Ghost Story Club

 

 

Yoon SunAh         [0/100]

Ahn GyeongWon [0/100]

Lee JinHee            [0/100]

Jang HwaEun       [0/100]

 

‘Well, damn.’

 

I did think that the system was copying some kind of game system, but I didn’t think it would be to that extent. 

It felt like managing a guild from some sort of online game. 

 

‘Lee JinHee is the scary girl who always sleeps in the back, and Jang HwaEun is… Who was this person again?’

 

I suddenly recalled the homeroom teacher telling me that each club needed an advising teacher, so some leftover teacher was written down as the club teacher.
The system must have just included the teacher as a club member. 

I tried clicking on SunAh’s name. 

 

Poof-

 

 

Name: Yoon SunAh LV.1 [0/100]

Age: 16

Title: Dirt Spoon

Disposition: ??? > NEW! Click to Open

Special Ability: None

Quirk: ??? > NEW! Click to Reveal

Understanding: 50/100

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‘Ah, so it brings me back here.’

 

After pressing her name, it brought me to the status window I had seen before.
Previously, if the targets disappeared from my view I couldn’t open the status window anymore, which made it a bit less useful.
With the new menu, I could always check the status of my club members. 

The button that said ‘NEW!’ next to SunAh’s disposition caught my attention. 

 

‘It probably appeared because my understanding of SunAh increased by quite a lot.’

 

Now that I could check the status windows from anywhere, I thought that I should read this more thoroughly once I got home.
I once again went back to the Mange Club menu. 

 

 

[Ghost Story Club Lv.1]

Club Status Window

Manage Members

Shop (LOCKED)

Club Settings

 

Next, I tried pressing number three—the shop. 

 

Click-

 

 

[This function unlocks when the Club Level reaches Level 5.]

 

‘Level 5……’

 

How many points would I have to hoard to reach level 5? If each level took 100 points to increase one level, I would have to gather 400 points just so that I could use the shop function. 

When I survived the D-rank ghost story—the School Broadcast Ghost Story—I received 5 points.

When I survived the C-rank ghost story—Red Tissue, Blue Tissue—I received 10 points.

Finally, when I survived the B-rank ghost stories—the Laughing Girl and the Mother Ghost—I received 15 points each.
If I was able to repel the ghost as well, I received a bonus 70 points, as well. 

 

‘If I want to gather 400 points… I have to defeat at least five more monsters like the laughing girl?’

 

I couldn’t help but sigh.
It wasn’t a sigh because I really wanted to unlock the shop.
I sighed because I realized how much I would be forced to solve those ghost stories. 

I suddenly had the scary thought that my three years in high school would be mysterious, but also extremely long and arduous. 

I had to run the club, earn points, raise my level… Which was all fine and dandy—I was a normal high school student.
I welcomed those game-like fantasies. 

 

‘If only they weren’t Ghost Stories!’ 

 

If it weren’t for those weird stories, everything would have been fine. 

There was so much to discover in the system, and all the game-like elements made my heart pound.
However, the thought of those monsters—all of which eluded common sense just by existing—ready to tear me apart, limb from limb, made me tremble in fear.
With that in mind, I wanted to say ‘no thanks’ to the system. 

The fact that I had to fight my way through monsters, despite the tycoon-type game system, made my heart grow heavy. 

If it were possible, I wanted to avoid those scary existences.
Those were my true feelings.

 

‘… Haaaah.’

 

No one else would want to go down that harsh path, all while risking their safety. 

I suddenly thought of the three years I spent in another school—in my past life, after Nakseong High had been closed down. 

I spent my time being normal.
I studied like a normal student, played games when I got home, and went out to exercise or play sports on my days off. 

I had a realistic goal—university—and all I had to do was complete my tasks within the time frame I was given. 

It was a time where I didn’t need to stress about losing my life.
It was a peaceful daily life.
I wished that I had that life back. 

Hmm… I did have the ability to go back in time when I died.
Could I use that ability to live a more comfortable life? You know, like winning the lottery or something. 

 

“… Ummm, Joon?”

 

At the sound of SunAh calling for me, I turned my head away from the window.

SunAh and GyeongWon were sitting down on the chairs and staring at me.
I, who had become the president of the Ghost Story Club, was standing by the window and looking right back at them.
My fellow club members.
To think that my life would follow such a path. 

 

“What are we doing tomorrow during the club activities period?”

 

SunAh asked me her question in a quiet voice.
GyeongWon also looked at me with a curious expression. 

 

“……”

 

Ah, right.
Even if I avoided everything and ran away to live a different life, there was still an issue.
The Demon King.
That thing would awaken in three years, no matter what.
Even if I lived a comfortable life, it would be for three years at best.
There was no escape. 

 

“……”

 

I had no option but to try living this life, just like that. 

Although I did wish for a peaceful—normal—life, there was no such thing as absolute safety in the world.

Even in normal life, there were always special situations a person went through, and dangerous situations they wished to run away from, but were unavoidable. 

 

“Tomorrow, each of us should think of and share the scary stories we know.
That way, we can share information and establish each of our tastes and familiarity with ghost stories.
That’s not bad for the first day, right?”

 

I had to try.
I’d live my life the way I needed to. 

 

“… Yeah, I got it! I’ll definitely think of something!”

“Huhu! Revealing all the ghost stories stored in my mind would take longer than a day……”

 

And that was how the afternoon passed by.

 

***

 

 

Name: Ahn GyeongWon LV.1 [0/100]

Age: 17

Title: Pro WikiWarrior

Disposition: Explanation Character > NEW! Click to Open

Special Ability: ???

Quirk: ??? > NEW! Click to Reveal

Understanding: 70/100

 

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Disposition: Explanation Character

This character is overwhelmingly narcissistic.
As the only child of a rich household, he has spent his life receiving an elite education, which led to his enjoyment of flaunting his status as well as his high pride. 

He is especially confident and prideful about his knowledge.
It is good to know that, if you use this aspect to stroke his ego a bit, he will answer your questions quite easily to show off how much he knows. 

However, having lived a sheltered lifestyle as a nerd, when he meets a supernatural situation that goes beyond his common sense, he will fall into a panic easily. 

 

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[Opening information about Quirk.]

 

[Ahn GyeongWon’s Quirk is Denial of Reality]

 

 

Name: Lee JinHee LV.1 [0/100]

Age: 17

Title: Backseat Delinquent Girl

Disposition: ???

Special Ability: ???

Quirk: ??? 

Understanding: 0/100

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Name: Jang HwaEun LV.1 [0/100]

Age: 34

Title: Old-Maid Teacher

Disposition: ???

Special Ability: ???

Quirk: ??? 

Understanding: 0/100

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Name: Yoon SunAh LV.1 [0/100]

Age: 16

Title: Dirt Spoon

Disposition: ??? > NEW! Click to Open

Special Ability: None

Quirk: ??? > NEW! Click to Reveal

Understanding: 50/100

 

Disposition: ??? – [Low Self-esteem]

This character has spent her childhood in a disadvantaged household, leading to an extremely low self-esteem.
She is passive in all things and slow in decision making.
She is just lethargically living through the reality she was given. 

 

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[Opening information about Quirk.]

 

[Yoon SunAh’s Quirk is Yandere.]