I Became A Ghost In A Horror Game Chapter 45

I felt like sothing had just entered my body... I'm probably just imagining things.

After defeating Mary, I observed the phone that had fallen to the ground.

Items do not drop from bosses in the original ga.

And even when I try to use it, it doesn't react.

It's a mysterious item.

Maybe a key item?

It happens sotis.

An item that cannot be used or synthesized.

They are activated by collecting items with the sa gimmick that exist in the ga, or can only interact with certain objects, like a key that only reacts to one specific door.

It's a key item from a boss... So it's very suspicious.

Could it be that every boss has one?

Pierrot and Ms. Spider all have a wish, and if you grant it, you can get a key item. Is it such a cliché developnt?

If it is true.

Do I have it too?

"..."

"Ella? What's wrong with your face? Your complexion looks bad."

Eun-jeong was looking at with worried eyes. I forced a smile and pretended to be fine.

"Of the two of us, I'm stronger, so don't worry..."

"Ella? Ella!"

My eyesight is shaking.

The tension was released from my body and my strength goes out.

Did I use too much power? I think I've used my power to the point of blurring like before.

"In the mirror... Put in..."

With barely squeezed strength, I spoke to the children. The scene of the kids hurriedly holding a mirror at was my last mory.

...

When I opened my eyes, I was in a full-length mirror.

As I carefully poked my head out of it, soone lightly hit my head with a book. Ouch.

"If you don't take care of yourself like before, you'll die soon."

It's Maria.

Like a nun, she cares about other people's health. A nun who cares about monsters... It seems unique, but it's actually quite a common cliché.

"I'm not dead, so it doesn't matter."

Since I'm not completely recovered, it consus a lot strength to move outside.

Having fought with Mary and exhausted all my power, it's no wonder I have no energy to move around outside the mirror.

In other words, for my body to recover its strength, I need to rest inside the mirror.

"It is a sin not to respect one's body."

Even if you say that, it doesn't make sense.

It's not even my body in the first place. As I was not paying attention, Maria spoke again.

"The children were very worried."

"..."

"Pfft."

When she covered her mouth with a laugh, I felt uncomfortable.

I reflexively and bluntly asked a question because of my paranoid mindset common to loners who thinks that others laugh at them.

"What's so funny?"

"I an, you didn't care, but as soon as I brought up the kids, you put on a look of self-reflection. How can I not laugh?"

Did I do that?

As a surge of embarrassnt pricked , I surrendered before things could get any worse.

"Haa... I understand, so please put away that warm gaze."

"You are such a cute child."

"Stop it!"

Slide.

Hearing my conversation with Maria, Jas opened the door and ca in.

"So, you were alive."

"I have to say, both of you succeeded. To be honest, it was an unreasonable request."

I wasn't able to tell them how to defeat the monsters in the park.

It was just a little bit of a warning, so it was the sa as bumping into a monster without any counterasures.

I cautiously asked Jas.

"...How many died?"

Because they weren't warned, they most likely fell into the traps, so there must have been deaths. However, his answer was unexpected.

"There is no fatalities."

Oh. Thankfully nobody died.

Jas might be a greater person than I thought.

I was delighted with the good news and praised him.

"You are capable!"

"I wish that was the case... But it's because soone helped."

"Huh?"

"That's what I got from you. It's in liquid form, but it's an object that exerts strong power against plants. I was going to aim for the huge sunflower that seed to be the center of the park with it."

Jas continued his explanation.

It was the ti when they tried to aim for the huge sunflower with eyes, which is Mary's weak point and the center of the stage, but was unable to use the item and was pushed back little by little due to the fierce attacks of the monsters.

It was easy to install the relic itself if the group was sacrificed, so the mont he was about to put it into practice, a stage curtain appeared in front of his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived at the place where he could install it.

The artifact was installed, and the weak monsters around it were purified.

He said that he easily dealt with the weakened sunflower with the item I gave him.

"...A curtain."

You were watching us, Pierrot.

"You appear to have a guess."

"Do you rember the clown we t last ti?"

"Of course."

"Maybe he was involved."

If you were watching, why didn't you help us when we attacked Mary?

It's not that he didn't help at all, but it's ambiguous.

Did you want to check sothing?

"I have to go see him. Let's go together this ti. Like Mary, if I sloppily go et him and accidentally get attacked, we all need to respond together. Before we depart, I'll explain what I know about Pierrot."

He's hard to find, and since we defeated Mary, we have no choice but to go where he's most likely to be.

We have to go to his stage, the amusent park.

I didn't want to go because there were a lot of monsters in the middle, but there's no choice.

"Is there any chance of winning if he becos an enemy?"

"Hmm..."

It occurred to that if I got better at using mirror ghost stories, I might be able to leave everyone safe.

However, the image of being able to win did not co to mind.

The appearance in the ga where the barriers of the school were destroyed and the building itself was shaken was very impressive. Still.

"It's impossible with the head-on thod, but I think there's a chance of winning."

"I see."

Jas seed to question my attitude.

"...?"

"Is that judgnt made because you grew up as a demon?"

"What?"

"When asured by the demon ter, you were only about a quarter of a demon. But now it's half. You have grown one step as a full demon."

"..."

"It is not uncommon for demons to steal the power of other demons. Since coveting power is in the realm of instinct, it seems that the power was taken unconsciously..."

Isn't this like another hidden setting in the ga? I thought it would be sothing like a chunk of text from the creator that didn't particularly affect the flow of the ga, but it's very embarrassing to hear it ntioned over and over again.

If it's from Mary, then the other bosses are also quarter demons.

What the hell does this an, developer?

"It makes very uncomfortable."

"I agree."

"I think it will be fine. Maybe."

"Are you planning to just gloss over it like that?"

No matter how much you squeeze your brain.

What you don't know, you don't know.

I roughly concluded that we should all go to et Pierrot together and install artifacts on his stage. As I tried to run away to the children because Maria started nagging at .

"Oh right. I got this from Mary. Any guesses?"

I showed Maria the white phone that had fallen from Mary.

The phone looked sacred. So I wondered if Maria, a nun, would know better.

"This..."

She put on a serious expression.

"It has the sa properties as the artifacts we brought."

POV Switch - Third person

"You did better than I thought. The seed was well absorbed by the soul."

He mutters about how, thanks to planting the seed in a pure soul of a human, there was no resistance when it settled in another soul.

"What do you an, ph?"

A woman dressed as a researcher asked him. But ph laughed and changed the topic.

"Ah. It's nothing. Amy, did the symptoms you consulted earlier get better?"

"It has improved unbelievably well. All the worries and ominous thoughts I had were washed away. ph, you were right, They say ti is dicine, but it must be true."

Amy smiled and looked at ph. In her eyes, he was her all-around fixer.

"Ha ha ha. I would be glad if it was thanks to my counseling, but lately, everyone has said that their worries, dark thoughts, and fears were gone. Isn't this the virtue of everyone in the institution contributing to making the world a better place to live?"

"You're really humble. Oops, look at the ti! I have to go!"

Amy seed to have an appointnt, so she rushed sowhere. But, perhaps she was in too much of a hurry, she made a loud bump as she hit sothing.

"...Oh dear... Have even the fear of bumping into sothing taken away?"

"I'm not ssing with you. It's just that the world I created is functioning well."

"In my opinion, the existence of a monster was a really good idea."

ph sat down in his chair and crossed his legs.

He tapped the desk with his finger. The aning of this act is because he's bored.

Then... Sothing caught on his finger. It was a book about a collection of urban legends.

"Oh yes. I should read these stories."

ph chuckled as he read the book.

"Why are they so wacky and funny? After all, there is no difference between a urban legend and a joke. In the end, the horror genre was created for human amusent, so is it only natural?"

Fear is truly a stimulating spice in life if you look at it from the point of view of not dying.

People are afraid and tense while reading horror novels, but in the end, there is no harm to them, and haunted houses and roller coasters only makes you feel montary fear, with no danger to their lives.

Of course, horror gas are in the sa context.

"As long as you don't die, a horror experience can be the most fun adventure ever. Going beyond gas or novels, experiencing it yourself, struggling to live, and surviving in the end. Where else could there be an adventure as eventful as that? Is it not?"

ph sought agreent.

To his friend in a world full of fun (jokes).

POV Switch - Ella

The kids greeted as soon as they saw . Among them, Eun-jeong ca running to like a train, and I opened my arms wide.

"Ella, you are okay!"

She put her head on my chest.

And then she grumbled softly.

Since I was becoming accustod to Eun-jeong's sulking, I pressed my hand against her head, making it difficult for her to breathe.

"Urgh?!"

In a very soft voice, she says, "This isn't sothing a mom does."

What mother. I'm your friend.

"Is it okay to stick your head in soone else's chest?"

"...Urgh~!"

"Wait, wait a mont?! Ahahahaha!"

I hurriedly let go of Eun-jeong and rolled on the floor.

As if seeking revenge, she climbed on my back as I was unable to move, suffering from the previous tickling.

Hey hey hey! Don't put your hands on my armpit! Are you trying to murder ?!

"Let's be civilized. What do you want?"

Unexpectedly, Eun-jeong erased her smile and put on a serious expression at my question.

I was nervous, afraid of what frightful favor she was about to ask.

"Please don't make us run away."

Huh?

"...Why are you saying that all of a sudden?"

I rolled my head, recalling whatever I did for her to be like that.

As if trying to solve my question, Kyeong-min held out his hand to .

I took it and stood up as Eun-jeong got up from my back and stood next to Ha-rim.

"What do you want to say?"

"What I am about to say is the opinion of all of us."

What the hell is it?

"Even if we end up in danger, please don't make us run away and leave Ella alone."

"..."

"We are in the sa club. Even if we run away from danger, we hope it will be together and get though it. No matter how scary or difficult it is."

What are these kids talking about?

Even good things should be done to the extent that is beneficial.

"Are you guys dumb? It wasn't specifically for your sake, you know? It was a carefully calculated strategic retreat. I thought you guys might end up dying in vain... I only took a slight risk."

"Ella can't be honest."

I got caught. It's only now that I realized, I'm the type who can't hide my feelings.

I didn't like the way they read my mind, so I answered with a pout.

"It's annoying how you understand the hidden aning and still add a comnt."

"...Don't pout. Promise us."

I took a deep breath. Ti for a sermon.

"Sotis, there are more important things than being stubborn. Right now, your lives are several tis more important than that kind of stubbornness. Don't think luck will be on your side like this every ti. Did you know that your request is basically for you to lock the ergency exit when escaping in case of danger?."

"Yes! Okay!"

If it's like that, the persuasion ended in failure as soon as it started.

"Do you really understand? That we could actually die? How can you be so positive about it? Eun-jeong, aren't you scared? Just being together doesn't guarantee victory, you know? It just ans we could all die together!"

"Scary."

"Yes, it is."

Now we have a satisfactory answer.

"But I believe that Ella will make it less scary."

"No, it seems like my words aren't getting through. Are you saying you understand that you're in danger? Are you calling uncontrollable situations risks? Why don't you get it? Are you a kid?"

"If you ask , we are kids, but..."

I'm going to lose my mind.

For so reason, these positive idiots seem to have gained confidence by sohow overcoming the last situation.

The misconception that after surviving such a terrifying experience, they could overco anything!

It is truly a dreamy idea that a child would have!

"It was scary. It was really hard at first, so I shrank and froze for a mont. But since Ella was with , I thought that no matter how scary and dangerous it was, I could do it. It feels nice thinking about it again!"

"We're happy when we're with Ella! So, no matter how dangerous the situation is, we'll overco it together!"

Where is this "strange" world where such things are possible, exactly?

-Though it's realistic to say that and break the illusion.

I really want to make it.

A hope that all of those positive kids will survive the crisis and take this ga as an adventure as if to show off.

I want to make a strange illusion that they can overco any fear that cos their way.

I want to see children who eventually overco fear and turn it into a plaything.

Can I do it?

...The answer to the question will be told by the results.

No matter what I say, it won't get through to them. I brushed my bangs aside and spoke to the faces that were shining with hope.

"Haa... Sure, okay."

Ha-rim brightly smiled.

"Especially Ha-rim, I decided to show you an adventure."

An adventure is not without risk.

I'm just going to be a fool this ti. There is no resentnt.

"It's a promise!"

I swear by crossing my fingers.

(Omake)

"What's that broken over there?"

"It's a monster we exterminated while waiting for Ella. Ha-rim quickly defeated it."

The monster that was eliminated was the [Monster of Collision].

Everyone was mories of bumping into sothing and being hurt.

It was a monster that embodied such fear.

"Even though it's weak, she's amazing."

Even if the risk is low, it would be difficult to find a strategy, but Ha-rim is amazing.

The developers who made so many monsters like that are also amazing.