December 5.
A boy is lying down on his bed, not being able to sleep even though it's already past 12 PM.
'Fuck this chickenpox…'
Recently he had chickenpox, in the middle of his test exam. Why did it not get any other time other than exams?
'It's getting a bit exciting to think of.
When I use the phone with the excuse of studying, I will rewrite the fanfic.'
He starts to scratch his head. There have been a lot of blisters in his whole body, including some uncomfortable yet important places for a man.
There have also been some blisters in his scalps, but they have kind of dried down and come off when scratched, and he likes doing that.
Even if he is hating the problems coming with the pox.
'I will try to sleep for now… the drowsiness is finally coming.'
He closes his eyes from the drowsiness from sleep that finally came after a long time of waiting.
But even after quite some time, he still hasn't fallen asleep.
'Why do I feel so calm compared to any other day?'
As he has his eyes closed, he suddenly feels that his blanket is no longer there.
The feeling of lying down on a bed is also gone and replaced with a cold floor.
As he opens his eyes and gets up, the entire place has changed. The place was covered in blood and multiple people injured.
Before he could understand anything happening, a person comes running toward him and pins him on the ground.
"B-boy, it's n-not my fault all this is happening. I'm just trying to survive right now!"
The man seemed extremely frightened and also completely out of his mind.
Before the boy could do anything, the man spins his right arm– dislocating it from the shoulder.
"Arghh!" He screams in pain, but to no avail. There was no one to help him.
The person grabs him by his throat and starts to choke him. Not being able to breathe, his mind starts to get foggy.
Even through all these, he remembered something and started to find something on the floor with his left arm before grabbing onto something.
The boy suddenly stabs the thing held onto into the person's ear, which makes him let go of his hold.
Before that person could do anything again, the boy lunges at him and stabs it in the man's eyes, gouging both of them out.
The man screams in pain, but the painful scream doesn't reach the boy's ears. He keeps on stabbing and stabbing the person until there's no voice coming out.
Coming out of his trance, the boy tries to get up, but his legs fail him.
[You have been rewarded 100 coins for killing a living organism.]
With his adrenaline gone, he clutches onto his right arm from pain as tears start to swell up his eyes.
He couldn't understand what was happening, but also did understand what was happening.
He tries to stand up again, trying his best to ignore both the pain in his arms and legs.
"I really shouldn't have done so many squats in a row yesterday."
He looks around the place before looking at the man that held him down. Now dead with multiple stab marks on his body.
'It… really is a pen…'
He kneels down and takes out the pen stuck in the person's throat.
His entire body was shaking from the shock of what just happened. Even his first kill was just too sudden.
As he walks towards the door to the store, he sees multiple people basically half-dead asking to be saved.
He tries to go outside the store, but a barrier of sorts stops him from doing it.
[Until the scenario ends, everyone is exempted from going outside the scenario area.]
"If I am really inside it, then… it should start by now."
Suddenly a blue screen pops up and multiple notifications come at once.
[An attribute is blooming.]
[Attribute Regeneration has awakened.]
[Personal skill Regeneration (lvl 1) has been acquired.]
[Personal skill Body control (lvl 1) has been acquired.]
"Haha… no fucking way–"
Before he could even finish his words, his right arm which he was clenching with his left arm, starts to twitch as it violently moves and fixes its position back.
Just as his arm heals, he falls on his back. Gasping for breath. The pain was intense to the point even a scream didn't come out from his mouth.
His mind has become hazy and his vision blurry from tears, but he also realizes one thing. The pain in his body is gone.
He slowly gets up as he looks around the store and spots the half-dead people before looking at the blue window.
[Main scenario 1: Prove your value.]
[Description: Kill one or more living organism ]
[Time limit: 3 minutes.]
[Reward: 300 coins.]
[Penalty: Death.]
"This… let's just think of everything as fiction for now."
He clenches onto his pen and heads towards one of the half-dead people.
"Think of this as… salvation?" He says before stabbing the pen into the person's ear which kills the person.
'Did it reach his brain and kill him? Ah… right, the whole pen entered through his ear.'
[You have been rewarded 100 coins for killing a living organism.]
He tries to get the pen out but can't, which is why he decides to just break the other's neck instead.
The most surprising thing was that this was his first time ever killing someone, but he didn't feel much other than a bit of dread and disgust.
[You have been rewarded 100 coins for killing a living organism.]
[You have been rewarded 100 coins for killing a living organism.]
[You have been rewarded 100 coins for killing a living organism.]
[You have been rewarded 100 coins for killing a living organism.]
"I will never understand why that guy had gone for me instead of all these half-dead people…
Well, I can't say anything. It's my plot hole."
[Main scenario 1 has ended.]
[You have been rewarded 300 coins for clearing the scenario.]
'If there was just another one… this would have been perfectly 1,000… right, this isn't the time for being a perfectionist.'
He bursts out internally as he grabs onto his hair. Before he remembers something.
'Right… where's that one time fucked up dokkaebi? That bitch appeared only once.
He should have appeared by now. Did–'
Interrupting him, a small white furred creature popped out of nowhere. It also had two yellowish horns and red eyes. It was the dokkaebi that was in charge of this place.
[Well... I forgot that I even created a channel in this place. Are you the only person alive?]
"... Do you see anyone else?" He answers in a bitter tone.
[Haha. Of course not. I was just asking if someone else is alive and…
there are actually some people who seem to be interested in you.]
As a blue window appears in front of him again.
[Choose your supporting constellation.]
[The masochist of Joseon.]
[Merchant of Venice.]
[The dead man who came back.]
Seeing it suddenly, he becomes a bit surprised. Before cancelling it.
[Multiple constellations show their dissatisfaction with you.]
Seeing him immediately cancel the window shocks the dokkaebi. Which makes him ask.
[Are… you crazy or what? Do you even understand what constellations are? Why did you cancel it without any thought?]
"They are like some people who sponsor those who make contracts with them, right?"
[Well… yes. Anyway, I will tell you one thing. You will never see me again, if you ask why? I'm actually abandoning this channel.
But just so that the constellations don't report to the HQ, I will have the stream open and give you some perks and–]
The boy was standing there for a while before cutting the dokkaebi off.
"Are you talking about the channel fees that I will be exempted from?"
Hearing him, the dokkaebi becomes surprised but maintains his composure.
[I don't know how you know it, but yeah. That's the whole thing.]
"Then I want to ask for one thing."
[What is it?] The dokkaebi replies in an irritated tone.
"Can you give me access to the dokkaebi bag?"
[Some constellations are surprised by your proposal.]
[Some constellations think it will be interesting.]
[And why should I give it to you?]
"Okay. I will use 100 more coins when buying anything and that 100 coins will be transferred to you.
Even if the thing is supposed to be bought with only 1 coin… yeah, nothing like that exists, does it?"
[... Okay. It doesn't do me any bad anyway.]
The dokkaebi vanishes with a snap of his finger.
After the dokkaebi vanishes, the boy stands there for a while before walking out of the store. The outside is in complete shambles.
Seeing it, he quickly closes the door as he mutters.
"I am not real."