4444

Hello there. I am Jayrold and this is my entry, named 4444. This story happened in the Philippines so there may be dual or multi language scenes in Tagalog (Filipino), English and Nihongo.
==April 3, 2019==
Oliver, a student in Far Eastern University Manila rushed quickly to his apartment where he lived for a month now since their 7:30 pm class is already finished. He finished all of his chores and assignments and ate his dinner before finally sleeping. His usual sleep time is 9:40 pm so to pass the time, he took out his phone to play Minecraft Pocket Edition.
He opens Minecraft and it seemed normal. The interface is normal, the texture pack is normal and upon creating his Survival world, it pretty seemed pretty normal.
He spawned in a savanna, with tons of oak and acacia trees and some pigs, cows, just enough for him. He was lucky to spawn in such biome. He continued on his survival until night.
At night, after he has created his bed, he slept in it, but just as he was clicking on it, the chat said the usual ``You can`t sleep now, there are monsters nearby". He checked but there was no hostile mob around, even his roof. Then he suddenly heard some piston sounds 4 times that led him to a cave. To his surprise, some sort of redstone link leading inside is what he saw. He entered the cave and suddenly the entrance was blocked. He used his stone pickaxe to mine the cobblestone blocking the way but upon mining just a single block, it broke. So he had no choice but to go forward.
He went forward and saw a room. He entered the room and suddenly a potion of harm was splashed onto him and the floor became magma. Not lava (duh) but MAGMA. He was already gaining damage and before he managed to step on the ``throne", he had 4 and a half hearts left.
He stepped on the throne and that`s when someone chatted. It was from a 4444.
4444: I see that you have entered my lair. What are you doing here?
Oliver: Umm.... the entrance was blocked.
4444: You are such a fool to follow this redstone line. It ain`t redstone, but BLOOD.
Oliver: Wait, what?
Then Oliver fell into another room, this time with some armor stands and paintings of.. dead people. He walked along and he saw some of his already dead classmates who died after playing Minecraft for the fourth time. Then on the 16th armor, it was him, still without his head and his painting there. But it was circled in black.
Then, 4444 went back. He has a dark gray body with light gray eyes and a black chestplate. He was holding a diamond sword and walked to where he was standing.
4444: 私はあなたをばかにします! (I am coming for you fool!)
Before the power went out, including his phone.
All the lights in that floor went out. He checked every room and saw nobody inside. It was already 9:16 pm which means he is about to sleep but as he was going back, he heard some footsteps from the stairs. He was on the 4th floor of the 20-storey building and it is usually the floor that has all the lights on so, it is very creepy for him. He stepped back into his room and went back to sleep, thinking about what the hell he just saw.
==April 4, 2019==
He woke up breathing heavily. He looked at the alarm clock and it said 4:00 am. It was such a rainy morning for him and the whole Manila because of Typhoon Nancy and it was Signal no. 5, so classes in all levels were suspended. He quickly opened his phone and his Minecraft world, only to find out that the situation has gone worse.
He is back on the savanna, on his spawn point not far from his house except that the world itself was in grayscale. Not knowing how it ever happened, he just continued investigating `till he sees 4444 again, this time holding an iron sword.
Oliver: Ba`t mo ba ko sinusundan? (Why are you following me?)
4444: Come with me. I will show you everything you never knew about this game.
Oliver: Ha? Ayoko! (What? I don`t want!)
Then Oliver`s character got teleported into a desert but with a lot of loot on the floor, ready to be collected. But it is not regular bacon or regular flesh or whatever, they are some.... human flesh? Skulls of many players? And 4 quartz pillars? What is all this?
Oliver continued to move around but upon arriving at one of the pillars, his character has stopped moving. He doesn`t know how to make it move because his phone is not lagging. He waited for it to move again and it did, but it went the opposite direction. He later accidentally stepped on a pressure plate (the iron one) and suddenly set off some..... blood?
The blood fell all at once and sinked the whole savanna with 4 blocks high liquid that suffocated Oliver`s character. His water breathing potion won`t work at all. He fell to the bottom and tried to resurface but the blood has frozen and he couldn`t break the ``ice". As he was gaining damage, 4444 went above him and chatted..
4444: You never wanted to see this but, this is Minecraft. It is a game where you just finally die in the end in a brutal way, not the way we all see it and respawn. There is no more return for you. By the way, I`LL GO TO YOUR HOUSE
He wanted to chat but he finally died. He tried to look at the details of his world, and suddenly saw that the seed changed. It was from 67134 (not mentioned before) to 4444, the anonymous player`s username. He deleted Minecraft, successfully after exiting it. But after doing it, he recieved a call. He checked where that call came from and it was from a 09164812204. He thought it was his landlord (owner of the apartment) `s new phone number. He answered.
09164812204: I am outside your home.
Oliver: Ma`am, magbabayad na ba`ko? (Ma`am, will I pay already?)
09164812204: Remember the Minecraft world you played? It`s me shishishishi (4444 in Nihongo when pronounced by digit)
Oliver: HA? (HUH?)
09164812204: Lock your doors and close the windows now, I`m already at the second floor.
Oliver drops call*
Then he did as he say, and finally hid behind the door which is already locked. He took his phone and opened his camera tool to take a video.
He peeked the camera outside. Outside was a Japanese man with pale skin, wearing a dark gray robe and is holding a katana (samurai sword). He was waiting outside. 4444 did not utter a word and just looked at the window. To his view, there ain`t anybody inside. Before 4444 could kick the door open, Oliver already hid in his room with his phone.
4444: I know you are hiding in here. Come out.
Oliver did not utter a word and he tried to keep quiet. But 4444 already opened the door of his bedroom and looked under the bed. Oliver ain`t there. He checked in the cabinet. Oliver ain`t there either. He looked everywhere but the back of the door. Since Oliver is so thin and his bag is behind, it seemed normal for 4444. Oliver sighed but 4444 heard him. Carrying a paper bag with him as well, 4444 opened the door and covered Oliver`s head with the bag to suffocate him, leaving him unconcious.
4:44 am, Oliver finally woke up, but instead of waking up in his bedroom, he was in his kitchen. And he was duct taped to one of the chairs with his hands behind the chair and his mouth gagged. 4444 walked around him slowly. This is what he said.
4444: Any last words, Oliver-san?
Oliver was squirming to break free from the tape, and he was saying something but it is muffled that it could only make up ``Tulong!" (Help!)
Then 4444 finally ended the sequence by stabbing Oliver 4 times on the chest. Oliver fell down with the chair and finally laid unconscious, again. He was still breathing though. 4444 left without a trace, with Oliver`s room clean.
Except for the evidence.
A neighbor was able to record what happened and saw all the evidence left. After 4444 left, his neighbor, Erick entered the room and woke up Oliver. Oliver woke up and once again, screamed ``Tulungan niyo ako! Saklolo!" (Help me please! Help!). Erick removed the gag and freed Oliver. Then, Oliver spoke.
Oliver: Tumawag ka ng pulis Erick! (Call the police, Erick!)
Erick: Kalma lang pre, tatawag ako ng pulis. (Calm down bro, I`ll call the police.)
Then the police arrived. His room was closed for investigation. All of the evidence was handed over to the police.
Oliver was in the hospital already when he testified with a terrified voice.
``Ano po eh, nag Minecraft kasi ako kahapon.. Tapos biglang may nakapasok po sa world ko na hacker.... binabantaan po niya ako.... tapos pumunta kanina... bigla po akong nawalan ng malay..... tapos pagkagising ko nakatali na ako tapos sinaksak ako ng apat na beses sa dibdib...."
(So, I was playing Minecraft. Then a hacker entered my world, he was threatening me.... and came a while ago... I fell unconcious... then when I woke up I was tied up and he stabbed me four times in the chest...)
``Ano pangalan ng sinasabi mong hacker?" (What was the name of that ``hacker"?)
``4444 po." (4444)
``Alam mo, hindi lang ikaw ang nabiktima niyan ni 4444. May ganiyan ding eksena doon sa may Makati pero Hapon yung biktima tapos namatay... masuwerte ka at nakaligtas ka pa."
(You know, you aren`t the only victim of 4444. There was a similar scene in Makati but the victim is a Japanese man and he died... you are lucky that you survived.)
The policeman was right. In fact, between 2018 and 2019, 21 events similar to Oliver`s, and all victims were men in their 20`s and had the same storyline as his with all mentioning Minecraft, though slightly varying in place and world setting. The hacker is yet to be identified, and he still terrorizes the Minecraft players not just in the Philippines but also in Japan (yes, 4444 victimizes his own citizens) and Taiwan).
So, if you ever play Minecraft and exit a world, check the seed. If you see the same weird signs in your world, then delete Minecraft.
Thanks.
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Category:Supernatural
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