Am I beautiful
"Am I beautiful?"
A Woman with a slit-open mouth asks me.
...
[Low-grade urban legend: Kuchisake onna.]
When she asks a question, never give a straight answer; try to confuse her with your wording, and in that confusion, slip away into a crowd.
Fatality rate: 96%
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A blue screen pops up in front of me.
My eyes widen at the woman's name mentioned on the screen.
As I look at the guide in front of me.
The woman urges me to answer, exuding killing intent.
I outwardly calm myself and answer.
"Beauty is subjective to every person, so tell me, are you pretty to yourself?"
She almost seems confused by the answer, because it is neither a no nor a yes.
I take out my phone and urge her to look at herself. She looks at it and falls into a dilemma over her own beauty.
Using that chance, I slowly back away.
I almost reach the end of the alley, but I am a tad bit too late as she soon traces her gaze to me.
I make a run for it.
But she almost glitches through reality, appearing beside me. Her scissors are aimed at my face.
I make a jump for it, avoiding my upper body, but her scissors lodge right into my thigh.
In the excruciating pain, I kick her hand away from me.
Her scissors are still lodged in my leg.
With the adrenaline rush, I remove the scissors, blood splashing all over.
Till then, she is already in front of me, trying to take the scissors out of my hand.
With all of my power, I throw the scissors as far as possible.
She phases through reality, appearing almost simultaneously where her scissors had fallen. Using that momentary pause, I make a final dash, my entire body shriveling from the pain.
With the last of my willpower, I jump straight into the busy street.
Cars swerve to stop, their drivers coming out to scold me.
But all of their mouth shut as soon as they saw the puddle of blood forming beneath me.
I take one last glance at the alley, and she is standing there, unseen to anyone, her face once again covered by her mask.
As I blink my eyes, she is gone the next moment.
Suddenly, the sky turns blood red.
A blue screen pops up in front of everyone
[Initiating Horror Devouring System]
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[All Horrors Have Become Real.]
[Try To Survive.]
[Good Luck, Player.]
My eyes lose focus at the sight of the screen, and I am knocked unconscious.
....
I wake up in a hospital bed, surrounded by machines and my leg covered by bandages.
"Wha..... What happened?"
I look around to find out that no one is in the room other than myself
The T.V. is playing in front of me.
"Breaking news.
Global tensions are rising due to the system initiation.
Millions of people are either missing or found dead."
As I am watching the news, a blue screen pops up in front of me.
[Welcome player]
The text on the screen starts changing.
[System Initiation Complete]
[Loading Status Window]
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[Status Window
Name: Shade
True Name: ...
Class: .....
Essence: 0/100
Health: 70% ( Rising Slowly )
Stats :
HP: 10/100 (F-Grade)
Strength: 10/100 (F-Grade)
Agility: 10/100 (F-Grade)
Endurance: 10/100 (F-Grade)
Intelligence: 10/100 (F-Grade)
Abilities :
Ultimate Survival guide {Innate-EX rank} {Passive}
Status Ailments :
Confusion: critical thinking reduced by 10%
Leg injury: speed decreased by 50%
Alone: chances of being haunted increased by 50%
Inventory :
.....
Encounters :
Kuchisake onna {Low Grade urban legend}
Achievement :
Survive a low-grade urban legend
{Reward Accept}
Yes / No ]
I stare at the screen in front of me
"Am I in a game?"
I stare at the dazed screen, which is just like a game window.
I click yes, hoping for something to happen.
Then another blue screen pops up in front of me.
[Achievement Reward Accepted!]
Essence: +99
Currency: +50 ghost coins
[Acquired active skill]
[Adrenaline Rush] {F grade} :
When inflicted with an injury, all status Ailments are nullified for 60 seconds.
....
I sit there confused at the terms in front of me.
Suddenly, another screen pops up in front of me.
But this time, it's red.
...
[Warning]
Anomalous entity detected.
[New quest given]
[Quest: Survive till the morning]
Description: You have been transferred to an abandoned hospital.
It is currently 12 at midnight.
You have to survive till 6 A.M. while an entity hunts you.
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I sit there dazed, staring at the pop-up in front of me.
Suddenly, all the lights go out, and the entire room goes black.
