20. Self-introduction Video Shooting (2)
After Neoul finished eating his plate, Ha On-ha stood up with a solemn expression. Neoul followed him, tilting his head.
There are ghosts all around the folk village, so why are you saying you want to go see a ghost separately?
Neoul squatted on the table, waved to the little ghost who had been watching Neoul eat, and followed Ha On-ha.
At the entrance to the horror experience area, Ha On-ha took a deep breath with a pale face.
"You can't run away first. Okay?"
"...? Got it."
When Neoul nodded, Ha On-ha took a deep breath and held the selfie camera high.
"Hello~ I'm Ha On-ha, a handsome 20-year-old. My birthday is March 5th, my zodiac sign is Pisces, and my blood type is A. I used to go to concerts with my older sister, and I wanted to be on stage too, so I started dreaming of becoming an idol. That's the most enjoyable and heart-pounding thing. Right now, I'm at Jeju Folk Village. I'm going to try filming a self-introduction video while experiencing fear."
He spoke very quickly.
Neoul, who wanted to learn how to film a professional self-introduction video from Ha Onha, had doubts about whether it was the right thing to do.
Neoul didn't even know what his zodiac sign or blood type was when he tried to follow along. In the end, Neoul's self-introduction became very concise.
"Hello. I'm Gal Neoul. My birthday is September 15th... and I'm a handsome twenty-year-old."
... Is this right?
As they entered the horror experience zone, they were greeted by red lights, a dreary background, and ominous-looking props.
Heeheeheehee! Kyaaaaak!
Strange laughter and screams could be heard from somewhere.
Ha On-ha froze even more than before, and kept rolling his blue eyes to look around.
"Everyone, I'll play you a song I like."
Even so, he tried to film properly.
Ha On-ha walked down the street, singing a song he usually liked, using his sweet, half-sounding voice. It seemed like he was trying to forget his fear by singing along to the rhythm.
As they were walking, a human wearing a white robe and covered in blood suddenly burst out with a strange laugh.
Kkihihihihi!
Ha On-ha froze in place, screaming without a sound.
On the other hand, Neoul was surprised in a different way.
"You're bleeding a lot...!"
"....?"
"How did you get hurt like this?"
When Neoul was surprised and worried and tried to wipe away the blood, the human in the makeup panicked and ran away.
"Hey...!"
Hey, are you okay?
The running form was unusual and very agile. After a while, a person wearing an ugly mask and carrying an axe on his back suddenly appeared and surprised them.
"Hahaha. Hahaha. Euhahah...."
Ha On-ha was now laughing as if he had lost his mind.
Neoul looked blankly at the masked human. Since the human was raising both hands, he gave him a high five.
It was something he learned from Baek Gi-yeom, who boasted that he was a lion.
—ᴏʜ, ɢᴀʟ ɴᴇᴏᴜʟ! ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴜʀɴ! ʜɪɢʜ ꜰɪᴠᴇ!
—ᴡʜᴀᴛ? ʜɪ ꜰɪᴠᴇ? ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ɢʀᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ꜰɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ?
—ʜᴜʜ? ᴀʜᴀʜᴀʜᴀ! ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ʜɪ, ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʜɪɢʜ ꜰɪᴠᴇ! ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴀɪꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀʟᴍ ʜɪɢʜ, ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰɪᴠᴇ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʟᴀᴘ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ!
—ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪꜱ?
—ᴛᴏ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇ..? ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ! ʟᴇᴛ'ꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴜɴ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ!
It seemed like something exciting and good was happening to the masked human. Neoul was happy to have fun together.
The masked man looked embarrassed, then raised his thumb and disappeared. After that, several more humans suddenly appeared.
"Oh, that guy. It looks like you're coughing up blood. You should go to the hospital. I went there once, and the doctor there was very kind."
Neoul gently advised the humans who looked sick to get treatment.
While circling around the horror experience area, a fork in the road appeared.
One was wide and bright with streetlights. A sign was erected in front saying that if you follow the road, it will lead to the exit. The other was very narrow and dark, and the entrance had an eerie atmosphere.
It was obvious which road to choose. But.
"Help me! Help me!"
From the narrow and dark road, a sad, sobbing sound and a cry for help could be heard.
Neoul turned his head toward the sound and ran straight there without a second of hesitation.
"Aaahh! Let's go together!"
Ha On-ha also ran after Neoul.
There were tiny blue lights scattered here and there on the floor, but it was so dark that it was hard to tell the front and back.
However, the darkness was not an obstacle to Neoul, who enjoyed the deep sea like a playground, which was incomparable to the darkness of the land with stars and moon.
Neoul ran without hesitation toward where the sound was heard. Ha On-ha almost fell several times and chased after Neoul, only looking at his back.
'Ugh. I can barely see ahead, but why is he so fast?'
Honestly, Ha On-ha absolutely did not want to set foot on the dark and narrow path. He just wanted to get out of the horror experience zone as soon as possible.
However, as soon as he heard the cry for help, he realized that it was a trap prepared by the production team.
'Then of course I have to go!'
This is a chance to get a portion! Which participant would dare to refuse?
Ha On-ha hates darkness and ghosts, but he could endure any fear for the sake of his debut.
He thought that the reason why Neoul ran straight into the dark path was the same as his.
Who would be foolish enough to think that someone would really be in danger and ask for help in a place like this?
There are more than a few employees here. If they were really hurt or in danger, they would have called.
'And it's scary to be left behind and wait... No, the picture is a bit like that.'
It would be strange and disloyal to go out alone. So he had no choice but to follow him, crying.
There was a well standing alone where they arrived. The voice calling for help came from the well. An eerie blue light illuminated the well.
In one stride, Neoul reached the well and looked inside. He hit the head of the actor who was trying to emerge from the well while wearing water ghost makeup.
"Ugh!"
The actor who was trying to surprise the performers got hit and staggered to the ground, holding his head.
"Are you okay?"
Neoul stared at the actor with a serious expression. Inside the dry, shallow well. She was wearing a white robe, her face was pale, and her lips were blue, just like a corpse.
"Ugh..."
In addition, she was groaning in pain because she had just hit his head with Neoul, and she looked exactly like a patient.
They had clearly hit each other, but Neoul didn't feel much pain, so he didn't think that the cause of the other person's pain was him and asked urgently.
"What happened? Were you attacked?"
Neoul looked around sideways and gave off quite a sharp aura.
Neoul, who had been walking around with a blank expression on his face, was alert to his surroundings, and Ha Onha felt a sense of amusement.
'Oh~ I thought you only sang, but you acted quite well, too...?'
He had been enjoying playing around with the setting earlier, saying that he was a prince and the adopted son of the Dragon King. It seemed that he usually liked to play around with situational dramas.
Neoul didn't stop there, and extended his hand to the water ghost actor and said some pretty solid lines.
"I'll take you to a safe place."
Ha On-ha hated the darkness and ghosts, but he liked this. The realistic background, direction, urgent situation, and even the lines that somehow sounded cool, as if he was in a movie or a webtoon.
Watching Neoul act so realistically, Ha On-ha wanted to join in and do a skit with him.
Ha On-ha pretended to be sharply alert to his surroundings.
"Okay! I'll protect you!"
***
The actress was flustered.
A handsome man who looked around sharply, but looked at her with kind and gentle eyes as if telling her to be at ease. She was so charmed by his charm that she almost reached out.
'No! I'm a professional! Come to your senses!'
When the pain from her head slightly subsided, she came to her senses. She had a duty to scare these men to the point of tears.
—ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ? ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ?
It was fortunate that she didn't shout, 'You were the one who attacked me!' when the handsome man asked. That would have severely broken her immersion.
She quickly hung herself on the well, lowered her head, and then lifted it up, making a creepy laugh.
Ehihihihi! Ehihihihihi!
However, the tall, black-haired handsome man clicked his tongue instead of being scared.
"Ha Onha ya. We need to take him to the doctor right away. Call the Il-il-go [* numbers in korean]."
"...You mean 119?"
Damn. Looks like a crazy person with a head injury.
Or does he look less crazy?
"Your legs...! Give me your legs! Give me your legs...! I don't have legs! Heheheeheehee!"
She waved her hands wildly as if she was trying to grab the other person and even recited the lines creepily, but the black-haired handsome man opened his eyes wide and grabbed her hand tightly.
"I'm sorry. I really need this leg right now. I'll definitely lend you my hand later."
The actress, who was almost dazed again, quickly shook his hand away.
'Aahh..! What are you talking about instead of running away!'
Was my acting that bad? Is it so lame?
The actress eventually began to doubt her own acting skills and became depressed. Her expression, which had been distorted terribly, almost collapsed because of that.
The actress turned her gaze to the other man standing behind her with black hair. This man was also very handsome, but his appearance strangely gave off a fox-like feeling.
When their eyes met, the other man smiled wickedly and took a step back. Upon closer inspection, the man's fingertips were trembling.
'That's right! That guy is a coward!'
She tugged at the hem of her skirt and crawled out of the well. Then, she quickly approached the fox-faced man, jumping on one leg. She folded the other leg up and hid it under her skirt, so it looked like she only had one leg.
"Huhuhuhu! Give me your leg!"
Kihihihihihi! Ihihihihi!
"Aahhh! Don't come near me!"
The fox-faced man jumped back and circled around to avoid the actor, then grabbed the black-haired man.
"Kkiyak! Kkwaak! Neoul! Neoul! Run away! Kkiyaak!"
He was so busy screaming and running around that he couldn't even finish his sentences and made a lot of noise.
Then he dragged the black-haired man and ran away.
"Ha Onha ya. Calm down."
"Kyaaaaak! Run! Run!"
"No? You said you'd protect me?"
Only after the two of them disappeared into the darkness, going back the way they came, did the actress flop down and let out a sigh, "Hooooh."
It was the first time acting as a ghost was this hard.
Even though she scared thousands of kids and adults every year.
'I almost ruined my career with only 3 years of acting as a ghost!'
She was so flustered and nervous that she broke out in a cold sweat. In the midst of all that, his kind black eyes kept coming to mind.
"What was the name of this program...?"
When it airs, I'll vote for him at least once.
The actress fixed her knee pads that were worn out from crawling on the floor realistically, and went back into the well.
***
Neoul realized through the actor's actions that scared Ha On-ha that she was doing the same thing as the people in disguise who had jumped out earlier.
He also realized right away that the cries for help and the pleas for a leg were not sincere but part of an act.
So when Ha On-ha screamed and grabbed Neoul by the teeth, he was dragged along obediently.
There were a few more events on the way back.
A snake-like decoration fell on their heads. A man with his mouth (made up to look like it was torn) was chasing them.
Lights flashed on and off, and thunder rumbled.
"Kkiyaak!"
Ha On-ha ran back to the fork in the road he had just entered, looking as if he was going to faint, and ran to the exit.
On the other hand, Neoul leisurely looked around the well-decorated set and followed Ha On-ha, who had moved far away.
As he walked slowly, looking around curiously, he found something on the floor. There was a small flag with the program logo on it, attached to a small box the size of a palm.
'What is it?'
He approached and picked up the box. The outside of the box said [Random Item Box].
When he opened it, there was a folded note inside, and he could see some writing on the inside of the box lid.
[You who are looking at this! You succeeded in the hidden mission! This is a random item box prepared by the production team. We are giving you a gift that can be used in survival!]
Neoul tilted his head and opened the note inside.
[Team member change ticket (1 time)]
When you meet a teammate you don't want! Or when you can't be on the same team as the teammate you want! You can change your teammate only once!
(You can use this for yourself too. If you don't like your team, just move to another team!)
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