I was unable to say anything. What was this man saying? He wants to save his own life in exchange for his own?

-I have foreseen this ever since your consciousness had taken root. You must have thought about it endlessly, about the reason, the value, the purpose of your existence. You are a fully-fledged human. You know joy, and you know sadness. You must also know the fear that death will bring you. Yet, you still used your own life as a betting chip, and that must be for your physical body below. You have judged that making Han Maru down there live is more beneficial for you. Truly, a calculative answer.

"As you say, I'm afraid of dying. However, I am destined to end once the Han Maru down there meets his death."

-You may also live on as a soul for eternity in this place.

"You should already know that that is an even more terrifying punishment. No matter how hard I thought, there was only one answer. The physical body, with which you can feel the density of life, is very important. Rather than I, who will wander for all eternity without aim as a soul, I feel that Han Maru down there is closer to the essence, as someone with a physical body. If a dummy could sacrifice himself for the original, it's not a bad deal."

-You might be the most similar to the Han Maru who experienced his first death a long time ago. The man dying down there might be an empty shell instead. Isn't it a waste to just disappear like this?

I looked at him, who stayed quiet. He nodded as though to ruminate on God's question before putting on a faint smile.

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