Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 183

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 183

Four Symbols Sword.

In the past, a sword said to be crafted with rituals on the year, month, day, and hour of the Tiger to match the pure yang Tiger sign for defeating ghosts.

Especially the sword now held in the hands of the Hyeonmu Team 3 Leader of the Disaster Management Bureau was one made completely for ritual purposes, without even sharpening the blade.

However, precisely because of this, it displays incomparably powerful force in supernatural disasters.

“Hup.”

Naturally, it cannot be used in all supernatural disasters.

Nor can just anyone use it.

-A situation where evil and wicked things in the form of disasters or ghosts directly invade.

Only when this condition is met as closely as possible does it display proper power.

However, in supernatural disasters, one usually enters or gets caught up in a Strange Entity’s zone.

Conversely, cases where the opponent ‘invades’ are actually rare, and there aren’t many cases where they’re completely judged as wicked things.

However.

‘Perfect.’

The Team Manager’s hand trembles with something like a thrill.

Because the target had invaded the zone where she herself worked as an employee.

And because it had even removed the mask of being a friendly theme park mascot!

All conditions fit together like a puzzle to a degree that felt pleasurable.

“Ha!”

Thus, the sword’s Pure Yang Energy that surged forth riding half a Sword Strike became lightning and struck the wicked and evil thing with tremendous force.

Incomparably powerfully.

Completely!

Aaaaah!

“Aak!!”

Tremendous thunder and vibrations that shook even the distant shelter rumbled through the ground, spreading waves outward.

Dust and debris from the ruined buildings briefly obscured the dark view…

“…!!”

The wreckage of the resort building collapsing and burning.

Between them, the brutally crushed corpse of the giant Magic Bunny parade cast shadows in the flickering flames, briefly visible.

And the next moment.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!!!

Even the remaining wreckage of the resort came pouring down, and the things that had been inside the Red Mascot were buried underground along with the building.

Completely.

“…”

“…”

“I-Is it over?”

The Hyeonmu Team 3 Leader opened the shelter door and lightly jumped inside.

“Aak! Team Manager!”

“Quiet.”

The Team Manager sighed while dusting off her clothes, looked at her sword with concentration for a moment, then nodded.

“…There’s nothing wicked here anymore.”

“Phew!”

The Agent sat down with a sigh of relief.

The employees, who had already guessed the identity of the Disaster Management Bureau Agents from their appearance and speech but couldn’t bring themselves to create conflict given the situation, also felt relieved at once.

“Is this what the Mascot asked for?”

The Team Manager nodded lightly.

The employees were quietly impressed. The Mascot had it all planned!

Right. So while he used the entire resort building as a trap to hold the crazy Magic Bunny, a suitable employee would attack…

…

Wait a minute.

“Th-Then the Mascot is…?”

He got struck by lightning together and buried in the building.

Silence.

Everyone’s gaze turned to the Team Manager, but she shook her head slightly.

“I didn’t hear anything about that far.”

“…!!”

Wait.

“C-Couldn’t we talk if even one Yellow Mascot remained? It seemed like they could switch bodies…”

“They were all left in the resort!”

Moreover, they had already seen from the shelter the crazy Magic Bunny chasing and parading to tear apart even the last Yellow Mascot!

“Then… are the Yellow Mascots also… dead?”

“…!”

Several employees panicked at the Agent’s speculation.

Field Mouse grabbed the collar of the Former Ladybug Employee.

“You, don’t you know anything? Don’t you!”

“Communication with the Mascot is currently cut off! Let’s wait together until the theme park’s business starts!”

“Aaak!”

“W-Wait a minute. If there’s no Mascot… who’s going to stamp our passes?? We need to get stamped to leave! Who’s going to certify that we used this shelter!”

“Calm down! We can just go to the Blue Zone in the morning and ride one!”

“That’s fine for you guys! I drew the yellow piece together, so I have to drag even the Mascot’s corpse! I can’t escape this zone!”

As the mascot became stronger, they could move freely within the zone, but restrictions were still restrictions.

To clear the board game without getting hanged, they absolutely had to travel together!

…Dragging a dead mascot?

It was when Field Mouse’s face, the only survivor of the yellow piece team, turned pale.

Thump thump.

“…?”

A polite knocking sound was heard.

When they turned their heads, Lizard was tapping the floor.

“Please come out now.”

At that moment.

Creak.

The floor made a strange sound and opened with a thud, and a person popped out from inside!

“Uwaaaak!”

“Aak!”

That was, that was…

“S-Security Team!”

A figure wearing a strange mask, with black smoke emanating from their entire body.

Countless bizarre horns, eyes like yellow lanterns, and a light source at their waist.

A Security Team Employee whose strangeness seemed bound to their belt in human form.

This was the true form that had been inside the Yellow Mascot costume.

“…!!”

Having faced them in the form of a cute mascot, the Daydream Employees had forgotten, but now their spines chilled at the sight of that naked Strange Entity setting off danger signals.

But at the same time, they realized the truth.

They’re alive!

“Aha! You must have thought Magic Bunny wouldn’t be able to find you well if you weren’t in mascot form!”

“Ah…!”

Right. The Yellow Mascot had thrown off their mascot costume like Magic Bunny after business hours ended.

And while the Yellow Mascots lured Magic Bunny at the resort, the main body had quietly hidden under the shelter and was perfectly alive. In other words….

They were fine!

“N-now… is the Yellow Zone safe? Hic!”

The Yellow Mascot’s main body, who had quietly looked back at the weasel mask, nodded.

“Ah…!!”

At that moment, the shelter filled with relief.

They survived!

They had safely survived Magic Bunny’s attack!

“Ahhh!”

And the Disaster Management Bureau’s Team Manager was quietly watching this scene.

‘Hmm.’

Her eyes quickly scanned the yellow Strange Entity.

Anyway, that must be the real identity that was hiding inside the cute Yellow Mascot costume.

‘Did Daydream Company really learn how to capture and control supernatural disasters?’

They seemed quite obsessed with how the Disaster Management Bureau collaborates with Dokkaebi and wanted to figure out how to do it, so maybe they developed their own method.

‘…That also looks like it has some kind of Prohibition Spell cast on it.’

It looked formidable, but not everything powerful is evil.

She realized that this being had treated the human employees with goodwill and tried to protect them.

‘Hmm. But… didn’t they consider the consequences if things went wrong?’

What would have happened if Magic Bunny had noticed first that the Yellow Mascot’s main body was hiding in the shelter?

They would have definitely attacked the entire shelter and all the employees would have died.

‘Well… if it had come to that, they might have thought it would be better for everyone to die cleanly.’

The Team Manager felt a strange sense of unease but let it pass for now.

Anyway, that intimidating supernatural phenomenon seemed to have good intentions, making it ambiguous to classify as a disaster.

“Oh, so Manager Lizard heard the situation from the Mascot! That’s why you let us know with the knocking?”

“No.”

“Huh? Then how did you know?”

“I heard sounds.”

“Aha.”

The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

And the Team Manager realized that despite the mascot’s main body looking formidable, their movements strangely lacked strength and their mysterious spiritual power didn’t make her skin tingle.

When they were the Yellow Mascot, that intimidating presence was rather chilling.

…It seemed they had been weakened after taking a fatal attack from Magic Bunny, and the resort itself, which was the source of the mascot’s power, had been destroyed.

‘…Did they get all their power drained?’

The Team Manager conveniently misunderstood the costume!

Anyway, in the meantime, the Yellow Mascot also took some action.

“Oh, Mascot…?”

That Security Team special entity stood quietly and picked up something, holding it near where ears would be on their mask.

It was….

‘A handset…?’

It was a classic-looking handset with a torn phone line.

And they stayed still for a while. Only occasionally nodding or shaking their head.

Of course, no sound came from the disconnected handset….

“….”

“….”

What exactly are they listening to?

In the silence, the employees felt somewhat creeped out but continued riding the hopeful atmosphere.

“T-then we just need to hold out here until morning and then leave! Anyway, we used the facilities, and with the Mascot here, we can get our stamp…!”

“….”

“R-right…?”

The Mascot quietly looked at Field Mouse and then.

Shook their head.

“…!”

“You mean… we can’t leave?”

That’s when it happened.

The black smoke swirling around the Mascot drew patterns in the air.

That dark, haze-like substance revealed its form in the yellow lantern light.

Writing.

You can leave

“Ah…!”

But first

Finish the job

“Excuse me?”

Red Zone

Occupation

“…?!”

And so, in the middle of the night.

The employees of the Yellow Zone all carefully emerged from the shelter together, following the Strange Entity that had been playing the Yellow Mascot role.

Even the shelter was already wavering in form due to the decline of the Yellow Zone.

“Well, since it’s come to this, let’s go together.”

“Team Manager….”

Agent Go Myeong wiped away tears, saying he’d been calling his superior all day long.

Some employees were prepared to struggle and refuse to follow, but since someone from their team was going along, they reluctantly left the shelter with tears in their eyes.

Those who drew the same colored piece would be hanged if they got completely separated.

And they didn’t have confidence to overpower Manager Lizard or Elite Team Dolphin Supervisor to stay behind.

Moreover, the most action-oriented person among those who might struggle had already been reborn with the identity of ‘Flower Golden Resort employee’.

“I received orders to cooperate with the employees’ actions and work!”

Thus, everyone ended up following the special department entity wearing a Security Team uniform.

Their first destination was….

The gate that had already gone dark.

-Will you infiltrate the Red Zone by crossing through the Blue Zone?

As the thing that had been the Yellow Mascot affirmed that question.

“Huu.”

Being careful even with their breathing, the employees quickly crossed over the gate. And….

They made eye contact with the Blue Mascot.

“…Gasp!”

The thing carelessly placed by the gate was still wearing its costume suit.

However, it lacked the liveliness of business hours.

The stiff appearance of the costume suit clearly showed that someone was inside controlling it.

The strange entity that had been the Yellow Mascot approached it.

And once again communicated through smoke.

To the Red Zone

The one wearing the Blue Mascot costume quietly stood up from its spot.

And began walking as if to guide them.

“….”

“….”

Had this been agreed upon in advance?

The employees swallowed nervously and quietly followed the two entities.

The Blue Mascot crossed through the water park that had closed for business.

Splash.

Each step made a wet sound.

In the dead of night, walking along the dark waterside relying only on the yellow lantern emanating from the entity’s body.

An eerie atmosphere flowed that made them forget this had been a theme park…. Tension crept up several people’s spines.

Then.

“Excuse me, Blue Mascot. Isn’t it stuffy to keep wearing that costume?”

Aaaah!

“They said mascots can’t cross to other zones as they are. If you’re coming with us, don’t you need to take off your costume?”

Several employees and even one agent were shocked by Lee Seong-hae’s bold statement.

However, the Blue Mascot remained quiet.

….

It simply stared blankly at the questioner and continued walking without a word.

Team Leader Lee Seong-hae tilted his head but soon shrugged his shoulders and followed those footsteps.

Soon they stood before a giant wall.

The wall separating Magic Bunny’s Fantasyland and Blue Dream Water Park.

The wall appeared thicker and more elaborate, as if it had undergone additional reinforcement construction.

Lizard asks.

“Shall we break through and enter?”

The thing that had been the Yellow Mascot nodded. However, it raised its hand.

Wait.

As if telling them to wait.

And when it stared at the Blue Mascot, the one wearing that costume walked to the very back.

Thud, thud.

The employees heard the drooping footsteps of the costume suit walking behind them….

And then.

Do Not Look Back

“…!”

The employees staggered.

A will as deep as the deep sea and as powerful as a tsunami seemed to shake their insides.

They knew instinctively. It was okay only because they heard it from behind. They must not face it. If they faced it.

They must not.

“….”

Ziiiiip.

Behind them, they heard the sound of a rusty zipper going down, and something dropping the costume fabric to the floor as it stood.

Splash.

A wet sound.

The entity holding the yellow lantern at the very front created sentences with smoke.

From now on

absolutely

do not look behind

“….”

The employees swallowed nervously.

Thus they stepped foot into the darkened Magic Bunny’s Fantasyland.

With something from the deep sea following behind them.

The ending was right before their eyes.

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