Chapter 20 Part 2: Company Welfare

Not just anyone.

A superior Park Yeon-jung employee, properly burned by the flames of capitalism, is currently.

Step…

-Turn right 50M ahead.

“…Turn right here.”

Following the navigation app on my smartphone, I’m heading somewhere.

The place where my steps are currently heading is, after all that talk, Mr. Announcer said he got me a house.

I was on my way to the house he said he’d gotten for me.

In just two days after joining the company, I received a large sum of 40 million won from the company.

A neat suit.

A freshly issued, warm ID card for illegal immigrants.

Even housing is provided.

Literally the epitome of a dream job.

If you only look at the above benefits, it’s no different from a dream job.

A company with all the internal welfare that everyone would envy.

Park Yeon-jung also momentarily listed all these situations in one line.

‘It seems okay?’ I almost fell for the marketing of the evil corporation’s deception.

No matter how good the welfare is.

Even if the salary is high enough to exceed imagination.

If I die, it’s over.

If I die, it means that all those benefits are useless.

Considering the brutal work intensity, this may be a benefit that I should naturally enjoy.

…SORRY.

Get a grip, Park Yeon-jung.

Actually, maybe I’m the one who’s spoiled.

Many don’t even do this.

Let’s be thankful just for doing it.

I thought again that Mr. Announcer was a humane guy to some extent.

Come to think of it, there are many more guys in the <Ghost Story Record Repository> than this announcer.

If I base it on the guy who sees me as a human being, maybe he’s really a gentleman.

‘I apologize…for putting that into words.’

And thank you.

Mr. Announcer.

So, while conveying my gratitude to the announcer who wasn’t even in front of me.

-You have arrived at your destination.

Along with the voice saying that I had arrived at my destination before I knew it.

I turned my gaze, and there.

There was a detached house.

Park Yeon-jung once dreamed of saving money and buying his own house.

In particular, I’ve imagined living in a detached house with a yard.

Yes, I only imagined.

But coincidentally.

In this world, he was able to achieve that dream.

Of course.

Crack!

Thud!

The wooden pillar supporting the gate collapsed to the floor without strength.

I didn’t say the condition of the house was perfect.

Mr. Announcer.

I hate you.

The other wooden pillar that was barely supporting the gate alone was also shaking precariously.

Can, I go inside?”

I accidentally said something like a curse.

But if I don’t hypnotize myself here, I don’t think I’ll be able to move on.

Perhaps the pillar will collapse.

Park Yeon-jung carefully passed through the gate.

. . . 21 . . . 221.

Is this it?

The thought that flashed through my mind for a moment as I struggled to squeeze through the narrow gate.

Escape room?

A wave of reality hits me.

I thought about finding another decent lodging countless times.

‘…I’ve come this far.’

I passed through that narrow gate with difficulty.

…… 24.

Since I’ve come this far, it’s not too late to look at the interior and go back.

Who knows?

Maybe the interior is cleaner than I thought?

Of course, I didn’t expect that.

Slowly stepping on the withered grass, I approached the front door.

The interior view visible through the broken glass gap of the front door.

Dust piled up thickly and broken furniture.

Squeak squeak!

Even mice.

Should I really go back?

It’s a conclusion that I don’t even need to check anymore.

But.

I took the key that Mr. Announcer gave me out of my pocket and stared at it blankly for a moment.

‘But it’s an item that guy gave me.’

Maybe it’s a little different?

It’s not the expectation for this house.

I held the key with the curiosity of whether he had done something special to this key.

I pushed the key into the front door keyhole.

Click.

The front door opened so easily.

Flash.

It’s light.

A faint light leaking through the gap of the open front door.

What?

I closed the front door again and checked the inside again through the broken glass gap of the front door.

It’s dark.

The thick dust is still catching my eye.

Swoosh.

….!

Cockroach!!

Now even cockroaches are crawling around, the worst interior scenery where you can’t find any light.

It was a structure where light could not leak out.

It was a brightness of light that shouldn’t leak out.

Click.

I grabbed the front door doorknob again for confirmation and turned it.

Flash.

As expected, along with the bright beam of light leaking beyond the front door.

When I opened the door wide and checked the interior.

The interior of the building was showing a 모습 that was suitable for a house that was so clean, as if someone was living in it.

Not a speck of dust.

It doesn’t seem like our cockroach will crawl around, the interior structure of the house is so clean.

The warm warmth transmitted beyond the faint light and numerous furniture made of wood.

And as soon as I opened the front door, the smell of miso stew that I missed tickled the tip of my nose.

Step.

Park Yeon-jung stepped inside the house without realizing it.

Freeze.

I had a sudden thought.

I stopped walking.

Growl.

But my biological clock didn’t stop.

Maybe it’s because of the smell of miso stew that I like the most in the world?

I’ll just check, just check.’

It’ll be okay, right?

I’m not saying I’m going to eat it.

I’m saying I’ll observe the current situation with a calm gaze.

Drool.

Park Yeon-jung barely swallowed the saliva that was flowing down his lips, and with his shoes on, he headed towards the kitchen that was emitting a stimulating smell.

When I slightly poked my head out and checked the inside view.

A human figure or.

I couldn’t see a shadow.

The direction of my gaze slowly turned towards the dining table.

There, food was deliciously prepared and a bowl of rice with steam rising.

Simple side dishes were arranged on the table.

But there was no sign of cooking.

This is what they say.

It’s a situation that fits the saying that ghosts would be surprised.

It looks delicious.

But Park Yeon-jung’s gaze was focused on his favorite food, miso stew, from the beginning.

I really wanted to taste that miso stew right away.

‘But…I don’t think this is…right?’

Let’s think calmly.

In a situation where nothing can be determined properly yet, eating the food placed on that table is.

It’s too hasty a judgment.

Unfortunately for now.

Now is the time to strategically retreat.

It’s not like today is the only day.

I thought it was time to watch the situation a little more.

Bang!

“Wh, what!”

A sudden loud noise from behind made me turn my gaze.

The front door, which had been open until just now, was presumed to have been strongly closed.

…It’s, the wind, right?

But before I could turn away from my avoidance thinking.

On the floor, I found a piece of paper that I don’t know when it fell.

I didn’t bother to pick it up.

But the phrase written there is very clear.

It came into my sight.

『Eat.』

A phrase written on A4 paper in large letters.

Mr. Announcer?

No.

Usually, ghost stories do not exert influence outside of their area.

Why is it red?’

Park Yeon-jung checked the phrase.

I turned my gaze back to the kitchen and checked the table.

“You’re telling me to eat that?”

Delicious food on the table. I don’t know what’s in those foods.

Gulp.

It looked delicious.

Is that all?

Growl.

A roar of a biological clock that resounds strongly like thunder and lightning.

But…… Really, is it really okay?

Park Yeon-jung, who had been barely holding onto the string of reason until the end, appeared in front of him.

Flap.

Another piece of paper fell.

This time too, only a few concise words were written there.

『No poison.

Growl.

There’s none.

It’ll be okay, right?

The string of reason that I had been holding until now.

It was broken so easily by a single phrase written on a single piece of paper.

The savory smell of miso stew that tickles the tip of my nose.

And the white rice that was cooked deliciously.

“…We, well, let’s eat.”

A hungry man’s meal was not very long.

The foods were all.

It was delicious.

It was a satisfying meal I had in a really long time.

Originally, I was going to get up after finishing the meal.

To be precise.

I was thinking of sleeping at a nearby lodging facility.

But after finishing the meal.

When I moved my steps to the front door, what I found again was.

『Please take off your shoes indoors.』

Along with the content to take off your shoes.

I don’t know why, but a baseball bat placed next to the shoe rack caught my eye.

Was it originally………there?

I guess so?

Gulp.

I swallowed hard. like that.

I unexpectedly had to spend the night in a ghost story space whose name I didn’t even know.

After that, there was always a piece of paper in the place where my gaze reached, every path I went.

『Wash your body cleanly.』

I washed my body according to those words.

Slide.

While showering, I felt a gaze for some reason, so I washed my body several times faster than usual.

『Change of clothes.』

Clothes placed on the bed where I will sleep.

The clothes that were prepared fit my body perfectly, strangely.

Let’s just go to sleep quickly.

Fall asleep quickly.

Let’s get out of here as the sun rises.

Flap.

?

A piece of paper that gently fell on top of my blanket as I was about to fall asleep.

The phrase written there.

『Good night. Master.』

I fell asleep right away.

Someone is watching me sleeping.

While ignoring the gaze that seemed to be looking down from above.

I barely.

I was barely able to fall asleep.

Flap.

Flap.

Flap.

Flap.

Vibrate-

Let me sleep.

A vibration felt at the bedside.

It’s the wake-up alarm I set.

I stretched out my arm and waved it around, reaching for the vibration.

Thud.

The vibration stopped.

Messy hair and dark circles under my eyes.

But besides that, countless pieces of paper were scattered on the floor of the bedroom where Park Yeon-jung had slept.

The contents written on the paper were all the same.

『Master.

『Master.

『Master.

『Master.

『Master.

Only this one word is written on the paper.

A situation of horror itself where dozens and hundreds are scattered on the floor.

Let’s get out of here quickly.

I immediately got up from my seat with a stiff body, and what was waiting for me was.

A warm breakfast set on the table.

『Eat.』

Since you prepared it with such care.

Park Yeon-jung finished the surprisingly delicious breakfast.

On the living room table.

The black suit given by Mr. Announcer was neatly ironed and placed.

This place made a pretty good impression, except for the uncomfortable sleeping place.

Of course.

I don’t know if I’ll visit this place again.

Along with the neat black shoes prepared in the shoe rack.

Finally, the moment I was about to leave this unknown ghost story.

-Master.

Along with the soft breath of a woman that tickled my ear, a refined voice whispered.

-Have a good day.

Click.

Along with the sound of the front door closing.

I left that house as quickly as possible.

As I walked away as if running away.

I took out my smartphone and checked the current time.

AM.07:00

“I have plenty of time.”

Early in the morning, the next destination I will visit.

‘I hope he’s not excited like last time this time…’.