Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 115
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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 115
Wait a moment here.
Let’s examine Baek Sa-heon’s eventful record of witnessing his psychopath roommate.
The psycho who mocked him for giving up his left eye, the dopamine addict who dragged people around as bait in dangerous darkness, the crazy bastard who wielded an axe while acting like a serial killer…
‘And now he’s even acting like a cult leader??’
At this point, beyond being flabbergasted, an anomie phenomenon begins where this entire lineup feels natural if it’s that bastard Kim Sol-eum.
All of that could be acceptable.
But how am I running into that bastard right now!
‘I even took vacation time to get out!’
I didn’t just leave the company housing, I even left Seoul.
Baek Sa-heon wondered if he was having a nightmare and tried shaking his head vigorously, but it was undeniably reality.
Accompanied by two Elite Team Supervisors and leading dozens of people, Kim Sol-eum stood in the middle of Car 3’s corridor with both arms raised.
While spouting truly cult-like nonsense.
“There’s no need to worry. We can all safely overcome this trial.”
The only psychological comfort was that the idiots in this train car were pointing fingers at that bastard!
“What’s with that guy?”
“Fuck, now what kind of crazy bastard…”
“Sigh…”
“Don’t, don’t make eye contact.”
Reactions of mockery and rejection erupted toward Kim Sol-eum spouting insane nonsense.
‘R-right. This is normal…’
But Kim Sol-eum wasn’t even shaken.
He just smiled gently and looked around Car 3.
“…?!”
That was even scarier!
“Everyone, you must be confused since people suddenly gathered and came rushing over. And you’re probably thinking what kind of crazy talk this is.”
‘Trial? What trial?’
Kim Sol-eum wore the face of a neat office worker and smiled awkwardly as if embarrassed.
“Actually, even I who’s speaking know this… um… sounds like a cult. So I’m embarrassed too.”
His tone was calm and not particularly elevated. A serious tone like giving advice to an acquaintance at a cafe.
“But it’s such a scary and terrible situation that I’m mustering courage to speak up. …If you know the answer, sharing it is human duty.”
Kim Sol-eum hardened his expression and made eye contact with the people around him.
“I hope you can put aside your resistance for a moment and think about it. We’re not idiots either, so dozens of us came together to tell the same story.”
Baek Sa-heon looked around.
At the people on the verge of madness from this surreal situation of dying and restarting on a meaninglessly crashing train several times.
At Kim Sol-eum who began telling them what they desperately wanted to hear – those who wished to escape this train, for this to be a dream.
That confident story.
“This is a trial, and there’s a way to pass it.”
A voice suddenly burst out.
“So… you know how to get out of here?”
“That’s right.”
“…!!”
Kim Sol-eum naturally turned his gaze backward.
Then the Car 7 Passengers standing behind him shouted with eyes sparkling with excitement and passion.
“Just once through the window!”
“Go out through the window. Then it’s over!”
“What crazy talk?!”
Supplementary explanations poured out to the shocked Car 3 Passengers.
“No, there’s a way to make it not hurt at all! About ten people have already gone out that way!”
“Honestly it’s gross but you just look at the light and go out through the exit. Anyone can do this.”
“If someone has trouble walking, another person can fall together and support them! It’s not difficult at all!”
“If only the Forerunner helps us…!”
What’s amazing is that while they said ten people went out, dozens were giving explanations.
No, nearly a hundred people were following that crowd, and among them were people from other cars mixed in.
Kim Sol-eum looked at those eyes full of hope and passion, then turned his gaze forward and smiled brightly again.
“That’s right. Everyone. You can all go out through the window.”
At that moment Baek Sa-heon realized.
“There won’t be any problems.”
“That’s right!”
He’s scamming them!
‘Cr-crazy bastard.’
He’s inciting these other idiots to make them all jump off while Kim Sol-eum himself plans to escape!
‘But he can’t fool me.’
Baek Sa-heon swallowed, thinking only he had caught on.
“Um, if you listen to the stories of people who went out the window here…”
“That’s us! We’re a married couple who went to the second altar in our third life…”
He clicked his tongue watching the Car 3 Passengers gradually listening to the Car 7 Passengers chattering about their experiences like leaving success stories.
Idiots.
‘He could create those kind of testimonials by brainwashing with my fountain pen!’
Kim Sol-eum must have brainwashed people using his confiscated fountain pen.
Right. Then he just needed to maintain the same strategy.
‘Stay still.’
Just don’t join that Kim Sol-eum worship procession.
Baek Sa-heon made a firm resolution and smiled triumphantly.
It was fortunate he judged keenly.
Hadn’t he almost gotten swept up in the situation!
‘Stay inconspicuous and endure until that bastard tricks the other idiots and throws them all off at once…’
That’s when it happened.
“Hey, forget the long talk, I’ll show you from now! Going out the window!”
Huh?
“I’ll go out the window at this altar.”
“That’s right. You’re someone qualified this time.”
“Ooooh!”
“Everyone applaud!”
Huh?
“The first altar requires going alone so it might be lonelier and scarier…”
“It’s fine! I want to do exactly what the Forerunner did!”
“I-I’m not a forerunner, just someone who tried it first… hmm. Yes. In that case.”
Kim Sol-eum smiled as if slightly embarrassed, then seriously held the other person’s hands as if praying.
“I’ll also do my best to protect you from pain, Volunteer, and try to give you a strong token.”
“…! Yes!”
Baek Sa-heon watched that situation with a stupid expression.
In the dimly darkened red train car as they entered the altar, Kim Sol-eum slightly grabbed that person’s forearm and did something….
“I’ll be back!”
“See you in a bit!”
“Fighting!”
And receiving enthusiastic cheers from the people, that volunteer went down through the window with a determined face.
Such things repeated several times, and at the end of the repetition….
“Now it’s the last few people.”
And he realized.
‘…Items!’
Kim Sol-eum was cleverly using items on the people going down.
Whatever it was, so they wouldn’t go crazy even if they really fell from the window!
‘W-wait a minute.’
Was he really serious?
And the fact that that psychopath would go that far….
Baek Sa-heon’s mind spun rapidly as he instantly switched his stance.
‘This darkness is a first-come-first-served clear!’
Isn’t it the kind where it’s first-come-first-served but won’t clear until the quota is filled?
‘Falling from the window is the real game!’
And Kim Sol-eum was the kind of bastard who would do cult leader-like things, inciting people to voluntarily jump in.
Why?
‘Because that gives more dopamine!’
Because that’s more fun than forcibly grabbing people and throwing them out the window!
He really was a chilling bastard….
Baek Sa-heon shuddered.
But what’s important now isn’t that.
‘If that bastard has a plan!’
Then!
“T-Team Leader!”
Ride along!
He raised his hand brightly and stood up from his seat for the first time, revealing his presence.
It was right after the train brightened after passing the 4th altar.
“What, what?”
“Was there someone there?”
Whether the people in the same car who had gotten to know each other through 5 loops were surprised by that unfamiliar face or not.
Baek Sa-heon made an even more surprised face and desperately spoke to Kim Sol-eum naturally and warmly.
That’s right, to Kim Sol-eum!
Actually, he wanted to speak to the Elite Team first, but no matter how he thought about it, they didn’t seem like they would meaningfully deal with an unfamiliar new employee.
Then let’s try targeting the side where he at least had the connection of being roommates.
Especially since they put forward that psychopath as the face!
“My goodness… Hello! I didn’t expect to see you here.”
“….”
Kim Sol-eum stared at him silently, then.
Smiled coldly.
“Really? I knew.”
Fuck!
“Really?”
“Haha, of course not. That was a joke. How would I know?”
“….”
Baek Sa-heon barely suppressed the anger trying to rise through his fear!
“Ah, this person is also a colleague from the same company, and since he took time off, he must be on his way down to his family home.”
“Ah.”
“Nice to meet you.”
The two Elite Team employees nodded their heads roughly. They felt no particular interest in a new employee who hadn’t even built up experience yet.
Rather, the people standing behind were the ones who brightened up.
“Ah, if you’re workplace colleagues, you might be able to go out the window right away!”
“Right. Like those people!”
Excellent!
Baek Sa-heon brightened up.
“Ah, well, if that’s the case, I’d also gladly try the window test once….”
“No. This person doesn’t have the qualifications yet.”
You bastard!
“Th-then… when will I get the qualifications?”
Kim Sol-eum looked at Baek Sa-heon as if it was truly regrettable and shook his head.
“I don’t know that either.”
“….”
“I’m just someone who passed this test first, and I only want to guide everyone on the path with the least pain possible.”
Blood vessels stood out on Baek Sa-heon’s temples.
But he desperately smiled gently and said.
“I see. Ah! Wait, even though the situation is like this, I’d like to have a quiet conversation just between us two about company business….”
“Hey!”
Lightning-like criticism burst out from among the passengers who were concentrating and immersed in seeing off the people going out the window.
“No way, the train situation is like this and you’re talking about company? Trying to call the Forerunner for just that kind of thing….”
“This person doesn’t understand the situation!”
“It’s okay, everyone. What each person considers important might be different…. There’s some time until the next life, so I’ll go have a conversation during the intermission.”
“Oh my, yes yes.”
People murmured that ‘he’s too kind, that’s the problem.’
Baek Sa-heon didn’t even get goosebumps anymore….
“Shall we have our conversation over here?”
“…Let’s do that!”
However, as soon as they went to the bathroom and locked the door, he couldn’t hold back and said.
“Listen. I saw everything about you using items, Team Leader.”
Kim Sol-eum’s smile from just moments ago returned to an expressionless face as if it were a lie, and he crossed his arms.
“So?”
Baek Sa-heon swallowed.
“Just… think about it. What would happen if I went out now and exposed everything to the people?”
He had to somehow drag this crazy bastard to the negotiation table.
However, Kim Sol-eum stared at Baek Sa-heon silently and then… nodded slightly.
“Brown says you won’t do that.”
“…Oh, really?”
“Yeah. He says if you did that in the current atmosphere, you’d be thrown out the window with your bare body.”
“….”
“If it’s the same result, it’s simpler to just voluntarily jump, so there’s no reason to go back.”
It was the truth.
‘Fuck, fuck.’
Baek Sa-heon gulped and swallowed.
Fortunately, Kim Sol-eum took an unexpected action instead of pressuring him further.
He used a carrot instead of a whip.
“Come to think of it, I have a favor to ask.”
“…!”
“I need your eye.”
Huh?
“The one I gave you as a gift.”
Baek Sa-heon reflexively grabbed his eye patch.
Thinking of the purple reverse eye that would be underneath.
When checking vision through that equipment, the more dangerous an entity is, the hotter-colored halo appears.
An excellent danger detector.
It was also an incredibly useful item for the Field Investigation Team where split-second decisions were crucial.
So much so that even Baek Sa-heon himself couldn’t understand why Kim Sol-eum had given this to him.
Well, the reason was actually simple.
Kim Sol-eum… if he wore that equipment, there was a high probability everything would appear with bright red halos…
Since it was a body part that was greatly influenced by the wearer’s unconscious judgment, it had little utility for someone with a coward’s heart.
But giving it to someone else would be like encouraging them to pluck out their eyeball, so he ended up giving it to Baek Sa-heon who was already missing one eye.
He was actually the right person for it too.
Among his colleagues, no one had stronger survival instincts than him.
Anyway, Baek Sa-heon, who was unaware of all these principles, just showed wariness and asked.
“…When should I use it?”
“In Car 1.”
“Car 1?”
He felt like he’d heard about it in people’s conversations. Baek Sa-heon frowned and racked his brain before remembering.
“…I think they said the door there was closed.”
“That’s right.”
Kim Sol-eum readily admitted it.
“The door was probably locked from the 2nd round. And now they’re probably locking the door every time we return to the train’s starting point.”
“….”
Just hearing about it…
It was suspicious.
‘No, more than that, how does this bastard know about this?’
Didn’t he come from Car 7?
But how does he know so much about the front car’s situation?
‘Don’t tell me he’s been herding people around and saving them for this…?’
For information?
Uh, anyway.
“So what do you want me to do about it?”
“It’s simple.”
Kim Sol-eum said casually.
“When Car 1’s door opens, go straight to Car 1 and pick out the person who shows up as most dangerous there.”
“W-who exactly is in Car 1?”
“I don’t know.”
If you don’t know, who does!
Sure enough, Kim Sol-eum tilted his head and stroked his chin.
“But you know… they’ve been dropping people out the window from Car 1 as they please every time.”
“…!”
“Without me knowing. It seems like someone falls every round… It’s so unfortunate. It must hurt…”
“….”
“So I want to stop them.”
Bullshit.
“How about it? Sounds good?”
“Y-yes, it does. Really!”
This is complete bullshit.
‘He wants to beat them up for falling on their own and ruining the big picture, damn it.’
But he decided not to say a word.
Because Baek Sa-heon valued his own life…
Instead, he smiled desperately and said.
“T-then, if I identify the most dangerous person in Car 1, wouldn’t that person gain ‘qualification’? The qualification to receive an item, I mean.”
You’re going to give an item for this, right?
“Huh? That’s something I asked you to do. What does an item have to do with qualification?”
“….”
“Rather, if someone enthusiastically encourages the Car 2 passengers to keep persuading until Car 1’s door opens voluntarily, well… wouldn’t that person gain qualification?”
“….”
Baek Sa-heon smiled brightly!
“Wow! That’s exactly what I wanted to do too. Hahaha…”
“Really? Then I’ll ask you to do it.”
“Yes!”
Die!
Die, Kim Sol-eum, you bastard!
And so Kim Sol-eum successfully made Baek Sa-heon work for free.
‘They say even dog shit can be used as medicine.’
“You’re here!”
“Yes. Let’s fight on this time too.”
The train started again. The Car 7 passengers energetically greeted each other and also greeted Kim Sol-eum. No, now people from other cars were coming over to chat about various things too.
They looked surprisingly stable for people who had experienced train crashes 6 times.
…Indeed, it seemed having hope made enduring things even a little bit easier.
‘The important thing is keeping people’s spirits up.’
And for that… he had to continue this insane cult scammer act that wasn’t in his nature…
‘Sigh.’
-Let’s go, Mr. Noru! I’m excited to see what audience, no, passengers will be expecting your wonderful performance today. Ah, this is really entertaining…
“Everyone, today many people from Car 8 have gained qualification.”
“Ooooh!”
Brown, please don’t cheer along too…
Kim Sol-eum was starting to feel reality hitting him, but he didn’t give up on faithfully scamming people anyway.
No, he passionately devoted himself to that job.
And as time passed…
Round 14.
“Forerunner!”
“Forerunner, we’re almost there now. Haha!”
Kim Sol-eum succeeded in unifying public opinion across all cars except Car 1, gaining support from 342 out of 355 passengers in the train’s 7 cars.
Brown had even started asking Kim Sol-eum if he was interested in producing related programs.
Now only one car remained.
‘Car 1.’
The place where 53 passengers had locked their doors and remained quietly isolated without any news since the second round.
The only thing known about that place was that they were steadily offering sacrifices.
“It, it’s open!”
Finally, news had arrived.
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