Chapter 4 : Announcement

Chapter 4: Announcement

Playing game was really not every player’s cup of tea, but after “Arcs of SHION” was released worldwide. It piqued Dienn's interest, he was a ‘mystery and crime games' nerd.

He got curious about the sudden increase of ratings and the overwhelming excellent reviews on the web. It was famous not only because it’s a novel based game but because of the fact that anyone could counter any arguments throughout the game.

Although everyone knows that everything in the game plots is scripted, it doesn’t change the fact that all players are free to say what they like as long as it’s accordance to the rule implied.

He was currently on a phone call with someone that he one-sidely marked as his girlfriend which really wasn’t the case since it was his classmate from way back to his college days. He tapped his computer and moved his character throughout the game—same time speaking with his old classmate who’s also into this game. Serving his function of being Dienn’s guide.

He was guided by the so-called girlfriend to some office room. Afterwards, he obtained some items and then the call was hanged up on the other side. One thing he got from the instructions is, he had to complete the Arc and do some tasks that will be given by the NPCs—another is to chill out and see how things turned out in a spectator’s point of view. He chose the latter and just observed throughout the game. He doesn’t like this kind of crappy plot anyway. What he’s in for is a classic mystery solving game or a crime-based kind of plot.

On the other hand, Yenn got stuck in his tasks and had to carry loads of paperwork from up and down the company building. Damn that torturous manager, he basically became a slave because of her!

“I swear I would slap that hag later” he calmed his irritated nerves and finally convinced himself to give that player a vicious slap later.

Right now, his character is inside the company basement, he headed there to put the bunch of old paper works. When the punishment started, he heard the door opened and two guys entered the room. He panicked and hid behind the bunch of stacked papers that he regretted doing so, his character was crouching down but his eyes were entirely focused on the steamy scene. It was like an animated porn which totally drove his guts mad.

Witnessing the scene, he blushed feeling an excited bulge in his pants then he heard the system restriction of not moving or freezing at the same spot finally ended. Though because of that restrictions, he had to endure the entire moment of staring on the screen unblinkingly and an unturnable head —for almost seems like an eternal in just a few minutes of him sitting unmoved on his bed. He snapped back when the system announcement message blocked the scene in front.

‘Oh, it ended? But…hey! This system scum! You made me wait for 10 minutes watching these two animals in heat mating with each other! Oh God, Oh freaking God, wha—why do I have to witness that f*ckin scene.’ His mind turned into a blunder but one thing he’s sure of —this game is really nuts!

He stands up and walked out of his room finding his way to the bathroom. Shameful as it is, he did get hard! “Damn it” he groaned in frustration and start relieving himself in the toilet.

Meanwhile, In an apartment complex, there are two person’s room where a bright looking young man entered inside he put his bag down and approached the guy whose currently focusing in front of the computer. “Jiwoon Hyung, you’re playing that game again?” He asked then the guy looked at him sideways his hand continued to move the mouse as he replied “You play this too you know.” Byul stared at him smiling then he sits down and opened his laptop. He logged in to the game and start playing too.

On the other side, Hailey continue to play in front of her computer. After torturing the points robber a.k.a. her assistant—Yenn. She finally felt better. Since she’s in a good mood, she decided to treat him better and lessen his workloads.

Spending almost an hour in the game really made her hand numb so she want to hurry up and finish the game. She couldn’t care less anymore she just want it to end since her points was already stolen anyway. She pulled the pen in her inventory intending to throw it out but she got startled after hearing a system warning.

‘Damn I almost lost my points there.’ After hearing the rule, she became careful and think. She decided to find out who the protagonist was, but could it be the protagonist isn’t in the company? But the system said that he’s supposed to be here. And the protagonist looked exactly like the director. Could it be the protagonist isn’t here yet? When she was racking her brains out, a system message popped up on her screen saying the real protagonist has been found!

“Argh! That point robber again! Damn it he stole my points again!”  She scowled in rage as she slammed her hands on the table near the keyboard. After consoling herself she continued playing the game while eating cup noodles, when she finished sipping the soup in her noodled cup, the system announced a new guy in the finance department and was a hot topic among the co-workers. For he looks exactly the director too so everyone thinks that the other one and him are twins!

Although the other was a country bumpkin, this one was a hot shot! He’s a financial accountant from the other branch of the company. He was transferred here (the main company) because of his outstanding skills! “He’s definitely the protagonist!” Hailey said out loud while staring at her computer’s screen.

After a few days in the game, she saw the protagonist looking for something. He was pacing back and forth from the hallway through the room. When he saw her, he bowed and continued to search for something. She clicked him and a dialogue popped out. Her character cleared her throat and said “Are you looking for this?” she showed the pen. The protagonist face lit up and thanked her. “Thank you, Manager! I really thought I’d lost it I’m really grateful to you for finding it for me”

“Oh? Well, I saw that you dropped this pen yesterday, and just picked it up. I was planning to give it yesterday after work but you already left.” Hailey explained as she handed the pen to him.

After hearing the announcement, Hailey finally felt satisfied having a hundred points in one game really made her happy although she still had a grudge on the points robber for having more points than her. Playing the game for almost two hours now, the system finally announced the story completion! Then she saw a bannered message in an open enveloped style.

[Finally, the awaited event for everyone! ‘Every player who get to play 100 Arc stories hell mode will be rewarded with $5 million dollars, be a top tier player and a chance to meet the creator as a character in the game and as well in real life.]  The sudden announcement flooded the chat box with amusement and curiosity. It finally gave them a big reveal!

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