Ch.69069 – Walking into Hell 1

# 069 – Walking into Hell # 1

“Second floor? We can’t go to the second floor. The stairs are blocked by something transparent.”

Yu Dahui looked at me with eyes that couldn’t understand why I wanted to go to the second floor.

I said to her.

“Dahui. Do you trust me?”

“Yes. I trust you.”

Yu Dahui nodded without hesitation or doubt.

Her attitude was as if I were a long-time friend or lover.

Suddenly I became curious.

Why does Yu Dahui trust me so much?

Why would she readily offer me her escape talisman?

Because I found her cat Baekseol?

Could that alone be enough for this level of trust?

Or is there something else about me that Yu Dahui knows that I don’t?

In conclusion, I wanted to test the trust Yu Dahui showed toward me.

Having the suspicious girl Yu Dahui as my ally would be incredibly reassuring.

“Dahui. Listen carefully to what I’m about to tell you and remember it well. And you must never tell anyone else about this. The truth is, I have mysterious abilities like you.”

“…Mysterious abilities?”

“I can enter this Nightmare Corridor freely, just like you.”

“…!”

Yu Dahui was shocked.

“Enter freely? I come here against my will.”

I see!

So that’s how it is.

It seems Yu Dahui is like an irregular player who participates every time the Nightmare Corridor opens.

I suddenly became curious.

“Why? Why does that happen?”

“That’s… I don’t really know. But my grandfather clearly loves me because of this trait. He wants me to find something special somewhere in this corridor.”

“Something special, like this luxury bag?”

“No. I’m not sure if it’s an object or what exactly it is. I just know that if you get your hands on it… you can achieve anything you want. That’s why… everyone wants to enter this corridor.”

People want to enter this ghost-filled corridor?

They must be completely insane.

Honestly, I wouldn’t want to come here even if someone paid me.

But now I understood why Teacher Hong Miri was so happy to become a player in this corridor.

There must be a treasure at the end of this corridor that grants wishes like a magic lamp.

According to Teacher Hong Miri, the Shaman Ghost and the Head Ghost were guardians.

Perhaps they’re protecting that treasure.

“Yeongwon, if you can really enter this corridor freely… that’s truly amazing. And I definitely think it should be kept secret. Your life could be in danger.”

Yu Dahui, befitting a student in the special A class, was quick to understand.

And she freely shared information I didn’t know.

If I had known this would happen, I should have been honest from the beginning.

But until now, I wasn’t sure if I could trust Yu Dahui.

It was only after seeing her willing to sacrifice herself for me that I wanted to trust her.

In truth, there was still no guarantee that I could fully trust Yu Dahui.

But I simply wanted to believe in her.

Actually, it was the same with Jeongseok and Yang Juhui.

I trusted them.

It was a kind of faith.

Anyway.

I explained everything to Yu Dahui, which took quite a while.

Finally, I briefly told her about what happened today.

About Hong Miri and Kwon Suho fighting.

Everything I learned from them.

“If I fail to escape and forget everything that happened today, please tell me about the conversation we had today.”

My telling Yu Dahui the truth was also a kind of insurance.

A backup in case my gamble failed and I forgot everything.

“Let’s go back to ‘1-4’ and make a plan.”

Ding-ding-.

That’s when it happened.

The bell sound started.

“Dahui. We need to hide.”

I opened the map.

There was a store nearby.

So the old school building had a store on the first floor.

As we tried to enter it, we discovered the store was completely covered in black hair.

The Head Ghost, Gu Hyena, was inside.

“……”

We’re screwed.

The only place we can hide right now has the Head Ghost lurking in it?

Gu Hyena, you bitch!

I understand you died tragically, but why do you have to be such a nuisance as a ghost!

If Yang Juhui were here, she could have saved our lives for one turn with her box cutter.

Ding-ding-.

The bell sound grew closer, and finally the Shaman Ghost’s candle flames became visible.

Yu Dahui and I crouched in the corridor, holding our breath.

Ding-ding-.

Finally, the Shaman Ghost brushed past us and glanced in our direction.

“Here they are here they are here here hehehehehehe!”

How the hell did she know?

Is it because of the blood smell all over my body?

“Aaaack!”

I screamed in terror.

Soon Dahui lunged at the Shaman Ghost.

“Yeongwon! Run away!”

Thud-!

Yu Dahui’s body slam with all her might.

The Shaman Ghost tilted her head but soon grabbed Yu Dahui and began rubbing her face vigorously with her fingers. Then the Shaman Ghost’s hand plunged into Yu Dahui’s left eye.

Squelch-!

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

Yu Dahui screamed.

The Shaman Ghost took the extracted eye and inserted it into her own empty eye socket.

“Kihihihihihi! Found it found it found it found it!”

The Shaman Ghost now had one eye.

“It’s a perfect fit!”

I could only be horrified at this situation.

Wasn’t Yu Dahui the Shaman Ghost’s daughter!?

What kind of crazy mother would pluck out her own daughter’s eyeball!

Maybe the Shaman Ghost wasn’t Yu Inna after all!

One thing was certain: if we stayed like this, Yu Dahui would die.

“Dahui! Escape! Tear the talisman! Tear the talisman and escape!”

“B-but… Yeongwon, you’ll… be left… alone….”

“I’ll be fine! I’ll figure something out! Escape! If you die like this, it’ll be terrible! You’ll become a high school girl ghost! I can’t handle that! Get out now! Dahui!”

I shouted with a heart that felt like it was being torn apart.

Whether my cries reached her or not, Yu Dahui tore the talisman she had been clutching.

Swish-.

Yu Dahui’s body disappeared like dust.

Now only the Shaman Ghost, the Head Ghost, and I remained.

Regret was already starting to wash over me.

The Shaman Ghost rolled her single eyeball and looked at me.

Her widely split mouth and extended tongue were so horrifying that I felt like wetting myself.

“Give me youuuurs!”

Finally, the Shaman Ghost lunged at me.

In a desperate gamble, I shouted:

“Yu Inna! Yu Inna! Take this! The ring! The engagement ring matched with Kang Bada! The jewel toy ring!”

What I pulled from my pocket was the jewel toy ring I received from my mother.

The Shaman who was rushing madly toward me stopped abruptly.

She slowly extended her hand and took the ring from my palm with her bony fingers.

“…Found it. The ring I lost…. My treasure….”

I knew it!

The ring belonged to the Bell Maiden!

So this ring was what the Bell Maiden had been looking for!

The identity of the Shaman Ghost was becoming clear!

The woman Yu Inna that I vaguely suspected was indeed the identity of the Shaman Ghost!

What would happen now?

As I watched with slightly expectant eyes, the Bell Maiden’s body disappeared like dust.

Clink-.

Only the bell she had been holding remained.

“Oh. Got an item.”

I was happy to have defeated the Bell Maiden and obtained an item.

But there was a problem.

“YuInnaYuInnaYuInnaYuInnaYuInnaYuInnaYuInnaYuInna─.”

The crazy Head Ghost started moving on its own.

Rolling rolling rolling-.

“You fucking bitch! This is cheating!”

Shit, why!

I didn’t even step on her hair!

The Head Ghost rolled furiously toward me!

Why the hell!

While trying to hold back the urge to pee myself, I searched for a plausible reason.

Everything has cause and effect.

Could it be that the Head Ghost entered some kind of berserk state because the Shaman Ghost disappeared like she found peace?

I don’t know! Fuck!

What mattered was that if I stayed here, I might be horribly killed by the Head Ghost.

“Fuck off!”

I really, really didn’t want to die.

Because I’m a coward, even if this was a nightmare, if I died here, I might actually die from a heart attack in reality.

No joke, I was confident I would die from a heart attack.

Let’s run away first! Think of a solution while running!

Then I remembered.

“Status Window!”

I had the Mercenary Corps!

Although my ultimate move “Placebo Dinosaur Ghost” was gone, I had other ghosts!

“Mercenary Corps List”

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

2. Death Game

3. Speak of the Ghost and It Appears

4. Death Elevator

5. Electric Fan Urban Legend

6. Headless Rider

From here… the most helpful one would be!

This is the only option!

“Headless Rider!”

I dispatched Gu Hyena’s body to me as a mercenary.

What would happen now!

While thinking this and running frantically, something eerie began to emanate from the dark corridor of “1-4” ahead.

It was a headless body.

The headless body and the bodiless head finally met.

What on earth would happen now!

Clutching my heart that was pounding like it was broken, I observed the situation. Gu Hyena’s body that I had picked up from the Gaeryong Mountain Cabin slowly reached out and grabbed the Head Ghost!

And the Head Ghost’s hair began to enter Gu Hyena’s gaping neck. It looked like they were merging.

The head got a body, and the body got a head.

Complete union.

Soon, the broken eyes of the Head Ghost that had been wobbling around looked at me.

And opening her mouth, she said:

“This is much better.”

# # #

The merger of the Head Ghost and the Body Ghost.

The result was the birth of a real “High School Girl Ghost.”

It was absurd, but it was actually happening right before my eyes.

“Who are you?”

The high school girl ghost Gu Hyena asked me.

Her voice was slightly cold.

A haughty feeling.

But she didn’t seem to be hostile toward me.

However, the “High School Girl Ghost” might suddenly get pissed off and lunge at me.

I decided to fully display the submissive and harmless attitude I had cultivated as a lackey to bullies.

“I’m… Ha Yeongwon.”

“Never heard that name before. More importantly, why is it so dark in here?”

Flick-.

I lit my lighter.

The visual of the high school girl ghost Gu Hyena was… startling enough to make my legs tremble.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

…You’re not human.

I held back from saying that, fearing ghost Gu Hyena might go crazy and kill me.

Soon Gu Hyena asked:

“What’s this? Is that my bag? Why do you have my bag?”

“…Ah. This. I picked it up on the way. I’ll give it back to you.”

I handed the luxury bag to Gu Hyena.

Soon Gu Hyena laughed, “Hehehe-.”

“This. It’s the first bag I bought with my own money. I thought I’d never see it again.”

She seems to be talking quite normally…?

I felt a little courage rising.

“Um… you’re Hyena, right…?”

“So what?”

“Do you remember everything that happened? Like why you’re here….”

“Hmm….”

Gu Hyena frowned.

It was really terrifying.

“I don’t know.”

She doesn’t know?

Maybe she doesn’t even know she died and became a ghost?

Gu Hyena said:

“But you. Why do you keep looking at me like that? Why are you looking at me like that? Why! Why! Why why! Why!”

“Aaaaargh!”

I swear I jumped at least 3 meters high.

Anyone would be startled if a high school girl ghost suddenly went crazy, opened her mouth wide with white eyes, and shouted.

Soon Gu Hyena burst into laughter, “Hahaha-.”

“Hey! I’m just kidding. I actually know everything. I died and became a ghost. I felt like I was in a half-dream state, but I remember clearly. How uncomfortable it was without a body. Phew. Now I feel better. My back of my head was itchy, but I couldn’t scratch it-.”