Chapter 115

In the ventilation ducts, there was only faint light coming through the iron grates scattered throughout.

Their vision was limited, with nothing but darkness ahead.

From beyond that darkness, something appeared.

Thud, thud, thud, thud.

It was the sound of light footsteps.

Or was it threatening?

Tae-woo flinched but didn’t freeze up or let out a scream.

Seo-jun waited quietly.

Whatever had approached closer revealed a glimpse of itself.

“That must be the hero we saw in 2D, everyone.”

“Ah, I was worried for nothing.”

The figure that peeked out slightly from the darkness and came into view was enough to guess its identity.

[What the hell.]

[The protagonist?]

When the protagonist made eye contact with them, he turned around.

And ran away again.

Seo-jun thought the light footsteps had been right after all as he followed the protagonist.

[Wait! Stop right there!]

[Why is he so fast!]

Unlike the characters’ urgent voices, Seo-jun strolled leisurely.

And Tae-woo couldn’t get ahead of Seo-jun because he couldn’t tell what might jump out from the darkness ahead.

Of course, he pretended not to be scared and acted like he also preferred walking, but Seo-jun could sense it all.

-Cognitive dissonance LOL

-The characters are going “Stop right there!” but the streamer is just strolling with his hands behind his back like he’s out for a walk lmao

-The game company is telling you to run. Give them a little running

[I don’t know what it is, but we have to catch it right now!]

While walking leisurely like that, the passage suddenly became much brighter and they could see the protagonist’s back in the distance.

[Catch him!]

Then the protagonist suddenly disappeared downward.

When they got closer, they could see a hole where an iron grate had been removed.

That was why it had gotten brighter.

“They designed it so you can’t go to the other side.”

It meant you had to fall no matter what. In that case, there was no choice.

Thud.

After Seo-jun landed on the floor, he looked around. They had finally entered an interior space.

But even the interior they’d finally entered was somewhat strange.

“Can’t see the bottom.”

Seo-jun agreed with Tae-woo’s words as he followed.

The interior was quite large with a very high ceiling. The bottom was likewise so deep you couldn’t see the floor.

How could they tell how deep it was below?

Because where they were standing was no different from a bridge floating in mid-air.

A bridge made of wire mesh like you might temporarily install in caves or construction sites.

Since the floor was woven in a grid pattern with holes throughout, how could they not see through it?

“Seo-jun, if I fall here, I’ll die and respawn next to you, right?”

“Why don’t you try it and see.”

So the space they could move in was limited.

Most of the space was completely empty, and in the dark indoor atmosphere, when they looked up, they could discover several conveyor belts attached to the walls at heights they couldn’t reach.

[Over there! The door’s closing!]

When they turned their gaze, ahead of the path they were standing on was a door leading to the next room, and the protagonist was entering it.

Seo-jun felt like he caught a glimpse of the protagonist grinning.

The door closed and the light above it changed from green to red.

At the same time, the path from right in front of the door to a certain distance ahead lowered down.

The bridge was cut off.

-It’s locked

-The path lowered too

-Where is this place

-I’m scared something might jump out from below…

How could they open that door?

Then.

Click.

Some sound was heard and at the same time they felt a slight weight around their waists.

[What’s this?]

[Something just appeared in your hand!]

New objects had been delivered to Seo-jun’s hand and Tae-woo’s waist.

“Hmm, nails and a gun…?”

Seo-jun examined the gun that appeared on his right side and the small storage bag on his left.

And Tae-woo had a gun with a thin nozzle and what looked like an oxygen tank connected to that gun on his back.

-They both got guns?

-Now kill each other!

-Tae-woo’s is clearly an air gun and the streamer has a nail gun. If they fight, the streamer will win!

Right.

“It seems like they want us to do something with this.”

Seo-jun approached the end of the broken path and confirmed an electronic access control device next to the door that looked like it needed a card.

Control panel?

For some reason, it felt like he should shoot at it right away.

He took out a nail and loaded it directly into the nail gun.

Then he aimed ahead and pulled the trigger.

Whiz!

Thunk!

When the nail embedded in the control panel, it sparked and exploded with crackling sounds, the path that had lowered earlier rose up and the door opened.

“Ah, so that’s how it works.”

He understood.

Meanwhile, Tae-woo grumbled from behind.

“What, this makes me useless. This is why I said I don’t do support roles.”

While operating the air gun and waving it around in the air.

Seo-jun looked at Tae-woo with eyes that seemed to say ‘I find it quite enviable how you can spout such thoughtless comments while trembling with fear.’

“Think about it. Would you really be useless?”

They moved to the next room.

As expected.

“It came right out.”

The path sank right in front of his nose in an instant.

“The door’s probably on the left. Let’s look for a way again.”

Right now they couldn’t accurately determine the shape of this room.

Because they couldn’t see if it was L-shaped or shaped like a lowercase ‘n’ – the left wall was jutting out and blocking their view.

Where would the door be?

It was probably D-shaped, but they couldn’t confirm the angle.

“Go over there.”

Seo-jun pointed ahead.

On the left diagonal ahead, a small area of floor remained without lowering.

“No.”

“Scared?”

“Yeah, scared.”

This doesn’t work anymore. What a disappointment.

-LOL

-Being honest is so much better. Now he won’t get used by his friend either lol

-So how are you going to get there?

It was clearly impossible with a double jump.

That was why Tae-woo had refused.

“Ah!”

Tae-woo clapped his hands.

“What did you think of?”

“No, this thing’s output is seriously powerful.”

Tae-woo fired the air gun with a whoosh.

An air current formed in front of the air gun and Tae-woo was pushed back slightly.

“How about it? By the way, this can also absorb, but anyway, what I want to show you is.”

From a short distance, Tae-woo took a running start and jumped.

A distance that even a double jump couldn’t reach.

Whoooosh!

But then Tae-woo aimed the air gun downward and fired, causing his body to lift up once more.

-Triple jump! Amazing

-Right, if double jump is possible, there’s no reason that wouldn’t work lol

-Oh

Indeed, he hadn’t been playing games carelessly all this time.

Of course, Tae-woo, who had shown quite impressive deductive reasoning, fell down due to his poor landing skills (?)

-LOL

-So funny lol

-He almost looked cool but Tae-woo is still Tae-woo! Lmao

When Tae-woo tried again, he seemed to get the hang of it in one go and landed properly.

“Phew. A bit difficult.”

“What do you see?”

“Yeah. The shape is roughly an ‘n’ like we thought. Hmm, how should I explain this? The door isn’t at the end of the ‘n’ but from your perspective, it’s just directly to the left.”

Ah.

So from where they entered, the door was directly to the left, but there was a protruding wall in the middle blocking it.

The problem was that wall that prevented him from shooting nails.

“Can’t you do something with the triple jump?”

“No.”

“Then, hmm. Hey. Try shooting air straight ahead.”

“Got it.”

An air current formed in front of Tae-woo.

The air blowing from the end of the nozzle Tae-woo was holding created a whirlwind.

-Ah

-Trying to change the trajectory?

-Seems possible. They probably designed it that way originally

Whiz!

When Seo-jun shot a nail diagonally toward where Tae-woo was, the nail flew straight until it hit the blowing air and changed trajectory.

Thunk.

The sound of the nail embedding echoed through the space.

“Oh? That was a bit off.”

Since there would be some aim assist, if he adjusted carefully, he’d hit it soon.

“Hey, I’ll keep shooting nails from the same spot, so you try moving around. I can’t pinpoint exactly where the control panel is.”

“Okay.”

Whiz!

Thunk!

Whiz!

Thunk!

Whiz!

Thunk!

After adjusting the trajectory several times like that.

Finally, the nail hit the control panel instead of the wall, and with a rumbling sound, the path rose up connecting where Seo-jun was standing to the center where Tae-woo was, and to the other exit on the opposite side.

“So that’s how you do it.”

“Let’s go to the next room.”

When they entered the next door, the bridge lowered in the same way.

And.

“Oh, this time it’s a fork in the road?”

A fork appeared on both sides.

The doors at the end of those forks weren’t locked, but after Seo-jun and Tae-woo checked each room’s interior, they came to a conclusion.

“You take the left, I’ll take the right.”

The puzzle in the left room required Seo-jun with the nail gun to solve it, and the right room was for Tae-woo.

“Where’s the door?”

“The only difference is that it’s on the right, everything else is the same. Control panel and all.”

Tae-woo said this after making the sacrifice of a triple jump.

This time, the difference was that the door was on the right and there was no path remaining in the middle.

The protruding wall blocking the door was the same, as was the control panel.

“Let’s solve the puzzles quickly and come back.”

Tae-woo said this and entered the right room.

Tae-woo entered the room in that wall that jutted out to block them.

Hmm.

But Seo-jun, left alone, suddenly became curious.

“Everyone, do we really need both of us to do this?”

-?

-It’s a co-op game, what else would you do if not cooperate?

-This game is maximum spec friends I tell you…

-The streamer’s about to spout nonsense again lol

-It’s about time for his Heavenly Demon bullshit to activate!

-That bullshit-spouting bastard is orthodox faction. I know.

“No, if you think about it, I just need to hit the nail. It’s not like I don’t know where the control panel is.”

He had figured out the structure from the previous room.

Seo-jun said this while fitting a nail between his fingers.

“Ahhhhh!”

A scream came from the next room.

There must have been something surprising.

It wasn’t Seo-jun’s immediate concern.

“Let’s try it once.”

-What exactly are you trying to do

-What are you going to do in this co-op adventure lol

-Heavenly Demon-nim has returned!

Seo-jun swung his arm and threw the nail that was fitted between his fingers.

The nail embedded in the wall no differently than when using the nail gun.

He fitted another one and threw it.

He checked the speed.

He got used to the sensation.

Then.

He loaded the nail gun and fitted a nail in his right hand fist.

The door on the right, and the wall blocking it.

-???

-What the hell are you trying to do!

-Normal people wouldn’t understand

-If you jump, iron bars come out to block it

Right.

If Seo-jun jumped and tried to shoot the nail when the control panel was visible, an iron plate would rise right next to the control panel to block it.

It was understandable that the game company had set it up that way.

‘There are plenty of games that prevent this kind of exploitative play, so couldn’t they understand this much?’ Tae-woo had said, and Seo-jun had agreed.

But.

Would the iron plate really come up to block it even when shooting a nail without jumping?

Seo-jun took a deep breath and swung his arm.

The nail that left his fingertips flew slightly weakly to the right.

At the same time, Seo-jun quickly moved his left hand to fire the pre-loaded nail gun.

Whiz!

The nail flying from the nail gun was much faster than the one he threw.

Swoosh!

So the nail from the nail gun quickly caught up to the nail Seo-jun had thrown first and hit its rear end.

The nail that had been flying ahead lost force from the impact and spun around, but.

Still, its trajectory curved to the right.

-??

-What’s he doing?

-Why can I see the future?

Thunk!

The sound of the nail destroying the control panel echoed through the space.

Even Seo-jun himself looked down at his own hand in admiration.

“Wow… This actually works.”

The path rose from below.

It seemed.

He had discovered a new secret technique.

-LOL I’m laughing so hard at how absurd this is lmao

-You’re doing this kind of thing even in a co-op game? LOL

-Look at him playing the game however he wants again lmao

-Truly insane skill

-As expected, Aassassinations GOAT!

-Fucking hell, that bastard’s cheating again

-Arrest the orthodox faction guy above lol

-This guy www got PTSD www

-LMAO