Chapter 3
「 Dokkaebi . The first time he appeared, someone said so . 」[1]
I didn't know why but that sentence suddenly popped up in my head . The stopped subway train, the dark room… These details gave me a sense of deja vu . The subway had stopped before, but it was rare . Even so, why? I remembered the familiar words from a novel… but it was ridiculous . Wasn't it impossible?
At this moment, the door of car 3807 opened wide, and the electricity returned . Yoo Sangah muttered by my side, "…Dokkaebi?"
My head was ringing . I trembled uneasily as the novel I knew and the reality before me overlapped .
「With two small horns and wearing a small straw mat, the strange and fluffy creature was floating in the air . 」
「 It was too strange to call it a fairy, too evil to call it an angel, and too tranquil to call it a demon . 」
「Thus, it was called a 'dokkkaebi . 」
And I already knew the first thing the dokkaebi would say .
「&아#@!&아#@! . . . 」
[&아#@!&아#@! . . . . ]
Fiction and reality overlapped precisely .
"What is this?"
"Augmented reality?"
Amidst the chattering people, I was thrown into another world alone . This was unmistakably a dokkaebi—the very dokkaebi that opened the door to tragedy for thousands of lives in Ways of Survival . It was Yoo Sangah's voice that broke me out of my thoughts . "It sounds vaguely like Spanish . Should I talk to it?"
I was a bit taken aback and asked, "…Do you know what that is? Will you ask it for money?"
"No but…"
It was at this time that I heard the correct pronunciation of Korean . [Ah . Ah . Does this sound good? Ah, I had a hard time because the Korean patch didn't work . Everyone, can you hear my words?]
As a familiar language was being spoken, I could see people's expressions relax . The first one to step up was a big man in a suit . "Hey, what are you doing right now?"
[…Huh?]
"Are you filming? I have to go because I have to quickly get to an audition . " He seemed to be an obscure actor since his face was unfamiliar . If I were a casting director, I would've picked him out for his brimming ambition . Unfortunately, the presence before him right now wasn't a director .
[Ah, auditions . That's right . This is also an audition . Haha, there was a shortage of data . I just entered when it was monetized at 7 p . m . ]
"What? What are you talking about?"
[Now, now . All of you, relax in your seats and listen to me . From now on, I will tell you something very important!]
My chest was becoming stuffy .
"What? Quickly get off the train!"
"Somebody call the captain!"
"What are they doing without the cooperation of the citizens?"
"Mother, what is that? A cartoon?"
There was no doubt about it . This was the development I knew . I didn't want to be mixed up in this… but there was no way . The people present wouldn't listen to the small and cute-looking CG creature . The only thing I could do was stop Yoo Sangah who was trying to get up from her seat .
"Yoo Sangah-ssi, it is dangerous, so stay here . "
"Huh?" Yoo Sangah's eyes widened . I spoke during a moment of bewilderment, but there was no way to explain what I understood . To be exact, I didn't have to explain .
[Haha, you are really loud . ]
There was a presence with a stronger persuasive power than anyone else right now .
[I told you to be quiet . ]
I closed my eyes slowly as the dokkaebi's eyes turned red . Something burst, and the subway became silent .
"Uh, uh . Uh…" There was a big hole in the forehead of the unknown actor who had to go to the audition . The man who had spoken several times collapsed on the spot .
[This isn't a movie shoot . ]
There was a cracking sound once again . This time, it was the person talking about the captain .
[It isn't a dream . It isn't a novel either . ]
One, two… Blood sprayed into the air as the heads of some people started to burst . They were all the people who had protested against the dokkaebi, as well as the ones who screamed or went wild . Those who caused the slightest fuss had a hole in their heads . Suddenly, the subway became a bloodbath .
[This isn't the 'reality' that you know . Do you understand? So everyone shut up and listen to me . ]
More than half the people present here died . Blood and body pieces filled the subway . Now, the people didn't scream . Like primitive apes in front of a powerful predator, everyone just watched the dokkaebi with terror . I was surprised and held tightly onto the shoulder of Yoo Sangah who was hiccuping .
This was real . The strange message which entered my ears, the dokkaebi had appeared in front of me, and the train car that had become a bloodbath…
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