Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

~Critter. Critter. Critter~

The sounds of fingernails clashing against each other echoed in a faint murder across the open door.

Mommy...

Angzen tightened his grip on Chan-Ji, standing behind him so close that he even wanted to mix his bone marrow with his and become one with Chan-ki.

Eyes popping over Chan-Ki's shoulders, Angzen stared at the bedroom banners beyond the open doors.

Angzen already thought he was in despair, not knowing that this was just the beginning.

Suddenly, his eyes widened in horror. Chan-ki also felt his strangeness, meeting him eye to eye.

"Help me..."

Boom!!!

The windows shattered. And before Angzen could react, his body flew backward, out the window.

Something... Something was pulling him back!!!

"Ahhhhh~~...."

His eerie screams of echoes echoed across the creepy foggy town.

"Go!"

Whoosh!

Chan-ki leaped through the air and grabbed Angzen's hand, disappearing into the fog.

With his mission assigned, he willingly allowed himself to fall into the belly of the beast.

"Ahhhh~~~!"

Angzen's screams were as high-pitched as an opera singer's.

If you told him he could squeal like a little girl, he would've argued in utter denial, wanting to beat whoever sullied his good name.

But after today, he realized just how much latent capabilities he had lurking within.

His fingers were frozen to the bone with a strange whiff of cold air that seeped out from the fog.

Angzen's body began to tremble.

And soon, warm fluid trickled down his pants, feeling death too inevitable.

Yes. He, a grown man, had wet himself.

But he couldn't care about this much embarrassment.

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"We're going to die! We're going to die!" All along the nightly journey across the fog, Angzen had spoken of all his regrets in his life.

Was it his regret of dying too young and not completing his dream of being a famous teacher?

Or was it about his regret of not having enough 'adult gymnastics' with his wife?

What about his children? He hadn't even seen them grow up, get married, and live to give him grandchildren.

The fact that he hadn't even traveled the world or seen other places was also a big regret in his heart.

Too young! Too bloody young!

Snot and tears shattered across his face as he flew backward.

"I... I don't want to die! I'm too young to die!!"

Chan-ki silently listened to Angzen, looking at the foggy atmosphere around them.

In a blink of an eye, they had been sent across the town, all the way to the other side.

Bam!

Angzen rolled onto an open field after being thrown mercilessly.

His feet were no doubt sprained. But he didn't care about the pain.

Rising to his feet, he soon realized where they were dropped off.

Cemetery?

"Augghh~~."

Angzen only felt his legs shake like a newborn calf's.

This...

This was their burial grounds, wasn't it.

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~Clitter. Clitter. Clitter.~~

The strange noises appeared once more. But only this time, Angzen saw hundreds of yellow eyes from the foggy shadows.

His belly fluttered even more with panic.

What should they do?

Without wasting time, Chan-ki grabbed Angzen. "Let's go!!"

"Yes! Yes!" They had to run for their dear lives!

Like so, Angzen, who had a sprained ankle, somehow possessed the ability to beat even the world's number sprinting champion.

F***!

You try having these chase you and see if you won't develop super speed.

Angzen didn't need to look back to know they were being chased.

Gulp.

Angzen swallowed hard.

A sense of terror coursed through his veins.

No matter how fast he ran, he could hear the rustling sounds growing heavier behind him.

And when he finally threw his head behind his shoulders, he caught a glimpse of something crawling onto a gravestone.

What the hell is that??!!!

Angzen's eyes bulged exaggeratedly.

The thing was black and as small as a doll. Yet, it had a tail and a vicious mouth with sharp saw-like teeth.

And though the fog had masked most of its appearance, Angzen could still tell it was... Ugly!!

He had never seen anything so hideous looking before.

Its entire being made his hairs stand at attention.

The creature's body was twitching in spasms as it smiled and crooked its neck at Angzen with its yellow eyes.

~Clitter!!!~~

He gave off the familiar noise before a thick layer of fog covered the tombstone it stood on, making Angzen see it no more.

But this sneak preview was enough to make Angzen turn pale.

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~Clitter! Clitter~~

Chan-ki gripped Angzen's hand right, boosting his speed the further they advanced.

'Something's not right. These creatures could have reached us long ago. Yet, they seemed to enjoy chasing us at a safe distance.'

Chan-ki's mind quickly went to work.

He knew underworld creatures loved to play with their food and got a good sense of fear and despair from their prey before swallowing them whole.

But though the situation here seemed likely to be so, the dairy they saw before, as well as the entire disappearance of the townsfolk, left too many unanswered questions.

After testing a few facts and running about in different directions, Chan-Ki finally concluded on the matter.

'They're forcing us to go one way.'

Chan-ki's eyes narrowed, staring at the lone building at the far top of the cemetery.

'It looks like we have no choice.'

"Over there, let's go."

"Ahhh~..." Angzen wasn't thinking, only nodding while watching the many strange hands burst from the ground when they passed through various tombstones.

F***! There were Zombies too?

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~Grrr~

All sorts of zombies with bluish, purplish, and green skins slowly crawled out of their harvest like a scene in a doomsday movie.

The more Angzen saw, the more he wanted to cry.

He swore that even if he managed to survive in this hell hole miraculously, he would NEVER come to High Peak Town again!

You can just forget about attracting him as a tourist.

Who knew when next something like this would happen?

Zombies! Zombies!...

There were freakin' zombies on their tail!