I Became the Hidden Mastermind - Chapter 43



043 – Corridor Strategy # 3

043 – Corridor Strategy # 3

“Ha Young-won. Have you ever seen anything like this?”

Jeongseok looked at the large hole in the floor of the broadcast room and asked my opinion.

“No. This is my first time seeing this too. “This is my first time coming to this broadcast room.”

The hole in the broadcasting room was my first discovery.

The hole in the floor was so dark that it was impossible to gauge its depth with the light of a lighter.

But if you think about it with common sense, it would be a hole opening into the first basement floor.

First basement floor of the old school building.

Is this the place where you went with Yoo Da-hee and Jeong-seok and obtained the magic wand?

Anyway, we have a new option.

1. Going down.

2. It doesn’t go down.

As I was pondering these two matters for a while, a sound rang in my ears.

Jjring-! Jjring-! Grumble-!

It was a sharp ringing sound.

“aaahhh!”

Screams filled with hatred followed.

The shaman ghost who got angry after being stabbed by Yang Joo-hee must have already come here.

Clunk-.

Drurruk-!

The sound of opening the door was also loud.

Are you looking through and opening all the rooms in the hallway one by one?

Jungseok asked in a nervous voice whether I was the only one who noticed that fact.

“Hey. What should I do? If you hide here, it’s another dead end. “Make a decision.”

After much consideration, I made a decision.

“Okay. Whatever. Let’s go! The best I can do is die? Go! Let’s go!”

There is no point in simply surviving in this terrifying place.

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Jeongseok also nodded at my conclusion.

“Good idea. But how do I get in?”

Jeongseok throws a box that was left in the broadcasting room into a hole.

Tuk-.

Immediately a sound came from the floor.

“After dropping an object weighing approximately 1 kg, the sound occurred about 1 second later, so if you calculate it as the acceleration of gravity…………… About 2 meters. “I think it’s 2 meters high?”

2 Meters. Is there a ladder or step stool or something?

Yang Joo-hee said as I looked around.

“Hey! You won’t get hurt if you jump from 2 meters! “I know because I tried jumping from the second floor when I was in middle school!”

It seems that Yang Joo-hee once jumped from the second floor when she was in middle school.

I had a lot of things I wanted to say, but Yang Joo-hee loosened her hands and feet and sat down in the hole, as if the story between me and Jeong-seok was quite frustrating.

And then he jumped like a person who had made a big decision!

Touwoouk-!

“Evil!”

Yang Joo-hee screamed as soon as she landed on the floor.

I asked.

“Hey! Are you okay?”

“It’s okay! Hey! “It’s not as high as I thought!”

It looks okay.

Jeongseok and I admired Yang Joohee’s courage and boldness to the point of recklessness.

Now it’s the next person’s turn.

I said.

“I’m coming.”

After-.

After taking a deep breath, I jumped down with all my might!

2 Meters.

It was a little scary, perhaps because it was a bit high, but the sound of the bell coming from behind was even scarier.

“That’s enough!”

Yang Joo-hee accepted me.

Now it is the turn of the last remaining Jeongseok.

“Hey! I’m coming down! “Hold me!”

Jeongseok, who was sitting in the hole, ran towards us.

Me and Yang Joo-hee were able to catch him well and we were all able to come down to the basement without getting seriously hurt.

Hwareuk-.

Yang Joo-hee looked around using the light of a lighter.

The basement was very hot, contrary to what I thought it would be chilly.

It was hot and a fishy, foul smell was coming from all directions.

「Save me」「Save me」「Save me」

「Save me」「Save me」「Save me」

「Save me」「Save me」「Save me」

「Ghosts live here」

The wall was full of writing that looked like someone had scrawled it.

It seems similar to the first floor where ghosts roamed around, but the situation is even creepier.

“Look at that.”

Yang Joo-hee found something and pointed with her hand.

It looked like a black thread.

But when I got closer, I saw that it was not thread, but human hair.

Falling hair was everywhere.

Looking at the length, I thought it was a woman’s, but I couldn’t be sure.

“So what should I do now?”

Yang Joo-hee looked around with a lighter and asked.

I came down to the first basement floor to avoid the angry shaman ghost, but I had no clear goal as to what I should do here.

I thought about it very intensely and made a decision in a very short period of time.

“Let’s go around and look for anything that might be a hint or help.”

In the hallway of nightmares, the first basement floor was the first place I came to.

I had to somehow learn something that would be helpful, and after that, I had to escape from here alive.

Yes. Finding a place to escape.

# # #

How long did I walk?

I feel like I walked for about 5 minutes.

“But… “Is the hallway originally shaped like this?”

Yang Joo-hee, who was walking for a while holding a lighter, asked us.

You may be wondering about the single-shaped passage structure on the first basement floor.

Jeongseok said.

“I don’t think the hallway on the first basement floor that I went to with Yoo Da-hee was like this. “It was real back then and it’s a nightmare now, so maybe there’s a difference.”

Jeobbuk. Jeez.

The first basement floor where only the sound of our footsteps can be heard.

Just when I thought I was going to the same place over and over again, something strange appeared in front of me.

“It’s a bag. Wow, this is a Louis Vuitton school bag!”

Yang Joo-hee picked up the object that had fallen on the floor without fear.

What on earth is that?

“This is worth over 3 million won! “I wanted it!”

It’s a very expensive luxury backpack.

Ji-I-Ik-.

Yang Joo-hee opened the zipper of her bag.

And then he took out the school supplies and textbooks that were inside.

Hwareuk-.

The textbooks illuminated by the light of the lighter looked like those from the first year of Yeongji High School.

The name is also written.

「Goo Hye-na」.

Just when I thought it was a name I had heard before, Jeongseok said.

“If it’s Goo Hye-na… “Isn’t she the girl who went missing at the beginning of the semester?”

Yes!

It was just as Jeongseok said!

The name of the girl who went missing at the beginning of the semester and caused a stir was Goo Hye-na!

Why is something like that from a girl here?

“Ahh. “I got it.”

Yang Joo-hee was rummaging through her Louis Vuitton bag.

It’s a missing person’s item, but it doesn’t seem to bother me.

Palak-.

At that time, a piece of paper fell out of the Louis Vuitton bag.

It looked like a torn part of a notebook.

There was also writing written on it.

「Shaman – No eyes. I can hear the sound well. Do not carry a bell. It doesn’t seem to be that dangerous if you don’t stimulate it. Instead, once they are caught, they chase after you endlessly. “You can’t leave the first floor.”

“I guess it’s a piece of paper written about ghosts!”

Jeongseok shouted in surprise.

We decided to read the stories written below.

「Escape Talisman – Burning this talisman allows you to escape. One person per amulet. There is one clearly attached to the front of the statue. There is one new statue on each floor.”

There was also a painting that seemed to depict an amulet.

It looked like something with the word “Exit” Written on it.

「You can do it. You can do it. The longer I stay, the more I feel like I am being swallowed up by this place. We need to find it quickly and go out. But is it really possible? I don’t know how long I stayed here. I am a prisoner trapped in a cave for eternity… My name is… “What was it?”

It was someone’s journal.

It was difficult to read the text as it went on, but it was great information!

Jeongseok shouted.

“I guess I can escape if I find this “Escape talisman”!”

“At least one of us must escape. If you die here, you will lose your memories. This information must be remembered by at least one person. Must!”

Advanced information obtained after a long time.

It was impossible to lose it all by annihilating it.

Palak-.

At that time, Yang Joo-hee turned back the note.

There was also writing on the back of the note.

「The body, which was destined to rot, was buried in the rocky grounds of Gaeryongsan Mountain. All you need is a head. I am the jailer and liberator. “I will faithfully perform my duties.”

Yang Joo-hee said.

“… This. Are these letters written by the missing Goo Hye-na? No, it doesn’t look like a girl’s handwriting, does it? The same goes for the contents behind it. That’s creepy. “Who wrote something like this?”

It’s creepy. I thought so too.

I had planned to seriously explore this nightmare hallway today, but the more I learned, the more I wanted to get out of this place right away.

Jeongseok said.

“… What was buried on the rocky site of Gaeryongsan Mountain? “Am I the only one who cares about this?”

… I don’t know, f*ck.

Honestly, I thought I had acquired enough information today.

You can escape at this level.

I looked around and spoke calmly to shake off the goosebumps.

“So where can I get this “Escape Talisman”? It is said that there is definitely one in front of the statue… Where is the new statue? “By a new statue, you mean something like a statue, right?”

There was nothing around that could be called a god statue.

“I saw that it says there is one on each floor, so there must be one in this basement too.”

It would be better to go further.

We continued down the hallway like that and finally reached a dead end.

“The road is blocked.”

Jeongseok tapped the wall.

The walls looked thick and solid.

At that time, Yang Joo-hee discovered something in the corner.

“Hey! Here! “There’s a dog hole!”

As Yang Joo-hee, who has a lot of experience going into and out of holes as an Iljin gangster, it was almost like an athlete who found a hole in the floor.

We crawled into that hole.

Fortunately, the length of the hole was not that long, and eventually something like a wide cave appeared.

“What cave?”

Chabak-chabak-.

It was a cave submerged in water up to the ankles.

And in that cave, there was a strange shape among the burning candles.

It looked like a Buddha statue with its head cut off, but the head was placed between the legs of the statue, which was sitting cross-legged like a half-faced statue.

But the head did not seem to be that of a Buddha statue.

That’s because her black hair was sticking out in all directions.

He closed his eyes as if he was asleep and his expression was calm, but I couldn’t forget that face.

“What the f*ck, it’s a head ghost…” .”

Honestly, I was feeling puzzled.

I wondered where the head ghost was while the shaman ghost was running wild.

I don’t know what it was, but I thought it was fortunate that he didn’t show up, but I never thought he would be in a place like this.

“… “Is that a head ghost?”

Yang Joo-hee is shaking.

Soon, Jeongseok also exhaled heavily and frowned.

“Ha Young-won. Is that the head ghost you were talking about? “That’s Bong Se-yeon’s head?”

Jeongseok was scared, but it seemed like he was trying to face the phenomenon in front of him.

But Jeongseok soon shook his head.

“No. That’s not Se-yeon’s sister’s hair. That older sister had a big mole around her eye, so her nickname was Jeomsoon! There’s a mole on that head… Doesn’t exist! “There is no spot!”

“What?”

… Is this true?

Yang Joo-hee also spoke soon after.

“If Se-yeon is your older sister, I know. “That’s not Se-yeon’s sister.”

Ah.

I realized that I had made a fatal mistake in my reasoning.

Yang Joo-hee knew Bong Se-yeon, Bong Ji-yeon’s older sister.

And Yang Joo-hee also encountered a head ghost in the first episode.

But Yang Joo-hee didn’t pretend to know when she saw the head ghost in the first episode!

Why did I only think of this now?

“What the f*ck, then what on earth is that hair?”

I was almost panicking.

As Yang Joo-hee was looking around as if she was confused, Jeong-seok let out a heavy breath and said.

“Okay. That… It’s Goo Hye-na. Goo Hye-na, a first-year student who went missing a few months ago! I know because we went to the same academy when we were in middle school! That’s Goo Hye-na! “The owner of the bag we found!”

It was the moment when the identity of the head ghost was revealed.

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The identity was a female student from Youngji High School who went missing early this year.

“… Hey. Goo Hye-na and all. Look at that! There is an amulet attached to the Buddha statue! Isn’t that the escape talisman!?”

Yang Ju-hee, who had a lot of courage, pointed to the Buddha statue with his hand.

Just as Yang Ju-hee said, there was an amulet attached to the palm of the Buddha statue.

“But…” “How do I approach you?”

The head ghost’s hair appears to be extending in all directions.

The head ghost was a ghost that spread hair like a spider web and killed anyone who touched it in a very terrible way.

It looks so calm now, but if we reach it… Something terrible will happen.

In cases like this, you need to aim for variables.

And fortunately, that variable was in Yang Joo-hee.

“Yang Joo-hee. Do you have a magic wand? I think it’s time to write about it. They say that if you use that magic wand, you can deploy something like a shield. “Use the magic wand while I run and get that talisman.”

“If it were a magic wand, what would this be?”

“And standard. When you get the amulet, you with the best memory will go. As soon as you wake up, write down everything you remember in a notebook! Got it? Come on, Yang Joo-hee! Then, memorize the spell!”

“Order? What kind of order is it? Magic wand spell? “What order?”

“I don’t know! Me too! Order! Something that comes to mind! “Princess, do you have any orders?”