Chapter 445

**1864 (1)** is the 445th chapter of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.

## Summary

Yoo Jonghyuk (999th) sides with Kim Dokja's Company for an unknown reason and fights with Secretive Plotter. Kim Dokja wishes to help Yoo Jonghyuk, but the unstable condition of his incarnation body prevents him from doing so. He realizes his only option is to use [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint], but hesitates.

When the Great Sage Heaven's Equal asks why he is hesitating, Kim Dokja replies that it is because he is now afraid of reading others' thoughts. After his fight with Yoo Jonghyuk on the 'Isle of Reincarnators' and the 999th's reprimanding him for thinking he can understand others simply by reading them, Kim Dokja is questioning whether it is okay for him to continue as a 'reader.' Great Sage accurately guesses Kim Dokja's ability and talks about how he too wanted to understand someone once, namely Sanzang, whose incarnation body is now being used by Yu Sangah. The Great Sage laments how he never directly asked Sanzang why he was chased out of the party twice, and by the time he had the courage to ask, it was too late.

This is the reason why the Great Sage participated in the 'Journey to the West' remake--to find the answer. However, though he never found the answer, he found solace in how even if it was impossible, he still needed to read the story as a constellation, refusing to give up. The Great Sage tells Kim Dokja that he should read other people even if he was afraid, because he is not alone.

Kim Dokja asks Yu Sangah to knock him out using a mantra and he activates [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint 3rd stage], entering [1st Person Protagonist's POV]. Rather than getting angry or reprimanding him, Yoo Jonghyuk simply says that Kim Dokja is late, to which the latter apologizes.

During the fight, the Secretive Plotter taunts Yoo Jonghyuk for giving up his memories as the price of escaping the old universe to create a new story. Before Yoo Jonghyuk can fully regain his memories, the fight intensifies. Kim Dokja and Yoo Jonghyuk combine their abilities and statuses against the Secretive Plotter, but are unable to cut him. Yoo Jonghyuk orders for Kim Dokja to use the story [Hellscape of Eternity], but Kim Dokja hesitates, feeling powerless. He does not want Yoo Jonghyuk to have to experience the twisted version of "Ways of Survival" interpreted by Kim Dokja's mind, stained with misunderstandings.

Even so, Yoo Jonghyuk states that it doesn't matter how Kim Dokja read it, as the final judge of the matter would still be Yoo Jonghyuk. He continues saying that he will be the decider of who he is, and that Kim Dokja is not reading the story alone. Kim Dokja relents at Yoo Jonghyuk's words and reads, hoping that perhaps all the years he spent reading "Ways of Survival" could help him understand even just one sliver of Yoo Jonghyuk's true identity.

As he reads, he discovers that the current Yoo Jonghyuk he is fighting alongside with is actually on his 1864th turn rather than his 3rd turn.

## Features

### Characters

* Kim Dokja
* Yoo Joonghyuk
* Yoo Sangah
* Great Sage, Heaven's Equal
* Secretive Plotter
* Nirvana Moebius (mentioned)
* Poseidon (mentioned)