episode_0038

After everyone gathered together and had breakfast. We had a meeting to decide on our future direction for survival.

As always, Heo Yoon leads the meeting.

“So, I wanted to ask you what you think about what to do next.”

I explained to everyone what I saw with Daju.

– I went to the 13A1 floor to secure supplies, but quickly returned after finding traces of danger.

– There is a mural that creates a three-dimensional space around the mechanical device. You can go into the mural, but if you do, you will soon be flattened into 2D.

– Traces of another person were found near the mechanical device.

– These people are crazy people who grind up humans to make healing potions (probably).

It definitely happened less than 30 minutes ago, but for some reason my memory is blurry.

Is it because you’re tired?

So, the explanation was almost over for several weeks.

“It’s a mural, just don’t go there. The problem is people. okay. Okay.”

Heo Yoon leads the topic with a loud voice.

“So, to sum up what Dabin and Daju saw, it is the floor where the mechanical devices are located. Where was it?”

“13A1.”

Seok Hyeon-min inadvertently helps Heo Yoon.

“Okay. thank you. Can we say that the 13A1 floor is also dangerous?”

“Yes!”

When Heo Yoon asks, Da-ju answers with a grin.

Daju Yoon, what is he thinking? There was a lot of laughter.

“Then what about 13A1? Should I not go for a while?”

“Well. I’m also worried about getting new supplies. What should I do?”

Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min look at each other while saying the same thing, and the atmosphere is strange from the very morning.

Maybe it’s because I’m still a little tired, but I can’t think of anything.

Choi Se-rim is looking this way with a grin. It’s a bit surprising that she isn’t looking at her laptop, but it doesn’t seem like she has any intention of expressing her opinion.

“……”

Even when he makes eye contact with me, there is no reaction.

no. In the first place, he wasn’t looking at me, but at Daju, who was sitting next to me.

So, as expected, the only one who expressed an opinion was Da-ju Yoon.

“Then let’s go exploring right away!”

Daju is very excited and runs around.

“We need to repair it as quickly as possible and then go exploring and find a floor to get new supplies!”

“……”

“It was already frustrating, but it worked out well.”

Heo Yoon makes an absurd expression.

“Hey, you are.”

“But most of what you say is correct.”

“What?”

When Seok Hyun-min agrees, Heo Yoon looks even more absurd.

“If you stay still, you will starve to death.”

“No. If you think about it, you weren’t saying that 13A1 was definitely dangerous. Isn’t it better to just be careful and come back?”

“What you say is right, but it’s only for a moment. I can’t say it’s stable. It’s better to just find another floor.”

Now Heo Yoon is looking at me.

“What do you think, Dabin?”

“I think it would be better to explore, me too.”

“Serim is.”

“Since we can’t continue to rely on 13A1, wouldn’t it be better to find another floor while we can still make a living?”

“…Okay.”

“Yes-!”

Daju is jumping up and down with excitement.

“Hey. Daju Yoon, you really can’t do this.”

Heo Yoon got up from his seat and quickly pulled Daju to sit down and fed him honey chestnuts.

“Augh.”

“Something! Stay quiet.”

“Yes? Your sister has been noisy since the morning too?”

“What?”

“I could hear everything because I was standing in front of the door.”

Daju looks at Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeonmin alternately with a sinister smile.

“Yass.”

” billion.”

Seok Hyun-min flinched.

“Ah. no. hey. Daju Yoon. You, you really are dead!!!”

Heo Yun’s face heated up in an instant.

“Serim and my brother were next to me and we heard the whole thing together. There is no use in reacting like that now…!”

“Don’t say any more.”

A palm flies quickly and tightly covers Daju’s mouth.

“Ugh! Eupeup!”

“I’m really going to kill you!!!”

Actually, I only knew the atmosphere, but I couldn’t hear any sound. There is no way the apartment soundproofing could be that bad.

But you can stop someone like this with just a few words.

In some ways, Da-ju Yoon is also a really great kid. Aren’t you a genius at making people angry?

Daju Yoon deliberately rolls her eyes and pats Heo Yoon’s forearm.

“Ugh…paha! I almost died…”

“That’s it! We’re going on an expedition today, so everyone get ready.”

Heo Yoon looks at me while fanning his hand.

“Dabin, you worked hard so you’re getting some rest.”

“Yes? no. It’s okay…”

“Rest.”

“Yes.”

It was almost like a threat, so I had no choice but to give in.

Heo Yoon, who seemed to be turning away to do some other business, suddenly approached me and grabbed my arm.

“Yes?”

“That’s right. You should take a look at your fingers.”

It’s a surprise.

But Heo Yoon was equally surprised.

“What is it? Are you all better already? Why is it healing so quickly?”

“Ah. I guess it’s because my sister treated me well at first.”

“No. That’s…”

Heo Yoon smiles.

“Ha. Do you have a social life?”

And then I fiddle with my fingers.

You can try pressing the joints and bending them around to check them.

“Anyway, I don’t think I need the splint anymore. Just take off the bandage and use your hands like before.”

“Thank you, sister.”

“It’s a bit awkward to call her sister instead of sister because that’s how she looks.”

“I’m a guy, what should I do?”

“Is that so? Sorry.”

Heo Yoon took the bandage that was once wrapped around my hand and walked into the house.

“Hyunmin, go to the warehouse and get your bag. Serim is also preparing. Daju Yoon, you must be so excited, right?”

Late morning, when the sunlight begins to gradually increase. The survivors are busy preparing for the expedition.

“Me and Hyunmin are in a group. Daju and Serim, let’s go together. Okay?”

“Yes, sister.”

Heo Yoon gives instructions, and Choi Se-rim answers in a quiet voice.

It seems like it hasn’t been long since the two men died. Heo Yoon certainly fulfilled his role as leader faithfully.

“I’ll come back, oppa!”

First, Da-ju runs out of room 701, and Choi Se-rim follows. The couple also left while being friendly with each other.

I was left alone on the 7th floor.

Room 704.

……I’m bored.

There is a saying that in the countryside there is nothing to do but Yasu, and I don’t think this is entirely wrong. So does this mean that heroines from the countryside are non-virgins with ex-boyfriends? Then true heroine. In other words, it means that it cannot occupy the position of the royal family? For some reason, it seems like a topic that people in the comic gallery will enjoy. When I was trying to become a webtoon writer, I looked into a lot of comics communities.

This is the countryside, but is there really a countryside?

You cannot access the Internet or turn on the TV. The difference is that here you can’t walk around the neighborhood or play with street dogs. So is it correct to say that life in prison is worse than life in the countryside? It’s definitely a pretty boring life. I can somewhat understand Daju’s influence on apartment exploration.

When I’m trying to kill time, I let these useless thoughts take over.

I like it because when I lie in bed and look at the ceiling, my thoughts come back to me easily.

It was a time when my body was just about to spread out on the blanket and feel tired.

Slurp.

The sound of an elevator door opening.

Trudging. Trudging.

The sound of passing in the hallway.

Then,

Knock knock!

Someone knocks on the door.

what?

Should I go out and see?

okay. I guess I’ll have to go out and check it out first.

As I was about to get up, I remembered the first day of moving.

[Rattle rattle rattle!]

[Open it!]

no way. Probably not. This is the 7th floor. Such weirdos can’t hang around here. It is a place that has been sufficiently verified.

Reassuring myself with those words, I carefully crossed the living room.

“Hey! Is there anyone inside?”

It’s a strangely snarky male voice.

her. Now they even say it.

I picked up the baseball bat lying on the floor. It’s a tree full of wood, so if you get hit, it’ll be very painful.

“I checked, and there doesn’t seem to be anyone here either.

……yes? Open the door and go in?”

Kuuk.

I unconsciously put strength into the hand holding the bat.

What on earth is this guy doing here?

thud! thud!

Well done, well done-

The sound of the doorknob turning this way and that echoes throughout the house.

“Mr. I’m scared to death.”

At the same time, I was momentarily dumbfounded by the voice coming from outside the door.

I’m more scared than I am. You bastard.

One step.

One step.

Now we are almost in front of the shoe cabinet.

I can hear something crunching outside. It looks like they’re probably digging into the keyhole with a wire.

Can you open the door like that?

“I think it’s almost done, everyone.”

I was startled by the voice I heard.

If you’re going to open the door and come in anyway. So wouldn’t it be right for me to make a preemptive strike?

I held the bat tightly and took a seat in front of the door.

There is only one time.

Aim for the moment when the guy opens the door and is at the peak of his excitement, and knocks him out in one go.

Slam!

“That’s it!”

The door opens.

“Ah. Mejubox, thank you for 1,000 won…!”

Huh-

“Ugh!!!”

The man in the baseball cap showed incredible reaction speed and a slightly worse sense of balance.

First of all, he succeeded in dodging a baseball bat that suddenly flew at him. Then he screamed and twisted his body, and his feet slipped and he ended up lying down on the floor of the shoe cabinet.

Quadang!

Without hesitation, I raised my weapon again.

“Wait a minute! time! Wait a minute!”

The man raised his arm awkwardly and shouted, ‘Stop!’ Take a stance.

What are those things on the floor?

Cell phone and selfie stick. Is there an auxiliary battery?

“No. If you were inside, please tell me…”

“What?”

“Are you living here?”

“What are you talking about?”

He looks like he just entered high school.

Black jacket and black mask. There are no criminals wearing baseball caps.

Take a deep breath and calm down a little.

I put the bat down on the floor.

“Do you know what the situation is now?”

“Yes?”

A man scratching his head.

“Ah. Well, I’m doing an internet broadcast. Today’s content is a broadcast about experiencing an abandoned house. I heard that it was an abandoned house whose construction was stopped about 7 years ago. You live here…”

It’s so absurd that I end up laughing.

“So. Does this place look like an abandoned house?”

“Yes?”

“I don’t even know what’s going on with the broadcast.”

I bent down and picked up my phone from the floor.

just as expected. The cell phone is completely turned off.

“Come to your senses.”

I flipped the phone over to show it and shook the man’s shoulder.

“Huh?”

“Look around again.”

“Uh huh?”

As if finally understanding the situation, the man opens his mouth and begins to look around in a panic.

“W, where am I?”

“Of course. I don’t even know where it is.”

“Isn’t this the Songhak-dong apartment construction site?”

“When I came in, it was a monthly rental in a hallway-type apartment. The one in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.”

“……”

The man is still sitting dumbly on the shoe cabinet tile.

“Yes?”

“How old are you?”

“Yes?”

“Age.”

“……Nineteen.”

I clicked my tongue.

At the age of eating lunch, I became addicted to Internet broadcasting and experienced a haunted house.

“I’m twenty-four.”

“Really? Well, my sister looks similar to me…”

It’s bitter. I can’t believe I’m hearing this from my lunch mates too.

It was embarrassing to tell him that he had become a woman, so I just told him about it.

“It’s a baby face.”

“Ah…”

“Anyway, I’ll explain it slowly. I’m in.”

“Yes.”

“If you want to live here from now on, you have to be very careful.”

While talking to myself, I looked back.

When I tell him to come in, he just pauses.

“But then I can’t get out of here?”

Although they may not be able to understand what is being said, their senses are very quick.

If there’s one thing I like, it’s that I won’t be bored anymore. Da-ju Yoon is a bit crazy, so I’ll leave it out of the discussion. As I was getting really stressed, I met someone younger than me for the first time.

…No matter how I think about it, my younger brother is easy to deal with.