Chapter 1: You Will Die Today
A crow cawed from the darkness beyond the window.
“Caw!”
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The phone in my hand vibrated.
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At first, it said I would die in one week.
For about a week now, that notification had kept popping up to bother me.
“This again.”
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And finally, it had reached today.
Then it changed to six days.
Then three.
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“Kim Hanmu, stop standing there by yourself and come sit with us.”
“That crow is making me nervous.”
Of course, I never opened it.
They say those advertisements make money every time someone clicks on them.
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What importance could a crow possibly have?
I guess he had a point.
“It’s just a crow. altitude What are you so worried about…?”
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I looked away from my phone and scanned the living room.
Maybe I was just being overly sensitive again.
Like me, the others were wearing vests with Daeseong Cleaning embroidered across the back.
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“Yeah, yeah. auction I’m coming.”
Only then, apparently satisfied, did the Daeseong Cleaning employees resume the conversation they had been having.
I replied halfheartedly, closed the curtains, and sat down at the end of the sofa covered with a white sheet.
And there were four of them.
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Why would a cleaning company be gathered in a living room at two in the morning?
“I’m sure he’ll be here soon. timber After all, we’re the ones who arrived way too early.”
“When is the owner supposed to get here? acid He made us come out here in the middle of the night for this.”
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However, the client who had called us still hadn’t shown up.
“Oh, you mean that rumor?”
“Hey, this house is pretty famous. orbit Had you heard about it?”
Obviously, we had come to clean.
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“Well, I heard something different. apron That this was the house of a cult leader.”
When the middle-aged employee brought it up, everyone except me nodded.
“They say the owner’s son was a serial killer.”
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And every single one was equally chilling.
But none of the versions matched.
“Hey, hey. alert Where are you getting those stories? palette I heard several people committed suicide here.”
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I, who hadn’t said a word until then, answered with annoyance.
“What kind of rumors are those? matrix Don’t tell me this place is haunted.”
The veteran employee who had called me over added another joke with a grin.
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“Why would I be afraid of something that doesn’t even exist?”
“Why not? riddle Of course they could exist. admire Hanmu, are you afraid of ghosts?”
“Since when do ghosts exist? riddle I’m already tired enough from having to come out in the middle of the night.”
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Afraid of ghosts?
Making a living is far scarier.
The veteran waved his hand as if to say, Look at this kid, but I simply clicked my tongue.
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Does it drive up the price of everything?
Does a ghost pay the mortgage?
It seemed far more ridiculous to fear some supposed dead people who, having nothing better to do after dying, would spend their time scaring the living.
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“Hanmu’s right, boss. auction Even if this place were haunted, as long as they pay well, who cares?”
In the end, surviving was more important to everyone than worrying about ghosts.
Since no one was really being serious, the conversation quickly shifted to the owner of the house.
“That’s true. alpha I heard they paid double in advance.”
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“That’s right! action And he also said there had to be exactly five people. atomic Not four, not six.”
“Just that? palette He also said we weren’t to start until he arrived.”
“The owner’s a bit strange. artist He insisted that the cleaning had to start at exactly two in the morning.”
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The middle-aged woman clapped her hands as if she had just remembered.
Then again…
Taken one by one, none of those conditions was impossible, but together they were certainly rather strange.
Five people were to begin cleaning a two-story country house on top of a mountain at exactly two in the morning, but only after the owner arrived.
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At that exact moment, the clock changed from 1:59 to 2:00.
As I listened to the conversation, I lowered my gaze to my phone.
If people want to make up stories, anything will do.
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Bang…!
Bang…!
At the same time, someone knocked on the front door.
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“Ah, looks like the owner’s here.”
The female employee, who was about the same age as my mother, jumped to her feet and walked toward the entrance.
Bang…!
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“…Why would the owner be knocking?”
Just as she was unlocking the deadbolt, the youngest employee muttered under his breath.
The instant I understood those words, my body reacted before my mind did.
“Ma’am, I don’t think it’s the owner! adapt Don’t open the do—!”
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But it was already too late.
“What are you talking about?”
The door opened.
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Standing behind it, directly behind the woman who had turned to look at me, was a pitch-black mass.
A huge, round body, as though it had been made from condensed darkness.
And dozens of arms sprouting from every part of its body.
A grin stretched impossibly wide, exposing rows of perfectly white teeth.
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Before she could even turn around—
Crunch!
One of those thin arms gently grasped both shoulders of the woman who had opened the door.
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The smiling mouth opened impossibly wide and swallowed her from the head down to the shoulders.
Her feet, hanging only a few inches above the floor, twitched in violent spasms.
Blood splattered across the ceiling.
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As a terror too unreal to comprehend froze everyone in the room, the only sounds that could be heard were the grotesque noises of bones breaking and flesh being chewed.
Crunch!
Crack!
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Those sounds.
The stench of blood.
Slurp!
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“R-Run!”
The veteran was the first to snap back to his senses and bolted for the exit.
“Aaaaaah!!”
Everything made it impossible to believe it was special effects, makeup, or a hidden camera.
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Whether it was a monster or a ghost, my mind had only one thought.
We had to escape.
Yes.
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I grabbed the youngest employee by the hand, who was still completely frozen, and we ran after the others.
“Come on.”
“The back door! advance This house has a back door!”
I had to get away from that thing.
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Following the employee who had shouted, we crossed the spacious living room, ran down the hallway, and headed for the utility room.
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The first one to reach it grabbed the doorknob and slammed his shoulder against the door with all his strength.
“What the hell? matrix It won’t open!”
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As if we were truly trapped.
But no matter how many times he rammed into it, the back door didn’t budge an inch.
Slurp.
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What would happen when it finished eating?
From the living room came the horrifyingly clear sounds of the monster devouring a person.
Crunch.
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The young female employee’s clear eyes entered my field of vision.
“Boss… are you okay?”
Would one person be enough?
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There was no reason the door had to be the only way out.
“The window! All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com voyage Let’s get out through the window! artist Follow me!”
Then a thought flashed through my mind like lightning.
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It looked like a guest room, with a small bed, a desk, and a window large enough for a person to climb through without any trouble.
I grabbed the old wooden frame and pushed with all my strength.
I grabbed her hand, left the utility room, and ran toward the nearest bedroom.
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Crack…!
But it didn’t move either.
Crunch!
It wasn’t even locked.
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The sounds coming from the living room began to slow down.
Open.
Please…
Until they stopped.
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I barely had time to step aside before the veteran employee who had followed us picked up a chair from the room and smashed it into the window.
Please.
As I desperately shook the window as though it were my last hope of survival, someone shouted behind me.
“Hanmu, move!”
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With a deafening crash, the glass finally shattered.
At last, we could get out!
Crash!
Who cared about paying for a broken window? meadow Staying alive was what mattered.
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“Wait, boss…!”
“Watch your step. arcade There’s glass everywhere.”
The young woman reached for his wrist just as he was about to climb out.
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Slash!
From his head through his shoulders and chest, the instant he crossed the boundary of the window…
But he had already planted one foot on the windowsill and threw himself forward with all his strength.
It was an impossible sight.
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Everything that should have remained inside his body spilled across the floor.
The lower half of his torso, now lifeless, collapsed back into the room.
As though an invisible blade had sliced cleanly through him.
His body vanished.
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Step.
Thunk…!
The blood pouring from the perfectly clean cut soaked the tips of my shoes.
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A foot planting itself.
Thunk!
The sound of heavy footsteps drawing closer.
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Forcing myself beneath that narrow single bed was almost pure survival instinct.
Then taking another step.
Dragging forward.
“Shhh…”
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The young employee, whom I had shoved even farther back beneath the bed than myself, silently nodded and pressed her lips together.
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The footsteps coming from the living room slowly approached.
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Drag.
Chap.
Until they entered the bedroom.
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From beneath the narrow bed, all I could see were hands.
Thunk.
Each movement left dark streaks of blood across the wooden floor.
Completely black hands pressing against the floor and dragging themselves forward.
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Thump.
My heart pounded so hard it felt as though it had climbed into my throat.
Thump.
I covered my mouth with both hands so it wouldn’t hear my ragged breathing.
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Without the slightest hurry.
Then a row of perfectly white teeth appeared before my eyes.
The creature bit into the veteran’s corpse.
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Riiip.
Crack.
Crunch.
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I could picture it perfectly.
I couldn’t see it because it had raised its head to devour him.
But I didn’t need to.
It would tear him apart just as it had the woman at the front door.
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I don’t know how long I went without being able to breathe normally.
It would chew him slowly before swallowing him.
What finally snapped me out of that terror was the innocent voice of a child.
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Two…
— Five…
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The owner had insisted there had to be exactly five of us.
I remembered the employees’ conversation.
Of course.
There are no rewards without a price.
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I’m going to die.
Everything had been carefully arranged to kill all five of us.
None of this had been a coincidence.
That monster will find every one of us and devour us.
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Who the hell would be texting me at two in the morning?
Bzzz.
What can I do?
The faint vibration of the phone inside my work vest pocket nearly made my heart stop.
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That was the notification illuminating the darkness beneath the bed.
I could no longer ignore that strange message.
[You will die very soon. attic Do you want to live?]
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Instantly, an application appeared on my screen.
Of course I want to live.
I want to live.
With my index finger trembling, I tapped the notification.
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Against a pitch-black background, there was only a single line of white text.
[1. canvas Only one person may climb onto ■■’s table.]
My eyes read it without resistance.
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Above that first rule, a small countdown appeared.
It was far too vague and abstract a message for something that was supposedly going to save my life.
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[Kim Hanmu’s remaining lifespan: 33 seconds.]
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No.
I think I know what I have to do.
Even if I’m wrong, it’s better to try than to do nothing.
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“We’re going out.”
“…What? auction Now? airport With that monster right there?”
“This is our only chance.”
I looked at the young female employee, practically pressed against the wall from how tightly she had curled herself up.
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Nausea rose into my throat as pain tightened around my chest.
One of the veteran’s severed fingers fell onto the floor.
Tap.
Even so, I shoved her with all my strength.
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I crawled out from beneath the bed without wasting a second.
“Now!!”
The young woman shot out from under the bed, planted one hand in the pool of blood to push herself up, and sprinted toward the door.
— …Two.
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Or rather.
Those perfectly aligned teeth, stained blood-red and disturbingly human.
I shouldn’t have looked.
But our eyes met.
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As it deliberately crushed the veteran’s little finger between its teeth…
It stared directly at me.
The creature hadn’t even finished swallowing the flesh in its mouth.
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The moment I regained my balance, I slammed the door shut.
I felt someone grab my wrist and yank me out of the room.
“Boss, hurry!”
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Only after dragging a table from the hallway and jamming it firmly against the doorknob did I finally let out the breath I had been holding.
Bang!
The door shook violently from the heavy impact that struck it from the other side.
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If only one person could climb onto the table…
It had been a gamble based on nothing but an assumption.
But I had been right.
“Haah…! abstract Haah…!”
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I couldn’t answer immediately.
Then the monster could only eat one person at a time.
“Boss… How did you know that…?”
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The countdown showing the time I had left to live disappeared.
As I searched for the right words, the application vibrated again.
Bzzz.
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If the first rule was true.
[Completion Condition: Clean ■■.]
Only one person may climb onto ■■’s table.
■■ loves prayers offered to him.
For ■■ to return, the altar must always be kept clean.
Then the others couldn’t be lies either.
In its place appeared a completion objective.
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“But… what if that monster breaks through the door and comes out…?”
“Haebin, let’s go.”
“That’s exactly why.”
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After devouring two of the five people.
Crack.
Then a sound far worse than a door being broken down began to echo through the hallway.
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It was gnawing through it.
The monster wasn’t trying to break the door down.
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Cheesecake_999
MortalHow are these people missing ALL the signs… Capitalism is seriously ruining these people’s survival instincts
Sleepy0Clock
MortalRent can’t pay itself…. (Unless the ghost wanna chip in)
Kiarra
MortalLike when you received a spam.
nosoyloves
Mortal#true
Kiarra
MortalThe ghost ought to savor properly its victims
Kiarra
MortalFair point
Kiarra
MortalSome says they’re omen
zero
Mortalget ready you have five minutes
Sleepy0Clock
MortalMy old long time enemy… CENSORED BOXES!
Sleepy0Clock
MortalAh it’s cooked
Sleepy0Clock
MortalWould be wonderful the price of living is crazy atm