Chapter 21: White Order
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.
“But before that.”
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“The safer the situation, the better. athlete A Rank A dimensional entity may be difficult to face with only the mask. aspect You should have accumulated some benefit points by now, so Assistant Manager Son, take Mr. altitude Jeong to the Prototype Storage.”
More precisely, it looked at the mask of his own face attached to mine, which was already trembling slightly.
“Yes, understood.”
“Oh, already? echo Well, alright. voyage Come on, Mr. voyage Haeil.”
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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.
Assistant Manager Son took the lead and headed toward the elevator.
Prototype Storage?
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As soon as the doors opened, I took a deep breath.
Ding—
The walls, the floor, the ceiling, and even the lighting seemed determined not to allow a single shadow.
Everything was white.
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That space tolerated neither a speck of dust nor a single irregular stain. adapt It was so perfectly organized that it felt suffocating.
No.
‘It looks like a psychiatric hospital.’
Maybe it was even worse.
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The employees walking through the hallways wore completely white suits and gas masks.
‘The Order Control Room.’
And I knew exactly what that meant.
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The place from which the Security Team and the Audit Team maintained order within the company.
The white territory ruled by Executive Director Seol.
I remembered Manager Batori’s explanation.
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His grotesque appearance stood out especially strangely in that white space.
Assistant Manager Son crossed his arms while shaking his fist-shaped head.
“Impressive atmosphere, right? altitude I hate this place more than anywhere else. palette I feel like if I spill a cup of coffee, they’ll arrest me immediately.”
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.
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“Hmm, they’re out-of-spec items. adjust 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.”
“Assistant Manager, what exactly are prototypes?”
He shrugged.
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Prototype Storage
“To put it nicely, they’re free equipment. arena Realistically, they’re clinical trials disguised as disposal of leftovers.”
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—
“Normally, this place is managed by the Security Team Leader, but you know how it is. arena She’s always busy.”
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Strange devices emitting mysterious lights were displayed like museum relics.
An elegant office desk near the entrance.
And the moment I saw the person sitting there, my pulse slowed slightly.
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But he was human.
‘From the Emotional Department…?’
I didn’t know whether he was a seal-human or a tool-human.
Because he was another human.
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He wore an immaculate pure white suit.
A middle-aged man who looked as though he had endured entire decades with his own body.
Even seated, his height seemed comparable to mine thanks to his massive build.
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He appeared to be over forty years old.
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His face looked like a plaster statue that had been smashed with a hammer and then forcibly glued back together.
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‘He’s dried out.’
His gray hair, combed completely backward, looked cold as frost beneath the white lighting.
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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He looked like a veteran butcher who had committed so many slaughters that he no longer felt anything.
That was my immediate assessment.
Or an executioner who had long ago burned away all his remorse and sins.
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When our eyes met, I felt a chill run down my spine.
This was an encounter with a healthy member of my own species.
‘He’s definitely… human…’
But the command my brain issued was not joy.
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It was like standing in front of a perfectly sharpened guillotine.
‘Run.’
It was different from what I felt when facing Manager Batori’s blood-red eyes or Supervisor Shik’s fangs.
It was.
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His voice was completely devoid of warmth.
“It’s dirty.”
An uncomfortable sensation that made me want to flee.
He took a white handkerchief from the desk and began obsessively cleaning a pair of black leather gloves that already appeared spotless.
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It was far too precise to be someone simply cleaning his hands.
I watched those movements while holding my breath.
The sound of fabric brushing against leather broke the silence of the storage room.
Swish. canvas Swish.
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It did not look like a habit.
From thumb to little finger.
Every joint was rubbed exactly three times.
It looked like a ritual.
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Was he ignoring us?
‘He isn’t even looking at us.’
No.
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It wasn’t indifference either.
His empty tone and hollow gaze.
It was simply the statement of a fact.
Even when he said it was dirty, there was no hatred or contempt in his voice.
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As neutral as saying it was raining.
But I could feel it.
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The muscles of the hand holding the handkerchief seemed relaxed and tense at the same time.
As though they could shoot forward and tear out my throat at any moment.
Go Gyeol.
“Audit Team Director Go Gyeol… what are you doing here…?”
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My eyes moved between Assistant Manager Son and Director Go Gyeol.
Assistant Manager Son had probably deliberately mentioned both his name and title out of consideration for me.
A name that seemed to fit him perfectly and at the same time not fit him at all.
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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.
His posture was restrained.
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The man replied in a dry voice as he slowly turned his head toward me.
Every place his gaze touched became covered in chills.
“Moon Ara is away on an external security matter.”
And his respect was absolute.
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“So it was true that Manager Myeon values someone enough to tear off one of his own faces.”
It was the way a sanitation worker sorted garbage or waste that needed to be disposed of.
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It was not the way one person looked at another.
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When he rose from the chair, his height clearly exceeded two meters.
“Your fishy smell is unbearable.”
His gaze shifted to the facial mask of Manager Myeon that I was wearing.
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Step. audit Step.
The ceiling lights were swallowed by the enormous shadow he cast.
And when he stopped in front of me, I felt an overwhelming pressure descend upon my head.
He approached slowly.
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His enormous black leather-gloved hand cut through the air.
I was convinced that if that hand grabbed me, my head would burst like a ripe watermelon.
For a moment, I stopped breathing.
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“Name?”
‘Dangerous…’
His hand merely swept through the air near my shoulder, as if brushing away an invisible speck of dust, and then lowered again. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
Nothing happened.
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That obsessively meticulous behavior from someone of my own species made me feel more miserable and frightened than any roar from a dimensional entity.
“…I’m Jeong Haeil, a new employee of Extraction Team 1. riddle It’s a pleasure to meet you, Director Go Gyeol.”
He pulled out the handkerchief again and resumed cleaning his gloves.
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Was this what the humans of Limited Company Where the Dead End Up with Ghosts Ltd. were like?
He seemed far more distant than the human employees whose heads had exploded in the Extraction Hall.
‘The humans I imagined weren’t like this.’
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Instead of sitting down again, he began walking slowly between the display cases.
Director Go Gyeol slipped the handkerchief back into his pocket as he spoke quietly.
“They always come here for the same reason.”
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Step. adopt Step.
“So, what have you come to take this time, Assistant Manager Son? arena I hope you have enough achievements to justify the exchange.”
“Ah, well, Manager Myeon ordered us to bring the rookie to Area A. wizard We need some kind of prototype…”
Each strike of his shoes against the white floor sent vibrations all the way to my ankles.
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“Even if he’s only observing, he’s still a rookie. abstract I’d like to get at least one piece of defensive equipment. altitude 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.
When he finished speaking, Director Go Gyeol’s hand stopped in front of a display case.
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Then he resumed walking.
“An observation visit…?”
Instead of answering, he silently examined a strange helmet displayed behind the glass.
Step. acid Step.
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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.
“Manager Myeon has lost his mind as well. arrow Or perhaps this company has already gone too far. alien Bringing an untrained sack of blood before a Grade A dimensional entity.”
“Haha… well, this kid has more talent than he looks like he does.”
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“Talent?”
Assistant Manager Son smiled awkwardly as he patted my shoulder.
There was much more force than usual behind the gesture.
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Director Go Gyeol stopped.
Holding the handkerchief, he looked directly at me.
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.
“In this place, talent only means one thing. atomic How efficiently you can go insane.”
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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.
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“Have you ever heard the sound of your brain melting? atomic Or felt your identity crumble like sand until you forgot who you were?”
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As though my silence displeased him, Go Gyeol frowned slightly.
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.
“To my eyes, you’re just another filthy stain.”
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Just as it became obvious that the situation was heading in a very bad direction—
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.
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Only then did I notice what was hanging there.
Go Gyeol’s hand, which had been moving toward his waist, stopped.
“Haha. meadow Well, he’s still a rookie, but even during his probation period he’s already accumulated more benefit points than most supervisors. beacon Even Executive Director Gu is watching him closely because he says he’s a ‘monster.’ Don’t you think he’s worth investing in?”
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It was an object roughly one and a half meters long, completely wrapped in bandages.
‘…Just now? airport Was he about to draw that?’
Even so, it was obvious that it was shaped like a sword or a saber.
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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.
“After rolling around in garbage… he’ll eventually wear himself down until there’s nothing left.”
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Was not admiration.
Only a fraction of a second of cold pity.
Nor envy.
What appeared on his face as he muttered those words…
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The kind one might feel while looking at a baby animal.
With a dry, mocking smile, he walked toward the deepest section of the display cases.
“He’ll be lucky if he doesn’t go insane. acoustic Though perhaps going insane is the cleanest ending possible.”
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“The human mind is more fragile than glass. orbit If you want to force that weak sanity to stay together, this is the best thing you’ll find.”
A short while later, a black velvet box appeared.
Assistant Manager Son seemed slightly encouraged, as though this reaction had been unexpected.
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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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“It doesn’t block mental interference. arena It numbs the user’s emotions and senses to suppress fear and pain. auction It will pair well with that mask.”
“The Relics of the Smiling Martyr.”
Go Gyeol spoke quietly.
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He picked up the rosary and tossed it to me.
It was much heavier than I expected. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
I caught it by reflex.
And it was as cold as if it had just been pulled from ice water.
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“…Thank you.”
“You are not valuable. amateur You are merely an easily replaceable piece.”
His gray eyes fixed themselves on me.
“Put it on. arcade But be careful. audit It only mitigates the effects. antique It doesn’t block them completely. attic And remember one thing.”
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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.
My vision became slightly blurry.
I swallowed hard as I fastened the rosary around my wrist.
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“…Well, Mr. afford Haeil? alert Feeling better?”
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.
“Yes. atlas I feel like… my mind has become incredibly quiet.”
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“That’s how it should be. amateur That’s the side effect.”
He returned to his desk and pulled out the handkerchief once more.
Go Gyeol already seemed to have lost interest.
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The moment he issued that dismissal, Assistant Manager Son gently pushed my shoulder and led me toward the exit.
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“You have your equipment. alpha Get out. audit 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 white room.
And that gray-eyed man who seemed to have died inside long ago.
The white suit.
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He looked like someone desperately trying to remove something that could never be cleaned away.
“…Come on, Mr. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. august Haeil. palette It’s time to see a genuine Grade A dimensional entity.”
Once again, he was submerged in silence, obsessively cleaning the desk as though trying to erase all the filth from this company.
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On my wrist, the Relics of the Smiling Martyr, redder than blood, pulsed with a constant coldness.
At the sound of Assistant Manager Son’s voice, I turned my head.
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[Security Team Prototype Management Record: Prototype-014]
Product Name: The Relics of the Smiling Martyr
Approved By: Director Go Gyeol, Audit Team
Assigned User: Employee Jeong Haeil, Extraction Team 1
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[Capabilities and Mechanism]
[Product Summary]
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.
A mental-defense sensory-blocking device designed to compensate for the limitations of cognitive filtering equipment.
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Pain Sublimation
Sensory Immunity
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.
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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[Reasons for Prototype Classification]
Nervous System Invasion
There is a risk of developing permanent emotional numbness.
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.
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(Note: Most employees in Test No. 23 died with smiles on their faces.)
Paralysis of the Fear Mechanism
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.
Cleaning Obsession
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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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[User Warnings]
No additional units can be manufactured, and once the existing ones are exhausted, they cannot be reproduced.
(Note: Cancel the mass-production martyr project.)
The available amount of bone dust is extremely limited.
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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.
When worn on the wrist or neck, the user will initially experience a sharp pain similar to having their nerves amputated.
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“It means exactly that. echo 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. adjust You don’t seem like the type of person who’d end up becoming a martyr, Mr. wizard Haeil.”
“Instead of processing a workplace accident claim, do they hand the corpse over to the Refinement Division?”
“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. voyage It’s far too inefficient, don’t you think?”
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