Chapter 420
Chapter 420
“Ohhh, it’s starting! Hurry!”
“Whoops, hold on a sec!”
Keun Se-jin, who had managed to whip up some popcorn in the hotel microwave, sat down on the sofa with a look of pure glee.
‘Damn it.’
Of all days, today had to be the day of that cursed tour camp.
I sat down nearby, feeling like livestock being led to a slaughterhouse. Seon A-hyun, who had been fidgeting for no reason, finally spoke up.
“U-um… we don’t necessarily have to watch the live broadcast. I think watching a movie would be fun too…!”
“Monitoring comes first,” Ryu Cheong-woo said with a smile.
“O-okay…”
Seon A-hyun was shot down, and Ryu Cheong-woo, thick-skinned as ever, picked up the remote.
“Well then, I’m turning it on.”
“Yeah~!”
The smart TV began playing the live stream on WeTube.
[4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
[Ding-ding-ring~]
“Ooh!”
The premiere of Episode 4 of Healing Master TeSTAR was beginning.
…The long-awaited horror experience.
[Selection of <Happy Trip>]
[Horror Attraction Course in the UK]
The letters were blood-red.
Maybe because it was a summer special, but from the very opening of Episode 4, they had gone all out with the special effects.
‘So, they want us all to experience horror together, is that it?’
Not quite.
[Fear Proxy Service]
[※ TeSTAR gets scared, and the viewers get healed.]
“…….”
I felt somewhat wronged… No, wait. A wide viewer base is a good thing.
“Pwahahaha!”
Leaving aside the guy who would be screaming on screen in a few minutes, I decided to just watch.
On the screen, after a montage of famous horror spots in the UK, the first attraction selected by the <Happy Trip> team appeared.
[Evil Spirit Hotel]
[A long-standing traditional European horror attraction franchise. An extremely realistic, eerie terror that stimulates all five senses is approaching….]
They were really setting the mood.
“…That one was pretty scary.”
“Right? We all came out without even knowing how the others reacted~ Now we finally get to see!”
I crossed my arms.
On the screen, the TeSTAR members, who were terrified and chattering away at high speed, eventually formed teams and entered the attraction one by one after much trial and error.
The old hallways of the gloomy 20th-century style building flickered with lights, and dark red bloodstains were everywhere.
The moment they stepped inside—
[Creeeeeak]
“Ah!”
“It’s already scary!”
The main door slammed shut, and the attraction began. As they walked step by step through the damp hallway, supernatural phenomena occurred every time they passed a hotel room on either side.
Thump.
[Lee Se-jin: Aaaaah! Oh my god!]
[The staff hasn’t even appeared yet]
Keun Se-jin munched on his popcorn while watching his exaggerated self on the screen.
“Ooh… I’m curious~”
About what? The guy currently on the screen?
“No, I mean, who had the best reaction~ Ah, Se-jin can’t lose!”
“…….”
I could tell exactly what that bastard wanted to say by the way he was smirking at me.
Just then, a yellow head caught by the infrared camera appeared on the screen amidst the chorus of screams.
It was me.
[Park Moon-dae: (Stiffened)]
[For the record, if we look at this person’s track record…….]
Then, a compilation of my past horror-related reactions from TeSTAR’s reality programs played on the screen.
[What will Moon-dae be like today?]
After that ominous caption, the footage of me started moving again….
[Gyaaaaah!]
[Ah, save me! Ah!]
Suddenly, the door to Room 404 on the left burst open, and a woman tied to an old bed crawled out, her head twitching eerily….
[Park Moon-dae: (Bows)]
[????]
[Quite well-mannered]
After giving a polite nod, I ran down the hallway following the members who had already bolted.
“…?!”
“Park Moon-dae, you…?”
What’s there to be so surprised about?
I smiled and crossed my arms.
I told you, I studied.
Around the time TeSTAR was watching the broadcast together.
Fans were also snickering as they watched the beginning of Episode 4, anticipating the members’ reactions.
Especially the member famous for having the biggest gap between his usual self and his reaction to ghosts!
Moreover, the introduction to the attraction was so serious and eerie that even the members who were only slightly brave became desperate.
[A tearful negotiation to increase the number of people]
[Lee Se-jin: …Don’t you think it would be more fun if the PDs and writers all went in together??]
[Bae Se-jin: I agree.]
[Cha Yu-jin: That’s right! Everyone should try it!]
It didn’t work at all.
[Kim Rae-bin: I-if that is the case! I trust that you have at least planned a course where multiple people can enter together!]
[PD: Oh? There’s nothing specifically about that in the plan… Well, if TeSTAR wants it, then of course! You’ll go in as teams~]
[Kim Rae-bin: Thank you.]
[Lee Se-jin: We love you.]
[PD: But isn’t the <Happy Trip> team a bit too much? Huh? They picked a course that’s way too niche!]
At the PD’s words, the members’ heads turned toward the two culprits. Ryu Cheong-woo was smiling somewhat apologetically, while Seon A-hyun’s face was beet red.
But there was no turning back. And then came a suggestion that sounded like a devil’s whisper.
[PD: Should we make that team go in individually?]
[TeSTAR: W-wait a minute!]
[Is this… ✿❀Beautiful Friendship?❀✿]
But it didn’t work.
Of course, it wasn’t because of friendship.
[Cha Yu-jin: Those hyungs won’t be surprised anyway!]
[Bae Se-jin: Right, so… it’s our loss if we just split up the numbers for no reason.]
[Lee Se-jin: Exactly, exactly. We have to take one of them with each group!]
The two "strong hearts" who had no reactions.
It was an instinctive reaction—they couldn’t abandon those stability totems.
So, after a discussion, the first attraction teams were split in half.
[Ryu Cheong-woo Team: Lee Se-jin, Cha Yu-jin, Park Moon-dae]
[Seon A-hyun Team: Bae Se-jin, Kim Rae-bin]
When the most fearful members swarmed in as a "multi-person team," people excitedly let their imaginations run wild.
However.
[Park Moon-dae: (Bows)]
Park Moon-dae, a core member of the scaredy-cats… was perfectly fine?
Park Moon-dae calmly and stoically brushed off all sorts of supernatural phenomena and staff appearances with an expression that said, "The mountains are mountains, and the water is water." Then he walked steadily down the hallway.
While the viewers were in shock, the video suddenly transitioned to an interview screen.
And the answer was revealed.
[Park Moon-dae: I studied.]
The stoic guy said it with a hint of triumph.
The viewers were even more bewildered.
Leaving aside the comments filled with all sorts of jokes, the screen went back to show Park Moon-dae’s hotel room from the day before.
[……Hmm.]
Park Moon-dae was lying on the bed, intently looking at a tablet PC.
It was various horror websites. He seemed to be checking them diligently, even though his eyebrows twitched occasionally….
Then came an interview statement that exceeded all expectations.
[Park Moon-dae: I searched and checked the websites and WeTube channels of famous horror spots in the UK.]
But he wasn’t finished.
[Park Moon-dae: But while doing that, a staff member’s vlog popped up in my recommendations.]
That’s right.
Just like vlogs of amusement park employees, personal vlogs of horror attraction staff also existed.
[Park Moon-dae: And in that vlog, their SNS account was linked….]
…In other words, while wandering through the web-like world of the internet, he ended up seeing the staff member’s 10-year-old daughter’s birthday party and their wonderful vacation plans.
On the screen, the warm SNS posts of the staff member (who had given permission) flashed brightly.
[Park Moon-dae: So, I found out that the staff member playing the bed ghost is planning to spend a wonderful vacation on a beach in Spain.]
[Park Moon-dae: (Thumbs up)]
The screen then cut back to the horror attraction.
[Aaaaah!]
But this time, an Inheart filter was applied to the bed ghost, and heartwarming BGM began to play.
It was a visualization of Park Moon-dae’s perspective.
Park Moon-dae… had studied so hard that he had reached a state where the ghosts looked like fellow members of modern society working hard at their lives.
[We support the bed ghost staff member’s vacation. - From the Production Crew]
With that caption, Park Moon-dae bravely continued through the first attraction.
[Study Success!]
He finished the attraction by closing the door behind him like a conquering hero at the back of the team.
None of the members on screen noticed what was happening; they were just busy looking after Park Moon-dae….
It was a perfect crime.
It had the slight side effect of making him look cute instead, but Park Moon-dae would have been satisfied with this, considering his professional duties.
…If only it had ended there.
However, after highlighting the other members, the screen inevitably focused on Park Moon-dae once more.
[Park Moon-dae’s ambitious plan was also successful on Day 2.]
[However]
The caption changed playfully.
[Actually, he didn’t have to do it!]
On the second day, an attraction where they had to survive in a silent, fog-filled cemetery where eerie ghouls rose.
This statement came out.
[Lee Se-jin: Ah, I’m using my exemption ticket~!]
[Cha Yu-jin: I’m using mine too!]
With beaming smiles, the two members whose horror reactions were the most impressive after Park Moon-dae’s coolly used their ‘Experience Exemption Tickets.’
[Park Moon-dae: …!!]
[↑ The person who vowed not to use it]
Park Moon-dae quickly grabbed the team leader.
[Park Moon-dae: Cha Yu-jin, didn’t you say you wouldn’t avoid stuff like this?]
[Cha Yu-jin: I’m not avoiding it! But I want to do that!]
That’s right.
The content for these exemption ticket holders was none other than zombie hunting.
[Cha Yu-jin: Hyung, you use your exemption ticket too! Come with me!]
[Park Moon-dae: (A pained groan of refusal)]
[Cha Yu-jin: Oh….]
Cha Yu-jin looked very disappointed, but regardless, he excitedly disappeared with Lee Se-jin to catch zombies.
Of course, the content didn’t fall apart like that.
[Kim Rae-bin: I will not use mine! As the number of people decreases, one must endure the fear alone, and there are physical limits to providing a different kind of enjoyment to the viewers.]
[↑ The Saint Type]
And so, the remaining TeSTAR members were sucked into the cemetery attraction for their voluntary horror experience and disappeared….
Still, Park Moon-dae did well here too.
With the two loudest screamers gone, it felt more like a serious chase, which added a different kind of thrill.
After a fulfilling Day 2, the final day arrived.
Once again, Park Moon-dae stood before the filming crew with an air of triumph, only to hear unexpected news.
[Ryu Cheong-woo: Ah, they said it would be difficult to do more in the UK due to the schedule.]
[Park Moon-dae: ????]
[Ryu Cheong-woo: So the last attraction was set in the next country.]
[Park Moon-dae: …!!!!!]
What that meant was…
All his studying had become useless…!
The conclusion was that he ended up having a "wonderful" time on the terrifying Island of the Dolls in Mexico until the ionic drink in his hand nearly burst….
[Seon A-hyun: Moon-dae, I’m sorry. Let’s use the exemption ticket together…!]
[Park Moon-dae: (Briefly imagines what would happen if he used it here)]
[Park Moon-dae: It’s fine.]
[~It was not fine~]
Episode 4 ended with a genuine horror experience, and thanks to the summer season, it had a happy ending with a massive number of views.
Except for one person.
“Pwahahaha!!”
“Pfft. Ack!”
TeSTAR’s camp that day ended with Park Moon-dae confiscating all the members’ popcorn.
Still, Park Moon-dae would succeed in his revenge starting next week.
Because the healing course created by his team, , was finally going to be aired!