“I’m going to take down both the culprit and the Black Sheep!”
Having settled on his strategy, Park Mundae moved without hesitation.
After confirming at the midgame check that he’d received the sacrificial bomb, the very first thing he did was...
Recruit Ryu Cheong woo.
[Park Mundae: Hyung, I found a gold.]
Of course, by this point Ryu Cheong woo already knew that Park Mundae had dumped the sacrificial bomb on him—investigator Seon Ah hyun had tipped him off.
In other words, there was no way to lie!
– Why’d you pick someone who already knows?
– Wow, only Mundae could pull off recruiting someone who already knows lol
– How’d you talk him into it?
They cut to Park Mundae’s interview.
[Park Mundae: I figured that since he wouldn’t say his profession, he must have some sketchy job, so I thought I’d recruit him.]
[Park Mundae: But nope, that wasn’t it.]
Meanwhile, on screen, Ryu Cheong woo smiled gently and answered the proposal.
[Ryu Cheong woo: Mundae. Are you trying to swap because you saw a sacrificial mark on your card at the midgame check?]
[Park Mundae: Huh? What...?]
[Ryu Cheong woo: Your reaction gave it away.]
– I didn’t react at all
– Yeah, the answer was decided, just admit you’re the sacrificial lamb~ lol
Viewers laughed, while on screen Park Mundae’s eyes narrowed in alarm.
[Park Mundae: Hyung.]
[Ryu Cheong woo: Mm?]
[Park Mundae: How are you so sure?]
[Ryu Cheong woo: Just a guess.]
Park Mundae caught on by now.
[Park Mundae: Is that your profession’s ability? No wonder you wouldn’t reveal it.]
[Ryu Cheong woo: ......]
They cut to another interview.
Park Mundae nodded calmly.
[Park Mundae: That’s when I changed tactics.]
[Park Mundae: It’s all about sincerity. Let’s be honest.]
– What?
– What are you talking about?
– Since when is deception sincere?
Back on screen, Park Mundae really laid it on the line, sincerity and all.
[Park Mundae: But hyung, I actually have a proposal that’ll benefit me whether I win or lose.]
[Ryu Cheong woo: Hmm?]
[Park Mundae: Hear me out.]
Park Mundae boldly outlined his plan: an explanation of the culprit and the Black Sheep, and how it’d work in his favor if they turned out to be the same person!
[Park Mundae: After that, it’s easy.]
If neither Park Mundae nor Ryu Cheong woo got caught, the show’s genre‐bending twist would revive the entertainment. And if they were exposed?
“At worst, the game clears with minimal sacrifice.”
Either way, it was fresh.
[Park Mundae: (Ryu Cheong woo) is surprisingly easygoing about this stuff, you know.]
As Park Mundae’s interview played like narration, Ryu Cheong woo on screen nodded, as if he’d heard it.
[Ryu Cheong woo: Sounds fun—and the spirit’s good. I’m in.]
And just like that, Ryu Cheong woo joined forces!
– No way
– These gamers are insane
Then they deliberately tangled their exchange order. Ryu Cheong woo traded with Bae Sejin first, and Park Mundae traded with Cha Yoo jin right before the deadline.
To avoid detection, quick‐handed Ryu Cheong woo went alone to the entrance. He cracked the door just enough to stay out of view, then in two or three seconds swapped two cards and the gold back‐to‐back.
No one saw a thing.
[Ryu Cheong woo: If you’d just said you’d die alone, I wouldn’t have gone for it.]
[Ryu Cheong woo: But you didn’t give up so easily—you were clearly set on using a trick. I liked that.]
As Ryu Cheong woo said, apart from gut feeling there was no witness and anyone could’ve been suspected—a perfect trick.
– If Seon Ah hyun’s deduction and Kim Rae bin’s decisiveness hadn’t kicked in, it would’ve been total carnage
– How did they know?
– Idol survival show with real brain games, unreal lol
With only Park Mundae’s faint suspicion left, it was Seon Ah hyun’s reasoning and Sheriff Kim Rae bin’s quick action that dramatically caught them!
[Park Mundae: Thanks to Sheriff Rae bin, hyung Cheong woo survived too.]
[Park Mundae: Thanks, we really only lost the minimum number.]
Park Mundae, smiling in his interview, looked proud and unashamed for someone eliminated.
– I win anyway lol congrats me
– Wow, win or lose, you win!
– No idea about the radio~ no clue about the bathroom ghost~ caught the culprit and cleared the game, gg staff lol
– Hey guys I’m off work~ got all my screen time lol
Comments poured in, carried by the thrill. Even as eerie BGM played in the speakers and they chanted “Burn the sacrifice,” Park Mundae gave a cheerful farewell and stepped lightly into the coffin‐shaped altar as if clocking out.
At the moment the other members placed seven candles in the grotesque pattern...
[Wooooh-]
With the roaring sound came an explosion!
– OMG
– ?
– So scary
– What’s that effect;;;
The dark, chilling room brightened with actual flames burning atop the blood‐soaked coffin...!
[Bae Sejin: Park Mundae!]
[Ryu Cheong woo: Mundae, are you okay?!]
None realized the “flames” were just low‐temp stage fire. Fans covered their mouths at the shocking cut.
After the flames died down and the members rushed to open the coffin...
– OMG...
The coffin was empty. All that remained were five or six pieces of gold, looking like spare change.
– T_T
– This is way too real.
– Scary.
The atmosphere froze. The members seemed stunned, but the game wasn’t over.
A dark, low bell tolled slowly, and narration whispered:
[Undertaker’s Sacrifice]
[Undertaker’s Sacrifice]
And then:
[A new sacrificial mark has descended.]
[You may change the fate of the sacrifice via card swaps.]
[Also, from this game onward you may swap even without the other’s card. Choose a profession on screen to pass it.]
With a rule designed to sow discord, a new game began.
– Do we have to keep going until the set number die...?
– OMG so scary
– Everyone’s faces are frozen;;
Thus, the first two episodes aired in simultaneous broadcast, inducing over‐immersion.
“Crazy... really....”
A grad student, binge‐watching without breathing, swallowed hard and recalled Mundae’s exploits. The standout wasn’t just that she was his fan!
“But it’s a shame Mundae got eliminated so fast.”
Could it be he wouldn’t appear anymore? Normally she wasn’t into these shows; without Mundae it’d be half as fun.
As the grad student watched the credits roll...
[???: Someone die already, please.]
A trailer suddenly appeared.
“...?”
The bloody radio crackled to life—its first real use on screen!
[Kim Rae bin: Aaaah!]
[Bae Sejin: What is that?!]
– WTF WTF WTF
– Finally the ghost shows up?
People panicked. On screen, a pale, bony hand grasped the radio...
And then:
[Seon Ah hyun: Mundae...?]
Speculating on the voice’s identity, the trailer ended!
– ??
– OMG
– Park Mundae?
– Is it a ghost?
“.......”
The grad student immediately rewound and listened carefully. Then she checked her subscription SNS:
“It really sounds like Mundae!”
Trusting someone had cleaned up the audio, she waited for confirmation—and minutes later, a post shared over ten thousand times vindicated her belief.
– Insane, that’s definitely Mundae (audio fixed)
Several days later, Episode 3 aired. Curious about the radio’s purpose, viewers—
– ???
– That’s the coffin Mundae went into
– OMG lol
They got an infrared view of the coffin housing Park Mundae.
– He looks scared
– This is uncomfortably tense T_T
When he listened intently and pressed the button above his head, viewers held their breath. And when the coffin itself descended, comments exploded.
– OMG
– It’s going down
– What the heck
– Where’s it taking him?
Dragged as if unwilling, Park Mundae arrived at...
[Park Mundae: .....]
[Park Mundae: The dorm?]
It was TeSTAR’s former dorm—same layout upstairs, but instead of a cult‐like altar the coffin‐shaped platform stood right in the center of Lee Sejin’s room. ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) And the room was pitch-dark...
So far, so eerie—but the decisive difference was...
[Park Mundae: Blood...]
Thick, huge streaks of blood, as if dragged from inside the coffin, led right to the door.
– Oh my god
– Aaaah
That blood trail formed a pair of red sheep skull symbols on the door.
[Park Mundae: .....]
A few seconds of silence passed. Then, as Park Mundae cautiously took a step toward the door—
Bang—!
The coffin in the middle shot back up, a roar echoing as lights flickered.
And the door swung open.
Screeeech—
– Save me
– What do we do with Mundae lol T_T
– This is the real deal, damn
The door revealed the living room floor, with blood streaks continuing inside. Park Mundae, mid‐reach for the door, froze in place.
[Park Mundae: .....]
[↑ Apparently fainted standing up...]
It should’ve been a funny caption, but fans screamed even through laughter. They even begged the sheriff:
– Rae bin, don’t save Cheong woo, let’s burn them all
– The radio was legit, please someone die so we can offer Ah hyun or Cheong woo as the sacrifice
– WTF is this, some afterlife? What is going on?? T_T
– Why’s everyone freaking out
└ He’s known to be the biggest chicken in TeSTAR T_T
Knowing Park Mundae was a scaredy-cat, fans wrung their hands, but on screen he continued to move forward.
In the hallway, right beside the blood trail, he spotted an object.
[Park Mundae: ...The radio?]
– No way
– OMG lol
– Is this what we use here?
He slowly picked up the radio. And for the first time on broadcast, his profession ability showed.
[Undertaker ability: Can make the living and the dead communicate.]
Park Mundae pressed the radio.
Beep—signal sent. The moment he put it to his mouth...
[Park Mundae: If anyone’s there,]
[Park Mundae: someone please die.]
– ?????
– ?
– lololololol
His desperate sincerity broke the tension. Park Mundae would later insist, “It changed the situation—I did it for fast investigation,” but the audience saw it as a blunt truth.
[Park Mundae: Just kidding.]
– That wasn’t a joke lol
– Anyone could tell he meant it
Viewers chuckled. But then the mood shifted instantly.
[Park Mundae: ...Remember this.]
All the funny effects and captions vanished. Clutching the radio, he spoke in a low, even tone.
[Park Mundae: Don’t go into the locked bathroom.]
Ominous violin and percussion run softly as BGM.
The tension built.
– Wait a sec...
Park Mundae looked up, and the camera panned with him.
The blood on the floor grew darker, turning into a pool that led to the bathroom door, covering it.
– Aaaah
– Don’t open it, Mundae, don’t open it
– Oh man T_T
– Hurry and open it lol
– This is 100% ghost territory
The live chat mixed curiosity, fear, and worry. On screen, the camera cut back to Park Mundae.
[Park Mundae: And the button in the coffin...]
[Park Mundae: ...the signal’s gone.]
He lowered the radio, took a deep breath, and looked up again. His shot ended.
[LAMB]
With a blast of music, the program’s opening began—but viewers were still reeling.
– What’s happening to our guy
– Mundae must’ve had nightmares that night T_T
– He got paid to experience a solo horror ride after dying lol
└ lololololol
– Recruiting party members to save Mundae. Requirements: Must die
Shocked by the afterlife sequence, they stayed glued to the show.
“Did the others get his radio message?”
Fortunately, help arrived not long after—about 30 minutes into the program.
[Is that... a sound?]
The coffin moved again, and...
[Lee Sejin: Mundae?]
[Bae Sejin: Hey, Park Mundae!]
The next to descend the altar were the two namesakes, the Sejins!
[Park Mundae: ...!!]
It was the signal that the program was racing toward its climax.
