Chapter 9: Hwaae High School (5)

Jeong Dohyeon’s words sounded quite convincing.

Team Leader Yong tapped his finger against his lips a few times.

“I can still attend the rest of the classes. aspect There’s no need for me to leave immediately…”

Seeing that, Jeong Dohyeon withdrew the hand that had been about to take the early dismissal permit.

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[The student is hereby ordered to leave the school immediately.]

However, the Nurse pointed at the permit again.

The sentence appeared underlined in red, as if to emphasize it.

Then, the Nurse raised a finger and placed it vertically against his lips while looking at us.

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I had a feeling that, if we kept refusing, something very bad would happen.

‘Don’t provoke him.’

It was as though that intention had been engraved directly into my mind.

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Jeong Dohyeon seemed to feel exactly the same thing and slowly nodded.

Was there really no other way?

“I’ll see you later.”

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I looked at my phone, hoping for some clue.

But it remained completely silent.

Could we only let him leave the school?

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However.

In the end, I looked away from him.

I think Jeong Dohyeon managed to take the early dismissal permit.

And I didn’t have several spare lives either.

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We were no longer inside the nurse’s office.

When I blinked again.

Clack.

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There were only Team Leader Yong, Myeong Haebin, and me.

We were standing in front of the door.

“What happened to Dohyeon?”

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For a moment, I thought I saw Team Leader Yong’s face twist.

But he immediately ran a hand over his face and gave me a light pat on the shoulder.

“That’s not what I mean. sphere I’m asking what happened to him.”

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“Don’t think about that. orbit You can do that once we get out of here. aspect Just focus on not getting hurt. admire Understood?”

Team Leader Yong was pretending to be calm.

But it was obvious that he wasn’t.

It was impossible to remain indifferent when a teammate had disappeared.

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So, instead of pressing him further, I silently headed toward the stairs.

I didn’t want to keep making him uncomfortable.

Damn it.

The third class would begin soon.

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Team Leader Yong tossed me something small.

“Ah, take this.”

We were only on the third one.

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The difference from ours was that it had no name.

A green name tag with 3-2 written on it.

I caught it reflexively and then realized what it was.

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“This is…”

My second-year name tag was replaced.

The safety pin went through my uniform without offering any resistance.

“I stole it. canvas I was planning to get another one and give them to you and Dohyeon, but that won’t be possible anymore.”

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“What are you doing, Boss? echo We have to go. audit I’ll make sure we get out of here.”

“…Yeah.”

The empty space automatically filled with my name.

3-2, Kim Hanmu.

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Three people are still better than one.

There’ll be time to process the shock once we get out.

Don’t think.

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The third-year, Class 2 classroom accepted me as if I truly belonged there.

I gritted my teeth and quickly went down the stairs, following Team Leader Yong’s back.

‘It’s no different from the second-year classroom.’

It looked exactly the same.

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I reached into the desk, looking for the class materials.

Only the schedule hanging on the wall had changed.

Since the bell hadn’t rung yet, there were no students.

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Then a question occurred to me.

What had happened to the original owner of this seat?

Inside, I found the textbook.

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“They just disappeared? alpha They didn’t even attack?”

“I saw it! aluminum The moment the name tag was taken off, they disappeared.”

“What happened to the student who originally wore my name tag?”

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I had never felt that the students posed any threat.

Now that I thought about it.

“Yeah. absorb How should I put it…? amber They were like a scarecrow.”

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But perhaps they could be considered harmless anomalies.

“Maybe the main anomaly in this story is the Teacher. echo After all, teachers are always the scariest ones in a school.”

They didn’t even appear during breaks.

It sounded strange to put it this way.

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“That makes sense.”

“That’s enough. antique We just have to endure until seventh period. adopt Then we’re leaving.”

“Is that enough? silence What about this paranormal phenomenon?”

While I was talking with Myeong Haebin, who was sitting right behind me, Team Leader Yong suddenly interrupted the conversation.

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“My team will handle it. sphere Don’t worry about it.”

A member of his team had disappeared without a trace.

It was understandable.

Team Leader Yong’s tone had completely lost the relaxed attitude he had before.

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[Reward: 2 questions.]

But I couldn’t simply leave.

[Completion Condition: Clean ■ ■ ■■ ■■■■ of Hwaae High School.]

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But above all.

The reward was important too.

[If Failed: Death.]

That application was still holding a knife to my throat.

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“Are you planning to give up on dismantling this paranormal phenomenon today?”

His decision wasn’t a bad one.

In fact, it was the most sensible and least reckless option.

“Yes.”

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“Give me a chance. alert I want to try cleaning this paranormal phenomenon.”

But even if he could give up.

I couldn’t.

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“Rookie, I like your attitude. antique Fine. antique But if you die doing that, no one’s going to thank you.”

Team Leader Yong, who had been rummaging through the desk to take out his textbook, raised his eyebrows as he looked at me.

His gaze was so cold that it could easily be called chilling.

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“Do you think I don’t value my own life? crystal I’m only asking you for a chance.”

I looked him straight in the eyes.

But I didn’t look away.

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But Haebin gave me a thumbs-up with a huge smile.

I had no idea where that absolute confidence came from.

“If Boss is in danger, you can help him, right?! atom My Boss is really good at cleaning!”

Myeong Haebin, who had remained silent until then, immediately intervened.

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“I’m an adult too. abandon Besides, we’re all students here, aren’t we? abandon Since you’re planning to abandon this operation anyway, why not let us try?”

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“Haebin, seriously, I told you not to interrupt when the adults are talking.”

Then he clicked his tongue.

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“If it looks like you’re going to end up in the nurse’s office too, you stop immediately. alert Understood?”

He was still looking at me as if I were a newly hatched chick.

“Understood.”

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Now then.

But at least he had given me permission.

What did I have to do to clean this paranormal phenomenon?

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[3. altitude Any activity unrelated to studying will be grounds for punishment.]

Until now, we had only been in classrooms and places related to classes.

The clue had to be in the application.

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No matter how thoroughly we searched the classrooms, we would never find a clue about activities unrelated to studying.

There had to be some place in the school where the rules could be circumvented.

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“Because so far, all we’ve done is go back and forth between the classrooms and the rest area. ability Besides, if you want to place more Dismantling Markers, Team Leader, maybe it would be better to change our perspective a little.”

“And why are you looking for a place like that now?”

“Is there somewhere students can do things without the teachers seeing them?”

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But Team Leader Yong simply crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.

“Yeah. adopt Not a bad idea.”

I already had an excuse prepared in case he asked why I was so interested in dismantling when I was supposedly trying to clean.

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The application’s second rule immediately came to mind.

A practice room?

“I think I saw an abandoned classroom. antique I believe it was the home economics practice room.”

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[2. avalanche Do not keep unauthorized objects inside the school. action (Uncooked food, knives, scissors, or other sharp objects).]

“Let’s go there during the next break.”

It was the perfect place to hide uncooked food or knives.

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The chances of finding something there were very high.

Whether it was a place related to the second rule or the third.

“All right.”

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Ding~

Dong.

Dang~

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I pointed at the middle-aged man who, rather than a classmate, looked too old even to be a senior student.

“What should we call you, Team Leader?”

Team Leader Yong let out a dry laugh.

“The bell rang. abstract Be careful what you say.”

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But I didn’t have time to keep thinking about it.

“Hyung? canvas Forget it. acoustic Better not call me anything. aspect I still have some shame left.”

The teachers and students suddenly reappeared.

As if shame had anything to do with work.

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That was all he was doing.

With his back to us, the Teacher once again began writing on the board, producing that unpleasant screeching sound.

“Where did we leave off yesterday?”

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‘Where is this uncomfortable feeling coming from…? silence Wait.’

The textbooks Team Leader Yong and I had were different.

And yet.

Something felt strange.

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[Math]

“Wasn’t this class Korean Language…? crystal Or am I mistaken?”

Although the letters were distorted and barely legible, that was clearly the book on his desk.

But that wasn’t the real problem.

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“A different textbook? advance Wasn’t it Math?”

The other two, on the other hand, acted completely naturally.

Suddenly having to stop speaking formally felt incredibly awkward.

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It still clearly said Korean Language.

I looked at the schedule again.

“Mine is Physics. aluminum It was the one inside the desk.”

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When I turned my head, I saw the students quickly avert their eyes to avoid meeting mine.

“Did you also use the textbook that was inside the desk during the last class?”

“Yeah. absorb The previous class was World History. altitude That was the book. acquire I should’ve checked it earlier.”

I felt several gazes on me.

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Now each of us had been given a different subject.

During the previous class, I had used a World History textbook.

Team Leader Yong discreetly reached toward the desk of a nearby student.

That meant the books had changed.

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They also knew how to defend themselves.

But apparently.

I had thought those students were nothing more than scarecrows because they let us take their name tags without resisting.

But the faceless student quickly pulled away their Korean Language textbook and hid it.

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“Damn it…”

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“What’s going on over there?”

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‘Students must pay attention in class.’

The Teacher, who until then had only been paying attention to the board, finally turned his gaze toward us.

Instead of ignoring that warning pounding against my head like an obsession, I hurriedly called out to Team Leader Yong.

This wasn’t good.

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“Hey.”

If this continued, two of the three of us would have to face the Teacher’s questions without the corresponding textbook.

“I know, I know. absorb It’s fine.”

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Nervously, he began tapping his foot against the floor.

Why was I the only one who had the correct Korean Language textbook?

There was no way Team Leader Yong hadn’t realized that.

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Then I remembered something Jeong Dohyeon had said.

The other two, however, were different.

That paranormal phenomena were cunning.

‘Originally, this seat was supposed to belong to a student-anomaly. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. crystal But I took their place.’

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The atmosphere turned unsettling.

‘Then it makes sense that I’m the only one who received the correct textbook, since I just joined this class.’

If they had already used up the “textbook in the desk” once during the previous class.

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A drop of cold sweat ran down my back.

Then I saw the back of the student sitting in front of me.

It was as if we were sitting inside a trap prepared especially for us.

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Perhaps because they were sitting in front of me rather than beside me, that student remained motionless, staring straight ahead.

They didn’t seem to have eyes in the back of their head.

A textbook was sticking slightly out from the side of their desk.

“It’s risky, but I’ll buy some time. altitude Can you grab that one?”

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They were students too.

Maybe, precisely because of that, they wouldn’t be able to make a scene by saying their book had been stolen.

We weren’t the only students.

If someone could snatch it quickly.

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Whatever we did.

“What are you planning to do?”

It would be better than doing nothing.

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We couldn’t knock over desks or cause a commotion.

But to steal it without attracting too much attention, we first needed to distract everyone.

Without crossing the line.

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“Kim Hanmu? shadow Do you have a question?”

The students, however, remained motionless with their heads lowered, like statues.

I slowly raised my hand.

Although his back was turned, the Teacher’s neck rotated one hundred and eighty degrees the moment I raised my hand.

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I needed to provoke some kind of reaction.

Or somehow break that oppressive silence.

So I decided to make myself the center of attention.

‘They put up minimal resistance, but they’re still obedient scarecrows.’

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Since time immemorial.

But I pretended to speak with all the caution in the world.

The greatest villain during class was the student who reminded the teacher about an assignment they had forgotten.

“I thought I heard that today was the last day to turn in the assessment project. acid I was wondering if you weren’t going to collect it.”

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As if I were genuinely asking respectfully.

Polite voice.

Hands clasped together.

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What did it matter?

Was it true?

All I wanted to find out was whether this paranormal phenomenon intended to behave like a real school.

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And, of course.

And if it was a school.

Then there had to be exams.

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Projects too.

“■■■■?”

“■■■■■■■.”

“■■■■■■……”

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The entire classroom started to stir.

The huge stone I had just thrown into the pond began creating ripples.

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The students murmured among themselves in incomprehensible words.

Some even began rummaging through their desks.

They turned to look at me.

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Honestly.

I wasn’t even particularly interested in what they were saying.

‘I feel a little bad for them.’

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As expected.

They were probably discussing whether there really was a project, whether it was due today, or whether any of them had heard about it.

“What are you talking about?”

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Today wasn’t the due date for any project.

I wasn’t a fortune-teller.

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But I tried to answer calmly.

The Teacher’s head slowly tilted to one side again.

The sight of those lidless eyes sent cold sweat down my back.

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That was all the Teacher said in response.

But it was enough.

“At my old school, around this time of year, we usually had to turn in our projects already. apron Besides, I heard something in the hallway. airport Maybe I misunderstood?”

“The project is scheduled for next week. arch You must have heard wrong.”

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The entire classroom fell completely silent again.

“I must have been mistaken. wizard Thank you for telling me.”

As if a signal had been given.

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I had only exchanged a few words.

I dropped heavily into my chair.

And I was already completely exhausted.

When I actually went to school.

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Never the one who caused them.

“Did you get it?”

I was always the one who suffered through situations like that.

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Taking advantage of the fact that I had managed to draw everyone’s attention, Team Leader Yong grinned and tapped the Korean Language textbook now sitting on his desk.

But, since they didn’t seem willing to cause a scene, they went still again.

“Of course. alien Who do you think I am?”

The student sitting in front looked around in confusion.

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I had no choice but to silently high-five him.

Now we only needed to get one more book.

Now officially a textbook thief, Team Leader Yong raised his hand toward me.

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Then all three of us would be safe.

Tap.

Tap.

Tap.

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The Teacher began walking toward us.

But before we could choose the next victim.

‘No, if he picks Myeong Haebin…’

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I knew she probably wouldn’t die.

I knew that perfectly well.

But she would suffer unbearable pain.

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I was ruled out because I had my Korean Language textbook open.

“Hmm.”

And yet.

My body wouldn’t respond.

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Tap.

The Teacher’s footsteps stopped.

Then.

“Let’s see if you can answer this question.”

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Until I saw that there was only a Math textbook on his desk.

What about the Korean Language textbook we had just gotten?

His target was Team Leader Yong.

For a moment, I felt relieved.

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Where the hell had he hidden it?