Chapter 1164 – 1164. 15 Days
“Quaaaaagh!”
Sitting in front of her was Noriko Nebata, a plain bespectacled woman with bobbed hair, who suddenly shrieked and lowered her head. Everyone’s eyes are on her.
The cause of the scream was an insect. A wasp entered the car and flew round and round over Noriko’s head.
“What, what?!”
“Hornet?!”
“Someone catch me quickly!”
The interior of the van, which had been quiet, turned into a commotion in an instant.
The men hurriedly lowered their bodies as low as they could when the wasp approached. A disgusting insect, and a wasp that can kill a person. Both men and women, their eyes were full of fear.
“Shit!”
A man who had dyed his hair yellow and pierced his ears swore and swung his bag at the wasp. The wasp leisurely dodged the attack. The man twisted his lips and glared at the wasp. He is Hiroshi Tanaka, a famous bully in the circle and a man with an anchovy tattoo.
Boo-boo-boo.
The wasp’s movements became menacing. The sound of the wings also became much more bloody. The wasp flies towards the nearest human, Ryoko Hagawa.
“Ryoko!”
Instead of Ryoko Hagawa, who tried to respond calmly, Kyoshiro Wada stepped forward. She clutched the notebook in her hand and smacked her wasp. A wasp flies away from behind. Risa Kagami, who was sitting next to me, was startled and swung the smartphone in her hand to knock out the wasp. It is an excellent reflex. The problem is that wasps are flying toward me.
I pulled my middle finger and hit the wasp’s torso with precision. His physical abilities have fallen to the level of normal people, but this level is not very difficult.
The wasp hit the back of the chair and fell to the floor. I killed the wasp by stepping on it. I could feel the wasp’s body being crushed. A sigh of relief could be heard from here and there.
“Nakagami-senpai! Sorry!”
Kyoshiro Wada got up from her seat and bowed his head in apology to Risa Kagami. It was because the wasp he knocked off flew to Risa Nakagami.
Risa Nakagami glared at Kyoshiro Wada once.
“Done.”
After speaking coldly, Nakagami Risa turned her gaze to me. Her sharp eyes are relaxed.
“I’m sorry about that. I was not in a hurry, so I flew it towards you.”
“It’s okay. If you’re upset, it might be.”
“It’s not normal to hit a wasp with your finger. Are you familiar with wasps?”
“Yes. I am used to it.”
I replied with a smile.
In fact, wasps are not used to it. It was the first time I had seen wasps since high school. But I’m not afraid of wasps at all. I, who have dealt with monsters that kill ordinary people single-handedly, should I be afraid of wasps?
“Are you in first grade? What is your name?”
“This is Seong Eugene.”
“… Korean?”
“Yes. I am Korean. Do you hate Korea by any chance?”
“Not really. I tend to like Korean dramas and K-pop.”
I, Risa Kagami, said that and started touching her smartphone. I didn’t try to force the broken conversation to continue. Even so, it’s nothing but flirtation. It is an inappropriate choice to build goodwill.
‘It’s fortunate that I don’t hate Koreans.’
In the case of young Japanese women, there are not many people who hate Korea. Recently, as Korean dramas and music have become popular, there are not a few cases where people are rather interested in Korea.
‘It’s a word that doesn’t work with men.’
There are many Japanese men who look down on Korea. Not only college students, but even professors, most of them ignore Korea. Among the Japanese kkondae, there are even those who think that Korea is still at the level of the 80s.
I moderately ignore those guys, but… , There are definitely a few guys who are hard to ignore.
‘It’s here too.’
Hiroshi Tanaka. A yellow-haired bully with piercings stares at me. I looked face to face. A brief snowball fight ensued. It was Hiroshi Tanaka who turned his eyes first. He looked away slowly, as if to wait and see.
‘I’ll definitely have to mess with it later.’
Japan, the country of Ijime.
Ijime culture is also mixed in my work life, but is it different because it is a university?
‘I’m already half way through it.’
It’s not bullying to the extent of suffering violence, it’s subtly ostracized and ignored… Close to silver The reason why I get bullied is because I am Korean.
Rattle.
I looked out the car window. Trees are visible No, I see nothing but trees.
‘No matter how mountain village it is…. Aren’t you going too deep?’
Looking at the same scenery over and over is boring. I took my smartphone out of my pocket and picked it up. Turn on the first game you see and concentrate.
‘It’s a gacha game. There are enough game goods… Gacha Gazua.’
[Lv. Master is activated.]
The skill was activated and luck happened.
As soon as the draw button was pressed, the pickup character broke through the 0.5% chance.
But the mood was not very good.
‘A skill that only activates once a day can only be activated for something like this… What’s this.’
I shook my head.
It was a skill that I was looking forward to, but it seemed to be lacking. I gave up my expectations for the [Dae-gil] Skill.
The van arrived in the village 15 minutes later.
•••
Arrive at Okaruma Village.
It was quite a large village for a mountain village. The fields were wide and there were many modern buildings. The most notable thing is the shrine at the end of the village, on top of the mountain. The shrine was the largest in the village.
“Men can stay in this building and women can stay in that building. It’s a festival from tomorrow evening, so feel free to spend it until then.”
Said the large, muscular man. His name is Masahiro Mori, with his short, sporty hair and big eyes. He was the head of the Japan Festival Study Circle. He was also the one who drove the van.
Went into the house It wasn’t a very large building, but it wasn’t to the point where living was uncomfortable. The problem was that there were 7 men and 6 rooms.
“Two first graders. I will give you the largest room, so you two share the same room.”
“Yes. Mori senior.”
“Yes.”
Wada Kyoshiro and I answered.
In the end, it was in the middle of the day. Two powerless first-years cannot disobey the words of Masahiro Mori, a fourth-year student and club manager.
‘Should I overturn it according to my temper?’
Endured
It’s too early to make a fuss. Less than an hour has passed since I entered this world. There is too little information. I decided to stay calm until the information accumulated to some extent.
I entered the large room on the first floor with Kyoshiro Wada. It was a traditional Japanese tatami room. It was spacious, but the lack of a bed was inconvenient.
“Sex award. It’s the first time we’ve met like this. I am Wada Kyoshiro. Please take good care of me.”
Wada Kyoshiro held out her hand to me and asked for her handshake. A pure face without prejudice. It was clear that this bastard was the main character of this world. I hid my shyness and held his hand.
“This is Seong Yujin. Since we share a room, let’s get along well.”
“Yes. Sex award.”
Put down the load It was a time when there was an awkward air. The door opened and manager Masahiro Mori entered.
“Two first graders. If you have nothing to do, can you help me?”
“Senior Mori! Yes! Of course I can help!”
“… We are here to help.”
“Thank you both. The 2nd and 3rd year guys aren’t cooperative… I lived thanks to you. I will definitely pay you back for this.”
Masahiro Mori’s tone smelled old-fashioned. It smells like shit To be honest, I don’t want to get involved… For original information. I put a seal on her mind and asked him.
“Senior Mori. What can I help you with?”
In response to my question, Masahiro Mori took out her camera and handed it to me. In a daze she accepted the camera. Did she say DSLR? It is a heavy and expensive looking camera.
“I need data to write a report. They walk around the village, take pictures, and conduct interviews with residents about village festivals. Sung, you only take good pictures. The interview will be conducted by me and Wada.”
A feeling came. Because I am Korean, I was excluded from the interview station.
“Yes. Yes. All right.”
Rather fortunately. It’s a comfortable thing to do just by pressing the camera shutter from a little distance away.
I followed Mori out of the inn and around the village.
After walking for about 2 hours, I was able to get a rough idea of the structure of the village. At the end of the village, I tried to go up to the shrine on top of the mountain, but I was stopped by the old people working in the fields around the entrance.
“Don’t move!”
“Outsiders cannot go up to the shrine!”
Even if you are old, your body is not dwarfed. He may have been trained in field work, but his muscular body is visible through his shirt. He was carrying farm implements, so just standing there was a threat.
“Why not? We want to visit the shrine.”
Mori Masahiro said calmly. His gigantic figure was intimidating, even to put it mildly. The old man answered with a breath as if to hide his fear.
“The shrine is currently undergoing an officiating ceremony. It’s a ritual in preparation for tomorrow’s festival.”
“No one is allowed to enter during the presidency ceremony. Go up to the shrine on the day the festival ends.”
Masahiro Mori stepped back.
“Ah. Is that so. We didn’t know May I take a picture of the shrine?”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t go up to the shrine.”
Masahiro Mori gestured to me. I picked up my camera and took a picture of the gentleman. It was as good as the building, so I had a taste for taking pictures.
Wada Kyoshiro approached the elderly and spoke to them.
“Is there a shrine maiden?”
“Miss? Of course there is. Tomorrow night, the shaman will go around the village and give blessings.”
“Can we also receive the blessing?”
“Come out into the streets tomorrow night. Then, Shao-nim will bless you on behalf of the mountain god.”
“Okay. I will definitely come out to the street tomorrow night.”
The short interview is over. We walked around town again.
I was getting more and more tired of taking pictures.
‘It was kind of fun at first.’
Even so, it slowly began to fade.
“Senior Mori. Now let’s go back. There are no restaurants in this town, so we have to prepare food.”
“They said the women would prepare for that. A lot of trouble. I brought some beer, I will share it with you.”
“Oh, beer! Thank you!”
“Instead, let’s interview one last person. Oh, this is a personal question, so you don’t have to record it.”
“It has plenty of space, so I’ll record it.”
“Okay. Thank you, come.”
Mori Masahiro nodded her head and headed towards the field. An old man working in a potato field saw us and straightened her body. And she stares
“Senior. That person…. Aren’t you uncomfortable with something?”
Her body is very skinny and her eyes are sunken. The dark pupils resembled those of a corpse.
“I’m sorry for the old man.”
“Oh, sorry.”
“Well, I feel a bit uneasy about it, too.”
Masahiro Mori approached the old man and spoke to her.
“Hello. I am a student from Naio University. Would you like to interview me for a moment?”
“Interview?”
“It’s a trivial question.”
“…….”
The old man nodded his head. It means try it.
“Around this time last year. I heard that 5 people are missing in Okaruma Village. Do you know anything about them?”
“… Are they relatives of the missing people?”
“No. They are not relatives.”
“I don’t know much about that. And that has already been done.”
“It’s not over. Has the missing person returned?”
“The police have finished their investigation.”
The old man turned his body around. He took a sharp scythe and slammed it into the ground as if nervously. The sight was very grotesque.
“Old man.”
“I have nothing to say. Do not talk to me.”
Masahiro Mori tried to talk to the old man again, but gave up. We headed home.
I told them before entering the hostel.
“Senior Mori. I’ll stop by the corner store for a while and then come back.”
“Yes? Is there anything you need?”
“Cup noodles. I want to take it for a late-night snack.”
“I get it.”
I gave him my camera and went into a corner store. All necessities were there. When I came out of the hole-in-the-wall shop, the sun had completely set. Being a mountain, it was darker than the city at night. There were no streetlights installed, so it seemed difficult to go back.
‘There is a limit to the light of a smartphone… I’ll have to buy a flashlight while I’m here.’
Buy a flashlight and walk down the street.
I could feel the gaze.
When I turned his head, the old man I saw earlier was standing in the field, staring at me. In his hand is a sharp scythe.
I ignored the reluctant old man and walked down the street.
But even after he walked 50m, the old man keeps looking at me. His mood got worse, so he shouted at the old man.
“Old man! Do you have something to say If you don’t have it, shut your eyes!”
“…….”
The old man stared at me without moving.
I turned and walked towards the old man with a frown.
