A sudden action from Silver Hair , Silver Hair .
Instead of taking the relatively easy route, she dived onto the booster pad.
“Why go for the thorny path, lol?”
“Booster pad is crazy fast, though?”
“It’s accelerating even more than expected, lol.”
“But you need that much speed to dodge the tracking drones.”
“The surroundings are just flying past, lol.”
Another problem arose.
Maybe it was because the speed of the tracking drones had increased.
The acceleration from the booster pad was also much faster than in normal situations.
Of course, to avoid the faster drones, gaining more speed made sense.
Rydel felt like she wanted to close her eyes as the scenery rushed past in a blur.
“Silver Hair-nim, stop for a moment!”
Rydel shouted desperately.
But it didn’t seem like Silver Hair, Silver Hair was even watching her stream.
Typing in chat wasn’t an option either.
Silver Hair Silver Hair’s words echoed in her mind: “Just keep pressing the forward button.”
“You don’t need to hold forward while on a booster pad.”
“Say what you need to, Delbung.”
“Once you reach top speed, there’s no need to keep holding forward.”
Comments from viewers who had either watched other streams or played the game themselves.
“Oh, really?”
While on a booster pad, releasing the forward key wouldn’t change the speed.
Other streamers had also experienced booster pads.
The problem was that this time, they were part of a triple-layered trap.
Cautiously, Rydel took her hands off the movement keys.
[Rydel: Silver Hair-nim.]
[Rydel: I don’t mean to be annoying or anything.]
[Rydel: But can’t we just take it slow?]
[Rydel: We’re all gonna die at this rate~]
It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Silver Hair, Silver Hair’s skills.
But this was the last stage.
One mistake, and they’d be sent back to the very beginning.
Wouldn’t it be better to just play it safe instead of taking unnecessary risks?
Why insist on the harder route?
[Silver Hair Silver Hair: If we don’t use the booster]
[Silver Hair Silver Hair: The ramen will get soggy]
[Silver Hair Silver Hair : If it gets cold and soggy, it tastes bad]
[Silver Hair Silver Hair : This ramen is precious…….]
“Wait, she was actually eating ramen?”
“I thought it was just a joke.”
“Ramen is sacred, lol.”
“Yeah, soggy ramen sucks, lol.”
Rydel’s hands went limp.
The track was indeed long, probably to account for the booster pads.
But for that reason alone?
“…I don’t think she’s joking.”
It felt less like watching a normal person and more like witnessing an eccentric genius.
If it were anyone else, it’d be hard to believe, but with Silver Hair Silver Hair… it actually made sense.
《‘Hwangap Nooreong-i’ donated 5000 won!》
Ramen is best when it’s swollen like porridge… hehe.
“Ugh, gross.”
“Living up to the username.”
“Get out.”
“But wait, how is she even typing in chat?”
“For real, that’s the weirdest part.”
“I’m more amazed by Nooreong-i.”
“Yeah, how did she type while dodging all those saw blades?”
The scenery blurred past like afterimages.
At this insane speed—Somehow, Silver Hair Silver Hair was dodging every single rising saw blade.
That alone was impressive enough, but typing in chat at the same time?
It felt like watching a circus act.
“Well, I guess we don’t have to worry about the ramen getting soggy.”
For all the jokes, her skill was undeniable.
As long as nothing went wrong, an ultra-fast clear was entirely possible.
As long as nothing went wrong.
“But… is it just me, or do I see drones that already exploded?”
By now, the game should’ve just let them clear the stage.
But apparently, the developer had other plans.
From the finish line, something was rocketing toward them, crackling with blue sparks.
The pursuit drones they thought were destroyed.
“Resurrected pursuit drones, lol.”
“The dev really doesn’t know when to stop, lol.”
“Are there normally this many?”
“Feels like there are even more than before.”
“This is straight-up overkill!”
“Yeah, charging in with electricity like that is just ridiculous.”
“For real, lol.”
It was unclear whether they had respawned or if more were just programmed to appear at this point.
But there were definitely more of them than before.
‘If I just hit the brakes again…’
The technique that had destroyed the first wave of pursuit drones.
Slamming the brakes to make the drones crash into each other.
There was no way the AI of the pursuit drones had been updated in real-time.
If she just repeated what worked before, it should still be effective.
“Wait, that’s not even one wave?”
“They’re coming in with a delay, lol.”
“WTF, that’s crossing the line.”
But the developer was even more ruthless.
The drones weren’t attacking all at once.
Instead, they were coming in waves, with slight delays in between.
“How the hell do you dodge that?”
“Looks impossible….”
“Yeah, that’s kinda messed up.”
‘If it’s like this…’
Brake control wouldn’t work.
Brake control relied on having just the right speed before slamming the brakes.
Even if it worked once, doing it twice in a row was impossible.
Acceleration took time.
Before she could even build up the right speed again, the next wave of drones would shock her into oblivion.
And more than that—There was a fundamental problem.
“Wouldn’t brake control somehow work?”
“You’re on a booster pad right now.”
“How are you supposed to brake?”
“You can’t even stop, right?”
‘Ah.’
In all the chaos, she had completely forgotten.
If she had been at a moderate speed, she could have forced the pursuit drones to self-destruct like before.
But right now, she was on a booster pad, moving at maximum speed.
In this situation, slowing down quickly was impossible.
‘This is…’
More dangerous than expected.
The drones were coming straight at her—dodging wasn’t an option.
Forcing them to self-destruct with an emergency brake?
Also impossible.
Even if, by some miracle, she pulled it off, the next wave of drones would still get her.
Checkmate.
A true no-win situation.
The game had thrown in an unavoidable trap.
“At least make it possible to clear.”
“Are they just telling us to win by sheer luck?”
“So we’re supposed to get shocked and just pray we dodge the saws?”
“Yeah… this is kinda messed up, don’t you think?”
Difficulty was fine, and watching streamers suffer was fun.
But an impossible stage?
That was a different story.
At the end of the day, viewers wanted to see struggle and victory.
Even Rydel and her chat were starting to feel frustrated with a trap like this.
And then—‘She’s moving backward?’
Silver Hair Silver Hair had started slowing down, shifting into reverse.
Even on a booster pad, some speed control was possible.
Not pressing the forward (↑) button wouldn’t slow her down, but pressing reverse (↓) would slightly reduce speed—acting as a kind of brake.
As she gradually reduced speed.
She positioned herself in the same V-shape formation she had used before, when she destroyed the first wave of pursuit drones.
“Is she going for the crash trick again?”
“But how is she gonna stop?”
“She’s going too fast for that to work.”
“At this rate, she’s just gonna crash head-on.”
‘Yeah…’
Both the chat and Rydel were confused.
Silver Hair Silver Hair had slowed down slightly by moving backward.
But at maximum speed, slowing down took too long.
There was no way to pull off the same emergency brake trick she had used before.
Even if they crashed, she wouldn’t be able to avoid getting shocked.
That first brake control maneuver.
With near-miraculous timing, Silver Hair Silver Hair managed to.
Make the drones crash into each other without touching her.
If she had simply rammed into them, electrocution was guaranteed.
And getting shocked meant losing control for 10 seconds.
Without precise movement, the rising saw blades would tear them apart.
That’s why it was a checkmate situation.
‘What if all three of us stopped at the same time?’
Rydel considered the idea.
It was the only way to slow down even a little.
The first time they destroyed the pursuit drones, Silver Hair Silver Hair had braked alone.
This time, all three of them would do it together.
Silver Hair Silver Hair would brake first, and at the same time, both herself and Delbung #3 would stop in sync.
Since all three were involved, they would slow down much more than before.
‘This is a mess.’
Even to herself, the plan sounded ridiculous.
They weren’t even sure stopping was possible in the first place.
And even if they managed to stop and make one wave of drones self-destruct.
The next wave would still take them down.
But right now, brake control was the only idea they had.
‘She said there was something important she needed to do.’
Silver Hair Silver Hair had mentioned that she had a crucial role to play at some point.
Was this braking maneuver what she had meant?
“Really, it’s nothing special.”
It wasn’t some incredible control technique—just stopping for a moment.
All it took was pressing the ↓ button to brake.
It hardly seemed important enough to call a crucial role.
“But the final scene is the highlight.”
The incoming pursuit drones were probably the last obstacle.
If she did anything at the final moment, she would stand out far more than the effort it took.
Rydel, having guessed Silver Hair Silver Hair’s intention, waited for a command.
A signal for when to stop, or something like that.
‘But why is it so quiet?’
The drones were already right in front of them.
Yet the game chat remained completely silent.
Silver Hair Silver Hair said nothing.
“10 seconds until impact!”
“Uh, are they gonna crash?”
“They’re really gonna crash!”
“Did Silver Hair just give up?”
Just when it seemed like a collision was inevitable.
BZZZZZT!
A saw blade suddenly appeared right in front of them.
Before the pursuit drones could hit, the blade struck Rydel’s character instead.
BZZZZZT!
The moment she touched it, her body was thrown into the air.
“AAAAH! We’re doomed!”
Rydel screamed.
With all the momentum they had built up, she got hit by the saw blade.
The only silver lining?
It wasn’t one of the big ones.
It was just a small protruding saw, so she wasn’t flung completely off track.
But still, she was airborne.
‘So… she’s human after all.’
So even Silver Hair Silver Hair made mistakes.
That thought crossed Rydel’s mind.
She had been pulling off miracle plays until now.
But maybe she had finally reached her limit.
It was lucky she had only hit a small saw blade.
She wouldn’t be sent all the way back to the starting area.
But if this was really due to a lapse in focus or some other mistake.
Then there was no way to dodge the incoming swarm of pursuit drones.
CLANK—!
A chain rattled behind her.
Since Rydel was airborne, she had no control over her character.
But Silver Hair Silver Hair, behind her, could still move.
She must be trying to keep me from flying off track.
That’s what Rydel thought.
Until the chain yanked her character forward.
Straight into the middle of the incoming pursuit drones.
“Wait… what?”