Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 120

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 120

Click.

The old-style television turns on.

A black screen is witnessed in all my vision and inside my head.

I can’t look away.

I must watch.

Are you depressed?

Are you exhausted?

Are you suffering from tedious work, verbal abuse, and office politics?

Are you anxious about a daily life where you can’t trust anyone and don’t know when you might die?

At times like that, you should sit in front of the TV and watch something new and fun!

Having returned to the company housing, I sit in front of the TV and blankly watch the screen.

Children’s cartoons I watched to soothe my fear.

But true to their nature as children’s shows, the videos were short and ended quickly.

I sat there blankly for a moment with hollow eyes, then went into my room.

And tried to sleep, though sleep wouldn’t come.

Were you afraid of the show you were watching coming to an end?

Were you scared of tomorrow coming?

Did you not want to return to a workplace that’s painful, doesn’t suit you, and makes each day anxious and agonizing?

Is it hard and frightening whenever your thoughts deepen, yet there are no other options?

Are you enduring the horror while thinking this path must be the right answer?

…

I am, I’m…

For someone like you!

Wait, don’t be surprised and take a deep breath.

The perfect alternative,

a new path has come to you!

Ta-da.

On the screen, a spotlight brightly shines on my bedroom door, then someone opens it and makes a stylish entrance.

A well-dressed silhouette wearing a brown suit, with an old-style TV instead of a head.

…It’s the Host.

The answer for you!

I jump up from the bed in surprise and shake hands with the Host with a welcoming face. Then I laugh with relief and throw my mask and document bag out the window.

When the Host snaps his fingers, the company housing magically turns to ash and a brilliantly lit studio is revealed.

I smile brightly and stand on stage with the Host.

Though it’s something that definitely never happened, it mixes with scenes from the past and stabs at my head in a cunning and dizzying way.

Like it’s real.

The host of this new talk show overflows with wit, cleverness, and humor, and will listen to and empathize with all your concerns!

If you accept the perfect proposal from this person you personally invited, everything will get better.

An attractive workplace that no one would want to refuse.

Prepare for your new life!

No.

No, I,

I mean, I have to go back home…

Oh my!

Are you suffering from persistent homesickness?

The screen turns.

And once again it shows me, but this time it’s not my past self.

Now.

…Me looking into the TV screen.

Face to face.

Meeting my gaze and staring.

Starring: You

It reflects like a mirror.

However, the me on TV is strangely contorting my expression and making a tearful face.

No, that’s not me. I’m not making that expression right now… am I? Am I making a tearful face right now? Stop! It’s dizzying. I pressed my face with both hands in confusion and doubt.

My vision disappeared.

But I can still see the TV.

Subtitles appear below my face.

Why do you always long for home?

Do you want the happiness of escaping from an uncomfortable and burdensome environment? Do you cry every night with the desire to sleep without anxiety and nightmares?

Don’t worry.

The Great Talk Show is waiting for you!

No.

Special information visible only to you watching this advertisement:

The crew of the Great Talk Show has no faces.

A fantastic workplace without the discomfort and burden of having to face unfamiliar faces.

Come in now!

That’s crazy talk.

Faceless colleagues? Who would want something like that? Absolutely not…

In this workplace, no one worries anxiously about hiding themselves.

You who are watching this advertisement, don’t worry either.

Reveal yourself comfortably!

Your overflowing talent and ideas can be freely displayed,

the one and only workplace.

This legendary Host has rejected countless application forms and kept this position vacant just for you!

….

An attractive workplace that no one would want to refuse.

This is now your new home!

No, no!

They’re deliberately using the word home. They know I want to go home. That’s what this is.

But what I want isn’t a new home. I never wanted anything like that.

What I want is….

To return to my original… familiar world.

At least a place where I don’t have to worry about being eaten by monsters on the street. A place where ghost stories are just entertainment. My friends and family are all there too.

And let’s not forget!

I have a silver ring on my hand right now.

I can resist this entire situation. Resist, I can resist.

That figure on the TV isn’t me.

I’m not smiling.

You will be happy.

In your new home.

I won’t be confused.

I’m going back to my original home. That isn’t home. I’m working to return home, and this purpose will never be reversed.

In your home.

This crazy talk show is not my home.

This crazy talk show is not my home.

This crazy talk show is not my home!!

….

….

[Hmm.]

That, that’s….

….

….

Is that… so?

I felt like something didn’t quite add up, but I couldn’t think of words to refute it.

It sounded plausible.

But this really can’t just be… a matter of feelings.

[It’s alright. Acceptance always takes time. This Brown can continue having conversations with you… just like always!]

[So for now, shall we develop the story a bit more? More fundamentally, that is….]

Brown asks gently.

[What is it that Kim Sol-eum truly wants?]

[Let’s think about it, excluding going home.]

….

What I want… no, wait a minute.

…You had such a deep understanding of my situation?

That thing is completely reading my thoughts.

How much do you know? Just how deep into my inner thoughts have you gotten?

And if you already know all my thoughts, is there any point in arguing no matter what rebuttal I make? Is there a way to escape?

Wait, are you reading this thought too? How much of my thoughts can the Host read? Don’t tell me about the Darkness Investigation Records I’m thinking of….

[Kim Sol-eum.]

I’m going crazy.

I felt like I was going crazy from fear. I want to escape this situation….

[That’s exactly it!]

Huh?

[You’ve finally realized it, Kim Sol-eum. What you truly want deep in your heart!]

The Host snaps his fingers with a click.

[It’s escaping from fear.]

“…!!”

The TV approaches.

[And here, there’s a very quick and certain method….]

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