Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 118

Do You Know Verbal Karma? (3)

118. Do You Know Verbal Karma? (3)

2022.02.26.

“Eek!” [He looks just like a poison toad.] [But I heard he’s good at making things up.] [Is that all? I heard he’s a great actor too!] [What kind of acting?] [That guy said he’s really good at acting like a pompous nobleman.] Park Chil-deuk, dragged out in a daze, almost fainted. ‘Ghosts, ghosts!’ The beings surrounding Park Chil-deuk were extremely bizarre. From a man with a pale face and black holes for eyes, to a muscular giant with a single, glaring eye in the middle of his forehead, and a sleek man with his lips torn to his ears, revealing muscle. Besides them, there were blurry figures and beings with only their faces floating. Truly monsters, or beings close to ghosts, were everywhere. ‘Is this a dream? It must be a dream. It can’t be real!’ Park Chil-deuk squeezed his trembling eyes shut, as if trying to wake himself up from this terrible nightmare. But. [Does this *feel* like a dream?] Swish. Swish. The strange sound and the sensation on his ankle made Park Chil-deuk reflexively look down. A ghost without a lower body was climbing up his leg. [Does this really feel like a dream?] Suddenly, a chilling sensation ran down his neck. Looking up, Park Chil-deuk almost collapsed. [Does this *still* feel like a dream?] He made eye contact with a being stuck to the ceiling. The sensation on his neck was from the long hair of the being on the ceiling. [Even if this *were* a dream.] [Could you really wake up?] [Could you escape from here?] He couldn’t even breathe properly. Park Chil-deuk wanted to faint right there. But the sharp, cold pain of a slap to his cheek snapped him back to his senses. [Why are you closing your eyes? Hey! Open your eyes now! Do you think I can’t hear your brain working?] [Don’t scare him too much. We came to see a show. Hey, human. I heard you’re good at acting like a nobleman? Do it for us! Let us watch!] [If you don’t hurry, we’ll have to eat you. We get hungry if we’re not entertained. Tearing you into pieces would at least satisfy our hunger a little!] Giggling voices held Park Chil-deuk captive. “I… I don’t act… I’m the one who… chooses the works…”

[What? Are you talking nonsense? Do you think we’re ghosts and don’t know anything about humans?!] [Why aren’t you doing what you always do? Oh, is it because you don’t have a partner? Hey, Mongdal [a ghost with a smooth, featureless face]. You’re the youngest, go be his partner.] “Hiiiik…” Park Chil-deuk had a fit as the floating egg-head approached. Mongdal Ghost. It was a type of ghost that even Kim Chil-deuk had heard about many times in stories as a child. Usually depicted as a ghost with an egg-shaped head and no facial features, but the Mongdal Ghost in front of Park Chil-deuk was different. Like a normal person, he had hair, a body, and limbs. But in one place only, his face was smooth as if there was nothing there. The sense of incongruity was something that those who had not experienced it would find difficult to understand. [You look like a poison toad, why are you freaking out at my smooth face? Unbelievable.] The approaching Mongdal Ghost clicked his tongue with his non-existent mouth and nudged Park Chil-deuk. [Hey. Hurry up.] “What, what, what do you want me to do?” [You know what you’re good at. Acting like a nobleman. Oh, what do they call it these days? Ah, right.] The Mongdal Ghost, tilting his blank white face, clapped his hands. [That’s right. Being abusive! I heard you’re good at being abusive? Do it for us.] “Me, me, me…? I can’t do that…” [Why can’t you? Being abusive is your daily life. Or…] A long neck suddenly stretched out in front of him. A black face with empty eye sockets came close and murmured. [Are you saying you can’t even put on a proper act in front of us?] Park Chil-deuk knew instinctively. If he didn’t say something right here, he would be eaten by these ghosts immediately.

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“How did it go?” [How did it go? It was a complete success.] Dongja-ryeong [a spirit possessing a child], who had shed his physical body after a long time, floated in the air, tearing off a glutinous rice cake and answering. [Hey, this is delicious. Offer me these tributes more often.] “Don’t change the subject. Was it really a success?” [Yeah. You should have seen the situation.] Dongja-ryeong burst into laughter as if he was having fun. [He was crying and reenacting his usual behavior, it was a comedy. Crying, ‘I, I, I told you to go out there, sob, sniffle…’, ‘Did, did, did you think you could shoot that CF [commercial film]? I, I, sob, used my power…’ Oh my.] He stopped eating, stood up in the air, and recited a very realistic impersonation. [The finale was this. Telling Yeon Do-hee to take her clothes off.] -These days, nude scenes are common. If you take it off, you’ll get ten million views. It’s about time you took it off. There is a clear contradiction in the preceding and following words. However, Park Chil-deuk did not even recognize such an error. Because the method was not originally devised for Yeon Do-hee. ‘Anyway, if it’s just one provocative thing, it’ll be buried. If possible, it’ll be good for me to see.’ Half annoyance, half personal gain. That’s how a very desire-fulfilling method was born. And that was. [That’s right. I heard actors take their clothes off these days?] [Is that so?] [You’re an abuser. Take it off. Let’s see some living human flesh for the first time in a while.] [My mouth is already watering…] It returned to Park Chil-deuk in a very strange form. [You should have seen that poison toad crying and taking off his clothes! Kkahahaha!] Although his eyes were rotting and his physique was terrible, Dongja-ryeong giggled, saying it was fun to see Park Chil-deuk crying and begging him to stop. “Didn’t you really eat him?” [Don’t worry. I only took good guys there. And I was there. None of them would dare to think of swallowing a human in front of me?] “That’s good. Those kinds of guys only realize it when they experience it themselves. They don’t understand when you tell them nicely.” [Now he probably won’t even be able to say the ‘gap’ [power dynamic] in ‘gapjil’ [abuse of power]. If he still thinks of acting abusively after being treated like that, he’s a rare person, a rare person. He’s not talent to rot in such a place.] If he’s treated badly by ghosts and is still as normal as usual, he’s a valuable talent to be scouted by Madam Kang’s shrine. “Good. Then we’ll know soon. What the result will be.” As dawn broke, Yeon-woo, looking at the shining forest of buildings in the cold wind, smiled.

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-Tring! Yeon-woo thought. This notification sound always pleases me. [The client’s request has been perfectly fulfilled!] [Congratulations! Acquire additional stats as a reward.] [Reward: Ventriloquism][B] ‘That’s how it should be.’ A deep smile spread across Yeon-woo’s lips. [There are no articles posted anywhere. He must have taken care of it as soon as he woke up.] Dongja-ryeong, who was looking at the internet, said. The little sparrow was so used to it that he clicked the mouse very skillfully. [But how did you come up with that method? It’s innovative and very good. It’s a shame it takes a bit of spiritual power.] The method Yeon-woo used to solve Yeon Do-hee’s request was surprisingly simple. Yeon Do-hee’s wish was this. ‘Park Chil-deuk should experience things from the opposite perspective. So that he can’t do the same thing in the future.’ If interpreted, it would probably be something like this. ‘And my interpretation was accurate.’ The notification sound that appeared in the morning and the additional stat acquisition notification are proof of that. There were several ways to make Park Chil-deuk experience things from the opposite perspective. Making him feel the tyranny of power directly in reality. It would have been possible enough to use Kwon Seong-hyun or Woo Do-gyeom. ‘But I don’t like that. It feels like I’m being taken advantage of.’ It feels like I shouldn’t give them any excuse. If not, I could use other methods. For example, possessing someone who could affect Park Chil-deuk. ‘But that was not good because it would involve ordinary people.’ Confining him in a formation or barrier was also rejected because there were restrictions as previously thought. There was only one thing left. That is to use the medium of dreams. [Everyone sleeps, so it’s a very good way without having to twist reality. I guess Yeon-hwa made me do Think Big when I was young?] It’s like Columbus’s egg [a deceptively simple solution]. Using dreams was not easy. First of all, spiritual power that would tempt the ghosts was needed. ‘If I’m going to screw him over, I should do it properly, right?’ I don’t regret using spiritual power at times like this. Power is also needed to control a human’s consciousness. Even if it’s only for a short time, there are many restrictions on touching a living human being. Therefore, Park Chil-deuk may think that he suffered for a long time in his dream, but, ‘It’s actually very short. The more concentrated and solidified the *yeot* [Korean taffy], the better.’ Spiritual power can be replenished. Anyway, there’s a living human vending machine next to me. And.

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A day has passed.

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“You can upload it as is. Thank you for your hard work.” A neat and soft voice. At that word, sighs of relief burst out from here and there. Everyone here knew. The fact that this amazing handsome man has very meticulous and high standards. -Kwon Seong-hyun? He’s a very good person. He’s always humble even though he’s so successful. He always takes care of others before himself. He’s so polite to the staff. -He’s in that position, but he’s so gentle, sincere, and has a soft personality. There are many people who are different on the inside and outside, but Kwon Seong-hyun is not like that. -Of course, he has a strong core as an actor, but he doesn’t make unreasonable demands or put up resistance. Kwon Seong-hyun as an actor was very sociable and created a warm atmosphere on set. He was not picky, did not make absurd demands in strange places, and even if someone made an NG [no good], he would not get angry, but rather encourage and lead them. But. “It seems like it was a good idea to exclude the part I mentioned last time. That part was definitely unnecessary.” Kwon Seong-hyun, nodding his head while saying this, was a little different from Kwon Seong-hyun the actor. “Oh… Seong-hyun doesn’t usually act like that. It seems like he’s paying more attention because it’s Yeon-woo’s work.” Kwon Seong-hyun was proceeding with the confirmation very meticulously and meticulously, to the point where manager Lee Gyu-han said that. To the point where many people who were fascinated by Kwon Seong-hyun were half awake. “Can’t you just do it roughly?” At first, I tried to say that, but, “That’s not possible. Yeon-woo, just relax. I’ll take care of everything.” “……” So why are you doing that? Kwon Seong-hyun, who came as an actor Kwon Seong-hyun and as an agent of Kang Yeon-woo’s agency, was definitely different. “Yeon-woo. Do you know that? Seong-hyun, I heard…” “……?” “He even confirmed the trailers himself.” “……” It seemed like he wanted to emphasize how hard Kwon Seong-hyun worked, but… ‘So that’s why the staff looks like that…’ He used his charm to make people start somehow, and then he scattered his charm until the end. He was so picky, but seeing that he was still only half awake, it says it all.