Chapter 17
17fury
Interlude - Ghost Story Club (1)
“Don't do that.”
A scarred male student with sports hair looked at me and said earnestly:.
“please♦·····
looked around.
a devastated city.
Collapsed buildings and asphalt debris are scattered everywhere, and the sky is filled with fire.
dyed in red.
In the middle of that messy forest of buildings, something huge is standing still..
I squint my eyes to see more, but the letters in the air block my vision..
[The Demon King proposes a truce. Do you want to accept?]
I looked at the boy with sports hair..
I see a ray of cold sweat running down the side of his cheek..
The man desperately looked into my eyes
shake your head.
“Don't do that, please.”
“sorry. I guess I was always like this.”
I raised my hand and clicked..
“No eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
* * *
Paat -
[2019Thursday, March 7,, 06：53]
[Lee Jun - 2nd session, during tutorial]
[ghost story point : 100]
[causality : 7%]
① status window
② Club management (locked)）
③ statistics
④ setting
When I opened my eyes, I saw a familiar ceiling..
It's the bed in my room.
As I got up from the bed and sat blankly, I heard my mother preparing breakfast in the kitchen..
Clatter-clatter-
‘What kind of dream was that just now?.’
It feels a bit different from my usual crazy nightmares..
I tried to remember it in detail, but as is always the case with dreams, as sleep fades away, they quickly disintegrate..
‘Phew.’
I gave up, shook my head once, and muttered..
‘There's a lot to do today.’
Today is the day when the results of the application to open a ghost story club come out..
If the club gets permission, it will probably be the main
The club management menu on the screen will be unlocked, and then the homework I have to research will increase..
And ghost story point.
［ghost story point : 100]
［The ghost story points have accumulated to a sufficient number! Consume ghost story points to gain special abilities and grow yourself!］
Last time I accumulated 100 points, I unlocked my abilities and acquired a passive skill called Lady Luck..
‘Status window.' Paat-
《status window》
Name: Lee Jun
age : 17
Title: Protagonist
Tendency: [Ambilaterality］
special abilities :
1. 〈Passive〉Goddess of Luck
2. -doesn't exist-
3. -doesn't exist-
Quirk: Cramming
‘Goddess of Luck. What kind of ability was this?……
click.
Paat-
« goddess of luck〉〉
Grade: s level
Activation: Automatic
Ability: Calculates all situations and activates great luck just once, at the moment when it seems most beneficial to you. It is a consumable skill that disappears once activated..
‘hmm’
“" .
I've thought about it carefully, but so far I don't think I've had any particularly great luck..
Even though it is a consumable skill, if it is still visible in the status window, it means that it has not been used yet..
While exorcising the mother's ghost, there were moments when the timing was good or there was some luck, but there was no message that the ability was activated..
‘What kind of luck is it that it doesn't activate even in life-and-death situations?
Will it work?.’
It would be a hasty decision to spend 100 points to unlock one more ability at this point when you don't even know what abilities you have..
When the club management menu is unlocked, there may be more options for consuming points..
It's not too late to think about it.
I turned off the status window and got out of bed with the intention of saving 100 points..
As I arrived at the classroom and sat down, I saw Suna leisurely come in..
“Hello, Seonaya.”
“Yes, hi……
“What happened today? He comes in leisurely..”
Instead of answering, Suna smiles and says, “Pfft.”.
‘Somehow I seem to be in a good mood.’
Suna smiled and walked past me and sat down in her seat..
Usually, Suna has nothing to do after school, so she sleeps from early evening.
I had a bad liver and was always late..
The reason you were able to come on time today is probably because you had fun playing with me yesterday afternoon..
I am proud of that fact, but I also feel a sense of responsibility..
‘I can't play like that every afternoon..’
If we continue to be close like this, I wonder if Suna will one day only look for me..
What will our relationship be like then??
That's too far.
You can think about it then..
I can see Hayun, the clear-skinned partner sitting next to Suna, still reading a book..
‘He probably signed up for the book club..’
[Your understanding of the character In Ha-yoon has increased by 5..]
Grumbling-
“good morning~”
The homeroom teacher has the ability to say ‘hohohoho’ as a courtesy.
He came in with a cheerful smile and started the morning ritual..
Students who have textbooks they haven't received, please tell us by today. There are students who are already shortening their school uniforms, so get them repaired by next week, etc..
“And everyone submitted their club applications yesterday. Students who have been contacted by their seniors can sign up quickly, and students who haven't decided yet, tomorrow is the first club activity day, so please make sure to make a decision by today. more~”
And my homeroom teacher said to me on the way out.
“Jun follows me for a while~”
“yes.”
“okay. sit here.”
As I was sitting in the teacher's office, my homeroom teacher looked through a stack of papers, selected a document, and brought it out..
“Hmm... ghost story club.”
I guess it's because of this.
Is it now time to hear the results?.
“Hmm, hmm……
The homeroom teacher stalls needlessly..
“Hmm
I couldn't resist and asked first..
“Hey, do you have permission??”
“Did Jun-i think that such a strange club would be approved??”
shit.
Was it too much?.
“If you thought so, you are correct..”
The homeroom teacher is still looking at the paper in her hand..
If the correct answer is that they thought it would be approved, then it means that it was passed..
“Does that mean it passed??”
“Yes, it passed..”
Damn this homeroom bastard.!
Why are you holding on to that?!
“However, due to a lack of one member, we were eliminated again. sorry.”
Fuck, as expected.
At least 4 people are needed to open a club..
I, Seon-ah, and Gyeong-won were listed, but in the end, I couldn't save the last one..
I thought it would work out somehow, so I just submitted it with one person missing.…….
“That's unfortunate. How do you feel now??”
“How do you feel?……
What the heck, I feel like.
“Isn’t it unfair? Aren’t you angry?
yo. this?”
“It's not like that in particular..”
I said bluntly.
“What's wrong? The bluntness comes out in the way you speak..”
‘Homeroom teacher smiles and says ‘Ho, ho, ho’.
Damn, did it show?.
“I tried to get off to a fresh start in high school by forming a club with like-minded friends, but it got so bad from the start that I felt a mess, didn't I~? Oh hoho!”
“Have you decided which club you want to join??”
“I don't know.”
I blurted out.
“Why? Why didn't I think about it? There is no way a student would want to join such a strange club.~!”
The middle-aged homeroom teacher, who was slowly starting to laugh, shakes her shoulders as if she can't hold it in any longer..
“No way, no way~! Were you so sure that it would be opened that you didn't even think about other clubs?!
Haha, the ghost story club is 100% opened! Are you sane?~!”
Just like, ‘Woohyah, woohyah! 'Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!' The homeroom teacher falls backwards while making a noise..
‘···Fuck you.’
Looking at this person, I think he is probably the type of person who makes fun of others, just like the bathroom ghost story last time..
[The understanding of the character, Homeroom Teacher Park, has increased significantly to 40..]
‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.”
The homeroom teacher smiles in satisfaction and rubs her stomach..
“Ah, it's been a while since I had a good laugh.”
“Can I go??”
My homeroom teacher looks at me as I ask with a shit-chewing expression..
“What if we hire one less member, Jun? If I do that, won't I have no choice but to sneak in one of the students in my class who hasn't signed up for any clubs?.”
“I asked a female student named Jinhee because she hadn't signed up for any clubs.
You said there was no need for that, so I secretly took it to the ghost story club..”
The homeroom teacher, a middle-aged, bald man with a pot belly, smiled kindly again and nodded at me..
“I was just playing around. The ghost story club has already been approved to apply..”
“···Really?”
“Of course it's a joke. Why do I do such a troublesome thing? It's over, go back to class..”
‘Fuck you.’
I get so annoyed that I jump up from my seat and my homeroom teacher bursts into laughter again..
“Look at the reaction, the reaction! Uhhhh, stop laughing, please! Ughhhhhhh
The homeroom teacher flaps the paper in her hand and holds her stomach..
At the top of the paper, you can see the words ‘Club Application Permission’.
It was Gura’s Gura.
“Ugh. Ugh! I'm dying! So funny! Ugh, gagging, stop! Please stop! What a billion ”
The homeroom teacher laughed, held her chest as if she was choking, and fell back again..
“Damn it, stop laughing! If I got permission, it's just me. Why on earth are you making fun of me?!”
Then the homeroom teacher, who had gone behind, grinned and answered..
“this is my joy.”
Is he crazy?.
“Ugh, huh. Thank you so much, Jun! Thanks to you, I feel like I just laughed all the things I'll ever smile about! Now, here is the club permit. It's not a joke this time~”
My homeroom teacher smiled and handed me the paper she had been holding in her hand..
It was an official school document acknowledging the ghost story club as an official club of Nakseong High School..
The manager was in my name, and there were three members: Yoon Seon-ah, An Kyung-won, and Lee Jin-hee..
In the teacher's section, a name I had never seen before was written, Jang Hwa-eun..
And in front of my eyes, 16-bit dot fireworks rang out and fanfare flowed out..
Paat-
『You've looked through the school's list of clubs, but there's nothing you like. Now that you've come to this, you've decided to create your own club..』
〈Quest - Tutorial〉
Create a ghost story club.
O Reward: Unlock club management menu, 10 ghost story points, club room.
[Cleared the quest.]
Bam, bam bam, bam bam bam, bam bambam
[Congratulations! You are now the head of the ghost story club..]
[The club management menu has been unlocked. Grow your club by consuming ghost story points.]
[Obtained 10 ghost story points.]
[I obtained a club room as a quest reward! Club rooms are automatically added within the school..]
Multiple messages in front of you with fanfare
They came to mind one after another.
‘finally, finally!’
I finally created a ghost story club.!
Eventually, a long message appeared again in front of my eyes..
『This concludes the tutorial.
Once again, we sincerely welcome you to Nakseong High School, full of mysteries and secrets..
Uncover the school's shady secrets or fight urban legends and ghost stories to earn points and unlock special abilities..
Then gather your colleagues and stop the Demon King's resurrection until you graduate..
The world is in your hands.』
［2019Thursday, March 7,, 08：42］
［Lee Jun - 2nd episode］
［ghost story point : 110]
［causality : 8%］
As I was looking at the message with great emotion, my homeroom teacher said with joy:.
“And this is a really special benefit, especially for a club that has just formed.
As much as it goes without saying, the school has decided to support a club room..”
right | 99
I already knew about it through the system, but is it coming in right away like this?.
I asked because I was curious about the process and what kind of interaction occurred between the system and reality..
“Hey, you mean a club room? To us?”
“Yes, to you guys. A student who was cleaning early this morning discovered that there was a spare room on the 5th floor. It's small, but it would be perfect for use as a club room..”
And the homeroom teacher suddenly sighed..
“Actually, I don’t really understand… It's been almost 10 years since I started at this school, and I never knew there was a room like that on the 5th floor... It's as if it suddenly appeared today.……
Seeing my homeroom teacher speak in an absurd tone without a smile, it doesn't seem like it's a joke..
‘1I guess I meant it when I said I just laughed a year's worth..’
“Anyway, it was good timing and I decided to give it to the newly opened club.
The decision was made, but it ended up going back to the ghost story club. Congratulations.”
“Ah, yes. thank you.”
“It was too much of a benefit for a freshman, so I made a joke out of envy. Don’t take it to heart~ Oh hohu~!”
Yes.
Although the prank was a bit harsh, the result was possible because the homeroom teacher used his generosity and smuggled one of the remaining students into our club, and the teacher in charge also rescued him..
“It's okay, whatever. haha. I like it good
Isn’t it true? They say laughter is good for your health.”
When I answered appropriately, my homeroom teacher nodded happily..
“That's nice. I liked it. Ho, ho, ho
water * *
After finishing my conversation with my homeroom teacher, I was walking down the hallway to go back to my class, and I saw Seon-ah and Kyung-won waiting for me out front..
“ Lee Jun!”
“Juna!”
The two of them rushed over and asked me..
“what happened?”
“Hey, I got permission.?”
Seona and Gyeongwon look at me earnestly with the eyes of baby birds waiting for food..
‘···Damn you, homeroom bastard! Was this how it felt?!’
This is the feeling of being the only one who knows the good news that others are anxiously waiting for..
It would be a waste to teach it right away..
The desire to play pranks arose..
I want to slow down and talk again.!
“Hey, Jun.?”
Suna looks at me worriedly as I look at the ground with a gloomy expression and say nothing..
Kyungwon speaks with a stiff expression..
“···no way.”
I nodded silently and said sadly.
“That assumption is correct. Sorry… club
The application was approved……
“Huh, I see. Even though I thought it was too much for a freshman, I was secretly looking forward to it.……
Kyungwon touched his forehead and sighed..
Seonah also bows her head in silence..
There was silence between the three for a moment..
Suddenly Gyeongwon said, ‘Hmm?’ He made an expression that said.
“···What did you just say?”
“sorry. The club was approved to apply. You'll be rolling with me for three whole years now.”
I smiled softly and said.
“And that too, in the club room on the 5th floor that I got for free on the first day..”
“Juna······!”
The expressions of the two changed drastically..
Gyeongwon adjusts his glasses and shakes his head..
“Damn you, you bastard! You were hooked by the tone of voice.!”
The corners of Gyeongwon’s mouth went up when he said that..
“Jun! Really? we are together now……
Suna paused after saying that, but then burst out a sentence as if she couldn't hide her joy..
“We can be together for 3 years now?”
“Ah, of course! We are now going to roll and roll chasing ghost stories for three years as hermaphrodites.!”
“You bastard! manager!”
Kyungwon raises the corner of his mouth and pushes up his glasses..
“Don't pretend to be cool and say the wrong words! We are of one mind.!”
“Haha, are we all of one mind? Haha! Hahahaha!”
“Hahahaha!!”
“Aha, ahahahahaha.”
The members of our ghost story club were laughing like crazy people in the hallway before the first period class..
However, one person. Except for the scary girl who is currently sleeping face down in the back of the classroom, and although she may not know it, she is a member of our club..
“Hot hot.”
“Hahaha.”
“ Ahaha.”
aW
ghost story club
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