Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast

Chapter 218

4.
Shin Ah disappeared.

“What? Wasn’t Shin Ah the culprit? She knew my computer password and seemed to know a lot about everything!”

• We thought that too, but it wasn’t her.
• She went missing, wow.
• Shouldn’t we go to her house?

“Tomorrow, I really need to check. First, I need to find out what happened during the past week.”

The original owner of the body Dashman was inhabiting, Hiroshi, has the ability to store memories in an album format on a storage medium.

[Screenphone Album Name - Memory Storage]
[Photo details by date]
[April 16, xx] - 5 photos
[April 17, xx] - 4 photos
[April 18, xx] - 8 photos
[April 19, xx] - 2 photos
[April 20, xx] - None
[April 21, xx] - None
[April 22, xx] - None

Compared to the 8 photos stored on April 15th in the audiovisual room’s computer, the number of photos on some dates was alarmingly small.

[April 16, xx (001) - Asadayo!]
[April 16, xx (002) - Cream Soup]
[April 16, xx (003) - Bathroom, Rin]
[April 16, xx (004) - Going Home with Eldest Sister Io]
[April 16, xx (005) - Department Store Sale War]
[April 17, xx (001) - Asadayo!]
[April 17, xx (002) - Cucumber Toast]
[April 17, xx (003) - Class Isn’t That Hard]
[April 17, xx (004) - Helping Yuki with Homework]

The photo history seemed unnatural.

“There’s not a single photo of Shin Ah.”

She was my desk mate.
We had such meaningful conversations.
Could I spend a day ignoring her?
That doesn’t make sense.
No matter how you think about it, it just doesn’t make sense.

• The 18th was fine though
• Something happened after the 19th
• It happened on the 20th
• The photos from before the 18th were already suspiciously few
• So you must’ve seen Rin peeing, huh?
• Haha, there’s a service scene even in the dating sim
• Bro, move aside. This isn’t the time for that
• ;;;
• It’s a dating sim and you’re not interested in the service scenes...?
• There are almost no locations outside of home
• Why is it so suspicious?

“Damn, the more I think about it, the creepier it gets. The 18th looks suspiciously normal, it feels like someone was being cautious and hiding something that day.”

Even the content was about school.
There wasn’t a single mention of Shin Ah.
And then, on the fateful 19th.

[April 19, xx (001) - Asadayo!]
[April 19, xx (002) - Io Cooking from Behind]

Io’s back view was another service scene.
Short apron and a skirt that had rolled up at the waist.
Her panties visible beneath, her round curves and volume-filled lines were pleasing to the eye, but only her back was shown.
Dashman, who had enjoyed cooking, found it bewildering that there was no food.

<UmGilDong's Shrunk Gallbladder donated 50,000 won!>
You’re covering it up as a service scene, but didn’t she actually not cook?

<Classic Master donated 10,000 won! Video Donation!>
(Searching through an empty pot video)

<Silent Swordsman’s Conscience donated 10,000 won!>
It’s suspicious, right? Just looking at the photo, something’s wrong, right?

“Stop! Please, everyone, shut up!! They’re my sisters! My kids are fine!!”

• Haha
• So sad...
• Dashman denying reality
• ???
• Are the sisters really okay?

This couldn’t go on.
After school, Dashman headed for the audiovisual room.
Instead of looking at the album stored on the screenphone, he opened the computer in the audiovisual room.

[Audiovisual Room Album Name - Memory Storage]
[Photo details by date]
[April 16, xx] - 8 photos
[April 17, xx] - 8 photos
[April 18, xx] - 8 photos
[April 19, xx] - 8 photos
[April 20, xx] - 8 photos
[April 21, xx] - 4 photos
[April 22, xx] - None

Here, there were photos that hadn’t been on the screenphone.

[April 16, xx (001) - Asadayo!]
[April 16, xx (002) - Cream Soup]
[April 16, xx (003) - Bathroom, Rin]
[April 16, xx (004) - Secret Bond]
[April 16, xx (005) - Lunch with Shin Ah Alone]
[April 16, xx (006) - Note, Act Normal]
[April 16, xx (007) - Going Home with Eldest Sister Io]
[April 16, xx (008) - Department Store Sale War]

There were moments spent with Shin Ah.
The photo numbers were clearly different.
Someone had erased all the photos with Shin Ah and modified the numbers as if nothing had happened.

• Since the photos are password-protected, others can’t see them.

Shin Ah had said that early on.
She knew.
Someone would tamper with his album.

[April 17, xx (001) - Asadayo!]
[April 17, xx (002) - Cucumber Toast]
[April 17, xx (003) - Class Isn’t That Hard]
[April 17, xx (004) - Torn Notes]
[April 17, xx (005) - Box Inside Bathroom Vent]
[April 17, xx (006) - Helping Yuki with Homework]
[April 17, xx (007) - Yuki’s Trash Bin Full of Torn Paper]
[April 17, xx (008) - Toolbox Missing a Screwdriver]

• Don’t be deceived, wow
• Did you write something you shouldn’t have in the notes?
• Pandora’s Box, here we go, haha
• You hid the screwdriver, didn’t you? Your sisters are suspicious, right?
• Stop, Dashman’s mental state is already at its limit!

[April 19, xx (001) - Asadayo!]
[April 19, xx (002) - Io Cooking from Behind]
[April 19, xx (003) - Empty Pot and Warning]
[April 19, xx (004) - Lunchtime and Ominous Stares]
[April 19, xx (005) - Early Leave and Quick Return]
[April 19, xx (006) - Paper Mismatch Failure]
[April 19, xx (007) - Pandora’s Box]
[April 19, xx (008) - Caught in the Act, Cold Eyes of Rin]

• The paper’s been shredded so finely, it looks like it’s been fed to a shredder?
• Did you tear all that by hand? What the heck
• And then you got caught, lol
• Bangman probably opened the vent again

[April 20, xx (001) - Escape]
[April 20, xx (002) - Help Me, Shin Ah]
[April 20, xx (003) - Shin Ah Still Looks Cool at Dawn]
[April 20, xx (004) - Your Sisters Are Dangerous]
[April 20, xx (005) - Rin’s Ambush]
[April 20, xx (006) - Shin Ah’s Sacrifice]
[April 20, xx (007) - Help Me, Hollow Cry]
[April 20, xx (008) - A Day Under the Desk]

• So Shin Ah disappeared here
• She didn’t show up at the academy on the 22nd
• Since the 15th was a Monday, the 20th would’ve been a Saturday
• So she was missing from Saturday to Monday?
• This is even scarier

[April 21, xx (001) - Teacher’s Office, Homeroom Teacher’s Record]
[April 21, xx (002) - Hiroshi Who Took the Family Certificate]
[April 21, xx (003) - Pandora’s Box, Family Certificate]
[April 21, xx (004) - Half-sister, Only One]

• !!!
• Hahaha
• He really opened Pandora’s Box
• Why did the record stop here?
• It looks like the update and then he got caught

Dashman, who had dreamed of a peaceful life with his sisters,
His expression shattered completely.

“This isn’t the family I wanted! Aaaargh!!”

• Haha, they weren’t even real sisters
• The fake sisters who appeared while he couldn’t remember
• So who’s the real one?
• We need to figure that out first
• This game’s BGM is seriously scary

Dashman, head bowed in front of the monitor, screamed.
It was a terribly rash move.

Click. Click.

The approaching footsteps.

“!!”

Dashman hurriedly turned off the monitor.
He pulled his chair and quickly hid under the desk.

Creeeak.

The door opened.
Someone entered the after-school audiovisual room.
It was terrifying.
Too terrifying.
But he couldn’t bring himself to look outside.

• Is this idiot starting again?
• What’s the point of hiding if you didn’t even turn off the lights?!
• ???

“!!”

In the brightly lit audiovisual room, the intruder confidently pulled out a chair, as if certain someone was inside.

Creeeak—Thud!
Creeeak—Thud!
Creeeak—Thud!

One by one, the chairs were pulled out, confirming the empty space and then shoved back as if kicking them.
It would take time to check each of the desks that were tightly arranged together, but if it continued like this, there was no way to avoid being caught.

Creeeak—Thud!

The sound was getting closer.
Only a few chairs were left.
The chair beside him was almost at the end.
Then, the next one...

Tap tap tap...

Just before being caught, a running sound came from somewhere.
The searcher flinched and hastily left the audiovisual room.

“Who’s there?! Making such noise in the audiovisual room at this late hour without permission... Huh? Damn. There’s no one here.”

The security guard, who had been patrolling, rushed in and turned off the lights before quickly leaving the room.

• Phew, thought we were caught
• The guard carried it hard
• From now on, the security guard and I are one
• So you’re going to do a sensory link?
• Why do that for no reason, lol

With the atmosphere now calm,
Dashman and the viewers were all relieved.
But there was one person who wasn’t.

Ha Eung Eung, watching from ghost mode.

• Silent Swordsman, where are you looking?
• Looking at the mirror above the pillar?
• What do you see?
• Holy crap, that’s creepy
• Why?
• Someone saw Dashman on screen
• Aaaah!!
• I think I’m losing my mind, I think I’m losing my mind
• I’m too scared, I’m too scared
• Please, turn off the game, please turn off the game
• I can’t watch this anymore...
• I’ll watch the edited version...
• It’s too scary to watch live
• Scary things are better when watched together
• But edited versions are scarier?

With a famous line that would be talked about for a long time in the community, Dashman escaped the broadcast.
The “Romance Coaching Battle” that left only wounds.
The romance-free romance coaching battle.
A villainous battle with no winner.
The joint content between the two streamers ended in a draw.

[Then this game.]

• ?
• What game?

[Next time, I’ll do it.]

• ???
• What?
• Yeh?
• Is this Silent Swordsman doing it?
• That cookie scene was epic
• Are you really putting a To Be Continued here?
• This streamer is doing well
• Start from HellSeSal, you idiot!
• We need to see the Ban-Yo-Gok ending before continuing
• Say you’ll watch it fast, you brat!!

[?Silent Swordsman has ended the broadcast.]

• Nope, no way, the broadcast is over
• (Deleted chat)
• (Blocked chat. Remaining time 10:00)