Chapter 403 — Got Dropped in a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work — Part 3

Chapter 403

Waking from sedatives, Kim Soleum finds himself and Assistant Manager Jin Nasol being transported in a mine cart through the Darkness. They arrive at an automated processing facility that functions like a surreal, toy-like slaughterhouse. Kim realizes the true nature of the labor contract: workers aren't meant to finish their terms; they are processed monthly to be recycled. After jumping off the conveyor belt to avoid being 'fixed' in place by mechanical nails, Kim and Jin Nasol navigate the factory floor. They witness the 'Standardization' process where workers are nailed into boxes, and the 'Sticker Removal' process. Kim uses liquid scavenged from a corpse's container to dissolve the adhesive on his neck sticker. While exploring, Kim sees a mirror and perceives a brief, ghostly reflection of a Security Team member, possibly Lee Seonghae, suggesting a connection to the branch's surveillance or past. They witness the 'Raw Material Verification' stage, where workers are dissolved into orange liquid within their plastic boxes. At the end of the line, the 'Recycling' machine processes these materials and outputs brand-new, sleeping workers with 'Expiration Date' stickers. Kim realizes that 'recycling resources' means literally grinding up dead workers to create new ones. He discovers Jin Nasol has been cycled through this process every month. Upon removing his own sticker, Kim finds a physical port on his neck, and the red fluid of a recycled being begins to leak from it.

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