Chapter 33
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The Forest of Those Without Faces
Grade : Level 3
Classification : Phenomenon Type
'The Forest of Those Without Faces' is a phenomenon-type entity first confirmed in the United States.
It was first observed in ■■■■ County, ■■■■ in 2009, and was later confirmed to appear sporadically throughout the United States.
Investigation of Area 51 revealed that the entity was born from the experiments of 「Scientist Madnificant」.
In accordance with the 606 Treaty, the entity was transferred from the American side to the Republic of Korea Bureau through the ■■■■ ■■■ procedure.
"If a popular bastard actually showed up, wouldn't everyone be happy?" -Scientist Madnificant
The contents written on the note found at the time of the entity's first appearance.
Handwriting analysis judged it highly likely that Madnificant himself wrote it.
'The Forest of Those Without Faces' has no special restrictions on where it appears.
When the entity appears, the area becomes an independent space, and everyone inside the range is transferred into it without exception.
The appearance process of 'The Forest of Those Without Faces' is broadly divided into three stages.
1.Fog gradually forms regardless of time or weather conditions.
2.The target area gradually transforms into the form of a forest.
3.The surrounding time of day becomes fixed at night, and an unnaturally huge full moon appears overhead.
※This process has been confirmed to proceed without the people inside the range of 'The Forest of Those Without Faces' noticing.
The structure and environment of 'The Forest of Those Without Faces' change every time it appears.
So far, various environments such as thunderstorms, extreme fog, blizzards, and wildfires have been confirmed,
and although the possibility of even harsher environments has been raised, it has not been confirmed because no one has survived after entering those environments.
[Escape Method]
There are a total of seven photos inside 'The Forest of Those Without Faces.'
The photos are attached to trees all over the forest, and if all of them are recovered, the phenomenon ends immediately.
When the phenomenon ends, survivors are returned to their original space.
Inside the phenomenon, an entity similar to the creepypasta known as the 'Faceless Man' appears.
The moment one photo is removed from a tree, a piercing noise rings out and the 'Faceless Men' begin to act.
After that, each time a photo is removed from a tree, the noise and the Faceless Men's appearance frequency and activity increase.
Therefore, if enough personnel are available, it is recommended to identify the locations of the photos and recover them simultaneously within as short an interval as possible.
The number of such entities is identical to the number of people moved inside when the phenomenon occurred, and has been confirmed to range from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of ████.
The following document is a report on the entity 'Faceless Man' that appears inside the phenomenon.
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I was horrified by what I found in the entity report.
God, Buddha, Allah, for heaven's sake.
So that was the omen Senior Yuna had mentioned.
If the people inside the range can't even notice it, how is that supposed to be an omen?
What the hell is this godforsaken Bureau?
Why is even the information in the entity report written so I can't trust it?
"Senior, that omen you mentioned... Senior?"
When I turned my head, nobody was where Choi Yuna should have been.
"Senior Chaeyeong?"
Kang Chaeyeong, who had been with Choi Yuna, was gone too.
"Fuck...."
I hadn't been alone once since I got trapped in the Backrooms.
A throbbing pain spread through my perfectly fine shoulder.
"Faceless Man...."
I left the open area, backed up against a tree, crouched down, kept watch on my surroundings, and opened the gallery.
Since not a single photo had been found yet, the Faceless Men wouldn't be active, but I still had to be careful.
Carefully, I checked the comments on the post I had written earlier and the newly uploaded post.
[Comments]
EntityFetish : Isn't that thing in the U.S.?
Hound : Even with the 606 Treaty, there would've been no way to transfer it.
WhiteHacker : It was transferred relatively recently. A year ago, maybe?
ㄴOrphanCrusher : For real.... Isn't that thing pretty notorious?
AarghComeAtMe : I've experienced it once during a business trip to the U.S.
ㄴMartialArtistDad : Then give us some tips instead of just looking for women.
ㄴAarghComeAtMe : You want me to give tips to some bastard flexing with a female teammate? Are you crazy?
ㄴOccultSurgerySurgerySurgery : Then should we just let him die like that?
ㄴAarghComeAtMe : Let him die then. That would make my heart feel better.
ㄴGayWeirdGayYo : So he's a total lunatic. Not an entity?
ㄴManageTheManagement : Write it before you get banned, just like we agreed in the private post.
ㄴAarghComeAtMe : I really fucking hate this....
ㄴ(Author)ForumBrowsingIsEasy : What did you guys agree on in the private post.... Stop talking about stuff only you know again.
ㄴManageTheManagement : It wouldn't do you any good to know.
Judging from the comment saying, "Write the tips as agreed," it seemed the gallery had agreed to help me.
But up until then I'd already gotten a lot of help. Was there any reason to suddenly do that?
Anyway, as expected of Bureau people, there was plenty they were hiding.
[I really fucking don't want to tell you . honeytip]
Author : AarghComeAtMe
You really need to survive this one and then post a few photos of your team leader, seriously.
Whatever you do, get permission somehow and take a few good shots without you in them, and post a few, seriously....
I read the latest version of the entity report, and nothing had really changed even after it came to Korea.
Listen carefully. From the fact that you're writing a post, the situation probably isn't the worst-case scenario of a wildfire or lightning storm.
Then just focus on finding the photos. Once you find them, memorize the locations,
and the 'Faceless Man' should also be described there, but that's where the missing information is.
The report will probably say the number of entities can be reduced without much trouble, but absolutely do not ■■ ■ the ■■■ to death.
Got it? You absolutely can't ■■ them to death.
I can't say any more because of the censorship, but you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
For now, once you encounter them, don't do anything at all.
Just ignore them if they stay still or disappear.
The method I recommend is, when you encounter one, to write ■■ on the ■바■ to prove that it is ■■.
If, when you look at it, static starts clouding your vision and it keeps coming closer to you, then run by any means necessary.
The rest is the same as the report: figure out the locations before removing the photos, and take them off within the shortest possible interval.
Post the team leader's photo while you're still alive.
[Comments]
ForumBrowsingIsEasy : Thanks for the tip, but how am I supposed to interpret it if the letters are blocked like that?
ㄴ(Author)AarghComeAtMe : What are you talking about? I wrote everything down, and why the hell was that censored too?
ㄴ(Author)AarghComeAtMe : Absolutely ■■ ■ the ■■■ to death, got it? You absolutely can't ■■ them to death.
ㄴ(Author)AarghComeAtMe : What the hell, that kind of story wasn't in there, you bastard top mod. Then what am I supposed to be?
ㄴManageTheManagement : That's censorship outside the expected parameters....
ㄴForumBrowsingIsEasy : I'll just roughly match the number of letters and guess from the situation. Anyway, thanks for the tip.
I turned off the terminal and sorted out my thoughts.
The Forest of Those Without Faces. A multitude of faceless men.
It wasn't the original, but a game featuring the Faceless Man.
It had to have borrowed its motif from there.
I saw it on a livestream when I was little.
To begin with, that bastard's original version has a face and doesn't create a separate space; it just appears somewhere and kidnaps children.
I saw that on the wiki.
The method of clearing it by finding documents or photos in a forest setting was mostly used in games derived from that guy.
To think that when the 2009 original came out, they had already made an entity in the same style as a game that would come later.
No, maybe the game was created by a survivor who had come into contact with that entity.
Scientist Madnificant, whose name was added to the report after the Village Where Time Stopped.
What the hell was this bastard, to have made the Village Where Time Stopped and this forest?
Was he even a Level 4 entity or higher?
"Phew...."
My head hurts.
It felt like more loose ends kept piling up before the ones already in my head could be sorted out.
No, it wasn't just a feeling. Just thinking about what I needed to find out was a mountain in itself.
If this were a novel, it would be enough for about 4,000 characters.
But right now there was only one thing that mattered.
I had to get out of here alive.
That way I'd have time to think about the remaining loose ends and the Team Leader's bunny-girl photos....
"Huh!"
I was startled by the sudden intrusive thought.
What the hell, why bunny girls all of a sudden?
Is this really the time for me to die? Is that why my survival instinct turned horny?
Maybe because the tightly drawn string of tension had gotten so taut that the limiter on the other side let go without me noticing.
Pull yourself together, Park Seongbin. You're not in the dorm yet.
My mind was a mess, but fortunately the thing I had to do right now was clear.
'Absolutely do not ■■ ■ the ■■■ to death.'
'If you encounter one, use ■■ on the ■바■ to prove that it is ■■.'
Before the first photo is removed from a tree and those guys appear, I have to figure out the answers to the blanks while also finding the seniors.
"Phew."
After taking a deep breath, I gripped my pistol and began walking deeper into the forest, keeping my guard up.
I had to identify the locations of the photos as quickly as possible.
If my prediction is right, the one who'll first remove a photo and make the Faceless Men appear won't be me, Kang Chaeyeong, or Choi Yuna.
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This is a private post[13]
[Private post]
Author : ManageTheManagement
I have confirmed that everyone in the gallery is present, except for those who have been blocked or who said they cannot attend for personal reasons.
To get straight to the point, it seems the time to hide from surveillance, turn away from sacrifice, and live comfortably has come to an end.
Although the employee ForumBrowsingIsEasy is very different from what we had thought, now that a variable has come to the gallery, we must carry out the plan.
From now on, the Bureau gallery will cooperate far more actively than before regarding the survival of ForumBrowsingIsEasy, no, employee Park Seongbin.
Please do your utmost to ensure the variable's survival as planned, bring that variable closer to the truth, and join the operation to sweep away the darkness over the Seoul area.
All for humanity
[Comments]
AarghComeAtMe : For humanity
EntityFetish : For humanity
TrappedAtHome : For humanity
Hound : For humanity
AutoSaveIsEssential : For humanity
OrphanCrusher : For humanity
MartialArtistDad : For humanity
ForumBrowsingForPay : For humanity
Poltergeist No. 1 : For humanity
GayWeirdGayYo : For humanity
SettingsFixer : For humanity
WhiteHacker : For humanity
OccultSurgerySurgerySurgery : For humanity
Elder :