Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 282

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 282

 

I kept worrying.

 

What would happen if those two became aware of each other.

 

“….”

 

Especially what kind of reaction Wolf Team Leader would show the moment he faced his own future.

 

“So that’s why.”

 

Eyes looking back at me.

 

“You spoke in roundabout terms about ‘Daydream’s future’ and asked if I wasn’t curious about my future.”

 

“…!”

 

“It didn’t seem like the whispers of a ghost story. Indeed, quite an impressive result from the future has appeared.”

 

“….”

 

“My future, you say.”

 

But there’s no despair in those eyes.

 

Instead, some kind of dark gaze that seems to be deeply calculating something passes over Security Chief and me.

 

Soon he opens his mouth toward me in a gentle tone.

 

“Then….”

 

A massive black front paw casts a shadow.

 

“…!”

 

Above Wolf Team Leader’s head before he could finish speaking, beast claws that rushed in instantly press down. Sticky black tar-like foreign matter covers over it.

 

Wolf Team Leader reacted instantly to that unannounced disaster and tried to slip away by sliding across the floor, but as if predicting even that, another hand blocks and grips tightly.

 

Two grips of contamination.

 

Caught Wolf Team Leader.

 

“….”

 

A situation that unfolded instantly without warning.

 

Since the sudden movement had no rules or omens, no one could react.

 

Why….

 

“Why are you doing this?”

 

“Hmm… seemed like he’d cause trouble…?”

 

“…!”

 

“Yeah. This much… no footstep sounds… no commotion…. It’s fine….”

 

Security Chief, whose form melts away revealing overwhelming and bizarre contamination, still gripping his past tightly, looks at me.

 

“Hey, quickly gag… his mouth…. You know that thing…. Badger… restraint device….”

 

“….”

 

“He’ll try… other things….”

 

I.

 

Took out the device that had been Sprout Class Teacher’s restraint until just before I freed it and began tying up Wolf Team Leader.

 

Cold eyes meet mine from beneath the wolf mask.

 

“…!”

 

I lowered my gaze.

 

Sweat beaded in my palms.

 

Is this really right? Questions and confusion filled my head, but… I had an even stronger premonition.

 

The feeling that if I don’t restrain him here and now, Security Chief will use more forceful measures.

 

‘He might cut off limbs.’

 

Such a ruthless choice, he seems like he’d do it to his own past without hesitation….

 

“….”

 

Security Chief is watching with yellow pupils as I finally gag Wolf Team Leader’s mouth.

 

“He’ll keep… trying to find out… information… and be bothersome….”

 

Just like he did with Golden Mascot during the brief time they were left alone.

 

Eyes that are certain he would have done the same to me while Wolf Team Leader was accompanying us.

 

“Should I just… kill him….”

 

“Please wait a moment.”

 

No!

 

“This person is Jay’s past, isn’t he. We don’t know what might happen if we carelessly eliminate him. It’s too dangerous.”

 

“Hmm….”

 

I desperately pull out persuasive arguments.

 

“Just now, our state was compared to books and pages, right. If we suddenly tear up pages, we’ll end up damaging the book. Ourselves.”

 

Security Chief tries to pull down his cap, then realizes both his hands are gripping his past and looks at me blankly.

 

“I don’t really… remember much anyway….”

 

“Even so.”

 

“….”

 

“You remember what you said to me, right? That we should find out what kind of food you used to like.”

 

Security Chief lifts his head slightly.

 

“Let’s choose extreme options that eliminate possibilities as a last resort. And….”

 

I spoke as calmly as possible.

 

“And if they really summoned our past selves to use as ‘librarians,’ we don’t know how the library might retaliate if we kill them.”

 

“…Hmm.”

 

Gaze.

 

Gaze….

 

“Right….”

 

The black clawed grip that was holding Wolf Team Leader disappears.

 

Security Chief’s arms return to human form, hanging limply and powerlessly in their gaunt state.

 

‘Phew.’

 

Cold sweat dripped down my chin.

 

SOR RY

 

MY FAULT

 

“No.”

 

Wolf Team Leader’s Truth-Lie Detection is at an almost superhuman level. With the mascot costume of an amusement park mascot that could only use somewhat exaggerated emotional expressions and direct word expressions, there would have been limitations.

 

Especially if it wasn’t the resort, and if the mascot had genuine intention to communicate.

 

But Golden Mascot, perhaps still feeling concerned, eventually tried to lift Wolf Team Leader himself.

 

I WILL

 

CAR RY

 

“No… give him to me….”

 

WE

 

GO DOWN

 

And Golden Mascot pointed to the corridor with the round front paw-like hands of the cat costume.

 

The place where Security Chief and I had just emerged from.

 

The back path of bookshelves leading to that dark, red, strange road.

 

“…You want to go there?”

 

He nods.

 

I’ll be the librarian

 

That way

 

you can

 

leave

 

“….”

 

A strange sense of guilt and resistance to accepting this choice rise up simultaneously.

 

‘…If this mascot becomes the librarian of Hanbit Library.’

 

Will my contamination disappear?

 

Will the resort be subordinated to the library?

 

‘…I don’t know.’

 

But is that… really okay?

 

In a library like this, even if it’s an entity that manifested from my contaminated parts.

 

Is it right to leave it behind?

 

“….”

 

Let me think.

 

Not just emotional reasons, but what would be the most appropriate thing for me to do right now.

 

“How about we all go together?”

 

“Together….”

 

“Yes. Judging by the button found there, the other companions are probably down below too.”

 

It’s easy to get confused because of the unexpected situation where past and future J3 recognize each other, but actually nothing has changed in terms of information or environment.

 

Our goal hasn’t changed either.

 

-Check on the condition of other companions and safely get out ourselves.

 

This.

 

“Judging by how Peregrine Falcon Deputy Manager’s recording was unnaturally cut off, some kind of incident must have occurred.”

 

And the escape method hasn’t changed either.

 

“We can take the medicine if necessary, but until then, couldn’t we continue exploring a bit more regarding traces or safety of our companions, and look into other methods?”

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

“Right….”

 

Phew.

 

So it was decided again.

 

We would all go down that strange path together, at least until another path appeared.

 

“….”

 

Security Chief took charge of the restrained Wolf Team Leader.

 

Nonchalantly, Security Chief grabbed the Elite Team adult male and started walking.

 

So we stepped into the corridor once again, like repeating fate.

 

Well, I was the only one stepping in for the third time though.

 

‘Ha.’

 

…It was fortunate that I said goodbye to Lee Gyeol first.

 

‘Let’s just not use written communication.’

 

I just need to be careful with writing. Right…. Since I’ve already explored, this is a choice I can make.

 

‘Phew.’

 

So I move my steps.

 

Inside.

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

…There was hardly any sound of footsteps.

 

The hidden book path becomes strangely steep, quiet and dim. Red light sources sparsely illuminate the bookshelves and books….

 

I realize.

 

The material of the bookshelves surrounding the corridor has changed at some point.

 

‘…Bone? Mud?’

 

What’s certain is that it’s not modern material.

 

Very old bookshelves, dark brown, gray, black that could be leather or soil or completely rotted human bones….

 

But strangely, the books placed there are vivid and densely packed.

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

Wiki update.

 

Those whose curiosity is not satisfied can enter deeper places. Past the places that want to open to the places that are closed, come to the door to the shining place, to the mirror that reflects truth, meet the owner of Hanbit Library

 

Prostrate

 

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I closed my smartphone.

 

With cold sweat drenching his neck.

 

And lifts their head.

 

After walking about 100 meters… the dark, descending path came to an end.

 

The end of the passage.

 

The dead end has five sides completely blocked by bookshelves: front, right, left, above, and below.

 

And there was a sign attached….

 

· ■ Patient Room ■

 

→■Jasang■young

 

←■■■■ry

 

↑■Materials Fee■

 

All mixed up.

 

Whether it’s due to the darkness, wear and tear, or some other factor, the text is barely legible.

 

But I manage to make out a single word.

 

‘Data room.’

 

Libraries of considerable size typically organize and store their materials and books by dividing them into different sections according to theme.

 

That structure has finally been revealed within this. In complete chaos.

 

Just one thing.

 

↓ Place of Worship

 

There were letters that could be read so clearly….

 

The path leading downward.

 

“This… seems like it’s opening…”

 

Thud.

 

The bookshelf on the floor shakes with the security chief’s footsteps.

 

Like a basement, or perhaps an attic. That bookshelf was clearly functioning as a door with a structure that opened up and down.

 

You know it intuitively.

 

‘It’s down here.’

 

The place where the Librarian was called to is.

 

“….”

 

The Security Chief sets down Wolf Team Leader he was holding onto the floor.

 

“Open… and put in…”

 

“That’s enough.”

 

…!

 

“It’s a bit difficult to do with tongue and teeth.”

 

…When I turned my head, I could see Wolf Team Leader’s face with blood around his mouth.

 

Somehow the restraints around his mouth had loosened slightly, his pronunciation somewhat slurred.

 

A chill runs down my spine.

 

‘Even the contaminated Park Min-seong was restrained.’

 

How on earth did he? Don’t tell me he cut his own tongue… Damn!

 

“Calm down. If I were you, I wouldn’t think of causing a commotion here.”

 

“….”

 

The Security Chief who was pinning down Wolf Team Leader slowly withdraws his arm.

 

…Between the black silhouettes, the wolf mask looks around at us.

 

“I don’t want to fight. I’m not trying to escape either.”

 

A relaxed and calm voice.

 

“Considering the length of the corridor and the limitation of not being able to make footsteps, I’d be caught again before that.”

 

“….”

 

“I just realized something and really wanted to say it. It’s about the library usage rules.”

 

“What is it?”

 

His gaze fixes on me.

 

“Dragon Employee. Do you remember this rule?”

 

When you obtain one, leave

 

“It’s the only conditional rule. What do you think it means?”

 

So, when you gain knowledge…

 

“You probably thought it meant to leave the library without regret once you obtain one piece of information. Isn’t that right?”

 

“…!”

 

“Well done. That’s a reasonable deduction. But… looking at it now, this library seems to move according to the will of something with a firm sense of self.”

 

“What are you trying to say?”

 

“Might there be a different subject in the conditional statement that only exists in that sentence?”

 

A bloody smile spreads beneath the wolf mask.

 

“The library’s consciousness. What if we fill in the missing subject in the sentence like this… ‘When I’.”

 

…!

 

When I obtain one, leave

 

It becomes a mad expression written from the library owner’s perspective.

 

And the circumstance that strongly supports this speculation.

 

Demanding a librarian.

 

“The interpretation is that when the library obtains one librarian, the other side can leave as a user.”

 

“….”

 

“And since it doesn’t specify particularly… it probably doesn’t matter which side it is.”

 

“So Team Leader.”

 

I swallowed.

 

“Are you saying you want to leave this place instead of Jay?”

 

“No.”

 

A clear voice speaks from beneath the wolf mask.

 

“For both past and future, for both of us, it’s advantageous for me to leave this library.”

 

“…!”

 

“Smart Dragon Employee. Let me go.”

 

Clear, deep eyes within the mask meet mine.

 

“Since I learned about the future, so I can prepare for it.”

 

What?

 

“But you said that the predetermined future cannot be changed,”

 

“Yes. That was me.”

 

The other party declares with certainty.

 

And his gaze sweeps over the Security Chief.

 

The contaminated figure who had fulfilled his brilliant functions in his prime.

 

His own declined future.

 

“I confirmed what I’ll look like decades from now, and that might not be changeable. …But you see. The secrets of my future that even Dragon Employee doesn’t know yet, I can create from now on.”

 

“…!”

 

“It’s certainly troublesome and bothersome. But since I already know, I can use different methods. For instance…”

 

His gaze turns toward the Security Chief.

 

“I can prepare methods and items for recovery from now on for when I become like this.”

 

“…!”

 

“Or I could pretend to be contaminated from the start, or find ways in the darkness to awaken from contamination decades later… There would be various methods.”

 

“….”

 

“I could also prepare for escape for my future self who will become a librarian in the library’s darkness decades later.”

 

So.

 

The current Security Chief could become ‘someone who, unbeknownst to himself, had completely prepared for recovery from this wolf contamination in the past and hidden it somewhere’?

 

He could recover.

 

“So for a better future. For other possibilities, can you let me go?”

 

Wolf Team Leader quietly looks at me.

 

I was frozen.

 

This past Elite Team Leader is now… saying he would prepare uncertain elements not confirmed in his future.

 

With the best possible outcomes.

 

“I can do that.”

 

A confident voice was heard.

 

The firm confidence of someone who knows what abilities they possess.

 

…Then.

 

‘Would this be good for the current Jay too?’

 

Since they’re ultimately the same person.

 

I reflexively looked at the Security Chief. I couldn’t help it.

 

“….”

 

The Security Chief stood without moving.

 

In the dark, red corridor, standing on top of the strange bookshelf, gaunt and powerless, shabby and uncared for.

 

Someone so contaminated that even eating Nostalgia Candy couldn’t sustain him for a moment.

 

Wolf Team Leader’s future raised his head.

 

And looking at his past self, he says.

 

“No.”

 

“You can’t do that…”

 

Wolf Team Leader’s mask is covered by the Security Chief’s long shadow.

 

“You… already became me. It’s not a possibility.”

 

….

 

“Since I’m the one who saw this library’s window… you are… my past… It’s not that I’m your future prediction…”

 

Ah.

 

“And what has already happened cannot be changed…”

 

The Security Chief looked at himself.

 

The past that had already passed.

 

The personality, form, and memories that were once himself.

 

“You were… arrogant.”

 

“…”

 

“That too… is something I cannot change…”

 

The Security Chief quietly pulled down his hat and stepped back.

 

The expression beneath Wolf Team Leader’s mask, still hidden by the cast shadow, was unreadable.

 

“Anyway… you won’t be able to leave… Since you’re already… me…”

 

“…”

 

After a long silence.

 

Wolf Team Leader’s voice is heard.

 

“Could you give my regards to the team kids? No, that won’t work.”

 

I felt suffocated.

 

The Security Chief looks back at me.

 

“Let’s put him… down below…”

 

“…”

 

But I unconsciously recalled something.

 

‘You are… me.’

 

And if it doesn’t matter which of the two…

 

‘…’

 

Wait a minute.

 

“Please wait a moment…”

 

I turned to look at the Golden Mascot.

 

What’s wrong

 

I had unconsciously thought wrong.

 

It’s true that this mascot could be a scene from my past. But to express it precisely,

 

‘It’s also one of the forms I possess.’

 

Right.

 

And the expression that was written in the wiki I had closed in shock…

 

Come to the door to the shining place, meet the owner of Hanbit Library, the mirror that reflects truth

 

Exactly this expression.

 

The mirror that reflects truth

 

‘…’

 

Ah.

 

“Jay.”

 

“Why…?”

 

“We… might have been mistaken.”

 

The analogy of books and pages was something Wolf Team Leader had made.

 

‘That’s also speculation.’

 

But since Wolf Team Leader was such an extraordinary person, we had unconsciously been conversing with that analogy as a given fact.

 

All of us. But…

 

“What we saw at Hanbit Library’s window was ourselves. Not some scene from the past.”

 

“…Ah.”

 

So, if we’re going to use a library analogy,

 

“We’re all the same single book.”

 

I pointed at the Golden Mascot.

 

More precisely, alternating between me and the mascot.

 

“We’re just different pages that have been opened, aren’t we?”

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

“…So.”

 

The Security Chief’s mouth opened.

 

“We were one from the beginning.”

 

The next moment.

 

Between the bookshelves of Hanbit Library, only the Security Chief and I were standing.

 

“…”

 

The dark, red, strange bookshelf corridor was gone before we knew it.

 

We were standing in front of the yarn in the bookshelf maze.

 

‘Ah.’

 

And I realized.

 

I was the Golden Mascot.

 

It comes to mind. Together with the Security Chief, searching for the missing companion and yarn in confusion while exploring Hanbit Library.

 

And probably concluding that I was fake, and saying in anguish that I would become a librarian while suppressing the fear of existence.

 

All those moments were me.

 

And.

 

“Noru?”

 

“Deputy Manager.”

 

I see the Former Team D Members coming around the corner.

 

My appearance with them also connects…

 

I was Grape.

 

Suddenly in the form of a clumsy New Agent who was working at the Disaster Management Bureau, accompanying the Former Team D members who met their past selves like doppelgangers, worriedly searching for the Security Chief’s whereabouts.

 

And in a strange corridor, leaving behind a button, seriously discussing what to do here…

 

Then suddenly blinking, the Security Captain appeared before my eyes.

 

That was also me.

 

“You’re back. No, Security Captain is here too!”

 

“…”

 

And the most shocking thing.

 

-Oh, this is how my friend looked when running that modest and cozy resort.

 

-My goodness, friend, your arm is gone!

 

The fact that Brown had been accompanying all three groups.

 

‘Hah…’

 

This bastard really.

 

‘Anyway, did we get the right answer and return to normal?’

 

What about the Librarian? No, more than that… wait.

 

‘…Then the Security Chief has memories of working as the Wolf Team Leader….’

 

….

 

I turned to look at the Security Chief.

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