Life Comes First

After casually glancing over the restroom, A Shu immediately controlled the now-playable protagonist and hurried outside.

After all, the cramped, filthy restroom, paired with the slightly dim lighting, felt rather oppressive.

He was afraid that a ghost would crawl out of a urinal or something and give him a scare the next second. After all, Restrooms were always high-risk zones in horror games and movies.

Stepping out of the restroom and seeing the scenery outside, A Shu could not help but freeze slightly.

It was not because he had been scared, but because he was confused.

Was this really a horror game?

Looking around, he could confirm that this was a remote suburban area of a small town.

Mountains, forests, and a lake could be seen in the distance. The game was even set during the day, rather than in a dark environment like Outlast or Resident Evil.

If there was anything strange, it was that the low walls and roads around him looked weathered, and the entire town was incredibly quiet.

But that had nothing to do with horror at all!

If he had not known that Silent Hill was a horror game, A Shu would have thought he was playing some kind of relaxing vacation game.

He looked around. Barricades, trash cans, and a sedan with its door open—this appeared to be the protagonist's car. There was nothing particularly unusual about it.

After taking a couple of steps around the area, the game entered an uncontrollable Cutscene.

The protagonist slowly walked toward the low wall. At the same time, a woman's voice seemed to speak beside his ear, clearly something someone from the protagonist's memories had once said.

"In my restless dreams, I see that town—Silent Hill."

"You promised you'd take me there again someday."

*"But you never