episode_0004

– It is on the 7th floor.

Slurp.

The elevator door opens, revealing the 7th floor, where survivors are gathered.

“This floor looks ordinary.”

“That’s right. Ordinary itself.”

As soon as you get off the elevator, something that looks like a game window catches your eye.

– Reality Generator: Maintains an ordinary space. A steady supply of surreal fuel is required to maintain effectiveness.

“Huh?”

“Can you see that, right?”

“Yes.”

“As you can see, it is a space that was intentionally made ordinary. This is probably the safest place in the apartment.”

“It’s like some kind of game. You can’t see that, right?”

“Don’t bother confirming it. You can get around just fine without that, right? If necessary, someone else can read it.”

“Okay…”

Beep-Beep-

Daju presses the door lock code and opens the door to room 701.

“Mister! I’m here!”

“It’s noisy, so put your luggage down.”

“Yes~”

I looked around.

The structure looks like an ordinary home, but the interior is unique in many ways.

First of all, the house is filled with long tables and chairs. Plus, there are a lot of paper documents piled up on the floor. There are also traces of attempts to make something like a tool. Was that drawing a map? In short, it feels like a college classroom. It seems like they live separately and gather here whenever there is an important meeting or something like that.

Rustle rustle.

Meanwhile, the man was looking at the bag without even looking at me. It feels somewhat scary. That’s exactly what happened when I became a student dean in high school.

“Was there any furniture or anything like that?”

“I looked at it first, but I couldn’t carry it because it was heavy. I don’t know if I’ll still be okay now.”

“What? What does that mean?”

“I had a bit of trouble because a monster came out. Let’s explode some bombs.”

“Why is he on the 11th floor?”

“I don’t know. I was bored and wanted to go to places I hadn’t been to before.”

“Phew… It’s done. From now on, I’ll have to bring a weapon with me when I go to the 11th floor. Still, I’ve been too complacent until now. Just like going shopping, I go whenever I’m bored.”

Apparently, the 11th floor was a relatively safe floor. It also means that other places are so dangerous that you can’t move around without a weapon. but. If you run into the guy who asked you to open the door from last night or the black beasts you just saw, you probably won’t be able to save your life just by running away.

From the way he talks, this guy seems like a leader.

“That’s right. Everyone must be crazy.”

“You, you! You are the worst! Are you going out to have fun? uh? Why are you flirting with other people? Are you crazy because you want to die?”

“I get bored to death when I stay in my room!”

“I can’t even observe anomalies properly, so where can I go? Climbing out alone too? It’s so crazy, isn’t it? If you’re bored, please stay in the corner of your room and read. Please!!! Is there a new student this time?”

“Yes?”

“Ah, ah. Ah…yes.”

After being angry for a while, I was surprised when he casually changed the topic to this.

“She’s not a student, she’s older than me,”

“Daju Yoon, don’t intervene and stay still. Since when have you been here?”

“I moved in yesterday. Well, he was originally a man, but as soon as he woke up, he looked like this.”

“Huh.”

“Please don’t laugh at me…”

“Someone is laughing at me because it’s just ridiculous. It’s a serious matter.”

“Yoon Da-juyo.”

“This isn’t crazy.”

When the man glares to the side, Daju shrugs his shoulders and clenches his fist at me.

“Please save me. I think I’ll get neurotic if I’m next to you.”

“Me too. What should I do when there is no way?”

“If I get burned like that, wouldn’t it be cured?”

“He didn’t do that just in front of that person.”

“Ha…”

“Anyway, thank you for your hard work. It’s your first day. How did you survive through all the hardships? My name is Choi Jun-gi, and I happen to be the leader here.”

“This is Dabin Lim.”

Joon-gi Choi extended his hand and shook it.

He looks like a very tall person and has very large hands. no. Is this just because I got smaller?

“Now that I understand, I think I can decide on a place to stay and then rest.”

“Yes…”

“Daju. Please guide me.”

“Yes???”

My hair feels sore.

“Daju Yoon. Don’t bother people and just stay quiet. Later, this person also said hello to other people.”

“Yes~”

“……I’m sorry.”

okay. Other people. If I just persevere this time, I can be with other decent people. Let’s hold on just a little longer.

A hallway on the 7th floor that looks like any other apartment. I carried my bag and bag one by one and walked.

A hiking bag filled with supplies for the 11th floor. It’s been so heavy since a while ago that I’m dying.

“I should have just thrown this on the 11th floor and come back. Even when I was running, I was extremely disturbed.”

“Yes? It was kind of cool because it seemed like he was risking his life to protect his bag, wasn’t it?”

“I just didn’t think about taking off my bag and running. Because I’m in a hurry.”

“Anyway, it worked out well. Protect your life and protect your bag.”

“Yes, well.”

I guess I’m the type of person who becomes stupid when faced with a crisis. The same goes for moving boxes on the first day.

“Room 704 is empty now, so you can stay there.”

“There won’t be any monsters here at night asking you to open the door, right?”

“Yes. It doesn’t come out.”

“Can you see him too?”

“What?”

“The monster. You didn’t see it on the 11th floor.”

Da-ju Yoon, who always smiles heartily, narrows her eyebrows on rare occasions.

“You already said something about not being able to observe anomalies. Is it related to that?”

“Some beings cannot see, but they are not visually impaired. No need to go outside! There really is no problem.”

“Can you tell me more about anomalous observation?”

“I don’t know. There are strange things that are invisible to some people, but are visible to others. Just about that much.”

“You’re no better than me.”

“I guess I should have left you to die on the stairs.”

“Sorry. The words were a bit harsh.”

“Okay, if you want to find out about this, ask someone else. Since you are busy, leave it alone.”

“Are you drawing a map?”

“Yes. I’m looking for a way to escape, but I guess it’s not working.”

After talking for a while, we stopped in front of the iron door at the end of the hallway.

“Now. This is the warehouse.”

“Isn’t there a place like this in the original apartment?”

“Of course I made a new one. It’s inconvenient if you don’t have these things when people gather together.”

Rattling-

When Daju opened the iron door, a large, dark space appeared. A dry and chilly wind blew from inside.

“You can put down your luggage inside and organize it.”

“It looks like it’s just an ordinary floor.”

Even at a glance, it is an area that is physically impossible.

It is a shelf where food is stacked and is well-stocked with a washing machine, refrigerator, etc.

“Canned or dried foods over there. For things that spoil quickly, you can put them in the refrigerator.”

“Something like a bowl or pot?”

“Stack it in the drawer below.”

Looking around, I noticed that it was organized in an orderly manner. It was completely different from the goshiwon public refrigerator. That guy. Was he a better leader than I thought? This is a really big deal.

“But how do we use electricity here? KEPCO will not come this far.”

“Oppa, I have a lot of questions from earlier. He seemed annoyed when I asked.”

“Isn’t it obvious? Is this my first time here?”

“It’s my first time, so it’s a bit dirty. Is this your first time?”

“Crazy bitch.”

“There are not only dangerous things here, so I brought something that looked like a magic generator. From then on, electricity came on to this floor.”

“I see.”

“I need to organize it quickly. I’ve been asking everything I’m curious about and it seems endless.”

“Ah. Okay.”

I shook out the items mixed up in the bag and started sorting them one by one.

Food is in the refrigerator. Miscellaneous things are in drawers. Garbage in the trash can.

While looking around, I found a place where strange noises were coming from.

Maybe I’m not the only one who hears this.

Totok. Tadadak.

Talk. Talk.

Where sound is heard. Is it there?

“Hello.”

“Huh? ”

I almost screamed.

“Oh, hello.”

A woman is typing on a laptop in a dark corner of a warehouse.

Red-brown hair tied back and round glasses. He has a thin body and a white face, like someone who never steps out of a house.

“……”

“……”

It’s a mysterious impression, but there’s something very awkward about it.

It feels like it’s not like he’s interested in me or not. As I was trying to pass by, he stared at me.

“…?”

Since I’m still, I focus on typing on the laptop again.

“Yes?”

“……”

Speak up, Speak out!!!

I had no choice but to speak first.

“What are you doing here?”

“Written.”

“I guess you write a novel.”

“Because the warehouse is well focused.”

A glance.

The woman looks away for a moment.

“Are you new here? Looks like a student.”

“I’m not a student, but I’m originally a man. This is what happened when I woke up.”

“Amazing.”

Focus on your laptop again.

He seems like a very unique person. From the first time you meet him, he blurts out that he is not interested in informal language, but strangely, he doesn’t find it unpleasant. Rather mysterious feeling? Is it because of what it looks like? Maybe it’s because the voice is thin and calm.

“Then I will go?”

“Wait a minute.”

“Yes.”

“What’s your name?”

“I’m Dabin Lim.”

“It’s Choi Se-rim. How old are you?”

“Twenty-four.”

“Two years younger than me.”

Then twenty-six?

While looking around at Choi Se-rim, our eyes met over the laptop.

“ugh.”

Choi Se-rim quickly looks away. Then pretend to type quickly. I think I write three times faster than when I write alone.

“Then I’ll go now.”

“Goodbye.”

Se-rim Choi waves her hand in the same position she was in when she first sat with her back against the wall.

Wouldn’t that be very uncomfortable?

“Then you end up with a small waist like me.”

“?”

“I also stretch in between workouts. I also had to go to the hospital because I broke my back from sitting like that.”

“…Yes.”

“I’ll go!”

Now I’m really going.

“Thank you.”

“Thank you. I’m talking about it because it’s all about experience.”

When I came back to the warehouse entrance, Daju was organizing his luggage.

“Oppa, what have you been doing?”

“I came here to meet someone. Serim Choi.”

“Yes? Who are you?”

“Choi Se-rim. Don’t everyone here know each other?”

“Choi Se-rim!!!? Who on earth did you meet!!!?”

“Huh?”

“There is no one like that here!!!!!”

Daju screams. I was just about to get goosebumps too.

“Yoon Da-ju, don’t talk nonsense!!!”

Choi Se-rim’s voice came from the corner of the warehouse.

“Ahahaha it’s really funny when you scream at me.”

“You. It wasn’t just me who was bothering me.”

How on earth did they make that quiet person like that?

This is scary in a different way.

* * *

Room 704.

It was originally a place where a male college student lived, but he did not return from an expedition two weeks ago, so it became empty.

“Now. You can stay here. It’s comfortable because it’s where a man used to live, right?”

“Maybe.”

As a woman, it would have been more uncomfortable to be forced to live in a woman’s room.

“I brought all the clothes you need, so don’t be shy and feel comfortable.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

Daju’s eyes widen as if this wasn’t the reaction she was expecting.

“Yes? Don’t you scream?”

“No. Still, he was a man, so if I went around to get things like underwear, it would be a bit… okay… ”

Kuuk.

“Cute.”

“You told me not to do that.”

“It’s so cute I’m dying.”

Ugh.

“Hey!!! Don’t you put your hands away? It hurts!”

“Then I’ll go!”

Daju leaves the house at a fast pace. I was left alone again in the empty house.

Surprisingly, there are still things like beds and furniture left. No. It was an ordinary house, so was this normal?

Shoot ah-

Water facilities such as sinks also work without problems.

First, I washed my hands and flopped down on the bed.

Ugh. It stinks.

They say women are more sensitive to smells. That might be why. I wondered why I was like that when the female teacher hated me after gym class. Was it this?

no. No. I don’t want to understand this…

I guess I’ll have to bring Febreze. As I looked earlier, there were 50,000 different items piled up in the warehouse. There may be at least one air freshener or deodorant. Plus, I have to pack my moving bags. Put this on hold. You never know what might happen if you go down to the 6th floor alone.

First, quietly open the door and-

thud!!!

-Ah-oh. What a shitty apartment.

Just as I was about to come out of the house and head towards the warehouse, I heard the sound of the elevator opening behind me.