Chapter 17
Chapter 17
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: Request Challenge, Anomaly Stop!
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The gallery was going absolutely berserk.
The moment the newbie arrived on the 15th floor and opened the door to the emergency stairs.
The scene that unfolded.
A vast, empty space occupying the entire floor.
Packed inside it were countless dolls, too many to even count.
A chilling silence hung in the air, clearly far from welcoming at first glance.
[Dark Meter] : For real, this is the end.
[Mackerel Eyes] : Yeah, looking at the newbie's breathing and speed. Newb120053 isn't even physical type.
[Hell Hurts] : Still, you never know, right?
ㄴ[Food Waste Bag] : No way lolololol
ㄴ[Coffin Fairy] : Even Michael Tyson grandpa couldn't handle this lolololololol
ㄴ[Real Ru] : For real 1 vs 99999 and win? That wouldn't even be an anomaly lolol
ㄴ[Silent Ant] : What do you mean 'you never know'? You mean we don't know if the newbie lives or dies? lolololol
[Title: Lol for real, it's been too easy so far.]
—Posted by: Post-Meal Exercise.
Are anomalies a joke?
THIS is an anomaly krrrrr—!
Now the newbie will snap out of it.
No more cheats from now on. Live nicely.
[Cucumber Candy] : Live nicely lololol that place will kill you if you snap out of it lololol
[Devil Artisan] : It's not 'too easy', it's that Newb120053 makes it look easy. If it were you, it'd be fucking hard.
[One-Fun Cut] : lololol poster getting dunked on lololol You think that looks easy? lolololololol
[All-Time Great] : Normie says “I can do it too after watching name-change artisan shorts” lololol
A brief standoff.
Then, a name slipped from the mouth of the newbie, who had been standing still.
“…Lee Ji-ram. Seoul Songpa-gu."
"Song Eun-kyung. Gyeonggi-do Gwangju."
"Park Do-hyun. Incheon Namdong-gu—"
He bowed at the waist, taking a posture as if pleading.
At first, no one understood.
Some kind of spell they didn't know about?
Names and addresses?
They recalled how the newbie had been messing with the HR computer earlier.
Reciting what he saw then?
The countless dolls standing there ignored it all and surged toward the newbie in unison.
[Mountain Corpse123] : …? No way. He didn't think calling names and asking nicely would make it stop, right?
That comment was the trigger.
[Screaming Rabbit] : Lololol what anomaly stops like the neighbor uncle lolololol stop and it stops
[Lol Guy] : lolololololololololol
[Taste of Collapse] : Suddenly doing voodoo here? lololol
[Kyaru is Truth] : lolol fuck lolololol newbie lolololol fucking hilarious lolololololol
[Spectator No.1] : Suicidal? lololol
[Dark Meter] : If you call an anomaly's name and plead, will it say 'Yes, understood' and step aside?
[For Real] : For real what school bullying experiment lololol Anomaly stop! lolololololololol
[Hopeless Life] : lolololol If it really stops, I'll give newbie 1000 more coins lolololololol
The chat that had been going on for a while hit a turning point the moment Hopeless Life finished speaking.
The anomaly on screen actually stopped.
The mouths of the users who had been viciously mocking Newb120053 were forcibly shut.
[Not a Seal] : ...
[Veteran84] : ...
[Hopeless Life] : ...
[Pa Cheonwang] : ...
[Future SCP] : Mommy?
And it didn't end there.
Some of the dolls even started helping Newb120053.
A situation impossible to dismiss as coincidence.
It wasn't just one or two dolls reacting.
Assuming the total number was countless.
Even some reacting to the newbie's words meant it wasn't a small number.
[Crazy Woman] : …Ah. We got baited.
ㄴ[Flounder]: Oh? Figure it out?
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : Yeah, I'm dreaming this right now. Somehow fuck, I knew it couldn't be real.
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : I'm struggling day and night in anomalies without washing, playing mind games and intrigue with teammates to survive like a dog. And someone's filming a youth friendship blockbuster? Makes sense lololol
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : With this gap, even an idiot wouldn't believe it lolol Hey dream! Tone it down. At least make it believable so people confuse dream and reality.
ㄴ[Flounder] :…Um. This isn't a dream right now. Teacher?
ㄴ[Not Human] : Leave her. She's happy lolol
ㄴ[Pa Cheonwang] : Anyway, she's happy. Have a drink~
[Title : No More Violence Stop]
-Posted by: Water is One.
'Violence Stop' has been proven effective.
From now on, doubting it will be seen as an attack on me, and handed over to the Laughing God General Emperor Chungmugong Newb120053!
[Title : Does anomaly really stop if you call its name and say stop?]
—Posted by: Sponge
Someone test it.
[Crazy Woman] : I did it. Already.
ㄴ[Sponge] : Oh. What happened?
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : What do you think lol fuck, nearly died. Bowed in front of anomaly yelling anomaly stop! Teammates looked at me like a retarded dog bastard lolol But it's fine.
ㄴ[Sponge] : You trust your teammates?
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : Am I crazy? lolol It's a dream so it's fine. The way teammates look at me now changed to resignation like 'we're stuck in anomaly with a top-tier psycho' lololol
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : ..But? A mere dream dares give me that look?
ㄴ[Sponge] : ..Ah.
ㄴ[Pa Cheonwang] : ...Ah.
ㄴ[Crazy Woman] : Suddenly creepy. Thinking this is reality lolol I'd bite my tongue and suicide? lololol Now filled one day of 30-day exploration. How to survive 29 days with teammates lolololol
ㄴ[Pa Cheonwang] : Mod... sorry but. Exile this guy from gallery for a bit. This... fuck. Too pathetic, can't watch.
The request was handled immediately.
Even the mod couldn't watch.
['Grad Student No.12' has blocked 'Crazy Woman' from accessing Anomalous Tale Gallery for one day.]
Finally, the end of the 15th floor.
The door surrounded by dolls opened.
And what followed was over in an instant.
Psychological warfare with the monkey bastard.
Papers scattering in the air.
Not for a single moment did the anomaly gain the upper hand against the newbie.
The anomaly rapidly lost power and shriveled up, and the entire building began to shake.
Ending with Newb120053 stomping on the human-faced monkey's face.
A bright light exploded outward.
And soon the screen went completely black.
[Broadcast ending.]
[Total sponsorship settlement coins: 421]
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The mod.
'Grad Student No.12' posted an announcement immediately after the broadcast ended.
[Emergency Notice] [Do not bow and yell “Stop” at anomalies. Rule Anomaly X Misunderstanding X]
—Posted by: Grad Student No.12.
It doesn't stop if you ask nicely. It doesn't stop!
If you have a brain and are intelligent, think about it!
You're trapped in a cage with a starving bear for a month.
Would the bear say “Yes, understood” if you say “Don't eat me”?
So if I say don't do it, please don't!
Already 'Request Challenge' spreading in anomaly gallery, victims pouring in.
[Serious Junkie] : For real lolol no ghost would believe that. But I tried.
[Not Human] : lolol for real lolol I didn't really believe but tried
[Veteran84] : For real lolol not an idiot what. But maybe different for me so tried
[Title : Oh. I just yelled palm out stop! at the anomaly chasing me and it]
..made the most awkward face lololol
Fuck lololololol
Face like “Can I eat this bastard?” lolololol
Tried to leave so just beat it to death.
[Image]
How dare. Ignore a human?
She had been munching popcorn while reading the notice and posts, then dropped it.
Like the anomaly gallery ghosts.
She too was a user of this anomalous tale gallery.
Already thoroughly steeped in the gallery.
She felt a strange itch in her fingertips.
The 'others failed but I'm different' syndrome.
Somehow felt like 'she' could do it.
"Hmm."
If just spreading palm and yelling stop could really subdue an anomaly.
She could become a god in this anomaly dark fantasy world.
She glanced around briefly.
Dozens of monitors flickering disorderly, floor tangled with cables like spiderwebs.
Smell of metal and musty old dust.
The scene of an empty, cluttered lab.
She cleared her throat twice pointlessly, confirming she was really alone once more.
"Ahem."
Slowly rising from her seat, she stretched her hand forward dramatically and shouted.
“Anomaly, stop!”
Screech—
At that moment, the door opened and the secretary entered.
"Ms. Han Se-rim—"
Her eyes met the secretary's as she struck her pose.
“…My apologies. Please continue. You seem busy.. I'll come back later.”
Screech—
Thud.
And another victim was added.