Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 545

◈ 545. Accidentally at the Center

– Wow… it’s a miracle.

ㄴBut no emotion;;

– How did he do that?

ㄴBrown hair? Or a school of mullet?

ㄴSchool of mullet, lolㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’re peopleㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴSchool of mulletㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– What did the brown hair do? Or did the brown hair just pretend to vomit and bow his head, and the people popped out at the perfect timing?

ㄴIsn’t that the brown hair’s ability?

ㄴHuman mullet transformation;;? What kind of ability is that;; I’m not jealous at allㅠ

ㄴWhy? It’s better than nothing.

ㄴShin Jo-woon makes ice spears, Black Gambler spreads cards, and Amarina summons plants, and you’re making mullet next to them?

ㄴYou don’t know anything. If you have that ability, you can turn Shin Jo-woon, Black Gambler, and Amarina into mullet.

ㄴlol, it’s a really lame ability, but it makes the opponent lame tooㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴI know why he hid his face and participated. I wouldn’t want to get caught if I had that kind of ability;; I’d use it secretly though

* * *

“People are wondering if your ability turns humans into mullet.”

While moving to a place with a rocky floor to rest for a while, Maeng Woo-shin looked at his phone and said to Rembrary.

“Really?”

Rembrary blankly replied and took out the chocolate he had brought, stuffing it into his mask.

Maeng Woo-shin reached out his hand, asking for one himself, and asked.

“How did you do it?”

“Do what?”

“When you did something to the floor, people popped out, right?”

“It wasn’t a big deal.”

“What wasn’t a big deal?”

“I asked them to bring the people out.”

“Asked who?”

“The monster that caught them.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s all.”

Rembrary blinked blankly. Of course, that wasn’t all.

While channeling divine power inside, he said that if they didn’t return the people, he would send even stronger divine power.

He remembered that divine power worked on the ghosts in the haunted mansion before. He tried it this time, and thankfully, it worked.

‘Redrin must be settled here. He’s also joined hands with Lord Yeomra [the King of Hell in Korean mythology].’

Meanwhile, just as Rembrary, Ardor, and Maeng Woo-shin had almost finished sharing a bag of chocolate.

Jo Ji-ho, who had started the trouble in the beginning, approached them again.

Maeng Woo-shin had been observing people’s reactions earlier and found out that Jo Ji-ho’s name was Jo Ji-ho and that he was originally known for having a bad personality, so he glared at him seriously.

He was planning to step in and block him if he tried to pick a fight.

Rembrary was the best at making people angry, but if he talked too much, his identity might be revealed to people.

“Wow, how did you do that earlier?”

However, instead of picking a fight this time, Jo Ji-ho asked in admiration.

Seeing that there was a camera attached to his side, it seemed he had come to satisfy the viewers’ curiosity since they were all talking about the ‘brown-haired mullet’.

Maeng Woo-shin glanced at Rembrary and opened his mouth.

“It’s a secret. It’s a competition.”

At those words, Jo Ji-ho smiled, hiding his annoyance. Just as he was about to say something.

“The people I saved.”

Rembrary spoke to Jo Ji-ho first.

“Please disqualify them all.”

Very sharply.

“!”

The participants who were resting nearby stared at Rembrary with wide eyes.

Jo Ji-ho, who didn’t expect the opponent to come out like this, blinked his eyes.

He thought that the three celebrities would act as smoothly as possible, even in preparation for when their identities might be accidentally revealed later since they were celebrities.

But to step forward and ask for a large number of people to be disqualified. Even about half of them.

Jo Ji-ho’s lips twitched upwards.

“Should I?”

There was nothing bad for him. The probability of taking the prize money was rapidly increasing.

“Well, thinking about it, those people… I mean… the Mullet guy didn’t save them, they would have all died, so that makes sense.”

Jo Ji-ho smiled and said that he would talk to the other organizers and went over there.

As Jo Ji-ho walked away, Maeng Woo-shin urgently asked Rembrary.

“Hey, is it okay to step up like that? We need to stay out of sight, right?”

“We have to disqualify people without killing them. We can disqualify half of them at once this time.”

“That’s true, but……”

The resentment of the disqualified people will be no joke. That guy Jo Ji-ho will turn that resentment towards Rembrary.

Maeng Woo-shin was worried, but Rembrary was calm.

“The brown-haired masked participant who has been very active and saved you all, says that everyone who almost died this time should be disqualified!”

However, Maeng Woo-shin’s worries were correct.

Jo Ji-ho not only accepted Rembrary’s opinion but also deliberately shouted to the people that it was Rembrary’s opinion.

“After listening and discussing, it seems like the right thing to do! So, besides those who were caught on the ground this time. Everyone who was completely dragged into the ground and came out will be disqualified!”

“Hey, where does that come from!”

“There was no such rule!”

“That’s ridiculous!”

“Why is that person making the rules?”

Some of the people who received help protested. However, Jo Ji-ho shrugged his shoulders with an attitude of ‘I can’t help it either.’

Fortunately, more people than expected seemed satisfied with just surviving without dying and accepted the decision willingly.

The participants who were not disqualified naturally defended Rembrary’s opinion.

“Okay, those who are disqualified can use this.”

Mun-eo Gamja handed out headbands with the word ‘Disqualified’ written on them to the disqualified people.

“And those who want to give up halfway can also get a headband if they talk to the organizers.”

Rembrary was satisfied as he watched about half of them put on the disqualification headbands and grumble.

Now, if he disqualifies all the remaining people before passing through the dungeon.

Then, if he goes out of the dungeon, he can take care of Gu Se-ji’s request and receive the prize money…….

‘Where is the child who looks like me? Was it just a rumor after all.’

Then Rembrary belatedly noticed something strange.

“Huh?”

“Why?”

“Come to think of it, this dungeon.”

Maeng Woo-shin and Ardor, as well as a few participants nearby, looked at Rembrary.

Rembrary frowned and pulled up his glasses, which kept sliding down.

“What’s the rule? This dungeon? I don’t think I saw it.”

“!”

* * *

Maeng Woo-shin asked the surrounding participants, but when no one knew the rules, he went directly to the organizer, Jo Ji-ho, and asked.

“I don’t think I’ve heard about the rules of this dungeon.”

Jo Ji-ho was looking at his phone and drinking water when he glanced at Maeng Woo-shin and answered sullenly.

“Why do you need to know?”

Maeng Woo-shin frowned. Why do I need to know?

“I need to know the rules to get out of the dungeon.”

“We all have to go out together. I can’t tell you until the mission is over.”

“Shouldn’t we get out of here as soon as possible?”

“We’ll take care of it.”

As Jo Ji-ho turned his gaze back to his phone as if he was annoyed, Maeng Woo-shin wanted to hit him in the back of the head.

However, Jo Ji-ho seemed determined not to tell him about the dungeon rules.

Since he couldn’t make a fuss, Maeng Woo-shin spat out a curse and approached Rembrary and said.

“I think they’re not going to announce the rules until the project is over.”

Rembrary looked around at the other organizers. Only Jo Ji-ho was alone, and the rest were divided into pairs, talking among themselves.

“The other four seem to know about the rules. I’ll go ask them.”

“Wouldn’t it be better for me to go?”

“Why?”

“You make people angry.”

“Then let’s go half and half.”

Ardor, who couldn’t open his mouth, twisted his body as if he was frustrated.

Maeng Woo-shin pointed to Mun-eo Gamja and Seon Ha-ri with his finger and told him.

“The rude organizer is Jo Ji-ho. Those two over there are Mun-eo Gamja and Seon Ha-ri. You go to those two. I’ll go to Paek Cheup and Long Chacha over there.”

“Their names are all weird.”

“Don’t talk about that.”

Rembrary signaled Ardor to stay still and approached the two organizers who were standing side by side in the shade.

However, even though Rembrary got close, the two were so busy talking seriously to each other that they didn’t even know Rembrary had come.

Seeing the camera turning, it seemed like they were staging a meeting.

Since he didn’t come to pick a fight, Rembrary called them in a soft voice.

“Dwaeji Gamja. Seon Ha-ri.”

At that call, Seon Ha-ri turned around and made a sound like air escaping.

Dwaeji Gamja opened his mouth and turned to look at Rembrary, saying in an absurd tone.

“Did Dwaeji Gamja mean me?”

Seon Ha-ri grabbed her stomach and squatted down.

“Crazy. Dwaeji Gamja [Pig Potato].”

“?”

As he stood there blankly wondering why, Dwaeji Gamja said annoyedly.

“I’m Mun-eo Gamja [Octopus Potato].”

Is there a difference? Rembrary stared blankly at Mun-eo Gamja, and when he frowned, he smiled gently at him.

“Okay, Mun-eo Gamja. I came because I have something to ask. I did.”

Mun-eo Gamja kicked Seon Ha-ri, who was still giggling, lightly with his leg and said.

“What do you want to ask?”

“What are the escape rules here?”

At those words, Mun-eo Gamja erased his annoyed expression and made a troubled expression.

Seon Ha-ri also stopped laughing and scratched her head.

Rembrary looked back and forth between the two and walked towards Ardor.

Maeng Woo-shin had just finished asking questions and was coming this way.

“What did they say?”

“They won’t tell me. It looks like they’ve agreed not to tell me.”

“Long Chacha and Paek Cheup won’t tell me either.”

Maeng Woo-shin spat out a small curse.

“It would be faster to disqualify everyone quickly.”

* * *

After taking a break.

“Let’s go now.”

Jo Ji-ho, who was leading the group forward, noticed that the disqualified people were all behind the three celebrities.

Rather than sticking to the celebrities, it seemed they had judged that it was safer to be near the brown hair.

Jo Ji-ho felt annoyed when he saw the three celebrities who had suddenly become the center of attention.

However, it was originally the rule that disqualified people or those who gave up halfway could follow safely from behind, so he couldn’t force them to come forward.

“Those bastards are really annoying.”

Jo Ji-ho muttered quietly while the cameraman went to film the scene.

However, Maeng Woo-shin, who had accidentally become the center of attention, was equally displeased with this attention.

He had to hide his identity. Isn’t this completely in the center?

Besides, Rembrary didn’t seem to notice at all, but some of the disqualified people were deliberately sticking to Rembrary’s back and following him.

They seemed to be watching for a chance to disqualify Rembrary like themselves while following him.

It seemed they thought they were disqualified because of Rembrary.

Maeng Woo-shin glanced at Rembrary.

He was going to tell him to concentrate and be careful since those who held a grudge were watching him the most…….

Rembrary was already lost in thought somewhere.

“Why? What are you looking at?”

Maeng Woo-shin accidentally followed his gaze and was surprised.

Behind a large rock, there was a small child-like figure. It was like a child hiding and sticking out only its head.

“What is that?”

Maeng Woo-shin exclaimed in surprise.

“Isn’t that a kid?”

The surrounding people who heard the sound also accidentally looked in the direction Maeng Woo-shin was looking and whispered among themselves in surprise.

“Huh? It really looks like a child?”

“Shouldn’t we go see?”

“What if a child came in to play a prank and can’t get out? There was a commotion a few days ago when some kids in the same class secretly entered the dungeon.”

“Let’s go. We have to save them if they’re kids.”

“What if it’s a trap? Like a mirage.”

Rembrary thought for a moment and walked towards it.

Is he going to save them? Maeng Woo-shin accidentally followed behind him.

Some participants and disqualified people also followed Rembrary.

However, before Rembrary took a few steps. Jo Ji-ho turned around and shouted with a frown.

“Hey! Don’t act individually! If you leave, you’ll be disqualified!”

At those words, the participants who were not disqualified hesitated.

However, Rembrary continued to walk as if he didn’t care at all.

Seeing that, his cameraman exclaimed, “Oh, cool,” and Jo Ji-ho’s expression became even more distorted.