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Episode 117: The 3 Million Dollar Man (5)

It was while waiting for the briefing.

katok ka talk ka talk katok-

Suddenly, the phone started ringing like crazy.

Take out your phone and check it.

[Yuna: Teacher! Don't be afraid to win! With the mindset that if I lose, I will not come back to Korea! Aza Aza Fighting!]

[Eunsol: Teacher! Everyone at the academy is cheering for us! cheer up!]

[Nayun: Sam! I saw the article! Also, our master! I will cheer for you with the members!]

[Eojin: Writer! I heard the news! If you had told me in advance, I would have gone cheering for you, but this is a pity! Anyway, fighting!]

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Dozens of messages of support from people at the academy, broadcasting, and publishing caught my eye.

Probably.

[Yo Tube Quiz Contest! The identity of the perfect score is finally revealed!]

[The only perfect score in the world. Did you know that our school teacher?]

[Director of a domestic private academy. The 1st Yotube Quiz in California...]

It seems that the content of the interview in front of the convention center earlier had been uploaded to the article in the meantime.

If it weren't for that, there would be no way that so many people would know about the fact that only a few at the academy knew about participating in the competition.

In fact, when I was interviewing in front of the convention center earlier, I knew this was going to happen.

In this day and age, the upload speed of newspaper articles and people's reactions are incredibly fast.

From the moment I interviewed, I had in mind that information about me would spread throughout Korea.

However.

[95 unread messages]

‘I didn’t know it was this much.’

Looking at the number of messages piled up, I realized that I had made connections with quite a few people.

‘Hey, it’s a job to reply to each one, right?’

Fortunately, there was still time before the briefing.

So I thought it would be a good idea to send a reply to people before going into the full-fledged game.

It seems like there will be more messages piling up after the game is over.

[Junyoung: Yes, thank you for your support, Eunsol teacher...]

That's when I was writing replies to the people who sent me messages like that.

Park-

Suddenly, all the lights in the convention center were turned off.

Then around.

'what! Is it a power outage?’

‘Hey, I guess the briefing is starting now.’

‘No, you still have about 5 minutes until the briefing time?’

‘Uh, then what?’

The murmur of the challengers was heard.

Since it was an unfamiliar space and unfamiliar situation, even talented people from all over the world seemed a little embarrassed.

But at that moment.

“All of you who have come to this place after the preliminary rounds in which 175 million people participated. A heartfelt salute to all of you!”

Someone's voice echoed through the convention center.

The people's muffled voices just stopped.

And soon.

Pak pak-

The lights in the center are turned on.OK.

A white woman in her late 40s appeared on the stage where no one had been before, looking very small compared to the huge stage, but full of passion in her eyes.

Her people looked at her.

She slowly opened her mouth.

“First, let me introduce myself. My name is Jamie Su, who will be in charge of the overall production of the 1st Yotube Worldwide Quiz Contest today.”

Hearing her words, the challengers began to gossip.

‘Jamie Sue? Aren’t you the CEO of Yotube?’

'Perhaps right?

‘But why is the CEO here?’

No matter how important Yotube considered this competition, the responses were that they did not know that the CEO would come out in person.

After all, the name of the CEO was not such a light name.

Jamie Sue, watching her people react, smiled faintly and nodded her head.

“Yes, some of you may have heard of my name and some of you may not. Do not worry. Because today it doesn't matter at all whether you know my name or not.

She then opened her mouth to look at the challengers.

“Now, let’s take a look around you.”

People looked around like a child who was a good listener.

People of different races, genders, and nationalities were looking at each other with similar expressions.

“You will see many faces. I hope you will remember them well.”

Then she opened her mouth by making a circle with her thumb and index finger.

“Because the people around you are the ones looking for your $3 million prize.”

People's eyes lit up at her words.

three million dollars.

Although not a huge amount for a dinosaur company like Yotube, it is a huge amount for an individual.

Especially for people from countries that are not economically wealthy, it was a lot of money that they could not earn even if they worked for several generations.

There was a deep longing on the faces of the people.

Jamie Sue looked at her and opened her mouth with a satisfied expression.

“Now, before we start the full-scale competition, I would like you to fill out the documents that our host will hand out.”

She nodded her head to her staff.

Then the staff moved busily among the challengers.

after a while.

The documents handed out to viewers by Yotube are the same.

[pledge]

It was a pledge not to hold any responsibility to Yotube after this competition.

Jamie Sue slowly opened her mouth, seeing that the challengers had completed their pledges.

“As you can see, the document we handed out to you is a pledge. As long as it has legal effect. Please be careful when signing.”

Then her people looked at her with her bewildered expression.

No matter how you look at it, it was something that didn't fit the quiz contest.

“Yes, looking at your expressions, I can tell what you are thinking. You might want to write something like this.”

“But everyone, I assure you, you will definitely need this oath. Because this final is going to be conducted in a completely different way from the usual quiz competition.”

said Jamie Sue, who was looking at people's faces.

But people still looked at Jamie Sue with a look of disbelief.

She shook her head, feeling sorry for Jamie Sue as she looked at people's expressions.

even.

“You don’t believe me? Then I will show you.”

She spoke calmly and clapped her fingers.

OK.

She turned on the huge screen behind her back.

“Everyone, please look at the screen.”

After hearing her words, the challengers looked at the screen, and images began to appear on the screen.

And soon.

The faces of the contestants looking at the screen hardened.

Because the image on the screen.

[Whoa! What the hell is this!]

[I really don't know!]

[I want to leave, let me go!]

Because it was very shocking.

A person running around in fear in a room that is getting smaller and smaller.

A person drenched in water and running madly somewhere.

And even the person who sits blankly with a look of giving up.

Scenes worthy of a horror movie unfolded before their eyes.

Jamie Sue, watching people's reactions, opened her mouth with a humorous expression.

“Now you know why we even prepared the oath, right?”

Moment.

The challengers burst into exclamations of ‘ah’.

Because I understand the reason for showing this video at this point.

Jamie Sue nodded her head and opened her mouth.

“Fortunately, most of them seem to have noticed.”

Then people showed different reactions.

Some with blue tired faces.

And some looked at her with her funny expression on her face.

Her mouth opened slowly.

"Yes. Yes. This is the main theme of the finals.”

“It’s an escape room.”

* * *

[Now, let's start the game. Everyone, please take off your eyepatch.]

A muffled voice was heard.

As the voice ordered, I took off the eyepatch.

Then it was as if he was watching.

[The place where you woke up is Room 237 of The Overlook Hotel, the setting of the movie 'The Shining'...]

Jamie Sue's voice came from the old radio next to the bed.

I looked around and listened to the sound of the radio.

I had never seen a movie called The Shining, but I knew roughly what the movie was about.

‘It was probably a horror movie.’

However, the surroundings seemed more ordinary than expected.

Gray ceilings and neatly arranged bedding.

Furniture that looks quite old and windows blocked by thick curtains.

The look of a hotel room in a quiet rural town in America caught my eye.

But at that moment.

[Chijik····················.]

Suddenly a strange noise started coming out of the radio.

even.

Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-

Something heavy started knocking on the room door.

sound coming in from outside.It was a loud noise that seemed to break the door at any moment.

‘Is it real?’

It seems that Yotube has prepared a lot.

If I was a weak person, my heart would fall out before I even started.

However.

‘It’s nothing special.’

I didn't think it was that scary.

As I had seen more things than these while serving at the Coast Guard, I was able to pass this with a smile.

I smiled and walked towards the door.

Then I looked at the trembling door with a thump-thump-thump-sound.

‘Are there people who are afraid of this?’

No matter how I looked at it, people seemed to be surprised, but not afraid.

But... it seems I was the only one who thought so.

Aaaaaaaah!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Holly!

As I got closer to the door, I could hear people crying, screaming, and swearing outside my room in real time.

And then.

[...] From now on, you must find the clues in the hotel and escape from this place within an hour. If you don't... the mad killer won't let you go.]

Jamie Sue's voice began to play again from the radio, which had only been leaking strange noises.

I nodded.

Because I had already figured out how to escape the room.

‘Now, I have to find a clue in the room and move on to another room.’

I glanced around.

Then the main materials of the first room caught my eye.

‘The first things to look at in the room are the vase, picture frame and under the bed. Other than that, it’s just a dummy.’

But there was a problem.

'If I solve it too quickly, I don't think the broadcast part will come out?'

As the content is being broadcast all over the world in real time, some things to see were essential.

In general, people would like to see a problem solved by going through trial and error.

Furthermore.

‘If you escape too quickly, you might get a strange misunderstanding.’

Even though I had collected 7 hearts in the preliminary round, people's opinions came out.

So, even in the finals, if you escaped the room without any difficulty, you might get a strange misunderstanding.

‘Hmmm…how do I do it?’

I sat down on the bed and pondered for a moment.

‘Are you going to be wrong on purpose?’

But I didn't like the fact that he intentionally pretended to be wrong.

If it had been so, it would have been better for me to escape from this room on my own from the beginning.

But then.

[Chijik... Kim Jun-young, do you have any problems?]

A familiar voice leaked from the radio.

Apparently, when I sat still on the bed, the organizers thought there was a problem with me.

‘So, instead of Jamie Sue, Johnson was speaking Korean.’

I thought of Johnson, who was looking at the room with a worried expression on his face.

Then he smiled and got up from his seat.

The moment Johnson spoke to me, I decided what to do next.

“No, no problem.”

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