Episode 362:
Naming the Keyring Monster (Ignition Monster).
Its habitat is room 1201 in building 119, and although it is possible to change residence for a long period of time, when the trigger of the apartment complex is triggered, it returns to its original residence and prepares to welcome uninvited guests.
The general attack method is to kill survivors who stop by room 1201 of building 119 by trapping them in a burning house. In this case, most survivors seem to be unable to shake off the monster’s long arms and die due to personal trauma or lingering guilt.
However, if the monster stops by the management office with the ‘father’ selected, the monster’s individual trigger is activated and a dungeon in building 119 is created. Afterwards, when you stop by Building 119, you will be trapped in a house that reflects the childhood of one of the survivor teams. Only by solving a puzzle based on the memories of the person being reflected will you be able to escape the monster’s mischief and arrive at Room 1201.
“Director Bian…!”
“I’m carrying you well, don’t worry!”
“Stand in the middle! “The monsters are coming!”
The survivor whom the monster decides to be ‘Dad’ is thrown into the sinkhole in the center of the apartment, and ‘Dad’, who is completely eaten by the Black Hand, is reborn as a doll in Room 1201 of Building 119. Considering that it has almost no characteristics in life other than its appearance and shows only mild aggression, it is safe to say that it is a monster that only resembles its appearance.
“Mr. Yeonwoo!”
“It’s okay, just mind yourselves!” “If Lee Jae-heon is caught by the doll monsters, there is a high possibility that he will be thrown into a sinkhole!”
“Is the number increasing? If this continues…!”
“Damn, it’s coming out in front too! “Focus!”
If ‘Dad’ is not completed, the monsters in the sinkhole will start rampaging. Based on this, it seems that the monster in Room 1201 and the monster in the sinkhole are allies or have a superior-subordinate relationship.
“Wouldn’t it be better for me to block the way? “There are too many monsters right now…!”
“There’s no one who can carry the manager, Bian! Run fast!”
“Fuck, I’m really going crazy…!”
The chase of these monsters does not end until the monster in number 1201 dies.
“Kyaak! evil! Argh…!”
“Yeonhee…!”
“It’s okay, no, it’s okay!!”
“Quickly come to me! hurry!”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…!”
It is unclear how to kill the monster in Room 1201, but if the monster is encountered in a highly stimulated state, the survivors are trapped in a ‘child’s drawing’. There is no way to get out of the painting by one’s own power, and when one of the ‘traces of the child’ is found, the painting and No. 1201 begin to burn.
However, the monster in Room 1201 cannot be confined to the only firefighters in the picture, and if the person in question is present, the people outside and the people in the picture must actively search to find the ‘crayons’. If you’re lucky, it’s easy. If you’re unlucky, you’ll find ‘traces of the child’ through the puzzle. Afterwards, external personnel can obtain ‘crayons’. If you draw a door with crayons, the survivors in the picture can escape.
One thing to note.
“Why did the real manager collapse?”
Since the unfinished ‘Dad’ is linked to Room 1201, the doll and body of ‘Dad’ are damaged during the escape process, which necessarily involves ignition of the area. It is assumed that if all restraints surrounding the doll ignite, the linked survivors will die.
Lee Jae-heon’s head, carried by Vivian, hung limply. Seeing the survivors exhaling hot breath and breaking out into a cold sweat, their hearts became even more anxious.
“He’s breathing, don’t worry!”
“You’re not even resting well! Why on earth are you doing this…!”
“I think it might have something to do with the monsters continuing to try to drown Jaeheon Lee into the sinkhole, but I don’t know the exact circumstances. “First, we have to get out of this sinkhole and run to the police station!”
“Even to the police station…?!”
“If that’s difficult, we should at least find a place to hide until Lee Jae-heon recovers!”
“Ugh, when on earth did you get in this deep…!”
Kwon Yeon-hee, who had low stamina and mobility, cried out and looked at the entrance of the sinkhole. Up until now, I had only passed through the door following Pompitz’s guidance, so I didn’t realize that I had entered deeply, but when I came out of the ant cave, the ground couldn’t have been this far away.
“…I can’t do this. There are too many monsters waiting upstairs!”
“yes? Then what should we do…!”
“Let’s go into one of the houses!”
“There are monsters there too!”
“Anyway, we’re blocked above and we can’t go back. “We have to go back into the anthill and hope that Pompitz will guide us to a place with fewer monsters!”
Monsters following closely behind and in front, and survivors who have run out of stamina. And one patient lost his mind. Everyone seemed anxious.
However, there is no way ‘Lee Jae-heon’ could not overcome the intangible pain and die of shock.
“There is no other way!”
No one, including monsters, would want ‘Dad’ to burn to death…
“Did you hear Kang Min-ah?! “I’m going to turn to the side!”
“I heard…!”
This was a game where the survivor won from the beginning.
Survivors in the right spirit were anxious to help each other, and there was no environment like school where they couldn’t breathe comfortably due to rules, or pressure that was eating away at their mental strength. Moreover, ‘Lee Jae-heon’, who can be considered a hostage, is not going to die, so there is no penalty whatsoever.
Even if someone died, it was an easy problem that could be solved with just one regression. Appropriate pain. Decent compensation.
“I’m blocking you, so go in first!”
“If you’re having a hard time…!”
“Go inside and prepare to block the door because monsters are coming!!”
“All right!”
Well, of course.
“Please come in, Kang Min-ah!!”
“Ugh…!”
You don’t know that.
“Close the door!!”
bang-!!
Pang pang! phut!!
Almost as soon as I closed the wooden door, I heard the sound of heavy cotton dolls hitting from outside. No matter how hard they threw themselves, the soft, blocky stuffed monsters were fortunately unable to open the door that the survivors were blocking.
“….”
“…Sweet….”
Kwon Yeon-hee, who was sitting on the floor and blocking the door, bit her lip.
“Yeonhee.”
“It’s okay. It’s okay…”
“It’s okay.”
“Yep.”
“It’s okay….”
Pangpang! Taang pang!
“Huh…!”
A strange noise could be heard as if the iron bar had been obtained from somewhere, but as expected, the cotton dolls without any muscles could not produce any convincing power. Because of its size, there was pressure from the weight, but the door only lifted and lifted a few times and never opened.
However, it was not to the point where the door could not be opened even if there was no one blocking it. A door that shakes tirelessly. Even though Kwon Yeon-hee was crying, she and other survivors blocked the door until the end.
“Get out of the way, out of the way. “With this, I don’t think I can block it with my body.”
“Vivian. Manager…”
“I laid it down over there. “We blocked the door on the inside and confirmed that there are no other monsters in the house, so feel free to get out of the way.”
“Yes…!”
Squeak! Empty!
Vivian gathered all the furniture in the house and blocked the wooden door, and the survivors blocking the door retreated one by one.
“…Ah….”
“It’s much better.”
“I know.”
phut! Let’s go!
The doll still knocked on the door, but couldn’t get in. The monsters weren’t heavy enough to push Vivian’s large pile of furniture.
“Thank you for your hard work, Bian.”
“Is this what it is….”
Yeonhee Kwon said, laughing at Vivian’s humility.
“When you drag a bookshelf in, you say, ‘What is this?’”
Vivian looked at the bookshelf blocking the door with a embarrassed expression. There were other furniture nearby, such as tables and chairs, but the large bookshelf that blocked the door and even the wall was so majestic.
Vivian thought for a moment before opening her mouth.
“I don’t think I originally had this much strength, but I think maybe because I was in the other side of the world, my strength increased a little more. “I was so anxious when I brought it here that I didn’t know much, but it was beyond my capabilities.”
“Well, it’s a secret world…”
Kang Min-ah nodded awkwardly, as if she could sympathize.
It was the secret world that inflated Kang Min-ah, who was not very strong or brave in reality, into a believable human resource. It wasn’t surprising that Vivian’s power suddenly grew stronger as she became impatient.
“What about the manager?”
“I put him on the bed over there.”
“Ok, thanks.”
Kang Min-ah quietly put down the hammer and looked at Lee Jae-heon lying on the bed.
“….”
What kind of problem occurred?
A person who usually does not show signs of pain is curled up, out of breath. When I lightly touched the back of my hand to my forehead, I felt a sensation of heat, and perhaps because of that, I could see my whole body breaking into a cold sweat. He also said that the wound reopened when he first fell into the sinkhole…
“… Manager.”
Jaeheon Lee had no answer.
“sorry.”
Would it have been okay if I had been able to get it a little earlier?
But Kang Min-ah also knew. It was impossible to pull two adults up from the edge of a cliff so far away that they could not hold on to it. Kang Min-ah was not as strong as Vivian or Do-yoon Han, and in terms of physique, it was actually a good thing that they did not fall together at the time.
Even though I knew that, I couldn’t help but feel regret.
‘I wish there had been another person next to me at that time.’
It would have been better if there had been another person next to Kang Min-ah, like when she caught Lee Jae-heon who was being pushed down by the dolls. It wasn’t like they were separated from each other just because they were searching different places.
“How are you feeling, Jaeheon Lee?”
“Ah, Yeonwoo.”
“Your fever is very high. If this were reality, Jaeheon Lee’s brain would have already melted. Although we cannot know the exact body temperature, it is an undeniable fact that the body is excessively hot.”
“Is it still dangerous?”
“I can’t say anything because your body temperature is so high that it’s almost as if you’re on fire.”
Kim Yeon-woo, who was looking around at Lee Jae-heon, looked embarrassed.
“Humans cannot become this hot on their own… It certainly seems like they have been manipulated by the underworld, but if the related issues are resolved, they may be able to return to normal.”
“…If it’s a related issue, is it also about the sacrifice?”
“The probability of that happening should be considered high at the moment.”
Kim Yeon-woo stood up.
“I’ll have to check this family out just in case. As I confirmed on my way here, I may be able to find records of other survivors, and if I’m lucky, I may be able to define Mr. Lee Jae-heon’s condition.”
It was that moment.
Kwadangtang—!
“Ugh, what!”
“Could it be a monster…?!”
Kwon Yeon-hee screamed and Kang Min-ah jumped up, but Vivian calmly shook her head.
“No, it’s Pompitz.”
“…Why Pompitz…?”
“Suddenly digging between the bookshelf… ah.”
Pompitz, who was rummaging through the bookshelf, which even the dog’s low height could reach, knocking down books, soon whined and pulled out a book in his mouth. As the survivors looked at the book being dragged out in confusion, Pompitz quietly left the book behind.
The only way to avoid the place was to hide between the furniture that blocked the door, but fortunately for Pompitz, who avoided gaze, the survivors’ attention was focused on the book.
“Why books?”
“…Wait a minute….”
Kang Min-ah picked up the book and turned the pages.
“….”
“Mr. Kang Min-ah?”
“This looks like a sinkhole structure here.”
“yes?”
“There are a few additional comments…”
In short, it was perfect material for the current situation.
The survivors’ eyes turned to Pompitz again.
“what?”
The monster didn’t even make a groaning sound.
* * *
“Can I ask you a favor?”
A lovely human being asked a favor from me, a monster.
“I’ll show you the way.”
A person with a weak heart and warm hands.
“Help me.”
A poor human being that no one trusts.
“So that no one dies….”
Grumble.
“Can you do it?”
can do.
Because I was born from you.
(Continued in the next part)
