Content [II]

Returning home, Danny put his groceries into the kitchen table and immediately checked the phone he just bought just now. He have tested the phone quite a lot earlier but he wanted to ensure that he is doing it normally and to also explore all of its new functions. He wanna make sure he didn't got scammed on his money and he actually got a legit phone for a very bargain price.

First thing he did is insert his prepaid sim so that if the hospital calls again, he can answer immediately. He didn't want to miss another news related to his mother. Once the sim is secured, he started to inspect everything on that phone. He checked if there are emails already bound on the phone or are there any leftover stuff that the old man left behind on the phone.

So far, there's nothing that he has to be afraid of. The phone is quite clean, even the gallery of photos and videos are empty. He also made sure to check the file manager to ensure that the storage didn't have any hidden stuff that would bloat the storage only for him to find out something was amiss on that phone. He even went to his PC and started checking on every single feature of the brand new phone to ensure that this one he is holding does not have a single feature missing, which would indicate if this was fake or legit.

In the end, the test results ended up as the phone he is holding to be a legitimate phone of that brand. All the features of the new phone is present on that phone and is functioning properly.

"Wait...this phone is totally legit...everything functions normally. Not only that, there's no marks related to the previous owner. It was like he just bought this phone and then resell the thing to other people without using it!" Danny was exhilarated from the discovery. He actually snag a very good phone that was supposed to be one of the most expensive phones that is out right now.

He was so happy to know this that he didn't waste time to bind all of his email to the phone that he will need in the livestreaming. Now that this phone is his, he will ensure to take advantage of this phone and use this as his new partner for livestreaming.

With the emails bound to the phone, he exited the email and was about to lock the phone when he realized he missed something from the phone. One that he didn't recognize.

"LIVE?"

The logo of the app called "LIVE" is a red camera. It was like a camera app that is like some sort of add-on that would enhance the effects of the regular camera. Danny was curious about this app as he didn't remember hearing any sort of app with the name of "LIVE" and so he decided to ask the internet search bar for answers.

However, he realized that the app he was looking for is not even searchable on the internet. The only things that would appear once he search live are the various definitions of live and other stuff. There are also a few stuff related to the word "live" but not to the specific app called "LIVE".

"Strange. I swear this app was not here before," Danny muttered to himself as he tried to uninstall the app. He dragged the app to the large X to remove it only to be greeted with a system message.

"This app cannot be removed."

"That's strange..." Danny frowned and continued to attempt to uninstall the app, only to be greeted by the same message again and again. He even went to the settings and decided to uninstall the thing out of the phone, only to be greeted by the same thing.

"Wait...don't tell me this was a virus of some sort?"

He is not much of a tech savvy, but he knows a few things or two. And seeing an app that persists, there are only two reasons why they cannot be removed, first, it must be a virus and cannot be removed via normal means...as for the second, it must be a bug and a developer app appeared that should have been cleaned up along... and yet the whole thing remained.

But he is curious on the app itself and why it was called "LIVE" in the first place. To ensure that he won't regret it, he decided to install an antivirus on the phone that he had a subscription for. If that app suddenly does something that he would regret, the antivirus will immediately block or quarantine the whole thing.

With the little defense he got, he decided to click the app and open it.

As soon as he clicked the app, the whole screen went red. Then, the words "LIVE" appeared on the phone screen. It stayed on that title screen for a bit before it faded and he was greeted by a video on his phone. It was just a text, but it was like talking straight at him.

"Hello, dear user. So you must be the new tester, I see. Seeing that you clicked the icon of the phone means you are curious about this app, yes?"

Danny is a bit perplexed and so he checked the phone's wifi connection and cut it off before anything would come to harm on his phone. But he just realized that the wifi was not connected just yet in the first place. He haven't entered the password of the wifi that would allow him to connect to the internet.

"There's no need to panic, tester. You are chosen and you accepted the task properly. After all, you are desperate for something, aren't you?"

Danny is creeped out, although he isn't voicing out his thoughts, it was like the one talking before him is reading his thoughts. And one that is on an app not connected to internet, it was quite a coincidence, right?

"There is no coincidence, Tester. Anyways, let me ask you a few questions and you must answer each question truthfully."

This app made the creeps out of him so before the app can continue to do something creepy, he exited the app...only to realize he can't do that.

"I already told you, tester, you must answer the questions...whether you like it or not."

Danny is now creeped out and decided to turn the phone off. And yet, that function still didn't work. Seeing that it didn't work, Danny opened the back of the phone and removed its battery, to ensure that the phone will stop the app from functioning.

But to his horror, when he flipped the phone again, the same app is still doing it.

"It is useless, tester. Just answer the questions so that we can be done here and move on."

"F*CK YOU!" Danny throws the phone as hard as he can. No way in hell would he care whether the phone was new or not, he didn't want a possessed phone in his possession.

However, as soon as he throw the phone away, instead of crashing to the wall like his old phone does, it instead disappeared and in a blink of an eye, the phone reappeared on his phone, causing great horror to the poor man.

"Stop making this hard for both of us, Tester. Now, for the question, what is your name?"

"WHAT ARE YOU?! F*CK! NO WONDER THAT OLD MAN SOLD THIS PHONE TO ME SO CHEAPLY! THIS F*CKING THING IS CURSED AS HELL!"

"Wrong answer tester...I said NAME."

As soon as the words appeared on the screen, his mouth started to move on its own and his eyes starts to hurt like it was being gouged out of his eyeball sockets. Tears starts to well up his eyes and he felt like he is about to cry blood anytime as well. And his mouth seems to be forcing itself to speak for its own. The more he tried to resist, the more the force is like trying to rip his jaws off of his face.

"D-A-N-N-Y!"

"Ah, so it is Danny. Good, good. So, you are tester Danny."

As soon as the words appear before his screen, the pain in his eyes disappeared and his mouth that seems to be stretching from being forced to speak has loosen once more and he can control it again. His body is back to normal again and he managed to move once more. The first thing he did is to blink and rub his eyes to confirm what just happened. He really thought blood was flowing out of his eyes, but his eyes are not showing any signs of blood, just tears due to the result of the pain he felt earlier. He even started to shake his jaw to ensure that it wasn't broken or moved or dislocated.

Bullets of sweat began to appear on his face as he realized what just happened. That experience is something he didn't want to experience again, but that feeling of being possessed and taken by something, it was a scary feeling. And all of these was the cause of that phone. The cursed phone. He grab the phone that is currently on the floor and on the screen are the few words that seems to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Tester Danny. You will now be given the initial test to ensure that you are worthy of the tests that we will be giving in the future. Please follow the test and fulfill the conditions, and gain rewards! Otherwise, fail and meet the consequences!"

After those words disappear, the screen changed a few menus appeared before him.

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Tutorial EVIL Tale

Daily EVIL Tales - To be unlocked

Weekly EVIL Tales - To be unlocked

Monthly EVIL Tales - To be unlocked

Daily Bonus - To be unlocked

Shop - To be unlocked

??? - Complete more Evil Tales to unlock

Status - To be unlocked

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He is unsure what he is but the button labeled as Tutorial EVIL Tale is glowing for a while. He wanted to break the phone and destroy it but what if that same possession thing happened again? And since he is holding something to break it, wouldn't that make matters worse? Not only that but throwing the phone didn't work as it just returned to his hand, assembled and ready to go.

There is only one way for him to know what it was and that is to click whatever this button was.

CLICK!

The menu opened and a message appeared before him. It wasn't something he was expecting to see but he decided to read its contents.

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Tale: There were two foreigners who bought an old but luxurious mansion in the outskirts of Wellington City. Due to how far it was from the nearest neighbors, the mansion became a place of rumors and talks of the people. Not only that, but mysterious disappearances of people, adults and children alike are also reported multiple times. And for some reason, every time a disappearance is being reported, various cars visit the luxurious mansion every time. According to the rumors, perhaps the two foreigners who are living on that mansion are kidnapping those people that are missing, however, there are no proof related to that. Years have passed and according to the locals, the mansion has long been abandoned however, is it really abandoned?

Mission Details:

Discover the dark secret of the Abandoned Mansion in the Outskirts and survive until dawn! Failure to comply with the quest will result in the reduction of the host's lifespan by 30 years.