The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 164

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“…This is way more realistic than I thought.”

 

Honestly, I was a bit shocked. The blood stains and mannequin were way too realistic than I expected?

 

Was this show originally this graphic?

 

I guess the broadcast standards changed a lot while I couldn’t appear on shows. This seems a bit too cruel of a scene to air on television.

 

Is the mannequin made of silicone?

 

This is progressing quite differently than I thought. I expected we’d play some game where we run around looking for a wallet or something.

 

“It’s not really Senior Kang Hyeok, right?”

 

I tried to organize my scattered thoughts that were jumping around due to my confusion.

 

And as I tried to get closer to check the face, Han Da-min who was standing beside me grabbed my arm in shock.

 

“Wh, where are you going…! Stay here, just stay.”

 

Han Da-min, who was usually fearless and spirited in everything, seemed to be unexpectedly bad with these kinds of scenes.

 

She not only pulled me back but even tried to cover my eyes with her hands, so I quickly dodged and approached the crime scene.

 

“Ugh, eww…”

 

I could hear Han Da-min flailing around and moving away.

 

If you think of this as a dead person it’s scary, but if you just think of it as a prop, it’s not that frightening.

 

‘Though I’m not saying it’s not disgusting.’

 

But no matter what, I absolutely don’t want to touch it…

 

“I’ll also, hah… I’ll do it together too. Since I’m supposedly the senior.”

 

“No.”

 

…Hm?

 

At that moment, Han Da-min’s steps stopped at the sudden firm voice that interrupted.

 

What’s this, all of a sudden? A cold voice that was the complete opposite of the rambling nonsense and utterly comical situation from just now.

 

I was also surprised and looked at the owner of the voice.

 

Park Nam-seok was there with his characteristic good-natured face, raising his arm to worriedly stop Han Da-min.

 

Then he began conversing with Kim Gwang-cheon, excluding Han Da-min.

 

“Senior, no, Teacher Kim, we can’t be doing this. If we leave this kind of work to a young student or junior detective, we won’t be able to save face.”

 

“Th-that’s true! …Ha, should we do it? The Class President doesn’t seem scared, so can’t the Class President do it…?”

 

“Wow, really Teacher! This is embarrassing. Embarrassing! Then Teacher Kim, please stay there. I’ll investigate with the student.”

 

Then he casually approached me and sat down without even looking at Han Da-min, who was on his own team.

 

“Student, you can step back if you’re scared. If you’re not scared, please help me out.”

 

“Yes.”

 

I glanced at Han Da-min once, then turned my head pretending not to know and lifted the wallet with the tongs.

 

Then I immediately frowned.

 

“Ugh…”

 

“Oh my. Are there any wet tissues? I’ll bring wet tissues. I should at least do that much.”

 

As the sticky blood got on my hands, Kim Gwang-cheon strangely left the music room with a relieved expression.

 

The music room, now left with only me, Han Da-min, and Park Nam-seok, became strangely subdued and quiet.

 

“I won’t steal the wallet from you, student, so put it down on the desk for a moment and help me turn over the victim’s body.”

 

“You absolutely cannot take the wallet. But anyway, since I grabbed this wallet first, our team gets the points, right?”

 

“Tsk, the points aren’t decided yet! I won’t take it, so if you’re really suspicious, put it on that table over there where only you can reach it.”

 

Even though the atmosphere had become subdued, it was a subtle change that could only be felt at the venue, and since this was filming, the conversation naturally continued without pause.

 

However.

 

“Understood.”

 

I looked at Park Nam-seok with suspicious eyes and placed the wallet on the table.

 

Then I glanced at Han Da-min again.

 

Right, I had noticed a slight awkwardness that could only be felt at the venue.

 

Park Nam-seok was here investigating the body with me, and Kim Gwang-cheon had gone to get wet tissues as if running away.

 

Everyone was finding and doing their own roles, but Han Da-min, who had been the first to try to approach me, was frozen stiff, unable to do this or that, just standing still.

 

But Park Nam-seok was trying to search the body naturally with me instead of calling Han Da-min from his same team.

 

The strange thing here was Han Da-min’s behavior.

 

If it were her, even if Park Nam-seok suddenly intervened, she would have approached later to participate in the investigation.

 

She had been properly immersed in the role of a passionate detective until just now, hadn’t she?

 

But now, far from being composed, she was frozen.

 

“Unnie.”

 

Unable to watch any longer, I gestured to Han Da-min.

 

“Come here. Unnie needs to help too.”

 

“Ah, uh.”

 

Only then did Han Da-min move and sit down beside me.

 

My goodness, just look at that expression. Han Da-min must have definitely noticed something suspicious about Park Nam-seok long before I caught on.

 

Subtly interrupting Han Da-min’s words and actions without making it obvious, cleverly stealing her role.

 

All while smiling on the surface as if being considerate of the other person.

 

A subtle exclusion that only the person involved would notice.

 

It was so subtle that even I almost missed it if Han Da-min wasn’t my member and I hadn’t caught that fleeting expression.

 

How long has this been going on for Han Da-min to react so immediately? Has it been like this since the very beginning when we were divided into teams?

 

“Class President, I think we need to search through the victim’s pockets.”

 

“Oh, I have to do this too? Can’t the detectives do this?”

 

When I placed my hand on Han Da-min’s shoulder and spoke, Park Nam-seok nodded toward Han Da-min as if he was being generous.

 

“Right, it’s not right to leave everything to a student. Isn’t that right, Da-min?”

 

“Haha, that’s right.”

 

Am I mistaken? No, this doesn’t seem like a mistake.

 

Why is he acting like that toward Han Da-min, who’s an idol, not even a fellow comedian? More than that, does he think Han Da-min is easy to push around?

 

‘Seriously.’

 

I felt dizzy and squeezed my eyes shut then opened them.

 

I moved slightly away from the corpse, watched the two people, then picked up the wallet I had placed on the table.

 

If Park Nam-seok being the Smiling Face Mask and this being a trap means this current situation… no, that wasn’t even relevant.

 

Whether that bastard is the Smiling Face Mask or not, I need to separate Da-min and Park Nam-seok.

 

I moved a bit further away from the two and quietly opened the wallet.

 

Actually, I had noticed something was inside the wallet as soon as I picked it up earlier, but I couldn’t openly check it while with the Detective Team.

 

Besides, I didn’t want to handle the blood-covered wallet, so I was planning to discreetly take just the wallet and leave the scene with Kim Gwang-cheon when he brought the wet tissues.

 

But it seems Kim Gwang-cheon was genuinely scared of this gruesome scene and ran away using the wet tissues as an excuse.

 

I should use this to protect Han Da-min.

 

I confirmed that the cameras were intently filming me handling the wallet, then quickly examined the contents inside.

 

Then I approached Han Da-min with careful steps and lightly tapped her arm.

 

“Detective.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Han Da-min looked at me. Her face had somehow returned to its usual composed expression, as if she had never been flustered.

 

I spoke in a cautious voice with an awkward tone as if reciting lines.

 

“Actually, I have something to tell you. I’d like to speak only to you, Detective.”

 

When I added the gesture of glancing at Park Nam-seok, he spoke to Han Da-min with a slightly sensitive expression.

 

“Go ahead. Since they want to speak only to Da-min, listen and then tell me about it.”

 

He seemed to think we were delivering lines according to the setting.

 

“Ah, yes. Understood!”

 

Han Da-min responded with an enthusiastic voice full of energy, then stood up, and I led her out of the music room.

 

‘Well, whatever.’

 

From now on, I decided on my own that we’d just team up together like this.

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