Chapter 516 – The Yankee Project

My impression of entering the motel room with the classroom concept was simple.

“Is it smaller than I thought?”

Entering the foyer, the first thing I saw were two desks. I took off my shoes and went further inside. The interior, which we entered through the bathroom-like door, looked narrow as seen from the front door.

The overall structure was not very different from Korean motels. Big bed and small fridge. But something else was clear. As I said earlier, there were two desks and a small blackboard opposite. And the most different thing,

“Hey, why is this here?”

“It seems that this is not according to the concept.”

Haha, are you looking forward to the later?”

“As expected, Seongjin-guk.”

There were restraints on the bed. There was also one for each pillar, so it looked like it could tie both arms and legs.

The women looked curiously at the restraints on the bed, then split up to look at the motel room. I lifted the chained leather shackles once more for no reason and looked around.

When I turned my head, I saw Minah standing on the podium first. She took one look at her desk and then moved her gaze to the blackboard.

“…”

Mina silently approached the blackboard. There was a black dress hanging there, like an old school uniform.

“Jiheon.”

Mina picked up the school uniform from her hanger and called me.

“Jiheon. Would you like to come this way?”

“Uh, me?”

“I’ll have to see if that’s right.”

“Are you going to put it on?”

“If you’re not wearing it, there’s no reason you’re here, right?”

Well, yes. While thinking, she approached Minah. When I got to the front, she put her clothes on me and eyeballed me.

“I think it will be fine.”

“Okay?”

“Yes that’s right. Please wash and change into this.”

“OK got it.”

“Oh! Come and see!”

At this time, the demon king’s voice was heard. It sounded like it was talking in the bathroom.

“Wait for a sec.”

“Yes, please come.”

I apologized to Minah and walked to the place where I heard her voice.

“Jiheon! Jiheon! Jiheon! Welcome!”

“Okay, I’m going.”

As expected, the place where the demon king was was the bathroom. When I entered through the wide open door, I saw the bathroom. There was a bathtub that two people could comfortably fit in, a normal washbasin, and a window that could see into the room.

“Uh?”

“Did you see it too?”

The pattern was tightly drawn, but the demon king was standing in front of a glass window where the interior could be seen through the gap. She smiled innocently and beckoned him to come closer.

“Hey, come over here and take a look.”

“No, why are you like this?”

“Don’t ignore Seongjin-guk too much. Ha ha!”

The demon king laughed as if he was having fun and pointed out the window.

“Come and see. It seems like you can’t see the outside, but you can see everything.”

As she said, I could clearly see what the women in the room were doing. Standing in front of the blackboard, Minah was writing something on her blackboard with chalk, while Sehee was examining the bundle of cloths placed at the head of her bed.

While I was watching them together, the demon king looked at me sideways and asked.

“Korea was a simple glass. Isn’t it?”

“Yeah, it was.”

“Why did you draw the curtains there because you were embarrassed?”

I knew right away what he meant. It was the day I went to the shooting range and stayed out overnight as per the devil’s plan. The motel I stayed at then also had a type where you could see the inside of the bathroom like this. Although it was made of glass, I couldn’t see it properly.

At that time, while we were talking, Se-hee, who was at the head of the bed, approached us. She tapped her windowpane with the electric massager in her hand.

Pounding

“Uh, what is it? Can you see us?”

“I guess so.”

Although we could see it, it seemed that our voices could not be heard. Sae-hee, who had knocked on her window, pointed the massager to the inside of her room as if she were telling her to come out.

“Looks like you want to come out. Let’s go.”

Seeing that the demon king was about to leave, I also left the bathroom. When I went to the room, I ran into Se-hee, who was already sitting cross-legged on her desk, and Min-ah, who was standing in front of the blackboard.

“Are you here? What were you doing inside?”

“I thought you started in the bathroom first.”

“Then what did you come with?”

“Jiheon persuaded me to do it, but I didn’t go over for you guys!”

“Hey!”

After nagging the lying demon king, I approached the desk where Sehee was. I went up to her desk and sat down like her, and the demon king went to her bed and lay down comfortably.

Minah waited for the demon king to lie on her side and look at her, then she opened her mouth.

“You may not know, but I chose this place because I have something I want to do.”

“Um, I know.”

“Uh, I know.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Did you know?”

Minah reacted calmly, as expected that we would already know. She then explained to her what she wanted to do.

“I was a little taken aback by the increased number of people, but I don’t think there will be any major changes to the plot. For now, I’ll call today’s situational play the Yankee Project.”

What is this?

Standing in front of Mina, she spoke with a serious attitude as if she were having a real meeting. Seeing that, Sehee, who had a serious expression on her face, raised her hand and asked a question.

“Hey there, sister.”

“Yes, Sehee. Please speak.”

“Why is it called the Yankee Project?”

“Good question. Please wait a moment.”

After telling her to wait, Minah took her smartphone out of her pocket. After manipulating it for a while, a notification sound went off to Demon King and Sehee.

Nyangnyang!

Ugh!

“You still haven’t changed that?”

“You are cute. Why but?”

“Isn’t that cute?”

Leaving behind the demon king’s notification sound from the first time they met, her sister picked up her phone to check what had come. Mina, who was watching her, continued what she was saying.

“I sent you the contents of this upcoming project. Today’s situational drama will proceed based on that data.”

“Wait for a sec.”

Here, I raised my hand and asked, just like Sehee did.

“Why won’t you let me go?”

“It’s natural, isn’t it?”

Mina, who spoke firmly, explained the reason why she didn’t send her.

“The lead role this time is Jiheon. Since this project was done in a hurry, most of it is ad-libbed except for the plot. In order to elicit a natural reaction, it is better not to know Jiheon.”

“Are you scared?”

“It’s okay. I will do my best.”

“So scary!”

She shouted urgently and looked around at her sisters. Mawang and Se-hee, who had been reading material that only I could not see, were raising their mouths saying that it was fun.

“Min-ah!”

As if interested, the demon king, who had been watching from a sitting position, raised his hand.

“Here, one role is finished. Are there any problems?”

“You just add roles. By the way, I’ll do the role you’re looking at now. Are you okay?”

“Why won’t you be okay? Other roles would be fun enough! Isn’t that right, Sehee!”

“I see.”

Like her older sister, Se-hee also asked Min-ah a question, unable to take her eyes off the phone screen.

“Ah, Minah unnie. How high will the water level go here? Are you really going? Or fake?”

“I just need to go to the extent that Jiheon isn’t hurt.”

“Are you hurt? You’re hurt!”

“Are you okay. I’ll take it easy.”

“Can’t we just not do it!”

I shouted as if I was screaming and looked at Mina who could stop doing this. Mina ignored my sad gaze as if she hadn’t seen it and approached the small table in the corner of her room.

“Here is the catalog.”

Mina picked up the booklet on the table and came over to the desk where Sehee and I were sitting. Then she showed it to Se-hee, not to me.

“You shouldn’t look at Jiheon.”

“Hey.”

“I did it for her brother. Look where See her sister too.”

“Um, okay.”

The demon king, who was sitting on the bed, got up and looked over Sehee’s shoulder at the book. Even Mina came and looked at me, but I couldn’t see me.

The feelings I felt at this time were not lonely. It was a vague anticipation of what would happen later and fear of what would happen.

Mina, who was looking at her book with her sister in the middle of her day, asked them.

“Then, have you decided what role you will play?”

“Um, well, I’ve roughly decided.”

“Me too. But can I buy clothes here?”

“It’s a rental, not a purchase.”

Mina, who had been shaking her head, looked at me this time.

“In that case, Jiheon.”

“Uh?”

“Jiheon, take that gakuran and go into the bathroom.”

“What? Gaku, what?”

“That black school uniform is called Gakuran. After changing in the bathroom, please do not come out until we tell you to come out.”

“…”

I pondered for a moment before answering. Seeing women talk like this meant they were in bad shape. But again, I was worried because it wasn’t necessarily a really bad thing.

But well, because Mina was thinking about it for me.

“Okay.”

It wasn’t the first time Mina presented a situational play like this. She thought that, given what she had done, she wouldn’t be in such a bad shape.

I got up and went to pick up the gakuran hanging on the wall, as Mina had requested.

“Is it okay if I wear it inside and wait?”

“Yes that’s right. Thanks for hanging out, Jiheon.”

“No.”

I picked up the hanger with Gakuran on it and headed to the bathroom. Demon King and Sehee said to me with their eyes sparkling with playfulness.

Haha! Hey, then look forward to it!”

“See you later, brother.”

I entered the bathroom while being greeted by them. But, all of a sudden, this thought popped into my head.

“But don’t you wash?”

“Ahaha! I forgot!”

“Sorry. It must be too excited.”

“Do you want to wash first? I have something to tell you.”