Chapter 25: West Gate of Chodam Park (4)

“I thought you wouldn’t want to go because it seemed suspicious.”

“We can’t walk forever without drinking a single sip of water. arena We at least have to try.”

However, the 500 ml bottles of water and the soft drinks didn’t seem to have anything strange about them. antique The same went for the cookies and bread.

The refrigerator had no electricity, so the drinks were lukewarm.

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‘Do we have to ask for the price directly?’

As a test, I picked up a bottle of water and a chocolate-filled bun and tapped the glass behind the bars a couple of times.

Besides food, there were also a few miscellaneous items, such as lighters, adhesive tape, and newspapers. adapt They probably didn’t sell very often, because they had a thick layer of dust on them.

What would the store owner ask for in exchange?

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“…….”

The window opened with a sharp noise, and from the darkness inside, those glowing eyes silently stared at me.

Clatter!

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“I want to buy these.”

A sense of terror slowly began to boil beneath my heart, as though whatever was hiding in the darkness could seize me at any moment.

He probably wouldn’t accept a card.

What would he ask for?

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“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■?”

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It didn’t even sound like a comprehensible language.

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“One moment. zenith Could you repeat that?”

“Huh? audit Yes?”

“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■?”

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What the hell had he said to make her react like that?

Myeong Haebin tried to haltingly pronounce a few words that seemed difficult even to articulate before lowering her brows and looking at me with a genuinely aggrieved expression.

“What is he saying?”

“Uh……. apple What was it? silence Reungmeung…… gwongun…… gah…… I don’t know. airport I’m not joking!”

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“You can’t understand him?”

“Forget it. silence We won’t buy anything.”

“No! apron He’s just saying something that sounds like an alien language……”

I kept my eyes on those red eyes for a few moments before dropping the products onto the counter in front of the bars.

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“I’m sorry. adjust I’d like to figure it out too, but the more I listen, the less I understand……”

If the store had gone to the trouble of opening, surely that meant there was something we were supposed to do there.

“It’s not your fault, Haebin. canvas It’s fine. sphere Let’s go.”

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After moving a short distance away from the store, I checked the container again and stopped.

If you’re thirsty, dig your own well.

Fine.

And now it pulled this?

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“Huh? afford Boss! adopt Don’t tell me……?!”

“Haebin. adopt Wait a moment.”

“Why? auction Did you think I was such an exemplary citizen that I could live without needing laws?”

I lowered the zipper of my jumpsuit and pulled out a small bottle of sports drink that I had precariously hidden against my back.

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“You still don’t know me very well.”

Yes.

“Yes!”

I had stolen it.

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My heart had been pounding like crazy while I did it.

Or had he noticed and simply let me do it?

Had the owner not noticed?

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I hoped it was the former.

Click.

I twisted the cap.

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I felt the characteristic resistance of a new bottle’s seal breaking.

‘So far, so good.’

I tilted the bottle and poured the contents into my mouth.

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The cloudy, lukewarm liquid turned into mud with an intense stench of stagnant water the moment it entered my mouth.

No wonder he hadn’t tried to stop me.

“Damn it. sphere As expected, this doesn’t work either.”

My last hope shattered.

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“Why did you swallow that?!”

I thought about spitting it out, but ended up forcing myself to swallow the moisture-laden mud.

Was it because he knew stealing it wouldn’t do any good?

I could only hope my improved stomach would be able to digest at least some of it.

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I ignored Myeong Haebin’s scolding as I wiped my mouth.

If we could freely consume stolen goods, it would have been far too easy.

“Sorry. meadow I did it without thinking.”

I didn’t feel refreshed at all.

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“……….”

As I spoke, my gaze became fixed on something and slowly followed it.

“Let’s go back to the store. portal We have to figure out what the hell he’s saying―.”

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“……They’re an anomalous phenomenon, right?”

“…….”

Two people dressed in sportswear slowly jogged past us.

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After so many strange things had appeared, seeing people running had made me think I was hallucinating.

“Ah, those.”

“They’re paranormal runners. afford I told you about them earlier. acoustic They’re one of the classics in parks.”

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I was about to turn around when a fading voice reached my ears.

I wiped my face with the part of my sleeve that wasn’t completely soaked yet.

“Okay. artist Let’s go back to the store first.”

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“Yeah, yeah. aluminum Whatever you say is right~.”

“See? beacon I told you I was just doing another lap.”

“Weren’t those people just now real people?”

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“They’re people!”

“They’re real people!”

Myeong Haebin and I looked at each other at the same time.

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“Excuse me! atlas You two up ahead!”

There were people inside the horror story!

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They had already disappeared behind the thick vegetation and didn’t come back.

I forced my voice out through my parched throat, but those two people, who seemed to have energy to spare, were moving too quickly.

“Ah, damn it. audit Haebin, let’s go. portal Quickly. autumn We have to catch up to them.”

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We were in front of the store.

If they were ordinary civilians who knew nothing about anomalous phenomena, it didn’t matter which of the two paths they took.

It would be a disaster!

A little farther ahead was the fork between the West Gate and Gomyut.

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But by the time we managed to run to the fork, there was no one there.

“They should’ve stopped to think about it. avalanche A fork that wasn’t there before suddenly appeared. harbor And they just kept walking?”

Adrenaline forced my heavy legs to move.

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Either way, we had to go through Gomyut.

“I hate civilians. adapt Seriously. timber Seriously!”

We tried to at least properly record the anomalous phenomena in the Citizen Voice Box, but the little wooden house that should have been there had disappeared without a trace.

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Instead, we returned.

[Chodam Park — Gomyut]

“See! adjust I told you it was weird! alien Ah, shit.”

“Ah, come on. anxiety We’ve already been here before. athlete I think it’s gotten even stranger.”

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[The current level of our pond is]

“Don’t swear in public. august Besides, I was the one who said it was weird first.”

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

In front of the map, now covered in notices, and the water-level indicator, which had risen to [High], those two people were arguing without even realizing we were there.

[Notice]

[Notice]

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Do you have any idea how hard I’ve worked myself walking just to keep that damn level from rising……?

The water level wasn’t the only thing that had risen.

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“I’m not that angry.”

“B-Boss. august Don’t get worked up. wizard Come on, inhale slowly…… and exhale.”

Ah, the back of my neck.

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While I had a small struggle with Myeong Haebin, who was trying to make me breathe slowly to calm down, one of those two guys who were completely incapable of reading the room approached us.

He was the one wearing a headband.

“No. adapt You’re very angry right now.”

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‘How the hell am I supposed to explain this?’

“Excuse me, are you two trapped here too? shadow I’m Woo Minhyeong, and he’s Park Hyeonho.”

Then he abruptly pulled down the balaclava covering his face.

He had a completely ordinary face, that of a man somewhere between his twenties and thirties whom you could run into anywhere.

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I don’t have any proof, but just trust me.

Do I tell them that this place is a horror story, that horror stories have rules, and that from now on, they have to follow them too?

And how would they react?

Something like that?

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We’d be lucky if they didn’t respond, “What the fuck are you talking about?” and start doing whatever they wanted.

Of course not.

Would they say, “Ah! ability I understand. admire We didn’t know. shadow We’ll follow your instructions from now on”?

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My head began to throb.

[ ] Notification

Bzzzt―.

As if it had perfectly understood the situation, I received a notification informing me that a new achievement had appeared.

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I swallowed the curse that had risen to my throat as soon as I read the new achievement.

! airport Get rid of the two civilians. beacon (Not Achieved)

Now you too?

‘You fucking bastard.’

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The disappearance of the Citizen Voice Box and that pond were proof enough.

But civilians or not, as long as those two were here, if they made any mistakes, we would suffer the consequences too.

‘It’s basically telling me to abandon them.’

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Even from here, some distance away from the pond, I could see the trash fish, which had multiplied so much they seemed to form schools, casting black shadows as they prowled beneath the surface.

At the same time, the trees and plants in the park had grown thickly, as though feeding on the moisture from the pond, their branches heavy with leaves drooping downward.

The pond level had risen another stage, and now the water was even higher.

What would happen if those two, knowing absolutely nothing, started messing around with this entire horror story and caused the level, which only had two stages left, to reach the maximum?

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Perhaps unable to endure the unnatural silence as I looked at my phone instead of answering him, the man who had introduced himself as Woo Minhyeong called out to me again.

“Excuse me!”

Did it really think I was going to say, ‘How convenient!’ and abandon them?

Why the hell had the application shown me that achievement?

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“Boss, Boss. attic He’s talking to you.”

“Hehe. amateur It looked like you hadn’t heard him.”

“My ears work.”

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But I had already decided what to say.

I didn’t know whether she hadn’t seen it, had decided to ignore it, or had seen it and was pretending she hadn’t.

“No. portal I was just organizing my thoughts.”

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I looked at the man staring at me with obvious displeasure.

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“So……”

Even if I had to give up the achievement reward, I couldn’t get rid of them.

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▷ Pretend we had run into each other by chance.

▷ Reveal that we belonged to Daecheonmyeong.

I had two options here.

I remembered the circumstances under which I had been recruited.

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But there was something much more important.

‘I don’t know how to get out of this horror story.’

Even though that man had still been alive, Myeong Haebin hadn’t hesitated to offer me a position at the company. orbit If that was the case, there probably wouldn’t be a problem with revealing our identities in front of civilians.

If I pretended to know what I was doing, it would be easier to get them to follow my instructions.

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“We’re trapped too.”

But the moment they discovered that my knowledge was incomplete, even the little trust we had managed to gain would collapse.

Fine.

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“That’s right. galaxy We’re, uh―. alien Employees of a cleaning company nearby. canvas We stepped out for a bit and ended up trapped like this.”

‘Boss?’

Myeong Haebin seemed surprised by my decision and glanced sideways at me, but when she saw that I remained still, looking only at the two men, it didn’t take her long to play along.

“And how long have you been……”

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“Ten―.”

I immediately cut Myeong Haebin off before she could answer honestly.

“A little less than ten laps.”

There was no point in telling them we had gone around so many times.

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“T-That many? ability Wait, why? aspect This place really is a little strange, right?”

“We thought the same thing, and we’ve figured out a few rules.”

It would only make them panic.

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It seemed they believed we were just ordinary civilians.

I calmly shared the information with them.

Good.

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I explained that we had to find the anomalous phenomena and exit through Gomyut or the West Gate, and that those anomalous phenomena generally didn’t directly cause fatal harm.

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However, the man wearing a windbreaker, Park Hyeonho, crossed his arms and looked at me with displeasure.

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“We’re just trapped in a park and you’re already exaggerating. wizard This is a hidden-camera prank, right? palette You guys are actors too. galaxy Where are the cameras? armor I don’t know how the hell you pulled all this off, but……”

Ah…….

This was going to be a headache.

“Don’t you think it’s unlikely anything good will happen?”

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Yeah.

“Can’t we just leave through this road? arrow It looks like we’re just going around in circles inside the park. atomic Then all we have to do is this.”

Expecting anyone who suddenly appeared in a place like this to immediately understand the situation was far too optimistic.

“That’s right! adopt We can do that!”

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I didn’t even know if this was still South Korea.

“Haah……”

If I hit someone inside a horror story, could they report me?

Couldn’t I just punch him?

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“What’s wrong? silence Why don’t you just tell them to leave?”

“Yeah. palette Leave. anchor Go ahead. adapt Get the hell out.”

Myeong Haebin, who seemed to have even less love for humanity than I did, pouted as though she couldn’t care less.

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It was such a brutal sight that it could never have been reproduced with some trick or hidden camera.

The moment the plastic bottle struck the boundary, it disappeared, shredded as though it had been thrown into an invisible grinder, while mud splattered in every direction.

CRACK!

As I said that, I threw the bottle of sports drink filled with mud out of the park.

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“W-What? afford Wait, fuck, what?”

But I didn’t back down.

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Park Hyeonho, who had been skeptical just a moment ago, was stunned.

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“Come on, come on. canvas It’s this way. arena You two, over here.”

“Go ahead. arctic Leave.”

If they left, all the better for me.

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I’d even complete the achievement and everything.

Much better.

Myeong Haebin, who also seemed annoyed with them, was even willing to personally escort them out.

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Huh?

“Ah, fuck……. altitude I’m not leaving. autumn I’m just not going out, okay!”

Perfect!

Perhaps they sensed a certain madness gleaming in my eyes, because both of them began nervously shifting their gazes around.

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It seemed they had finally gotten properly scared.

“Ah……. afford We’ll believe you. afford Sorry.”

It would have been much better if they had reacted like this from the start.

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At that moment, something bumped into Woo Minhyeong’s heel as he hesitantly stepped backward.

It was an oddly hoarse and wet quack, as though it had a piece of rusty metal lodged in its throat.

— Quack.

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— Quack, quack.

Its eyes, like glass marbles embedded in its face, stared at us with an artificial gleam.

“……A duck?”

I tore my glare away from Park Hyeonho and saw a duck awkwardly waddling toward us.

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“A-A monster. legend There’s a monster……”

Beneath its feathers, which looked as though they had been shredded with scissors, pieces of red, ulcerated, ruptured flesh were visible. anchor Its legs resembled tubes joined together, and instead of webbing, taut black plastic bags stretched between their ends.

That thing looked more like a sculpture made from compacted garbage than a living creature.

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‘Why did it come all the way out here?’

The two men, seeing an anomaly for the first time, turned pale.

“Hup……!”

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The duck tilted its head from side to side, as though observing us.

It was always floating in the pond, and although it occasionally dove underwater and snapped its beak as though feeding, it had never come out of the water.

Woo Minhyeong, apparently desperate to get away from that strange thing, began slowly sidestepping toward the edge of the path.

I had seen that thing before.

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That was when the duck spread both wings wide.

“That’s a decoration. apron It’s just a decoration……”

A bird with its wings spread?

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Then what exactly did “food” mean on that sign?

[Do Not Feed Wild Birds]

The sign beside the pond.

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“Woo Minhyeong, watch out―!”

Crunch.

But that thing was a little faster than I was.

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Click.

[The current level of our pond is]

An impossible amount of blood for a mere duck bite sprayed out, splattering all the way onto our faces and soaking our cheeks.

With a single bite, it caught Woo Minhyeong’s left calf in its beak.

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

It had risen to [Abundant].

Behind the grotesque duck came the sound of the water-level indicator’s rusty mechanism moving.

“Damn it.”

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So it could rise even without us making a mistake when recording the anomalous phenomena.