Chapter 21: White Order
“But before that.”
The face that appeared to be the most prudent among his seven faces looked at me.
Just as we were preparing to head to Area A of the Extraction Hall, Manager Myeon spoke.
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More precisely, it looked at the mask of his own face attached to mine, which was already trembling slightly.
“Oh, already? altitude Well, alright. beacon Come on, Mr. armor Haeil.”
“The safer the situation, the better. meadow A Rank A dimensional entity may be difficult to face with only the mask. armor You should have accumulated some benefit points by now, so Assistant Manager Son, take Mr. acquire Jeong to the Prototype Storage.”
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Assistant Manager Son took the lead and headed toward the elevator.
Prototype Storage?
“Yes, understood.”
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As soon as the doors opened, I took a deep breath.
Everything was white.
Ding—
The elevator we boarded behind him began moving smoothly again, as if it had lost all sense of direction, although this time it did not take as long as when we went to the cafeteria.
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The walls, the floor, the ceiling, and even the lighting seemed determined not to allow a single shadow.
No.
Maybe it was even worse.
‘It looks like a psychiatric hospital.’
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And I knew exactly what that meant.
‘The Order Control Room.’
The employees walking through the hallways wore completely white suits and gas masks.
That space tolerated neither a speck of dust nor a single irregular stain. august It was so perfectly organized that it felt suffocating.
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I remembered Manager Batori’s explanation.
As I absentmindedly watched those white-clad employees walking with steps so uniform it was as if they measured every movement with a ruler, Assistant Manager Son spoke.
The white territory ruled by Executive Director Seol.
The place from which the Security Team and the Audit Team maintained order within the company.
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His grotesque appearance stood out especially strangely in that white space.
“Impressive atmosphere, right? aluminum I hate this place more than anywhere else. atomic I feel like if I spill a cup of coffee, they’ll arrest me immediately.”
Assistant Manager Son crossed his arms while shaking his fist-shaped head.
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“Hmm, they’re out-of-spec items. audit Test products that are too dangerous, too expensive, or defective and can’t be mass-produced. autumn Sometimes they also show up in the internal store.”
He shrugged.
“To put it nicely, they’re free equipment. airport Realistically, they’re clinical trials disguised as disposal of leftovers.”
“Assistant Manager, what exactly are prototypes?”
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“Normally, this place is managed by the Security Team Leader, but you know how it is. arctic She’s always busy.”
Prototype Storage
Assistant Manager Son stopped in front of a heavy white door that read.
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A blast of icy air greeted us from inside.
When he brought his head close to the scanner beside the door, it opened with a mechanical noise.
Clank—
Strange devices emitting mysterious lights were displayed like museum relics.
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And the moment I saw the person sitting there, my pulse slowed slightly.
An elegant office desk near the entrance.
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‘From the Emotional Department…?’
I didn’t know whether he was a seal-human or a tool-human.
But he was human.
Because he was another human.
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He appeared to be over forty years old.
Even seated, his height seemed comparable to mine thanks to his massive build.
A middle-aged man who looked as though he had endured entire decades with his own body.
He wore an immaculate pure white suit.
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His gray hair, combed completely backward, looked cold as frost beneath the white lighting.
His face looked like a plaster statue that had been smashed with a hammer and then forcibly glued back together.
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That was my immediate assessment.
‘He’s dried out.’
The numerous scars crossing his face and his corpse-pale skin proved that his life had been anything but a normal office life.
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Or an executioner who had long ago burned away all his remorse and sins.
He looked like a veteran butcher who had committed so many slaughters that he no longer felt anything.
When our eyes met, I felt a chill run down my spine.
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But the command my brain issued was not joy.
This was an encounter with a healthy member of my own species.
‘He’s definitely… human…’
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It was different from what I felt when facing Manager Batori’s blood-red eyes or Supervisor Shik’s fangs.
It was.
It was like standing in front of a perfectly sharpened guillotine.
‘Run.’
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He took a white handkerchief from the desk and began obsessively cleaning a pair of black leather gloves that already appeared spotless.
“It’s dirty.”
An uncomfortable sensation that made me want to flee.
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I watched those movements while holding my breath.
Swish. anxiety Swish.
The sound of fabric brushing against leather broke the silence of the storage room.
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It was far too precise to be someone simply cleaning his hands.
Every joint was rubbed exactly three times.
From thumb to little finger.
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Was he ignoring us?
It did not look like a habit.
It looked like a ritual.
‘He isn’t even looking at us.’
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It wasn’t indifference either.
No.
His empty tone and hollow gaze.
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It was simply the statement of a fact.
As neutral as saying it was raining.
Even when he said it was dirty, there was no hatred or contempt in his voice.
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As though they could shoot forward and tear out my throat at any moment.
His eyes remained fixed on the back of his hand.
But I could feel it.
The muscles of the hand holding the handkerchief seemed relaxed and tense at the same time.
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Go Gyeol.
“Audit Team Director Go Gyeol… what are you doing here…?”
A name that seemed to fit him perfectly and at the same time not fit him at all.
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My eyes moved between Assistant Manager Son and Director Go Gyeol.
His fist-head was tense.
Even he, who had crushed an Emotional Department employee’s head simply for seeming too human, was clearly submissive in front of this man.
Assistant Manager Son had probably deliberately mentioned both his name and title out of consideration for me.
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And his respect was absolute.
His posture was restrained.
“Moon Ara is away on an external security matter.”
The man replied in a dry voice as he slowly turned his head toward me.
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It was not the way one person looked at another.
Every place his gaze touched became covered in chills.
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“So it was true that Manager Myeon values someone enough to tear off one of his own faces.”
His gaze shifted to the facial mask of Manager Myeon that I was wearing.
It was the way a sanitation worker sorted garbage or waste that needed to be disposed of.
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The ceiling lights were swallowed by the enormous shadow he cast.
“Your fishy smell is unbearable.”
When he rose from the chair, his height clearly exceeded two meters.
He approached slowly.
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And when he stopped in front of me, I felt an overwhelming pressure descend upon my head.
His enormous black leather-gloved hand cut through the air.
Step. abandon Step.
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Nothing happened.
‘Dangerous…’
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I was convinced that if that hand grabbed me, my head would burst like a ripe watermelon.
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His hand merely swept through the air near my shoulder, as if brushing away an invisible speck of dust, and then lowered again.
He pulled out the handkerchief again and resumed cleaning his gloves.
“…I’m Jeong Haeil, a new employee of Extraction Team 1. adapt It’s a pleasure to meet you, Director Go Gyeol.”
“Name?”
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Was this what the humans of Limited Company Where the Dead End Up with Ghosts Ltd. were like?
That obsessively meticulous behavior from someone of my own species made me feel more miserable and frightened than any roar from a dimensional entity.
‘The humans I imagined weren’t like this.’
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“They always come here for the same reason.”
Instead of sitting down again, he began walking slowly between the display cases.
He seemed far more distant than the human employees whose heads had exploded in the Extraction Hall.
Director Go Gyeol slipped the handkerchief back into his pocket as he spoke quietly.
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Each strike of his shoes against the white floor sent vibrations all the way to my ankles.
“So, what have you come to take this time, Assistant Manager Son? amateur I hope you have enough achievements to justify the exchange.”
“Ah, well, Manager Myeon ordered us to bring the rookie to Area A. ability We need some kind of prototype…”
Step. ability Step.
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When he finished speaking, Director Go Gyeol’s hand stopped in front of a display case.
“Even if he’s only observing, he’s still a rookie. alien I’d like to get at least one piece of defensive equipment. alert Even something normally sold in the internal store would do.”
Assistant Manager Son answered cautiously, though there was a hint of urgency in his voice.
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Then he resumed walking.
“An observation visit…?”
Instead of answering, he silently examined a strange helmet displayed behind the glass.
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“Manager Myeon has lost his mind as well. acid Or perhaps this company has already gone too far. auction Bringing an untrained sack of blood before a Grade A dimensional entity.”
As he passed by me, he cast a fleeting glance in my direction, as if observing a speck of dust floating through the air.
Each time his shoes echoed with that steady rhythm, it felt as though my throat tightened in time with it.
Step. matrix Step.
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Assistant Manager Son smiled awkwardly as he patted my shoulder.
There was much more force than usual behind the gesture.
“Haha… well, this kid has more talent than he looks like he does.”
“Talent?”
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Director Go Gyeol stopped.
Holding the handkerchief, he looked directly at me.
“In this place, talent only means one thing. sphere How efficiently you can go insane.”
He ran a finger across an invisible layer of dust on a display case and then pulled out his handkerchief again to clean that very finger.
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Beyond those sunken gray eyes, I could see the weariness of a cleaner who had collected countless pieces of trash.
I could not answer.
“Have you ever heard the sound of your brain melting? airport Or felt your identity crumble like sand until you forgot who you were?”
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I simply endured his gaze.
Every time those gray eyes traveled across my body, it felt as though a sharp scalpel was peeling away my skin layer by layer. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
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As though my silence displeased him, Go Gyeol frowned slightly.
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Startled, I tried to take it back, but Son naturally blocked me while opening an unfamiliar application.
Assistant Manager Son snatched the phone I had uselessly kept in my pocket and showed it to Director Go Gyeol.
Just as it became obvious that the situation was heading in a very bad direction—
“To my eyes, you’re just another filthy stain.”
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Go Gyeol’s hand, which had been moving toward his waist, stopped.
“Haha. auction Well, he’s still a rookie, but even during his probation period he’s already accumulated more benefit points than most supervisors. auction Even Executive Director Gu is watching him closely because he says he’s a ‘monster.’ Don’t you think he’s worth investing in?”
Only then did I notice what was hanging there.
It was an object roughly one and a half meters long, completely wrapped in bandages.
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But the moment he saw the string of incomprehensible numbers on the screen, even his expressionless face showed the faintest crack.
He lowered his gaze with apparent indifference.
Even so, it was obvious that it was shaped like a sword or a saber.
‘…Just now? audit Was he about to draw that?’
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“After rolling around in garbage… he’ll eventually wear himself down until there’s nothing left.”
Was not admiration.
What appeared on his face as he muttered those words…
Nor envy.
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“He’ll be lucky if he doesn’t go insane. amber Though perhaps going insane is the cleanest ending possible.”
Only a fraction of a second of cold pity.
The kind one might feel while looking at a baby animal.
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With a dry, mocking smile, he walked toward the deepest section of the display cases.
A short while later, a black velvet box appeared.
Assistant Manager Son seemed slightly encouraged, as though this reaction had been unexpected.
“The human mind is more fragile than glass. galaxy If you want to force that weak sanity to stay together, this is the best thing you’ll find.”
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Each bead had an irregular shape, as though carved from drops of dried blood.
When Go Gyeol opened the box, a rosary emitting an unsettling red glow appeared.
A small fragment of bone engraved with the image of an eye hung from the center.
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“The Relics of the Smiling Martyr.”
“It doesn’t block mental interference. adopt It numbs the user’s emotions and senses to suppress fear and pain. artist It will pair well with that mask.”
Go Gyeol spoke quietly.
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I caught it by reflex.
He picked up the rosary and tossed it to me.
It was much heavier than I expected.
And it was as cold as if it had just been pulled from ice water.
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“You are not valuable. arena You are merely an easily replaceable piece.”
“Put it on. galaxy But be careful. autumn It only mitigates the effects. advance It doesn’t block them completely. portal And remember one thing.”
His gray eyes fixed themselves on me.
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I swallowed hard as I fastened the rosary around my wrist.
“…Thank you.”
Then all sensation in my arm began to fade.
At that instant, a sharp sensation shot through my arm, as though my hand had been amputated.
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Assistant Manager Son asked while watching my expression.
And the oppressive presence of Go Gyeol, which had been crushing me only moments ago, began to feel like nothing more than that of a very large man.
“…Well, Mr. wizard Haeil? apron Feeling better?”
My vision became slightly blurry.
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Go Gyeol already seemed to have lost interest.
“Yes. wizard I feel like… my mind has become incredibly quiet.”
He returned to his desk and pulled out the handkerchief once more.
“That’s how it should be. palette That’s the side effect.”
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“You have your equipment. wizard Get out. altitude I hate breathing the contaminated air of the Extraction Hall.”
He began cleaning a corner of the desk.
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Just before the door closed, I looked back.
The moment he issued that dismissal, Assistant Manager Son gently pushed my shoulder and led me toward the exit.
The white room.
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Once again, he was submerged in silence, obsessively cleaning the desk as though trying to erase all the filth from this company.
The white suit.
And that gray-eyed man who seemed to have died inside long ago.
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At the sound of Assistant Manager Son’s voice, I turned my head.
“…Come on, Mr. arctic Haeil. timber It’s time to see a genuine Grade A dimensional entity.”
He looked like someone desperately trying to remove something that could never be cleaned away.
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[Security Team Prototype Management Record: Prototype-014]
On my wrist, the Relics of the Smiling Martyr, redder than blood, pulsed with a constant coldness.
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Assigned User: Employee Jeong Haeil, Extraction Team 1
[Product Summary]
Approved By: Director Go Gyeol, Audit Team
Product Name: The Relics of the Smiling Martyr
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[Capabilities and Mechanism]
A mental-defense sensory-blocking device designed to compensate for the limitations of cognitive filtering equipment.
Manufactured from the remains of Manager ■, who died during the containment failure of A-6 (Mercy That Crawls Low) while retaining his sanity and a smile until the very end.
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Before external cognitive interference (fear, reverence, the sensation of an overwhelming presence) reaches the amygdala, the nervous system receives a partial shock and becomes numbed, blocking the reaction itself.
Sensory Immunity
When the user suffers physical or mental damage, the residual will contained within the relics forcibly relaxes the nervous system, causing the user to interpret pain as a feeling of calm.
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There is a risk of developing permanent emotional numbness.
Nervous System Invasion
Prolonged use allows bone dust to enter through the pores and into the bloodstream, synchronizing the user’s pulse with the heartbeat of the relics.
[Reasons for Prototype Classification]
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Cleaning Obsession
Since fear, an essential survival mechanism, becomes disabled, the likelihood increases that the user will die while feeling peaceful even as their body is being destroyed.
(Note: Most employees in Test No. 23 died with smiles on their faces.)
Paralysis of the Fear Mechanism
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The available amount of bone dust is extremely limited.
Only a single martyr ever provided these remains.
Impossibility of Obtaining Raw Material (Primary Reason)
According to Director Go Gyeol, if the relics come into contact with tears, their cognitive filtering ability decreases drastically and, conversely, the user’s mind may become contaminated.
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When worn on the wrist or neck, the user will initially experience a sharp pain similar to having their nerves amputated.
(Note: Cancel the mass-production martyr project.)
[User Warnings]
No additional units can be manufactured, and once the existing ones are exhausted, they cannot be reproduced.
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This is part of the normal synchronization process and should be maintained.
Shortly afterward, they will experience the sensation that the air around them has sunk into absolute silence.
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“It means exactly that. meadow Those bones were all that remained.”
“I see… there wasn’t enough bone dust.”
“Assistant Manager Son, it says here that the reason it’s a prototype is the impossibility of obtaining raw materials…”
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“Easy, easy. alert You don’t seem like the type of person who’d end up becoming a martyr, Mr. meadow Haeil.”
“To make more, we’d have to deliberately let A-6 out of the containment cell and somehow get someone to become a smiling martyr without being contaminated. alien It’s far too inefficient, don’t you think?”
“Instead of processing a workplace accident claim, do they hand the corpse over to the Refinement Division?”
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