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Chapter 24 A Strange Family
A ripple of malfunction flashed by, as if the image had been interfered with by something.

Then, the scene changed abruptly!
The originally joyful moving scene instantly transformed into a dimly lit kitchen.

The young wife was washing something with her back to the camera when suddenly the scene flashed, and a strange woman with a deathly pale complexion appeared next to her!
It stood there blankly like a doll, its wet black hair clinging to its cheeks and neck, obscuring its features and appearance.

The wife didn't even notice its presence and continued washing something.

The next second, without warning, the wife picked up the kitchen knife next to her and slashed her own arm without any hesitation!

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In the black and white image, dark blood spurted out and trickled down the arm.

Then, she slowly and stiffly turned around, continuing to self-harm while staring blankly at the camera along with the pale woman.

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Inside the Skynet space, some players who thought it was nothing special suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.

Is it scary? No, it's not scary!
But there was an indescribable sense of eeriness and unease.

The young wife, with the most indifferent expression, did the most painful thing, as if she weren't cutting her own hand.

This seemingly painless demeanor makes the player feel that the young wife before them is both human and not human; in short, like a pseudo-human.
At this moment, the TV screen flickered again due to a malfunction.

Shila-

Scene change.

This time, it was a bedroom.

The camera focused on the desk, where the lively and adorable little boy was sitting upright, only his quiet profile visible, holding a pen in his hand, seemingly doing his homework diligently.

The atmosphere seemed a little too quiet.

The players' hearts tightened again, sensing that something was amiss.

Sure enough, the screen flashed again!
It's that weird interference pattern again!
Then, in a spot out of the camera's reach, the woman with pale skin and wet hair reappeared!

She silently and slowly walked into the camera's view, eventually stopping behind the little boy, standing there blankly, doing nothing but facing the camera.

However, this silent sense of oppression made the players outside the screen feel suffocated.

The next second, a sudden change occurred!

The little boy, who had been quietly doing his homework, suddenly went berserk and tore his workbook to shreds! Paper scraps flew everywhere.

Immediately afterwards, he grabbed the pen on the table, and without even looking at it, he stabbed it hard into his left arm!

puff!puff!puff!
One blow after another, and then another!
The force was so great that it felt as if it weren't his own arm, but rather a piece of insignificant wood.

Dark blood quickly gushed from the wound caused by the pen tip, flowing down his tender arm and dripping onto the desk, spreading a small dark stain.

The little boy, just like his wife before him, slowly turned his head to face the camera.

His face showed no sign of pain, only numbness and emptiness. His eyes were fixed on the camera as he mechanically self-harmed with a pen while staring intently at the lens.

"..."

"I...I kind of regret turning off the comments."

Inside the Skynet, a player muttered to himself, shuddering as he felt goosebumps all over his body.

This scene, which wasn't scary at all but was incredibly eerie, was deeply imprinted in his mind.

From now on, I'll probably think of this scene every time I pick up a pen; it seems it'll be a part of my life for a while now.
At this moment, the screen flickered again, accompanied by the appearance of interference ripples, and the scene changed once more. This time, it was a bright outdoor scene, looking like a tidy little courtyard.

A high school girl in a white sailor uniform is watering a small patch of flowers with a watering can.

This is the eldest daughter with a smile on her face, who appeared in the family documentary before.

Players stared intently at the screen, eager to see how this time they would wreak havoc on the sunny girl.

Sure enough! The next second, that eerie woman, pale-faced and with wet hair, reappeared!
She walked silently to the girl's side, stood there blankly, and remained motionless.

Her deathly pale face turned toward the camera, as if it could pierce through the screen.

The girl seemed not to see her and continued to pour water on herself.

The next second, she shuddered and threw away the watering can, splashing the water all over the floor.

Then he picked up a shovel and quickly began digging, his movements swift and mechanical, like a pre-programmed procedure.

The players stared wide-eyed, holding their breath as they watched.

With a brief flash of light, static covered the screen.

When the image stabilized again, the sight before them caused a collective gasp within the Skynet space, with many people instinctively covering their mouths.

The girl knelt on the ground like a kangaroo, burying her head in the soil.

The bright little flower that she had just carefully watered was now planted neatly on the mound of earth above her head, looking strangely eerie.

The pale-faced woman remained standing to the side, expressionless, silently meeting the gazes of each player watching through the screen.

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"..."

"……Hold."

After holding it in for a long time, a player finally uttered this word, his tone already somewhat numb.

After turning on the bullet comments, all sorts of comments popped up.

"Are these people bewitched by a ghost? Mind control? This ghost seems pretty powerful, maybe a magic-based one? It looks stronger than Chu Renmei's strength-based one."

"What? You can't say Chu Renmei is on the power side just because she killed 66 people in three days! She was on the magic side because of her deep resentment! It's just that her destructive power is a bit greater."

"Mom cuts her hand, son pokes himself, sister plants herself... Is Dad going to perform 'stewing himself in an iron pot' next?"

"To be honest, this documentary isn't scary, but it's also creepy! It feels like watching a social documentary, giving me the feeling that it actually happened."

"Holy crap! Yes, yes, yes! I knew it felt unsettling to watch it, it's because of its realism!"

One player, upon seeing the comments, suddenly had a profound realization.

The source of that creepy and inexplicable feeling I had been feeling before has finally been found.

"Goodness, that explains why we used a black and white documentary style to portray this, with so much noise. It turns out it was all to create a sense of antiquity and realism, just like those old videos online of aliens or sea monsters. Even though times have changed and the resolution has improved, the videos still look like they were taken with a landline phone, full of noise and blurry."

"Is it the father's turn now? I wonder what he'll do."

At this moment, a strong sense of unease gripped the players.

The extra pale woman was clearly not human, and each time she appeared, she instantly turned a normal family member into a strange person, doing things that ordinary people could not understand or even dare to imagine.

So what will happen next?
The players continued to stare at the screen.

Then, the next second, something unexpected happened.

(End of this chapter)