The story of Outlast went something like this.
The protagonist is a journalist who came to do an undercover investigation based on some whistleblower email, and the location happened to be a mental hospital.
A suspicious email, night, mental hospital, and alone.
When you combine these four keywords, doesn’t it feel like something’s about to be summoned, like Exodia?
Yeah, while I’m not entirely sure what, something will probably be summoned in this game.
Whether it’s a mad doctor or the vengeful spirits of dead patients, whatever it is, it won’t be welcoming me.
“Even if you’re here for coverage, shouldn’t you run away just by looking at the exterior?”
[Characteristics of Horror Game Protagonists: Either super manly or super stupid]
[LOL Did you come to write a scoop or become one? LOLOLOL]
[Now this is a real journalist… This is like war correspondent level dangerous, isn’t it?]
[Someone who’d enter a place like this based on one email must have lost at least a billion won to voice phishing]
Why are horror game protagonists always so desperate to die?
When everything is screaming ‘you’re dead’ vibes, you still want to go in?
I’d rather eat jjajangmyeon while riding a rollercoaster without safety bars.
“Ah wait, I’m so scared I’m getting dizzy”
I meant it.
I wasn’t sure if I was dizzy from fear or if my head was spinning from the stress of having to play this game, but I felt momentarily lightheaded.
The door to the massive building, unusually large for a hospital, was naturally locked.
But our protagonist deliberately checked that the bottom of the locked door was bent and crawled through.
“No, if the door is locked, just don’t go in…”
[LOLOL Ah, even if you try to save them, they just have to act up LOLOL]
[At this point, the other side did their best, right?]
[Agreed agreed, if they still come in after this, can’t blame them for killing]
[Honestly, even with 10 exorcists by my side, I wouldn’t go in there]
After confirming the door was locked, the protagonist made a fuss doing parkour, climbing onto boards, breaking into windows, and finally infiltrating the mental hospital.
The exterior was creepy enough, but the interior was worse.
Wheelchairs everywhere and beds with that distinct hospital pattern.
The irritating creepy music and having to focus on this scary place because it’s so dark.
“Ah… fu*k…”
[There~ goes 1,000 won]
[Try to hold it in a bit]
[Possessed by the cursing grandpa~]
“No, it’s not a curse… it’s like when you say ‘sibal'[1] for paying in full…”
[What are you on about, you sibal-jang bastard]
[Since it’s not a curse, you shouldn’t feel bad, sibal bastard]
[Isn’t ‘bastard’ the problem?]
[Oh no…!]
“Ah okay, I accept the 1,000 won deduction.”
I tried to make excuses, but they weren’t having it.
I just cleanly admitted it. I just need to not curse from now on.
But that seems difficult.
It was scary until now, but red marks started appearing in front of me, signaling the beginning of a proper horror game.
“Ah… is that really blood? It’s blood, right?”
[Nah nah, obviously ketchup]
[Must be McDonald’s ketchup thief’s house LOLOL]
[But I’m starting to get scared, I’m just gonna watch the chat, not the stream LOLOL]
[Sigh, cowards don’t even have the right to tease Daeju. Such scaredy-cats. Daeju-nim, you’re really brave, fighting^^]
I hesitated at the sight of the bloodstains, but standing still made me even more anxious.
However, given the nature of horror games, the path usually follows these terrifying bloodstains, so I had no choice but to follow them while trembling.
[Daeju-nim, is there an earthquake?]
[Why is the mouse shaking so much]
[Roughly conveying that he’s very scared]
[Daeju hates horror games]
“Oh, a ventilation duct.”
I quickly climbed in.
The ventilation duct, one of the top five safe places allowed in horror games.
It was narrow and I had to crawl slowly, but that narrowness gave me great comfort.
“I want to stay here forever…”
[Daeju live here now mommy will go]
However, the joyful time was brief as the distance through the ventilation duct was short. As soon as I got down, I saw a slightly open door.
Why are doors in horror games always slightly open?
Neither completely closed nor wide open, that slightly open gap in the door was terrifying.
And it seemed to hint that something was inside.
“Give me peace like a river… Give me peace like a river…”
[Church choir deployed *Shiver*]
[Ah LOLOL I’m not scared because I have lots of figures in my room~]
[But when you look again, the figures have moved slightly RIP]
[Yeah~ I only have R-rated figures~ Not scared~]
[Stop bragging, you weeb]
Muttering a sacred song I heard somewhere, I opened the door.
And there wasㅡ
A person hanging upside down.
“Ah…”
[Ah shit that scared me]
[Ah I spilled all my food while eating fu*k]
[That’s what happens when you use horror games as a side dish LOLOL]
[Daeju didn’t get scared?]
They say when you’re too shocked, you can’t speak.
My situation was similar. For a moment, it felt like I was only inhaling without exhaling, as if hyperventilating.
“Huuuu……”
Only after exhaling deeply did my startled heartㅡ
Not calm down at all.
“Don’t know, from now on I’m running.”
[???]
[Is this TalesRunner or what?]
I really started running without looking back.
It wasn’t that I lost my mind from fear, but rather a decision made because I wanted to finish this game as quickly as possible.
It was quite a decent strategy.
“Ahh! Shit! Ahh! Shitshitshit!”
[Roughly threw about 10,000 won into the air]
[Can’t stop this strategy]
“Where’s the path shit! Where is it!”
[Calm down;;; It’s the right path]
[A man fitting for a mental hospital…]
I couldn’t even remember what I was scared of.
Things jumped out and I got attacked, but just screaming while walking somehow got me through.
There seemed to be some story-explaining scenes in between, but well, the creepy background of horror games wasn’t my concern, and somehow I found my way just running along the bloodstains.
And after running for a while, I hid in a cabinet.
“Huff… huff… We’ve come far, right?”
[Haven’t even done half]
[You’ve lost about 20,000 won]
About 20,000 won, huh.
Not bad. No, rather good.
I don’t think I would have cursed less if I had gone slowly.
If I went slowly, I would have just cursed calmly.
The chat that bothered me was the one above.
Haven’t even done half? Half?
“Everyone, I don’t want to do this anymore”
[Nope, can’t go back~]
[Hey~ Did anyone dig the ground to watch the stream! Hurry up!]
[If you’re not going to do it, you need to give something equivalent]
[For real, there are people who bet on missions~]
Though I hadn’t been playing for long, my body felt like it had already spent all its usual energy.
And we haven’t even done half yet?
In my opinion, this wasn’t going to be an easy fight.
Well, ‘fight’ is generous – more like getting one-sidedly beaten up.
Looking at it now, the mission money wasn’t enough compensation for my mental damage.
Should have just ignored the vote and played League.
“Let’s do this. 10 gift cards through random drawing. And I’ll give one separately to the person who set the mission.”
[Hmm… 10 is too few! 15!]
[Yeah Daeju, how many viewers do we have. Huh? Why only 1,000?]
[Everyone ran away to Tgether because they’re scared LOLOLOL]
[You bastards, take me with you!]
Checking the viewer count, it really had dropped to the thousands.
Usually, the viewership was steady since chat was the main content, but it seems even those people finally crumbled before the wall of horror games.
Isn’t this a good excuse?
“Ah~ That’s right~ Since viewers aren’t watching, continuing would be… so 10 gift cardsㅡ”
[Alright everyone, let’s lie down.]
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[It was 15 but now it’s 16 because you’re being sneaky~]
“Wait a minute everyone, I’m going into the negative doing this broadcast!”
Bought the horror game with money.
Viewers dropped significantly.
Turned off donations because I get startled by the donation sound in horror games.
Well, this was partly because I’m a coward.
And failed the mission too.
[Oh dear… but isn’t that your problem?]
[We just need to receive gift cards LOLOL]
[Make up for today’s losses by working hard next time.]
[Anyway, it’s increased to 17.]
“Ah okay! Please! No more!”
[Okay! 17 thank you!]
[17 people is a good probability]
[For real LOLOL Slightly higher than Daeju’s gacha success rate]
[Better negotiation than negotiating with a gun LOL From 10 to 17? ‘Do’ my salary negotiation for me]
“Since we’ve negotiated, I’m turning this off…”
I turned off the terrible game.
Probably in my life, there won’t be a day when I turn this game on again.
There are so many fun things in this world, why would I do this?
“But everyone, isn’t it a bit off to just give them through random drawing?”
[??? What nonsense is this now]
[Let’s hear it]
[If it’s nonsense, it’s 18]
[Negotiations aren’t over? LOLOLOL]
Actually, it felt a bit lacking to just give them like this, and there was still quite a bit of broadcast time left.
I didn’t expect to give up on the horror game midway either.
So while using up this remaining time.
I thought it would be better to do the drawing.
“No… Since I turned off the game and there’s a lot of broadcast time left, let’s try that thing too”
[That thing?? What what what]
[Is that thing THAT thing? That… that?]
[It’s not so calm down patients]
[You’re going to do that thing in front of everyone? ㅜㅑ]
[Just die]
Actually, there was something I wanted to do after seeing it on other streamers’ broadcasts and YouTube content.
“Let me see your talents everyone.”
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(End of Chapter)
T/N:
- “sibal” – A Korean curse word similar to “f*ck”. Daeju tries to make a wordplay by relating it to “일시불” (ilsibal – paying in full).
