I Became the Hidden Mastermind

018 – Having Two Moms Must Be Nice # 2

018 – Mom Would Love Having Two Sons #2

Bang, bang, bang-.

“Open this door!”

“I gave birth to a son, and all he does is play games every day!”

The pressure from the moms was intense.

It was almost worrying that the door might be torn off its hinges.

“I’ll give you our home address! Hurry, come quickly! Run! Run! Run!”

“Yang Ju-hee: Why are you being so stubborn?”

I found out yesterday when I visited Yang Ju-hee’s house that her house and our house are in the same Cheonmundo, just a 10-minute walk away.

If you run with all your might using Yang Ju-hee’s long and slender legs, it won’t even take 5 minutes.

Since it seemed difficult to convey the content through a text message, I decided to make a call while I was at it.

The kid I was just talking to disappeared somewhere, and it took a while for someone to answer the phone.

-Soft and fluffy, my heart-.

-Like clear ditch water-.

How long had the idol’s new song been playing as the ringback tone-.

“Answer quickly! Hurry up! Quickly!”

━Hello.

“Hey! Come to our house quickly! I’ll tell you the door lock password! Come to our house! Our house!”

━What’s up? Why is our Yeong-won calling me to my house from the morning?

“Come and help our mom as soon as possible!”

I’ve dealt with quite a few ghosts and oddities these past few days.

Even though I had come up with a clever idea to drive away the ghosts, it seemed like there was only one way to overcome the situation copied by Mom.

That was to call Yang Ju-hee!

“Hey! We’re kinda connected, aren’t we? Don’t you remember what happened last night? Are we strangers? Hurry up! Come to our house!”

We were hanging out together at the playground last night.

And Yang Ju-hee grabbed the hand I extended.

It meant that a partnership was formed between us.

─ What’s up, seriously? Why are you like this? Are you going to give me a campaign speech based on what happened in my dream last night?

What nonsense is this about a dream?

Before I could ask more, the phone was abruptly disconnected.

As if filling the silence of that blank space, the angry voices of the moms continued.

“Son! Who are you talking to right now? Is it your girlfriend?”

“You used to say you’d marry Mom! Now, secretly talking to some strange girl without Mom knowing! Raising you is useless!”

Oh my, it’s terrifying.

Then suddenly, a good idea flashed in my mind.

“I… I like having a girlfriend! I won’t live with Mom anymore! I’ll live with my girlfriend! I’m moving out and getting married! Mom, I’m going to be independent!”

Maybe trying to say things that would annoy Mom if a ghost mimicked her would have the same effect as when I imitated an ajumma ghost with ajumma-like words!

“Just give me five thousand won, Mom! Other moms give their kids ten thousand won a day, and I don’t even get an allowance! I can’t even go to the academies other kids attend!”

What else is there?

“I don’t even have a dad! And because there’s only a 17-year age difference between me and my mom, my friends tease me every day, asking if it was a violation of the centerline, not just crossing the speed limit!”

How can I break through my mom’s heart?

I was usually a filial son, so I was completely clueless in situations like this!

But maybe my clumsy filiality wasn’t completely ineffective, as the noise outside the room that had been so loud suddenly quieted down.

Did my unfilial movements drive away my mom’s ghost?

It turns out I had a talent for being unfilial!

“Yeong-won, what are you doing? We need to go to school quickly. We’ll be late. Should I give you a ride to school?”

At that moment, beyond the door of my room, I heard my mom’s calm and gentle voice. It was a voice that reassured me, as if all the previous situations had been lies.

I felt the urge to open the door and see her face.

Without thinking, I jumped up.

However, the words “Congratulations!” didn’t appear in front of me. My mom’s ghost was still outside.

I took out my phone and tried calling my mom.

Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.

The signal was there, but I didn’t expect her to pick up.

I should shout outside.

“Mom! Do you have your phone?”

“I have it. I’m holding it right now, why?”

“Is there anything strange by any chance?”

“Something strange? I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re the one acting strange. If you dawdle, you’ll be late. Come out quickly. We have to go to school.”

If she had her phone, she would have known that I was calling her. At least she should have said, “You’re calling your mom, right?”

Given the circumstances, a decision had to be made.

I moved my hand and left a message for Yang Joo-hee.

“When you come home, our mom and I will both be there, so mess them up big time.”

As soon as she looked at her phone, Number 1 disappeared.

“Yang Joo-hee: What are you talking about? Anyway, I’ve arrived in front of the house.”

Ring, ring, ring.

I heard the sound of entering the door lock password!

It’s confirmed that Yang Joo-hee has arrived at our house!

Click.

The door opened, and I heard someone coming in.

“Hey, Ha Yeong-won, call people from the morning… Oh, hello?”

“Oh my, who is this.”

“Our Yeong-won’s girlfriend? When did you start dating such a pretty girlfriend!”

“Are you Yeong-won’s sister?”

“Look at her talking. Beautiful face and beautiful words.”

“She’s not my sister; she’s my mom. We both are Yeong-won’s moms. Yeong-won has two moms.”

Damn, this is insane.

I couldn’t believe this was a conversation in the real world.

I shouted outside.

“Hey! Those people are not our moms! Beat them up! Beat them up like crazy! Beat them up!”

“What? Hayoungwon, what are you talking about? Who are you people?”

“We’re Hayoung’s moms.”

“We’re Hayoung’s moms. Be a mom too. Yeah, be a mom. Be a mom. Be a mom. Be a mom. Be a mom. Be a mom.”

“…What are you doing? Don’t come closer. Agh!”

I heard the sharp scream of a woman.

It must have been Yang Ju-hee screaming!

Unable to hesitate any longer, I thought I had no choice but to open the door and go out!

“aaah!”

And vigorously screaming, she smashed and swung at anything around, wildly destroying and striking!

Women screaming wildly, something hitting me, and me getting beaten up in the chaos.

“Ah! You damn b*tches!”

Whether coming to her senses or not, Yang Ju-hee shouted loudly, followed by the screams of the other moms.

“aaah! This crazy woman! Hayoung, break up with her right now!”

“She doesn’t even know her damn place!”

The reason for calling Yang Ju-hee was this.

Even if it was fake, I couldn’t bring myself to hit a mom. But Yang Ju-hee, accustomed to fights, could hit someone without hesitation.

Since seeing even a fake mom act like a real mom was painful, I just closed my eyes, covered my ears, and crouched on the floor.

I wish it were all just a dream when I opened my eyes.

# # #

Ding-

“Congratulations! You have defeated the ‘Under-the-Bed Ghost’!”

“The settlement for two people’s lives begins.”

“You have obtained 100P.”

At the sound of the status window appearing, I regained my composure.

As I opened my eyes, the house was in complete chaos, and Yang Ju-hee was standing there, her hair disheveled and a nosebleed dripping down her face.

Her eyes, bloodshot and filled with anxiety, darted around, giving off an eerie feeling as if she were seeing ghosts.

“Yeong-won, can you explain what’s going on? Where did those girls just go?”

“Well, you see, the ones we fought earlier were… ghosts. I think you beat them. Can we put down that vase for a moment and talk? I’ll explain everything.”

If only Yang Ju-hee and I had entered the nightmare corridor yesterday and had a conversation, it would have been easier to talk now.

But I ended up throwing other people into the corridor, which left no time for me to explain to Yang Ju-hee what I was going through.

Still, considering the strange situation we just experienced, Yang Ju-hee must have realized that this situation was far from ordinary.

I decided to take advantage of the crisis and calmly explain.

“As you just saw, I have a high chance of getting involved with ghosts or strange incidents. It’s not a joke, it’s real ghosts. I don’t know why this happened. But I have to survive somehow.”

“….”

“I know. It’s hard to believe, honestly. I know that. But it’s true! I will really kneel down like this! I’ll even prostrate myself! Please believe me! Please!”

When a person desperately wants something, they lower themselves and fall to the ground. I knelt down in front of Yang Ju-hee with a desperate heart, and she recoiled in fear.

“Then… what about what you said in the dream last night?”

“What did I do in the dream last night?”

Did I appear in Yang Ju-hee’s dream last night?

Since I threw other people into the corridor, there was no chance for Yang Ju-hee and me to meet.

Yang Ju-hee seemed like she had just had a dream.

I wonder what kind of dream it was.

“I came out in the dream? What kind of dream was it?”

It could have been a dream related to the supernatural.

Should I ask her about it?

However, Yang Ju-hee blushed and shook her head.

“What are you saying? Why did you appear in my dream?”

“No, I just met you in a dream. What kind of dream was it?”

“I don’t know! Is that really important right now? Seriously… What a sight from the morning. I had to redo my makeup. It’s ridiculous that it’s a ghost. Ghost…”

“That’s why I asked you at the playground yesterday. Maybe you can meet your sister again. Instead, I don’t know what kind of experiences you’ll go through in the future.”

“Oh, come on.”

Yang Ju-hee got angry.

It would be difficult if Yang Ju-hee got scared and ran away from here.

I just fought and won against two ghosts by myself.

Yang Ju-hee was an urgently needed talent for me right now.

“If you need time to think again, I’ll give it to you. Try to consider it positively if possible.”

I said it casually, but I was secretly scared that Yang Ju-hee might run away.

What should I do? Tempt her with money? How can I convince her?

Forget it. We made a promise yesterday. I’m a person who doesn’t lie like you, Yang Ju-hee. I’ll hold your hand, Yang Ju-hee.”

…Wow, I understand this.

Yang Joo-hee is such a lucky girl.

She’s cool.

Honestly, if it were me, I would have run away without looking back.

Things are going smoothly in many ways.

622 points earned by recruiting a colleague!

My life is truly full of good luck!

Honestly, 622 points were so satisfying. It’s enough to fill my stomach even if I skip breakfast.

I was worried about the “Capsule Machine” since the store opened, but I still have points left.

While I’m at it, I should try the “Capsule Machine” in a quiet library later!

I wonder what will come out of the capsule!

With that feeling, I went to school with Yang Joo-hee.

Going to school with Yang Joo-hee made me feel like I became a popular guy who had a girlfriend in high school.

Honestly, because Yang Joo-hee is pretty, she naturally attracted people’s attention.

I feel unnecessarily proud walking next to her?

Vroom-.

At that moment, a car entered the crowded street filled with students.

It was a very long and luxurious foreign car.

“Wow, who could possibly be driving that car? Is it a member of parliament or something?”

If I make some money through the status window and abilities, can I buy a car like that too?

Come to think of it, it’s funny. Some people can buy a foreign car without any special abilities, while I have to do all sorts of nonsense through the status window just to afford it.

It was at that moment that I had such a thought.

Swish-.

The black car came to a stop, and a female student wearing the same school uniform as me got out.

Could she be the daughter of a conglomerate?

I used to think life was unfair, but upon closer inspection, she was holding a book titled “The Flower of Malice” in her hands.

“Uh…”

Wait, isn’t she from the library…?

As I was trying to recall, the girl approached me.

“Why didn’t you come yesterday? I was waiting.”

What is she talking about?

Suddenly, it felt like my brain lagged.

“Who, me?”

Is she talking to someone else, not me?

Soon, Yang Joo-hee muttered in a small voice.

“…Yoo Da-hee.”