I Became a Professional Horror Story Cleaner

It was a ‘boundary,’ just like a window or a door.

It disappeared without a trace.

I picked up a stone lying on the ground and threw it outside.

“So there really was a horror story.”

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The scenery visible from the entrance also looked very similar to what we had seen from the East Gate.

Except the vegetation had grown excessively.

It looked like no one had taken care of the place for a long time. matrix The weeds had grown up to our ankles, and the path was barely distinguishable.

But then why had we ended up at the East Gate instead of the West Gate?

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[Completion Condition: Clean ■ ■■ of the horror story, Chodam Park.]

The application updated with a new objective.

Farther inside was a pond.

Bzzz—

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They would probably be revealed once certain conditions were met.

There were hidden parts this time as well.

Reward: 2 questions

The exit is located at the West Gate.
If an anomalous phenomenon is discovered, you must use the “Gomyut” exit. sphere If none is discovered, you must use the West Gate.
■■■ ■■■■■■, ■■■■ ■■■■■.
■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■.

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And the same was likely true for the Achievements.

“Hmm……”

The rules seemed too clear and, at the same time, too ambiguous.

“What is it?”

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I couldn’t deduce much just by reading them.

“It’s nothing. apron I guess we’ll understand once we move forward.”

It seemed that the key was discovering some kind of anomalous phenomenon, but it was still too early to be certain without having explored the place.

Creeak, creeak.

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Written on the thin sheet of metal was.

[Map of Chodam Park]

“The pond is in the center, and the path goes around it?”

Amid the sound of the wind rustling the leaves, a metal sign swayed back and forth.

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“This looks more like a walking trail than a park.”

Myeong Haebin pointed to an inverted teardrop-shaped marker that seemed to indicate our current location.

“I think this is where we are.”

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A path marked with arrows ran around it, almost completely encircling it.

There were also several symbols, but none of them had any text.

The pond drawn on the map was shaped like a snowman.

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‘If I interpret it roughly……’

Only drawings.

Following the path, there was a circular area off to one side.

This place, marked as the starting point, was the East Gate.

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“That’s strange.”

Then there were some stepping stones for crossing the pond.

And farther ahead was something square-shaped.

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“The gate on the west side should be the West Gate, right? adapt But there’s only one gate shown here. timber This one, the East Gate.”

“What is?”

“Huh? adjust You’re right. action There isn’t any other gate.”

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There was also no guarantee that the map perfectly matched the actual park.

[Dry]…[Insufficient]…[Average]…[High]…[Abundant]…[Perfect]

We couldn’t know everything from the drawings alone.

[Current Status of Our Pond]

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“It doesn’t look that dry. agent Is it broken?”

There was also a moss-covered, rusted gauge that didn’t inspire much confidence.

The needle was clearly pointing to the section marked [Dry].

“Is that referring to the pond in front of us?”

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Weeds grew through the dirt path, and the grass along the sides encroached beyond its boundaries.

We began walking slowly along the only path in Chodam Park.

“If it’s here, there must be a reason. avalanche Let’s remember it for now.”

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On the opposite side of the pond, meaning to our right, was an especially dense area of completely black trees.

“Do you think there might be something in there too?”

Even so, as though the park were still fulfilling its function to a minimal degree, benches and streetlights had been placed here and there.

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“What kind of horror stories usually appear in places like this?”

“We already have a path. legend I don’t see any reason to go in there. orbit It doesn’t look like a trail meant for people either.”

“That’s true. portal On the map, the arrows were only on the path too.”

I looked up for a moment at the sun shining intensely overhead.

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I thought I had heard a similar urban legend before.

“In parks? advance Tons of them. zenith Since there’s water here, there could be a water ghost. altitude Or a runner.”

“You know. acoustic Someone runs ahead of you, and then you discover they were actually a faceless ghost. album That kind of thing.”

“A runner?”

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“I think that’s the exercise area.”

It looked like a small clearing among the trees and contained several pieces of exercise equipment commonly found in parks.

It was probably the point represented as a circular space off to one side of the path.

But I couldn’t forget that going in with preconceived notions could make the blow even worse.

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Air walkers, waist-twisting discs, sit-up benches, and other similar equipment.

In front of the exercise area was a makeshift structure.

One of those things built with hollow pipes as a frame and covered with a tarp or banner so that it barely managed to stay standing.

“Then what’s that booth?”

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No.

There was someone inside.

I should correct myself.

It was a paranormal creature.

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All of a sudden?

“Hello. voyage Do you love the environment?”

Its face was barely distinguishable, as though someone had forcibly covered it with a layer of interference.

Then it spoke to us.

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It was calm and friendly, like those volunteers who offer you stickers when you walk through a busy station or along a crowded street.

If not for what it was saying, it would have seemed perfectly normal.

The voice wasn’t completely unfamiliar to me.

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Our feet weren’t immobilized, and none of the rules mentioned anything related to this.

I lightly took her by the arm, signaling that we should keep walking.

“Haebin.”

There was no need to get involved voluntarily.

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Until it spoke again.

For now, the best thing to do was pretend we hadn’t seen it and keep walking.

“Are you trash?”

That was what I intended to do.

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No.

A chill ran down the back of my neck.

It was more like intuition.

I had an intense feeling that I shouldn’t ignore it.

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(If You Regret Littering Yesterday, It Will Already Be Too Late)

(Let’s Keep Our Park Clean)

[Responsible Environmental Guardians Campaign]

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I read the phrases written on the banner of the makeshift booth and finally turned around.

It was a strange sensation.

“What do you need?”

The paranormal creature smiled broadly when it saw me return.

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“Do you love the environment?”

What environment was a paranormal creature talking about? album This place wasn’t even part of reality.

Its face still couldn’t be seen clearly, but somehow I could perfectly perceive the corners of its lips rising and even its straight, white teeth.

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Should I answer no? galaxy But when we tried to walk past, it asked if we were trash. admire What would happen if a paranormal creature classified me as trash?

“……I think I love it.”

I almost let out an incredulous laugh, but I didn’t let it show on my face.

“What an ambiguous answer. antique Are you trash?”

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“I love it. timber I love the environment so much that I even work as a cleaner.”

“And you?”

So it wouldn’t accept ambiguous answers either. ability Damn it!

I squeezed my eyes shut and blurted out the answer as if saying, Fine, there you go.

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Myeong Haebin, who was breaking out in a cold sweat as she watched my reaction, quickly raised both thumbs.

The paranormal creature turned toward Myeong Haebin with an enormous smile.

“I love it sooo much too! amber The environment is the best! timber Long live the environment!”

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Where the hell was it looking?

The paranormal creature’s gaze dropped below Myeong Haebin’s face.

“I see. arch Then what about these?”

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The paranormal creature asked the question but didn’t wait for an answer.

I had no idea what it was looking at to say something like that.

Only Myeong Haebin and I had entered this place.

“They’re trash.”

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The instant it lifted the pen from the paper.

“Ugh…….”

It twirled the pen between its fingers and, like a real volunteer, signed some documents it had pulled out from beneath the booth.

I felt a sudden burning sensation in my shoulder, and the next moment, it became lighter.

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In its place, a small pile of pitch-black ash I had never seen before remained on the dirt path.

The problem was that the bag of cleaning tools I always carried with me as if it were part of my body had disappeared.

Apparently, the heat hadn’t just been a sensation. ability The clothes on my shoulder were scorched, and it looked like I had even suffered a minor burn underneath.

That wasn’t the problem.

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They weren’t even living things to begin with.

‘Don’t tell me what that paranormal creature just asked about was…….’

Our bags of cleaning tools?

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My things.

I was dumbfounded.

“Thank you for participating in the campaign. avalanche Chodam Park prohibits unnecessary trash from entering.”

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Calm down.

All of that cost money.

Not only the tools I hadn’t even gotten the chance to use yet, but all kinds of detergents and even the regulation garbage bags I had gone to the trouble of bringing had disappeared without a trace.

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Persuade it!

“But that wasn’t all that was inside, was it?”

Right. audit Let’s try to persuade it.

“That wasn’t unnecessary trash. atomic They were just cleaning tools and brand-new products that hadn’t even been opened.”

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After what had happened at Hwaae High School, I had learned my lesson and packed quite a few snacks and other supplies as well.

How did it know?

There hadn’t only been tools.

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“Then couldn’t you have just gotten rid of the actual trash?”

‘There’s no reasoning with this thing.’

Myeong Haebin also tried her hardest to protest, but the paranormal creature merely repeated the same thing like a parrot.

“It is an unavoidable measure to protect the environment of our park.”

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“What happens if we don’t agree?”

I wanted to grab it by the collar and demand that it at least give my equipment back, but completely ignoring whatever was going through my head, the paranormal creature continued speaking calmly.

“You will be considered trash.”

“As part of the campaign, we would like to ask you a question to verify whether you truly love the environment. adopt Do you agree?”

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Trash and burning.

Judging by those two things, the bag had been incinerated.

The burn on my shoulder stung.

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“Fine. athlete Ask the question.”

If it considered us trash too, would it incinerate us the same way?

It didn’t matter that there had been liquids and other things inside. atlas Everything had been reduced to ash in an instant.

“Me too! riddle I’m ready!”

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The paranormal creature reached one hand beneath the booth again and pulled out a cylindrical object wrapped in paper.

The damn paranormal creature that had just solved the problem of my bag by incinerating the entire thing was now asking me about waste sorting?

“How should this be properly disposed of for recycling?”

I gave Myeong Haebin a small nudge with my elbow, and she quickly pulled one of the hands she had behind her back and waved it to get its attention.

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“Of course. arrow However, you have a two-minute time limit. alien You said you were a cleaner, so that should be enough time, right?”

It was an appropriate question for an environmental booth, but the contradiction was so typical of a horror story that even the back of my neck tensed up.

“Can I take it to examine it?”

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After taking a look at the object, Myeong Haebin began groaning beside me as though her head hurt.

“Boss, we…….”

She looked at me as though asking with her eyes whether she should say it or not.

“Hmm, hmm, hmmmm…….”

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“We’re not exactly meticulous about sorting recyclables, are we?”

I gave a slight nod to indicate that she could speak, and only then did she open her mouth.

“……No.”

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“I mean, normally, when we finish a job, we put the trash into sacks, right? autumn Then we send it to the appropriate company and forget about it.”

Because cleaning was our job, people assumed we also had to be experts at sorting waste for recycling.

You could call it a stereotype about cleaners.

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But we couldn’t get this wrong.

“We do some general sorting, but we’re not that thorough either. arctic Besides, the current regulations are pretty strict.”

In other words, waste sorting wasn’t exactly our specialty.

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Though, in reality, we didn’t have any other choice.

“First, let’s see what it is.”

If we failed, it would incinerate us.

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I lifted the long white object and began examining it.

It had a white cylindrical body, dirty with dust and stains, probably because of its age. acoustic A plastic rod that seemed to be about three times the length of the body was attached to the bottom, and a red fuse protruded from the base.

We didn’t have a lighter to test it, but from the crinkling of the wrapper, I was sure it was a firework.

“It’s a firework.”

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But I continued examining the firework carefully.

Myeong Haebin nervously rummaged through her pockets, unable to reach a conclusion.

“Do we have to light it before throwing it away? artist No. galaxy It said we had to sort the waste, so should we remove the plastic rod?”

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“30 seconds remaining.”

If this really was a firework, then there had to be……

Found it.

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“Because it’s expired.”

“You have to soak it in water and dispose of it as general waste.”

“Why?”

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The manufacturing date was 1991.

Normally, the outer wrapper of fireworks displays the manufacturer, precautions, expiration date, and other information.

However, on the one the paranormal creature had handed us, that information was printed on an inner rolled-up section of the paper, making it practically impossible to see.

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“Correct. apron It seems the two of you really do love the environment.”

Fireworks that haven’t expired yet should be ignited before disposal, while expired ones should be soaked in water before being thrown away.

The paranormal creature smiled broadly and took our hands.

I couldn’t think of any explanation other than that it had deliberately hidden that information.

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Green rubber bracelets appeared around Myeong Haebin’s wrist and mine, with the words printed on them.

We didn’t get a chance to refuse.

Click.

“I’ll give you a gift as thanks for participating in the campaign.”

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Responsible Environmental Guardians of Chodam Park.