Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 162

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 162

When I think about it, it’s strange.

The disaster that occurred when a Disaster Management Bureau agent previously forced an infected child to board the escape ship.

Acute molting progresses, ulcers grow throughout the body, and vital signs are lost.

Death from rapidly spreading contamination.

This behavior is too much like… the actions of an infection source, rather than something the escape ship would do to eliminate internal dangers.

Right.

It should be interpreted as something ‘Biohazard-Mermaid’ did.

Punishment for a host that dares to move away from the colony, trying to escape.

Recovery of energy.

However, only Disaster Management Bureau agents knew about this incident, while conversely, only Daydream employees knew more detailed information about the escape ship…

Fragmentation of information.

That’s why no one could rationally predict this situation.

“Oh.”

A child raises their hand.

“It’s the Mermaid Princess!”

Bang!

A mass crashes down through the ceiling with a thunderous sound, destroying the station.

Kyarurururu-!

The sound of ulcers colliding, resembling a young child’s laughter, filled the station.

And countless tentacle-like tumor mass strands spewed out terrible mucus as they stepped through the space like feet.

Thud.

Thud.

Thud.

Thudthudthudthudthud!

Like a spider web hanging down, the mucus-secreting flesh mass revealed itself by extending tentacles like limbs to all the walls of the broken station, hanging suspended.

The largest tumor mass from the giant infection colony, that terrible form that had been coiled in front of the ‘Dragon Palace’.

Kyarurururu-!

It covered the station and struck down with flesh.

Thud!

“Fuck!”

Baek Sa-heon, who had been standing there stupidly screaming, pushed back against the employee trying to push him and quickly retreated.

The sound of the employee being caught by the flesh mass, their head being crushed, and blood and mucus being sucked echoed.

‘Let’s get out!’

He gripped the bag containing the conch shell tightly and tried to sprint straight toward the escape ship.

But at that moment.

Someone grabbed the back of his neck.

“…!”

A Young Mermaid.

No, the identity he had already confirmed with his Halo but had been holding back from speaking aloud was…

‘Kim Sol-eum!’

The infected Kim Sol-eum grabbed the back of his head and slammed him to the floor.

“Agh!”

At that moment, a flesh mass flew over his head. Baek Sa-heon swallowed his saliva.

‘Running recklessly will get me killed.’

That infection mass was blatantly coiled around with the escape ship at the center.

Then, Kim Sol-eum began looking up at the disgusting infected flesh mass with a strange expression, as if thinking about something.

‘What the hell.’

“Why are you…”

The surroundings were strangely quiet.

“…”

Baek Sa-heon hurriedly looked around.

…The Young Mermaids were all looking up at the sky with the same expression, raising their hands.

“Princess!”

“It’s the Princess!”

The Two Agents’ gazes also reached the giant thing that had broken through the ceiling and appeared in the station.

Instantly, both their eyes became vacant.

The dazzlingly beautiful form of a giant mermaid appeared from the station ceiling like sunlight streaming down, filling the empty white space.

Beautiful.

As if a statue of the Mermaid Princess had come to life, a giant mermaid with an overwhelming radiant halo existed there.

Overwhelming awe and admiration that should be directed toward a great being, fascination with beauty occupied their minds.

The empty void of white space is covered with a beautiful sparkling Dragon Palace. The golden glittering small coral plaza is like a prayer room. Offer praise and worship and love as you look up at your master, child, but there is no escape ship, no such thing exists. This is a prayer room. Pray to the Mermaid Princess

“Damn it.”

Agent Choi raised a suncatcher to barely block his vision. Next to him, his junior made a similar motion while spitting blood. He had bitten his tongue to briefly regain his senses.

But the great gaze looking down again…

“Elder!”

A flash burst from Agent Choi’s grasp.

Light blazing from within a lantern.

Red and blue flames drove away the enchanting golden mermaid’s halo.

Goblin House.

Goblin fire blazed, creating a realm of illusion.

Where the fire shone, tile-roofed houses swayed and the shadows of dancing and singing goblins flickered.

A brief time of driving away the strange with the strange.

“Can’t hold out long, in the meantime…!”

They had to cut off as many of the children’s tails as possible and get them into the escape ship.

The mermaid, no, the flesh mass struggled and tried to attach itself near the escape ship again, but as if space was distorted, it circled near the ceiling. Taking advantage of this gap…

Whoosh.

Adults in suits frantically run toward the escape ship.

Animal Mask Wearers.

The human image of Baekillmong Corporation.

“….”

Agent Choi’s eyes darkened.

And at the same time.

‘I need to follow them…!’

Baek Sa-heon was gritting his teeth while watching the same scene.

He should escape at this timing, but the problem was that Kim Sol-eum was still firmly gripping and pressing down on his head.

‘Damn it.’

Cunning gleamed in Baek Sa-heon’s eyes.

Isn’t there a way to push him away?

This bastard… if he’s in a child’s form, wouldn’t his physical strength be weaker than mine? No, wait. Since he’s contaminated, he might be even stronger.

But what’s certain is that contaminated beings usually show a lack of human intelligence.

Because madness and bizarre rules dominate their minds!

“Excuse me. Shouldn’t you pay more attention to that giant being above rather than me? They can’t get in right now. Shouldn’t you be cheering them on?”

He was trying to lure him.

Ah, did he become a young mermaid so he can’t understand what I’m saying? Then let me write it on the floor!

However, just as he was about to write the same content with his finger on the dusty floor, the pressure on his head disappeared.

“…!”

It worked!

Kim Sol-eum pressed down on Baek Sa-heon’s back again as he tried to jump up and run.

“Ah!”

‘Why again!!’

And he wrote on the floor.

-Carry me.

“…?!”

-Carry me and run.

“What the hell…”

Baek Sa-heon, coming to his senses, unconsciously asked back.

“Where to?”

Kim Sol-eum turned his gaze.

To the opposite side of the escape ship.

To the corridor leading outside.

“…?!”

At the same time.

“Aren’t they idiots?”

Jin Na-sol’s temple twitched as she watched the General Team Employees clinging desperately to the escape ship.

Even if they board that thing now, how are they going to get out? That filthy biological hazard mass is blocking the corridor where the escape ship would be launched.

It was judgment befitting those who came in blinded by easy money rather than points.

“Oh! Isn’t there something like a laser beam shooter on the escape ship??”

Jin Na-sol ignored the money-crazed new employee’s words and assessed the situation.

‘…Why do I have to do this kind of work?’

She felt disgusted that she seemed to be providing an opportunity for the General Team Employees to freeload, but for now, there was no choice if they wanted to escape.

‘That mass of flesh seems to be having convulsions because it brought the Young Mermaids.’

Hmm.

As a test, she grabbed one young mermaid by the scruff of its neck and tried to throw it at the biological colony…

Thud.

“You’re not in your right mind.”

“What are you saying.”

An agent with fierce blue light flashing in his eyes stopped Jin Na-sol.

Bronze Agent. He had quickly performed a simple ritual while Agent Choi was defending, ended the Dokkaebi Tricks, and returned to adult form.

It was because the situation was turning serious, and it was an excellent judgment.

He gritted his teeth and spoke to the Butterfly Mask employee as if chewing and swallowing.

“You must have clearly seen that they were originally children!”

“If they can’t use the conch shell, they’re just contaminated monsters, aren’t they?”

“Even without that! They can board if we just cut off their tails. So right now…”

“Hey.”

Jin Na-sol barely suppressed her irritation and cut off the Government Official’s words.

“What are you going to do after boarding them? Can you tear that thing away from the escape ship’s launch port?”

“….”

“I’m asking if you brought a mortar or something. You didn’t, right?”

There wasn’t any.

It wasn’t even certain whether human firearms would work in the first place. Even if it was a biological hazard rather than a ghost.

“Let’s just throw a few outside to disperse its attention and escape? Take the remaining ones with us.”

“Deputy Manager! But that cat told us to take care of all of them, right? If we don’t take care of them, we might get cursed or not receive our compensation… there’s even a saying about a cat’s gratitude… Ugh!”

“We’re about to die right now, so who cares about curses? Get out and worry about it.”

Anyway, that cat wasn’t showing itself. There was a high possibility it was just a sporadic irregular phenomenon.

“So cats and whatever…”

“Please cooperate with citizen rescue.”

Suppression rope was drawn from the Bronze Agent’s hand. Jin Na-sol snorted and grabbed her Specialized Equipment.

‘There’s no time.’

She had to neutralize the opponent as quickly as possible. The Bronze Agent gritted his teeth while watching Agent Choi’s flames. The infected colony’s call was gradually penetrating the flames, breaking through the spatial distortion.

The enchanting golden light captures the children again.

Somehow, please quickly, no, even if they cut off all the children’s tails, he couldn’t see how they could escape from here…

…Should they make a selection.

The Bronze Agent reached out with dark eyes

Since there were still traces of the contaminated young mermaid remaining in the child’s appearance, it was somewhat more pitiful.

“Um… was it resolved well?”

“Of course!”

Agent Choi gripped his hand tightly.

“You really worked hard. Were you surprised? Now get some good sleep. We’ll go back soon.”

“Yes. Thank you…”

Kim Sol-eum, who had been blinking his eyes, boarded the capsule.

And soon closed his eyes and quietly regulated his breathing.

Done.

The moment the capsule closed, I barely held back a sigh of relief.

‘That was close.’

I almost lost my mind again from the aftereffects of reading the Necronomicon.

It was terrifying to think what would have happened if I hadn’t used the conch shell… but this gamble was unavoidable.

‘What other way was there to remove all the kids’ tails at once, incite the Daydream employees, and shake off the biological hazard!’

It was also fortunate that I was telepathically connected to the children due to the contamination.

In a state where the ‘Sparkling Dragon Palace’ hallucination was pushed away by insane madness and terror, what happens when someone screams in your head to cut off your tail?

Young children would naturally follow along…

‘I’m sorry for scaring them…’

But this was the only way to save everyone. Hoping it would be a shock they could recover from with proper memory removal and treatment once outside, I closed my bitter mouth.

And… still, my heart felt somewhat at ease.

Because I brought out all the children who were there.

‘And since the city itself was buried, it should be difficult to kidnap kids as freely as before.’

Maybe now both the Mermaid Graveyard and Sparkling Dragon Palace were finished.

Would the Baekillmong Corporation Research Team make a fuss about it? Honestly, I didn’t really care.

‘Those psychos can handle it themselves…’

I held back a sigh and enjoyed the drowsiness taking over my mind.

Success was success, after all.

‘Now, when I return to reality…’

…

Wait. Come to think of it, they said we’d return to ‘reality’, but where exactly would that be?

The seaside?

Well, it wasn’t something I needed to worry much about.

‘The veteran agents will take care of it…’

I trust you, senior colleagues.

Even as I felt my right arm disappearing, I accepted the drowsiness overtaking my mind with a fairly calm heart.

It was an escape.

…

“Oh ho? Well, well!”

Hm?

I opened my eyes.

All around me I could see adults and children who had collapsed and hadn’t regained consciousness yet.

And… there was one person standing perfectly fine nearby.

A person wearing a white gown and glasses.

He was standing in front of the Bronze Agent who had just regained consciousness, grinning and his eyes sparkling with great interest.

“Government officials, I see!”

It was a familiar face.

‘…Gwak Je-gang!’

The research team manager of Baekillmong Corporation.

Goosebumps rose all over my body.

‘Wait a minute.’

Don’t tell me this place is…

I looked around.

White offices and laboratories. The interior of a modern, clean large corporation building with a familiar structure.

Right. It was familiar. Because…

‘It’s where I used to commute until a few months ago!’

We had escaped to the heart of Baekillmong Corporation…!

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