Chapter 31

Two-Person Night Watchman (1)

Two-Person Night Watchman (1) - How a Blacksmith Survives in a Neapolitan Horror World - Penguin Squad

Chapter 31

Two-Person Night Watchman (1)

“Thank you as always. Ah, right. I have a present for you.”

“Let me explain first. If you don't like it, you don't have to accept it.”

“This is a Corrupted Necklace, and it's a somewhat dangerous item.”

: !

“Since it's an item made from a living creature, I don't know what variables there might be.”

“The original body has already died, but the corruption doesn't disappear just because the original body died.. Are you sure you'll be all right?”

Mm!

You like it!

“Here it is.”

I personally put the necklace on the Vellieard Library anomaly, which had entered the house with an embarrassed expression.

Of course, that's just a figure of speech.

I roughly hung the necklace from top to bottom over the place where its face should have been..

‘It goes on..’

I could really see the necklace hanging below its facial expression, just like a person wearing a necklace.

“I hope this necklace helps you.”

///

The Vellieard Library anomaly left the house with a shy yet happy expression.

Once I was alone in the house again, I ate a C Set and checked the stones I had left.

DOLL : 23329

[Withdrawal : ] [Sell : ]

‘I've saved up quite a bit of money.’

It had been nearly two weeks since I came here.

Including the time I had spent working at the Vellieard Library, it had been about four weeks.

‘I should splurge a little during the next Interaction.’

I had almost nowhere to spend money anyway.

Just as everyone else paid the community administrator a service fee,

I decided to pay about 5,000 DOLL as a community maintenance fee, and resolved to spend a little money during this Interaction.

“I'll buy some snacks, and.. Ah, I want some ramen too. I should buy ramen. Since I'm at it, I should also buy some emergency rations and things at the convenience store.”

Since I had always eaten delivery food, I had started craving something different.

While I was wondering what to buy at the convenience store, which sold the exact same products as convenience stores in Korea,

[Wow, holy shit. Looking at it now, I got carried hard by Daebung lol]

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

A post saying that someone had gotten carried by me suddenly appeared.

“..What did I do?”

In a situation where I no longer even knew what I had done,

I clicked on the post to find out what had happened.

[Wow, holy shit. Looking at it now, I got carried hard by Daebung lol]

(Photo)

I got one more Return attempt lol

You know how the system gives you one more Return attempt if it decides you played an important role in clearing a horror-story dungeon?

So on top of the extra Return attempt, I also got 3,000 DOLL as a clear reward lol

Ahh~~ So sweet, so sweet~~~ You guys should've sent Daebung a message too, right?!

Haah~~ I'm going to use this to buy something delicious today lol

[Comments - 21]

Anonymous 1 : You deserved it lol

Anonymous 2 : Even if nobody else did, I think you definitely deserved it.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Huh? Why does he deserve it?

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : He's the First-Floor Roommate anomaly's first and seventh challenger.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : ????????????????????????? Don't bullshit me. Seriously??

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Yep. Anon 1 lived here a long, long time ago.

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : Wow, fuck.. crazy.. Anonymous 1 really volunteered as the first challenger with no information at all..?

ㄴ Anonymous 5 : I didn't realize because that doesn't match the image I usually had of him..

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : It's just because his usual behavior is kind of weird. There's a reason the head mod doesn't even warn him despite him constantly posting sexual harassment. Two horror-story dungeons were cleared thanks to him.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Then yeah, he deserved it.

ㄴ Poster : No, fuck, don't acknowledge me; everyone should act jealous!!! Huh!?!?!? Let me flex a little!! It's been so long since I had this chance!!!

ㄴ Anonymous 1 : Wow. I. Am. So. Jealous.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Clap clap clap clap clap clap

ㄴ Poster : Haah.. Spanking isn't my thing..

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : ?

Anonymous 1 : This guy's mindset is fucking hilarious lol. If I enter first, of course I'll have the highest contribution, right? Once the horror story gets cleared someday? Then I'll get the biggest benefit, won't I?! All right, I'm going in.

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : LOLLLLL What a memory. I'm old now too~

ㄴ Poster : You got the biggest benefit, didn't you? Have a drink~

ㄴ Anonymous 1 : LOOOOOL That's true lol

Anonymous 6 : He suddenly looks like a different person. From a four-limb-restraint masturbator to a pioneer of four-limb-restraint masturbation..

ㄴ Anonymous 7 : ..What looks different about him?

ㄴ Anonymous 5 : I think something even more horrifying has been born.

So the Status Window's system judged everyone's contribution when a horror-story dungeon was cleared and distributed the rewards accordingly..

“So this existed?”

Come to think of it.. if there were no system like contribution, people could announce on the community about five minutes before a horror story was cleared that everyone should enter it.

Then a situation could arise where a dozen or so people all entered the horror story and the dungeon was cleared.

I was impressed by this system I had just learned about, but only for a moment.

“..Anonymous 1 was the first and seventh challenger?”

I was somewhat surprised to learn that Anonymous 1, who was always making dirty jokes, had been the first and seventh challenger in The First-Floor Roommate horror story.

“Ah, so that's why he recognized it as The First-Floor Roommate the moment he saw FE..”

Come to think of it, that was true.

When I was about to share the Crafting code, the reason he immediately knew that FE was the location of The First-Floor Roommate horror story must have been that he had entered it himself.

On top of that, one of the comments I had seen on the community in the past had said that Anonymous 1 had volunteered for many sacrifices in clearing horror-story dungeons.

“He was a much more incredible person than I thought.”

I couldn't help but be amazed by everything he had done.

Anyway.

“He was practically indispensable.”

I had survived thanks to Anonymous 1 as well.

So I decided to buy a few presents for him the next time Interaction came around.

“If I could, I'd like to make him an item, but it's not as though I actually have a blacksmith's shop.”

After browsing the community and finishing my meal,

when I left the empty dishes outside the door,

“..What should I do now?”

When the familiar boredom arrived and I was wondering whether to start grinding by selling Mentality for stones,

suddenly.

“I should look into the camera's functions.”

I remembered that I still didn't know much about the camera's Enhancement function,

and decided to learn a little more about it.

‘Enhancement usually has a positive meaning, so it must have a positive effect, right?’

Of course, I couldn't suddenly take a selfie and conduct a biological experiment on myself,

so I placed the awl made from teeth on the table, took a picture of it with the combined camera, and then..

“Shall I try enhancing it~?”

Humming the obligatory tune for talking to oneself, I pressed the camera's Fn button and started enhancing-

“..Ah.”

The moment I pressed the upward-pointing arrow button, ‘↑,’ my Mentality was shaved away in an instant.

Mentality : 43 / 193

[Available Return Attempts] : 2

[Available Crafting Attempts] : 1

Input:

How had it immediately become ‘Enhanced’ just because I pressed one wrong button..

“..Did anything change?..”

Since I had already used Enhancement, I tried to check whether the awl made from teeth had changed in any way..

“..It looks the same?”

There didn't seem to be any change in the awl at all.

Wondering if at least its grip had changed, I picked up the awl.

Mentality : 47 / 197

“Huh? 197?”

I could see that my total Mentality, which had definitely been 196, had increased to 197.

The moment I saw this, I immediately put the awl into the IY slot and checked the description of the awl made from teeth,

and sure enough..

[Awl Made From Teeth]

This is an awl crafted from two teeth.

It raises the user's maximum Mentality by 4.

I realized that the awl, which had previously raised my total Mentality by only 3, had been changed to raise it by 4.

The camera's ‘Enhancement’ was a function that could ‘enhance’ items.

“..I wonder if I can use this on a person too?”

I had originally been selling all the Mentality I recharged at a rate of 1,000 per day for stones..

I had found a new use for my total Mentality.

…

A snack cost an average of 20–30 DOLL.

A drink cost an average of 20–30 DOLL.

For necessities, cheap items cost around 10 DOLL, while expensive ones could cost as much as 100–200 DOLL.

‘Was the F Set really that ridiculously expensive?’

As soon as Interaction began, I ran to the convenience store and finished shopping, then put all the items filling my bags into the IY slot.

‘I have to tell everyone about IY today. ..But this isn't another horror story, is it?’

When I headed toward the center of the village, where people were always gathered,

‘Huh?’

I was briefly puzzled to see that there was nobody around today.

Then I remembered that clearing a new horror story had expanded the area of the village that could be traveled through,

and realized that everyone had gone their separate ways to explore the expanded area.

‘I don't know what to do since I wasn't assigned a role.’

As a newcomer on my second Interaction, I had no role assigned by the administrator,

so I had no choice but to look around the village for a while and return home before the lockdown time.

After returning home and browsing posts from people sharing their exploration information about the expanded area, feeling somewhat proud..

[So I wasn't the only one who couldn't be contacted?]

[Now if we walk around naked, we only show up as black, so it'll be obvious lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[We can see what clothes each other are wearing now. Daebung, nice work. If we clear a few more, we'll probably be able to see each other's faces too.]

I saw that an ominous post had been uploaded.

Wondering what was going on, I clicked on it..

[So I wasn't the only one who couldn't be contacted?]

Head mod, this is kind of serious.

I think we need to make a plan quickly.

[Comments - 5]

Administrator : I'm still trying to contact him.

Anonymous 1 : This is driving me crazy.. Haah.. I guess it's my fault for not stopping him..

Anonymous 2 : How many minutes has it been since he went in?

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Ten minutes.

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Fuck..

I could see several people talking in serious tones.

“..What's going on?”

So I immediately left a comment asking what had happened..

Anonymous 4 : Um.. Would it be all right if I asked what happened? (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Is this Daebung?

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : Yes. (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : That.. the Anon 1 who always goes after Anonymous 1 entered the horror story in the newly opened area about ten minutes ago.. ..but he hasn't posted anything on the community. ..And he isn't reading his messages either..

I realized that things were becoming more serious than I had expected.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : He still has one Return attempt left, so if anything goes wrong, I think he'll come back..

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Knowing that he isn't the kind of guy who would stay silent like this, I can't help but feel a little worried.

ㄴ Administrator : Don't worry too much. Let's wait a little longer. It might be an exceptional situation.

Anonymous 1 had suddenly stopped responding.

Some people might ask whether it was reasonable to get anxious over someone being out of contact for only ten minutes, but..

in this world, where one wrong move could get you killed, ten minutes could be considered a kind of golden window.

“..I should go.”

I remembered that I owed him my life in The First-Floor Roommate world.

I realized that this time, it was my turn to go save him.

Anonymous 4 : I'll go save him. Just tell me how to enter. (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Tsk.. That's too dangerous, isn't it?

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : This could be the golden window. It could be the moment we can't afford to miss. I have a way to temporarily incapacitate an anomaly, so I'll be fine. I also have sturdy armor. And I have two Return attempts. If someone has to go, I think I'm the one who should go. (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : ..You're right, but.. Haah.. Yeah, that's the reasonable thing to do..

ㄴ Anonymous 5 : ..I'm sorry. I don't have the courage to make a decision like that.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Same here. ..Don't you dare die, Daebung.

ㄴ Administrator : I will support your actions, Daebung. My MB‘T’I is I‘N’FP. Return safely, and tell us your MBTI.

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : I'll be back. If I also stop responding.. ..absolutely do not send a follow-up team. That means this must be an extremely dangerous horror-story dungeon. (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Fuck.. ..I'm sorry, Daebung. Thank you, Daebung. Seriously.. Seriously.. ..Seriously.. Please.. come back alive..

As the community administrator had told me, I immediately entered TN into the Input field.

The moment I entered the code, my vision instantly grew hazy.

‘I'll find Anonymous 1 and Return immediately.’

By the time my vision slowly returned to normal, I was already..

‘Where.. where the hell is this..?’

I.. woke up in what appeared to be a guard post.

‘There's a piece of paper.’

The moment I opened my eyes, I saw a sheet of paper lying on the table directly in front of me.

Out of habit, I began reading it.

If you can read this, please read it to the end.

First, I know you're confused because the Status Window won't turn on.

We are in the exact same situation, which is why we are sharing information through this document.

Before I explain the rules you must follow here, there is one absolute, fundamental rule that this two-person night-watchman post requires you to follow.

Namely, you must never attempt to communicate using normal language.

The person beside you may look human, but there is a high chance they are not human.

Most of them are living beings in the process of learning about humans.

You must not give them the opportunity to learn language.

The moment they learn normal language, all of our rules will inevitably collapse.

Just as I was reading through the rules,

I suddenly sensed a presence beside me and turned my head.

There..

“...”

There was a being changing into a security guard's uniform without saying a word..

‘..What is this?’

It was looking at me with an expression that seemed to convey confusion.

At this moment..

‘..Is this Anonymous 1?’

I wanted to confirm whether that person was Anonymous 1, but the rules in the guide said that I must not attempt to communicate using normal language.

“Jjit..jji.”

“..Daebung?”

“..Jjitjji?”

“..!! Daebung?”

“Jjitjji..!”“Dae.. bung..!”“I found Anonymous 1!”

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“Thank you as always. Ah, right. I have a present for you.”

“Let me explain first. If you don't like it, you don't have to accept it.”

“This is a Corrupted Necklace, and it's a somewhat dangerous item.”

: !

“Since it's an item made from a living creature, I don't know what variables there might be.”

“The original body has already died, but the corruption doesn't disappear just because the original body died.. Are you sure you'll be all right?”

Mm!

You like it!

“Here it is.”

I personally put the necklace on the Vellieard Library anomaly, which had entered the house with an embarrassed expression.

Of course, that's just a figure of speech.

I roughly hung the necklace from top to bottom over the place where its face should have been..

‘It goes on..’

I could really see the necklace hanging below its facial expression, just like a person wearing a necklace.

“I hope this necklace helps you.”

///

The Vellieard Library anomaly left the house with a shy yet happy expression.

Once I was alone in the house again, I ate a C Set and checked the stones I had left.

DOLL : 23329

[Withdrawal : ] [Sell : ]

‘I've saved up quite a bit of money.’

It had been nearly two weeks since I came here.

Including the time I had spent working at the Vellieard Library, it had been about four weeks.

‘I should splurge a little during the next Interaction.’

I had almost nowhere to spend money anyway.

Just as everyone else paid the community administrator a service fee,

I decided to pay about 5,000 DOLL as a community maintenance fee, and resolved to spend a little money during this Interaction.

“I'll buy some snacks, and.. Ah, I want some ramen too. I should buy ramen. Since I'm at it, I should also buy some emergency rations and things at the convenience store.”

Since I had always eaten delivery food, I had started craving something different.

While I was wondering what to buy at the convenience store, which sold the exact same products as convenience stores in Korea,

[Wow, holy shit. Looking at it now, I got carried hard by Daebung lol]

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

A post saying that someone had gotten carried by me suddenly appeared.

“..What did I do?”

In a situation where I no longer even knew what I had done,

I clicked on the post to find out what had happened.

[Wow, holy shit. Looking at it now, I got carried hard by Daebung lol]

(Photo)

I got one more Return attempt lol

You know how the system gives you one more Return attempt if it decides you played an important role in clearing a horror-story dungeon?

So on top of the extra Return attempt, I also got 3,000 DOLL as a clear reward lol

Ahh~~ So sweet, so sweet~~~ You guys should've sent Daebung a message too, right?!

Haah~~ I'm going to use this to buy something delicious today lol

[Comments - 21]

Anonymous 1 : You deserved it lol

Anonymous 2 : Even if nobody else did, I think you definitely deserved it.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Huh? Why does he deserve it?

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : He's the First-Floor Roommate anomaly's first and seventh challenger.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : ????????????????????????? Don't bullshit me. Seriously??

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Yep. Anon 1 lived here a long, long time ago.

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : Wow, fuck.. crazy.. Anonymous 1 really volunteered as the first challenger with no information at all..?

ㄴ Anonymous 5 : I didn't realize because that doesn't match the image I usually had of him..

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Then yeah, he deserved it.

ㄴ Poster : No, fuck, don't acknowledge me; everyone should act jealous!!! Huh!?!?!? Let me flex a little!! It's been so long since I had this chance!!!

ㄴ Anonymous 1 : Wow. I. Am. So. Jealous.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Clap clap clap clap clap clap

ㄴ Poster : Haah.. Spanking isn't my thing..

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : ?

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : LOLLLLL What a memory. I'm old now too~

ㄴ Poster : You got the biggest benefit, didn't you? Have a drink~

ㄴ Anonymous 1 : LOOOOOL That's true lol

Anonymous 6 : He suddenly looks like a different person. From a four-limb-restraint masturbator to a pioneer of four-limb-restraint masturbation..

ㄴ Anonymous 7 : ..What looks different about him?

ㄴ Anonymous 5 : I think something even more horrifying has been born.

So the Status Window's system judged everyone's contribution when a horror-story dungeon was cleared and distributed the rewards accordingly..

“So this existed?”

Come to think of it.. if there were no system like contribution, people could announce on the community about five minutes before a horror story was cleared that everyone should enter it.

Then a situation could arise where a dozen or so people all entered the horror story and the dungeon was cleared.

I was impressed by this system I had just learned about, but only for a moment.

“..Anonymous 1 was the first and seventh challenger?”

I was somewhat surprised to learn that Anonymous 1, who was always making dirty jokes, had been the first and seventh challenger in The First-Floor Roommate horror story.

“Ah, so that's why he recognized it as The First-Floor Roommate the moment he saw FE..”

Come to think of it, that was true.

When I was about to share the Crafting code, the reason he immediately knew that FE was the location of The First-Floor Roommate horror story must have been that he had entered it himself.

On top of that, one of the comments I had seen on the community in the past had said that Anonymous 1 had volunteered for many sacrifices in clearing horror-story dungeons.

“He was a much more incredible person than I thought.”

I couldn't help but be amazed by everything he had done.

Anyway.

“He was practically indispensable.”

I had survived thanks to Anonymous 1 as well.

So I decided to buy a few presents for him the next time Interaction came around.

“If I could, I'd like to make him an item, but it's not as though I actually have a blacksmith's shop.”

After browsing the community and finishing my meal,

when I left the empty dishes outside the door,

“..What should I do now?”

When the familiar boredom arrived and I was wondering whether to start grinding by selling Mentality for stones,

suddenly.

“I should look into the camera's functions.”

I remembered that I still didn't know much about the camera's Enhancement function,

and decided to learn a little more about it.

‘Enhancement usually has a positive meaning, so it must have a positive effect, right?’

Of course, I couldn't suddenly take a selfie and conduct a biological experiment on myself,

so I placed the awl made from teeth on the table, took a picture of it with the combined camera, and then..

“Shall I try enhancing it~?”

Humming the obligatory tune for talking to oneself, I pressed the camera's Fn button and started enhancing-

“..Ah.”

The moment I pressed the upward-pointing arrow button, ‘↑,’ my Mentality was shaved away in an instant.

Mentality : 43 / 193

[Available Return Attempts] : 2

[Available Crafting Attempts] : 1

Input:

How had it immediately become ‘Enhanced’ just because I pressed one wrong button..

“..Did anything change?..”

Since I had already used Enhancement, I tried to check whether the awl made from teeth had changed in any way..

“..It looks the same?”

There didn't seem to be any change in the awl at all.

Wondering if at least its grip had changed, I picked up the awl.

Mentality : 47 / 197

“Huh? 197?”

I could see that my total Mentality, which had definitely been 196, had increased to 197.

The moment I saw this, I immediately put the awl into the IY slot and checked the description of the awl made from teeth,

and sure enough..

[Awl Made From Teeth]

This is an awl crafted from two teeth.

It raises the user's maximum Mentality by 4.

I realized that the awl, which had previously raised my total Mentality by only 3, had been changed to raise it by 4.

The camera's ‘Enhancement’ was a function that could ‘enhance’ items.

“..I wonder if I can use this on a person too?”

I had originally been selling all the Mentality I recharged at a rate of 1,000 per day for stones..

I had found a new use for my total Mentality.

…

A snack cost an average of 20–30 DOLL.

A drink cost an average of 20–30 DOLL.

For necessities, cheap items cost around 10 DOLL, while expensive ones could cost as much as 100–200 DOLL.

‘Was the F Set really that ridiculously expensive?’

As soon as Interaction began, I ran to the convenience store and finished shopping, then put all the items filling my bags into the IY slot.

‘I have to tell everyone about IY today. ..But this isn't another horror story, is it?’

When I headed toward the center of the village, where people were always gathered,

‘Huh?’

I was briefly puzzled to see that there was nobody around today.

Then I remembered that clearing a new horror story had expanded the area of the village that could be traveled through,

and realized that everyone had gone their separate ways to explore the expanded area.

‘I don't know what to do since I wasn't assigned a role.’

As a newcomer on my second Interaction, I had no role assigned by the administrator,

so I had no choice but to look around the village for a while and return home before the lockdown time.

After returning home and browsing posts from people sharing their exploration information about the expanded area, feeling somewhat proud..

[So I wasn't the only one who couldn't be contacted?]

[Now if we walk around naked, we only show up as black, so it'll be obvious lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[We can see what clothes each other are wearing now. Daebung, nice work. If we clear a few more, we'll probably be able to see each other's faces too.]

I saw that an ominous post had been uploaded.

Wondering what was going on, I clicked on it..

[So I wasn't the only one who couldn't be contacted?]

Head mod, this is kind of serious.

I think we need to make a plan quickly.

[Comments - 5]

Administrator : I'm still trying to contact him.

Anonymous 1 : This is driving me crazy.. Haah.. I guess it's my fault for not stopping him..

Anonymous 2 : How many minutes has it been since he went in?

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Ten minutes.

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Fuck..

I could see several people talking in serious tones.

“..What's going on?”

So I immediately left a comment asking what had happened..

Anonymous 4 : Um.. Would it be all right if I asked what happened? (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Is this Daebung?

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : Yes. (Edited) (Deleted)

I realized that things were becoming more serious than I had expected.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : He still has one Return attempt left, so if anything goes wrong, I think he'll come back..

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Knowing that he isn't the kind of guy who would stay silent like this, I can't help but feel a little worried.

ㄴ Administrator : Don't worry too much. Let's wait a little longer. It might be an exceptional situation.

Anonymous 1 had suddenly stopped responding.

Some people might ask whether it was reasonable to get anxious over someone being out of contact for only ten minutes, but..

in this world, where one wrong move could get you killed, ten minutes could be considered a kind of golden window.

“..I should go.”

I remembered that I owed him my life in The First-Floor Roommate world.

I realized that this time, it was my turn to go save him.

Anonymous 4 : I'll go save him. Just tell me how to enter. (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Tsk.. That's too dangerous, isn't it?

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : ..You're right, but.. Haah.. Yeah, that's the reasonable thing to do..

ㄴ Anonymous 5 : ..I'm sorry. I don't have the courage to make a decision like that.

ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Same here. ..Don't you dare die, Daebung.

ㄴ Administrator : I will support your actions, Daebung. My MB‘T’I is I‘N’FP. Return safely, and tell us your MBTI.

ㄴ Anonymous 4 : I'll be back. If I also stop responding.. ..absolutely do not send a follow-up team. That means this must be an extremely dangerous horror-story dungeon. (Edited) (Deleted)

ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Fuck.. ..I'm sorry, Daebung. Thank you, Daebung. Seriously.. Seriously.. ..Seriously.. Please.. come back alive..

As the community administrator had told me, I immediately entered TN into the Input field.

The moment I entered the code, my vision instantly grew hazy.

‘I'll find Anonymous 1 and Return immediately.’

By the time my vision slowly returned to normal, I was already..

‘Where.. where the hell is this..?’

I.. woke up in what appeared to be a guard post.

‘There's a piece of paper.’

The moment I opened my eyes, I saw a sheet of paper lying on the table directly in front of me.

Out of habit, I began reading it.

If you can read this, please read it to the end.

First, I know you're confused because the Status Window won't turn on.

We are in the exact same situation, which is why we are sharing information through this document.

Before I explain the rules you must follow here, there is one absolute, fundamental rule that this two-person night-watchman post requires you to follow.

Namely, you must never attempt to communicate using normal language.

The person beside you may look human, but there is a high chance they are not human.

Most of them are living beings in the process of learning about humans.

You must not give them the opportunity to learn language.

The moment they learn normal language, all of our rules will inevitably collapse.

Just as I was reading through the rules,

I suddenly sensed a presence beside me and turned my head.

There..

“...”

There was a being changing into a security guard's uniform without saying a word..

‘..What is this?’

It was looking at me with an expression that seemed to convey confusion.

At this moment..

‘..Is this Anonymous 1?’

I wanted to confirm whether that person was Anonymous 1, but the rules in the guide said that I must not attempt to communicate using normal language.

“Jjit..jji.”

“..Daebung?”

“..Jjitjji?”

“..!! Daebung?”

“Jjitjji..!”“Dae.. bung..!”“I found Anonymous 1!”