episode_0097

A week has passed since then.

Jinwoo and Sarah were still doing research at Seongwoon High School. Even though a week had passed since the request began, no clues had still been found on the filming set.

So far, there has been no incidents of the pale boy’s face being caught on camera or the props disappearing. Since there were no clues to uncover the identity of the strange phenomenon, there was nothing Jinwoo and Sarah could do.

no.

To be precise, Jinwoo had something to do.

It was a job to act as a double for the male lead on set.

Jinwoo was receiving enthusiastic instruction from the martial arts director in the annex of Seongwoon High School.

“Now, you’re falling through the window. Can you see the mattress underneath? Just land correctly on the mattress.”

This was the science room on the third floor of the annex.

The martial arts director pointed outside the window and explained how Jinwoo should act. There was a soft mattress laid out near the annex. From now on, Jinwoo just had to jump out the window and fall onto the mattress.

The scene to be filmed now was the falling scene.

It wasn’t a bottomless fall, but of course there was a story.

“The male protagonist of enters the annex in search of his girlfriend. However, he finds out that his girlfriend has already left the annex. The male protagonist, who was being chased by zombies, eventually jumps out through the window.”

This was the story of the male protagonist falling. Jinwoo also learned about the story of while acting as a stunt double for a few days. I received praise from the director, saying that the level of immersion had improved thanks to this.

“… … ”

Jinwoo looked outside through the window.

Again, this is the 3rd floor.

This means falling from a height of about 6m.

There was a mattress on the playground, but it could not have been a dangerous fall.

However, Jinwoo’s expression was as grave as a person suffering from insensitivity to safety.

In the science room, there were people looking at Jinwoo and talking to him.

They were the staff of the filming team.

The staff were all amazed when they saw Jinwoo.

“Wow… Look at Jinwoo standing with his back turned. It’s so cool.”

“Because my body is in good shape, I can become a picture just by standing there.”

“The art director really likes that person. They say it fits perfectly with the image of the male protagonist they were planning. Was it an image of a fierce fight?”

On the first day Jinwoo was hired as a stunt double, there were many people among the staff who protested. However, after filming began, there was a lot of backlash. This was because everyone was satisfied with the exciting video captured.

What was required of Jinwoo was high-level action acting.

Even after filming on the skybridge, Jinwoo filmed as a double several more times.

There was also a scene where he was filmed climbing up the wall of a school building to the rooftop.

There were many other action scenes, but Jinwoo’s acting was excellent each time.

Director Hong continued to use Jinwoo as a double, as if he had tasted drugs.

“Jinwoo, what is he thinking right now?”

“They must be calculating how to fall! You’re a stunt genius.”

The staff looked at Jinwoo with respect and whispered to him.

However, Jinwoo himself had no thoughts.

Standing blankly only seemed like a calm expression to the people around him.

Jinwoo was dazed for a while and suddenly a question occurred to him.

‘Why am I here?’

It was a very fundamental question.

I came here for an exorcism, but before I knew it, I was just continuing to work as a stunt double.

As if fighting as a teenager on a sky bridge wasn’t enough, now we had to pretend to fall out of a window.

‘why?’

Jinwoo thought deeply about what had happened so far.

I received guidance from a martial arts director to film the sky bridge scene on Saturday. However, Jinwoo’s acting was better than I expected, so after rehearsal, we actually started filming.

On the first day, Director Hong said this.

━Jinwoo! It’s a difficult act, so let’s focus and finish it in one go.

So Jinwoo really concentrated. The long overpass scene was filmed cleanly in one take without a single NG. Of course, there were a few reshoots, but that was because of other actors’ mistakes, not Jinwoo’s.

I did as I was told and Director Hong was surprised.

━Huh? Jinwoo, why are you acting so well?

━The director told me to do well.

━Anyway, I didn’t expect you to do it like a pro. The swing of the bat is realistic.

━So, have I done everything now?

━Next time, let’s shoot one more scene. Since you’ve done so much better than I expected, there’s something I’d like to order from Jinwoo.

Next time, Jinwoo had to act as a double. I concentrated and performed well, so Director Hong asked me to act again the next time.

━Are you good at this too? Then try another scene.

The job of acting as a stand-in for the male protagonist continued to be entrusted to Jinwoo.

Jinwoo thought that if he worked well, his workload would decrease. However, work tends to attract people who are good at it. Jinwoo, a high school student, did not yet know that even things that did not exist can happen magically.

In the end, today Jinwoo had to attach wires to his body and perform a falling act.

“Jinwoo! I can do it.”

Sarah’s voice rang out from below the window.

Sarah was cheering on Jinwoo jumping.

“You’re really good at jumping! Think of the time when you explore a haunted house!”

What Sarah said was true.

Jinwoo naturally learned parkour while wandering around a haunted house when he was young.

The purpose was to run away when encountering police officers or building owners on patrol.

If I ran and ran away, the police kept chasing me and it became annoying.

To elude the police in the city, you had to have the skills to climb walls or jump from high places.

Jinwoo had been doing dangerous stunts since elementary school.

[The shot goes in.]

Director Hong’s voice rang out.

[action.]

As filming began, the tightly closed door of the science room was smashed. The special effects team broke down the door on cue. Zombie actors entered the science room screaming.

Now was the right time to fall.

‘after.’

Actually, it doesn’t matter if I just leave.

Jinwoo pretended to take a deep breath and made a nervous gesture.

And, the moment the zombie actors got closer, they jumped over the window frame and fell down.

The mattress on the ground looked small when viewed from the third floor. However, Jinwoo knew well how to land accurately. When fighting a new monster in Chinatown, I even fell on my bare body.

Jinwoo’s body, wearing a wire, fell onto the mattress at high speed.

━━Thump

Jinwoo’s body, which fell on the mattress, trembled slightly as if he had been shocked and then stopped. A cameraman at the playground captured Jinwoo’s appearance on camera.

It fell from a height of three stories.

Maybe it wasn’t just acting, but he was really hurt. High-level action scenes were sometimes dangerous because it was difficult to tell whether the actor was acting or was actually injured.

The staff on set looked at Jinwoo with nervous expressions.

[Cut!]

Director Hong’s voice rang out.

At that moment, Jinwoo, who had been lying dead on the mattress, woke up as if he were lying.

“Jinwoo! Are you okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

Jinwoo raised his fist in the air and signaled that he was okay.

Anything that made me tremble or stop like I was dead was all smoke.

“Wow!!”

The staff cheered as they saw Jinwoo.

The falling scene was well filmed.

Director Hong, who was on the third floor, raised his thumb toward Jinwoo.

*

It was time for a break.

Inside the school building, tables were set up with drinks and snacks.

It was a snack table prepared for actors and staff.

Jinwoo was thirsty so he approached the table. The staff on set did not stand in Jinwoo’s way. It was so natural, as if he had been one of the actors from the beginning.

“Jinwoo, you worked hard.”

There was one customer who arrived at the table first.

Sarah, who was eating a burrito, waved her hand at Jinwoo.

“What do you need? Do you want some water?”

“Water.”

Jinwoo received the bottle of water that Sarah gave him. Sarah was eating the burrito on the table to her heart’s content. Even though Sarah was neither an actor nor a staff member, she ate it with confidence.

“The burrito is delicious, so eat it too.”

“… … ”

“Why is it so delicious? It tastes so good after eating here.”

From Jinwoo’s perspective, it was Sarah who looked like she was having fun and eating comfortably.

Of course, Sarah wasn’t just playing around. Every time I came to Seongwoon High School, I was patrolling and looking for boys. Of course, when Jinwoo was filming, I couldn’t control my curiosity and watched.

Sarah thought as she munched on her burrito.

‘I hope I catch a ghost or something quickly. That way, you will be able to look around comfortably.’

I had to resolve the request quickly so I could see Jinwoo comfortably. It was never a common sight to see your childhood friend working part-time as an actor. I felt like I could use it for the rest of my life as a snack when drinking alcohol, even when I became an adult.

Even now, Sarah couldn’t bear to make fun of Jinwoo.

“Hey, actor.”

“Noisy.”

“Please give me an autograph.”

Sarah couldn’t help but laugh.

“Puhuhuh. Jinwoo, do you know that? Now your name will be on the ending credits of the movie.”

“Ha.”

“Stay in shape like an actor. Let’s take a picture.”

Sarah took out her cell phone and came next to Jinwoo.

The camera angle was adjusted to show Sarah’s face and Jinwoo’s face in makeup.

I was planning on taking a commemorative photo like a couple.

“Okay, I’ll take a picture. one two… .”

It was right then.

Sarah, who was holding her cell phone, saw a vision in her eyes.

“Huh?”

It was an illusion of a fairy dressed in wings falling from the sky at an alarming speed. Like a meteorite, the fairy was falling towards Nebula High School.

It was clear what was happening.

Reception has begun.

Hongryeon is coming.

“Oh, no!”

Sarah quickly tried to take a couple photo with Jinwoo, but her fingers were slow.

The vision of a fairy coming down through the roof of the building reached Sarah.

━━Click

The moment the flash went off and the picture was taken, Hongryeon was possessed.

It was Hongryeon, not Sarah, who got to take a couple photo with Jinwoo.

“Did you get a good picture?”

“We took good pictures.”

“… … What?”

Hongryeon pointed at herself with her finger and revealed her identity to Jinwoo.

“It’s me.”