034. Spooky Abandoned House Exploration
034. Spooky Abandoned House Exploration
The moment I pushed open the mansion door.
The first thing that greeted me was the smell of rotting wood and mold.
"Ah. What a fuckin' stench."
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Even just watching it on screen, you can tell it'd stink.
【Yoho】─Wow. The air's all hazy from the dust.
【BigGirl】─Usually, mansion doors pull open, don't they...
【Hottie Licker】─Don't sweat the small stuff, and in Korea, pushing is standard. *lick*.
The acrid smell was intensely irritating.
Enough to block my nose on instinct.
【Min-ji】─Looks like the smell's really that bad.
【Dick Lover】─Grab a mask or something and come back.
【Qkrnfl892】─Want me to lend you a gas mask? I looked up the address, and it's not that far from my unit.
【Hottie Licker】─Gas mask, lolol.
"It's fine. I'll get used to it if I keep smelling it."
I took my hand away from my nose.
Then I slowly looked around.
It wasn't dark enough to need my flashlight.
"...But damn, this place really looks like hell."
The wallpaper had yellowed and discolored.
The ceiling had holes in it, and water droplets were falling plip-plop.
The floor was covered in dust and mouse droppings, and most of the furniture was smashed, leaving only traces behind.
I couldn't find a single sign that anyone had ever lived here.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Looks like it was abandoned for quite a long time.
【Plum Tree】─I've got a bad feeling about this.
【Dick Lover】─? Were those footprints just now?
In that instant, Dick Lover's chat caught my eye.
"Huh? Footprints?"
【Dick Lover】─See those footprints on the floor to the left? It's not 100% since I'm looking at it on screen, but they feel fresh, like they were made recently.
【Hottie Licker】─Uh-oh. How sharp are Dick Lover's eyes?
【Qkrnfl892】─You a former petty thief or something?
【Yoho】─Could still be in the business.
Just as Dick Lover said, there were footprints on the floor.
And not just one set, but several.
"There really are footprints. I know no one lives here, so what is this?"
【Yoho】─They are human footprints, right?
【Qkrnfl892】─Probably. Ghosts don't leave footprints.
【Hottie Licker】─Isn't it creepier if they are human footprints?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! Could it be a wanted fugitive living here in hiding?
"...Couldn't they be footprints from someone who came to explore the abandoned house like me?"
【Se-hun Defense Force】─That's way too complacent. Be careful.
【Dick Lover】─Bubblegum has a point, too. This is the perfect spot for criminals to hide out.
【Drift AI】─I am analyzing. It says the shapes and sizes of the footprints are all different. Size 260. Size 230. Size 220. Size 225.
【Min-ji】─So that means four people.
【Plum Tree】─Aren't you just making that up? How could you possibly know that?
【BigGirl】─She said she's a hacker.
【Yoho】─Even for a hacker, that's a bit...
【Drift AI】─I am analyzing. It says the footprints were made less than half a day ago.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Cut out the cringe!
【Drift AI】─I am speaking. It says it is certain.
【Min-ji】─So there could actually be people inside the mansion right now?
【Dick Lover】─That's a possibility.
【Yoho】─I feel like she's just trying to scare our streamer on purpose...
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Either way, it's best to be careful.
【Hottie Licker】─For real, people are scarier than ghosts. Always have been.
"Four of them, huh... If they're people and not ghosts, that's manageable. Assuming they don't have a gun."
【Hottie Licker】─Manageable, my ass.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya...
【Min-ji】─How are you supposed to beat four people alone... Se-hun, you might be tall, but at the end of the day you're still a man...
【Dick Lover】─There are sometimes men who are as strong as women.
【Hottie Licker】─How can a man be as strong as a woman lololol? There's a clear limit.
【Min-ji】─Right. It's not a movie... It's common sense that men can't really build proper muscle.
【Hottie Licker】─For real, they can only build show muscles.
【BigGirl】─No, guys who are genuinely strong do rarely exist. There's one in my organization, too.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya? Organization?
【BigGirl】─Oh. I meant company, not organization. Haha.
【Hottie Licker】─Even if there is a guy like that, it's not Se-hun.
"Why are you so sure it's not me? I'm one of those special cases."
【Hottie Licker】─Lol, with that trash stamina you have.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya.
"...Don't believe it, then. Anyway, I've got to be careful because there might be some weird people inside the mansion."
【Yoho】─Usually, a normal person would choose the option to go back since it could be dangerous...
【Qkrnfl892】─Se-hun's not normal either. For real, his way of thinking is weird.
That was when I was talking it over with the viewers about the footprints.
A woman's voice suddenly burst out of my smartphone.
『'Reformed Guburi' has donated 500 won.』
└Aaaahk!
"Ah, fuck! You scared the shit out of me! You wanna die, you crazy bitch?"
【Reformed Guburi】─Lololol, did it scare you shitless? That's what you get for muting an innocent person and throwing a fit!
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─That 5-minute mute was long...
Apparently, 5 minutes had already passed.
"You almost made my heart stop. You fucking bitch."
【Reformed Guburi】─Apologize first. -.-
"Sorry."
【Reformed Guburi】─I'll let it slide if you kiss the camera.
【Hottie Licker】─Oh.
I fed Guburi 1 more minute of mute.
***
I decided to continue the abandoned house exploration.
Because it would be a waste to just go back after coming all the way here.
‘If it were later than this, I would've gone back... But it was not dark yet, so whatever...’
It would probably be fine.
If they were people and not ghosts, I could easily subdue them.
Unless they were carrying a gun or were one of the few top-tier fighters in South Korea, that was.
‘The problem was ghosts... Even if ghosts did exist, they wouldn't come out at this hour, right?’
First, I decided to ask the viewers.
Looking at the chat earlier, it seemed like there were viewers who knew a lot about ghosts.
"Guys. Ghosts usually only show up at night, right?"
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Why are you so scared! I'm telling you, there's no such thing as ghosts!
【Qkrnfl892】─Yep. Never seen one during the day.
【Min-ji】─In movies, they only come out at night.
【Plum Tree】─No, they're just more active at night. They're active during the day, too.
"Huh? Plum Blossom, you're saying they come out during the day?"
【Plum Tree】─Yeah, there are nocturnal types of people, too. Ghosts aren't any different. Same as people, their active hours vary depending on their personal disposition.
【Reformed Guburi】─Resurrected! Plum Tree, you fucking bitch, quit pretending to be an expert!
【Hottie Licker】─Lololol, if someone who doesn't know any better heard that, they'd think she was a real shaman.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Miko!
"Mm... So that means ghosts could show up right now, too."
【Plum Tree】─But the ones active during the day are likely harmless.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Evil spirits aren't usually active during the day.
【Reformed Guburi】─Gye Bastard-hun's actually reacting to you, so you're all acting really worked up, you crazy bitches. Lol.
【Plum Tree】─The dangerous yokai are mainly active at night, so make sure you're back before it gets dark. No exceptions.
【Reformed Guburi】─Lololol, make up your damn minds whether they're evil spirits or yokai before you start talking, you retards.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─In the world I went to, they were called evil spirits. If they have a physical body, they're undead.
【Plum Tree】─We call them yokai.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─I can seriously smell the weeb stench. Lololol.
【Reformed Guburi】─They've gone past verse one and two and are doing the sex verse or something.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. So many loser nerds here!
【Hottie Licker】─*lick*.
Plum Tree seemed to know a lot about ghosts.
How should I put it, she gave off strong expert vibes.
Just seeing her answer smoothly and without hesitation, she did not seem like an ordinary layperson.
Was she a practicing shaman or something?
In the old days, I thought all shamans were frauds, but now that my horizons had broadened, my thinking had changed.
A shaman must also be a legitimate profession.
If ghosts really existed.
"Anyway, so it's fine right now."
【Plum Tree】─There are always exceptions. If you see a form that doesn't look human, turn around immediately and just run.
【Dick Lover】─You a shaman, Plum Tree?
【Plum Tree】─I'm not a shaman.
【Min-ji】─I don't believe in things like ghosts, but I agree with Plum Blossom. If you see something weird, it's better to leave the area safely rather than try to get closer and check it out!
【Yoho】─Right. It could be a criminal or a wild animal. Just take a quick look around a dangerous-looking place like this, and come with me to a haunted house at an amusement park later. Haha.
【Reformed Guburi】─Lololol, these bitches are really making me want to flick them in the clit.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─If a ghost shows up, time for reverse rape. Go go.
【BigGirl】─What if it's a bachelor ghost?
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Then just rape. Go go.
【Dick Lover】─Retard.
【Hottie Licker】─I prefer a shota ghost over a bachelor ghost, though. *lick*.
【Qkrnfl892】─You want to get clapped in handcuffs?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Is Hottie Licker really a moral-education teacher? Shouldn't we be reporting this and having her teaching license revoked...
【Reformed Guburi】─Not a license revocation, she needs to be sent to prison.
Anyway, I was relieved for the time being.
Because even Plum Tree, who seemed like an expert, didn't vehemently oppose the abandoned house exploration.
‘Still, since the viewers were worried, I should not stay too long.’
I was thinking that and about to move my feet again.
『'Drift AI' has donated 1,000,000,000,000 won.』
└I am speaking. It says that signs of people were heard up ahead.
【Yoho】─Gasp.
【Hottie Licker】─?
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─??
【Bubblegum Collector】─What the fuck?
Drift had sent a voice message.
With an absurd donation amount tacked on.
"...What's this?"
Even I couldn't help but be surprised at this amount.
"How many balls do you even have?"
【Drift AI】─I am speaking. It says this is a fake donation designed to grab attention.
My startled heart calmly settled back down.
Apparently, she had hacked in and manipulated the donation message.
"No, Drift... cut out these pranks. They're not funny."
【Drift AI】─I am speaking. It says it is sorry.
【Reformed Guburi】─Whoa, fuck, that scared the hell out of me. I thought my eyes were messing up.
【Qkrnfl892】─For real lol.
【Dick Lover】─It was obviously the broadcast being hacked and manipulated, why are you surprised? Logically, how do you donate 1 trillion won.
"If you pull a prank like that next time, I won't let it slide."
【Drift AI】─I am speak%/#&100101
【Drift AI】─I am warning you.
【Drift AI】─Pay attention to what's ahead.
【Drift AI】─Lifeform detected up ahead.
"What?"
Drift urgently spammed the chat.
Seeing that chat, I raised my head and looked at the far end of the first floor.
The sound of small footsteps echoed from the stairs leading up to the second floor, and before long, a mysterious doll-like figure revealed itself.
It wasn't just one doll-like figure.
When I looked closely, it was one man and three women coming down the stairs.
"...So there really was someone here. Are those people the owners of the footprints?"
When I said that, the people coming down the stairs flinched in surprise and stopped in their tracks.
"Fuck, you scared me!"
"Wh-What? Is that a person?"
"I think it is a person...? That's a relief. I seriously thought it was a ghost or something."
"Where on earth would a ghost exist, you crazy bitch."
"Huh? Isn't that the guy from back then?"
The sole man in the group pointed his finger at me and spoke.
What was this?
Did I know him?
I didn't know.
His voice was unfamiliar, and his blurry face was unfamiliar, too.
The man started coming down the stairs again with quick, short steps.
The closer the distance got, the clearer his previously fuzzy face became.
...But I still didn't know who it was.
It was a face I couldn't remember at all.
But the moment my gaze dropped downward.
I was able to immediately recall who that man was.
He was the big-dicked, blue-balls guy I had seen on the mountaintop last time.