“Come in, come in.”

Pilhyun opened the door and waved at them to come in. Daemyung carefully went inside. The faint smell of cigarettes tickled his nose. There were piles of books stacked to the side around the living room. Pilhyun’s house hadn’t changed at all.

“Bro Ahn, you should really clean your house a little.”

“This is serious, oppa.”

Haesoo and Hanmi clicked their tongues as they made their way in. They were holding large plastic bags, which contained some cans of beer that they bought from the convenience store before they came to his house. Gwak Joon came in last and closed the door.

“Let’s start the 4th round! I’ll see the end today! Wait a bit, I’m going to change my clothes.”

Pilhyun went inside his bedroom after saying that. Gwak Joon, Haesoo, and Hanmi turned on the TV in the living room and watched it in a daze.

“Shall I put this away?” Daemyung asked as he pointed at the plastic bag.

There were around 20 beer cans. There was no way they were going to finish all that, so he was planning to leave some out and put the rest in the refrigerator.

“The beer ghost will drink it so leave it there,” Haesoo said.

Daemyung nodded then looked at the TV. There was a B-rated horror movie on TV. It was about starfish-like monsters latching onto the necks of people to control them, and it was pretty fun. He watched the movie for about 10 minutes.

“Wait, don’t tell me hyung-nim is….”

Gwak Joon stood up and quietly opened...