Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 153

< 153. Found a Way to Punish.>

“I wonder whose brain is really mushy, this body will….”

Jongwoo hurriedly covered Rembrary’s mouth.

However, the beginning part had already come out.

The actor in question blinked and frowned.

“Are you talking to me right now?”

To the actor who pointed at himself with his finger, Rembrary, with his mouth covered, pointed at him with his finger again.

Yes. You.

“Well, well.”

The actor chuckled.

Along with him, the surrounding actors and staff all became quiet.

When Jungseo appeared with Wooyeonwoo, they thought he came to support her because of what happened a few days ago, and they were happy because he was the hottest topic these days.

But now that things had turned out like this, their hearts were pounding.

‘Is he for real?’

‘He’s crazier than I heard!’

‘He brought up brains so openly!’

‘I thought the rumors were exaggerated, but the exaggeration was an exaggeration?’

The actor was dumbfounded and laughed, then pointed at Rembrary with his finger.

“Come to think of it, you’re that kid who’s famous for being crazy these days.”

Rembrary said something, but the words were not heard because of Jongwoo’s hand.

“No, let go of my hand. Let me see what he has to say.”

Jongwoo wasn’t sorry, but he apologized with a bow.

“Oh, I’m sorry. He, as you all know, he, you know? A bit… eccentric.”

“No, no, let go of my hand, I said? Yeah, let’s hear what Wooyeonwoo, who’s famous for being crazy, has to say to me.”

‘Should I have left Yeonwoo behind?’ Jongwoo regretted his choice.

However, it was also satisfying to see the person who had been so arrogant a few days ago, scolding Jungseo, now pretending not to be angry.

It tasted like sesame salt crackers. [A popular Korean snack with a savory and slightly salty flavor.]

It would have been even better if I could have crunched it up and eaten it.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Lee Ilbaek.”

Whatever his true feelings were, Jongwoo apologized repeatedly.

If he gave Rembrary freedom of speech here, things would really get out of hand.

This level could be passed off as ‘Wooyeonwoo getting angry because of a friend being ignored’ because there were many eyes watching, but if it went further, it might turn into ‘Wooyeonwoo did Wooyeonwoo again.’ [Referring to Wooyeonwoo’s reputation for unpredictable behavior.]

“Get him out of here. You’re not going to keep covering his mouth, are you?”

However, Lee Ilbaek was persistent.

“What’s going on?”

It was fortunate that the director came in before things got bigger.

Only then did Jongwoo lower his hand, and Lee Ilbaek stopped asking him to remove his hand, saying, “It’s nothing,” and smiled at the director.

And Rembrary……

“It’s nothing?”

He gained freedom.

‘Is he trying to fight in front of the director?’ Lee Ilbaek was flustered and looked at Rembrary.

He had a bad personality, but he wasn’t rude.

He knew very well where he could raise his voice and where he couldn’t.

What he didn’t know was that Rembrary was the type who could raise his voice anywhere.

“You made our kid cry, and you say it’s nothing?”

‘No, I didn’t cry.’ Jungseo turned his head to look at Rembrary.

“Huh?”

The director, who didn’t know the situation, looked at Rembrary, bewildered.

“Kid?”

Then he thought for a moment and asked, even more bewildered, “Huh?”

“Wooyeonwoo…… or is it not? Why is he here?”

There were many people who saw it, so it was clear who started the fight, but in this industry, the value of a name was also clear.

Jungseo, who was just starting to act, and even carrying the burden of being an idol, was having a war of nerves with Lee Ilbaek, the lead actor?

Unless the filming was just around the corner, he could be replaced just for ‘ruining the atmosphere of the set’ when the filming hadn’t even started.

‘Stop it now.’

Jongwoo thought it was a mistake to bring Yeonwoo and tried to fix it somehow.

However, Rembrary smiled gently and greeted the director before him.

“Hello, Director. I’m a fan. I came to support our leader [referring to Jungseo].”

‘No way, is he acting normal for once……?’ Jongwoo was about to apologize and ask for understanding, but his eyes widened.

Jungseo was also surprised and looked at Rembrary.

Those who didn’t know Rembrary well were rather calm.

The director smiled brightly and welcomed him.

“Ah, you came to support him. I’m watching your show well.”

It was a warm response based on the calculation that it would be effective if Wooyeonwoo, who had high topicality, promoted the movie that the new member was filming this time, whether it was a video diary, entertainment show, or SNS [Social Networking Service].

But apart from such calculations, the director actually heard Rembrary’s greeting and thought, ‘No, he’s more sociable than the rumors? His voice is good, and he’s a good kid?’

This was because Rembrary mixed more divine power into his voice than usual to look good to the director, but neither the director, Jongwoo, nor Jungseo knew this.

Anyway, as the topic seemed to be moving away from the argument, Jongwoo bowed and greeted him, then took Yeonwoo and sat back down.

He was worried about whether he would open his mouth again…… but for some reason, Rembrary was now just deep in thought and didn’t say anything.

After that, the full script reading began.

Since it was the second script reading, it seemed like they wouldn’t have time for self-introductions and greetings.

Although it was a script reading, the actors’ passionate performances were amazing.

Each of them acted with expressions and tones of voice as if they were on set, based on the characters they had analyzed, and it was enough to make you exclaim in admiration when you watched from the side.

The actor Lee Ilbaek also treated Jungseo badly, but he was surprisingly good at playing his role.

However, Jongwoo couldn’t concentrate on this great script reading.

‘He’s not going to suddenly jump out, is he? ……No way. Even if it’s him, he wouldn’t do that.’

Because of Rembrary.

But Jongwoo could rest assured.

Rembrary was too busy comparing Jungseo and Lee Ilbaek’s delivery of lines.

‘Unfortunately…… our Jungseo is a bit behind.’

Rembrary felt upset but read the script that the staff next to him had given him one more copy of.

***

The movie begins with a boss warning Seoho that tomorrow’s meeting is very important, so he must not be late.

Seoho says that he hates people who are late the most and promises that he will never do that and leaves work.

And the next morning, Seoho is getting ready to go to work when he hears a security guard broadcasting a warning to the entire apartment.

A murderer has entered and is killing people as he goes through the hallways, so don’t ever leave the house.

“Isn’t he crazy?”

Seoho is bewildered but continues to prepare for work, and her husband, Jeonyeong, says, “The voice of the security guard broadcasting is a voice I’ve never heard before,” and becomes a little nervous.

Seoho continues to rush to get ready for work but calls 112 [the emergency telephone number in South Korea, similar to 911 in the US].

However, the phone doesn’t work, and the internet is not connected, and Wi-Fi and LTE are all blocked.

Seoho and Jeonyeong are now seriously nervous. The two argue about ‘someone is playing a prank’ and ‘let’s just stay here in case.’

“Our house is on the 3rd floor. If I go down just six stairs, I can go right out the front door, but you’re telling me to stay here without being able to go out?”

Considering the morning traffic, he has to leave now to be at the meeting first.

Seoho says he has to leave now and puts on his shoes, and Jeonyeong says he will go out first to see if it’s dangerous and then leave later.

However, if they wait for that, they will really be pressed for time, so the two of them go out together.

When they go outside, the atmosphere is somehow more eerie than usual. Even though the window is still bright.

Seoho and her husband hesitate to ask the neighbors next door what’s going on, but they have never talked to their neighbors, so they just go down the emergency exit.

It was okay even when they opened the emergency exit door and went down one floor.

The two are a little relieved.

However, the two turn back to the original floor again at the sound of a tearing scream coming from below the moment they step on the last step of the stairs.

“What was that just now?”

***

The movie consisted of the two struggling to get out of an apartment building throughout the running time.

But as time goes by, they realize that it’s not easy to get out of the apartment, and every time they try to leave, they only change direction and run away at the terrible sound coming from not far away.

Later, people who want to get out of the apartment – students who have to go to school, other office workers who have to go to work, patients who have made hospital appointments, people who have to go to court

etc. are added, and the number of people walking around outside increases, but none of them can get out.

Later, people suspect each other, saying that there is a criminal among them.

Besides, since there is only the sound of screams and no actual criminal is seen, opinions are divided, such as whether there is no criminal and someone is playing strange sounds from the beginning.

Only in the second half do people realize that what is walking around is not a simple murderer or a nasty person playing pranks, but a strange ‘something.’

According to the expression written in the script, it was ‘a person who is so tall that he bends his body in half to avoid hitting the ceiling.’

Rembrary read the script and glanced at Lee Ilbaek.

Since the theme is escape, there are several main characters, but among them, the main characters are the married couple Seoho and Jeonyeong, and Lee Ilbaek played the role of the husband, Jeonyeong.

Jungseo played the role of a high school student who had to go to school early because of an exam.

Rembrary made a hmm sound and narrowed his eyes.

In fact, because Lee Ilbaek was so annoying to Jungseo, he was thinking about whether to kick Lee Ilbaek out of this movie by any means.

Rembrary didn’t have power here, but if he used his head, there were several ways to make Lee Ilbaek quit on his own.

If it was Rembrary’s own business, he would just ignore whatever anyone said, but Jungseo was a believer he had to protect.

But after seeing the script reading, he changed his mind a bit.

Lee Ilbaek was really good at acting. In particular, his scared expression was so realistic that just seeing him scared made you nervous.

Rembrary wanted the movie Jungseo was in to be a success. To do that, there had to be an actor who showed excellent acting skills, and Lee Ilbaek was a pretty good fit for the puzzle.

Unfortunately.

‘What if I do it myself? But I can’t tell Jungseo to be patient……’

While he was worrying. It was break time.

People got up to go to the bathroom, eat snacks, or take a break.

“I need to go to the bathroom too.”

Jungseo went to the bathroom because he had been drinking water all the time, but Rembrary hadn’t sorted out his thoughts yet, so he just sat there.

‘Come to think of it, Wooshin said he’s a total psycho. Why is he staring like that? Is he really going to come over here and hit me?’

He didn’t know that Lee Ilbaek was a little worried inside.

It was then.

“Wooyeonwoo? Mr.?”

The director, who was still there writing something in the script, suddenly called Rembrary awkwardly.

“Yes.”

Rembrary quickly smiled gently and turned around.

He hadn’t decided yet in which way he would control Lee Ilbaek, but it wouldn’t be bad to get close to the director first.

Anyway, that director would be with Jungseo throughout the movie shoot.

But the words the director spat out were words that neither Rembrary nor Sagamjae, who was blankly next to him, expected.

“Well, I saw Godly Idol [referring to Rembrary’s previous drama] and you were pretty good at acting. Now that things have turned out this way, would you like to do a cameo role?”

“A cameo?”

“Yeah. There are a lot of characters that appear briefly here. Have you read the script?”

“Yes.”

“Next to the characters there, there’s a (C) attached, which is a role that I left without deciding on a role to ask for a cameo. Is there any role you like among them?”

At that moment, Rembrary remembered.

A good way to save the movie and punish Lee Ilbaek.

“This role.”

Rembrary pointed to a role with his finger.

“Huh?”

The director’s eyes widened.

< 153. Found a Way to Punish.> End