episode_0026

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9 am.

The director, tied to the chair, was covered in blood and twitching intermittently, without feeling a single ounce of life.

Is it because I immersed myself for an hour? Her entire body was drenched in sweat and blood.

“Oh my, I didn’t think of this.”

She muttered as she looked at her dirty appearance.

It’s time for early birds to go to work. If you wander around the office for no reason, you will get caught.

“You can’t do that.”

She checked the blinds in the director’s room, which were fully rolled down, and sat down on the hospitality sofa.

She launched the business messenger installed on her cell phone and left a chat in the team room.

> Lee Mi-na: I have an important message to deliver, so today’s scrum will start at 11 o’clock.

> Yoon Hye-young: Wow, I think I’ll be a little late because that car is blocked ㅠㅠ

> Lee Mi-na: Please come on time. This is important information, so please attend at least once.

> Lee Mi-na: I won’t say that, but there is a risk of recording, so please leave your cell phone at your seat.

“Huh…”

She took a deep breath, wiping her sweaty hair.

“I miss Inho.”

She muttered while looking blankly at the ceiling.

So 11 o’clock.

Mina looked down emotionlessly at Isa, who didn’t even flinch anymore.

“You’re feeling pretty today, aren’t you?”

She laughed and opened her phone again.

> Lee Mi-na: Are you all gathered?

> Yuna Kim: Yes, everyone is here~

“Let’s go.”

She looked in the mirror and straightened her clothes.

I tied my soaked hair back up again and wiped off the dried blood stains on my face with a wet tissue.

Turn the lid of the horse barrel placed in the moving room.

The wafting smell of oil.

Without even blinking at the strong smell, she pours it on the director.

– Gurgling.

After spraying a lot of oil all over the room, she opens the second barrel again.

– dragging

I drag the horse barrel and leave the room.

***

The conference room where all the team members are gathered, waiting for Lee Mi-na, who has not arrived yet.

“He told us to meet at 11 and he came late.”

As Yoon Hye-young mutters as if she is dissatisfied, the others join in.

“But what is being conveyed?”

“Perhaps… isn’t it because of In-ho’s case that you should watch your mouth? I think they will tell you not to put anything on the blinds.”

“Ah… that was the case.”

“In-ho, it’s unfortunate. Who knew there would be a train accident.”

When Yuna Kim spoke, Hyeyoung Yoon answered.

“I almost went. What would have happened if I had listened to Mina and gone down… Ugh.”

“Uh, but what smell is this?”

Someone held their nose and spoke at the sudden smell.

“Huh, what is this smell?”

The smell was contagious, and everyone frowned at the disgusting smell.

“I’ll come and see what it is.”

Yuna Kim got up and tried to open the door.

– Rumble.

“Huh?”

– Clunk, rattle, rattle.

“The door won’t open?”

The door cannot be opened because it is blocked by something heavy, and the people in the conference room are murmuring.

– Grumbling.

And the rising flames.

Everyone falls from the door due to the heat coming through the gap in the door.

“Aaaa! What is this!”

“Fire, fire!!”

With the cry of fire, everyone rushes in and knocks on the door.

The more they knocked, the stronger the heat became, and the skin of the people inside was burning without knowing it.

“Call, Clock”

As acrid smoke enters the conference room, coughing quickly becomes contagious.

“Please save me!!”

“Why sprinklers?”

Neither the fire alarm nor the sprinklers work.

In panic, all they could do was scream.

“Cell phone!”

“You left it all behind!”

“Ah! Someone please do something!!”

A voice that rings loudly.

***

The fire grew stronger, and most people had long since fainted from the acrid smoke.

A fire consumed the metallurgy conference room, and few people remained sane.

“First, you have to break through the door.”

More than half of the door was engulfed in flames, so it looked like it could have been opened with just a little shock.

“Huh? Oh!”

Yoon Hye-young, who was behind everyone, pushed Seo-rim, who was in front, as much as she could.

– Boom!

“Ahh!!”

Seo-rim screamed at the sensation of her flesh being burned by fire, a sensation she had never felt before in her life.

Is it too much of a pain? She couldn’t come to her senses and passed out.

“Open.”

The door opened by Seorim’s sacrifice. Hyeyoung Yoon laughed like a madman and stormed out of the conference room.

– Empty!

Yoon Hye-young falls backwards with a dull sound.

“Huh?”

Hyeyoung, who did not know why she was lying down, looked at the faces of her colleagues who had not yet escaped.

Their faces were dumbfounded, as if they had seen a yaksha come from hell.

Why do you make a face like that?

Before the question could be answered, someone’s face appeared above the person lying down.

“Good morning. Hyeyoung Yoon.”

It was Lee Mi-na.

For some reason, Lee Mi-na is covered in blood.

Hyeyoung couldn’t understand the situation.

“Mina… 닓..”

And a fire extinguisher falling on her head.

– Boom!

once.

– Boom!

twice.

– Boom!

third time.

Fire extinguishers are repeatedly hit on her head.

The sound of bones crushing echoed through the burning office.

“Phew. You seem to be unwell, so please leave early today.”

Putting down the fire extinguisher, Mina spoke refreshingly.

“Mina..?”

The remaining team members called out to her.

“Ah? There are still people who have come to their senses. welcome. I also have a separate schedule, so I hope I can finish it quickly.”

When she nodded as if to come in, the few people in the conference room started rushing in.

***

20 minutes later, sirens are heard in the distance.

Her efforts to somehow delay reporting seemed to have worked.

“Phew…”

Rubbing the scratches and cuts here and there, she walked away.

The office was already a sea of fire.

Thick smoke had already filled the area.

This is a situation where an average person would have already lost their mind.

Because she had already lost her mind, she could not lose it.

“It’s over now.”

Looking at the fallen employees, she said.

In conclusion, no one was able to leave this floor.

She was satisfied with it.

The exit is already blocked. And she had no intention of leaving in the first place.

The fire that started at the edge of the office was slowly expanding into the office.

She sat in Inho’s seat.

As if caressing someone, I run my hand over his desk.

“Tskcha. I told you to try this, right?”

Holding the caramel popcorn hidden underneath in her arms, she turns on her phone and opens the photo album.

A photo I took with him.

A medium that brings back happy memories.

She smiled, reliving fragments of her memories with him.

Mr. Inho.

Are you watching?

I wonder if Inho will be angry or will he say he did well…

I do not know.

Ah, but this popcorn is really delicious.

I think I’ll buy it and eat it often.

It would have been more delicious if I had shared it with Inho.

Me. I really didn’t expect much.

Just keep working at this company with Inho and stay together like that.

If you’re a little greedy, we can live together.

I was hoping for something like that.

Before In-ho came, my life was colorless.

That’s why I don’t want to think about life without Inho.

Ah… my head is spinning.

I guess I drank a lot of smoke.

How much did we talk about?

Oh yeah.

This space… was created by Inho and I, right?

The two of us created an organization that had nothing and could hardly be called a team.

But what’s the meaning of this space without Inho?

How funny would it be that someone else would replace In-ho?

So… I decided to destroy it.

This is what we built, so we can tear it down.

is it so.

We made it.

Contains our time.

Our memories accumulated.

Engraved with our traces.

The space we created, what we created, and where we were.

Mr. Inho, I’m sorry.

I… I don’t want to live anymore.

Mr. Inho, I miss you.

In her fading consciousness, she felt that In-ho was next to her.

A warm hand wrapping around her shoulder.

She closed her eyes, fully feeling the fantasy-like feeling.

hi.