How a Nuisance Character Survives in a Horror Game

 

Now even the system is mocking me…

 

Should I hit it?

 

However, as the greatest intellectual of this era, I decided to endure it for once.

 

Instead, I looked at the demon shamelessly coming towards us.

 

The way he even waved his hands in welcome was very natural. He seemed happy to meet someone other than himself in the open sea.

 

The acting was so good that one would really be fooled.

 

But I, who know that he’s the demon, am not fooled by that kind of acting.

 

Above all, to someone who knows the game, the devil’s actions were not at all suspicious.

 

The four demons didn’t appear until late in the game.

 

Unlike the story that changed frequently in the early and middle seasons, the timing of the demons’ appearance never advanced in the latter half of the story.

 

As the atmosphere heated up, the demons blocked their escape with a force so strong that the group couldn’t withstand it.

 

The players were frustrated time and time again due to the strong power of those demons, right on the verge of escape.

 

In short, those demons come out just when the hope that humans can escape is reaching its peak.

 

So, it’s not time for Dilaph to come out yet.

 

Although I glanced at Holloway, I couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

 

“You’re really a person?”

 

The only fake one is you.

 

[Dilaph looks you up and down as he can.]

 

[Be careful not to arouse suspicion.]

 

What kind of suspicion…

 

Suspicion that I actually know everything?

 

Since I was told not to arouse suspicion, I pretended to be surprised and asked.

 

“That’s right. I thought the only people in our group were here…”

 

I acted skillfully and then pretended to be surprised.

 

“Ah, perhaps, are you the one who saved me and Holloway?”

 

The answer wasn’t Dilaph, but Holloway.

 

“Can’t Sister tell the difference between him and the person who saved you?”

 

“He told me to just look at the wall, how could I.”

 

“Did you not hear his voice.”

 

So, after revealing that it was you who saved me, you just have to kill me right away?

 

I comforted Holloway, who was muttering clearly.

 

“I’m a bit bewildered by the situation, so I don’t remember much. Actually.”

 

“Carp.”

 

Go to hell.

 

(in the raws, it’s written 붕어 which literally means ‘carp’. i searched for carp meaning, and here’s a slang meaning: to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil. source: dictionary.com)

 

“The one who saved you?”

 

Dilaph asked, joining the conversation between us.

 

[Dilaph thinks about how to answer.]

 

Why are you thinking about. I know it’s not you, though.

 

He looked back and forth between me and Holloway, and the corners of his lips went up smooth, as if he had a bad idea.

 

“Uh, that’s probably me… Ugh!”

 

He couldn’t finish his sentence.

 

This was because Holloway suddenly headbutted Dilaph.

 

The impact was so strong that he fell backwards, with Holloway looking down right in front of him.

 

I couldn’t see Holloway’s face as I stood behind him.

 

Holloway suddenly sat down in front of Dilaph, who had fallen backwards, and grabbed his legs.

 

He only did so, yet Dilaph’s screams rang out mournfully.

 

“Aaaaagh!”

 

“…”

 

What is he saying now?

 

Holloway was muttering something, but I couldn’t hear anything.

 

Dilaph slammed his palm on the floor, speaking urgently.

 

“Aaagh—alright! That’s not me! No! I didn’t save that woman or anything!”

 

If you’re not, just say no, yet you’re throwing a nasty temper tantrum.

 

I know it’s not you, and Holloway knows it too.

 

Perhaps because he was the Demon of Anger, he had a temperament.

 

I called out to Holloway, who was still sniffing the demon’s feet.

 

“Holloway, come here. It stinks, no, I mean, it’s dangerous.”

 

“Yes!”

 

He ran over to me and hugged me tightly.

 

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Overwhelmingly grateful.

 

As I was thanking Holloway, Dilaph lay on the floor sobbing.

 

“Are you really crazy?”

 

That sounds like you.

 

To avoid the insane Dilaph, I left with Holloway.

 

When we didn’t pay any attention to him, he got up on his own and started running after us.

 

To be honest, I thought Holloway was going to kick him out and tell him not to interfere, but strangely he didn’t say anything.

 

Although he seemed wary, he didn’t step in and stop Dilaph’s actions.

 

… Are they trying to surround me, I wonder.

 

Without realizing it, I held the revolver tightly.

 

Their eyes fell on the revolver for a moment and then fell.

 

“Hey, why do you keep chasing me?”

 

“We must come together to survive.”

 

“Me and Holloway are lumped together, so there’s no need for another lump.”

 

“You really say whatever you want.”

 

It hits the nail on the head.

 

***

 

Is it because there are even demons, I wonder.

 

Instead of encountering a monster, I found something very valuable.

 

Right away, right away!

 

“Sister, comb!”

 

“Good job!”

 

A comb that can calm my uncontrollable hair a bit!

 

First, I wet my hair with enough water, then took the comb from Holloway and carefully smoothed it out so it wouldn’t get tangled.

 

Holloway seemed to have an extra comb, thus he diligently combed my hair from behind.

 

Normally, if I style my hair while it’s wet, it gets damaged, but I don’t have time to worry about that right now.

 

Although Dilaph looked at the sight of our leisure selves in confusion, we didn’t react at all.

 

Brush, brush, brush.

 

In the room, only the sound of my hair being made was heard quietly.

 

Dilaph also stood still and sat down on the sofa across from him, probably because he thought it would take a while to style my hair.

 

I didn’t pay a single glance to Dilaph, who was looking at us crookedly with his legs and arms crossed.

 

“Sister, everything back is done!”

 

“Good. The front also is done.”

 

Now that my hair is brushed, it definitely sank a lot.

 

Great. Even though a hair tie would have been perfect lastly.

 

We decided to be satisfied with this and got up.

 

Since I had to constantly move around to find the escape gate, I took short breaks.

 

As soon as I came out of the room, a gentle lullaby suddenly began to sound.

 

Anxiety overtook me.

 

If I leave here, I’ll be screwed.

 

As I held on without going out the door, Dilaph pushed me from behind.

 

“Aah!”

 

I was suddenly pushed out into the hallway.

 

“Why aren’t you going out? People behind you are waiting! How slow you are!”

 

Well, no matter how close we have become, why would they do this to me!

 

“It’s not worth going out! Aren’t you hearing this sound?”

 

This sound that’s squeezing me!

 

If it’s a lullaby, it’s a sign that either a mother ghost or a baby ghost will appear!

 

Although I wanted to run away in a direction where I couldn’t hear the lullaby, it rang from both ends of the hallway.

 

This won’t do.

 

Let’s go back into the room.

 

When I turned around and tried to enter the room, Dilaph slammed the door as if he wanted me to see it.

 

What a mean person…

 

I quickly pushed Dilaph away and tried to open the door before the ghost came out.

 

Click, click, click.

 

It won’t open. No way…!

 

“Did you lock the door?!”

 

“No!”

 

Why are you so proud!

 

I tried going into another room, yet everything was the same. The doors that used to open easily were locked tightly and couldn’t be opened.

 

Like the time I left Moran and Holloway before coming back.

 

Is this the demon and Holloway’s work?

 

Are they planning to kill me here…?

 

I haven’t done anything yet, though?

 

While I was feeling aggrieved, something rolled down from the end of the dark hallway.

 

“…Stroller?”

 

Inside the stroller was a bloody rabbit with red cotton sticking out. The rabbit also moved along with the rattling stroller.

 

A chill ran down my spine as the stroller slowly approached.

 

Something is definitely coming out of this.

 

It already came out, but something else is coming out!

 

“S-Sister, w-where should we go?”

 

Why do you always act like you’re scared in situations like this?

 

On the other side, the stroller was slowly coming towards us.

 

I took out my sword. Dilaph, who was behind me, asked in surprise.

 

“Huh? You also know how to use a sword?”

 

“I know how to hold it.”

 

Now Dilaph doesn’t accept what I say.

 

It was then.

 

Rattle!

 

The strollers stopped at the same time. I held my breath, pressing my back against the wall.

 

Correspondingly, in the darkness, a large, long white hand came down from the ceiling and crushed the stroller.

 

Bang!

 

The floor rose sharply.

 

Unfortunately, I was so startled by that f*cking sound when I was swallowing my saliva, of all time, that I choked.

 

“Eeekh

, cough

, aaagh!

Cough

!”

 

“Sister…”

 

[Holloway wants you to do one thing, whether you scream or cough.]

 

[It’s annoying to see you doing two things at the same time.]

 

…People can do that. Why would you punish people for that.

 

As I was rumbling to myself, the air suddenly became so cold that it touched my skin, and long hair came down from the high ceiling.

 

When I lifted my face along with the hair, I saw a ghost with bright red irises above me, the corners of its lips torn, looking for something.

 

As I was biting my lip and watching what the monster was doing, the corners of the monster’s mouth, that made eye contact with me, were torn even longer, with blood dripping thickly.

 

The strangeness made the goosebumps on my whole body stand up.

 

White smoke poured out from between the torn lips and began to encroach on the hallway we were in.

 

“W-Where should we escape….”

 

He hugged me tightly.

 

There was no escape. Its large hand was completely blocking the passage of the hallway.

 

In the end, we couldn’t go anywhere, and the fog became so thick that we couldn’t see an inch in front of us.

 

In the hazy fog, only the monster’s bloody head flashed.

 

The slightly shaking eyes drew a faint curve, and I wished for a system window to appear.

 

Although it had crappy options, it gave me the only way to avoid this situation anyway.

 

Yet no matter how long I waited, the selection window didn’t appear.

 

A gloomy shadow stirred once.

 

Dilaph asked me as I held the sword.

 

“Hey, but wouldn’t a gun be better?”

 

“That’s right, Sister! You have a gun!”

 

“Ah!”

 

That’s right, I have a gun!

 

I put my sword back into its sheath and drew my revolver.

 

I had to protect my body. There was no way the final boss and that demon would protect me.

 

It’s not that there are no numbers at all, but if each of them, including attachment, is less than 20%, chances are high that Holloway himself wouldn’t be aware of it.

 

In that situation, will Holloway really save me?

 

Absolutely not.

 

If I believe him for no reason, one can go to hell.

 

Of course it’s me.

 

First of all, its hearing is sensitive…

 

If I just keep quiet and hold your breath, there’s no need to shoot.

 

“Sister, aren’t you going to shoot?”

 

“It’s not doing anything yet. If we stay quiet, it’ll go away on its own—AAAGH!”

 

As soon as I finished speaking, a dark red tentacle suddenly came out of the fog, wrapped around my ankle and pulled me in.

 

I lost my balance and fell down.

 

“Wow… ”

 

Sssssssseu!

 

The monster’s long tentacle wrapped around my other leg and quickly dragged me towards it.

 

I pulled out my sword, immediately swinging it to cut off the tentacle.

 

Unlike the exciting way I swung the sword, it broke in two in a shabby way.

 

[The sword’s durability has run out.]

 

I lost my weapon without doing anything.

 

Are you kidding me?

 

I roughly threw the sword, which was broken in two.

 

If you’re going to do something like this, don’t say you’re giving me a weapon.

 

When I threw away the sword, Holloway shouted.

 

“Sister, shoot!”

 

Those two only live with their snouts!

 

I gritted my teeth and aimed the revolver at the giant monster’s eyes.

 

Bang!

 

Unfortunately, the bullet disappeared quickly in the fog and didn’t reach the monster.

 

Its accuracy is f*ck out of f*ck.

 

My hands shook with anxiety.

 

I took a deep breath and concentrated, yet this time it was the same.

 

It was a failure.

 

“W-What should I do….”

 

[If you raise both arms and shout three cheers, your accuracy increases to ‘100 shots, 100 hits.’]

 

Easy.

 

“Hurrah, hurray, hurray!”

 

Holloway shouted bitterly as I was being dragged by a monster and floating in the air, chanting for national independence.

 

“Sister, come to your senses!”

 

“She seems to be absolutely crazy.”

 

Dilaph shook his head, treating me as if I were a fool.

 

Could you please say that towards the system, not me?

 

[Please tell the part you want to hit.]

 

“Right in the middle of the forehead!”

 

My hand moved on its own and I came face to face with the monster, whose eyes were shining clearly in the fog.

 

A red dot was clearly visible in the exact center of the monster’s forehead.

 

At the same time, the trigger is pulled without hesitation…

 

Baaang!

 

The bullet flew and hit the monster accurately.

 

The ripple effect of the gun was truly incredible.

 

To the extent the monster’s brain exploded. Its tentacles lost their strength and I, who had been floating in the air, fell.

 

I fell from a pretty high place and landed incorrectly that I sprained my ankle.

 

Before I could even feel the pain, the tentacles from behind grabbed me again.

 

“Why are these tentacles only doing this to me?”

 

I cried, yet the two didn’t answer.

 

That’s right, isn’t it.

 

Because you two are its masters!

 

Do they have any intention of hiding their identities?

 

Cursing the two unlucky guys, I shot at the monster that had caught me, but missed.

 

Why did I miss, though?

 

Could it be that I became an expert only once?

 

[If you want to increase your accuracy, shout three cheers.]

 

You should have told me to shout it three times every time I wanted to shoot it…

 

Although unfortunate, I only fired a bullet.

 

I quickly shouted three cheers and fired the gun again, right in the center of the forehead.

 

The monster slowly collapsed and thick black liquid soaked the floor. At the same time, the fog that had filled the hallway gradually cleared.

 

Because I was the only one suffering, I couldn’t get up and just sat down, catching my breath.

 

“Sister, are you okay?!”

 

“no.”

 

Even if it’s empty words, I can’t say that.

 

“But why do you keep cheering as if you’re doing so well? Is the situation fun?”

 

Did it seem like I was doing it because it was fun?

 

“If I cheer, the accuracy increases.”

 

“Is there such a thing?”

 

Mmhh, there is.

 

I looked around to avoid Dilaph, who looked curious. The bodies of the two dead monsters were motionless.

 

Is it over now?

 

I wiped the beads of sweat from my chin.

 

Then I stopped doing so. I realized late that that remark was one of the banned words in horror games.

 

When you say it’s over, it doesn’t end!

 

—Huwaaaaaa!

 

Holloway was embraced in my arms to the sound of an unfamiliar child crying, and the baby crawled out of the crushed stroller and began to cry continuously.

 

—Huwaaaaaaaa!

 

Dilaph shouted at me as I stiffened as I looked at that monster.

 

“Hey, there’s a monster!”

 

I know!

 

“You’re not going to kill it? What should we do? Should I just kill it?”

 

“H-How could, to a baby…”

 

Even if it’s a monster, it still looks like a baby…

 

When I hesitated and couldn’t bear to say so.

 

—Bleeergh!

 

The screaming baby’s skin peeled off and a huge monster with eight arms jumped out.

 

I politely asked Dilaph.

 

“Please kill it quickly. I’m so scared I’m going to faint.”

 

Holloway and Dilaph’s faces became strange as they saw me change my words as quickly as I flipped my palm.

 

Dilaph cut the monster’s body in half with a sword.

 

Does he have no intention to hide that he’s a demon?

 

It’s admirable to just walk around wearing an eye patch, but to do something like that with strength?

 

Dilaph trudged towards me, shaking the blood off the sword.

 

Dilaph’s shadowy face suddenly felt unfamiliar and eerie, so I hugged Holloway tightly.

 

Holloway popped his head out of my arms and smiled broadly.

 

“There’s only one step left, Sister.”

 

“One step?”

 

“That’s right. Only one step left now, isn’t it?”

 

What are you saying all of a sudden?

 

What one step…

 

Wait, did those two really do this to get rid of my weapons?