Chapter 40
GY - 82 / GallerY - 82
CA / CamerA
IY / InventorY
FE / ForgE or First floor roommate doesn’t diE
DL / DolL
PE / PicturE
FY / Food deliverY
TN / Two people per team night watchmaN
‘That’s right.’
When I compared each code I could enter against the English words one by one.
They were made by taking the very first and last letters of a word or sentence..
That was the arrangement of the codes we used in the input field.
‘That means..’
This LR horror story was.. in all likelihood, LiaR.
In other words, it must mean the Liar Horror Story.
‘If I have to assume the worst-case scenario and only one chance to ask a question remains..’
Considering everything, the question I needed to ask was practically decided already.
“...”
I raised my head and met the gaze of the suited anomaly that was still looking at me.
‘..Could I win if I fought it?’
Before I asked the question.
I couldn't help but start thinking, ‘Wouldn't it be enough just to fight that bastard and win?’
‘I guess I’ll just have to try.’
I raised my middle finger at the one still staring at me and used the Lethargy Mental Attack..
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Mentality : 180 / 248
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[Available Return Count] : 3
[Available Crafting Count ] : 8
Input:
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The Mental Attack..
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Mentality : 180 / 248
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‘..It has resistance to Mental Attacks..?’
I was using the Mental Attack with all my might.
But when I saw that my Mentality wasn't falling at all, I thought I couldn't use Mental Attacks here-
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Mentality : 100 / 248
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‘Sorry, unknown occupant of Unit 1001.. It works.’
After immediately conducting a sort of biological experiment on the sleeping woman.
I learned that Mental Attacks worked perfectly well even inside this horror story.
‘I can't believe it really was resistant to Mental Attacks..’
Anyone watching might ask if I was insane.
But since I had only used it on someone sleeping, it shouldn't have been all that strange in its own way.
What mattered now was that the suited anomaly was resistant to Mental Attacks.
‘I shouldn't think about fighting it recklessly.’
I decided to share this newly discovered fact with the community and keep asking for other people's opinions.
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[Emergency]
(Photo)
No matter how many times I use a Mental Attack on the suited anomaly, it has no effect.
I checked whether Mental Attacks simply didn't work in this place, but they only failed against that anomaly.
If I fought something like that, there was no doubt I'd end up half-dead at best..
I'm looking for truly careful and ingenious questions.
As far as I can tell, that bastard seems to do nothing but spout lies for now.
[Comments - 18]
Anonymous 1 : ..?
ㄴ Author : Why? I don't think I did anything particularly special this time.
ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Uh.. ..Are you being serious, Daebung?
ㄴ Author : ..Why? What is it? What is it, seriously..?
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : No, I don't understand how you tried a Mental Attack just to hunt an anomaly in the first place. And after seeing that it didn't work, you figured out that the anomaly, not the location, was the problem.
ㄴ Author : Um..
Anonymous 3 : LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Did Daebung use a Mental Attack on the woman he rescued?
ㄴ Author : She was asleep.. Since she was asleep, it should've been okay..
ㄴ Anonymous 4 : LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ㄴ Anonymous 5 : LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ㄴ Anonymous 6 : wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : The way to deal with Mental Attacks really is just to fall asleep.. but.. we definitely never told you about that, did we..?
Anonymous 5 : I'm amazed not only that Daebung figured out the anomaly was a liar, but also that Daebung tried a Mental Attack on a sleeping person.
ㄴ Anonymous 7 : She was asleep, lol. Cut him some slack, lol.
ㄴ Anonymous 3 : ??? : You came to rescue me? ??? : Mental Attack (She's asleep, so it's okay!)
ㄴ Anonymous 5 : Seen this way, you're seriously fucking awful lol.
ㄴ Anonymous 4 : (Fake madness) Trying to do something nasty to a sleeping woman. (Real madness) Mental Attack!
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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‘I should avoid the community for a while.’
Good grief.. It's not like I used an instant-death move on a person.
Using a Lethargy Mental Attack on a sleeping woman was only a little wrong.. well, it was wrong if you put it that way..
Still, I had to obtain information, didn't I..?
‘They say rulebooks are written in blood, after all.’
I wasn't thinking that it would be fine as long as the blood used to write the rulebook wasn't mine.
To obtain the information I needed to escape this place, I was willing to shed blood.
‘If I meddle needlessly, something beyond my ability to handle could happen.’
‘It would be a lie to say I hadn't thought, “I'll defeat the suited anomaly and conquer this horror story.”’
But I wasn't some macho man who charged headfirst no matter what, like the people on the community said.
I decided to completely abandon the thought of subduing the guide who was resistant to Mental Attacks.
‘Once this person wakes up, I'll have to solve it through the orthodox method.’
However.
‘It is a shame, though.’
How nice it would be if I could cheese this horror story too-
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Mentality : 20 / 248
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‘..Huh?’
…
‘No matter how many times I experiment, I get the same result.. Hmm?’
When I turned my head, I saw the woman leaning against the wall and looking up at me without a word.
I didn't know when she had woken up.
Apparently, she hadn't spoken because I looked lost in thought.
“When did you wake up?”
“A little while ago.. I just.. woke up..”
“You should have said something.”
“..I'm sorry.. I was the only one.. resting comfortably..”
“It's fine. Aren't you hungry?”
“A little.. I think I’m a little hungry..”
She did look a little hungry.
Before entering the Two-Person Night Watchman horror story, I took the food I'd bought at the convenience store out of my Inventory and shared it with her.
Once we had filled our stomachs to some extent.
“I'm going to go.”
“..Have you found a way..?”
“I've found something that seems like a way, more or less.”
“..!”
I slowly stood up and walked toward the suited anomaly.
To ask the final question that even the collective intelligence of countless people couldn't answer, I asked the question I'd agonized over and over.
“Is there a trap beyond the door I'm pointing at with my finger?”
“There isn't.”
I heard the anomaly answer that there was no trap.
However, even though the suited gentleman's answer had been decided.. we were still in the same situation: we had to choose one door.
“So this is the door without a trap.”
I approached the door the anomaly had said contained no trap.
“Whew..”
I gently raised my hand.
Knock knock knock
I gently knocked on the firmly shut door.
Of course.
“Oh my, what’s this? I only knocked, but look how this turned out?”
I was wearing knuckle-dusters that pulled out sharp spikes when they touched the point of impact.
Drip.. drip.. drip..
Just as blood had flowed from the doorknob I smashed when we went to the world beyond Bookshelf 52 in the Veliard Library.
Red blood was dripping from the wounded door because of my light knock.
This inexplicable grotesque scene.
“..Huh?”
Leaving the startled woman from Unit 1001 behind, I turned to look at the suited anomaly claiming to be the guide.
‘It doesn't seem particularly angry when I touch the door.’
Whether the anomaly claiming to be this place's guide simply didn't care whether the door was attacked,
or because it didn't judge me to have deliberately harmed the door,
for whatever reason, it wasn't showing hostility toward me.
Knock knock knock
I knocked on the opposite door as well with the hand wearing the knuckle-duster.
‘This door is fine.’
Even though the needle that came out of the knuckle-duster punched holes in the door several times.
It showed no reaction, such as groaning in pain or leaking liquid.
“Let's go.”
Since I'd found a normal door, I told the woman staring at me with vacant eyes that we should go, and
just as I was about to open the doorknob and move into the next space..
“You can still ask one more question.”
“?”
“...”
The suited anomaly said that I still had one more chance to ask a question.
‘..Do I have to ask a question?’
Ignoring it, I simply..
“..?”
“...”
Normally, I would have just ignored it and moved on.
However..
The suited anomaly was looking at me as if it intended to somehow make me ask a question.
To avoid needlessly getting on the anomaly's bad side.. I tossed out one question I'd been dying to ask.
“Do you.. ‘always’ answer only with the truth?”
“Yes. I can answer you only with the truth.”
‘So it follows a pattern of spouting only lies.’
Immediately after confirming that it only told lies.
I carefully turned the doorknob with the woman who had clasped my hand tightly.
Creeeak..
Beyond the slowly opening door, amid a spine-chilling sound..
“..Ha. ..What a truly nasty bastard.”
Just like the room we'd been in until a moment ago.
There were only two doors in an otherwise empty room.
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[Mid-Story Summary of the Liar Horror Story]
I arbitrarily named this horror story the Liar Horror Story.
(Photo)
This isn't the same photo as the one I sent earlier.
It's a photo from the next room.
That anomaly followed us as soon as we entered the next room and is waiting with five fingers raised again for questions.
I more or less figured out that bastard only lies, but at first I wasn't sure what question to ask because I didn't have enough evidence.
(Photo)
What the hell is this?!?!?!
I gave the closed door the finger, and Mental Attack worked?!?!?!
I don't know whether there was a monstrous life-form beyond the door or the door itself was an anomaly.
Mental Attack didn't work on a normal door that wasn't a trap room, so I used two more questions, figured out that the suited anomaly only lies, and moved on.
I'm going to ask five new questions. For now, I plan to ask again which room is the trap room with one of them.
Recommend the other four questions.
[Comments - 18]
Anonymous 1 : Question 1: How many centimeters is Daebung?
ㄴ Author : 182. Next.
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : Not your height.
ㄴ Author : ..?
Anonymous 2 : Question 2: Does Daebung plan to beat up that suited anomaly?
ㄴ Author : I don't think I can. How could I beat up something resistant to Mental Attack?
ㄴ Anonymous 3 : But you're Daebung.
ㄴ Author : I'm human too;
ㄴ Anonymous 3 : Daebung was human???
ㄴ Anonymous 2 : Daebung being human lol. That was the funniest joke I've heard all year lol.
Anonymous 4 : Question 3: Is Daebung a virgin?
ㄴ Author : No, fuck; don't ask me questions—ask what we should ask that anomaly!!!
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : Answer.
ㄴ Author : ??????????????????????????
ㄴ Anonymous 5 : Hee-hee-hee.. Seeing Daebung unable to speak because he's embarrassed.. so it's true, huh?
Anonymous 6 : Guys, this is bad. There's only one question left now. What are you doing?
ㄴ Anonymous 1 : Let's seriously think this through.
ㄴ Anonymous 7 : Why is everyone taking this seriously lol.
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“Haaaaaa......”
I let out a deep sigh and shut off the community.
“Not helpful at all.. no help..”
I had hoped they'd have some brilliant idea.
Maybe it was because I could avoid the trap room without asking anyway.
People didn't seem to be taking the current situation particularly seriously.
‘How many more doors do I have to open before I can escape?’
From now on, I decided to continue toward the exit without hesitation.
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[Liar Horror Story Progress]
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#2
Q : Is there a trap beyond the door I'm pointing at with my finger?
A : There is.
Q : Why are you here?
A : I am a guide.
Q : I want a different answer. Why are you here?
A : To ignore all of you who came here, as a guide.
Q : Is this maze room a place you created?
A : Yes. This is a place I created myself.
Q : How many rooms do we have to pass through to escape this place?
A : I know exactly.
Q : If you know, tell me, you crazy bastard.
Used all five question opportunities without answering.
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#3
Q : Is there a trap beyond the door I'm pointing at with my finger?
A : There isn't.
Q : Can you tell the truth?
A : Yes. I can answer only with the truth.
Q : What happens if you tell the truth?
A : Nothing happens.
Q : What is 1 plus 3 plus 5?
A : 38
Q : I'm asking again. What is 1 plus 3 plus 5?
A : 38
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#4
Q : 1 plus 3 plu—ah, that's not it. Is there a trap beyond the door I'm pointing at with my finger?
A : There is.
Q : What is 1 plus 3 plus 5?
A : 37
Q : 37? ..What is 1 plus 3 plus 5?
A : 37
Q : ..But you said 38 earlier?
A : I don't remember well.
Q : Why are you helping us?
A : Because I am a guide.
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#5
Q : Is there a trap beyond the door I'm pointing at with my finger?
A : There isn't.
Q : Is there an exit beyond the door I'm pointing at with my finger?
A : I don't know.
Q : What is 1 plus 3 plus 5?
A : 36
Q : ..What is behind Room 36?
A : There seems to be an exit.
Q : ..What is 20 plus 10 plus 6?
A : 36
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I stopped trying to clear it after the final question in Room 5.
I'll hold out as long as possible and buy time until the food runs out.
I hope I can find the answer before the food runs out..ram>rarr??