Episode 107
The rumor I heard seemed to be a company I didn’t know much about.
Sihyeon didn’t know that such a rumor was going around.
This is my first time hearing this from the head of the security department.
Sihyeon made an ambiguous expression as he awkwardly drank the water the security manager handed him.
“What’s the secret?”
“yes?”
“The prisoners on the 6th floor, there is no one to take lightly. How did you catch them?”
When the security manager asked, the managers who were eating next to him also looked at him with interest.
If it had been on a different floor, this kind of attention wouldn’t have been given.
But it is on the 6th floor.
This is a company that was jokingly said to be a place where only VIP customers were gathered.
This meant that it was difficult.
The acceptance order of such a place was established within a month of taking office as the new district chief.
“How can I… in front of people who have worked longer than me?”
Sihyeon said as if she was embarrassed.
“If you got the 6th floor, you have the right to say that.”
“That’s right.”
When the head of the security department spoke, the manager next to him, who was about to retire, agreed.
The gaze of others also urged them to respond.
As the atmosphere drove him to answer, Sihyeon opened his mouth again as if he had no choice.
“Hmm… When dealing with inmates, the basic principles are carrots and sticks, right? I just stuck to the principles.”
A prison guard who was able to use carrots and sticks well according to the situation was a capable prison guard.
When giving carrots, it is important to give them the impression that you are doing it specially this time, even though you are not supposed to give them carrots.
Taking time instead of doing it right away was a skill of a seasoned prison guard.
The prisoners were not at all grateful if they did it right away and thought that they should get it for granted.
When whipping someone, you had to make sure they knew what they had done wrong, no matter how many times it was repeated.
That way, the next time you try to commit the same mistake, you will hesitate, and if you do, you will take the whip for granted.
However, these technologies were only used by those who could use them.
“Apart from the carrots, how did they use the whip on the prisoners on the 6th floor?”
The security manager asked.
Considering common sense, there was no way the whip would work properly on the prisoners on the 6th floor, who were all B-level or higher advanced hunters.
“After all, eyes and voice are the most important. I discouraged them first and pointed out their mistakes.”
Sihyeon spoke in principle this time again.
These days, prison guards can’t use violence against inmates, and the only way they can do it is to suppress them with bloody eyes and loud voices.
however.
The head of the security department, as well as the chiefs next to him, looked dumbfounded.
Si-hyeon didn’t have a particularly strong impression, nor did he seem to have a loud, intimidating voice.
In the first place, there were doubts as to whether such a thing would work for the prisoners on the 6th floor.
“You?”
Sihyeon smiled vaguely at the words of the security manager.
“I often hear people say that I’m a little scary when I’m angry.”
“You?”
The same words flowed from the mouth of the security manager.
“Shall I show you?”
“Okay, let’s take a look.”
The head of the security department said with a suspicious look on his face.
The expressions on the faces of the chiefs were not much different.
Sihyeon smiled bitterly inwardly.
Originally, I was planning on just covering it up, but after thinking about it again, I thought it would be better to just show something and move on.
That way, I thought it would be less annoying to have this topic mentioned again later.
And I also wanted to try out new skills.
The executioner’s gaze.
It was a skill that was effective even on humans and humanoid monsters other than recipients.
The description said that there was a high probability of intimidating those who made eye contact.
Sihyeon used the skill with a frown, curious as to what level of effect it would actually have.
When I used the skill, I felt strength in my eyes.
and.
“omg!”
“Huh!”
The chiefs who made eye contact with Sihyeon let out a surprised groan and then slightly averted their gaze.
‘What kind of look in his eyes… .’
The security manager did not avoid eye contact, but his eyes were shaking.
Those looked closer to the eyes of a wild beast rather than the eyes of a human being.
I have seen the crazy eyes of many death row inmates, but this was the first time I had seen those eyes.
“Uhm… stop. I understand.”
As the head of the security department spoke happily, Sihyeon drew back her skills and her expression relaxed.
Only then did the chiefs, who had been oppressed, breathe easy.
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‘The effect is good.’
Sihyeon muttered to herself as she looked at the expressions around her.
If I had this skill, at least I wouldn’t have to fight outside.
“This chief.”
“Yes, Chief.”
“The rumors are true. The rumors are true.”
The security manager shook his head.
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“hello.”
As I was about to enter the break room, the employee I encountered gave me a strange look and greeted me.
It wasn’t just that one employee.
The expressions of the employees I encountered in the afternoon were different from usual.
I looked at it with eyes observing something strange.
I felt like a monkey at the zoo.
I thought I knew why.
Even though it had been a year or two since I had served as a prison guard, I couldn’t help but notice.
Correctional facilities are places where rumors spread faster than anywhere else in the world.
It seemed like rumors had already spread about what happened at the restaurant at lunch.
what… It was something I expected, so I had no choice but to say yes.
Sihyeon accepted the greeting roughly and opened the door to the lounge.
A familiar face was sitting in the break room.
It was strong.
He was fiddling with his cell phone.
Then suddenly he raised his head.
Sihyeon and Kangbaek’s eyes met.
Kang Baek jumped up from his seat and saluted.
“Isn’t this the famous Chief Lee Si-hyeon? Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty!”
“…Don’t overdo it.”
“No, it’s overkill. He’s the one who subdues all the problem fighters with his eyes.”
“….”
It seemed like there was nowhere the rumor didn’t spread.
Sihyeon looked around the lounge.
All the guards who were resting were looking this way.
My face was stinging.
“Hey, come out, man.”
Sihyeon gestured.
“I understand, loyalty!”
Kangbaek gave an exaggerated salute and followed Sihyeon out.
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“Why are you doing this so embarrassingly?”
Sihyeon and Kangbaek came out of the main gate after a long time and were resting on a bench near the parking lot.
Unlike summer, it is difficult to go outside in winter due to the cold wind.
The prison guards’ jumpers were not very good at protecting against cold, so if you were outside, your body would quickly become cold.
This is why outdoor exercise work in winter is said to be the worst.
“Haha. I’m sorry if I embarrassed you, brother. I respected you so much that I wanted to give you a boost….”
“If you want me to float something, please let me float it.”
“Oh, I won’t do that next time. I’ll buy you dinner, so relax.”
“Really?”
“sure.”
“Then today.”
“All right.”
“I like it.”
Sihyeon chuckled.
Kangbaek also laughed while looking at Sihyeon’s expression.
“I don’t eat cheap food.”
“yes?”
“Let’s go eat beef.”
“Brother, please take a look. Where is government employee Park Bong’s money?”
“I know because I’m a civil servant too. I have money to eat beef.”
Sihyeon patted Kangbaek’s back and stood up.
“Then I look forward to it. I’ll go in first. Take your time and rest.”
“Ah, let’s go together, brother.”
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Sihyeon sat in the provincial office and glanced at the clock.
In a little while, it was time to inspect the closed room.
After the inspection of the closed room, today’s work was almost finished.
“Nothing special happened today either.”
Sihyeon muttered.
There was an incident at the restaurant, but it wasn’t work-related.
Work itself went on as usual.
You don’t have to worry much about such rumors.
Sihyeon drank warm green tea and prepared to inspect the closed room.
In his mind, he no longer remembered Kim Cheol-hyung’s words about not having a good feeling.
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There is a perception that working at the front gate is a comfortable position.
It was a job dealing with complainants, not inmates, and it wasn’t difficult, so there was that aspect.
However, winter had its own difficulties.
It is difficult to go out and work in the cold.
Although they were fully armed with underwear, gloves, and a mask, they could not completely block the cold.
So, out of the four workers who used their brains, three were inside the guard post at the outer gate and only one was outside.
And the idea was to minimize shivering from the cold by working outside in shifts of 30 minutes each.
Normally, I wasn’t supposed to work like this, but on a cold day like today, even the higher-ups turned a blind eye.
Choi Joo-seong did not stand still, but kept moving his body and kept looking at the clock.
One minute passed very slowly.
The cold seemed to slow down the passage of time.
Shift time did not come easily.
If there were a lot of things to do, time would have passed faster, but the Ganghwa Island Special Detention Center was a facility with not many people, so it was relatively leisurely.
Choi Joo-seong stretched in place with an irritated look on his face.
It was then.
There was something in his eyes.
The empty space where there was nothing began to tremble.
I rubbed my eyes and looked again, wondering if I had seen something wrong, but I did not see anything wrong.
“Chief! Chief!”
Joo-seong Choi opened his eyes wide and called out to the worker at the guard post.
“Chief, come out quickly!”
“What are you making a fuss about?”
From the guard post, the chief yawned and walked slowly.
Two other workers, teachers, also took K2 rifles and followed the chief.
“Look at that, look at that!”
Choi Joo-seong pointed to the swaying empty space.
The unidentified thing gradually took shape.
It was becoming a gray, swirling circle.
“huh?”
The chief narrowed his eyes and looked at it.
Then, his expression changed as he pondered something.
“Isn’t that… the gate?”
Although he was an ordinary prison guard, he could at least recognize the shape of the gate.
Even if you were not a hunter, it was impossible for someone living in the Gate era to not know that much.
“Is that so? Is that the gate? Oh my… the gate is here!”
It wasn’t a mistake after all.
Choi Ju-seong scolded.
The other two teachers also looked surprised.
This is because they could not have imagined that a gate would be built close to where they work.
“It’s not a big problem, so don’t make a fuss.”
The chief said with a look on his face that it was no big deal.
It was widely known to the general public that the gate’s opening day lasted for two to three weeks.
Now that it has happened, it will be quiet for at least two weeks without any problems.
“First, report it to your superiors….”
The chief took out the TRS.
“Lord, Lord!”
“Why again?”
“Well, isn’t that… a little strange?”
“what?”
The chief raised his head.
“Don’t you think the vortex on the gate looks a little strange? It feels like it’s writhing like my heart is beating….”
Choi Joo-seong spoke in a suspicious voice, but the chief looked at him as if he was saying something strange.
“Don’t go crazy and calm down. I’m really scared.”
It was then.
“Uh…huh?!”
“Uh, uhh….”
The guards, including Joo-seong Choi, stepped back with shocked faces.
“What else?”
The chief looked toward the gate with a pitiful expression.
and… .
“Uuuuuuuck!”
As expected, he opened his mouth in horror and screamed.
monster… .
A monster was coming out of the gate.
Green-skinned creatures with bulky bodies and pig-like faces kept jumping out of the gate, glaring at them with sinister eyes.
It was an orc.
They were so surprised and shocked by this situation that they froze as if they were frozen.
“Cruk!”
Meanwhile, an orc let out a heavy breath and threw a spear at them.
It was a strong force.
It cut through the wind and reached them in an instant.
Wedge! Pow!
“Big… big….”
The spear thrown by the orc pierced the belly of Choi Ju-seong, who was standing next to the chief, like a piece of paper.
Choi Joo-seong opened his eyes in pain and died on the spot.
Only then did the guards come to their senses.
“Bounce, bounce, bounce!”
“Ugh! f*ck, f*ck!”
“Aaaah! Help me!”
Everyone screamed and ran away with all their might without even looking back.
However, the orcs moved much faster.
Several orcs ran after them with cruel smiles.
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It’s time.
Sihyeon was about to leave the provincial office to inspect the closed room.
It was then.
Urgent voices began to flow from TRS.
-Outside, a gate occurs at the outer main gate! Mon, monsters… Argh! Save me… ! Wow… !
“….”
Sihyeon’s face instantly hardened.
fantasy,
