– Ding.
<Someone has been killed by the murderer.>
This system message indicates that the “murderer’s” activities have begun. Considering that murders can only occur once every 10 minutes after the content starts, it was quite early.
“Wow, this was an immediate kill as soon as the timer hit 10 minutes…. Who is it?”
Even Jee Hye-min, the planner and host of this collaboration, didn’t know the identity of the murderer. If she knew in advance, it would be obvious.
Pure 100% random designation. Given the immersion of the content, it was an unavoidable choice.
However, if one of the members from the Reimu crew, which had conducted the “Hide and Seek with the Murderer” content countless times, happened to be the murderer, an uninteresting ending could occur due to inexperienced gameplay, so several countermeasures were prepared.
One of them was the existence of a “spy” who assists the murderer. The spy creates discord among the citizens or frames a specific citizen as the murderer, and if left alone with the murderer, they win.
The spy role requires higher content proficiency and cunning compared to regular citizens or murderers. Thus, it was decided from the content planning stage that Jee Hye-min herself would take on the spy role.
– Ding.
<Someone has been killed by the murderer.>
‘…At this rate, it doesn’t seem like I need to help.’
As soon as 10 minutes passed since the first murder, another murder message appeared, indicating that it wasn’t necessary for Jee Hye-min to step in. If Jee Hye-min joined in now, the citizens could suffer too much.
Therefore, rather than fulfilling her duties as a spy for the time being, she wanted to balance the gameplay between the citizens and the murderer for an exciting progression of the “Hide and Seek with the Murderer.”
At that moment, she approached Diah, who happened to pass by.
‘That’s not Ha Eun; it’s Diah, that’s not Ha Eun; it’s Diah…!’
Jee Hye-min had been using honorifics with Ha Eun until now. However, using respectful language towards Diah, who had an RP of being a one-year-old spirit, could seem strange in various ways.
“Diah~. Did you find anything~?”
“…I haven’t found anything yet….”
“Oh? Why does your voice sound like that?”
“…I’m scared….”
In the current live broadcast situation, she spoke informally as if to a close younger sibling.
– So cute, seriously.
– Her voice is trembling already!
– Baby Diah is scared of the chase.
– The 30-year-old spy who wants to leave a one-year-old baby to be killed by the murderer (not fabricated).
– This is bound to stir up controversy.
Jee Hye-min tried hard to ignore the suddenly speeded-up chat window due to Diah’s appearance. The so-called “cuckoos” were quickly cut off by the broadcast managers at the speed of light.
Anyway, since she had met Diah, she planned to ask for her impressions of the collaboration. She was not averse to giving advice to Diah, who seemed to be struggling with the content.
However, just before Jee Hye-min could open her mouth,
“Um, boss….”
“?”
“I found something like a box earlier, but no matter how much I jump, I can’t reach it….”
Since Diah had asked for help first, Jee Hye-min said,
“Where?”
“Over there, by the brick roof….”
For Diah, who had no hints regarding the murderer, Jee Hye-min decided to fetch the hint for her. Reaching the hint box that Diah had discovered required a certain level of control skills. Given Jee Hye-min’s control skills honed through years of broadcasting Minecraft, she was more than capable of demonstrating.
Giving an advantage like Jee Hye-min’s help to a beginner like Diah didn’t seem problematic at all.
What followed was a so-called “parkour.”
Jee Hye-min’s avatar, utilizing the surrounding terrain for jumps, gradually got closer to the hint box.
However, the moment she reached the highest platform, Diah—who had earlier stated she couldn’t reach the hint box due to her lack of control—suddenly appeared right behind her.
-Thunk.
“?!”
Diah had swiftly closed the distance and immediately struck Jee Hye-min’s avatar, knocking her off the platform. The tremendous fall damage suffered by Jee Hye-min’s avatar from the subsequent drop was imminent.
Right after, Diah’s avatar also landed right next to Jee Hye-min’s avatar. Almost simultaneously, Diah pulled out something small and sharp from her inventory.
“Stupid.”
-Swish─!!
Once again, she struck Jee Hye-min’s avatar. Since Jee Hye-min’s avatar was already in a dying state from previous fall damage, she couldn’t escape and died immediately.
– Ding.
<Someone has been killed by the murderer.>
“Ah, no…. What’s going on!!!”
– LOL.
– Hah, it’s hilarious!
– It’s a total fail! LOL.
– An 11-year veteran streamer defeated by a one-year-old (not fabricated).
– That’s hilarious!
– I can hear the shotgun sound all the way over here! LOL.
It felt like disbelief was walking out on me. I had conducted the “Hide and Seek with the Murderer” content dozens of times over the years, but this was the first time I had been killed in such a way.
Moreover, Jee Hye-min was the spy.
The spy who was supposed to help an inexperienced murderer.
Yet, she had fallen for a murderer pretending to be a citizen, got blindsided, and met her demise.
There wasn’t any scenario that Jee Hye-min had previously envisioned that included such a pathetic death.
‘Did I get outsmarted? Me?’
For a while, she tried to deny the reality of being eliminated from the content, but she couldn’t deny that all the processes leading up to this moment were Diah’s plan.
If she hadn’t been killed in one hit, she could have escaped for sure.
With Diah’s level of gameplay, Jee Hye-min could have easily evaded her with her godlike control.
The problem was that Diah also knew very well about Jee Hye-min’s exceptional control skills. The situation where the possibility of escaping did not exist was likely a result of that understanding.
In the first place, the identity of Diah was known to be D.A, someone who had been watching Jee Hye-min’s broadcasts for 11 years, so it was only natural for her to be aware of Jee Hye-min’s outstanding control skills.
“…You said you couldn’t do parkour… you said you couldn’t even reach the box….”
– You should believe those you can believe!
– Is it really Rang Ji’s fault for believing the murderer?
– I honestly didn’t think Diah would be the murderer. LOL.
– That’s not a skill you gain from just one or two experiences.
Concealing Diah’s control skills and putting Jee Hye-min off guard was certainly not a trivial accomplishment.
Thanks to that, only Jee Hye-min, who perceived Diah as a Minecraft rookie, looked foolish.
Well, either way.
With Jee Hye-min dead, all she could do was spectate as a ghost.
“Let’s see how well you can stab your boss in the back….”
– Oh no!
– Diah’s life is in danger!!
– Is our Diah going to be on the street?
– Guardian of the castle, don’t fail now!
– I can hear that sound all the way here!
With sharpened eyes, she began to watch Diah.
It was 10 minutes later, when one of the braver citizens, Mile, encountered Diah.
“I found an item called the murderer’s journal! Diah, what did you find?”
“Well, I found something, but….”
“You found something?”
“I’m not sure what this hint really is…. But just in case, would you like to have a look…?”
So, after handing over the item that was a spy’s token, which Jee Hye-min’s avatar possessed, when Mile began reading the item’s description with a curious tone, Diah, pulling out a knife, said,
“──The traitor who wants to survive alone by sacrificing everyone’s lives—”
-Swish─!!
“I heard your last words well…☆”
Without a hint of knowledge, Mile was brutally murdered.
Witnessing this scene with her own eyes, Jee Hye-min could only be excited in a way that was different from before.
She had never seen a murderer commit a kill in such a manner.
– Ding.
<Someone has been killed by the murderer.>
“Huh? Wh-what? Did I die?!”
“Yep. Mile killed you.”
“? Why is the boss dead?”
“Somehow it turned out like this.”
Right after, Cream, who had been dead for a long time, joined the group.
As they watched Diah commit murder in increasingly bizarre ways, everyone started munching on popcorn.
As time passed, the remaining number of players was down to four.
Excluding the murderer Diah, only three citizens remained.
However, possibly due to the fact that more citizens were killed with no results, the remaining citizens became extremely vigilant.
In response, Diah also stopped any further murders and began to gather hints diligently, lingering around one of the citizens, “Lettuce.”
It was natural that viewers would become suspicious of Diah’s actions at such times.
“What… is she thinking? She’s only two hints away from revealing who the murderer is?”
“Right? With the murder cooldown, she can’t go after three people at once.”
“Everything must be planned. Let’s just watch what this pure troublemaker does next.”
So, a period of silence followed without any murder messages appearing.
Finally, one of the remaining citizens found another hint.
“Ugh… Mama!!!”
“?! Wh-what’s going on?!”
For some reason, Diah suddenly shrieked like a bird and rushed toward the closest citizen, Lettuce.
Meanwhile, another citizen, “Chun,” had also joined Lettuce.
So,
“Lettuce said that the Cloud Lord was trying to kill me!”
“Wait? The Cloud Lord?! Where is he right now?”
“I-I don’t know. I kept running away, and then suddenly he disappeared.”
The slander against the absent citizen “Cloud” took hold perfectly.
To make things worse, the citizens had not been able to track Cloud’s whereabouts among the three.
As a result, Lettuce and Chun concluded that Cloud was the murderer and set off in a group of three to find him, including Diah.
When they finally confronted Cloud, they understandably said,
“Give up, Cloud. It’s all over.”
“Wow, seriously, this is insane! It wasn’t me!!”
“Diah and Chun have been working so hard to find hints. The only one who doesn’t know where they were is you.”
Cloud, the innocent citizen, was accused of being the murderer who had killed numerous citizens until now.
Accusations about how he could commit a series of murders without showing any reaction were a bonus.
From Cloud’s perspective, who had been searching earnestly for the last hint about the murderer, it was truly maddening.
However, unfortunately for Cloud,
– Thud! Thud!
“Die, murderer!!”
“Hey! Seriously, Chun! You’re doing this too!!”
Chun launched an attack on Cloud’s avatar, determined to eliminate the murderer before it was too late.
Despite the fact that Cloud had been making every effort to evade and survive, he ultimately couldn’t withstand the assault and died.
However, the problem was that.
-Boom!!
Due to the penalty for one citizen killing another, lightning struck from the sky, turning Chun’s avatar into ashes.
“Uh…?”
As a result, two innocent citizens vanished in an instant.
Faced with the unexpected situation, the final remaining citizen, Lettuce’s rationality temporarily shut down.
The stupid question that escaped Lettuce’s lips came moments later.
“Uh, Diah… why did Chun die?”
“…Curious?”
– Chills.
“Uh, uh, no… not really…?”
“…It’s a bit short for last words☆”
Before a second had even passed, Diah’s avatar—who had not been holding anything until now—grabbed a small, sharp dagger.
And then, with a swift motion.
And, Ding.
<Someone has been killed by the murderer.>
In the end, justice was not served.
All that remained were silent stillness and the acrid stench of blood.
Thus, at the moment the murderer successfully killed all the citizens, waiting for the content’s final report.
– Ding.
[ Jju-rin has donated 10,000 won! ]
: “If you type ‘bad at this,’ it’s 50,000 won.”
“…50,000 won!”
A mission involving a substantial amount of money reached Diah.
Sure enough, clack-clack.
And then, enter.
<Diah> – Bad at this.
The four-letter phrase that spectacularly finished the first official collaboration of the Reimu crew exploded the chat window of all the members.
Internet communities that were live-streaming this collaboration also erupted.
– Real-time) Diah: Bad at this.
– How did no one notice? LOL.
– Would you expect the person who was curled up in fear of the murderer to be the murderer?
– The girl who was cheerful only at the opening couldn’t even speak properly after hearing the murderer <<3 letters.
- ???: Did everyone have fun until now?
- The essence of the final murderer is to turn them against each other.
- Ugh, it’s you again, Kurosaki Ichigo.
- We decided to call this ‘set-up’ from now on.
- Let’s not use difficult words and just call it shady politics, shall we?
- Why is that a difficult word?
- The Reimu crew has fallen! Now Diah and the sunsets rule here!
- With just one win in early season, what do you have? LOL.
- Yeah, your leader got taken out first.
- This isn’t the first time we had trouble combining the handcuff item in Murderer Hide and Seek, right?
- The combination items themselves have all been collected.
- But why can’t we combine them?
- Everyone died before they could get to the combination location.
- Well, it can’t be helped then, sure.
The news related to this Reimu collaboration, which hit various communities like a tsunami, astonished not only the fellow members but also the collaboration participants.
As soon as the “Hide and Seek with the Murderer” content completely ended, various questions flooded toward Diah.
However, since Ha Eun, who had to film the opening of <2 Nights 3 Days> in a rural mountain village 10 hours later, said,
“Um, I have to wake up early tomorrow… so I’m afraid I have to head out now.”
With a more cautious tone, she requested understanding from all the collaboration members before immediately shutting down her computer.
Almost simultaneously, she headed for the bed and fell straight asleep.
Still, even though she had gotten two or three hours less sleep than usual, she had to wake up to get onto Ju Jung-yun’s black van.
Since Ju Jung-yun, noticing Ha Eun was still drowsy, forcibly reclined the back seat to encourage her to sleep a bit more.
Thus, she inevitably had to dive back into the dream world.
However, because the thrilling aftereffects of the first collaboration still lingered,
‘…When was the last time I saw her smile like that?’
Once she fell into sleep, she wore an expression far from her usual calm demeanor.
Subsequently, after a long time of gazing at Ha Eun’s rising smile, Ju Jung-yun’s choice was.
– Click!
To capture this rare scene with her camera.
It was right after that when she sent the sleeping photo of Ha Eun to Na-yeon and Sung Yoon.
Of course, it was kept strictly secret from Ha Eun.
As time went by, they finally arrived at the opening location for <2 Nights 3 Days>, and she cheered Ha Eun on with a simple “good luck.”
“In case you happen to catch one, make sure to contact me~. I’ll come right away to take pictures… no, I’ll bring you the clothes to change into~.”
“…I thought I heard something strange in the middle there.”
“It’s just your imagination, just your imagination~.”
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