episode_0156

The World Occult Society uses telephone booths for communication.

There are two ways to find this.

Either you are a person with supernatural powers or you use observation of anomalous phenomena.

Or you can just find a public phone booth.

“Serim is resting.”

Sister Se-rim is completely exhausted and out of breath.

Communication with the World Occult Association was difficult.

A lot of physical contact was required, and the burden on the body was also great.

“I’ll find the phone booth.”

So this time, I have to play a role.

“I… … . Dajuya?”

“Yes. I’m carrying you.”

Daju comes to pick me up right away.

“No. Not now.”

“Huh?”

“First, we need to clear the road.”

Another sound is heard outside.

The sound of walls pounding, floors shaking, and people crying out in pain.

“The fifth apostle. That’s what drove Mr. Seongjin crazy back then.”

“Ugh… .”

Daju is giving me goosebumps.

“I saw it in the professor’s lab last time, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Listen carefully. I’m talking about the fifth apostle.”

This is an important story.

I called other people too.

“Other people come here and listen together.”

He waited for the others to come closer and then slowly began to talk.

“The mere presence of that bastard makes people go crazy for blood. He will take blood and make idols that praise him. ”

“That’s the picture I saw in the lab last time.”

“That’s right.”

The fifth apostle is a religion and a phenomenon.

By simply being by his side, a human being becomes his ‘apostle’.

Apostle of the Apostles.

What becomes of a believer’s believer?

At the very top, there is the unknown malice of the being who created the universe.

The fifth apostle is his ‘believer’.

That is, it makes those who come under its influence obsessed with blood.

And he takes their blood and creates his own idols.

“Up until now, I was chained, but now that I’m out… … . I’m probably out of control.”

People’s expressions harden.

“And one more thing. As these people increase, disasters will also increase.”

“Why is that?”

Seok Hyun-min asks.

“As the number of idols increases, the influence of the bastard also increases.”

An idol made of flesh and blood by the believers of the fifth apostle.

This doesn’t stop at simply drawing patterns.

A living miracle.

stigma.

A lump of flesh and a nail.

As the number of idols increases, his influence increases.

“So you always have to keep that in mind too. Earthquakes. Plagues. War. Things like that.”

I took out a towel and wiped Se-rim’s sweat.

“You can see it even now. Because crazy people have already started coming into this building.”

The noise of the madmen echoes through the hallways.

Seok Hyun-min mutters softly.

“We didn’t see it when we went out. When did you come back in?”

“It was just a moment ago.”

“But how do you know that the people out there are related to the fifth apostle?”

“… … ominous mood.”

Yebin mutters.

I added the rest of the words.

“Yes, that’s it.”

Seok Hyun-min nods.

“I get it. It wasn’t just because I was scared.”

An ominous aura carried by those influenced by the Fifth Apostle.

Goosebumps that appear on your body for no reason.

A faintly noticeable stench.

A scream that rings in your ears.

The bastard’s influence was so strong that it could be felt by everyone, regardless of their aptitude for observing anomalies.

“Now I need someone to take the lead and pave the way. But I have to carry the day I give to them.”

“I’ll go.”

This time it was Jeong Hae-won.

I would usually tell you to do whatever you want, but this time I would like you to take a break.

“Jeong Hae-won, you get some rest.”

“Huh?”

“I kept running around. You protect me from behind.”

“… … .”

“Okay.”

Instead, Seok Hyeon-min and Heo Yun stepped forward.

Armed with weapons taken from the apartment.

“And since we’re going out of the theater, everyone should wear earplugs. You know there’s still some weird radio waves coming from the Foundation, right?

And also… … . If there’s something like a blood-drawn pattern in the hallway, you must never look at it. You might be possessed by the fifth apostle. ”

The list of precautions is endless.

It’s that dangerous.

But, it is something that must be done.

We get out of here and join the worldwide occult association.

I used the communication cards to convey the same message to Robin, Rico, and Dan.

Robin nods.

Rico holds my hand tightly and says something encouraging.

I couldn’t understand it because it was in Japanese, but I could understand the sentiment.

And Dan leads the way with a shotgun.

Seok Hyun-min and Heo Yun. Dan took the lead.

“Everyone knows, right? People who have already become ‘believers’ cannot return to how they were before.”

“Yeah. I know.”

Heo Yun answers in a determined voice.

“You mean they’re like zombies?”

“Yes.”

I was carried on Dazhu’s back.

“Don’t hesitate too much, even if you have to kill me.”

Sister Se-rim also got enough rest and was ready to leave the theater.

“Now everyone put on your earplugs! I’m going out right now!”

Everyone wears earplugs.

Dan, Rico, and Robin also noticed and put earplugs in their ears.

Now it’s time to move.

As I left the apartment and went outside,

Leaving the theater and joining the worldwide occult society.

“Let’s go.”

Heo Yun took the lead, holding a shotgun.

As soon as you leave the theater, you see a horrific scene.

Under the bright lights of the commercial district.

The floor was red and damp.

It’s all human blood.

Blood pooled, glistening and reflecting the light.

In the center of it were several corpses piled up one on top of the other.

As if all the blood in his body had been drained, his ashen skin stands out.

“Should I just pass by?”

Seok Hyun-min looks back and asks.

It’s a very small voice.

Wiggle.

Among the piles of corpses, the slightest movement of ashen fingers.

It seemed like I was the only one who noticed it.

I lowered my voice and whispered.

“No.”

Anomalous observation was performed on the corpse.

It didn’t take much effort.

Soon after, their information was observed.

Name Kim Jae-young Age I want to live Name Choi Age 17 Gender I’m scared I’m bleeding so much I need to stop the bleeding quickly Name Kim Min-jeong Age 28 Gender Female What happened all of a sudden?

The letters appear before my eyes in a band.

At first, I couldn’t see properly because of the noise.

But gradually the meaning of the sentence becomes clear.

I’m scared, …

Before coming under the influence of the fifth apostle.

It was the victims’ last thought.

They were desperate, yet so small.

The thoughts form a belt, one circle twisted and the two ends meet.

What I could see was a Möbius strip made of letters.

A Möbius strip rotating in the air.

Stop.

Stop.

A black substance falls from it.

As if she was shedding tears.

Or it may have looked like it was bleeding.

… … I closed my eyes tightly and opened them again.

“Everyone, they’re alive.”

no.

To be precise, it is ‘obsessed’.

Without dying.

Under the influence of the fifth apostle.

Wiggle.

Wiggle.

A voice is heard from the corpse.

“We need more red.”

“Build an altar.”

The voices of countless people overlap, reciting the same sentence at the same time.

It was a creepily emotionless voice, but in the background there were people screaming.

It was as if someone was playing a recorded voice right in front of a murder scene.

The squirming grew stronger and stronger until everyone noticed it.

A pile of corpses moves as one body.

“He who makes an idol for the apostles. He will be freed.”

How long must everyone have been blankly staring?

Then Heo Yun shouts sharply.

“What are you doing! Shoot quickly!”

Taang!

Heo Yoon is slightly pushed back by the recoil of the shotgun.

The bullet flies and embeds itself in a pile of corpses.

But the corpse doesn’t move at all. It just moves more and more.

“Shoot!”

Seok Hyun-min and Dan also join in and pour out their firepower.

Even though I was wearing earplugs, the deafening noise continued.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The bastard raised his body.

Under the Möbius strip.

Now the name of the one who became one is written.

‘A lump of flesh’

A victim of the fifth apostle and an apostle who serves him.

And, already an idol.

He’s completely blocking the path we need to take.

A foul smell of rotting flesh and blood wafts out.

Among us, those with the lowest anomaly tolerance began to react.

“Ugh.”

Heo Yun keeps vomiting.

Daju was panting as if she was out of breath,

Rico squats on the floor and mutters something unintelligible.

Me too.

I feel like my stomach is starting to churn.

I shivered at the eerie feeling of being forcibly injected with a fear I could never understand.

but.

It’s not that I didn’t prepare.

There are countless of these types of beings in the apartment.

In it, we didn’t survive for nothing.

“Yebin. Throw it!”

Yebin takes out the object she had prepared in advance and throws it at the guy.

Chook-

The liquid inside the plastic bottle is evenly sprayed over the guy’s clothes.

Even on tattered synthetic fiber clothes.

Even the flesh of that disgusting creature, where blood and flesh are mixed together.

“Brother, light the lighter quickly!”

“Okay!”

Click.

Seok Hyun-min lights a lighter and sets fire to a piece of toilet paper soaked in kerosene.

A tinderbox was created to start a bigger fire.

All of this was prepared in advance.

A fuse is thrown towards the ‘flesh’.

Hwaruruk-

The fire grew in an instant.

“Ah …

“AAAHHH!!!”

A terrible ensemble began, mixed with the screams of many people.

They say that the pain of burning is the greatest pain a human can experience.

“… … .”

It can’t be helped.

This might be much better for them too.

It is only common sense that burning pain is the most painful.

The pain of having to live forever in bondage to the fifth apostle is unfathomable.

The effect of ‘Flesh’ disappeared in an instant.

I can see the life returning to people’s eyes.

Many people have found stability, and those who were following behind can also breathe a sigh of relief.

The flesh writhes in flames, and the fire continues to burn.

But the fact remains that it is our only passage.

“Over there. Run past.”

“Really?”

As I said, Seok Hyun-min opened his eyes wide and asked back.

“Yes.”

“… … Okay.”

On the back, a communication card conveyed the same meaning.

[Follow me.]

[Unconditionally.]

I was going to do that, but it seems like Jeong Hae-won has already finished explaining.

“What? What did you do?”

“I just spoke using words I knew.”

“What about Rico? He’s Japanese?”

“I only know a few words in Japanese.”

“Oh… … .”

As expected, he’s a fanboy.

My Japanese skills are poor, and my English skills are even worse.

But somehow, Jeong Hae-won seems to be able to communicate with people from foreign countries.

First, Heo Yoon, Seok Hyun-min, and Dan run over the fire.

In the midst of blazing fire.

Thanks to clearing away some of the debris from the ‘flesh’ in front, the path opened up, albeit narrowly.

“Daju. Are you ready?”

“Yes, brother.”

“Let’s go.”

And then, Dazhu started running.

That’s a pretty good speed even with me on his back.

Next up are Yebin and Jeong Haewon.

And all the rest of them too.

You safely cross the fire and reach the other side of the hallway.

“Pooha!”

Heo Yun shakes his head and shakes off the nausea he felt earlier.

Other people are also gradually returning to their original state.

“It would be okay to take off your earplugs for a moment here.”

The walls are still thick, but not as thick as a theater.

If it’s just for a little while, it’s okay to take off your earplugs and rest.

It was a time when we were just resting for a while in such a safe place, waiting to set off again.

“But Im Da-bin, did you call him oppa earlier?”

Heo Yoon hits me and asks.

I’m talking about when I called Seok Hyeon-min earlier.

“That’s it. I’m confused because of what you said before… … .”

“Hmm?”

There was something unusual about the gaze, so I also became flustered.

“No! Didn’t you say it was weird first! You called me by my name backwards!”

“Hmm.”

“Ah. Why… … . It was just a mistake. A mistake. ”

“… … Really?”

“Yes.”

“Then it doesn’t matter.”

Heo Yoon turns around and returns to his original position.

Then, he wraps his arms around Seok Hyeon-min’s neck, who had been standing still.

“What is this… … .”

What on earth does the word oppa mean?

Just now, I felt like I was being held in check by Heo Yoon.