An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 332

332. Whirlpool (5)

As soon as I arrived on set, people rushed toward me.

There were staff members and a few actors.

Leading the charge was none other than Robert.

“Hee-sung!”

He ran over, his face a mixture of joy and apology, immediately grabbing my hand to check for injuries.

“Are you okay?”

At Robert’s words, I carefully pulled my hand away and nodded.

“Yes, I wasn’t seriously hurt, so I recovered quickly. The wound healed fast, too.”

“Thank goodness it stopped bleeding. I’m sorry. Because of my prank…”

He spoke with a dejected voice, but I offered him reassurance.

“No, I… I think I was too harsh with you that day, so I’m sorry. Are you okay, Robert?”

I examined his neck.

He seemed to have no marks or injuries there either.

Robert smiled brightly and showed me his neck.

“Of course. I’m fine. See? Did something happen? Haha.”

I felt a mix of apology and gratitude toward him for accepting my apology and being so cheerful.

My arm injury was caused by his sneaking up on me, but it was my fault for getting too immersed in the role and attacking him without realizing it, so my mistake was bigger than Robert’s.

He always acted so enthusiastically toward me, claiming to be my fan.

I felt burdened by Robert and avoided him.

I was grateful for his feelings, but unlike me, who was focused and dedicated to acting practice on set, Robert was always wandering around with a playful attitude.

He would come up to me and talk to me, and I was afraid of breaking my immersion, so it was hard for me to be cheerful with him.

But this incident seemed to bring Robert and me closer.

Robert and I were the only ones who knew the details of what happened in the forest that day.

I didn’t think it was necessary to tell anyone else about it.

So, I felt more ‘gratitude’ than ‘apology’ for what happened to each other.

Robert shouted to the staff.

“Hee-sung is finally back!”

I chuckled at his words but quickly refocused on the upcoming filming.

And there was Cali, already standing on set.

The first scene today was with him, and Cali and I exchanged eye contact as a greeting.

I didn’t have many scenes with Cali, and he was always quiet on set, so it wasn’t easy to build a friendship with him.

I also didn’t take the initiative to talk to anyone on this set.

“We’ll start as soon as the filming is ready!”

At the staff’s words, I opened the script again and reviewed my lines.

***

Fabian approached us with a script in one hand and a booklet with other content in the other.

“Cali already knows since he filmed yesterday. I’ll explain it to Hee-sung.”

At his words, I nodded and focused on what he was saying.

“Yes, Director.”

“The beginning of this scene is the same as the existing script with Cali. And the following scene is a music scene, okay?”

At Fabian’s words, I looked at the script and said.

“Yes, so I can sing right away, right?”

“Yeah, but you don’t have to do it enthusiastically. We’ll add it in post-production anyway.”

“Ah….”

I took out a pen from my pocket and noted Fabian’s words.

“But you still have to match the lip sync, so you have to sing. Just don’t strain your voice.”

“Yes, I understand what you mean. Are you attaching a separate microphone?”

“Of course. We’ll record everything, but you can sing comfortably because we’ll record the singing separately.”

At his words, I checked the song and replied to him.

“I understand.”

“Then, let’s start with the acting scene before going into the singing scene.”

Cali and I responded in unison.

“Yes.”

And our eyes quickly changed.

“Ready, action!”

As soon as Fabian’s sign fell, Cali’s and my eyes changed.

In particular, my expression became the opposite of when I was with Fabian.

Cali started running from outside the camera’s view into the shot.

“Huff… Huff….”

Then, he shouted at me, gasping for breath.

“Finally caught you, you rat.”

Cali’s line was heavy with menace.

I was no different from a rat in a trap.

“…Damn it.”

I moved to get away from Cali, but he approached me with heavy steps.

“You have nowhere to escape now. This is the rooftop. A 40-story building. Do you think you can survive if you jump off?”

“…….”

“Even if you jump, the police are all over the place below. Even if you kill me and go down, there are dozens of police officers in the building to catch you. You have nowhere to escape.”

Cali raised one corner of his mouth and moved closer.

“Put down everything in your hand and kneel!”

The moment he shouted at me.

“Hehehe… Hahahahaha!”

A sinister laughter began to spread.

“You’re laughing at this moment?”

Cali frowned and glared at me.

“Hahahaha, then shouldn’t I laugh?”

With a creepy laugh, I got up from my seat instead of kneeling and looked up at Cali.

“So much public power has moved to catch me. It’s really funny.”

“This bastard…!”

“Do you know how many people I’ve killed before you came to catch me?”

A wickedly raised corner of my mouth.

Empty-looking eyes.

Hollow cheeks as if my bones were sticking out.

All of that combined to look at Cali, and he felt eerie even though he knew it was acting.

“…….”

“The bastards I killed would have died at the hands of someone else anyway. How great is it? They died at my hands, right?”

“This guy is still….”

I raised my voice as if to block Cali’s words.

“I killed them so they could close their eyes comfortably. I’m good at cutting off people’s breath at once, you know? Hehehe.”

I twisted the corner of my mouth long as I looked at the camera, and that expression made even the camera director and staff shut their mouths.

“Cut, okay!”

And soon, Fabian’s okay sign fell.

Although the filming was over, the set remained silent, immersed in my acting.

Fabian also looked at my figure in the small monitor and muttered.

“Jin Hee-sung… he was sick, but his acting got better. How should I say it… it’s so evil that it sends chills down my spine.”

He shook his head at my acting, which became more sensitive as a killer as the days went by.

Then he got up from his seat and shouted loudly.

“This time, we need to add the song, so both of you take a breath and let’s start filming.”

“Yes.”

A little later.

After Cali and I cleared our throats, filming began.

“Ready, action!”

I was cornered by Cali and could sense that I was facing death.

Because there were more than one or two guns pointing at me.

So, I was wickedly tearing the corners of my mouth, but fear of the gun aimed at me was visible on the outside.

So, my mouth was smiling, but my cheeks and eyelids were slightly trembling.

As I was immersed in the role while acting, I actually looked at the gun and trembled my eyelids.

Because I didn’t know when the trigger would be pulled on that gun.

“Do you think I’m going to die like this?”

“Of course. A guy like you….”

Even at Cali’s words, I swallowed the fear in my heart and raised one corner of my mouth.

“You can’t kill me. Why? If you kill me like this, you won’t be able to hear the stories about the people I’ve killed, right? Haha.”

Cali was biting his lip at my words, and anger was boiling over.

I stimulated his anger even more.

“The people I killed… you might think it’s only 5 people, but 5 people? Ha, it’s not even funny.”

“This bastard… what the hell are you….”

“So you can’t kill me. Do you know what I mean?”

“I’m going to cut off your breath… You might think you’re something, but you’re just a lowly murderer, a killer hungry for money.”

At his words, my eyes rolled over.

“A killer hungry for money? Should I show you how I kill your family without getting paid? Hahaha.”

At my words, Cali’s arm holding the gun shook rapidly.

“This crazy bastard…!”

At that moment.

Bang-!

A tremendous gunshot rang out from the gun that Cali was aiming at me.

It wasn’t just me who was surprised by this sudden situation.

“Kyaa!”

The surrounding staff also screamed at the sudden accident.

The moment I heard the gunshot, my reason, which I had barely been holding onto while immersed in the killer role, snapped.

And instinctively, I dodged the gun and threw my body to the side.

I wrapped my arms around the staff member next to me and started twisting.