chapter 31
On the way to the last room, it was so quiet that the noisy atmosphere just before felt like a lie.
The two guys kept a little distance from me, and with their forefingers, they were slowly following me, holding only the hem of the shirt I was wearing. He didn’t want to come close to me, but he looked terrifying to fall.
I was embarrassed by it again, so I hurriedly opened my mouth.
“Hey, how long are you going to keep your mouth shut like that? Anyway, the pants that went down are not going up again.”
The ears of midsummer, which had faded, are burning red again.
“I was the one who was stripped in the first place, so why are other people getting angry?”
“Sin, I’m sorry… … .”
Yu Ga-ryun’s fingers, holding my collar, start to tremble. The blushed face was on the verge of breaking through the floor.
“It’s okay though. I really don’t mind. It’s not the first time you’ve done that.”
“Not once or twice?”
Midsummer, with her eyes narrowed, glares at Yuga-ryun as if she hates it.
“It’s never been like that!”
I roughly clenched Yu Ga-ryun’s fist, which was flirting with anger, and focused my attention on the room in front of me.
There was a stairway leading to the second floor on the side, but the entrance was wrapped around with yellow prohibition tape. The realm of the game is the first floor, so don’t think about going up for nothing.
After thinking about it, I inserted the key into the small hole in the handle.
“done. It matches the key I brought from that room.”
“Well, is it over now? Because you said you can kill monsters with the generator inside.”
“no.”
Midsummer’s face, which had been drenched in color, begins to turn blue again.
“What? why!”
“Okay, what do you mean it’s not?”
“There was nothing like the appearance of a monster. The horror element was nothing compared to what I was afraid of when I first entered, except for two fake corpses that fell from the room a little while ago. He’s probably trying to blow it up in one shot.”
The hot heat flows through the blood vessels and heightens the whole body.
As soon as you open the door, a monster will attack you. Is directing a typical Jump Scare? Or is it a way to slowly tighten the mind using the atmosphere? What is the monster’s design? How to implement it? What is the way out of it?
I was so excited just by letting my imagination run wild that I felt like I was going to lose my mind.
“Then open it.”
“Wait a minute, don’t open it. My heart is not ready yet—”
A door that opens with a rusty sound. And inside there is the figure of a monster… … !
“… … ?”
there should be
“What, there is nothing.”
Midsummer poked his head out the door and murmured.
While suppressing my disappointment, I looked around the room just in case, nothing like a monster came up.
<A salute to all of you who have come this far… … .>
Just as the restlessness ate all over my body, Oh Min-seo’s voice came from the ceiling.
<Sorry, I’ve been lying to you all this time. Actually, I am not a ghost, but an AI for facility management created by the researchers here. As you may have already noticed, this is actually… … .>
A mansion built secretly on a deserted island to develop biochemical weapons, a monstrous creature accidentally born during research, annihilated researchers and a growing number of victims. So Min-seo Oh began to recite the plot lines related to the mansion.
Yeah, it can’t end like this. Is something coming out now?
<Thanks to your hard work, the eradication of “the guy” is also close at hand. See the little door in the corner? There’s a generator inside, so all you have to do is pull it.>
Midsummer heard this and ran back and pulled the doorknob, but the door was locked and did not move.
<By the way, it seems that the “boy” acquired the ability to mimicry by eating people. Maybe it’s hiding among you right now… … .>
Han Yeo-reum and Yu Ga-ryun looked at each other with suspicious eyes. I was on the verge of bursting into tears.
<So, don’t open the door until all of you are proven innocent. See the machine on the desk? It’s a lie detector the researchers built before they died.>
As Minseo Oh said, there were six machines on the long desk in the center. It was a machine that looked like a silver palm on top of a hemispherical body that looked like a lid.
I hope not.
<Of course, it looks like a toy on the surface, but unlike the fakes who simply detect sweat and judge the true lie, it is specially made. It is an object that makes very sophisticated judgments based on the complex reactions of the human body. Maybe it will perform better than the ones used by the police or the military.>
tell me no
<From now on, you’ll have to use it to prove your innocence. The door to the room containing the generator will not open if even one person is considered lying. Of course, the exit door.>
“Really, it’s locked.”
“Still, I think this is much more than I expected.”
As if reassured, Yu Ga-ryun put her hands together and wiped her chest.
<If you’re ready, sit down on a chair and put your hand on the machine… … .>
With those words, the voice from the ceiling was cut off.
Oh Min-seo.
It’s just that you want to play with the lie detector, right?
the monster. An elaborately crafted monster’s nest. Where did the sweaty escape sequence go?
You can do this during mealtime or light recreation before bedtime. But why did you do such a cruel thing with such high expectations… … .
cold. The inner part of his heart, which was tightly covered with a top, was cold. It was as if a cold icicle had pierced one part of her chest.
this is a bee It was given to me who wanted to be happy on my own terms even though I knew my karma… … .
“What are you doing?”
“Let’s do it cheap and go out. I’m hungry.”
Feeling depressed, I sat down on my chair and put my hands on the machine.
<Are you three? I checked, it matches the information displayed on the temperature sensor. Okay, from now on, all you have to do is answer my questions honestly. The door will open when all are judged to be true. Isn’t it simple?>
Since this has happened, I can only expect something to pop out along the way.
<Before starting in earnest, shall we practice once? Question, I am a person.>
“okay.”
—It’s true.
“right.”
—It’s true.
“Right.”
—It’s true.
As soon as he finished speaking, a light chirping sound resounded throughout the room.
<Good job. You just have to answer honestly like that.>
“What, it’s super easy.”
Midsummer closed his eyes as if in despair.
No, there’s no way someone as big as Oh Min-seo can finish it easily. The lie detector is only a means to induce vigilance, but the real start will be after a monster that exists somewhere in this room comes out.
I concentrated on the voice from the ceiling as I suppressed my heart that began to pound again.
<Then let’s really start.>
Come on.
<Question, I’ve seen a raunchy video of an actor who looks like the person I like.>
“Of course not. What are you asking, this?”
—It’s true.
I frowned and stared at the ceiling as if midsummer was ridiculous.
“Neither have I seen it. More than that, to be someone who sees a lewd video featuring an actor who resembles the person he likes, just hearing it gives me goosebumps all over my body.”
—It’s true.
Yu Ga-ryun’s voice in reply was cold.
“what are you doing? don’t answer quickly You are the only one left.”
The two men looked at me with expressions of incomprehension, urging for an answer. I swallowed my saliva and opened my mouth.
“… … no.”
—It’s false.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his right hand, which he placed on the machine.
“Aww!”
“Crazy, kinky bastard.”
Midsummer’s face is rotting. It’s like putting a stinky food waste in front of your face.
“No, it’s not like that. what is it.”
“Don’t talk to me, because I don’t remember getting close to a pervert like you. Whoa, Tonya, crazy… … .”
Shit. why is this happening
“… … Who was it?”
Yu Ga-ryun’s gaze, asking a question like a stinging, stings madly.
That day, I was looking for materials on an internet flea market in Japan for a design assignment. And when I clicked the shopping cart button to checkout, I found something.
She looks very similar to Chae Seol-ha… … An AV advertisement featuring an actress.
When I woke up, I was entering the site and entering my card number as if possessed by something. I haven’t seen it more than twice because of the rush of guilt.
<Did someone lie to you? Well, it could be. No matter how sophisticated a machine is, it cannot be without malfunction. Calm down and try again… … .>
“Look, it could be malfunctioning.”
“I’m pretty sure I will.”
I opened my mouth as brazenly as I could, but the eyes of the two women looking at me were drenched with feelings of disgust.
“No, what’s wrong with watching pornographic videos of grown-ups? I bought it as a genuine product.”
“Ah yes. Do you want to be awkward?”
this is a bee It was given to me who wanted to be happy on my own terms even though I knew my karma… … .
<Now, let me ask you another question. I look at my friend’s friend and say, ‘I can do better than that child. There were times when I was jealous, thinking, ‘Why don’t you play with me?’
It was embarrassing, but it was a much easier question to answer than the previous one.
“have.”
This is also the feeling I felt when I saw Chae Seol-ha talking with other people.
No, it would have been disgusting, but it wouldn’t have happened if he was ashamed of his feelings and showed them proudly without hiding them.
I closed my eyes tightly, thinking that I didn’t know, but unlike a while ago, I didn’t feel any particular pain.
—It’s true.
“Fufu, hey, you’re really… … !”
It was very distasteful to see the midsummer grinning at me with my head bowed down, unable to bear my embarrassment.
“I am not. I didn’t even have a chance to do that in the first place.”
—It’s true.
Yu Ga-ryun answered in a calm voice, but her expression looked somewhat complicated. Also, what happened?
“Hey, don’t laugh and say it quickly.”
“Oh, okay, okay… Oh, my stomach hurts.”
As I urged, Midsummer put his hand on the machine, dripping dirty saliva one after another.
“No, no. Unlike you, I am not that narrow-minded.”
—It’s false.
“Ouch!”
Crazy–! Midsummer, startled by the sudden pain, quickly removed her hand from the machine.
“No, huh? Wait, can’t you? I?”
The guy was clasping his palms with a bewildered expression as if he couldn’t believe this was happening. I did not miss the gap and declared proudly.
“Look, you said the machine was weird.”
“Yeah, it seems like that. It’s less accurate than I thought… … . No, you really saw it. Where are you going to brag about?”
“Great.”
If I had known it would be like this, I would have been crying.
<Did you fail again? Yes, it could be. Then again, the question is, every time my friend makes a pathetic sound, I sigh, but in fact, I feel like ‘that guy, I can’t do it without me!’>
The state of the question seems to have been strange since before, but there is no place for me to go further.
“I have.”
—It’s true.
As soon as he finished speaking, a stinky saliva burst out of Midsummer’s mouth.
“Pu ha ha ha!”
“… … I thought he was a far cry from that.”
Ga-ryun Yu opened her eyes and looked at my face.
“Because it has been hidden until now.”
It’s disgusting to think about, but what can you do? that’s me
“I never did.”
—It’s true.
Yu Ga-ryun’s expression looked sad, just like before.
“hey.”
“Oh, I knew. Don’t rush.”
Midsummer took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
“Pooh, no! I’m not you, so why do you have such disgusting thoughts?”
—It’s false.
“Attattatta!”
The sound of sparks echoed through the room again. Midsummer, who hastily released his hand, did not say anything and just twitched his eyes like a bell.
“hey.”
“No, I mean, this is weird. That doesn’t make sense. No one else, how can I?”
Midsummer flinched at my sharp gaze and protested while waving both hands in the air. Seeing this, Yu Ga-ryun began to laugh and giggle.
“Ah, ah, ah ha ha ha! Ji, Ji, she pretended to be clean all by herself… … .”
I also opened my mouth wide and started to laugh vigorously as if resonating with Yu Ga-ryun’s laughter. You can’t miss this opportunity. That’s fine, you damn child.
“Because it’s not. I’m really sorry! I don’t have friends in the first place, so what nonsense!”
After laughing for a while, a voice came from the ceiling.
<If you keep failing like that, no matter how much the country can’t help but doubt? Now, the question again, I have sniffed that person while pretending to be a helper.>
The sound of Yu Ga-ryun’s laughter, which seemed to last forever, without showing any sign of stopping, ceased.
“Why are you okay?”
“He, ga, suddenly heard Sare. Nose, Cole.”
While Yu Ga-ryun and I were talking, Midsummer, who had a tomato-like face on the verge of bursting in the aftermath of the previous question, cautiously opened her mouth.
“No, this has never really happened!”
Just in case, he was trembling like an aspen with his eyes closed.
—It’s true.
“Whew… … .”
Midsummer, putting her hands together, sighs.
“Isn’t it broken?”
“no it’s not?”
“I’m so sorry.”
That guy has to suffer more.
“Hey, was that laughing a joke? I said it was because I was afraid it would be awkward for you.”
Midsummer whispered with a hypocritical smile.
“Ah yes. Of course I know. After all, we are the ‘comrades’ of the ‘That guy, I can’t do without me’ club.”
“aahhh!”
I opened my mouth, looking satisfied with the figure on the verge of explosion in shame. The result is, of course, the truth. No country has such a fetish.
“Poor girl.”
“Yes Yes. why?”
“We did it all. Now all I have to say is you.”
“Ah, yes. yes.”
Ga-ryun Yu put her arms on the machine very slowly and slowly opened her mouth.
“… … no.”
—It’s false.
A strong spark danced on Yu Ga-ryun’s hand.
“Are you pitiful?”
Yu Ga-ryun, who was trembling for a moment, answered with a smile.
“Ah, is the escape finally successful? After all, it’s strange that the question you just asked is wrong.”
“Hey, it’s a lie. your words.”
Upon hearing my words, Yu Ga-ryun shook her head. Midsummer, who was watching the scene, abruptly got up and started pointing a finger at the machine.
“Look, I told you this machine was broken! right?”
“Yes. It seems so. Hey, do you think so too?”
The pressure from the two guys was almost suffocating. People who didn’t even pretend to trust me until a while ago.
As I pondered for a moment, another voice came from the ceiling.
<Question: There was a time when I lay down for a long time with my nose stuck in a blanket left by someone else.>
“Oh, no.”
breakage.
<Question: I have secretly peeked at other people’s things to smell them.>
“no!”
cleavage.
<Question, I feel sexually aroused by the smell of human sweat.>
“No, no, it can’t be!”
Gripping support!
“Gugh, so no, no, no!”
Breaking, breaking, breaking——!
“I hate it!”
Yu Ga-ryun’s scream echoed throughout the room for a long time.