Chapter 325
The Haunted House
A Vlog?
Are you serious right now?
I was momentarily at a loss for words at Han Seo-Jin’s remark.
Her eyes sparkled with excitement.
“Uh… How can you do that if we aren’t even filming right now?”
I asked Han Seo-Jin back, my voice slightly flustered.
Whether she uploads a vlog or not is none of my business, but first, she needs to film something to edit and post, right?
But there aren’t any cameras around me at the moment.
How does she expect to upload a vlog without a camera?
Hearing my question, Han Seo-Jin lowered her head and replied.
“Don’t worry about that part. We are currently filming the entire Tokyo Death Land in real-time with a shooting drone.”
A shooting drone?
Filming in real-time?
I was left speechless at her extraordinary preparation.
[Partner, Han Seo-Jin… This is a bit scary, you know.]
Even Raul Napoleon Bonaparte was taken aback.
I thought I was misjudging her, but it turns out I wasn’t.
Han Seo-Jin was definitely Han Seo-Jin.
“Oh, I see… Let’s just go to the haunted house then.”
Since there’s no point in arguing when she won’t stop filming anyway, I might as well follow through with the original plan and head to the haunted house.
My head was spinning.
Han Seo-Jin nodded at my words.
“Yes, Mr. Kim Deok-Sung. Then, I’ll take you to the haunted house.”
So, I was led by her hand toward the haunted house.
We arrived at a typical amusement park haunted house that looked like a ruined castle.
The entrance decorated with skulls and bloodstains emanated a creepy vibe, reminiscent of a vampire’s castle.
For an average person, it would definitely be a chilling sight.
Now that the haunted house, an essential course for a date in a Japanese animation amusement park, appeared, all that was left was to ride the Ferris wheel, and this miserable date would finally come to an end.
I thought about the ordeal I went through for the dating application ticket.
Just then.
Creeeeak.
With an excessively creaky sound, the haunted house’s castle gates swung open.
Beyond the gates lay an impenetrable darkness so thick it felt like you couldn’t see a foot in front of you.
“I’ll go first.”
Han Seo-Jin entered the haunted house with a determined and unwavering expression.
Han Seo-Jin and the haunted house.
I couldn’t imagine her getting scared at the sight of a ghost.
There’s probably no scene more mismatched than that.
There probably won’t be a fitting scene either.
Still, adding a haunted house to the date course must be the heroines’ doing, right?
They really do some wild things.
Thinking that, I followed Han Seo-Jin into the haunted house.
Thud.
The gate closed automatically.
A dark, maze-like hallway extends before me.
There’s minimal dim red lighting, fake skulls scattered about, and cobwebs everywhere.
Tap, tap.
I walk down the eerie corridor with Han Seo-Jin.
[Ehehehehe]
[Aaaaah!]
Creepy laughter and screams echo from speakers hidden throughout the hallway, serving as background music.
It’s exactly the terrifying level of an entrance exam haunted house.
I sneak a glance at Han Seo-Jin, who’s leading the way.
As expected, her expression is completely unafraid.
I knew it would be like this.
By the way, I haven’t seen a single staff member while wandering through this amusement park. How are they planning to operate the haunted house?
Do they only deploy staff here?
As various thoughts flitted through my mind at that moment—
Tap.
I heard something catch at Han Seo-Jin’s feet.
Clatter.
With that, the ceiling opened, accompanied by chilling background music, revealing a familiar face with pale makeup and blood spatters.
“Waaaaah! Eri-ring, it’s not a ghost that appeared!”
It was Eri.
Eri, dressed as a ghost and hanging upside down from the ceiling.
I thought it odd not to see any staff, but are these guys taking on the ghost roles instead?
“Hey, you. What are you doing here?”
“Hmph. Master, I mean guest. Right now, I’m not Eri-ring, I’m a ghost! Scary, right? Isn’t it?”
Eri, dangling upside down, sticks her tongue out at me.
Scary?
This?
Far from being scary, I felt like my sanity was flying out the window at that moment.
“Ah, Aaaah!”
With a surprisingly awkward scream, Han Seo-Jin suddenly charged toward me, as if she’d just been called on in class to read from the textbook.
She wrapped her arms tightly around my waist.
“… It’s, it’s so scary.”
Han Seo-Jin complains in a melodramatic voice, acting scared.
Now, pretending to be shocked by such a clumsy disguise and entrance is ridiculous.
What kind of comedy is this?
Seeing that, Eri chuckled and winked.
“Then Eri-ring will exit! Yip!”
Poof.
With a strange sound effect, Eri used her gift to disappear, turning transparent.
Han Seo-Jin then released me, slightly blushing.
‘What a ridiculous situation…’
It’s absurd.
Could she really be acting because of the vlog content?
Thinking about it, it does make sense.
Surely, everyone would expect to be scared when entering a haunted house. So, it’s understandable that Han Seo-Jin, who is as stiff as a board, would pretend to be scared.
Still, her acting was too much.
Even in this age of scripted variety shows, that kind of awkward acting is just too much.
“Ahem. Then let me guide you again.”
With flushed earlobes, Han Seo-Jin leads the way once more.
We walk through the haunted house again, and after passing through the narrow corridor, we arrive in a room oddly covered with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and murals.
Whoosh.
Darkness prevails in the tomb, illuminated by green flames.
The dark grave was illuminated by green flames.
On the massive stone altar lay a coffin.
Ah, this cliché concept.
You can easily guess what’s about to happen.
Just as I sighed and headed towards the coffin…
Click.
I stepped on something beneath the floor.
Grgrgrgrgrgrgrgrgrgr.
With that, the entire tomb chamber shook as if an earthquake had hit.
Not to mention, the special effects were quite impressive.
Kugugugugugugugug.
With a loud noise, the door on the stone altar opened.
What emerged was…
A beautiful girl with dark blue ponytail, her large chest wrapped tightly in bandages.
It was Rin.
“…..”
Rin, dressed in the typical mummy attire one might think of when mentioning ancient Egypt, rose from her place.
But she couldn’t be completely naked under those bandages, could she?
It seemed like white skin was peeking through spots not covered by the bandages.
Jiggle.
No wonder, in the world of Japanese light novels, as she rose from the coffin and stepped down from the altar, her bandage-wrapped, nearly bursting chest jiggled with each step.
The infamous bust morphing.
At this point, it was less frightening and more embarrassing.
What kind of mindset allows for such a thing?
“…..Ughhhhh…”
Rin let out a strange noise, sounding like a zombie.
Unlike Eri, she remained quite faithful to the mummy concept.
So is this it?
Just as I thought that…
Kugugugugugugug.
With a loud rumble, the walls began to move.
As the walls started to close in, a narrow exit appeared on one side.
“Mr. Kim Deok-Sung! We must escape quickly from that cursed mummy!”
Han Seo-Jin awkwardly delivered her line, as if she had rehearsed it beforehand.
Couldn’t she have practiced her acting a bit more?
Suddenly, she grabbed my wrist.
“Right. Let’s hurry and get out.”
I had the desire to escape this haunted house completely.
Led by Han Seo-Jin, I dodged the mummy-rigged Rin and the closing walls as we made our way to the exit.
Arriving at the exit, we found a massive cave resembling a mine tunnel.
How big is this haunted house?
The fact that there’s still more to go after all the chaos was despairing.
Just then, I thought…
Kugung!
An ominous loud noise echoed from somewhere.
I turned my head toward the source of the noise.
There was a large rock.
A giant boulder, large enough to block the passage, was rolling towards us.
A classic rock trap, to say the least.
“What the hell.”
Cursing slipped from my lips after a long time.
So they set up a damn rock trap in this haunted house?
I wanted nothing more than to use my powers to smash that rock, but since this was being recorded and, above all, that damn rock trap was part of this haunted house ride…
If I destroyed it, I’d definitely get hit with a property damage lawsuit.
So I couldn’t break it.
Kugugugugugugug.
Just as the rolling rock’s speed increased while descending the gently sloped corridor…
“Mr. Kim Deok-Sung! Allow me to assist you! Please, get on my back!”
Han Seo-Jin said to me.
Get on her back?
“Who are you?”
“Is this really okay?”
“Well, this must be part of that damn vlog or whatever it is.”
Having quickly made my judgment, I hopped onto Han Seo-Jin’s back.
The moment Han Seo-Jin stood up with me on her back,
Bam!
With a flash of gray light, she dashed down the corridor with her speedster ability, reaching the end.
“Phew.”
She set me down once we arrived.
“I’m glad there were no casualties.”
Han Seo-Jin said seriously.
She seemed quite accustomed to acting.
What kind of farce is this, anyway?
I really want to get out of this not-so-funny haunted house.
I thought this as I looked at the massive door in front of me.
The gigantic stone door, comparable to the entrance of a haunted house, was adorned with a large skull decoration like a dungeon boss room.
I hope this is the last one.
I thought as I placed my hand on the door.
Creeeek.
With a heavy sound, the stone door opened like an automatic door.
I stepped inside the space beyond the stone door with Han Seo-Jin.
Thud.
As we entered, the door closed behind us.
Boom!
A sound of something crashing against the closed stone door echoed shortly after.
It must be that rock that rolled earlier.
Hearing the commotion, I scanned the area.
“Where could this be?”
Han Seo-Jin threw out the line awkwardly.
The concept this time was a desolate Western mansion lobby.
On the old red carpet lay a broken chandelier, and bizarre portraits hung on the walls.
There was even a marble statue weeping blood.
On a long monitor mounted on the wall, a gloomy Western garden scene was being broadcasted.
To put it simply, it felt like the first entry into a mansion in a horror game.
If it were a movie, it resembled the lobby of a castle where a vampire might be sleeping in a coffin.
After ghosts and mummies, are we now onto vampires?
I thought as I began to move toward the dark mansion lobby when suddenly…
“Mr. Kim Deok-Sung. Dodge.”
Han Seo-Jin said in a frantic voice.
Dodge?
Is this part of the vlog too?
Just as I considered that…
[No, partner. This magic pattern is······!]
The Black Prince spoke seriously.
If Han Seo-Jin was one thing, but for the Black Prince to say that too…
I finally felt a sense of urgency, closed my eyes to activate my senses, and synchronized the darkness with my gift.
The moment my connected senses heightened, I detected an unfamiliar magic pattern.
It wasn’t from the heroines, Han Seo-Jin, or the Black Prince, but from a third party.
For the first time since entering the haunted house, I felt a chill, and when I opened my eyes, I was met with…
“Finally met you.”
A beautiful girl with eye-catching ivory bobbed hair fitting the old mansion concept.
She wore a bright Gothic Lolita dress and cradled a ragged teddy bear in her arms.
“Kim Deok-Sung······.”
The Undertaker.
Wilhelmina Heisenberg.
Her somber golden gaze was fixed directly on me.
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