Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 84
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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 084
New friends(4)
The final boss hidden beneath a child’s skin. Proof that Seol Ha-woon was right once again.
While the entire Korean Peninsula was in an uproar, Lee Si-ah browsed through portal sites.
│Seol Ha-woon’s concept goes too far… Before trending phrases, he should reflect on his own conduct first.│
│Kate uses strategy, Seol Ha-woon uses stubbornness.│
│”I just don’t like it.” The most outrageous statement in JeMalOk history?│
│Seol Ha-woon sabotaging the entire team… Viewers ‘shocked’!│
As expected, there are tons of reporters who wrote articles before the live broadcast even ended.
Lee Si-ah quickly took screenshots.
Most of them would subtly edit the content or take it down, but she planned to spread it before then. Did they not learn from getting burned before?
You guys deserve some criticism~
-Wow
-Wow
-Holy shit
-Crazy
-Damn
-What
SilTalk was still filled with nothing but death throes. Messages were flooding up so fast it was amazing the server didn’t crash. Normal communication was impossible.
Lee Si-ah opened the community instead.
│Wow that thing│
│What the fuck was that lololol│
│Did I understand this correctly??│
│MalOk is fucking lololol
│Just crazy│
│So damn cold. Shot the kid down;│
│Did I understand this right?│
│JeMalOk living up to his nickname lolol│
There were countless posts, but refreshing the page would push dozens of pages back immediately. Posting now would get buried, so I should write later~
That’s amateur thinking.
Pages getting pushed back means, in other words, the number of users online is enormous. In other words, it’s the optimal situation to make it to the popular posts.
│Mitamnan) Reporters who wrote articles too early.jpg│
The .jpg was important. Among posts with no real content just spamming exclamations, a photo with a quite provocative title gets uploaded? The recommendation count shoots up as much as the view count, making it straight to popular posts.
│Views 2,312│ Recommendations 95│
Like this.
Comments poured in as well.
─Looking at it, explorer community reporters are more idiotic than entertainment reporters
─lolololol these bastards are really fucking annoying
─They’ll quietly take it down in a few hours
─These kinds of people need to get properly screwed to come to their senses. Hit congratulations and send it to the main page
“Hehe.”
The Labyrinth wasn’t over yet.
The boss battle remained.
〓〓〓〓!
Right then, the thorn monster on screen roared.
The boss battle was fierce. The monster endured Kate’s Spear Throw several times and deflected Lee Jun-ho’s Sword Strike, but wavered under Seol Ha-woon’s sniping.
It was a shot that precisely attacked the ‘back’.
Once the weak point was exposed, everyone rushed in to tear apart the boss’s rear.
〓〓!
A scream filled with pain. The boss, having been hacked to pieces, looked somewhere with angry movements just before dying. Then it launched thorns.
Pasasasat!
A mutual destruction filled with pure malice.
Threatening thorns shot up like bullets.
The monster’s target was the rooftop that had seen through it and exposed its weakness──Seol Ha-woon.
Whiiiii…
At that moment the world slowed down. Slow motion. From the thorns flying through the air, it switched to Seol Ha-woon’s perspective.
He stared at the thorns rushing toward him and extended his hand.
Then, the thorns that had been surging to pierce through his entire body stopped right in front of him. As if blocked by an invisible barrier, they lost kinetic energy and flowed down to the ground.
Thud. Thududududuk.
Thorn fragments crumbling dryly like grains of sand.
Then Seol Ha-woon’s hand was shown in close-up. The ‘Magic Layer’ on his skin flashed in the camera lens.
-Wow that shit, Kim Se-jin taught him that
-He learned it already, for real
-MalOk might actually be a genius;; Hope a real genius appeared.
-High ground Seol Ha-woon, murderous Lee Jun-ho lololol
Lee Si-ah scanned through public opinion on SilTalk, communities, and SNS.
│Summary Seol Ha-woon Kate power struggle│
│Summary Kate Seol Ha-woon argument summary│
│Summary High ground Seol Ha-woon, incompetent Kim Du-gyeom│
Fortunately, Seol Ha-woon’s trolling was somewhat buried.
No, rather than buried.
│Summary High ground Seol Ha-woon, incompetent Kim Du-gyeom│
-But Kim Du-gyeom really is incompetent lololol
-What the hell is incompetent Kim Du-gyeom lol
-This time too, the horse guy won, right?
-Not just Kim Du-gyeom, the whole team was fucking incompetent. Without the horse guy, they would’ve just been like “why did we fail? why did we fail?” and given up.
-Did you see Kim Du-gyeom at the end? Telling Seol Ha-woon he’d use force if he didn’t stop lmao he did absolutely nothing himself
Instead, they buried Kim Du-gyeom.
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I hate Kim Du-gyeom. Quite a lot, I absolutely despise him. It’s not just because of the poor quality of crimes he committed.
There are many villains in this world who have committed crimes. There are far more criminals worse than Kim Du-gyeom.
Yet the reason I particularly remember Kim Du-gyeom is because the person he killed, the entire family he massacred, were good people.
Such good people. Good people who shouldn’t have been sacrificed to human trash like Kim Du-gyeom.
I had met that family before.
So while this current situation isn’t entirely bad, I’m anxious.
Because that crazy bastard Kim Du-gyeom seems like he could pull something at any moment.
[ Lee Mae-jun : Master, congratulations. There’s only you on Reels ]
[ Lee Mae-jun : Just scrolled through over 100 Reels and half of them were about you lol congrats]
This guy’s tone suddenly turned cold. I wonder if he’s sulking or jealous.
[ Kang Hyeon : Hyung, you’re so cool ]
[ Kang Hyeon : I watched the live broadcast for the first time (emoticon) ]
[ Kang Hyeon : Amazing ]
“What’s with this guy.”
Unlike Kang Hyeon to send three messages at once.
And….
[ Seo Ji-woo : Congratulations ]
“….”
It’s Seo Ji-woo.
Seo Ji-woo, who hadn’t even spoken to me, let alone texted, since that day, suddenly?
It feels ominous for some reason, but I decide to reply for now.
[ Thanks. ]
* * *
“Wow~ what are we going to do about this really.”
On a dark night, on the walking trail of the Mitamnan site. PD Im Hyeong-uk was grinning while scrolling through his smartphone.
“This week is no joke either.”
The whole world is about Mitamnan.
Just looking at the level of PPL and advertisement inquiries pouring in as a staff member, it’s an unprecedented mega-hit, but the part that feels most tangible is the internet.
Not only Korea but China, Japan, Southeast Asia and other Asian regions are already swept up, and reactions are slowly coming from North America and Europe as well.
One disappointing thing is that Seol Ha-woon isn’t getting criticized as much as expected in this episode.
Maybe it’s because he hard-carried every labyrinth, or maybe Lee Jun-ho’s fandom is helping him, but despite being more self-righteous than ever, Kim Du-gyeom is getting mobbed instead. Acting all nice but not giving up the scout position looks pathetic.
“What kind of nickname is incompetent Kim Du-gyeom… huh?”
Im Hyeong-uk looked at a bench on the walking trail. Someone was sitting there.
Even just seeing the back of his head, it was familiar – Kim Du-gyeom. He looked strange, trembling while clutching his smartphone tightly.
“Du-gyeom. What are you doing there?”
Kim Du-gyeom flinched and raised his head.
“…Oh, it’s nothing.”
His expression didn’t look like nothing.
Im Hyeong-uk clicked his tongue and sat down next to him.
“What, is it because of Seol Ha-woon?”
“….”
Kim Du-gyeom said nothing.
“Tell me. It’s okay.”
“…No. I’m fine.”
Im Hyeong-uk has a soft spot for Kim Du-gyeom. He’s never met such a kind kid before.
Of course, there are many cast members who are nice to writers and PDs. Because they want something – screen time, editing, favors, whatever.
Kim Du-gyeom is different. This kid truly wants nothing.
A purely innocent child who doesn’t calculate anything at all.
“Come on. We all saw how Seol Ha-woon bullies you.”
Seol Ha-woon strangely torments such a Kim Du-gyeom. Even this time, Kim Du-gyeom was purely the victim, but because of fan wars, only innocent Kim Du-gyeom is suffering damage.
“What, should I help you?”
“No, no. Seol Ha-woon hyung is PD Kim A-rang’s top pick.”
“…That’s true.”
That’s why the PDs and writers can’t openly give Seol Ha-woon a hard time. He’s Kim A-rang’s top pick, and he even gets a lot of screen time. Especially in the next World Labyrinth, he’s tied too strongly with Kang Hyeon, so it’s hard to use Kang Hyeon’s story without Seol Ha-woon.
“Still, man. Who knows? Maybe he’ll get into some controversy later. He totally looks like someone who’d do shady stuff.”
Im Hyeong-uk is ultimately just talking. He can’t openly help with anything.
Honestly, Seol Ha-woon is scary too. Even his eyes are no joke.
“…I’m fine. Really.”
Kim Du-gyeom smiled bitterly and stood up.
“I’ll be going now, PD.”
“Where to?”
“To train.”
“Man. Take it easy. If an A-tier works that hard, what are the guys below supposed to do?”
Kim Du-gyeom smiled slightly and bowed his waist.
Im Hyeong-uk watched him leave and scratched the back of his neck.
“Ah, why does that bastard Seol Ha-woon bully such a nice kid….”
He’s just like a flower deer, so cute.
Im Hyeong-uk looked up at the full moon in the night sky with a frustrated heart. Some object seemed to shimmer on the moon’s surface.
Porsche 777.
“…I’m definitely buying it with my performance bonus.”
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The broadcasting station and dormitory the day after the live broadcast are quite quiet. There’s no filming at all – to give explorers time to reflect on the broadcast or review themselves, and for staff to handle post-broadcast work.
│The confrontation between Seol Ha-woon and Kate, who gets the scout?│Episode 7 clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
3.32 million views · 12 hours ago
Kim A-rang looked at the cut scenes she had sequentially uploaded to YouTube since dawn today. 3.3 million views in just 12 hours. This is just insane.
@user-aosmd Seol Ha-woon just creates legendary scenes whenever he appears
@minoxcidel Someone who absolutely doesn’t discriminate between people. I actually like him more.
@muamua This is probably one of the most memorable scenes in all of Labyrinth Exploration wow
@karlize In the end, I was right all along…
│Seol Ha-woon and Lee Jun-ho Bring Madness and Chaos to the Plaza │Episode 7 Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
1.42 million views·10 hours ago
@99qoals8 I was startled when Lee Jun-ho suddenly started swinging his sword, but it was all part of the big picture;;
@heaqazi I Was Right’s experience + Lee Jun-ho’s force, absolutely unstoppable right?
@user-mua Kill Jun-ho really is the top in terms of force
│Seol Ha-woon Explaining Strategy to the Judges, In the End It’s ‘I Was Right’ │Episode 7 Clip│Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
920,000 views·8 hours ago
Kim A-rang uploaded cut scenes focusing mainly on Seol Ha-woon’s team moments.
─Kim Yoon-jun: First, I’ll ask Seol Ha-woon. In that final 6th round, was this something you discussed with each other?
─Seol Ha-woon: Yes. It was a somewhat rough method, but I think it was unavoidable. If we just stood there dazed, we’d only be pushed around. We needed a much more aggressive approach to take control, so we carried it out together.
As a 7-year veteran PD, she had edited this ‘personally’. Since it was her vision, she couldn’t trust the other staff with it.
Anyway, the response was incredible.
@Lee Yu-jin88 Seol Ha-woon’s observation skills are really exceptional.. Is it because he’s an active duty soldier?
@zozozo How high will I Was Right’s peak go?
@qoasd-w9a Really crazy sense to even consider wiretapping
YouTube highlights are edited to not be too long, not show everything, but still leave viewers wanting more. It’s meant to make people watch the main broadcast. You could call it mutual benefit.
“…Huh? It’s already night.”
Kim A-rang looked out at the pitch-black window. She had stayed up all day.
But it was worth it.
Seol Ha-woon’s individual profile voting had shot up to 13th place this time.
Mitamnan’s voting is divided into ‘weekly voting’ where you can vote for up to 7 people each week, and ‘profile voting’ where you can vote for up to 7 people just once until the show ends, with profile voting being more reliable.
Since you can cancel your vote anytime, it’s more sensitive to public opinion.
“Phew~ His community and SNS share is TOP5 though.”
His buzz was incredible. She felt like her vision was slowly coming together.
Kim A-rang browsed the internet with satisfaction.
│Incompetent Subordinate Kim Du-gyeom│
│But why is Kim Du-gyeom getting hate?│
If there was one problem, it was that Kim Du-gyeom was getting too much hate.
She felt sorry for him for no reason. It was also a downside of having a good image.
People seem to like good people, but they also dislike people who are just purely good. There are two reasons for this.
Either because they themselves aren’t good people, or.
Because they suspect that goodness is hypocrisy.
│Doesn’t he seem like he’s wearing a mask or something?│
“What mask.”
Kim A-rang turned off her desktop.
She returned to the duty room, took a shower, lay on the bed, and was casually browsing various Mitamnan reactions when she was about to sleep.
Ding.
“…Huh?!”
A sudden popular post in the community made her bolt upright in shock.
│Exposing Seol Ha-woon’s School Violence│
“What the hell is this?”
Immediately, another popular post.
│Reporting Mitamnan SHW’s Military Violence.│
“…What the hell?!”
She was completely awake now.
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