Episode 515
『I will call this [Souvenir Shop].
The last corner of the aquarium and where there is an exit. I know there is a souvenir shop in this location, so I’ll call it that, but it looks far from the souvenir shop I remember.
There are monsters hiding everywhere in the souvenir shop. There are many monsters that are out in the open. There are small monsters that can be held in one hand, and there are monsters that are too large to be covered with both arms. It seems that all the monsters that inhabit this aquarium have been reduced to the size of dolls and displayed in the souvenir shop.
The souvenir shop is very dark. There is no limit to the number of people entering, but if you enter blindly, you will be killed by the monster hiding in the dark. A way to temporarily brighten the darkness is to feed the monsters with the flesh of living people.
Let’s remember. It is the flesh of a living person. It is the flesh of a living person. It is the flesh of a living person. Flesh from someone who is already dead has no effect. It has to be ripped out alive. Alive. Use a knife. It will be in the kitchen. Kitchen
How to get back to the kitchen.
1. Remove the lock from the door handle.
2. Open the door.
3. Get a knife from the kitchen.
4. Find a living person.
5. Go to room 5.
6. Tie it.
7. Cut.
8. Throw.
9. Get visibility.
10. Avoid the monsters
11. Run away
12. Let’s go home
13. I am
14.
15.
16.
Monsters become excited when a person dies in a souvenir shop. If someone accidentally dies inside a souvenir shop, it is best not to enter the souvenir shop immediately afterwards.
Throw in the flesh of a living person. The excitement will subside and the darkness will lift. Then go in and find your way. Monsters do not move from one place. They make the way. If even one person leaves the souvenir shop and re-enters, the route changes. The level of darkness also returns.
Find your way. Satisfy your monster. They don’t move. Don’t touch me. Don’t look. Pass by. Just pass by. Find the way and find the door. get out. get out. Go out, go out, go out.
….
What was it?
I was suffocating and
scared
』
-Survivor’s Record 3-
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Song In-myeong looked around the inside of the souvenir shop and opened his mouth.
“So…”
He continued after clearing his mind.
“Is it some kind of maze?”
“I think it’s similar.”
“It’s really lame until the end.”
Song In-myeong was disgusted.
“I was so emotional in the early morning that I asked my ex, ‘Are you sleeping?’ “I’m not a crazy person who sends text messages… If you ask me, this is the final hurdle, so why should I be so strict?”
Since the souvenir shop and the exit are almost one body, it would be safe to say that 99% of you have escaped if you have come this far. When I actually checked out the souvenir shop, it wasn’t as easy as I thought.
‘Monsters are standing or hiding here and there in the souvenir shop, making paths.’
Judging by Lee Jae-heon’s reaction when he cut off his own wrist and threw it, it seemed like there were monsters hiding out of sight.
The visible monsters were the walls of the maze, so the invisible monsters were the true traps of this maze.
That wasn’t the only problem.
‘It’s a path made by living monsters, so if those bastards move their bodies as they please, the maze will be reset as well. What should I do if the maze changes in the middle of the way?…’
Unless someone in the souvenir shop crossed the threshold, the maze’s monster walls would not have changed, but Song In-myeong, who could not find any corresponding data, told us. I could only vaguely guess the danger that would come to me. He was assuming several worst-case scenarios.
Lee Jae-heon asked Song In-myeong, who was standing in front of the souvenir shop door and running an escape simulation.
“It looks like you went through the entrance last time.”
“…huh?”
“You don’t have any information about the exit.”
“Ah… right. I’ve never even set foot in a souvenir shop. I just need to keep my body healthy anyway, so why take the risk of dying? “If you think about it that way, I think it would be much easier to run away through the entrance.”
Lee Jae-heon, who was smiling with a calm face, didn’t seem to have any regrets about what Song In-myeong had done in the previous episode. Inspired by that, Song In-myeong continued speaking.
“The reason we didn’t immediately think of jumping through the entrance was because there was a large biological slime chasing us. “It was too much of a disadvantage to deal with people like Park Da-hoon or kindergarten students who had baggage… But it’s different when I’m alone.”
“I guess that monster isn’t that fast.”
“Oh, it wasn’t that fast. “It was a little scary that the strides he took every time he moved were long, but the movement itself was slow and he had no senses other than sight… It wasn’t at a level that I couldn’t shake off if I just ignored it and ran like hell.”
“okay.”
“….”
Song In-myeong, who was about to add something, just shrugged his shoulders.
‘He really doesn’t say anything.’
The fact that Song In-myeong ran away alone means that all other survivors were left to die or killed. He probably didn’t know that, but Jaeheon Lee was just smiling.
The thin smile he was making was a little unfamiliar.
‘If it were the Lee Jae-heon I knew, he would definitely have been angry…’
At the very least, he would have been annoyed or despised.
It was Lee Jae-heon who gave the order to Jeong Eun-woo, ‘If Park Da-young dies, leave the future decisions to Song In-myeong and, if possible, kill the kindergarten students.’ That’s true, but apart from that, Jaeheon Lee truly cared for the chicks.
So, if Lee Jae-heon was in a healthy state, he would definitely have been angry. And I must have blamed myself. They say he was out of his mind and gave such a terrible order.
“….”
Song In-myeong asked with the feeling of being stabbed in the side.
“…Are you mad?”
“…? no.”
“okay?”
Lee Jae-heon’s eyes widened as he looked at Song In-myeong.
“If you are anxious because the survivors have died, there is no need to be. “If there is a problem with the entire team, it is my problem as the person in charge.”
“Why are you in charge?”
“Because I am the captain….”
“Captain?”
“ah.”
Jaeheon Lee slowly wiped the corners of his mouth and spoke.
“It was a mistake.”
“….”
“Not now. that’s right. “Not now.”
Song In-myeong quietly rolled his eyes at that sight.
‘…This….’
Is this an opportunity?
A thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘Isn’t this a chance to hear Lee Jae-heon’s old stories?’
Song In-myeong liked Lee Jae-heon’s self-sacrifice. And through that, I became close with Lee Jae-heon.
It was the first time in my life that I saw the other person as a human being rather than just material, so Song In-myeong was clumsy in dealing with Lee Jae-heon. The fact that there was a lot of hate in the past also contributed to the awkwardness. Therefore, Song In-myeong did not have the opportunity to hear directly about Lee Jae-heon’s deep circumstances.
“Hmm…”
If I poke at it a little, wouldn’t it come out a little better? With that in mind, Song In-myeong looked at Lee Jae-heon.
“….”
“Is there something you want to ask?”
“…Nothing special.”
I was willing to accept it because it opened the water first.
“I guess people used to call you ‘Captain’?”
Lee Jae-heon blinked as if remembering something.
“…you’re right. “Because I was the captain.”
“Oh really? “Then should we call you captain too?”
“You may do so if you wish, but my role is now complete, so there is no need.”
“What is your role?”
“It’s just a role. “A role that only ends when I die.”
“…?”
Song In-myeong asked, frowning at the Zen-like conversation.
“…You’re still alive? If the role ends only after death…”
“Am I not dead yet?”
“…As far as I know is?”
“That’s a big deal.”
Jaeheon Lee let out a low, frivolous laugh.
“The chicks won’t like it.”
Song In-myeong kept his mouth shut as he saw something both funny and cute.
“….”
“Are you finished chatting?”
“…uh.”
It was strangely bitter.
‘…I feel like the Lee Jae-heon I remember is broken….’
The Lee Jae-heon that Song In-myeong knew was a rough and nervous person.
He is the youngest member of the Idang Group and the head of the Ohseong Planning Department. He has an old-fashioned temperament and a slightly clumsy side.
The person I first saw in the green park. I know the other person and the other person knows me. I am referring to Lee Jae-heon, who left traces of sharing the same time together.
“….”
I don’t think I’ll just like this because it’s bullshit.
‘I feel strangely bad.’
Whether you liked it or not, what would it feel like if the puzzle you had worked so hard to build fell apart before it was completed?
To Lee Jae-heon now, the traces that Song In-myeong knew had completely disappeared, and all he could see were traces that he did not know. Lee Jae-heon, who lost half of his memory and became insane, seemed to be living in the past.
And in that past, no trace of the present, including Song In-myeong, remained.
Wasn’t even Lee Jae-heon’s ‘chick’ whom he cherished so much replaced by people Song In-myeong had never seen before?
‘If more bastards see this, it could become a troublesome problem.’
I can assure you that the ‘chicks’ involved were certainly not happy about this situation. Because the chicks that Lee Jae-heon now cherishes and loves have been replaced with people they don’t know at all.
“…Shall I go in first?”
When I spoke to overcome the awkwardness, Jaeheon Lee’s eyes widened.
“oh.”
“…oh?”
“That’s amazing.”
Then he stretched out his hand and placed it on Song In-myeong’s head.
“….”
…What are you putting on someone’s head?
“kind.”
“….”
“You can’t get hurt, right? Captain, you don’t have any healing abilities. “If it breaks, you’re the only one who suffers.”
“…Uh….”
“Good.”
Although the ‘uh’ was not an ‘uh’ meaning ‘understanding’, Lee Jae-heon just smiled and stroked Song In-myeong’s head. It was strangely like petting a dog, but there was nothing unpleasant about it.
It was confusing.
“…???”
What is this?
“Take care~”
Lee Jae-heon gently waved his hand and Song In-myeong entered the souvenir shop.
“….”
Standing blankly in the darkness of the souvenir shop, Song In-myeong blinked.
“…What is it really?”
It was shock, destruction and chaos itself.
At this age, when did serial killer Song In-myeong ever get patted on the head by someone in the first place? Song In-myeong felt his brilliant brain become numb due to the huge cognitive dissonance that came upon him.
‘Did you stroke it? my head? Lee Jae-heon…?’
Wow, every word was truly foreign.
“Wow, I’m getting goosebumps.”
Song In-myeong, who was struggling somewhere between feelings of rejection and pride, heard Lee Jae-heon’s voice.
“Is there a problem?”
“No, there is not. doesn’t exist. “I don’t have one… so please don’t ask nicely.”
“okay?”
“Uh oh….”
Song In-myeong found himself humbled in an instant. I was stunned by the completely unexpected situation.
‘Oh my god, people can get discouraged by something like this.’
It was truly amazing.
In the meantime, I thought, ‘If I were a chick, I wouldn’t have tried to send scouts like this,’ and I felt even more excited. After only being petted once, everything felt sad and miserable.
‘Let’s fucking calm down.’
I decided to slowly analyze this crazy situation later, and now was the time to overcome the crazy reality that was right in front of me.
Song In-myeong took a deep breath of his own accord.
Song In-myeong’s eyes became calmer and he saw a dark souvenir shop.
“…So the goal now….”
is to see if there are any benefits that can be received through the guidance of Lee Jae-heon, who has collected all the stamps.
“….”
“Do you see a counter where I can receive my prize?”
“Uh… I can see the sign. “There are monsters like employees.”
“Where exactly is it?”
“Right next to the exit.”
“Exit.”
Jaeheon Lee spoke in an ambiguous voice, unable to tell whether he was angry or laughing.
“It’s hard to make a living.”
“…I guess that’s been your habit since a long time ago?”
“yes?”
“No, nothing.”
Even if you say ‘since a long time ago’ to Lee Jae-heon, who doesn’t even know how old he is right now, it won’t make much sense. Song In-myeong, who was vaguely confused, looked at the road again.
‘I guess I wasn’t mistaken.’
I’m not sure because it’s hard to tell with the naked eye because of the monster wall, but I think I can see a sign that says ‘exit’ and ‘counter’ next to it at the far end of the wall. A longari employee wearing a fish doll mask, who seemed to be guarding the place, was watching Song In-myeong at the window.
‘No… is it a real fish, not a doll mask?’
It looked to be about 3 meters tall, much taller than the average adult male, but it was easy to see because it was taller than the monster wall restricting traffic. It had to be out of sight to avoid coming in.
“…Yeah, that’s right.”
Song In-myeong muttered softly and let out a deep sigh.
So it doesn’t mean you have to go over there to get a product or something.
(Continued in the next part)
