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Got Dropped in a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work — Part 2
Secretiv_Sorceress · saltgoblin & I_Love_Kim_Soleum
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A pop-up event for some 'modern fantasy' media I loved so much that I even took a precious day off work to attend. On that day, I ended up transmigrating as a character in that very fantasy world. As none other than a newly hired employee at a famous large corporation! A dream job with great benefits, an excellent salary, and even kind and... Got Dropped in a Ghost Story, Still gotta Work. Part 2.
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Chapter 299
Kim Soleum and his party arrive at the Afternoon Station, which houses the Delusion Home Shopping ghost story. Soleum uses the Wiki to learn that the station hires day laborers to assist with shopping, offering potential items or information in exchange for labor. Despite concerns regarding Lee Seonghae's previous contamination from the Body Casino, the party agrees to the job. Upon entering the studio hallway, they encounter grotesque posters that blatantly copy the slogans and themes of Braun's talk show. In a warehouse-like room, the party signs day laborer contracts. Immediately, a broadcast begins. They witness a horrific demonstration where a host shows a
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Chapter 299
Kim Soleum and his party arrive at the Afternoon Station, which houses the Delusion Home Shopping ghost story. Soleum uses the Wiki to learn that the station hires day laborers to assist with shopping, offering potential items or information in exchange for labor. Despite concerns regarding Lee Seonghae's previous contamination from the Body Casino, the party agrees to the job. Upon entering the studio hallway, they encounter grotesque posters that blatantly copy the slogans and themes of Braun's talk show. In a warehouse-like room, the party signs day laborer contracts. Immediately, a broadcast begins. They witness a horrific demonstration where a host shows a
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17:18
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Chapter 300
Kim Soleum participates in a high-stakes survival home shopping broadcast where survival depends on sales volume. Amidst nervousness, he adopts the persona of 'Friend of Talk Shows' (Number 4). To ensure safety for buyers, he chooses to sell the 'Into the Vacuum' series—a bizarre, crude rectangular container originally designed for transporting high-ranking officer corpses in space. He pivots his pitch from funeral supplies to a revolutionary kitchen utensil, claiming it can store food at room temperature and prevent spoilage. Despite initial audience skepticism, his pitch for a discounted set of four (530,000 won) is successful, resulting in a sell-out and 2nd place ranking.
In contrast, Lee Jaheon takes 1st place, while Eun Haje takes last place after unsuccessfully trying to sell 'Sleep Gambling Snuff.' Following elimination, a horrific reality is revealed: the studio does not release eliminated participants. Eun Haje’s corpse reanimates and is dragged away by staff to be 'recycled' for further broadcast use, revealing that the studio uses the dead to cut costs. Kim Soleum realizes that the studio continuously employs missing citizens, binding their souls to the broadcast. The round concludes with the announcement of more participants and a 'Black Friday' event, raising the stakes for the final round. As Kim Soleum prepares a desperate plan to guarantee 1st place using his tattoo's powers, Go Youngeun, waiting in a train shelter, sees Kim Soleum's face appearing on her dead smartwatch, signaling his broadcast is reaching her.
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15:04
Chapter 300
Kim Soleum participates in a high-stakes survival home shopping broadcast where survival depends on sales volume. Amidst nervousness, he adopts the persona of 'Friend of Talk Shows' (Number 4). To ensure safety for buyers, he chooses to sell the 'Into the Vacuum' series—a bizarre, crude rectangular container originally designed for transporting high-ranking officer corpses in space. He pivots his pitch from funeral supplies to a revolutionary kitchen utensil, claiming it can store food at room temperature and prevent spoilage. Despite initial audience skepticism, his pitch for a discounted set of four (530,000 won) is successful, resulting in a sell-out and 2nd place ranking.
In contrast, Lee Jaheon takes 1st place, while Eun Haje takes last place after unsuccessfully trying to sell 'Sleep Gambling Snuff.' Following elimination, a horrific reality is revealed: the studio does not release eliminated participants. Eun Haje’s corpse reanimates and is dragged away by staff to be 'recycled' for further broadcast use, revealing that the studio uses the dead to cut costs. Kim Soleum realizes that the studio continuously employs missing citizens, binding their souls to the broadcast. The round concludes with the announcement of more participants and a 'Black Friday' event, raising the stakes for the final round. As Kim Soleum prepares a desperate plan to guarantee 1st place using his tattoo's powers, Go Youngeun, waiting in a train shelter, sees Kim Soleum's face appearing on her dead smartwatch, signaling his broadcast is reaching her.
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Chapter 301
Kim Soleum hosts a bizarre home shopping program on a Delusion Home Shopping channel. Instead of selling products, he announces he has bought all the stock with his own money to give away for free via a gift lottery. He reveals fifteen large boxes on the table and announces that anyone who calls his provided phone number during the 15-minute broadcast can win a box. The broadcast becomes a chaotic talk show, featuring callers that range from students to non-human entities, accompanied by eerie sounds, flickering lights, and supernatural phenomena. In the final minute, a prestigious and terrifying caller connects: Brown, the legendary host of the Late-Night Talk Show. Brown reveals that the home shopping broadcast was actually being aired as a special segment on his own massive-scale show. Following the broadcast, Kim Soleum is confronted by the Delusion Home Shopping show host, who accuses him of cheating by using his own money to buy stock and for sabotaging other contestants' viewership. Kim Soleum counters by revealing the products were actually paid for by a third party. He then calls the third party—who is revealed to be Brown—to resolve the conflict. Brown informs the flustered Delusion Home Shopping host that since his show provided the broadcast platform for the segment, the massive broadcast fees will be collected automatically. The chapter ends with the studio lights going out as the cost of the broadcast is about to be seized.
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15:40
Chapter 301
Kim Soleum hosts a bizarre home shopping program on a Delusion Home Shopping channel. Instead of selling products, he announces he has bought all the stock with his own money to give away for free via a gift lottery. He reveals fifteen large boxes on the table and announces that anyone who calls his provided phone number during the 15-minute broadcast can win a box. The broadcast becomes a chaotic talk show, featuring callers that range from students to non-human entities, accompanied by eerie sounds, flickering lights, and supernatural phenomena. In the final minute, a prestigious and terrifying caller connects: Brown, the legendary host of the Late-Night Talk Show. Brown reveals that the home shopping broadcast was actually being aired as a special segment on his own massive-scale show. Following the broadcast, Kim Soleum is confronted by the Delusion Home Shopping show host, who accuses him of cheating by using his own money to buy stock and for sabotaging other contestants' viewership. Kim Soleum counters by revealing the products were actually paid for by a third party. He then calls the third party—who is revealed to be Brown—to resolve the conflict. Brown informs the flustered Delusion Home Shopping host that since his show provided the broadcast platform for the segment, the massive broadcast fees will be collected automatically. The chapter ends with the studio lights going out as the cost of the broadcast is about to be seized.
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Chapter 302
In the darkened filming studio, the Late-Night Talk Show Host (Braun) confronts the Delusion Home Shopping Show Host to collect a 'transmission fee' and an 'advertisement fee.' Braun explains that because the Home Shopping show broadcasted from this remote location, they owe the studio's security deposit. As Braun begins the collection, the studio's vitality is sucked into a higher dimension, leaving the studio a hollow, freezing void. The Show Host attempts to bargain with past favors, such as providing free teddy bears, but Braun snaps his fingers, causing the Show Host to be consumed by flames. The studio vanishes, replaced by an empty space containing only a "For Lease" sign.
Braun reveals that the Show Host escaped to the Delusion Home Shopping headquarters. Braun then offers to transfer the studio's employees to the Late-Night Talk Show's crew, suggesting this will allow them to escape Sekwang Special City. He also offers Kim Soleum a prize in lieu of cash: items from the studio's merchandise. Kim Soleum selects several 'Happy Maker' items and considers high-value items like the 'Fountain of Youth Bathtub' but focuses on exploration tools.
However, a horrifying realization occurs regarding the dead party members: Braun explains that since they are already dead, their employment contracts at the Late-Night Talk Show will simply result in them returning to their original state—unmoving, ego-less corpses. They will be unable to escape Sekwang Special City because death no longer serves as an exit. Kim Soleum realizes that his dead companions, Agent Bronze and Assistant Manager Falcon, are now permanently trapped within the city's nightmare, as they cannot die again to escape.
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14:12
Chapter 302
In the darkened filming studio, the Late-Night Talk Show Host (Braun) confronts the Delusion Home Shopping Show Host to collect a 'transmission fee' and an 'advertisement fee.' Braun explains that because the Home Shopping show broadcasted from this remote location, they owe the studio's security deposit. As Braun begins the collection, the studio's vitality is sucked into a higher dimension, leaving the studio a hollow, freezing void. The Show Host attempts to bargain with past favors, such as providing free teddy bears, but Braun snaps his fingers, causing the Show Host to be consumed by flames. The studio vanishes, replaced by an empty space containing only a "For Lease" sign.
Braun reveals that the Show Host escaped to the Delusion Home Shopping headquarters. Braun then offers to transfer the studio's employees to the Late-Night Talk Show's crew, suggesting this will allow them to escape Sekwang Special City. He also offers Kim Soleum a prize in lieu of cash: items from the studio's merchandise. Kim Soleum selects several 'Happy Maker' items and considers high-value items like the 'Fountain of Youth Bathtub' but focuses on exploration tools.
However, a horrifying realization occurs regarding the dead party members: Braun explains that since they are already dead, their employment contracts at the Late-Night Talk Show will simply result in them returning to their original state—unmoving, ego-less corpses. They will be unable to escape Sekwang Special City because death no longer serves as an exit. Kim Soleum realizes that his dead companions, Agent Bronze and Assistant Manager Falcon, are now permanently trapped within the city's nightmare, as they cannot die again to escape.
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Chapter 303
Driven by the horror of realizing that Assistant Manager Eun Haje and Agent Bronze are trapped as conscious entities within dead bodies in a ghost story, Kim Soleum decides to use the 'Relocation' property of his status as a Mascot to save them. He realizes that if he establishes a 'place of operation' within Sekwang Metropolitan City, he can leverage the rules of his business to provide a sanctuary for them. He contacts the 'Blood Broadcasting Station' via a mysterious phone call, negotiating a lease for a small commercial space. The cost of the lease is 'Fresh Blood,' a high price that Kim Soleum initially cannot afford. He attempts to negotiate a smaller, 1/20th share of the space to lower the cost. To pay the security deposit and rent, he uses his own blood, slitting his arm with a combat knife, and then recovers using a low-grade regeneration potion to preserve his prize money. Once the lease is active, a small rectangular space with a crimson cross-marked mailbox appears. To manage the shop without leaving the Resort, Kim Soleum decides to use a deceased employee as a proxy. He summons the bisected corpse of Kim Heowoon from his tattoo. By declaring the small space a zone of the 'Flower Golden Resort,' he uses the Mascot's power to reconstitute Heowoon's body and restore his sanity. To his shock, Kim Heowoon regains his human consciousness and sanity, appearing as a normal man in a resort uniform rather than a mindless mascot, suggesting the Resort's influence can restore egos even from death.
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14:27
Chapter 303
Driven by the horror of realizing that Assistant Manager Eun Haje and Agent Bronze are trapped as conscious entities within dead bodies in a ghost story, Kim Soleum decides to use the 'Relocation' property of his status as a Mascot to save them. He realizes that if he establishes a 'place of operation' within Sekwang Metropolitan City, he can leverage the rules of his business to provide a sanctuary for them. He contacts the 'Blood Broadcasting Station' via a mysterious phone call, negotiating a lease for a small commercial space. The cost of the lease is 'Fresh Blood,' a high price that Kim Soleum initially cannot afford. He attempts to negotiate a smaller, 1/20th share of the space to lower the cost. To pay the security deposit and rent, he uses his own blood, slitting his arm with a combat knife, and then recovers using a low-grade regeneration potion to preserve his prize money. Once the lease is active, a small rectangular space with a crimson cross-marked mailbox appears. To manage the shop without leaving the Resort, Kim Soleum decides to use a deceased employee as a proxy. He summons the bisected corpse of Kim Heowoon from his tattoo. By declaring the small space a zone of the 'Flower Golden Resort,' he uses the Mascot's power to reconstitute Heowoon's body and restore his sanity. To his shock, Kim Heowoon regains his human consciousness and sanity, appearing as a normal man in a resort uniform rather than a mindless mascot, suggesting the Resort's influence can restore egos even from death.
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Chapter 304
Kim Soleum (Mascot) summons the deceased Jang Heowoon (Bison) to a newly leased 35-square-meter space in Afternoon Station. Heowoon, appearing human and having regained his consciousness, is reunited with a version of himself (Heo-on). Soleum explains that to maintain their human personas, they are effectively trapped within the small lease area, as leaving would revert them to non-human resort employees. Both Heowoons agree to stay and work. Soleum transforms the space into a 'Flower Golden Resort Souvenir Pop-up Store,' displaying food and goods to provide essential supplies to survivors on the train. Soleum installs a mass-produced Mascot to manage the shop.
Soleum then encounters Eun Haje and Ryu Jaekwan, who have also regained consciousness as corpses. Eun Haje, showing pragmatic composure, accepts their state as a way to avoid starvation or contamination. Soleum attempts to terminate their employment contracts to free them, but discovers that because the leased space is too small, he lacks the authority to cancel the subordination. Despite Ryu Jaekwan's warnings against incurring debt to supernatural entities, Soleum intends to borrow the remaining lease cost to expand the space.
After regrouping with Go Youngeun, Soleum boards the last car (Car 8) of the Train Shelter to rest. Before sleeping, Soleum asks Brown to deliver letters to his companions and specific individuals (Agent Choi and Section Chief Lee Jaheon) explaining his mission to explore the Cheerful Research Institute to find a way out. While lying in the car, Soleum notices a screw on the wall that matches a Daydream Potion cap; he pulls it out to reveal a hidden note written by Lee Kangheon.
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18:25
Chapter 304
Kim Soleum (Mascot) summons the deceased Jang Heowoon (Bison) to a newly leased 35-square-meter space in Afternoon Station. Heowoon, appearing human and having regained his consciousness, is reunited with a version of himself (Heo-on). Soleum explains that to maintain their human personas, they are effectively trapped within the small lease area, as leaving would revert them to non-human resort employees. Both Heowoons agree to stay and work. Soleum transforms the space into a 'Flower Golden Resort Souvenir Pop-up Store,' displaying food and goods to provide essential supplies to survivors on the train. Soleum installs a mass-produced Mascot to manage the shop.
Soleum then encounters Eun Haje and Ryu Jaekwan, who have also regained consciousness as corpses. Eun Haje, showing pragmatic composure, accepts their state as a way to avoid starvation or contamination. Soleum attempts to terminate their employment contracts to free them, but discovers that because the leased space is too small, he lacks the authority to cancel the subordination. Despite Ryu Jaekwan's warnings against incurring debt to supernatural entities, Soleum intends to borrow the remaining lease cost to expand the space.
After regrouping with Go Youngeun, Soleum boards the last car (Car 8) of the Train Shelter to rest. Before sleeping, Soleum asks Brown to deliver letters to his companions and specific individuals (Agent Choi and Section Chief Lee Jaheon) explaining his mission to explore the Cheerful Research Institute to find a way out. While lying in the car, Soleum notices a screw on the wall that matches a Daydream Potion cap; he pulls it out to reveal a hidden note written by Lee Kangheon.
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Chapter 305
After unscrewing a Daydream Potion bottle, the protagonist discovers a note written by 'Lee Kangheon,' an identity used by Agent Choi as an undercover employee at Daydream Inc. The note reveals that Daydream Inc. caused the current chaos by stealing research from the Cheerful Research Institute. It claims that to eliminate the Darkness in Sekwang Metropolitan City, one must steal a Daydream Dreaming Device and install it in the remaining Cheerful Research Institute facility. The protagonist reflects on how this implies the initial disaster was caused by the dream incubator malfunctioning. He suspects the note might be clickbait from a dying employee due to inconsistencies with Agent Choi's known personality and handwriting, but decides to show it to Choi later. After sleeping for five hours, the protagonist speaks with the stationmaster, who confirms that Eun Haje and Ryu Jaekwan have been successfully integrated into the Train Shelter in Car 6. The stationmaster warns him about High Noon Station, describing it as a place many fear. Upon arriving at High Noon Station, the protagonist finds a surreal, sunlit residential area manifested within the underground concourse. To his shock, he discovers dozens of Daydream Inc. research team members, including Kwak Jekang, standing in the area, appearing as if they are in a normal residential district despite being inside a top-grade Darkness.
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13:49
Chapter 305
After unscrewing a Daydream Potion bottle, the protagonist discovers a note written by 'Lee Kangheon,' an identity used by Agent Choi as an undercover employee at Daydream Inc. The note reveals that Daydream Inc. caused the current chaos by stealing research from the Cheerful Research Institute. It claims that to eliminate the Darkness in Sekwang Metropolitan City, one must steal a Daydream Dreaming Device and install it in the remaining Cheerful Research Institute facility. The protagonist reflects on how this implies the initial disaster was caused by the dream incubator malfunctioning. He suspects the note might be clickbait from a dying employee due to inconsistencies with Agent Choi's known personality and handwriting, but decides to show it to Choi later. After sleeping for five hours, the protagonist speaks with the stationmaster, who confirms that Eun Haje and Ryu Jaekwan have been successfully integrated into the Train Shelter in Car 6. The stationmaster warns him about High Noon Station, describing it as a place many fear. Upon arriving at High Noon Station, the protagonist finds a surreal, sunlit residential area manifested within the underground concourse. To his shock, he discovers dozens of Daydream Inc. research team members, including Kwak Jekang, standing in the area, appearing as if they are in a normal residential district despite being inside a top-grade Darkness.
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Chapter 306
Kim Soleum finds himself in Sekwang Special City wearing his Roe Deer mask, which he quickly changes to a feline mask to avoid recognition. He encounters researchers from Daydream Inc. near a subway entrance. Kim attempts to warn them to seek safety in the subway, but they dismiss him as a 'Contaminated One.' The group includes Team Leader Choi Myungjin and Section Chief Kwak Jekang, who are more interested in researching the 'Darkness' than escaping. Kim realizes that two researchers from Director Ho Yuwon's 'Project' are present; through lip movements, he learns the project involves developing entry methods into the city, but they have suffered an accident and are trapped without an exit.
As the researchers discuss the nature of the Darkness, they mistake the situation for a 'mimicry' entity luring them in. Suddenly, the 'Midday Station' ghost story manifests: ordinary-looking people (entities) emerge from houses, desperately shouting for people to go to work or not to come home. The situation turns lethal when the entities undergo a transformation, becoming 'Neck-Twisted Entities' that violently snap the necks of those they touch. Chaos ensues as researchers are slaughtered. Kim, utilizing a black cat transformation from his tattoos, decides to guide the remaining survivors—including the curious Kwak Jekang and the ethical Assistant Manager Lee Yeonhwa—toward safety. He leads them to a special, spatially expanded Fire Hydrant. Once inside, Lee Yeonhwa recognizes the black cat as a specific A-rank entity known for saving people at the Mermaid Tomb.
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19:04
Chapter 306
Kim Soleum finds himself in Sekwang Special City wearing his Roe Deer mask, which he quickly changes to a feline mask to avoid recognition. He encounters researchers from Daydream Inc. near a subway entrance. Kim attempts to warn them to seek safety in the subway, but they dismiss him as a 'Contaminated One.' The group includes Team Leader Choi Myungjin and Section Chief Kwak Jekang, who are more interested in researching the 'Darkness' than escaping. Kim realizes that two researchers from Director Ho Yuwon's 'Project' are present; through lip movements, he learns the project involves developing entry methods into the city, but they have suffered an accident and are trapped without an exit.
As the researchers discuss the nature of the Darkness, they mistake the situation for a 'mimicry' entity luring them in. Suddenly, the 'Midday Station' ghost story manifests: ordinary-looking people (entities) emerge from houses, desperately shouting for people to go to work or not to come home. The situation turns lethal when the entities undergo a transformation, becoming 'Neck-Twisted Entities' that violently snap the necks of those they touch. Chaos ensues as researchers are slaughtered. Kim, utilizing a black cat transformation from his tattoos, decides to guide the remaining survivors—including the curious Kwak Jekang and the ethical Assistant Manager Lee Yeonhwa—toward safety. He leads them to a special, spatially expanded Fire Hydrant. Once inside, Lee Yeonhwa recognizes the black cat as a specific A-rank entity known for saving people at the Mermaid Tomb.
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Chapter 307
Kim Soleum, in cat form, reveals his true human identity to researchers Kwak Jekang and Lee Yeonhwa, explaining that he had been concealing his identity to ensure their survival. He reveals they are currently in Sekwang Metropolitan City, an abandoned city sealed off due to a massive ghost story. He identifies their current location as Midday Station (nickname: Nap Shelter), a place where falling asleep results in death. Kim explains the station's theme is based on the concept of eternal sleep/naps. Kwak Jekang, showing a researcher's analytical nature, suggests that manipulating symbolism—like changing the time to 7 PM—could break the Darkness, but Kim notes this would be difficult unless the station's name itself is changed. Kim interrogates the Project researcher and discovers they entered the city via the D-Rank ghost story 'Welcome to the Abyss Transpo,' a subway-themed entity, and that the researchers may have been part of a dangerous experiment involving human test subjects. After Kwak Jekang's failed attempts to use various signals (like school bells or shouting) to
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16:04
Chapter 307
Kim Soleum, in cat form, reveals his true human identity to researchers Kwak Jekang and Lee Yeonhwa, explaining that he had been concealing his identity to ensure their survival. He reveals they are currently in Sekwang Metropolitan City, an abandoned city sealed off due to a massive ghost story. He identifies their current location as Midday Station (nickname: Nap Shelter), a place where falling asleep results in death. Kim explains the station's theme is based on the concept of eternal sleep/naps. Kwak Jekang, showing a researcher's analytical nature, suggests that manipulating symbolism—like changing the time to 7 PM—could break the Darkness, but Kim notes this would be difficult unless the station's name itself is changed. Kim interrogates the Project researcher and discovers they entered the city via the D-Rank ghost story 'Welcome to the Abyss Transpo,' a subway-themed entity, and that the researchers may have been part of a dangerous experiment involving human test subjects. After Kwak Jekang's failed attempts to use various signals (like school bells or shouting) to
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Chapter 308
Kim Soleum enters the Moonlight Tattoo Shop, finding a Blue Dragon mascot seated with the tattooist. The mascot, seemingly possessing expanded authority after Kim Soleum's victory over Magic Bunny, reveals a connection to the tattooist, implying both originate from the Deep Sea/Mermaid Tomb region. Kim Soleum realizes the shop exists in a suspended temporal state, acting as a situational anchor rather than a fixed location. He attempts to use the shop to transport three researchers (Kwak Jekang, Lee Yeonhwa, and an unnamed colleague) out of Sekwang Metropolitan City, but the tattooist refuses, as the shop's doors do not function as transit portals for others. Kim Soleum then approaches the tattooist to request a cover-up for his contamination-managing tattoo, but the tattooist refuses, presenting a sign advising him to embrace his current tattoo instead. Meanwhile, the researchers react with intense scientific curiosity rather than fear. Kim Soleum implements a survival strategy for the researchers: he provides Lee Yeonhwa with a fog-like tattoo sticker that masks presence to evade the neck-snapping entities and directs them to the fire hydrant cabinets, which serve as safe houses. To ensure total safety and eliminate the 'Nap Shelter' symbolism of the station, Kim Soleum burns down the residential area of Midday Station. While Lee Yeonhwa hides in a safe cabinet, Section Chief Kwak Jekang reveals he sabotaged the safety of the cabinets (placing 'Out of Order' signs and flammable material) purely for research purposes. As the fire dies down, Kim Soleum emerges from the ashes and confronts Kwak Jekang by grabbing him by the collar.
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Chapter 308
Kim Soleum enters the Moonlight Tattoo Shop, finding a Blue Dragon mascot seated with the tattooist. The mascot, seemingly possessing expanded authority after Kim Soleum's victory over Magic Bunny, reveals a connection to the tattooist, implying both originate from the Deep Sea/Mermaid Tomb region. Kim Soleum realizes the shop exists in a suspended temporal state, acting as a situational anchor rather than a fixed location. He attempts to use the shop to transport three researchers (Kwak Jekang, Lee Yeonhwa, and an unnamed colleague) out of Sekwang Metropolitan City, but the tattooist refuses, as the shop's doors do not function as transit portals for others. Kim Soleum then approaches the tattooist to request a cover-up for his contamination-managing tattoo, but the tattooist refuses, presenting a sign advising him to embrace his current tattoo instead. Meanwhile, the researchers react with intense scientific curiosity rather than fear. Kim Soleum implements a survival strategy for the researchers: he provides Lee Yeonhwa with a fog-like tattoo sticker that masks presence to evade the neck-snapping entities and directs them to the fire hydrant cabinets, which serve as safe houses. To ensure total safety and eliminate the 'Nap Shelter' symbolism of the station, Kim Soleum burns down the residential area of Midday Station. While Lee Yeonhwa hides in a safe cabinet, Section Chief Kwak Jekang reveals he sabotaged the safety of the cabinets (placing 'Out of Order' signs and flammable material) purely for research purposes. As the fire dies down, Kim Soleum emerges from the ashes and confronts Kwak Jekang by grabbing him by the collar.
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Chapter 309
Lord Cat confronts Kwak Jekang on a subway platform, accusing him of murdering Research Team 2's Team Leader, Choi Myungjin. Lord Cat reveals the charred, severed head of Choi Myungjin inside a fire hydrant cabinet to prove his point. Lord Cat deduces Kwak Jekang's guilt because his hands were wiped clean on his gown, leaving blood and scabs on the fabric. Kwak Jekang attempts to use a previous pinky-promise—that he would not go against Lord Cat's will—as a defense, claiming he followed orders by hiding. Lord Cat bypasses this by issuing a new command: Kwak Jekang must quit the Daydream research team and cease all research into the Darkness. To ensure compliance and punish his recent actions, Lord Cat orders Kwak Jekang to break his own remaining pinky finger, which the researcher does amidst a suppressed scream.
Following the encounter, the narrator reflects on the violent necessity of the act and the influence of a flame-themed tattoo sticker on his own aggression. He observes the burned residential area, haunted by the auditory hallucinations of resentful citizens. He then leads Researcher Lee Yeonhwa and Kwak Jekang into a dark concourse to a burnt-out office known as the Cheerful Research Institute. There, they discover a functional, broken Dream Incubator. Kwak Jekang and Lee Yeonhwa observe that unlike Daydream Inc.'s machines, this incubator contains a round, egg-like object in the liquid tank. Kwak Jekang hypothesizes that the machine was originally designed for incubating life forms rather than just producing potions. He proposes a startling theory: the egg is not just a life form, but a "world," suggesting the institute aimed to create a new, safe world—potentially a world without ghost stories.
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Chapter 309
Lord Cat confronts Kwak Jekang on a subway platform, accusing him of murdering Research Team 2's Team Leader, Choi Myungjin. Lord Cat reveals the charred, severed head of Choi Myungjin inside a fire hydrant cabinet to prove his point. Lord Cat deduces Kwak Jekang's guilt because his hands were wiped clean on his gown, leaving blood and scabs on the fabric. Kwak Jekang attempts to use a previous pinky-promise—that he would not go against Lord Cat's will—as a defense, claiming he followed orders by hiding. Lord Cat bypasses this by issuing a new command: Kwak Jekang must quit the Daydream research team and cease all research into the Darkness. To ensure compliance and punish his recent actions, Lord Cat orders Kwak Jekang to break his own remaining pinky finger, which the researcher does amidst a suppressed scream.
Following the encounter, the narrator reflects on the violent necessity of the act and the influence of a flame-themed tattoo sticker on his own aggression. He observes the burned residential area, haunted by the auditory hallucinations of resentful citizens. He then leads Researcher Lee Yeonhwa and Kwak Jekang into a dark concourse to a burnt-out office known as the Cheerful Research Institute. There, they discover a functional, broken Dream Incubator. Kwak Jekang and Lee Yeonhwa observe that unlike Daydream Inc.'s machines, this incubator contains a round, egg-like object in the liquid tank. Kwak Jekang hypothesizes that the machine was originally designed for incubating life forms rather than just producing potions. He proposes a startling theory: the egg is not just a life form, but a "world," suggesting the institute aimed to create a new, safe world—potentially a world without ghost stories.
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Chapter 310
Eun Haje receives a note from Kim Soleum at a train station. The note reveals that Kim has traveled to the company, that Midday Station was destroyed by fire, and contains an urgent request: if anyone finds information regarding a 'Dream Incubator,' they should contact the pop-up shop at Afternoon Station. Eun Haje shares the note with Ryu Jaekwan, noting Kim's increasing competence and concerning behavior. They observe the note's cryptic final instruction regarding the Dream Incubator, which Kim's internal monologue links to his theory about the Cheerful Research Institute's goal: creating a 'world without ghost stories.' Kim deduces that if such a world exists, he might cease to be. Meanwhile, Kim Soleum meets Agent Choi at Jisan Village near an abandoned well. Kim confronts Agent Choi about a note left by Lee Kangheon and asks about the Dream Incubator's location. Agent Choi admits he may have written the note (or at least has a connection to the information) but denies knowing the true nature of the machine. Kim proposes a plan: instead of stealing the company's Dream Incubator, they will swap it with an identical one found in a hidden underground laboratory to observe its operation safely. Agent Choi agrees. They retrieve a Dream Incubator containing a golden, egg-shaped silhouette from an underground room protected by a golden rope. After Kim switches bodies to handle the heavy lifting, they return to a burnt-out corridor in Sekwang Metropolitan City. Kim installs the machine and activates it using his employee ID. Observing the device, Kim notices a missing button in the control panel, similar to a damaged part he saw earlier. Recalling a clue about a "round part" being used in an "unexpected place," Kim realizes his smartphone's popsocket is the missing component. He detaches the popsocket and fits it into the slot on the Dream Incubator.
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Chapter 310
Eun Haje receives a note from Kim Soleum at a train station. The note reveals that Kim has traveled to the company, that Midday Station was destroyed by fire, and contains an urgent request: if anyone finds information regarding a 'Dream Incubator,' they should contact the pop-up shop at Afternoon Station. Eun Haje shares the note with Ryu Jaekwan, noting Kim's increasing competence and concerning behavior. They observe the note's cryptic final instruction regarding the Dream Incubator, which Kim's internal monologue links to his theory about the Cheerful Research Institute's goal: creating a 'world without ghost stories.' Kim deduces that if such a world exists, he might cease to be. Meanwhile, Kim Soleum meets Agent Choi at Jisan Village near an abandoned well. Kim confronts Agent Choi about a note left by Lee Kangheon and asks about the Dream Incubator's location. Agent Choi admits he may have written the note (or at least has a connection to the information) but denies knowing the true nature of the machine. Kim proposes a plan: instead of stealing the company's Dream Incubator, they will swap it with an identical one found in a hidden underground laboratory to observe its operation safely. Agent Choi agrees. They retrieve a Dream Incubator containing a golden, egg-shaped silhouette from an underground room protected by a golden rope. After Kim switches bodies to handle the heavy lifting, they return to a burnt-out corridor in Sekwang Metropolitan City. Kim installs the machine and activates it using his employee ID. Observing the device, Kim notices a missing button in the control panel, similar to a damaged part he saw earlier. Recalling a clue about a "round part" being used in an "unexpected place," Kim realizes his smartphone's popsocket is the missing component. He detaches the popsocket and fits it into the slot on the Dream Incubator.
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Chapter 311
While completing the final component for the Dream Incubator, Kim Soleum realizes that the component he holds—a Memorial Popsocket—is actually a mimicked object that was once the Dream Incubator's 'Wish Ticket' button. Agent Choi intervenes when Kim is tempted by the glowing device and unplugs it. Kim realizes the Popsocket he won from the <Dark Exploration Record> pop-up store is connected to the machine's origin. In a strategic move to gain information and trust, Kim confesses his true nature to Agent Choi: he is a person from a parallel reality, a Seoul Special City without ghost stories, who was pulled into this world through a supernatural disaster.
Agent Choi, initially shocked, reveals he found an 'experiment log' in the abandoned underground laboratory. He hands Kim a transcribed document that serves as a scathing indictment of Daydream. The document reveals that Daydream backstabbed the Cheerful Research Institute by stealing the Dream Incubator to manufacture a counterfeit, degraded version of the 'Children's Paradise Syrup,' known as the 'Wish Ticket.' Kim realizes the 'single sentence' requirement for making a wish was a side effect of Daydream's manufacturing process; the original version likely granted wishes based on pure, non-verbalized intent. This discovery gives Kim hope that he can return to his original human form and home if he can activate the machine. However, the Dream Incubator displays a requirement of 5,000,000 points of Dream Essence Liquid—a massive amount. Kim resolves that he can achieve this by resolving a massive supernatural disaster, such as the one threatening Sekwang Metropolitan City, to extract high-concentration liquid.
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Chapter 311
While completing the final component for the Dream Incubator, Kim Soleum realizes that the component he holds—a Memorial Popsocket—is actually a mimicked object that was once the Dream Incubator's 'Wish Ticket' button. Agent Choi intervenes when Kim is tempted by the glowing device and unplugs it. Kim realizes the Popsocket he won from the <Dark Exploration Record> pop-up store is connected to the machine's origin. In a strategic move to gain information and trust, Kim confesses his true nature to Agent Choi: he is a person from a parallel reality, a Seoul Special City without ghost stories, who was pulled into this world through a supernatural disaster.
Agent Choi, initially shocked, reveals he found an 'experiment log' in the abandoned underground laboratory. He hands Kim a transcribed document that serves as a scathing indictment of Daydream. The document reveals that Daydream backstabbed the Cheerful Research Institute by stealing the Dream Incubator to manufacture a counterfeit, degraded version of the 'Children's Paradise Syrup,' known as the 'Wish Ticket.' Kim realizes the 'single sentence' requirement for making a wish was a side effect of Daydream's manufacturing process; the original version likely granted wishes based on pure, non-verbalized intent. This discovery gives Kim hope that he can return to his original human form and home if he can activate the machine. However, the Dream Incubator displays a requirement of 5,000,000 points of Dream Essence Liquid—a massive amount. Kim resolves that he can achieve this by resolving a massive supernatural disaster, such as the one threatening Sekwang Metropolitan City, to extract high-concentration liquid.
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Chapter 312
Kim Soleum (Grapes) secures the Dream Incubator in his tattoo, realizing it can create the potion needed to return home. Agent Choi observes him, suspecting Kim has discovered the secret to making the Wish Ticket's original form. Kim deflects the suspicion by claiming he wants to use Director Ho Yuwon's Project to obtain a Daydream Potion Maker, hoping to trade information for it. Kim notes the high efficiency of the Sekwang Metropolitan City ghost stories for collecting Dream Essence and contemplates a dangerous plan to repeatedly die to fill his Collector, but Braun advises against it due to essence degradation.
Kim and Agent Choi travel by train to meet survivors. On the train, they encounter Go Youngeun, Agent Bronze (who is dead/trapped), and Eun Haje. Agent Choi and Agent Bronze share a heavy, emotional conversation regarding Bronze's final arrangements and the void his absence will leave. Eun Haje confronts Kim about his sudden departure and his pale complexion, noting he seems as ghostly as the dead.
Upon arriving at Morning Station, Kim attempts to offload the Dream Incubator, but Agent Choi and the others reveal they have already deduced the station's nature. The group discovers that Morning Station is the site of the former Sekwang Metropolitan City Disaster Management Bureau branch, specifically the Scales Tribunal. The station's current ghost story revolves around a twisted version of the Bureau's rescue deliberation process. Instead of weighing sin, the contaminated Scales of Evil now weigh a person against what they love most to determine their worthiness for rescue.
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Chapter 312
Kim Soleum (Grapes) secures the Dream Incubator in his tattoo, realizing it can create the potion needed to return home. Agent Choi observes him, suspecting Kim has discovered the secret to making the Wish Ticket's original form. Kim deflects the suspicion by claiming he wants to use Director Ho Yuwon's Project to obtain a Daydream Potion Maker, hoping to trade information for it. Kim notes the high efficiency of the Sekwang Metropolitan City ghost stories for collecting Dream Essence and contemplates a dangerous plan to repeatedly die to fill his Collector, but Braun advises against it due to essence degradation.
Kim and Agent Choi travel by train to meet survivors. On the train, they encounter Go Youngeun, Agent Bronze (who is dead/trapped), and Eun Haje. Agent Choi and Agent Bronze share a heavy, emotional conversation regarding Bronze's final arrangements and the void his absence will leave. Eun Haje confronts Kim about his sudden departure and his pale complexion, noting he seems as ghostly as the dead.
Upon arriving at Morning Station, Kim attempts to offload the Dream Incubator, but Agent Choi and the others reveal they have already deduced the station's nature. The group discovers that Morning Station is the site of the former Sekwang Metropolitan City Disaster Management Bureau branch, specifically the Scales Tribunal. The station's current ghost story revolves around a twisted version of the Bureau's rescue deliberation process. Instead of weighing sin, the contaminated Scales of Evil now weigh a person against what they love most to determine their worthiness for rescue.
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Chapter 313
Kim Soleum enters the Scales Tribunal, a white void that transitions into a massive, grand courtroom within the Sekwang Metropolitan City Day of Disaster. The courtroom is filled with a line of citizens undergoing a twisted selection process. Kim observes the process: candidates must present their heart—the physical embodiment of their conscience—on an ashen knife to be weighed against the thing they love most on a giant, ashen-gray scale. If the weight of their love (obsession) overrides their moral judgment, they are deemed irredeemable and executed via a humanitarian death. Kim realizes the system is a trap: even those who pass the moral test are often met with a
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Chapter 313
Kim Soleum enters the Scales Tribunal, a white void that transitions into a massive, grand courtroom within the Sekwang Metropolitan City Day of Disaster. The courtroom is filled with a line of citizens undergoing a twisted selection process. Kim observes the process: candidates must present their heart—the physical embodiment of their conscience—on an ashen knife to be weighed against the thing they love most on a giant, ashen-gray scale. If the weight of their love (obsession) overrides their moral judgment, they are deemed irredeemable and executed via a humanitarian death. Kim realizes the system is a trap: even those who pass the moral test are often met with a
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Chapter 314
In the Courthouse of the Supernatural Disaster, Kim Soleum undergoes a trial via the Scales of Evil. Soleum realizes that his obsession with returning home has distorted his priorities; rather than the concept of 'home,' the scale manifested a 'pop-socket'—a mere tool or means to get home. This realization indicates Soleum is mentally compromised by his intense desire for the dream incubator. As the scale deems him an irredeemable evil person and sentences him to humanitarian execution, Agent Bronze (Ryu Jaekwan) intervenes, catching the knife intended for Soleum's heart. Agent Choi joins the intervention, arguing that the trial is biased due to the extreme psychological pressure being applied. The agents attempt to assert their authority to stop the execution, but the Courthouse speaker/system fails to recognize their credentials due to a lack of local verification. Assistant Manager Eun Haje arrives and, recalling Braun's logic, argues that if it is a legal trial, Soleum is entitled to a defense, witnesses, and legal counsel. She designates the gathered agents as his defense counsel and witnesses. This procedural challenge forces the system to transition from a summary judgment to a formal trial. The setting shifts to a new, darkened courtroom where Soleum stands under a spotlight. A jury of dozens of distorted, deceased agents from Sekwang Metropolitan City—some burned or mutilated—takes their seats to begin the formal trial of Kim Soleum.
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Chapter 314
In the Courthouse of the Supernatural Disaster, Kim Soleum undergoes a trial via the Scales of Evil. Soleum realizes that his obsession with returning home has distorted his priorities; rather than the concept of 'home,' the scale manifested a 'pop-socket'—a mere tool or means to get home. This realization indicates Soleum is mentally compromised by his intense desire for the dream incubator. As the scale deems him an irredeemable evil person and sentences him to humanitarian execution, Agent Bronze (Ryu Jaekwan) intervenes, catching the knife intended for Soleum's heart. Agent Choi joins the intervention, arguing that the trial is biased due to the extreme psychological pressure being applied. The agents attempt to assert their authority to stop the execution, but the Courthouse speaker/system fails to recognize their credentials due to a lack of local verification. Assistant Manager Eun Haje arrives and, recalling Braun's logic, argues that if it is a legal trial, Soleum is entitled to a defense, witnesses, and legal counsel. She designates the gathered agents as his defense counsel and witnesses. This procedural challenge forces the system to transition from a summary judgment to a formal trial. The setting shifts to a new, darkened courtroom where Soleum stands under a spotlight. A jury of dozens of distorted, deceased agents from Sekwang Metropolitan City—some burned or mutilated—takes their seats to begin the formal trial of Kim Soleum.
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Chapter 315
In a dark Courthouse, the protagonist finds themselves undergoing a selection process judged by the dead agents of Sekwang Metropolitan City. These jurors, appearing as gruesome, deceased figures, testify against him: one accuses him of being a criminal who ignores addicts; another claims he should be executed for failing to prevent suicides; and a third, a charred agent, accuses him of arson. The protagonist experiences intense, traumatic psychic feedback from these accusations, feeling the immense guilt and grief the dead agents carried. Agent Bronze (Ryu Jaekwan) interrupts to challenge the validity of these testimonies, proposing they use the 'Scales of Evil' according to original regulations—weighing the subject against 'Unmotivated Murder'—to determine if the candidate is truly evil. Assistant Manager Eun Haje (Eun Haje) attempts to argue that the current trial is a distorted version of Bureau principles, suggesting the original rules were designed to prioritize those who are least dangerous. She is silenced by the court. Agent Bronze maintains his stance to protect agents from bearing sole responsibility for impossible choices. The protagonist, deciding to testify for himself, argues that since the Sekwang branch no longer exists, there is no official duty to rescue, and asks to be judged solely by the original Scales of Evil. The strategy works; the protagonist places the 'Unmotivated Murder' weight on the scales, and the scale tilts in their favor, granting a 'Pass.' However, just as relief sets in, Juror No. 1—a mysterious agent with an invisible face—rises to object. The Juror claims the protagonist is an empty shell who has offloaded his actual sins and twisted desires into his 'contamination Cleanup' tattoo, suggesting the true self remains hidden within the tattoo.
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Chapter 315
In a dark Courthouse, the protagonist finds themselves undergoing a selection process judged by the dead agents of Sekwang Metropolitan City. These jurors, appearing as gruesome, deceased figures, testify against him: one accuses him of being a criminal who ignores addicts; another claims he should be executed for failing to prevent suicides; and a third, a charred agent, accuses him of arson. The protagonist experiences intense, traumatic psychic feedback from these accusations, feeling the immense guilt and grief the dead agents carried. Agent Bronze (Ryu Jaekwan) interrupts to challenge the validity of these testimonies, proposing they use the 'Scales of Evil' according to original regulations—weighing the subject against 'Unmotivated Murder'—to determine if the candidate is truly evil. Assistant Manager Eun Haje (Eun Haje) attempts to argue that the current trial is a distorted version of Bureau principles, suggesting the original rules were designed to prioritize those who are least dangerous. She is silenced by the court. Agent Bronze maintains his stance to protect agents from bearing sole responsibility for impossible choices. The protagonist, deciding to testify for himself, argues that since the Sekwang branch no longer exists, there is no official duty to rescue, and asks to be judged solely by the original Scales of Evil. The strategy works; the protagonist places the 'Unmotivated Murder' weight on the scales, and the scale tilts in their favor, granting a 'Pass.' However, just as relief sets in, Juror No. 1—a mysterious agent with an invisible face—rises to object. The Juror claims the protagonist is an empty shell who has offloaded his actual sins and twisted desires into his 'contamination Cleanup' tattoo, suggesting the true self remains hidden within the tattoo.
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Chapter 316
In a surreal courtroom, Kim Soleum undergoes intense questioning by Juror No. 1. During the process, the contaminations (ghost story entities) he previously sequestered in his heart burst out of him, speaking through his mouth. These entities offer nonsensical, obsessive, and inhuman responses, but none admit to Kim Soleum harming an innocent third party. The questioning shifts to the morality of survival, with the entities arguing that life is inherently a series of sacrifices. Kim Soleum undergoes a profound internal realization: the traits he dismissed as mere 'contamination'—his shifting morality and survivalist instincts—are actually parts of himself that he had suppressed out of fear of losing his humanity. He decides to embrace these facets, using the Moonlight Tattoo to organize and reintegrate them rather than just sealing them away. He acknowledges that these emotions and judgments, however extreme, are his own. Juror No. 1 reveals himself to be a projection of Kim Soleum's agent persona, Agent Grapes. Kim Soleum's heart is weighed on the Scales of Evil; despite its increased weight, he passes the trial. As the courtroom dissolves, Kim Soleum wakes up in the Fox Counseling Room. He realizes he has successfully exited the Sekwang Metropolitan City ghost story and, most importantly, has regained his human form and ability to speak.
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Chapter 316
In a surreal courtroom, Kim Soleum undergoes intense questioning by Juror No. 1. During the process, the contaminations (ghost story entities) he previously sequestered in his heart burst out of him, speaking through his mouth. These entities offer nonsensical, obsessive, and inhuman responses, but none admit to Kim Soleum harming an innocent third party. The questioning shifts to the morality of survival, with the entities arguing that life is inherently a series of sacrifices. Kim Soleum undergoes a profound internal realization: the traits he dismissed as mere 'contamination'—his shifting morality and survivalist instincts—are actually parts of himself that he had suppressed out of fear of losing his humanity. He decides to embrace these facets, using the Moonlight Tattoo to organize and reintegrate them rather than just sealing them away. He acknowledges that these emotions and judgments, however extreme, are his own. Juror No. 1 reveals himself to be a projection of Kim Soleum's agent persona, Agent Grapes. Kim Soleum's heart is weighed on the Scales of Evil; despite its increased weight, he passes the trial. As the courtroom dissolves, Kim Soleum wakes up in the Fox Counseling Room. He realizes he has successfully exited the Sekwang Metropolitan City ghost story and, most importantly, has regained his human form and ability to speak.
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Chapter 317
Kim Soleum wakes up in his original body after a long time, feeling refreshed and unburdened by the sensation of hot water and sunlight. After changing clothes, he meets Agent Choi and Director Ho Yuwon in the Fox Counseling Room. Agent Choi confirms Soleum's recovery through dowsing and provides an encouraging hug. Soleum explains his recent experience was in a temporary Lizard body.
Soleum confronts Ho Yuwon about his presence in Sekwang Metropolitan City. He theorizes that the Ho Yuwon before him is not the real director, but a fragmented consciousness or 'clone' created by the intense emotions and Nine-tailed Fox Sickness. This fragment is a recording/illusion that escaped from the real Ho Yuwon, who remains trapped within Sekwang Metropolitan City. Ho Yuwon confirms this, explaining he is a manifestation of the consciousness left behind.
Soleum proposes a radical solution to the Sekwang Metropolitan City disaster: ending the Supernatural Disaster itself to lift the lockdown and free the trapped entities, including the real Ho Yuwon. Despite Ho Yuwon's initial disbelief regarding the scale of the tragedy, the two shake hands and agree to work together, establishing a new objective: the termination of a World-ending Class Disaster. Soleum also negotiates compensation for this project: half of the Dream Essence Liquid provided by team members.
Agent Choi expresses concern for Soleum's safety, advising him to give up if going home becomes impossible. Soleum retreats to Section Chief Lee Jaheon's residence to strategize. He plans to use his Daydream connections to infiltrate the research team, aiming to identify potential candidates from the <Dark Exploration Record> to recruit as a secret route. His ultimate goal is to steal a Daydream Device to facilitate the mission, planning to act as a one-day researcher to achieve this.
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Chapter 317
Kim Soleum wakes up in his original body after a long time, feeling refreshed and unburdened by the sensation of hot water and sunlight. After changing clothes, he meets Agent Choi and Director Ho Yuwon in the Fox Counseling Room. Agent Choi confirms Soleum's recovery through dowsing and provides an encouraging hug. Soleum explains his recent experience was in a temporary Lizard body.
Soleum confronts Ho Yuwon about his presence in Sekwang Metropolitan City. He theorizes that the Ho Yuwon before him is not the real director, but a fragmented consciousness or 'clone' created by the intense emotions and Nine-tailed Fox Sickness. This fragment is a recording/illusion that escaped from the real Ho Yuwon, who remains trapped within Sekwang Metropolitan City. Ho Yuwon confirms this, explaining he is a manifestation of the consciousness left behind.
Soleum proposes a radical solution to the Sekwang Metropolitan City disaster: ending the Supernatural Disaster itself to lift the lockdown and free the trapped entities, including the real Ho Yuwon. Despite Ho Yuwon's initial disbelief regarding the scale of the tragedy, the two shake hands and agree to work together, establishing a new objective: the termination of a World-ending Class Disaster. Soleum also negotiates compensation for this project: half of the Dream Essence Liquid provided by team members.
Agent Choi expresses concern for Soleum's safety, advising him to give up if going home becomes impossible. Soleum retreats to Section Chief Lee Jaheon's residence to strategize. He plans to use his Daydream connections to infiltrate the research team, aiming to identify potential candidates from the <Dark Exploration Record> to recruit as a secret route. His ultimate goal is to steal a Daydream Device to facilitate the mission, planning to act as a one-day researcher to achieve this.
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Researcher Park Kyung-hwan, a newly hired researcher at Daydream Inc., brags on the phone to a friend about his job while mocking the friend's unemployment. Suddenly, a Black Silhouette (the protagonist) ambushes him, strangling him and demanding he hang up. The intruder reveals he knows Park's secret: he stole a labmate's bioinformatics thesis. The intruder clips a piece of Park's fingernail using the Vole Nail Clippers. Using the nail, the protagonist transforms into Park Kyung-hwan to infiltrate the company as a Daily Researcher. The protagonist notes that being a newbie is advantageous as it minimizes contact with superiors like Director Cheong. While the protagonist contemplates how to override his permanent Security Team contract, Brown suggests using a more powerful employment contract to invalidate the old one. A week later, the transformed protagonist arrives at the Daydream Main Building in a lab coat to begin the 'theft of the Daydream Dream Machine' operation. While in the elevator, the protagonist encounters Supervisor Baek Saheon. To prevent future interference, the protagonist tries to subtly signal his true identity by making a cryptic remark about Saheon's village origins. However, a communication error occurs: instead of recognizing the protagonist as Kim Soleum, Saheon identifies him as the 'agent' who has been using the Paper Boat to pry into company business, mistakenly believing the protagonist is there to help him rather than to steal the machine.
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Chapter 318
Researcher Park Kyung-hwan, a newly hired researcher at Daydream Inc., brags on the phone to a friend about his job while mocking the friend's unemployment. Suddenly, a Black Silhouette (the protagonist) ambushes him, strangling him and demanding he hang up. The intruder reveals he knows Park's secret: he stole a labmate's bioinformatics thesis. The intruder clips a piece of Park's fingernail using the Vole Nail Clippers. Using the nail, the protagonist transforms into Park Kyung-hwan to infiltrate the company as a Daily Researcher. The protagonist notes that being a newbie is advantageous as it minimizes contact with superiors like Director Cheong. While the protagonist contemplates how to override his permanent Security Team contract, Brown suggests using a more powerful employment contract to invalidate the old one. A week later, the transformed protagonist arrives at the Daydream Main Building in a lab coat to begin the 'theft of the Daydream Dream Machine' operation. While in the elevator, the protagonist encounters Supervisor Baek Saheon. To prevent future interference, the protagonist tries to subtly signal his true identity by making a cryptic remark about Saheon's village origins. However, a communication error occurs: instead of recognizing the protagonist as Kim Soleum, Saheon identifies him as the 'agent' who has been using the Paper Boat to pry into company business, mistakenly believing the protagonist is there to help him rather than to steal the machine.
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Kim Soleum, infiltrated as researcher Park Kyung-hwan, encounters Baek Saheon in an elevator. Baek recognizes him as the agent from Jisan Village, but Solem maintains his cover. After a tense exchange where Baek accuses him of potential sabotage, Solem warns Baek to pretend they are strangers to ensure his safety. To Solem's surprise, Baek offers a mutual aid agreement: they will share information found during Solem's investigation in exchange for Baek's help. Baek promises to be on standby via 'paper boat' communication but warns that he will disavow Solem if caught. Solem notes that Baek's personality remains self-preserving but seems to have developed a sense of familiarity toward the 'paper boat agent.'
Solem joins the other new researchers for an orientation led by 'the Host' (Team Leader Kim), a familiar figure who had conducted their first-day orientation. The tour leads to the Annex, a core facility containing the Potion Maker machines that utilize Dream Essence. Solem observes a machine with a Wish Ticket button and avoids direct interaction with J3, who is present as part of the Guard Team. Solem suspects J3's presence might be a diversion related to Ho Yuwon's project.
After lunch, Solem returns to the 10th floor to find chaos: a Potion Maker has vanished without a trace, and the facility has been placed under quarantine. The Guard Team, including Sergeant J3, arrives to escort researchers for interrogation. Facing a survival crisis and the sudden disappearance of his target, Solem decides to change his plan. As he is taken to the interrogation room, he shouts that there is a bomb in the elevator to create a diversion, intending to use the chaos to attempt the theft himself.
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Chapter 319
Kim Soleum, infiltrated as researcher Park Kyung-hwan, encounters Baek Saheon in an elevator. Baek recognizes him as the agent from Jisan Village, but Solem maintains his cover. After a tense exchange where Baek accuses him of potential sabotage, Solem warns Baek to pretend they are strangers to ensure his safety. To Solem's surprise, Baek offers a mutual aid agreement: they will share information found during Solem's investigation in exchange for Baek's help. Baek promises to be on standby via 'paper boat' communication but warns that he will disavow Solem if caught. Solem notes that Baek's personality remains self-preserving but seems to have developed a sense of familiarity toward the 'paper boat agent.'
Solem joins the other new researchers for an orientation led by 'the Host' (Team Leader Kim), a familiar figure who had conducted their first-day orientation. The tour leads to the Annex, a core facility containing the Potion Maker machines that utilize Dream Essence. Solem observes a machine with a Wish Ticket button and avoids direct interaction with J3, who is present as part of the Guard Team. Solem suspects J3's presence might be a diversion related to Ho Yuwon's project.
After lunch, Solem returns to the 10th floor to find chaos: a Potion Maker has vanished without a trace, and the facility has been placed under quarantine. The Guard Team, including Sergeant J3, arrives to escort researchers for interrogation. Facing a survival crisis and the sudden disappearance of his target, Solem decides to change his plan. As he is taken to the interrogation room, he shouts that there is a bomb in the elevator to create a diversion, intending to use the chaos to attempt the theft himself.
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In an effort to cover for the theft of the Potion Maker, Kim Soleum (Roe Deer) tells a series of absurd lies during interrogation, claiming he saw a bomb, cultists, and researchers being beaten. A Twilight-grade hand-knitted doll used as a lie detector confirms every statement as true, leading the interrogators to conclude Soleum is a madman whose delusions are being manifested as truth. The company misinterprets his claims as symptoms of 'Darkness' contamination, resulting in Soleum being transferred to an isolation room in the annex for quarantine. Once alone with Sergeant J3, Soleum reveals he has actually recovered from contamination, which J3 verifies by noticing Soleum's lack of black smoke or dripping flesh. They discuss the possibility of using a Wish Ticket to cure contamination for others. As they talk, a sudden power outage and lockdown occur, accompanied by a distorted announcement. In the darkness, Soleum finds an old camcorder on the floor. Through the camcorder's screen, he sees that the man standing before him is not J3, but a horrific entity in a hospital gown with dangling nerves instead of legs—a ghost story known as 'We Record Our End.' As the entity chases him, Soleum is pulled under a desk by Supervisor Baek Saheon, who is also hiding. The environment shifts from an office to a hospital room smelling of disinfectant, and the chapter ends with a patient's hand seizing Soleum's camcorder.
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Chapter 320
In an effort to cover for the theft of the Potion Maker, Kim Soleum (Roe Deer) tells a series of absurd lies during interrogation, claiming he saw a bomb, cultists, and researchers being beaten. A Twilight-grade hand-knitted doll used as a lie detector confirms every statement as true, leading the interrogators to conclude Soleum is a madman whose delusions are being manifested as truth. The company misinterprets his claims as symptoms of 'Darkness' contamination, resulting in Soleum being transferred to an isolation room in the annex for quarantine. Once alone with Sergeant J3, Soleum reveals he has actually recovered from contamination, which J3 verifies by noticing Soleum's lack of black smoke or dripping flesh. They discuss the possibility of using a Wish Ticket to cure contamination for others. As they talk, a sudden power outage and lockdown occur, accompanied by a distorted announcement. In the darkness, Soleum finds an old camcorder on the floor. Through the camcorder's screen, he sees that the man standing before him is not J3, but a horrific entity in a hospital gown with dangling nerves instead of legs—a ghost story known as 'We Record Our End.' As the entity chases him, Soleum is pulled under a desk by Supervisor Baek Saheon, who is also hiding. The environment shifts from an office to a hospital room smelling of disinfectant, and the chapter ends with a patient's hand seizing Soleum's camcorder.
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Chapter 321
Hidden under an old hospital bed, Kim Soleum is nearly caught by a grotesque entity disguised as a patient. Baek Saheon intervenes, stabbing the entity's hand with a ballpoint pen, allowing Kim Soleum to push the hospital bed into the creature and escape. They flee into a dark hallway that appears as a company corridor through a camcorder, revealing that the hospital phenomenon overlays reality. Kim Soleum warns Baek Saheon to avoid the elevators, as they contain corpses, and they head for the emergency stairs.
After locking themselves in an emergency stairwell marked with a bloody pentagram, Kim Soleum explains the nature of the disaster: the hospital phenomenon repeats on floors above the 5th floor, creating safe zones. Kim Soleum intends to use the chaos to find something specific on the 5th floor—a goal that serves as a cover for a deeper mission involving a
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Chapter 321
Hidden under an old hospital bed, Kim Soleum is nearly caught by a grotesque entity disguised as a patient. Baek Saheon intervenes, stabbing the entity's hand with a ballpoint pen, allowing Kim Soleum to push the hospital bed into the creature and escape. They flee into a dark hallway that appears as a company corridor through a camcorder, revealing that the hospital phenomenon overlays reality. Kim Soleum warns Baek Saheon to avoid the elevators, as they contain corpses, and they head for the emergency stairs.
After locking themselves in an emergency stairwell marked with a bloody pentagram, Kim Soleum explains the nature of the disaster: the hospital phenomenon repeats on floors above the 5th floor, creating safe zones. Kim Soleum intends to use the chaos to find something specific on the 5th floor—a goal that serves as a cover for a deeper mission involving a
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Chapter 322
Kim Soleum (130666) rescues the camcorder's owner from a trapped room on the 5th floor just as a shadowless, flustered Daydream staff member approaches. Baek Saheon reacts with irritation and hostility, accusing Kim of wasting time on a dying stranger. Kim maintains that if everyone can live, no one should die. Kim leads the trembling survivor to the 6th floor, choosing Room 111, a safe zone created by a spatial error where the hospital bed and desks would not be perceived by the entities. While hiding, they witness a distorted Daydream researcher—whose abdomen is open with organs fixed by colored thread—passing by the room. After the entity leaves, Kim negotiates with Baek Saheon, convincing him to cooperate. Kim takes possession of the camcorder, which triggers a system compliment for resolving conflict. As they return to the 5th floor, the atmosphere shifts as celebratory nursery rhyme music begins playing, signaling the approach of the 'ending' from the camcorder footage. A blood-covered entity emerges from the elevator carrying a giant, dripping birthday cake. To escape the impending scripted death, Kim spots a Guard Team pager on the floor. Realizing the previous owner failed to remove the safety pin, Kim kicks the pager toward Baek Saheon. Baek Saheon presses the button, successfully issuing a high-level danger code for the Annex. A black silhouette erupts from the pager, manifesting as a Guard Team member in a black uniform identical to the one worn by 130666.
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Chapter 322
Kim Soleum (130666) rescues the camcorder's owner from a trapped room on the 5th floor just as a shadowless, flustered Daydream staff member approaches. Baek Saheon reacts with irritation and hostility, accusing Kim of wasting time on a dying stranger. Kim maintains that if everyone can live, no one should die. Kim leads the trembling survivor to the 6th floor, choosing Room 111, a safe zone created by a spatial error where the hospital bed and desks would not be perceived by the entities. While hiding, they witness a distorted Daydream researcher—whose abdomen is open with organs fixed by colored thread—passing by the room. After the entity leaves, Kim negotiates with Baek Saheon, convincing him to cooperate. Kim takes possession of the camcorder, which triggers a system compliment for resolving conflict. As they return to the 5th floor, the atmosphere shifts as celebratory nursery rhyme music begins playing, signaling the approach of the 'ending' from the camcorder footage. A blood-covered entity emerges from the elevator carrying a giant, dripping birthday cake. To escape the impending scripted death, Kim spots a Guard Team pager on the floor. Realizing the previous owner failed to remove the safety pin, Kim kicks the pager toward Baek Saheon. Baek Saheon presses the button, successfully issuing a high-level danger code for the Annex. A black silhouette erupts from the pager, manifesting as a Guard Team member in a black uniform identical to the one worn by 130666.
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Chapter 323
Kim Soleum summons a member of the Security Team (a ghost story entity) to the hospital. The entity, dressed in a black hooded coat with combat gear, confronts the patients from the 5th floor at the emergency exit. Using a massive, bone-like axe, the entity brutally slaughters the patients amidst screams and blood. Kim Soleum and Baek Saheon witness the carnage from behind the door. Once the silence returns, the entity emerges covered in blood and filth. Kim Soleum realizes the entity is a non-human ghost story and follows prescribed protocols to interact with it. The entity provides a series of post-it notes: first, stating Kim Soleum will not be charged for the disturbance; second, warning him not to go to the branch office and to be careful. After the entity departs toward the Annex Basement, Kim Soleum and Baek Saheon return to the 5th floor to a storage room labeled "Surplus Goods Storage." Kim Soleum uses his tattoo/identity to hide a decommissioned Potion Maker among other discarded Daydream Inc. equipment. Two days later, Baek Saheon reflects on the incident, noting the suspicious cleanliness of the cleanup and suspecting the chaos was an inside job orchestrated by a Director to target an Agent. He encounters the person Kim Soleum rescued, who is fine, and decides to eventually involve Kim Soleum in Director Ho's Project. Meanwhile, Kim Soleum arrives at Morning Station in Sekwang Metropolitan City. While planning his next steps to install the stolen Potion Maker, he notices a figure standing in a newly appeared waiting room. The figure reveals himself to be Juror Number 1, a being wearing an Agent uniform with Ho Yuwon's face.
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Chapter 323
Kim Soleum summons a member of the Security Team (a ghost story entity) to the hospital. The entity, dressed in a black hooded coat with combat gear, confronts the patients from the 5th floor at the emergency exit. Using a massive, bone-like axe, the entity brutally slaughters the patients amidst screams and blood. Kim Soleum and Baek Saheon witness the carnage from behind the door. Once the silence returns, the entity emerges covered in blood and filth. Kim Soleum realizes the entity is a non-human ghost story and follows prescribed protocols to interact with it. The entity provides a series of post-it notes: first, stating Kim Soleum will not be charged for the disturbance; second, warning him not to go to the branch office and to be careful. After the entity departs toward the Annex Basement, Kim Soleum and Baek Saheon return to the 5th floor to a storage room labeled "Surplus Goods Storage." Kim Soleum uses his tattoo/identity to hide a decommissioned Potion Maker among other discarded Daydream Inc. equipment. Two days later, Baek Saheon reflects on the incident, noting the suspicious cleanliness of the cleanup and suspecting the chaos was an inside job orchestrated by a Director to target an Agent. He encounters the person Kim Soleum rescued, who is fine, and decides to eventually involve Kim Soleum in Director Ho's Project. Meanwhile, Kim Soleum arrives at Morning Station in Sekwang Metropolitan City. While planning his next steps to install the stolen Potion Maker, he notices a figure standing in a newly appeared waiting room. The figure reveals himself to be Juror Number 1, a being wearing an Agent uniform with Ho Yuwon's face.
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Chapter 324
Kim Soleum (Roe Deer) encounters a figure with the face of Director Ho Yuwon standing near the stairs of Morning Station. This entity, identified as Juror Number 1 from the Balance Tribunal, reveals he is not an Agent but a Projection of a Cooperative Spirit Beast of the Disaster Management Bureau. As the Projection begins to disintegrate, he warns Kim Soleum not to go to the opposite platform and advises him to continue his counseling sessions. Kim Soleum collects the Projection's ash and an abandoned Agent uniform. He moves to the opposite platform to investigate the Cheerful Research Institute, which appears largely intact but empty of furniture, suggesting it was used as a warehouse. Kim Soleum discovers a USB drive shaped like a red rabbit. Using a laptop, he bypasses the password 'Good Friend' (ckrgksclsrn) to access 'Last Words.txt', which contains frantic notes about a fire, evacuations, and valuables hidden in a fire hydrant. Kim Soleum retrieves a safe from the hydrant. Meanwhile, in a different location, Agent Haegeum is approached by a pale and distressed Kim Soleum. He reveals information regarding the sealing of the Sekwang Metropolitan City. He suggests that the Management Bureau's method of 'Cognitive Erasure' may have required a massive human sacrifice, specifically implying the Bureau offered the entire citizenry of the city as the price to seal it.
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Chapter 324
Kim Soleum (Roe Deer) encounters a figure with the face of Director Ho Yuwon standing near the stairs of Morning Station. This entity, identified as Juror Number 1 from the Balance Tribunal, reveals he is not an Agent but a Projection of a Cooperative Spirit Beast of the Disaster Management Bureau. As the Projection begins to disintegrate, he warns Kim Soleum not to go to the opposite platform and advises him to continue his counseling sessions. Kim Soleum collects the Projection's ash and an abandoned Agent uniform. He moves to the opposite platform to investigate the Cheerful Research Institute, which appears largely intact but empty of furniture, suggesting it was used as a warehouse. Kim Soleum discovers a USB drive shaped like a red rabbit. Using a laptop, he bypasses the password 'Good Friend' (ckrgksclsrn) to access 'Last Words.txt', which contains frantic notes about a fire, evacuations, and valuables hidden in a fire hydrant. Kim Soleum retrieves a safe from the hydrant. Meanwhile, in a different location, Agent Haegeum is approached by a pale and distressed Kim Soleum. He reveals information regarding the sealing of the Sekwang Metropolitan City. He suggests that the Management Bureau's method of 'Cognitive Erasure' may have required a massive human sacrifice, specifically implying the Bureau offered the entire citizenry of the city as the price to seal it.
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Kim Soleum (Agent Grapes) discusses a disturbing discovery with Agent Haegeum: records suggesting the Disaster Management Bureau treated the civilians of Sekwang Metropolitan City as human sacrifices to fuel a Sealing Ritual to stop an Annihilation-sanctioned disaster. Kim hypothesizes that a higher authority may have coerced the Bureau, as most agents would never voluntarily participate in such an atrocity. Haegeum suggests that the ritual must have been performed by specialized personnel under deception or taboo. Fearing that discussing the matter explicitly might trigger a taboo, they test the container by stepping outside; they are not immediately caught, but they agree to avoid using proper nouns like 'Sekwang Metropolitan City' and 'Human Sacrifice' in reality. Haegeum decides to personally investigate the disaster, recruiting Jin Nasol and Kang Yihak to join the project. Afterward, Kim visits Ho Yuwon at the Fox Counseling Room. Kim presents a plastic bottle containing silver powder (remnants of an agent's projection) and an agent uniform. Ho Yuwon recognizes the powder as a part of himself—an afterimage trapped in the Scales of Evil—and mentions his real self is near the subway station. Kim also leaves a silver coin made from the powder. Kim decides to stay on the Train to investigate further, seeking hidden truths behind the Sekwang incident and the Cheerful Research Institute, while hiding his true motives from Brown (Agent Bronze).
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Chapter 325
Kim Soleum (Agent Grapes) discusses a disturbing discovery with Agent Haegeum: records suggesting the Disaster Management Bureau treated the civilians of Sekwang Metropolitan City as human sacrifices to fuel a Sealing Ritual to stop an Annihilation-sanctioned disaster. Kim hypothesizes that a higher authority may have coerced the Bureau, as most agents would never voluntarily participate in such an atrocity. Haegeum suggests that the ritual must have been performed by specialized personnel under deception or taboo. Fearing that discussing the matter explicitly might trigger a taboo, they test the container by stepping outside; they are not immediately caught, but they agree to avoid using proper nouns like 'Sekwang Metropolitan City' and 'Human Sacrifice' in reality. Haegeum decides to personally investigate the disaster, recruiting Jin Nasol and Kang Yihak to join the project. Afterward, Kim visits Ho Yuwon at the Fox Counseling Room. Kim presents a plastic bottle containing silver powder (remnants of an agent's projection) and an agent uniform. Ho Yuwon recognizes the powder as a part of himself—an afterimage trapped in the Scales of Evil—and mentions his real self is near the subway station. Kim also leaves a silver coin made from the powder. Kim decides to stay on the Train to investigate further, seeking hidden truths behind the Sekwang incident and the Cheerful Research Institute, while hiding his true motives from Brown (Agent Bronze).
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Kim Soleum discovers that a silver coin, made from the powder of Juror Number 1, has gained sentience and a voice. The entity identifies itself as a Counselor from the Sekwang Metropolitan City Disaster Management Bureau whose dream is to comfort the weary. The Counselor possesses memories of the city prior to the 'Day of Disaster.' Meanwhile, the ghost Braun (brown) becomes theatrically jealous of the coin's presence, pressuring Kim Soleum to prioritize their long-standing bond. Kim Soleum negotiates by treating the coin as a functional guest, ultimately storing it in a separate pocket to avoid Braun's displeasure. Kim Soleum deduces that the Train Shelter was likely made safe by a Cheongryong Team Agent, implying the source of the train's stability lies in the driver's cab of the first car, which is currently controlled by an elitist faction.
In a separate location, Agent Haegeum leads a mission into the Body Casino. She is accompanied by Kang Yihak (Pony Mask), who is driven by greed, and Jin Nasol (Butterfly Mask), a high-ranking Elite Squad member with a cold demeanor. Haegeum distributes mission funds (Body Casino Coins) to them, making it clear she will not bail them out if they incur debt. As the group splits up—Yihak toward slot machines and Nasol toward the dealer room—Haeum prepares to enter.
Back on the train, Kim Soleum meets with the station attendant (Go Yeongeun's aunt) to arrange a long-term stay in Car 8 and permission to sell goods in Car 7. To avoid detection by the elitist front cars, Kim Soleum decides to assume a new identity: Agent Grapes. Using a disguise involving glasses and slouching, Kim Soleum plans to infiltrate the social structure of the train. Rejecting the idea of being a cult leader, Kim Soleum decides to act as the 'number one worshipper' to a new deity: Braun (the Rabbit Doll). The chapter ends with Kim Soleum beginning to spread the Rabbit Doll worship ideology throughout the train.
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13:53
Chapter 326
Kim Soleum discovers that a silver coin, made from the powder of Juror Number 1, has gained sentience and a voice. The entity identifies itself as a Counselor from the Sekwang Metropolitan City Disaster Management Bureau whose dream is to comfort the weary. The Counselor possesses memories of the city prior to the 'Day of Disaster.' Meanwhile, the ghost Braun (brown) becomes theatrically jealous of the coin's presence, pressuring Kim Soleum to prioritize their long-standing bond. Kim Soleum negotiates by treating the coin as a functional guest, ultimately storing it in a separate pocket to avoid Braun's displeasure. Kim Soleum deduces that the Train Shelter was likely made safe by a Cheongryong Team Agent, implying the source of the train's stability lies in the driver's cab of the first car, which is currently controlled by an elitist faction.
In a separate location, Agent Haegeum leads a mission into the Body Casino. She is accompanied by Kang Yihak (Pony Mask), who is driven by greed, and Jin Nasol (Butterfly Mask), a high-ranking Elite Squad member with a cold demeanor. Haegeum distributes mission funds (Body Casino Coins) to them, making it clear she will not bail them out if they incur debt. As the group splits up—Yihak toward slot machines and Nasol toward the dealer room—Haeum prepares to enter.
Back on the train, Kim Soleum meets with the station attendant (Go Yeongeun's aunt) to arrange a long-term stay in Car 8 and permission to sell goods in Car 7. To avoid detection by the elitist front cars, Kim Soleum decides to assume a new identity: Agent Grapes. Using a disguise involving glasses and slouching, Kim Soleum plans to infiltrate the social structure of the train. Rejecting the idea of being a cult leader, Kim Soleum decides to act as the 'number one worshipper' to a new deity: Braun (the Rabbit Doll). The chapter ends with Kim Soleum beginning to spread the Rabbit Doll worship ideology throughout the train.
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Chapter 327
A bored former university student living in Car 2 of a Train Shelter observes the changing social hierarchy. He notices a middle-aged woman from the front cars having a secretive, meaningful exchange with a student from the back cars. Driven by a desire to maintain his status and avoid manual labor, he flattery-pries the woman, who directs him to Car 7. In Car 7, a man named Grapes is selling high-quality snacks—including chocolate and popcorn with theme park branding—in exchange for Accommodation Tickets. Grapes claims to have won these items at Afternoon Station. The university student exchanges an Accommodation Ticket for snacks and a chance at a raffle, winning a 'Perfect Keychain' featuring a pink rabbit. That night, he has a vivid dream of a golden amusement park where a creature holds out a pink rabbit sugar cookie. Upon waking, he realizes the keychain matches the cookie and rushes back to Car 7. Grapes, now acting with newfound confidence, facilitates a raffle where the student wins the 1st Place prize: a 'Perfect Plush Doll' of a pink rabbit. Grapes claims the dream is a sign from the 'Plush Body.' In reality, the entire operation is a meticulously crafted psychological scam orchestrated by Kim Soleum (using the alias Grapes) to exploit the residents' desperation and elitism. Kim Soleum uses the psychological triggers of being 'special' and 'chosen' to recruit the student as a cult leader. The plan to use the cult as a distraction to reach the conductor's cabin succeeds, but the religion takes a chaotic turn when the followers demand 'the right to their own Rabbit Doll,' led by Eun Haje.
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Chapter 327
A bored former university student living in Car 2 of a Train Shelter observes the changing social hierarchy. He notices a middle-aged woman from the front cars having a secretive, meaningful exchange with a student from the back cars. Driven by a desire to maintain his status and avoid manual labor, he flattery-pries the woman, who directs him to Car 7. In Car 7, a man named Grapes is selling high-quality snacks—including chocolate and popcorn with theme park branding—in exchange for Accommodation Tickets. Grapes claims to have won these items at Afternoon Station. The university student exchanges an Accommodation Ticket for snacks and a chance at a raffle, winning a 'Perfect Keychain' featuring a pink rabbit. That night, he has a vivid dream of a golden amusement park where a creature holds out a pink rabbit sugar cookie. Upon waking, he realizes the keychain matches the cookie and rushes back to Car 7. Grapes, now acting with newfound confidence, facilitates a raffle where the student wins the 1st Place prize: a 'Perfect Plush Doll' of a pink rabbit. Grapes claims the dream is a sign from the 'Plush Body.' In reality, the entire operation is a meticulously crafted psychological scam orchestrated by Kim Soleum (using the alias Grapes) to exploit the residents' desperation and elitism. Kim Soleum uses the psychological triggers of being 'special' and 'chosen' to recruit the student as a cult leader. The plan to use the cult as a distraction to reach the conductor's cabin succeeds, but the religion takes a chaotic turn when the followers demand 'the right to their own Rabbit Doll,' led by Eun Haje.
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A massive, pink-themed protest emerges in Car 1, where passengers have formed a group dedicated to a 'rabbit doll' (Braun). The crowd uses slogans about the 'grace of His Fluffiness' and 'Plush Body,' wearing cardboard rabbit ears and holding rabbit-themed merchandise. Kim Soleum (Grapes) finds himself labeled as the 'Distributor' by the enthusiastic crowd. Deputy Manager Eun Haje blends into the crowd to gather intelligence, observing the bizarre devotion. Braun, contained in a velvet box, communicates telepathically with Kim Soleum, suggesting a collaboration for merchandise and a formal 'Late-Night Talk Show' tie-in. A man from the crowd, the 'President of the Rabbit Doll Association,' takes leadership, wearing a padded jacket with a pink rabbit badge. The President presents Braun to the crowd, leading to an awkward interaction where Braun insults the President's lack of personal space. The procession marches toward the conductor's cabin, demanding the distribution of rabbit dolls to everyone and the renovation of the train to ensure equality. The conductor attempts to use 'divide and conquer' tactics by claiming some protesters are just parasites from other cars, but the group's collective identity is too strong. After being shouted down, the conductor retreats into his cabin and locks the door. Instead of violence, the protesters transition into a peaceful, snack-distributing gathering in Car 1, creating a 'dopamine party' atmosphere that attracts onlookers from other cars. As night falls, Kim Soleum remains on watch, planning to use this chaos to approach the conductor's cabin. Section Chief Lee Jaheon (Lizard) approaches Kim Soleum, questioning if he believes in the rabbit doll. When Kim Soleum tries to clarify that it isn't a real cult, Lee Jaheon replies that all pseudo-religions say the same thing.
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Chapter 328
A massive, pink-themed protest emerges in Car 1, where passengers have formed a group dedicated to a 'rabbit doll' (Braun). The crowd uses slogans about the 'grace of His Fluffiness' and 'Plush Body,' wearing cardboard rabbit ears and holding rabbit-themed merchandise. Kim Soleum (Grapes) finds himself labeled as the 'Distributor' by the enthusiastic crowd. Deputy Manager Eun Haje blends into the crowd to gather intelligence, observing the bizarre devotion. Braun, contained in a velvet box, communicates telepathically with Kim Soleum, suggesting a collaboration for merchandise and a formal 'Late-Night Talk Show' tie-in. A man from the crowd, the 'President of the Rabbit Doll Association,' takes leadership, wearing a padded jacket with a pink rabbit badge. The President presents Braun to the crowd, leading to an awkward interaction where Braun insults the President's lack of personal space. The procession marches toward the conductor's cabin, demanding the distribution of rabbit dolls to everyone and the renovation of the train to ensure equality. The conductor attempts to use 'divide and conquer' tactics by claiming some protesters are just parasites from other cars, but the group's collective identity is too strong. After being shouted down, the conductor retreats into his cabin and locks the door. Instead of violence, the protesters transition into a peaceful, snack-distributing gathering in Car 1, creating a 'dopamine party' atmosphere that attracts onlookers from other cars. As night falls, Kim Soleum remains on watch, planning to use this chaos to approach the conductor's cabin. Section Chief Lee Jaheon (Lizard) approaches Kim Soleum, questioning if he believes in the rabbit doll. When Kim Soleum tries to clarify that it isn't a real cult, Lee Jaheon replies that all pseudo-religions say the same thing.
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