Ch.26: 2F - Rest (1)

The chapter starts with the end of the Crown Game. Everyone looks surprised at what happend, Hwa Ryun is injured and Lahel is concerned about Baam. They then inform the readers that no one took the crown, and that a rest period of three days is starting.

The next scene is a conversation between Leo-Ro and director Yu Han Sung. Yu Han Sung says Leo-Ro seems tall. Leo-Ro says he only seems less tall because he usually stands next to Evankhell who is very tall. Yu Han Sung asks Leo-Ro if he want some coffee. Leo-Ro asks if he can make a Cafe Latte. Yu Han Sung says that a latte would be elementary and gives him a Latte instant coffee pack. Yu Han Sung asks Leo-Ro why he came. Leo-Ro says that there was a problem with the last test. Yu Han Sung asks what the problem is. Leo-Ro says that the crown game this time was held without a winner. Yu Han Sung asks why that is a problem. Leo-Ro says that he heard from Quant that Yu Han Sung had proposed the crown game to send the problematic three to the next level in a hurry, but that didn't happen. Leo-Ro also says that one of the three seemed familiar with a regular from their district, and according to the rules people who knew each other before shouldn’t take tests together. Leo-Ro asks Yu Han Sung what his true reason for including the three was.

Yu Han Sung asks Leo-Ro if he know the reason why they gather all the regulars on the Second Floor to test them. Leo-Ro asks if it's to test which of the regulars are worthy of climbing the tower. Yu Han Sung says that is incorrect. The real reason is that powerful regulars are far too dangerous because they might want things that would be harmful. The real purpose of the tests is to weed out the ones "who will bring harm to the tower". Leo-Ro says he doesn’t understand. Yu Han Sung asks him who he thought was the most dangerous, and then asks him if that person wasn't stopped because of what he did. Leo-Ro thanks him for the coffee and is about to leave, but before he goes asks Yu Han Sung if he ever heard about some manipulating shinsoo without any restriction. Yu Han Sung says only the irregular Urek Mazino. After Leo-Ro leaves Yu Han Sung says he isn't as easy to manipulate as Quant.

After he left Leo-Ro thinks about what Baam did during the crown game when he attacked Hwa Ryun with shinsoo without a contract. Leo-Ro thinks to himself that it wasn't so much like Baam manipulated shinsoo as it was like the shinsoo attacked Hwa Ryun with a will of its own. Even though it wasn't a powerful attack Leo-Ro wonders how it was done because it was against the laws of the tower.

The last scene in the chapter shows Koon with the unconscious Baam. Koon is worried that Baam won’t recover in time for the next text. While he is thinking about this Lahel walks into the room and introduces herself.

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