Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 238

238. A Strange Quest (2)

“Oh, come here. I’ll do it for you. Come here quickly; you’ll be scared if you’re left alone over there.”

It was unclear who he thought would be scared.

Anyway, the approaching actor reached out and touched Yeon-woo’s head a few times.

Then, the camera, which had been intentionally turned off, flickered on, accompanied by a temporary flash.

“But did you hear any sound just now? It sounded like someone was talking…….”

“No. There’s no way you could hear someone talking when it’s just us here.”

“That’s strange. I really heard something whispering?”

“You must have misheard.”

Yeon-woo smoothly lied.

“Really? Did I hear a hallucination? Ugh. This place is making even me feel weird. Let’s rejoin the others quickly. It’s too eerie and strange here. I wonder how many hours we can pretend to be dead here…….”

The scene being filmed was the victim’s death.

Of course, since it was rated 15 and up, and PD [Production Director] Gil wouldn’t film any cruel scenes, the filming would mainly proceed in a metaphorical way.

For example, only Kim Sun-woo’s back and parts of the victim’s body would be captured on screen.

Or a close-up of Kim Sun-woo reflected in the victim’s eyes.

It was unclear exactly what form it would take.

‘And the director who was supposed to explain that planned a hidden camera prank, so…….’

Meanwhile, the group that had been a little apart stopped walking.

“Huh? Doesn’t it feel like the smell has faded a bit?”

Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked around.

Unlike before, the air quality was clearly different.

“Looks like there was some problem with the sewer near the entrance?”

“That’s a relief. Phew…… that smell was really hard to bear. Sss.”

The group chatted and came to a conclusion.

Of course, it was a conclusion far from the truth.

[Kieeeeeek!]

[Kkeueueueuk……!]

Strange and chilling sounds echoed from everywhere.

The protagonist making those sounds was none other than Dongja Ryung.

The spot where the guy, who was shining his eyes and running around as soon as the contract was signed, passed by was clean without a trace.

[Kyahahaha! A feast after a long time!]

Ferocious energy, not befitting his cute face, radiated out in streaks.

Dongja Ryung, who looks young and cute on the outside but is an old ghost who knows how long he’s been around on the inside.

‘I feel like his character has changed…?’

Of course, he’ll pretend to be innocent again after he finishes his feast.

The more he rampaged, the more screams erupted from all directions.

The eerie, stagnant stench also gradually faded.

As much as it disappeared, there were also things that kept pouring in, so it wasn’t a fundamental solution, but anyway, Yeon-woo could see that the inside had become quite clean.

“Wow. It’s more eerie than I thought…….”

“Right. It’s not called an abandoned house for nothing? PD. Did the director really come in here?”

“Oh, why would I lie about something like that?”

The assistant director said, hurriedly changing the subject.

“Oh? I see something like footprints here?”

“Oh, yeah. Footprints? These aren’t our footprints, are they?”

“No. We haven’t been that way before. It’s probably the director’s or…… the staff’s footprints.”

Clear footprints left on the dusty floor.

Min Yerin, who was bending down and looking at it, shone a flashlight ahead.

“It’s connected to that way.”

It was a path leading deeper inside.

“I guess…… we have to go?”

“I guess so?”

“Where are the other staff anyway?”

Gu Junwook, who volunteered to lead the way because he was the oldest, wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“Let’s go for now.”

At Min Yerin’s words, the assistant director let out a small sigh of relief, as if he was relieved.

“Why is this space so wide and complicated?”

“The best thing is to build a house simply. If it’s a house like this, it’ll be a disaster when you suddenly need to go to the bathroom.”

The size of the mansion alone is easily over a hundred *pyeong* [approximately 3,306 square meters] on one floor.

Not only that.

It was not a single-story house but a two-story house with an attic, as well as a basement and a parking lot.

That meant there were a lot of places to look around.

“Aren’t we going too deep……?”

It was when Kim Si-hyuk was muttering that in an uneasy voice.

Creak!

An alien sound that made you feel chillingly goosebumps for a moment was heard.

The footsteps of those who were walking ahead also stopped all at once.

“Did you hear any sound just now……?”

“Uh…… Si-hyuk, did you hear it too?”

A chilling noise like scratching a chalkboard with fingernails.

The group who heard it all stroked their arms.

“Didn’t you step on something like glass?”

Everyone looked down at their feet, but there wasn’t even a broken bottle, let alone a piece of glass.

“It could be the sound of a window.”

Min Yerin calmly analyzed the situation.

“They said it’s been abandoned for several years, so the window frame might be twisted.”

“Ah…… that could be it. Phew. Then I guess it’s the sound of a window.”

It’s a valid hypothesis.

It was when the actors were relieved by the convincing story.

Creeeak!

A sound that made your hair stand on end even more than before was heard.

“I, I don’t think it’s the sound of a window……?”

“……A rat? Is a rat stepping on something and walking around?”

The actors’ mental victory did not last long.

Even if you insist that the first sound was the wind, the second sound cannot be the wind.

If it was a strong wind that moved the window, you should hear a unique sound mixed with air, but there was none of that.

“Th, then the director? Is that the director? Director……?”

“A cat! It might be a cat!”

“What if it’s a ghost!”

“Where are ghosts in this world?!”

“Director……!”

It’s a complete mess.

Fear paralyzes reason.

In the special situation of being in an abandoned house, the inside is so eerie that it’s like a haunted house.

On top of that, it’s a strange situation where the people who went in first don’t come back.

But suddenly, a bizarre sound is heard.

It was enough for reason to leave home.

[Yeon-woo, why are these kids suddenly like this? No, and why are there no ghosts? There’s one right here, perfectly fine. Ah, of course, I’ve taken care of most of the other kids.]

Dongja Ryung, who had a great *mukbang* [eating broadcast], came back.

He was holding the hem of his colorful jacket and trying hard to cover his bulging belly, but it was impossible to hide because it was sticking out like a tadpole.

Dongja Ryung looked at the group in panic, stretched out his head, and pointed to one side.

[Don’t tell me they don’t know there’s someone there? You have staff there?]

The place Dongja Ryung pointed to was the front, where the group hadn’t gone yet.

[He came out of the closet and suddenly scratched the window? I wondered what he was doing, but was he trying to tease these guys?]

Min Yerin was right.

It was a little different in that it was a human who shook the window, not the wind.

“What should we do? What should we do?”

Kim Si-hyuk, who became a human vibrator, asked, trembling his teeth.

“……We have to keep going for now. It could be a distress signal from the director. Just in case, let’s contact the outside team.”

Min Yerin, who is the only one keeping her sanity in this place except for Yeon-woo, calmly organized the situation once again.

But even she didn’t expect something.

“……My phone is out of service. Can someone lend me their phone?”

“H, here, use mine!”

Kim Si-hyuk quickly took out his phone from his pocket and handed it over.

However.

“……This one is also out of service?”

“What?! I charged it before I came here!”

“It doesn’t turn on.”

“That can’t be……?”

“Yerin. Try mine too.”

Min Yerin took Gu Junwook’s phone, but it was also out of service.

‘It’s understandable.’

Yeon-woo clicked his tongue as he watched Min Yerin panicking.

Min Yerin’s response was perfectly normal, but the problem was that the situation was not normal.

Originally, radio wave interference often occurs in places with strong yin energy [negative or dark energy].

Until Dongja Ryung ate it, this place was so full of eerie energy that it was enormous.

In that sense, it was only natural that a palm-sized electronic device would be out of service.

“That’s right. We had a walkie-talkie, right? Try using the walkie-talkie!”

Kim Si-hyuk quickly took out the walkie-talkie and pressed the button.

“Ah, ah. Can you hear me? We heard a strange sound just now? The location is roughly…… it seems to be after the living room. We need to check here.”

It’s strange that the phones are out of service as a group, but they still had a walkie-talkie.

However, no matter how long they waited, no answer came back from the walkie-talkie.

“What…… I guess the walkie-talkie doesn’t work either?”

“No, what’s going on? Nothing works? What kind of ghost story is this?”

Gu Junwook looked around with an eerie expression.

“I don’t think it’s safe to go any further with just us…… Why don’t you guys go out and call someone? It’s a big deal if there are homeless people inside.”

“Then isn’t the director dangerous too? Shouldn’t we go check it out first?”

Everyone seemed to be flustered and confused by the unexpected situation.

As if to tell them to come to their senses, a loud noise echoed inside the abandoned house.

Creak-

The sound of rusty hinges moving was heard, and then,

Thud!

A loud noise like someone slamming the door shut was heard.

The reaction was immediate.

“Eek! Ack! Aack!”

“Oh my! God!”

“Aack!”

Three grown men screamed in unison.

A sound louder than the sound of the door closing echoed inside the abandoned house.

“I, I, I, isn’t there someone else in this house besides us……?”

“It closed from behind us……?”

“Uaaaaaa…….”

“E, everyone. Calm down. It must be the wind.”

The assistant director calmed the actors as the atmosphere became more overheated than expected.

If they turned around and left without being able to do anything, there was a risk that the haunted house experience hidden camera that had been planned would be canceled.

“Wind?! How can only one door be closed by the wind!”

“That’s right! Our chief is always right!”

“Then a cat…….”

“Don’t talk about cats!”

Yeon-woo sighed as he watched the flustered assistant director.

‘Well…… even if it’s a ridiculous plan, PD Gil planned it, so he’ll somehow make it work.’

In the first place, this hidden camera was planned to show the character more realistically.

When you think about it, it wasn’t a bad thing for the actors either.

The more the actor melts into the character, the more vividly it will come to life in the play.

That’s what PD Gil’s hidden camera is all about…….

‘For now, Dongja has roughly cleaned up the area…… It’s better to quickly find the director and get out.’

Although the screen time is short, he will make the most of it.

The intention is good, but just by going along with this unplanned plan to this extent, they have done their part.

At that time.

Something white caught the edge of Yeon-woo’s vision.

“Hmm?”

Instinctively, he looked up, and there was a completely unfamiliar being.

Unlike other *jap-gwi* [minor or miscellaneous ghosts], he didn’t feel any sinister energy.

He was just staring with eyes full of resentment and a sad face.

Judging by the fact that he wasn’t visible at first, it seemed that Dongja Ryung was able to move freely because he ate all the *jap-gwi* [minor or miscellaneous ghosts] here.

Yeon-woo felt it instinctively.

‘If I miss that now, it’s going to be difficult.’

It is difficult to find that kind of soul again once it hides.

It could disappear as it is.

He had a strong feeling.

He had a feeling that if he followed that soul, he would know why this abandoned house full of *jap-gwi* [minor or miscellaneous ghosts] became like this.

[Yeon-woo, that……?]

Just in time, Dongja Ryung noticed and called Yeon-woo.

Swish-

The spirit looked at Yeon-woo with sad eyes until the end and slowly disappeared in one direction.

As if to tell him to follow.

‘I have no choice.’

The *gomin* [deliberation] was short, and the decision was quick.

‘I have no choice but to follow.’

Even though Dongja Ryung ate it now, it is impossible to keep leaving the *jap-gwi* [minor or miscellaneous ghosts] that keep pouring in.

It was quite dangerous to keep filling Dongja Ryung’s belly, and he didn’t want to expose the actors and staff to this eerie space that was bursting with *jap-gwi* [minor or miscellaneous ghosts].

One thing that bothered him was the existence of the hidden camera that had already been planned…….

‘Wait. I don’t have to go through all the hidden cameras, do I?’

It would be nice to move *geu-dae-ro* [as is] on the *pan* [game or situation] that Gil PD set up, but…….

Do I really have to?

‘The opposite might be okay?’

The actors deceiving the production team who are trying to deceive them.

How refreshing is this development that hits the back of the head?