Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 320

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 320

HERO(6)

Apartment in District 5.

Beep- Beep- Beep- Beep- Beep-

The live broadcast continues. Kang Hyeon opens his eyes to the sound of the alarm clock on screen.

The real Seo Ji-woo also looked at the clock.

“Wow, what? It’s already been almost four hours?”

It was already well past 11 o’clock.

─Kang Hyeon: Yaaawn.

Kang Hyeon, who just woke up, does his usual disgusting bird feed mukbang.

─Kang Hyeon: …Nom. Yum. Nom.

“Look at him eating, seriously.”

Seo Ji-woo was disgusted, and Lee Jun-ho also frowned as if frustrated.

Soon Kang Hyeon comes out to the corridor of the Camel Building and meets Lee Jong-soo to greet him.

—Lee Jong-soo: Hyeon. Hi.

—Kang Hyeon: Yeah. Hi.

Then suddenly Lee Jun-ho bursts out.

─Lee Jun-ho: Hey hey hey! They say the platform ticket price dropped! It’s 300,000 won now?!

─Lee Jong-soo: Huh? Really? They said it was hundreds of thousands. Isn’t it a trap?

─Lee Jong-soo: Nope. The platform contacted directly. Seems like they’re discounting because they have no customers.

“Ah, this time. They were saving money to go to the platform.”

Seo Ji-woo opened the popcorn. At that moment, hands reached out from both sides. A third of it was gone immediately.

“Ah damn it. You said you wouldn’t eat any!”

Anyway.

All the explorers gather in the break room of the Camel Building.

Camel Building Break Room

─Seo Ji-woo: How much money has everyone saved up?

─Im Hae-jun: I don’t have any.

─Seo Ji-woo: No, I mean. How much do you have. You can’t have absolutely nothing.

─Im Hae-jun: I don’t have any.

─Seo Ji-woo: …If you’re lying, it’s one hit for 10 won.

“Im Hae-jun is really too cunning.”

He would never take a loss even if he died.

“But that is kind of cute.”

Lee Jun-ho finds only Im Hae-jun particularly cute.

…Honestly, he is cute. Anyone can see he’s acting to avoid losses, but his intentions are so transparent and stupid.

No, it’s probably because of his face rather than his actions. He really has a face that resembles a puppy. A human puppy.

─Im Hae-jun: I only have 30,000 won.

─Seo Ji-woo: Ah damn.

─Im Hae-jun: …50,000 won.

─Kang Hyeon: Let’s first pool together 300,000 won as group funds. Ji-woo, how much did you earn? You haven’t been here long-

─Seo Ji-woo: I have 800,000 won.

─Kang Hyeon: …Huh?

Kang Hyeon’s bewildered face gets a close-up.

“Wow, did you make that expression?”

“It didn’t make sense. How do you earn 800,000 won in one day.”

A flashback is inserted showing Seo Ji-woo’s money-making.

─Seo Ji-woo: Oh, money.

Just riding the cart,

─Seo Ji-woo: Oh, money.

She picks up +200,000 won +50,000 won +100,000 won.

-Hahahahaha no

-Whoa hahahaha

-Does that even make sense lololol

-Hahahahaha for real

-Forget Seol Ha-woon and Kang Hyeon, I’m most envious of Ji-woo’s talent

“No, Hyeon, does this really make sense?”

“…It doesn’t make sense.”

-The luck is just insane hahahaha

-My dream is to be Seo Ji-woo

-That doesn’t seem like simple luck

-Yeah no matter how I think about it, it just seems like Seo Jiwoo’s magical talent is manifesting unconsciously

—Lee Jun-ho: Anyway. Everyone who wants to go to the platform should save up 300,000 won each. It’s too much for Ji-woo alone to contribute to group funds.

Im Hae-jun quickly turns his head to look at Seo Ji-woo.

—Im Hae-jun: Older Sister, please lend me some money.

Scenes of the explorers collecting money pass by quickly like that.

“But that Camel Goshiwon was surprisingly cozy there.”

Kang Hyeon nodded at Lee Jun-ho’s words.

“It was small and compact but clean.”

“I was tense thinking about the serial killer… Hey Ji-woo. What’s that?”

Lee Jun-ho pointed to the camera placed in front of the TV. It had been there from the beginning, but he suddenly noticed it now.

“It’s a camera, what else. Kim PD installed it before leaving. Said he’s filming reactions.”

“…Then everything we’ve said so far has been recorded?”

“Yeah.”

“No, why are you telling us that now!”

“You guys barged in here saying you wanted to watch together.”

—Lee Jun-ho : Everyone’s gathered, right?

Before long, the explorers gather in front of the goshiwon, and Seo Ji-woo looks around at their faces.

─Seo Ji-woo : So… we’re going like this?

Seo Ji-woo, Yoon Hwa-rim, Kate, Im Hae-jun, Kang Hyeon, Lee Jun-ho, Lee Jong-soo – a total of 7 people.

─Lee Jun-ho : …But what are you, KartRider?

A joke aimed at Seo Ji-woo driving Yoon Hwa-rim’s Cart Unit 2.

The real Seo Ji-woo’s brow furrowed.

“Oh right. Jun-ho, stop with the jokes. They’re not funny at all.”

“Everyone’s laughing though?”

He pointed to KakaoTalk.

-Ah KartRider, damn it lololololol

-Hahahahaha that’s so fucking perfect

-For real, only Unit-02’s head is sticking out so it really looks like KartRider lol

-hahahaha

-Hahahahahahaha fuck

-They’re exactly the same, damn it lol

-Junho’s analogy lololol

“…Lucky he got one right.”

Seo Ji-woo swallowed with displeasure.

─Seo Ji-woo : Alright. Follow me. I’ll take the lead.

Vroooom-

Seo Ji-woo leads from the front, passing through apartments and main streets while staying alert for the killer.

─Seo Ji-woo : Over there!

As she points, a bus stop becomes visible on the side of the highway.

─Lee Jun-ho : Huh? The bus stop is better built than I expected?

It’s a shelter-type bus stop. It looks like it could protect from rain and wind, and most importantly, from the killer.

─Kang Hyeon : Jun-ho. I smell Ha-woon hyung’s magic power.

─Lee Jun-ho : You keep going on about smells.

Everyone enters the bus stop and discovers some kind of booklet.

Airport Bus 3333 to Platform

AIRPORT LIMOUSINE

This is an airport bus that will comfortably guide passengers to the platform.

However, please be careful. The only real bus is Airport Bus 3333 to Platform. Please remember only Airport Bus 3333 to Platform, as fake buses are also very sophisticated.

There’s a killer on the fake buses. Be careful. The only way to avoid him is to not board the wrong bus.

—Seo Ji-woo : Oh~ Looks like it’s a puzzle~

As the booklet slowly zooms in and then slowly pulls away,

the hand touching the booklet changes.

“Huh? It’s Ha-woon hyung.”

Kang Hyeon recognized him just from the fingers.

Scene transition. It’s Seol Ha-woon looking at the booklet.

Platform Bus Stop

A past timeline of Seol Ha-woon who has already arrived by train.

─Seol Ha-woon : ….

Seol Ha-woon sits on the bus stop bench waiting for the bus.

Seo Ji-woo tilted her head.

“It’s a bit different? Is it a different place?”

Seol Ha-woon’s bus stop only has chairs and an electronic display board. It’s quite unsettling with all sides completely open.

♬♪~♩~♬♪~♪

Suddenly, an eerie music box melody echoes in surround sound.

“Ah, this thing.”

Seo Ji-woo shuddered. Jun-ho also grimaced.

“That bastard was the most annoying.”

♬~♩♬~♬♪~♩

The clown appears.

A mask with torn corners of the mouth, two eyes that take up more than half the face area.

· Name : ‘Clown’ Felix

Characteristics : Wears dirty, worn pierrot clothing and always has a smiling mask on.

Carries around an old music box, and starts ‘hide-and-seek’ wherever that sound can be heard.

When you hear the music box sound, immediately hide in an enclosed space. If caught by the seeker, you become a ‘prop’.

-Wow he really looks creepy

-What is that

-Shit

-Ugh

-No, I have filters on, why is it showing like this?

-That’s not really at the level where it needs to be censored lol

-It’s pure horror though, why no mosaic

Thud. Thud.

The clown approaches. To deal with it, a ‘closed space’ is needed, but the bus stop is completely open.

Thud. Thud.

Seol Ha-woon drops experience orbs to build walls at the bus stop. He simply creates a closed space like a rest area from the electronic display board and chairs.

Thud. Thud.

Seol Ha-woon watches the clown from inside. The killer follows rules, so as long as he doesn’t break them, it’s fine.

Thud… Thud…

The clown’s footsteps slowly fade away.

-Phew

-But damn, that face is fucking terrifying

-Ah why isn’t it getting censored, shit

-Scared the hell out of me

-Kids are gonna cry;;

-Kids shouldn’t watch Mitamnan in the first place

Vrooooom.

Then a bus comes. Seol Ha-woon lets several buses pass by. From bus 4444 to an owl-looking monster bus, panic bus, etc…

Then, one normal-looking bus stops in front.

Pluton-bound Airport Bus 3333

AIRPORT LIMOUSINE

Hissssss.

The door opens. Seol Ha-woon looks around carefully as if inspecting the interior, then gets on.

As he sits in the chair, he taps the floor with his walking stick – thunk.

-Is that the right one?

-It says Pluton though?

-Seems right

-Just trust Je Mal-ol lol

-What’s Pluton? Did I see wrong?

-Platform is platform, what else would it be

-Ah stop acting like you know everything, shit

-So many kids pretending to be cool

“Doesn’t look like much?”

At Seo Ji-woo’s words, Kang Hyeon and Lee Jun-ho also nod.

Departing now.

Hissssss.

The door closes again and the bus moves smoothly forward. But the camera doesn’t follow the bus. Instead, it only shows the bus stop Seol Ha-woon created.

Seo Ji-woo’s party appears again at that empty bus stop, and the perspective naturally continues.

─Kang Hyeon : Looks like we must take bus 3333.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Seems like it! Can’t take other buses.

─Im Hae-jun : Ah. It’s not another horror special, is it?

-As expected, this bus stop is also Seol-bro’s..

-So Seolhaun made this ㅠㅠ

-Seol-bro~~

-Wow he just did everything for them.

-Advance team lol

-lololol

“We met the clown here too.”

As soon as Seo Ji-woo speaks.

♬♪~♩~♬♪~♪

The clown appears.

─Im Hae-jun : Aaaaaaahhhhh!

The explorers hurriedly enter the bus stop and slam the door shut.

─Seo Ji-woo : Ah I hate that thing the most.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : I know right…

─Im Hae-jun : Kyaaaaaahhh!

─Lee Jun-ho : Ugh so noisy.

The clown gradually disappears, and soon a bus arrives.

─Kang Hyeon : It’s a bus.

—Seo Ji-woo : Inspect it thoroughly. Very thoroughly~

—Yoon Hwa-rim : Let’s see!

All 7 of them gather to examine the bus closely. After letting buses 4444, 3334, Plaza bus, Totoro bus, etc. all pass by, they catch one normal-looking bus.

—Kang Hyeon : This looks like it.

Platform-bound Airport Bus 3333

AIRPORT LIMOUSINE

─Seo Ji-woo : Looks right. I have a good feeling. Let’s take this one. We can’t keep letting them pass forever.

─Yoon Hwa-rim : Let’s trust Ji-woo’s feeling~

Everyone gets on the bus.

—??? : We will be departing.

The camera shows the driver, then turns back to the seats.

─Seol Ha-woon : ….

Seol Ha-woon is the only person on the bus. Naturally, it has switched to Seol Ha-woon’s perspective.

─??? : Customer. Did you come alone?

Whirrrrr.

Seol Ha-woon looks out the window without answering.

-Did they get on the same bus?

-Seems like it

-No, Seol Ha-un is a platform bus ㅡㅡ

-I got a screenshot and it’s definitely ‘Pluton’

-What the hell is Pluton, you nerds

-Isn’t it a typo?

“Pluton?”

While Seo Ji-woo tilts her head looking at SilTalk.

─??? : Have a good rest of your life.

─Seol Ha-woon : …Good rest of my life?

Suddenly the bus driver’s words are strange. At the same time, the bus’s speed becomes very fast.

─??? : Now it’s the tunnel. Many people compare life to a tunnel.

At that moment.

-No, but I’m telling you that much is fine?

-Wow this is delicious.

-Sergeant Seol. What are you doing?

-What I said back then was….

-I really want to go to Korea and rest these days.

Some distorted voices spread simultaneously.

-Ah, I want to pick a day and eat until my stomach bursts.

-The lobster was delicious last time

-Arthur. If lobster comes out, we’ll have to deploy again.

-Sergeant Seol would like that.

-Hey. Are you tattling to the sergeant?

Around Seol Ha-woon, multiple black silhouettes appear in the bus seats.

-Ha-woon.

-Ah it’s hot, so hot. Can’t we do something about this weather.

-If it’s not hot, would it be a desert….

-Seol Ha-woon!

Though their faces are invisible to the viewers, Seol Ha-woon looks at them very familiarly.

They were my old people. Appearing like phantoms….

One of the silhouettes offers ice cream to Seol Ha-woon.

-Won’t you eat?

Though he can’t tell who it is and can’t see them, Seol Ha-woon’s face suddenly becomes gentle as he looks at them.

—Seol Ha-woon : It’s okay.

-Come on. Don’t I know you? You’ll go get some by yourself later and eat it alone.

At that moment, Seo Ji-woo unconsciously focuses.

Who is the person Seol Ha-woon is talking to right now? Who is the person reflected in his eyes?

—Seol Ha-woon : I probably will. Maybe.

The silhouette responds to Seol Ha-woon’s words.

-Are you okay?

At the question asking if he’s okay, Seol Ha-woon readily nods.

—Seol Ha-woon : I’m okay. I’m actually grateful for this kind of experience.

-That’s a relief.

He remains unshaken even by his ‘old people’.

Swissssh─-

The illusions gradually scatter.

I made a mistake.

The bus pamphlet appears on screen again.

The real bus is only Airport Limousine Bus 3333 bound for Platform. Fake buses are also very sophisticated, so remember only Airport Limousine Bus 3333 bound for Platform.

The phrase written in the pamphlet was ‘bound for Platform’ but….

Airport Limousine Bus 3333 bound for Pluton

AIRPORT LIMOUSINE

Plu’ton’.

“Huh? Really?”

“Wow I didn’t know.”

“…Ton? Was the ‘ton’ that appeared in SilTalk correct?”

Seo Ji-woo, Lee Jun-ho, and Kang Hyeon all looked surprised.

-Wow

-What the hell

-Hahahaha

-No, I was fooled too

-Someone kept typing Pluton Pluton with typos, what was

-I thought it was just a typo too lol

-Isn’t it Pluton? They kept saying

-No, they showed it too briefly;;

-Wait, Seol Ha-woon got fooled?

-Even Jemalopto is human lololololol

─??? : Our bus is going to Pluton.

The interior turns red. Like some underworld.

However, blue magic power also flickers beneath the bus floor.

Like this, Seol Ha-woon always prepares countermeasures.

Lee Jun-ho chuckled.

“That’s Seol Ha-woon alright.”

“He’s like a ghost, I tell you.”

Tap.

When he tapped the pre-installed dense magic power mass with his walking stick.

Kwaaaaa───-!

The bottom of the bus exploded.

───-!

“Huh?”

“What? Is that right?”

Seo Ji-woo and the two men’s eyes widened. They didn’t expect him to detonate it right inside the bus.

Isn’t this basically self-destruction?

Kuuuuung….

However, fine magic power spreads right in front of Seol Ha-woon’s skin membrane. The explosive blast that touches that barrier melts away. Softly like paint.

───-

Blazing smoke and impact. The bus’s steel frame is warping, but within it, Seol Ha-woon steps forward with his walking stick.

Tap. Tap.

He calmly walks out through the blazing flames of magic power.

Seo Ji-woo let out a hollow laugh.

“Wow… It’s like some noir film.”

“That guy’s got style. I’ll give him that.”

In the survey Lee Jun-ho saw, both “Most stylish explorer 1st place” and “Coolest explorer 1st place” were Seol Ha-woon.

Seol Ha-woon looks at the bus driver sitting in the driver’s seat. His feet are still stomping on the accelerator.

I was fooled, but I destroyed the fake bus.

Seol Ha-woon alternately looks at the scrap metal vehicle body and the undying bus driver.

The guys coming after won’t need to be fooled by such Plu’ton’ nonsense.

The camera captures Seol Ha-woon’s back as he limps away, but soon the perspective switches.

—Seo Ji-woo : Haaaam… I should get some sleep.

—Yoon Hwa-rim : Huaam. Right. Nothing seems to be happening, so let’s sleep, Ji-woo.

It’s a peaceful bus interior. Seo Ji-woo and Yoon Hwa-rim lean back in their seats and sleep.

—Im Hae-jun : Ah, I’m hungry. Hyung, got anything to eat?

—Lee Jun-ho : I have snacks. Want some?

—Im Hae-jun : Oh!

Im Hae-jun and Lee Jun-ho share snacks,

─Kate : ….

Kate closes her eyes as if meditating.

─Kang Hyeon : ….

Kang Hyeon reads some novel.

Back then, we were all comfortable.

Unlike Seol Ha-woon.

-Really the advance team

-No one acknowledges it though..

-Hahahaha

-Even Jemalopto is human after all, falling for something like that lol

-But really, all the other kids would’ve been fooled by Pluton too, agree?

-Bullshit lol Kate would’ve seen right through it

-Seolbeom ㅠㅠㅠ

-No one ever knows the hard work of the advance team lol

-Seolbeom ㅠㅠㅠ Finally ㅠㅠ

Seo Ji-woo raised her eyebrows. Seol-beoji. It seems like Seol’s new nickname these days….

“Seol-beoji~”

Lee Jun-ho called out Seol-beoji with a tone mixed with laughter.

“Hey. It’s all being filmed on camera.”

“That’s why I’m doing it.”

These reactions right now will come out as YouTube clips, highlights, or unreleased footage anyway.

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