Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work - Chapter 80

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Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story, I Still Have to Go to Work Episode 080

Now. Let me organize this.

That monster in front of me… that is, that person in a horrific state with pixelated distortion, was definitely Go Young-eun from my company.

Since I could see the Sheep Mask clearly.

‘I’m starting to feel sorry for blasting the flashlight at high power right in front of her eyes…’

I gritted my teeth and tried to focus on the mask instead of the revulsion.

The problem was that normal communication was impossible!

I couldn’t speak, and I couldn’t properly hear what the other person was saying either…

‘Ugh.’

It felt like errors were filling up my head too. This is driving me crazy.

Eventually, while pondering communication methods, I took out the pen I had brought from my pocket and wrote on the floor, trying my best not to look at the other person.

Sanyang?

And I waited silently.

Again, when ‘Go Young-eun’ stared at me and I stopped moving.

A response came back on A4 paper on the floor.

Noru?? Do you have self-awareness right now? Are you capable of moving autonomously?

‘Phew.’

Good.

I turned my head to look at the monster… no, ‘Go Young-eun’ and wrote my response.

Yes. It’s possible.

I’m not contaminated, so don’t worry. Though I’m a bit concerned about how this might sound since a contaminated person would probably say the same thing…

I used a gimmick from within the ghost story.

A gimmick?

Yes.

How should I explain this.

‘As expected, here… a straightforward answer is the right approach.’

The colleague in front of me was definitely smart. So I eventually decided to write directly without beating around the bush after some consideration.

The answer key to this ghost story that all the worldview clues pointed to.

This is a school where a horror game became reality.

.

This was the registered name of this ghost story’s wiki entry, and also the name of the game that caused all the incidents happening in this nightmarish Sekwang Technical High School.

The hints were in the investigation records that found worldview clues in the Faculty Office and certain classrooms.

■ Month ■■ Day Confiscated Items List: Game Console

Memo in the right corner of Class 3-2’s blackboard:

Notebook dropped on the Music Room floor:

Various other notes and items.

You could even find the class and seat of the student whose game console was confiscated, search through their bag, and see an empty game case with a plot summary written on the back…

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The day before graduation.

Students who volunteered to help prepare for ■■■■ High School’s graduation ceremony spend the night at school.

Of course, the event preparation was mostly an excuse, and the students happily enjoyed the late-night camping atmosphere.

New couples formed, best friends fought, and someone’s secrets were exposed…

Suddenly, the school broadcast came on.

[The graduation ceremony has begun.]

[To give penalty points to students who haven’t attended, teachers are now departing from the auditorium.]

The bloody graduation ceremony begins.

Will they be able to safely escape from the nightmare school in the middle of the night??

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That’s how it naturally reveals itself.

This ghost story is a nightmare where that horror game swallowed an actual school, and the game play repeats endlessly.

That’s why the students don’t speak.

‘Because it’s a game without voice acting.’

That’s why the third-year students on the 4th floor can’t leave their positions.

‘Because the main game hasn’t started yet.’

That’s why… the students can’t move when explorers are looking at them.

‘…Because we’re bugs that weren’t originally in the game.’

That’s right.

The explorers weren’t even participants in this game.

‘We’re not even playing the game.’

We were just dragged in while trying to peek at the game’s story through a text file downloaded through unofficial channels…

‘Phew.’

Of course, I didn’t explain all of this in detail to my colleague, but rather selected appropriate clues and conveyed just the logic.

The main point is this.

I acquired student uniforms through a rather unique method and tried to become a participant in this horror game.

And it seems to have succeeded for now.

A game? Ah, this seems like that! Like those horror games where you get trapped in school the night before White Day!

But wouldn’t becoming a game participant in a ghost story be dangerous instead? Plus, we don’t know what might happen if you wear those uniforms for too long.

Go Young-eun’s handwriting, which started somewhat excitedly, became more hastily scrawled toward the end.

It was a reasonable concern.

You’re right. If it gets dangerous, I’ll stop immediately.

I was also planning to flee hastily if things didn’t go as expected.

But so far, things have gone according to plan…

Still, this could become the clearest Clear Route we can document in the manual.

I’ll give it a try.

After a brief silence.

Well, I understand for now. Noru, you’re particularly strong against ghost stories…

“….”

Really, it’s a misunderstanding…

Still, I hope you won’t do anything too dangerous.

I wish I could avoid it too, but things in this world don’t go as planned…

Ah, then since being with me like this might make other Students suspicious of you, I’ll be going now.

Huh?

You really need to take care of yourself!

That was the last message.

The moment my freeze was released, I could see the slow-moving Go Young-eun already turning around and walking away down the corridor.

W-wait a moment, Young-eun…!

‘I still have more questions to ask!’

Please help me!

I quickly pursued her and very lightly tapped Go Young-eun’s back, then frantically wrote a new message.

Please wait, I have something I’d like to ask Sanyang.

This is probably specialized knowledge that only Sanyang can answer here.

Yes yes! Feel free to ask!

Fortunately, Go Young-eun turned around and kindly responded.

Phew!

I gratefully wrote my question quickly.

Please tell me where each organ is located in the human body.

Excuse me??

Ah, oops.

Fortunately, Go Young-eun didn’t cut ties with me…

She just asked me about company life, accounting, and other realistic details, calmly and strictly verifying several times whether I was in my right mind.

And after becoming convinced that I hadn’t become completely contaminated and developed a peculiar hobby for dissection like some Science Lab Student, she became kind again.

Understood! I’ll answer to the best of my knowledge haha

Thank you… *sob*.

I spent the remaining time intensely exchanging questions and answers with Go Young-eun.

Thanks to that, my ‘Clear preparation’ was completed in a safer and more reliable way than I had expected.

Good luck.

You too. Thank you!

…Hmm.

Just in case, I added this as well.

If you’re planning to stay in this dream longer, it would be best to remain on the First Floor.

Because soon, ‘In the Black Shadows’ would truly begin.

“….”

And so,

a few minutes after I saw Go Young-eun off.

[Ding- dong- dang- dong-]

[The graduation ceremony has begun.]

A new announcement comes out.

…Just like the thirteenth Investigation Records I had written.

Investigation Records #13

I went up to the 4th Floor.

The countless Third-year Students who had been densely filling That Floor’s corridor…

Had all disappeared.

“….”

An announcement echoes through the empty 4th Floor Corridor.

[To give penalty points to Students who did not attend, the Teacher is now departing from the Auditorium.]

The Investigation Records I had written, exactly as they were.

The main horror game storyline begins.

It becomes reality.

“….”

I swallowed hard.

First, the atmosphere of the school had completely changed.

The school that had been nothing but comfortable as a Student now had an ominous and uncomfortable atmosphere.

No…

I can actually hear BGM…!

Classic 8-bit game music began settling into my ears in an eerie and steep minor key.

And the popup too.

Somehow I feel strange.

‘No.’

I won’t do that.

Since I know a faster route, I’ll steel my resolve and first…

‘Hide.’

I ran toward the 3rd Grade Faculty Office.

First, hiding in the locker inside here is the standard move…

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“…!!”

Again.

‘Monster!’

I rejected the ear-splitting insane noise and quickly entered the locker in the Faculty Office.

The problem was that there was a monster in one of the 4th floor classrooms, right next to the Faculty Office.

That monster opened the door and hesitantly came out, then looked straight at me.

At my shadowed face beyond the locker.

‘…It looks like it’s wearing a mask.’

Since I stopped, I couldn’t move my face, so I couldn’t tell what kind of mask it was through the limited view blocked by the locker door.

‘Anyway, it’s definitely an Employee from our Company.’

However, because of how many name tags they had and the light coming from them, I could barely tell it was an error.

‘…Wait a minute.’

Light?

If that’s so conspicuous.

Thud.

“…”

Over there.

Small and large sounds can be heard from upstairs.

In other words, in other words, it was the sound of something big making small footsteps as it walked.

thud thud

It’s coming down, coming, coming!!

The ‘Teacher’!!

‘Damn.’

It’s terrifyingly scary. I held my breath.

However, the error was also targeting my name tag, quickly approaching me as I stood still…

‘Can’t it hear this??’

No, of course it can’t hear it. That side isn’t a game player!

‘In the first place, errors can neither recognize nor be attacked by the Teacher…!’

The setting is that they don’t even notice the game has started.

However…

Important note.

In this game.

One of the ways the ‘aberrant entity’ that pursues players, the Teacher, recognizes students is through name tags.

But since Explorers are essentially errors, having one or two name tags doesn’t make them easily recognized as players.

So unless an Explorer is extremely greedy, they won’t get caught.

…For example.

By collecting an enormous amount of name tags, which are the symbol of players.

Thud.

I held my breath while staying still.

The error that had approached grabbed the locker door where I was hiding.

And pulled the door

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