Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 241

241. The Identity Beyond the Radio (3)

June 29, 2022

Yeon-woo quietly surveyed the silent basement.

He picked up the shattered remains of the radio lying on the floor.

“They seem eager to get rid of it quickly, but I can’t allow that. I also dislike them trying to abuse their power in a place like this.”

To dare bring a drama team to this place teeming with ghosts.

The types who are constantly looking for opportunities never miss a momentary lapse.

They exploit that lapse and mess things up somehow.

Why?

So they can agitate the target and easily manipulate them.

Perhaps Director Gil Sang-jun’s unusual obsession with this place is also for that reason.

To keep bringing people here, exposing them, gradually corrupting them, and eventually trying to devour them.

You may have seen signs like this while passing by.

[Never fish or swim here! Fishing and swimming prohibited!]

To prevent environmental pollution.

Because the water is too deep and dangerous.

And so on.

There are officially prohibited places for various reasons, but sometimes you see those signs even in places that just look like ordinary reservoirs.

‘It doesn’t look very deep, and it’s perfect for dipping your feet in summer or fishing, so why [is it prohibited]?’

There are also people who ignore the warning with such questions.

Isn’t it human nature to want to do what you’re told not to do, and to want to go where you’re told not to go?

They indulge that rebellious spirit and sneak past the warning signs and fences.

The problem is that the result is often disastrous.

Most of them paid the price for their childish recklessness by becoming cold corpses.

But did those people really think that the place with the warning signs was not dangerous at all?

Or did someone instill that thought in them?

‘It didn’t look dangerous at all. What’s the big deal? It doesn’t look deep, and there’s no one watching, so it’s okay to go once.’

Thoughts that prey on tempting minds, lower resistance, and even encourage them.

That’s often called being possessed by a ghost.

Humans possessed by ghosts change blindly, without even recognizing or perceiving it.

They feel like they have to go there.

Or they feel a desperation that they can’t do without it, even if they die soon.

If you feel an inexplicable obsession towards something without a valid reason, it’s wise to be suspicious, at least once.

“First, I need to use some blood to create a temporary barrier….”

[No! This kid is saying something terrible?!]

I forgot for a moment.

That an annoying supervisor was following me.

“……I should go out and make a call. I also need to coordinate our stories.”

What is this? I came to film, and this is what happens.

But I can’t just stand by and do nothing.

Thoughts began to coalesce in Yeon-woo’s head.

*

The first emotion Yeon-woo felt when he came outside was this.

‘It’s a madhouse.’

It’s a complete madhouse.

“I’m telling you, it’s real! They were all dead. Cell phones don’t work either!”

“……What are you talking about, Director? There’s no way they wouldn’t work? And what about the cell phones? They’re working fine?”

The staff touched their phones, wondering if the pale Gil PD, who had suddenly appeared, was acting strangely.

Beep beep!

Gil PD jumped at the sound.

“Ugh! Why is it suddenly ringing?!”

“Suddenly? Cell phones always ring like that……?”

The staff waiting outside were clueless.

They couldn’t understand the director and the standby staff who suddenly ran out like crazy, and the actors who ran out almost simultaneously, covered in sweat and panting.

‘What happened inside?’

‘No. There was no contact, right?’

‘No radio and I thought everything was fine……?’

The external team exchanged glances, sensing the situation.

It was obvious that everyone who went inside didn’t seem to be in their right mind.

“No, why is this suddenly working? How can this be?”

The internal team was going crazy in their own way.

Clearly, cell phones didn’t work inside the abandoned house.

Even if this place is remote, it doesn’t mean there are no cell towers [base stations].

There was no way there would be a problem in a place where the rich spent money to buy land and build ultra-luxurious houses.

But the cell phones didn’t work.

Thanks to that, the internal team had been trapped in the abandoned house for almost two hours without knowing the external situation at all.

“What about the radios? Didn’t you guys turn off the radios? And then turn them on later to try to mess with us?”

“Huh? Why would we do that?”

The staff soothed Gil Sang-jun, sweating profusely.

“Writer Song. Did Writer Song give any instructions?”

“No. Director. Why would I? Do you know how hard I’m trying to stay awake to do this one thing right?!”

“Ah, I know…….”

Squeak.

At that moment, Gil Sang-jun came to his senses.

Because Song Jin-joo, who was glaring at him, was terrifying.

Writer Song, who wrote the script for the episode like a woman possessed because of the suddenly pulled-up filming schedule.

Because of her perfectionist personality, her script had no flaws and was perfect for something that was hastily made in a few days.

It was like summoning a manuscript at the cost of almost sacrificing sleep.

She came down to the set almost like a zombie and glared, determined to make one more interesting episode.

But it would be strange if she wasn’t angry because Gil PD was talking nonsense instead of focusing on making an interesting episode.

“But what’s really going on? Why are the actors like that? Did something happen inside?”

The staff asked after asking the assistant writer to send Writer Song to the trailer to sleep first.

At the place he pointed, there were actors who seemed to have more broken mental states than the internal team.

“I’m telling you, it’s real! I really heard it! Ah, I’m going crazy. Didn’t you guys plan this? Really?”

Gu Jun-wook grabbed a staff member and asked that.

“I can’t die here. I can’t film here. If I film here, I’ll really die!”

The actor playing the victim shouted that.

“Waaah. There are ghosts inside. There are ghosts. Waaah! Director is bad. But why did you tell me to save him? Director is bad. Staffs are bad!”

Kim Si-hyuk burst into tears, not befitting his size.

Next to him, the manager hurriedly brought snacks such as chocolates and bread, which were usually strictly forbidden, and tried to soothe him.

But the manager seemed shocked to see him crying while refusing even that, and had a serious face.

“…….”

The only one who was calm and composed among those who went inside was Min Ye-rin.

‘It’s a relief that at least one person is normal.’

Yeon-woo sighed as he looked at the camp, which was a complete mess.

Min Ye-rin calmly drank cold water and then closed her eyes.

She seemed to be entering a state of mind control [meditation].

Her face was pale, but she was the only one who was calm in this chaotic situation.

The mess calmed down a bit after a whole hour.

“No, Director. What on earth happened?”

“We really didn’t do anything. We just waited.”

“We didn’t come out, so we tried calling and radioing to see if something was wrong, but the phone was completely off and there was no answer on the radio.”

In fact, it was more like exhaustion than calming down.

Gil Sang-jun turned his head towards the assistant director, leaving behind the questions of the external staff.

“Assistant Director.”

“Yes, Director…….”

“You guys…… said you heard it too, right?”

“What……?”

“That radio sound.”

“Yes…….”

Although the reason that had flown away had not yet fully returned, Gil PD and the assistant director attempted to have a conversation, thinking that they should gradually grasp the situation.

“Until then, your radios were also dead?”

“Yes…….”

“Why didn’t you come to where we were, huh?”

“That’s…… Yeon-woo said he found something.”

“Yeon-woo……? What is there to find there……?”

“That’s what I’m saying…….”

A conversation between two people who had lost all their strength.

Their eyes turned to Yeon-woo, who was standing leisurely on one side.

The way he slightly raised his wrist to look at his watch looked like a scene from an office drama.

Compared to this side, which is a survival disaster, it felt like a completely different genre.

While going through that chaos, the director, staff, and actors were completely like beggars.

Their clothes were dirty and torn from rolling, rolling, falling, and falling in the dust.

Some even got hurt because they heard the bizarre radio sound and hurriedly came out and fell.

Their whole body was grimy and their faces were covered in dirt.

It was too much of a mess to be called a change that happened in just over two hours.

But…….

“…….”

“…….”

Only Yeon-woo was fine.

Not only was he not dirty, but even his clothes were not wrinkled at all, and he was as fine as he was at first.

If you put him on stage and make him walk the runway, it would be a fashion show.

Such Yeon-woo turned his head towards them.

He turned his head like a painting with an expressionless face and looked at them.

When their eyes met, for some reason, they felt their hearts beating faster than when they were inside the abandoned house.

“Director. Assistant director.”

The way he strode closer with his long legs looked like slow motion.

Every time he moved, the firm lines of his thighs wrapped in the finest fabric were revealed and disappeared.

Is that why?

“I’m sorry, but since the matter is a matter… I had to call someone.”

They didn’t even notice the sound approaching from afar, filling all directions.

“Huh? Someone? What…… someone?”

Gil Sang-jun, who didn’t know what was going on, asked back.

“Director……? Am I the only one hearing this sound now……?”

The assistant director, who had finally come to his senses, asked with a hardened face.

After hearing a hallucination, not a hallucination, in the abandoned house.

It was almost at the level of trauma.

Doo doo doo doo…….

But this sound could not be mistaken.

A heavy noise that seemed to vibrate the atmosphere from afar.

The trees and leaves began to flutter like crazy in response.

“No, what is that?!”

“Crazy……? What helicopter?!”

“Director! Director?! Was a helicopter shoot scheduled?!”

A strong wind made even the people stagger.

The staff, who were already out of their minds, were seen desperately holding on to the lights and everything else to prevent them from flying away.

“What is this……?”

The blanket covering him fluttered wildly in the wind.

Slap slap!

As if to tell him to come to his senses.

The fluttering cloth continuously slapped Gil Sang-jun and the assistant director on the cheeks.

But even so, they couldn’t come to their senses.

Because a huge aircraft finally landed heavily on one side of the vast but unmanaged and eerie garden.

*

A soul that has run away once does not return easily.

Especially if such extraordinary things that are hard to experience once in a lifetime happen one after another.

The camp, which was full of confusion, received another shock.

No…….

Why are so many scary-looking people suddenly getting off……?

‘Are they here to get rid of us all?!’

Someone imagined that.

Because the people getting off the helicopter all looked menacing.

It wasn’t just the way they looked, but the energy they gave off was unusual.

It felt like you wouldn’t even be able to pick up your bones if you did something wrong.

“Kang Yeon-woo? Is Kang Yeon-woo here?”

A skinny man with a nervous look walked out through the crowd.

“I’m Lee Gye-hyun, a prosecutor from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office. I came here after receiving a report that a buried body was found here, where is he?”

A tired-looking prosecutor dropped a bombshell.