Chapter 108

The green wind began spinning in a small radius in front of the monitor.

Whoosh.

Whoosh.

Gradually picking up speed, the wind stretched vertically and created a small tornado.

And then.

Whoooosh.

The wind unraveled like thread in an instant with a special effect, and something the size of a doll appeared in the air in front of the monitor from within the eye of the tornado.

It slowly descended and landed on the desk, and whatever it was looked similar to a hero.

No, it was exactly like the hero from the outside world, the appearance that had been shown on the whiteboard.

-Doppelganger?

-Whoa, he came out!

-Looks like a toy

Both of the hero made eye contact.

The outside hero was the first to speak.

His voice was cheerful.

[Hello! I’m the game fairy!]

[Ah, hello!]

Game fairy?

“Then that must mean he turned on the computer.”

There was no doubt about it.

-Obviously lol

-Is he a villain?

-His cheerful personality is cute

-How can a fairy be a villain lol

[How are things over there these days?]

[Things here lately… Ugh. I don’t really know. I can’t remember anything from before.]

[Of course you can’t! You just came to life!]

[Yes, yes? I just came to life?]

[Yeah! You’re a character in a game! You know that, right?]

[Yes.]

The pixel character nodded his head up and down.

The rhythm of the pixels moving was satisfying.

[When a game is completed, the world inside the game comes to life!]

[Is that so?]

[Yeah! That’s why you normally shouldn’t be alive right now!]

[Huh?]

[Because your world isn’t finished yet!]

[Ah…]

[Then why me…?]

[Well, you see, your mom and dad got divorced!]

When talking about the game character’s mom and dad, there probably wasn’t anyone else besides the developers.

-Whoa! Runaway ninja!

-So development was abandoned lol

-Game development is this hard, everyone T_T

[Divorced?]

[Yeah! They ran away while making your world!]

[Then, then could you, Fairy-nim, persuade them again to make it?]

[Yeah! But I’m not very good at persuading people!]

She was needlessly cheerful.

[Then what should we do…]

[I don’t know either!]

Unlike the cheerfully smiling fairy, the game character seemed restless, moving one space left, two spaces right, constantly pacing back and forth.

[Perhaps if Fairy-nim could finish it for us…]

[Development is hard!]

[Or maybe call other skilled people.]

[That won’t work either.]

[Why not?]

[The game has to be made by them directly.]

This time the character jumped up.

You could feel urgency in his bouncing movements.

That was natural.

The hero who had been crouching down in thought for a moment suddenly had an exclamation mark appear above his head as if he’d thought of something.

[Then…! How about summoning them here? If they see the world they were creating, won’t their hearts change?]

[Hmm… Will that really work?]

[Yes! If they enter the world they were making, their hearts will definitely change!]

It would have to, wouldn’t it.

-This was a game-within-game story all along lmao

-The son is currently committing filial impiety

-This is why you shouldn’t carelessly make games.

[Got it! I’ll send them to your world!]

The fairy wore a meaningful smile as the cutscene ended.

* * *

Seo-jun opened his closed eyes.

His vision was blurry.

After blinking several times, his sight gradually became clear.

“My body won’t move.”

Every single part was bound in such a way that he couldn’t even move his neck the slightest bit.

His legs, waist, arms—everything felt like it was tied perfectly to fit a board behind him.

‘This is probably intended.’

Seo-jun shared what he was feeling with the viewers.

-Oh

-Did we enter the game?

-So the streamer is the runaway developer

-Inside the game!

The place where he was bound was currently a container fitted to his body.

From what he could guess.

“This feels like a toy packaging box for some reason.”

A fixed state inside some kind of container.

That was Seo-jun’s current position.

“Hmm.”

-This isn’t 2D lol

-The pixels were cute though damn

Whatever the case, it seemed like he’d have to wait to get out.

Even when he exerted force, the restraints wouldn’t break.

“Where did Tae-woo go?”

He wasn’t sure.

Then.

“What’s this! Hey, come over here.”

“What?”

“I think there’s a defective product among the newly born toys.”

“Really? Let me take a look.”

Through the transparent window at the front of the container he was in, two toy soldiers’ heads appeared.

They began looking down at Seo-jun carefully.

“This is a toy I’ve never seen before! Wait, is this even a toy?”

“This is… a defective product!”

“Defective? Our factory hasn’t had a single defect since Her Majesty the Queen took control of the kingdom!”

“Really?”

“What should we do? If news that a defective product appeared reaches Her Majesty’s ears, we’ll definitely die!”

“Then there’s no choice!”

“What?”

“We have to throw it away immediately!”

“Right! Let’s throw it away right now!”

Seo-jun tried saying something.

The toys didn’t listen at all.

There was no interaction. In that case, he’d have to wait comfortably.

The toy soldiers’ heads soon disappeared, and he felt his body floating.

They had lifted the entire box containing Seo-jun.

“This feels like riding in a palanquin.”

Seo-jun relaxed and let his body go with it.

-Sir, you seem to be getting disposed of?

-The world is a toy world lol cute

-Where did Tae-woo go?

The overall background visible through the window was dark and gloomy.

Since they called it a factory, the place where he had originally been located was probably like a warehouse.

Some kind of storage?

He couldn’t get a feel for it.

“Phew. Now let’s put him in this disposal area!”

“What a shame. To be born defective like this.”

Hmm.

It seemed like they were trying to put him somewhere, box and all.

With creaking sounds, Seo-jun felt like he was on an amusement park ride just before the drop and fell.

* * *

A disposal area with garbage piled up like mountains.

A hole above it opened and weak light streamed in.

And from that hole, a box fell.

‘That’s probably me.’

Thud.

It collided with the ground, and from the impact, the contents of the box popped out.

After a while, the hole on the opposite side also opened.

A box fell from there too.

This time the contents didn’t pop out.

[Ugh…]

Groaning sounds came from inside the box.

He seemed not to have regained consciousness yet.

After a short while, a black silhouette walked around looking at the surroundings and approached the center.

[Damn, that hurt. Shit. Where is this? A garbage dump? Why am I here? I was definitely planning a new game yesterday.]

‘I wasn’t even drinking,’ the character muttered quietly, and then Tae-woo’s voice could be heard.

“That’s right. Whether you were drinking is the most important thing. Isn’t that right, everyone?”

That’s so like Tae-woo.

“Looks like voice is connected.”

“Ah, seems like it? Seo-jun, hi.”

His voice was full of happiness at the reunion.

Regardless, the cutscene continued.

The silhouette looking around seemed to gradually feel fear.

That was understandable.

Not only was it dark and hard to see, but the surroundings were filled with nothing but huge piles of garbage.

[What the hell is this… Where is this place? I think I had a dream where toys were looking down at me…]

[Ugh…]

[Huh? Is someone there?]

[Ugh…]

The character froze.

As if unknown fear had consumed his mind.

It was a normal reaction.

Fortunately, the person who had been groaning seemed to regain consciousness, as creaking sounds could be heard for a while before he shouted loudly.

[Excuse me! Is anyone there! Please help me! I can’t move my body!]

He let out a sigh of relief and went toward where the sound was coming from.

There was a box.

[Hello.]

[Ah! There’s someone there? Thank goodness. I can’t move my body right now. Could you please help me?]

[I’ll help you right away.]

[Thank you. But do you know why I’m like this right now?]

[I’m not sure either. I suddenly woke up and everything was strange.]

The person outside looked over the box and found a lid that could be opened at the top and opened it.

[Huh? But that voice… What? Is that you?]

You.

The person tied up in the box spoke using the second person.

And naturally, the person outside realized who he was referring to and stopped moving his hands in surprise.

[It is you, right? Ha. What did you do to me? After interfering with everything I did, when I left, you even resort to this petty shit? Where is this! Untie me right now! This is a crime!]

[No…]

[What. Couldn’t find another slave to draw pictures after I left? So you’re doing this disgusting crap?]

[That’s not it…]

[Didn’t you say you could make it fine by yourself? With your brilliant planning, you could manage somehow…]

[Hey! Listen for a second! I don’t know either!]

[……]

[First, I’ll get you out. We need to figure out what happened at least.]

[Fine…]

The character outside opened the lid and pulled out the board inside.

He pulled out a board almost bigger than his own body and extracted the character who had been inside.

The restraints on the character who had been inside naturally came loose, and he got up while massaging his wrists.

And then.

The game stopped.

“I think it wants us to choose here.”

Seo-jun said.

“Who will play which character?”

“Yeah.”

-Art vs Programmer, it seems

-The programmer seems to be the leader for now. Since planning was mentioned

-But who do you have to choose to be able to do stuff?

Since it had just been released, the viewers had no information.

So Tae-woo spoke up.

“We heard something in advance, you know?”

It was about the roles.

“The art side assists with gimmicks, and the programmer side mainly performs the gimmicks.”

When Tae-woo finished, Seo-jun added.

“Of course, no matter what you choose, the importance and difficulty are the same. It’s a game you have to play together.”

-That’s the basics of co-op games lol

-We all know that

-There are lots of serious gamers here!

“Why are you in textbook reading mode? Who are you saying that for?”

“You.”

“Are you telling me to provide support?”

“Yeah.”

“I don’t want to.”

That’s right.

They still hadn’t decided.

Park Hyuk-soo, who might be watching this broadcast right now, was probably feeling anxious.

“Fine. I’ll take care of you this once.”

-Isn’t Tae-woo trying to troll you?

-No way lol

-For this kind of game, support might actually be better?

Seo-jun and Tae-woo finished selecting their characters.

And from that moment, their perspective switched and they could move their bodies.

At the same time, amazingly, lights came on and it became bright.

And in the broken large mirror beside them, their appearances were revealed.

Simultaneously, the characters’ words could be heard like narration.

[What is this.]

[Why are we?]

Seo-jun was also slightly surprised as he examined his body.

“Oh.”

“We look like toys?”

“Right.”

In the mirror lying on its side, their avatars reflected like toys.

A fairly exquisite toy that reflected their actual appearances.

-It’s a miniature version lol

-The avatars are so cute

-But why does the streamer still look handsome even as a doll? This is kinda annoying?

-Meanwhile Tae-woo… somehow looks uglier than in real life?

Seo-jun couldn’t let this slide.

“Hey. They’re saying you look ugly even as a toy.”

And it seemed like the viewers couldn’t let it slide either.

[‘Completely This’ donated 30,000 won!]

[Sculpture vs Shattered pieces.]