Episode 387
Kim Ki-jung opened his mouth hesitantly as if he couldn’t believe it.
“No, why, no, why the photo, why… no, why… .”
“Calm down.”
“Is this really something to be concerned about…?”
Kim Ki-jung, who had turned pale, had no voice at all, as if even his voice had lost its color.
“Why is there a picture like that in the classroom?”
Forget all memories from the previous episode, this was the reaction of someone who just realized for the first time how crazy their art teacher was.
Hong Kyung-jun nodded his head affectionately in response to that reasonable question.
“It looks like the art teacher killed someone.”
“Why is that a teacher…?”
“Don’t worry, it won’t be like that soon.”
When we get back to reality, we start by catching the art teacher.
Hong Kyung-jun had already obtained all the information from Jeong In-ho for the previous episode. Hong Kyung-jun, who knew what kind of perverted thoughts the art teacher at Unhak High School had covered up in this school, made a firm resolution.
Lee Jae-heon nodded to him.
“If you have trouble getting a warrant, just let me know. I can help you with that.”
“Oh… Royal Family… .”
“If you have a strong backing, it might be a bit of a headache, but I don’t know. There’s no one in the world who hates money.”
“ah.”
Han Do-yoon nodded.
“I like you too, money.”
“I like it too.”
“Are you Jaeheon Lee?”
“Ever since I was young, my dream has been to become rich and famous.”
“Isn’t that something that has already been achieved…?”
“You say wealth and fame? The Lee Dang Group is not mine. I am just a manager at a large corporation with no money or fame.”
“If that large corporation is a five-star company, how can you call it a mere one…?”
After a series of nonsense-filled banter aimed at relieving Kim Ki-jung’s tension, he returned from a cat with a torn tail to a skinny toothpick. Han Do-yoon and Lee Jae-heon quietly high-fived each other in the blind spot.
Kim Ki-jung said that he had regained peace of mind, no, not to that extent, but at least a minimum of stability.
“… Did this art teacher at Unhak High School really do something like that?”
“I can’t say for sure because I haven’t actually seen it, but even if you haven’t actually done it, the very fact that you have such thoughts is a huge problem. Even if you haven’t killed anyone, it seems like you’re planning to do it soon.”
“I really hate this place….”
The puzzle they found in the B building classroom was no different from the one they had encountered in the previous round. It was a format where they had to guess the names of the plaster statues lined up on the desks to obtain a key.
‘Of course it’s fake.’
The real key that Lee Jae-heon confirmed in his lucid dream came from the A-building classroom on the third floor. There was no guarantee that it would be exactly the same as before, but it was true that there was a high probability that the key there was the real one.
And Lee Jae-heon was on standby on the third floor.
‘I thought you’d be fine if you just avoided Song In-myeong and the swimming pool, you little shi*s. That’s why you’re called chicks.’
The puzzle in the classroom where the real key comes out was more difficult. Even though the solution process itself is the same, the danger of the monsters that pop out is different. Lee Jae-heon didn’t want to leave the stray chicks in that dangerous place, and because of Song In-myeong and the difficulty of the swimming pool, he was able to become the third floor waiting guard without difficulty. It was a satisfactory result.
The survivors were shocked by the news brought by the class room exploration team, who they thought were simply looking for clues. This was especially true for Seong Ji-ho, who knew a little about the art teacher’s perversions.
“Eww… Aaaah… .”
“Student Seong Ji-ho…?”
“I’m going to transfer schools… I’m going to drop out…”
Lee Jae-heon asked.
“Move house?”
“…? yes?”
“? No, if you want to transfer schools, you have to move house first….”
“… … ?”
“??”
Lee Jae-heon blinked a few times and asked Jeong In-ho.
“Can I transfer schools without moving houses?”
“Don’t think that money is rotten and overflowing in every household.”
“Huh? I’m not saying it’s the money, but the rules… Oh no, and if we just move to a house with a similar monthly rent…”
“There is no rule that says you have to move house to transfer schools. Moving itself costs a lot of money, and it is not easy to find a house with similar conditions and a similar monthly rent. I guess you have never moved before.”
“…I didn’t do it.”
“aha….”
In his previous life, he lived in a dormitory and then moved into a house that the government supported. In his current life, Lee Jae-heon was an old fart who pushed all the annoying tasks onto his subordinates. Manager Lee Jae-heon, who even hired people to clean the house, would never have gone around calculating money here and there, saying he was moving.
Lee Jae-heon, who had thought about it that far, asked again.
“Then, can you help me find a studio apartment?”
“No, yes?”
“Why don’t we just buy a new house instead of moving? It’s already unpleasant to keep students in a school like this, and the school won’t change just because the art teacher is gone, so now is the time to move Dayoung and Dahoon too… .”
“Boss, that’s enough. That’s it. I know you’re tired and your mouth has lost its filter, but a house isn’t something you can buy and receive as easily as a chocolate bar.”
“Why do you think I’m talking nonsense right now?”
“I guess that’s kind of it.”
“Then you should exercise self-control.”
‘Lee Jae-heon’ nodded.
In fact, it was a hassle because Lee Jae-hyung would have to make excuses if he bought a house, but Lee Jae-heon thought it was a necessary offer. It would be nice to buy a house near Oh-seong and manage the current high school student members, but based on the current reaction, it seemed like he would have to take his time.
Since he had expressed his intention to buy with sincerity as ‘Lee Jae-heon’, pretending to be absent-minded, wouldn’t the students come over someday once they had sorted out their thoughts? If he pushed forward secretly while wearing the mask of ‘Lee Jae-heon’, it seemed like he could easily bring the students to the vicinity of Oseong.
‘I’ll have to poke him in the side a few more times later.’
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It seemed like Sung Ji-ho and the other students didn’t all have very good home environments, so wouldn’t it be better for Lee Jae-heon and the students if they had someone by their side to manage? Lee Jae-heon backed down, thinking that if anything happened, he would invade the students’ homes and negotiate.
“I apologize if I offended you.”
“… It’s not that it’s unpleasant… No, yes… .”
Seong Ji-ho nodded as if he had a lot to say but didn’t know what to say. He didn’t understand anything, but he seemed to have decided that it was an inappropriate topic for this situation.
Seong Ji-ho, who was scratching his head, opened his mouth.
“But why did the key come out from there?”
“huh?”
“No, that’s right. You know I’ve been a slave to my art teacher for a long time.”
“Jongsal… .”
“Don’t leave your keys on the first floor, teacher. Not even a pair key.”
This was an unexpected help even for Lee Jae-heon.
“They don’t put it on the first floor because it’s unsettling because a lot of outsiders come and go. Even if it’s the other world, isn’t it strange? No, it’s even more absurd because it’s the other world. I said that thoughts get stuck.”
“…surely….”
“I always carry my own key, and as for the pair key… I’m not sure about that… .”
“You had a pair of keys? I thought I only had one key.”
“Usually only one is used. I’ve hardly ever seen a pair of keys. The art teacher carries the keys himself, so why would he need a pair of keys?”
“That’s true.”
The adults exchanged glances at the conversation between Park Da-young and Seong Ji-ho.
“… Then should we consider this key to be fake?”
That was a really nice assist.
‘In fact, it was Sung Ji-ho who revealed the art teacher’s perversion in the last episode. If you bring him along, information will definitely come out… It was a good decision to bring him along.’
I was thinking of trying to calm and placate the survivors and check all the teachers’ offices, or in the worst case scenario, going up to the fourth floor with this key and starting over. Thanks to Sung Ji-ho’s suggestion that this key was fake and that we needed to check out other grades’ offices, things were resolved easily.
“Then I guess I’ll have to go to all the other grade rooms. I don’t know exactly what this key will be used for, but since I got it by solving a puzzle like that, I’m sure it’ll be useful somewhere.”
Hong Kyung-jun, who heard from Jeong In-ho that this was the key to the 4th floor art room storage, supported Seong Ji-ho’s opinion. Even for Hong Kyung-jun, it must have been a huge burden to go back and forth to a school full of monsters.
Jeong In-ho also joined in, as if trying to continue the flow.
“How many grade rooms were there in total in this school?”
“Oh, I know. There are eight.”
“Then, I guess there are two grade rooms per floor. I think it would be a good idea to go up one floor at a time and check all the grade rooms.”
“It’s probably fake, but I guess I’ll have to check out the other grade rooms on the first floor.”
“I don’t think it will be difficult since there are a lot of people.”
As Park Da-young, who also knew about the existence of the regression, pushed forward, the other survivors nodded their heads, saying that it made sense. Hong Kyung-jun made a strange expression, perhaps because he realized that the survivor team had been acting this way up until now, but he soon recovered.
And Kim Ki-jung frowned.
“Me again?”
“Mr. Kijung, fighting~!”
“Shut up, Mr. Han Do-yoon.”
“Oh, then what should we do? None of us know the name of the plaster statue.”
“Just memorize it, just memorize it…!”
“What if I forget and get it wrong? What if I get punished? What if I get hurt? Gosh, Doyoon is so scary.”
“This is driving me crazy.”
Kim Ki-jung made a face as if he was about to vomit. Lee Jae-heon also agreed to some extent.
It was a situation where he had to visit every grade room, but Kim Ki-jung’s condition didn’t seem that bad. It was worth strengthening his relationship with Han Do-yoon through the apartment incident. Lee Jae-heon praised himself. People are creatures who can be manipulated if you manipulate them.
‘If you just put the two together, it’ll last quite a while.’
Lee Jae-heon was looking at Kim Ki-jung like a battery, but no one noticed his true intentions. Lee Jae-heon, who had come to his senses, was managing his facial expressions better than an actor’s. This is the water level rising.
Jeong In-ho asked after seeing Lee Jae-heon’s face.
“… Manager, are you okay?”
“No, ha… it’s okay.”
“Maybe the third floor wasn’t possible after all… .”
… has the water level risen too much?
* * *
To cut to the chase, the key to the A building on the third floor was the real one.
“Manager…!”
“There are no dead people.”
“Is that something a half-brained person would say?”
“You’re not dead….”
And Lee Jae-heon was scolded because his head was split.
You might say that it’s a strange thing to say, but it was a literal situation. While leaving the classroom, Lee Jae-heon was hit in the head, and he came out and checked his bleeding head several times, pressing it hard, and then calmly said, “Oh, it’s broken.”
“I’ve recovered somewhat.”
“If you can call this recovery… .”
“I told you, it was just a crack in the bone, you guys.”
“Can you please stop talking?”
Woo Joo-young muttered as if he couldn’t believe the situation itself.
“Do you really have to say something like that when you’re covered in blood…?”
“Team Leader Woo, am I feeling very comfortable now?”
“Well, kind of. It’s like looking at a tattered zombie that doesn’t kill people.”
“Isn’t that scary in its own right?”
“You really make me feel ambivalent.”
By the way, Lee Jae-heon’s head was broken while trying to protect Woo Joo-young.
She was seriously considering the ‘Lee Jae-heon exorcism talisman theory’. Vivian was not much different, and if Kwon Yeon-hee had known, she would have had a similar reaction. Hong Kyung-joon covered his eyes with his hands, as if he found this situation ridiculous.
Jeong In-ho opened his mouth with a regretful smile.
“I can’t say anything about someone getting hurt while trying to save someone….”
The puzzles in the 3rd floor, Building A, grade room were the same as those in other grade rooms, but the moment the plaster statues whose names were guessed changed into plaster statues of the other world wearing wigs, the monsters began to move. They attacked even before the plaster statue with the same head shape as the victim in the photo could be broken to get the key.
The survivors, who had become accustomed to the pattern of monsters rushing in after taking out the keys while going through the first and second floor classrooms, were confused. They somehow managed to take out the keys, but Woo Joo-young was caught and fell, and Lee Jae-heon’s head burst while trying to protect her. It was not strange that Woo Joo-young turned white as a sheet of paper.
That is why Lee Jae-heon was upright.
“What are you talking about when you put me in the middle right now?”
Are these the kind of complaints you should give to your lifesaver?
Locked in the school bathroom, surrounded by survivors, he felt like a frail student being threatened by thugs. Lee Jae-heon, who had always been the perpetrator and rarely the victim, felt very burdened by the current situation. He didn’t know anything and wished they would just disappear.
“You think I’m nagging you again?”
“… Anyway, it’s okay since it was cured with medicine… .”
“If everything was cured with medicine, I wouldn’t be saying such things.”
As the survivors said, his head wasn’t really blown off, just some skin torn and a crack in his skull. He seemed to be thinking without any problems, so there was no brain damage. All the other injuries were treated with the medicine in the survival kit, so I wondered if it was anything serious.
Song In-myeong said with a smile.
“My eyes are bursting out, but you’re saying I’m okay?”
“You find this situation funny.”
“Oh, it is quite interesting. It is a strange sight.”
“It’s nice to have lots of laughter, you little punk.”
Of course, one eye was blown out, but the other eye was still alive. It was possible that his sense of depth had become a little dull, but it was not a problem for Lee Jae-heon, who had blown out several eyes in his past life. The biggest problem for him was the survivors who were seriously hurt by just one eyeball.
Lee Jae-heon, who had been thinking for a moment, said.
“… Of course, it may not look very good… .”
“Manager, that’s it.”
“Do you hate the sight of it that much?”
“I don’t know where to start refuting this, so please stop….”
When Woo Joo-young started crying, Yoon Ga-ram patted her on the back.
“This time, you went too far, sir.”
“sorry.”
“I’m a little upset because the topic you’re apologizing about seems different from ours… .”
“Can’t we just walk around with our eyes covered?”
“mister.”
“Shut it.”
Lee Jae-heon made a pledge.
It has to be crooked.
(Continued in the next episode)
