Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 366

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 366

I raised my head.

Water was rising in the resort hallway.

Slightly murky, not as clear as the chlorinated water filling the theme park’s swimming pools.

That form like rainwater.

Rumble rumble rumble…

Water pours in, creating waves.

Strangely, I see thick waves that don’t enter the open management office, rippling as they flow through the dark Flower Golden Resort corridor.

That undulating panorama.

And…

G o o d c h i l d

I approach the waterside of the corridor.

And since I couldn’t find a more appropriate title, I called out like this.

“…Elder?”

C o m e h e r e

Rainwater ripples, taking shape as it splashes into the air of the corridor.

As if calling out.

“…”

I put my hand into the water current.

My cloth hand gets soaked and is heavily pulled into the water.

Strangely deep.

“…!!”

Splash!

And so I sank.

My breath… breathing wasn’t difficult.

It’s peaceful.

‘Ah.’

I lowered my head.

I see the scales I’m holding in my arms glittering even in the opaque water before melting away…

And.

Rumble rumble rumble…

The current began flowing heavily and fiercely toward the other end of the corridor.

‘…!’

Whoosh whoosh, the corridor scenery changes.

Thanks to the water surrounding me, I didn’t collide with anything. Even though I’m submerged in water and can’t see the shapes properly, I witness it.

‘Daydream Company character!’

The Dragon Character from Daydream Company, holding office scissors, eventually gets submerged by the massive waves it encountered, its cotton soaking wet as it sinks.

‘Ah.’

I can see its outline in the flowing water.

The dark golden liquid covering the character also gets washed away and dissolved by the water.

The Daydream Company character, its messily sewn appearance fully revealed, seemed to try raising its scissors upon discovering me in the water, but gets swept away by the fiercer current instead.

Waves.

It disintegrates within them.

The worm-like things that had been wriggling between the gaps of the Daydream Company character also scatter.

Into the deep water.

The remaining pieces of the Daydream Company character crumbled beneath the corridor floor, as if sedimenting over a long time, sinking to the ocean floor.

I watched that overwhelming spectacle with my mouth closed.

Rumble rumble rumble…

The water continues to flow.

I pass through the corridor and finally emerge into the massive lobby of the old Flower Golden Resort.

Waves are already rippling there too.

The lobby doors, unable to withstand the water pressure, open, and the water current flows again.

What’s taking me along the path is…

N o w

H e r e

…Outside the resort.

To the gate.

“…”

I carefully pull my body out of the water.

I walk to the gate and look beyond the Yellow Zone.

It’s where the Blue Zone used to be.

That place, in my mental world…

“…”

Blue Dream Water Park is now submerged in water.

A massive water surface covering all the various swimming pools, wave pools and lazy rivers, and artificially created small pools.

The sea.

That place had become the sea…

“…”

A strange surge of emotion wells up.

Cutting out the sea and cramming it into swimming pools.

Adding preservatives so it won’t rot even when stagnant.

I couldn’t understand why all those acts felt so cruel…

Or whose emotions these were.

I ‘ m

O k a y n o w

“…!”

I lower my head.

‘Waves’ ripples as it speaks.

Here

“….”

I see it.

The gate to cross over.

◎ Exit ◎

Please return safely

If I go through this gate, I think I can escape from my mental world….

Then I can wake up.

Thanks to the ‘Someone Inside the Blue Mascot’ who responded to my summoning, I prevented being killed as Good Friend’s ego.

But.

‘…If I leave, Director Cheong will use another method.’

So….

Are you worried?

…!

“…Yes. I am worried.”

Waves ripple.

It’s okay

I

will help you

I know what these words mean.

It’s saying… it will deal with Director Cheong.

That was something I had somewhat expected when I used the scale in the first place.

Wouldn’t that identity as the ‘Master of the Deep Sea’ be conceptually advantageous against Kwang-cheol, who is symbolized by fire and drought.

Because that’s what matters in ghost stories.

‘But… is it really okay?’

Actually, I know I should nod my head quickly here.

Whatever Director Cheong did when he stuffed that dragon into the Blue Mascot, whatever happens when confronting Director Cheong….

It’s offering to help.

I’m not in a situation where I can worry about ghost stories. At this rate, my ego will collapse and I’ll be permanently buried underground in the Security Team.

It wouldn’t be strange to be paralyzed with panic.

I know that….

….

“Thank you. But… it seems too dangerous.”

I smiled and crouched down to look at the waterway.

“Director Cheong has already harmed you once, Elder, so there’s no guarantee he won’t do it again.”

Right.

It felt refreshing to say it.

This seems right.

“So, I hope you’ll only lend me the power you can without revealing yourself….”

But.

No

“…What?”

I

already

came

“What!?”

Came

It’s already taking advantage of closing time, responding to my call and arriving at Seegwang City Hall Rooftop… W-wait a minute!

“It’s dangerous!”

And if it did that, it might not be able to return to being a mascot!

If there was no General Manager to delegate operations to like me, that would be suicide. Originally, mascots can’t leave the Theme Park! That identity was both a constraint and an authority. But if it lost everything by doing that….

“…You might disappear.”

It’s okay

The waves ripple as if comforting me.

It’s okay

“….”

No.

I can tell this isn’t a guarantee that it’ll really be okay, but comfort….

And.

I

want to

A guarantee that it’s an action the Dragon itself wants.

In addition to helping me, it has its own karma to resolve with Director Cheong.

“….”

Then.

“To prevent that from happening… I’ll assist you as much as possible.”

I explained the method.

The waves seemed to listen, then the giant Dragon beneath those waves agreed.

“…Thank you.”

And.

Now

go

The waterway pushed me like a hand.

‘Ah.’

I lost my balance and fell….

I crossed the Exit Gate.

“Grape!!”

I opened my eyes.

Thud thud.

Raindrops were falling onto my face.

Just like in the mental world, rainwater was soaking my body….

I reflexively lifted my head.

The giant eye that had appeared in the sky was nowhere to be seen.

Director Cheong’s eye.

Dark clouds heavy with rainwater were covering it….

‘Ah.’

“Are you conscious? Hurry!”

Someone grabbed and pulled me.

When I turned my head, I saw not only Lizard’s face but also blue jackets… Wait, hold on!

‘Agents?’

Did they come here in the meantime? I hurriedly got up.

‘Ugh!’

My arm was broken. …Coincidentally, it was the same arm that had been torn in the mental world.

‘Was I caught again on the emergency staircase and dragged up to the sky… then fell to the rooftop floor?’

I gritted my teeth and looked around.

Among the people surrounding me, I saw someone unexpected.

“Agent Chogae?”

“Oh, it’s the agent I saw in the subway!”

The lion mask shook.

“Kwang-cheol, that thing seems to have lost strength from the Blue Dragon’s energy. In this gap, quickly….”

You.

“….”

From the sky.

A massive and heavy voice echoed.

To think you’d evade

You have a talent for making things troublesome.

I swallowed.

The people skillfully supported me, then moved me back while staying alert without looking directly at the sky.

That’s not a very obedient attitude.

“Pharmaceutical company Director, have you perhaps heard of a Ministry of Employment and Labor audit!”

Agent Choi!

“Great word choice! I was wondering if I got caught up in some supernatural phenomenon going back to 1988!”

It seems the soldiers doing the nation’s work have developed a habit of speaking carelessly.

Trespassing without permission into places where you shouldn’t be.

“Huh? Since when did South Korea’s special city become Daydream Company’s corporate city?”

I saw cold sweat flowing down Agent Choi’s neck.

‘What are they doing?’

Now that I looked, the agents were preparing something.

Agent Chogae shook his lion mask as if to draw attention.

Don’t tell me you trust these dark clouds and rain?

Are you waiting for the Dragon King of the East Sea to appear with lightning?

“You know well, Kwang-cheol! Hurry up and run away with your tail between your legs…”

How unfortunate. He’s been unemployed for a long time now.

“…What?”

Oh my, it seems you haven’t heard the news for several years.

After he became unemployed, he struggled with job hunting… and barely managed to grab the employment opportunity I arranged for him.

Even if it’s a lowly job of wearing a doll costume and performing tricks, he wanted to get hired, so what could I do.

I had to help him.

Insulting remarks poured out.

Agent Chogae stood frozen stiff.

The lion mask shook unsteadily.

However, now he won’t be able to leave that small amusement park.

He’s being treated according to his abilities.

“This….”

Why don’t you try calling out at the top of your lungs again. Calling the Blue Dragon… well, don’t you have your ceremonial rituals?

….

“There’s no need to call.”

I grabbed Agent Chogae’s shoulder.

“Agent,”

Because.

“He’s already here. …Below us.”

I pointed below the rooftop.

Thunk.

On the old roadside of Segwang Special City.

A fire extinguisher by the wide road suddenly opened in all directions.

And.

Rumble rumble rumble…

Water gushed forth.

“…!!”

From the rooftop, it looked like a painting.

In an instant, streams of water from Blue Dream Water Park spread along the street and expanded across the ground.

Small, neat finishing touches were added to the outskirts of the road where water pooled.

They were tiles from Blue Dream Water Park.

Right.

-There’s a theme park branch 2 that I’ve already expanded underground there…

-Since we have that infrastructure, how about we temporarily open Blue Dream Water Park next to it? The cost won’t be too high.

-Like a pop-up.

And so we did.

Following the proven method, the swimming pool fills the subway maintenance tracks like a sea and overflows above ground, temporarily revealing the dream theme park.

A brief illusion that will disappear once people fill Segwang Special City again and daily life resumes.

Part of Blue Dream Water Park.

But that alone was enough.

This is…

“Director.”

I said.

“Someone has come to find you.”

A massive form emerges from the water of the water park.

“…!!”

A water current.

Rippling and dancing as it surges into the air, it doesn’t have a standardized form.

However, the appearance is projected according to the symbols that civilization and stories imagine.

A snake’s streamlined body, rabbit’s eyes, cow’s ears, hawk’s talons, tiger’s paw pads, and…

Deer’s horns.

All of it wrapped in cloud-like fins and winding whiskers, rising toward the sky.

Ascension.

“Kwang-cheol is… fire and drought.”

“…”

“Behold, the water current that drives away fire and drought.”

A trembling voice is heard.

“Our lord’s procession.”

The dragon’s form wrapping around City Hall casts its shadow over the rooftop.

But as it draws closer, I can see.

Parts of its form are crumbling here and there. Missing scales, parts of claws that are pale white and crushed, cruel and merciless traces of torture as if chunks of flesh had been put in salt water jars and pickled.

Even so…

It’s incredibly powerful and divine.

Beautiful.

If it came any closer, I’d probably want to pluck out my eyes and offer them.

“Don’t look too closely! You might not be able to handle it!”

Ah.

At the same time as Agent Hae-geum’s words, I gasped for breath and let my gaze drift hazily.

But that silhouette and presence still brings both intimidation and strange elation to the rooftop simultaneously.

Azure Dragon.

That massive form flashes in the dark clouds.

A divine appearance.

And…

Staring.

Flash.

Lightning strikes and the sky sparkles.

Now a faint voice is heard from beyond the dark clouds.

The Five Elements say water overcomes fire, water can defeat and suppress fire…

Fire and drought crumble before the procession of the East Sea Dragon King who brought the rain.

Right.

And, and…

Did you think… such a thing?

From the massive voice, everyday non-verbal expressions are detected inhumanly. That’s…

Laughter.

You folks… are quite old-fashioned.

“…”

What era’s story are you talking about, I wonder.

Wait…

Behold.

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