My Iyashikei Game Chapter 5: How is this an Iyashikei Game?

The black shadow beside the couch materialized at the bedroom door. Han Fei could barely make out the shape of a person. It was squatting on the ground with its head lowered. Han Fei half knelt on the bed as if petrified. The mouldy long red cover draped over his back. ‘If I’d known that this is an action game, I would have been much more prepared but the boss and the internet reviews all told me that this is supposed to be an Iyashikei game. Who the fuck would be prepared to escape for dear life in an Iyashikei game?!’

He stared transfixed at the bedroom door. His brain started to spin after a temporary shutdown. He was already caught in this conundrum so it was fruitless to blame the game. He would have to survive within the given rules! To exit the game, he would have to satisfy two conditions: 1. Play the game for more than 3 hours. 2. Complete at least 1 mission.

‘I have already completed the fuse mission at the granny’s home. I remember when I first logged into the game, I saw the wall clock show that it was midnight. The last time I checked the bedroom clock, it was 2. 44 am, so technically I only need to survive for another 16 minutes and then I can get the hell away from this place!’ Han Fei’s brain had never worked so fast. Staring at the door, his muscles tensed and his fingers tightened around the cleaver handle. ‘Based on my earlier inspection, there was no one inside the bathroom, and it is not large enough to hide anyone so what the hell is this thing? Hell, is this creature even the same one as the thing that escaped from the bathroom?’

Han Fei only needed to survive for another 16 minutes but the big question was, how? Things were certainly spiralling south. He could not tell whether the cleaver would work on these creatures or not, in fact, the cleaver was for his own comfort than anything else. He was told to lie in bed and then somehow, the bathroom door opened without explanation. After that, some unknown creature materialized in the living room before moving to block the bedroom door. This sur

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