Chapter 117:

Chapter 117:

“Sigh...”

I stared blankly at the screen after the video ended. Seon-woo came closer to me, sneaking a glance at my face.

[※‘Seon-woo’ is worried about you.]

I didn’t need Pposili to tell me that.

Seon-woo’s fair and delicate hand, which looked like he had never suffered, waved in front of my eyes.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

I lightly pushed his hand away and moved his arm aside. But my vision was still dark. What should I do? There was one face that came to my mind.

“I’ll make a quick call and come back.”

I handed Pposili to Seon-woo, who was next to me, and went into the room. The air was heavy.

‘I’m at a loss.’

I needed someone to talk to. I searched for a contact on my phone messenger and pressed the call button.

“Our love falls like snowflakes~♪~ May it last forever~.”

The ringtone, which I guessed was a winter song by Floss, continued until someone picked up the phone after 30 seconds.

Hello, what’s up?

It was a voice that was familiar if familiar, and awkward if awkward.

“Hi, this is Cheon Ise. Is this Hwijin?”

Hwijin answered with a short exclamation, along with my concise greeting.

“You’re calling me after watching the teaser, right?”

He was right.

“Yes, I was quite surprised. The editing was different from what I expected. How are you feeling over there?”

I didn’t want to be misunderstood in a situation where only a third of the nine members agreed to the friendship operation.

“To be honest, I can’t say I’m happy.”

Aah. I figured. I clenched my fist at his response that didn’t betray my expectations. The only good thing was that there was a twist afterwards.

“Don’t worry too much, they all know it’s a manipulation.”

“Ah... Okay. I just wanted to check on you.”

“There will be some talk on the internet, I guess. Well, there’s nothing we can do. It’s not a day or two that we get edited in a provocative way by piecing things together.”

Maybe it was because of his experience in My Idol Stage.

He was described as a tyrant who was beaten by everyone, but his attitude was more resigned than angry.

“Be careful when you film the official episode. But anyway, if the production team decides to frame and edit it, whatever you say will change according to their intention, so don’t stress too much.”

Hwijin, who was older and a survival veteran, comforted me.

Should I thank him and nod? It was a situation where anyone would be angry, but he was more calm than I thought.

I took a short breath and replied.

“I’m okay, but what about you, Hwijin? You must have been upset.”

Then Hwijin laughed as if it was a surprising question.

“Me?”

“Yes.”

Who else would it be if not you? I shivered as I remembered how awkwardly we acted friendly at the shooting site and rubbed my goosebumped arm.

“Well... I don’t know. I’ve never thought that I would cause someone to worry about this kind of problem. It’s refreshing, I guess. I’m fine, Naru is a bit upset, but Yu-geon really liked it.”

It was just the moment when I was curious about Kang Yu-geon and Shim Naru’s situation. Shim Naru was a jerk in everything, so let’s leave him aside...

“Yu-geon liked it?”

I asked back the one sentence that made me doubt my ears.

“Yes, he said to tell you welcome to the world of survival.”

There was a sound of something hitting hard, then I heard the sound of Hwijin rubbing somewhere on his body and whining. Then, suddenly, Yu-geon’s voice came out as if he had snatched the phone.

“I never said that.”

Yu-geon left a short word and went back to Hwijin right away.

“Is anyone here?”

What’s going on? Why did they call us and then leave? They all entered the yard with bewildered expressions.

“What the...?”

Then, behind them came the sound of an engine, and the car that had brought them left the road.

“Hyung? Hello? Hello??”

Hwijin was confused by the situation and looked around, when he heard footsteps from the dark entrance of the warehouse.

“Is anyone there?”

Naru shrieked and hid his small body behind Hwijin, feeling the eerie atmosphere.

“What the hell? Why did they call us and then leave?”

Naru raised his voice angrily, and Yu-geon shushed him with his finger.

Why did he drag himself into this ridiculous plan? Naru’s face was so pale that Yu-geon’s ears were already burning.

“Ah, sorry. We had a little accident...”

The voice that came from the dark warehouse was fortunately familiar.

“Accident?”

Hwijin asked, stretching his voice, and at the same time, the owner of the voice opened the old warehouse door and showed himself.

“What accident... Aaaah!!!”

They were greeted by two pairs of bright eyes covered in black ash.

If we slept like this, it was obvious that all eight of us would be found with our mouths twisted the next day.

‘I’ve done this fireplace cleaning a few times when I was young, so it shouldn’t be too hard.’

It should be enough to just check if any wild animals or strange things got in since I scraped it once in the spring.

And why did my bad premonition never miss?

Ugh, Seon-woo panicked as he took out the acorns and nuts that filled the fireplace.

“We’re ruining the winter food of the squirrel friends...”

But that didn’t mean we could freeze to death.

“If we move them to the side of the warehouse where no one goes in and out, they’ll take them themselves. ...Maybe.”

I didn’t know the truth, but it was better to convince myself that way. Then, a squirrel popped out of the fireplace.

“Chirp-, squeak-!”

The small rodent boasted an amazing spirit as it jumped out and ran straight for Seon-woo’s head.

“Ugh, sorry, sorry!”

And Seon-woo lost his balance and buried his face in the pile of acorns and ashes he had scraped out.

“Hey, hey! Wait!”

“Ow, it hurts! Save me, hyung!”

Seon-woo couldn’t bring himself to pull off the squirrel with full force and grabbed my arm. As the ashes flew everywhere, I also became covered in charcoal.

“Ugh, let go of your hand first...!”

As we struggled together, the squirrel squeaked and went into the warehouse with a warning.

“Ah, we can’t let it go in there!”

If we left the warehouse door open this season, everything inside would freeze.

“Ugh, wait a minute. We have to get the squirrel out first. Ouch!”

Unfortunately, this old house’s warehouse didn’t have a single light bulb. As I tried to get rid of the invisible squirrel with ashes all over me, Floss arrived.

“Ah, I’m sorry. We just had a little accident...”

“Accident?”

“What accident... Aaaah!!!”

And this would later be known as the ‘Attempted Assassination of Floss Leader by Climax’ among the idol fandoms.

The real relationship between Climax and Floss began with this assassination attempt.