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Chapter 109

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The twelfth ghost story -

horror movie cliché (2)

[2019Thursday, May 2,, 16：28]

[Lee Jun - 2nd episode]

[ghost story point : 102]

[causality : 17%]

That day, we rushed out of the classroom after school..

We change our shoes at the entrance to the main building and talk about our sons and daughters..

“What are you going to do when you get home??”

“Of course, I have to use the PlayStation that the manager bought me last time..”

Deokhoon swings his arms.

“VR is a new world-”

“Sunah, you are?”

“I just……

Suna hesitates.

“to stay home……

“If you're too bored, contact me. Because I’m not doing anything either..”

“huh……

Suna smiles softly.

Jinhee will sleep and go to her part-time job, and Gyeongwon will go to the academy..

“Oh, Kyungwon, you quit the academy and are now getting tutoring.?”

“uh. I decided to only go until this week..”

Kyungwon answers while tying his shoelaces..

This guy said he was introduced to a mentor through an event where he previously leveled up..

“Who is that tutor who got perfect scores on the CSAT? I met you?”

“yet. I think we'll probably talk over a quick meal over the weekend..”

“I see Teach me later how it goes.”

“okay.”

I suddenly became curious about how Hayun’s level-up event was going..

Hayun definitely answered the phone when she leveled up..

“Hayun, what about you? I read Gantalk last time and didn’t reply..”

“Gantok?”

Hayun, who was sitting down and pushing her feet into her shoes, glances at me. I sent a KakaoTalk message to Hayoon the other day to tell her what happened regarding the mentor, and I was lightly 'cheated' on it..

“Yes, I sent you a KakaoTalk message the other day.……

“Ah, that. I was waiting for a reply.”

huh ”

“sorry. It's too sudden. I was a bit embarrassed and couldn't reply right away. I think we should just stay friends like we are now..”

friend?

What does this mean?.

Seon-a, who was putting on her shoes next to me, looks over here..

“···Now, just a moment……

I'm struggling.

It's as if you secretly confessed to each other through KakaoTalk and then got dumped while trying to be friends..

“Chi, why are you my friend? Why are you my friend? You asked about mentor, mentor..”

“Oh my, I did.?”

She laughs and stands up from her seat.

I obviously did it on purpose so that Suna would listen..

“I'll think about it. hi~”

“No, there. what……

Hayun leaves first with her black hair flying..

‘I'm an idiot for asking.’

* * *

“bye~”

“See you tomorrow~”

Before parting ways in front of the school gate.

I called Jinhee over for a moment..

“Jinhee.”

“uh?”

She looks around with her eyes downcast.

“ are you okay?”

He sticks out his chin as if asking what he is talking about..

I cautiously tried to talk about what happened yesterday..

“Yesterday, well... There was a lot going on..”

Friend's work.

The work of a teacher I trusted.

Jinhee looked at me with her eyes downcast, then laughed and tapped my stomach..

“It's okay, man. focus on what you're doing.”

“okay……

I nod awkwardly..

“Still, if anything happens, contact me. Okay?”

“Oh, you idiot. go first.”

“Yeah - goodbye~”

Asshole!

Does Jinhee think I’m an asshole?!

‘Where is my authority as a manager?

as……

way home.

I suddenly remembered the method I used earlier to check if there were ghosts in the house..

‘what was that.’

Suddenly, the image of a scary woman appeared before my eyes..

woman with a very long neck.

According to the methodology Deokhoon sent me, is that the image I saw was the ghost in my house?.

But that can't be possible.

The house where my family lives now is where we have been living as the first residents since the apartment was built about 7 years ago..

Not only has no one lived before us, but certainly no one has ever died in our home..

Before the current apartment was built, our house was just an empty space.

‘…But if you think about it that way, there is no reason for the mother’s ghost to appear..’

In fact, if you call it a ghost, it seems like it was caused by a person dying, but naming it like 'mother devil' or 'mother monster' is a bit strange. So, to make it easier to just call the creature in the ghost story, I call it the mother ghost..

As I entered the apartment entrance, I looked up at my house in the distance..

The veranda of my house when no one is there.

‘The neck was long... My hair is scattered.’

That thing is hiding in the bathroom in the big room of my house.?

I can't believe it.

In the first place, that method was just a ghost story floating around on the Internet, and I just dreamed something strange while I was imagining it in my head and falling asleep..

‘But you can't let down your guard.’

You never know when strange things may creep into your daily life..

This ghost story is really the moment you think, ‘Ah!’.

‘Huh?' If you come to your senses at the moment, you will already be involved in the situation..

Perhaps even at this very moment, when I am lost in deep thought, I may have already become embroiled in a new ghost story..

As I was walking, I found myself in front of the entrance to my apartment..

From there, I look up at the empty veranda again and think quietly..

‘Now that I think about it, there was a way to check..’

A very sure way to find out whether I am currently involved in a ghost story or not..

I opened the status window.

“Status window. Explanation of special ability cliches.”

Paat-

« Cliche expression〉〉

Grade: Class A

Condition: Manual

Ability: Can be activated when encountering a ghost story, and reality becomes filled with clichés until the situation is over..

‘You can check whether this ability is activated or not..’

The fact that it can be activated when encountering a ghost story means, on the other hand, that it cannot be used in ordinary daily life. If a message pops up that says it will be activated when you use this, you are connected to a ghost story..

If there's no reaction, it's normal everyday life..

‘Considering that the phrase 'until the situation is resolved' is written, it may take some time because once activated, the ability cannot be canceled until the incident is resolved.…….

‘Anyway, I was planning on using it at least once to see what it was capable of..’

I nervously clicked on the ability.

［Would you like to activate the special ability ‘Cliche Expression’??］

“… yes.”

［Special ability ‘Cliche expression’。］ It works..］

［Caution: Please be careful as the reality manipulation ability can put a strain on causality if overused..］

Paat-

I flinched for a moment when I felt the air flow change..

Even when I looked around, nothing had changed..

I'm still standing at the entrance to the apartment complex.

The surroundings are the same.

‘…But I definitely felt like something was working..’

And it worked…….

‘…Are you saying I'm already involved in a ghost story?.’

After sighing, I open the automatic door and go in to take the elevator..

If I had to say a ghost story that's tied to me right now, it would probably be the one I tried at lunch [How to tell if there's a ghost in your house.jpg], of course..

When I got on the elevator and thought about the conversation with Deokhoon, it was just as strange..

That method is literally the only way to check..

Like the last corner play, there was no mention of inviting ghosts through actions..

‘···We've had something like that in our house for a long time.?’

woman with long neck.

After getting out of the elevator, quietly pondering many questions, I enter the password for the front door and open it..

Squeak-

In a quiet house.

silence.

There are still two hours left until my parents come home from work..

Although the late afternoon sun shines, the house without the lights on still looks somewhat dark..

tick'_

After closing the front door and entering the living room, I first turned on all the lights in the house..

blink- blink_

The fluorescent light in the living room soon turned on with a few blinks..

And immediately turn on the TV.

Cheek-

[Mr. Juboa! Come down and try some of this.~]

Listening to the noise of the TV makes me feel a little more at ease..

I looked around and noticed that the kitchen was dark, so I quickly turned on the light. The door to my father's study and my parents' room was half open, but I was worried about being able to see inside, so I quickly closed the door..

“Phew……

Only then do I sigh.

‘No, no, there's no way there's a ghost in my house..’

Even if you try to weave, there is no room to weave..

‘I don't know, there's no such thing as a woman with a long neck.’

But for some reason, I felt scared again, so I went to the veranda to look outside, but then I remembered that my mother's ghost had come out of the washing machine on the veranda in the living room, so I immediately closed it and moved to the kitchen veranda on the other side..

As I stood there for a moment and looked at the people going to and from India in the distance, I felt a little relieved..

‘You are not alone. How many people are within 100 meters?.’

I can't see it because it's covered by a wall, but there are dozens of people with me within a 100-meter radius above and below..

Of course, when you turn around, you're in a quiet house with only silence, so it's just as scary..

When you look at it like this, space is very strange..

Since the apartment is 2.4 meters per floor, people from my neighborhood are crowded within 100 meters..

100If you move the people here to a playground that is about a meter long and set them up, you will feel like, wow, there are so many people..

Since it's separated by a wall like this, I don't get any sense of distance..

I don't feel like I'm alone at home, I feel like I'm left alone in the world.

‘It won't work. I'm scared. 'I guess I'll have to play games until my parents get home.' I hurried to my room, trying not to pay attention to the closed main room door..

It felt like if I looked at it for no reason, it would open with a squeak and someone would stick their head out..

* * *

click-

When I entered my room, locked the door, and sat down on the bed, I felt at ease..

my room is safe.

You can rest assured.

That feeling comes over me.

One bed, one desk, bookcase and wardrobe.

With just one glance, you can see where everything is..

Even within the same house, the living room was filled with an ominous feeling, as if something was coming out of somewhere..

Maybe it's because my room is small and familiar, but there's no place for my scary imagination to delve into..

And while the windows in my father's study and the main room lead to the veranda inside the house, the window in my room is directly outside without a balcony..

Since there is only one entrance, a sense of psychological stability is added as there is no room for anything else to enter this space..

‘···Oh shit, I suddenly think of the Hong Kong grandmother’s ghost..’

A famous old Korean ghost story that I read while researching ghost stories on my own..

Was it about an old woman staring through the window of an apartment so high that a person couldn't stand?.

‘…It's not that the outside window isn't scary..’

Suddenly, I found myself laughing alone..

I've been through so much and I'm still scared of this..

But I can't help it.

Regardless of what a person's life has been like, feeling scared is a completely different thing..

Just my mother, who went through a turbulent era of industrialization, farmed as a child and worked in a factory in her 20s to make a living.

30She is Korea's proud power lady who has endured all hardships, including the pain of childbirth and raising children in her teens, and even now working at a supermarket as she approaches 50..

Even my mom gets scared and runs away when I hear it's a horror movie..

Moreover, I am often involved with ghost stories in real life, and I saw something like that in my dream during lunch today..

I'm still scared of a dark house with no one around, but I can't help but feel even more nervous because there is a real threat to me..

“Phew……

I sigh, sit down on the bed in my room, and open my phone..

‘···There's a KakaoTalk message from Suna..’

In Gantalk, not group chat room.

〈Yoon Seon-a: Jun, what are you doing??〉

Thank you.

How did you know I was scared and sent me a KakaoTalk message?.

My anxious heart was somewhat relieved by a KakaoTalk message from a female student in my class..

〈Lee Jun: It’s home. you?〉

Suna’s reply comes immediately.

〈Yoon Seon-ah: I’m home too haha.〉

〈Lee Jun: What about dinner? Haha I ate it?〉

〈Yoon Seon-a: I want to eat now haha〉

〈Lee Jun: What are you eating there???〉

〈Yoon Seon-ah: I’m just preparing to bake it with eggs.〉

〈Lee Jun: Fried egg?〉

〈Yoon Seon-ah: Yes haha, frying haha〉

〈Lee Jun: I suddenly think of egg rice with green onion oil haha. I also made that a lot when I ate eggs alone haha.〉

thud!!!!! thud!!!!! thud!!!!! thud!!!!!

rattle-!!!!!!

Uddangtangtangtang-!!!!!!!!

Whoosh.

Jump up

···What the fuck?.

What are you talking about suddenly?.

I think it's the main room, my parents' room..

I stood up and listened nervously..

But static. There is no sound after the roar just now..

It's so quiet that only the ominous ringing noise surrounds the house..

I check again if the door is locked properly..

Click-click-

I can see that the lock button on the round handle is pressed firmly, so it is locked well..

no one can come in.

It's safe here.

“Whoa whoa.”

What was it, fuck.

My heart is pounding..

Oh, should I bring something like a weapon? I could be a thief..

Anyway, you can't invade here right away..

Because the door is locked.

The door acts as a boundary, so I feel safe in my room..

Such a psychological line is set in one's mind..

I stood up, stiffened my neck, and tried to listen again, but it was still quiet..

I can't hear anything.

what.

shit.

Let's check it out?

Ugh, damn it.

Why do you go check something like that on your own?.

When you see it in movies, the kids who are curious about this kind of thing are the ones who are the first to go..

I don't do stupid things like that.

I'll be stuck here.

until my parents.

“Phew.”

As I sat down on the bed again, I suddenly realized.

need to pee.

Man, it's really crazy.

I should have gone to the bathroom as soon as I got home.…….

“I'm going crazy.”

stamp your feet.

Meanwhile, I feel like I have to reply to Seon-ah, so I quickly press the keypad..

〈Lee Jun: I suddenly think of egg rice with green onion oil haha. I also made that a lot when I ate eggs alone haha.〉

KakaoTalk~》

〈Yoon Seon-ah: I make that often too haha. It’s delicious.〉

〈Lee Jun: It would be fun to try cooking together with the members next time..〉

〈Seonah Yoon: I think it’s a good idea.!〉

In fact, due to the unidentified noise from earlier, things like green onion oil egg rice have long since disappeared from my mind..

It's at least bearable since I'm chatting with Suna on KakaoTalk like this..

Suna responded in a happy mood, completely unaware of my anxiety over the strange atmosphere in the house..

KakaoTalk~〉KakaoTalk.

We continued talking like that for a while, and eventually I stood up, unable to hold back the urge to urinate..

Should I throw it in the trash can in my room? Or should I go up to the desk, open the window, and stick my lower body out?…….

No, it's so stupid.

As things get worse, I start to think about all sorts of things..

KakaoTalk~》

Oh, what a surprise..

Put your cell phone in silent mode as well. Because the sound of KakaoTalk makes my heart tremble for no reason.

As I stood still in the room with my phone on silent, I suddenly felt pathetic..

‘Fuck, what am I doing?.’

What are you scared of? It’s my house..

Let's stop this now.

It's so dragging.

Let's just quickly leave, do some business in the bathroom, and then come back to the room..

It's not that difficult.

It is about 4 meters from the door to the bathroom..

Just go quickly and pack it up..

You can do it, Jun.?

Stop freaking out. You're a high school student.

Unless you're an asshole, you just do it..

‘When you make up your mind, take action right away..’

I walked straight to the door and turned the door handle with great force..

ting-!

Shocked.

When I turn the handle from the inside, it sounds like the lock is unlocked by itself..

‘You were scared..’

I briefly open the door and glance into the dark living room..

there is no one.

And before taking a step to leave the threshold, he quickly comes back in and locks the front door of the room..

Why, why is it dark, why…….

I obviously turned on all the lights earlier, why?…….

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