The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 106



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Episode 106

Drumroll please! Drumroll please!

“The grand prize winner of the 2024 KBC Drama Awards is… …! Congratulations! Actor Jeong-i Shin of Nineties Dive!”

Bang! Bang!

Soon, the applause from the actors at the awards ceremony and the congratulatory gazes of the Nineties Dive members turned towards Jeong In-shin.

This was somewhat expected.

To begin with, Jiyuhan was not the only protagonist of Nineties Dive.

Each character, especially Oh Yul’s character, is on the opposite pole from Ji Yu-han and has almost equal weight.

Oh Yul’s acting, which seemed ordinary at the beginning of the play, was actually a detailed emotional performance that even took into account the secrets of the character Ji Yu-han.

No matter how much love Ji Yu-han received as a character, Hyun-soo’s Ji Yu-han could not keep up with Jeong Yi-shin’s Oh Yul in terms of acting details.

“I think that the reason I was able to bring the three-dimensionality of the character Oh Yul to life was because of the deep emotional line of the character Ji Yoo-han played by actor Kim Hyun-soo and the love I received from the viewers. I dedicate this honor to actors Kim Hyun-soo, Song Ah-jin, and Kang Ji-hoon who have been on stage with me this year, as well as PD Jeong Geun-ho of Nineties Dive, writer Choi Eui-jeong, and all the staff.”

Hyunsoo won the Best Actor Award at this year’s KBC Drama Awards.

Just winning the Best Acting Award at last year’s Rookie of the Year Awards was a huge achievement, so Hyun-soo, who received the award, as well as everyone around him, sincerely congratulated him on his win.

[There was no change.]

[Jung Ee-shin was a predicted grand prize winner, and Kim Hyun-soo has wings to head for the grand prize in just two years since his drama debut.]

There was no disagreement that the two actors from Nineties Dive won the grand prize and the best award.

[5, 4, 3, 2, 1… … 2025 HAPPY NEW YEAR!]

Special videos featuring the ‘main character’ Kim Hyun-soo, who decorated the end of the year with splendid style, continued to air for a while after the awards ceremony ended and the new year began.

Starting with the Nineties Dive special and up to the rerun of Misari Dive, which ended recently.

Even KBC’s prime time entertainment news program aired a special video of Hyunsoo’s fan meeting that took place during Christmas week.

With the end-of-year awards season over and Hyunsoo completely exhausted, he took some time to relax at home for the first time in a while.

Even with the willpower of an ‘action actor’, the forced march of training every day for the past two months and completing the year-end schedule was difficult, and there were no somatic symptoms.

Hyunsoo, who had been resting at home for the first time in a long while, watched the fan meeting scene video that KBC was showing once again with a smile on his face.

“I really enjoyed that day.”

―Brother! There is absolutely no need to make your first fan meeting a big deal.

The first memory created by Hyunsoo and his fans.

And the more simple and humble the first memory, the more memorable it becomes.

―It may start small, but it will grow bigger in the end! This is how fan meetings are supposed to grow and become more enjoyable for the fans!

Indeed, Go Gun showed his expertise in planning fan meetings, as expected from someone who has experience working in idol entertainment.

The fan meeting was held on a small scale by renting a theater performance hall in Daehangno, but the happiness of the fans gathered there was not small.

The happy expressions of fans caught every now and then.

Whenever the laughter of the fan cafe president, Seo Su-young, who occasionally bursts into laughter, was captured on screen, Hyun-soo would burst out laughing.

“Surely not, the president of the fan cafe was the person who edited the Nadav videos.”

I still remember the look of deep emotion on her face when Hyunsoo handed her a handwritten letter he had prepared for Seosooyoung.

―Ah, of course, just because it starts small and humble doesn’t mean the event’s progress or volume should be small.

In order to host Hyunsoo’s fan meeting event, Pieroreum has hired a famous host who has recently achieved 800,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Goldmary gave a congratulatory performance, and thankfully, as a guest, Rising Dive members and Jeon I-seo, who appeared in Torso together, made a surprise appearance.

Hyunsoo also had a great time with various events, including a small performance he prepared himself in front of his fans.

―I promise to be dyed in my Hyun-soo’s blood next year too, and I sincerely congratulate actor Kim Hyun-soo on his 29th birthday!!!

Bang! Bang!

Hyunsoo receiving a cake and a bouquet of flowers from fans with a bewildered look on his face.

‘I am where I am today because of the love of my fans.’

A scene where Hyunsoo is reading a letter he wrote directly to his fans.

“Haha, I was so nervous that day because it was my first fan meeting, I didn’t realize… … .”

A familiar face sitting in the guest seat is caught on screen shedding tears next to Yumi.

“Oh my, Mrs. Lim. Are you crying again?”

Hyunsoo’s first small fan meeting came to an end with a group photo with happy faces of his family, colleagues, and fans.

“Come to think of it, I had a really fun birthday last year and this year as well.”

No, it’s not just my birthday, I remember having a great time all around.

‘I really hope that this year, next year, and the year after will be like this year.’

With that thought, Hyunsoo fell asleep with a very peaceful and happy face.

* * *

In the dark forest.

A woman runs along a rugged forest path, out of breath.

One of the shoes was removed and the bare foot was already cut and scratched here and there, oozing red blood.

An ominous shadow follows him.

In one of the man’s hands he holds something ‘sharp’.

The dry man’s eyes soon turned to the messy footprints along the forest path.

Soon, at the end of his gaze, he catches sight of the back of a woman running away.

A sharp smile appears on the shadow’s face.

Soon, it flies like a ferocious beast, following irregular footsteps.

Gasp, gasp, gasp… … !

Whoa!

The woman fell to the floor screaming.

When he got up again, an ominous shadow was already approaching behind him.

“Please, please save me, sir… … . Yes? I won’t even charge you extra. Please… … !”

The ominous shadow that had been quietly looking down at such a woman, Jang Gi-chun, soon tilted his head and opened his mouth towards the ‘weak thing’ who was trembling with anxiety.

“Don’t be afraid. I am… …the one who has come to save you.”

“……yes?”

Towards her, who was trembling with a blank expression, Jang Gi-chun held out his empty hand, holding nothing instead of something sharp.

Extended a helping hand.

And then, at that moment, a woman with a confused expression reached out her hand to him.

Stop.

A creepy sense of unease that seemed to descend upon the entire dark forest.

The next moment, Jang Gi-chun’s curious eyes turned to the direction of Kim Hyun-soo’s ‘camera’.

-Found it.

… … !!

Phew.

The next moment, Jang Gi-chun, holding a ‘sharp object’ dripping blood in his hand, ran fiercely towards the direction of ‘Kim Hyun-soo’s camera’ with sparkling eyes.

―A rat trying to change my existence as it pleases.

He ran towards me.

* * *

“… … Huh!!”

Hyunsoo jumped out of bed and his back was soaked with cold sweat.

“What was that just now…? What was it?”

In Jang Gi-chun’s dreams that he occasionally had, a ‘narrative’ that was slightly different from before was added.

“Nothing to be afraid of? I came to… …save you?”

Jang Gi-chun, who would have normally thrust a sharp object into the nape of a victim’s neck without any hesitation while he was running away from him, said something he had never said before.

Instead of a ‘sharp thing’, he extended a ‘hand of salvation’.

‘When you say you found it… was that something you said to me?’

Hyunsoo, who was thinking about what Jang Gi-chun had said, soon realized what had happened.

“Could it be… … that the character Lee Woo-jin was created based on Jang Gi-chun’s emotions and that this influenced ‘Dream’ as well?”

For the past two months, Hyunsoo has been creating the character of ‘Lee Woojin’, a character of bad weather, based on the existence of Jang Gi-chun.

‘A rat trying to change my existence as he pleases.’

The aftereffects also affected Hyun-soo’s dreams.

“I see… … Even though it is a dream of the dead, it has taken root in my consciousness… … .”

As if Hyunsoo’s ego is affected by dreams.

Conversely, dreams are also influenced by Hyun-soo’s ego.

The existence of the ‘camera’ that embodies Hyun-soo’s dream and captures Jang-gi-chun’s dream is probably a symbol of such a ‘mental mechanism’.

“I understand to some extent why Jang Ki-chun’s dream changed. But how… … .”

Soon, a terrible goosebumps ran up Hyun-soo’s spine.

“He was talking to me?”

Jang Gi-chun spoke to Hyun-soo as if he were a separate person with an identity in a dream.

This is a phenomenon that has never happened before.

During that time, there was an invisible wall between the deceased and Hyun-soo, as if watching a scene from a movie.

But in last night’s dream, Jang Gi-chun broke down the ‘fourth wall’ and spoke directly to Hyun-soo.

“He rushed at me to kill me.”

And, the aftereffects of directly receiving Jang Gi-chun’s ‘murderous intent’ were truly terrible.

Not only was it creepy, but my brain was also starting to feel numb.

“How on earth… … .”

Could he have spoken to himself?

Hyunsoo, who was continuing his thoughts, suddenly remembered that this was not the first time he had experienced something like this.

“At the time, I thought it was a mistake.”

Hyunsoo clearly heard the voice of the dead during the finale of “Nineties Dive”.

‘Thank you very much.’

At the time, I was not sure if it was true, but it was definitely Hwang Su-in’s voice.

“That means, since I had the dream of Hwang Su-in, the dead have been able to talk to me.”

Hyunsoo, who had been thinking like that, soon seemed to realize something and looked through the scripts and translations spread out on the table.

Soon after, what Hyun-soo was holding in his hand was… … .

[Dialogue with Jang Ki-chun]

In order to create the character of Lee Woo-jin in his own way, Hyun-soo delved more analytically into the character of Jang Gi-chun.

I thought that this was the perfect time to get to the root of his dream, when the action actor’s willpower is at its strongest.

In order to get closer to Jang Gi-chun’s existence, Hyun-soo.

“I used the conversation-based analysis I learned from Jeong-i Shin. I’m sure it was this approach that influenced ‘Dream.’”

It’s already overwhelming to embody the narratives and emotions of the dead in their dreams, and they even talk to Hyun-soo?

“This… … doesn’t seem like something out of the ordinary.”

Hyunsoo, who had a heavy face, quickly closed Jang Gi-chun’s conversation log and put it deep in the drawer.

“I guess we shouldn’t use this method until we can freely use Kim Yong-cheol’s ‘willpower’.”

Soon, his whole body began to tremble and the dream of becoming an ‘action actor’ began to affect Hyun-soo’s mind once again.

“I should have a meal with Isin sometime soon.”

Since this happened through Jeong Eui-shin’s virtual dialogue, perhaps we can also get a clue to solving this phenomenon from him.

After that, Jang Gi-chun’s ‘voice’ was never heard again, but Hyun-soo knew better than anyone else that this was absolutely not a situation in which one could feel at ease.

“The most important thing is to make Kim Yong-cheol’s willpower my own.”

There is only one month left until the main shooting in bad weather.

Today, too, Hyunsoo put on his training clothes and started running.

Continued in the next episode ▶