Chapter 88

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Translated by Sylph

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… The extreme horror experience groups, surprisingly… bundled the number of people with a common-sense configuration.

“We just need to divide into two, two, and three.”
“Whew…”

The complexions of the cowards improved at the word that they weren’t alone for now. Especially Kim Raebin.

“T-Then… how should we divide?”
“I want to go with Chungwoo-hyung!”
“Me too!”

And Ryu Chungwoo’s value began to soar suddenly.

‘… Certainly, he’s particularly reliable in this field.’

Ryu Chungwoo glanced around, then spoke with a hearty laugh.

“Haha, then including me… um, shall the three of us, Raebin, Moondae, and I, go like this?”
“Thank you!”
“Hey~ Then it’s not fun! Chungwoo-hyung님 must be in a 2-person group for it to be fun!”

Big Sejin began to throw cold water on the already finished plan.

‘That son of a…’

I thought his being scared after watching a horror movie was indeed just for the concept.

“Hmm, is that so?”
“Of course!”

… And because Ryu Chungwoo was persuaded by Big Sejin, it became a configuration where the person who won the last round of rock-paper-scissors would designate all the groups.

“Ooh~ It turned out like this.”
‘Damn it.’

It was the most nonsensical thing that Big Sejin survived to the end there.

‘Usually, isn’t the person who said it the one who fails?’

Big Sejin smirked and organized the groups in an instant.

So I…

“Uwaaaaah!!”
“Get out! Get out!”

Ended up exploring the haunted house with the crazy combination of Big Sejin and Cha Yujin.

It was a combination where my eardrums seemed likely to burst first before we even went out…

I barely managed to ask Cha Yujin.

“… You weren’t scared of horror movies.”

I thought he wasn’t scared of ghosts and was only weak against disgusting things. But Cha Yujin was leaping with every step as if he were stepping on a frog alive.

“Watching is okay! The real thing is hate! Only fakes are okay!”
“…”

‘In a sense, isn’t this also completely fake…’

But since this wasn’t a matter that could be persuaded… I moved on.

Instead, I asked Big Sejin.

“Why the hell did you pick me?”
“Well, shall we call it the call of conscience? My inner cry that it wouldn’t be fair to take a strong heart along when I want to be in a 3-person group?”
“…”
“So I decided to show the brilliant overcoming of the three scaredy-cats!”

He was talking nonsense.

… Hmm, I couldn’t forget that there was a camera attached to my forehead.

“… First, let’s move.”
“Right. Let’s do that~”
“We must go quickly…”

… I should have thought about the shortest distance.

“But Moondae-ya, where do you think the ‘suspicious omen’ would be?”
“…”

That was also a problem.

There was a mission each group had to perform in this ‘Invitation of the Haunted House,’ which was to discover a ‘suspicious omen’ and take a photo of it. At least one!

“They said they’ll give a gift if we find many of those and take photos! Let’s also try exploring and challenging it!”
“… That’s good!”

Whether even Cha Yujin was hooked on the gift and exploration keywords, he began to show bravado. There was no answer.

“… Then, first, let’s pass through the corridor and enter through the smallest door.”
“Oh?”

Because a staff member would likely be waiting in the largest and most conspicuous room…!

“Usually, they hide such things. I think we should look from the ones that aren’t conspicuous.”
“Wow, that’s a good idea~ Well then, is the idea provider leading the way?”
“…”

I really wanted to quit.

But since it was true that the very front was better than the very back, I stood at the front with the feeling of choosing the lesser evil.

“Okay.”
“Wow~ So cool! Since I’m scared, I’ll go at the very back~”

Still, whether he didn’t want to make the bad move of putting Cha Yujin at the very back, Big Sejin went to the very back on his own. His firm determination to pull out reaction screentime was visible.

“Now, then, departure!”
“Departure!”
“…”

I slowly moved my steps in the corridor. Inside the dark wooden building, a musty smell of mold pierced my nose.

“Moondae-ya! Blood over there!”
“……!!”

I almost cursed. I only turned my head and replied with gritted teeth.

“Don’t scream…!”

Big Sejin obediently made a sorry face.

“I understand, s-sorry-ack?!”
“Uwaaaaah!!”
“……?!”

… I turned my head forward.

There was a woman. She was in a servant’s outfit that one would only wear in a movie set 50 years ago.

But she had no feet.

And she had no eyes.

She was just drenched in blood.

“… Gyaaaaaaaak!!!”
“Heueueueu-ah!! Run away!”

… While running into the side room with the guys who were screaming, I realized that this group was already ruined.

* * *

“…”

When we came out, the sun was setting.

It meant it took an hour to get out of that crazy haunted house.

‘It was a 25-minute course.’

I didn’t even have a sense of how embarrassingly it would come out on broadcast…

“… My throat hurts.”
“You too? Me too.”

The two guys who had screamed their hearts out received ionic drinks from the production crew and were drinking them crazily.

Of course, Big Sejin was a guy who screamed half for fun, so it was his own doing and his own karma.

Seon Ahyun, whether he was concerned about the ragtag bunch who used twice the expected time, initiated a conversation.

For reference, the duo of Seon Ahyun and Lee Sejin found the exit and came out in 20 minutes after taking three photos.

… Realization hit me in many ways.

“W-Were you okay?”
“… Well. Just.”

This was indeed an experience where I couldn’t understand why people would pay money to do it.

‘No, even if I get paid.’

If I were getting about the minimum wage, I wouldn’t have wanted to enter again.

“Moondae suffered~ Hey, thanks.”
“Thank you!”

Since it was all filmed on camera, there was no preposterous act of claiming he hard-carried. I nodded slowly.

Still, since we came out after taking photos, it was a much better situation than having run away.

“Whew…”
“We’re back.”

When the last team, Ryu Chungwoo and Kim Raebin, returned in 35 minutes, the PD began to speak again.

“You’ve worked hard~ Now you must have dinner!”
“By any chance… is dinner also extreme?”
“Of course!”
“Eueueueuk.”

If there were no cameras, a riot would have broken out, but because there were cameras, only lamenting reactions were rampant.

“Extreme~ roasted whole pig!”
“Heueueueuk!!”
“Whole pig!”

Fortunately, the production crew didn’t seem to lack sense, as they seemed to know it was time to let us loose at this point.

Before long, a suckling pig whole barbecue began to turn over the fire in the vacant lot next to the haunted house.

‘It’s already all roasted.’

Judging by the fire power, that campfire-like thing seemed to be for the purpose of keeping the meat piping hot.

Anyway, most of the members were happy at the overwhelming visual. Except for Kim Raebin, who still seemed to have lost his soul.

“We will eat well~”
“Thank you!”

It wasn’t as overwhelming a taste as it looked, but the meat was delicious, as always.

* * *

The gift we received for the photos taken in the haunted house… was animal pajamas.

‘Another set has been added like this.’

Even adding only the ones received as gifts, they exceeded five sets.

Anyway, seeing that they gave 7 sets, it effectively meant they wanted all the members to sleep in these during the reality trip.

‘It’s not difficult.’

So at 8 PM, TeSTAR sitting in the pension living room was all dressed in animal pajamas.

“The three cowardly people did well, so we’re wearing them together.”
“I like it.”
“I-It’s cute and good.”

Watching the guys who were talking hard just in case it was a PPL, I thought they had already become complete broadcasters.

Anyway, from now on until bedtime, it was entirely free time.

However, it naturally didn’t mean to do whatever we really wanted to do freely.

‘It means please pull out one content autonomously.’

Well… whether we play a karaoke game, a board game, or if not that, write heartfelt letters to each other, it meant please do something as if we’re doing it comfortably.

“Hee~ We’re bored, shall we try a truth game?”

Like that.

“T-Truth game?”
“Yeah. I saw earlier that there was also a lie detector.”
“Really? That’s good.”

But there, Kim Raebin, who was pondering something, cut in.

“Hmm, since we spent the daytime playing for once, how about we try some productive activity in the evening?”

At the ominous keyword, the members snapped to attention.

“Productive…?”
“Raebin-ya, is it by any chance a story about making something…?”
“Yes!”
“…”

A short silence flowed for a moment.

But, unexpectedly, Lee Sejin tossed out a word.

“… What do you want to make.”
“Ah, it’s a new song.”
“…!? What?”
“N-New song?”
“Yes. Actually, there’s a song I worked on recently! Just in case, I also packed portable recording equipment.”

Kim Raebin excitedly brought his bag.

“…”

At that moment, everyone stepped forward to desperately stop Kim Raebin.

“A-hem, Raebin-ya! This could be a spoiler if you’re not careful~”
“Right. And I think it would be good to start such a thing after wrapping up this activity.”
“…? Is that so?”

Kim Raebin put down his smartphone with a flustered face. It was a face that didn’t expect this reaction at all.

‘… That guy lacks social skills, but he’s not an idiot.’

Shall I try to match the gears?

“The new song isn’t the target for the next album title.”
“Ah, yes!”

Kim Raebin had a face as if he finally got the point.

“What I made is for a fan song!”
“…… Ah!”

A move that couldn’t be countered appeared.

If a reaction like ‘That’s a bit…’ had come out here, we could have been hit by subtle editing as if we didn’t want to make a song for the fans.

Of course, it wasn’t the production crew’s editing then. It referred to the editing of the attention-seekers.

[Scene talked about in TeSTAR’s reality show today]
[TeSTAR’s remarks that divide between ‘It’s okay’ VS ‘It’s a bit much’]

… I could already see clearly that popular posts would occupy the communities in this way.

Fortunately, Big Sejin immediately opened his mouth.

“A fan song is so good? I really wanted to try making one!”

Let’s provide support fire.

“It’ll be fun. The timing is also right now.”
“… It should be okay.”
“I-I think it’ll be good.”

At the sudden change in attitude, Kim Raebin just wore a proud expression.

“Thank you…!”

It certainly wasn’t intentional, but it was the only scene I had seen where Kim Raebin won through politics.

* * *

On a leisurely weekday afternoon, TeSTAR’s fans were having a good time reviewing the content that poured out during the activity period.

– Among the music video interpretations on WeTube, this one seems the best (Link)
– The magic boy reaction video of classical musicians is out!
– Can someone tell me which music show the high-five in red varsity jackets was from? ㅠㅠ
└ Music Bomb last week!
└ Gasp, thank you ㅠㅠ

After winning first place over VTIC on Music Gayo, attention-seekers who tried to start a fight with VTIC fans ran wild, but it didn’t spread into a big problem.

Anyway, it was after VTIC had finished their domestic activities, so there was an element that the fandom there also reasonably overlooked.

Thanks to that, TeSTAR’s fans, who were spending a relatively peaceful time, received one SNS notification.

It was TeSTAR’s account.

‘Who is it?’

Because the members visited quite often, the fans clicked the notification just happily without much tension.

[Please accept my heart (WeTube Link)]

‘Accept the heart?’
‘……??’
‘Dating… it’s not related to dating, right?’

Fans clicked the link with half worry and half confusion.

And they checked the thumbnail of 7 people wearing animal pajamas.

‘……!!’