Chapter 23 - Werewolf Game (3)
Werewolf Game (3)
Translator: Chaos
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"What is…, this…."
I looked around blankly.
For a moment, I thought I was dreaming.
After all, the people who had been watching the movie with me just a moment ago had disappeared without a trace.
Shiveeeeeer…!
When I realized that, a chill went down my spine.
'The gallery…!!'
I cautiously surveyed my surroundings and hurriedly wrote a post on the gallery.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: What the fuck is this??
[Photo]
After the movie credits ended and the lights came on, everyone suddenly disappeared
This isn't an anomaly, is it???
Please tell me it's not
• • •
Comments
[NightRat: Of course it's an anomaly, you crazy bastard, don't deny reality and check if you can get out first]
"Right…! First, whether it's possible to escape…!"
Fortunately, thanks to NightRat's quick reply and judgment, I came to my senses.
This was an abnormal phenomenon.
I didn't know what kind of abnormal phenomenon it was, but in any case, there was a high probability that this place itself was dangerous.
If so, the priority was to determine whether escape was possible.
I hurriedly headed to the movie theater's only entrance.
Thud!
And then.
"What on earth was that?"
"Wasn't it a prank?"
"…Were we under some kind of mass hypnosis."
"……."
There were people outside the movie theater.
A total of eight people.
I remembered seeing a few of them.
They were the audience members who had watched the movie with me in the movie theater a moment ago.
"Ah, did you just come out too?"
Just then, a woman with somewhat sharp eyes spoke to me.
"You said 'you too'…, then…."
"Yes, suddenly the people disappeared and I was left all alone. When I came out, and one by one, everyone else showed up too."
"……."
What on earth was this…?
For a moment, my head was in chaos.
Wait, could it be that these bastards were also anomalies and were trying to trick me right now….
And so, the moment I thought of the worst-case scenario, I immediately clenched my fists.
Just then.
Thud!
The movie theater door behind me opened.
The door of the movie theater where, until a moment ago, only I had been.
"A-Ares…!!"
The one who came out was Ellie.
"Ellie…?!"
"Where did you gooo…! Hic, I was scared…!"
Ellie, who seemed genuinely scared, threw herself into my arms and buried her face in my chest.
Squish….
I hated myself for being conscious of the large Peach Blossom Spring being pressed against my body even at this moment.
"Is that your girlfriend?"
Just then, the woman who had been explaining the situation to me asked, looking at Ellie.
"G-g-g-g-g-g-girlfriend…!"
At those words, Ellie, who had been terrified, blushed bright red and glitched out.
I answered in Ellie's stead.
"No, we're friends."
"Hmm, so you're 'just' friends for now, huh?"
"……."
"……."
"Well, anyway, it seems like it was really some kind of hypnosis, so I don't think you need to worry too much since it seems like nothing happened."
The woman said so, then waved her hand casually and left.
It seemed she had come just to let us, who were confused, know the situation.
It seemed she had a kind personality despite her sharp appearance.
"Hypnosis…? What does that mean?"
"Aah, that…. It seems everyone had the same experience."
"The same experience?"
"Yeah, being left alone after the movie ended."
"Huh? Th-that, wasn't that you playing a prank, Ares?"
"No way, I was surprised too."
Ellie, who seemed to have finally grasped the situation, opened her eyes wide and hurriedly apologized.
"I-I'm sorry…! I didn't know and I did that to Ares…! Kya, kyaat?!"
And then she realized she was hugging me and hurriedly pushed herself away.
…A pity.
"Uuuu…, I'm sorryyy…."
"……."
While Ellie was blushing and feeling embarrassed.
I wrote an additional post on the gallery.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: It was nothing
When I came out of the theater, the people who were inside were out there
After I came out, Ellie came out
According to Ellie, she was also left alone after the movie ended
…Are there anomalies that just put on a show??
• • •
Comments
[ForGlory: There are]
ㄴ[ForGlory: But you can't just dismiss it that lightly]
[NightRat: The diary?? Today's date should have been written]
ㄴ[Ares: There was nothing wrong with the diary.]
ㄴ[NightRat: What about tomorrow's date?]
ㄴ[Ares: There was nothing particularly strange about tomorrow's date either]
ㄴ[NightRat: Just in case, go to the dorm right now and check]
ㄴ[NightRat: The content might have changed]
'Indeed….'
The diary told the future, but the future could change due to my actions.
Perhaps for some reason, the content of the diary had changed, and that was why it couldn't predict this.
"Should we just go back for today? You were really scared, right?"
"U-uh…."
Ellie became gloomy, looking a little disappointed.
It seemed she wanted to do something more after the movie was over.
"Let's go on a ……date again next time."
"Huh…?"
At my words, Ellie stared at me blankly for a moment as if she was buffering.
Soon, she understood my words and nodded with a blush.
After that, I hurried back to the dormitory.
Fortunately, it was around 2 PM when I met Ellie.
Now that the movie was over, it was 4 PM, so there was still time before the sun set.
Click!
Slam!
Clack!
Right after returning to the dormitory, I locked the door and sat down at my desk.
And I immediately took out Ellie's diary and opened it.
What I was checking was today's date.
• • •
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
Today is the day of my first date with Ares
I dressed up as prettily as I could and went to meet Ares
I was a little late, so I ran in a hurry
But thankfully, Ares said it was okay…
More than anything, he blushed and stared at me blankly for a moment
Was it because I was pretty?
Or was it because of my chest?
Either way, I'm happy…
The movie was more fun than I thought
I even held hands with Ares…
I didn't know a man's hand could be so big and dependable
Was it because it was Ares
I thought my heart was going to explode while holding it
The disappointing part was that we went back right after the movie ended
But it's okay
Ares called it a date
And he even said let's go on a date again♡
Today is my best day
• • •
"…It's changed a little, but, ……why is there no mention of that?"
It wasn't much different from the diary content I had read yesterday.
Mainly, things I had done, like holding her hand, or telling Ellie that I would take her out on a date again.
Such stories had been added.
But the most important thing was missing.
The abnormal phenomenon at the movie theater.
I immediately checked the diary for the next day, Sunday.
"This is normal too…."
Only normal daily life content was written.
The next day, Monday, was the same.
After that, nothing was written because it was beyond the 6-day range of the precognition ability.
'Was it really just a simple happening…?'
The fixed nickname 'ForGlory' on the gallery had also said it could happen.
But….
Somehow, it felt unsettling.
I was instinctively feeling that it wasn't.
Something ━━definitely happened.
"……."
If so, let's think with the assumption that something happened.
Something happened.
And it will happen in the future.
…But why wasn't it written in the diary?
I thought while tapping the diary with my finger.
Tap, tap!
"It didn't happen within the period…."
Tap, tap!
"…Or Ellie didn't write it."
And then it flashed.
"That's right…, Ellie wrote about her mother as briefly as possible too…, even though it was about her mother…."
When her mother had attached herself to the homeroom teacher.
Other than the story that her mother had smiled, she hadn't written that the homeroom teacher was dragged into the forest.
Even though the homeroom teacher had screamed so much.
Could Ellie have not seen that?
No, she must have seen it but not written it.
Ellie's diary was like this last time too.
Even when she encountered the mother anomaly, she wrote only the minimum information and tried to write only everyday things other than that.
If so, why didn't she write about this abnormal phenomenon at the movie theater?
Perhaps Ellie thought it was a simple happening and was planning to forget it.
Because she was a girl who hated scary things.
Thud!
I hurriedly left the dormitory and headed to the girls' dormitory.
"Excuse me! Could you please call Ellie from the 1st year? She's a short, cute girl with blonde hair…."
"Huh? Ah, yes…."
I loitered in front of the dormitory and stopped a female student who was entering the dormitory and made a request.
Fortunately, not long after the female student went up, Ellie came down.
"Ares…! What is it?"
"Ah, that…."
When I actually faced Ellie, I was momentarily at a loss for words.
What should I say?
Where should I start explaining?
I hesitated for a moment while thinking.
"This might sound strange…, but can I ask you for a favor?"
"Huh?"
I decided to just go for it.
"Ellie, by any chance, do you usually write something like a diary?"
"Huh…? U-uh…, I do."
"Then, …━if something unusual happens, could you write it in your diary without leaving anything out?"
"……Huh?"
From the listener's point of view, it must have been a sudden and incomprehensible request.
But nevertheless, I had no choice but to bet on Ellie listening to me.
"Please, for example, the strange thing that happened at the movie theater today."
"Ah…."
"If something happens around you, can you write it down in detail, without leaving anything out?"
"……."
Ellie looked at me hesitantly for a moment as if trying to figure out my intention.
But soon, she made a determined expression, smiled faintly, and nodded.
"…Okay, since it's a request from Ares."
It worked.
At that fact, I smiled brightly and held her hands with both of my hands.
"Thank you! Thank you so much! I'll definitely repay you next time!"
"Heeh, u-uh…!"
When I held her hands, Ellie blushed bright red and nodded vigorously.
After that, I left the shyly greeting Ellie behind and returned to the dormitory.
'It would be best if it was really nothing…!'
Hoping that it was nothing special.
And as this horror academy always was.
My expectations were betrayed spectacularly.
• • •
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
Today is the last day of the weekend
I came out of the dormitory early in the morning to go to the bookstore, and the boys' dormitory side was noisy
Normally, I would have passed by without paying attention
…But I remembered what Ares said yesterday
The way he looked so desperate
I wanted to be of help to Ares, so I turned around and headed to the boys' dormitory
A student died
How much does Ares want me to write down…?
I don't want to leave something like this in my diary…
But it's a request from Ares
The person who died was a 2nd-year sunbae
His name is Jiro.
The female student I saw at the movie theater yesterday told me while crying
Someone went to that sunbae's room in the middle of the night and stabbed him to death with a knife
The inside of the room was a gruesome mess of blood…
Scary
Who did it?
Is Ares okay?
It's the same boys' dormitory
Please, I hope nothing happens to Ares
• • •
"It's here…."
The diary had changed.
The death of someone was recorded in the diary content, which had originally only briefly written about Ellie's weekend.
It seemed that before I had said anything, she hadn't even gone to check the place where the commotion was.
And even if she had overheard that someone had died, she hadn't recorded it.
Anyway,
With this, it became certain.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: Something happened
[Photo]
I asked Ellie to write in her diary in detail if something happened soon
And then a record of a murder case was added
It seems like an anomaly bastard's doing, so someone who has a clue, please give me some advice
• • •
Comments
[A murder case in the middle of the night ㄷㄷㄷ]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Is it related to the people disappearing at the movie theater??]
ㄴ[Ares: No matter how I look at it, it's because of that movie]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Why the movie?]
ㄴ[Ares: The content of the movie is similar]
ㄴ[Ares: I saw that in Monday's diary, it says one person dies in the girls' dormitory too]
[ForGlory: It's a type of indirect possession anomaly]
ㄴ[Ares: Indirect possession??]
ㄴ[ForGlory: It's a type where you experience a specific event and that happens in reality]
ㄴ[ForGlory: In the past, there was a guy whose death in a dream happened in reality]
"Indirect possession…."
Hearing that story, I immediately recalled that strange credit.
[Daniel - D8]
Daniel was clearly that little boy ghost who was the protagonist of the movie.
Originally, the actor's name should have been written next to the role name.
But what was written was D8.
And D8 was.
Strangely, it was the same as my seat number.
"So that's what it meant…."
Perhaps being left alone in the movie theater was the beginning of this ghost story.
I hadn't just watched the movie credits at that time.
—I had been assigned the role of the movie.
And just then.
Sssk!
NightRat's comment was posted.
[NightRat: Upload what you saw in the movie as a video]
ㄴ[NightRat: And explain everything you've figured out]
"I see…! A video…!"
The video was a method of uploading by extracting from my memory.
If I uploaded the memory of the movie I had seen as a video, the gallery members could also watch it together.
I immediately started the upload.
The upload was completed in about 30 minutes.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: Movie & Speculation
[Video]
I think I've been indirectly possessed by the content of that horror movie
One person dies each day, just like in the movie
D8 in the final credits was my seat number.
I think it means I'm the role of Daniel
• • •
Comments
[Wow, a movie!]
[This Ares bastard keeps looking at Ellie's chest whenever he has a chance…]
ㄴ[It's even more annoying that Ellie seems to have noticed but likes it]
ㄴ[Fuck, I'm so jealous, look at him holding her hand and rubbing it on her arm]
ㄴ[She's really fucking pretty ㄷㄷ]
ㄴ[Ares: No, you fuckers, I asked for help]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: How many people were in the movie theater at that time??]
ㄴ[Ares: There were 8 people when I left]
ㄴ[Ares: I don't know the exact number]
[NightRat: Well, the solution is clear]
ㄴ[NightRat: Catch the culprit]
ㄴ[NightRat: The other people probably got assigned roles like you too]
ㄴ[NightRat: The bastard who got the culprit role probably killed them]
ㄴ[Ares: How do I find that bastard…?]
ㄴ[NightRat: This is that, the werewolf game]
ㄴ[Ares: The werewolf game??]
ㄴ[NightRat: Don't you know the mafia game??]
"Ah, that…!"
When a familiar name came up, I immediately noticed.
The mafia game.
A game where a moderator was present, and the players found the mafia hidden among the players and killed them by voting.
Certainly, the content of the movie was a carbon copy of that.
Because in the movie, a character was killed every night.
The current situation of indirect possession was the same.
[NightRat: There's no choice but to gather the bastards who saw that and find the culprit]
ㄴ[NightRat: It seems the ghost story will be resolved only if you find and kill them, or hand them over to the academy's security department]
—[NightRat: Before your turn comes]
My turn.
At those words, my hand trembled slightly.
The mafia killed a player every night.
And
I would naturally be one of those players.
The boy in the movie was a ghost, but I wasn't.
"Wait a minute…, then…."
Just then, Ellie's face came to mind.
Ellie definitely also had been left alone in the theater just like me.
Which meant she was assigned a role too.
"Ellie is in danger too…."
This ghost story wasn't something that would be over just by saving my own life.
Ellie could also die.