"So, like, what if, somewhere out there in the universe, there is a world of 'Ways of Survival', as pure as intended and not been affected by either me or Kim Dokja?" Han Sooyoung continued on with her explanation. "In that world where neither < Han Sooyoung Corporation > nor < Kim Dokja's Company > exist, let's say there is this dumbass 'Yoo Joonghyuk' who repeatedly goes through countless regressions while losing his companions over and over again." "…Wait, you bastard…" "What if that Yoo Joonghyuk managed to reach the Conclusion (結) through innumerable losses… What if a version of Yoo Joonghyuk that saw the end of < Star Stream > through his own powers alone existed somewhere in the universe?" Han Sooyoung waited for a beat before shifting her gaze over to Yoo Joonghyuk. In his violently-rocking eyes, her reflection could be seen. "And what would a guy like that be thinking about when he's looking at the current '3rd turn'?"

I feel like I'm inside of a pinball machine. We've gone from Vindication! upon finding out Secretive Plotter is Joonghyuk to running around screaming trying to figure out which Joonghyuk.

I really didn't think Secretive Plotter could be the original TWSA Joonghyuk because it really seems like Secretive Plotter knows Dokja and has from the very beginning? But it does makes sense for his power level.

Maybe I'm just majorly misreading/misremembering the beginning of the novel (it has been 400 chapters lol) and his interest in him was more because he appeared so quickly in this Joonghyuk's life. Which is literally the exact same thing that first drew Hades' and Olympus' attention to Dokja: they saw him while scoping out Joonghyuk.

And maybe all the times he seemed to know exactly what Dokja was planning was less because he knows how Dokja thinks and more because he has lived the same scenarios thousands of times (tens of thousands??? who knows how many) and knew that Dokja was basically following his past plans, especially in the beginning. I mean, at this point, Secretive Plotter has probably tried almost every method out there for every scenario right up until he actually accomplished his goals, right?

Which is sort of a theory I had in the past for why I thought he could just as easily be Joonghyuk as Dokja though later on I interpreted it more as Secretive Plotter not only knowing the scenarios but knowing how Dokja thinks. Since it seems like Secretive Plotter almost has some kind of vendetta against Dokja in the latter half of the novel???

Then again, that could have all started with the 1863rd since up until that point Secretive Plotter seemed to be an ally. And, actually, we still don't know 100% for certain that he's not an ally at this point in time since he hasn't actually stated why he took Dokja, just that he's very clearly not currently harming him or allowing the other outer gods to harm him.

idk, idk

I'm just wandering around in a daze trying to figure out what's going on. 😂

Also, Joonghyuk's sponsor! You've been real quiet lately! Say something to help clear this up! (You're always quiet, I know, I know.)