episode_0040

A warehouse on the 7th floor of an apartment building.

I walked around here and there with Jeong Hae-won.

“I’m trapped in an apartment, and I can’t get the necessities from anywhere. So, I went around and collected supplies.”

“Wow…”

“There used to be a lot of stuff on the 11th floor, but now it’s blocked. I have to find a floor to bring new items to.”

“You can take a picture.”

“As you wish.”

click-

“If I film a video of this and upload it, it will get a lot of views.”

“Can I upload it?”

“You can just get out of here.”

Jeong Hae-won looks at the photos taken on his cell phone.

“As soon as you go out, you will immediately have 1 million subscribers. If you just solve the story, you’ll be able to play and eat it, right?”

That’s a bit appealing.

“Do I have a stake too?”

“7 generations 3.”

“No, it should be 5 to 5.”

“Sister, I have a bit of a conscience… I’ll be doing all the video production and editing, so 3 is a lot.”

“I’m drawing a picture. These days, people don’t realize that video is also a game of thumbnail.”

“Hmm. Then 6 to 4?”

It was only a half-joke, but it was kind of funny to see him answer so seriously.

“But can we get out of here?”

“You should try it.”

“Didn’t I tell you about people dying?”

It’s not something to talk about lightly, but it’s a part of everyday life here.

I was quite shocked when I first saw it.

I thought it would be a good idea to let him know in advance, so I took Jeong Hae-won to a corner of the warehouse.

Ivory plastic partition curtain.

Because candles are always lit, the air is much drier than the surrounding area.

Grumble.

“Follow me.”

Steel shelves and black boxes. Dozens of candles lit in each compartment.

Some are off.

“……”

The small candle was tilted to relight the extinguished fire.

“Atte!”

“Did you get burned?”

“No. It’s okay.”

I removed the candle wax that stuck to the back of my hand and finished what I was doing.

Right above the shelf. Choi Jun-ki is smiling brightly in the family photo.

After that incident.

Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min took his remains to a certain floor and cremated them.

Choi Jun-ki came back in dust.

A charnel house where the recovered bodies were collected. I quietly looked at the boxes placed on the shelf.

“When I find the exit, I’ll take all these people out too.”

Could that day ever come?

“That guy said that.”

“……”

Jeong Hae-won is quietly looking at the photo.

“Now let’s go.”

How many people have died here? It is impossible to sit around and mourn for hours every time someone dies.

I left the warehouse and went back into the hallway.

“But where should I stay?”

“Okay. We’ll talk to people later when they come, and decide where to stay in the empty house. It will happen. I still have to move my luggage then, so I don’t have to think about it yet.”

“No, I just wanted to get some rest… I’m suddenly trapped in a strange place, so I’m feeling weak.”

“……Hey.”

“Yes?”

“Do you think I don’t know what’s inside you?”

I know this very well because I am also a man.

I guess he’s thinking of going round and round like this and following me home.

“No, that’s it.”

“Ha…”

As I sigh and walk away, Jeong Hae-won follows along.

I stopped in front of room 704.

“Wow. Look how all the door handles are scratched. How did you get the door?”

“It’s technology. I learned it from a friend of mine.”

It’s not like I can pick locks, but I’m almost a professional when it comes to opening a home.

It’s an ability that seems like something out of an old shoplifting cartoon.

“Have you been sent to juvenile detention center?”

“Yes? Of course not! But it is true that the older brother who told me went to juvenile detention center.”

“You are the same, you idiot.”

I just typed in the door lock number.

“But this fixes the keyhole, right?”

“Yes. You open it by pushing the pin inside, so the lock is fine.”

“Then I’m glad.”

This is the house I was staying in until just now, and the mess comes into view again.

“Stay still.”

He pushed Jeong Hae-won’s back and made him sit on the table.

And start cleaning right away.

“They suddenly open the door and come in. Open the door.”

“So, I asked before that if there was anyone there.”

“Do you want to get hit?”

The lunch bastard doesn’t want to say a word.

I collected and cleaned up the plastic bottles that were rolling around on the floor, and folded and organized the fallen clothes.

“That’s it. If you want to lie down, go lie down on the sofa over there.”

“Ah. Thank you…”

As a high school student, Jeong Hae-won doesn’t seem to be good at saying things like this.

Leaving Jeong Hae-won lying on the sofa, I walked to the room where the bed was.

width.

I laid down on the mattress and looked at the ceiling.

I’m a high school student, so it’s a pity that I’m stuck here. I think she’s a normal person and not crazy like Daju, so I should treat her well.

Another thing I found out is that it seems easy to act like a man because I’m with my younger brother.

no. Since I am a man, this is normal, so to speak.

I was being tormented by Da-ju Yoon, who was always telling me to corrupt the female. Choi Se-rim and Heo Yoon are my older sisters, so it is difficult to deal with them. It seems like he secretly likes me, but I can’t break this. Seok Hyeon-min? This guy doesn’t say much because it’s annoying. I’ve become more talkative these days, but I only talk to Heo Yoon.

So, it’s been a while since I’ve been back to my original self, so I feel a bit refreshed. Do you feel proud for some reason?

Aside from that, being tired is being tired.

It wasn’t even an hour ago that someone suddenly came in while taking a break and became alert.

As I lay in bed, I feel exhausted.

It was a time when I was covering myself with a blanket and fiddling with my phone.

[Chiiikik…]

A somehow familiar voice rang through the room.

* * *

A wide meadow backed by clear blue.

Wooden bookcases that can be seen dozens of meters away are positioned like pillars holding up the sky.

Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min left the elevator and looked around.

“This place looks like a library too.”

“Don’t touch me carelessly, sister.”

“I didn’t touch it.”

Heo Yoon quietly looked at the bookshelf.

The spine of the book had languages from all over the world written on it, which seemed to be people’s names.

[Gabriela Cromwell]

[張薇]

hmm…

[Facebok Account: aasdfgas]

[1 stick pencil with eraser]

[7,500 BTC]

is not it?

Anyway, I don’t think we can get supplies here.

“There’s nothing to save. Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Heo Yoon quickly returns to the elevator.

Seok Hyeon-min briefly finished recording and turned around.

[Chiiikik…]

“Sister, can’t you hear anything?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“Something like noise.”

“……”

The two held their breath and focused on the sound.

A crackling noise that gradually grows in size.

It didn’t take long to realize that it was a very familiar sound.

[Chieeek… here’s a notice to all residents.]

Heo Yun sighed deeply.

“It’s a broadcast.”

“Yes.”

“Have you ever told this to Dabin?”

“……I’m not sure. It was something I could tell you later. Originally.”

Seok Hyeon-min clenches and unclenches his hand for no reason.

Heo Yoon bit his lower lip hard.

“Seup…what should I do?”

It was always in the morning when the broadcast came out.

It didn’t come out that often, and above all, I kept the rule of once every six months.

It’s always been like that.

“But sister.”

“Uh.”

“I think we need to start worrying from here and now.”

[This is an emergency situation. Please check the disaster information broadcast right now.]

The sound of a window breaking. Thunder sound. The sounds of people murmuring and screaming were mixed into the broadcast.

[I’ll say it again. Please check the disaster information broadcast right now.]

[The broadcast is broadcast on radio, TV, and mobile phone DMB.]

Next moment.

The horizon was distorted.

The border between earth and sky became curved, and overhead was no longer a beautiful blue.

A gray sky with bruises here and there.

Doddd-

The heavens and earth begin to rumble.

“Hey Seok Hyeon-min. Jump into work.”

“Wait a minute.”

“What are you doing? I told you to run fast!”

Heo Yoon roughly grabbed Seok Hyeon-min’s hand and dragged him.

The ground shakes constantly.

and.

A huge bookshelf fell, casting a shadow.

[This is urgent breaking news.]

[Avoid open areas. Do not open the door. Do not stay in open spaces.]

[I’ll say it again.]

[Do not stay in open spaces.]

[Do not go outside, but close all windows and curtains inside the house and wait. If you are on the road, take shelter inside a nearby building. If you are in a vehicle, you must lock the car doors, engage the side brakes, and hide yourself in the empty space under the seat.]

[This channel receives and broadcasts disaster information broadcasts from the UN’s Occult Management Organization – GOC -.]

[We ask that affiliated organizations of the global occult association in each country cooperate in the evacuation of innocent citizens.]

The broadcast continues to play on the TV, which turns on by itself.

Announcements inside the apartment are also being repeated.

I came out to the living room and watched the sky change.

In the gray sky without a single cloud, there are dark blue holes here and there. It looks like a photo of ozone layer destruction that appeared in an environmental article I saw a while ago.

Jeong Hae-won froze as he stood at the window.

“Well, what is this.”

“It’s over here.”

Jeong Hae-won, who was standing dumbly, was dragged into the living room.

First of all, you have to follow the content of the broadcast.

Doddd-

The ground shakes violently.

The glass on the table gradually moves to the edge.

“Escape under the desk!”

Clink!

I went under the table with quick movements.

Jeong Hae-won quickly ducks to my side.

“Crazy. Are there earthquakes here too?”

“I don’t know!”

The vibration became more severe.

The closet door opens at will and the contents inside spill out and tumble.

There was a crack in the window,

Poseok.

Pieces of glass collapsed.

[This is urgent breaking news.]

[Avoid open areas. Do not open the door. Do not stay in open spaces.]

[Do not go outside, but close all windows and curtains inside the house and wait. If you are on the road, take shelter inside a nearby building. If you are in a vehicle, you must lock the car doors, engage the side brakes, and hide yourself in the empty space under the seat.]

The shaking continued for several minutes.

Under extreme tension. Something shatters, breaks. The hellish time of rolling roughly on the floor is over.

When I raise my head, I see Jeong Hae-won looking very scared.

“Heo Eok. Wow…”

I let out the breath I had been holding.

Before we knew it, all the lights had gone out, and the only illumination was sunlight.

You should be prepared to turn on the flashlight on your smartphone.

Before that, you must wait until the vibration completely subsides.

The big juncture has passed, but the ground is still shaking slightly.

Me too, Jeong Hae-won too. I couldn’t say anything for a while.

Only the TV kept talking.

[The earthquake has subsided. Citizens, please come out of your home and evacuate to a nearby shelter.]

[The Armed Forces will protect the safety of our citizens until the end.]