Chapter 37
The survivors who realized the Status Window could be activated again could not hide their joy.
At longest, two or three months.
At shortest, two or three weeks.
Unlike Anonymous 1 and me, they had endured here for quite a long time..
“Ah.. At last, at last..”
“Thank goodness.. My security partner recently started looking at me strangely..”
“..Once this survivor meeting is over.. ..would it be all right if I went back right away, Daebung..nim?”
They seemed overjoyed at being able to return.
“I’m not asking you all to stay here against your will.”
“..!!”
“Wow..”
“If that were the case, I wouldn’t have told you that the Status Window could be activated again.”
I had told them they could return, but.
“You may go. However.. before you leave, could you grant me one favor? It’s a task that takes less than a minute per person.”
“Anything! Just say the word!”
“Of course. You let us use Return, so I can do anything. What should I do for you?”
“When our lifesaver asks a favor, we have to grant it.”
“Then, could you press the button on this camera..”
Even though they were leaving, I asked them to use the camera to touch up my appearance a little.
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Mentality : 213 / 288
[Available Returns] : 2
[Number of Craftable Uses ] : 8
Input:
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Twelve people, five times each: 60 in total.
As my total Mentality rose by 60 in a single day, I couldn’t help but grin.
“What are you looking at so happily?”
When I asked what the woman from Unit 1001, whom we had rescued, was looking at so happily..
“Ah, um..”
“Yes?”
“I was looking at Daebung-nim’s tales of heroic exploits.”
“..Heroic exploits?”
At her sudden statement that she was looking at my heroic exploits, I whipped my head around and looked at Anonymous 1.
“..What are you doing?”
“I’m getting rich.”
“..Huh?”
Feeling an indescribable sense of unease at his words, I immediately logged on to the Korean community, and..
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[Two-Person Night Watchman Horror Story (1)]
(Photo)
First of all, this is the rulebook we have to follow in the Two-Person Night Watchman Horror Story world we fell into.
As you can see, I saw a post saying the Status Window wouldn’t open in this horror story and immediately tried opening it, but..
It really didn’t open, so I thought, “Holy shit, I’m screwed.”
I was hurriedly putting on my night watchman uniform for work when..
suddenly, someone appeared beside me, reading the rulebook.
‘Anomaly? Human? What is it?’
My heart was pounding like crazy.
I froze, wondering if I was going to die like this..
when the guy reading the rulebook suddenly looked at me and..
“Jjit..jji.”
He uttered those words.
[Comments - 29]
Author : The next chapter is 100 Stones, dear customer :>
Anonymous 1 : Ah, fuck, hurry up and post the next chapter.
Anonymous 2 : The head mod needs the information, so he wants you to post it quickly.
ㄴ Anonymous 3 : For real. I heard the head mod wants the next chapter soon so he can organize the information?
ㄴ Author : Ah, you don’t have to worry about that part. There was a reason I was quiet after my shift yesterday—I was explaining everything that had happened to the head mod.
ㄴ Anonymous 4 : You damn cowardly head mod. We’ve already seen all the content we were supposed to pay for, for free?????
ㄴ Admin : It couldn’t be helped. It was necessary to organize the information.
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : Head mod, please tell me just this one thing. What’s the deal with the futanari MILFs having a group orgy??
ㄴ Anonymous 5 : Answer me, head mod!!!!!!!!!!! If you don’t answer.. I’m going to flood the thread with lewd pictures!!!!!!
Anonymous 6 : The person called Daebung seemed unusual from the very beginning, huh?
ㄴ Anonymous 2 : ? What’s with this guy?
ㄴ Author : Ah, he’s Japanese. Just leave him alone.
ㄴ Anonymous 2 : ???????????? Why is there a Japanese person here?
ㄴ Anonymous 3 : He’s Japanese?
ㄴ Author : This is something Daebung found too. This is a story that will start later with that Bombardildo guy or whatever. It’s a spoiler, so I can’t reveal it yet.
ㄴ Anonymous 4 : A Japanese person and a dildo???????? Does the head mod know about this?
ㄴ Admin : Yes. I’ve already finished speaking with the administrator of the Japanese gallery.
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : What the hell is going on here..?
Anonymous 7 : wwwwwwwwwwww How the hell was the first word Jjit-jji wwwwwwww We had such a hard time there because we couldn’t confirm that we were human.
ㄴ Anonymous 2 : This is bad. The Japanese are starting to realize Daebung’s greatness.
Anonymous 8 : I would like to make a payment. How do I do that?
ㄴ Author : During the next exchange period, place 100 Stones in the pavilion at the center of the village.
ㄴ Anonymous 4 : ??? You’re seriously going to pay?? Seriously??
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : If I just keep my mouth shut here, am I an Ugly Korean..?
ㄴ Author : Nope, you’re good. I’ll post it in the Japanese gallery anyway.
ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Aaaahhhhhhh please, I’m begging you..! Let us see it too..!
ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Anonymous 7..! Split it fifty-fifty?? Fifty-fifty??
ㄴ Anonymous 7 : I’m fine with that.
ㄴ Anonymous 5 : Some people’s translations are normal, while other people’s translationese is unintentionally hilarious lmao
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Although I was a little dumbfounded that Anonymous 1 was actually making money rather than joking around.
After returning from this horror-story world and seeing other Japanese people accessing and participating in the Korean community..
I found myself unable to stop him for no particular reason.
Because..
‘Although I’m the subject matter, I’d like it if this led to cooperation between Korea and Japan.’
From now on, we would be entering a new phase in our attempts to conquer the horror-story dungeons.
If the Japanese side, with roughly three times as many total survivors as Korea, joined us in tackling the horror stories?
We would be able to clear countless horror stories at an even faster pace.
If I was being used as material for that unity..
“Whew.. Just do whatever you want.”
“As expected of Lee Daebung! Your heart is as broad as Jjit-jji!”
“..I’m a man, though?”
“I’ll definitely become a bestselling author!”
“..Good luck.”
Deciding to indulge them with a broad mind.
To work the third night’s shift, I decided to get some sleep first.
…
Day 3 of the Two-Person Night Watchman.
Surely it was because the Status Window had returned.
The many Japanese people who had spent a long time trying to conquer this place..
had concluded that clearing this night watchman horror-story dungeon was impossible and chosen to return.
“There isn’t a single person here.”
“Not one?”
“Yes. Every one of those people walking around over there is an anomaly.”
“Looks like they all went back.”
No matter how carefully we checked the night watchmen beyond the guard post, we couldn’t see a single human.
“For now, let’s go on patrol.”
“Yes.”
Now that Anonymous 1 and I were the only humans left.
We couldn’t abandon the woman we had rescued from Unit 1001 and leave this place.
“We’ll be back.”
“Yes, see you.”
When we set out on patrol, hoping to conquer this place as quickly as possible.
“Hmm?”
“What is it?”
Far away..
“..The elevator doors are open.”
We could see that the doors of the apartment elevator were open.
“..They really are.”
It would be a lie to say I wasn’t afraid at all when I saw the elevator doors open even though they should have been closed.
‘Still, considering that my threats seemed to work yesterday.. it probably wouldn’t move around so thoughtlessly like that..’
Recalling what had happened the previous day, it was clear that the apartment couldn’t harm us recklessly.
“Let’s take a look.”
“Let’s go.”
We naturally began walking toward the apartment.
“...”
My head was full of all sorts of thoughts.
Clutching the awl in my hand tightly, I reached the apartment entrance determined to resist until the very end if anything happened.
After stopping briefly at the apartment entrance and staring into the elevator..
“There’s a note.”
Just as Anonymous 1 had said.
There was a note lying in the center of the open elevator.
That was..
“It looks like a new rulebook.”
Realizing that it was the ‘new rulebook’ hidden somewhere in the apartment, we immediately retrieved it and finished our patrol.
“Whew.. I wonder what it says?”
After finishing our patrol and returning to the guard post, we unfolded the paper from inside the elevator without hesitation.
Inside, there was..
“..Huh?”
“A rule.. ..book?”
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.esrever ni tca ,stnediser tnemtrapa tuo evird oT
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The contents were quite far removed from the rules we had expected.
“..What does it say?”
Just as I was wondering whether it had been written this way because it still hadn’t properly learned human language.
“To drive out the apartment residents, act in reverse?”
When we read the rulebook backward, we realized the new cipher it had hidden.
“Oh.. It says to act in reverse if we want to drive out the residents?”
Would the apartment normally give out rules like this?
I was annoyed that it had given us new rules in such an inconvenient way, but only for a moment.
Suddenly..
“And if there are any residents you don’t like, tell me. I can take care of them for you.”
I remembered what I had said to the apartment the day before.
“..No way?”
Apparently.
The apartment seemed to have taken the words I had casually tossed out yesterday seriously.
As proof, it had written the rulebook it would normally give us in reverse.
So that even if one of the residents saw the writing, they wouldn’t suspect anything.
Of course..
All of this was merely speculation.
“..Shall we try doing the opposite?”
“It seems quite possible.”
Remembering that doing the opposite of Unit 1001’s rules the day before had produced a positive result.
I realized that this rule was worth trying in its own way.
Beep-
- 501
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501 - Please take the cat food bowl kept in the guard post and place it in front of Unit 501’s door.
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“We got a call from the cat mom.”
“Let’s see.. Here’s the bowl. How should we do the opposite?”
“Hmm.. I think smashing it is the right thing to do.”
“Smash it? How?”
As soon as we heard the call from Unit 501, Anonymous 1 immediately drove the awl into the cat food bowl he had taken out.
Then..
“..!”
“Whoa.. what is this..?”
Black liquid began trickling out of the bowl where the awl had been driven in..
“Holy shit..!”
Stab- Stab- Stab- Stab-
Before the bowl could do anything, I immediately began jabbing the awl into it at random.
“..Wow.”
“Eee.. How scary.”
“..It is scary, right?”
“Of course. Surely.. Anonymous 1, were you okay when that strange liquid started flowing out of the cat food bowl?”
“I’m scared too..”
“Ah. I thought you were some kind of veteran, Anonymous 1, so you were fine with it.”
“No, it’s just that.. ..something else is scarier.”
“..Is there something even scarier left?”
“Yeah.. right in front of me..”
“? The bowl’s dead, though?”
“..It’s nothing.”
…
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101 - Close the open front door. You must never check inside the house.
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When we received a call from Unit 101, I wedged a horseshoe against the open front door so that it couldn’t close.
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201 - Walk to the front of Unit 201 through the emergency exit. That is all.
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When we received a call from Unit 201, we went to the front of Unit 201 through the elevator.
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401 - I am a householder dissatisfied because the elevator is not working. Go to the apartment elevator and press the elevator button once.
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When we received a call from Unit 401, we entered the elevator, pressed every floor button from the first through the tenth one by one, and then came back down.
We repeated this about three times.
At that point, we heard someone’s inexplicable scream from Unit 401, but simply ignored it.
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502 - When you go to the front of Unit 502, there will be a garbage bag in front of the door. Put that garbage bag in the large trash can at the apartment entrance. It would be best not to pay attention to the garbage inside the bag.
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When we received a call from Unit 502, I punctured the garbage bag in front of Unit 502 and hurriedly ran away.
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601 - From the moment the call comes in, the front door of Unit 601 will be open. Enter Unit 601 and open the closed interior door. Under no circumstances should you look at the ceiling of the house.
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When we received a call from Unit 601, we immediately closed the front door as soon as we reached Unit 601.
Of course, I also installed a doorstop in front of the entrance so that the front door could never open again, then left.
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801 - Knock on the front door of Unit 803 three times.
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When we received a call from Unit 801, we pounded on the front door of Unit 801 three times, then laughed and ran away with Anonymous 1 like children playing ding-dong ditch.
Perhaps I was the only one who found the situation amusing, because Anonymous 1 shook their head at me as I laughed.
Beep-
When the call bell began ringing again about two hours before the night watch shift ended, I checked the receiver.
- 902
This call had come from Unit 902.
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902 - I am a householder dissatisfied with the noise between floors. When the resident of Unit 902 finishes speaking, answer, ‘I’ll take care of it.’ Since there is no unit directly connected to this one, you do not need to take any practical action.
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“I’ll get it.”
“Yeah.. do whatever you want now..”
Unlike me, who was enjoying myself a little, Anonymous 1 looked exhausted.
So this time I decided to take the call, and as soon as I picked up the receiver..
- “Hanadara-ga-”
I realized that a man’s voice, brimming with complaints, was coming from the other end of the receiver..
“Yeah~ Move out~.”
I immediately said only what I had to say and hung up the receiver.
“Mmm! This is such a dopamine rush.”
“..If I write this exactly as it happened, people will curse me out and tell me to stop making things up, right?”
“Yes?”
“No.. it’s nothing..”
Beep-
“Hmm? Already?”
As soon as we dealt with the call from Unit 902, the call bell rang again, and I turned my head..
- 603
Finally..
I realized that what had been coming had finally arrived.
“It’s from Unit 603.”
“..Unit 603?”
“Yes.”
“Whew.. Get ready, Daebung.”
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603 - As soon as you answer the receiver, hang up. Afterward, lock the management office door and do not look out the window for ten minutes. Even if you hear something outside the window, never look outside.
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Click..
“I locked the door.”
“I’ll answer it.”
“Yeah.”
After completing every preparation we could make, I slowly reached out and picked up the receiver.
Then......
“..I really didn’t expect this.”
“It’ll hang up on its own, I guess.”
We placed the receiver on the desk and made sure the line wouldn’t disconnect.
“There’s one thing I still can’t understand, no matter how much I think about it.”
“What is it?”
“Here, Rule 7 of the rulebook says, ‘If you want a different meal, you may hunt and bring back something to eat,’ right?”
“Right?”
“But this is a world where pairs of two are the rule, right?”
“Why does that matter?”
“If your partner were an anomaly instead of a human.. would an anomaly guard partner go hunting with you in a world where you have to travel together?”
“..That’s true. It wouldn’t make sense to go hunting while avoiding your partner’s eyes either..”
“That’s why I was thinking. What if ‘hunting’ actually means.. that we can hunt those night guards?”
“Time out.”
“Yes?”
“You’re not about to say something like, ‘Could we hunt those night guards over there?’ are you?”
“Uh.. uh.. N-no..?”
“..Tell me.”
“Those night guards over there.. If we hunted them.. uh.. couldn’t we make decent items from their corpses?!”
“What’s different about that..?”