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Chapter 314

7th-grade exam.

It is the same test I failed at the last minute of the 3rd interview while living as Ryu GunWoo. Taking it immediately reminds me of the exam life that will take several years of my life.

But why would an abnormality status suddenly appear knowing that I am in this situation?

'Are you crazy?'

It didn't even appear to me.

[Receiving reward]

That's what still appears to me. So, that abnormal condition... Judging by the fact that it only appears when the voice of "Park MoonDae" calls the status window, I think it's an abnormality that only belongs to him.

'Then you have to give me the stats. Why don't the stats appear to me again?'

TL/N: GunWoo currently can still see the status window and stats, but he can't get points after getting achievements to raise his stats, he also can't draw new skills again.

I asked, holding back the urge to spill insults that were about to come out of my mouth.

"...When did it show up?"

"Hyung, you called the status window the day you bought the lottery tickets...I remembered that, so I called it the next day..."

"..."

Damn it.

'Did you see that?'

Now I wonder if he couldn't say anything at that time because of the atmosphere.

"Come to think of it, have you ever done anything like this...to "receive the reward"?"

Ah, "something like this".

But without being able to answer, the voice kept on talking nonstop as if he was blurting out what he couldn't say.

"I bought an office hotel, but was it right to have bought it...? Or would it have been better to rent it? Besides, something really strange happened..."

Aside from the fact that if he doesn't pass the exam, he will die, many shocking things must have happened to "Park MoonDae" who has been living in my body for the past few months.

And one of them is the winner of the latest ranking that has been aired.

Idol Corporation - Reincorporated! │ Let's see the best moments of Moon Puppy, MoonDae, again ☆

"The one right there! That's me, isn't it?"

"..."

The fact that another guy participated in a survival program to debut as an idol using his own body.

'From what I see, we were on the same timeline...'

I think this is the past of the same world where I lived as "Park MoonDae." I silently endured Park Moondae's best moments on screen.

"I tried to contact him somehow, but there was no way to do so..."

Yeah, I guess. Because I had canceled his smartphone registration.

When I saw the chicken feet mukbang, I had complex feelings.

'That's right...how I lived at that time.'

I opened my mouth with difficulty.

"That's me."

"¿¿...?? Hyung, I think I misunderstood..."

"No, you got it right."

I held back a sigh.

"I lived in your body."

"Eh...Eeeeh??"

I felt sorry for the guy who had been scared by the status window, but I had to give him a good explanation anyway.

I sat down on the living room couch and slowly began to recite everything that had happened to me.

It wasn't difficult. It was easy to summarize.

After a while, the voice exclaimed:

"S-so...Hyung became an idol with my body!!! Because if you didn't become an idol, you'd die?"

Yes, that's right.

The voice sounded crazy.

"Noooo wonder! He's too cool for me to say he's me!"

"..."

Really?

He knows how to beat around the bush. I know my broadcast image this time of year. It's okay to say I look crazy.

"A-and when you were about to win the Daesang, you woke up and you were here, right?"

"Yes, but that shouldn't be the point now."

"What...?"

I spoke somberly.

"Look at my case. If you really don't pass the public exam, you might die."

"...!"

I don't know if the voice can swallow saliva, but it felt more or less similar.

"I-I see."

It's surprisingly quiet.

"In fact...I bought a guide for exam questions and have been studying them just in case. Well, I still don't know much..."

No, he's desperate.

'I'll have to make a plan for this as soon as possible...'

I thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Listen. First, read the text on the hologram again."

The name of the status abnormality that appeared is "Pass or Die!," but if you read the description carefully, you can see the escape route.

If you do not receive an error-free score report on the first written test of the "Grade 7 Competitive Recruitment Examination," you will die.

Therein lies the point.

"It's not about successfully passing the exam, it's about not failing the score report."

"...Aaah!"

"You just need to get more than 40+ points per subject on your report card."

And seeing that "(1)" was added after the state abnormality, that's probably not the end of said abnormality. I assume the next level will be more difficult than the first.

For now, you can be persuaded by logic that "you'll be fine as long as you avoid failing..." but in the long run, you'll be running a marathon of death.

"What month is it?"

"It's already April..."

The first test will be in July. Only 3 months left.

'Why is this so...'

Who regretted failing the civil service exam? I gritted my teeth.

'It would be more convenient if I could see it.'

I think I can raise my chances of passing the seventh-grade PSAT if I prepare for a month or two.

The problem seems to be that I woke up after a few months, so if I keep doing it, the test will be out of the question.

And since this status anomaly certainly belongs to "Park MoonDae," then he...

"..."

He won't be able to. So I sentenced him.

"You'd better go prepare at a boarding school academy."

"Boarding school?"

It depends on the facility or the instructor, but there are high-end boarding academies where you have to pay about $200 a month that allow you to study without worrying about anything else.

What if I invest all the remaining money in future options related to stocks I know and then just have him concentrate on studying?

"Anyway, if the following status abnormalities have "passing more difficult exams" as a condition...then studying at a boarding school is the most efficient option."

Isn't studying in a boarding school better than dying?

"W-will there be any others?"

"I think so."

"Euuuheup..."

It all depends on what the criteria are.

If we take "Park MoonDae's" memories as a starting point...based on what we've talked about, it looks like he's gone back in time about six years or so, so I assume he'll have to do it about seven times.

'It's going to be hell.'

Even if he were to get hired, it wouldn't be unusual for him to have to pass a job performance evaluation.

But if we change things up a bit...What if I asked for the "talk with Park MoonDae" as a reward and, it would be applied "retroactively" making the person who had disappeared before, now enter my body and live in my body?

'That's...based on what happened when I won the Daesang.'

There would still be about five more assessments left. I held back a sigh.

Of course, I'm not sure how it will apply, but the important thing is that it means being in a lot of trouble.

That'll be five or seven status abnormalities.

'Fuck...'

I held my breath and sat down in front of the PC. Then I opened a page and looked up civil service exam lectures.

[D-100 for the Public Servant Exam this 202X - All-in-one package OPEN!]

"I will discard the online conferences..."

No, wait.

When I saw the banner ad in front of my eyes, my mind lit up.

Right.

'I'm sure I've solved all the questions on this year's tests...!'

Since it was the last test I remember giving, it was the one I concentrated the most on studying for a good amount of time. I distinctly remember organizing my studies by attending online lectures.

"..."

I grabbed the mouse again.

And the voice began to murmur a confession.

"Hyung, I...I haven't studied much since I left high school..."

"No, don't worry about it."

"What??"

I opened the PDF file of the exam guidebook that this guy had saved on the PC desktop.

And after taking a look, I laughed.

I still remember it.

"I'll take a picture of everything that will be on the exam, so study it as is."

"...!!"

I think you can go to boarding school next year. I will take pictures of all the questions this year, so I will keep you from making mistakes in your results...

...Of course, assuming this kid has basic reading comprehension.

'If he doesn't, that's it.'

FYI, I wasn't expecting a surprising result.

* * *

"So, is number 3...?"

"..."

I nodded my head.

"Correct answer."

"Waaaah!!!"

After turning his screws a bit, this guy's head was fine.

No, he wasn't quite right...but he had a good basic understanding. I think if he had finished high school, he would have done well on the CSAT.

'I think his memorization skills are poor, but the PSAT is not a memorization test, so it doesn't matter.'

Also, since the previous test records in my memory have been combined, it means he will pass the first test easily.

TL/N: He means he has shown him all the types of questions he should study from all the tests he remembers giving, so he has expanded the range of knowledge of the original MoonDae...

I closed the guidebook I had finished reviewing. I looked up all the similar types and checked them.

"If you keep it up for 3 months, you'll be fine."

"R-really?"

"Yes."

If you stick to studying like you're going to die soon, you'll avoid making mistakes.

"..."

The voice seemed to waver but soon muttered in a lower, shakier tone than before.

"Actually, this is like cheating. Hyung, I'm getting all the knowledge you've studied..."

I was shocked that, knowing that I'd die if I didn't make it through the exam, he had the courage to make such ethical considerations, but I held my tongue.

It was because I felt strangely moved by him.

"But I am very happy because I think I can do it. Thank you very much..."

"...It's mutual help."

Because I became an idol with his body.

When I said that, the voice sounded a little excited.

"That's right! How about we watch it? Hyung coming out in Icorpo!"

"..."

Do we really have to watch that?

But since he's been studying for almost 10 hours, I think it would be better to give him a treat.

'Will he find it fun to watch himself on TV?'

I changed my PC screen and accessed WeTube without complaining...

Park MoonDae's past: Controversy over sanitary napkins?

"...!"

I almost ripped the fabric off the couch for a moment, but soon calmed down.

What I saw was the last video recommendation. It's about the incident where I tried to voluntarily leave Icorpo.

'That must have happened today.'

As it turns out, the date was correct. I was silent.

Anyway, it was a problem that would be solved by the other person involved by sunrise. Now I don't have to feel any emotion.

But this guy is the problem.

"A-about that...I..."

"I know it's not like that. You don't have to worry because everything will be resolved."

It's a very shocking situation for "Park MoonDae."

It would be frustrating to suddenly have your private life exposed publicly.

...It might even be scary.

"...I'm sorry. This is what happened because I went to a survival program without your consent."

I had told him I did it to avoid sudden death, but that might not interest him.

But the voice rang out in fright.

"N-no! I too...I entered hyung's body and I'm getting a lot of help..."

The voice trembled with trepidation.

"But...What if you can't debut because of me, hyung?"

"I could."

I already did. What are you talking about?

But this guy kept thinking and didn't give any more answers for a while.

And it wasn't until I started preparing the food that he suddenly started mumbling again.

"I think...I think I can contact someone!"

What?

"I don't remember her phone number...but I remember a friend's email address!"

"...!"

"I emailed her several times because of group meetings. I'm sure she still keeps it in use."

I see.

The two of them seemed to have been on good terms, so there were likely to be traces of that.

Although, is it necessary to do that?

He'll notice it anyway and post an explanation at dawn. It's better not to do anything suspicious...

'Wait.'

...No way.

I quickly recalled the past.

"I didn't do anything, but did things suddenly get better?"

It seemed strange to me back then too. I didn't think everything could magically resolve itself so quickly.

And if we're on the same timeline now as we were back then...

"..."

I finally nodded.

"What are you writing in the mail?"

"...! W-what I'm recommending to her...!"

TL/N: "즐겨찾기" means "favorite", but it can also mean "bookmark" and "recommend".

Following his words, he wrote a rather long email to his friend.

It was a heartfelt request full of concerns, pleas, apologies, and regrets.

It could have been done more effectively, but I didn't bother to do it. I just made sure there were no inappropriate comments.

And when I read it again, I intuitively realized that this friend wrote an explanation after reading this email.

'The vocabulary matches.'

It was obvious that the choice of words had been influenced.

In the end, thanks to this email, an explanation was published.

"I want to send it like this..."

"...OK."

I pressed send mail and a strange feeling came over me.

The idea that occurred to me at that moment was correct. Things don't get better all of a sudden.

It was just that someone specifically worked on it.

I mean, the goodwill was very good...

That night, lying in a not-so-familiar bed, I admitted it.

"Thank you so much for sending that email."

"No, it was something I was supposed to do..."

After hearing my thanks, the voice sounded melancholic.

"I got you caught up in something strange...I'm sorry."

"...Don't you think you're the only one who has to pass the 7th-grade exam in three months?"

"Euheup."

Yeah, let him worry about himself. I smiled bitterly and threw my phone aside.

"Uh, hyung, if you fall asleep..."

"I don't want to sleep either."

"Ah...okay!"

The voice became a little lighter. He must have been afraid that I wouldn't wake up again for a few more months.

"Looking at the pattern, I'm sure I'll be back, so don't worry if I disappear when you're preparing well for the test."

"...Okay."

I looked at my watch and had a meaningless chat with it.

The watch was constantly moving.

11:55

And as soon as the minute hand pointed to 12 o'clock...

I naturally fell asleep.

* * *

"...!"

When I opened my eyes again, it was morning again.

'Do I always fall asleep when the day is over?'

I don't think I could stand not sleeping. I clicked my tongue internally.

Then I heard a scream similar to the previous morning.

"Aaaah! Hyung! Are you here, hyung?"

"Yes."

Judging by the fact that I'm wearing a tank top, it must have been a while. I held back a sigh and stood up.

And suddenly, the voice rang out.

"I took the exam! I didn't get a good result...But I had no failing grades!"

I think it's because we can have a conversation even if I don't ask for it.

"Yes, well done."

"Yes!"

He sounded pleased but soon calmed down.

"But again a status abnormality appeared...Ah, before that, uh, I have a schedule today..."

"Schedule?"

"That...it shows up on the phone alarm..."

The volume of his voice was getting lower and lower. It seemed like he didn't want to tell me directly.

'Did you think I would scold you for not registering at the boarding academy?'

If so, I don't think it's anything more urgent than the status anomaly.

I stood up with a smile and picked up the phone to check the alarm's name right away.

2:30 PM - TeSTAR's appearance at the festival

"...?"

"Can't...we go there?"

I wanted to hear from the beginning what the hell was going on.

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