Chapter 91
91 fury
The eleventh ghost story -
A friend no one remembers (4)
After finishing the consultation with the teacher, Jinhee joined the waiting group and left for school..
It is said that even that day, his partner Eun-jeong followed behind without fail..
“Hey, your partner is coming again later..”
“Don't worry.”
“How can I pay attention when they are chasing me so openly?
Are you not using it?.”
Children looking back and complaining.
Jinhee ignored him and asked the guys..
“So where are you going today??”
“Let's go to my boyfriend's house. He said he found a funny video..”
“What kind of boring movie is this?……
“It's not a movie, it's a very interesting video..”
Like cheerful elementary school students, these kids are already dating..
The boyfriend of one of them told me that the house was empty and invited me to watch something fun..
The problem children of Undang Elementary School were heading there in droves..
And then you see a very cruel video that is difficult for the mentality of a 4th grader to handle..
“Hey Jinhee Lee. There's your pair.”
Before entering the villa entrance, I looked back at the nod of a male friend she was hanging out with and saw that Jinhee's partner Eunjeong had followed her there..
“What should I do??”
“Phew.”
Jinhee shakes her head..
I feel like I regret playing with him for no reason..
However, when he thought about the fact that he would soon be transferred to a special school, he felt sorry for him and changed his mind..
“Let’s just plug it in for today. He's transferring to an alternative school next week..”
“Alternative school? What caused the problem?.”
“These bastards aren't even in school so the news is dark..”
Jinhee said with a smile, but as expected, everyone seemed reluctant..
“It's a school that only mentally ill people go to..”
“I'm scared. What if someone suddenly picks up a knife and sets it up in my house?.”
“That's right, that's right.”
The women put on lots of makeup.
The men are big and have faces that make you believe they are middle school students..
A situation in which Jinhee is afraid of her slender partner..
“Assholes, out of form.”
In the end, Jin-hee approached Eun-jeong, who was sticking her head out from a distance, and asked her to go with her..
“You shouldn't do anything useless. You can't steal things or anything..”
“huh!”
Eun-jeong smiles brightly, nods, and follows energetically..
“But why did you put a kitchen knife on my desk?.”
“lol… I don't know……
“This is it.”
“Hey, crazy……
The funny videos that the boy airlifted were videos of the bizarre trend that was popular at the time..
It was full of dirty topics, from a video of a man suddenly vomiting to a bathroom gag..
“Fuck, did you call me to show you this?……
Jinhee was frowning, but the other kids were laughing and clapping among themselves, wondering what was so funny..
Soon, we played the 'surprise' videos where ghosts suddenly appear and looked at each other's expressions and said, 'I was scared, I was scared.' And make fun of it.
Jin-hee, who was watching this with distaste, glanced at Eun-jeong's expression to see if anything was happening, but fortunately, she didn't seem to be enjoying it..
Rather, he just looked bad, probably as disgusted as he was..
“Hey, this is real. It's all right from now on.”
The male student who owned the computer immediately put on a confident expression, as if he had pulled out a trump card, and clicked the mouse to a hidden folder somewhere..
“I kept it hidden so my family wouldn't find out, but people with a weak stomach will get away on their own..”
“No one goes out because they are scared.?”
The group looks at each other to see if they are scared and then giggles again..
Regardless of whether they are men or women, only ignorant people gather together, so if there is something provocative, they try it without hesitation..
‘squeamishness······?’
Jinhee had a feeling that something was ominous, but she sat there thinking it was just a disgusting video like before..
Ding_
〈Lebanon diving accident〉
The video started with a man warming up on a bungee jumping platform..
A lot of unintelligible words are exchanged, whether it's a foreign video or not, and soon the man is jumping vigorously on the bungee rope..
At that moment, a clown who had been hiding among the people runs up with a saw and, giggling, cuts off the rope in an exaggerated pose. The devastated man screams and falls to the concrete floor, while the cameraman and other people rush to the ground..
The cameraman takes a close-up shot of the man who suffered terrible wounds but is still breathing, and the video ends with a clown laughing maniacally in the far corner of the screen..
“Ouch, shit……
As soon as the video ends, a girl runs to the bathroom and vomits..
A gore video that shows the exposed inside of a skull in a very explicit way..
The atmosphere suddenly calms down, as if we had been laughing and talking for a while..
“…Hey, this isn't it.”
Elementary school students who thought of themselves as adults were speechless as they were so shocked by the terrible sight..
“Fuck… It's disgusting.”
Eventually, one of the toughest boys in the group starts swearing..
The other children, who had been bragging and pretending to be strong as the videos got more and more intense, eventually started blaming the owner of the computer one by one..
“It's a bit too much.……
“Ah, shit. I think what I ate will come up.”
The atmosphere suddenly became colder..
But I guess the person who played it was also embarrassed..
“I'm sorry... I also heard the rumor and saved it to watch with you. I didn't know it would be like this……
“Oh, really… Just sleep. I'm coming to see if you're okay..”
Everyone left to see if the girl who was throwing up in the toilet was okay, and the rest also left.
While getting up and going to the kitchen to drink water.
It is said that Eun-jeong, who had been quiet up until now, took advantage of a quiet moment to quickly take over the keyboard and started watching the main part of the video..
“Hey, what are you doing… Wow.”
Eun-jeong displays the man's cracked skull on the entire monitor screen and examines it carefully..
Jinhee, who was approaching to stop him, just turned away from the feast of cruel images..
Eun- jeong turns the video around with clumsy manipulation, and looks at the scene of the clown cutting the man's rope again and again..
Swish, swish, swish.
Swish, swish, swish.
A clown who cuts a rope in an exaggerated pose and radiates madness like a demon rather than a human..
Eun-jeong is so focused on that scene, with her eyes wide open, as if her pupils are about to pop out..
Jinhee said that she couldn't help but feel the strange atmosphere she felt from her partner..
As soon as the other kids returned, saying something to calm the mood, Eun-jeong quickly stepped back and sat down quietly next to Jin-hee, as if she had taken over the keyboard..
And that day, each of us on our way back home.
The two were walking together in silence as they were heading in the same direction home. Before they parted ways at a crossroads, Eun-jeong suddenly called Jin-hee and stopped her..
“Jinhee, look at this.”
Eunjeong runs to the front of the alley..
“Swish swish. Scrap swish.” In a neighborhood alley, with her back to the sunset, Eun-jeong imitates the movements of the clown in the video..
“Swish swish. Scrap swish.” Eun-jeong pretends to cut something with greatly exaggerated movements as if in a play..
“Swish swish. Scrap swish.” The setting sun behind us creates a backlight, casting long shadows on Eun-jeong's strange behavior..
“Swish swish. Scrap swish.” “… I'm going.”
Jinhee is trying to leave her partner behind and go her own way..
However, if you think she's going too far, Eun-jeong jumps forward that much again, blocks the path, and repeats the movement..
“Jinhee, shake shake. Swish, swish, swish.”
“don't.”
Jinhee bumps each other's shoulders and goes on her way again..
Eun-jeong runs again and blocks the way..
“Panting. Swish swish. Swish, swish, swish.”
An expression completely immersed in the action, sticking out the tongue like a dog.
“Swish swish. Swish, swish, swish.”
“Like this, Jinhee. Swish, swish, swish.”
Eun-jeong pauses for a moment, then raises her eyes and looks at Jin-hee..
“···Jinhee.”
“I'm strange?”
“uh.”
Jinhee responds indifferently..
“He said he was transferring to another school. When you go there, don't get into trouble and take care of yourself..”
Eun-jeong turns her back to the sunset and looks at Jin-hee with big eyes, then nods cautiously..
“···huh.”
“Okay, here we go..”
Jinhee wants to go.
Eun-jeong, who has chased after Jin-hee again, sticks her head out over Jin-hee's shoulder and speaks..
“You do well in school too. Stop skipping class.”
“Indeed.”
Who is worried about whom? Jinhee chuckles and goes on her way..
The two parted ways with the sunset on their backs in a neighborhood alley..
The next day, an accident occurred in a nearby apartment complex, where someone cut the ropes of workers hanging from a high-rise building to paint the exterior walls, causing three people to fall to their deaths..
* * *
“The story ends here. When I went to school after the weekend, Eun-jeong was unpacking her things with an expressionless expression on her face, and people from the Office of Education burst in and took me, my partner, to the counseling room and asked various things about Eun-jeong. Is it really necessary to send someone to an alternative school, and how serious is it? … “When I returned to the classroom, there was no one sitting next to me because they had packed up their bags and left. The last time I saw Eunjeong leaving the playground with the officials from the Office of Education was from afar..”
“···Phew.”
I asked as I was listening to the story carefully..
“The worker who fell. I think your partner killed it?”
“uh.”
“···Actually? What was the result of the police investigation??”
“They said they couldn't catch the culprit. Because there is no evidence.”
“City, shouldn’t you have reported it? ”
·
Deokhoon asks, sweating profusely..
“Your partner killed it……
“With what evidence?”
Jinhee shrugs her shoulders.
“Yesterday, my friend saw a cruel video, so he said he was the murderer.?”
“···It's difficult to explain.”
“Still, during the interview, I explained his symptoms to the officials at the Office of Education and safely sent him to an alternative school, so I thought that was it. But the really strange thing is.”
Jinhee looks serious again and speaks..
“Even after she transferred to another school, she continued to hang out with the same group she played with back then, right? But when we got together recently, I suddenly remembered her and asked about her, and no one remembered her..”
«... really?”
“uh.”
Jinhee nods with a firm expression..
“Two months ago, the members gathered together ahead of the high school entrance ceremony. At that time, when I brought up the story of the partner I sat with for the first time when I transferred to another school, everyone was shocked. Even if I tell you about the time we played together, he just shrugs and says he doesn’t know..”
“When I told him about dozens of lizards jumping out of the classroom, he said he had never seen anything like that before..”
“···Hmm.”
What happened?.
The story of a strange friend from my school days suddenly becomes strange..
“When I asked about the slaughter of the rabbits in the kennel, he said that fortunately he remembered that, but he also remembered that they had not been stabbed to death, but that a nearby cat had crawled in and bitten them all to death..”
“We went home together and watched a video?”
“He said he remembers that too, but of course he left out Eun-jeong’s story..”
“Hmm.”
Of course, it was when I was young and it was a long time ago, so I may remember incorrectly..
Not just one or two people, but the whole group.
How could one not remember the child who was the center of such strange events?.
“Jinhee, it turns out that the ending may be something like you just played with a ghost. Jinhee laughs as if it's funny at my guess..
“It was real. But I don't understand why everyone is making this ridiculous assumption that it didn't exist..”
“If you transferred schools at that point, it wouldn't be in your yearbook... hmm……
Jinhee herself seems certain, but seems to have no means of proving it..
‘It's a little strange.’
As we were thinking deeply, our eyes suddenly turned towards Gyeongwon..
“how is it? Something comes to mind?”
“well.”
Kyungwon tilts his head..
“First of all, there are quite a few ghost stories about childhood friends that no one remembers. For example……
The guy who crosses his arms.
“I clearly remember hanging out with a friend called A a lot, but when I asked my friends, they said A wasn't a member at all and that it was a friend called B. Or, a crazy woman who was famous in the neighborhood said that when she became an adult and asked about it, no one remembered it except her. “Hmm.”.”
“There are many cases where it is the opposite. I thought we were strangers, but when I looked back at our photo album, I realized we were best friends. I was surprised when my friend from elementary school, who I thought was definitely dead, showed up at the class reunion just fine, and no one but me remembers the news of his death..”
“ gooseflesh······
“To be exact, it is a social phenomenon called the Mandela effect..”
Gyeongwon fixing his glasses.
It's a phenomenon that even has a name..
“Mainly, my memories are clearly different from those of the people around me, and even the details of the parts I remember differently are vivid. These are ghost stories where the point is the confusion that comes from not being able to tell that someone is mistaken no matter how much you compare memories..”
Members nodding their heads slowly.
It was a ghost story that would have been very frustrating if you were in that situation..
“It's not a ghost story, it's an experience story..”
Jinhee is making a fuss.
“That kid really existed. I remember everything, Mchang..”
“I know, I know. I'm just talking about what kind of ghost story it is..”
I quickly calmed down Jinhee who was excited..
“so? What about the teacher? He doesn't even remember?”
Jinhee then looks thoughtful..
“I haven't met you since I graduated from elementary school.……
“I think the fastest way would be to ask him..”
Gyeongwon looks down at Jinhee sitting on the sofa..
“You were the student you interviewed. Unless you have dementia, you'll remember..”
“···Well, I guess so..”
“I have a number or something.?”
“no.”
At those words, Gyeongwon sighs and shakes his head..
“Don’t you have the teacher’s number?.”
“What is a gift?.”
“I don't know. Look in the dictionary.”
Soon Seona sneaks up next to me..
“Jun... What is a gift?......?”
Should I explain that it’s a silver snake?.
“···It means a teacher who becomes a benefactor..”
“ aha······
The two nod their heads slowly.
ghost story club
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