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Chapter 6

6 fury

Second ghost story - The smiling woman (2)

After walking about 15 minutes from school, I saw an apartment complex in the distance..

An apartment in an ordinary neighborhood where the middle class lives.

It's my house.

In my last life, after the closure of Nakseong High School, my family moved across the Han River with government support. We lived there for three years and then returned, so from my point of view, this

It's been a very long time since I visited home..

It literally feels like I'm going back to my old hometown..

At first, I came here worried that I might have forgotten the way since it had been three years, but as I walked along the sidewalk like this, the memories quickly came back..

‘That's right, there was a store like this here. I ate tteokbokki here.……

That store is a supermarket that I often go to while running errands for my mom..

That restaurant is where I went to eat out with my family on my birthday.…….

And our apartment seen in the distance.

3It's been a year, but I quickly remembered the building and floor I lived in clearly..

For some reason, I couldn't control my pounding heart and hurriedly entered the entrance of the complex..

‘however… What was the password for the entrance to our building?.’

In front of the entrance to the apartment building where I lived.

I stood in front of him thinking for a long time..

‘Lady, what was it??’

Holy shit.

If you look up, you're just a few floors over

I can see Lee’s house, but I can’t go in..

Even the laundry hanging out can be clearly seen beyond the moderately opaque glass of the veranda..

‘···It would be strange to suddenly call your parents to ask for your password.?’

Actually, it's not that strange, but I wonder if there's even a need to do that..

In the end, I decided to just sit inside and wait for someone to come out..

Since it was morning, there were few people coming and going, so after sitting for a while, a lady came out from inside and the door opened..

I quickly press the elevator button and get inside..

‘7floor.’

My heart is pounding.

Posters, flyers, and even familiar patterns posted inside the elevator..

everything was the same.

Home is a space that feels very unfamiliar even if I come back after sleeping outside for a few days, such as a retreat or a school trip, but I feel very strange.

3It's been a year.

Is this what it feels like to return home after a long absence from the military??

I feel happy, and my heart flutters with a strange sense of stability that makes me think that everything is the same here..

When the elevator door opened and I saw the recyclable waste that my mother had put away next to the front door, my excitement reached its peak..

‘What should I say to my mom when I see her? My old computer is the same.’

Thinking about this and that, I entered the password and opened the front door..

It was a good thing I remembered my home password..

“I went there~!”

I shouted loudly, but the house was quiet..

“ mom?”

When I went to the kitchen, I saw a note left by my mother on the table and 10,000 won in money..

[You came early for the entrance ceremony today, right? Mom, it's 6 o'clock when I get off work, so if you're hungry, buy some chicken and eat it..]

“ mom……

I remembered. Three years ago, my mother worked as a supermarket cashier and went to work every day..

I mumbled with tears in my eyes because I wanted to see my mom..

“Why only 10,000 won... These days, chicken costs close to 20,000 won.……

I miss my mom. I miss my dad too.

It's not been a long time since I haven't seen you.

Even by my standards, I just saw it yesterday so I dismissed it..

But the death of my parents in my last life

My heart aches even more because I returned to the past after seeing it in front of my eyes..

“Phew……

But it's not like anything's going to happen.

Instead of being in a hurry, I decided to take my time and enjoy my home after a long time..

I take a deep breath..

The smell of this home I miss, a mixture of the orchids my father bought and the deodorant my mother bought..

It's like a house where people live.

The house I moved into in a hurry in my previous life wasn't bad, but for some reason I didn't feel attached to it.

It's also true.

However, the air and unique atmosphere of this old house are all the same..

The word hometown may mean the countryside in the media, but for me, who was born and raised in the city, this house where my family lived together for a long time was my heart's hometown..

In my last life, after the closure of Nakseong High School, the government hurriedly moved nearby residents out of concern for biochemical terrorism, and since then, the area has been closed off, so I couldn't even come to see the area..

A place I always missed.

First, I stopped by the bathroom and urinated.

But everything from the bathtub where I often took a half-bath to the toothbrush I used to use touched my heart..

‘The house I moved into had a strange shower booth instead of a bathtub, which was inconvenient..’

The bathroom must also have a bathtub..

‘my room. Is my room the same too?.’

After finishing my errand, I hurried to my room..

My room was just like I remembered. curtains and bed. table. And computers. In my previous life, I moved in such a hurry that I left personal items such as computers unused.

I couldn't take care of it.

Thanks to this, I was always sad that I lost everything in it, including game files, photos filled with memories, and personal diaries, but I finally got them back..

It feels strange that I came home early because it was the entrance ceremony, and it is even an old house..

As I sit quietly on the bed in my room, it feels like I'm dreaming..

It's not like a dream because I feel happy or something, but I really feel vague and hazy..

That was the case with the house I lived in a long time ago..

Just sitting there quietly gets me lost in thought..

“···computer.”

After sitting for a while, I came to my senses and stood up..

“Let’s see, what was I thinking about three years ago?.”

When I turned on the computer and looked at the desktop, it was full of folders I missed..

“That's right, I was playing a game like this at the time... Let’s take a look at your internet visit history. Oh, past life rubber shoes. That's right, I was in the middle of reading this web novel at the time... ship

The frame ground was also there at this time. I've been doing it longer than I thought... Ah, this

I was immersed in memories, scrolling through the computer, looking around the house, ordering chicken with the money my mother left behind, and lounging around watching TV. Then, I went out the house again, looked around the apartment complex, sat on the playground, and thought about the memories, and before I knew it, it was evening. It was done.

When I got home and was using my phone, I heard the sound of entering the door lock password and then the sound of my parents coming home from work..

Mom “ah” ah “ah’ah “i’~~~! I'ppa*ah"ah “ah" ah!”

I ran over to greet them, but my mother and father came in without notice..

“Oh my, why is he so happy to see me today??”

“I missed you……

“Hey, what's going on? Did you see a ghost in the house?.”

My father smiles and jokes.

Thanks to this, our family had dinner together in a friendly atmosphere.

did.

We talked about various things, such as how my entrance ceremony was and whether I made any friends, and I spent the rest of the day enjoying the reunion with my parents..

《status window》

Name: Lee Jun

age : 17

Title: Protagonist

Tendency: [Ambilaterality] 〉 Click to expand

special abilities :

1. -doesn't exist-

2. -doesn't exist-

3. -doesn't exist-

Quirk: Cramming

click.

Tendency: [Ambilaterality］

- Your personality is ambivalent.

- You feel lonely when you are alone and annoying when you are together.

- You may seem sociable at first glance, but you are actually introverted..

- You are usually cautious, but sometimes you can be impulsive..

＞Thanks to this ambivalence, you

Two conflicting psychologies always clash in my mind, so no matter what I do, I lack the strength to push through to the end. Instead, thanks to his ambivalent nature, he has an excellent ability to view situations from multiple angles and is able to think things through easily..

“I'm an idiot?”

Before going to bed, I was lying in bed, reading my status window carefully, and clicking my tongue in astonishment..

“What are the advantages? fine hair?”

Of course, I already knew what my personality was like..

No matter what I do, I do at least halfway through it, but I rarely finish anything to the end..

Even in interpersonal relationships, there is a tendency to feel lonely when alone and to want to be alone when together..

When it comes to economics, I usually practice the spirit of saving by turning off lights that aren't in use and unplugging electric cords, but when I see something I like, I can't help but throw it away..

Somewhat contradictory personality.

I had guessed it myself, but the system provided me with a more accurate description of the facts.

violence was blown away.

“···Would I have wanted to be like this?.”

From the moment I was born, I felt aggrieved about what to do about this, but I realized once again that this system works beyond my awareness..

Compared to me, who had just concluded that I had a complex personality, the system defined me as two-faced..

‘Is there anything else??’

I was looking around to see if there were any abilities like strength, agility, or intelligence like in regular online games.

I looked, but I guess there are no numbers like that..

And after fumbling around like that, I closed the status window and the main screen appeared..

« main screen »

[2019Monday, March 4,, 23：03]

[Lee Jun - 2nd session, during tutorial]

[ghost story point : 13]

[causality : 2%]

① status window

② Club management (locked)）

③ statistics

④ setting

This is probably the main screen that is displayed by default..

“2What does round mean? If you count the first time he died when his head exploded, it must have been the 3rd time.……

And I couldn't figure out what causality was because there was no response when I clicked it, and the club management menu was locked so I couldn't click it..

“3Once, click on statistics.”

Paat-

〈〈statistics〉〉

-time total-

［Total play time: 3 years 0 months 0 days 23 hours 03 minutes 57 seconds］

［Time spent sleeping: 1 year 02 months 13 days 7 hours 30 minutes 25 seconds］

［Time spent at Nakseong High School: 11 hours, 21 minutes and 42 seconds］

［Time spent talking with friends: 83 hours 48 minutes 37 seconds］

［time spent studying……』

［time spent playing games……』

-total number of times-

［Number of deaths: 2］

［Number of encounters with ghost stories and surviving: 1］

［Number of restarts from checkpoint: 1］

［Number of times the Demon King was resurrected: 1 time］

“There's everything, really..”

The statistics seem to literally show all kinds of statistics related to me since then, based on the entrance ceremony 3 years ago when the game message first came to mind..

‘It's a check point……

This is an unfamiliar word to me, who mainly plays online games..

I think I've seen it a few times in old console games..

Perhaps the ‘Save/Load’ function was simply called a checkpoint..

‘The rest... what use would they have? It's a pain in the ass.’

I guess I'll have to die a few more times to get a feel for it..

“next! Number 4, click Settings.”

〈〈setting〉〉

［graphics options］

［audio options］

［control options］

Graphics options include brightness, contrast, and gamma adjustments..

As I increased or decreased the number, the vision in front of my eyes turned white or darkened in real time, which was interesting, but it didn't seem particularly practical..

I thought increasing the brightness might be useful in dark places, but when I experimented in the room, it wasn't at all..

When I increased the value, it didn't actually get brighter, but it just felt like a white filter was covering my eyes, so I couldn't see things much better..

“Damn it, it's useless..”

［Click [Audio Options].

The audio options were better..

Reduce the volume level floating in the air

When I turned it down, I felt that the sound was being adjusted in real time..

It was already quiet because I was alone in the room late at night, but when I lowered the value completely, the whole world became quiet, from the subtle noise of the refrigerator in the living room to the sound of my heart..

‘···It's kind of nice. With this, you won't need earplugs in noisy places..’

Of course, it does not mean that all sounds in the world really disappear, but the system only creates an illusion for my senses..

I was curious about the control options, so I clicked on them and tried to move my hand.

It was an option that I couldn't use because my feet suddenly started to move..

““It’s crazy, there’s nothing useful about it.” As I whined and moved my feet to change the options back to their original state, the clock showed that it was already 12 o'clock..

I need to sleep now.

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