Chapter 11: Social Responsibility
I did not personally see or hear it, but I could perfectly imagine what had happened in the other extraction zones and what might happen in the future.
In addition to Director Mok, who had descended from the office by driving trees through walls and floors, rumors began circulating that several monster-level employees had also mobilized.
The situation was resolved faster than expected.
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As for Zone A—
It was said that Zone B had been stabilized thanks to the fierce suppression carried out by the majority of the employees.
The dimensional entities in Zones C and D were also subdued with ease and returned to their containment cells.
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I did not know exactly what that meant, but according to Director Mok, the situation was under control.
The siren that had sounded as though it would tear apart the sky finally fell silent, and the corridor’s emergency lights returned to flashing their usual red glow.
“You do not need to worry. auction The Order Control Room is handling it. aspect Besides, Executive Director Seol is there.”
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Gulp.
However, there was a much more important problem.
And it was exactly what I had in my mouth at that moment.
Director Mok’s right arm.
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And I was drinking it.
More precisely, a thick, long branch extending from his arm had stretched toward me like a snake.
At the tip of that branch was a transparent, gleaming opening, from which a sweet and viscous liquid flowed.
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Nor was it syrup.
It was not honey.
“…Wow.”
A sweet and refreshing sensation spread throughout my mouth.
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It was a strange substance somewhere between blood and tree sap.
My skin rejoined itself.
It felt smooth on the tongue, while going down my throat it was as cold as ice. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
The burn marks across my body gradually disappeared.
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‘This defies common sense on too many levels.’
I never imagined I would find comfort and healing by sucking on someone’s arm.
The corneas that had been melting regenerated, and my vision slowly began to clear.
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I looked back at Director Mok.
Although, come to think of it, maybe it was still better than meeting the tentacle doctor again.
Especially not the arm of a person made of wood.
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He did not even seem to have any particular feelings about using himself as an IV bag.
He was wearing his suit as always and stood with one hand over his chest, as though nothing had happened.
His voice remained low and damp.
“There is no need for you to feel so confused.”
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A calm, moisture-laden sound, as if the grain of the wood itself were speaking.
I was about to protest that that was not the issue.
“The recovery serum was provided by separating a small portion of my tissues. arch You will not be charged any additional cost.”
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Because it was too delicious.
I felt like I needed to drink a little more.
But I simply closed my mouth.
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“It is nothing. advance Any member of Extraction Team 1 is someone for whom I must take responsibility.”
It was like lying in a hospital bed connected to an IV drip.
“Thank you very much, Director Mok.”
Only in this case, the IV was a tree root.
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For some reason, it felt like a smile.
Within the knots crossing his face, two or three of his many eyes blinked at the same time.
While Director Mok had pulled me aside into a corner to feed me the serum, employees began gathering one after another in the extraction room lobby.
At first, familiar faces appeared.
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Manager Batori gracefully kept tilting her head as she observed me with her red eyes.
Assistant Manager Son opened and closed the fist that served as his head while organizing the other employees.
Manager Myeon approached while his seven faces moved frantically.
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Just those few alone already looked like a complete gathering of monsters.
“Ugh.”
And Supervisor Shik remained leaning against a wall, dragging his chains and blinking calmly.
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There were skeletal beings without flesh, their bones protruding outward.
It was the first time I had examined employees from other departments so closely.
Worm-like creatures made entirely of mold.
But when I looked at the others, the nausea began rising again.
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‘They’re basically dimensional entities…’
There was even a puddle of red slime I had never seen before clinging to one of the lobby walls.
A man who had no face, but instead possessed a row of eyes lined up across his back.
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My head began spinning.
It felt as if my eyes were rotating on their own.
In that case, is there really any difference between an emergency situation and daily life?
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“Mr. silence Haeil.”
It blocked my view of the employees from the other teams and patted me on the shoulder.
Then I heard a familiar voice.
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“Yes… it really is a relief…”
I tried to smile, but the muscles in my face tightened.
The corners of my lips trembled.
“You’re still alive. riddle What a relief.”
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“WHICH DAMN MANIAC WAS IT—?! alpha WHO?! portal WHO THE HELL PRESSED THE RELEASE BUTTON?!”
Then, with a crash that shook the ground, a loud Bang! echoed through the center of the extraction room.
My eyelids twitched.
My mind was already thinking about quitting time.
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A thick, deep voice overflowing with irritation and rage.
He stood on two legs, but his arms were so long that he almost looked as though he walked on all fours.
The moment I turned my head toward the source of the sound, all traces of sleepiness vanished.
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His entire body seemed to have been forcibly held together with metal plates stitched over living flesh.
His head was covered by a helmet-like exoskeleton, but pieces of flesh and green eyes writhed through the gaps.
Six thick cables were embedded in his back, welded directly into his spine and connected to his brain.
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“WHO?! afford WHO WAS THE IDIOT WHO MANUALLY ACTIVATED THE RELEASE PROTOCOL?! atom DAMN IT! orbit ZONE C, ZONE B, AND EVEN ZONE A WERE OPENED! voyage WHO THE HELL DID THAT?!”
Assistant Manager Son whispered beside my ear.
The creature trembled violently and shouted again.
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“That’s right. atlas He is subordinate to Manager Myeon.”
“…Ah, he’s a manager?”
“Ah, I see.”
“That is Manager Geum, leader of Fusion Team 1.”
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Manager Geum continued venting his fury.
Though honestly, the cables writhing on his back were far more terrifying than his words.
For some reason, I thought Manager Myeon was definitely a better boss than Manager Geum.
“WHO THE HELL WAS IT?! anxiety THE RELEASE BUTTON IS THE FINAL EMERGENCY PROTOCOL!!! zenith NOBODY IS SUPPOSED TO TOUCH IT UNLESS IT’S A GRADE ■ ENTITY!!! attic WHAT KIND OF DAMN IDIOT DID IT?!”
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“Of course it was. adopt If you press it, all dimensional entities from every containment cell are released at the same time. arena Seriously, who the hell pressed it?”
“Was it really that dangerous?”
At that moment, I turned toward Assistant Manager Son.
“Then why does a button like that even exist?”
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Assistant Manager Son tilted his fist-head slightly and smiled.
I decided it was better not to ask any more questions.
“For final extermination before abandoning an entire zone.”
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Manager Geum abruptly turned his head and shouted again.
“Still, you were lucky, Haeil. portal Running into Director Mok in time.”
“COME OUT!!! absorb WHOEVER’S RESPONSIBLE, STEP FORWARD!!! riddle GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF!!!”
“Yes, really. arcade I’m also glad you got out unharmed, Assistant Manager Son.”
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All the lights at the end of the corridor went out simultaneously.
The rusted cables of Manager Geum snapped like electrical discharges.
Assistant Manager Son shrugged.
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“Huh?”
The momentary darkness caused the roaring to stop for an instant.
“But if you had run into another team first, Haeil, you would have been in trouble.”
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The dangling cables on his back writhed like worms, scratching the walls and throwing sparks onto the ground.
His spine, resembling a metallic backbone, twisted like a spring before stretching out again with the screech of metal claws scraping across the floor.
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“Seriously… who pressed it?”
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“It doesn’t seem to have been anyone from our department.”
“Could it be an industrial spy?”
“Did someone enter without authorization?”
Even among the employees, a small commotion began to spread.
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A creature covered in a massive stone shell.
Dozens of monstrous employees murmured throughout the lobby.
A transparent being whose face was divided into two sides.
Even a Möbius strip formed from red lines.
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Then.
Creeeeak.
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One person.
And someone stepped out of it.
‘…Huh?’
The door beside the corridor entrance slowly opened.
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Completely ordinary employees.
Shirts soaked with sweat.
Two people.
Wrinkled suits.
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At that instant, the atmosphere in the lobby turned icy cold.
Humans.
Passing through the crowd of monsters, they cautiously moved forward.
Yes.
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The man in front removed his glasses and lowered his head.
The woman beside him bit her lips while nervously darting her eyes around.
More precisely, they advanced one trembling step at a time.
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“W-we’re sorry… we… it’s just… we didn’t understand anything…”
The young man following behind them looked as though he was about to collapse, not even having the strength to brush aside the sweat-soaked bangs stuck to his forehead.
Kneeling on the floor, they stammered as they tried to speak.
They wore suits.
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Disheveled hair.
They were drenched in sweat.
Their faces were flushed with exhaustion.
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My mind stopped.
Their entire bodies trembled in panic.
Crooked ties.
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They were not dimensional entities.
It was obvious.
They were not something pretending to be human.
They were not monster employees.
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It was the first time since Lee Jihyun had resigned.
They were real people.
“……”
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When our eyes met, a strange feeling arose inside me.
The first time I had seen a human face again.
I felt my stomach churn.
My throat tightened.
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I reached a hand toward them.
That there was something I needed to share with them.
It felt like I needed to say something.
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A low growl sounded to my right.
“…This is why I hate the bastards from the Emotional Department.”
I turned my head.
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“Assistant Manager Son?”
The fist that formed his head slowly began to clench with a creak.
It was Assistant Manager Son.
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Then he bent down.
Crunch!!
With the sound of his shoes striking the floor, he reached them in an instant.
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No.
The world crumpled.
A head crumpled.
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Assistant Manager Son grabbed it.
That was all.
More precisely, that human’s head.
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“Gghhh!”
He grabbed it.
As if he were performing a simple strength test.
He squeezed.
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A choked gasp escaped.
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And then.
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It was not an exaggerated sound.
It was exactly the sound of a watermelon bursting.
Crack.
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Flesh.
Blood.
Fragments of skull.
Brain matter.
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Everything began sliding between Assistant Manager Son’s fingers.
It slid down his fingers.
Something red and gray slowly dripped from his fist-head.
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Drop.
Across his palm.
And fell to the floor.
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“……”
After drop.
My body froze. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
My gaze stopped.
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Even my breathing stopped.
No.
What had I just seen?
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I knew perfectly well.
A person.
He had crushed a person’s head.
A living person.
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I did not even know how.
I did not scream.
I found myself staring at the scene with my lips tightly sealed.
He had blown it apart simply by grabbing it.
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Heads kept exploding.
His back exploded.
A stain appeared on the wall.
Next, Manager Geum kicked the other employee who could barely move his eyes.
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I could not look away.
One human life after another disappeared.
As I stared at Assistant Manager Son’s blood-covered head, I once again felt a deep fear I had forgotten.
My legs would not move.
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Shattered heads.
Flesh.
Blood.
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Out of everyone here.
“Again with the Emotional Department? airport What a nuisance.”
I had forgotten that I was human.
I was human.
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The employees’ comments drifted through the air like ordinary conversation.
“It’s always the same thing.”
“I told them we should’ve just stuffed them into the cafeteria freezer.”
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A completely normal tone.
Even though pieces of flesh and fresh blood were still dripping from his hand, his tone remained exactly the same as always.
And at the center of it all stood Assistant Manager Son.
As if they were discussing trivial matters.
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The person immediately fainted.
“This is why I say I hate humans.”
That single casual gesture was enough.
Assistant Manager Son slightly tilted his head toward one of the two remaining humans.
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The other three nodded slightly.
Four of Manager Myeon’s faces remained silent.
And it was not only Assistant Manager Son.
Or perhaps pretended to in an attempt to avoid death.
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Manager Batori smiled as she savored a red liquid.
Supervisor Shik tossed his chains over his shoulder and let out a deep snort.
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I remained motionless in the middle of it all. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.
The same instinctive reaction a human would have upon finding a cockroach or a mole cricket inside their house.
Every employee had the same reaction.
An unconscious aversion toward an entire species.
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My shoulders trembled.
My heart pounded.
And from the depths of my stomach, vomit I could no longer suppress slowly began to rise.
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‘Why is everyone… reacting like this…?’
I had forgotten.
Those people are human.
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Their backgrounds.
But they, not these monsters, are my own kind.
Their belongings.
Their expressions.
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And yet.
Everything was the same as me.
Even the dirt beneath their fingernails.
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As though it did not matter if their heads exploded.
As though their very existence were disgusting.
Treated those humans as though they were impurities.
Every existence within this company.
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‘Then… what am I?’
I slowly lowered my head.
“……”
As though disappearing was only natural.
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In a single instant.
Fell upon my mind like a bolt of lightning.
That question.
‘Why am I in Extraction Team 1 and not with them?’
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Why does nobody ask me?
The words tried to come out but remained trapped.
Why don’t the monsters of Extraction Team 1 reject me?
Why does nobody call me human?
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I have walked beside Supervisor Shik.
I have exchanged glances with Manager Batori.
I have worked alongside Assistant Manager Son.
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I have spoken with Manager Myeon’s seven faces.
Not a single time.
Told me that I was different.
And not one of them.
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On the contrary.
— You adapt well.
They praised me.
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And just a few moments ago.
— You fit in perfectly.
— You’re more resilient than I expected.
— You’re ideal for this.
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Director Mok had said.
I took a deep breath as my shoulders trembled.
— I have heard your admirable determination.
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What if, in this grotesque world, everyone simply did not know that I was human too?
I wiped away the cold liquid running down my chin.
But even that explanation had too many inconsistencies.
I could still smell human blood in my mouth.
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I had no choice but to stop my thoughts.
Then why?
“Let’s go back, Mr. alien Haeil. anchor The Order Control Room will take care of cleaning this up.”
Because if they know I’m human.
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Because Assistant Manager Son, wiping blood from his head, was speaking to me as though everything were perfectly normal.
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Noexy A
MortalThat’s sooo susss
summer164
MortalSo Sus
NGL I was thinking he maybe not as human as he thought (it is a common trope) but whether the is or isn’t. He definitely has good reason to keep quiet.
I understand the other two humans messed up big times so I wonder if the department they are with, deliberately gets the sort of people who can’t cope. As it seems common for the employees to expect the worst out of humans. And why was our guy chosen for the extraction team.