Chapter 61
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
“…Stop.”
A man’s voice quietly sinks to the floor. But what was sinking was not just the voice.
The man’s gaze slowly dropped along the floor to one spot, silently staring at a figure in the lingering silence.
Before the teddy bear could swing its third punch, the angry mask that had been spewing rough curses was now…
Only the red blood flowing between the barely intact mask and the slightly trembling body movements caught my eyes.
……Twitch.
Fortunately, the breath seemed to be barely hanging on.
I suddenly realized.
Our teddy bear.
‘His punch is quite fierce, isn’t it?’
Honestly, I never thought he would incapacitate the angry mask so quickly.
I was blankly watching the teddy bear beating someone and almost killed him.
If he hadn’t stopped, our angry mask might have said goodbye to this world.
“You were weaker than I expected, Mr. Angry Mask. But it was an enjoyable performance.”
But even after saying those words, my fingertips were still trembling.
Only after checking the angry mask’s unconscious state two or three more times did I finally feel relieved.
Swoosh-
I slowly released the grip on his arm. Han-sol also let go of the hand holding me.
“…..”
Han-sol silently stared at the fallen angry mask for a while, swallowing her words.
Silence blocked her mouth.
Han-sol seemed… terrified.
I saw her stiff posture waiting for my words, thinking that if she accidentally said something wrong here, she might end up like that too.
I think a moderate tension is necessary, but that appearance was not pleasant to look at.
And……
I felt a bit wronged.
‘This was the best solution for us to survive!’
Won’t you stop making me the bad guy?! In a way, you’re also an accomplice!
Please stop the discrimination.
Barely containing the cold-flowing resentment.
“Human.”
“!!”
Han-sol was startled and looked at me.
‘This reaction is a bit… hurtful. Ms. Han-sol.’
“Don’t worry. Our teddy bear is surprisingly gentle. He’s even cute.”
“…..”
I comforted Han-sol with a smile, but wariness clearly rose in her eyes.
Right now, what was more on my mind were those guys watching us from the ceiling since earlier.
Sway-
Sway-
Sway-
Those two pierrot guys silently rode the aerial swing and observed the entire situation.
Moreover, those guys.
When they used to call the angry mask ‘brother’ or ‘older brother’, and yet during this time the angry mask reached this state…
They didn’t move.
No, they didn’t seem to have any intention of moving at all.
Even.
-Good job! Hit more! More!!
The love mask’s playful appearance cheering on the teddy bear.
Of course, I wasn’t unaware of such a reaction.
Because I expected it, I was the first to provoke the angry mask.
The word ‘bond’ for those guys was nothing more than a nice decorative wrapper.
Still, for now.
Since those guys didn’t intervene, we were able to subdue the angry mask smoothly.
For now. That should be enough.
I immediately took out a quill pen from my coat.
But.
To prepare for any possible situation, I approached the third teddy bear and whispered softly.
‘If you notice anything strange… you know, right?’
Nod, nod!
The teddy bear, understanding the meaning of my short words, nodded his head.
The teddy bear listened to my words and swung his blood-stained arms left and right with a bright expression. Like shaking a toy, he unconsciously continued his cute movements.
‘Well, teddy bear, you are cute…’
The scene that entered my view was of the round bear-like arms swaying, with blood seeping through the fur, creating small droplets.
Even as the blood smell spread in the air, it was a spine-chilling sight, like watching a horror movie creature moving innocently, as if knowing nothing.
I immediately pushed aside unnecessary thoughts and brought the quill pen to the angry mask.
『Identifying valid raw materials.』
‘Oh. It’s definitely faster than before.’
The claim that noise enhanced the quill pen wasn’t entirely wrong.
Gulp!
The black ink flowing from the quill pen directly swallowed the angry mask, and a simple black stripe also appeared at the tip of the quill’s feather.
The speed of capturing the ghost was noticeably different from usual.
I succeeded in putting the angry mask into the quill pen in an instant.
It was truly smooth sailing.
…If only those two guys.
Were not here.
Watching those guys staring blankly here without moving a single inch.
I spoke to them in a sly voice.
“The first performance… seems to be over☺.”
As I showed the piercers an unnaturally torn smile with my sly tone.
The first to react was, of course, the love mask.
【♥It’s over? How disappointing, I wanted to see that dummy brother get hit a bit more… But still, good job. Fighting with our dummy fool.】
Whoosh.
The love mask threw herself from the aerial swing hanging from the ceiling. Cutting through the empty air and falling towards us, her movement was like a predator eyeing its prey.
Falling precisely onto the blood puddles spread across the stage.
…Splash.
The quiet blood waves rippled.
Despite landing from such a height, not a single drop of blood stained her clothes. And she walked slowly towards Park Yeon-jeong as if taking a stroll.
Bow.
This time, I bowed first.
Softly parting my lips, I quietly spoke to her.
“It was a more enjoyable performance than I thought. Are you going to start your next performance now?”
I politely inquired about the performance.
The answer that came back.
It was truly an unexpected response.
【♥ What? The performance is over. Something more important has come up now.】
With a lively body movement, the Love Mask suddenly took a step forward in front of me and spat out an entirely unexpected proposal.
【♥ You… Want to become my new older brother?】
“What?”
Bewilderment unknowingly escaped my mouth. But if I didn’t mishear it.
The ghost story is telling me to become her older brother.
‘What the hell is this nonsense?’
Simply put, the meaning of becoming his ‘older brother’ is.
Now, to me…….
‘Is she telling me to become a ghost story?’
Are you really out of your mind, Love Mask?
There’s no way I would accept your proposal!
A slight bow.
Though my lips almost trembled, I maintained my expression and nodded.
“It’s an honor! To make such a proposal to me!”
‘Honor, my foot! This is the worst.’
… For now, to catch her eye, those words reflexively burst out.
But the situation was not good.
Right now, I had to somehow divert her gaze elsewhere. If things continued like this, I might end up decorating a page of a real disaster-level ghost story employee.
I would truly become a ‘Little Noise’.
I had to buy time to use the revolver as soon as possible.
“It’s a great proposal, but… I feel like this proposal might be a bit premature.”
Suddenly!
She thrust her face forward at my words, speaking in an excited voice.
【♥ No way! You’re perfect! Exactly the type of older brother I wanted! Isn’t that right, little brother?】
Love Mask asked the tear mask slumped on the aerial swing.
The response from there was also.
【♣ I completely agree if this man will be our new brother. Because this man seems like he won’t scream…】
‘What are you doing! Suddenly agreeing like this!’
But the moment the word ‘agreement’ from the tear mask was heard, Love Mask’s emotions exploded roughly with madness seeping into her voice.
【♥ How about it!! Our little brother likes you too! Our first older brother would probably agree if it were you!】
“…….”
This is difficult!
No, it’s really difficult!
‘Not the Little Noise!’
I looked around seeking help and finally fixed my gaze on Han-sol, the only person I know here.
As if extending a hand of salvation, I sent an SOS, but.
Startled!
Han-sol only made a surprised expression when she caught my gaze.
Her small muttering even flowed precisely into my ear.
‘Could it be, this guy. Was this the original purpose?!’
Was this your intention, Ms. Han-sol!
Would you want to have such a ghost story younger sister with this grotesque taste of treating people like play clay!
But as no answer came back.
Her voice began to sink into an endless abyss.
As if the temperature on the stage dropped instantly, the air froze chillingly.
【♥ Why? Still hesitating? Why?! When such a cute younger sister is right in front of you?!?! … Don’t tell me, because of that ▓ ▓?】
At that moment, Love Mask’s gaze followed my gaze.
As if sensing that I had made eye contact with Han-sol, the corners of her mouth slowly twisted.
Love Mask’s lowered voice brushes coldly against my ear.
Right now, this Love Mask.
Showed hostility towards Han-sol.
The moment Love Mask’s gaze turned towards Han-sol, dozens of scenarios flashed through my mind.
No.
If I’m even a moment late, Han-sol will die at this person’s hands.
The only way I can do something here is…….
Grab!
【♥!!】
I unknowingly grabbed Love Mask’s wrist.
I gripped her wrist as strongly as possible so that no trembling would be transmitted through my fingertips.
And with a voice choked with tension, I continued.
“… You’re being a bit petty. Please don’t take your eyes off me. Love Mask.”
With the thought of protecting Han-sol, I unknowingly grabbed Love Mask’s wrist.
Her ability activates by transforming the target touched by her palm.
So.
‘The wrist is safe!’
It must be that way.
But this pressure I gripped with to hide my trembling.
It seemed to have triggered another switch in Love Mask.
【♥ … Even our first older brother never touched my body…….】
A considerably low bass voice.
Could it be that I.
Have I accidentally touched her nerves?
Tap-
I hastily let go of the hand I was holding, and soon when Love Mask’s voice brushed past my ear.
【♥ Ah- Yes! This is what I wanted!!】
… Pardon?
This is what you wanted?
What did I just do to you?
Squeeze-
Soon Love Mask pulled the wrist I was just holding to her chest, and the word ‘madness’ began to breathe in her voice.
【♥ An older brother who restrains a younger sibling’s rash actions… That sensation I only felt from the first older brother!!】
Love Mask’s excited rough breathing and the appearance of madness that seemed about to burst through the mask began to distort further.
【♥ Haa… This trembling, warmth, tension, sweetness, love, submission… Ah! My brain feels like it’s melting! I’m about to go crazy from feeling this sensation after so long!】
The madness emerging from her voice was an overwhelmingly enveloping force.
When my judgment that I could no longer view the scene before me rationally turned into certainty, with Love Mask pouring out words while turned away.
I felt this moment was the timing.
Tick.
The timing to pull out the revolver.
Creak-
With that sound, Love Mask’s neck twisted grotesquely, turning back towards me in a distorted form.
The ‘madness’ hidden within the word ‘love’ in Love Mask’s deep inner self boiling violently.
That unstable emotional amplitude sharply extended towards Park Yeon-jeong himself.
【♥ … Sorry. Can you pretend my previous words never happened?】
Creak-
When the neck that was bent slowly returned to its original position, two incomprehensible letters brushed across my mind.
Horror.
【♥ You’re not our older brother… become my own older brother. You’d like that too… right, Oppa☻?】
This girl has lost control.
It was like looking at a leash-free predator.
The only option I had with such a ghost story predator was one.
Tick!
I quickly raised the revolver, and soon a voice brushed past my ear.
———-
– One bullet loaded.
– Today’s personal color is ‘blue.’
– A day when desire increases. Today is a day when my eyes are drawn to everything others possess.
———-
And the direction of the gun barrel was already determined.
Tick!
The direction of the gun barrel was.
Not Love Mask.
Not the Tear Mask, not Han-sol whom I unexpectedly met, not the agency guys stupidly watching from a distance.
The gun barrel was currently,
Precisely aimed at Park Yeon-jeong’s own head.
At that moment, time seemed to stop.
But.
The index finger without a moment’s hesitation…….
Click-
The trigger was pulled.
Bang!
『The ‘Blue Bullet’ begins to gaze at the shining golden-eyed, glittering world.』
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