Chapter 103 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 103

In the 141st cycle, the protagonist, known as the Undertaker, receives an urgent summons from Jeong Ye-ji, the Saintess, regarding a sudden anomaly in Busan. Despite the Saintess's rare hesitation, she reports the appearance of a tunnel in the sea off Busan. Upon arrival, the Undertaker finds a narrow, dirty pedestrian tunnel where the old Sinseondae Pier once stood, marked with graffiti identifying it as 'Inunaki Tunnel' (犬鳴隧道). He realizes this is not a local anomaly but a Japanese Void that has crossed the sea, possessing a continent-class danger level comparable to the World Tree Udumbara. Noh Do-hwa, Chief of the National Road Management Corps, greets him, explaining that a jogger discovered the tunnel at 5 a.m. Yu Ji-won, the Corps' Operations Control Room Captain, manages a nautical chart tracking the exploration. Contrary to standard protocols, Yu Ji-won had deployed 72 death row inmates from the Corps' prison into the tunnel in 12 teams of six, with half equipped with bicycles. She notes that 69 of these inmates had prior Void experience, yet 70 were killed within just three hours of the 7:10 a.m. deployment start. The situation escalates when chess pieces on Yu Ji-won's mini-map, representing the inmates, begin to move at impossible speeds. One piece, 'Kim Jeong-rip,' teleports from Tsushima directly to Fukuoka before shattering, indicating death. The final surviving piece, 'Lee Eun-joo,' bounces erratically near Kyushu before falling. Yu Ji-won demonstrates her ability is functioning correctly by pulling a map of Japan to overlay with the Korean Strait chart. She reveals that the dozens of chess pieces representing the deceased inmates have been magnetically dragged to scattered locations across Japan, including Fukuoka, Tokyo, and Osaka. The two surviving pieces split or move wildly, confirming the anomaly's chaotic nature. Recognizing the threat, the Undertaker upgrades the threat level and contacts the Magical Girl Association in Japan. Manyo Neko, a magical girl and former shrine maiden, explains that Inunaki Tunnel is engaged in a territorial war with other famous haunted tunnels like Keyotaki and Ikoma. It has consumed all tunnels in Japan, turning them into itself, and has now invaded Korea by absorbing the fictional concept of a Korea-Japan undersea tunnel. This consumption has made it the longest anomaly in history, requiring a joint investigation team with Japan.

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