Chapter 298 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 298

In Chapter 298, the narrator (Go Yuir/Undertaker) formally introduces Kim Ji-soo to Yu Ji-won, establishing Ji-soo as Yu Ji-won’s direct disciple. The introduction is awkward; Yu Ji-won, an emotionless sociopath with silver hair and blue eyes, delivers a cold, transactional greeting, comparing her feeling toward Ji-soo to tasteless tap water. Ji-soo, characterized by black hair and crimson eyes, bluntly replies that Yu Ji-won feels like nothing, creating an immediate, ironic antagonistic dynamic likened by the narrator as an "enemy duo" (Ji-won + Ji-soo = won-soo, Korean for enemies). The narrator notes their diametric opposition: Yu Ji-won carries authority and ascends toward heaven, while Ji-soo bears guilt and hatred, descending toward hell. Despite being opposites, they share the burden of past-cycle trauma. Ji-soo is assigned to the National Road Management Corps, a decision made alongside Noh Do-hwa. Do-hwa, the Commander, exhibits hostility toward the concept of reincarnation, viewing life as a single event and resenting the "debt" of past-life obligations. She sarcastically accepts the arrangement but sets a strict boundary: she forbids anyone from using Mind Reading on her, citing a past cycle where she threatened to quit if the narrator ever used the ability again. The narrator proposes creating a new Counseling Office to manage the psychological instability of Awakeners, whose powers are tied to deep psychological scars. He argues that Yu Ji-won’s emotional void makes her ineffective for counseling, whereas Ji-soo’s "Empathic Resonance" allows her to perfectly mirror client emotions, bypassing the need for traditional therapeutic techniques. Do-hwa grants the facilities, locating the office in the basement of the Inunaki Underwater Tunnel, ironically the same site where Yu Ji-won operated the Misfortune Workshop previously. The tunnel has been repurposed into a complex of mental-well-being facilities: a casino (Dream Casino), a level-up cafe (Azit), and Ji-soo’s counseling center. As the office opens, Ji-soo struggles with the mental exhaustion of counseling high-profile targets like Cheon Yo-hwa and Dang Seo-rin. She seeks solace with the narrator, using her Empathic Resonance to absorb his tranquil, "blue hole" emotional state, which stabilizes her. Ji-soo expresses a long-term goal to use her power combined with Phantom Torture to awaken emotions in Yu Ji-won, hoping this will lead Yu Ji-won to apologize to her past victims. Moved by Ji-soo’s purity and devotion, the narrator accepts her request to be called "godfather," a title reflecting his role in saving her life in a previous cycle. Yu Ji-won interrupts this tender moment with a sarcastic, formal interpretation of the godfather title as an indirect proposal to her, which the narrator simply shuts down with a command to "Shut up."

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