Chapter 48: Gangsol Prison (8)
With that sound, the hallway once again connected to the company’s monochrome corridor.
I opened the front door while using the scent of soap to smother the stench of blood that refused to fade away.
And so, the day began once again.
Click.
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A place wrapped in the same strange peace as always.
Getting used to something could, at times, be terrifying.
After greeting my superiors in the office, I headed straight to the Extraction Room.
Ssssss—
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“Mr. harbor Jeong Haeil.”
Whenever they dealt with a Dimensional Entity, radiant energy flowed through the conduits.
No matter how low-ranking they were, they were still genuine Dimensional Entities, but as long as I had the fountain pen and the beaded necklace, they no longer left any particular impression on me.
Perhaps it was because of everything I had gone through in Gangsol Prison.
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“I heard you had a hard time in Gangsol Prison.”
“Ah, Senior Hong. abandon Have you arrived?”
The exhaustion beneath Senior Hong Na-gyeom’s eyes was still evident, but the way she looked at me now contained a strange hint of acknowledgment.
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“I was lucky. abandon Director Mok and Supervisor Shik took care of everything.”
Suddenly, I had been thrown into danger.
I replied with a professional smile.
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They might praise you as a promising employee, but if you ever started believing you were truly talented, you’d end up with your head beneath the guillotine.
And no one ever explained any of it.
Therefore, humility was a survival strategy in this company.
And suddenly, I had been saved.
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“Yes. academy Thanks to Director Mok, I’ve made a full recovery.”
“Luck is also a skill. auction How is your physical condition?”
Senior Hong stepped closer, observed a Dimensional Entity, and remarked as though she were merely speaking to the air.
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We were just about to move on to the next Dimensional Entity while talking.
The heavy iron door of the Extraction Room swung open without warning, and a current of cold air brushed across our feet.
Then it happened.
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“Oh my, did I interrupt something?”
I instinctively tensed as well and turned my head.
Senior Hong’s shoulders visibly stiffened.
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A woman slowly walked inside.
Her white hair was braided down her back, and she wore a completely white suit covered by a strange coat sewn together from fragments of human skin.
The Reverse Eye in her left eye emitted an unsettling glow as it swept across the Extraction Room.
A soft, dreamlike voice.
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Even she, who normally maintained a dry and pessimistic demeanor, seemed to measure even her breathing in front of Moon Ara.
Senior Hong hurriedly lowered her head.
“Moon Ara… Team Leader.”
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Her two white eyes slowly scanned me from head to toe.
She stopped in front of me and tilted her head slightly.
“It’s been a while. arch Have you been doing well?”
But Moon Ara’s gaze passed right by Senior Hong and fixed directly on me.
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It certainly had been a long time.
The smile on her lips still looked gentle and ordinary. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
But it also concealed a faint trace of dissatisfaction.
After that conversation with Manager Batori, we hadn’t had lunch together even once.
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“Good afternoon. adopt Though this time I’m not here to invite you to lunch.”
“Greetings, Head of the Security Team of the Order Control Room Moon Ara.”
And I felt a chill run down my spine.
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Executive Director Seol.
Moon Ara took another step toward me.
I had heard about her quite some time ago, and I still remembered that name.
“It’s a summons from Executive Director Seol. arena You’ll have to come with me. riddle Right now.”
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‘Why would someone like her want to see me?’
The person who used both Director Go Gyeol, Head of the Audit Team, and Moon Ara, Head of the Security Team of the Order Control Room, as though they were her own hands and feet.
The head of the Order Control Room.
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I completely understood Senior Hong’s reaction.
I swallowed as I looked at Moon Ara’s Reverse Eye.
Senior Hong’s reddish eyes shifted slightly in surprise.
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“Don’t look at me like that. academy I don’t understand Executive Director Seol’s thoughts either. acquire I’m sure she has her reasons.”
It wasn’t normal for a rookie employee to be summoned so frequently by executives of that rank.
As though she had read everyone’s thoughts, Moon Ara raised a hand to cut off any questions.
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I gave Senior Hong a slight bow and followed after her.
The Order Control Room.
Smiling as if it were nothing, Moon Ara started walking.
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“Do you remember when you spoke with Executive Director Gu?”
As we walked through that obsessively white and immaculate corridor, Moon Ara spoke before I could open my mouth.
The place I had once visited with Assistant Manager Son to borrow the remains of the Smiling Martyr.
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How could I forget?
“Yes, I remember.”
Memories of a conversation with an executive who spoke through his stomach because he had no head didn’t disappear so easily.
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“The people at the top of this company each believe they possess the correct answer. airport Executive Director Ho and Executive Director Ahn in particular. harbor They’ve been clashing over how the company should be run for such a long time that the other executives have gradually taken sides and formed factions.”
Moon Ara’s Reverse Eye narrowed strangely.
“Executive Director Ahn, Executive Director Ho, Executive Director Gu, Director Won… and quite a few others…”
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Corporate politics in a company full of monsters.
No matter how I thought about it, it didn’t seem like the kind of thing that ended with nothing more than abuse of authority or workplace harassment.
It wasn’t something that could simply be dismissed as childish.
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The sudden question left me speechless.
“Have you ever wondered why our company is a limited liability company instead of a corporation?”
“Right now, Extraction Team 1, the team you belong to, is part of Executive Director Gu’s Product Production Division.”
Moon Ara continued speaking as she ran her fingers along the corridor’s white wall.
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Moon Ara stopped for a moment and turned toward me.
The legal classifications of companies weren’t exactly something a rookie employee risking his life at work would stop to think about.
“Human laws are very convenient. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. aluminum Especially the structure of a limited liability company. anchor It has few external disclosure obligations, it’s difficult for outsiders to interfere, and even if they do get inside, they can’t make much noise. ability Closing itself off from the outside. orbit That’s the perfect shell the company chose to parasitize human society.”
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The Reverse Eye on her left side emitted a strange glow as it contracted.
The absence of the CEO?
“Only the owners of the shares establish the internal rules, and no outsider can know what happens inside. canvas But that same closed nature creates a fatal side effect—it begins to rot from within. shadow The absence of the CEO is also one of the causes.”
Of this company?
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Moon Ara turned around again and continued walking.
“Are you saying the factions emerged because the CEO isn’t here?”
“Correct. harbor Once the absolute decision-maker disappeared, the powerful figures who remained began trying to reshape the company in their own image. abandon But…”
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The farther we walked down the white corridor, the more I felt the temperature dropping.
“You mean she doesn’t have a side?”
“The person we’re about to meet, Executive Director Seol, doesn’t belong to any faction.”
“She doesn’t need one. shadow The Order Control Room answers directly to the CEO. audit As long as the CEO remains absent, it’s the only department that acts solely according to legitimate rules.”
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“So be careful. acoustic Director Gu felt a certain sympathy toward you. aspect But Executive Director Seol has no reason to feel any sympathy for you. shadow And even if she decided to dispose of a mere rank-and-file employee, no one would question it.”
Moon Ara’s voice grew lower.
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When Moon Ara stopped, a massive silver door awaited us at the end of the corridor.
It felt sharp.
By the time she finished speaking, the air was no longer merely cold.
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Beyond that door was a monster who had no reason to like me.
An anomaly that felt no goodwill toward me whatsoever.
“Don’t forget to be polite this time as well.”
Moon Ara placed her hand on the doorknob.
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Beyond it lay Executive Director Seol’s office.
Instead of luxurious chandeliers, there was a floor as smooth as a frozen lake and completely white furniture that didn’t allow even a speck of dust.
So smoothly and silently that not even a creak could be heard.
The door slowly opened.
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Only cold lights placed at regular intervals.
If Executive Director Gu’s office had been a nightmare overflowing with greedy extravagance, this place was terrifyingly immaculate.
The bare walls had no decorations whatsoever.
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The only sound disturbing that space, which resembled a void, was the soft rustling of the pages she turned.
And at the end of that flawless order sat Executive Director Seol.
She wore a white suit with a faint bluish sheen.
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She spoke without even looking up.
Her voice struck the icy air and scattered like fragments of glass.
“Have a seat.”
Her skin was so pale that it looked sickly.
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And a faint, icy mist constantly emanated from her entire body.
Her hair was pure white, different from Manager Batori’s silky silver hair.
Her face was flawless and utterly devoid of emotion.
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“Has Director Go not arrived yet?”
Moon Ara lowered her head and left the office.
“I’ll go get him.”
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Her neck, visible above the immaculate collar of her suit, looked as though it had been carved from marble.
She slowly raised her head.
‘Her eyes…’
But what caught my attention were her eyes.
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No pupils.
No irises.
There was nothing there.
Only a crystalline white completely filled her eyeballs.
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Those pure eyes, impossible to read.
I forced my stiff body to move and gave a deep bow.
It was like gazing across an endless snowfield.
My thoughts froze.
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I tried to keep my voice steady.
Instead of replying, Executive Director Seol set down her pen.
“My name is Jeong Haeil from Extraction Team 1. palette I came because you summoned me.”
But even my breath turned into white vapor as it dispersed through the air.
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She folded her hands beneath her chin and looked at me.
And yet I had the sensation of being dissected.
I couldn’t feel her gaze.
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And it seemed I really was being dissected.
How could she already know that?
“The data from Gangsol Prison was interesting.”
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“However, that isn’t the reason I summoned you.”
Like a recording played by an extremely precise machine.
She lightly tapped a transparent tablet on the desk.
Her voice was perfectly flat.
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It displayed images of Gangsol Prison and the Residual Layer.
A blue hologram appeared in the air. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
Min Do-hyeon and Bae Hyeon-yu from the Erosion Alliance also appeared.
‘That’s…’
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Along with Yeom Hwi and Seo Ryu from the Abnormal Disaster Management.
Before I could understand what those words meant, her white eyes narrowed ever so slightly.
Necessary?
“When Manager Myeon brought Jeong Haeil into Limited Company Where the Dead End Up with Ghosts Co., Ltd., the Order Control Room approved that decision. atlas It was necessary.”
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“But we find it difficult to attribute Jeong Haeil’s continued involvement with outside forces to mere coincidence.”
Executive Director Seol slowly leaned forward.
“Manager Myeon may have seen potential in you. meadow But my role is to ensure that potential does not become a variable capable of disrupting the company’s order.”
Her white hair fell over her shoulders as she exhaled a freezing aura.
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As though trying to read something beyond my very existence.
Those pupil-less white eyes stared directly at me.
“The mercy you showed. alpha Your connections with outsiders. silence Were those truly decisions made for the benefit of the company? atom Or were they the product of your useless humanity?”
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I only had two options.
I swallowed.
The office’s temperature seemed to have fallen below freezing.
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“Executive Director.”
I lowered my head and spoke in the clearest, calmest voice I could manage.
Or present myself as nothing more than a tool of the company.
Confess my humanity and beg for mercy.
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“I have no intention of disrupting the company’s order. shadow Nor did I show mercy to outsiders out of personal compassion.”
The icy silence demanded that I continue.
Executive Director Seol’s interlaced fingers moved slightly.
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“When I encountered the Abnormal Disaster Management in the Residual Layer, I had no other choice. afford I lacked the ability to defeat them. palette I concluded that damaging a company asset—namely myself—through an unnecessary conflict would result in a loss. apple In that situation, the best possible work-related decision was to negotiate with them, survive as long as possible, and return.”
After all, I didn’t even possess much company information that I could reveal.
And that was true.
If Moon Ara hadn’t appeared to rescue me, I would have ended up seeking their cooperation.
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I had been stabbed through the side and thrown myself into danger because I wanted to save them.
“My actions in Gangsol Prison were exactly the same. aluminum I determined that using the civilians as decoys would divert the Dimensional Entity’s attention and increase extraction efficiency. arcade In fact, because they survived and caused a disturbance, I was able to completely fill the extractors.”
It was a lie.
But in the face of that cold truth, even my humanity had to disguise itself as strategic calculation.
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Her white eyes remained fixed on me for a long time.
Executive Director Seol slowly leaned back.
When I finished speaking, the cold filling the office paused for a moment.
“I simply wanted to survive so I could perform my next assignment. artist A dead employee can’t extract energy. altitude But a living employee can come back to work tomorrow.”
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I felt the cold sweat on my back turning into frost clinging to my suit.
The silence stretched on.
As though trying to find the one percent of sincerity hidden among my words.
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“Surviving is also part of the job…”
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For the first time, I sensed the slightest trace of emotion in her voice.
Finally, she spoke.
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And, strangely enough, the faintest hint of mockery.
It was an extremely cold interest.
It wasn’t anger.
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“You thought you lied well. ability But unfortunately for you, that was the most honest answer you could have given. avalanche In that case, I have no choice but to trust Manager Myeon’s judgment.”
The icy pressure filling the office slowly began to fade.
After uttering those incomprehensible words, she picked up her pen again.
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“Very well, Employee Jeong Haeil. atomic I will observe how long your survival instinct can remain aligned with the company’s order.”
It was a perfect dismissal.
“You may leave. arena Director Go and Team Leader Moon will be waiting for you outside.”
She returned her attention to her documents.
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The moment the door closed, the artificial cold filling the office became even more intense.
Click.
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Then she lightly snapped her fingers into the air.
Executive Director Seol stopped turning the pages.
Shhhhh—
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The screen displayed the scene inside Gangsol Prison.
More precisely, the moment Jeong Haeil sent Bae Hyeon-yu and Min Do-hyeon away first before facing the Prison Director’s enormous blade alone.
The suspended hologram began rapidly rewinding.
The Jeong Haeil in the recording wore an expression completely opposite to his claim that he had used them as decoys.
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He was terrified.
And yet, his eyes remained deeply human.
He was trapped within a massive illusion about himself.
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Executive Director Seol’s white eyes silently observed the hologram’s face.
Like a crack forming across ice.
The corner of her lips curled upward ever so slightly.
“‘Decoys…?’”
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Even so, Executive Director Seol picked up an old rotary telephone resting on one corner of her desk.
According to the company’s rules, wasting assets and lying warranted immediate elimination.
“He really is terrible at lying, Employee Jeong Haeil.”
The call connected without producing a single ring.
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[Is this Executive Director Seol?]
[I see. admire And what do you think of him? auction Executive Director Ahn and Manager Myeon both seem to want him quite badly.]
Executive Director Seol looked once more at the screen showing Jeong Haeil covered in blood while protecting his companions.
“Yes, Executive Director. meadow I’ve just finished interviewing Employee Jeong Haeil.”
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Her finger traced the graph displaying the violent fluctuations of his heart rate.
“Even hypocrisy can become excellent fuel if it’s properly refined. galaxy I’d say he’s halfway there.”
“He doesn’t fit the order. athlete But…”
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[Do as you see fit. admire But remember one thing. altitude My stance regarding that young man is the same as Executive Director Ahn’s.]
“I know.”
[It’s unusual to see you taking such an interest.]
“For now, I’ll tolerate him within the limits of my authority. admire Whether he ultimately destroys himself or becomes a perfect piece of the company, he’s worth observing.”
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The call ended.
Amid the freezing cold, the trace of the white breath Jeong Haeil had left behind in the room was still reflected in her completely white eyes.
Executive Director Seol set down the telephone and picked up her pen once more.
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