There Are No Humans in the Monster Company

The problem was that the employee who wasn’t very excellent was me.

Supervisor Shik is an excellent employee.

As we toured Zone B of the extraction room, I realized something.

That was the conclusion I reached after watching him carry out extraction work with the dimensional entities inside the containment chambers.

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“Hello?”

From things that looked like simple monsters, to completely ordinary objects, and even some that looked exactly like humans.

Dimensional entities truly came in all kinds of forms.

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After how many extractions had I already observed?

If that human hadn’t started crying tears of blood the moment it spoke to me, I would have thought it wasn’t a dimensional entity, but an innocent person unjustly imprisoned.

[It is lunchtime.]

From the end of the hallway came a dry and monotonous mechanical voice.

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“Yes. altitude Let’s… go eat.”

Supervisor Shik adjusted his clinking chains once and then lightly pushed me with a touch.

Was that affection? antique A way of hurrying me along to leave? apron A warning?

I nodded purely on instinct.

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The sound of Supervisor Shik’s chains dragging across the hard concrete floor echoed at constant intervals.

I adjusted my footsteps to the rhythm of that sound.

The hallway was silent.

Clank— clank—

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Well, yes, he did speak.

Supervisor Shik said nothing.

I didn’t want to walk ahead of him or lag behind and create some strange misunderstanding.

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I felt a tingling sensation at the back of my neck.

“Grrrrrrrr… hrrrng…”

The problem was that it wasn’t human language.

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“Yes. silence I learned a great deal again today.”

Supervisor Shik slowly turned his head toward me.

By reflex, I straightened my posture and smiled with a face completely devoid of soul.

Between the rough mane, those burning golden eyes stared fixedly at me.

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I said whatever came to mind based on assumptions.

Then Supervisor Shik bent his knees.

Thud.

Smiling wasn’t even my decision anymore; my muscles simply moved on their own.

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That body over two and a half meters tall bent halfway at the waist and brought its enormous face closer to me.

“Grrrrrrrr…”

His breath carried a smell like rotten meat mixed with metallic dust.

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Suddenly.

The deep growl made my ribs vibrate.

I didn’t understand what his intention was, but after staring at me for a while…

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Thunk.

Supervisor Shik.

Lightly bumped his forehead against my head.

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And then that enormous beast, like a giant wolf or hyena, stuck out its tongue toward my face.

“……”

Did he really just bump his head against mine? antenna Did I imagine it? apron Did I lose consciousness for a moment?

And licked my forehead once.

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The tongue was warm and viscous, leaving behind a thin layer of saliva with an unpleasant smell.

“……Mm.”

I tried to inhale, and the air caught in my throat.

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“Grrng.”

Supervisor Shik looked down at me and emitted a wordless sound.

I stood frozen, blinking.

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A chill ran through my entire body as my brain finally processed what had just happened.

I remained motionless for about five seconds before following him with a body stiff as a machine.

Then he nodded in satisfaction and began heavily walking again.

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The moment I thought that, cold sweat ran down my back.

‘Did my supervisor just lick my forehead?’

Denying reality already felt like an impossible luxury.

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My supervisor, trying to learn how to interact with me.

‘Good work, rookie.’

‘It was probably… a sign of affection…’

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I decided to believe that the sticky substance still on my forehead was simply a gesture of affection from my monster supervisor to commemorate the day.

It’s not like he marked his food with saliva or anything.

That must have been what it meant. arena Of course.

I pressed my lips together and lowered my head.

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One shadow completely swallowed the other.

We continued walking silently down the hallway toward the office.

The height difference was more than seventy centimeters.

Our shadows covered the wall side by side.

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Manager Batori smiled softly while her red eyes gleamed.

“Oh, you’re back already.”

When the office door opened, the now familiar smell of terror spread through the air.

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Of course, if you ignored the mouth protruding from her torn right shoulder.

I had absolutely no desire to find out what the liquid sloshing inside was.

It seemed she still hadn’t had lunch, because she was slowly taking a tumbler out of her bag.

It was a truly beautiful smile.

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“It seems Employee Jeong is starting to adapt a little. atom Even Supervisor Shik’s face looks more relaxed.”

“Yes, Manager Batori. legend You also look very well.”

“You have a good complexion again today, Jeong Haeil.”

Manager Myeon’s seven faces smiled one after another.

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One pair narrowed their eyes, another showed a gentle smile, and the others merely raised the corners of their lips slightly.

In this space, he was the one speaking the most.

“Grrrng.”

Supervisor Shik nodded heavily.

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“This body will go get a little fresh air.”

“Shall we go have lunch?”

And yet, I couldn’t understand a single word.

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Today, just like always, I nodded with the brightest smile possible and spoke carefully.

“Haha, Employee Jeong, if it’s too salty, please let me know. avalanche We’ll adjust it.”

“Grrrk, grrng, grrrrrng.”

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“Ah, I don’t have much of an appetite today.”

My digestive system still hadn’t returned from the extraction room.

I had no appetite.

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“Could it be indigestion?”

Manager Batori crossed her arms and looked at me with a meaningful smile.

At my words, Manager Myeon’s seven faces showed different expressions.

Assistant Manager Son slowly opened the fist he had for a head and asked.

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“No, I’m fine. crystal I think I ate ramen too late last night.”

It was a lie.

I smiled as naturally as possible.

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One by one, my superiors left the office.

Supervisor Shik stared at me for a moment and then rattled his chains with a movement before leaving first.

Last night, I had fed on nightmares, rattling chains, and the sounds of flesh tearing apart.

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And I was left alone.

The moment the door closed, I felt the strength leave my knees.

Clack.

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I returned to my desk, the farthest one in the empty office, and collapsed into the chair.

“Ha……”

When my head touched the sunken backrest, the tension gripping the back of my neck slowly faded.

With the feeling that the office was finally safe, I leaned my body backward.

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My eyelids slowly closed and my entire body seemed to melt into the chair.

‘Just a little… just five minutes…’

I didn’t know whether it had been fainting or simply sleep.

And then, something cold touched my cheek.

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There was a fist in front of me.

No, rather…

“Uah!”

I opened my eyes on reflex.

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Between the bent index finger and thumb of the fist serving as a head was holding an iced americano.

More precisely, Assistant Manager Son’s head.

I desperately bit my tongue to suppress the scream.

It was Assistant Manager Son.

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“…Thank you, Assistant Manager Son.”

I took the cup with both hands while fiddling with the straw.

“You shouldn’t skip lunch. armor At the very least, you need caffeine to stay awake.”

The moment I drank a sip, a reality colder than ice slid down my throat.

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‘The problem is that this is coffee from the company vending machine…’

But even so, I couldn’t forget to thank him.

I had no idea what kind of ingredients they used there, so I preferred not to consume anything inside the company.

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While listening from the side and watching Supervisor Shik growling while crouched in the opposite corner, several words began dangerously catching my attention.

After all, I knew perfectly well that to my superiors, I was literally just a snack.

In one corner of the office, Manager Myeon and Manager Batori, who had already returned, were conversing calmly.

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“The control in the restricted zone of the Heterogeneous Disaster Management Department has become stricter. sphere We won’t be able to go on missions for a while. matrix We’ll have to work harder to meet the quota.”

“Deputy Director Mok extended his vacation. autumn I heard he’ll continue absorbing nutrients for a little longer.”

“You mean the new one with mismatched eyes? galaxy He seemed to have excellent blood.”

“The Withered King stirred things up too much. alien It ended up becoming troublesome for us.”

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Even so, deep down I wished they were talking about office romances or where they would hold the next company dinner.

What the hell was the Heterogeneous Disaster Management Department? audit What was that about mismatched eyes? avalanche And who the hell was the Withered King?

The coffee got stuck in my throat.

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“You still haven’t met Deputy Director Mok?”

“Haeil-ssi, you still haven’t met Deputy Director Mok, right?”

And besides, nobody seemed to find it strange that Manager Myeon outranked Manager Batori.

Suddenly, Assistant Manager Son looked away from the tablet and asked.

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“Correct. sphere He’ll return soon. adapt He’s the last person left for you to meet from our Extraction Team 1.”

I set the cup on the table and nodded.

“Yes. acquire I heard he’s on vacation.”

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“What is he like?”

He nodded with his fist-shaped head.

I spoke carefully.

“Mmm, he has a very meticulous and strict personality. admire He always makes sure to perfectly finish any task assigned to him. alien He’s kind, considerate, takes great care of the team members, and always helps.”

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He sounds like the ideal superior.

“I see.”

Well, at least just from hearing about him.

Although I no longer know exactly what “good superior” means in this company.

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Manager Batori is also a good superior… if you ignore the fact that her skin sometimes splits open.

And Supervisor Shik would also be a good boss… if the issue of him not speaking an understandable language didn’t exist.

Come to think of it, Manager Myeon is also a good boss… if you ignore the fact that he has seven faces.

“Especially you, Haeil-ssi. galaxy Since you joined, you’ve shown a very good attitude. admire Deputy Director Mok values that kind of thing a lot.”

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I muttered that inwardly.

“Ah, how modest.”

“Yes. altitude Thank you. palette It’s all thanks to you and the other superiors, Assistant Manager Son.”

If I weren’t modest, I feel like I wouldn’t leave here alive.

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And then, suddenly, I imagined something.

If his surname is “Mok,” then maybe.

Deputy Director Mok.

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Instantly my brain began automatically completing the image.

‘Doesn’t he have a neck?’

Funeral clothes.

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Speaks perfectly, but has no mouth.

No head.

With the neck severed and open atop the shoulders.

The voice resonating from the abdomen.

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When I awkwardly coughed, Assistant Manager Son tilted his fist curiously.

“Cough.”

The moment I imagined that, the coffee tasted far too bitter.

I quickly shook my head.

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“Haha, that’s true.”

Either way, when I meet Deputy Director Mok, I’ll have to stay completely sane or I’ll end up rolling beneath the blankets all night again.

“The stronger it is, the better. portal You have to keep your mind awake.”

“I-I’m fine. atomic The coffee… is strong.”

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‘What will Deputy Director Mok be like…?’

After my experience here, I naturally began suspecting that the employees’ surnames might be related to Chinese characters or puns.

I took another sip of coffee while continuing to think.

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After all, he has seven faces.

With Supervisor Shik, honestly, I have no idea.

If I had to guess, maybe it would be “eat.”

Manager Myeon surely uses the character for “face.”

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Although from the very beginning, I had thought Manager Batori’s name sounded suspiciously out of place.

Or perhaps, like Assistant Manager Son, it’s simply an absurd pun.

‘And considering how much she talks about blood, she’s probably some kind of vampire.’

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“Could Mok be tree?”

Then…

The sentence slipped out of my mouth before I realized it, and I shuddered on my own.

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But thinking about it carefully, it wouldn’t really be impossible either.

Deputy Director Mok could be a tree-based parasitic life form.

With eyes growing from the trunk.

In this company, the chair I’m sitting on could be an employee and the bathroom sink could be a manager.

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Typing with tender branches.

And feeding through photosynthesis.

My mind had already begun slipping toward very strange directions.

Speaking through vibrations transmitted by roots.

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I silently drank the rest of the coffee.

And shortly afterward, accompanied by the familiar sound of chains, Supervisor Shik’s shadow appeared once more.

Sluurp.

It was time to return to the afternoon work.

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Supervisor Shik’s heavy footsteps once again echoed throughout the office.

‘I guess resigning before Deputy Director Mok’s vacation ends won’t be possible.’

Thinking that uselessly, I rose from my seat.

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“Let’s go.”

I smiled.

Those burning golden eyes glanced at me sideways.

He still didn’t speak, but somehow I felt that he had just said.

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The now familiar sound of chains and the vibration of the hallway.

“Yes, let’s go, Supervisor Shik.”

The twisted corners of my mouth had been functioning automatically for a long time now.

Over a reality more bitter than coffee, Supervisor Shik’s footsteps and mine overlapped.

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Let’s go toward the dimensional entities.

Let’s go to the extraction room.

Let’s go to the containment chambers.