episode_0009

Episode.9 Isolation

“I never even dreamed that he was S-rank..”

“Well.. maybe it’s natural not to know. Well, since I just joined the association. Healers may not be interested even if they are S-rank.”

Manager Lee gave me a subtle recommendation.

“Ah.. Yes..”

I looked at Assistant Manager Lee helplessly.

Manager Lee tapped my shoulder as if everyone could do that.

“Oh, indeed. Mr. Siwoo, do you know when the training for new employees is?”

“Isn’t there still a little more left to start with that?”

“Okay, there’s about 10 minutes left, but I think it’s better to leave now if possible.”

“Thank you for the advice.”

I left Assistant Manager Lee, who liked to meddle in everything, and hurried to receive new training.

But I thought I might be leaving too early.

An office that feels like it has glass partitions…? arrived at

It is said that people’s ominous premonitions are never wrong.

… just as expected. As expected, I arrived first.

‘이대리 이 개새끼..’

Still, there’s nothing wrong with coming first, so I didn’t call him an asshole.

“Oh, I can’t believe a new employee arrived so quickly. Hey, what is your name?”

“Ah, yes! I have recently joined the association and am working in the gate processing department!”

“Geo. The momentum is good. I am Manager Park Jun-gun.

“Yes! thank you Manager Park Joon-gun!”

“Just call me Manager Park.”

Manager Park seemed to like me because I arrived the fastest.

Immediately after that, three people lined up and came in as if they were playing trains.

They each held a Starbucks coffee in one hand.

Their tops looked quite relaxed.

“Why are you coming now?”

“Yes? We arrived on time, right?”

“Eng… That’s why things are like these days… back in my day. I went to work 30 minutes early and left work 30 minutes late. And that’s it. How dare you just talk back to what your boss says? Again….”

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“… I mean. Do you understand?!”

Director Park talked a lot to himself.

‘Fuck.. why are you saying bullshit so passionately..?’

I really thought I wouldn’t understand anything.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

However, one brave man countered what old Manager Park said.

“So, the three of you are being fired as of now.”

“”Yes? But we joined the company today..!””

“Is it my friend? Shut it off now.”

However, despite the courage, the results were not that good.

The three people holding the Starbucks coffee were all fired on the spot.

They left this place in frustration.

‘Thank you so much, Manager Lee. I’ll do really well.’

I almost made a mistake before the mission started.

Assistant Manager Lee has one thing to be truly thankful for.

“Okay then, since there are only two of us left, shall we start training for new recruits?”

Then the long harassment by the old man Manager Park began.

Except for being a real boss, he doesn’t seem to be better than me in anything.

But because the boss was so big, I should have listened to his babble without much resistance.

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The content of the new employee training was really long.

It wasn’t like he was acting like a brat, though.

Anyway, Director Park said.

Our department’s main job, as the name suggests, is to process abandoned gates.

However, honestly, there isn’t much that this department does because there are hunters who go to clear the gates on their own when the time comes.

Unless you apply to clear the librarian gate.

Well, it was grandly called training for new employees, but it didn’t seem to have any particularly important content.

The new recruit training ended earlier than expected.

“Hmm. This is the end of my explanation. Do you have any questions?”

“Ah. I have one question.”

When asked if I had any questions, I immediately raised my hand and expressed that I did.

“Director Park, I would like to ask you about an accident about 7 years ago in which the family of an S-class hunter died because the gate could not be cleared in time due to negligence in this department.”

“Hmm… Yeah… there was a time like that. As far as I know, it was an incident where monsters came out of the gate and the entire family of that S-class hunter was hunted down, right?”

“Yeah.. well.. that’s roughly it.”

“I think it would be better not to mention that incident in the future.”

“Yes? Why, why is that like that?”

“Well.. That’s right, the S-class hunter was lost due to a mistake that wasn’t the association’s, so of course that incident would have been a shame for the association.”

A mistake that isn’t a mistake…

“From what I heard at the time, it seemed like the president of the association was putting pressure on the gate processing team not to block that gate.”

“Why?!”

I couldn’t control my actions at the moment.

This is because important information is about to come out.

“Hmm! This is the end of this story. No matter how much of a manager you are, if mentioning this gets to the president of the association… it won’t end with just being fired from the association.”

‘It doesn’t end with just getting fired.. That means there are follow-up measures.’

First, I briefly organized the information I had just obtained in my head.

“Oh, and Siwoo, you have something to do today.. Listen for a moment.”

“Yes..”

I was a little tired and my voice lost strength.

“I hope you clear the one remaining gate today… Of course, after clearing this gate, you can leave work right away today.”

But Director Park didn’t care and told me what to do.

I was told that I could leave work right away as long as I cleared it, so I immediately accepted and prepared to head to the gate.

“Oh, and this is the gate where you have to enter in groups of 2, so be aware of that.”

2 people per group.

This means you need one partner.

What do we do…

I left, leaving a message to Director Park that I would try to clear it.

Hmm… Should I at least call Eunbyeol?

no. What should I do if I call Eunbyeol here?

Because she is a former S-class hunter, it is rare for people to know her face.

Then what should I do..

As I continued to think about it, there was a lot of noise in front of me.

Baek Harin was walking in front.

There was a buzz all around.

Everyone is murmuring that it is amazing to see her.

Is Harin really no different from a celebrity in the association?

I know that the only S-rank healer means that he is the only S-rank healer in the healer class, and that there are a few S-ranks in other dealer and tank positions.

Since there are few healer positions in the first place, I don’t think it’s strange that people react like that.

So, you said that you were famous.

“Oh my… this gait… this breathing… is that person in front of me, Mr. Siwoo… you?”

what. I suddenly got goosebumps.

What is it that distinguishes between people based on their walking and breathing sounds?

“I said I would meet you again soon, but I never dreamed I would meet you again so soon.”

“Yes.. I see.. Mr. Harin?”

“Hmm.. There is no need to be so stiff between us, right? I wish you could just call me by my normal name, Harin-ah~”

What is our relationship?

Did you see each other for the first time yesterday?

“Then.. Harin. Hey… I have a favor to ask…”

“Oh my.. right in a place like this..”

“Please explore the gate with me!”

“Yes, of course!.. Yes? What?”

“Let’s go explore the gate together..”

“Ah… in the dungeon… you have quite a romantic side, you.”

I took Harin, who was talking nonsense, and came to the gate requested by Manager Park.

This gate is the remaining gate that Director Park mentioned.. It looks like time will run out soon.

To enter the gate, I held Harin’s wrist and entered the gate together.

“Wow, so powerful..”

What did he say again?

Anyway, when will I be able to get used to the feeling of entering this gate?

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Entered inside the gate.

The dungeon inside the gate was so dark that I couldn’t see.

“Harin, it’s so dark here that I can’t see.”

“Yes? I can’t really see in front of me.”

“No.. isn’t there some kind of technology that brightens the future?”

“Can you please refrain from asking a question that is no different from asking a monk if he has a comb? Even if I were to be made fun of for being visually impaired, it would hurt me..”

“No.. I wasn’t making fun of you for being blind.”

While we are chatting like this, the gate behind us is fading away.

The only light source in this situation is disappearing.

You must clear the dungeon quickly.

‘For Kaltoe!’

In Black Gate, time inside and outside flows differently.

Once you enter the Black Gate, you cannot escape again.

But Blue Gate’s situation is a bit different.

Not only does time not flow differently inside and outside the Blue Gate, but once you enter, you can exit again.

And the Black Gate does not disappear over time and remains permanently if not cleared.

So far, there are no records of monsters coming out of the Black Gate.

So what do you want to say?

I’ve been wandering around this dungeon for 3 hours now.

With this idiot healer.

Returned to the gate again.

Why is this guy’s homing instinct so bad?

– Pot!

But suddenly, the gate connecting the dungeon to the outside world suddenly disappeared.

“How did this happen..”

“What is it?”

Normally, when the Blue Gate runs out of time, we also leave together.

‘What is it really?’

Suddenly, I became isolated in the dungeon with Harin.

If you want to live, you have no choice but to find a way out.

Ha… it’s my friend.