Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 300

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 300

 

-Live broadcast starts in 60 seconds! 59, 58….

I clench and unclench my hands from nervousness.

Looking around, I can see the bright Home Shopping Broadcast Studio.

And the countdown clock too.

10:00

It will decrease once the broadcast starts.

A home shopping survival where life or death depends on how much you sell within the given 10 minutes.

‘I can’t believe I’m doing this crazy thing.’

But let me calm down.

‘It’s okay if I die.’

I tell myself. It’s not dangerous, it’s not dangerous….

It’s just a dream anyway. No, actually if I die, I’ll wake up cleanly from the dream, which is good.

I looked to the side.

My eyes met with my companions standing in other studios.

‘Right.’

Any one of us just needs to make it to the final and use the prize money for item shopping.

I nodded inwardly while recalling the ‘Shopping Loophole’ I had thought of.

‘Just one person needs to survive.’

-3, 2, 1….

I looked at the camera.

-Action!

The light came on.

“Hello! Today’s daily Show Host, Number 4, ‘Friend of Talk Show’. Please treat me well.”

Then….

Real-time reactions started appearing on the prompter next to the camera.

“…!”

-? What is this selling?

-SaltredbeansaltredbeansaltredbeanSaltredbean

-Die

-Crazy what is this lol looks like a ghost story

-Hello

-Looks good to be together

Where is this being broadcast to?

The moment I read the scattered strange chats, chills ran up my spine, but I smiled brightly without showing it.

“Today at our Delusional Home Shopping, I, Number 4, will be selling….”

I hesitated.

‘There might be regular people buying this.’

Something that won’t pose fatal danger to people while being something I can sell quickly.

I pulled out a rectangular box from under the desk and placed it on top.

Looking like a miniaturized gray container, it had an extremely crude and alien design.

“It’s the ‘Into the Vacuum’ series from Samramansang Company!”

-Huh?

-Did this person just say something otaku-like

-What are they saying

I knew this would happen….

‘But among the given options, this was the correct answer.’

What this is….

Into the Vacuum

A funeral product packaged with the bizarre advertising strip ‘Can safely transport important body parts of deceased generals.’

It seems to have been developed for the purpose of transporting remaining parts of high-ranking corpses who died in war intact during long-distance space travel.

Sometimes found already used with contents inside. Said biological matter has been identified as ■■■■■■.

…I know too.

You’re probably thinking ‘Space war funeral products… you’re going to sell that?’

In fact, it seemed like it hadn’t been sold at home shopping for a long time and was postponed, as dust had accumulated on the inventory in the storage.

But the thing is.

Originally, the important thing is the Selling Point.

I seriously lifted the container and held it up to the camera while saying.

“Everyone. Speaking of this… it’s a legendary airtight container.”

-What?

-Get trapped and die

-What are you saying

“You’ll be amazed! Just put it inside and seal it….”

I made tapping sounds as I opened and closed the container.

“Food that needs refrigeration can all be stored at room temperature!”

-???

“And that’s not all! The expiration date dramatically extends! If you store freshly caught fish, even after a month it’s still fresh! You can even enjoy it as sashimi!”

-Crazy

That’s right.

I’ll sell it as kitchen supplies…!

“Truly a product that changes the paradigm of kitchens!”

I started talking like crazy.

Food ingredients you know are better quality and cheaper in bulk but gave up on because you weren’t confident you could eat them within the time limit? Buy this container.

Food ingredients too expensive and good that you wanted to save for special occasions but couldn’t because they might spoil? Buy this container.

Dishes made by precious people who passed away that you wanted to preserve for a long time but had to throw away because they spoiled? Buy this container and it’s solved!

“That’s not all!”

Then I pause for a beat.

“Originally this… has a regular price of over two hundred, an incredibly high-end product. But we’re giving you one, two, three… a whopping 4 of them.”

I said seriously.

“For this broadcast only, we’re offering this entire set for just 530,000 won!”

 

-Oh

 

-Expensive!

 

-But I kind of expected it to be around that price

 

-Is it gold-plated?

 

-Please save me I’m trapped here

 

-Wait, what is this place? What are you selling? Does this make scientific sense?

 

-Good child

 

-Expensive but interesting

 

“Everyone, this is the price of a single hair dryer. The original market leader, patented technology, life-changing quality – it can’t get any cheaper than this.”

 

I spoke seriously.

 

“Even now, we’ve secured emergency stock to sell at this price. I’m being sincere.”

 

-But if it really stops expiration dates, that price is actually a bargain

 

-So cool

 

-Want to buy it

 

-Order coming in

 

“Free return period included! Try it once! If there really aren’t magical effects like ‘expiration date freeze’ and ‘room temperature storage possible’, you can easily return it!”

 

I shouted at the top of my voice.

 

[My Friend is… Oh, my goodness.]

 

…Embarrassing.

 

So embarrassing…!

 

However, my eyes glancing at the real-time quantity display next to the prompter were honest.

 

‘Great!!’

 

The remaining stock was smoothly flying off the shelves.

 

And shortly after.

 

“Sold out! Thank you. Today’s prepared quantity is completely finished.”

 

I was able to bow my head and end the broadcast.

 

01:45

 

‘Phew.’

 

Done.

 

-Number 4! Brown… no, ‘Friend of Talk Show’ show host!

 

-Ooh, sold out appears in first place. Complete sellout! Amazing performance!

 

-Unfortunately, sales settled at 2nd place. The limitation of choosing an affordable product.

 

-Still top tier! The comet of lowest prices!

 

I held back a sigh while looking at my ranking badge sparkling in 2nd place.

 

‘It would be better if I stayed until the end anyway.’

 

And… sadly, last place was.

 

-Number 2! ‘Eagle Eye’ show host is immediately eliminated!

 

“Well, can’t be helped.”

 

Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je shrugged her shoulders.

 

She had tried to sell ‘sleep gambling cigarettes’ that let you stay awake for three days but made you crash on the fourth day, but ran into numerous obstacles…

 

‘Home shopping show host… doesn’t really suit her…’

 

Still, I thought Manager Lee Ja-heon would be eliminated first.

 

Turns out his bizarre design sense combined with insane physical strength created strange aggro and he finished in 1st place.

 

“Everyone, I’m going first.”

 

-The eliminated contestant is… Huh?

 

And before the Main Show Host could move.

 

Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je, who had casually waved at us, collapsed cleanly.

 

She had quickly taken the euthanasia drug.

 

-…The shock of elimination must have been really great.

 

-It’s unfortunate, but if you can only sell this much of an unprecedented bargain product, elimination is right! Oh my, I’m tearing up thinking we stole everyone’s purchasing opportunity!

 

Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je’s corpse lying on the floor is quickly cleared out of the studio.

 

…Though I felt uneasy and uncomfortable, I continued looking at the camera while reminding myself that Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je had already left this place.

 

-Then we conclude Round 1 of this simultaneous sale special discount home shopping battle! Thank you for your great support!

 

And the round ended.

 

“…”

 

While Staff Members came in to clean up the studio and the Main Show Host of Delusional Home Shopping chatted with them about something, I tried to quickly communicate with my remaining Companion.

 

But.

 

-Clean this up.

 

The moment the Show Host pointed at Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je’s corpse, I reflexively spoke politely.

 

“Ah, should I clean it up?”

 

I need to move her to a safe place…

 

-Oh my, Friend of Brown. That’s what the Contract Workers are here for, no need for that!

 

-Come on, get up.

 

…Right now.

 

Why

 

is

 

the corpse moving?

 

-Go over there and wait.

 

Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je’s corpse raises its body. No, it’s not just a corpse moving…

 

There’s expression.

 

A face pale with shock.

 

Deputy Manager Eun Ha-je with a bewildered expression moved her body creakily and looked at me, but soon moved away.

 

Leading her dead body.

 

I watched that spine-chilling, bizarre situation while frozen in terror…

 

-During the survival show, we still have to recycle them. We need to get interviews and all that.

 

What?

 

“Aren’t they… dead?”

 

-Yeah, we keep using them while they’re dead. Delusional Home Shopping Studio greatly prefers rational cost reduction!

 

-Even though it’s an expensive location for broadcasting, this works out well! Is it because it’s an isolated place? Let’s use them well until their limbs rot and fall off!

 

Wait,

 

wait… just wait.

 

Only then did I realize why the Bronze Agent’s corpse had remained.

 

In Segwang Special City, the corpses we left behind when we died before would usually be gone when we returned. I thought they might have disappeared immediately, or been lost for some other reason.

 

But that’s not it.

 

What should normally disappear remained this time.

 

‘They couldn’t leave.’

 

So that means…

 

‘Even if you die, you can’t get out?’

 

-The insurance commercial is ending. Deploy them quickly!

 

I turned my head.

 

Other Shadowy Figures were entering the home shopping filming studio we had come out of.

 

Faces painted white, smiling to an eerie degree.

 

Neat attire, styled hair.

 

Beings with the typical appearance of show hosts.

 

Strange entities belonging to the Delusional Home Shopping ghost story.

 

-Now, Numbers 6 through 10. Everyone, let me introduce you! This is the next group for the Delusional Home Shopping survival!

 

‘No.’

 

But I realize.

 

They’re not residents of this ghost story.

 

They’re Segwang Special City People.

 

Among the Citizens who came to do part-time work at this Delusional Home Shopping, signed the wrong contract and went missing, the ‘useful ones’ were being continuously used by Delusional Home Shopping.

 

Whether dead or alive, continuously.

 

Literally, souls subordinated to show business.

 

And then I realize something else.

 

-When this broadcast ends, we’ll select 4 out of 10 Prospective Show Hosts! Excluding the two who are eliminated in last place, four more will be eliminated.

 

-And those four will each host the glorious final home shopping! Lowest prices, never-before-seen packages, special gifts too!

 

-Please keep your channel fixed! It’s Delusional Home Shopping’s Black Friday!

 

‘There were more Participants.’

 

I feel my blood running cold.

 

‘The winner might not come from among us…!’

 

If those people win, it’s over.

 

We’ll all be eliminated and become subordinated to this place in the same situation, without receiving anything.

 

Insisting on a Day Workers contract, demanding to be let out because the day is over, won’t work.

 

We’ll remain frozen in our ’employment status.’

 

Because we’re the dead.

 

“…”

 

“What are we going to do about this.”

 

Baek Sa-heon, who approached my side, whispers while breaking out in cold sweat with an expression like he’s about to grab someone by the collar.

 

“Looking at this, we can’t escape even if we die. Why did you make us sign something like a contract…!”

 

“…”

 

“There’s no way to guarantee first place either!”

 

I looked back at Baek Sa-heon.

 

Baek Sa-heon looked at me with gritted teeth, and I reached out my hand…

 

“Thank you.”

 

“…??”

 

I patted his shoulder.

 

“Noru. Should we try to break through a way to escape from the Station now?”

 

“…No. It’s dangerous.”

 

If we get caught doing that, they might charge us a massive amount saying we ‘ruined the home shopping.’

 

“There’s a way to get first place, so please wait. I’m asking you.”

 

“Mm… yes.”

 

[Noru… My Friend having to play the role of a cheap tout selling the best to viewers in such a vulgar and messy advertising program, oh, how can this be.]

 

[You seem to need help.]

 

Right.

 

I really did need help.

 

[Oh, then…]

 

So I decided to procure help on my own.

 

[Hm?]

 

I placed my hand over my chest.

 

Because I just thought of it.

 

‘A way to guarantee first place.’

 

Under the Cloth, I can feel the throbbing pulse on my skin and… the lines of the Tattoo.

 

The area where I’ve been feeling dynamic sensations ever since encountering this Broadcasting Station ghost story.

 

I pressed firmly and extracted one piece of Contamination that I had organized in my Tattoo.

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