Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 205

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 205

Empty Car (5)

“Phew….”

Lee Si-ah looked at Seol Ha-woon’s gold card on the table and calmed her mind.

The space where this card exists is constantly maintained at the optimal temperature and humidity for human habitation—18~24 degrees, 40~60%.

This is a ‘verified’ fact after the Seol Ha-woon gold card auction. Thanks to this, her heart seems to feel a bit more comfortable too.

Skilled Shaman’s House

Meanwhile, Yoon Hwa-rim’s party from the main broadcast arrived at the Skilled Shaman’s house.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Um… are you the Skilled Shaman?

The camera shows the Shaman.

-Oh

-That’s the person

-The shaman who got wrecked by Seol Ha-woon lol

The Shaman opens her eyes. Her eyes are incredibly deep and scary.

─Shaman: You’re wandering around without even being able to find your way.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Oh, yes. It’s nothing serious. We just can’t get a clue about where we should go now….

Jingle jingle jingle.

Lee Si-ah flinched at the sound of bells ringing.

─Shaman: There’s a man born with the spirit of divine energy. Whether he’s a living guardian spirit or what, good heavens, did he eat a dragon in his past life… He’s even more steel-like than the village guardian god I once saw. Such a person isn’t common.

Jingle jingle jingle.

─Shaman: It’s a ferry. Follow that man’s path. The problem would be the bridge. But now there will be a ferry under the bridge. You can take that and go.

-Seems like an ally?

-Still.can’t.let.guard.down.didn’t.you.see.Eldia?!

-Seems like a neutral character.

-Seems like a villain since Seol Ha-woon half-crushed her

-Je Mal-ol suspects everyone first, that’s also a problem

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Ah, yes! Thank you! Um, what about the fee.

─Shaman: No need. You there, just stay here for a moment. You need to get hit with some red beans….

The Shaman points at someone, and soon the screen switches.

Seol Ha-woon’s Ferry

─Yoon Hwa-rim: It’s really here! Wow!

Yoon Hwa-rim’s group discovers the ferry illuminating the fog by the riverside and quickly approaches it.

A ferry made directly by Seol Ha-woon.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: …Ah! It’s Je Mal-ol!

─Lee Sin-hye: Ah, we don’t know yet. It could be a ghost, ghost impersonating Seol Ha-woon….

─Yoon Hwa-rim: There’s a signature here too, unnie. He must have anticipated we’d be suspicious. Crazy.

─Ryu Yeon-hwa: Then, the man the Shaman mentioned was Seol Ha-woon.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Right. It fits perfectly. He’s someone who never loses. Anyway, let’s get on! Let’s get out of here!

-Seol Ha-woon really thinks of everything

-He sees ahead of ahead of ahead of ahead

-Meanwhile Seol Ha-woon=person who never loses lol even the explorers all think that way

Used Bookstore

The explorers’ base camp, the used bookstore, has a warm atmosphere. Electric lights tinged with crimson.

But Seol Ha-woon is awake alone, glaring at the newspaper article.

5 additional missing at Jeoldong Elementary School…. Mystery continuing from last year. According to witnesses, they testified to hearing “bell sounds ringing from the school’s public phone.” Police decided to halt additional search.

4 hikers confirmed missing near Death Temple. Lost contact after visiting on the full moon last month. What the search team found were only burned incense and empty shoes placed at the temple entrance. Residents mentioned the old taboo that “you must not climb the 108th step.” This brings the total number of missing persons related to Death Temple to 13.

5 filming crew members missing at abandoned hospital… In the camera found inside the hospital, only unknown morgue footage remained. “Police strongly emphasize absolute prohibition of entering the abandoned hospital.” 11 missing persons occurred at that location this year alone.

Suddenly, Seol Ha-woon’s monologue.

─Seol Ha-woon: A trap. Wolryeong Village is a trap. Someone has set a trap to catch the culprit.

It’s a soliloquy for the viewers.

I wondered if it was a coincidence since the last labyrinth, but at this point it was almost certain.

Seol Ha-woon is considerate of viewers even inside the labyrinth.

-A trap?

-A trap?

-So that means the culprit is in this village

─Seol Ha-woon: Human-Skin Masked Ghost. The type that makes you forget yourself. It can wear the skin of people it killed.

-lol like a detective

-No, it’s hilarious how he kindly explains lol

-Seol Ha-woon definitely thinks a lot about viewers lol

-lol

─Im Hae-jun: Ugh….

Then, Im Hae-jun, who had been lying down, wakes up.

─Im Hae-jun: Hyung?

─Seol Ha-woon: Oh. Finally awake?

-First time seeing him with his eyes open

-Im Hae-jun revival lol

-lol why is he funny every time I see him

─Im Hae-jun: Wow hyung… I really had so many things happen.

-lol what happened

-What happened lol

Knock knock. A knock on the glass window next to Im Hae-jun.

Kwarrrrrrung!

Kyaaaa─ah─ah─aak─ahh──gak!

The scream sounds like some kind of ghost.

Im Hae-jun faints again, and Seol Ha-woon nonchalantly opens the door of the used bookstore.

─Seol Ha-woon: Who is it.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: This is the right… right place! Je Mal-ol!

Yoon Hwa-rim, Ryu Yeon-hwa, Lee Sin-hye, Lee Jong-soo. They all try to enter while calling out Je Mal-ol’s name with moved faces, but Seol Ha-woon blocks them.

─Seol Ha-woon: 4 nyang.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: …What?

─Seol Ha-woon: Pay the money first.

-lol

-lol

-lol

-Running business hard lol

─Seol Ha-woon: If you’re just staying overnight, it’s 4 nyang total. 8 nyang including meals.

Yoon Hwa-rim, who had been blinking, takes out a bundle of coins from her inner pocket. These are the coins she unintentionally farmed while going around Shaman Village!

─Yoon Hwa-rim: By any chance, are the coins these…?

─Seol Ha-woon: Yeah. That’s it.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Oh! I’ll give them to you! All of us including meals!

Seol Ha-woon’s eyes light up, and the screen switches.

Seol Ha-woon’s Ferry

─Jo Woon: Huh?

The explorers from Shaman Village reach Seol Ha-woon’s ferry one by one.

─Jo Woon: Let’s go. Woo-hyeon.

─Kim Woo-hyeon: It’ll be okay, right?

─Jo Woon: I trust Seol Ha-woon.

Jo Woon and Kim Woo-hyeon board the ferry and depart.

─Jin Jeong-ho: As expected, Je Mal-ol… Let’s go.

The explorers with haggard faces from being chased by ghosts board the ferry and come to the village across the bridge.

-lolol

-It feels like a tycoon game lolol

-Je Mal-ol style infrastructure expansion

* * *

While the live broadcast is in full swing, Im Hyeong-uk is wandering around the lobby of the broadcasting station.

His worries were giving him a headache.

“Why are you pacing around like a puppy that needs to poop?”

It was Yoo Yul. Im Hyeong-uk hurriedly approached her.

“Aren’t you worried, mentor? That promise we made back then!”

Captain Yoo Seok-hoon.

At first, he thought it would be okay. It was better than an exposé.

But now that the time was approaching, he was getting scared.

“It was going to happen anyway. We’ll see how it gets resolved.”

“What?!”

“I’m curious about the full story of that day too.”

“What?!”

“Unfortunately, I can’t transcend time.”

“What?!”

“Stop saying ‘what’ all the time.”

“…Who can transcend time?”

There’s someone who can. The human Yoo Yul despises most.

“Anyway. I’ve recreated that place too.”

Yoo Yul placed a marble between her fingers.

“Human memories, the memories of the dead have great power. You could say they’re like a labyrinth in themselves.”

“…What?! Mages can do that too?”

“Because I’m a ranker. But it won’t be completely identical to reality. It’s just the memories of the dead.”

Yoo Yul looked at the TV in the corridor.

Seol Ha-woon’s cooking scene was playing. He neatly chopped vegetables and greens, grilled pork belly and served it with soybean paste stew.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: It’s really delicious!

─Ryu Yeon-hwa: …It tastes like it could bring tears to my eyes.

─Lee Jong-soo: Nom nom nom. Nom nom nom.

─Lee Sin-hye: This is definitely Je Mal-ol flavor. I’ll give it 100 points.

They’re filming some kind of late-night diner show.

“But weren’t you scared of this labyrinth?”

At Im Hyeong-uk’s question, Yoo Yul slightly frowned and answered.

“Scary enough?”

“Oh…”

She is cool. Indeed, a person’s charm isn’t all about appearance.

Im Hyeong-uk almost blushed for a moment, but quickly came to his senses.

“Still, it won’t work on me.”

“Whether it works or not.”

* * *

Used Bookstore

Everyone comes to the used bookstore to fill their hungry stomachs, then goes to empty spots to lie down.

Lee Si-ah finds this used bookstore somehow heartwarming. In this scary village, the only shelter─Seol Ha-woon’s bookstore. She really likes that feeling.

But still, work must be done.

Wolryeong Elementary School

The three of them─Kate, Kang Hyeon, and Lee Jun-ho─reach the elementary school. The place that had been scrapped, where many children went missing.

─Lee Jun-ho: Let’s go.

Lee Jun-ho takes the lead, and clatter clatter clatter clatter clatter. Seol Truck and the group follow behind him.

-lolol Seol Ha-woon is so cute lololol

-lolololol

-lol that truck is being used really handily lol

-Please release merchandise lololol

-No, that truck’s face even looks like Seol Ha-woon now lololol

Just as they were about to enter through the central entrance.

─???: Who’s there?

Someone shines a flashlight.

Seol Truck approaches him first.

─Seol Truck: We came here for investigation. Are you a security guard?

─Seo Jong-myeong: Yes. I’m janitor Seo Jong-myeong.

─Seol Truck: I heard there was a murder case at Jeoldong Elementary School…

Truck and the janitor have a very natural conversation.

-lololol no way

-What is this? lololol

-lololol ah the truck is really so cute

Everyone talks about various things regarding the missing persons case as they go inside.

─Seo Jong-myeong: The children went missing first. So people were whispering. That the teacher must be the culprit. But…

─Seol Truck: In the end, the teacher went missing too.

─Seo Jong-myeong: Yes. Some assume it was suicide. Everyone in the village suspected him. It’s bitter.

─Seol Ha-woon: Which class were the missing children from?

─Seo Jong-myeong: This way. All four children are from 3rd Grade Class 1.

3rd Grade Class 1

─Seo Jong-myeong: Well, I’ll be going now. If anything happens, please contact me with this radio. I’ll be in the security room.

─Seol Truck: Ah. Mr. Seo Jong-myeong. Where are the phones located?

─Seo Jong-myeong: There’s one on each floor’s stair landing. There’s also a payphone on the 1st floor.

─Seol Ha-woon: Yes. Thank you.

After that, everyone investigates the interior. Truck also diligently rummages through the classroom with its robot arms.

That’s really cute. Come out as merchandise. I’ll buy it right away.

─Kang Hyeon: I think I found something here.

─Seol Truck: Let me see.

Just as Seol Truck was running clatter clatter clatter clatter.

Ring ring ring ring──

Suddenly ringing phone sound.

─Lee Jun-ho: Shh.

The bell rings three times, then stops.

6. If a strange phone rings three times from a payphone while walking down the street, you must answer it. If it rings four times, you must ignore it.

Lee Jun-ho swiftly flies over and picks up the red phone on the stair landing.

-Wow

-Jun-ho

-lololol

-Shit

-So fast lololol

-Thought he was a ninja;

─Lee Jun-ho: Hello!

─???: Haaaam… Yes. Who is this?

─Lee Jun-ho: …What? Who am I? You’re the one who called.

Truck and the group stand next to Lee Jun-ho.

─???: What call… Wait. Don’t tell me, you guys, this number, are you at Jeoldong Elementary School right now?

─Lee Jun-ho: Yes.

─???: What the hell! Why did you go in there again!

-Gives me chills ㄷㄷ

-Whoa what the heck

-Seriously got instant chills

─Lee Jun-ho: No, who are you? By any chance, are you the witness?

─???: Yes. Haah… Damn it. Now that you’ve answered this call, you’re all in the same situation I was in back then.

Thud──!

The sound of the central entrance closing loudly. Lee Si-ah’s heart pounds as well.

─Lee Jun-ho: The door just closed.

─???: There’s a vengeful spirit there. It has discovered you all.

─Lee Jun-ho: A vengeful spirit…?

─???: Yes. It’s the missing teacher. First, when it gets close you’ll hear crying sounds, so-

Click. The call cuts off.

The reason is the sticker attached to the phone.

[Jeoldong Elementary School Safety Phone!]

[Call your parents~]

[3 minutes free!]

─Lee Jun-ho: Hey. Say something.

─Seol Truck: ….

─Lee Jun-ho: Don’t tell me you don’t trust me, no, us? Do we look like ghosts?

Jun-ho, Kate, and Kang Hyeon stare at Seol Truck.

─Lee Jun-ho: I’m asking you.

─Seol Truck: Don’t use informal speech with me.

Truck grabs a pistol from his cargo bay.

-Hahahahahaha

-Wait, what’s with that gun lol

-Shit lol

-Just when it’s getting scary, Seol Ha-woon does comedy

-Hahahaha no way lmaooooo

Whether intentional or not, a superstar who drives people crazy.

It’s Seol Ha-woon.

─Lee Jun-ho: …I’m asking you.

─Seol Truck: Tsk. Right. You guys could be fake too. But still, no, precisely because of that we need to share information. I… think the culprit is someone who uses the Human Skin Mask technique.

─Lee Jun-ho: Human Skin Mask?

─Seol Truck: It’s a damn talent where you put on someone’s skin and become that person… We need to find the connection. Track the trajectory of the murders.

Kill someone, wear their human skin mask, then kill another person with that face.

Kang Hyeon, who had been listening quietly, hands over a diary.

─Kang Hyeon: Hyung. This is the diary of a child named Kim So-yeon, and the entry right before she went missing is unusual.

─Seol Truck: ….

However, Seol Ha-woon says nothing. He stays quiet for quite a while, then.

-What

-Why again

-Why??

─Seol Truck: Oh. Oh. Come in.

Suddenly he mutters something strange.

-Oh shit, that startled me

-What

-Does only Truck see something?

-That’s creepy

─Seol Truck: Right. Good, you came.

─Seol Truck: Lodging, 1 yeop-jeon. Meal, 1 yeop-jeon.

The three people blink their eyes blankly. Lee Si-ah watching, and countless KakaoTalk reactions are the same.

─Seol Truck: Even if you don’t have yeop-jeon, I’ll let it slide the first time. Instead, I’ll write it in the ledger, ah, there it is.

Truck blinks his headlights. He looks pleased.

─Seol Truck: Good. I received 2 yeop-jeon. What, four days’ worth? You must have earned a lot. If you pay in advance, I’ll give you a 1 yeop-jeon discount. Yeah. Just give me 7 yeop-jeon. That’s right.

─Lee Jun-ho: Damn it. Are you doing business right now?!

-Hahahaha

-Hahahahahahaha

-Hahahahahahaha

-Look at Lee Junho’s face lmaooooooo

-Hahahahaha

-Hahahahahaha

-Changing the atmosphere is Seolha-like hahahaha

-This guy’s actually insane lmaooooooooooooo

-Hahahahahahahaha

SilTalk and all the communities were filled with laughter.

That was funnier than a comedy show.

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