episode_0093

Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

residential area.

Today was Monday morning.

“You’re late! Late!”

Yuki, who became a high school student this year, hurriedly ran out of the house with a piece of bread in her mouth.

Her name is Yuki.

Although he lives in Korea, his name sounds Japanese.

Although she was an extremely ordinary high school girl, she was pretty enough to resemble an idol.

Yuki accidentally overslept today. The alarm on my phone that I had set in advance rang, but I couldn’t hear it because I was sleeping soundly. Unfortunately, Yuki’s parents also left for Japan a few days ago, so neither of them were home.

The current time is 9 am.

I was already late because the first period had already started.

It was when Yuki was turning a corner with a piece of bread in his mouth.

As it happened, there was someone standing on the other side of the corner.

While Yuki was running around, she bumped into someone and fell over.

━━Puck!

Yuki quickly stood up, covering herself with her skirt.

The bread he was holding in his mouth fell and was rolling around on the concrete floor.

“egogo… Sorry.”

The person Yuki bumped into was a male student wearing a school uniform. But when I took a closer look at the school uniform, I saw that it was the uniform of Seongwoon High School, which Yuki attended. It seemed like he bumped into a boy from the same school.

Are you angry because you suddenly got hit hard?

I apologized, but the boy didn’t say anything.

Yuki looked closely at the boy’s face.

The male student who was looking chicly at Yuki had a name tag that read ‘Jin Woo-bin’ on his chest.

“Ahh! You!”

Yuki looked as if he had finally realized who the male student was.

It was Woobin, who transferred to Yuki’s class yesterday. As if transferring schools wasn’t enough, Woobin’s family also moved next door to Yuki. Because he was a good-looking transfer student, the girls in his class made a fuss all day yesterday.

“You’re Woobin? Are you late too?”

“… … .”

“What are you doing here instead of going to school? Have you lost your way?”

Since Woobin had just transferred to the school, he could have gotten lost.

Yuki held out her hand to Woobin, who was standing bluntly like a cold city man.

“Hihi. I’ll show you the way. Let’s go together.”

There was a strange atmosphere between the two people. It felt like I was watching a scene from a romance comic. Yuki stretched out her hand with a cheerful expression and Woobin stood in front of her.

Woobin ignored Yuki and walked forward.

“What! Are you ignoring people now?”

Yuki puffed out his cheeks and questioned Woobin, who had his back turned.

Woobin coolly ignored Yuki’s words and walked straight to the center of the city.

“Hey! That’s not the way to school!”

Woobin’s route was the exact opposite of the route to school. Woobin approached behind the people gathered in front of the traffic light on the street. An office worker in a navy blue suit was closest.

With an indifferent and chic expression, Woobin bit the back of the neck of an office worker wearing a suit.

━━Quad!

It literally bit the person’s neck off like a rabid dog.

Blood spurted out from the back of the office worker’s neck like ketchup had been squeezed out.

“Aaaa.”

From morning, loud screams rang out in the middle of the street. It was the sound of a dying person screaming.

“Ahhhh… .”

An office worker whose neck was bitten by Woobin collapsed. Woobin threw the office worker away like trash and looked around. There was a lot of blood around the corner of Woobin’s tall mouth. Woobin chewed the flesh torn from the nape of his neck like chewing gum.

“Ahhhh!”

“You’re crazy!”

Screams erupted from all around. People gathered in front of the crosswalk were startled and ran away. Yuki, who was watching Woobin, made a blank expression as if she didn’t know if it was a dream or reality. Yuki pinched his forearm, but he didn’t wake up from the dream.

“Woo, Woobin… ?”

The atmosphere on the street has changed.

Woobin wasn’t the only one who suddenly started biting people. Some people’s eyes widened and they grabbed and bitten others like crazy dogs.

━━Wow! Wow! Crack!

It was a street full of blood, screams, and madness.

Strangely enough, the person bitten by the crazy person went equally crazy. The office worker who had been bitten by Woobin earlier stood up staggeringly and tried to bite another person in the same manner.

“Ah… .”

Yuki stumbled as if his head was dizzy.

Woobin, who had chewed up all the flesh, turned his head and looked at Yuki.

The transfer student who seemed like the male protagonist of a romance comic has now become a monster.

“Krrr.”

Woobin walked towards Yuki with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Yuki stepped back with a face filled with fear.

“Krrr.”

Woobin stretched out his arms forward and rushed at Yuki.

Yuki turned his back and started running away from Woobin.

Woobin ran like crazy and came up behind Yuki.

Yuki screamed as she felt Woobin’s hand barely touching her.

It was right then.

A man’s voice rang through a loudspeaker in the middle of the street.

[Cut!]

At that moment, as if a miracle had occurred, Woobin, who was running, stopped. Yuki stopped, and the crazy people running wild on the streets and the citizens running away also stopped.

[I will take a short break.]

There really wasn’t a miracle.

Because this was a movie filming location.

It was a movie called scheduled to be released at the end of this year.

What made people on the street stop was none other than the voice of the film director. The people who were running wild and the people who were running away were all actors filming a movie.

There was a filming team holding cameras near Yuki. From the moment she ran out of the house earlier, the film crew always followed Yuki. Everyone on camera, including Yuki, was merely acting realistically.

“Thank you for your hard work, Yuki.”

“Ah, yes.”

A staff member came over and handed Yuki a water bottle.

Yuki, who was thirsty for a while, took the water bottle and drank it in one shot.

“Puha.”

Yuki was portrayed as an extremely ordinary high school girl in the movie, but in reality, she was a popular idol. Yuki, who was actually 17 years old, was of mixed race, born to Korean and Japanese parents. Because her unique slurred pronunciation was cute, she was the most popular among the girl group members.

Yuki, an idol, was filming a zombie movie.

Since I have rarely worked as an actor, there were many awkward aspects to Yuki’s acting.

“Yuki!”

The director holding a storyboard approached Yuki.

It was director Hong Seung-heon, who was in charge of .

Director Hong pointed out Yuki’s acting with a serious expression.

“You need to fix your running form. This is not a cute running race. It’s a situation where you’re being chased by zombies. Please change your facial expression to show desperation and spread your legs wide before running.”

“Yes, director.”

“I was surprised to see a zombie approaching and paused for a moment, then proceeded to the next step. Make sure to stop the motion. The scenes should not continue in a flat manner.”

“… I’m sorry.”

Yuki also knew that his acting was not good. Although I was trying hard not to be criticized for acting poorly, I was constantly being criticized by the director. Shooting a movie for the 17-year-old idol for the first time in her life was extremely difficult.

How much time has passed?

The director of photography called Director Hong, who was watching Yuki’s acting.

“Director Hong! Please come by for a moment. Something strange caught on camera again?”

“Is it something strange?”

The cinematographer was checking the video captured by the camera on his laptop.

Director Hong approached the laptop.

‘What’s going on?’

Yuki, curious about what was going on, also sneakily approached the laptop.

There were a lot of staff gathered around the laptop.

The cinematographer played the video and showed Director Hong what the strange parts were.

“Do you see the boy here? This is the face that was captured in the video the last time we filmed at school.”

In the frozen video, there was a boy with pure white skin. A boy who looked to be around middle school was peeking out from the alley. It was a young boy staring blankly at the actors covered in fake blood made from starch syrup.

“It’s true. This guy came out again?”

“That’s right.”

This wasn’t the first time a young boy was caught on camera by a camera crew. Even when filming in different locations, the same boy’s face was sometimes caught on camera. It’s like playing a hidden object game.

“What are you, a ghost?”

“At this point, I’m starting to get scared.”

The cinematographer got goosebumps and trembled. Every time I filmed, I felt creepy because of the boy’s face being reflected in the camera. It looked like the face of a ghost staring at the camera from a dark place.

” That’s right! There are already a lot of strange things happening.”

Director Hong made a serious expression while smoothing his chin.

Aside from the mysterious boy caught on camera, many strange things happened on the set of .

There were things like props that had been prepared disappearing, actors taking a break feeling creepy stares, or something like the howling of an animal being heard somewhere on the set. Yuki also felt a creepy gaze from behind while taking a break.

The cinematographer suggested a solution to Director Hong.

“Director Hong. I know the shaman I used.”

“A shaman?”

“He is called Hwayeon Bodhisattva. He worships General God and is good at chasing away ghosts. Why not give it a try?”

“Well… .”

Director Hong thought about it and nodded.

Rather than just staying like this, it seemed like it would be better to call a shaman to liven up the atmosphere on set. The staff’s mood had calmed down due to the strange things happening these days.

“First, let the director of photography contact you.”

“Okay.”

The cinematographer took out his cell phone and called Hwayeon Bodhisattva.

[hello?]

“Hwayeon Bodhisattva! It’s been a while.”

The conversation between the cinematographer and Hwayeon Bodhisattva continued over the cell phone.

The cinematographer asked for help, but Hwayeon Bodhisattva could not grant the request.

Now she was busy working abroad.

[…] … Because I am currently working in Taiwan.]

“Oh, you’re busy.”

[My daughter could help me instead. Please call Hyehwadang.]

“Hwayeon Bodhisattva’s daughter?”

[This is a new disciple I raised. Since I’ve recently been blessed, I think I can entrust you with a lot of work.]

Hwayeon Bodhisattva had a daughter whom he raised as a disciple.

The name is Gangsera.

She was a 17-year-old girl.

It was good news for the cinematographer. I could trust any shaman introduced by Hwayeon Bodhisattva. Moreover, if it had been a while since you received your shoes, you would have received them well. In the world of shamans, experience and skills did not always match. There were quite a few cases where young shamans were braver than older shamans.

Hwayeon Bodhisattva gave the cinematographer the address and contact information of Hyehwadang and hung up the phone.

“Director Hong! It is said that a disciple can come in place of Hwayeon Bodhisattva.”

“Are those people really trustworthy? It’s not that I don’t trust the cinematographer… .”

“I can guarantee it. Hwayeon Bodhisattva. You saved my family from near ruin a long time ago. You neatly resolved an accident that occurred due to our ancestors’ grave site.”

“… All right. Let’s have a meeting and decide whether to call a shaman or not.”

Afterwards, the production team of had a meeting to decide whether to call a shaman or not.

The result of the meeting was in favor.

*

It was late afternoon that day.

I was sitting on the living room sofa with Sarah watching a horror movie.

I was watching it on a large screen TV, so the screen was very wide.

If I were to exaggerate a bit, I could even see the actors’ pores.

[Our Father in heaven, hallow your name and allow us to bear your name.]

In the movie, a handsome priest was performing an exorcism ceremony.

The plot of the movie was that a handsome priest rescues a girl who is possessed by a devil.

[I command you to let this woman go!]

[Aaaah! I am Satan!]

Hearing the priest’s voice, the demon possessing the girl’s body went crazy.

Sarah and I enjoyed watching the movie while eating popcorn we bought at a convenience store.

The title of the movie is

It was a movie where the priest was very handsome.

Of course, the process of exorcism was also very realistic.

“It’s fun to see it again.”

Actually, we had seen this movie a long time ago.

I was just watching it because it was on a movie channel, and it was worth watching again.

Sarah stared at the TV and rambled on about the movie.

“It’s director Hong Seung-heon’s work. In Korea, director Hong is probably the only one making occult films these days and making them successful. Have you seen and ?”

“I saw it all. I watched it with you.”

“Was it like that? Anyway, it’s also Director Hong’s work. It’s the hope of the Korean occult film industry.”

“Is it that much?”

“Yes!”

Se-ra Kang was a movie enthusiast.

Sarah only became very talkative when watching movies. Perhaps because my father worked as a film director in Sweden, I had a special interest in films. My favorite movies are Pixar movies, but I also watched other movies.

Thanks to Sarah, I have also seen most of the classic movies.

“Jinwoo. Do you know that?”

“What is it again?”

“Director Hong is currently filming a zombie movie. The title is . Aren’t you looking forward to it? It’s coming out at the end of this year, so let’s go see it together.”

“Zombie School… ? The title is a bit sassy.”

“Still, it’s worth watching because it’s Director Hong. I’m looking forward to seeing what a person who used to make occult movies will come up with when he makes zombie movies. Ugh!”

Sarah’s TMI continued endlessly.

As we chatted together, ended and the ending credits rolled up.

“It’s fun.”

It was when the movie ended.

The phone in the living room suddenly started ringing.

━━Tiriririririri

In the late afternoon, the phone at Hyehwadang rang.

This isn’t a call from us personally. If someone we knew had contacted us, they would have called our cell phone.

“Who is it?”

“I’ll take it.”

I answered the phone.

“Yes. This is Hyehwadang.”

[Is that Hyehwadang? Isn’t this where Hwayeon Bodhisattva’s new disciples are?]

An unfamiliar woman’s voice rang through the receiver.

Hwayeon Bodhisattva was Sarah’s mother and godmother.

When it comes to Hwayeon Bodhisattva’s new disciple, it means Sera.

“Of course.”

[It’s no different, we’re going to request an exorcism from our disciple.]

“Really? It’s not a prank call, right?”

[This is not a prank call.]

It was a call requesting an exorcism.

I quickly took out my notebook and prepared to take notes.

I was embarrassed because work suddenly came in.

[How are your disciple’s skills? It’s trustworthy, right?]

“You can trust it 100%! Se-ra Kang is a shaman who chases away ghosts!”

The person who called was a crew member working on a movie set.

The woman who introduced herself as a member of the photography team told me what she was requesting.

The request was to solve a strange phenomenon that occurred on a movie set.

“So where is it? Please call the address.”

[This is Seongwoon High School in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. A movie called is being filmed here.]

“Zombie school? I’ve heard of it.”

Surprisingly, a movie that Sarah was very excited about was being produced on the movie set.

The production team of entrusted the request to us.

“First, I will talk to my student.”

I put down the receiver and quickly called Sarah.

“Sera!”

“What is it?”

“I got a job for you. Director Hong Seung-heon is looking for you. Please help resolve the strange phenomenon that occurred on the set of .”

“What?!”

“So are you going to do it? Are you going to tell me?”

“Of course I should.”

Sarah immediately ran to me and picked up the receiver.

Now Sarah is more motivated than ever.

“Yes! This is Kang Se-ra, a disciple of Hwayeon Bodhisattva.”

[…] … .]

“Where is it? Nebula High School? I’m going! I will definitely go!”