Chapter 83: Even a Pro Gamer Can’t Help Being Scared!

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Honestly, I didn’t expect this at all, I’ve watched plenty of Outlast videos while editing in the past.

It’s also a game that all the Blue LUV members, except Erin, had tried at least once.

Yeah, that should’ve been the case, but…

“KYAAAAH!”

“AHHHH! Lulu, Lulu! It’s still chasing us!”

Why on earth am I screaming in harmony with Jia unnie?

My original goal was to play Outlast coolly, protect Jia unnie, and show off in front of the Cherries.

So why…

• LOLOLOLOLOL
• Total chaos LOL
• My eardrums are gonna burst LOL
• Watching this stream cured my hearing loss.

[‘MyBurnCat’ has thrown a snack donation of 1,000 won!]

• Where’s the person who was boasting 30 minutes ago? No idea.
• For real LOL
• Lulu: “I’m worried the stream will be boring because I’m not scared at all.”
• She’s acting scared on purpose to make the stream fun LOL
• Truly a broadcasting genius axolotl.

As expected, the chat and donations were full of people trying to tease me, but I didn’t have the energy to respond.

The camcorder’s battery was almost dead, after all.

The camcorder system is the be all end all of this game.

It has a night vision feature, so while it’s fine in normal lighting, you absolutely need it in dark areas.

But using it drains the battery quickly, so you need to manage it carefully.

The problem is, I was so scared that I forgot to turn off the night vision, and the battery drained rapidly while we were running away.

“Lulu, Lulu! Shouldn’t we find a battery first…? The, the field of view is so narrow, it’s even scarier…”

“Y-yeah. I’ll try to find one as fast as I can.”

In this limited field of view, we had to leave the room while keeping the pursuer in mind, which was terrifying.

But for Jia unnie’s sake, I had to somehow fix the darkened screen.

Gulp—

I swallowed hard and left the Room. Thankfully, the background music returned to normal, meaning we’d escaped the pursuer.

This was our chance to find a battery.

We were in Room A113 and if I remember correctly, the battery should be in A115.

Just two Rooms over.

Creak—

When I arrived and opened the drawer I remembered, there was indeed a battery inside.

Like someone who’d found the light at the end of the tunnel,

I felt a surge of joy and shared the good news with Jia unnie.

“Unnie! I found the battery!”

“Really?! Thank goodness…!”

• She actually found it LOL
• Lulu-chan’s got a great sense of smell LOL
• She ran straight here—did she study beforehand?
• How could she study a game that just came out? Stop hating.

Sorry.

I actually did study beforehand.

From the future, that is.

It feels like I’m deceiving the Cherries, but since I haven’t actually played the game, it’s fine, right?

Trying to rationalize, I replaced the battery and quickly left the Room.

【Damn, this place is creepy as hell.】

Then, we exited through the vent, the designated exit.

The character’s muttering seemed to reflect my feelings perfectly.

Whoosh—

“Lulu, Lulu! Something just passed by over there!”

“I, I saw it too. But it’s probably fine. It’s far away…”

As soon as we exited the vent, something brushed past the hallway on the second floor across from us.

Jia unnie, startled, grabbed my arm, but I encouraged her and calmly moved downstairs.

• The youngest comforting the eldest unnie LOL
• At least Lulu-chan’s good at the game and knows the way LOL
• Feels like she just set up a death flag.

Ignoring the unsettling comments from the Cherries, I walked to the side and opened the first door I saw.

Whoosh—

【AAAAAH!】

“KYAAAAH!”

“EEEEEEK!”

A corpse hanging from the ceiling suddenly swung out and as the piercing BGM played, Jia unnie and I once again harmonized beautifully.

Even the protagonist we were controlling seemed startled and their scream joined ours, creating a triple harmony.

Ah, I knew this was coming!

Why am I still scared, you idiot?!

And why would they put a corpse in a place like this?!

It’s clearly meant to scare us!

Who’s the developer?! Come out right now!

• LOLOLOLOLOL
• Such a beautiful sound.
• Even the character’s screaming LOL
• Lulu-chan’s gonna lose her voice tomorrow LOL

While the viewers laughed and enjoyed the show, I was not having fun at all.

I just wanted to escape this hellish place as soon as possible.

“Lulu, Lulu, are you okay? Your hands are shaking…”

“I-I’m fine. I can do this.”

Maybe it was because I was so startled by the corpse earlier, but my hands on the keyboard and mouse were trembling.

Still, I tried not to show it and continued playing.

I can’t show that I’m scared.

If I do, Jia unnie will get even more scared.

If you think about it, in terms of my original age, I’m the unnie here.

Yeah, just for today, I’ll think of myself as the unnie and push through.

“Ugh…”

Creak… creak…

I swallowed hard as I saw a monster passing by.

Thankfully, it didn’t notice us, or maybe it was just part of the scripted event.

• Lulu-chan trembling is so cute LOL
• The sound’s a bit… suggestive.
• Is there voice recognition or something? Why are you swallowing your breath? LOL

Hey, this is how people react when they’re scared!

Don’t laugh at me!

Grumbling internally, I followed the monster into the Room it had entered.

Since the tense BGM was still playing, it must still be around.

If I move quickly, I won’t run into it.

Click—

I turned on the night vision again and tried to quickly exit the dark library, but…

“Huh?”

A chair and a fallen pillar were blocking the exit.

Thankfully, it seemed like I could move them by interacting with them.

【Ugh, this is so heavy…!】

I pressed the F key to interact, and the character muttered in frustration while forcefully moving the obstacle.

Alright, good.

Now, just get out of here quickly…!

Thud—!

Just as a glimmer of hope lit up my eyes, a heavy thud echoed through the Room.

Beyond the obstacle I’d just moved, a grotesque, blood-soaked enemy appeared.

【You little rat, here you are.】

“KYAAAAH!”

“UUUEEEEK!”

Its appearance was even more horrifying and grotesque than the previous one.

I was so startled that I let out a scream—or something like it—and shook the character’s body frantically.

But the creature that had caught us showed no signs of letting go.

• LOLOLOLOLOL
• The screams are so funny LOL
• Sounds like a pig being slaughtered.
• Is Lulu-chan practicing her vocals today?

I don’t know, you idiots!

Just save me already!

The fact that I’m staring at this horrifying face up close is terrifying enough.

While I was in a state of panic, “Gasp!” I suddenly noticed a message pop up on the screen and swallowed hard.

It was a prompt telling me to press a button to escape from the creature’s grasp.

Thud!

【You damn rat!】

I quickly pressed the G key, and the character struggled, kicked the pursuer, and broke free.

The enemy cursed, but I didn’t look back and just ran.

Alright, alright.

I clearly remember how to escape from here.

Tap tap tap—

I turned left into a room, grabbed the battery on the shelf, and immediately hid in a cabinet…

【I can definitely smell the rat around here…】

Now that the enemy’s back is turned—

Bang!

I burst out of the cabinet and turned the camcorder’s light to maximum brightness!

【Ugh! You damn brat!】

It’s a last resort that drains almost half the battery at once, but in this game, the battery refills completely when you replace it, so it’s fine.

The tip is to replace the battery only when the current one is almost dead.

While the enemy was momentarily blinded by the light,

I quickly left the Room and ran to the next one.

“Eek!”

“I, I think it’s a corpse, Lulu.”

“Y-yeah, seems like it.”

There was a horrifying corpse sitting on a chair here, but thankfully, it was just a corpse and didn’t attack.

Even though I knew that in my head, I still got scared. How pathetic.

Anyway, I sidestepped it, rummaged through the corpse’s pocket, found a key, unlocked the drawer and took the keycard inside.

Click—

I quickly recorded the corpse and the surrounding items with the camcorder.

In Outlast, you need to record specific scenes with the camcorder to fully understand the story later.

I don’t need it, but the viewers and Jia unnie probably do.

And then I ran again!

• Wow LOLOLOL
• Her decision-making is so fast LOL
• She’s even recording with the camcorder in the middle of all this LOL
• She’s scared out of her mind but still doing everything she needs to do LOL
• Is Lulu-chan on her second playthrough?

Second playthrough? What second playthrough, you idiots!

Who would play this game a second time?!

Once I finish it today, I’m never touching it again!

I’m gonna bury it in my library and never look at it again!

Bzzzt—

“Lulu, Lulu! I think the power went out…?!”

“W-we just need to run downstairs and fix it. It’s okay, unnie.”

As soon as we stepped into the hallway, the power went out, and I had to turn on the night vision again.

Jia unnie tightly gripped my arm as we looked at the darkened hallway.

Honestly, I was scared too, but I tried my best to comfort unnie and keep going.

• Lulu-chan’s so reliable LOL
• The youngest protecting the unnie is so cool
• I take back calling her a coward, Lulu-chan…
• But she is a coward, right?
• For real LOL

Everyone, shut up.

I don’t need your compliments.

You were just teasing me earlier, and now this?

Hmph.

Drip… drip…

The sound of water dripping from the ceiling echoed quietly.

Walking through the eerie basement, I swallowed hard.

From what I remember, there are a lot of jump scares here. Where was it again?

Thud!

“EEEEEEK!”

• LOLOLOLOL
• I got scared too, damn
• The jump scares are insane LOL
• The developers are seriously evil LOL

I was trying to be as careful as possible, but suddenly, through the square gap in a door that looked like a hospital Room, a grotesque face popped out, and I let out a shrill scream.

Sniff. I want to cry.

That timing was just too much.

Whether it was background music or a sound effect, the “KYAAAAH!” scream that played made it even scarier.

But once I fix the generator here, things will get better.

If it’s less dark, it’ll be less scary; just hang in there until then.

Creak—

I pulled the levers scattered around the basement to fix the generator.

Thankfully, there were no pursuers yet, as the BGM remained unchanged.

Once I pull the last lever, the generator should be fixed.

“Unnie, once we fix this, it’ll get brighter.”

“R-really? Thank goodness.”

After reassuring unnie, I entered the bathroom where the last lever was.

I’m sure the lever was installed in one of these stalls.

Believing that everything would be okay once I pulled it, I let my guard down slightly and pulled open one of the stall doors.

【KYAAAAAH!】

“KYAAAAH!”

“NYAAAAH!”

A monster that had been waiting inside let out a roar and jumped out, and I reflexively let out a cat-like scream.

Unlike the other pursuers, this one seemed like I could fight back, as a message in white text appeared: “Press G to resist.”

But after a moment of relief, the sudden attack caught me off guard, and I…

Sniff… sob…!

Without even thinking about resisting,

I just lowered my head and burst into tears like a child.

Sniff.

I’m sorry.

I’ll never brag about being good at horror games again.

Please just let me stop here.