Chapter 52 Part 4: Killer Game

“Alright, who wants to be the chaser this round?”

After the first round ended with Baekro’s crushing defeat.

The next game began without delay.

“Um, can I try being the chaser this time?”

“Ah, Cheongha?”

Just as the room owner, Jjangdolswe, was looking for the next chaser.

Cheongha raised her hand.

‘I want to try this once.’

I’ll probably see a lot of brutal scenes, but since I’m participating anyway.

Shouldn’t I try the killer role at least once?

The moment she was chosen as the next chaser.

“Hey, and Cheongha?”

“Yes?”

“That incident earlier. I remember it ve~ry well.”

A remark from Bubugi came from the other side.

Ah, I guess just letting it slide was impossible.

“I’ll make you cry your eyes out, just you wait.”

“Ahaha…..”

Well, I didn’t have much to say, so I just laughed it off.

We’ll see what happens when the time comes.

Besides, me crying my eyes out?

‘That’s highly unlikely…’

I didn’t even cry when I first went to the dome concert.

Now, I can’t even imagine myself crying.

What is it, did child abuse dry up my tear ducts or something?

“Ah, it’s starting now.”

When I came to my senses, the game had already begun, and a cutscene was playing.

A killer instantly snapping someone’s neck and survivors fleeing.

After the opening finished, Cheongha spawned in a deserted forest.

-But can the streamer do well?

-This is going to be pretty brutal…

-Isn’t she going to faint?

-Don’t die ㅠㅠ…

“Well, I’ll just have to play it roughly like when I was on the dinosaur team in CreWar.”

Since the killer is also a character who relies solely on physical abilities, isn’t there not much difference from a dinosaur if you think about it?

No, actually, this might be easier since there’s even a teleportation ability.

“And if something scary comes up, I’ll just close my eyes tight, so you don’t have to worry.”

-You fainted last time when you tried that.

Oh dear.

Hitting me with the facts, how cheap.

A horror game where there’s nothing to do but react to scary things, and a killer game where you have to kill as many people as possible, are fundamentally different.

The latter has a ton of things to do besides just being surprised.

If it gets too scary, maybe there’s a skip button or something?

I’ll just press that.

Well, that aside…..

“Should I try to come up with a concept too? Like a one-time RP.”

Watching Baekro earlier, it seems like I just need to be a bit more bloodthirsty than usual.

Still, since I’m a Vtuber, should I try a one-time RP and be more serious than usual?

-Oh, good.

-Killer concept?

-Can’t resist a killer Vtuber.

At those words, Cheongha quietly recalled past experiences.

An entertainment career is for times like this.

Let’s see, should I just pick a role I’ve played before?

“Alright, let’s go with this.”

After much deliberation, Cheongha finally succeeded in choosing a character.

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A pitch-black night road.

Belena was wandering through the forest alone.

“Ah….. where is it.”

Relying on a single flashlight, she was searching for one thing.

‘The propeller….’

Her aim was to escape using the boat.

For that, two elements were needed: a propeller and fuel.

Rupyang would be fueling it, so she just needed to quickly find the propeller.

-Isn’t it back there?

-Over there, over there.

-Think you just passed it?

-Legendary eyesight.

“Huh? What….. Ah.”

Anyway, after finding the part thanks to the viewers’ backseat gaming.

Belena quickly started running towards the water.

At that moment.

Zzzzt-

The screen instantly started to fill with noise.

“Uh….?”

Is the killer nearby?

Belena’s nerves tensed up.

‘This won’t do.’

I need to quickly get to the boat, finish the repairs, and escape.

It was the moment she took her final step towards the dock.

“Huh.”

The first thing that came into view was the blood-soaked floor.

Because it was a dock made of white birch, the bloodstains stood out clearly even at night.

And turning her head a bit more, a J-shaped curve in the path came into view.

Rupyang’s body lay in the middle of that path.

“Huh…?”

The moment her mind finally caught up with the event that had just unfolded before her eyes.

Clack-!

“Kyaak?!”

[Caught in a trap!]

Her blood drained instantly as she stepped on a trap set by the killer.

‘Ah, I’m screwed.’

Belena’s expression hardened as she sensed her impending future.

It hadn’t been long since she separated from Rupyang to find the propeller.

If the killer had murdered her in that short time, then the killer was probably…

“───Oh my, hello Belena-nim?”

“Aaaahk—?! Cheongha-nim?!”

Speak of the devil, as they say.

At Cheongha’s sudden appearance, Belena screamed in surprise.

Her heart almost stopped twice.

Once from the surprise appearance.

And again from that voice.

‘No, what’s with that voice again?!’

Although it was clearly the same voice as before, the tone and emotion within it were distinctly different.

Her calm tone even in this situation was enough to give the listener goosebumps.

If before she felt like a somewhat cool older sister.

Now, she exuded the strong aura of a young lady from some prestigious family.

It felt as if someone right beside her was holding her heart and twisting it.

-??? What’s this?

-Damn scary for real.

-Madness.

-Is this person a voice actress?

-Oh sh*t….

-That voice is so captivating.

-Noona, kill me.

-Kiyaaaak!

The chat windows on both streams reacted similarly.

‘Well, it can’t be helped.’

Cheongha nodded, seeing the viewers admire her killer performance.

What I’m acting out now is a high school girl pleasure killer from some urban fantasy anime.

A character who satisfied her murderous impulses by killing people, enjoying the emotional pleasure felt each time.

After roaming around like that, her appearance ended with her being dismembered and killed by the protagonist.

Since I voiced her in the movie version instead of the original voice actress, it was definitely easier to get immersed.

Thanks to her background as a rich young lady, she unconsciously treats others with politeness.

That was no exception even for people she was about to kill.

That, in turn, amplified the unique creepiness and discomfort.

“Kyaaaaaaahk—!”

Stab-!

“Ah, this is a bit.”

At the sight of the killer starting to dismember Belena from the head down, Cheongha squeezed her eyes shut.

Even back then, I barely managed to continue recording with the mindset of not causing trouble, but how could I watch someone’s bones being pulled out while they were still alive?

Splash-!

“…Is it over?”

Only after the killer dragged Belena’s body and threw it into the river could Cheongha finally open her eyes.

-lol You killed her.

-Killer’s specialty (hates scary things)

-(Squeezes eyes shut)

-Cheongha-nim closing her eyes is so cute.

-Reverse world Gaksital 

-Reverse world Gaksital is crazy lol

“No, Gaksital? What Gaksital?”

Wasn’t that a character from a comic who wore a mask and fought against the Japanese during the colonial era?

I remembered it because the drama based on that comic was quite successful in Japan too.

‘Well, if you say they both wear masks, then they are similar….’

Even if he’s not a real person, I don’t know if it’s okay to compare a character who’s essentially an independence fighter to an undead killer.

“Phew, anyway. Let’s go find the next person now.”

Ah, whatever, don’t ask a middle school graduate such complicated things.

That’s enough reacting to the brutal cutscene and viewers’ comments.

Now it’s time to go back to being a killer dedicated to her work.

Equipping her cold gaze once more, Cheongha moved her feet.

The next target was the house where the telephone fuse would be.

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In a nearby building she found, Cheongha encountered someone familiar.

-Oops

-Ah ah

-This is a bit;;;

-Let’s quietly pretend we didn’t see.

A small figure fidgeting and doing something near a public phone booth.

A familiar nickname was written above it.

[whitecrow]

White Crow.

White.

Crow.

.

.

“Haaaah…..”

Since there was only one person among them with a nickname related to white and birds.

Cheongha approached, targeting her with coldly disapproving eyes.

Separate from feeling sorry for her, she couldn’t just let her use the phone properly.

“Moshi moshi, hello Baekro.”

“Kiyaaaak—?!”

Baekro shrieked upon seeing Cheongha, who had appeared instantly using her teleport skill.

This is truly like a scene I’ve seen somewhere before.

“Aaaah! I’m sorry, I’m sorry! Please spare meee!”

“…Doesn’t this feel like the situation from the last round?”

Yes, I remembered.

In the previous round, she had grabbed me by the scruff of the neck just like this.

It was a good thing Belena saved me with a crowbar back then.

If not for her, I might have been the only participant to meet the rather embarrassing end of

‘being killed by Baekro’.

If there was a difference between the current situation and then, it was that there was no car nearby this time, and Belena wouldn’t come to save Baekro.

The used car went to America from here too, and I already killed that person, so what can be done?

It was the moment Cheongha stood there, holding Baekro by the neck.

[Cheongha Protector donated 1,000 Won]

=She looks pitiful, let’s spare her once.

Oh dear, bail money has arrived.

“Well, I’ll spare you once, at least.”

“R-Really…?”

Well, I had no intention of killing her already anyway.

If not for her, I wouldn’t have even been invited to this game.

It’s something like repaying a favor.

‘And she looks somewhat pitiful to kill…’

Despite being the killer, she couldn’t kill a single person.

Thinking of her getting beaten up by the survivors instead, tears welled up in my eyes.

Besides, hadn’t I already taken down two people?

If I had zero kills like Baekro in the previous round, maybe, but this was a pretty decent score.

It would be even better if I won, though.

“Instead, I won’t go easy on you next time we meet.”

“Yes, yeees!!”

Thus, Baekro succeeded in escaping from the blood-crazed Gaksital of the reverse world.

“Live a good life from now on.”

“? Ah, yes….”

Getting life advice from the killer was a bonus.