A villa with electricity.
After bathing well in hot water and washing our clothes in the dryer, we sat around and ate baeksuk.
And boiled a pot of porridge.
(TN: Baeksuk/백숙: dishes made by boiling or steaming meat or fish to be cooked thoroughly without seasonings)
"Okay, this is it…"
"I ate really well!"
"Hyung's cooking is always delicious!"
"Yes, thank you."
To be honest, since there were almost no vegetables, I didn't think it would taste better than eating in a restaurant.
'It's fine.'
I anticipated the meals ahead.
If we had a cellar of that size, there would probably be other ingredients that were good for storage as well as meat.
As the situation was, we could ask for understanding if we ate one or two more things on the line that wasn't excessive.
… I was embarrassed and ran out quickly, so I couldn't look for it properly.
'Damn it.'
-Ahhhh!!
-I told you it was weird!! Ahh!
The dizzying nonsense that passed through my brain again made me lose my mind.
Let's forget about it. It wasn't good for my mental health.
"Um, you still can't get in touch with the production staff?"
"That's right. Shall we go out and try it again?"
The others were trying to contact them with fully charged smartphones.
'Well, electricity has been restored and there's a corner to eat, so there's nothing to be in a hurry with.'
The revised weather forecast wasn't very reliable. But no matter how long it was, it would be sorted out in the next two or three days.
Now, I was going to focus on being as relaxed as I could here because of broadcasting. Honestly, it crossed the line.
I put down my spoon and made a suggestion.
"Shall we check if there are any vegetables in the basement warehouse? It's an emergency, so I think we can use it to some extent."
"Is that so?"
"I agree~ Oh, and let's clean up the blood! The production crew will come here and be scared like us~"
"I-I'll find a mop… !"
So, as soon as the meal was finished, we went down to the basement again with the cleaning tools.
We didn't forget to bring a flashlight in case there was another power outage.
'Probably good preserves… There must be spices or pickled olives for side dishes.'
And, as expected, I found several additional items.
"Oh, wine~"
"Could there be a possibility that this cheese is so expensive or limited that if we eat it we won't be able to give enough compensation to the owner?"
"…Let's just eat something else."
But that wasn't the only thing I found in the basement.
"Hey, look at this."
"… … !"
While cleaning the freezer blood stains…
I found another door that was skillfully hidden in the shadow of the gigantic machine.
Even this one was quite small. At my height, I had to bend slightly and move.
Ryu Chungwoo carefully inspected the door.
"Um, this…"
"… Isn't this the boiler room of this building?"
It was a possible statement.
"Open it!!"
"It's not good if the power goes off again~ Let's check it out, right?"
"Yes, we should."
"Oh!"
"Then, let's open it."
It seemed that everyone agreed. I turned the metal doorknob and pulled it.
Durureuk.
The door opened gently… It revealed something unexpected inside.
"… A passage?"
"Flashlight!"
When Bae Sejin shined a flashlight inside, a concrete passageway with a curved road appeared in the distance.
It was not a structure worthy of being under a house.
Hok.
Inside, the air that smelled of underground structures was sucked in and brushed my nose.
"Oh my."
"Wow, what is this??"
"Ooh, is it okay if we go…?"
The people who were so excited about the unknown area of exploration started whispering as if they had completely forgotten how frightened they were because of the bloodstains.
I understood them. Since we were stuck indoors doing nothing, this must have been interesting.
Ryu Chungwoo slightly narrowed his eyes and pointed inward with his finger.
"It looks like an emergency evacuation route… Look over there. It's like a guiding light."
"Oh, oh."
Indeed, a faint green light was emanating from the inside.
'Did they make it in preparation for a disaster?'
Then I think they should have said something to the guys filming here, but it was up to the owner.
Ryu Chungwoo shrugged.
"Seeing as we are in distress… I guess it wouldn't hurt to check it once."
"Let's go! Let's go!"
"… It will be fine."
So, with the entrance door fixed open with a rod, we entered the passage.
Of course, those who had learned a lesson from the last incident turned on all their flashlights and walked comfortably down the path.
However, this path was considerably longer than expected.
Eventually, when we passed three or four emergency guidance lights…
"This looks like we came out of the villa quite a bit, doesn't it?"
"… I know."
Since we didn't know what kind of passage this was, some people started to get nervous.
I spoke with a sigh.
"Wait here. A few people should quickly check the end of this path and…"
"NONONO!"
"What are you talking about? Let's all go together!"
"… …"
What a mess.
Anyway, so we ended up going around the corner a few more times.
"Th-there, it's like a door… !"
Finally, the path ended and a door came out.
The door had an oddly well-designed lock, but it didn't seem to be working.
"Oh, the owner must have a good sense."
"I know."
I waited until the others started talking, then put my hand on the doorknob again.
"Then I will open…"
"Uh~ Moondaemoondae, wait! Shouldn't we all do this together?"
"That's right! I want to do it too!"
"… Is that so?"
Okay. Do whatever you want.
Thanks to the guys who were very active in proving our friendship without a camera, a strange image of seven people hanging on one door came out.
They even shouted catchphrases. It was like a pure school retreat… Well, it was fun, so there was no need to say anything.
I saw Bae Sejin reach out a hand, and I slightly moved my hand away from the handle.
"Come on, let's open it together."
"One, two… three!"
Click.
The first thing I felt was a strange sense of resistance.
However, when the seven young men opened the door at once, the door opened wide at once without any particular hesitation.
And…
Udang-tang-tang!
"… … !"
"What, what??"
What appeared before my eyes was a dark indoor space, but I had no time to see it.
"Aaaagh!!"
"Wow!"
A scream very similar to the one I had heard in the cellar a few hours earlier rang out, making me want to leave this room.
"… ??"
"Uh huh?!"
Outside the door… there were people.
They were even familiar faces.
They were hesitantly holding up the support for the camera equipment as if they would hit us with it at any moment… It was the production crew.
What?
'Why are they here?'
"No, why are you guys there!! Where the hell!!"
"Mom!"
Apparently, the other people thought the same thing as well.
The crew made a sad sound and fell forward.
"Ughhhhh!"
• * *
The two groups shouted at each other in complete bewilderment, only to calm down after a while.
"Therefore… You were on emergency duty."
"Yes… That's right."
It seemed that the production crew with haggard complexions hadn't even washed properly for several days already.
"Who would have known that the weather would suddenly turn like this and we would be locked up?"
When I heard that story, I immediately thought of it.
'That text.'
-Everyone, please wait for a moment as it is impossible to send out a boat or move on foot on the island. We will come up with a solution soon.
I wondered why there was a report of 'moving on foot from the island', but it turned out that there were always people residing on the island.
Well, come to think of it, no matter how natural of an image they wanted to draw, it was crazy to have a time zone on an island where all the production crew was missing except for the cast. They knew what kind of accidents would happen.
However, it seems that such a natural disaster was unexpected.
One of the production crew members was fed up.
"At most, there was only a forecast for showers… Ugh."
That was why the production crew was isolated here without any preparation. They seemed to have suffered quite a bit from a lack of water and food.
And, here came the obvious question.
"But here…?"
"Ah, this is the entertainment show set! The container!"
"… … !"
I remembered what I checked outside of the villa on the first day.
"The container with that logo?"
"Yes, yes."
It was said that the production crew used the container for the escape entertainment show that was not demolished as a preparation base for filming.
"We were going to use it as tourism content for everyone when the weather got bad… Yes, it's ruined."
"Hahahahaha…"
In any case, thanks to this, it was said that the level of comfort and intensity that a person could spend several days was maintained.
So, the production crew was using it as a temporary residence, but suddenly we broke through the wallpaper and came out and became the flagship.
"W-wallpaper?"
"Yes. No, you don't even know where it is, so how did you get here?"
And the production crew was stunned when they saw the path that we came through.
"Wow, there was something like this?"
"I really won't leave PD Park alone…"
As a secret story that I learned later, it was said that it was actually a path that was not revealed in the moving route of the cast members while trying to use it in the last escape entertainment show.
The main PD and others were aware of it, but the youngest duty officers who remained in the emergency standby team were unaware.
Anyway, there was one reason why they didn't bother contacting us and were arguing here.
"Ah, you don't have much to eat, and you must be anxious… We're isolated here for no reason, so I'm afraid we'll be a burden to you somehow."
They brought us here saying they would let us enjoy the healing content to our hearts' content, but they were ashamed now.
I read the context.
'They must have thought that TeStar would be mad…'
In fact, from the perspective of the production team, we were still in a situation where we had nothing to say.
However, there was an unexpected little backstory.
"It looks like the clips will be ruined…"
"… ??"
"Clips from the shoot… What?"
I was wondering what was going on when a natural disaster struck and all the cameras died.
"Ah, that… Maybe some of the fixed cameras are still alive?"
"What??"
"It is a piece of new equipment. The infrared camera is probably still alive."
"Huh, that's right~"
"… …"
It'd be okay. After all, there was no way that there'd be a camera in the basement.
Anyway, after that, common sense structure proposals followed.
"There are quite a few ingredients in the villa! Don't worry, let's go together. Aigoo, you worked so hard…"
"Is that so? Let's talk after washing and eating."
"A-are you feeling okay..?"
"I'm okay… Heokheok."
"Thank you."
The production crew moved to the villa, thankful that there was an indoor passage instead of the dangerous unpaved road with wind and rain.
And as soon as they came through the door, they cried out.
"Ah, it leads here!"
That… What was that familiar response?
"Author Choi said that he originally intended to use today's content to find some kind of treasure hunt here."
"There's no one in charge of the installation here, is there? That's right. Anyway, so it's our first time coming in… Oh, there were a lot of ingredients here. That's a relief."
The producers shouted brightly.
….And immediately, they scattered all over the place, and they found hidden cameras somewhere and checked them.
"Hey, I'm glad. We can save these cuts!"
"… …"
Was this real?
I opened my mouth unconsciously.
… Story-wise, wouldn't it be disconnected a little? There are no cameras in the passageways."
"Oh, don't worry."
The production team gave a bright hope.
"In case you didn't know, we also turned the camera around for recording. It would have been well filmed with all of you appearing!"
"Of course, the editing will go well, so don't worry about that."
"… …"
Okay, let's give up on this part. No, it would be nice to have content. My worries were soothed.
'As long as there's nothing from the basement during the power outage.'
However, more shocking facts were revealed later.
When the production crew, walking around the villa and checking the cameras here and there, exclaimed and sighed…
"Ah, the main camera is dead…"
"Is this the end?"
"I… Do you need this too?"
Kim Raebin had brought out a camera out of the blue.
"… !"
That… It was a camera I brought because it was chosen as my hobby.
I understood that it was paid for the purpose of walking around the island with one per person for about half a day in the second half of the shooting.
'I thought everyone left it behind and forgot.'
Even I had almost forgotten about the situation, but it seemed that this naïve fellow had recorded something.
The production team was once again thankful.
"Oh! Thank you."
"Okay, let's go back."
I shrugged.
Well, even if it were, it would only be a few cuts…
[The first day of distress, 9:11 in the morning. The recorder is 21-year-old Kim Raebin, who is in charge of producing and rapping in the group TeStar.]
[Just in case, I'm going to keep a record of all these incidents…]
"… …"
At first glance, the camera captured Kim Raebin's serious face.
This guy explained the background of each person in distress and briefed every 3 hours.
There was no such thing as a first-person camcorder point-of-view disaster movie.
[12 am. Canned food and instant rice were distributed. I hope it doesn't run out before this storm passes.]
[6 am. Yesterday, everyone went to bed together in the living room. Cha Eugene told a grotesque story that unnecessarily created anxiety. Surprisingly, Ryu Chungwoo hyung was happy.]
And there were records on the day of the power outage.
Kim Raebin, who clenched his fists, shouted into the camera.
[We are… We will save the chicks!]
"Hahaha! Oh my god!!"
"Raebin-ssi is the best!"
"Is that so?"
I had a hunch.
'I'm doomed.'
And sure enough.
The camcorder recordings would go out in the trailer as they were…