Episode 293
“I never thought it would be blocked from the first floor.”
Garam Yoon nodded at Inho Jeong’s words.
“It seems like only people who stopped by the school last time can’t go up, right?”
“Me, Yoon Garam, and Kang Minah. And seeing as Detective Hong Gyeong-jun can’t go up… I think that’s probably the case. “Does anyone remember how many times this was a part of the school rules?”
Park Da-hoon raised his hand in response to Jeong In-ho’s perplexed words.
“I think it’s number 9. Don’t tinkle… that was the rule. “I think number 9 is the only one that is most related to the current situation that prevents students from moving freely within the school.”
Kang Min-ah looked at him with a surprised expression.
“Do you remember all the rules?”
“Because it was a matter of survival… I had no choice but to memorize it.”
After saying that, Park Da-hoon rolled his eyes for a moment and continued speaking.
“Number 1: Dress neatly. Take a seat when the bell rings twice. Number 3: No cell phone use. Number 4: Get along well with your friend. Listen carefully to teacher number 5. Number 6: Be faithful to your duties as a student. No. 7 Attacking the teacher is prohibited. Number 8 is dismissed at dismissal time…? “Don’t ding the number 9.”
“What the fuck. You weren’t this kind of bastard. “Where is the bully who was doing other things in Class C with me?”
“Shut up, what kind of scoundrel am I? You scoundrel.”
“Ah no…”
Park Da-hoon, ignoring Seong Ji-ho’s betrayed gaze, looked at Lee Jae-heon with a proud face. It resembled Pompitz’s face as he faithfully carried out the task given to him and looked up at Jaeheon Lee, so he unconsciously nodded.
“Did you do well…?”
“thank you.”
Seong Ji-ho was looking at Park Da-hoon smiling with a satisfied expression as if he were horrified. Lee Jae-heon thought, ignoring the minor problems between the young friends.
‘I guess you’ve memorized all the other rules in this session.’
In fact, except for a few rules, there were some that were not essential for survival, so I didn’t know all the rules, but unlike the last episode, in this episode, Park Da-hoon seemed to be desperately trying to figure out the rules. I thought I would become useless if I escaped from school, so I thought I would forget about it.
“Okay… Aside from the school rules.”
Jaeheon Lee continued.
“Then shouldn’t we change our plans?”
Some survivors looked at him incredulously.
“What are these disrespectful looks? “Aren’t you covering your eyes?”
“It’s because it’s disgusting that you say it as if you’ve been waiting for it. It’s because it’s disgusting.”
“I didn’t say anything strange.”
“When the teacher speaks, even normal words sound strange.”
Ha Seong-yoon, who was giving a vague look, pressed his earlobe and spoke again.
“Well, I can’t help it. In order to proceed according to the original plan, everyone except Jae-heon Lee and Ji-ho Seong must climb up step by step in order, but they are blocked from the first floor….” “Besides, the only
people who can go up now are me, this student Ji-ho Seong, and Da-hoon. … There are Kim Ki-jeong and Ha Seong-yoon. “You certainly don’t intend to send two minor students or Mr. Kim Ki-jeong, who has little experience, to the top, right?”
“Haha….”
Ha Seong-yoon looked at Kim Ki-jeong.
“Mr. Kim Ki-jeong.”
“Uh…yeah.”
“Still, I think you should go.”
Then, instead of Kim Ki-jeong, who actually heard what was said, Lee Jae-heon became angry.
“Are you ignoring me?”
“No, we were talking about the three of us going up together. Jae-Heon Lee and I protect Ki-Jeong Kim, and Ki-Jeong Kim informs us of the approaching danger. “It won’t take that long since it will only serve as a link to bring you up to the second floor.”
“understand.”
Jaeheon Lee muttered that and thought to himself.
‘…I guess the memories from last episode aren’t calculated?’
The beginner’s benefit related to Rule 9 is formed based on the individual survivor’s perception. The duller the memories and information about school, the easier it is to receive the benefits of being a beginner, but as a returnee like Jeong In-ho, he already had a very detailed awareness of language school.
However, unlike Jeong In-ho, Lee Jae-heon was able to go up to the second floor.
‘The same goes for Ha Seong-yoon, who remembers the previous episodes.’
This meant that only the recognition accumulated in this session was calculated and the beginner’s benefit was granted. Jaeheon Lee realized that this regression was not a situation that occurred within the system of the backworld.
“….”
Well, it doesn’t matter now.
“…Then I will stand behind Kim Ki-jeong. Ha Seong-yoon will stand in front.”
“That would be better. “I hope there won’t be any problems.”
Kim Ki-jeong, who was halfway up the stairs to the second floor, froze.
“Uh uh…”
“Please come back.”
Ha Seong-yoon and Lee Jae-heon realized that Kim Ki-jeong heard something from above. Ha Seong-yoon, who quickly pulled Kim Ki-jeong down, asked the pale-faced Kim Ki-jeong.
“What did you hear?”
“…the building on the other side….”
“You’re talking about building B.”
“There are about two… about two people walking from that direction…? Are you walking?”
Kim Ki-jeong’s voice, which had become timid and quiet for a while, was trembling.
“No, I was walking when I heard this noise…”
“First of all, I guess it’s not a person.”
Lee Jae-heon made eye contact with Ha Seong-yoon. Since no plaster monster has ever been created in the school, the sound Kim Ki-jeong heard was probably the footsteps of the teacher monster. That might be because they would go around catching students who are making noises outside the classroom during every class period.
After about 5 minutes, Kim Ki-jeong, who was trying hard to concentrate, muttered in a hushed voice.
“…one went in. classroom? “Anyway, I think I went inside the wooden door.”
“What about the other one?”
“I think he’s loitering in the hallway of Building B on the other side.”
“Then you won’t run into us?”
“Uh… maybe? “If the structure of this school is the same, I don’t think I can check this, but…”
Ha Seong-yoon, who was holding his cell phone, checked the time on the screen.
“It’s already been almost 20 minutes. In order to raise the team from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor in a timely manner, we need to quickly check for hiding spaces. “Is the monster still moving in Building B?”
“…Yeah, maybe… At the end over there… Oh, it’s a connecting hallway. Yes, it seems to be going back and forth in the connecting hallway. The steps are slow. No, these are steps, right? “What kind of strange monster is this?…”
“Calm down, Mr. Kim Ki-jeong. “If you are tired, you can rest on the first floor.”
The most important thing was to explore the fourth floor where the art room was located, so there was no benefit for Kim Ki-jeong, who was an important detector until then, if he overexerted himself. Since his mental ability was average, it was obvious that he was having a hard time from the moment he entered school, so Ha Seong-yoon entrusted Kim Ki-jeong to Lee Jae-heon.
“Please look at it for a moment.”
“Be careful.”
Ha Seong-yoon nodded at Lee Jae-heon’s request and carefully went up to the second floor.
“….”
As Kim Ki-jeong said, there were no teacher monsters in the hallway of Building A.
Ha Seong-yoon carefully moved his feet and checked structures everywhere. Detectives Hong Gyeong-jun and Park Da-hoon, the second floor standby team, were checking to see if there were any spaces where they could hide comfortably. Ha Seong-yoon, who came down from the second floor just before the teacher monster crossed the connecting hallway, spoke to those waiting on the first floor.
“The basic structure doesn’t seem to have changed much from what In-ho Jeong said before.”
It cannot be said that he had the eyes to see the previous episode, so he was not saying that Ha Seong-yoon himself knew about it, but that he heard about it from Jeong In-ho.
“But some problems arose.”
“Are you saying it’s a problem?”
“First, the toilet was clogged.”
“…yes?”
“I came back to see that it was really neatly blocked with something like a wooden plank.”
At those words, student Seong Ji-ho spoke to Park Da-hoon with a subtle expression.
“Isn’t this… isn’t it that?”
“What are you saying… ah ah….”
The adults’ attention was focused on the students’ reactions as if they knew something.
“Do you know anything? “I wish you could tell me something.”
“It’s not that big of a deal, but sometimes… there are times when we stop students from going into the bathroom.”
“What does this mean again?”
Ha Seong-yoon’s smile deepened and Jeong In-ho’s expression darkened. What on earth are you supposed to do if you block students from entering the bathroom? Before the educational issue, it didn’t feel particularly ethical.
Park Da-hoon opened his mouth in response to the adults’ reaction, which was beyond absurd.
“They stopped bad students from smoking as a way to show off.”
“Are you guys smoking already?”
“Actually, there are very few kids who actually smoke, but sometimes there were kids who would skip class and pretend to go to the bathroom. Our classes were a bit harsh, so there were a lot of kids running away, but the only place they could run away was in the bathroom…” “Why don’t you
block the bathroom just for that?”
“Of course I don’t say that out loud. They say things like it’s under construction or something is broken, but the kids all know. The teachers are showing things like, ‘We’re blocking you like this because you don’t dare to go to class and make noise in places like the bathroom’ or ‘Other good students are also suffering because of bad students like you.’ It’s a kind of warning. ”
“If this is the case, wouldn’t it be no problem to be reported to the Office of Education?”
Ha Seong-yoon scratched his chin in response to Kang Min-ah’s muttering.
“Well… the teacher is also quite an iron bastard. “I don’t know if a controversy arises or if it spreads to the media, but if parents and the school itself have the same opinion both internally and externally, like Eunhak High School, it is highly likely that no one would raise an issue.”
“If you just post something like this on the Internet, it will go up as a petition…”
Unlike the adults’ reactions, the two students had calm faces. In fact, the adults’ reactions seemed unfamiliar.
“Uh… it was strange, wasn’t it?”
“I guess so. Actually, it doesn’t seem like other schools go this far.”
The adults’ expressions got even worse.
“…Something… I guess.”
“I think this could be a problem….”
“But since the subject was a breakdown or construction, it must have been burdensome to blindly make it a problem.”
Among them who were whispering for a while, Garam Yoon clapped his hands and caught everyone’s attention.
“That’s not important right now, is it? “Mr. Ha Seong-yoon, I think you said there was another problem. Can you tell me?”
“Well, that’s right.”
Ha Seong-yoon said while touching his earlobe.
“I don’t see any student monsters.”
“If you’re a student monster….”
“I stopped by here once before. At that time, it was said that many of the student mannequins that were sitting in class were pushed out into the hallway, but that many mannequins were not visible. “It’s like everyone is hiding somewhere.”
“Are we back in class again?”
“I’m not sure about that either. I wonder if it was completely reset like a game, or if there is another cause…”
Ha Seong-yoon, who was muttering like that, continued.
“And this is probably the most important thing: the number of plaster statues has increased.”
“…A plaster statue?”
“Didn’t Lee Jae-heon and our Park friends make the claim? In reality, there are plaster statues scattered all over Eonhak High School. So, let’s visit the art room.”
“You did, right?”
“Those split and broken plaster statues are all over the place.”
He looked at Jeong In-ho and continued.
“I think it was much more than what In-ho Jeong told me.”
At those words, the air among the survivors became heavy.
“…It’s creepy.”
“I think I’ve heard of this kind of thing sometimes… in ghost stories…”
“What kind of device is this again?”
The survivors expressed their anxiety one by one. Kang Min-ah, who was looking at them, held the hammer in her hand tightly and asked Ha Seong-yoon, who was also observing the survivors’ reactions.
“Do you remember where you were?”
“I don’t know the details. Just as I was about to check, the teacher monster came towards the hallway of Building A… But I remember it was near a hiding place. For example, there is a plaster statue of a broken hand placed on a bench where you can lie down and hide.”
“It could be a monster preventing you from hiding.”
Kang Min-ah nodded slowly as if she had made up her mind.
“If it’s okay with everyone, I’ll go hide for a moment.”
“Are you Kang Min-ah?”
“I came to school last time, and although it’s not as small as Yeonhee, it’s still smaller than the people here. It’s good for hiding and it’s also good for running away.”
Kang Min-ah spoke with faintly blue eyes.
“I’ll come back and check what the plaster statue is doing.”
That was a really dependable look.
