033. Spooky Abandoned House Exploration
033. Spooky Abandoned House Exploration
Drift AI entered the room.
The moment they did, the chat window flooded with question marks.
A question mark also popped up inside my head.
The reaction was only natural.
The viewer slots were currently full, so joining was impossible without a code.
【Reformed Guburi】─The hell? Did you give that bitch the code too?
"...No? I never gave it out. Didn't one of you tell them?"
【Yoho】─I never told them.
【Min-ji】─Not me either.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─I didn't tell them either.
【Hottie Licker】─I wouldn't give it out if you paid me.
【Dick Lover】─She's a hacker. Wouldn't cracking a stream like this be a breeze for her? Seems like a pretty skilled bitch.
"Now that you mention it... Didn't they use some kind of illegal program last time too?"
I had forgotten for a moment.
The fact that Drift might be a hacker.
"Drift. Were you really a hacker?"
【Drift AI】─I deny that. I explain that I am an ordinary Digital Lifeform.
【Reformed Guburi】─Drop the fucking concept, you bitch.
【Qkrnfl892】─What's up with her? lol
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Their commitment to the bit never wavers!
【Plum Tree】─A Cyber Wraith?
【Dick Lover】─Oh? You know about that too?
【Plum Tree】─Only heard the rumors.
【Reformed Guburi】─Cut the weeb talk.
【Hottie Licker】─Cyber Wraith, lmaooo.
Drift denied being a hacker.
Was that because of their concept?
They seemed pretty deeply immersed in their roleplaying.
They looked like they were having a lot of fun, so I decided not to rain on their parade.
I might as well play along.
"Right. A Digital Lifeform, you said?"
【Drift AI】─I affirm that.
"So you have no physical body and only a mind exists?"
【Drift AI】─I affirm that. I praise that your understanding is quick.
【Reformed Guburi】─He's actually playing along with this. Fucking Gye Bastard-hun was a weeb too.
【Min-ji】─Se-hun really is kind.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. He even accommodates cringey concepts!
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─That's at the level where you'd need to assign a designated bully girl.
The concept was over the top, sure.
But it wasn't unbearable to watch.
Honestly speaking, Drift was better than Hottie Licker.
Since they didn't disgustingly lick-lick-lick all over the place.
【Reformed Guburi】─More importantly, aren't you gonna ban that dumbass? She got in through a loophole.
"Huh? I was going to ban them originally, but I was impressed they cracked their way in through skill, so I'm letting it slide as a special exception."
【Drift AI】─I say this. I state that I am grateful.
【Reformed Guburi】─Oh? Where's the fairness in that? You should ban a bitch like her. tch.
"If you've got a complaint, then become a hacker yourself. Besides, they dodge bans with their movement anyway."
【Hottie Licker】─For real lol. Their movement is fucking nasty.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Movement! Movement! lmao
【Reformed Guburi】─Fuck it, I'm starting computer lessons tomorrow too.
【Hottie Licker】─Guburi's cute. Lick.
【Yoho】─You wouldn't get it even if you studied.
【Reformed Guburi】─stfu
I decided not to ban Drift.
Since the viewers didn't seem to have any real complaints either.
And with that, the viewer count became twelve.
***
Weeds ran rampant in front of the shabby mansion.
As if forbidding the approach of strangers, huge leaves blocked every path.
‘It really did get deplorable if you didn't manage it. I was glad we'd put artificial grass in at my house.’
I pushed through the weeds and moved forward.
【Reformed Guburi】─Why the hell are the weeds so big? Shit, they're up to Se-hun's waist.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Giant-sized weeds!
【Yoho】─How tall did the streamer say he was again?
【Hottie Licker】─Did he ever tell us?
"About 185."
【Dick Lover】─Wow. He's really tall.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─A height optimized for reverse rape, damn.
"Ah, fuck."
An unpleasant sensation suddenly crawled up my foot.
It was a squishy feeling.
【BigGirl】─?
【Min-ji】─Why the sudden reaction?
【Hottie Licker】─Did a ghost show up?
【Dick Lover】─It's not even nighttime yet, what kind of ghost? lol
"I think I just stepped on something..."
I couldn't check the view below me.
It was completely hidden by the overgrown weeds.
But I could deduce what I had stepped on.
"...It looks like I stepped in shit."
A foul stench sharply stabbed at my nose.
This was definitely animal excrement.
【Yoho】─Gasp.
【Reformed Guburi】─I got scared thinking it was a ghost, you shithead.
【Qkrnfl892】─Thought you didn't believe in ghosts? lol
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Turns out he's a scaredy-cat. lol
These bastards weren't even worried about me stepping in shit.
Of course, it's true that it's not exactly something to worry about...
But I just felt spiteful for some reason.
"Is a ghost really what matters right now? What matters is that my shoe got dirty, you cunts."
【Hottie Licker】─Wipe it on the ground.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Making a fuss over nothing!
【Se-hun Defense Force】─For real lmao. You might step in shit sometimes.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Scat stuff is within my acceptable range too.
【Reformed Guburi】─? Are you a crazy bitch?
I frowned and rubbed my shoe against the ground.
I'd have to wash it the moment I got home.
"They were a favorite pair, too... The smell will come out if I wash them, right?"
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─The scent will probably linger even after washing.
【Yoho】─?? Do you not know what 'linger' means?
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─It's a lingering scent to me. Se-hun. If you're gonna throw them away because the smell won't come out, let me know. I'm interested in buying.
【Hottie Licker】─?
【Plum Tree】─?
【BigGirl】─Wow...
【Dick Lover】─The fuck.
『User 'Reverse-Rape Maniac's' chat has been restricted. Remaining time 00:05:00』
I immediately punished the crazy bastard.
Because it felt sincere, not just their concept.
"If you're gonna be crazy, be crazy in a clean way. A kid like you is already opening your eyes to weird kinks."
【Reformed Guburi】─True. That's fucking disgusting as shit.
【Drift AI】─I say this. I state that it is a revolting preference.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. If it were Se-hun's shit, that's one thing, but you don't even know whose shit it is—why would you buy it?
【Min-ji】─?? So you would buy it if it were Se-hun's?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Yeah, isn't that obvious?
『User 'Reformed Guburi's' chat has been restricted. Remaining time 00:05:00』
"What's obvious about that, you crazy bitch."
Reverse-Rape Maniac. Bubblegum.
I made the right call not giving those two a code.
They were pretty seriously deranged bitches.
【Yoho】─Streamer. You muted the wrong person.
【Hottie Licker】─Guburi. lol
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya.
As I walked and communicated like that, I eventually arrived at the mansion's front gate.
Before entering the mansion.
I stopped in place for a moment and raised my head.
The sky, dyed by twilight, was visible.
‘...I'd do a moderate amount of exploring and head back before it got completely dark.’
I couldn't wander around an old building swallowed in pitch black darkness relying on a single flashlight.
I needed to be careful about safety, just as I had resolved earlier.
One wrong step on a rotten floor and I could fall through.
【Qkrnfl892】─Why aren't you going in?
【Dick Lover】─Are you scared, Se-hun? If you're scared, turn back.
【Hottie Licker】─Chicken? Chicken? Our Se-hun was scared of ghosts? Lick!
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Now that it's time to actually go in, he's chickened out!
"What are you talking about, fuck. I was just about to go in. What's there to be scared of when I can just beat up any ghost that shows up?"
【Qkrnfl892】─lol The Marine Corps can't catch ghosts either.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─For real lol. They're immune to physical attacks.
"Anyway, I'm going in now."
I pushed the gate.
Creeeeak.
With the noisy scream of unoiled hinges, the interior of the mansion was openly revealed.
***
Inside a moving car.
The woman in the driver's seat started a conversation in a cheerful tone.
"Haha. Solo exorcisms aren't that big a deal after all. I was a bit nervous since it was my first independent field mission."
Giggling, the woman continued talking.
"And did you hear that bitch at the end spout that cliché line, 'You half-wits dare!' Hehe, I seriously almost died laughing."
The woman in the passenger seat, who had been listening, let out a deep sigh.
Then she glanced sideways at the driver and answered.
"Don't get cocky."
"Oh, come on. You're acting all stern again, senior. Is it that hard to say congratulations just once? Your junior here just succeeded in her first solo exorcism today."
"Solo, my ass. I supported you once in the middle."
"What? You can't count that as support! All you said was one line: 'Watch out, an attack's coming from the left'!"
"Shut up."
"...Seriously. Forget it, forget it. Why would I expect anything from you? Anyway, should we head straight back? Or grab a drink?"
"You said you were meeting your boyfriend today."
"He flaked. Said he suddenly felt like seeing another girlfriend or something."
"I see. Then maybe a drink..."
The woman in the passenger seat trailed off.
She wore a thoughtful expression for a moment, then picked up her junior's phone, which was mounted on the driver's cradle, and spoke again.
"No, forget the drink. I'll punch an address into the navi, so let's go here."
"Huh? Where are we going all of a sudden?"
"An abandoned house."
"An abandoned house? You're going to work again? You're such a workaholic, what the..."
"We've got nothing else to do today anyway. I'm just stopping by to check something, so do me a favor."
"...Ugh, my luck. I meet the wrong senior and end up going through every hardship imaginable."
Despite saying that.
The junior merged onto the highway, following the directions on the navi.
The destination was an abandoned house on the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province.
"Two hours to the destination... that's pretty far... But seriously."
"What."
"You haven't been able to take your eyes off your smartphone for a while now. Are you watching porn or something?"
"You wanna die?"
"Haha. I'm kidding, kidding! It's just, whenever you're focused on your phone like that..."
The junior sniffed the air and continued speaking.
"The scent of Plum Blossom gets really strong."