Why Were There Riddlers Everywhere in "Looping Flight"?

"This plane will land in two hours, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

However, it's clear that Dungeons excel at creating unexpected events.

Itanu understood that Aleksye was implying something.

But even without the other party's warning, he had no intention of hiding it.

These people need his intelligence, and he needs their analysis as well.

Moreover, time-related elements are always the most Dungeon and trap-filled aspects of dungeons.

Time...

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he abruptly looked at the young man standing in the far corner.

['Confirm two things first']

First, is this the same plane that was in the news? Second, what time is it now?

'The time in the news is not necessarily the present'

Itanu dismissed the warning, since anyone who wasn't a fool could see the problem.

But now, when he combined the information provided by the woman with the deep wrinkles around her eyes and looked back at those words, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Everyone present was intelligent, and intelligent people only need to make subtle connections when interacting with each other.

Was that dark-haired youth intelligent? It's obvious.

After all, they've survived to this ranking, what's there to ask?

So here's the question: why would a smart person specifically emphasize information that even a fool could see?

The literal meaning of these sentences is indeed simple, but it is precisely because they are so simple that they seem superfluous.

At the start of Dungeon, who wouldn't know to confirm basic information first? Who wouldn't anticipate that the timing might not match?

Moreover, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that although the prompt appears to have three sentences, it repeats the same message.

At first glance, it seems like they're just spouting endless nonsense.

Unless... what the other party really wanted to remind us of wasn't what the words meant literally at all.

Like Aleksye, the others also keenly noticed the look of surprise that Itanu unconsciously showed when he heard that time had stopped.

Everyone was waiting for him to share information, but then the man with the tattoo on his neck seemed to have thought of something. His expression suddenly became serious, and the next second he looked at another player in a very abrupt way.

The others, not understanding why, also looked over.

If there's one word that can describe Xu Xi right now, it's --

Feeling like sitting on pins and needles.

It felt like a thorn in my side.

It's like a fishbone stuck in my throat.

God knows he was listening perfectly well when suddenly everyone started looking at him for no reason.

Faced with four pairs of eyes each with a different color, Xu Xi: "..."

Before he could react, the Tattooed Man who had looked at him first stared at him as if he were some unfathomable figure, and asked him in a deep voice:

"Do you know something?"

... ah?

What do I know?

However, the Tattooed Man gave him a long look before finally looking away.

Xu Xi: "??"

Why don't you just tell him?

Why are there riddle tellers everywhere?

He really wanted to know what he actually knew!

But as the saying goes, the person who wronged you doesn't actually know that you were truly wronged.

At least Xu Xi felt completely bewildered at that moment.

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What do I know?

The young man raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of just the right amount of confusion in his eyes, and asked in a calm voice.

Itanu felt a chill run down his spine, realizing he had been a bit reckless.

So he turned his gaze away and naturally changed the subject, beginning to recount his recent experience.

"My situation is a bit complicated..."

But another layer of thoughts was still churning in his mind.

The black-haired youth's three sentences might not have been a reminder to them to confirm the information, but rather a hint or suggestion.

[Is this the same plane from the news?] Flight information was deliberately blurred in the Dungeon...

['What time is it now?'] ['Time hasn't changed at all on this plane']...

['The time in the news may not be the present'], ['We may be in some special state']...

Itanu always felt that he was just a little bit away from the answer, but that little bit of distance was always insurmountable.

"... That's pretty much my experience."

As he spoke, his gaze swept across the room unintentionally.

The young man leaned against the corner, his expression perfectly normal, revealing nothing about his behavior.