Just the Two of Us Left
Thud!
Marty-hyung collapsed, and I immediately hung him on the cross.
Then, pretending to head somewhere else, I hid out of the survivors' line of sight.
After about a minute, just as expected, Ggumyong came to rescue him.
"Martyyy...!"
"Noona, you're here?"
"I'll get you down right now...!"
Ggumyong tried to untie Marty-hyung from the cross immediately.
That was my cue.
I leaped out from my hiding spot and called out to her.
"What are you doing here?"
"Kyaaaah!"
Smack!
First, I cracked the head of the newly rescued Marty-hyung, and next was the fleeing Ggumyong.
For the record, if you ambush a survivor while they're rescuing another, you can grab them and hoist them onto your shoulder immediately, but I deliberately chose not to.
Why, you ask?
"Save me! Save me! You haven't even caught Vini yet!"
"I changed my mind. I think I'll just kill everyone."
"Kyaaaah! Somebody save meee!!!"
But this was a place without Lee Yebin or Aris. There was no one here to save Ggumyong.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thud!
"Aaaaargh!!!"
"Hmm~ I guess I can just hang you both right next to each other?"
With those words, I hung the two of them on the adjacent crosses.
"Since you two are a couple, why don't you go to Lord Entis hand-in-hand?"
"Hey, Dodo, can't you spare Ggumyong-noona?"
"Nope, no way. I already spared her once."
"Huh...? Ah..."
Marty-hyung reacted as if he had just realized something.
"So it wasn't that Ggumyong-noona hid well when she was downed."
"Yeah, Ggumyong sold Vini out."
"Noona, selling someone else out is a bit..."
"I had to do it to survive...!"
"Anyway, to all my single viewers out there. I have eliminated all the couples. Praise me! Lord Entis! The hypocritical couples who mocked us singles are coming up to you now!!!"
— Wooooah!
— You are truly great, teacher!
— As expected of Dodo, the First Commander of our Solo Army!
— Solo Army is insane lol
— But isn't Dodo dating Vini?
— True, they're real dating.
— He's real dating Vini, though.
— He's a spy!!!
Since some weird comments were popping up, I made sure to set the record straight.
"Guys, do you want me to start banning people in bulk? Shipping me with Vini? That is an insult to my very existence."
At my dead-serious remark, the viewers burst into laughter.
I said it with absolute sincerity, so I felt it was a bit much for them to laugh like that.
Anyway, with that settled, I went back on the hunt.
Aris and Lee Yebin. I had to catch these two.
As a side note, I figured it might be better to kill Aris first.
Wouldn't it be fun to toy with Lee Yebin when she's the only one left?
Oh, it would be a blast. For a tomboy, she's a massive coward. Toying with her would definitely be worth it.
About five minutes later.
"Come here, Aris-nim! It's no use running, girl~!"
"Take this!!"
Aris immediately aimed her flashlight at me and turned it on, but I dodged the beam by moving diagonally.
"Wait, what is up with this guy's movement?!"
"Ah... too slow."
"Have you only played Dead by Dawn?!"
"Why would I only play Dead by Dawn? You and I are Battle Arena buddies, after all."
"Want to duo later?"
"I'd love to~"
I gave a positive response to the sudden proposal for a Battle Arena collab stream, but business is business.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Swish! Whoosh! Crackle!
Perhaps Aris was actually trying this time, as her movements were quite flashy.
But that wasn't going to stop me from hitting her.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thud!
"Ah, so close...!"
"Ah, farewell, the strongest. You were merely an ordinary person who happened to play a game where I was the killer."
"Aaaaargh! So annoying!!!"
This person is in the same category as Lee Yebin. Teasing her is pretty fun.
I hoisted Aris onto my shoulder and headed straight to a cross to hang her.
And at that moment...
Stab!
"Ugh...!"
Naturally, Aris successfully pulled off a Decisive Strike on me, managing to escape my grasp once.
Since I was low on knives, downing her with them was out of the question. In the end, I had no choice but to give chase.
But in a straight chase, there was no way I could catch Aris. I'd probably just get looped and humiliated.
Well, nothing to be done then. I had to let her go for now.
With that thought, I temporarily abandoned the chase.
Afterward, I went back to a cabinet to refill my knives and tried to predict the path Aris would have taken to escape.
Having run away, she would likely try to find a key right away.
Which meant she would be restoring a ritual altar that contained a key.
Where did she go? Which altar did she head to?
The list of possible locations was short. I ran in that direction, and...
Rustle... rustle... clatter... clatter...
Aris was indeed working on an altar.
"Aris-nim~! There you are~!!"
"Waaaaah?!"
Along with Aris's scream, I began throwing knives rapidly at her as she worked on the altar.
The moment she saw the knives flying, she stood up and began to dodge as fast as she could.
I stood perfectly still, throwing knives at her as if she were a target at a shooting range.
"Waaah! Waaah!"
Aris dodged with all her might, and thanks to that, she managed to avoid quite a few knives, but...
"I still have one bullet left."
Whoosh! Stab!
Thud!
What's impossible is impossible.
"Uaaah...! I dodged almost all of them...! Almost all of them!"
I kicked and broke the altar Aris had worked so hard to restore, then hoisted her onto my shoulder.
After hanging her on a nearby cross, I proudly recited a certain line.
"You did well, Hitsugino Aris. I shall never forget this battle for as long as I live."
"Aaaaaargh!!! So frustrating! Just you wait...! I'll get my revenge...!"
Hearing Aris's anger brought me a strange sense of satisfaction.
She said, 'I'll get my revenge.' In other words, she was already certain of my victory.
Well, of course. How could Lee Yebin ever beat me?
That crazy bastard Do Gyeong actually went and hung Aris-nim too.
I didn't know where Aris-nim was hung, nor did I know where Do Gyeong was. All I could do right now was run away as much as possible, restore the altars, and get keys as rewards.
If I could gather four keys and reach the exit, I would win.
Fortunately, I had already secured three keys from the restored altars. I only needed one more.
If I could just restore this altar in front of me and head to the exit, I would win.
Or, since I was the only one left, I could escape through the hatch hidden somewhere on the map. That would also give me a win.
The problem was...
"Where the hell is this bastard Dodo...?"
I had no idea where Do Gyeong would pop out from.
"Uuuuugh..."
It was terrifying, but as long as I restored this altar, I would win anyway. So, I had to restore it as quickly as possible.
As I began the restoration process, I kept spinning my mouse to look around.
And then, I heard it.
Step, step, step, step.
The footsteps of the Trickster... of Do Gyeong.
I frantically looked for a place to hide and spotted a perfect spot.
A locker. One of the few hiding spots survivors could use against the killer.
Of course, if he opened the locker, it would be game over, but if I got spotted out in the open right now, I had no way of surviving against Do Gyeong.
So, this was my last resort.
I hid inside the locker nearby and peeked outside.
"Hmm-hmm~ I'm sure~ she's~ around~ here~"
Smash! Smash! Smash! Bang!!
After destroying the altar I had worked so hard to restore, Do Gyeong began looking around.
Should I run out now? No, if I go out now, I'll definitely get caught. I should only run if he already knows where I am.
Just a bit more, wait a bit more. Hold on, hold on until the very end.
With that mindset, I stayed hidden... but Do Gyeong was gradually walking toward my locker.
No way, no way, no way, no way...
I held my breath, praying desperately that Do Gyeong wouldn't notice, and he walked past to the corner next to the locker.
"Are you here~?"
He checked the corner, deliberately vaulted back through a window frame to return to his original spot, and stood right in front of the locker.
...This evil bastard, he knew from the very beginning.
"Knock knock~ Moshi moshi~ Can you hear me~? Ding-dong~ Open the door~ I have arrived~"
Every time I heard that playful voice, my blood boiled with rage.
"Should I open it~ or should I give you a chance to run~?"
I couldn't just let myself be toyed with and die like this.
I burst out of the locker and immediately started running.
Do Gyeong didn't even bother swinging his bat at me. Instead, he leisurely chased me, watching me run.
"Vini~ It's just the two of us left~ Let's have some fun~ okay~?"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
[Ugh!]
I took a hit from one of his thrown knives, but regardless of my reaction, he kept throwing them.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thud!
Seriously, are these knives auto-targeted or something? How is his aim so good?
"Hmm~ Caught you~ Vini, I told you we were going to play~ didn't I?"
Do Gyeong's words made the viewers burst into laughter.
— lolololololololol
— Obsessive pure love is insane whoa
— Now this is true obsessive pure love
— This is delicious
— I support their real relationship
Why on earth are they shipping me with him? I'm way out of his league. Besides, if we actually started dating, none of you would even watch my stream anymore.
Just as I was getting increasingly annoyed, Do Gyeong suddenly started saying something weird again.
"Lord Entis! Please allow me to be a righteous killer again today. Dodo-pang! Dodo-pee! Dodo~yap!!"
Spouting this crazy nonsense, Do Gyeong drew closer to me.
Then, he picked up my character's body and...
Whoosh-whoosh! Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Whoosh-whoosh! Whoosh!
He began throwing knives into my character's body repeatedly.
Finally, after throwing the last knife, his character signed a photo of himself and even took a selfie.
"Mori, yahoo~!"
The moment I heard that, I couldn't hold back any longer.
Slam!!
I stood up from my seat, and instead of a slipper today, I armed myself with a palm of fury and marched over to Do Gyeong's house.
"Yeon-ah~ Could you open the door for a second~?"
"Sure, unnie~"
Unlike Do Gyeong, the sweet and obedient Do Yeon opened the front door for me. I marched to Do Gyeong's room and tried to open it, but...
Rattle, rattle! Rattle, rattle!
"This bastard locked the door...!"
He had actually locked his door. But did he really think that would stop me?
"Yeon-ah, do you have a coin?"
"What kind?"
"A ten-won coin!"
"Hold on a second!"
Do Yeon scurried off to her room and came back with a ten-won coin.
I took the coin and immediately slotted it into the flat groove on the doorknob.
Click!
The moment I turned the coin, the locked door popped open, revealing a flustered Do Gyeong inside.
"You crazy girl, now you're picking locks?!"
"Your doorknob is the exact same model as mine, you know?!"
"Kyaaaaah!!!"
Smack!!
As I slapped Do Gyeong's back with all my might, a scream erupted from his mouth.
Listening to his scream, which brought peace to my soul like the Heart Sutra, I ran out of his room.
"Bleeeh."
I teased Do Gyeong as he writhed in pain.
