Chapter 32
32fury
Sixth Ghost Story - Songs Banned from the College Scholastic Ability Test (6)
“This is it, manager. Fortunately, YouTube is still available..”
Gathered around the nutritionist's laptop in the office, we were watching Porincess's video..
A recording of a music broadcast every Friday evening.
Porincess dances lively on screen while singing the new song ‘Oh Woo Ye’.
there was.
‘ pretty.’
The idol was definitely an idol.
The girl group called Porincess is a new idol at the moment, but.
From my memories of my past life, it was clear that this was a group that would reach the peak of popularity in the Korean music industry in less than a year..
As a girl group whose average age is getting lower, Porincess even has middle school members who are the same age or younger than us..
An idol girl group where everyone except the leader is in their teens..
Thanks to you, it's like living in another world.
The fact that pretty girls go through the same college entrance exam system as we do gave some kind of comfort to many Korean test-takers..
“It's true. The choreography they do is similar to the behavior kids here at school throw..”
“huh.”
The funny choreography that people infected with the song did was the dance of the new Porincess song..
On the screen of the laptop, five attractive girls fluttered their arms while showing off their liveliness in stage costumes..
Of course, but with the sound turned off.
“Nothing very unusual.”
“I know.”
Eventually, the video moved on to the chorus in question..
A beautiful girl with gorgeous makeup dances and sings passionately..
‘I've heard the song countless times in my past life, but this is the first time I've seen the members' faces in detail..’
Now that I think about it, I remember the melody itself because I heard it in a past life to the point where it was annoying, but why am I still fine?.
‘The problem is the lyrics, not the melody
Is it dry??’
The only difference between the new song ‘Oh Wooye’ in my previous life and the new song ‘Oh Wooye’ in this life is probably the lyrics..
I've never listened to this changed version of the song at all..
I thought about that carefully and stared at the screen again..
‘The owner of this voice had a face like this, she was pretty..’
‘The voice that sang this part sounded very innocent, but in reality, he looked very energetic..’
Thinking like that, I slowly remember
I groped.
However, as I have no taste in idols, there is still at least one member I don't know..
‘Well, no matter how legendary Girls' Generation is, if you were to stop someone passing by and ask them to tell you the names of all the members, the average person wouldn't be able to name even half of them..’
Idol girls dancing with their mouths open on laptops.
The seven members of our ghost story club are observing it with serious eyes, wondering if there are any clues..
People of all ages and genders crowded together to watch the girl group's video so intently.
It was a funny picture to do, but.
Everyone is taking it seriously..
“Hey, I heard it without a sound... It's a little scary……
Seona muttered..
I agreed too..
This was especially true for one girl who sang the chorus with unintelligible lyrics..
If it were accompanied by a song, it would have seemed like an exciting dance with people shaking their bodies frantically..
As I watch it silently, it appears to be making a bizarre movement, as if a corpse is twisting its joints..
However, something is bothering me..
“···Hey, there's one thing that bothers me..”
“what?”
“The choreography of this new song that people infected with the song imitate.”
«huh ”
“If you look closely, it's not the other way around.?”
“hmm… Is that so??”
Members tilting their heads.
“Teacher, please replay the video from the beginning..”
“okay.”
Move the mouse to view the video again
teacher turning from.
We started to focus again.
“It's true. People who were addicted to the song kept making the motion of throwing something over, but in fact, the members' original choreography consisted of lowering both hands from above..”
“That's right……
I was watching the video like that again for a while..
“Huh, I don't know.”
Jinhee stretched out first and left..
“Tsumaranai.”
Deokhoon also shook his head and took the chair behind him.
I slumped down on.
I keep looking at Seon-a, who is washing her face dry as if her eyes hurt, and Gyeong-won also takes off his glasses and wipes his eggs with a cloth..
“phew… okay. The choreography is the opposite. Nothing else comes to mind, right? Let's look at something else besides this..”
The teacher clicked and played Porincess's other stages, but it was still the same..
Videos of the five members singing and dancing the same song over and over again, just in different locations..
While everyone was getting tired because there was nothing to figure out..
I felt like the mouth shape of one of the members was out of sync with the other members during the song..
‘what?’
He seems to be the youngest-looking member, but his mouth shape is strangely different from the other members..
‘It's probably a chorus part where everyone sings together..’
The moment I focus my attention on that member's lips to take a closer look.
[The special ability lipreading is activated..]
[“please someone help me.”]
I was surprised and checked the lips of another member..
[“All together for lin se s oi o u e sh e y o u y e.”]
The other members were only pronouncing the original song lyrics as usual..
But only the youngest member sings
Le was constantly complaining about something..
[“If anyone notices please.”]
[”help. anyone.“]
[“You're a fan. So.”]
rattle, rattle.
I heard Deokhoon put more meat on the plate from behind and start eating again..
“Deokhoon, can you give me some of the teacher’s stuff too?‘?”
The teacher shouts while looking at the monitor with me..
This person seems to be quite a big eater too..
* * *
It's already 3pm.
Everyone was exhausted from watching the video and the only ones glued to the laptop were me and the teacher..
Gyeongwon is sitting in the corner, crossing his arms and dozing off..
In fact, the teacher only reluctantly sat down because I was concentrating so intently.
The reason I still haven't given up is because I sleep alone..
“Jun, do you just want to use the laptop? Teacher, I need to get some rest too..”
“Ah, yes. Lastly, please find the most recent video..”
“Phew, yes. Here it is.”
The teacher clicked on one of the most recently uploaded official videos..
It was the members' greeting video posted this morning..
[2019 Greetings before the live stage! from
Porincess (420,000 views) (7 hours ago）]
We will be performing live on stage at 6 PM, so please watch this short video..
In it, I focused my attention on the lips of the youngest member..
[“You're a fan. please.”]
As expected, he was complaining about something.
What on earth?
What are you asking for help with??
[“I'm in the dressing room before the live broadcast, so please come and visit me..”]
‘dressing room!’
With those words, the video ended with the members saying hello and entering the building..
‘Which building is it??’
I can't see that far.
I'm guessing it's probably one of the buildings of the music broadcasting station where the live stage will be held today..
However, such a large broadcasting station has several buildings of its own attached.
There are probably more than one or two rooms called dressing rooms..
We need to check which building the members are currently in..
I ran the video again from the beginning..
With the street in the background, the door of a large van, also known as a celebrity car, opens..
And the camera catches the members getting out of the car..
Porincess stands in a line and bows while chanting to the fans..
After a brief greeting and a request to perform live on stage this evening, the members headed to a certain building..
Unfortunately, the video ended right before showing the building, showing only the members' backs..
‘What kind of building is it?.’
I watched the video again slowly..
large van.
Porincess getting out of the car.
And the moment the members bow down to greet their fans.
‘This is it, this building..’
The frosted glass of the large van behind reflects the building..
large dome-shaped building.
I remembered it in my mind.
Inside this dome-shaped building, the members will stay in the dressing room until the evening..
“Can everyone please focus for a moment??”
I spoke to the members who were dozing off..
* * *
“We figured something out, manager.?”
Everyone sat around the table in the office looking at me..
I stood up at the end of the table, also known as the head of the table, and began my explanation..
“As everyone knows, this strange phenomenon is caused by a new song sung by a girl group called Porincess. If you listen to the song over and over again, the song will gradually get stuck in your head, and eventually you will be consumed by the song and go crazy..”
Everyone nodded..
Everyone knows this by now.
“But before we delve into that song, I want to ask Kyungwon one thing..”
“hmm?”
“Among the ghost stories about people possessed by ghosts, are there any stories that contain actions that do the opposite??”
“on the other way?”
Kyungwon tilted his head..
“A person possessed by a ghost? That has something to do with the current strange phenomenon.?”
“maybe.”
Of course, I didn't come up with it myself..
The message that appeared earlier when Hayun slapped the teacher..
At that time, the system clearly indicated that Hayun had defeated the ‘possessed person’.
assassinated.
But what kind of ghost story is this about a person being possessed by a ghost in the first place??
I accidentally defeated it and got some points, but I actually don't know what it is..
‘I'm new to ghost stories.’
However, the teacher who was possessed by a ghost kept talking while looking behind him and came in backwards..
And the people in the song imitate the choreography in reverse..
It must have something to do with it.
“Hmm, manager. What kind of ghost story do you want?
Tell me again. What exactly do you mean by doing the opposite??”
Kyungwon adjusts his glasses and asks.
Actually, I was vague because I didn't know what kind of ghost story I wanted, but for now, I thought carefully about the teacher's actions and said it..
“well… Walking backwards, talking while looking backwards, things like that..”
“back? hmm……
“Is there anything to point out??”
“Ghost… Backwards, in reverse... hmm.”
Gyeongwon thought for a moment and his glasses sparkled as if something occurred to him..
“Manager, do you want to say the keyword ‘upside down’??”
“upside down?”
The guy nodded and adjusted his glasses..
“Well, on the flip side, there is one thing that comes to mind. listen.”
* * *
It is said that a couple went to a fortune teller to see fortune telling..
The shaman took the woman's orders seriously, but was very harsh towards the man.
He was loyal to me, and on his way back, he even returned the bokchae saying he wouldn't accept the money..
The couple was uneasy, wondering why there were so many shamans, but they just returned home..
On the way back, an accident occurred and the man died..
After the funeral, the woman remembered the shaman's attitude and visited the fortune teller again..
“Hey, I was here last time... Let me ask you……
The shaman didn't even listen to everything he said and immediately asked.
“Did you have a good funeral??”
“Well, how do you do that?……
“The money I gave back to your boyfriend at that time was my old money to go to the underworld..”
“Are you saying you knew in advance? Will my boyfriend be like that?……
“okay. In the eyes of shamans like us, people who will soon die and become ghosts look a little different. When you and your friend came in, your friend.”
“He came in standing on his head..”
* * *
“…This is the end of the story. How do you feel, manager? I have something to point out.?”
I thought deeply..
“There's no other story?”
“Besides that, there are a few stories about ghosts acting in reverse. Jumping around while standing on your head or clapping with the backs of your hands.”
ghost.
and backwards.
These two may be key keywords in solving this case.
all.
With those two words engraved in my mind, I asked Gyeongwon again..
“The same thing was written in the song, so why didn't other people do the opposite like the teacher did??”
“No, it did exist..”
The teacher put a finger to his lips and quietly recalled a memory..
“I remember some of the teachers in the staff room trying to walk around on their heads..”
“Hmm, isn't that the student in our class who was crazy at first? sharp behind the back
I swung the.”
Deokhoon also wriggled his chin and said what was on his mind..
Yeah, now that I think about it, I remember..
The sensitive student who initially confronted the class president..
I had a strange posture, swinging the mechanical pencil backwards..
I immediately asked a question.
“So what about other people? Not everyone was acting backwards. There were also people who just went around spreading songs on their cell phones..”
“well… “The logic is so leap-forward.” Kyungwon tilted his head..
“Is this phenomenon really related to the keyword upside down?……
“There has to be a relationship.”
I decided.
“First, let's come to that conclusion and move on. When you're caught up in a song, you do things backwards. Let's draw that conclusion and start from there..”
This strange phenomenon is full of things that cannot be explained by ordinary causal relationships..
It may be a leap of logic, but
If there is even a small clue, there is no choice but to piece it together somehow and make an inference..
“A person who has something on his mind?”
I asked, but everyone just shook their heads..
I muttered again to gather my thoughts..
“When I get caught up in a song, I do something backwards. However, some students did not seem to be acting in a particularly backwards way, but just seemed to be going crazy. then……
There should be no exceptions.
I decided to come to a conclusion first and go..
“In that case, those students only had an ordinary seizure on the surface, but in reality, they were doing something backwards.?”
When I muttered in a question form, the members tilted their heads..
“What did we do backwards? What is that??”
Members thinking together.
While everyone was worrying for a moment, Jinhee suddenly blurted out..
“It's not a song lyric?”
“what?”
When everyone looked at Jinhee in surprise, Jinhee spoke again with a chic expression..
“Song lyrics. That's very strange.”
“Well, well.”
Kyungwon nodded..
“About those strange lyrics. While I was waiting, I looked it up and it didn't even seem to be a foreign language, manager..”
“really?”
“Yes, really. There were a lot of questions on the internet asking what the lyrics were. Could it be that there is something hidden there?.”
I quickly gave instructions to the teacher.
all.
“Teacher, please search for the lyrics of the song right away and write the chorus on a piece of paper..”
“Ugh, huh? Oh, I see..”
The teacher seemed embarrassed when he received orders from me, a student, but he was swept away by the atmosphere and quickly sat down at his laptop and started writing down words on paper..
I can't believe I have a teacher who is much older than me..
I didn't feel guilty, but I felt something strange..
“Okay, here.”
The teacher bellowed for everyone to see.
He placed it in the middle of the table..
“Let's see.”
［All together Porincess Owuye Oio Uesheiatum Atumkerdab Rishjed Nivmuz Owuji］
This was the full text of the strange chorus song lyrics..
Everyone read it, but they only made confused faces..
“I mean read this backwards.?”
“Jiwoo... Zmerv… Nidje… city
Lee... in the brand cutom
“Even if you read it backwards, it doesn't seem to make much sense..”
As Suna mumbles the lyrics, Deokhoon complains..
“
But there must be something here.
In my past life, lyrics like this clearly didn't exist..
I also groaned and pulled out my hair..
“Song... backwards......
Gyeongwon muttered, and suddenly his hand
I clapped my hands.
“ah! if! Manager, no way……!”
“what's the matter? What is it?”
Everyone looked in Gyeongwon’s direction..
“There were so many ghost stories about the song that I didn't even think about it, but there it was..”
“that?”
“Backward masking. Now, listen for yourself. That way you will understand it faster..”
“hundred? what?”
Among the confused members, Kyungwon took out his cell phone..
I opened the music player app and searched for a song and played it..
“Hey, maybe… Isn’t that the song in question now?.”
When Deok-hoon gets scared and tries to cover his ears, Gyeong-won shakes his head..
“No, it's a long time ago song. It's a refrain from a rock singer. Listen to it first. I'll explain later..”
The loud chorus of an old rock song rang out from Gyeongwon’s newest cell phone..
♬Why do I spend my youth worrying and wandering without changing? Why don't I change and just hope that others will change?♬
“Did you all hear well??”
When Gyeongwon asked the members, they all reluctantly nodded..
“Oh my, it’s Seo Taiji’s song. Nice to meet you.”
“···Is this a Seo Taiji song? This is my first time hearing it.”
“Wow, Seo Taiji? When-”
“Noisy!”
I think the teacher in his 30s is the only one who knows what the song is about..
“Hehehe.”
Kyungwon laughed quietly and opened the app.
I was babbling.
“Then listen backwards this time..”
Kyungwon said that and started playing the song backwards..
♬I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I know it won't be fun if you don't give me a baby ♬
“ ki o]： c〉\'7d ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah o]* ah
Ahhhhhhh!”
At that moment, the teacher jumps up and screams..
“Oh, fuck! I'm surprised!”
“You were surprised, teacher.!”
“I thought my ears were falling off, crazy.”
We were more surprised by the teacher screaming than by singing..
34The pretty, three-year-old female teacher smiled slightly with an expression of apology for being rude..
“I'm sorry, guys... I was surprised..”
“Ugh.”
The gaze was focused on Gyeongwon again..
“How did this happen??”
“A technique called backward masking
Hey.”
The guy explained, his glasses shining..
“It is a technique of inserting a message into a song that can only be heard normally when played backwards..”
“oh my god.”
“In fact, Seo Taiji's song just happened to be played backwards, so it only sounds like that, but relatively recent songs, such as Big Bang's 'Let's Not Fall in Love', use the backward masking technique to hide the message in the middle..”
“I see.”
“The incomprehensible refrain of Porincess's new song 'Ouye'. Maybe the same technique was used.”
“same technique!”
“huh. This does not mean that you can simply read it backwards, but that there may be hidden words that can only be heard by playing the sound source itself in reverse..”
Everyone nodded at Gyeongwon's explanation, but could not hide their anxious looks..
“But you have to play that new song to check it out, right? It might be dangerous to listen to that song, even in reverse playback..”
“There's no need to play it backwards..”
He responded confidently to my point, snatched the paper with the lyrics written by the teacher, and quickly wrote something down..
“It is an international phonetic symbol. Convert the sound into alphabet letters as they are actually pronounced..”
“international phonetic alphabet?”
“Originally, it was intended to enable foreigners who are not familiar with Korean to easily read the pronunciation..”
It is difficult for members to follow the flow
I saw him nodding his head mechanically..
I added an explanation to Kyungwon’s words..
“So, write it down in alphabet as it is pronounced.?”
“okay. If you write the word ‘goodbye’ exactly as it is pronounced, it becomes ‘annyeong’..”
“I see..”
I think this is a method often used in the English notation of subway stations..
Just as Seoul is written as ‘Seoul’ and Sillim Station at Sillim Station is written as ‘Sillim’..
“I am currently writing down the chorus of this song in alphabet, phonetically. Now look.”
On the paper were the phonetic symbols for the chorus written by Kyungwon..
OiOueshAtum EtumCudabb Lee SijedNivmuz Ouge.
oyoessioeyhtum etimkadab lisigeadnoebmas oej.
“Now, I'm going to write this again from the back. If you read it this way, you can read it backwards without having to play it backwards.
You can immediately check what sound it makes..”
“That's fine..”
He started writing down the letters backwards again..
Finally, the following three sentences were written on the paper:.
OiOueshAtum EtumCudabb Lee SijedNivmuz Ouge.
oyoessioeyhtum etimkadab lisigeadnoebmas oej.
=〉 jeo sambeondaegisil badakmite muthyeoisseoyo.
“You can read this backwards. Oh my, it's my arm.”
Gyeongwon was so excited that he was writing in a hurry, so his wrist hurt, so he relaxed his joints..
Sunah, who was nearby, lowered her head and looked at the letters..
“That... three... sides? times... vs.......
Suna stuttered as she read English..
“hmm. Let's put a hatch around each part that we think is a syllable..”
I took a ballpoint pen and crossed out each letter..
jeo / sam / beon / dae / gi / sil / ba / dak / mit / e / mut / hyeo / is / seo / yo
low/three/number/dae/gi/sil/ba
/Dak/under/in/bury/tongue/is/ uh/yo
ghost story club
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