Chapter 111 – Kidnapping (2)
[Save her—]
I was checking my equipment when I saw the text message and thought.
What could this mean?
I pondered for a moment, but when an answer didn’t come, I was about to call when.
【Third Option】
The third scenario option appeared before me.
I was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the option.
【Third Option】
[The protagonist of “Runaway Mii-chan,” Momiji, has been kidnapped by a villain. You are given three options.]
[1. Save Momiji.]
[2. Abandon Momiji.]
[3. Save Momiji after she has experienced everything.]
[4. ???]
[*Warning: If you do not choose, it will be randomly assigned.]
This option appeared before my eyes.
Takuya was surprised by the sudden appearance of the option.
No, it was only natural, since there was no reason for this to appear now.
That’s why he was surprised, but only for a moment.
Takuya realized that something was amiss and began to read the third option carefully.
And then he was shocked, no, horrified.
“What the hell?!”
I unconsciously blurted out a curse in Korean.
The game that the scenario was referring to, “Runaway Mii-chan,” was a game I knew very well.
No, it was a game I couldn’t help but know well.
That’s why Takuya felt like he had been struck by lightning.
‘No way. I’m only remembering this now?! This important thing?!’
How could I have forgotten ‘that game’?!
Takuya cursed his terrible memory and quickly thought of a solution.
First of all, it was certain that Momiji had been kidnapped.
If so, she wouldn’t be at home.
‘Then where is Momiji?’
Takuya racked his brain, but couldn’t come up with an answer.
After pacing back and forth for a while, Takuya suddenly remembered an item in his subspace pocket.
‘That’s right! The villain tracker!’
It was the villain tracker.
Takuya quickly activated the tracker, and soon the villain’s location began to appear.
Takuya checked the working clock and quickly called Miyuki.
“Miyuki! Start the car right now! I’ll be right there! It’s urgent, hurry!”
After giving Miyuki my one-sided notice, I quickly threw my coat and the equipment I was working on into my subspace pocket, then went down the stairs and started putting on my sneakers.
“Oh my, Takuya, where are you going?”
“Ayaka’s mom, I’ll be late tonight or might not come home at all.”
“Hey! Takuya, what are you talking about all of a sudden!”
“I don’t have time. I’ll tell you later.”
I roughly ignored Ayaka’s mom and Yuka’s mom and quickly started running.
【The third scenario begins.】
[Third Scenario: Save Momiji from a monster that cannot be considered human!]
[*Warning: The villain has been strengthened by an unknown force. Be careful.]
[You have decided to save Momiji, the protagonist of “Runaway Mii-chan.” To save Momiji, you must kill the kidnapper who kidnapped her. No, you need to redefine her surrounding environment.]
[Rescue Progress: 0%]
[Despair Level: 50%]
[Scenario Progress: 40%]
[Overall Story Progress: 36%]
At the same time, the scenario selection was also completed.
***
I haven’t really talked about it much, but the Ero Villain is a very old circle.
No, to be precise, it was a circle that had existed even including the period when the Ero Villain had disbanded.
The reason why I mention the period when they disbanded was simple.
The Ero Villain had once gone through a near-complete disbandment process in the middle.
Considering that this period was in the very early 2000s, one might wonder why the Ero Villain circle still existed in the 2050s when I was active.
The truth is, although I haven’t mentioned it, there is a game that has been erased from the records within the Ero Villain.
No, to be precise, it was a game by the first-generation Ero Villain.
What do I mean by first-generation?
The Ero Villain circle was divided into three generations among people.
To be precise, the people didn’t change much, but the leader who directed the game creation changed.
The first generation was Totoyuki Okumura, the second was Sayuki Kojiro, and the third was Hinami Rei.
And among them, Totoyuki Okumura, the leader of the first-generation circle, was the one who created the Ero Villain circle and essentially ended it.
If you only hear this, you might think he was just an incompetent circle leader, but in fact, he was a person who greatly contributed to making Ero Villain a named-level game, and he was the number one contributor to increasing the Ero Villain’s size.
However, such a person had an incident that plunged himself and the Ero Villain into the abyss in an instant.
No, to be precise, it was because of a certain game.
The name of the game was “Runaway Mii-chan,” a very simple name.
The story of this game was as follows.
One day, a child called Mii-chan, who was struggling with bullying and indifference at home, was kidnapped and imprisoned by a perverted lolicon.
And Mii-chan, who was imprisoned, realized that the rope binding her was loose, so she cut the rope and escaped from the room, and the game was about her escaping through a rough mountain and being rescued at a nearby police box.
This game, “Runaway Mii-chan,” was heavily influenced by the famous game “Blue Oni” at the time, so it was a Tsukuru game that combined puzzles and mazes.
Therefore, it was a game where if you were caught, a sex scene would appear and the game would be over.
In fact, in the early days of its release, it was quite well-received because of the fun of puzzles and escaping.
However, as time passed, the evaluation completely changed.
To be precise, it was because of the true ending of the game.
In fact, the ending when you only cleared the normal route was a happy ending.
Mii-chan, who had escaped safely, left her neglectful parents and lived with her loving grandparents, growing up safely and going to high school.
When you just heard it, it was an ending that made you feel like it was worth playing the game.
However, a shocking twist in this ending was revealed.
Among the users, a perverted person experimented with various things in the game and accidentally discovered the true ending.
And that true ending was something that not only those who bought the game, but even those who didn’t know about it, had to shake their heads at.
The ending was that the person who kidnapped Mii-chan came back to find her, killed her grandparents, and not only kidnapped and imprisoned Mii-chan again.
On the last screen that turned off.
[Mii-chan was decapitated and became one of his ‘collections’ that he kept for the rest of his life.]
It output a crazy texture with the content.
Of course, people who thought it was a happy ending were shocked, and they spread the news on the internet.
In addition, it was revealed that this shocking ending was based on a past incident, which drew social attention, and the Ero Villain circle had no choice but to close its doors amid enormous criticism.
Naturally, the circle leader who closed the circle that was doing well was heavily criticized and was never allowed to set foot in this industry again.
After that, the members of Ero Villain worked in other places for about 20 years, and then they were called by the second-generation Sayuki Kojiro and gathered again to create the second-generation Ero Villain circle. This was the time called the 20-year gap of Ero Villain.
Of course, to be precise, it wasn’t called Ero Villain at first, but people kept calling it that, so later they just used the name Ero Villain again.
Anyway, the reason why I’m telling this story now is.
“Um, is this the mountain, Master?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Miyuki, who was driving at my request, had almost arrived at the destination I had explained.
“Then, I’ll wait right at the entrance.”
“Okay. Thanks.”
With that, I thanked Miyuki and quickly started climbing the mountain.
The terrain of the mountain was very rough.
People often think that there are no countries with as many mountains as Korea, but Japan also has a lot of mountains.
No, if you’re just talking about mountains with rough terrain, Japan has more.
Isn’t it strange that there are no mountains in a place where volcanic activity occurs frequently?
Anyway, in that sense, the mountain I was climbing was also a very rough terrain.
Thanks to that, I felt like I was doing rock climbing rather than hiking while climbing the mountain.
But even so, my hands didn’t stop.
It wasn’t just because of the scenario Takuya had chosen.
It would be a lie to say that the scenario wasn’t one of the reasons.
But at least, my desire to save Momiji was genuine.
Momiji was a pitiful child.
The man I met last time who was supposed to be her father was a pachinko addict and a thug, and the woman who was supposed to be her mother looked at Momiji with a face close to hatred every time she saw her.
Momiji was a child who was not loved.
Wasn’t what happened to her in “Runaway Mii-chan” too cruel for such a child?
At least, Momiji was not a child who should have to go through such a terrible experience.
‘Even a guy like me is living so well, how can a kid like Momiji go through something like that!’
That’s why Takuya did his best to head in the direction the clock was pointing.
I had to go as soon as possible, before Momiji was subjected to anything suspicious.
But, as if God was not on my side, it was really fucked up.
“What the hell.”
I let out a groan as I looked at the existence in front of me.
The reason was that what I saw in front of me was.
─Kuhheeeooong!!
It was a really dangerous place where a bear that had failed to prepare for hibernation was wandering around looking for food.
