Chapter 23: West Gate of Chodam Park (2)

However, to my surprise, I didn’t feel anything strange at all. atlas No sudden impulses, no involuntary movements of my body, no pain anywhere. riddle Nothing.

I had no idea what kind of object that bracelet was, so I braced myself for whatever effect it might have on me.

I gritted my teeth.

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“What is this bracelet?”

“Haebin, are you okay?”

“Uh. matrix Yeah. beacon I don’t feel anything weird.”

Myeong Haebin didn’t seem to notice any changes either and turned toward me with a puzzled expression.

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The strangest thing was that, despite having forced them onto us, we could take them off if we wanted to.

“It is an eco-friendly bracelet that we give to those who love the environment of Chodam Park. timber It is made from biodegradable plastic and…”

Judging by the way it answered something completely different from my question, it didn’t seem like it intended to explain what the bracelet actually did.

No, that wasn’t what I wanted to know.

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However, the paranormal creature’s words made me uneasy, so I decided not to.

Instead, I pointed at the white plastic bags that had been on display in the booth this entire time and the metal tongs placed beside them.

“……And what are these?”

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“It is another campaign we are conducting to restore the environment of Chodam Park. arena If you fill one of these bags with trash and bring it back, you will receive a Responsible Environmental Guardian bracelet.”

“You two already love the environment, but we recommend participating. shadow After all, it is something we do for everyone’s sake.”

“Is participation mandatory?”

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Who the hell would do that?

“Thank you for participating in the campaign. alpha Have a day dedicated to caring for the environment.”

The paranormal creature gave a flawless bow and, as though it had nothing more to say to us, remained motionless in place as if it had taken root in the ground.

“No, thank you.”

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The more I thought about it, the more unfair it felt.

“This is the first time I’ve ever heard of a paranormal creature dedicated to protecting the environment.”

“Yeah. harbor We stopped for nothing and ended up losing all our equipment.”

My equipment.

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What a relief.

How was I supposed to clean the park now?

I felt as though I had been stripped naked.

I quickly searched through my pockets.

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At least I still had my phone.

“……That’s all?”

“Haebin, do you have anything left?”

“Ta-da! galaxy Since I saw that paranormal creature looking at my bag, I took this out just in case.”

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What Myeong Haebin proudly showed me was a 500 ml bottle of water.

And what the hell were we supposed to do with that?

“Yeah, sorry.”

“Then what about you, Boss?! voyage You don’t have anything left at all!”

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I had to admit she was quicker than me.

“What about your pockets?”

Sometimes she seemed absentminded, but at times like this, she could be surprisingly perceptive.

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“Haa…… Fine. galaxy Let’s keep going.”

“I only have some snacks. harbor If I’d known this was going to happen, I would’ve stuffed more things in there!”

That meant Myeong Haebin was practically empty-handed too.

I let out a deep sigh and walked past the booth, which I didn’t even want to look at again.

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In its place, there were only stepping stones crossing the pond on the left, right through the section corresponding to the head of that snowman-shaped pond.

As we continued along the path, the pond drew closer and closer.

“Does the path…… end here?”

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“Be careful not to fall.”

“Now I understand why they keep talking so much about protecting the environment. accent Why did they throw away so much trash?”

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And there was an especially large amount of trash around that part of the pond.

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“Haebin, look at this.”

Then I saw a sign beside the pond.

There were crumpled receipts, empty bottles, and even pieces of rotten bread, but since we no longer had any equipment to clean with, we decided to ignore them for the time being.

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“It looks like feeding the birds is prohibited.”

Once again, there were no words written on the sign, only four drawings.

Was that…… a bird?

In one of them, what appeared to be a bird with its wings fully spread was being given some kind of powder or food from above, and a red prohibition symbol had been placed over the image.

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“The others seem to be…… no feeding the fish, no fishing, and no littering. alert What strange drawings.”

The bait stuck on the hook had a human face.

The fish drawn on the sign had arms.

“I don’t see any birds, but if they put up this sign, I guess that means there are some around here, right?”

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“Be careful.”

“Should we cross?”

And in the image prohibiting littering, instead of throwing away an entire bag, it looked as though someone was scattering its contents everywhere.

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The stones were large and fairly close together, so crossing them wasn’t particularly difficult.

‘The water-level indicator we saw at the entrance must be referring to this pond.’

“It’s fine. alpha They don’t even move!”

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Not a single fish.

Moss-covered stones on the bottom.

Stagnant water.

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Maybe it wasn’t referring to this pond.

And in the distance, fallen leaves, branches, and plastic bags floated on the surface.

‘There aren’t any other anomalies.’

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Having found nothing, we returned to solid ground and continued along the path.

“I don’t know. autumn There are empty shelves and bars too…… Could something be living inside?”

To our right was an almost square container.

The square shown on the map probably represented that container.

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Behind that structure, which looked as though it had been made by welding square frames together, was a closed window. beacon We couldn’t see inside because the glass was completely covered with adhesive film.

We approached the bars of the container.

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“We’re not going to break anything to get inside, right?”

When something looked dangerous at first glance, it was best not to touch it.

“I’m not Team Leader Yong.”

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I continued walking with that thought in mind.

‘The exit was the West Gate.’

We turned our backs on the container and decided to continue along the path.

According to the map, we should have been close to the place where there was another sign.

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I clenched my empty hands and moved forward step by step, keeping all my senses alert for any anomalies around us.

[The current level of our pond is]

However, at some point, I found myself once again standing in front of a huge rock with engraved and painted letters, beside a metal sign swaying in the wind.

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[Chodam Park — Gomyut]

The starting point.

[Dry]…[Insufficient]…[Average]…[High]…[Abundant]…[Perfect]

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A place very similar to the previous one.

The metal map swayed in the wind.

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“Did we see any exits on the way here?”

Then how had we ended up back here?

When I turned around, I saw a huge paved road stretching out behind us.

“No. antenna We followed a single path the whole time. wizard No, Boss, you saw it too, didn’t you?”

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Besides, this place had been the East Gate before.

Not Gomyut.

“That’s exactly why I’m asking.”

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“……Even the sun has set.”

When we entered this place, the bright midday sun had been overhead.

It had still been there just a moment ago.

The atmosphere of the park, which had seemed peaceful until then, changed completely.

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“Could something have bewitched us?”

“I can do it myself.”

But now, as if it had never existed, a moon floated in a dark blue sky.

“Do you want me to slap you?”

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I struck my cheek with my palm to regain my sense of reality.

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Slap.

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The map, the location and number of benches, even the shape of the streetlights.

The only thing that had changed was that day had turned into night.

“Fine. sphere Then let’s try again.”

The inside of the park remained exactly the same.

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We carefully retraced the path we had already taken until we finally found a difference.

The environmental campaign booth had deteriorated so badly that it looked as though it was about to fall apart.

“The paranormal creature that was here…… where did it go?”

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The banner on the booth that had previously proclaimed the importance of protecting the environment with such enthusiasm was faded and covered in stains, to the point that the words could barely be made out.

“Yeah. artist It’s completely empty.”

“Only the bags and tongs are still intact. academy Everything else is wrecked.”

“The bracelets are still the same. adopt Is there nothing underneath either?”

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‘The trash is in exactly the same places too. riddle And the signs are the same as the ones we saw before.’

Aside from the disappearance of the attendant and the deterioration of the booth, the park hadn’t changed.

I stared at it for a while, then took a couple of folded plastic bags and slipped them into my back pocket.

As I checked each detail one by one, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were going through the same space over and over again.

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The difference was minimal.

“Haebin, were these stones always this far apart?”

With that unpleasant feeling still lingering, I stopped halfway across the stepping stones.

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“Could this also be considered an anomalous phenomenon?”

Instead of merely wondering about it, Myeong Haebin began counting the stones one by one and confirmed that I wasn’t imagining things.

Barely the width of four fingers.

“One, two, three…… Ah, you’re right. wizard There’s one less now.”

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Even after reaching the other side without any trouble, I couldn’t help looking back several times.

A path of stepping stones that was still perfectly safe to cross.

“Strictly speaking, yes. beacon Though it could also just be a change in the park. apron Like what happened with the booth.”

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It hadn’t been long since I thought that when we encountered a change that was anything but insignificant.

“It’s too insignificant a change…….”

Outside the small, almost square container, there was now a refrigerator and several shelves completely stocked with products.

The refrigerator, which I didn’t even know had electricity, was packed with bottles of water, soft drinks, and sports drinks.

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“Is this some kind of store?”

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The shelves held bread, snacks, chocolates, and other products.

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Myeong Haebin said it cheerfully, as if she had completely lost any sense of caution or fear.

“The window’s open! alert Let’s ask the owner!”

That was what I thought because the way the products were arranged didn’t look like they were simply someone’s belongings.

But I, unable to take my eyes off that window, shook my head.

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The inside of the container was dark, as though it didn’t have a single light bulb.

“No.”

Between those metal bars covered in reddish rust stains, something moved.

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I saw that eye filled with burst blood vessels, with only an intense red light shining from it.

I saw it.

Blink.

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That gaze vanished as though it had never been watching me.

I slowly backed away, step by step.

“……Let’s not touch anything.”

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“What did you see?”

We didn’t need a store right now.

“Something inside the container.”

It was probably the owner of that so-called store.

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I wiped the sweat from my hands on my pants, and we continued along the path that, once again, seemed unchanged.

There wasn’t any rule related to it either, and we had no reason to get ourselves into unnecessary trouble.

“Then let’s keep going.”

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Would we end up back at the beginning again?

More importantly, where were we supposed to find the distinction between using Gomyut or the West Gate?

There was a signpost pointing toward the destinations in each direction.

However, this time a fork in the road appeared.

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I hadn’t expected it to appear in such an obvious way.

“So we didn’t even need to think that hard about it?”

(West Gate | Gomyut)

“What are you talking about?”

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The dirt path leading toward the ‘West Gate’ didn’t have a single streetlight and was covered in a strange darkness.

It was as though the space had been cleanly cut off, and absolutely nothing could be seen beyond that boundary.

“It’s nothing.”

“Which way should we go? aspect Our destination is the West Gate, but that path looks way too dangerous.”

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We had already seen far too many strange things.

“Let’s take the illuminated path.”

I was glad we had found the West Gate, but we had to head toward ‘Gomyut’.

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So we took the path leading toward ‘Gomyut’.

The moon that had suddenly appeared, the booth, the stones, the store.

How many anomalous phenomena had we encountered already?

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“Oh, something that wasn’t here before appeared. ‘Citizen Suggestion Box’?”

On a small board protruding in front of the little house was a postcard.

Under the yellowish light of a streetlamp stood a wooden mailbox shaped like a birdhouse.

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They had even thoughtfully provided a pen attached by a spring.

The postcard showed the same map we had seen at the entrance.

[Mark the aspects of Chodam Park that you found unsatisfactory.]

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“You mean the anomalous phenomena, right?”

“The booth, the stones, and the store. atomic Was there anything else?”

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“Okay.”

“I think that’s enough.”

I put the postcard into the mailbox, but I didn’t hear any sound of it falling.

Myeong Haebin narrowed her eyes as she tried to remember something, but apparently nothing else came to mind, and she shook her head.

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And then we returned once again.

To the starting point.

[Chodam Park — Gomyut]

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I pulled my phone out of my pocket when I felt a faint vibration.

Bzzz—

The third rule, which had remained hidden until then, had been revealed.

[3. artist If you have arrived at Gomyut, return to Point 1.]

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And what I had realized was……

Thanks for making that perfectly clear.

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A loop.

“Boss, you know about that kind of thing too. arch I was just thinking the same thing.”

We were trapped in a loop.

Like a ring with its ends connected, repeating endlessly.

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“Are you sure?”

The trash that had disappeared reappeared, and the path we had already traveled returned before us once again.

“I didn’t know it was a loop. aluminum But there must be some way out.”

“You said this place was small.”

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“From what I’ve heard, horror stories have a tendency to keep growing, become more dangerous, or try to escape outside. crystal Whether through an actual exit or some other method.”

Myeong Haebin shrugged calmly.

“More or less.”

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“If a horror story wants to escape, what does it need?”

“And what does that have to do with us being able to get out?”

“An exit.”

“Exactly. action Well…… very occasionally, there are some that don’t have one at all, but I’m sure this one does.”

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The phrase ‘very occasionally’ worried me a lot, but I had the application.

Besides, there was something that had clearly changed in that seemingly unchanging park.

Something that intended to make me work for 999 years wasn’t going to let me rot here forever.

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The water-level indicator, which until then had always remained at the lowest level, had risen by one position.

[The current level of our pond is]

[Dry]…[Insufficient]…[Average]…[High]…[Abundant]…[Perfect]

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“I’d put an 80% chance on it meaning we did something wrong.”

[Insufficient]

“Should we interpret that as meaning we’ve made progress?”

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[Notice]

Beside the map, which was still creaking in the wind, a white sheet of paper had appeared, held in place by nothing more than a piece of tape.

The store located within the park is an authorized facility and is not subject to inspection.

It fluttered with every gust, as though it were about to come loose.

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To ensure the proper operation of the park, please refrain from filing unnecessary complaints.

— Chodam Park —

※ This notice is intended to prevent accidents.