Melancholy Girl in a Horror Game World - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

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[Is this lady okay? She saw Sadako and she still isn’t running? Sadako’s going to crawl out any second now!]

My hand trembled. Sure enough, Sadako in the TV was getting closer and closer to me, as if she would burst through the screen in the very next second.

Holding back my terror, I hugged a throw pillow and lay down on the sofa, revealing a pair of long, fair, slender legs.

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[I mean, okay, but those legs are gorgeous. If I lay down like that, I’d look like half a slab of pork.]

[For real. Sigh. What a waste of such beautiful legs. Might as well admire them while she’s still alive.]

I closed my eyes and chanted silently in my heart.

[Monsters and ghosts, go away. Monsters and ghosts, go away.]

The next second, an icy, slimy hand grabbed my ankle.

Trembling, I opened my eyes-and froze.

Then I immediately sat up and brushed aside Sadako’s long black hair. A flash of amazement crossed my eyes.

“Holy crap. A natural-born melancholy goddess. So beautiful!”

I cried out in awe.

Sadako froze too, holding my foot and unsure how to react.

My eyes were full of appreciation.

That pale skin, that gaunt face, those pitch-black pupils and long hair, plus the faint bluish shadows under her eyes-she was absolutely dripping with atmosphere!

Her only flaw was that she didn’t have bangs. She was missing that touch of messy beauty when the wind lifted the strands of hair.

My hands were itching to fix it. I grabbed the scissors beside me right away.

Then I held Sadako’s hair and coaxed her gently, “Baby, you’re already gorgeous, but you’re still missing a set of vibe-heavy bangs. Wait just a sec, okay~”

Scissors in hand, I moved with practiced ease, smooth as flowing water. In three minutes, I had cut an absolutely perfect set of atmospheric bangs.

I nodded in satisfaction and couldn’t help applauding myself. “Perfect!”

The comments were shocked senseless by my move.

[Woke up too hard. Just saw a player give Sadako a haircut.]

[But honestly, those bangs are pretty good. Way better than that so-called senior stylist who cut mine, and they still charged me 98!]

[Don’t let skills like that go to waste. After you get out of the game, I suggest a nationwide haircut tour.]

Sadako looked at her current appearance reflected in my pupils. Sure enough, she looked much better.

A little reserved, she tucked a strand of hair by her ear, then bowed deeply to me. “Arigato!”

I smiled.

No Japanese woman could resist a super-atmospheric set of blunt bangs.

Sadako touched her bangs, perfectly satisfied, then crawled back into the TV.

I collapsed weakly onto the sofa. Finally, I’d sent her off.

“Dong, dong, dong-!”

The bell rang. Dawn had come.

That cold electronic voice appeared again.

[Countdown: 3 days.

[Surviving players: 30.

[Three stages remain until this instance is cleared.

[Players, please keep up the good work~]