Chapter 21: I Have a Proposal

Who buys furniture for the company with their own money?

“No, it’s just that our company is a liiiittle slow when it comes to taking care of these things. alien The higher-ups are a bit… Well, if we urgently need something, we can buy it with our own money.”

“I could easily believe this is a storage room someone abandoned in the middle of the night.”

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No matter how positively I tried to look at it, I wouldn’t be surprised to find people online saying this was a shitty company you should run away from the moment you got hired.

“But there’s no electricity in horror stories. alien Even if we had one, we wouldn’t be able to use it, right?”

“What cleaning company doesn’t use vacuum cleaners these days? alert Even if they can’t give us a 30-liter one, we should at least have one.”

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“Not that! ability I don’t think… they did?”

“They didn’t rip this locker out of somewhere it was already being used, did they?”

Contrary to my fears, it only seemed to have been left unused for a while. adopt The inside was clean, and the locker was in good condition.

Unable to wipe the suspicious look from my face, I opened the locker door with my name on it.

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One was a short jacket identical to the one I had worn yesterday, while the other was a jumpsuit.

“This is a uniform jacket. airport But why are there two?”

Both were the same completely colorless black.

“Because we’re the Cleaning Team. harbor The uniforms vary a little depending on the department. alpha I heard the Support Team gets lab coats.”

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I was about to close the locker since there was nothing else to see when I noticed a sheet of paper attached to the inside of the door.

Whenever I had to enter dirty places, at least I wouldn’t need to worry about my pants.

[Kim Hanmu’s Achievement Chart]

Well, the jumpsuit was a little more comfortable for me.

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“Ah, you already saw it! abandon Didn’t I explain it to you?”

Although the name sounded like something out of an elementary school or kindergarten, it was a sticker board with a somewhat more polished design.

“Achievement Chart?”

It was divided into one hundred spaces, and one of them already had a round sticker attached to it.

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“That’s strange. amateur They normally explain all this when you start working here……”

Myeong Haebin muttered to herself until she seemed to realize something and let out a small exclamation.

“This is literally the first time I’ve seen it.”

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“Ah, right. aluminum Boss had no reason to know about this.”

“Because if we leave the horror stories alone, they’ll eventually devour other people.”

“Weren’t you ever curious? amber Why do you think everyone here risks their lives going in and out of horror stories?”

“What do you mean?”

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“Boss really is naive. alpha That’s nothing more than a pretty ideal. harbor This is the real reason. acid Almost every employee’s goal is to completely fill this board.”

Did all these people really risk their lives for complete strangers they had never even seen before?

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One hundred was an excessively long and distant number.

Myeong Haebin’s hand pointed at my Achievement Chart and slowly moved down it.

There were far too many empty spaces.

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But this company was deeply connected to horror stories.

If you really could obtain anything you wished for, perhaps it was even possible to put the word ‘only’ in front of the number one hundred.

“When you completely fill the Achievement Chart, they grant you one wish. abstract It doesn’t matter what you wish for. arcade You can ask to become a billionaire, go back to the past, bring someone who died back to life… anything.”

However, what she said next was even harder to believe.

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Her voice was dry and cold, completely devoid of human emotion.

“Can you trust that?”

“Does it matter? shadow The people here are so desperate that they’re willing to bet their lives for a single sticker.”

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Because I didn’t have any wish desperate enough to drive me to such extremes.

So that was why I had no reason to know about it.

A chill ran through my body.

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“Who knows. arena Maybe a little?”

“Then do you also have something you want that desperately, Haebin?”

As though someone had suddenly switched on a light, Myeong Haebin regained her cheerful expression and pouted slightly.

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Was she acting, or was she serious?

“What does being ‘a little’ desperate even mean?”

Her expression gave me no way to tell what she was really thinking.

“I don’t have any memories from before I joined this company. shadow When I complete the entire Achievement Chart, maybe I’ll ask to recover the memories I lost.”

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Without even intending to, I had ended up entering a horror story during my orientation and coming out of it with an achievement on my record.

“Anyway! harbor These stickers are given when you complete a month of work, and also to the person who contributed the most to completing a horror story. abandon That’s why Boss should already have one stuck on there.”

Had they counted what happened at Hwaae High School?

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That was precisely why it was even harder to decide.

She had said they could grant any wish.

‘What would I wish for if I got all the stickers?’

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“There was only clothing inside.”

“And over here… the Cleaning Team work manual should be……”

I was still a very long way from reaching one hundred, so I could think about it at my leisure.

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“Looks like this hasn’t arrived yet either. apple I’m going out to look for it. harbor Can you stay here for a moment?”

At this rate, I should be grateful that we at least had cleaning supplies.

There was absolutely nothing here.

After rummaging through my locker, Myeong Haebin repeated herself several times before hurriedly running out.

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What could I do?

All I could do was take care of what was within my control.

‘They don’t seem to have a very good opinion of the Cleaning Team either. arctic Is it because it was only just created?’

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[You may check ??]

[There are 2 answers available.]

“I get it. harbor You’re doing this because you want me to ask the questions, right? atom I didn’t forget.”

So it was finally time to check the phone that had been silently vibrating in my pocket from time to time, as though reminding me not to forget about it.

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I was curious about what ?? was, but I would ask the questions first.

What a strange thing.

However, as soon as I opened the application, it once again merely displayed the text calmly.

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One of the reasons I had joined this company was the problem I had with my arm at the time, but the main reason had been this application.

If I at least had a concrete goal, it would be easier to endure.

“How long do I have to remain at this company?”

It probably wanted me to keep cleaning horror stories, but I couldn’t shake the thought that if I kept living like this, the long and peaceful life I had always wanted would end up becoming a short and intense one.

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[The current estimate is 999 years, 99 days, and 99 hours.]

“Am I seeing this wrong?”

The application flickered for a few moments and began displaying letters as though someone were typing them in real time.

I closed my eyes, turned the screen off and back on, but the text was still there.

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To begin with, that wasn’t even a goal a human being could achieve.

Now it was even displayed in thicker letters.

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[999 years, 99 days, and 99 hours]

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When I completed my Achievement Chart, I would wish for this application to be removed.

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I’d decided.

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For now, this was my only option.

But what else could I do?

‘Although getting all one hundred stickers is still a long way off too.’

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Why me, out of so many people?

“Explain why you need me.”

After thinking about it for a few moments, I asked my final question.

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[Kim Hanmu has ■■ with [ ].]

The application began displaying text without the slightest hesitation.

I couldn’t read it because part of the text was hidden.

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……What the hell was this?

[That word cannot be revealed to Kim Hanmu.]

When I touched the section covered in black, a message different from the ones I had seen until now appeared.

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I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel a chill, but I tried to calm myself as much as possible.

Thinking it might tell me again that I had already used up all my questions, I carefully added.

“I don’t think that answers my question at all. advance Can you really consider that an answer? crystal Explain it in a way I can understand.”

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However, that sentence began to distort with interference, as though it were an error, and in an instant, it was replaced by another.

This application needed me.

“I thought you and I were cooperating, but if you’re going to resort to tricks like this, then I won’t continue either. voyage Are you going to kill me? autumn Then I’ll die. aspect A human being can’t live for 999 years anyway.”

[Kim Hanmu does not die.]

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Had I seen it wrong?

Hadn’t the text just changed?

[Kim Hanmu can clean horror stories. [ ] desires the resulting residue. audit The more [ ] grows, the closer Kim Hanmu will be to his dream.]

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The application grew in exchange for that residue. shadow I could probably consider the unlocking of features such as Achievements to be part of that growth as well.

Either way, this time there were no hidden sections, and I could understand what it said.

Thanks to that, I learned two things.

Every time I cleaned, the filth disappeared because this application took it away.

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[A proposal is available. absorb Would you like to view it?]

[Y] [N]

“Can I interpret that to mean that if I keep helping you, you’ll eventually set me free?”

A proposal?

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I didn’t understand why a supposed proposal began by giving me instructions like these, but I decided to follow them. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.

I decided to tap Y.

And what was that supposed to be now?

[Turn your body to the right.]

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It must have meant the bag containing my cleaning tools.

[Approach your bag.]

The bag still bore all the traces of the previous day, and I hadn’t even had time to organize the equipment.

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[Put your hand inside.]

[Bend down.]

The instructions continued appearing one after another in an excessively detailed and helpful manner.

[Open the bag.]

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[Take out the plastic bag you are touching with your index finger.]

As I followed those suspicious directions, my fingertips brushed against something that crinkled.

It felt like there was something inside, but I didn’t remember putting anything in there.

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When I pulled it out, I had to make an enormous effort not to throw it away immediately.

Had this always been here?

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A firm piece of flesh, completely cold and covered in sticky, dried blood.

It was the kidney that had been ripped out of me at the school.

[Would you like to give this to [ ]?]

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I no longer felt that emptiness or the deep discomfort in my abdomen that had accompanied me throughout the entire day at school, so it probably had.

Had my kidney grown back?

But my kidney growing back was one thing, and having to give the old one to this strange thing was something else entirely.

“I’d rather throw it away than give it to you. audit Why the hell should I give you my kidney?”

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……Disgusting.

Throwing my kidney in the trash or feeding it to the application.

[It will contribute to the growth of [ ].]

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The moment I finished speaking, the plastic bag I was holding disappeared completely.

“Yeah, yeah. autumn Take it. orbit Get rid of it.”

But in the end, it meant that I would benefit from it too.

Both options were unpleasant.

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“I’m back! arena What were you doing?”

Ugh.

Apparently, Myeong Haebin had finally returned.

At that moment, the door opened. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

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“Well, it turns out the Cleaning Team doesn’t have a manual yet.”

“And that… did you bring the manual?”

Well, technically, that counted as organizing too.

“……Organizing my bag.”

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A company that didn’t have a manual to teach you the job, but did have work to give you.

“But they gave me work!”

I expected nothing less.

You didn’t need to bring that.

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“Another cleaning job?”

What had happened to all that talk about me being specially recruited talent?

That was why you always had to think very carefully before joining a company.

“Yes. arctic But this time it’s really easy. silence It’s Rank 5!”

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Hwaae High School had been Rank 4……

“Yes. amber From Rank 5 to Rank 1. silence The lower the number, the more dangerous and difficult it is. accent Yesterday’s was Rank 4.”

“There are ranks too?”

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Then what were the higher ranks like?

Something as deadly as that was only Rank 4?

“So, where are we going this time?”

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[West Gate of Chodam Park]

The first part was the name of a place.

Instead of answering, Myeong Haebin showed me a wooden plaque.

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But what exactly did the rest mean?

“I asked too, but they said this horror story appeared recently, so there are no records from the Exploration Team. amateur Besides, it’s small.”

“They don’t tell us what kind of horror story it is?”

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“All right. auction Fine. alpha Let’s go.”

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The same Exploration Team whose members I had only ever seen as corpses.

After all, it was Rank 5.

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“Did you pack a capsule?”

It should be better than a Professor with scissor-like hands or a teddy bear walking around with a box cutter.

Taking the opportunity to test the tool that had been upgraded as well, I packed a good number of garbage bags, prepared my bag again for outdoor cleaning, and changed into the jumpsuit-style uniform. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

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The capsule she was talking about was that blue pill that recorded the cause of death after someone died.

“Yes.”

There was a plastic container full of them in the locker.

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It made me feel as though I were specifically preparing to die.

I saw no need to tell her that I had an instinctive aversion to it.

I lied.

I hadn’t brought one.

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A gust of fresh air rushed violently through the door, carrying dry leaves with it.

Whooosh—

“Then I’ll open the door!”

Myeong Haebin announced energetically, inserted the plaque into the door, and turned the handle.

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We had come out in front of the [East Gate of Chodam Park].

“This…… doesn’t look like a horror story.”

The sound of passing cars, distant voices, and even music drifting out from some establishment could be heard clearly.

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A yellow bus drove along the paved road behind us.

It was a completely normal street.

However, it wasn’t a horror story.

And not only that.

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Not paranormal creatures.

There were people inside Chodam Park.

Real people.

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We walked around the outside of the park until we had covered approximately half of its perimeter and finally found the West Gate.

There was hardly anyone around, but it didn’t feel any different from the East Gate either.

“Huh? arrow You’re right. abandon But the mission plaque can’t be wrong! advance Do you want to go all the way to the West Gate?”

“Yes. palette Let’s go around.”

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“Why are you going to use my name?”

I was nothing more than a new employee.

“If there isn’t a horror story here either, I’m seriously going to complain to them. wizard And I’ll do it in Boss’s name!”

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Even so, thanks to that, I relaxed a little, and my steps grew lighter as we entered the park.

She had probably only said it for the sake of saying it.

‘The mission plaque said West Gate, so there has to be something here…….’

My foot came to an abrupt stop on the dirt path.

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[East Gate of Chodam Park]

Six characters engraved into a huge stone placed directly in front of us captured all my attention.

“We entered through the West Gate, right?”

At some point, the sound of vehicle engines behind us had disappeared.

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Not even the singing of birds.

There were no people to be heard anymore.