Chapter 100
100fury
The eleventh ghost story -
A friend no one remembers (13)
“You understand, Jinhee.?”
6A year ago, summer 2013.
At the end of the first floor of the main building of Undang Elementary School, in front of the counseling room.
Teacher Ryu Jin-ah, who is still in her mid-20s, holds Jin-hee, a fourth-grader at elementary school, by the shoulder and whispers with a serious look on her face..
“Officials from the Office of Education are waiting inside. You can explain in detail what you have felt about Eunjeong over the several months you have been together as a partner..”
A young Jinhee with a somewhat nervous face.
The teacher, looking at Jinhee like that, finally sighs..
“I'm afraid that if you speak badly, those people will take Eun-jeong away.?”
“…yes.”
“Of course, if you say that Eun-jeong is fine, the psychological test will begin again, and the school transfer may be delayed for a few days. Still, the result is the same. You know which one will help Eunjeong..”
The teacher bends his knees and makes eye contact with young Jinhee..
“Eunjeong is a child who shouldn’t be here. Go to a more specialized school... need special training.”
“I'm a problem child too, so I don't have to go there.?”
“You don't kill animals or anything..”
Teacher Ryu Jin-ah, who has a neat and clean air, calmly scolds Jin-hee who is grumpy for no reason..
Her kind tone had the power to mentally bind the children, who somehow wanted to follow them..
“Eunjeong... There is an innate lack of ability to empathize with others. I tend to be insensitive to other people's pain and emotions..”
“They treat me well……
“I guess it's because he likes me..”
The teacher sighs and calmly persuades young Jinhee again..
“But guess what? To other people who have nothing to do with you?”
“Have you ever seen someone begging you to do whatever you want? If things don't go our way, we never hang out together.?”
Jinhee thinks back to how Eunjeong endlessly begged her scary friends to go catch a lizard without even noticing them, followed them even when they refused, and sat uncomfortably in silence in the corner of the karaoke room..
“···there is.”
“yes?”
Teacher nodding along.
In fact, every day at the end of class, I ask questions to Jinhee about what I heard through the consultation with Eunjeong..
“What about animal abuse? This is a typical symptom of antisocial personality disorder..”
“Later, when it gets worse, it even turns towards people. I don't want Eunjeong to become a criminal.……?”
“… yes.”
Jinhee quietly nods her head..
In fact, in Jinhee's mind, Eunjeong was already a murderer who killed three people by cutting a work rope on the roof of an apartment building..
“You're friends. You too hope that Eunjeong does well..”
“Then, you have to be honest with the people in the education office. I'm not telling you to lie. Just tell the truth about what you experienced. You can do it?”
“···all right.”
In the end, the teacher looks at Jinhee, who nods her head, with a gentle smile..
“okay. Then come on in..”
So she opened the door to the consulting room and entered..
There are adults in the education office who are waiting for their opinions..
* * *
“What are you doing, manager? Come in.”
When I came to my senses, I was in front of the club room..
I quickly opened the status window..
‘status window.’
Paat-
[2019Wednesday, May 1,, 12：30]
[Lee Jun - 2nd episode]
[ghost story point : 66]
[causality : 14%]
‘···You came back for lunch today..’
As we received advice from our homeroom teacher in the morning, we called teacher Jang Hwa-eun during lunch and asked for help in the club room..
Now is the moment to gather together in the club room and discuss things..
‘…Now that I think about it, the last time I called the teacher and actually asked for advice was a failure..’
I slowly gathered my thoughts and entered the club room. This time, I arranged the club members so that there were no empty seats and sat down properly..
“···But the teacher remembers clearly. Eunjeong has been a member of our team from the beginning. Yesterday, I went out with you all to have fun..”
After hearing the general story, the teacher tilts his head..
I turned to the group and explained why only the teacher was affected among us..
“We already heard the story through Jinhee yesterday, so we cannot be mistaken, and the teacher was in a position where she had no idea about Kim Eun-jung, so even if new memories were planted, she didn't feel any discomfort, so she was affected like this..”
“…That's right, manager. That's sharp.”
Gyeongwon nods his head again and admires.
“Are you saying I'm mistaken??”
“yes. Right now, reality is being manipulated in real time. There is no such student.”
“So that doesn't make sense!”
Teacher Jang Hwa-eun stands up immediately..
“Eunjeong is hanging outside the window right now, looking at us.!”
Our eyes instantly turn to the window at that shout..
Before I know it, the half-open window is trembling in the wind..
“Over there... Huh? Where did you go?”
The teacher points to the window with a vain look on his face..
“I was hanging on until just now... No, no… There's a person hanging from the window... what am i saying……
I gestured to the flustered teacher to calm down and stood up..
I've slowly sorted out my head, so I should reveal it at this point..
“Guys, the truth is, I died once and came back..”
“···what?”
* * *
When the members heard my story, they looked puzzled at first, but soon their faces became filled with shock..
Soon Jinhee covers her forehead with her hand, closes her eyes, and mutters..
“···Then it must be Eun-jeong who is showing up now..”
“… maybe. But don't be swayed by the fact that you have to stop it. Because the being covered up in the ghost story has no original personality left..”
You can tell this just by looking at teacher Jang Hwa-eun, who is possessed by ghost stories whenever she gets the chance, and I also experienced it myself while taking the psychopath test..
Her friend, who was reborn as a ghost story, should not be thought of as the person she was when she was alive..
“···This doesn't make sense.”
Jinhee shakes her head as if it's hard to understand..
“Why did the counselor do such a thing? “I’ll figure it out.”.”
I stood in front of the whiteboard and began to express my opinion by drawing diagrams with a marker pen to aid understanding..
“First of all, Eun-jeong's school transfer incident that happened six years ago was probably planned by the counselor from beginning to end..”
Me writing down the name Ryu Jin-ah and underlining it.
[ Ryu Jin-ah Counseling Teacher ]
“Stories like Eunjeong releasing a lizard in the classroom or killing a rabbit with a kitchen knife. It's not something Jinhee saw in person, but something she heard about from a teacher. I think there might be a reason why other friends don't remember. Because it was something I made up from the beginning..”
It's not that I didn't remember, it's that it never happened in the first place..
“oh my god……
Teacher Jang Hwa-eun opens her jaw as if she is surprised..
“Why would a person called teacher do such a thing?”
From the perspective of the same educator, it seems completely unbelievable..
“···well. Probably to turn Eun-jeong into a strange child and secure testimony from her best friend, Jin-hee.?”
“This is ridiculous. Such an obvious lie is sure to get caught soon..”
Jinhee holds her forehead and shakes her head..
“What if I had asked my other friends at least once at that point? If you heard that there was no such thing as a lizard jumping out of the classroom, it was all in vain.……
“But you didn't do that..”
I quietly denied it..
“You didn't ask. to no one.”
“···why.”
To Jinhee, who looked like she couldn't understand, I told her the same sentence I heard from the teacher..
“Because you're not the type to check such things one by one, and Jinhee, your group always crowded together. “I skipped a lot of classes, so I couldn’t hang out with regular students.” “It was an act of separation. So that you don't get caught.”
Your partner is a strange kid.
Should I send him to a special school?.
That's how I kept whispering to young Jinhee in secret..
Jinhee with a mesmerized expression.
I then started explaining everything I could..
“Of course, Eun-jeong was born with some congenital deficiencies. In addition to the strange behavior he showed, Jinhee said he had already been bullied before you intervened and had been going to the counseling room every day after school.?”
“···uh.”
“However, it was probably his role to intensify the situation, manipulate the testimony and situation, and send the child to a special school..”
Members looking at me with shocked expressions.
There was no such thing as a lizard jumping out of Eunjeong’s bag..
The rabbits were all caught and killed by stray cats released by the teacher..
“The reason it's a cat is so that if we investigate it, it won't turn into a big deal. All that is needed is to change the perception of the people around you and a few close friends..”
The police actually came to investigate, but seeing as they just left, it seems like they concluded that it was the work of a wild animal..
Afterwards, the counselor hides a bloody kitchen knife in Jinhee's desk..
Jinhee, who began to recognize Eunjeong's eccentricity, naturally thought that she had hidden it, and the counselor naturally took advantage of that illusion..
“…That kitchen knife. What are you going to do if someone sees it? It's not a knife used to kill a rabbit... If someone tells me······
Kyeong-won shrugged his shoulders and answered Sun-ah, who was muttering..
“To be exact, it probably didn't matter to anyone. Originally, Kim Eun-jung was said to be a bit of an outcast..”
“You can secretly mislead and send it only to those who need it. It doesn't matter if someone sees it and a rumor arises. They're elementary school kids..”
“that's right.”
I nodded..
“11fat. I'm at an age where I can't help but be swayed if an adult decides to do so..”
“···That's right.”
Members nodding their heads with bitter expressions.
But they still don't understand why he did it that way..
“Really, but… Does that person have a reason to do something like that? I don't understand.”
Jinhee says, shaking her head as if she is having a hard time..
“I'm an elementary school student. Office of Education officials... How much will those people listen to me? It would have been just for reference, but they put so much effort into it.?”
I guess I should explain that part too..
He cleared his throat and continued his explanation by writing it down on the whiteboard..
“First of all, the teacher. Contrary to his gentle appearance, his methods are quite extreme. Basically, he is the type of person who even delves into unreasonable methods as if it doesn't matter even if he gets caught as long as his goal is achieved..”
Paat-
[Your understanding of the character Ryu Jin-ah has increased by 5..]
“He's smart and quick-witted. And yet it's so bold that it's abnormal. My skills in dealing with students have also improved..”
“…The psychopath was the teacher, not the student..”
Deokhoon muttered as if he was dumbfounded..
I nodded, agreeing that it was an accurate expression..
The incredibly immediate response from the moment we asked about Kim Eun-jung to the preparation of drugged drinks..
‘Of course, in that case, he recognized my face in advance..’
After listening to the story, it seems that I have been marked as a 'person of interest' by an unidentified force involving faculty and staff..
“···Phew. so what should i do?”
Jinhee, who was still holding her forehead as if she was in pain, asked in a difficult voice..
“So, Kim Eun-jung is appearing now. I found a way to solve it?”
I had no choice but to remain silent..
Yes.
Even after all that has happened, I still haven't found a way to solve the current ghost story..
“···what do you think teacher?”
I asked teacher Jang Hwa-eun's opinion, which I had not been able to ask before in the previous time zone..
“Current situation. What do you think should be done??”
“···well.”
Teacher scratching his chin with an embarrassed expression.
“The teacher doesn't know much about ghost stories.……
I guess so too.
Just as I was about to sigh, the teacher said something..
“But after listening to it, I got a sense of what kind of student Eunjeong was... . The section on special children is a mandatory part of the teacher training course..”
“···Please let me know. Everything that comes to mind ”
You can't talk about ghost stories, but you have something to tell us about students in your specialized field..
I clung to the teacher as if grasping at straws..
“So……
I heard that Teacher Jang Hwa-eun also experienced troublesome students at times during her teaching career, and that there was a time in her 20s when she felt the need to learn how to teach such students..
Teacher Jang Hwa-eun, who eventually took online lectures from time to time and took a test during vacation to obtain a level 1 certification as a special children's guide..
In fact, it is an easy certification that anyone with a high school diploma or higher can obtain, but in the case of teachers, it is said that even after obtaining the certification, they studied in more depth by attending training in a related field..
“First of all, that kid named Eunjeong. I think he is a child with antisocial personality disorder, commonly called a psychopath. It seems to be innate and makes it difficult to suppress aggression..”
Jinhee quietly nods her head.
I guess it was something we experienced while traveling together..
“Personality disorders are actually quite normal on the surface. It's the opposite of diseases like autism or Down syndrome, where it's obvious that 'this person is mentally unstable.' I don't know because I've been with you for a while..”
The teacher teaches step by step with a serious face as if teaching..
We too are listening with concentration..
“As a result, people with this type of disability routinely receive hate, let alone sympathy, in interpersonal relationships. In most cases, people around you treat you like a person with a strange personality..”
‘Suna listens to the teacher's explanation with her mouth open with a 'hehe~' expression..
“So, in reality, it is the person who is going through it that is having the hardest time. Contrary to the appearance of sophisticated criminal psychopaths in movies, people who suffer from this type of disorder in real life are confused by their way of thinking that is different from others, so they wander a lot about their identity and sometimes become ostracized. There are a lot……
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