episode_0074

3rd floor… 4th floor… The elevator didn’t stop and was going up to the 6th floor where I was. Even if you didn’t start from the first floor, it would be safer to hide.

As per the rules, I immediately tried to hide in the corner, but at the end of the hallway-style apartment, the corner was too far away other than right in front of the elevator.

After confirming that the elevator had arrived at the 5th floor, I decided that there was no more time, so I crouched in the corner right in front of the elevator and covered my mouth with my hand.

If I had to hide, I wanted to fall out of the elevator as much as possible… I can hold my breath to a certain extent, but if something comes up, there is a possibility that I will be surprised by its shape…

The door opens.

A dry female voice was heard and the elevator door opened. I expected nothing to come out, but as if that wasn’t going to happen, a strange human figure was slowly walking out.

The black hair down to the legs, the white clothes that were torn in places and dirty with dirt and dust that looked like rags, and the unfocused black eyes were definitely a sight I had seen before somewhere.

‘The Hikiko statue I saw when I was with Sohee…’

Unlike last time, when I only saw her face, Hikiko-san’s fully revealed appearance was truly miserable. The abdomen, visible through torn white clothes, was torn long and intestines were sticking out, and the body was thin and reminiscent of a person who had died of starvation.

Hikiko-san walked right in front of me with her mouth, which was torn all the way to her ears, showing her sharp teeth, and started walking towards the end of the hallway.

Tuk…tuk…tuk…

I heard the sound of something hitting the floor, looked down to see what the sound was, and could barely hold back from almost exhaling.

A young girl was being dragged by her legs by her long, sharp fingernails, reaching out her hand to me as if she was in pain, asking for help, but the figure did not look human at all.

The head, which was repeatedly hitting the floor and making noises, had already had both of its skulls broken, exposing the brain, and even the brain was being damaged as it continued to hit the floor.

Every time he hit his head on the floor, the sight of him making an ahhh sound was so miserable that I couldn’t even look at him.

I wanted to close my eyes, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Hikiko-san because I didn’t know when she would disappear again. After about a minute of holding my breath, I began to feel the pain of my body demanding more and more oxygen.

‘Please…go back quickly…’

Fortunately, Hikiko-san walked to the end of the hallway and started walking again in the direction of the elevator. If I get to the end without incident like this, I’ll take the elevator and disappear…

As I held my breath as I gained hope that I could hold on, the tall woman who had been staring at me knelt down and made eye contact with me.

When I began to question the actions of the woman, who just stared and did nothing, the woman began to scream.

Kyaaa! ! !

I finally let out the breath I was holding at the miserable scream I heard right in front of me. Thinking that something was in trouble, I moved my gaze to the hallway and saw Hikiko-san running in my direction.

Ah…ah…ah…

I kept hearing the sound of my head hitting the floor, and in the blink of an eye, Hikiko-san came right in front of me and grabbed the head of the screaming woman, not me.

Kyaaa! ! !

The woman’s screams became more intense, but Hikiko-san paid no attention and slammed her into the ground. I quickly pressed the elevator button as I watched the woman hit the woman’s head again and again.

As soon as I take a breath, I’m sure I’ll become a target too… Wouldn’t it be best to run away quickly? If you take the elevator and leave the first floor, they might not be able to chase you…

After pressing the first floor button, I kept pressing the close button, but the elevator door did not close for some reason. Outside the door, Hikiko-san kept hitting the woman’s head on the floor, and before I knew it, the little girl he was holding in his hand had disappeared without a trace.

‘please please…’

My nervousness grew stronger and I bit my nails without thinking and pressed the close button again, but there was no response. Perhaps the button is broken…

I decided not to press anything, thinking that it wouldn’t work if I was in a hurry, and then calmly looked outside. Before I knew it, the head of the woman Hikiko-san was holding was crushed, just like the girl I had seen for the first time, and her brain was exposed.

Ah…ah…

Hikiko-san grabbed the legs of the woman who could only moan with her nails and moved them behind her body, then looked at me.

The door closes.

I saw her slowly walking towards where I was, but only now did the door start to close and she became less and less visible.

Hikiko-san, who was slowly walking towards the elevator at a much slower pace than when he first ran into the woman, continued to glare at me with those unfocused eyes until the door completely closed.

“I lived…”

I was able to relax only after confirming that the doors were completely closed and the elevator was going down. After collapsing on the floor of the elevator, I took a deep breath and thought about the scene I had just seen.

Why didn’t they rush to me right away? Because it was the woman who screamed who took a breath first? But there must have been some time before the elevator doors closed completely…

I opened my notebook to see if there were any new rules, but I didn’t see anything added. Was it just luck this time?

Still, I don’t know when this kind of luck will happen again… so I’ll have to be more careful and prudent from now on. There may continue to be cases like this where people are forced to break the rules…

I wiped the cold sweat off my forehead and checked the floor number, wondering what floor I had come down to.

B1.

No matter how many times I looked and checked, the elevator clearly indicated the first basement floor. I rubbed my eyes and checked again to see if it was a dream, but the numbers did not change.

why? why? I made sure to press the first floor, and the first basement floor wasn’t even in the rules in the first place…

I felt like I was going to panic at the obvious abnormality, so I gave him a hard slap on the cheek. Still, I couldn’t come back to my senses – so I hit my cheek hard again.

It was only after I smelled the blood flowing down my nose that I came to my senses.

Stay calm…you need to stay calm. If you fall into panic, your life will die… You can easily overcome this.

After taking a deep breath to calm my mind, I pressed the first floor button again, but the elevator did not respond. 2nd floor, 3rd floor… I tried pressing the higher floors in that order, but there was no change, so I eventually gave up on going up and pressed the open button.

The door opens.

The door opened with a mechanical sound, and what appeared was a parking lot crowded with cars. Like other apartments, the basement was being used as a parking lot… so there was no button for the first basement floor.

I waited for a while, but there was no sign of the door closing, so I ended up walking to the parking lot. As soon as the entire body came out, the stupid elevator closed the door and started going up.

After watching the elevator go up, I let out a long sigh and opened my notebook. Are there rules here too?

0. Hello?

1. Brother, let’s play hide and seek with me.

2. I am the tagger and my brother has to hide!

3. There is no penalty even if you get caught up to 3 times!

4. If you get caught the fourth time, you will be punished.

5. I’ll count to five from now on, so hide.

5 . . . . . .

The moment I heard a cute but somewhat eerie voice from far away, I immediately put the notebook in my pocket and ran in the direction of the car.

4. . . . . .

Without even thinking, I opened the car door, but the car didn’t open.

3. . . . . .

In the end, I decided to hide under a large luxury vehicle that was sufficiently hidden and crawled in.

2. . . . . .

The floor was so full of dust and bugs that it was hard to breathe properly, let alone disgust, but I had no choice. After settling in as deeply as possible, I covered my mouth with my hand and turned my gaze outward.

One. . . . . .

Are you all hiding? I’ll find it now!

The sound of bare feet running across the floor was heard along with a lively woman’s voice. The sound I heard from far away was getting closer and closer to me, giving me a sense of pressure and tension.

If it’s something that completely changes the rulebook… should we at least think of it as being more powerful than any monster we’ve seen in this nightmare? There have been quite a few cases where one or two revisions have been changed, but there has been no case where a complete change has been made like this, except for the Buddha…

At that time, I was able to save Sohye safely thanks to the help of Buddha, who was a good being, but I did not think that this time would turn out to be as good for me as it was then. Because I can feel the murderous intent in each sentence…

Where are you? Come out quickly and play with me.

The woman who was desperately calling and looking for me moved to another place when she felt like she was getting closer, and when she seemed to be moving away, she came closer to where I was. Does this mean that he actually knows where I am hiding?

Hide tight and search thoroughly.

I started hearing an eerie song that I had heard before. I wanted to cover my ears to the song that brought back bad memories, but in the end, I had to cover my mouth, so I had no choice but to listen.

Hide tight and search thoroughly.

You can see it even if you sit down and look at it, you can see it even if you stand up and look at it

Just when I thought the singing voice was getting closer, I saw white feet in front of the car where I was hiding. But – it was too big to be a normal woman’s foot.

Are you hiding here?

When the woman lay down on the floor to check under the car on the other side, she was able to check the overall size. Even though I could only see my buttocks and legs from where I was hiding – that was enough.

Because I was certain that the woman was a giant, more than twice as big as me…

The naked woman, who seemed to be easily over 3 meters tall at best, stood up from her seat as she stretched out her long arms to check under the car.

I have to turn it over!

Then, he lightly flipped the car over, like a child flipping over a rock to check for bugs.

That ignorant appearance filled me with fear that if I were to be caught… I would end up like an insect.