Chapter 0
Chapter 0
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Prologue. Cheat Mode
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Kim Minjun.
Twenty-six.
Coward.
If I had to name three words that defined me, those were the ones.
My list of accomplishments was equally impressive.
Slept with my parents until middle school.
Couldn't go to the convenience store alone at night until I became an adult.
Once watched my favorite streamer's horror game broadcast by covering the game screen with another browser window.
And yet here I was, voluntarily playing a horror game.
"Argh! Shit!"
A monster suddenly leaped out from the monitor, and I flung my headset away like I'd been electrocuted.
There was only one reason I was playing this horror game crawling with monsters.
In a week, I had an interview with the company that made it.
I'd applied because the starting salary for new grads was high—
"Of all places, the company behind this game..."
I sighed, covering my face, then steeled my resolve.
"This won't cut it. Time to download it."
Truth be told, even before starting the game, I'd known I wouldn't be able to make it through properly, so I'd gone looking.
Among the countless mods floating around online, I'd found one: a cheat mode.
As someone interviewing at a game company, I'd tried my best not to use it. But after watching myself fail to even get past the tutorial, I finally decided to go for it.
"All stats 100 times stronger, detect nearby monsters' positions, unlimited items..."
I grinned with satisfaction at the description of this ridiculously overpowered mod—it was so broken, you wouldn't be able to tell the real monsters apart once it was active.
Now it finally felt a little less scary.
"Here we go...!"
I applied the mod and hit the "New Game Start" button.
An intense flash erupted from the monitor in that instant.
Sparks flew as every electronic device in the room shut down.
And I lost consciousness.