Chapter 3
vEGZ‘Since Smiley is a toy too, maybe this can help heal him?’2YLr0C
tDGIt was a kind of insurance.4mDte
Hl5LnXISince I was trying to fulfill the conditions for the True Ending, I couldn’t afford to let the toys develop too much hostility toward me.Yyw
mcph“What are you doing?”Ft3a
5aEk“Ah, sorry. I was tying my shoelaces for a moment.”5qJfqI
StUcI hurried to catch up with Park Seonggyeon while discreetly glancing back.va0RugV
NZ92“……”MWdr4Y7
aJYBnwdThe candy was still resting on Smiley’s hand.xtcK
81zNnXAThe only thing that had changed was that the mechanical noise coming from him had stopped.ciRfu1
NUENIt didn’t seem to have had much effect.8lFX6
Km8epy7After passing through a long corridor decorated with murals that simply explained the toys of Happy Smile Factory, we arrived in front of a massive plastic door.50ak
WhvOn the walls and ceiling on both sides of the door were dozens of small levers in different colors.Lat
FMlw3“Lieutenant Park, right side.”Yn5NmF
P8fHWhen Mo Haein extended her claw hand, a plastic chain shot out with a snap and grabbed a lever on the ceiling.tL7Aob
Qbc2She quickly pulled down the colored levers on the left wall and the ceiling.eIfCFX
aVpkrPark Seonggyeon did the same with those on the right wall and the ceiling.0sy2
yTe1Normally, it was necessary to observe the color patterns drawn on the floor in order to operate the levers correctly, but from the ease with which they acted, it was obvious they already knew the sequence by heart.KUOiK
T86jRoClack.1Il9W
l0du1When they pulled the final lever, cheerful music began to play and the plastic door opened.iUPjI
AJbd0iMo Haein and Park Seonggyeon entered without hesitation.DfY
vVaThis was the place where players began their first shift as factory employees.cRkrz
3EVHThe task consisted of sorting the toys arriving on the conveyor belt, and since it was the first job, the difficulty was low.1JXA
dIhqVhBHowever, unlike them, I subtly slowed my pace.2ey2r
rxLBWZBecause—P2xNq4
42bH2M“C-Captain.”wIS8H
EZrnG“…The pattern changed.”Z7V
q2rgClack. Clack. Clack.7pzsZ
vAhc0The lights began turning on from the entrance inward, gradually revealing the dark space.dXcDf9
MmpWMusic that should have sounded cheerful filled the area, but it only felt unsettling.Bnw
WCwbAll the toys that should have been quietly moving along the conveyor belt were on the floor.5J7q8
kNCLuStaring directly at Mo Haein and Park Seonggyeon with their shining plastic eyes.Tro61
eSnDing!OcdePhV
GubA system window appeared along with a notification sound.hVcGc
G09ITx9◆ Main Mission: Survive the killer toys.0i2AM
meWTgThe toys do not forgive the adult who attacked Smiley.TqLqD3
rMlsfDYou believe you must survive while escaping from the enraged toys.9OhAl
Bs3i4j4‘That’s what they get for hitting Smiley….’j6EsG
fuXaI sighed inwardly as I slowly moved toward a safe area.arq
qh4As a government organization, the Trial Response Agency enforced very strict rules inside the Trials.zOmgIZ
Y5b20The most important one was.Y1aYuO
mWumGt“No unnecessary contact with NPCs.”lbO3
wRqpgFThe reason was to minimize the risk of infection.MBbe
RFIVOThe Trials brought from outer space possessed a very peculiar virus.9vB8
s2H2Those who became infected suffered physical mutations and developed intense aggression toward humans.kA99J
S1upnDAs an Agency soldier, Mo Haein always followed the rules to the letter.tjKrVk
bVOZoyWThis was probably the first time she had attacked an NPC ahead of schedule.oQVvyh
acTAumgShe had likely expected some changes in the story, but she had never imagined the situation would deviate this much.gVhK
mpJSmxPThe route she was following now was the most difficult of them all.Lnx
eHbBkvThe Collapse Ending route.Zg4rx
zzFIQBy attacking Smiley, the first NPC in the game, every toy in the factory became the player’s absolute enemy.Ksp2Qg
GQlhThroughout every stage, the toys would constantly attack the player, and in the end, the player would escape from a factory engulfed in flames.hUykF
qJ4e8The final line of the Collapse Ending was especially chilling.3x8
2PvvXzxIt has collapsed.cMFzp
1n11GSmiley was torn apart and thrown into the flames, yet even so, he could not die.nmmb
iIg5LYSmiley will return to find the player once more, transformed into a terrible nightmare.fvG0f0d
kLgTIt was an ending I still remembered perfectly.ekL
3WYyYJp‘But the Collapse Ending route is also connected to the True Ending route.’SObIr1V
T47aLnkIf I handled things correctly, I could maintain my role as an ignorant civilian and still obtain the True Ending of Happy Smile Factory.kdLW
brJKmJ6As I recalled the Collapse Ending, a child’s voice began to sound along with the music.RbNF0e
yrKP“It’s the adult who bothered Smiley. An aduuult. A boring adult.”rstd6
mBTjOiuHundreds of toys stared at Mo Haein and Park Seonggyeon while swaying their bodies to the rhythm of the music, as if doing warm-up exercises.L943o
SznaMtULeft. Right. Left. Left. Right….RziYL5
vcQgT“We want to make the adult fun.”4Az
4Hf2MH“But it’s already an adult. Adult. Aduuult. No good. We don’t like it. It’s boring.”XQI
C4kfkE0“Ah!”dNBMeCq
i0LmiThe sound of cymbals rang out, followed by the cheers of children.pkz6
AYIG“We found the answer! Let’s make the adult smaller!”J6ACBDI
eVU2Hc“Smaller. Smaller. Smaller. Like a child. Li-like a child. Smaller. Smaller.”Fzqbs
kQ3tlVV“Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces.”j45rebZ
ljxvMo Haein shouted.JQV
cuZXjW“Civilian!”FnHldV
6X7FnFMPark Seonggyeon, who had been moving his head from side to side just like the toys, suddenly came back to his senses.0AReGY0
YfSMLetting out a curse, he extended his claw hand and grabbed me around the waist.7Ijr
qcQThe next instant, he placed me on the conveyor belt.X0I
TdUqY“If you don’t want to die, stay still here!”nHn41
7tDIn other words, he wasn’t going to save me no matter what happened.Fhd04
Etco2db“Yes!”71NLPlC
d8Jx35CI answered energetically while sighing inwardly.ue1zZy1
RO0The conveyor belt classified the player as a toy.ZuPr9Ms
3EgXHuAIt was a safe zone used to avoid attacks in Happy Smile Factory.2YcM
nX7FCGHowever, there was something neither Park Seonggyeon nor Mo Haein knew.L7Tdm
aoUpNmaOn the Collapse route…W614TMC
qufxThe conveyor belt was useless.pt1
nzewo“Let’s begin turning adults into children!”JzU0Hf
665qhjChildren’s laughter echoed along with the end of the announcement.fkOn
nDQThe toys that had been swaying began popping up like popcorn and launched themselves into an attack.c7TFCu
jTqtCCRMo Haein extended her toy arm toward the ceiling.F3sbU
b14JoAHThe plastic chain latched onto a pipe running across the ceiling, and she hung suspended from it.DiC
7uVWith her human hand, she sliced through the air.WvCLn
9KURoUJAn obsidian guandao appeared out of nowhere.uxak
G7flAweIt was Mo Haein’s item, the Black Moon Blade.CpwyA6
T5g8DThe Trial Response Agency recommended clearing each Trial using only the items obtained within that same Trial.ec3Gmf
1JOECUsing items acquired from other Trials greatly increased the likelihood of generating unexpected variables.fSZT
n7wsQgBut since this was an emergency, it seemed she had decided to bring out the Black Moon Blade.CC7
RSd‘Woah….!’yrLAOQX
wSNpdEven in the middle of that critical situation, I couldn’t help but be amazed.84YhnT
MHoo2a0I was seeing Mo Haein’s Black Moon Blade with my own eyes.koCBC0
ApNAnd from this close.UvjEqBG
KZFgXA3I watched her fight as though I were hypnotized.XJCa
EjfKPPark Seonggyeon pushed away the toys with his claw hand while holding a flashlight in his human hand to shine its light on them.e8YL
xKQrOydThe toys caught in the flashlight’s beam froze for an instant.s0Lc
bQMMo Haein did not waste that opportunity and cut them down with the Black Moon Blade.2iuTSa
v54The toys split apart by the long blade let out screams resembling those of small children while spilling multicolored blood in rainbow hues.R68Z
fvRI would have liked to keep watching, but unfortunately I didn’t have time.oPcjjV
mic99hlWith great effort, I tore my gaze away from Mo Haein.u1xz45N
BWxThen I ran across the conveyor belt, dodging the toys that lunged at me.FPWsoK
qgFI didn’t have any items equipped, but avoiding their attacks wasn’t difficult.CRwM57
EG6Because I knew their attack patterns.HBYx2
660HnYDThe movements the toys made while swaying when the music started were clues to those patterns.ZDa
3guSince I had seen every ending in HasFac, I knew every pattern by heart.m9NIC
IDYAs I sprinted along the conveyor belt, I quickly inspected the toys thrashing around everywhere.dtDj
bVYaXaKNew toys kept coming out of the production pipes, turning the place into complete chaos.auf
xpa8However, finding what I was looking for wasn’t difficult.pU1ZXX
I6DkA mass-produced 15-centimeter Smiley doll.Hp1b6eU
KRtKBlack Edition.ZAks
sl3JorAmong all the brightly colored and fluorescent toys, that completely black doll barely stood out.9ucMGNh
u6nfHVBut it was an indispensable item for obtaining the True Ending.7A9
PUPuiDoI stretched my arm into the crowd of toys.yIEQK
TceE“Ugh…!”f5s1
ewKxSEA burning sensation grazed my arm.HcEk2He
dQhGqjA pony doll wearing an apron had slashed my forearm with the plastic knife it was holding.VHq
LfttEven so, I managed to grab the black Smiley.Cwo
J1uSmiley Black Edition: The only Sad Smiley that exists in the entire world.dzu3kV
kvOcOI ran along the conveyor belt again and arrived in front of some packing boxes stacked behind the production machines.yISLC
hNyAmong them was one that was especially large.SCqvk
nytVIt was the box where the NPC Smiley was originally supposed to be stored.UjK
Hx3jc5Now it was empty because of the attack Mo Haein had launched against him.XUJq5O
XQQPAtSince it had been designed to contain a one-meter-tall doll, an adult could easily fit inside.ET8U
6lw7I climbed into the box and curled up inside it.Jgdr
q3QvxWIt was a rather pathetic sight.KRl5s
SKRWhen it was pixel art, it didn’t seem that strange, but doing it in real life was somewhat embarrassing.nVG
WsC1In any case, once I had settled inside the box, I watched Mo Haein and Park Seonggyeon through the transparent plastic.bVgAP
HOoBy then, they had almost finished off all the toys.Hy2q
5eTC40If I took any longer, obtaining the True Ending might become impossible.5t5
ON7nI quickly examined the Smiley doll.d07J
OWWEvery second was valuable, but I froze.UFtedV
lswY‘Is it smiling?’lJ2tuBw
JQOThe Sad Smiley doll was smiling.6lFAF
UoQA7q6Just as its name indicated, Sad Smiley should have had a sad expression.bAR
rmWqihBut I couldn’t have picked up the wrong doll either.PHw
6UvIn the entire colorful toy factory, Sad Smiley was the only toy without colors.s5MXni9
9iGiddtAs I stared at it, I realized it was stained with my blood.NQuvIn
ZaSWhen my arm was cut, a few drops had splashed onto the doll, but because it was black, I hadn’t noticed.CSHwDg8
YG2J4BI quickly wiped away the blood.T6M3rd
q6iLvQEven so, Sad Smiley continued smiling.tfH
qQxIt was a suspicious situation, but I didn’t have time to think.XesEk
Md4I firmly pressed Sad Smiley’s belly.1sUEbG
Xwu64A recorded child’s voice sounded from inside.3mK
N9M4“Please make Sad Smiley happy.”Irao
29f2spmIn the original game, two choices would appear.WpD3
auRj8— Ignore it.deURVxU
71DvJLB— Ask how to make him happy.LDxMh5m
AYfdBut there were no dialogue options here, so I had to speak directly.6Pr1GTa
ZfHrjYh“What do I have to do to make you happy?”R74Qti
nXzzIn the game, Sad Smiley was supposed to give a clue related to the hidden secret of the toy factory.YYXz
ZFpQM0b“Please become Sad Smiley’s owner.”WJMJ8
NJCDid it just tell me directly…?IRN
RCZ“Let’s stay together forever. Being together is fun. If it’s fun, it’s happy. Forever. Foreeeeever. Forever. Forever. Forever. Foreveeeer….”97FoqF
ZybYwCrack!1Nf2KD
KdKcThe Sad Smiley in my hand split in half.f6dy
sCGGqIBlack blood splattered across my face.yv6e
9u8j“I told you to stay still, civilian.”2Lf
U9e2uMo Haein was staring directly at me while holding the Black Moon Blade stained with rainbow-colored remains.AIUEel
CvWHolding half of the Sad Smiley, I climbed out of the box.kzivwl
tewlThe transparent plastic of the box where I had been hiding had also been sliced in half, so getting out was easy.2M1rpc
wgtwd4Everything around me was stained with rainbow colors.Gik9EdF
Km3a“I told you not to move on your own!”tW8f0
kyMjdNBPark Seonggyeon frowned and shouted at me.h3Oqfc
KZqI was still stunned by Sad Smiley’s strange behavior, so I reacted a little late.Fcu3
GoQ2xi“Sorry. I was on the conveyor belt like you told me, but the toys attacked me, so I had to dodge them….”j2HH
wgF“They attacked you even though you were on the belt?”feXV
sn7XqlMo Haein’s and Park Seonggyeon’s expressions instantly turned serious.DTFrtT
8mN5dXEWhile they briefly discussed it between themselves, I found the other half of Sad Smiley that had been sent flying away.O3BU632
7qqG1lI placed it next to the half I was holding and set a Nut Candy on top.Kiq
86aI stared fixedly at Sad Smiley’s smiling face.1VA
fr2DWwWow, this was a completely unexpected situation.Iky3XRQ
oXd0wpMy heart was pounding with excitement…!ZCqs
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