Kim Jun-tae! He is the wolf . It is obvious no matter how you look at it . If Boss asks for everyone’s opinion…”

Tae-hyuk ignored Mina and called Yoon Jong-hyun over .

“Ajusshi . Could you capture this person?”

“I-Is Mina really the wolf?”

“You will know by the end . ”

“Yes . I understand . ”

Yoon Jong-hyun picked up the rope and started to bind Mina’s body . Mina shrieked .

“Ah! It hurts! A little softer! So unfair! I’m really not the wolf!”

Mina was on the verge of tears .

A few participants who saw her were swayed .

“I don’t think she is…”

“Why is Boss being like this?”

“We have to believe in Boss . Let’s watch . ”

Tae-hyuk was immovable as he laughed at Mina .

“Mina . No, Wolf . The plan for wasting time in the Puzzle House is now useless . It is your defeat . ”

Mina glared at Tae-hyuk . Then all of a sudden, she started laughing .

“Ahhahahaha! …How did you know? My acting was perfect . ”

Mina’s atmosphere instantly changed, making her seem like a different person . The participants watching got goose bumps .

Tae-hyuk raised two fingers .

“You made two mistakes . ”

“Mistakes?”

“It is simple . The other participants are looking for some way to live . But the wolf will try to kill others . I clearly remember that you were trying to kill Kim Jun-tae . ”

“Kuoock…”

Mina gave a strange groan .

“And in a situation like this, it’s normal to doubt the other person . A person who blindly believes in me is rather suspicious . Kid . Practice acting some more . ”

Tae-hyuk stroked Mina’s head like she was a cute baby .

“Now . Come . The interference has disappeared . ”

The fourth wolf, Mina, was captured . The last of the remaining wolves, the fifth one had disappeared .

There were no longer any wolves in this group . Tae-hyuk nodded slightly at everyone gathered .

“Then we will take the money and smash the Death Circus . ”

The Black Sheep Exodus plan had reached its final phase .