"Aokigahara Sea of Trees……."
Stella stood at the entrance of the forest and muttered blankly.
How could they think of filming in such a dangerous place?
And she thought that coming here herself was also unlike her.
Simply because she felt a sense of kinship with Seoyeon.
But to think that, Seoyeon was different from her.
'A harmonious family.'
Affectionate parents, and a cute younger sister.
Just like the family she had dreamed of.
At that time, Stella had denied it, thinking there must be something else going on with Seoyeon, but while filming Miss Gyeongseong, she started to think that it might be different from her own assumptions.
Was she the one who was mistaken?
But it was certain that, unlike the others, only Seoyeon stood out clearly to her.
What could be the reason?
At the same time, her eyes kept chasing her.
Even today, to the point where she inadvertently ended up coming all the way here.
"I, I've been waiting!"
Upon arriving at the entrance, the Japanese filming staff hurriedly ran over and bowed.
"Hello."
"I really, really was waiting for you!"
"My."
Did Asher Baldwin want to have that actress appear that badly?
'But what a pity, I have no intention of becoming friends with that actress.'
In the first place, she couldn't distinguish faces, so even if they asked her to put in a good word, there was a chance she wouldn't be able to.
'She'll definitely hate it.'
She recalled Seoyeon's eyes looking at her with an uneasy gaze, and the faces of the other two.
Stella chuckled and moved to the place where filming was taking place.
It had already been a day since filming started.
Since she was late, she only needed to stay here for a day and leave.
'Hmm, what should I ask them to do? Should I go and throw a huge tantrum? Like a lady.'
Then she might get a lot of dirty looks from the Japanese broadcast, but so what.
Whether it was Japan or Korea, she probably wouldn't have any reason to come back anyway.
She just felt like teasing them a bit.
Arriving at the filming set with that kind of feeling.
"Cook."
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"I said, cook."
Whatever had happened in just one day, the haggard group grabbed her.
She instinctively realized.
That she had no right to refuse.
***
Just one day.
To put it mildly, a lot had happened.
First of all, it was good up to the point where everyone scattered and somehow gathered various daily necessities.
"This is water, and this is meat. There are vegetables too."
"There's a knife too."
"There's a gas burner too, can't we just cook?"
"How?"
"Just grill the meat or something."
"All we have is a pot, though?"
When Jiyeon said that, Jo Seohee looked at her with eyes that seemed to say, "Can't we grill meat in a pot?"
Well, if you say grill, they could probably grill it... but wouldn't that be weird?
"All the ingredients are for nabe."
"Nabe?"
"Yeah, didn't they probably want to capture a peaceful scene of everyone boiling and eating nabe together?"
Nabe.
It was clearly referring to a hot pot dish.
A dish where you put various things in a pot and boil them. Indeed, the ingredients were all of that sort.
It was a dish that could be made simply, even for those who couldn't cook well.
"If it's a hot pot, we'll need water, right?"
"Ah, but won't it be bland like this?"
For reference, this happened while Seoyeon had briefly left to find other necessities.
She said it was less scary to just go alone than to send multiple people.
"Water? Is this much enough?"
"Let's add more salt and chili powder. Since it's Japanese, won't it be bland?"
"E, everyone, you shouldn't put that much in."
Only Reika tried to stop the two's actions, but her words spoken in Japanese didn't reach their ears.
Lee Jiyeon didn't know Japanese, and Jo Seohee was immersed in her first cooking experience in her life.
"W, what, why did the water increase so much!"
"When you boil vegetables, water originally..."
"Ah, what, the taste is weird. Ah, but we put the meat in without cutting it."
After 20 minutes passed like that.
"……What on earth happened?"
When Seoyeon returned and asked Jiyeon, Jiyeon quietly averted her gaze.
It was the face Seoyeon often showed when she did something wrong.
Glancing at the pot, she could tell the food was annihilated.
"Ah, it's still fine. We have a lot of ingredients left!"
"Half of it is gone."
If they failed now, it was over.
Above all, because the meat had died, the dishes they could make had decreased.
"I took out only the mushrooms because I don't like them."
"……I want to go home."
Jo Seohee had become a weak lady.
However, Seoyeon didn't leave them alone.
"It can't be helped. I'll try."
"J, Joo Seoyeon, you?"
"What, I'm better at this than you guys."
Seoyeon stepped up so confidently, but it only resulted in annihilating the remaining half of the ingredients.
"……Then we have to go find some again."
"……."
The ingredients they had worked so hard to gather were all wasted.
That meant they had to gather them again.
"W, well. We can just gather them again, right?"
Since we've done it once, the second time is easy, right?
Jiyeon said that lightly, but.
"Ah, what, if we go far there are traps!"
"Kyaaah!!"
"Who hung a doll on the tree, it startled me!!"
If they went a little further to gather ingredients, there were various traps set up by the production team.
Hanging dolls on trees to create a sense of horror.
Putting up bizarre signboards to lure them into traps.
Anyway, the vicious traps of the production team who had some experience in messing with the cast.
"With this, everyone will pass out before we can even gather ingredients."
The production team watching the situation from afar with cameras laughed as if they were having fun.
It was already entertaining to see the Korean actresses experiencing the harshness of Japanese variety shows firsthand.
Of course, actually, this was considered mild.
Originally, they were going to dig a pit and fill it with water to make a trap, or
Originally, there was a plan to bring in a bear along with a trainer into this forest to scare them out of their wits.
But, since they were Korean actresses, they gave them some consideration.
"……But."
"Where did Actress Joo Seoyeon go?"
Unlike the other actresses who were scared out of their wits, Seoyeon mostly wandered the forest calmly.
She avoided the production team's traps as if playing.
The only thing that surprised her was a mannequin hanging from a tree.
Other than that, she caught the dolls falling from the trees with her hands.
She smashed the speakers making eerie sounds with her fists.
Why break that? Well, it seemed she broke it because she was startled for a moment.
Anyway, because of that, while it was surprising, not many actually funny scenes came out.
The three stuck together, falling down, screaming, and getting their clothes torn.
Compared to the three ladies who were practically going through hell, Seoyeon was relatively unbothered.
She was occasionally startled, but only to that extent.
'If I knew this would happen, I would have brought in actors dressed as ghosts.'
It seemed Seoyeon was weak to ghosts.
No matter how much they tried to startle her with objects or traps, she didn't get surprised at all.
Anyway, while watching the three ladies for a moment.
In less than about 5 minutes, Seoyeon disappeared.
"She's not on CCTV?"
"Did she have an accident?"
"Contact Kujo-san, and tell them to hurry and find Actress Joo Seoyeon!"
Could something have happened in just 5 minutes?
'Did she roll and fall somewhere?'
'But there shouldn't be any particularly dangerous places in the designated filming location?'
Japanese variety shows often film relatively dangerous things, but since they were Korean actresses, they restrained themselves a lot.
Above all, they were told that dangerous places were absolutely not allowed, so they filmed in a thoroughly safe place.
But, for Seoyeon to suddenly disappear!
"Should we tell the people filming too?"
"I, if we tell them now, filming will be suspended."
"Let's look for her ourselves first..."
"If an accident happens then, the broadcast won't even air."
PD Amaya Hiroki decided to suspend filming first and find Seoyeon.
"Actress Joo Seoyeon has disappeared right now..."
Saying that, the moment he was about to contact the on-site staff.
"P, PD!!"
"Ah, it's urgent, what is it?"
"L, look at the CCTV in the north!"
Wondering what was going on, he turned his head and saw a bear walking leisurely.
It was a real bear.
"That, that's not the bear we were going to use for filming, right?"
"No, no! It really came down. No, why? Isn't it time for bears to hibernate now?"
"I, it's a bit early for that."
"Since it's at a distance for now, let the filming crew evacuate quickly and contact the police."
In preparation for such a situation, they had thoroughly installed CCTVs and created a safety net.
So, the moment they were trying to respond relatively calmly.
"Wait a minute!"
"Ah, what now?! It's urgent right now!"
"T, on the b, bear's back..."
"What else on the bear's back..."
PD Amaya Hiroki checked the camera with eyes full of annoyance at the thought of the filming being ruined.
And.
"Huh?"
He let out such an exclamation without realizing it.
Because Seoyeon was calmly riding on the bear's back.
***
First of all, Seoyeon actually wanted to see a bear a bit.
Isn't the cliché of encountering a bear during training in manga quite common?
When you think of strength! Bears or tigers are usually mentioned the most.
Well, that doesn't mean she really wanted to encounter one.
That could put not only herself but also others in danger.
"Hmm?"
Seoyeon, who was putting the tableware she had just picked up into her bag, frowned at the presence she felt from afar.
The forest was still a terrifying landscape for Seoyeon, but separately from that, the presence she felt was quite bothersome.
'It's not human?'
If she listened closely, the sound of footsteps was a bit strange.
That was why.
She ran instinctively in the direction of the sound.
With the thought of informing the others in case something dangerous happened.
"A bear?"
Wow, it's a real bear.
But it's not as huge as I thought.
Maybe because it was walking on all fours, it looked cuter than expected.
Of course, even a bear like that could easily take down a person, or so they say.
'Did it come smelling the scent?'
It was heading exactly in the direction where the group was gathered.
Perhaps, because the smell of the failed hot pot was so intense, it spread on the wind?
Well, it might not be, but.
"?"
The bear also stopped in its tracks when it saw Seoyeon.
Then, it started approaching slowly again.
As if checking if it could eat her, its steps were quite cautious.
Drool was dripping from its mouth, looking aggressive at a glance.
'I heard that even if a first-class fighter hits a bear with all their might, it just plays around?'
So, looking at cases of catching bears overseas, it was mostly going on the bear's back and choking its neck.
They say a bear's arms can't reach behind its back.
'Umm.'
Seoyeon thought.
Should she run away like this, or...
'Wouldn't a bear's punch be slower than a paintball?'
With roughly that thought, she ended up fighting the bear.
If it didn't work, she could just run away.
Just in case, she brought a lot of animal repellant spray.
So Seoyeon hit it once first.
With roughly the same force as hitting a punching machine.
First, a punch to the nose of the charging bear.
"Does it hurt?"
As the bear flinched and backed away, swinging its front paw, she struck it two more times.
Thump, thump, and the bear's body lifted slightly into the air.
"Is it painful?"
Anyway, thinking it would be weaker than steel, she continued to hit it with moderate force.
Certainly, the bear's movements were slower than a bullet, so avoiding it was generally not difficult.
Or rather, it seemed like the bear was panicking from being hit.
"As expected, bears are tough."
After hitting it for a few minutes like that, the bear became docile.
As expected, as you can see in manga, a skilled boxer might be able to catch a bear.
'Can a bear be tamed?'
Thinking that the bowing bear might attack again, she gave it a couple more noogies, and it let out a deeply aggrieved cry.
She wondered if it was okay.
Anyway, like that.
Seoyeon returned riding the bear.
***
"So who rides a bear back?"
Jiyeon said with a drained face.
No, it's scary.
Glancing back, she saw the bear eagerly eating the hot pot they had ruined.
After finishing, it approached Jiyeon and opened its mouth wide, as if comparing the size of its mouth to the size of Jiyeon's head.
Isn't it gauging whether it can swallow her in one bite?
"It was surprisingly docile?"
"Isn't it trying to bite my head off right now?"
"Probably not?"
When Seoyeon lightly patted the bear's cheek with her palm, the bear flinched, sat down in place, and lay down.
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"It looks like a panda, so it's cute."
"It had blood on its nose."
Jo Seohee said, looking at the bear's face.
She wasn't sure, but its face looked a bit swollen.
Did it get hit?
By whom?
'Don't tell me by Seoyeon?'
No, surely not.
"Is this the bear brought for filming?"
When Jo Seohee asked casually, the Japanese staff's head shook quickly.
Then it's a real wild bear?
Does this make sense.
'I want to go home.'
Seohee genuinely thought so.
Leaving home is tough, but what on earth is this.
Clothes getting torn in the forest, constantly screaming until her voice seemed hoarse.
Above all, when the bear appeared, she thought she was going to die and felt like she would actually faint.
Seoyeon, who appeared from behind the bear.
"Gombanghwa."
If she hadn't raised her hand and said that along with the bear.
The filming crew was anxious at the time, looking like they didn't know what to do about this, and only then did they realize the reason.
When an actress appears riding a bear, of course they'd react like that.
And so, spending a night with the bear.
Without being able to have a proper meal.
What those who couldn't even sleep properly due to the terror of being with a bear faced was.
"……Umm, is this a bear? For real? Can I go back now?"
"No."
She was the only girl who could cook.