Episode 241
Team Leader Woo, who was struggling to curl up in a corner of the steam room that he had run to because he was at a loss, could not be said to be in good condition, even in empty words. Lee Jae-heon was convinced by Jeong In-ho’s decision to call him anyway.
“Ugh, huhhhh…! Woof…!”
“Oh my… Do you think you’ve become a bear? What are you roaring about?”
“Sir, if you’re not going to help me, please keep quiet.”
“You keep talking about the other side of the world, Manager Jeong. Do you think the manager is funny?”
“Waaa …
“Oh my, oh my, now I’m back to being a three-year-old again.”
“Manager.”
“what.”
But in the end, it was Lee Jae-heon who was able to appease Team Leader Woo Joo-young.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… He told me to stay still.”
“I made a mistake, please help me.”
“Oh my god, really.”
Even though Kang Min-ah, Jeong In-ho, and Kwon Yeon-hee, who had just come to her senses, clung to him and tried to comfort him, the results were minimal. Lee Jae-heon sighed at the sight of the chicks calling him a “child-rearing genius” or “the father of all.”
“I’m raising these little guys as chicks.”
“We’re kind of cute.”
“… … .”
To be honest, Kwon Yeon-hee, who said those words, was objectively cute and adorable like a chick, so Lee Jae-heon just frowned. Looking at them, he felt the three chicks chattering, but Lee Jae-heon, who had to get out of the company as soon as possible, decided to ignore it all.
He squatted down in front of Team Leader Woo Joo-young, who was very wrinkled, and snapped his fingers in front of his eyes.
“Come on, let’s look this way.”
“Huh, huh, huh… ! Huh… .”
“greatness.”
Lee Jae-heon cleared his throat once and shouted while tightly grabbing Team Leader Woo Joo-young’s head with both hands.
“―Team Leader Woo, aren’t you doing your work properly?!!”
“Whoa! I’m sorry…!”
Finally, human-like words came out.
“You’re the team leader, huh? Even though you’re the team leader, what’s this result, this?! You’re sitting in the team leader’s seat to play house! Huh? Are you crying? Are you crying now? Are you in your right mind? If I produced results like this, you wouldn’t be able to cry because it was embarrassing, you know that? Do you know that and keep nagging me?! At that age, in that position, if you show this kind of work, what on earth will your subordinates see and learn from it? This is the salary Lupin, this is the salary thief. How can you eat like this? What are you swallowing down? What on earth do you do for that money? You’re not doing anything proper! If you’re going to rub your palms together and smack your mouth like that, then show me some decent results, Team Leader Woo!!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… Uuuuuuuuu…!”
“Tsk, I’ll give you some more time to work on it, so do it properly this time. Okay? You know, if you do well in this field, you’ll get a raise. Whose line is Team Leader Woo? It’s my line. If I just do my job well, how high do you think you’ll get a raise? I trust our Team Leader Woo. You can do better, right? It’s just that we don’t have enough time this time. Am I right?”
“Yes, yes yes, yes yes yes, this time. Hehe, this time, I really did well… I really did well…”
“Yes, our Team Leader Woo is so good at his job. I’ve never seen anyone as capable as our Team Leader Woo Joo-young, me. Right? Right? He knows he’s so great. You know I didn’t yell at him because I hate Team Leader Woo, right? These are all experiences and achievements. Let’s work for a day or two. I know that Team Leader Woo can do better than this, so that’s why I’m doing this.”
“Yes, ugh, yes, yes… thank you… thank you…”
“Then stop crying now. What kind of embarrassing thing is this, a grown man, to see the younger ones… Tsk tsk. Since Team Leader Woo isn’t here, the kids’ discipline is lacking, discipline. Okay, take a deep breath. Breathe, breathe. Breathe, breathe. Breathe, breathe. Are you feeling a little better?”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m calm. I’ll really do better this time…!”
“Oh my, our Team Leader Woo is so sincere? It’s really nice to see. Kids these days need to see this and learn from it. It’s a big deal. I’m always grateful.”
Lee Jae-heon smiled brightly and lifted Team Leader Woo Joo-young up. Although she was still squirming, he snapped his fingers twice in front of her eyes again as he saw her trying to stop crying.
“Okay, so what’s your name?”
“Uh, Woo Joo-young…? This is Team Leader Woo Joo-young.”
“Our team leader, Yeo-eok-si, has a foundation. He knows how to introduce himself. So what’s my name?”
“This is Manager Lee Jae-heon…!”
“Ouch, good job. Then what about this guy with glasses?”
“I, Jeong In-ho, agent… .”
“Then what about this small temple?”
“… Ms. Kwon Yeon-hee… .”
“Who is this guy with the hammer?”
“… Chief Kang Min-ah… No, why the hammer…?”
“Where are we now?”
“… Tang, it’s a tangbi room…?”
“Okay, last one.”
Jaeheon Lee asked, snapping his fingers.
“Describe the mess in the steam room you see now in 30 characters or less.”
“… … .”
Woo Joo-young, with a blank expression, muttered in a blank voice.
“… What the f*ck, why is it like this?”
It was a clear answer.
* * *
After the ‘Team Leader Woo Joo-young’ mental training session, which was almost like brainwashing or magic, ended, Lee Jae-heon escaped the company while receiving strange stares from four chicks.
“Ugh, ugh, woooooooo…!”
“Team Leader Woo, stop crying. How old are you?”
“I almost died just now…! Ugh…!”
“If I die, I’ll die first, given my position. Why are you being so mean?”
“My life was in danger…!”
I wanted to start a fight by saying, “I guess this is your first time coming back from the dead.” However, it was not a fight that would be acceptable to those who had common sense in this life, not in their past life. For chicks living normal lives, it was likely that this was their first time coming back from the dead.
“Team Leader, Team Leader! It’s okay, we’re outside now!”
“Wow… Seriously, what is going on… .”
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“Okay, outside! No spiders! No legs, no head! Just clean!”
“Ugh… .”
Most buildings in the other world have rules, and the company’s rules can be summarized as ‘Get out of the labyrinthine company.’ The maze configuration changes every time you visit, but as long as you calmly find the exit, you won’t get hurt too much. At least as long as you don’t fall into traps or provoke the places where monsters are hiding.
The problem was that the traps and monsters were so numerous, varied, and well hidden. That’s why I was chased by the spider-legged monster and the spider-headed monster, but I somehow managed to get out alive. It was probably because everyone except Woo Joo-young had experience in the other world that I was able to get out easily.
Jaeheon Lee looked at Team Leader Woo Jooyoung, who was muttering with a deadened look on his face.
“Even if there is a real monster… how can it be so disgustingly divided…”
“Ah… Honestly, the fact that the torso and legs were separated was a bit too much. It gave me goosebumps, too.”
“They’re chasing me with their teeth chattering in my head, really…”
Well, even though he was whining like that, he surprisingly wasn’t slow.
‘Rather, he was quick enough to even take Kwon Yeon-hee with him.’
If you escape the maze without touching any traps and make it to the emergency exit, you can practically escape, but a vending machine trap that even Jae-heon Lee had not expected was triggered. A lot of cans rolled out of the vending machine, making a noise as loud as thunder and lightning. As expected, monsters started to swarm you.
Even though we made it to the emergency exit, the spider leg monster didn’t come in, but the problem was the spider head monster that was rolling around at a reasonable size. As it chased us down the emergency exit, bouncing like a bouncy ball, Kwon Yeon-hee twisted her ankle, and Team Leader Woo Joo-young caught her with perfect timing.
“I survived because the team leader caught me!”
“That, that… I wouldn’t have been able to catch it if it had been on the stairs… It was better because it was flat…”
“But if I had fallen, it would have hurt a lot, and I could have been killed by a monster!”
If Team Leader Woo hadn’t caught him, Lee Jae-heon, who was at the very back, would have caught him, but thanks to Team Leader Woo Joo-young’s unexpected efforts to show off his hidden core muscles, they were able to escape the company without a problem. Even the spider-headed monster didn’t chase them all the way to the lobby.
‘I don’t know why I can’t accept compliments.’
I had that thought when I saw Team Leader Woo shaking his head in embarrassment, but I didn’t say it out loud. I didn’t need to drag him in since he was already avoiding me because he was unfamiliar with ‘Lee Jae-heon’.
Instead, he beckoned to Jeong In-ho.
“As announced, I’m planning to stop by a flower shop before going to the park. Would you like to come with me?”
The protagonist was seen making a surprised expression.
“Why are you surprised?”
“… Yes, that’s good.”
“Why are you surprised? Are you surprised by my social skills? Last time, I went alone, but this time, I suggested that we go together, so that’s why, right?”
“It would be better to check first, since Director Yoon might not have been able to get out like last time. I don’t know how Ha Seong-yoon got out of the hospital safely.”
“No… no, that’s fine. Let’s go.”
The Oh Seong group that went to the flower shop were able to see a strange sight.
“Oh my, everyone. It’s nice to see you again.”
The flower monsters were struggling to approach Yoon Garam, who was smiling softly and brightly… It’s really too foreign a word to use for monsters, but anyway, the monsters looked so timid. I don’t know if they were really scared or not, but it was true that there were no monsters threatening Yoon Garam.
“… What were you doing instead of coming out of the flower shop?”
“That’s right, you can see the main gate of Oseong Tower from this side. I was waiting to see when you would come out, and you just happened to come this way. So…”
“You didn’t come out? This place where monsters are running rampant?”
“I was just admiring it because it didn’t attack. It’s pretty.”
“Pretty… I’ll respect your tastes to some extent, so please come out.”
Lee Jae-heon, the original reader of the novel, figured out what the situation was.
‘Because you’ve awakened.’
I don’t know for sure because I didn’t see it myself, but I heard that Yoon Ga-ram was able to freely control fire during his last visit to the other world. Lee Jae-heon also saw a burning tree from far away in the park. Furthermore, even if I don’t know about the park, the flower shop is a space that Yoon Ga-ram created from beginning to end…
‘No, even if that’s true, I still don’t understand it.’
What is this? Is this foreshadowing? Is Yoon Ga-ram actually the final boss? It could be the writer’s consideration to prepare himself mentally in advance. Lee Jae-heon reached out to Yoon Ga-ram, who was approaching him, without hiding his nervous expression.
“… I’m worried, so it would be better to come out right away even if the monster doesn’t attack you. After all, there are fewer monsters on the streets during daylight hours than inside buildings.”
“Be detailed.”
Yoon Ga-ram, who came out of the flower shop while gently taking Jae-heon Lee’s outstretched hand, put her arms around Jae-heon Lee’s neck with a gentle gesture like a smile. It’s a really absurd story, but they were like family or lovers.
“I’m glad you always worry about me, boss.”
“… I am grateful that you are happy about this old man’s concern.”
Why are you so excited, why.
‘Should we also consider this as one of the influences of the other world…?’
It was really nothing, but Yoon Ga-ram’s deep breathing while embracing Lee Jae-heon was quite unusual. It was like a feeling that made me understand how a cat feels when it gets its butt kicked. Goosebumps appeared on the back of my neck.
Usually, immediately after being consumed by the other world, survivors who are greatly affected by the heavy air show various reactions. They may become angry, cry, laugh, or show murderous intent, depending on their personal characteristics, recent memories, and environment.
So, it’s not something that’s ever happened in a novel, but, well, it could be particularly enjoyable.
“… … .”
Yeah, in theory.
“Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Garam Yoon, the CEO of ‘Flowerway.’”
“Flower Road… Ah, ah, yes, that… yes, please take care of me. My name is Team Leader Woo Joo-young… . At Oseong… I work under Manager Lee Jae-heon and work with those people… .”
“Oh my goodness, you’re Team Leader Oh Seong. You’re so cool. You must be incredibly capable.”
“Ahaha, thank you….”
Team Leader Woo Joo-young seemed to be slowly shrinking in pleasure, as if he had just had a glass of beer. Kang Min-ah and Kwon Yeon-hee seemed flustered by Yoon Ga-ram’s unusual tension, but like Lee Jae-heon, he seemed to not think of it as a ‘side effect of entering the other world’.
Jeong In-ho approached the silent Lee Jae-heon and whispered.
“It could be a monster wearing Yoon Garam’s shell.”
“…Do you think so?”
“Actually, no. I said that because I thought Mr. Yoon Garam might get a little scared.”
The protagonist muttered softly.
“Aren’t you actually the strongest among us?”
“… I can’t deny it… .”
In the other world where mental power is consumed, even if it is just the beginning, it is exciting for a moment. Even Jindallae wasn’t excited to that extent.
This couldn’t help but give Lee Jae-heon goosebumps.
