[Everyone, what kind of game is “Hangman”?]
[That’s right! It’s an educational game where you guess the spelling of a word! If the alphabet you shout is included in the word, correct! If not, buzz!]
[And to help you learn this game in a way that’s easier for education, we’ll be giving you several hints.]
The Assistant Manager hanging in midair.
The TV’s pastel colors and bright voice, in stark contrast to that, battered my ears.
[Then shall we begin?]
Assistant Manager Eun Haje, hanging in midair, smiled bitterly as cold sweat ran down her face.
“We all know how this goes anyway. Long intro, isn’t it?”
What made this Ghost Story worthy of its B-rank was the hellish few hours leading right up to death, filled with the kind of mind-breaking, blood-drying mental pressure and pain that drove people over the edge.
……Like this.
It was true that the victim selected as the hangman had, in effect, already been declared dead.
But at the moment the actual “game” was being played, they were temporarily alive.
And this victim….
[This round’s prompt is a single word that best describes Teacher Eun Haje!]
[Shall we all try to guess what kind of person Teacher Eun Haje is?]
They were mercilessly exposed.
According to Darkness Exploration Record, every attempt to hide the sacrifice’s personal information failed during this process.
As though someone were prying through that entire life and passing judgment on it, the biggest events of that life were publicly announced in the most lethal way possible.
Even the way the hangman game worked had been modified for that purpose.
[Everyone, this English word has 8 letters.]
I raised my head and looked at…