Chapter 5: Hwaae High School (1)

After all, I had only just met him.

Besides, he belonged to his own team.

I still didn’t know.

Could Team Leader Yong be trusted?

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It wasn’t a choice.

Did it really make sense for me to worry about that?

“When you hear your name, come to the front, collect your identification card and uniform, and then you may leave!”

But.

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“Park Minil!”

The whiteboard on the stage disappeared, revealing an enormous circular stone slab.

It was an assignment.

Carved in relief on it was an animal with its mouth wide open.

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The new employees began congratulating one another.

The man whose name had been called walked forward, inserted his hand into the stone mouth, and pulled out a uniform with a red stripe along with an identification card placed on top.

“Wow! wizard That’s the team that pays more, right? anchor I’m jealous.”

“You got the Exploration Team! harbor Congratulations!”

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“I don’t know, but it’s not a team I’d recommend.”

“What does the Exploration Team do?”

Team Leader Yong remained motionless, resting his chin on his hand and staring straight ahead without moving.

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Dismantling Team.

Unlike before, his tone was much more serious now.

He wasn’t joking anymore.

Instead of continuing to press him with questions, I decided to watch how things unfolded.

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A few went to the Dismantling Team.

Most were assigned to the Exploration Team.

Exploration Team…

Exploration Team.

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What did it mean?

The difference between the two groups was strangely obvious.

And, strangely, those who ended up on the Dismantling Team remained much calmer than the rest, despite the enthusiastic atmosphere.

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“Kim Hanmu!”

Just looking at that stone mouth, which seemed ready to snap shut at any moment, made me admire the courage of those who put their hands inside. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

Finally, Myeong Haebin called my name.

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But her large, bright eyes and cheerful voice showed no trace of the cold and inhuman person I had seen the day before.

“Team Leader Yong brought me here. arena I missed the orientation.”

“So you really were here! arena Boss, I was planning to go look for you in your room when I finished.”

Hearing Haebin call me Boss sent a chill through my body.

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“What do you want me to do? abstract It’s already become a habit. wizard Besides, he told us himself to call him old man.”

“Ah, that old man? silence Don’t worry. amateur I’ll explain everything to you separately later, Boss.”

“He’s a Team Leader too. harbor Why do you call him old man and me Boss?”

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She was exactly the Myeong Haebin I knew.

‘Maybe yesterday I was simply seeing things that weren’t there. arcade After all, I was completely out of it…’

She pursed her lips as if she genuinely didn’t understand what the problem was.

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“Well, whatever you want. arena But what do they base the team assignments on?”

“I don’t know. palette I suppose they choose the most suitable team for each person. athlete I’m only in charge of handing out the assignments.”

Thinking about it that way put me a little more at ease.

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Or Team Leader Yong’s Dismantling Team?

The most suitable team?

Would the Exploration Team, full of enthusiastic new employees, be better?

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Beneath my fingers, I felt a soft uniform.

Feeling somewhat tense, I inserted my hand into the cold stone mouth.

And on top of it, a plastic card.

But.

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‘Why is my uniform completely black?’

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As soon as I pulled out the uniform, something seemed strange.

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Why didn’t mine have any?

“Haebin, could this be some kind of defe…?”

Or a red one.

Everyone else’s had a blue stripe.

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Name: Kim Hanmu

[Daecheonmyeong]

My eyes were fixed on the identification card.

The words died in my throat.

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“Cleaning Team?”

Department: Cleaning Team

“Huh? album You got the Cleaning Team?”

Those who still hadn’t left and were watching the assignments curiously glanced over my shoulder and began murmuring.

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I was the most confused of all.

From the residence to the grand plaza.

“I didn’t hear anything about it. meadow Are you sure they didn’t hire a janitor instead of an employee?”

“Weren’t there only supposed to be two teams? adjust Did they explain that earlier?”

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Except for one person.

Well.

“Haebin… Could this be some kind of mistake…?”

I hadn’t seen anyone wearing a black uniform without any stripes.

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And that only confused me even more.

There wasn’t the slightest hesitation in Myeong Haebin’s expression.

“Impossible. apple You belong to the Cleaning Team, Boss.”

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Some continued turning around to look at me several times.

One after another, they left the room.

“All right! accent Since the assignments are finished, you may leave. wizard You wouldn’t want to be late on your first day of work!”

But, in the end, it was none of their business.

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Only three people remained.

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“What it says on my card is a little different, but yeah.”

“Come with me. adapt You’re on the Exploration Team too, right?”

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And me.

Myeong Haebin.

Team Leader Yong.

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I looked at the only person wearing a black uniform without any colored stripes Myeong Haebin.

“You already knew?”

“Huff, now that everyone’s gone, I can finally explain it to you.”

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Haebin held up her identification card.

I had thought it was because she was giving the orientation.

Or maybe because she belonged to the human resources department.

“Yes! abandon I was reassigned to work with you too, Boss.”

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Department: Cleaning Team

Name: Myeong Haebin

[Daecheonmyeong]

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It was true.

What team had she belonged to before?

Her department was also listed as the Cleaning Team.

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Team Leader Yong, who hadn’t gotten up from his seat while everyone else was leaving, slowly approached.

“What’s all the fuss about? acquire Let me see.”

Maybe because I hadn’t paid attention, I couldn’t remember.

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“This is the first time I’ve seen one of these. athlete Is it a newly created department?”

When I showed him my card, he turned it over several times in his hands with a curious expression.

“It’s because my Boss is very special! arena You know, old man? athlete My Boss made a paranormal phenomenon disappear completely!”

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I had made a paranormal phenomenon disappear?

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“Me?”

I pointed at myself, completely bewildered.

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“Yes! acoustic Normally, a place where a paranormal phenomenon appears will manifest again and again, no matter how many times the Dismantling Team intervenes. matrix But you cleaned it so perfectly that it disappeared without a trace and will never appear again.”

Haebin smiled as naturally as ever.

I didn’t feel like I had done anything special.

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If they were going to give me something special, they could have given me the intelligence to get into Seoul National University or a face worthy of a celebrity.

Did I possess some kind of power I wasn’t even aware of?

I had only cleaned the way I always did.

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What kind of ability was that?

“Well, I see.”

Cleaning paranormal phenomena?

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“Not yet. voyage It was only just created. adjust Besides, I still have to repeat the orientation for Boss…”

Then he suddenly grabbed me by the wrist.

Team Leader Yong stroked his chin with interest.

“Haebin. adjust Does the Cleaning Team have any work right now?”

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Instead of letting Team Leader Yong drag me along obediently, I planted my feet and stopped him.

“Whaat?!”

“There’s no better teacher than experience. acid When you experience something firsthand, you learn much faster.”

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“What is it?”

Noticing my resistance, he turned toward me.

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“To a paranormal phenomenon, of course. abandon Haven’t you heard the saying that seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times?”

For a moment, he seemed surprised by my response.

“And why me?”

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“Are you afraid of dying? atomic Haebin, tell him. atomic Which group in the Dismantling Team has the highest survival rate?”

But then he burst out laughing.

“See? atom You couldn’t be in better hands.”

“Do I have to say it’s yours, old man?”

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Haebin remained thoughtful for a few seconds.

‘How suspicious.’

Then she stood on tiptoe and whispered in my ear.

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Besides, I hadn’t even attended the orientation.

“Maybe it’s not a bad idea. beacon Right now, the Cleaning Team is just you and me. acid Wouldn’t it be safer to accompany a veteran?”

I knew practically nothing about paranormal phenomena.

I was barely even a rookie.

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Bzzz—

At that moment, my phone vibrated.

Even if it was a little more dangerous.

Maybe this would be better for my future.

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It really was desperate to force me to keep cleaning paranormal phenomena.

[Completion Condition: Clean a paranormal phenomenon together with ‘Team Leader Yong’.]

A new notification had arrived.

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It never let a single opportunity go to waste.

“Then I’ll go get our equipment! artist You two go on ahead!”

“Understood. apple If there’s no problem…”

‘Fine. anxiety I’ll go.’

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“Don’t be nervous. autumn It’s just a school legend.”

As soon as Haebin ran out through the door, the conference room was left with only Team Leader Yong and me.

With a teasing smile, Team Leader Yong took a wooden tablet out of his pocket and inserted it into the door Haebin had just gone through.

He turned the doorknob.

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A completely different place appeared on the other side.

When he opened it.

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It was a completely normal school.

It was a hallway bathed in sunlight.

The everyday commotion of students talking and running could be heard. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

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Well.

Crouching there was a brown-haired man with glasses wearing a Daecheonmyeong uniform.

Except for all the blood.

“You were already here. riddle I told you to wait.”

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“You said you were going to bring a rookie first.”

A corpse lay in the middle of the main hallway.

“Hahaha. autumn Did I really say that?”

I didn’t pay attention to their conversation.

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The wrists.

Its neck had been sewn shut.

The collar of the shirt.

The sleeves.

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Everything was joined together with stitches.

Hadn’t they said it wasn’t that serious?

Wasn’t this supposed to be just a school legend?

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“So this is the rookie. arctic Are you all right?”

I wanted to answer no.

“Ugh…”

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But I was too busy trying to hold back my nausea.

I raised a trembling hand and pointed at the corpse.

“Looks like you’re not. harbor That’s understandable.”

“Hey. acoustic You reacted the same way your first time.”

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The brown-haired man calmly removed his hand from my back and approached the corpse.

“Did you… do that?”

“Of course not. athlete It’s hard to see, but if you lift the uniform a little…”

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Underneath was a uniform with a red stripe.

He lifted the school uniform.

It belonged to the Exploration Team.

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“And don’t call me ‘sir.’ I’m Jeong Dohyeon. legend Nice to meet you.”

Introducing himself that way, Jeong Dohyeon discreetly positioned himself in front of the corpse and held out his hand to me.

Maybe because I could no longer see the corpse.

“…Kim Hanmu.”

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Get a grip.

Right.

I felt much better.

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After discreetly wiping the corner of my mouth, proud that I hadn’t ended up vomiting, I straightened myself.

I’ll end up just like him.

If I start thinking this is nothing more than a simple school legend.

“Mr. adjust Dohyeon, what exactly do the Exploration Team and the Dismantling Team mean?”

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“The Exploration Team is the first to enter a paranormal phenomenon. altitude Their job is to discover a way to escape so that the Dismantling Team can intervene afterward. artist In exchange, they receive the highest hazard-pay bonus.”

There’s that saying.

That the careers where it’s easiest to find employment are precisely the ones where people disappear the fastest.

Now I understood why almost everyone had been assigned to the Exploration Team.

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So that was why they recruited so many.

“It’s the company’s elite team. crystal We work with the limited information the Exploration Team manages to obtain to dismantle the paranormal phenomenon. abstract Unlike the other teams, we’re divided into Tigers, Dogs, and Mice.”

“And the Dismantling Team?”

Tigers, Dogs, and Mice?

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Why divide people up as though they were animals?

“There’s also the Support Team, though they’re administrative staff, so you’ll almost never have any contact with them.”

That was a rather strange classification.

“Then which one do you belong to?”

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Team Leader Yong, who was still examining the corpse, calmly approached and rested his elbow on Jeong Dohyeon’s shoulder while smiling.

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The weight caused one of Dohyeon’s shoulders to sink.

“Dogs. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. adjust We’re quite a bit below the Tigers, but you shouldn’t underestimate us.”

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“I’ve been curious for a while. voyage Isn’t he on our team?”

Then he pointed at me.

“No. arrow He’s from none other than the newly created Cleaning Team.”

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After hearing a brief summary about me from Team Leader Yong, Jeong Dohyeon tilted his head slightly.

He immediately gave me another kind smile.

“Ah… I see.”

“I didn’t see how you work with my own eyes, so I don’t know exactly what you do, but it’ll be a pleasure working with you. sphere Since this is your first time, don’t try to do too much. alert The most important thing is getting out alive.”

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“Can’t we just go in?”

He seemed like a good person.

“Well, well. avalanche Haebin still isn’t here, but let’s first figure out how to get in.”

Between blocking my view of the corpse and his attitude.

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It was stained with blood and a liquid I couldn’t identify.

I unrolled it.

Team Leader Yong dropped a rolled-up piece of paper into my hand.

Typed text appeared on it.

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It didn’t exactly look like a cause of death.

[Incorrect Uniform While Attending Class]

“What… is this?”

“The cause of his death.”

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“Rookie, paranormal phenomena have rules. acid Our job is to break them. antique Look at this.”

Through the glass, which was covered in stains, I could barely make out the text.

He tapped the bulletin board located in the central hallway.

It was only a few words.

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Hwaae High School Regulations

“Things like these. shadow Inside a paranormal phenomenon, you have to distrust everything and check everything.”

So.

All students must be diligent and responsible.
All students must wear their uniforms properly.
No student may remain at school after the official dismissal time.

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Click.

Had that student ended up like that because he broke the second rule?

At that moment, the door behind us opened.

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“You’re just in time. accent Haebin, pass me some glass cleaner.”

Myeong Haebin entered with her cheeks slightly flushed, carrying a bag packed with cleaning supplies and a mop.

“Yes! atlas I brought some.”

“I’m here! portal I’m not late, am I?”

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“You said we have to distrust everything and check everything.”

“What do you need those for?”

A short while later, she handed me a spray bottle of glass cleaner and a window squeegee.

She set the bag on the floor, sat down beside the entrance, and began rummaging through it.

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To finish, I removed the excess liquid with the rubber blade on the other side.

I sprayed the glass with the cleaner.

Then I ran the sponge side of the squeegee from top to bottom.

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When I wiped away the last drops of cleaner.

“I don’t know much about exploration or dismantling, but I do know how to clean.”

Someone let out a small exclamation.

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Hwaae High School Regulations

The bulletin board didn’t show only what we had seen before.

All students must be diligent and responsible, and faithfully carry out their assigned activities.

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No student may remain at school after the official dismissal time.

3-1. album However, third-year students are exempt. altitude (Mandatory Night Study)

All students must wear their uniforms properly and prioritize compliance with the regulations.