Immunity for use of deadly force!
Now that I think about it, the Guard Team does have immunity for lethal force!
“If I kill him… and the Security Team reports ‘no target for dispatch’… that’s not a lie… and we can just move on. Plus… it’ll buy us so ti…”
“No, you can’t.”
“P-Please calm down, Sergeant!”
No, I an, the Guard Team’s immunity for deadly force isn’t for the guards themselves!
‘It’s so the company isn’t liable if soone dies during the suppression of a ghost story incident!’
And on top of that, it’s more like, ‘Since they have immunity, don’t get in the way and make it cost more when the Guard Team is working.’
From the start…
“The immunity for deadly force is the right for the Guard Team to kill employees who interfere during official duties. You’re not in the middle of official duty right now!”
If it were that easy to kill soone, Kwak Jaekang would have already been turned into a puddle by another mber of the Guard Team a long ti ago.
“Well, that’s true… hm.”
“L-Let’s think of another way.”
“Yes! We’ll think of a good way!”
“Hmm… okay…”
Cold sweat broke out on my skin.
‘I-It’s a relief the sergeant isn’t that motivated…’
No wonder he made it all the way to squad leader of an elite team. His judgnt is so unflinching.
…Honestly, it wasn’t just the immunity he was thinking of. He was really considering just killing this guy to get rid of any evidence.
It’s only lucky that he’s not a bad person at heart. I wiped the sweat from my brow.
…And honestly, this situation was my fault.
I was too tempted when the sergeant said he’d look into the Cheerful Research Institute for .
– It’s a mont of decision, Friend! Will you gamble for a flawless outco, or accept a little loss for the sake of safety?
– Oh, if you want advice from this host, I’m more than ready to give you a hint!
‘…You’re going to tell to gamble and erase the evidence, right?’
– Correct!
Damn it.
I pinched the bridge of my nose, then suddenly…
An idea ca to .
‘No.’
– Hm?
‘A way to erase evidence… there’s one!’
“I’ll take care of it.”
I pulled out an item I’d been keeping in my inventory.
Disguise Syrup for Kids
(Green Grape Flavor)
★★★★★
* * *
A short ti later.
“…Hm?”
Assistant Manager Kwak Jaekang opened his eyes.
Or rather, it was a guess that he would, since we’d covered his eyes.
“Ooooh? Am I in the Darkness…… No, that’s not it. My eyes are just covered.”
The excited tone in his voice instantly cooled and beca listless.
But soon, perhaps realizing why he was in this situation, his tone changed again.
He’d been following the sergeant, got caught and tied up, and was knocked out.
“No! Just because you cover my eyes doesn’t an I forget what I saw! Hahaha! Oh, heavens. How do you plan to explain this to the company, pulling a stunt like this?”
“……”
“The situation has changed a lot since you were the leader of the B-squad~ Do you still believe the company will give you special treatnt? Golly.”
Things like, ‘Did you really think your immunity for deadly force ans you can just kill a real researcher?’, or, ‘I wonder how the company would react if a busy section chief of the Research Team like turned up as a fresh corpse?’—
He speaks in that typical tone of soone proud of their own irreplaceability, mixing subtle threats and ominous predictions, but lightly.
However, soon.
“Or… maybe you’re desperate enough that you have to go this far.”
“……”
“What were you looking for in the special research lab in the annex? Don’t tell …”
His voice took on a aningful edge.
“Were you hoping to find the Darkness you disappeared into there?”
“……”
“Hey, I’m telling you, the entrance has collapsed! Even if you’re curious what state the staff still trapped in there might be in by now—”
He’d talked enough.
I briskly pulled off the cloth covering his eyes.
Kwak Jaekang looked pleased, as if about to say sothing else, but.
“…!”
But instead of the sergeant—the forr elite team leader—he’d been expecting, there was .
Wearing a Security Team suit.
“……”
In front of the frozen Kwak Jaekang, I took out my pager and flicked it.
“…Aha, so you’re the one who responded to the call! This must be… hmm, the Security Team area?”
Silence.
“By any chance, was there a guard sergeant in the spot where I was?”
Silence.
“…Not much of a talker, huh. ……Wait a second.”
Realization flickered in Kwak Jaekang’s eyes.
“It’s a special suit.”
He recognized my outfit.
The uniform for the Security Team’s Special Division.
“What’s going on? You, responding to a re Research Team section chief’s call? This kind of cleanup shouldn’t be the job of soone as special and rare as you! Hahaha… Unless you have so other motive—”
As he thought of the next words, his expression changed.
Right.
‘Unless there’s so other motive.’
I silently raised my hand and placed sothing on the desk in front of him.
[Fun Truth Ga!]
[Shall we play a round?]
“…!”
A carrot-shaped plastic recording toy, cheerfully announcing itself.
It looked childish and cheap, completely out of place, but Kwak Jaekang’s face went stiff.
‘As I thought, he recognizes it.’
One of the most famous Security Team interrogation tools from Dark Exploration Records.
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Dark Exploration Records / Ghost Story
[All the Things the Carrot Can Do]
: A ghost story featured in
: Daydream Inc. identification code – Qterw-E-2525.
A party toy that helps you play a ga of Truth or Dare.
If the opponent doesn’t tell the truth, it notices imdiately and, as a penalty, issues a brutal and shocking dare.
If the mission is not completed, the other ga participants can punish the one who failed.
========================
Right.
Where did I get this?
To be honest—
‘It’s fake.’
I poured the ‘Disguise Syrup for Kids’ on my smartphone and created a knockoff.
That’s why it’s rated five stars.
It doesn’t disguise , it disguises whatever I want.
So, because it’s for objects and not people, it is highly versatile. And, it perfectly mimics the look and function the user wants.
And it doesn’t matter if it’s a fake imitating the original.
The important thing is that the person in front of believes it’s real.
For the first ti, I saw a flicker of confusion in Kwak Jaekang’s eyes.
“…What is this? No, there’s no need to go this far, is there? I…”
Now I was ready.
From here on, it was all about skillfully pushing my confused opponent and wrapping up the situation.
Preferably in a way that gave us a bit of an advantage.
[If everyone’s ready, we’ll begin.]
[Now, the question!]
While the carrot blared on, I subtly shifted my position so Kwak Jaekang could see more clearly.
Behind , the prototype Dream Incubator from the Cheerful Research Institute ca into view.
“…!”
Kwak Jaekang’s gaze wavered, but the ‘carrot’ asked its recorded question.
[What do you know about the machine in front of you?]
Thus began the ridiculously efficient clean-up plan.
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