episode_0041

Those of us who liberated the ‘office worker’ from the restroom slowly raised our eyebrows as we looked at the remaining list.

Because this hardship is finally almost over.

“There’s only one left!”

“I know.”

[4. Please repel the ‘intruders’ with the ‘guards’]

“Intruder… Do you have any guesses? Retel.”

“Hmm, well?”

Letel thought for a moment and twirled his fingers in confusion.

“First of all, I don’t know what perspective the term ‘intruder’ is referring to. Is it an intruder from the perspective of an ‘ordinary small business’? Or is it an intruder from our perspective?”

“Uh…is that something else?”

“Of course it’s different. Han Gil. Don’t be mistaken. ‘Ordinary small and medium-sized companies’ are never on our side. They are just using them unilaterally because they are easy to use.”

I nodded, slightly impressed by her firm words.

“Indeed, you have to have that kind of mindset to work in the management bureau. I’m learning something.”

“Hehe. You can’t underestimate a veteran who has served more than 10 posts and is a 5-year employee of the Management Bureau!”

“I’ve never looked down on you… but it’s been 5 years? How old have you been at the Bureau?”

“Huh? That’s…huh!? Are you trying to find out the woman’s age? It’s not even possible! I’m forever twenty!”

“I didn’t mean to do that…”

I looked at him in bewilderment and opened my mouth to change the subject.

“Anyway, what do you think about this ‘intruder’?”

“I don’t know either!”

“……”

I spoke so confidently that I was at a loss for words for a moment.

“So let’s go ask!”

“Ask? Who?”

“Are you surprisingly slow to catch on? Is there just one more thing we should ask?”

“…Ah, you mean ‘security guard’?”

“Of course. The original note said to repel the ‘intruders’ with the ‘guards’, right?”

“Didn’t you just say that ‘ordinary small and medium-sized businesses’ are not on our side? Then, ‘security guards’ are not on our side either?”

“Of course, it depends on the situation and time. Unconventional, flexible thinking! This is very important, right?”

“…Okay, if you say so.”

I felt uneasy about the insincere way she spoke, but since there was no other way, I followed her.

Jalang-. Jalang-.

It was very easy to find a ‘security guard’ who silently patrolled at a steady pace.

“Hello! Mr. ‘Security’! Do you see me often today?”

“Sooo…”

The sight of him tilting his head, his ear pressed to the ceiling, and staring down with his only remaining eye still looked intimidating, but perhaps because he had leisurely eliminated the ‘fake security guard’ earlier, he looked rather friendly now.

“I came because I wanted to ask you something! They say there is an ‘intruder’. Do you know what it is?”

“Second question…is it?”

“that’s right!”

“…get down, it’s coming…”

“Huh? What?”

The ‘security guard’ slightly exposed his teeth.

It looked like he was smiling, but his expression was so scary that it seemed like he was threatening.

I was a little scared without even realizing it.

“Those who believe in ‘God’… ‘office workers’ of ‘horrible conglomerates’… they are coming down…”

“…!?”

“…what?”

Our expressions hardened as we understood his words a beat later.

“Now, wait a minute! Are you saying they’re coming!? How!?”

“So…the ‘crying paper’ has connected the road…to get it back, they will come in droves, riding the elevator…”

“No, what is that…!”

My brain, feeling a sense of crisis, began to spin tightly.

Did the ‘ordinary small and medium-sized company’ know that this would happen from the beginning?

“…Retel! An ‘ordinary small business’ was a supernatural entity with an ego!?”

“There hasn’t been a report like that until now! If you had an ego in the first place, there’s no way the management bureau wouldn’t have noticed!”

“Then what happened to this situation now? It looks like they took advantage of us! They made us bring the ‘crying paper’ and are trying to get rid of the ‘intruder’ who is trying to get it back with our own hands!”

“Be quiet! I’m confused right now too!”

While covering her head and thinking, she looks at the ‘security guard.’

“‘Security’! Does this building have an ego!?”

“Is that a question?”

“E…Eup!? Eupeup!?”

Letel, who was about to answer without hesitation, quickly covered his mouth.

She was confused, her eyes wide, and she grabbed my arm and struggled.

“uh…”

Are you trying to get your hands on it now? It looks like you’re not applying any force at all?

“Ebbubbung! Nbubbung!”

“Oh, sorry.”

Only after meeting his glaring gaze, his face turning bright red, did he hastily put his hand away.

“Puh-ha! What are you doing!?”

“Calm down a little, Letel. I don’t really understand what’s going on, but I think I should write the last question more carefully.”

“Umm…for example?”

“How about asking about, for example, how to repel intruders, or how to prevent them from coming in the first place?”

“…Will that work?”

“You said flexible thinking is important?”

“Uhm…well, okay. Haha…”

She cooled her face by fanning her hand, then poked my side once with a sullen look on her face and looked at the ‘security guard’.

“Mr. ‘Security’.”

“Sooo…”

“Is there a way to prevent the ‘intruder’ from coming?”

“Well… I don’t know much about the company’s circumstances, but…”

“Huh? What do you mean all of a sudden?”

We all tilted our heads.

Regardless, he continued talking.

“A ‘subcontract’… will not be concluded unless the ‘contract’ is ‘signed’… The ‘contract’ itself is an important item… but if the ‘contract’ is not concluded, neither will the ‘office worker’ “There will be no more work to do with ‘subcontractors’…”

We looked up at him with dumbfounded faces.

“Subcontract? Contract? What do you mean?”

“Well… this company… is just faithful to its role…”

At those words, Retel makes a bewildered expression as if he has realized something.

And it was the same for me.

“Hangil. Could this be…”

“Yes. I guess we misunderstood. An ‘ordinary small business’ does not have an ego. No, even if it did, it would be an AI-like ego without emotions or desires.”

Letel nodded as if agreeing with what I said, and his bewildered expression became even more distorted.

“Does it feel that way? Then, the current situation is… a larger company, a ‘horrible conglomerate’, proposed a ‘subcontract’ to an ‘ordinary small and medium-sized company’, and the ‘ordinary small and medium-sized company’ acts as an intermediary and becomes an ‘office worker.’ “Am I understanding correctly that you asked us to bring the ‘contract’… that is, the ‘crying paper’?”

“That’s right. And the ‘contract’ hasn’t been signed yet. For some reason, that role is…”

“Because only the ‘boss’ can do this?”

“that’s right.”

Only then did the situation become a little clearer.

However, instead of straightening, Retel’s expression became even more distorted.

“…Huh? Then isn’t this a mess?”

“What? Why? Don’t you just have to call the boss, Eun No-eul?”

I widened my eyes in surprise at Retel’s sudden words.

She looked up at me with a slightly pale face.

“You cannot enter an ‘ordinary small business’ outside of ‘business hours’! Even if you are the boss!”

“No, what is that… ‘Security’? Is that really true?”

“Sooo…”

“Mr. ‘Security’?”

“Sooo…”

Even when we called, he just stared and did not respond.

“No, what? Why is this happening all of a sudden? Did I use up all the questions? Where is something like that!? It’s so out of date!”

Even when Retel raised his voice and waved his hands high, he didn’t move.

“…Retel! Cup ramen!”

“Huh? Are you hungry? Eat it yourself.”

“What happened to the thinking circuit!? That’s not true! If I give you cup ramen again, the number of questions might be met!”

“…Let’s give it a try!”

I thought it might be too convenient, but nothing else came to mind.

We ran straight to the soup room and cooked more than ten cups of cup ramen, then shook off the unopened cup ramen, snacks, and coffee and gave them to the ‘security guard.’

Jump, jump! Aard-duk-duk-duk-duk! Cluck, cluck! gulp!

He sat down and started eating a lot of food as if he were greedy.

“…Wow. That’s huge.”

“Sure. We brought it, but we didn’t know it would take all that much.”

The ‘security guard’, who ate 10 servings in just a few minutes, stood up as if he was satisfied and looked down at us in his unique posture.

“Well…I will answer all your questions until the overtime is over…”

This works.

Isn’t it too easy to become friends with food?

“Oh! It’s a big container!? Well, since I ate something, I have to do that!”

Retel, who was in a good mood, laughed and slapped the ‘guard’ on the thigh without any fear.

Did the liver really stick out of the stomach?

I can’t tell how much nerve you have to have to be able to do something like that.

“Then question! Is there any way for the ‘CEO’ to enter the company outside of ‘business hours’?”

“Well…there it is. I, the ‘security guard,’ just need to write the pass…”

“That’s the way!? Hangil! Let’s call Noeul quickly!”

“Wait a minute! Wouldn’t it be better to sing more?”

“Aha! Hangil, are you a genius!? Then…!”

Retel, who took out his smart phone, immediately created a group message room, explained the situation, and contacted all the ‘office workers’ who could fight.

Of course, this also applies to the president, Eun No-eul.

“Sooo…”

The ‘security guard’ frowns slightly dissatisfied.

what? Is this really not possible?

“Well…”

Juseomjuseom.

He took out a piece of paper with ‘pass’ written on it from his arms and held it up with his long fingernails.

“Tell me the names of people who will come in and out…”

Ah, it was a hassle to have to write them down one by one.

The ‘security guard’ is also having a hard time.

***

“Why on earth is this happening in the middle of the night!?”

Eun No-eul arrived less than 30 minutes later and screamed.

-Hangil. Hello. How are you?

On the other hand, Rael calmly and politely lowers her head and raises the hem of her skirt.

“Leteeel! It’s your fault! You caused the accident again!? Tell me the truth!”

“Wait!? Now, wait! It’s not me! It’s not really me this time! Han-gil! This happened because of Han-gil!?”

“What!? There’s no way Han-gil would do that! Who are you trying to fool?”

“Huh, Noeul? It’s hard to say, but Letel really didn’t do anything.”

Noeul, who was shaking Letel’s collar, looked at me with a blank expression and lost momentum slightly.

“…Huh? Did your brother really cause an accident?”

“No? To be honest, I didn’t do anything wrong. It was an ‘ordinary small business’ doing things on its own.”

“Ha… I understood the general situation through the message, but please explain in detail first. What on earth happened?”

“Noeul. Don’t you treat me differently? Huh? Treat me kindly too!”

“Oh please! Get off!”

I briefly explained what had happened to Noeul, who was arguing with Letel.

“…If that’s true, then it’s not the time to be like this!”

She was horrified to hear that ‘office workers’ from a ‘terrible large corporation’ might come, so she shouted until the first floor lobby rang loudly and grabbed Retel and I by the wrists.

“Follow me!”

“Huh? Where are you going?”

“Of course, that’s where the ‘contract’ is!”

We quickly climbed to the top floor via the emergency stairs, opened the door marked ‘CEO’s Office’ and entered.

“Kheess! Ksss!”

“…also.”

A ‘crying paper’ was crying loudly on the desk in the president’s office.

“No, why is it here? Surely you didn’t submit it to the bathroom?”

Retel chuckles at my question.

“Don’t try to understand the mechanisms of supernatural entities. I am thankful that you properly delivered the ‘contract’ that required the president’s signature to the ‘president’s office.’”

“Is that so…?”

“This is not the time for leisurely talk!”

Eun No-eul suddenly interrupted our conversation, took my hand, and walked towards the desk, leaving Letel alone.

“Keeek! Kkieek…”

“shut up!”

“……”

Strangely, the ‘crying paper’ became quiet when Eun No-eul scolded it once.

“You mean this is a contract? But there’s nothing written in it?

“Squeak…!”

At that time, ‘Crying Paper’ began to shout with a clear pronunciation.

“‘A’ gives ‘B’ an opportunity to worship and gives blessings! In return, ‘B’ becomes the entrance to the ‘Temple of the Beginning’! The CEO of the company meets in person and coordinates other matters!”

“What is happening all of a sudden?”

“I guess that’s part of the contract?”

“It’s too short. Is that really the end?”

Eun No-eul asked with a frustrated expression, but the ‘crying paper’ just repeated the same thing.

“Is the ‘Temple of the Beginning’ the official name of the ‘Terrible Conglomerate’? What is the entrance?”

Retel sighed at my question.

“It’s obvious. It’s probably a passageway to invade this world.”

“…is that really the case?”

Eun No-eul, who heard our conversation, looked at the ‘crying paper’ and spoke firmly.

“I refuse! There is no contract!”

“…’A’ gives ‘B’ an opportunity to worship and gives blessings! In return, ‘B’ becomes the entrance to the ‘Temple of the Beginning’! The CEO of the company meets in person and coordinates other matters! ”

“You say you refuse?”

“If you agree, sign with blood!”

“No, you don’t understand this?”

Eunno-eul looked at us with a puzzled expression.

Her hand was casually picking up the pen that was on the desk.

“Retel. Oppa Hangil. What should I do with this?”

Sigh!

She stabbed her finger without hesitation, still looking at us, but her hand was moving precisely towards the ‘crying paper’.

“…Noeul. What are you doing now?”

“Huh? What?”

“No, hands…hands! What are they doing now?”

I was shocked and stretched out my arm, but Letel was faster.

Stand tall!

The hand of the sunset stopped as if space itself had solidified.

“Uh, huh!? What? Why are my hands…!?”

It seems that she lost control of her body without her knowledge.

“If you agree, sign with blood!”

Sigh!

“Kwaaaah!?”

“Huh!? What!?”

It literally happened in a split second.

With the cry of ‘crying paper’, a significant amount of blood overflowed from Noeul’s injured finger in an artificial form.

It was unexpected and very fast, so we could only watch as the blood approached the ‘crying paper’.

Stand tall!

But surprisingly, the blood stopped in midair just before it touched the ‘crying paper’.

-What is this situation now? Did I do a good job?

“Ahh…! Rael!”

“It’s so dazzling…!”

We couldn’t even open our eyes properly because it seemed like a halo was shining behind Rael, who was tilting his head as he passed through the wall.

“What? What happened? What happened!?”

Only Retel, who could not see Rael, was confused and confused.