Chapter 22: West Gate of Chodam Park (1)
It disappeared without a trace.
I picked up a stone lying on the ground and threw it outside.
“So there really was a horror story.”
It was a ‘boundary,’ just like a window or a door.
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Except the vegetation had grown excessively.
But then why had we ended up at the East Gate instead of the West Gate?
The scenery visible from the entrance also looked very similar to what we had seen from the East Gate.
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Bzzz—
It looked like no one had taken care of the place for a long time. antenna The weeds had grown up to our ankles, and the path was barely distinguishable.
Farther inside was a pond.
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The exit is located at the West Gate.
If an anomalous phenomenon is discovered, you must use the “Gomyut” exit. amber If none is discovered, you must use the West Gate.
■■■ ■■■■■■, ■■■■ ■■■■■.
■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■.
The application updated with a new objective.
[Completion Condition: Clean ■ ■■ of the horror story, Chodam Park.]
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They would probably be revealed once certain conditions were met.
There were hidden parts this time as well.
And the same was likely true for the Achievements.
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“Hmm……”
The rules seemed too clear and, at the same time, too ambiguous.
“What is it?”
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It seemed that the key was discovering some kind of anomalous phenomenon, but it was still too early to be certain without having explored the place.
“It’s nothing. silence I guess we’ll understand once we move forward.”
I couldn’t deduce much just by reading them.
Creeak, creeak.
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Written on the thin sheet of metal was.
[Map of Chodam Park]
“The pond is in the center, and the path goes around it?”
Amid the sound of the wind rustling the leaves, a metal sign swayed back and forth.
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The pond drawn on the map was shaped like a snowman.
“I think this is where we are.”
Myeong Haebin pointed to an inverted teardrop-shaped marker that seemed to indicate our current location.
“This looks more like a walking trail than a park.”
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A path marked with arrows ran around it, almost completely encircling it.
Only drawings.
There were also several symbols, but none of them had any text.
‘If I interpret it roughly……’
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This place, marked as the starting point, was the East Gate.
Then there were some stepping stones for crossing the pond.
Following the path, there was a circular area off to one side.
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“That’s strange.”
“The gate on the west side should be the West Gate, right? airport But there’s only one gate shown here. riddle This one, the East Gate.”
“What is?”
And farther ahead was something square-shaped.
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We couldn’t know everything from the drawings alone.
There was also no guarantee that the map perfectly matched the actual park.
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“Huh? admire You’re right. arch There isn’t any other gate.”
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[Current Status of Our Pond]
“Is that referring to the pond in front of us?”
[Dry]…[Insufficient]…[Average]…[High]…[Abundant]…[Perfect]
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There was also a moss-covered, rusted gauge that didn’t inspire much confidence.
“It doesn’t look that dry. alert Is it broken?”
The needle was clearly pointing to the section marked [Dry].
“If it’s here, there must be a reason. portal Let’s remember it for now.”
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“Do you think there might be something in there too?”
We began walking slowly along the only path in Chodam Park.
Weeds grew through the dirt path, and the grass along the sides encroached beyond its boundaries.
Even so, as though the park were still fulfilling its function to a minimal degree, benches and streetlights had been placed here and there.
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“That’s true. abandon On the map, the arrows were only on the path too.”
I looked up for a moment at the sun shining intensely overhead.
On the opposite side of the pond, meaning to our right, was an especially dense area of completely black trees.
“We already have a path. wizard I don’t see any reason to go in there. auction It doesn’t look like a trail meant for people either.”
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“What kind of horror stories usually appear in places like this?”
“You know. shadow Someone runs ahead of you, and then you discover they were actually a faceless ghost. attic That kind of thing.”
“In parks? atlas Tons of them. agent Since there’s water here, there could be a water ghost. arch Or a runner.”
“A runner?”
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It was probably the point represented as a circular space off to one side of the path.
I thought I had heard a similar urban legend before.
But I couldn’t forget that going in with preconceived notions could make the blow even worse.
“I think that’s the exercise area.”
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Air walkers, waist-twisting discs, sit-up benches, and other similar equipment.
It looked like a small clearing among the trees and contained several pieces of exercise equipment commonly found in parks.
“Then what’s that booth?”
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In front of the exercise area was a makeshift structure.
There was someone inside.
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It was a paranormal creature.
I should correct myself.
No.
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Then it spoke to us.
Its face was barely distinguishable, as though someone had forcibly covered it with a layer of interference.
All of a sudden?
“Hello. academy Do you love the environment?”
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If not for what it was saying, it would have seemed perfectly normal.
The voice wasn’t completely unfamiliar to me.
It was calm and friendly, like those volunteers who offer you stickers when you walk through a busy station or along a crowded street.
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I lightly took her by the arm, signaling that we should keep walking.
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“Haebin.”
There was no need to get involved voluntarily.
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That was what I intended to do.
For now, the best thing to do was pretend we hadn’t seen it and keep walking.
Our feet weren’t immobilized, and none of the rules mentioned anything related to this.
Until it spoke again.
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A chill ran down the back of my neck.
“Are you trash?”
I had an intense feeling that I shouldn’t ignore it.
No.
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(If You Regret Littering Yesterday, It Will Already Be Too Late)
(Let’s Keep Our Park Clean)
It was more like intuition.
[Responsible Environmental Guardians Campaign]
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I read the phrases written on the banner of the makeshift booth and finally turned around.
“What do you need?”
It was a strange sensation.
The paranormal creature smiled broadly when it saw me return.
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“Do you love the environment?”
What environment was a paranormal creature talking about? portal This place wasn’t even part of reality.
Its face still couldn’t be seen clearly, but somehow I could perfectly perceive the corners of its lips rising and even its straight, white teeth.
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Should I answer no? artist But when we tried to walk past, it asked if we were trash. atom What would happen if a paranormal creature classified me as trash?
“……I think I love it.”
I almost let out an incredulous laugh, but I didn’t let it show on my face.
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I squeezed my eyes shut and blurted out the answer as if saying, Fine, there you go.
“I love it. timber I love the environment so much that I even work as a cleaner.”
So it wouldn’t accept ambiguous answers either. artist Damn it!
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“I love it sooo much too! agent The environment is the best! attic Long live the environment!”
The paranormal creature turned toward Myeong Haebin with an enormous smile.
“And you?”
Myeong Haebin, who was breaking out in a cold sweat as she watched my reaction, quickly raised both thumbs.
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Where the hell was it looking?
“I see. arctic Then what about these?”
The paranormal creature’s gaze dropped below Myeong Haebin’s face.
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The paranormal creature asked the question but didn’t wait for an answer.
“They’re trash.”
Only Myeong Haebin and I had entered this place.
I had no idea what it was looking at to say something like that.
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The instant it lifted the pen from the paper.
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I felt a sudden burning sensation in my shoulder, and the next moment, it became lighter.
It twirled the pen between its fingers and, like a real volunteer, signed some documents it had pulled out from beneath the booth.
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Apparently, the heat hadn’t just been a sensation. athlete The clothes on my shoulder were scorched, and it looked like I had even suffered a minor burn underneath.
That wasn’t the problem.
The problem was that the bag of cleaning tools I always carried with me as if it were part of my body had disappeared.
“Ugh…….”
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They weren’t even living things to begin with.
In its place, a small pile of pitch-black ash I had never seen before remained on the dirt path.
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Our bags of cleaning tools?
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My things.
I was dumbfounded.
“Thank you for participating in the campaign. portal Chodam Park prohibits unnecessary trash from entering.”
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Calm down.
All of that cost money.
Persuade it!
Not only the tools I hadn’t even gotten the chance to use yet, but all kinds of detergents and even the regulation garbage bags I had gone to the trouble of bringing had disappeared without a trace.
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Right. atom Let’s try to persuade it.
“But that wasn’t all that was inside, was it?”
How did it know?
“That wasn’t unnecessary trash. galaxy They were just cleaning tools and brand-new products that hadn’t even been opened.”
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After what had happened at Hwaae High School, I had learned my lesson and packed quite a few snacks and other supplies as well.
“Then couldn’t you have just gotten rid of the actual trash?”
There hadn’t only been tools.
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‘There’s no reasoning with this thing.’
I wanted to grab it by the collar and demand that it at least give my equipment back, but completely ignoring whatever was going through my head, the paranormal creature continued speaking calmly.
Myeong Haebin also tried her hardest to protest, but the paranormal creature merely repeated the same thing like a parrot.
“It is an unavoidable measure to protect the environment of our park.”
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“You will be considered trash.”
“As part of the campaign, we would like to ask you a question to verify whether you truly love the environment. apple Do you agree?”
“What happens if we don’t agree?”
The burn on my shoulder stung.
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It didn’t matter that there had been liquids and other things inside. ability Everything had been reduced to ash in an instant.
Judging by those two things, the bag had been incinerated.
Trash and burning.
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If it considered us trash too, would it incinerate us the same way?
“Fine. timber Ask the question.”
I gave Myeong Haebin a small nudge with my elbow, and she quickly pulled one of the hands she had behind her back and waved it to get its attention.
“Me too! riddle I’m ready!”
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“How should this be properly disposed of for recycling?”
The paranormal creature reached one hand beneath the booth again and pulled out a cylindrical object wrapped in paper.
The damn paranormal creature that had just solved the problem of my bag by incinerating the entire thing was now asking me about waste sorting?
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It was an appropriate question for an environmental booth, but the contradiction was so typical of a horror story that even the back of my neck tensed up.
“Of course. timber However, you have a two-minute time limit. shadow You said you were a cleaner, so that should be enough time, right?”
“Can I take it to examine it?”
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“Hmm, hmm, hmmmm…….”
“Boss, we…….”
After taking a look at the object, Myeong Haebin began groaning beside me as though her head hurt.
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I gave a slight nod to indicate that she could speak, and only then did she open her mouth.
“……No.”
“We’re not exactly meticulous about sorting recyclables, are we?”
She looked at me as though asking with her eyes whether she should say it or not.
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Because cleaning was our job, people assumed we also had to be experts at sorting waste for recycling.
“We do some general sorting, but we’re not that thorough either. atomic Besides, the current regulations are pretty strict.”
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“I mean, normally, when we finish a job, we put the trash into sacks, right? silence Then we send it to the appropriate company and forget about it.”
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But we couldn’t get this wrong.
In other words, waste sorting wasn’t exactly our specialty.
If we failed, it would incinerate us.
“First, let’s see what it is.”
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It had a white cylindrical body, dirty with dust and stains, probably because of its age. autumn A plastic rod that seemed to be about three times the length of the body was attached to the bottom, and a red fuse protruded from the base.
Though, in reality, we didn’t have any other choice.
I lifted the long white object and began examining it.
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“Do we have to light it before throwing it away? wizard No. beacon It said we had to sort the waste, so should we remove the plastic rod?”
We didn’t have a lighter to test it, but from the crinkling of the wrapper, I was sure it was a firework.
“It’s a firework.”
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Myeong Haebin nervously rummaged through her pockets, unable to reach a conclusion.
“30 seconds remaining.”
If this really was a firework, then there had to be……
But I continued examining the firework carefully.
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Found it.
“Why?”
“You have to soak it in water and dispose of it as general waste.”
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Normally, the outer wrapper of fireworks displays the manufacturer, precautions, expiration date, and other information.
“Because it’s expired.”
However, on the one the paranormal creature had handed us, that information was printed on an inner rolled-up section of the paper, making it practically impossible to see.
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I couldn’t think of any explanation other than that it had deliberately hidden that information.
Fireworks that haven’t expired yet should be ignited before disposal, while expired ones should be soaked in water before being thrown away.
The manufacturing date was 1991.
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“I’ll give you a gift as thanks for participating in the campaign.”
The paranormal creature smiled broadly and took our hands.
“Correct. legend It seems the two of you really do love the environment.”
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Click.
Responsible Environmental Guardians of Chodam Park.
We didn’t get a chance to refuse.
Green rubber bracelets appeared around Myeong Haebin’s wrist and mine, with the words printed on them.
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StarGoer
MortalThis new horror story sounds right up Hanmu’s alley
Purple Lurple
MortalWhat’s up with the format? Is it like this on the raws too? I can barely tell who’s speaking.