Chapter 37
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 37
Chapter Title: Night Guard Duo (7)
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The survivors who realized their Status Windows had reactivated couldn't hide their joy.
As long as two or three months.
As short as two or three weeks.
Unlike me and Anonymous 1, these people had endured in this place for quite a while...
"Ahh... Finally, finally..."
"What a relief... Lately, my patrol partner has been looking at me strangely..."
"...After the survivor meeting ends... ...can we head back right away, Big Whale... sir?"
They seemed immensely relieved at the fact that they could finally return.
"I'm not forcing any of you to stay here."
"..!!"
"Whoa..."
"If I were, I wouldn't have even told you that your Status Windows were back online."
I let them know it was fine to leave.
"Feel free to go. But... before you do, could you grant me one small favor? It won't take even a minute per person."
"Anything!"
"Of course. You enabled Returns for us—what can't we do? What do you need?"
"When your life savior asks, you gotta do it."
"Then, about this button on the camera..."
Even if they were leaving, I asked them to use the camera's correction feature for me first.
Twelve people, five times each—sixty in total. My Sanity shot up by 60 in a single day, and I couldn't stop grinning.
"What are you looking at that's so amusing?"
The woman from Room 1001 we'd rescued glanced over with an amused expression, prompting my question.
"Oh, uh... th-that..."
"Yes?"
"I was reading Big Whale sir's heroic tales."
"...Heroic tales?"
At her sudden mention of reading my exploits, I whipped my head around to stare at Anonymous 1.
"...What are you doing?"
"Getting rich."
"...Pardon?"
His casual declaration sent an inexplicable chill down my spine. I quickly logged into the Korean community...
[Night Guard Duo Horror Tale (1)]
(Photo)
This Rulebook is what we had to follow after getting separated into the Night Guard Duo Horror world.
As you can see, it says the Status Window won't open in this horror tale. I tried opening mine right away...
It really didn't work—fucking hell, we're screwed, I thought.
I hurriedly threw on the night guard uniform for my shift...
Then suddenly, someone appeared next to me, staring at the Rulebook.
'Monster? Human? What the hell?'
My heart was pounding like crazy.
I froze, thinking this was it...
Then the one reading the Rulebook looked at me and said...
"Chit... chi."
[Comments - 29]
Anonymous 1: Fuck, post the next chapter already.
Need mod info, hurry up and post.
Anonymous 3: Fr, I heard too. Hurry for the mod info summary?
Author: Don't worry about that. After yesterday's shift, I explained everything to the mod—that's why I was quiet.
You cowardly mod fuck. We have to pay for content you already spoiled for free?????
Had to for the info summary.
Mod please just explain that. Futanari MILFs in an orgy—what's the deal??
ANSWER US MOD!!!!!!!!!!! No answer and we'll spam porn!!!!!!
This Big Whale guy seems suspicious from the start.
? Who's this guy?
Author: Ahh, Japanese guy. Just ignore him.
Anonymous 2: ???????????? Why's a Japanese guy here?
Anonymous 3: Japanese person?
Author: Big Whale found this too. It's the start of some Bomberdildo tale or whatever. Spoiler, can't reveal yet.
Japanese guy and dildo???????? Mod knows this?
Yes. Already talked with the Japanese Gallery mod.
What the hell is even happening here...?
wwwwwwwwwwww First word is chit-chi wwwww We struggled so much just confirming each other were human.
Anonymous 2: Big trouble. Japanese are starting to realize Big Whale's greatness.
I want to pay. How?
Author: Leave 100 stones at the village pavilion next exchange time.
??? Actually paying?? For real??
Stay quiet here or you're an ugly Korean...?
Author: Nah, it's fine lol. Posting in Japanese Gallery anyway.
Aaaaah please... Let us see too...!
Anonymous 7..! Halfsies call?? Halfsies??
Anonymous 7: I'm down.
Some get proper translations, others get this awkward machine crap lololol
I was a bit dumbfounded seeing Anonymous 1 actually making money off this—no joke.
But seeing other Japanese folks accessing the Korean community after returning from this horror world...
I couldn't bring myself to stop him. Because...
'I'm the material, but if this leads to Korea and Japan cooperating...'
We were about to enter a new phase in tackling these horror dungeons.
If Japan—with roughly three times our survivor numbers—joined in conquering horrors?
We could clear them at lightning speed. If using me fostered that unity...
"Sigh... Do whatever."
"As expected of Big Whale! Heart as wide as chit-chi!"
"...I'm a guy, you know?"
"I'm gonna be a bestseller author!"
"...Good luck."
With a magnanimous heart, I let it slide.
For now, I decided to catch some sleep before Day 3's night guard shift.
Day 3 of the Night Guard Duo.
Maybe because the Status Window was back? The many Japanese who'd tried conquering this place for so long...
Had deemed the Night Guard Duo Horror dungeon impossible and chosen to Return.
"Not a single person left."
"None?"
"Yeah. Everyone wandering around out there is a monster."
"Guess they all bailed."
No matter how I scanned the night guards beyond the guard post, not a human in sight.
"Let's just do our patrol."
"Okay."
With only me and Anonymous 1 as humans left, we couldn't abandon the woman from 1001 and leave.
"We'll be back."
"Sure, take care."
We headed out on patrol, eager to clear this place ASAP.
"Hm?"
"What?"
Off in the distance...
"...The elevator door's open?"
I spotted the apartment elevator door wide open.
"...For real?"
It'd be a lie to say I wasn't scared at all by the door that should be closed.
'Still, yesterday's intimidation worked somewhat... They won't act recklessly.'
Recalling the previous day, it was clear the apartment couldn't harm us carelessly.
"Let's check it out."
"Yeah."
We naturally headed toward the apartment.
"..."
My mind raced with thoughts.
Gripping the awl tightly, ready to resist to the end if needed, we reached the entrance.
Pausing there, we peered into the elevator...
"There's a note?"
As Anonymous 1 said, a single slip of paper lay in the center of the open elevator.
And that...
"New Rulebook, I bet."
Realizing it was one of the "new Rulebooks" hidden around the apartment, we snatched it up and finished our patrol.
"Phew... Wonder what it says."
Back at the guard post after patrol, we unfolded the paper from the elevator without hesitation.
It read...
"...Huh?"
"Rule... book?"
Act-reversely-to-expel-residents-of-this-apartment-building
This was far from the Rulebook we'd expected.
"...What the hell?"
Did it not know human language properly yet? That's when...
"To expel apartment residents, act in reverse?"
Reading the Rulebook backwards revealed the hidden code it'd planted.
"Oh... To drive out residents here, act in reverse."
Did the apartment bastard always give Rulebooks like this?
A twinge of annoyance at the inconvenient new rule was fleeting when...
"By the way, if there are tenants you don't like, tell me. I can handle them for you."
I suddenly recalled what I'd offhandedly said to the apartment yesterday.
"...No way?"
Apparently,
The apartment had taken my casual remark seriously.
As proof, it'd written the Rulebook backwards—a normal one anyone might see wouldn't raise suspicion.
Of course...
This was all just speculation.
"...Wanna try reversing it?"
"Seems plausible enough?"
Recalling how breaking Room 1001's rules in reverse yesterday yielded positive results,
We realized this Rulebook was worth testing.
- 501
Room 501 - Take the cat food bowl from the guard room and place it in front of Room 501's door.
"Cat lady called."
"Lemme see... Here's the bowl. How to reverse this?"
"Hm... Smashing it seems right."
"Smash? How?"
The moment Room 501's call rang out, Anonymous 1 pulled out the cat bowl—and I stabbed it with my awl.
Then...
"..!"
"Eww... What is this...?"
Pitch-black liquid oozed from the stabbed bowl...
"Crazy..!"
Poke- Poke- Poke- Poke-
Before the bowl could do anything, I frantically stabbed away.
"...Wow."
"Euuugh... Scary."
"It's scary, right?"
"Obviously. No way... Anonymous 1, you were fine with weird liquid from a cat food bowl?"
"I was scared too.."
"Ah. I thought since you're a veteran, you'd be chill."
"No, more than that... Something scarier."
"...Scarier left?"
"Yeah... Right in front of me.."
"? The bowl's dead though?"
"...Never mind."
101 - Close the open front door. Do not look inside the apartment under any circumstances.
Room 101 called, so I propped its open front door with my heel to keep it from closing.
201 - Walk to Room 201 via the emergency exit. That's all.
Room 201 called, so I took the elevator straight there.
401 - Apartment resident unhappy with broken elevator. Go to the apartment elevator and press a button once.
Room 401 called, so I entered the elevator and pressed every floor from 1 to 10 repeatedly. Did this three times. Some unidentified scream came from 401 midway, but I ignored it.
502 - Go to Room 502. There's a trash bag in front of the door. Put it in the large trash bin at the apartment entrance. Ignore the trash inside.
Room 502 called, so I poked holes in the trash bag there and bolted.
601 - From the moment of the call, Room 601's door will be open. Enter and open the closed room door inside. Do not look at the ceiling at any point.
Room 601 called, so upon arrival, I slammed the door shut.
Of course, I jammed a doorstop in front to ensure it stayed closed.
801 - Knock on Room 803's door three times.
Room 801 called, so I pounded on Room 801's door three times hard, then ran off laughing with Anonymous 1 like kids ding-dong-ditching.
Apparently only I found it hilarious—Anonymous 1 just shook his head at my glee.
- 902
About two hours before the night shift ended, the call bell rang again. Checking the receiver...
This one was from Room 902.
Room 902 - Resident complaining about noise. When they finish speaking, reply 'We'll handle it.' No adjacent rooms, so no actual action needed.
"I'll get it."
"Yeah... Do what you want now.."
Unlike my growing amusement, Anonymous 1 looked exhausted.
I picked up the receiver...
- "Hana-dara-ga-"
A man's irritated voice came through...
"Sure~ Move out~."
I spat that out and slammed the receiver down.
"Whoa! Dopamine rush!"
"...If I wrote this straight, people would call bullshit."
"Huh?"
"Nothing.."
- 603
"Hm? Already?"
Right after handling 902, another call rang. Checking...
Finally...
It had come.
"From 603."
"...603?"
"Yes."
"Sigh... Get ready, Big Whale."
Room 603 - Hang up immediately upon answering. Then lock the management office door and do not look out the window for 10 minutes. No matter what sounds come from outside, do not look.
Click..
"Door's locked."
"I'll answer."
"Okay."
We'd prepped everything possible. I slowly reached for the receiver...
And...
"...Didn't see this coming."
"It'll hang up itself anyway."
I placed the receiver on the desk without disconnecting it.
"No matter how I think, one part doesn't make sense."
"What?"
"Rule 7 says, 'If you'd like other food, you may hunt and bring back ingredients.' Right?"
"Yeah?"
"But this is a duo world, right?"
"So?"
"If your partner's a monster... In a world where you go everywhere together, would a monster guard partner hunt with you?"
"...True. Sneaking off without your partner's eyes doesn't make sense either.."
"Exactly. So, 'hunting' might mean... we can hunt those night guards?"
"Time."
"Huh?"
"You... You're not about to say, 'Can't we hunt those night guards out there?' are you?"
"Uh.. Uhh.. N-no..?"
"...Spit it out."
"Hunt the night guards out there... and make good items from their corpses?!"
"What's the difference..?"