Chapter 16
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 16
Chapter Title: Melting Shampoo (5)
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'...What?'
A bit flustered, but I had to check why the community was in such a state.
I clicked on some random post to see the content...
Don't go outside please it's a trap please don't go out please please really please don't go out please
'...Huh?'
There was a post somehow telling me not to go outside.
'What is this?'
I wondered if people were freaking out over whether I'd gone out or not, so I checked other posts too.
He raised the flag already. So he should be out there now, right? Right??
Newbie please say you didn't go out?
Ah really please...
This one too.
Whoa fuck... that world out there must already be overrun by monsters. Those things from the Melting Shampoo.
They can't write posts themselves, so they made dying humans write what they want, right?
...Kinda worried about the newbie.
Did he already go out...? He was asking us all sorts of questions...
That place is seriously fucking bleak...
Couldn't that be our Earth?
But for Earth, the buildings have no windows—that's already off.
That's a relief then...
And this one...
Newbie please don't go out why no reply for 4 hours real talk
'...They're all telling me not to go out...?'
I realized every single post was telling me not to go out.
Wondering what was going on, I posted one myself.
I was, uh, busy prepping materials for armor so I couldn't check the community for a bit...
What's, like... going on?
I posted cautiously, gauging the mood.
You really the newbie? No way?
For real?? This ain't a troll post?
Prove it quick.
Proof go
Fuckin tired of these agro-pulling assholes with this shit
Gonna kill em all
Should kill em all
If you're impersonating, we'll throw you out next blockade time
If you think it's not you now, apologize and never pull this shit again
The community had a pretty serious vibe going.
'Whoa... gotta prove it quick.'
I snapped photos of spots around my location, plus pics of the armor materials I'd gathered to show what I'd been busy with, and posted them to the community.
(Photo)
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Took pics of my location from all angles. Fresh shots from different views so they don't think it's reposts.
And...
(Photo)
Lol... sorry...
Gathering materials for leather armor to wear outside took longer than expected... lol;
Those metal plate-looking things? Dismantled computer parts one by one... took way longer than I thought..!
Phew, it's the newbie. Sigh...
Not a memory-eating monster, right?
Could be a memory-eater tho. We should make him prove he's human too.
But if it's a memory-eater newbie, couldn't it mimic anything?
Memory-eating doesn't mean all memories. Childhood stuff hits hardest.
Fuck gonna pm
Aw, was gonna pm you.
Too bad lol
For real... I swore I'd pm this time...
No pm bitch
Lmao
What?
ㅄ this means clone, like a good exclamation like wow or whatever.
Ahaha
Perfectly human?
Lmaoooo for real lmao he's human lmao
True, even high-intel monsters couldn't pull that off. If monsters were that smart we'd all be dead already lol
We gotta confirm he's human first?
This effort to prove tho, that's human lol. Monsters can't be that meticulous with all those pics.
Ultra high-intel monster?
Monsters die when they come here anyway. Just return and come back lol
Ah... uh... ok...
Anyway, newbie didn't get eaten. For now.
Medetashi~ Medetashi~
I was really worried, newbie.
Our newbie okay? Not hurt?
I didn't go out...?
What?! That badly hurt? Come here, I'll hoo~ for you.
Oi block that perv, he's excited over the newbie again.
Luckily, people saw the teasing of the PM monster and confirmed I was human.
I stopped with the human proofs and asked in the comments why they'd been looking for me so desperately.
'...Click the link?'
People in the gallery insisted I read one post via a link, so I clicked it.
(Photo)
This is the photo the newbie sent, right? See how some letters are bolded randomly and some underlined?
At first everyone thought the weird letters didn't connect so passed it off.
But I saw it different.
Read the bold ones together, and underlined separately, and it came out like this...
First the bold ones.
1. Don't go outside
2. Inside the house is safest
3. We can't enter houses
4. We'll starve soon, nothing to eat
5. So hold out inside
6. Everything ends in 4 days
7. Survive no matter what
And the underlined ones:
Don't do anything stupid the world is already over.
Don't wanna die save me please...
I found this and got goosebumps all over, newbie please... don't go out after seeing this.
Survivors in a monster-overrun world hid codes to save other survivors.
Never trust the Rulebook, newbie.
Whoa fuck... goosebumps everywhere rn...
Reading the first letter of each now: 'I'm infected all die in 4 days'
Holy shit yes
Oof... fuck...
But newbie ain't checking gallery rn, what now?
He'll come back soon. Asked questions and dip?
And it came true...
Newbie come quick real...
Ugh... Melting Shampoo or whatever already let monsters take the world huh...
What if monsters are playing mind games at high level?
No reason for monsters to mindgame. They can just rewrite Rulebook as they want.
Oh right
OP smart. Harvard?
High school grad
High education. There's one above without the education part.
Lmao dickless? Who?
Who
Answer fucker
Seeing it like this it's kinda ridiculous lol that shampoo company caused world end with their product? Lmao
Lmaoooooooooooooooo
That's pretty dumb lol
Melting Shampoo seller was the apocalypse cause lol
Oof fuck chills
Reading the whole post gave me goosebumps all over my body.
'It was a cipher?'
Survivors of a ruined world... passing info to the last remaining survivor.
'Whoa... without the community I'd have died for real.'
I thought in ghost story worlds you always follow the Rulebook blindly...
But even the Rulebook can't be trusted...
'...'
I stared blankly at the materials I'd gathered for armor.
No point going out now, why'd I even bother... but still.
Better than risking outside... safer to hole up inside for 4 days.
'Just gotta survive 4 days here.'
I thought maybe I could spend time more peacefully than in Bellierd Library.
Then suddenly.
'I'm really grateful to these folks... even under monster torture they hid ciphers like this.'
Strangers from this world wrote this to save me. It touched me.
Why not? They gave a clear '4 days' deadline today.
This note's fresh today, they tried hard so if I spotted any of the 3 ciphers I'd live.
Knowing monsters would kill them if caught, they still tried to save me...
'...What can a weak human like me do, thinking dumb shit.'
I wanted to help them too.
It was a deep-seated urge.
But what could I do with this frail body?
Against mystery monsters that swallowed humanity... what?
'What the hell can I even do...'
I got help, but couldn't return it.
Best I could do was check the ruined world after 4 days.
'They'll all be dead by then.'
A wry chuckle escaped.
My thoughts felt absurd, overfed delusions.
'What nonsense am I spouting.'
I logged into the community and confessed my ridiculous thoughts honestly.
Thanks to you gallery folks I saved my life.
Imagining going to rescue the cipher-hiders lol
Ha...
Wanna be hero? Or just save fellow human?
Guy who can't even save himself thinking dumb shit.
Cuss me good to snap me out of it.
"...Idiot."
I cussed myself out and lay on the floor, planning to obediently kill time inside per the cipher saying house is safe...
Suddenly.
'...Huh?'
I remembered the Melting Shampoo was still in the room I'd opened my eyes in.
'...Yeah. No going out, but I can run one experiment, right?'
The idea popped in my head—worth experimenting.
I deleted the confessional post like admitting a crime, and headed straight back to the room with the Melting Shampoo.
Snap out.
We joked you fight well but.
Running to play hero in monster-infested place is retard shit.
Go out fight then return casually?
Don't even think it.
Die before button? Then?
Just dead?
No.
So snap out, hole up quiet inside.
Sigh...
Said that, but be careful still holds.
Hated cussing newbie but he asked so had to.
Sorry.
Too harsh...
No newbie posted asking to be cussed.
? Where'd that post go?
Bad...
Super serious and cursing newbie... wanna be adult?
No timing; misunderstanding... newbie asked for cuss real;
Proof
No proof but...
Woo~ trash bastard.
Go die monster.
Got it... sorry... gonna hole up inside... (edited) (deleted)
??? Don't do that newbie?? Newbie?????
Whoa telling newbie to hole up and not come out, trash bastard.
No!! Misunderstanding!! Real talk?? Mod!!! Mod!!!! Find that deleted post..!
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