Chapter 76
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 76
Chapter Title: Please Write One Item Needed to Escape This Place. (7)
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A single rope existing beyond the escape route.
A familiar rope tied in an Evans knot existing beyond the escape route..
The one and only way to escape this place existing beyond the escape route.
"..That’s why everyone chose suicide."
Death.
"What.."
The only way to escape this place was.. death.
"..."
Overcoming fear and pressing forward.
Detecting traps without ever letting your guard down for a moment.
Fleeing for your life from the pursuing monsters.
Slicing off your own body parts in the dissection rooms that demand it.
After enduring every hardship imaginable.. and burning through every second of time, you finally open the door to the escape route.
And there, only a familiar-looking rope greets you.
‘..What kind of bullshit is this.. ha.’
Indeed.. the very last thing people had to do to conquer this urban legend was..
to offer their body parts to the 6th-floor dissection room.
To unlock this escape route’s door.. you had to offer up the body parts demanded by the 6th-floor dissection room and receive the key in return.
However..
Those who pushed themselves this far on nothing but the burning will to escape, only to behold the sight before them..
"Seriously, what the.."
No one wants to die in agony..
So they have no choice but to swallow the NN-01 pill for a painless death.
Should probably get out quick, Big Whale.
This place is giving me the creeps..
People who fought tooth and nail to escape only to see this..
You can’t expect kindness from an urban legend, but this is a bit much..
As the comments said.. the escape route had an eerie chill hanging over it.
"One last thing before we go."
The main body of the urban legend was dead anyway.
No one left here to take me out, I figured, so I tried to torch the Evans-knotted rope with the flamethrower..
"Hm?"
Why?
What’s up?
??
Not lighting.
Judging by how the flames wouldn’t catch on the rope..
"Should we take that as item material?!"
lolololololololol item material my ass lolololololololol
Quit screwing around and come back already, for real, we’re pissed.
Just hurry up and come back already.
When Big Whale gets back, we seriously need to restrain all four limbs, for real.
Please come back soon, Big Whale.
No.. why is everyone so damn unromantic..
‘If only I had something sharp, I’d cut it and take it. What a shame.’
"A. I. C. O. The. Stream. Is. Turning. Off?"
Guy’s turning off the stream to cut the rope?
Big Whale, quit fucking around, please..!
(Stream has ended)
Aaaah!!!! This guy never fucking listens!!!!!
Hey you giant fucking whale!!!!!!!
Blaming the people who wouldn’t play along with my whims, I ended the stream as naturally as breathing.
Then I opened the status window and summoned the VIP Escape System.
‘I just wanna go back already.’
If I could, I’d rip that rope right off the wall in front of me.
But my phone battery was running low, I had no sharp tool to cut the rope, and the atmosphere here was growing increasingly ominous.
Contrary to what people expected, I used the VIP Escape System right then and there to get out..
"..!"
Thud.. thud..
The moment I hit the button, I heard footsteps approaching from behind. I whipped around in a panic and aimed the flamethrower.
‘..What the?’
I could clearly hear footsteps..
But nothing was visible in front of me.
At that moment..
"..Did you come from the 0th Financial Institution?"
I recalled how using the emergency escape service from the 0th Financial Institution would send a VIP-exclusive staff member here.
I spoke first to identify them.
Meow~
"?"
A cat meow came from below my legs. I glanced down..
Myung!
"??"
Meow~
"???"
Around its neck was a collar marking it as 0th Financial Institution staff.. rubbing its head against my ankle.
And with that..
"??-.."
Suddenly, all strength drained from my body..
Thud..
…
"Ugh!"
"Are you okay?"
"..Mina?"
"Yes, it’s me."
"Mina, you were a cat this whole time?"
"..What are you talking about?"
I opened my eyes, and there was Mina in front of me.
I quickly realized the 0th Financial Institution’s VIP Escape Service had returned me to the safe zone.
"So cats really do save the world.."
"..?"
"That saying was true after all.."
"Uh.. uh, hold on a sec..?"
I opened the status window inventory, pulled out the spare phone I’d prepared.
Then I deposited every stone inside it into my account.
[VVIP Purchase]
Hello.
This is a message from the 0th Financial Institution.
You have purchased VVIP service from our 0th Financial Institution.
You now have access to a total of 5 free and paid services.
1. Emergency Escape Service available for 59,999 stones. No matter where you are, our VVIP dedicated staff will come fetch you immediately.
2. Free transfers between accounts of 0th Financial Institution customers, with all fees on VVIP account transactions discounted. (Fee: 3%)
3. We guarantee contracts made between 0th Financial Institution customers, with all guarantee fees on VVIP-related contracts discounted. (Fee: 15%)
4. VVIP customers can send parcels to other 0th Financial Institution customers. (Shipping: 300 stones per 1kg) (Weights with decimals not calculated.)
5. The 0th Financial Institution welcomes valuable feedback from VVIP customers. Contact our consultants anytime you need help. (Consulting: 20 stones per minute connected.)
[Want more services? Purchase MVIP service from the 0th Financial Institution for 689,000 stones and enjoy MVIP perks.]
"Oh!!"
"Just a bit longer, please..! I’m looking for it right now..!"
[MVIP Purchase]
Hello.
This is a message from the 0th Financial Institution.
You have purchased MVIP service from our 0th Financial Institution.
You now have access to a total of 6 free and paid services.
1. Emergency Escape Service available for 39,999 stones. No matter where you are, our MVIP dedicated staff will come fetch you immediately.
2. Free transfers between accounts of 0th Financial Institution customers, with all fees on MVIP account transactions discounted. (Fee: 1%)
3. We guarantee contracts made between 0th Financial Institution customers, with all guarantee fees on MVIP-related contracts discounted. (Fee: 10%)
4. MVIP customers can send parcels to other 0th Financial Institution customers. (Shipping: 100 stones per 1kg) (Weights with decimals not calculated.)
5. The 0th Financial Institution welcomes valuable feedback from MVIP customers. Contact our consultants anytime you need help. (Consulting: 10 stones per minute connected.)
6. If needed, our 0th Financial Institution staff can be dispatched to provide minor assistance to MVIP customers. (Dispatch: 400 stones per minute.)
[Want more services? Purchase UVIP service from the 0th Financial Institution for 889,000 stones and enjoy UVIP perks.]
"Oh! Ohhh!!!"
"Ooooh!!!!"
"Ahhh..! Big Whale’s mental corruption symptoms are severe..! Someone please help quick..!"
[Connect Consultant]
We’re honored to connect with you, MVIP.
What can we help you with?
[I’d like to dispatch the 0th Financial Institution staff who just came to rescue me.]
We’ll dispatch immediately.
[ ]
"Coming!! Coming!!!"
"W-what’s coming?! What..!"
Meow~
"Came!!!"
"????"
"It’s heeeere!"
Meow?!
"??????????????????"
The moment it arrived, he started babbling about cats saving the world..!
Suddenly asking if I’m the cat..
Keeps messing with the status window..! What do I do??
????
??? Keep sharing updates in real-time and wait a bit. High chance it’s mental corruption symptoms.
Yeah, there was one guy who got hit hard by mental corruption and turned basically into a dog..
Oh no.. no way, right..?
Fuck, Big Whale; we told you not to cut that rope;
If mental corruption seems severe, first restrain Big Whale with rope so he can’t act out.
I can’t overpower Big Whale physically, what then..?
Knock him out first.
How??
Grab any household item and smash Big Whale’s head hard lol
For real?? Seriously???
Yeah; if it turns him animal-like, he won’t understand words and might try to run out and die.
Ugh.. if even Big Whale with the highest Sanity among us gets corrupted this bad..
This is driving me insane..
"..Why’d you grab the frying pan?"
"..."
"..Mina?"
"..That cat.. ..where’d it come from?"
"Oh, the cat that saved me."
Meow~
"??"
"Its name is Cat Whale."
..Meow?
"..Pardon?"
"Means Big Whale the cat."
??
"??"
"Here kitty. Here’s 2k stones. What’s your name?"
Meow.
"?"
"Good. From now on, you’re Cat Whale."
Myung!
"?????????????"
(Photo)
Big Whale suddenly..
summoned a cat.. and is petting it.
..Says it’s a 0th Financial Institution staff member.
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..Mass hallucination?