Song Yun gently pushed open the door of the dormitory.

I followed behind him.

The corridor outside was shrouded in boundless darkness.

It seemed to have no end in sight.

He led me to the door of the opposite dormitory.

Through the small window on the door.

The desolate moonlight squeezed through the curtains.

I saw it on the faces of everyone in that dormitory.

There was a worm crawling on each and every one of them.

Suddenly, a chill spread throughout my limbs.

Leaving me completely frozen.

After a moment of daze.

I moved my feet as if I didn't believe in evil.

But the scene inside the next dormitory was the same.

The one after that was the same.

And the next one was still the same.

...

The entire floor seemed to have turned into a nest of worms.

Each and every one of us was a puppet parasitized by worms.

"This is the truth you wanted."

Song Yun's expression remained unchanged,

He chuckled and said,

"How about it? Isn't it interesting?"

I tried hard to calm myself down and asked in a trembling voice:

"So, do you have that kind of... in your mind too?"

The remaining "worm" got stuck in my throat.

I couldn't say it no matter what.

However, Song Yun straightforwardly said:

"Yes, we have that kind of worm in our minds."

I began to feel a suffocating sensation in my throat.

"Think about it carefully, since you came to this high school, have you ever had insomnia?"

I was stunned, realizing that it seemed to be true as Song Yun said.

Every night, I would unknowingly fall into a deep sleep.

That state was not right.

Looking back now, it was like being controlled by some kind of force.

"Actually, every night, we fall asleep under its influence."

"I guess it's probably to ensure our rest."

Song Yun smiled lightly and pointed to his own head, continuing:

"And the eye mask and earplugs I gave you were to deceive it."

"To make it think that you're already asleep."

After listening to Song Yun's words, I only felt a chill running down my spine.

Just the thought of having a worm crawling on my face every night.

It made me feel sick to the core.

"What should we do then?"

I looked at Song Yun for help.

"We can't just keep being controlled like this, right?"

Song Yun was about to speak, but was interrupted by a stern questioning voice:

"What are you two doing?!"

A dazzling light suddenly lit up at the other end of the corridor.

It was so bright that I couldn't open my eyes.

It was too late for me and Song Yun to run.

The sound of hurried footsteps approached quickly.

The silhouette of a man appeared before my eyes.

When I came to my senses.

That man's face.

Turned into someone I was extremely familiar with.

My dad.