Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 3

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 003

In the hellish chaos of a ghost story where people were dying left and right, a single survival ticket appeared.

Just like in a movie.

And it wasn’t an illusion either.

‘If you get off with the lost item announced over the broadcast, the train crew will guide you out of the station platform immediately upon meeting them…’

It was indeed a ray of hope.

The problem was that the lost item just announced over the broadcast was absurdly bizarre.

“What did they just say? A 20s adult male…?”

“The left eye of a Type A adult male.”

Go Young-eun shook her head with a haggard expression.

“Type A is probably… blood type.”

“Yes…”

A terrible silence flowed. She seemed to have already become frightened.

‘…Should I just let this pass?’

After all, everyone could survive if they got off at Correct Answer Station. If one person escaped first for no reason, wouldn’t the atmosphere become strange and cause discord?

But things didn’t proceed that easily.

“Still, wouldn’t it be better to find it?”

“That’s right. We don’t know what might happen…”

These new employees had become so strongly conscious of the announcement that they absolutely couldn’t just let it pass.

‘…Let’s wait and see for now.’

“By any chance, your age…?”

“Ah, I’m in my 30s.”

“You look young for your age. Oh, I’m Type B. Doesn’t apply to me.”

“Me too…”

People checked with each other whether they corresponded to ’20s Type A Adult Male.’

But no one who exactly fit the criteria appeared, and eventually the question came around to me.

“By any chance, Kim Sol-eum, are you…?”

I answered simply.

“I’m Type AB.”

Actually, it was a lie.

I am Type A.

‘But there’s no need to reveal that I’m the target.’

If I could become either a beneficiary or victim in this situation, they might misunderstand that I’m saying this for profit and I might not be able to persuade them later.

“I see, then Baek Sa-heon…?”

“Wait a moment.”

Suddenly, the person sitting across from me raised his hand with a determined expression.

“Actually… I fit those criteria exactly!”

“Ah!”

He spoke in quite a determined tone, probably because he thought he might die if things went wrong.

‘He doesn’t need to worry about that though.’

And the reason for his sudden revelation was clear.

[This station is Anger, Anger Station.]

It was because an announcement came out that we had arrived at a new station.

The station where station staff would be waiting to receive the lost item.

Tension clouded the face of the new employee who had volunteered himself.

“There’s no one else?”

“Yes… it seems that way.”

“Oh my.”

Baek Sa-heon, who was sitting next to me and listening to the conversation, sighed and asked the other person.

[The exit doors are on the right…]

“You’re Type A?”

“Yes, yes.”

“That’s unfortunate.”

And then a fist flew.

“…?!”

A fist mercilessly struck the left eye of the new employee who had revealed he was a Type A 20-something, making a horrible bursting sound.

Baek Sa-heon had struck the other person with the corner of his smartphone while holding it in his hand.

It was a strike as if he didn’t care if the eye burst completely.

“Ugh,”

And the moment the person who couldn’t even properly scream fell over.

[The screen doors are opening.]

Baek Sa-heon lightly jumped over the fallen person and went outside the train.

“Wh-what just…?”

“Ahhh!!”

“What are you?”

A beat late, people cried out in shock.

Baek Sa-heon chuckled.

“You idiots. If you can escape with just one eye, you should do it quickly!”

“…!”

“They said you could get off!”

It seemed Baek Sa-heon had accurately understood the context between the lines of the announcement.

-Anyone who has found the lost item, please get off at the next station and hand over the lost item to the station staff.

Even though there had been a hint to pay attention to the announcement, it was very bold judgment.

“Well… I guess you can’t expect that from someone who tells others to take responsibility for their own life.”

“Huh?!”

Moreover, while spouting harsh words, Baek Sa-heon was calm. He seemed confident that no one would dare follow him out.

And that was correct.

Everyone had already seen what happened when you got off at a station where you shouldn’t.

“That, that person…”

Go Young-eun’s face turned bright red, probably from anger, but I also felt a kind of refreshing sensation as if things were finally falling into place.

No wonder!

His nickname was Viper.

The descriptions of Baek Sa-heon in made sense when you considered they came from this kind of personality.

I had thought he might be okay since he was a new employee who hadn’t been tainted by society yet, but it seemed this was his original personality.

[The doors are closing.]

Meanwhile, Baek Sa-heon waved his hand toward the inside of the train.

Anyway, he seemed pleased with the thought that he had successfully escaped.

Even if it meant giving up his left eye.

‘Oh dear…’

But… here’s the thing.

‘There was no need for that.’

While everyone was focused on Baek Sa-heon, I secretly reached my hand up to the luggage compartment from behind.

‘I definitely saw it earlier…’

And when I swept my hand deep inside, I miraculously caught something that had been placed in an invisible blind spot.

I pulled my hand back to check the object.

Inside what looked like a strange portable lens container, there was a single eyeball.

And a label.

[Type A / Female / 27 / R]

What this was, was a lost item candidate.

‘After all, a lost item isn’t mine to begin with—it’s something someone else lost.’

In fact, this announcement was a treasure hunt system where you had to find the real item among several lost item candidates in the luggage compartment that exactly matched the description and take it with you when getting off.

Well, there have been cases where people coincidentally gave away something they had and escaped.

‘Now Baek Sa-heon would fall into that category.’

But what if he knew he didn’t have to ‘return’ his left eye?

The screen door had already closed. So just before the train departed, when Baek Sa-heon turned toward the platform, our eyes met for a moment.

I held up the lens container with the eyeball toward the door so it would be clearly visible.

Since I covered the label, only one thing would be clearly visible.

The eyeball.

-…!!

Beyond the door, Baek Sa-heon’s expression changed as he recognized what it was.

But the timing was already too late.

[The train is departing from Anger Station.]

The train leaves.

I looked back at the new employee that Baek Sa-heon had attacked.

Seeing that he had injured the left eye, Baek Sa-heon was trying to eliminate other ‘correct lost items’ besides what he had.

‘He probably did this thinking only one item might be accepted as a lost item.’

I think escaping alone can’t be blamed since everyone is trying to survive. But… this crossed the line.

I turned my head back toward the door.

From behind there, I could hear the sound of someone violently pounding on the screen door several times.

And from the distant platform, I faintly heard what seemed like the distinctive scream of someone experiencing bizarre agony.

[The lost item has been safely transferred to the station staff.]

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