Chapter 84 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 84

The chapter opens with the narrator, Go Yuir (Undertaker), browsing the SG Net, where users discuss National Road Management Corps (NRMC) Chief Noh Do-hwa’s sudden, uncharacteristic 21-day vacation. Do-hwa herself is present with the narrator, observing a mining village. She is fascinated by the local dwarves and their ability to create weapons that immediately melt away. Despite admitting she is a prosthetist rather than a blacksmith, Do-hwa attempts to mimic the dwarves’ techniques. After hours of practice, she manages to forge a crude, unbalanced sword, which she critiques for lacking simplicity. The narrator acts as her assistant, facilitating her intense, sleep-deprived training. The narrative then shifts to a flashback of the 53rd regression loop. The narrator was searching for a candidate to lead the NRMC, requiring someone with strong morals, competence, practical philosophy, and courage. After evaluating and discarding numerous candidates over years of interaction, he approached Noh Do-hwa. She was an island of stability, already renowned for crafting prosthetics for amputees. The narrator approached her under a fabricated pretext, lying that her father had died from an anomaly to evoke sympathy. Do-hwa, pragmatic and unsentimental, questioned his desire for revenge but ultimately accepted him as a temporary apprentice. Over eight years, the narrator’s title within her workshop evolved from ‘Apprentice Undertaker’ to ‘Assistant,’ reflecting Do-hwa’s gradual thawing and trust. She offloaded business management to him, treating him with increasing familiarity while maintaining strict standards for other workers, exemplified by her harsh dismissal of a disrespectful apprentice. Despite global catastrophes and the fall of northern cities, Do-hwa refused to evacuate, choosing to stay in Busan. In the final moments before the end of this regression, when the last resistance team was destroyed, the narrator opened the shop at 8:00 AM as usual. The chapter concludes with the shop door opening on the day the last city in Korea fell, underscoring the resilience and routine of their relationship amidst apocalypse.

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