Chapter 43 · 10 min

Chapter 43

Crawling old man

Choi Byeong-uk makes a living with internet broadcasting. Operating a channel called UkTV, on the broadcasting platform doing a livelihood degree and gradually grew the channel.

But from a certain moment growth stagnated then gradually began to take a downward trend.

So the card taken out as a last resort was exactly horror experience.

Going to famous horror spots and doing various missions and showing reactions of oneself being surprised or scared.

Already went to two famous spots and successfully proceeded with broadcasting.

The reaction was better than expected so came to the third place like this.

The place came this time was a recently rising spot.

A building scheduled for remodeling, as soon as starting construction bizarre things happened and accidents occurred and construction was stopped they say.

People who like horror spots already several went, among them some suffered accidents the rumor spread widely.

Of course still nothing properly confirmed. Not even came out on the news and a degree of rumors mentioned a bit on places like internet communities.

But the certain thing is, recently among horror maniacs it began to be known fairly.

Actually coming and seeing a 5-story building so drawing broadcasting amount wasn't bad either.

But really scary.

Nothing came out yet just approaching the building the whole body was creepy. As if something engraved in instinct was screaming scary.

Scary but turned on the broadcasting, after doing a few boasts entered the building. Attaching the camera filming one's face and the camera filming from a bit distant place fixing the mount on the shoulder.

"Wow, hyungnims. The atmosphere here really crazy. I don't know if the camera can capture this. Wow, really want to bring directly and show."

Choi Byeong-uk looking around the lobby said a few more words then went up to the 2nd floor.

"Whether because the 1st floor is high the stairs are also many."

The stairs were scarier than the 1st floor lobby. Without realizing the body trembled.

At that time.

Sasa sasak!

From the ceiling a sound of something crawling was heard.

"Uheok!"

Choi Byeong-uk startled and almost rolled down the stairs.

"Shi, shit. So, so scary!"

Choi Byeong-uk hurriedly went up the stairs. Jumping a few each and quickly opened the door connected to the 2nd floor corridor and entered.

"Huk. Huk."

Panted roughly. Confirming the smartphone full of ridiculing writings.

"Aish, really. Everyone didn't hear? A sound of something passing above was heard? No, really? Why don't believe my words? Hyungnims, I'm hurt?"

Donations to soothe the hurt Choi Byeong-uk poured a few, and only then a bit calmed Choi Byeong-uk began to move again.

At that time, something dropped in front of Choi Byeong-uk.

"Uwaaaak!"

A naked old man. Head buried on the floor lying face down, the long fingernails didn't even enter the eyes to the degree surprised.

The old man who was burying the head suddenly raised the head and glared at Choi Byeong-uk.

Choi Byeong-uk was surprised to the degree breath stopped. The old man's eyes were really large, just pitch black. No whites in the eyes.

The body so white that light seemed to come out. So stands out in the eyes like this. No, until just now wasn't white, after dropping like this suddenly seemed to have whitened.

Anyway the white skin and pitch black eyes contrasting even scarier.

Choi Byeong-uk reflexively confirmed the smartphone. To confirm the broadcasting reaction.

Also the heart of hoping not seeing this scary scenery alone.

"Huh?"

The broadcasting was off. The reason couldn't know.

The smartphone wasn't useless. Just the broadcasting off.

Choi Byeong-uk quickly raised the head and confirmed the old man in front. Still lying in that place only raising the head and looking at Choi Byeong-uk.

The old man's mouth corners stretched grotesquely. Not a human's mouth. Because if human the mouth wouldn't stretch that long. Almost split up to under the ears.

Only then the old man's hands entered the eyes. The sharp and long fingernails like blades were too creepy.

Choi Byeong-uk intuited.

'Shit, today dying.'

The old man opened the mouth. Saw-like teeth were dense. The mouth so large, at that degree it seemed enough to swallow all of Choi Byeong-uk's head and more.

The moment of life and death.

Slice.

The old man's neck was cleanly cut.

Thud.

Roll.

The old man's head rolling on the floor approached unrealistically.

"Huh huh?"

What Choi Byeong-uk could do was only spitting out sounds whose meaning one couldn't know.

Not cognizing at all nor understanding what happened.

In such Choi Byeong-uk's eyes someone was seen.

A person wearing training pants and hoodie, wearing combat boots.

Sticking three swords on the back, and hanging two swords on both waists.

Choi Byeong-uk's gaze went up and confirmed his face.

Covering the face with a balaclava, and even wearing goggles.

"Who, who are you?"

He didn't answer. In the gap Choi Byeong-uk blinked, he disappeared.

"Huh?"

Choi Byeong-uk mindlessly looked around. In that brief moment really disappeared.

"Shi, shit."

Choi Byeong-uk got up abruptly. And hurriedly escaped that place.

Only the thought of having to leave here right away dominated his mind.

* * *

Seo I-hyeon took out a chair in the corner of the lobby and sat and looked at Choi Byeong-uk running outside.

"Since the broadcaster also left shall we gradually start?"

Seo I-hyeon took out Black.

Because the lobby ceiling is high even Black standing straight there was fairly remaining above.

Black as soon as coming out put a finger in the eye and fidgeted expressing dissatisfaction.

"Understood. Ordered the goggles so wait a bit. The greatsword I was going to go buy after today's request ends."

Only then Black removed the finger from the eye.

"Waiting here if seeing anomalies running away catch."

Black nodded once.

Understanding words well, even roughly instructing moves well on its own so certainly convenient.

Seo I-hyeon went up to the 2nd floor.

White is moving on its own and catching anomalies. Not knowing how many total, if going like this it seems will end sooner than expected.

White is more competent than expected. Especially catches well guys that move fast and three-dimensionally like crawling old men.

Swords flying around and stabbing and cutting so with crawling old man degree there was no method to cope with White's attack.

Exactly one, no choice but to charge, but that is rather no different from a moth jumping into fire.

The swords White uses are not only flying ones. Handling two swords like a ghost, even in Seo I-hyeon's view not ordinary skill.

In fact just waiting is enough. Still one will be able to finish the hunt without strain.

Above White rampaging, catching the ones running away on the 1st floor with Black is enough.

One of the characteristics of crawling old men is not going outside the building.

Once settling in the building, whether die or live ends inside here.

Of course the rule of one active in one building already broke, but the possibility of escaping through the window above is extremely low.

At least Seo I-hyeon judged so.

Anyway so just waiting one can end the request.

But Seo I-hyeon decided to particularly move.

Because of the guy broadcasting earlier.

White saved Choi Byeong-uk right before being hit by the crawling old man.

Seo I-hyeon clearly watched that scenery with the shadow eye.

The crawling old man in front of Choi Byeong-uk, and up to the scene of White cutting that neck.

Of course sending White there was Seo I-hyeon.

As soon as hearing Choi Byeong-uk's scream sent right away.

What Seo I-hyeon is worried about is the point that the crawling old man might have gone out on the broadcasting screen.

If so, the Management Bureau no way leaves alone.

One can't exactly predict how the Management Bureau will move. But the probability of directly coming here is very high.

So before that one has to finish and leave the place, right.

Particularly no good from encountering Management Bureau employees.

Going up to the 2nd floor Seo I-hyeon sent all ten shadow eyes to places of the building.

Among them one was following White.

The shadow eye doesn't move ordinarily. Not moving along the path or moving riding the wall style.

Entering the shadow then popping out from a completely different place's shadow.

Wherever that position is doesn't matter. Whether corridor, room, wall, ceiling, or vent.

The shadow eye popping out and rolling the eyeball and scanning the surroundings then moving again and confirming other places style quickly confirmed the building interior as if scanning.

Seo I-hyeon was seeing ten different screens simultaneously in the head.

"Found."

Seo I-hyeon as soon as a crawling old man appeared on the screen one of the shadow eyes sees entered the shadow then in one go surged at that place in the screen.

But that was all.

The crawling old man agilely avoided the blood Seo I-hyeon scattered and crawled the ceiling and entered the vent.

Confirming with the shadow eye already stood on another floor's corridor and was crawling riding the wall.

"Dirty fast."

Should have shot the gun. Probably couldn't have avoided.

Seo I-hyeon took out the gun. Briefly thought of taking out 'Bug Praise Theory' and trying using bugs then shook his head.

First try the gun, if that doesn't work then use then.

Again the shadow eyes dug all directions, and discovered one crawling old man again. This time was on the 5th floor corridor.

Seo I-hyeon right away surged behind that guy.

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

Quickly shot four shots. The bullets accurately pierced the crawling old man's back of the head, back, both backs of the hands.

Blood splashed but, surprisingly didn't die.

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

Shot four more shots. This time two on the head, two on the place where the heart is.

The crawling old man pouring blood quickly crawled.

Still whether because hands were injured became a bit slower than that guy earlier. Nevertheless considerably fast though.

The moment trying to chase with shadow movement, a sword that flew from somewhere stuck deeply in the crawling old man's back.

The crawling old man struggled trying to escape, but the sword stuck so deep and firmly, just struggling.

White who approached without sound hit the crawling old man's neck. The neck rolled on the floor, and White retrieved the sword stuck in the back.

And disappeared somewhere. Not even seeming running, disappeared in an instant.

Seo I-hyeon stood for a moment then put the gun into the shadow.

"The gun is useless."

This time took out 'Bug Praise Theory'.

As soon as coming out from the shadow flaps the pages happily. If 'Breath of the Avesta' would have stuck to Seo I-hyeon's leg in one go, 'Bug Praise Theory' only gauged the mood.

"Is there a fast bug?"

'Bug Praise Theory' floated in the air. Flip the pages flipped.

Seo I-hyeon couldn't read the unfolded page at all. In Seo I-hyeon's view just a white floor. But since 'Bug Praise Theory' would have unfolded the needed page on its own, just regarding as so is enough.

The feeling of blood disappearing from the body arose. About three drops?

The unfolded page spat dark red light, and from there one bug popped out.

Seo I-hyeon additionally consumed blood and dominated the bug that came out.

"First let's confirm the speed."

No need to particularly instruct with words. Just strongly thinking one can give commands.

A bug of cone-shaped thorn shape without wings, six legs could stick tightly to the body. There are leg-shaped grooves on the body so if sticking there literally exactly a cone.

The length about 5 centimeters.

As soon as Seo I-hyeon gave the command for speed confirmation it flew to the end of the corridor. As if a bullet.

Slower than a real bullet. If so a big sound would have been made. But almost close to the speed of sound is certain.

Even going to the end of the corridor didn't hit the wall.

"This is really useful?"

At Seo I-hyeon's words 'Bug Praise Theory' flapped the pages as if shrugging shoulders.

How to use this bug he already thought. Seo I-hyeon scooped a bit of blood from the shadow, and stuck it to the bug's body. Stuck on the bottom side of the cone so less affecting the speed.

A fairly large blood lump stuck and fixed on the bug's rear.

Seo I-hyeon holding the bug in the hand as soon as discovering a crawling old man with the shadow eye moved that way.

At the same time as coming out the bug quickly flew and dropped blood on the crawling old man's back of the head.

Thud.

Seo I-hyeon's blood stuck on the old man's back of the head.

Seo I-hyeon grinning recited the spell.

"Infiltration. Collapse. Explosion."

The blood stuck on the old man's back of the head dug into the head. Then the head melted as if collapsing.

And.

Bang!

With the explosion the crawling old man's upper body flew away.

"Good."

Now one can increase the speed a bit more.

Seo I-hyeon smiling pleasantly retrieved the bug and held it in the hand.