Ch.50050 – Waah 1

# 050 – Baby Cry # 1

On the way home.

Yu Dahui kept trembling.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Isn’t it freezing? My shoulders feel heavy too.”

I don’t feel anything like that.

Yang Juhui also looked in very good condition.

“Hey. Should we stop by the convenience store for some cup ramen? Yeongwon, do you have any ramen at home? I’m thinking of making some when we get there.”

It seemed Yang Juhui wasn’t satisfied with the spaghetti we had earlier.

The calorie consumption of a girl who runs hard on the field must be enormous.

From what I heard, it seemed Yang Juhui was planning to come to our house too.

While my mom was away, our house had practically become public property.

But it wasn’t such a bad thing for me.

Though things had been pretty quiet these past few days, I had encountered all sorts of ghosts before. Especially when I was alone at home, ghosts would just pop out.

“Auntie Ghost,” “Double Mom,” “Cockroach,” and so on.

If we were all together, I was confident I’d be less scared even if something frightening happened.

With that in mind, we bought three packs of ramen and headed home.

Near Taegwang Villa, I could tell something quite strange was happening.

—Meooow—

—Nyaow—

—Waaah—

A bunch of kittens had gathered near our villa and were crying.

Yu Dahui looked slightly excited at the sight.

“Wow! Cats!”

Yes, cats.

I don’t know who did it, but there were bowls of cat food placed under the telephone poles and cars nearby, which seemed to be causing a festival of kittens.

Yang Juhui frowned and got angry.

“Ugh, those crazy cat ladies. Why scatter cat food everywhere like this? No wonder cockroaches never leave the building! Get out! Get out! Wak!”

Yang Juhui chased away the cats aggressively, either because she simply disliked cats or because she had hostility toward cat ladies who messed up the neighborhood as a person from a humble background.

Scurry scurry—

The cats fled, occasionally stopping to glare at Yang Juhui with their eerie glowing eyes.

Suddenly, I had an ominous feeling.

Cats were called supernatural creatures in the old days.

What if Yang Juhui, who harassed the cats, gets cursed by them?

Cat ghost.

Such a thing might haunt Yang Juhui.

Of course, Yang Juhui didn’t seem to care at all as she confidently climbed the stairs and skillfully entered the door code to my house.

Click—

When we turned on the lights, a cockroach in the living room went sha-sha-shak—

“Ahhh!”

I screamed, but Yang Juhui jumped out and smacked the cockroach with her palm, killing it instantly.

Wow, as I saw before, Yang Juhui doesn’t seem to be afraid of anything.

Swoosh—

While Yang Juhui washed her hands in the bathroom, Yu Dahui turned on the water and prepared to cook the ramen.

But she looked a bit awkward, so I decided to ask.

“Dahui, do you know how to cook ramen?”

In those dramas that girls like, there are always third-generation chaebol men who meet poor women and try ramen for the first time, exclaiming, “Wow, I can’t believe such delicious food exists!”

I think those scenes come from the prejudice that the wealthy only eat good food and have never tried ramen.

I guess I had a bit of that prejudice too. Would Yu Dahui, who probably has a personal chef at home, know how to cook ramen?

Frown—

Yu Dahui frowned.

“Yeongwon, you’re so funny. Do you think I can’t even cook ramen?”

As she said that, her eyes were busy reading the instructions on the back of the ramen package.

“I told you I’d make something delicious for dinner tonight. You just rest. I’ll cook delicious ramen for you. It’ll be so good you’ll be surprised.”

After she said that, there wasn’t much I could do.

I went to my room and turned on the computer to check my status window.

“Status Window.”

『Name: Ha Yeongwon Lv.2

Traits: 《The Broken Clock》 《Holding Breath》《Strong Heart》

Quirk:

Funds: 979 Points

Description: Once promising, you’ve been killing time in a meaningless daily routine. But even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day.』

『Shop ◀ Click to open』

『Clinic ◀ Click to open』

『Training Ground ◀ Click to open』

979 points.

Very good.

After thinking all day about what to do with this, I decided to use the points now that I had some free time.

This is what I’m going to do.

500 points spent!

Ding—

『Welcome to the Level 3 Shop.

We sell various items to help in battles against heroes.』

『Leveling up the shop adds products and applies discounts.

Shop Level 3 (Lv MAX)

1. Trait Drawing Ticket – 80P

2. Capsule Drawing Ticket – 80P

3. Unlock Locked Item – 80P

4. Open Old School Building 2nd Floor – 800P』

I had just raised the shop to level 3.

It seemed level 3 was the final level for the shop, as the word “MAX” was written instead of experience.

Shop max level.

I spent a fortune of 500 points, but I hoped it was worth it as I continued without hesitation and decided to unlock a new “locked item.”

After all, unlocking locked items like the clinic and training ground required shop level 3.

Ding—

『Using 80P to unlock a locked item.』

『Mercenary Corps is now open.』

Mercenary Corps?

What kind of random thing is this?

An item I never expected was unlocked.

I checked the text below for a detailed explanation.

『In the Mercenary Corps, you can dispatch the horrors you’ve acquired.』

『Dispatching costs 100 points.』

Dispatching acquired horrors?

At first glance, it didn’t make much sense.

But when I clicked on “Mercenary Corps List” to check the details, it suddenly clicked.

「Mercenary Corps List」

1. The Curse of Becoming a Ghost After Answering Three Times

2. Death Game

3. Placebo Effect

4. Under the Bed Ghost

5. Speak of the Ghost and It Appears

6. Death Elevator

7. Electric Fan Ghost Story

“Wow, there are so many.”

It seemed to be a list of ghosts I had defeated so far.

Seeing these words, all the hardships I’d been through flashed before my eyes.

I’ve really been through a lot lately.

So how do I dispatch these?

I clicked on number 7, “Electric Fan Ghost Story.”

Then text appeared.

「Please select a target from the list below.」

Swoosh—

Quite familiar names appeared before my eyes.

Of course, they were identical to the list of players who could be put into the “Nightmare Corridor.”

But what benefit would I get from dispatching these ghosts to these people?

While wondering what this system was about, I suddenly realized that I was in a mafia position fighting against “Heroes” and “Watchers.”

So the idea is to send these ghosts to people who are thought to be “Heroes” or “Watchers” to sabotage them. Ah, that makes sense in many ways.

“Eek!”

Just then, I heard a scream.

It was Yang Juhui’s scream.

I hurriedly went to the living room and saw Yang Juhui, who seemed to have just taken a bath, wearing a thin sleeveless shirt and dolphin pants with a towel around her neck, looking very upset.

“What’s wrong! What!”

“Hey! Look at that! What crazy woman puts this much water in when cooking three packs of ramen!”

Bubble bubble—

The water in the pot was indeed quite a lot.

Since the noodles hadn’t been added yet, it could be fixed by boiling it down.

# # #

“It tastes good though.”

Yang Juhui admitted that the ramen Yu Dahui cooked was honestly delicious.

Quickly reducing the broth seemed to be the right answer.

Slurp, slurp—

Anyway, we enjoyed the ramen and then each went to our rooms to prepare for school tomorrow.

Pretty girls under the same roof, heart-pounding scenario—

I briefly imagined such a thing, but nothing special happened.

Yu Dahui and Yang Juhui went to my mom’s room to sleep early.

Early bedtime seemed to be the secret to good skin care.

Midnight.

Thinking it was a bit early to sleep, I turned on League of Legends.

And played duo with Jeongseok. I thought it would be good to tell him about the new “Mercenary Corps” system too.

Orthodox Jungler (Hecarim): Nasus – Survive

Eternity Top Master (Nasus): If I go in there

Eternity Top Master (Nasus): I’ll die.

Orthodox Jungler (Hecarim): Why go in.

Orthodox Jungler (Hecarim): Why go in.

Orthodox Jungler (Hecarim): FFS why did you go in.

Eternity Top Master (Nasus): Fighting despite knowing that is what top lane is about

You cannot possibly stop “Barks at idiots (Garen)”!

“Damn it.”

Thanks to my new trait 《Strong Heart》, my gameplay was becoming bolder.

The problem was that I was just bold without substance.

We ended up losing the game.

It was because our team’s bot duo completely messed up.

The constantly crying kittens were also a problem.

—Meow—

—Meeow—

Damn kittens.

They’re crying so much.

Were there always this many cats crying?

Wondering what was going on, I went to the living room and saw Yang Juhui coming out, frowning like someone who had just woken up, scratching the back of her head.

“Hey. Ha Yeongwon. What the hell is with all these cats crying.”

“I know, right. Is Dahui sleeping?”

“Don’t know. She wasn’t in the room.”

She wasn’t in the room?

Maybe she went to see the cats because of all the crying.

I thought I’d go to the bathroom first, but when I tried to open the door, it was locked.

“Huh?”

—Meeow—

And I could hear a strange sound coming from inside the bathroom.

Cat cries from the bathroom?

“Hey, Juhui. Don’t you hear cat cries from the bathroom?”

Swish—

At my question, Yang Juhui put her ear to the bathroom door.

Then she trembled.

“You call this cat crying? No, this is…”

What on earth is going on?

Whatever it was, it seemed best to open the bathroom door quickly.

I tried to find the “bathroom key” around the house, but I couldn’t remember where it was.

Soon Yang Juhui said:

“Hey. Move aside.”

Yang Juhui had a knife in her hand.

She skillfully inserted the knife between the door gap, and with a click, the bathroom door unlocked.

“That’s awesome.”

Picking locks, stealing things well—Yang Juhui was like a complete fantasy thief.

So cool.

Slide—

The door opened.

“Gasp! It’s dark!”

I was breathless at the dark bathroom interior.

Of course, Yang Juhui nonchalantly pressed the light switch to turn on the lights.

Flash!

And there in the corner of the now-lit bathroom, something was crouching.

It was… Yu Dahui!

“Da…Dahui. What are you doing there?”

I asked cautiously.

Then Yu Dahui turned her head sharply to look at us and opened her mouth—

“Waaaaaah—”

She made a sound like a cat’s cry!

I felt goosebumps from head to toe and was almost on the verge of fainting.

“Hey! Yang Juhui! Because you harassed those cats, you’ve been cursed! It’s a cat ghost! Damn! Cat ghost!”

Yu Dahui must have been possessed by a cat ghost!

I was about to foam at the mouth, but Yang Juhui offered a different opinion.

“Hey. What cat sound are you talking about? Listen carefully.”

“Waaah— Waaaah, waaaah—”

“See? It’s not a cat, it’s a baby sound. I heard this sound when we were leaving the church too.”

“……”

Now that I listened, she was right.

I thought it was a cat’s cry, but listening carefully, it wasn’t a cat but a baby’s cry. I remembered hearing that cat cries and baby cries have similar wavelengths or something.

But a baby? What baby? Suddenly?

This is even scarier. Damn.

Maybe a cat would be better! Just say it’s a cat!

“Is there a baby ghost in Dahui’s body now? What is it? What’s going on?”

I grabbed Yang Juhui’s arm and pulled it, almost begging.

Of course, Yang Juhui didn’t know either.

“How would I know? Ah, let go. Let go. Should I just hit her hard? Wouldn’t that work?”

Yang Juhui seemed to want to beat Yu Dahui badly.

Would hitting her exorcise the baby ghost possessing Yu Dahui?

Honestly, I wasn’t sure.

I thought maybe the clinic could help with Yu Dahui’s 《Possession》 quirk, but since Yu Dahui hadn’t done the corridor play, all items were still full of question marks.

In this state, we can’t even help with the quirk.

“Waaaah, waaaaaaah—”

Yu Dahui making baby sounds.

It was extremely creepy, and I wanted to dash out of this place.

“This crazy girl! She’s doing all sorts of crazy things! Really!”

Bam!

Yang Juhui lunged at Yu Dahui, who was crouched in the bathroom.

And she hit her body hard with her fists!

Thud, thud thud!

But it seemed useless as Yu Dahui cried even louder.

—WAAAAAAAH!

It was almost like a scream.

I had no choice but to cover my ears, and Yang Juhui had to step back hesitantly.

What should we do about this?

Suddenly, a good idea came to mind.

“Since it’s a baby, wouldn’t it find peace if we treat it well? Like breastfeeding! Juhui! Do something!”

Yang Juhui had large breasts.

With that size, a baby wouldn’t starve to death.

Of course, Yang Juhui gave me a cold look as if I was ridiculous.

“What? Yeongwon, are you crazy?”

“No! I’m telling you we need to do something!”