ALL NOVEL Chapter 6
That’s right. If this is really a game, then ending the game will end it all.
It was a smart idea, even if he said so himself. Haeun quickly praised himself. If it’s not a game, there wouldn’t have been a comeback stage in the first place, and even if he ended up playing this game because of some strange phenomenon, ending it would put an end to it all.
It’s truly a genius conclusion. It’s a shame he didn’t think of it earlier, but Haeun did a great job.
“……”
After shouting, he waited for quite a long time, but to his disappointment, there was no response. There was no
“Ta-da”moment with a game over screen popping up, and no yes/no buttons appearing.
…It seemed like the people outside were just cosplay enthusiasts who were very good at acting. A voice reached Haeun’s ears as he desperately tried to reassure himself.
This time, however, a phrase flashing pink as if a game script were printed appeared in front of his eyes.
『Ending the game is not possible (๑•̀ㅁ•́ฅ✧!!)』It was bright, clear, cheerful, and somehow the emoticon attached to the back of the phrase seemed to be really voiced. It sounded mechanical, like the artificial intelligence of a cell phone.
If he only heard the voice, he would have thought it came from a special speaker, but the appearance of the blocks of letters made it a different story. Haeun suppressed his desire to cry.
‘What the hell! How is this even made? Is this some kind of hologram?’
Even when he waved his hand at the text, it just passed through as if nothing was there. It seemed more like CGI rather than a hologram… The fact that it was computer-generated was evidence enough that it wasn’t real, but Haeun didn’t entertain such thoughts.
‘If this is a game, then why can’t I end it?’
He had to continue the conversation silently, fearing it might be heard by the people outside. Still, he was fortunate that the system responded to his inner monologue.
『‘Eurasha Idol’ virtual reality is still in beta testing stage. (*´Д`*)』 『In the beta testing version, ‘Mid Save’ or ‘Save and Quit’ are not possible! (`-д-；)ゞ』‘Then just quit without saving.’
『……
』Of course, there was no response, as if it was not possible.
“What the hell, there’s nothing that works?”
“……”
“It’s all bullshit, as expected.”
It was suspicious how the responses only came when needed. Like a detective searching for a potential culprit lurking somewhere, Haeun looked around.
But then, he saw it.
‘…..’
A mirror.
The reflection in the mirror was not the self Haeun knew. The 20-something young man with yellow-dyed hair, ear piercings, and a sturdy gaze was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there stood a smiling boy with bright mint-colored hair and large, round eyes.
He looked exactly like the main character’s face displayed on the Eu-Idol main screen. If this was a hidden camera, such a thing wouldn’t be possible unless someone tampered with someone else’s face overnight.
Clutching at the reflected face in the mirror, Haeun suddenly accepted the situation. The shock made him oddly courageous.
If this really was a game… then was it a playthrough with a difficulty level of ★★★★★★★★★★ where you couldn’t even save in the middle and had to see it through to the end?
Haeun posed the most serious and solemn question of his life.
‘What do I do to end this?’
『Once you see one out of five total True Endings, you can safely exit the game! (´･ω･)(´_ _)♪』The response came as if it had been waiting. However, the term “safely” sounded oddly unsettling. The memories of the “Starvng flop idol of the flop idols” ending popped up multiple times in Haeun’s memories.
…Did that mean if he saw a bad ending, he won’t be able to exit safely?
‘What kind of fucked up situation is this?’
There were only four true endings where he had a passionate love with a target character and one ending where he became a sensational superstar idol.
Honestly, Haesun didn’t want to share passionate love with those guys in real life. He didn’t have a girlfriend, but that had nothing to do anything with his desire to have a boyfriend. While it was fine when they were just pictures on his phone, he couldn’t imagine whispering love to real-life humans in such a realistic scenario.
So, the only answer was to become a sensational superstar idol. But the problem was that Haeun didn’t know if he, who didn’t even know the dance for his comeback stage tomorrow, could see the last ending.
“No… it’s not about whether I can do it. It’s about what I can’t do.”
Haeun didn’t want to imagine him kissing, holding hands, dating, and sticking to the same guy. Besides, all the guys in this game were irritating to the core. Love? He’d rather commit murder.
He needed to pull himself together. Haeun firmly resolved,
“Even if I have to face a tiger, I’ll survive as long as I keep my wits.”
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