Chapter 14 Part 2: And the performance has begun

Orchestra. A large-scale performance involving at least 50 and up to 120 people.

In other words.

I’m f*cked.

And the Performance Began.

<Exploration Record 1st>

Employee ‘Hyun-soo’ and new employee ‘Park Young-ji’ were deployed after receiving invitations to this ghost story.

When they entered the ghost story, they didn’t see any other personnel besides themselves.

And the announcement was broadcast.

【The performance that will take place today is ‘Pansori’. The performers who are applicable, please come to K-2 room.】

Along with the words that Pansori would begin, faceless figures approached us.

They showed us considerable courtesy. (Of course, I couldn’t understand what the staff were saying.)

It seemed like Park Young-ji was very excited because this was her first deployment mission, and her face seemed to be very tense.

Hyun-soo also didn’t dislike her atmosphere.

And the point where the steps ended.

It was K-2 room.

A few minutes later, the performance began successfully.

The cheerful sound of a man’s janggu.

A woman’s voice that touches the heart.

The performance, where all performances were successfully completed, ended like that, and with the curtain call.

The two returned to the agency.

Result: All dead / [Censored]

Cause of death: Employee Hyun-soo’s whole body was [censored], like the traditional percussion instrument ‘janggu’.

The body parts that were scattered next to it were identified as belonging to employee Park Young-ji as a result of DNA testing. (Her vocal cords, which seemed to have been forcibly torn out by someone, were found on the floor.)

The lesson you can learn here is.

Never follow strangers.

Just the unpleasant memory that flashed through my head made it easy to infer why this ghost story sent invitations to us.

All those who received the invitation were called to be used as instruments for the performance.

The process was not described in detail as [censored], but I think I know without having to imagine it.

I’m already feeling sick.

As seen in the exploration, the type of performance that took place at that time was ‘Pansori’, so invitations were distributed to only two people.

But the type of performance that will take place this time is.

-Orchestra.

I didn’t think that people might be gathered in other places, not in the main banquet hall where Park Yeon-jung himself is currently standing.

All the good things I said about it being E-grade? Cancel it all.

E-grade my ass!

From now on, this ghost story will change from E-grade to B-grade.

The GRA poured a lot of attention into this ghost story as soon as they checked the first exploration record.

They probably made that decision after seeing the bizarre appearance of the employees who returned.

But.

Contrary to the great interest.

The reality of the ghost story that was carried out after that was not even a difficult strategy.

Including the staff guys who are surprisingly easy to subdue.

Because it was a structure that could be escaped so easily by passing through the door marked with the ‘Emergency Exit’ despite the fairly large scale.

After several explorations showed the same results.

The GRA agency said that the grade of this ghost story should not be raised.

It was considered a ghost story that was not very special, to the point where jokes were made about lowering it to a lower grade.

Park Yeon-jung also thought that the time he entered was that point.

Until I heard the word ‘orchestra’ just now.

Exactly at the time of exploration 66.

The worst incident ever happens.

/And the Performance Began.

<Exploration Record 66>

A new anomaly was discovered in the announcement that had been continuing small-scale performances until now.

Estimated exploration personnel: about 50 people.

【The performance that will take place today is ‘orchestra’………

……

.]

Result: 1 survivor All dead / For the melody.

Cause of death: It’s just an act to convey a beautiful melody to the audience. The impure expression of death is wrong. They are

*Further access to the data is prohibited.

*Restricted access to ranks above section chief.

*The grade change of this ghost story has been decided to be permanently omitted.

This ghost story.

It’s a very selfish, stubborn guy.

A guy whose difficulty level changes every moment, and who cannot find any backbone.

Therefore, it is one of the few cases where the agency has permanently omitted the grade measurement.

And I’m now.

In front of the glory of that 66th, I unfortunately set foot in this ghost story at the worst moment.

F*ck.

There’s never an easy day.

If this happens, all plans have been disrupted.

I can’t get out of here anymore.

The act of finding an emergency exit and escaping is now as good as nothing.

Until now, the reason why the ghost story guy was doing small-scale performances.

It’s because no important guests have come.

A very small performance where there is no big impact even if the performance is canceled.

That’s why he allowed escape.

He was tolerating it even though he knew.

But.

The situation is different now.

The meaning of holding a large performance like an orchestra.

It means that a guest who has to pay considerable attention has come to the current banquet hall.

He will definitely try to hold the performance.

There’s no way he’ll allow escape.

From now on, escaping from here is not the correct answer.

It’s the wrong answer.

I have to move to end this performance as soon as possible.

And I must never be caught by them.

The conductor who will perform the performance must not be given an instrument.

‘No!’

Thud!

!!!

Park Yeon-jung instinctively sped up.

Even faster than when he was chased by those bear doll guys, even faster than when he struggled to escape from that ghost story kid.

Faster.

I had to stop it no matter what.

Towards the others who, unlike me, may not be aware of the danger of the current situation.

When the trembling, rough breathing stopped.

As expected.

I witnessed some people dressed in black suits leading civilians towards the door marked with the emergency exit sign.

“No!!”

I shouted desperately, swallowing my rough breath.

The moment you open that door.

It’s over.

I made eye contact with a person dressed in a black suit. I thought I could explain it gradually when I met them.

“

Where’s the sound.!!”

“Ru, run!!”

“The civilians first! Quickly!!”

What?

Suddenly, people start running even harder.

I thought something was chasing me from behind, so I turned around in surprise.

‘……Ah, there’s no one?’

There was no one.

I couldn’t see any staff chasing me.

I wondered what these people were running away from so desperately.

……No! Now is not the time for this!’

I turned my gaze back, but.

Creepy.

It was already too late.

“No! Get out of there right now!”

I shouted again.

But my voice, which was getting closer again, made the civilians walk faster, and some of the men in black suits started to take out the items given to them by the agency.

‘Are you, kidding me?’

Are you crazy?

Don’t you know it’s a felony to swing an item at a civilian?

It must be a newbie.

Otherwise.

They wouldn’t have committed such an atrocity of taking out an item against a civilian like me.

But…………Look straight ahead, you people!

“That’s not an exit, you idiots!”

Only after mixing curses did one of the agency guys who felt something strange checked the place where the emergency exit sign had been.

ROOM

It changed.

“…Wait, here!”

Only then did the agency guys, with pale faces, look at the civilians they had sent into the room first under the pretext of protection.

Screech

Screech screech screech-

Crack-

Along with the numerous screams that sounded acrobatic, they clearly witnessed with their own eyes how people were transformed into musical instruments.

Ugh!”

Some agency guys collapsed on the spot, and some even vomited while watching the scene.

But now, even that time to face such fear is a waste.

“Get away from there right now!”

I decided that there was no reason to be polite anymore, and I had to reduce the act of increasing the number of instruments for them any further.

Grab!

“D, don’t come! You monster!”

I’m fed up with the stupid new employee who is still out of his mind and holding up a sword-type item to me.

At this rate, everyone might be annihilated here.

Strong measures were needed.

“Yeah, then do whatever you want.”

“If you want to become their instrument that much, do whatever you want.. you stupid agency guys who don’t even understand what I’m trying to help you with.”

!!!”

If it’s a normal civilian, they won’t know.

Mention of the agency.

I cursed at the agency guys while hiding my rough breathing as much as possible.

Half of it was sincere.

Some of them glared at me as if they were about to rush at me at any moment beyond caution at my provocation.

But some quick-witted guys.

“Everyone.”

One person who seems to be able to rotate his brain quickly in the current situation, 정리해 나아갔다.

“Team R will, as of now. Follow this guy and start the exploration.”

“Yes?! But this guy is…….”

“Even if you don’t follow my instructions. I won’t report it to the higher-ups. However, if you can get out of here on your own, do whatever you want.”

A calm man who can properly use his power in his words.

Park Yeon-jung’s gaze is not elsewhere.

He’s wearing the same black suit, but the red armband on his forearm caught my eye.

‘…This man.’

He’s a section chief.

A person who is good at grasping the situation, unlike others. And if it’s ‘Team R’, I could specify a middle-aged man who holds the only section chief position in Team R in the <Ghost Story Record Repository>.

/GRA Employee

Position: Section Chief.

Title: The only normal person.

A person with considerable charisma and a lot of exploration experience at the GRA. (The fact that he survived is proof of his strength.)

Unlike other section chiefs, he does not possess ‘named items’.

But he is a talented man who achieves more than the average. (Because of that, he is often employed as a support character in many ghost story exploration records that have not yet been conquered.)

*Choi Kang-in also knows that the agency is using him a lot, but he is suppressing his anger with financial therapy that is higher than others.

Meeting a quasi-named person.

Originally, most of the named characters appearing in the <Ghost Story Record Repository> are missing a screw somewhere.

But.

Choi Kang-in is different.

As already stated on the site, the person named ‘Choi Kang-in’ is a man with the title of the only ‘normal person’ in a crazy world.

I’m lucky.

With this person, I might be able to do it.

I might be able to survive and return.

Choi Kang-in is a person who has his name specified in numerous ghost story explorations and has a lot of work, but there was no description of him dying anywhere.

Choi Kang-in maintained a wary look at me and was moving his body steadily.

“Contact with headquarters?”

“Communication has not been established since earlier.”

“Keep checking the communication network with headquarters. The rest of the personnel should prioritize the protection of civilians.”

“

…What do you plan to do, Section Chief?”

At the question of one employee, Choi Kang-in met my eyes again. And when he closed his two eyes tightly as if he had given up, he spoke again.

“

From now on, we will move according to ‘this guy’. If any minor changes are detected, report them immediately.”

“…………..Are you serious. Section Chief, that guy is.”

…The responsibility, I will take it.”

Wait a minute.

Is ‘this guy’ referring to me?

No, isn’t the way you refer to a person as this guy or that guy rude when you have them in front of you?

I feel like you think I’m a ghost story. Section Chief Choi Kang-in?

But the strange unpleasantness that I couldn’t wash away from before.

Unlike other civilians, there seems to be a lot of agency guys who are acting like they don’t like my treatment.

I don’t have time to ask in detail because the situation is urgent.

Park Yeon-jung frowned without realizing it and said in a strong tone.

“I’m going. Only those who have a proper mind should follow. Hangers-on are a nuisance…………………sir.”

I accidentally swore at the agency guys in a fit of anger.

At the end, Park Yeon-jung mixed in honorifics as he sensed danger, but the switch was too much.

Anyway, let’s be careful in the future.

If all of Team R attacks me with the items I have, I’ll die, so.

Step.

I took the first step, wondering if someone would attack me.

“!!! Don’t fall behind!”

“Yes!”

“Yes!!”

Choi Kang-in started to follow me in a hurry after I left.

…Fortunately, it wasn’t a step to hit me in the back of the head, so I sighed in relief.

I took out a long box from inside the employee ID card and held the lighter tightly in my other hand.

The number of Tastes of Death is only 3.

My life depends on these 3 incense sticks.

And the announcement that rang in unison.

【There are 15 minutes left until the start of the first rehearsal.】

[If there are any visitors who have lost their way, don’t worry. Our competent staff will go find you.]

【So stand still in that place………don’t move and stop all physical activity. Not breathing also helps the staff find you. But please refrain from taking your own life.】

【…………Because the guests prefer a living, original melody (scream).】