Chapter 51 Part 3: Killer Game

Right after successfully selling the product to the fierce customer.

The two were able to join the remaining survivor group.

“Alright, so everyone who’s alive is gathered here, right?”

Including us, there were a total of four people gathered here.

One was sacrificed as bait just moments ago, and according to the logs, two had already escaped by boat.

In other words, the people gathered here were the last survivors.

-Run for it~

-There are two impostors here.

-These are people who will be sold soon.

-That thing before your eyes is the devil.

Oh dear, what are these people saying.

Do I look like someone who would sell out just anyone?

The products I’ve sold so far all had their own standards.

I only sell them out when I think I’m going to die.

And if I’m here, I probably don’t have to worry much about dying.

Because there are a lot of people, for one.

“So, what should we do now?”

Our escape plan using the car seems to have gone down the drain, so this time, it seemed like we should listen to this group’s opinion.

“Ah, well, we’re planning to go for the police report route.”

A police report, huh.

It was certainly a method where, theoretically, everyone here could survive since there was no personnel limit.

‘The only problem is that it’s an easy way to get discovered.’

The killer isn’t an idiot either, so there was a high chance they had already broken the phone or set traps there beforehand.

Ultimately, to succeed with this method, we had to finish the repairs quickly before the killer arrived.

“Then, have you repaired the fuse by any chance?”

“Ah, no. We were just about to go look for it now.”

“Alright, then I’ll repair the fuse.”

It didn’t look like much on the outside, but just like in Mafia, the survivors in this game each had their own professions.

Among them, my profession was Repairman.

It was a job class with the characteristic of increased item repair speed.

The repair difficulty wasn’t too hard either, and thanks to everyone moving together, the chance of dying alone was low.

Just as the survivors were about to set off to find the telephone.

Knock knock-

A knocking sound came from outside the door.

“Hey, open the door.”

A deep, male voice, distinctly different from the killer’s, was heard from outside the door.

As soon as I heard that voice, I could identify the man outside the door at a glance.

“Hey, you sold me out?”

Bubugi, covered in blood, reappeared, having survived.

What, he was just grabbed by the scruff of his neck by the killer; how is he still alive?

What was important right now was something else.

Bubugi, trembling with rage, pulled out something he had slung on his back.

A long wooden barrel and a trigger beneath it.

It was the shotgun, the most powerful weapon in this game.

Click-clack-!

“Everyone, don’t come any closer!”

With a crisp loading sound, he aimed the gun at the survivors.

“Kiyaaak!?!”

“Hey, you crazy bastard! Why are you pointing that here—”

The streamers’ screams echoed.

Seeing the laughter still mixed in between, colleagues were colleagues indeed.

Alright, then I should join the flow too.

“Belena sold you out, Bugi.”

“Eh?”

In variety shows, there always needs to be a character who betrays appropriately.

That way, it’s more popular and more fun.

Of course, if overused to the point of hindering progress, that would be a problem in itself, but the current situation wasn’t that severe.

“Ahaha, really?”

Click-clack-!

At those words, the shotgun’s barrel turned towards Belena.

“W-Wait a minute?!”

Belena, instinctively juking and starting to retreat at the sight.

Hmm, this is going to get noisy.

Should I lower the volume a bit?

I quickly pressed the ESC button and entered the settings window.

—I went to save you and you sell me out?!

Let’s see, the option key is here.

—Do you know me?!

—Do you even know me!!

—Ah, I’m sorryyy!

Hmm, this is a human voice, so.

Should I lower the voice chat volume?

—That person was with us too!

—But you were the one who sold them out!

Anyway, does this mean Baekro didn’t get to kill anyone in the end?

She’s the killer, but somehow I feel a bit sorry for her.

Thwack-!

—Kyaak?!

—Ugh! Someone died!

Along with the peaceful(?) background sound, Cheongha changed the new settings.

Good, the sound is just right now.

After finishing all the settings and returning to the game, Belena was lying collapsed beside her.

“Oh dear, you should have been more careful.”

“Ueh, I thought I was going to die…..”

Cheongha muttered, looking at Belena sprawled on the floor.

Perhaps he spared her because she was a fellow survivor; hit by a whip instead of a shotgun, she was thankfully still alive.

-What is this, is she really a psychopath?

-Hyung killed her.

-You were the first one to sell her out lol

Well, that aside…..

“We’re going to report to the police, want to come with us?”

Cheongha confidently offered Bubugi to join them.

The boat had already left, so the only remaining options were calling by phone or repairing the car again.

Since the latter was nearly impossible to handle alone, the only path he could choose was effectively the former.

“Sigh, you’re not going to sell me out again, are you?”

“Of course not.”

Am I crazy enough to betray our team’s strongest asset who’s holding a shotgun?

“If you sell me out again, I’m really shooting. Team or not, I’m really shooting.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t betray you first.”

Above all, if I backstab him any more than this, he’ll genuinely dislike it, not just for entertainment purposes.

Jokes are only jokes when the other person accepts them.

Excessive pranks or hidden cameras are just malicious acts.

Thus, the survivor group, now including Bubugi, crossed the rainy path in search of a telephone.

And.

“Yes, the repairs are all done.”

“Ah, really? Is it because of your job? Your speed is definitely fast.”

The repair work itself was nothing special.

I just had to find the location of the phone’s fuse and press the button at the right time.

It was even easier for me because of my job.

「Yes, we will dispatch immediately.」

Beep beep-

Upon connecting the call through the fuse.

The voice of the police was heard from the other side, and a timer appeared on the screen.

“Now we just need to move to the entrance.”

“Alright, everyone grab what you need, and let’s go quickly.”

There were two exits where survivors could meet the police.

It would be big trouble if the killer caught them in between.

Just as the survivors were heading towards the exit.

Zzzzzzt-!

“—Hello, knock knock? Anyone in there?”

Noise filled the screen, and a familiar voice echoed.

The rookie killer I had only met twice now.

It was Baekro.

“Whoa! You scared me!!”

Rupyang, whose neck was instantly grabbed by her, shouted.

“Rupyang!”

She, who was almost killed by a moment of carelessness, quickly stabbed the killer’s stomach with a dagger and escaped.

The time remaining until the police arrived was now 5 minutes.

If caught within that time, you die, so we just need to appropriately lure the chaser and escape through the exit.

“Run quickly!”

While Baekro was pulling out the dagger embedded in her body, the remaining survivors started running towards the exit.

“Hey! Stop right there!!”

Baekro chased after them.

How long did the chase continue like that?

“Uh oh, almost there, almost there!”

The wooden bridge indicating the exit came into the survivors’ view.

“Alright, let’s hold our ground here now.”

Normally, survivors would scatter to escape the killer individually.

However, this time, perhaps because of who the pilot was, confidence began to well up among the streamers.

[1:30]

The time remaining before the police arrived was now 1 minute and 30 seconds.

The survivors, checking the time, began to pick up their respective weapons.

A variety of weapons, including crowbars, bats, flare guns, and shotguns, made their appearance.

“Die— Kyaak?!”

Tang-!

“I hit her!”

Belena fired a flare gun at the approaching killer.

At the sight of the red light suddenly flying towards her in the middle of the night, the killer couldn’t help but flinch.

While the killer was stunned, the remaining survivors acted quickly.

“Hey hey, hit her, hit her, hit her!”

“Hey hey hey, wait a minute! Why aren’t you running away!”

Baekro, flustered by the sight of survivors actually starting to beat up the killer, shouted.

However, the hands of humans who had already formed a group were merciless.

“Isn’t ganging up on someone too unfair!!”

“Baekro, you don’t seem to have much strength in your body.”

I should take her to the gym later.

No matter how much damage reduction was applied, due to the sheer number of people, the killer was knocked to the ground multiple times.

“Got you, you bastard!!”

“Hey hey, move aside. Here’s a gun.”

Thwack-Boom!

When the killer regained consciousness and tried to attack the survivors, Bubugi, holding a shotgun, stopped her.

Thwack-!

When she tried to get up again, Belena struck her head from behind with a crowbar.

How many times was Baekro slammed to the ground like that?

Wee-woo-wee-woo-

As the siren wailed, a police car appeared beyond the bridge.

The combination of blue and red colors was truly reassuring.

“Hey hey, the police are here!”

“Ah, no!?”

At the sight of the police, the survivors began to cross the bridge one by one.

Baekro thrashed at the sight.

There are newbies here too!

She didn’t want to be branded as bad at games in her first collab as a senior.

“Hey! Who are you! Bugi-ya?!”

“I’m not Bugi, I’m Rupyang!”

Thwack-!

“Kyaaaak?!”

Leaving behind the killer who was tormented until the very end, all the survivors successfully escaped.

-Ah lol

-So she really didn’t kill anyone?

-Baekro’s level

-As expected of someone bad at games.

-Should have known when she missed Bubugi.

-Miraculous vision (for real)

“….Eeeeek!!”

Creating an unprecedented opening where the chaser got 0 kills was a bonus.

“…Am I really cursed or something.”

First the grenade incident, and now even as the killer.

Cheongha clicked her tongue at the achievement, inexplicable unless one was an extreme pacifist.