Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 170. The Horror bag event. 4
Like a bad reality, what was said by the three students was really difficult to make Kino and the others believe.
“Sunbae-nim becomes a zombie outside" explains Ha Jinan
“That's when you met him?”
“We didn't meet him but we did. And the person infected by Lee Seung Chan-sunbae is Jung Leon-sunbae”
Ha Jinan's reply left the three teenagers in shock. Not only was she shocked, but she also appeared to be completely incredulous.
Ryou immediately stood up and shouted as if in disbelief.
“What?! Jung Leon who was infected the first time?! How can it be precisely he who died and became a zombie when he himself held this crazy event!!”
Everyone heard that and could only bow down. Seo Salt showed me a video. Ryou kneeled back to look at it.
“Video? What video is this?” ask Ryou
“This is a recording that was taken and shared by one of the witnesses who happened to be near Lee Seung Chan-sunbae. This incident occurred near the fountain pool in the campus park” Seo Garam replied
The three of them watched the 4-minute-long video. In the video, it is seen that the recorder is close to Lee Seung Chan.
In the first seconds of the video, Lee Seung Chan is seen just bowing silently without doing anything.
No one else approached him. The most reasonable reason for those downloading the [Even Horror Apps] app must have read the notifications they received in the group.
“This video was sent this morning” Seo Garam said
“This video time is sent at 08.02. There is a possibility that the time of the person recording this is around 07.56-07.58 am. Depending on the situation while taking this video” Kino guessed
Then, the three teenagers noticed a change in Lee Seung Chan. From the back, there was a familiar figure that they seemed to have just seen.
“Jung Leon!” the teenagers were surprised
Seen in the video, the handsome young man smilingly greets Lee Seung Chan then stands to his left. After looking at his watch, Jung Leon spoke.
“It has almost started the event this time. There's another special item from me for the winner. And. It's 08:00! It's time for the event to start!!”
There are cheers in the video. Not long after, Lee Seung Chan suddenly approached Jung Leon like he was hugging him.
Other cheers sounded. They thought that it was a hug between ordinary friends. But, the strangeness is seen in the video. The three teenagers turned pale.
“Oi..this is right..”.
“True...most likely..”.
“Lee Seung Chan-san was biting Jung Leon-san.
Lee Seung Chan's hug is released along with Jung Leon's body falling to the ground. All the screaming became silent. Then, another cry sounded hysterical as Lee Seung Chan turned around.
Fresh blood in Lee Seung Chan's mouth and Jung Leon's body on the ground sent everyone running away, including the video recorder.
The recorder still blames the record function on his phone so that the recording starts to look messy.
For a few minutes, the video only shows the road through and listens to the hysterical sounds around the place.
Then, the recorder seemed to have turned around and ran back. I heard a scream in the video.
“Jung Leon-sunbae get back up!"
"Sunbae, you're good–ah!!”
“What sound is it?!”
“Sang Woo was bitten by Leon-sunbae!”
“Bloody? What's–akh!!”
Video ends. It seems that here, the recorder immediately pressed the send and share button to everyone.
The three teenagers were pecking with pale faces.
“Because of this recording, we were able to find out that Jung Leon-sunbae was the first infected person. At first, we did not believe. But, the hysterical sound was getting louder and spread throughout the hall” Kim Yuram explained
“Then, why can't anyone get out of this campus? With that many people, shouldn't anyone have come out of this place when that happened?”
The Kino question makes a lot of sense. But, it seemed that it only applied if the circumstances in that place were completely normal.
“Try you guys swipe down again. There is one more video sent by one of the student users of the app” said Seo Garam who pointed to his phone
Kino shifted the phone screen back down and there was one more video duration of 1 minute 14 seconds.
When the video opens, the video recorder shows the condition of the university gate.
“What is this?!”
“Oi, oi, oi...this isn't Resident Evil 1 and 2, is it? What the fuck?!”
“Then this is the case, it is impossible for you to get out of here” said Kaito
From the two videos, Kino began to make his hypothesis.
‘This is just my guess, but there is a chance that Jung Leon-san is not the first infected person’
‘If you look at the context of the game, Lee Seung Chan-san might be called the first zombie, but it could be that he has bitten someone else and it keeps happening over and over again so that there are a lot of zombies in the gate of this place’
‘Although so, there is still something not right. If that huge gate has been surrounded by zombies, doesn't that mean there is a possibility that Lee Seung Chan-san has become a zombie before this event starts?’
‘Or maybe, could it be that the first zombie in this event is not Lee Seung Chan-san? This may be overkill but I feel that the explanation of this event itself is very strange. Could there be an event explanation that outwits all participants?’
In the end, Kino still could not think of any other possibility. However, at least he already had some picture of this.
He looked at Ryou and Kaito with a serious look and it seemed like the two people knew the point.
Seo Salt continued his explanation.
“Because of this we can't get out. Out there have been many zombies and we also do not know how many zombies will enter this place”
Their main difficulties were food and weapons. But there is something that can be used.
“Garam-san, what about the internet network? Have you contacted an outside party by chatting or sharing the video? Aren't you able to contact the authorities to save you?”
“We've tried it, but not connected” Seo Salt replied by lowering his head
“Not connected? How could? Can't that video be sent to a chat group via this pesky app?” Ryou asked with an annoyed face
“You may not know yet, but somehow we can only communicate with everyone who is in this campus region alone” Ha Jinan explained
“What?”
Ha Jinan took out her phone as well from her pants pocket and showed some chat. Written ‘ayah’ above the chat that indicates that Ha Jinan tried to send a message to the father. However, there is a red exclamation mark next to the message you want to send.
“Kino, what is it?” ask Kaito
“Message not sent”
“Either why, I have tried to contact my father and mother and my brother. I have also tried to share the videos we received to social media, but none of them managed to”
“Mustahil...why can it be?” Ryou looks in disbelief
Kim Yuram pulled out his phone and searched for a phone number. Suddenly Ha Jinan's phone shook.
“Incall?!” Kino was surprised
Not only Kino, Ryou and Kaito were also very astonished by all of that. On the phone screen Ha Jinan can be seen writing ‘Kim Yuram calling’.
“What has made you believe?”
Kim Yuram did that to prove all the explanations of Seo Salt and Ha Jinan.
To further convince the three, Kim Yuram turns off his call and is seen looking for another number. He shows the screen of his phone and activates the speaker feature on the phone.
“The number you are going to is not listed. Please do check back”
The voice of the operator on the mobile phone. On the screen, you can see the contact name ‘Daddy Sarang-hae’ there.
Once again, he turned off his phone and looked for another contact. This time, he called the 112th police emergency number.
“The number you are going to is not listed. Please do check back”
He dialed emergency fire numbers, ambulances, natural disasters and the phone numbers of his sister and mother. But again the voice of the operator.
“The number you are going to is not listed. Please do check back”
“The number you are going to is not listed. Please do check back”
“The number you are going to is not listed. Please do check back”
“……”
It seemed like the voice of the operator had made the three teenagers start to shock until they could not say anything.
Lastly, he again contacted Seo Salt and…
- Tuuut…
“......!!!” the three teenagers were shocked
Seo Garam picked up the call and spoke through her phone.
“You already believe in our explanation, right?”
Now everything is clear. They really could not make any communication to the outside world.
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