Chapter 40: The Demon God Becomes a Hero

A large TV for monitoring was placed in the CEO’s office.

“I’ll turn it on.”

Hearing the conversation over the phone, the Team Leader quickly pressed the remote, and all of Pantheon stared at the screen.

– The assailant who spread terror yesterday in Namyangju by running through the streets with a sashimi knife was apprehended early this morning.

The reporter continued her commentary calmly outdoors.

“Hmm?”

All eyes in the CEO’s office were drawn to the screen.

The background behind the reporter felt somewhat familiar.

Moreover, a sashimi knife? The hockey mask from yesterday was also holding one.

“Wait, isn’t that where we went yesterday?”

“I think so. It looks different in the morning, but that’s definitely the abandoned school.”

Hearing the members’ words, the CEO looked at the Team Leader.

“Then is this a live broadcast?”

“It seems like it?”

“Is the live chat open too?”

“It’s a news broadcast, so probably not. But the YouTube live stream will have a chat.”

Tappity-tap.

In that moment, not just the CEO and Team Leader but all the members pulled out their phones at once.

“The live chat is open!”

Said Ji-ho, his hands moving the fastest.

[ It’s scary because I see cases like this so often lately. Running around with a knife in the street. ]

[ It’s terrifying. It’s a relief no one was hurt. ]

[ My acquaintance saw it in person. Did they say he was wearing a hockey mask? ]

[ Oh dear, how gruesome. ]

Perhaps because it was a social news article, the age group of the commenters felt higher even in the live chat window.

The comments were still focused on what the assailant had done before arriving at the abandoned school.

– Surprisingly, it has been revealed that the location of the assailant’s apprehension was the content filming site for an idol group.

In the meantime, the reporter’s words continued.

“!!!!”

Everyone in the CEO’s office was also surprised.

[ An idol group? It was a filming site? ]

[ Filming sites usually have a lot of people coming and going, so security isn’t easy. ]

[ Is that school behind the reporter the filming site? It’s very realistic for a set. ]

[ Isn’t it a real school? Like an abandoned one. ]

[ But which idol? ]

The chat window caught fire with the newly provided information.

The place the knife-wielding assailant had hidden was an idol’s filming site.

It was provocative, far too provocative.

People couldn’t help but be curious.

While all news viewers were focusing.

– The idol in question is said to be the boy group Pantheon. Member Sun-woo reportedly subdued the assailant after a struggle. When Writer Park Ji-hyeon, who was in charge of filming at the time, was threatened by the assailant, Sun-woo bravely stepped forward to block him.

More provocative information flowed incessantly from the reporter’s mouth.

An assailant with a knife, subduing him after a struggle, being threatened, bravely blocking him.

And above all, ‘names’ were given.

[ Pantheon? Sun-woo? ]

[ Can someone who knows who they are let me know? ]

[ They’re an idol group that’s been trending lately. They film fun videos. All the members are handsome and their songs are good. ]

[ An idol fought someone with a knife? ]

Morning news viewers were suddenly introduced to Pantheon and the Demon God.

And it didn’t end there.

– Let’s interview someone related to the shoot.

A person appeared on screen.

Though his face was covered by a mask, those who had met him recognized him instantly.

“Oh? That person….”

“You’re right.”

As the Pantheon members recognized him, the CEO looked around and asked.

“What? Who is it?”

“CEO, that’s Director Kim Ji-hu.”

“Really? I didn’t know because I only talked to him on the phone.”

That Director Kim Ji-hu was staring intently this way through the screen.

“Why is he glaring like that? His gaze wasn’t like that before.”

“Could it be he was very startled yesterday?”

The members found Director Kim Ji-hu’s gaze strange.

However.

Only the CEO quietly muttered while looking at that gaze.

“With this…, please… let us off on the cost processing….”

There seemed to be a look that only owners understood….

It was a site that had clearly been evacuated at dawn.

But now a reporter was there, and Director Kim Ji-hu was even doing an interview.

This could be seen as Golden Tiger calling the broadcast.

In other words, this morning news was a tearful promotional show by Golden Tiger in place of the self-content that was scrapped due to their failure in site control.

It was a sincere apology, if a bit excessive.

“It’s a good attempt. I’ll forgive them if they do well. If they do well.”

The CEO was by no means easy.

He shook his head and focused on the interview.

– Site control was thorough, but because it was a horror-themed concept, the presence of someone in a hockey mask didn’t feel out of place.

A beginning that sounded slightly like an excuse to Origin.

‘It’s not entirely our fault.’

– Because we were short-staffed, the writer personally went to that person to deliver instructions.

‘We were short-handed, so it couldn’t be helped.’

– But then he suddenly pulled a knife from behind his back. I cannot describe how terrified the writer was.

‘I’m telling you, it was a real shock for us too.’

While the CEO watched with narrowed eyes, the report shifted back to the reporter.

– I see. The writer must have been truly terrified.

And this was precisely where Kim Ji-hu’s PD-like directing skills exploded.

– Writer Park Ji-hyeon, come here.

– Yes!!!!

The prior agreement with the station was staggering.

A masked Park Ji-hyeon appeared.

Instead of showing the victim from the start, he brought her in mid-way.

“Kyah! Director Kim Ji-hu, he’s got talent!”

The interview continued along with the CEO’s exclamation.

– Writer Park, please explain the situation at the time to the reporter.

Kim Ji-hu even posed the question.

– Yes! When I approached the assailant, he was muttering to himself, ‘Must kill, must kill, must kill.’ At first, I thought he was acting, but the look in his eyes when he turned to me was not normal.

The person who had actually experienced the danger appeared and began to tell the vivid story.

The reporter also continued the questions.

– ‘Must kill,’ you say? It’s chilling just hearing it.

– Yes. I touched his arm and it was so cold. The moment I felt something was wrong, he pulled a knife from behind his back. That’s when I started running.

Writer Park Ji-hyeon even went as far as to act out her trembling body to express the terror.

Thanks to that.

The reaction in the comment section also exploded.

[ What? That’s too scary. ]

[ It wasn’t just subduing him? A person was being chased? With a knife? ]

[ That writer barely escaped with her life. ]

[ She was chased? So what happened next? ]

While being surprised by a situation that was more urgent than expected, people’s hearts naturally grew curious about what happened next.

Park Ji-hyeon’s story continued.

– At the moment I thought I would be caught, I saw Sun-woo and Yoon-seo from Pantheon, who were there for the horror experience. I shouted for help. Save me!

More acting to enhance the realism was added at the end.

It was a performance with Golden Tiger’s financial survival on the line.

– Then, Sun-woo shouted for me to come toward him. And he immediately lunged at the assailant.

Although he had said it looked like it would be fun.

Writer Park Ji-hyeon appropriately omitted that part.

[ He lunged? ]

[ At someone with a knife? ]

[ While protecting the writer behind him? ]

The situation was dangerous just thinking about it.

People’s curiosity reached its peak.

So what happened?

– It was an incredible struggle. After subduing him through combat, Sun-woo approached me and comforted me. He told me it was safe now.

Though he had told her to become his fan.

The writer was indeed demonstrating the beauty of omission.

[ He subdued him in that situation? ]

[ How good is he at fighting to subdue him? ]

[ Is that important? The man is full of a sense of justice! He’s righteous! He’s kind! ]

While exclamations over Sun-woo’s actions erupted in the comment section, the reporter continued the questions in the news.

– A member named Sun-woo jumped in to save you from a knife-wielding assailant. You said it was an incredible fight, but it’s almost hard to imagine. Was Sun-woo uninjured?

He was sitting in the CEO’s office without a single injury.

When the CEO stood up in excitement, he had taken the empty seat of honor and was sitting comfortably.

But then.

– Well….

Writer Park Ji-hyeon trailed off.

– Writer? Did Sun-woo perhaps get hurt?

The reporter asked urgently.

[ Uh? But really, is he okay after fighting someone with a knife? ]

[ Did he get hurt while doing that? ]

[ This Sun-woo person, after saving the writer? ]

The comment section was instantly filled with posts expressing worry and concern for Sun-woo.

“…….”

The CEO, Team Leader, and members all looked at Sun-woo.

He’s right here and fine?

“What are you looking at?”

Yes, he was fine, just like usual.

– Reporter.

Director Kim Ji-hu, who had been silent for a moment on the screen, spoke up again.

– I sent the video to the station in advance. How about watching that?

– Shall we?

Kim Ji-hu was a PD, after all.

The climax was to be decided by the video.

Surprisingly, as Director Kim Ji-hu suggested, a video was played on the news.

And even more surprisingly.

He had edited it in the middle of all this.

It actually started with Sun-woo entering through the main gate.

From his demonic visuals appearing against the background of dim moonlight and thick water fog.

A visual that was too perfect, too terrifying.

[ Wait? That person isn’t the hockey mask, right? ]

[ That’s Sun-woo. His original nickname is Demon God. ]

[ Is he going to suddenly put on a hockey mask or something? ]

[ But he’s monstrously handsome… ]

[ This is the first time I’ve seen his face, and he’s really handsome. ]

Then the video shifted, and the real hockey mask standing on the third floor appeared.

His upper body heaving with every breath.

His dragging footsteps.

The hockey mask inspired terror even through the infrared footage alone.

While viewers watched with bated breath—

Writer Park Ji-hyeon approaches the mask. Then runs away.

It was the image of the first victim in a horror movie itself.

And in the next moment.

Sun-woo appears, entrusts her to Yoon-seo, and stands before the assailant.

[ What do we do! ]

[ The assailant has a knife! ]

[ Ah! He’s swinging it! ]

The live chat came up as if everyone was watching the live broadcast of a drama.

And the comments in the very next moment were—

[ ? ]

[ ?? ]

[ Excuse me? ]

[ Is what we’re seeing correct? ]

[ No, that just happened like that? ]

There was only one reason for this reaction.

[ He subdues him… so… easily…? ]

An overwhelming victory for the Demon God!

An overwhelming subdual displayed against someone with a knife!

The scene where the assailant fainted just by making eye contact was almost like a scene from a movie.

The scene where he calmly turned around to check on the writer was the same.

Everything was beyond perfect.

And an ending was added to this.

The image of the Demon God smiling slightly under the clear moonlight.

He was a bit scary for a ‘fairy,’ but he was an ending fairy nonetheless.

– Hmph.

The video ended like that.

***

From the very next moment, phones began to ring off the hook.

It was the reporters.

This much was within the range of what could be predicted while watching the news.

But how on earth did they find it?

It was completely unexpected that the MAMA Rookie of the Year voting suddenly began to skyrocket.

Pantheon’s vote count began to run wild.

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