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by adminNow that a good portion of the ‘Alien Game’ filming crew had arrived at Wolmido, writer Hong Ye-ji was at a restaurant nearby.
She wasn’t enjoying an unreasonable amount of leisure.
It was because there was still plenty of time until the time they had originally promised to meet. The people who had already headed to Wolmido must have had things to prepare in advance or pre-existing schedules to take care of.
And so, currently at a *gukbap* (Korean soup with rice) restaurant.
“Ye-ji, does the *gukbap* not suit your taste?”
The three men sitting across from her were watching Ye-ji closely.
It was because Hong Ye-ji hadn’t even moved her spoon once. It had been quite a while since the *gukbap* had been served.
“…No, it’s not that.”
It was when Hong Ye-ji scooped up some meat from the *gukbap* with her spoon.
“You need to go see your father at least once.”
At those words, Ye-ji’s movements stopped abruptly once more.
“…”
The men across from her cautiously offered a word each.
“Ye-ji, we know you’re busy, and we know all about your circumstances… But we thought you should go see him at least once now.”
“We’re really sorry for being nosy, Ye-ji.”
“Your father was a really great man. If it weren’t for your father when we were working at the factory, we wouldn’t have been able to endure it.”
Yes, these men were people who had worked in the factory with Ye-ji’s father. There was quite a big age difference between them and Hong Ye-ji. They were now nearly at the age of *hwan-gap* (60th birthday).
Ye-ji sighed and nodded her head.
“Yes. I’ll go see him. I’ll take care of it.”
At those words, the men across from her looked quite relieved, but Hong Ye-ji herself still couldn’t move her spoon. Because there was something in their words that prickled like thorns.
‘A great man? He was a great man?’
It was always like this.
People Ye-ji barely knew would come and take care of her, and in the end, it always ended with the story of how your father was really great. It was always like that.
“…”
She couldn’t empathize.
She had never seen that side of her father.
No, to be precise, she had never even talked to her father.
He was in a vegetative state.
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Meanwhile, Wolmido was drunk on frenzy.
The theme park was something exciting in itself, but for the people there now, something even greater than the rides existed.
What else could it be, seeing celebrities. Because it was rare for those living normal lives to encounter celebrities.
Someone shouted at the top of their lungs.
“Lee Soo-ah! Over there, the white hair! The white hair is Lee Soo-ah!”
The bodyguard quickly put a hat on Soo-ah, but it was useless. Soo-ah’s height was so tall that it couldn’t cover her long white hair that hung down.
A commotion arose wherever Soo-ah passed. The people stuck to the nearby fences flailed like monkeys.
“Lee Soo-ah! It’s really Lee Soo-ah! Kim Yu-han!”
“Wow. Her butt is so big.”
“Her proportions are insane…”
“Her face is so small? Is she even human? It’s smaller than my fist.”
Young men made playful, almost flirtatious remarks, and the women’s expressions varied. From faces of jealousy to those who expressed boundless envy.
“Her body must be the result of relentlessly dedicated self-care, right?”
“Would it be too much to ask for a signature?”
“The rumors say Lee Soo-ah has the Midas touch. So, does that mean today’s filming will be a huge success too? What was the name of the drama again?”
“Alien Game. It’s being released on Netflix.”
“Alien Game? Ugh, the name is totally lame…”
Those who Soo-ah had passed wore expressions of regret, and those who Soo-ah was approaching jumped up and down. She was truly like walking sunlight. Because the places Soo-ah touched grew brighter.
The bodyguard cautiously added.
“Even if it’s uncomfortable, please bear with it for a little while. We’re almost there.”
“Ah, yes.”
Soo-ah barely managed to utter a formal reply.
Uncomfortable? Suffocating?
In fact, she didn’t even have time to feel those things.
‘I’m going crazy. I’m going crazy. I’m going insane.’
The reason was, of course, the Special Trait Window.
[ Alien Game ]
▶ Adequate Implementation of Elements
▶ Grade 5 → Grade 5.4 → Grade 3.3 → Grade 6
It wasn’t just dropping, it kept fluctuating up and down. What was it this time? To put it simply, Soo-ah was hopeless!
Soo-ah had suffered from a serious(?) aftereffect after helping Seo Yeon-ju’s Yeoncheon Company, and she had just recovered enough to start enjoying life again. But it was like a bolt of lightning out of the blue.
…And it had to happen on the first day of filming.
If that was the situation, there was only one thing to do.
‘Emergency! Call the Soo-ah Association!’
Gathering the Soo-ah Association, what else? Gathering the little Soo-ahs inside her was fast. Everyone gathered in the blink of an eye.
Yu-han Soo-ah was the one who broke the silence.
─This situation is difficult in many ways.
‘Ugh, I’m going crazy. Hasn’t it always been difficult?’
─No. I mean it’s much more difficult than before.
‘Huh?’
─Before, the grade didn’t fluctuate. It just dropped drastically. Thanks to that, it was easy to find the cause. If the grade reacted to this or that, I could realize, ‘Ah, this is the cause.’
Soo-ah’s eyes widened then.
‘Ah?’
─But what about now? The fact that it keeps fluctuating is a serious problem. It’s really difficult to pinpoint the cause. I can’t figure out what it’s reacting to at all.
‘Th, that’s right? Crap! Then what do we do?’
Soo-ah covered her head with both hands. She had known from the start that it was serious, but this was a much more profound situation than she had thought.
─What else can we do but investigate even more thoroughly.
‘Whaaat? With so many people here?’
─There’s no other way, is there?
‘It’s like finding a needle in the desert…’
But Soo-ah didn’t complain even as she muttered that. There was no help for it. If this was the way, there was nothing else she could do.
Yes, at least she didn’t intend to give up. Soo-ah willpower!
Soo-ah gently tugged on the back of the bodyguard’s collar.
“Excuse me, just a moment.”
“Yes?”
Soo-ah arbitrarily left the bodyguard’s fence and approached the people at the fence. She gladly gave high fives to anyone who reached out their hands.
“Kyaaaaa!”
It was only natural that the cheers grew twice as loud.
Go Eun-bi, who was guarding her side, was startled.
‘There are so many people here, but she’s not even nervous? She approaches them so casually and gives fan service? And she’s even good at it? You’re Lee Soo-ah, aren’t you? What’s with this professional look…!’
Soo-ah’s head was about to explode.
It wasn’t that she wasn’t nervous because she was skilled.
It was just that she didn’t even have time for that.
‘Could there be someone among these people who’s the cause? Is there even a criminal hiding? Ugh, my eyes already hurt…’
─Judging from the fact that it doesn’t drop below Grade 6, I don’t think there will be any terrible events like murder or accidental deaths…. Still, we should keep an eye out just in case. We can’t miss anyone.
─I’m glad I practiced the Eye Technique (Anbeop) on a regular basis.
Kim Yu-han and Wi Ji-hye also sharpened their senses and carefully examined everything that came into view.
Because their master’s crisis was also their own crisis.
─I’ll do my best to watch, too.
─Me too.
─Ooh-ah! That person looks suspicious!
─…That person is just ugly. Not suspicious.
Gangster Soo-ah, Maid Soo-ah, and Sohee Soo-ah soon began to focus and analyze the scene. Hoping to find something, anything.
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About an hour later. A temporary waiting room in the shape of a tent.
“Haaaa…”
Soo-ah sighed deeply.
The Soo-ah Association was the same.
─It’s not easy. I tore everything apart, but there were no faces that gave off a suspicious aura. They were all just overflowing with fan spirit.
─That’s how it looked even through my Eye Technique (Anbeop).
Kim Yu-han and Wi Ji-hye nodded at the same time.
─We need to change our strategy.
─There’s a saying that the darkest place is under the lamp. Let’s leave the outside alone and try to find it inside. That would be better.
“Umm…”
It was when Soo-ah was rubbing her chin that Go Eun-bi came in.
Her face was full of a dazed feeling.
“…Lee Soo-ah, you’ve really become an actress. I was scared because there were so many people gathered there. I guess sitting alone in front of a monitor and doing virtual youtuber broadcasts is my true calling.”
“Umm. Thanks.”
Soo-ah replied lightly and gazed out of the tent.
Soo-ah and Eun-bi were at least actors and had time to rest, but the staff were running around like crazy. You could feel how much effort they were putting into the first day of filming for ‘Alien Game.’
Normally, she would have been moved just by seeing this situation. Yes, if she hadn’t seen the fluctuating grade, that is.
‘Today is the first day of filming. I need to solve this quickly…’
When casting, when discussing the script, and even when practicing and recording the OST, the ‘Alien Game’ grade wasn’t a big problem. But why all this commotion on the day of filming?
‘Stop it, stop it! No more unhelpful complaints!’
Soo-ah shook her head vigorously.
Yes, she couldn’t just be annoyed. Rather, she should be happy that she had been given a chance to change things before they failed.
To put it simply, Soo-ah positivity. Negativity is not helpful!
After finishing her thoughts, she immediately started moving.
“Huh? Lee Soo-ah, where are you going?”
“I’m going to go around and say hello to everyone.”
Soo-ah left the tent. She couldn’t just sit still.
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