Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 178

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 178

The Genbu Team of the Supernatural Disaster Management Bureau are those who directly experience all kinds of bizarre ghost stories.

It’s somewhat different from initial investigation or cleanup work. In the process of rescuing targets, they often get completely soaked in those ghost stories and properly taste them.

But cases like today were rare.

“T-Team Manager.”

“Shh.”

The leader of Genbu Team 3, Agent Hae-geum, pressed down on her team member’s head.

[Flower Golden Resort]

Five hours had already passed since they arrived at this bizarre place.

And the agent had noticed quite a few strange incongruities.

All the employees of this resort were human.

And except for the Disaster Management Bureau rookie they found at the front desk, most of them were maintaining their sanity.

No, at least they appeared to be on the surface.

Was this possible in a supernatural disaster?

“B-but. There’s another strange guy.”

The team member whispered.

“The employee taking room service calls!”

Both their gazes turned toward the side of the front desk.

“Hello, this is Ladybug from room service!”

The employee with a cheerful tone who introduced himself as Ladybug over the phone wasn’t wearing anything resembling a ladybug, but rather a mask imitating this bizarre resort’s mascot.

…Just like the Cleanup Team rookie.

‘What on earth happened here?’

Only those two, who seemed to have had their human selves removed, were wearing mascot masks.

When she asked if they had been ‘corrected’ for not working properly, everyone shook their heads.

“It’s not like that!”

“If I had to say… well… kindness?”

Kindness?

The strange word choice brought a sense of unease.

But beyond that, no one would properly answer what exactly had happened.

“The Mascot said no.”

“Please check the work regulations.”

Right, those damn work regulations.

R e a d

The Team Manager had first opened the ‘Work Regulations for Resort Employees’ that the Mascot had kindly provided, then squeezed her eyes shut.

There were 37 regulations.

The densely packed text all hinted at the eerie consequences that could occur in this resort.

“Typical, isn’t it, Team Manager?”

That was also true. But somehow…

“Welcome!”

It was too peaceful.

Employees who seemed unable to feel the pressure and anxiety that the work regulations gave.

Even seeing two people who had completely lost their selves and become resort fixtures, rather than being terrified, they peacefully went about their assigned tasks.

They greeted the Mascot and even talked to it.

Even when they were chatting among themselves, the moment she approached, they would glance over and quietly disperse.

“…”

A strange feeling.

Bizarre and dangerous guests kept entering the beautiful resort, but she just had to greet them at the entrance.

Thorough division of labor.

Team members were assigned to other places. The civilians to rescue were also assigned elsewhere.

Isolation.

But she could go greet them anytime. The work regulations were recommendations for employees, not mandates.

‘This is strange.’

Time flowed very naturally and calmly, yet bizarre events occurred as if seeping in.

“…”

Smack.

The Team Manager slapped her own face.

‘I need to stay alert.’

Even though today’s entry purpose was simple rescue rather than ending a supernatural disaster, this resort was strangely different from existing disasters…

She needed to stay sharp for two days.

And a few hours later.

-See you again next time~

“Aaaah!”

“Let us in! Let us in!”

Ignoring the shadowy figures desperately pounding on the outer door, the hotel’s business hours ended.

The eerie madness revealed itself for just that moment before disappearing, and the employees didn’t even glance in that direction, calmly continuing their conversations.

“Can we go to sleep now?”

“I’m sleepy.”

That was even more chilling.

No matter how much they were from that crazy cult company, this was strange.

‘These bastards are usually terrifyingly careful about their own lives.’

She lured one of the mole-masked employees with a cigarette and heard a bit more detailed story about this ghost story.

“Ah! This was originally a theme park ghost story, but suddenly a resort was newly built…”

A newly created place.

“Anyway, if you just work as an employee, you can get out!”

“Who said that?”

“Huh?”

“Who said you could get out. You said there’s no manual.”

“Uh… the Mascot!”

When she grabbed other employees and asked, the content was similar.

-Once the third facility opens, we can all get out.

-We’re waiting for the third facility… Aren’t you scared? I was scared but now it seems okay… because the Mascot takes care of everything.

-? Yes. That’s right.

“…”

It really was… strange.

The finishing touch was the reaction of a rescue target who had worked in a different area.

The Rescue Target who cleaned the spa’s corridor has a somewhat relieved expression.

“The Mascot helped me… It wasn’t difficult work… I just need to stay one more day, right? They said they’ll give me a gift when I leave.”

“….”

“They said I can get out soon!”

This lukewarm goodwill and seeping peacefulness, the bright and luxurious resort, the tightening psychological anxiety.

The Team Manager truly craved a cigarette.

Nothing was better for driving away the creepiness.

‘Damn, I’m weak against this kind of stuff.’

She was, strictly speaking, the type who was strong against traditional ghosts and shamanic supernatural disasters.

But assignments couldn’t be helped.

In fact, if the caller used by the Rescue Requester hadn’t been special, the Xuanwu Team wouldn’t have stuck their heads in so directly.

A caller that was almost like equipment – when pressed after falling into a supernatural disaster, it even displayed what route was used to enter.

Callers with such high grades were sometimes used by so-called government officials or high-ranking people… but usually the Rescue Requester had a special status.

Like the most precious relatives of agents who died in the line of duty.

‘…Sigh.’

…This made it psychologically difficult to easily give up on rescue and escape among themselves.

Moreover, the rescue target that weighed on her mind wasn’t just the caller.

“Hey.”

“Yes, Employee!”

The Team Manager met someone who had been waiting in the 3rd floor corridor.

The Brown Long-haired Male Employee.

The front desk employee wearing a Yellow Mascot mask who appeared from the elevator and was getting off work smiled kindly and responded.

The Team Manager briefly gritted her teeth.

…It was definitely a Cleanup Team Rookie.

The agent name was… Hwa-gak, wasn’t it.

“I have something I’m curious about.”

“Ask me anything!”

“I was wondering if you remember what you did before entering this resort.”

“Yes! Of course I remember! You’re a Disaster Management Bureau agent, right? I used to work there too.”

He remembers?

“Right. Then I’ll pass along regards. Suzaku Team 2, right?”

“Yes! Thank you.”

The Team Manager skillfully chose her words.

“But regards, well, I could go deliver them directly, right? When we get out of here…”

“That won’t do.”

“….”

“I swore to the Mascot that I would dedicate myself to this resort and signed a contract. I won’t leave. And the contract is valid forever, forever until it ends.”

“How about taking a vacation?”

“I don’t rest.”

“….”

The resort employee who was once a Cleanup Team Rookie looked at the Team Manager with a silent smile.

Silence.

“I should go into my room now. I have to follow work regulations! Employee, you should also quickly go into your room and don’t open the door for anyone else who comes.”

And he walked down the corridor and entered his room.

Thud.

“Damn…”

The Team Manager let out a curse like a sigh.

Since doing anything conspicuous in a supernatural disaster was something only fools did, she just regretted not being able to smoke.

‘How am I supposed to take him with me.’

She couldn’t open the window, so she just stood at the end of the corridor and looked out the window beyond. As if she were smoking.

If she set the mood like this, it seemed like the things to do would organize in her head…

Wait.

‘…?’

There was something beyond the window.

“…!”

The Team Manager immediately moved away from the window and pressed her body against the wall.

Noticing something in a supernatural disaster doesn’t always work out well.

Instead, she organized it in her head.

What she had just seen.

‘So…’

The resort grounds with all lights turned off showed only very dim silhouettes. And beyond that, traces of a place where some kind of brilliant lights and music sounds had been heard.

‘…It felt like an amusement park.’

But the ‘something’ wasn’t over there.

Next to it.

From beyond the ruins where the resort’s light didn’t reach… something was moving in lumps.

‘…Forest?’

It might have been tree leaves swaying in the wind.

But surely, there was something looking up this way… wasn’t there?

Something that looked like a mascot.

“….”

The Team Manager moved away from the wall.

And frowning, she approached the window once more…

Hel lo

“…!”

She turned around.

A cute costume standing in the middle of the dim, cozy, antique corridor.

…Before she knew it, the Yellow Mascot was standing right in front of her.

Why

did you come out

“…Ah. I wanted to check if my companion was doing well.”

The Yellow Mascot was looking at her expressionlessly with its cute-looking face.

Cold sweat ran down the Team Manager’s back, but she was able to get through it without showing it with her years of skill.

“Actually, I was craving a cigarette, but I held back.”

Good job

Surprisingly, the Mascot patted the Team Manager’s head as if she were praiseworthy.

And even gave her a small gift.

…It was a sleep mask.

“….”

She took it for now and kept it safe. She would hand it over to the forensics team later.

And the strange thing she had just seen outside the window…

‘Let’s not mention it.’

A strong survival instinct stabbed her back, but before that, the agent’s instinct that she needed to understand this disaster also emerged.

‘Damn.’

“I’m curious, what’s over there?”

She eventually reached out her hand, pointing in the direction where something had moved.

And slightly twisted her hand.

T h e m e P a r k

“Ah, it was the Theme Park. Then this is the Theme Park, and over there is… doesn’t seem like it.”

The Team Manager turned her hand to slightly adjust the position.

Toward the Forest.

H u g e

O u t s i d e

The Yellow Mascot looked at her.

D o n ‘ t G o

“….”

D a n g e r o u s

The Yellow Mascot guided the Team Manager to her assigned Room, then opened the Door for her.

G o

And until she completely entered and closed the Door, it stood still in front of the Door.

The Team Manager heard the Mascot’s murmuring through the closing Door.

M y J o b

A l l D o n e

And the next day.

The Agents were able to go outside for the first time since entering the Resort Building.

Because the back of the Resort had been opened.

T h i s W a y

Before Resort operations began, the Mascot gathered the Employees and brought them to the Ruins behind the Resort.

And the moment the Mascot raised both arms into the Air.

Whooooo

The fragmented facilities of the Ruins disappeared into the Floor.

Instead, beautiful Garden trees began to rise up.

“…!”

Landscaping was taking place.

Bushes with lush green leaves, trees, and golden flowers sparkled. Various colored small flower buds swayed, making the giant golden flowers even more prominent.

And even a Fountain.

“Wow! Is this the new facility?”

N o

C e r e m o n y

S p a c e

‘…Ceremony?’

The Team Manager looked around.

Standard Mascots were busily carrying something.

…Flyers.

Against the backdrop of the beautiful Night Garden, elegant and sparkling promotional text was written like golden light.

—

Come see Flower Golden

Dazzling sparkle!

Enchanting blooming!

The most beautiful in ■■

Illumination!

※Guests staying in Theme Park View Rooms can view special effects through the Window.

—

…Something was being prepared.

Resort operations day 5, night.

The time had come.

I checked my outfit in the Facility Office.

I tied an elegant golden bowtie over the Yellow Mascot’s characteristic fur.

And on my horns, I placed golden glass decorations like flowers…

Finally, I held numerous glow sticks in my arms.

Now all preparations were complete.

By Hosting the Ceremony Ritual, the Mascot who became the true owner of the Resort would be able to open the third facility.

Thanks to receiving perfect settlement of event funds from the Blue Mascot, the budget was ample.

I walked out of the Office.

Going to the Lobby where evening operations were in full swing, Guests gave me their attention seeing my appearance.

I distributed glow sticks to them one by one.

Standard Mascots also waved their hands, generously scattering small glow sticks to the Visitors.

The Ceremony Ritual I decided on was Illumination. A beautiful feast of light.

An excellent choice befitting Flower Golden Resort. It would establish itself as a perfect ceremony, further elevating this Resort’s prestige and showing dignity incomparable to the merely noisy Parade.

I led the Guests toward the back of the Resort Building.

The huge and beautiful Back Door I had prepared in advance,

opened.

Ooooooooo

It looks desolate.

The dark resort grounds, long after sunset, are pitch black, with only the theme park lights twinkling in the distance.

But even that is coming to an end now.

Golden Flower

The moment the mascot raised its hand.

Lights began to sparkle all at once over the garden.

Ooooooooo!

The night garden blooming in golden light dances and sparkles mysteriously.

The flower-shaped glow sticks that visitors received also light up with twinkling lights on each flower.

Ooooooooo!

The cheers and shouts of resort guests echo through the garden. I can see customers crying, laughing, and wailing on the ground in emotional overwhelm.

Now the preparations are complete.

-We extend our gratitude to everyone who visited Cheerful Theme Park today.

Shortly, the Twinkle Illumination will begin at Flower Golden Resort. We hope you will attend and witness the birth of the great Flower Golden…

I caught my breath.

‘Let’s do this well.’

The mascot had to decorate the finale of this show from the center.

And then…

“Oh, so you’re opening the third facility now!”

That’s Right

I proudly nodded to Lee Seong-hae who had approached.

“That’s great. The other zones have like ten attractions each. It would be fine to have more like that here too.”

No. I’m going to cut my losses and leave right away…

But as a mascot, I couldn’t voice such thoughts, so I just stood there quietly.

If I bring up another topic… ah, that’s right.

You Know

“Yes?”

I’ve been curious about this for a while.

How Did

You Get Out

Red Zone?

Just how did Team Leader Lee Seong-hae escape from the Red Zone, and by what means did he survive the day raw?

It would be good to hear this while relieving some tension.

“Ah, I got one stamp on my boarding pass. But that rabbit kept chasing me! I couldn’t ride anymore. It completely blocked me from going to the Blue Zone too.”

As expected.

“So I went to the opposite side!”

…

Huh?

“You can go to the opposite forest too! When business hours ended, the theme park started making weird sounds, but that crazy rabbit was slower in the forest even though it still chased me.”

That’s probably because it’s not its own zone.

No, so…

So he went around through the opposite forest all night and came out through the forest over there?

‘My goodness.’

“So when I arrived here, there was a resort!”

You Worked Hard

“Still pretty cool, right? Hehe.”

Yeah. Really cool.

To come out here while avoiding the chasing Magic Bunny.

Even if the mascot slowed down because it came to a place that wasn’t its own zone…

…

Huh?

Wait a minute.

Red

Mascot

Chased You?

“Yes!”

In Forest?

“Yes yes!”

I can understand if the forest isn’t someone else’s zone so it could go there.

The problem isn’t that.

Chased You

All The Way?

“Yes yes! It chased me almost all the way! When I came out here, it couldn’t come out and was blocked though!”

…

Magic Bunny.

Knows the way.

To the Yellow Zone.

-♩♪♬♬~♩♬♬~♩♪♪

-Kyahahaha!

“…”

“…Mascot?”

I turned my head.

With the garden created, the ruined grounds were developed and.

One step closer and completely touching.

Forest.

And the garden’s light shines all the way into the depths of the forest.

Thus revealing it.

Red Walking Path.

Standing quietly upon it.

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