Chapter 74: Chapter 74
The dude starts walking straight up to the glass door with that confident stride. Ray’s locked onto his back from the sidewalk, eyes narrowed. Still lugging the tripod, camera still rolling.
Chat instantly starts tweaking.
[Bro actually walked in!!]
[Ray staring HARD lmao]
[Follow him Ray]
[We finna see if this shit real or what]
Ray hurries after him from behind, gripping the tripod tight so the camera stays glued on the guy. The little crowd on the sidewalk’s getting bigger, some people already pulling out their phones to record too.
The dude finally reaches the front patio by the entrance. He stops for a sec, then glances back at Ray with this cold, shady look. Like he’s saying "you finna get exposed."
Then he pushes the glass door open and steps inside, crossing the threshold.
Soon as his foot hits the restaurant floor, a male server walks right up with a friendly smile.
SMACK!
The server’s hand cracks him clean across the left cheek. The sound echoes loud enough to hear from outside.
But the dude doesn’t even get mad. He just smiles back at the server, gives a polite little nod, then turns around and walks right back out without saying a word. Once his feet hit the sidewalk again, he looks straight at Ray and the camera with full confidence.
"See? Nothing weird! The waiter just said what’s up and welcomed me like normal. You saw it yourself, right?"
Chat fucking explodes.
[WHAT THE FUCK HE GOT SLAPPED AND SAID THAT??]
[HE DOESN’T EVEN REMEMBER GETTING SLAPPED]
[HIS BRAIN GOT RESET OR SOMETHING??]
[This worse than the mall yesterday]
[Shook as fuck but still smiling]
[This straight up mass gaslighting]
A ton of viewers are losing their minds. The dude is deadass talking like he just got a normal greeting instead of getting slapped stupid.
Ray stares him down, voice calm.
"Yo, feel your cheek. Does it hurt?"
The dude lifts his hand, touches his now-red cheek. His face changes instantly. Fingers freeze on his skin, eyes go wide.
"...It hurts. Why... it hurts like hell?"
He just stands there quiet for a few seconds, hand still on his cheek. "Wait... I actually just got slapped?"
Dude looks lost as fuck. He stares at Ray, then glances back inside where SMACK! SMACK! is still echoing and everybody in there is smiling like everything’s totally normal.
While they’re still standing on the sidewalk near the patio talking low, a group of people walks by and one of them steps into the restaurant. Soon as he crosses the door, a female server greets him with a hard slap.
SMACK!
Chat goes full chaos.
[ANOTHER DOUBLE SLAP!!]
[THAT DUDE GOT IT TOO!!]
[HE JUST STANDING THERE?? CONFUSED AS FUCK]
[Chat is actually losing it rn]
[Ray check the chat bro]
Ray quickly glances at his phone. Viewer count already climbing past 2.1k. Chat scrolling like crazy. Views already cleared the daily mission target, but according to the system, the alter duration has to end first before Ray gets his reward.
The dude’s still frozen in place, hands touching both cheeks one after the other, mouth slightly open but no sound coming out.
A few seconds later he turns to the camera. Voice low but clear on stream.
"Is this actually some weird phenomenon... like when state info leaks out?"
Viewers get even more skeptical.
[THAT GUY’S PROBABLY A PAID ACTOR TOO]
[Ray paid him to act confused]
[This setup is god tier]
[If it’s real why he just standing there]
[Gaslighting again]
Ray shakes his head quick at the camera.
"Nah. I’m not paying nobody. This shit’s actually happening."
Suddenly a donation notification pops up.
[User "ChaosEnjoyer69" challenges: "If it’s real, go inside Ray! So we can actually see if it’s real or not. Don’t just stay outside."]
Ray swallows hard. Throat dry as hell.
"I... I’m already feeling dizzy out here. Especially if I go inside. Better not."
Chat goes hard with the doubt.
[Scared]
[Lying Ray]
[This staged as fuck]
[Gaslighting again]
[You scared to go in or what?]
Then another big donation hits.
[User "ChaosEnjoyer69" gifted 150 subs! "I’ll add more if you got the balls to go inside right now. Prove it yourself, Ray. Or you only tough from outside?"]
Chat loses it.
[150 SUBS?!]
[Ray HAS to go in now]
[GO GO GO]
[Viewers at 2.8k already]
Ray stays quiet for a second. Breathing kinda heavy. He stares at the glass door still full of slapping sounds and smiles inside. The crowd on the sidewalk’s getting packed, everybody watching him.
He swallows one more time, then looks dead at the camera.
"...Aight. I’m going in now."
While thinking to himself,
’Fuck... I gotta act again, damn it...’
Ray adjusts the tripod, scoots it a little closer to the door, then starts walking slow toward the open glass threshold.
Ray stands at the doorway, breathing kinda heavy. He glances at the camera for a second, then deliberately tilts the tripod and flips his phone so the camera points straight at his own face. Now viewers can see him clearly — face trying to stay calm, but inside his head he’s thinking hard as fuck.
’I gotta act like a victim of this common sense alteration I started myself. Fuck... this is gonna be rough.’
He takes a deep breath, then steps through the glass door.
Soon as his foot crosses the threshold, a female server comes right up with a big smile.
SMACK!
A hard slap lands clean on Ray’s right cheek. The sound is loud. The pain is real — his cheek instantly burns and throbs. But Ray doesn’t get mad. He just gives a thin smile while holding back the sharp sting, lightly touching his cheek like he’s politely "accepting the greeting."
"Thank you," he says quietly, voice a little tight from the pain.
Chat explodes in seconds.
[SHIT RAY GOT SLAPPED!!]
[Ray smiling??]
[Even Ray got hit!!]
[This shit is insane]
[This phenomenon is real]
[Ray get out bro!!]
Ray quickly glances at chat while still standing inside, camera still on his face. He reads a few comments fast, then talks to the camera with fake confusion.
"Ahh... y’all are weird. This is normal though. Probably just me hallucinating. Or maybe only this place isn’t affected by the phenomenon?"
Ray’s playing with the viewers, acting like he’s already under the bullshit phenomenon.
Chat instantly goes chaotic.
[Shit, even Ray got affected]
[Ray got hit by it too!!]
[Ray get out right now!!]
[It’s dangerous Ray!!]
[GET OUT RAY!!]
[Viewers at 3.4k already]
A bunch of people are panicking and spamming him to leave. "GET OUT RAY!!" and "RAY LEAVE NOW!!" keep popping up nonstop.
Ray pretends to hesitate for a second, then gives a small nod to the camera.
"...Aight. I’m coming out first."
He turns and walks back out through the glass door. Soon as his feet hit the sidewalk and the night air hits his face, he readjusts the camera to face himself again.
Ray touches his still-burning cheek, face looking confused but relieved.
"Wait... I didn’t get slapped? You guys saw, right? The server just smiled and said welcome. Is what we saw from outside just an illusion? Or... did I misremember?"
Chat starts blowing up again.
[Ray clearly got slapped!!]
[The slap sound was loud as fuck]
[Ray actually got hit!!]
[This is real phenomenon]
[Ray your cheek is red!!]
[Dude this is crazy, no way someone’s this chill after getting slapped that hard]
[For real bro, Ray ain’t lying, this is actually a world glitch...]
Suddenly more donation notifications pop up, even bigger this time.
[User "RealityCheck88" donated 80 subs: "This is real Ray. You clearly got slapped. Your cheek is red on camera. Don’t gaslight yourself."]
[User "Huntercunter" gifted 50 subs: "We all saw you get slapped. You’re the one misremembering now."]
Ray stays quiet for a bit. He pretends to touch his cheek again, looking even more confused. In his head he knows exactly what’s happening — he’s the only one not affected by the Alter he activated himself. But on camera, he has to stay acting clueless.
"My cheek... it hurts. Damn... why does it hurt? Maybe my memory’s wrong? Was there actually a slap? Or did I just... imagine it?"
He stares at the camera with eyes that look like he’s questioning reality itself. His cheek is red and hot, but he still forces a small smile at the viewers, like he’s trying to convince himself.
Chat gets even more panicked and loud.
[Ray actually got affected]
[Ray don’t go back in]
[Are we all hallucinating now??]
Ray stands on the sidewalk, camera still on his confused face. Inside the restaurant, SMACK! SMACK! keeps echoing clearly through the open glass door. Everyone inside is still smiling like nothing’s wrong.
Ray swallows hard, voice low to the camera.
"...I really don’t understand shit anymore."
But in his head, only one sentence keeps looping:
’I’m the only one still sane here... and I gotta keep acting.’
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