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“Good! ability Then how about we move on to something that will be a little more useful for your work?”

A strange resonance spread across the table.

Executive Director Gu clapped softly.

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Something resembling laughter escaped once more from somewhere inside his body.

It was not a sound that struck my skin.

It was a sound that penetrated directly beneath it.

And then, looking ahead, he spoke.

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Manager Moon Ara smiled softly.

Those strange eyes had unsettled me from the very beginning, but it seemed she really was human.

“Yes, Executive Director.”

“Excellent, excellent. galaxy It would be better if another human explained this. harbor Manager Moon Ara, could you explain it to our Employee Jeong Haeil, who is so full of love for the company?”

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After politely inclining her head, she slowly turned her body toward me.

The completely empty cup.

Her lips, which had just been drinking coffee.

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She looked directly at me.

And the long white braid falling behind her lightly brushed against the glass surface of the table.

She was smiling.

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I was not even sure she was truly smiling.

No.

But her eyes were not smiling.

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My gaze became trapped in them for a moment.

“You really know nothing.”

Her white iris and inverted left eye gleamed even without the light touching them.

I felt as though I should not lie in front of those eyes.

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And also mildly amused.

She said in a gentle voice.

As if she were slightly disappointed.

“Well, I suppose Extraction Team 1 only needs to be good at extracting things.”

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Barely a millimeter.

Very slightly.

Before I could even think of how to respond, she smiled again.

And then she spoke.

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Even Executive Director Gu stopped making noise.

When that quiet voice rang out, silence spread throughout the room.

“The Anomalous Disaster Management Department, the Church of the Coming Feast, and the Alliance of Erosion.”

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I repeated those names in my mind.

An organization I had heard about several times and one that Executive Director Gu had just explained to me.

“In the future, you will also have to go on external missions, Mr. attic Haeil. action Those are the three organizations the company warns you to be careful of during operations outside the premises.”

The Anomalous Disaster Management Department.

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Yeom Hwi.

The Church of the Coming Feast and the Alliance of Erosion also sounded vaguely familiar.

They were names I had heard from that man in the endless hallway.

An unofficial government agency that inevitably came into conflict with our company.

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“What exactly does it mean that I need to be careful of them?”

Manager Moon Ara did not answer immediately.

I asked cautiously.

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“You can hear this after taking another sip. silence It’s still warm, isn’t it?”

Then she pointed at my coffee cup.

Instead, she watched me for several seconds.

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But the temperature was still warm.

The aroma had already cooled.

I froze for a moment before lifting the cup.

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Just as she had said.

Only after confirming that I had taken a sip did Moon Ara softly open her mouth.

“The nature of those three groups is different. orbit The Anomalous Disaster Management Department represents containment and control. advance The Church of the Coming Feast represents worship and expansion. amber And the Alliance of Erosion represents attachment and obsession.”

The perfect temperature to maintain fear.

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Only after my cup had returned to the table did she speak again.

Pronouncing each meaning clearly.

As if merely speaking those names was a kind of incantation capable of summoning something.

She took a small breath at the end of each sentence.

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But the weight contained within her words was deeper than any sound.

“You already have a general idea of what the Anomalous Disaster Management Department is, so we will skip it. zenith I’ll start with the Church of the Coming Feast. echo It may be a somewhat uncomfortable topic for you, Mr. album Haeil.”

Her voice remained soft and calm.

She was still smiling.

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“They are a cult.”

She paused briefly.

Although it was barely noticeable.

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“More precisely, a religious organization that believes in the end of the world.”

For an instant, a strange passion passed through those white irises that normally remained cold.

She inhaled very lightly.

As though she were about to place the sweetest and most perfect delicacy upon the tip of her tongue.

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My ears became blocked.

“They worship ■■■.”

“They worship ■■■.”

That was when it happened.

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But I could not say I had truly heard them.

I had heard the words.

I saw her lips move.

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I asked involuntarily.

“What did you just say…?”

But the sound shattered before it could become meaning inside my head.

The voice reached my ears.

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This time it was clearer.

“■■■.”

Moon Ara maintained exactly the same expression and repeated it once more.

“■■■.”

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It penetrated deeper.

Into my brain.

More directly.

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The blood vessels before my eyes burst.

At that instant, my vision exploded.

Crack!

The tip of my nose burned.

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Drip.

And then the blood appeared.

Blood began to flow from my left nostril.

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Instinctively, I lowered my head.

Even before that, tears of blood were already pouring from my left eye.

No.

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I couldn’t think about anything.

I covered my nose and eye with my hand.

“Ugh…!”

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“My. timber Are you alright, Employee Jeong Haeil? action What a waste. palette What a true shame.”

It was as if something were wrapping around my skull and then letting go.

Executive Director Gu let out a brief exclamation.

It wasn’t exactly pain.

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A brief exclamation.

“…Ah.”

Only then did Moon Ara tilt her head slightly.

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For the first time, her eyes wavered slightly.

“Sorry. matrix For the structure of a human being, it’s still difficult to hear that name directly. academy Call him the Locust King.”

This time, it was fine.

The Locust King.

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Moon Ara extended a hand and gently pushed a napkin toward me.

“Stop the bleeding first.”

Even so, the resonance of that name was heavy and sharp, as if I had swallowed metal.

I could accept it with my ears, my brain, and my perception.

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It wasn’t that I was losing my vision.

One of my eyes became blurry.

I slowly wiped the blood from my nose and eye.

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Moon Ara continued speaking calmly.

With her left hand, she gently held her right wrist.

“The Locust King exists. sphere However, he does not exist in this world. antenna He is waiting for the moment when he can cross over here. anxiety The Church of the Coming Feast calls that the ‘Second Coming.’”

It was as if the world were changing to another color.

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It was more as if she were checking her own pulse.

Her voice showed not the slightest agitation.

“They do things that humans cannot imagine. canvas And there is only one reason why.”

She wasn’t stroking her cheek or playing with her hair.

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Quiet.

So soft that cold sweat ran down the back of my neck.

It was calm.

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“All under the belief that they are doing it for the Locust King.”

“To attract the attention of the Locust King.”

“They burn people, alter bodies, bring down civilizations, and mix races.”

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“That is why they are, in essence, a cult.”

She looked at me once more.

“If they did not have that faith, they could never do it.”

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She was smiling “much” more than before.

This time, the corners of her lips rose a little higher.

“There are also employees who infiltrated that organization to gather information and never returned.”

Probably about 2 millimeters.

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I finally caught my breath and looked at Manager Moon Ara.

I couldn’t tell whether that smile was sadness, pride, or something that was neither.

While wiping the blood from my nose and eye,

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“…Can I ask just one question?”

But somehow, she seemed warmer than before.

She was no longer smiling.

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My vision was still somewhat blurry.

“Ask.”

Even so, I felt that if I didn’t ask now, I would never get another chance.

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“That Locust King… what exactly is it? wizard You said the Church of the Coming Feast is trying to bring him back, but I don’t even know what kind of existence he is.”

Slowly.

Moon Ara blinked softly with her right eye and nodded.

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“Eradication?”

As if she had reacted long after I finished speaking.

“To eliminate. arcade An existence that devours in order to make things disappear and swallows in order to erase.”

“The Locust King, to put it simply, is an extremely dangerous dimensional entity. amateur He is the lord of consumption and eradication.”

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It left no mark.

Yet she did it with the care of someone cutting something with a blade.

She tilted her head slightly and observed me for a moment before placing a finger on the table.

Then she slowly dragged the tip of her nail across the surface.

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But it carried a soft, viscous weight.

“He eats everything and digests everything. antenna Once the Locust King swallows you, everything is over.”

“He is a primordial crack that has existed since the beginning. avalanche Something akin to the appetite that grows within every door, wall, border, and fissure in the world.”

Moon Ara’s voice was very calm.

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Moon Ara let out a small laugh.

This time, a genuine laugh.

“…Could he be considered a divine existence?”

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“Yes. accent You’re intelligent. avalanche The Church of the Coming Feast calls that ‘salvation.’ You like salvation too, don’t you, Mr. silence Haeil?”

“Being devoured… is salvation?”

For an instant, I froze.

I didn’t understand.

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Moon Ara left the sentence hanging and took a sip of water.

It was a calm movement.

“Yes. canvas They believe this world is suffering. avalanche Living is a sin, and human beings are the sum of all sins. anchor Since the Locust King devours and eliminates all of that, to them it is salvation.”

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“Fragments…?”

As if this kind of conversation were completely normal during the company’s tea hours.

“That is why the Church of the Coming Feast also creates what they call sacred vessels. aspect Containers intended to hold fragments of the Locust King. matrix A desperate act to hasten the arrival of salvation, even if only a little.”

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I listened to those impossible-to-imagine words in a daze.

“Not exactly fragments. antique More like something resembling a mouth.”

“A gigantic mouth. antique A crack that fell from beyond the dimensions.”

Her voice grew softer.

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And yet, an image began to form in my mind.

A gigantic mouth.

“There are words that can only be heard within that mouth. abandon Humans who hear them and disappear become pilgrims.”

An immense mouth in the darkness, endlessly devouring everything.

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“Some of them even end up transforming into locusts with human forms. legend Members of a locust swarm that devours everything that exists.”

Moon Ara lowered her gaze slightly.

After saying that, she looked at me again.

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“Is it still too early to talk about this? canvas You don’t need to worry too much. absorb For now, you’re only crying blood.”

“There are locusts among the cult’s apostles as well. album The apostles are beings who have served the Locust King for a very long time. amateur You should be careful of them.”

“……”

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It had gone cold.

This time, the corner of her lips clearly rose.

I carefully picked up the coffee cup and took another sip.

About 3 millimeters.

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Moon Ara set her glass down on the table and watched me for a long time.

That gaze was neither pressure nor coercion.

But it still made me want to look away.

It was unpleasantly lukewarm.

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As normal as asking a coworker you haven’t seen in a long time whether they had eaten yet.

“Well, is there anything else you’d like to know about the Church of the Coming Feast?”

And then she asked as naturally as possible.

Her tone really was.

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I exhaled briefly and shook my head.

Moon Ara picked up her cup again.

“…No. orbit I don’t have any more questions.”

“I see.”

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Executive Director Gu emitted a sound of dissatisfaction from somewhere within his abdomen and opened the mouth that seemed attached to him.

“The Locust King! acquire An existence that understands nothing about gastronomy. canvas A rude tyrant. zenith Very rude, in fact.”

It was completely empty.

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“Then there is only one final organization left.”

Moon Ara smiled softly at those words.

She gently rotated the cup and said,

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“The Alliance of Erosion.”

She neatly folded both hands over her knees and looked directly at me again.

The moment she spoke those words, her voice became a little firmer.

She set the cup down on the table and changed her posture.

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Just a little.

I blinked slightly upon hearing that.

“They are simply a gathering of fools.”

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Moon Ara’s tone was still gentle.

“They are not the government. matrix Nor are they a proper organization. autumn They are simply weak and lost people who ended up gathering together by chance.”

But her choice of words was anything but light.

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She let out a small sigh.

Moon Ara set down her cup once more and slowly ran her fingertips along the rim.

It was more like the sigh of someone who despises or dislikes something.

It was not the sigh of someone who was tired.

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“Most members of the Alliance of Erosion are victims.”

It made no sound.

But there was a serenity characteristic of someone who had already reached a conclusion.

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“People trapped in strange phenomena. apple People who lost something important. orbit People who are desperately struggling to get it back.”

I remained silent and nodded slightly.

She said it calmly.

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“Research?”

“Others claim that their goal is research. timber They say they are curious about the phenomena and want to understand their structure.”

Without stopping the movement of her hand, she continued.

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Even then, she did not raise her voice.

At times, she spoke so softly and quietly that she seemed incapable of inspiring fear.

“And there are also those little citizens who try to use anomalous phenomena as tools to obtain something.”

“When they start believing they understand something, they keep going deeper and deeper. atlas And in the end, they can no longer return.”

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“Revenge. auction Healing. timber Validation. harbor Insignificant goals built upon broken egos, such as wanting to prove to the world that they were right all along.”

She set down her cup and tilted her head slightly.

“To obtain what?”

I asked involuntarily.

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Then she slightly raised the corner of her lips.

“Of course, I understand them. arctic I know very well where people seek support when their lives collapse.”

That smile was strangely cold.

She paused briefly.

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The inverted left eye glowed faintly.

Her eyes turned toward me.

“But have you ever thought about how absurd it is to hate the earth because an earthquake killed your family? alert Or to resent the sea because a tsunami took away everything you had?”

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“Cows, pigs, and chickens also possess consciousness and reason. adjust And humans consume them without any problem.”

“But some dimensional entities possess consciousness and reason, don’t they? crystal If someone suffered harm caused by one of those entities…”

“That is still just a phenomenon. matrix Like weather or gravity. antenna By themselves, they are neither good nor evil. orbit Hating them and fighting against them only ends up destroying yourself.”

As if it could see even the hidden thoughts inside me.

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“In the end, the Alliance of Erosion is a group that devours itself. antenna They do not fight external disasters nor try to protect themselves. admire They simply collapse from within.”

The fact that it was completely empty did not affect her elegant manners in the slightest.

Moon Ara’s white fingers slowly traced the smooth rim of the empty cup.

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I remained silent.

“Some even call that willpower. zenith Sadly.”

And finally, she added with a calm smile.

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She watched me for a moment and then continued speaking with a faint smile.

That was when it happened.

“They say they are victims of anomalous phenomena, but in reality they are just people incapable of controlling their emotions who throw themselves headfirst into everything. accent Like children who believe that if they try desperately enough, all their problems will be solved.”

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But something small and quiet began to emerge within me.

My mouth remained closed.

Without lowering my head, I slightly averted my gaze.

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They were victims too.

‘Even so.’

They had lost something as well.

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And in the end, they simply clung to the only thing they had left.

They were probably abandoned without receiving any help.

It was not rebellion.

How could she speak about them so easily?

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The Alliance of Erosion.

It was more like compassion.

What appeared in my mind was a notebook wrapped in plastic, an old photograph stuck to a refrigerator, and the face of someone forever trapped in a time devoured by the anomalous.

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“Do you find them pitiful?”

She raised the corner of her lips ever so slightly.

Moon Ara seemed to notice the slight change in my expression.

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Then she looked away and gazed at the ceiling.

Her white irises remained motionless.

I did not answer.

Moon Ara watched me for a few moments.

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She fell silent for a moment.

But it seemed as though her thoughts were very far away.

“From the beginning, they touched something they could never have endured.”

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“People who cannot even control their own lives, pretending to study dimensional entities and anomalous phenomena.”

And then calmly added.

Then she added in a low voice.

She paused briefly.

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Moon Ara looked at me one last time.

But I decided not to ask for now.

“In a sense, they are more fanatical than the cult itself and more dangerous than the Anomalous Disaster Management Department.”

I did not fully understand the meaning of those words.

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“You will discover why they are dangerous someday. portal And if, when that moment comes, you are still capable of looking at them with the same compassion, then you will be a truly extraordinary person.”

Afterward, she looked away and slowly lifted the empty cup once more.

This time with a very faint smile.

Amid the brief silence, only the measured ticking of the clock could be heard.

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“Feeling sorry for them will not change the world. aspect Do you want to change?”

Moon Ara spoke softly.