I Quit Being an Idol and Became a Youtuber - Chapter 25

Sakamiya Ren.

Former leader of the Japanese idol group Cornelia, and currently an internet streamer known as the virtual streamer Kim Cheongha.

An unavoidable disaster lay before her.

“Hooo……”

Cheongha sighed with dead eyes.

Horror games, one of the things she hated most in the world.

[-Lololololol]

[-Streamer’s eyes are totally dead lol]

[-Let’s take it easy, the streamer’s gonna die]

The stream title she had changed caught her eye.

[So, taking horror game recommendations.]

It was a title that seemed to convey the speaker’s feelings through text alone, without any voice.

Even I, who considers myself a logical Thinker type, would feel pity seeing this.

‘But that person is me, damn it……’

[-But how are you taking recommendations?]

“Ah, I think I’ll probably spin a roulette wheel.”

Like most streaming sites, Live Stream had a system called the Random Roulette.

The streamer inputs options into each slot of the roulette, and when activated, the machine automatically picks one option at random.

‘Right, what can I do.’

‘If I have to do it anyway, let’s try to pick the least scary one.’

[-How about Penny?]

[-Freddy’s Chicken Place is good too]

[-Doll house?]

[-How about the Night Mountain Cabin Caretaker?]

All sorts of horror games poured out from the viewers’ mouths, gradually filling the roulette slots.

“……So, is this it?”

Every single one was a horror game famous even in her past life.

‘Still, it’s more within my tolerance range than expected.’

‘There might be many jump scares or uncanny valley elements, but nothing I’d intensely hate.’

At that moment, an alert sound, like a warning bell in her head, reached her ears.

[Anonymous Supporter donated 10,000 won]

[-Alien: Isolation go]

“Ah, please no.”

Cheongha’s face turned deathly pale at the sudden donation.

‘I can’t take it off the list now.’

[-What’s with that classic game]

[-The graphics are decent, but isn’t it kinda brutal?]

[-Who plays stuff like that these days?]

[-Are you dissing the original creature feature, Alien?]

[-Ah lol It is legendary though]

“No, I’d rather play Penny.”

“Please save me.”

From rejection to acceptance.

As the chat’s opinion gradually shifted, Cheongha began to beg desperately.

Although she had never seen the movie, she was well aware of its fame.

Because even in her past life, it was a work that would be second to none if you were asked to pick a piece featuring aliens.

‘They were definitely those things that laid eggs in human bodies, ate their way out, and grew… right?’

It was a scene she had glimpsed in a movie her parents were watching in her past life.

She still couldn’t forget the sight of the baby Chest burster trying to burst through the person’s skin.

Just seeing that one scene gave her nightmares for over a month.

As if that wasn’t enough, those damn aliens still occasionally appeared in her dreams.

‘Anyway, this one is absolutely not okay.’

She imagined herself playing Alien: Isolation.

A horrific scene flashed through her mind: being in the middle of their nest, surrounded by countless Facehuggers and Xenomorphs.

Just imagining it gave her goosebumps all over; if she actually witnessed that scene, she might die of a heart attack.

[-Then it has to go higher lol]

[-Found the streamer’s personal bully lol]

[-Seeing the streamer’s reaction, this seems like the best choice]

[-Let’s just go with this one]

“……What are you talking about?”

“I’m spinning the roulette.”

Now, all she could trust was luck.

“Alright, let’s begin.”

I started praying to every god I knew.

‘Any other game is fine, please.’

‘Please, just don’t let me encounter those damn alien parasites.’

However, she had forgotten one thing.

The fact that if God had listened to her prayers, she wouldn’t have failed the mission in Battle Field in the first place.

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God is dead.

A quote left by the famous philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche.

“……Everyone, I really think Nietzsche is humanity’s greatest philosopher.”

‘Because if God were alive, He wouldn’t have let me deal with these kinds of things.’

White text in English appeared against a backdrop of space adorned with countless stars.

[Alien: Isolation]

[-Lolol Ah, finally]

[-Streamer’s making a face like she absolutely hates it lol]

[-What’s this stream? Why is there a character displayed?]

[-This routine again?]

[-??? : It’s okay, it’s just ’cause this old man is new here.]

[-Honestly, we were all like that at first]

[Viewer Count: 134]

Perhaps thanks to the ‘horror game’ bait, the viewer count had multiplied several times compared to usual.

Moreover, since it overlapped with the time office workers got off, the effect was likely even stronger.

Humans tend to seek wisdom from the past when faced with a crisis.

True to that saying, Cheongha desperately tried to recall past memories.

‘……What did I do back at the Labyrinth of Fear?’

The Labyrinth of Fear was famous as a haunted spot in Japan.

It was on a different level from typical haunted houses that lasted 20 minutes at most, the ultimate haunted house featuring an insane course that took at least 50 minutes.

You could say it was truly one of the worst masterpieces Fuji-Q created when they completely lost their minds.

It was also one of the filming locations Cornelia visited while appearing on a variety show.

‘But I can’t remember it well….’

She could pride herself on having a good memory.

She remembered things even older than that, but for some reason, she couldn’t properly recall the events of that time.

It seemed she’d have to give up on gaining insight from past experiences.

‘……Let’s try to think as positively as possible.’

Aren’t horror games played by female streamers a guaranteed ticket to success?

People often seek out horror games for their scared reactions and cute screams.

‘Right, wouldn’t it be good if I could gain some popularity from this?’

Brainwashing herself as much as possible, she pressed the play button, and the game started, beginning the opening cutscene.

[-Oh, nice cutscene?]

[-The quality is amazing]

[-Fr, at that level, it’s basically a movie?]

[-Thought it would be shoddy, but it seems way better than recent games?]

[-Alien came out years ago, how is the quality so good?]

[-Anyway, the problem with game companies these days is they only care about money]

Despite being a game made in 2014, the game’s quality was truly excellent.

Compared to the latest horror games, it didn’t fall short at all; rather, it might even surpass them.

‘Ah, it’s needlessly well-made.’

And from Cheongha’s perspective, having to play such a game was exasperating.

[Amanda, I think we’ve found a trace of your mother.]

[……!!]

The content of the cutscene was simple.

This game proceeds from the perspective of the daughter of the protagonist from Alien 1.

She wandered searching for her mother, who went missing due to the Alien incident, and after many years, succeeded in finding a trace of her.

The basic story was to find her mother and escape from a space station filled with Aliens.

“Seriously, why would you go in there…..”

‘Seriously, if she went to space and didn’t come back, she probably died.’

‘Why go looking for her?’

‘This feels really unfamiliar.’

Walking into that hellscape of her own free will just to find her parents.

It was a sentiment she couldn’t possibly understand.

She might understand if it were her parents from her past life, but she felt no affection for those people in this life.

Even if they disappeared on a planet full of aliens like in this game, she had no intention of going to look for them like that.

“Wow, she must have been loved a lot by her parents.”

“I couldn’t do that.”

[-Honestly, I couldn’t go either]

[-How can you go when monsters are waiting…]

[-Still, her mom disappeared, shouldn’t she at least look?]

[-The protagonist doesn’t know the Aliens are there]

[-That’s true.]

And so, the protagonist Amanda, having departed with her companions, arrived at the destination space station.

[Was that attacked?]

[Looks like it. Docking at the landing bay seems impossible.]

[……Let’s try contacting them first, anyway.]

The captain, realizing through long experience that the situation was developing strangely, immediately started contacting the space station.

[Marshal… Waits, the station’s… in serious— trouble—]

Soon after, intermittent communication sounds began to come through.

[The station’s comms unit is pretty damaged. Looks like we’ll have to boost it with equipment.]

“……Me?”

‘Seriously, why am I the one doing that?’

‘They fly spaceships here, but they don’t have a single repair machine?’

Her avatar made an exasperated expression.

Boom-

What happened next followed the typical cliché.

A large explosion occurred on the station, and Amanda was separated from her companions, ending up alone inside the station.

[-But the immersion in this is no joke]

[-Yeah, it really feels like watching a movie]

[-No wonder the official word is that the game is like Alien 1.5 lol…]

“……Now the game really starts.”

Once the highly immersive cutscene ended, she could finally move the main character.

‘Hooo, let’s not be nervous……’

When the moment came to actually play the game herself, immense tension washed over her.

[-Still, not much scary stuff appears early on]

“Really?”

“That’s a relief, at least.”

Hearing the viewer’s comment, Cheongha sighed in relief.

Since it was someone who had just been talking about this game, they probably knew it well.

Although she couldn’t know if the statement was reliable testimony, right now she was desperate enough to borrow even a cat’s paw.

The words that she wouldn’t encounter an Alien yet came as a ray of hope to her.

[Mission: Search the station to find companions]

“First, I should just do as instructed.”

The state of the station was truly disastrous.

Smoke billowed from various places, and there were areas where flames soared, making one wonder what on earth had happened.

After walking a bit further, a bulkhead locked due to a fire appeared.

[Mission: Repair the bulkhead]

“Ah, looks like I need to repair this.”

Just as she was gathering parts to repair the door.

Clank-!

[Don’t move.]

A bald man was pointing a gun at her.