Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 123

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Chapter 123

 

Hide and seek.

 

A simple game where one person becomes “it” and finds the hidden people.

 

However, the person chosen as “it” must approach the game with the heavy responsibility of finding as many hidden people as possible.

 

…And conversely, the key for those hiding is to hide well and avoid being caught by “it”.

 

While feeling the thrilling excitement of someone chasing after them.

 

However, here is one child who seems rather indifferent, as if such thrills don’t matter much to them.

 

“But why do we keep running? Shouldn’t we be hiding?”

 

Nam Tae-jae looked up at his friends running around frantically and the teacher calmly following alongside them.

 

“Turtle Teacher.”

 

The Turtle Class Teacher, Park I-deun, answered the question with a mischievous smile.

 

“Until we find the best place to hide our bodies?”

 

“…Where would that be.”

 

They had already climbed from the 1st Floor to the 3rd Floor.

 

The kids said the 1st Floor and 2nd Floor would be found too quickly, so he ended up following them to the 3rd Floor…

 

If he had known this would happen, he should have followed the twins.

 

He slightly regretted not following the twins and Seal Teacher who had quickly separated on the 2nd Floor.

 

-We absolutely can’t get caught! Lee Seo-ra, how about the 2nd Floor?

 

-Lee Seo-ro, the 2nd Floor is good!

 

-Seo-ro, Seo-ra… Hide Teacher too.

 

Nam Tae-jae stared blankly at the backs of his friends’ heads as they ran with all their might in front of him.

 

Baek Cheonji and Nabi.

 

Plus himself and the Turtle Class Teacher.

 

‘With so many people, is there really a place where we can all hide?’

 

Moreover, since they were all moving around together, the fun of hide-and-seek was rather diminished, and the fluorescent lights in the hallway that were as bright as daylight made all the tension disappear.

 

Nam Tae-jae unconsciously let out a yawn.

 

‘I just… want to sleep.’

 

While fighting off drowsiness and listening to his friends argue about which place would be the most optimal between the 3rd floor classrooms and storage rooms…

 

“How about our class classroom?”

 

“We’ll get caught right away! No good!”

 

“Hmm… Then, how about the storage room?”

 

“Wouldn’t that be too dangerous? Children?”

 

Flicker. Flicker.

 

“Huh?”

 

Suddenly, all the fluorescent lights that had been brightly illuminating the hallway began flickering rapidly.

 

-Crackle.

 

Then, the sound of sparks flying was briefly heard and soon… all the lights went out.

 

“Huh?”

 

The sudden blackout.

 

Teacher Turtle immediately took out her mobile phone and seemed to have a brief conversation with someone.

 

“Yes yes, okay. Got it~”

 

Then, after a moment, she looked at him and his friends and said this.

 

“It seems like the electricity suddenly went out. It’ll be bright again soon, so our children don’t need to worry~”

 

“This seems more fun…!”

 

“Right! Right! Where should we hide? Where? Where?”

 

“I knew this would happen~”

 

Nam Tae-jae shook his head as he watched Teacher putting away her mobile phone with a pleased smile.

 

‘Not very mature.’

 

However… Nam Tae-jae also felt that his emotions had changed a little since the sudden power outage.

 

The drowsiness that had been creeping up on him was completely gone, and his heart was pounding.

 

Surprisingly, he was starting to feel a little… excited.

 

Meanwhile, Park I-deun’s way of adding ‘settings’ to everything ignited the child’s heart.

 

“Darkness has come. Now, the appearance of the seeker might have changed a little.”

 

For the older class Children who knew how to enjoy thrills, she added a bit of eeriness to match their taste.

 

“When night falls, the werewolf that transforms… Do our Children friends know about this?”

 

“No… Is it sc-scary?”

 

“A wolf that’s human? Wow! I want to be friends with them!”

 

Nam Tae-jae silently shook his head.

 

‘…I don’t know about that.’

 

Gulp.

 

“It’s okay, it’s okay. You can learn about it from now on. A werewolf is a monster that transforms from human to wolf when the full moon rises.”

 

-Awoooooo~!!

 

He had the illusion of hearing wolf howls in his ears.

 

“But, very rarely, very~ rarely. Sometimes they transform into wolves even when the full moon isn’t up. Just like when sudden darkness comes like this.”

 

Everyone here knew that the current situation was due to a temporary power outage, but that fact was no longer important.

 

“Now, we must run to escape the monster chasing us. If we get caught… we might get eaten.”

 

Thump thump.

 

Thump thump!

 

That’s right, for Nam Tae-jae who had mastered all sorts of TV programs from dramas to morning shows following Grandmother around, it was hard to immerse himself in situations unless they had decent background and narrative.

 

But… isn’t this too interesting a background?

 

‘Survive while avoiding werewolves!’

 

That’s when it started.

 

Nam Tae-jae began enthusiastically engaging in hide-and-seek.

 

“There’s no good place to hide here!”

 

“There isn’t! Then where should we hide?”

 

“How about the tent in Seal Class?”

 

He even went so far as to directly suggest good places to hide their bodies.

 

“Good!”

 

“Let’s go!”

 

And so the urgent footsteps began again.

 

“Hide!”

 

“Run away! If we get caught, it’s over!”

 

Swift movement heading toward Seal Class.

 

Even in the midst of this, their conversation immersed in the situation never ceased.

 

“This way, let’s hide. Hurry and get in.”

 

“Yes yes! Nabi, come this way!”

 

“Okay! But… do we die if we get caught?”

 

Finally, it was the moment they were about to enter the air raid shelter (called that but read as tent) in Seal Class.

 

-Crack.

 

“…?”

 

Nam Tae-jae turned his head at the small noise coming from behind.

 

Nabi, who had been following well… was tightly gripping something with a large black hand that protruded from her back.

 

“It was about to go ‘thud’ on the floor, so I tried to catch it…”

 

It looked like a White Airplane Toy.

 

What was unusual was that it had four wings with something like a Propeller attached under each one.

 

Not knowing what to do, Nam Tae-jae took what Nabi was handing to him.

 

“I broke it a little here…”

 

“It’s okay.”

 

“…Really?”

 

“Yeah, we can apologize to the owner together later.”

 

“Yeah! Hehe.”

 

‘Hiding is what’s important for now.’

 

Nam Tae-jae quickly took Nabi’s hand and entered the Air Raid Shelter.

 

There were a total of 3 Air Raid Shelters in Seal Class.

 

They entered one of them, but since they didn’t overlap with other people, there was no one inside.

 

“There’s no one here.”

 

Cheonji and Teacher Turtle seemed to have entered the Air Raid Shelter next to them.

 

“That’s right! It’s spacious!”

 

He found a spot inside and comfortably sat cross-legged.

 

“Phew…”

 

Then he absentmindedly placed the white airplane he had brought with him slowly on the floor.

 

Looking at it quietly as if observing a fascinating toy…

 

“What’s this? It has a Camera attached?”

 

A red light came on at the head of the Drone and something that looked like a camera lens began to rotate.

 

‘It looks exactly like the one on Grandmother’s mobile phone.’

 

A Camera on a Drone.

 

“Wow.”

 

“Wow. But what is this? Is it something amazing?”

 

Nam Tae-jae leaned his face closer to examine it more closely.

 

“Nabi, look here. It has a Propeller too. Maybe… it’s like a small Drone.”

 

“…Ooh.”

 

“But it has a Camera too? Who is this filming? Could it be… us?”

 

“We’re being chased by a werewolf right now!”

 

“That’s right…”

 

Thinking about it carefully, I’ve seen something like this before.

 

On the program ‘Am I a Natural Person’ that Grandmother loves to watch, they would fly small drones like this to film the Mountain.

 

Are they really trying to film us?

 

…That must be it.

 

Otherwise, there’s no reason for such a Drone to appear at the Kindergarten.

 

Having become convinced of this, Nam Tae-jae looked at the Camera and spoke seriously.

 

“Hello. We’re being chased by a monster right now. They say it’s over if we get caught by the tagger.”

 

Using it as a way to convey his situation.

 

“But it’s okay. Our Grandmother said that ghosts who died from eating have good complexions.”

 

It was the result of a pure child’s over-immersion.

 

***

 

I’m now looking at my mobile phone screen in the middle of the Dark Corridor.

 

Messages that keep updating continuously.

 

-A power outage? OK, we’re already hidden~

 

-Ah… So it was a power outage. I’m with the twins. I’ll just stay still.

 

-Won-gang and Da-yeong don’t seem very motivated. I’ll also just stay hidden quietly.

 

And among them, the very last message that came was…

 

-Awesome. The thrill has doubled, right? It’s a power outage, right? There’s a way to know everything. I’ll watch the Kids. Please maintain the same thrill as now~

 

Park I-deun.

 

‘…Well, since everyone’s safe, maybe this is more fun.’

 

I hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly closed the Circuit Breaker cover.

 

The company said the power would be restored within an hour… So let’s continue with hide-and-seek for now.

 

And so we ended up playing hide-and-seek in pitch darkness.

 

‘But… it’s obvious, but why is this so easy.’

 

“Hide well, don’t let your hair show… Found you!”

 

Just 10 minutes after starting, I’d already caught 3 teams.

 

“Ah! I got caught!”

 

“Ahhh! Lee Seo-ra got caught!”

 

“…You’re, you’re fast.”

 

“I was pretty good at hide-and-seek back in the day.”

 

Both Yu Jin-chae and Kang Sa-gwa had settled down appropriately on the 1st Floor and were enjoying hide-and-seek while having gentle conversations with the Children.

 

So the two teams that were caught without much difficulty were quickly sent back to where the Principal was.

 

The twins and Kwon Hae-seong who were hiding in the empty classroom on the 2nd floor were right next to the door, so they could be easily found if you just looked carefully.

 

It seemed like they were going for the ‘darkest place is under the lamp’ strategy, but anyway, it was a complete failure.

 

“For now, please go down to the 1st floor. Oh, the lights will automatically turn on in an hour.”

 

“Ah, I see… Let’s go, Seo-ro, Seo-ra.”

 

After watching the three go down to the restroom on the 1st floor, I immediately went up to the 3rd floor.

 

Now what’s left is Park I-deun’s team.

 

‘I wonder where they’re hiding.’

 

***

 

-Do you happen to know about werewolves?

 

The screen continued to show a round face and a calm voice flowing out.

 

And the employees were reacting to each thing with outcries.

 

“I know! I know! Baby, I know!”

 

“Wh-what, you’re not saying you’re being chased by a werewolf right now… are you?”

 

-They say it’s a monster that transforms from human to wolf when the full moon rises.

 

-But right now that monster is coming to catch us.

 

“…It’s a joke, right? Please, someone tell me it’s a joke.”

 

“Assistant Manager Lee… Where in the world are there werewolves? Right?”

 

“…I don’t know. There are monsters too, so there’s no law saying werewolves can’t exist-”

 

-Right now we’re all hiding in the kindergarten.

 

-We absolutely must avoid the seeker and survive.

 

-That’s right! We have no choice if we want to live!

 

Aaaahhhhh!!

 

“Are there any Teachers nearby?! Can’t you see them? Am I the only one who can’t see them?!”

 

“I can’t see them either…”

 

Due to the Children’s hot breath, the screen repeatedly becomes foggy and then clear again.

 

Vision that couldn’t be secured.

 

Teachers who were absent.

 

Dark background.

 

Conversation content that couldn’t even be guessed.

 

Along with their minds being colored by shock and terror, their hearts were burning up with worry.

 

It was the moment when the Employees gathered in front of the screen were each clutching their heads, trying desperately to understand the current situation.

 

-Hide and seek, don’t let your hair show.

 

-Drrrrrr.

 

-I wonder if they’re here.

 

“…Hup.”

 

-Did we get caught?

 

-Shh… We’ll stop filming here. I guess this is the end for us. Bye bye.

 

“W-w-wait just a moment…!”

 

Suddenly the screen spun around and crashed into somewhere. The startled Employees jumped up from their chairs.

 

-Don’t let your hair show.

 

-Kyaaaaaahhhhh!!

 

With that ear-splitting scream as the end, the screen finally stopped.

 

Only the same screen kept repeating in a buffering loop.

 

In the naturally occurring suffocating silence, the PR Team Junior who had been quietly watching all those moments stood up from her chair.

 

“…?”

 

“Hey, where are you going…?”

 

In her hands was the expensive Silent Keyboard she had bought with her own money after much deliberation not long ago.

 

“We have to save them!! Right now!!”

 

At those words, everyone stood up in unison as if they had made a promise.

 

“…!!!”

 

And then they all ran toward the night kindergarten.

 

Each one gripping a weapon as they headed to the cursed Ocean Kindergarten.

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