I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend chapter 228

228 – [4] VHS Tape

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“What is this?”

“It’s not just a square container, it looks very unique.”

“Oh, when I turn here, the tape moves.”

Shape of a wide rectangular parallelepiped.

There was tape inside, and the overall appearance was close to black.

“Brother, do you know what this is?”

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“Well, that’s right. This is my first time seeing something like this…….”

“Umm…… Isn’t this actually an extremely old item?

“Well, that’s it? Even as a person born in the late 2010s, this is my first time seeing something like this.”

“But if you look at the tape here, it looks like film. Isn’t this something that records things?”

It’s my first time seeing this and it’s an amazing object.

I thought it might have come from Chareltea, but the material of the shell was plastic.

No other than that, the object was actually a video tape.

To be more precise, it was a VHS tape that disappeared into the back of history half a century ago.

Of course, many people here did not know the identity of the object.

I asked and asked again, and it was at a time when I had no idea how much time had passed.

“This is a very old item, but are there still people using it?”

“Old stuff?”

“Yes, it is a product used to store video media, such as Blu-ray discs, which were discontinued some time ago.”

Today, it has been pushed aside by USB memory and cloud storage.

Until then, it was an object carried along with a CD on one’s shoulders for the purpose of storing something.

It was something that only those who were quite old could not know about.

Of course, the means of recycling were also no longer being produced.

“But how does this work?”

“There are separate players? Just put it in there and spin it.”

“Separate player? “Where do you get that?”

“Really? “I think you might find it if you look for it in an antique store or something like that.”

So the gang members visited Irish antique stores and auction sites.

In the process, several days passed, and by the time the transaction was completed, too much time had passed.

“Wow, I managed to get it from someone named Nartica. “They say it’s old, but isn’t it too expensive?”

“But I’m glad I now know what this is. “Vice-head.”

I sat in front of the TV with members of the organization who were filled with doubts.

I connected the player’s cable to the converter, connected the cable from the converter to the TV, turned on the power, and inserted the tape.

The video started playing with a creaking sound.

A rough screen, like a television broadcast after a broadcast, appeared for a moment and then disappeared.

And then I saw a woman sitting on a bed far away.

However, because the video was made using old technology, it was not possible to identify exactly who it was.

“Why is the picture quality like this?”

“The sound is a bit strange, and the noise is too much.”

“No, is it always like this?”

“It’s f*cking old technology. “What on earth do you all want?”

“Shh, I guess you’re going to say something. “Everyone be quiet.”

However, it was not a woman speaking.

It was as if the people on both sides of the camera she was looking at were always saying something.

I listened carefully to see what the sound was, but I couldn’t understand it because the original sound was quiet and interrupted.

My doubts were piling up, and my expression was gradually becoming frowning.

“Huh? What?”

“She wasn’t the only one, right?”

“There is only one man…… Two…… Three…… Four…… Five?”

“No, look closely. One of them is a woman.”

“Looking at my short hair, does it look like a man?”

A few additional people appeared on the screen.

Soon they headed towards the woman sitting on the bed.

Some people sat right next to us, some right behind us, and some on the floor.

The sight of the woman standing close to him, as if to highlight her, caused a strange feeling of discomfort.

Just before people started asking, “Why is there such a thing?”

The woman was found to be staggering slightly and smiling strangely.

“What is it? Did you take any medicine? “Why is it like that?”

“You really didn’t do drugs, did you? “It looks just like the druggie next door to us.”

“But don’t you all feel like you’ve seen that person somewhere?”

A strangely familiar feeling.

I felt like I had seen it somewhere before.

The shell you see right now is a different person.

The hunter’s intuition is that the person they know is actually someone they know.

– “…… Dear family. “Hello everyone?”

And, when the first words were spoken.

Some of the gang members, including the vice leader, were shocked and surprised.

“Boss?”

An expression that their boss habitually uses.

What’s more, the overall accent was the same as Boss’s.

– “It’s your boss, Anthony Omeden.”

He even said out loud that he was the boss.

However, his boss was a man and the person in front of him was a woman.

“Uh, how?”

– “Everyone was very worried because I suddenly disappeared, right?”

Don’t worry too much.

How much money, people, and time was spent on the immediate search?

– “But you don’t have to do that anymore. “Because I am enjoying a happy life now.”

“Lie!”

Someone shouted.

This was because the boss who told me that living masculinely was the greatest joy was showing a completely different side of me.

– “Here, these people are helping you live that life. “They are all good people.”

“Those big guys?”

“There are even tanned ones and blonde ones?”

“What on earth is this…?” ….”

No matter how you look at them, they don’t look nice.

It was even more so because the two people with oddly pointed ears had dyed blonde and platinum blonde hair.

– “I might worry about how I will make a living in the future. But you don’t have to worry about that at all.”

“I’m not worried about the boss, I’m worried about us right now… ….”

Don’t worry, the person who kept order within the organization like my father ran away.

It could be said that there is no statement more vulgar than this.

– “After I became a woman, I fell in love with Internet broadcasting. Lol… ….”

“Wait a minute, what are you into?”

– “People call me Boss-chan. “It’s also a mixture of very cute words.”

“f*ck, what the f*ck?”

– “Every time I hear something like that, I feel better. “Is this called love?”

“Mchang.”

Reunion with the boss was the worst.

It ended up being the worst, in a way I couldn’t have imagined.

It was so terrible that some people even pulled out their heads.

Some of the others left the room as if they couldn’t bear to see them anymore.

“Oh, no! That’s a lie! “The boss can’t do that!”

“But in that video now—”

“I’m not sure if he’s the real boss! “It could be someone who uses a similar speaking style and accent as the boss in the first place!”

“Calm down for a moment and watch the video first─”

“No! You don’t even need to see it all! The picture quality is this low and there is a lot of noise in the first place, so what else is there to do other than watch? “It must be mana manipulation!”

Of course, there were also people who claimed that this was all a fabrication and that the boss would be safe.

They were in a fit of denial as if they were denying reality, and then were dragged away under the orders of the deputy leader.

The rest of the people stared at the video of the boss, who was just talking nonsense.

– “…… “My dream is to become the best female hunter and broadcaster.”

– “…… So don’t just think it’s too late, go forward and find a second chance in life and a new dream.”

– “…… Got it? I trust my family. “I believe that you will be able to overcome the crisis well without me.”

That was the end.

The video continued to play, but no sound was heard.

I just stood still as if everything had stopped.

All that can be heard is cursing from people watching it.

Even this did not continue after the video ended.

1 Minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, time passed by in vain.

The deputy leader sighed heavily.

I immediately ended the video and pulled the tape out of the player.

“f*ck you!”

I threw the VHS tape on the floor.

The tape shattered with a cracking sound.

“Boo, vice-minister!”

“How much I trusted and followed you! “You betray us like this!”

The reaction was so intense that it could be exaggerated.

Soon, he ran outside as if he was extremely angry.

The atmosphere became even more depressed due to the deputy leader’s heightened reaction.

On the other hand, an atmosphere was created where it became clear that the person in the video was the boss.

There was no objection, only despair.

The organization was beginning to rush toward destruction.

“…… But there is no leader and the assistant leader is angry, so what do we do now?”

“So…… ?”

No one could answer.

The monkeys, who only followed instructions from bosses and executives, were at a loss as to how this happened.

* * *

My body was shaking.

I didn’t cough, but I felt goosebumps.

“Who tells my story?”

“Suddenly?”

“No, I got goosebumps as if someone was gossiping about me.”

Of course, I couldn’t tell if it was true.

I just said that out of instinctive warning.

“What, are you really scared?”

Cheonma-ri, sitting next to him, smiled slightly like a cat.

Soon, as if something worth teasing had arisen, he tapped my shoulder.

“At best, I just stole people away and took follow-up measures. “Our Jiangshi is such a fearful person that he becomes weak-hearted because of something like that.”

“The follow-up measure taken was a deepfake that was barely synthesized using AI. “Wouldn’t it be strange if you weren’t scared?”

An action that was unavoidable due to lack of cooperation between the parties involved.

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It’s a shame that in today’s era, individuals can use deepfakes as they please. If it weren’t for them, they would have tried to appease them.

“It’s a shame because I used reused VHS tapes…… “If I hadn’t done that, the chances of getting caught would have been 50 to 50.”

The performance of old storage devices is quite poor.

Low quality, noise, blurred faces, broken edges, harsh sounds, strange frames, etc…….

Of course, if I got caught even though I did this, there was nothing I could do.

At that time, it would be correct to think that it was just bad luck.

“I think VHS tapes are a bit ambiguous, too. “Wouldn’t it be a really big deal if that were to be discovered?”

“It’s unnecessary to scare people. So you added another safety device, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Cheonma-ri nodded as if that was true.

That was because there was no safety device more certain than that.

Only time will tell whether this will work or not.

There was no need to think too hastily or deeply.

That’s why I don’t like things getting complicated in my head.

I waved my hand and said I didn’t want to discuss this story anymore.

Instead, I looked at the necklace in my hand.