Chapter 42
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 42
Chapter Title: Liar (4)
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It started out as simple stress relief.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I wasn't the type of person brave enough to actually open the trap door and go inside.
And I sure as hell wasn't in a position to gamble with my life.
"Just spit out the corpse already, damn it..! Then I'll stop, I swear??"
Even if the door broke, I kept one foot planted against the intact door to avoid getting dragged in by whatever might come out, pounding on the trap door like a madman with my fists.
Crack—
"!"
The momentary give under my fist told me everything—the door had completely shattered.
At that instant...
"Let's hop over. Quick."
"Pardon? Oh, right..!"
I realized, unintentionally, that the trap room's door had opened.
I quickly moved the woman from Room 1001 to the safe room beyond first, then followed her into the next room and shut the door behind us.
Bang!!!
"..!"
From beyond the closed door came the impact of something massive slamming into it.
'..What the hell was that?'
It seemed like whatever had been behind the trap room had burst out when it opened.
I vowed never to open a trap room door again, no matter how pissed I got.
As we watched the door we'd come through turn into a wall, impossible to return from...
"..Huh?"
The woman's suddenly flustered voice made me turn my head.
There...
"Huh?.."
I couldn't help but be stunned by the scene too.
"There's.. only one door."
[Liar Ghost Story Progress (4)]
(Photo)
The room after the suited monster pretending to be a guide died.
Suddenly, the doors changed to just one.
After double-checking with a mental attack and knocking, we confirmed it was a normal door, not a trap.
Seems killing the suited monster triggered the doors to reduce to one.
Big Whale always writes politely after getting mad, it's fucking adorable
?? Was Big Whale mad?
The guy who was supposed to be item fodder survived lolololol
Ah lolololololololololol
Thinking about this seriously for a sec.
Doors going from 2 to 1... maybe because Big Whale killed that bleeding trap door in the previous room?
Oh.
lololololololololol this is it lolololololololol
lololololololololololololololololol Big Whale's ghost story strategy. 1. Kill everything
Big Whale, did you rip apart the trap door too and make it into an item?
Aaaaaah, you're right. If the door was a monster, I could've tried making it into an item.
You're not Big Whale, are you?
For real, suddenly suspicious. Forgot to think of making it an item??
Back during exchange time when I was bored, I tried making a whole house into an item and it didn't work, so I had it stuck in my head that houses can't be items... Should've at least tried the craft button..
lololololololololololol tried to make a whole house an item??
No, I was just curious... what if a house became an item.
wwwwwwww speechless wwwwwwwww
Even after killing everything, the ghost story didn't clear?
Yeah.. still no clear.
Hmm.. guess we have no choice but to push forward risking our lives to the end.
Whether because we killed the self-proclaimed guide...
Or because we smashed the trap door in the previous room...
I didn't know which, but now only one door lay ahead where we once had to choose between two.
"Whew.. no other way, huh."
In this situation...
We couldn't go back through the door we entered.
No hidden doors behind wallpaper either.
No matter how much we searched the floor and ceiling, no attic hatches.
All we could do was...
"Let's go."
Press on.
'Pushing forward because we need info..'
When the woman from Room 1001 first asked the suited monster...
It clearly said the way out was 'avoid all trap doors in this maze room and go to the end.'
Of course, that was obviously a lie.
But advancing through 30 more doors would bring us to the room where the lying guide monster counted down.
'Still short on info..'
Up till now, we'd followed the liar's words to avoid traps and gather info.
And even now, with the liar dead, the same logic applied.
So we pressed on without hesitation, seeking new information.
…
Opponent: No reply, so I tried entering.
Opponent: LR ghost story world allows max 2 people. Couldn't enter.
Me: Ah.. sorry. All focus on finding escape with no clues...
Me: Didn't even notice the note.
Opponent: No worries. We're all praying Big Whale and Newbie make it back safe.
Me: Thanks. We'll.. make it out alive for sure.
Now with only two doors left we could open.
I closed the status window after a brief chat with the community moderator, staring blankly at the shut door.
"..."
"..."
We hadn't found a single clue for escape up to this point.
I was racking my brain for a way out of this liar ghost story when...
"Maybe that's it."
"Pardon?"
The woman from Room 1001, silent till now, spoke up with hopeful words.
"That suited monster said if we go with it to the number it set, we die... but if we make it without it, just us, maybe we escape or something."
"Oh, that's a solid theory."
A hopeful take, showing she hadn't given up on life yet—positive.
"So."
"Yes!"
"Please go back."
"..What do you mean?"
"You can go back. With return, so.. go now."
"..."
The woman from Room 1001 had known from the start.
That I could abandon her and run anytime.
She'd averted her eyes from that harsh truth, sticking by my side till now...
"Before I beg you to stay and die with me.. ..go now."
With only two doors left ahead.
The woman who spoke hopefully... paradoxically stared with eyes resolved to death.
Creeeak..
She moved to the next room first after speaking.
Then...
"Thanks. I was really happy. But this.. won't work."
"..In this world, what doesn't work? We got kidnapped into this nonsense."
"I'm not stupid. I know the weight of my life versus yours, called Big Whale."
"Weight of life? What nonsense—"
"You.. can save so many more besides me. But I can't be that person."
She began slowly closing the door to the room she'd entered.
"I accepted death from the start. Just got a bit more happy memories before leaving."
"..."
It was a lie.
With the liar monster dead...
The cruelest liar now was human.
"Go quick. Once I confirm you returned, I'll open the last door too."
She must want to live.
Want to survive to see tomorrow.
Clung desperately to make it this far...
Yet the liar overcame fear to step forward one more time.
No, pretended to overcome fear... lying to send me away.
"..."
20~22 hours since arriving here.
Maybe trivial to some.
But after that long alone, she'd sorted her heart... lying to save me.
"High chance there's an exit. So.. let's laugh together in exchange time."
"..Got it. I'll go."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but.. before I go, I'll do my best."
"..What do you mean?"
I followed her into the room.
Used mental attack on the last door...
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The mental attack... worked.
On the door that had to be the exit... the mental attack worked.
"Please.."
I rushed to the door where the mental attack hit.
Pressed the craft button...
'Craft.. craft.. please.. work, damn it..!'
Like objects above a certain size can't be crafted...
The door that took the mental attack... wouldn't craft into an item.
"..."
Observing my actions closely, the woman realized.
No hope here.
No such thing as escape.
"No need for both of us to die."
"..What are you saying?"
"Hurry, hit return."
"..."
"You wanna see me grab your pant leg and beg to be saved?"
Could you abandon someone in a place with no hope of survival?
Even knowing rationally it's right, could you coldly leave?
"..."
I looked down at her silently.
In this place without escape.
Without clear conditions...
How to get her out too... just a moment...
"..I'll go."
"..Thanks, Big Whale."
"But before I do, one thing."
"..What?"
"Just wanna see you sleep."
"Wha.. if it's something lewd.. I can do it. Gonna die anyway—"
"No. Not that. Really, just see you sleep, then I'll go."
One thought crossed my mind; I urged her to sleep.
"..Okay. ..One last request?"
"Anything."
"Wanna sleep in your arms. Alone.. scary."
"Sure."
Accepting my request, the woman from Room 1001 voiced her final wish: to sleep in someone's arms.
To grant it, I gently embraced her leaning into me.
"..."
She quietly steadied her breath in my arms, wordless.
No one unafraid of death...
Even knowing sleep here meant only death left.
Yet Room 1001's woman nobly sacrificed to save another.
Pat.. pat..
I responded silently to her resolve, gently patting her back.
Soon, I heard her regular breathing as she fell asleep in my arms.
'Sorry.'
As promised, I placed my hand on the return button in the status window.
[Liar Ghost Story Failed.]
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Here's my current status window pic.
As you see, return uses went from 3 to 2.
Yes, I returned...
Escape is impossible in the Liar Ghost Story world.
..Fuck.
How the hell do you escape this shit.
Haa…
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But I saved the woman.
She's sleeping in my room now, as you see.
That's it.
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?????????????????????????????????
How'd you do it???
How did you really do it?
Explaining via note now.
Tell us too please we're begging
How is this better than Anon1's novels every day..?
Big Whale TV special. Every day legendary. Real legend lololol
How did you really do it?
Okay~ Wasted a return use so it's pricey. 200 stones each for those who want. 2000 stones and I'll spill.
Hey Song Big Whale!!!!!! Who taught you to be so evil?? Huh?!?!?! Spill free NOW?!?!?!
You fucking bastard you you you!!!!!!!!!!
Anon1 you fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!
Song Big Whale. Master likes your attitude. Slip it to me via note.
Not Song. And Anon1 pays too.
Why only me!!!!!!!!!!!
lololol so sly!!!
"Never thought it'd actually work."
Leaving the sleeping woman behind.
I recalled what I'd done moments ago.
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Choi Min-ah / Miya Masami
Age: 24
Height: 171.2 cm
Weight: 54.5 kg
Sanity: 62 / 100
Woman born to Korean-Japanese couple.
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"Thought you were Japanese, but you're Korean-Japanese mixed..?"