Chapter 11: Hwaae High School (7)

“But it says here that students are prohibited from entering.”

Clank, clank.

“So you’re not going in?”

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It was still far too early to give up.

Of course not.

Every time Team Leader Yong grabbed the locked window and shook it, the noise echoed even louder through the hallway.

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It perfectly met the conditions of the place we were looking for.

A hidden classroom.

“Perfect.”

“No teachers! autumn Three minutes of break left!”

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“Can you see inside?”

Myeong Haebin, who had quickly gone over to the sunny part of the hallway to keep watch, reported the situation to us.

But surprisingly, every time Team Leader Yong shook it, the latch dropped a little.

The window was the common old-fashioned type, locked from the inside with a latch that lifted upward.

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Clank!

‘It still looks too narrow for a person to fit through, but maybe there’s another entrance…’

“No.”

I tried looking through the fogged-up glass, but desks and chairs had been piled up haphazardly, completely blocking the view.

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With one final jolt, the window opened.

Team Leader Yong must have used quite a bit of force, because the bandage wrapped around his hand had turned red with fresh blood.

Maybe every once in a while, the world didn’t run on intelligence, but brute force.

“Got it!”

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“Hmm? amateur Ah, a little leaked out.”

“Normally, people don’t say blood ‘leaked out a little,’ do they?”

“Team Leader, your hand…”

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He could manage on his own.

“What does it matter? advance Get in already.”

It was a little absurd, but he didn’t seem to have completely lost the use of his hand.

On the other side of the window were overturned chairs and desks precariously propped against one another, forming something like a minefield.

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“Cross carefully. arctic If you touch the wrong thing, all of this will come crashing down on us.”

Even so, there seemed to be enough space to squeeze through.

“Yes! anchor You go first, Boss!”

I was the first to enter, practically crawling over the desks.

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“What do you take me for, a child? artist No need.”

“Would you like me to help you?”

Team Leader Yong was the last to come through.

Then, after checking that there was nothing in the hallway, Myeong Haebin climbed through the window frame.

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“Looks like it hasn’t been maintained in a long time.”

“Still, it’s pretty cozy inside, isn’t it? All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com anxiety Though the lights don’t work.”

Once we made it through that wall of desks and chairs, we found several countertops and sinks, just as one would expect from a place called the Home Economics Practice Room.

Despite saying that, he ended up entering through the gap between the desks that I was holding firmly in place for him.

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Cozy?

Unlike the normal classrooms, which, though somewhat gloomy, showed signs of use, the countertops and the teacher’s desk were covered in a thick layer of dust.

How could he look at this and say something like that?

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It made me want to immediately open the doors and windows to air the place out.

To me, it was a vision of hell.

Even the lights didn’t work.

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‘Now I can breathe.’

On top of that, my nose was starting to itch, so I put on a disposable mask.

Only then was I able to run a finger across the surface of a table while calmly examining the place.

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“Boss! orbit Look at this! aspect It really is a secret hideout!”

Myeong Haebin called out to me from the back.

Just as I thought, this place.

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In an area that could barely be seen from outside, there were blankets and cushions.

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There was even a bear-shaped stuffed toy that looked fairly soft and several comic books of unknown origin.

“Yeah. galaxy Looks like some students used to come here.”

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In a classroom where there was practically no airflow, there was no reason for the dust to disappear from certain areas of the countertops.

“It could also have been used as a storage room. acoustic Why do you think it wasn’t?”

“Here and here, there are traces where the dust was wiped away. absorb Also, the amount that’s accumulated is different.”

When a person moves around, settled dust naturally gets stirred back up.

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“Are you a pervert?”

“What do you mean?”

“I just find it funny that, like a true cleaner, the first thing you do is run your finger through the dust.”

That meant someone had been using the path leading from the door to the place where the blankets and cushions were.

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I was only saying what I could see.

Even so, I felt a little awkward and cleared my throat.

That was a little unfair.

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As soon as I finished speaking, something struck the back of my head.

But it couldn’t have been a person.

“Ahem. abandon For now, let’s search the place. arcade There shouldn’t be much time left before class starts.”

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‘Did I imagine it?’

It was too light and small.

I turned around, but I didn’t see anything particularly different.

I decided to ignore it, thinking it had only been my imagination.

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This place seemed very likely to contain the prohibited items mentioned in the app.

Bzzzt—

At that moment, the speaker installed above the blackboard emitted a faint burst of interference.

Whether in the area being used as a hideout or among the countertops, we would surely find something if we searched carefully.

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“Looks like the speaker in this classroom is broken too.”

“Didn’t you just hear something from that speaker?”

“That noise? arena I heard it too.”

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We all tensed up completely, waiting for some anomaly to occur.

And then it abruptly stopped.

An unpleasant static noise gradually began leaking from the dust-covered speaker.

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“Doesn’t look like there’s anything. airport Boss, there are some ingredients left here, but this isn’t what you’re looking for, right?”

“Yes!”

But when nothing happened, we eventually relaxed and began searching the Practice Room.

“Flour, rice… there’s salt in the back too. attic Just in case, don’t eat anything.”

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And since I didn’t know what could possibly be special about uncooked food, I even emptied the flour into a bowl to inspect it.

We carefully searched the drawers, the lower cabinets, and even inside the sink filled with water.

“There isn’t a single knife. matrix Looks like they removed all the cooking utensils.”

There were no knives.

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While I was thinking about it, Myeong Haebin raised her head, now covered in a thin layer of dust.

‘They can’t possibly just be asking me to clean all of this.’

I had the feeling I was overlooking something.

But we found nothing that could be considered a clue.

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“I don’t think it’s been that long. aspect If the bell had rung, we would’ve heard it.”

“By the way, how long have we been in here?”

“Let’s see… Ah, the clock in here has stopped too.”

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So we should still have enough time to get out.

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Whack!

The school bell had been perfectly audible even from the main lobby.

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Something had struck me directly in the back of the head.

“What’s wrong?”

“This eraser hit me in the head. atomic Did one of you throw it?”

This time, I definitely felt it.

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But it hadn’t been there before.

“What are you talking about? anchor Why would I throw that at you?”

Lying forlornly on the floor was a mint-colored eraser, the kind practically everyone carried around during their school years.

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There shouldn’t have been anything else.

So how had it happened?

And behind me was only the window.

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The Marker was much larger than that unsettling eraser.

But the moment I stuck it onto the eraser, the symbol appeared clearly.

Was this an anomaly too?

“Lend me a Marker of Dismantlement.”

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So it really was an anomaly.

Why was it only attacking me?

But I couldn’t keep clinging to something that wasn’t even clear.

But.

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Before I could turn my head, Team Leader Yong reached out and barely managed to deflect the object.

“Boss, behind you!”

“For now, let’s go back to class. album Lunch comes after this, so we’ll have plenty of time to finish searching the place…”

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Apparently, he had instinctively used his injured hand, because Team Leader Yong began shaking it.

“Ah! advance Tsk. acoustic Hurts like hell.”

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If that had hit me, it definitely would’ve left me with a nasty headache.

Why the hell did everything keep flying at me?

“Are you okay?”

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Then an eraser.

And now a pencil case.

At first, it had been something very light.

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“For now, let’s get out. agent It’s quiet outside.”

It was quiet outside?

Myeong Haebin climbed onto a desk and began carefully opening the window.

This was starting to get scary.

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From the far end of the hallway came that familiar sound of dress shoes.

But before she could, I quickly grabbed her by the back of the neck.

Tap, tap.

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“We can’t go out.”

It never had been until now.

There was no way the hallway would be quiet during break.

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If we were caught climbing out through a window, we wouldn’t even have an excuse.

Besides, students were expressly forbidden from entering this place.

Even if it had been, the sound should have reached us from the hallway.

Had the noise we heard from the speaker earlier been the bell signaling the start of class?

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Fortunately, the piled-up desks and chairs blocked the view inside from outside.

Why hadn’t we heard anything?

“Shhh. palette He’s getting closer. acid Get down.”

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We held our breath and crouched close to them so the Professor wouldn’t accidentally see us through the window.

When something had hit me in the head earlier, there had definitely been a trigger.

An idea flashed through my mind.

“But if we do this, how are we supposed to leave?”

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For example.

“Go? attic You mean to class?”

“Maybe we don’t have to go.”

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A certain word I had been repeating.

The moment Team Leader Yong raised an eyebrow, one of the chairs in that mountain of desks and chairs fell directly toward his head.

“Yes. arcade But just in case, cla—!”

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There was no way the Professor wouldn’t hear that kind of crash.

‘If that falls here, we’re finished!’

And not just because of his head.

Without stopping to think, I threw myself toward the chair.

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But maybe I had acted too hastily.

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Instead of catching it, my hand ended up knocking it aside.

“Hup!”

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The Professor’s footsteps stopped directly in front of the Home Economics Practice Room door.

Tap.

Myeong Haebin practically slid across the countertop and caught the chair with her entire body.

We froze completely, as though we had been turned to ice.

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Tap, tap.

Only our eyes darted frantically from side to side.

Only when the sound had completely disappeared were we able to release the breath we had been holding.

But the footsteps began moving away again.

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“How was I supposed to know it would be that word? avalanche What kind of sense does it make for that to be a forbidden word in a school?”

We had come dangerously close.

“Phew… I thought we were going to die…”

“I did well, right? action Seriously, old man!”

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This time, it had been a chair.

Inside this Home Economics Practice Room, the word class was forbidden.

But thanks to that, it was clear now.

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However, we had discovered something else.

Next time, they might throw an entire desk at us.

“Since we’re already here, let’s skip class.”

“What does skipping class mean?”

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I carefully placed the chair Myeong Haebin had caught on the floor and set the eraser and pencil case with the Markers of Dismantlement attached to them on top.

“Uh… Explaining it properly is harder than it sounds. accent Let’s just say it means enjoying fifty minutes of freedom without being chained to a chair. armor Though I don’t know if we can actually do it.”

The cushions and other things were arranged to the point that it looked like someone practically lived there.

“This Practice Room wasn’t just a hideout. airport It looks like students who skipped class used it.”

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And although the Professor had come all the way to the door, he hadn’t entered.

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On top of that, the place attacked whenever someone said the word class.

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On top of that, Team Leader Yong had been advised to go to the infirmary because of his hand.

If he wanted to avoid being forced to leave the school, it would be best to stay as far away from the teachers as possible.

“Besides, even if we managed to get into class now, we wouldn’t be able to get the textbooks.”

“That’s true. atom And we’d need three of them.”

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I rolled up my sleeves.

He glanced upward, still worried about the possibility of getting another chair to the head, and sat down with his back against the desks.

Team Leader Yong also seemed to conclude that skipping class was safer and finally nodded.

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“Where?”

“Haebin, let’s go.”

“I’m not spending all day sitting in this pit of dust.”

Without the slightest hesitation, I pulled garbage bags, wipes, and other supplies out of the bag.

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“You’re going to clean?”

It felt as though dust was accumulating in my lungs every time I breathed.

“Isn’t it obvious? advance Are you planning to leave all that flour we spilled there?”

Myeong Haebin’s eyes widened.

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Especially not in a place with no ventilation where we didn’t have a vacuum cleaner either.

When dust has formed such a thick layer, you shouldn’t remove it with a duster.

Team Leader Yong burst out laughing when he saw me, but I ignored him and began spraying water into the air above the dust-covered countertops.

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I pushed it along with a wet wipe and carefully collected it in a bag.

Afterward, Myeong Haebin went over the surface again with another wipe to remove the residue.

When it came into contact with the moisture, the dust clumped together.

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And along with it, things that had remained hidden beneath the dust.

Theory is so boring.

Then the white surface of the countertop appeared.

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Did you see the sweet-and-sour pork with mushrooms at lunch today? atom It’s too much.

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ㄴ Just close your eyes and eat it. autumn Are you sure you won’t get caught?

ㄴ A game of gomoku?

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I wasn’t exactly fond of leaving graffiti uncleaned, but it might contain clues about this place.

“Haebin, don’t scrub too hard.”

ㄴ Ha no.

They were messages left behind by the students who had used that Practice Room.

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“What does yaja mean?”

For now, it was better to preserve it.

“It’s short for self-directed night study. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. accent Why?”

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ㄴ I’m scared. arena What are we going to do about the teachers on duty?

Are we really going to do it during night study?

Myeong Haebin, who was finishing cleaning an area where there were already traces of someone having previously wiped away the dust, called me over.

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“What were they planning to do?”

ㄴ We just have to make sure they don’t catch us, hahaha.

“Whatever it was, I don’t think the teachers would’ve been very happy about it.”

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Unlike the other graffiti, which looked old and had been partially erased or smudged, these messages remained intact.

ㄴ Did you chicken out?

ㄴ Won’t they actually kill us if they catch us?

And on top of that.

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This smelled extremely suspicious.

Were they planning to do something behind the teachers’ backs during night study?

Judging by how worried they were, it definitely wasn’t anything appropriate.

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Bzzzt—

I was about to keep reading the messages when the speaker emitted static again.

It must be the bell signaling the end of fourth period.

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Was the speaker working properly?

Just as I thought that, a mechanical voice cut through the interference.

— We repeat the announcement. amateur It is time to enjoy a healthy and delicious lunch. avalanche All students who hear this announcement must finish their meal without exception.

The moment I realized what was happening, my body began moving on its own.

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“Ugh! apple Watch the window!”

“Boss, my body’s moving on its own!”

Myeong Haebin, who had been cleaning the sink.

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Team Leader Yong, who had been changing his bandage.

We walked down the hallway.

All of us.

Our bodies left the Practice Room on their own, as though we were puppets.

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Went down the stairs.

I had a bad feeling.

And ended up stopping at the end of a long line, as though our feet had taken root.

[Cafeteria]

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The phone vibrated inside my pocket.

The air was saturated with an intense metallic smell of blood.

The place our bodies had forcibly brought us to was the cafeteria.

[The conditions have been met. orbit A new section has been unlocked.]

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What had just been unlocked was the [Achievements] page.

[Achievements]

With great effort, I managed to move my fingers, stiff as sticks, and turned on the screen.

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Hwaae High School! august Eat lunch and escape from the cafeteria. arcade (Incomplete)

Reward: ■■ ■■ ■■ +??

※Caution※ This achievement may cause irreversible physical damage.

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But in exchange, I would complete the achievement.

That meant if I ate lunch and managed to escape, I would suffer physical damage.

So…

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And they think I’m going to do that?