‘……’
[Well?]
‘……Fine.’
I nodded.
Let’s find an appearance through which I can interact with people.
Even if it isn’t real.
[Excellent, Friend!]
[Now, I do hope you won’t forget , and that we’ll go about together.]
I placed that fake Good Friend into the pocket of my Security Team uniform.
Just as I had done before.
And I began to plan.
Just as I had done before.
I flipped through the pages of the Dark Exploration Records within mory, making a list of possible thods…
And the mont the morning shift began that day.
Without fail, a company employee ca to the isolation room for duty.
But it wasn’t soone from the Security Managent Team.
“Haha… We et again so soon!”
Kwak Jekang.
The assigned researcher arrived in a completely disheveled state. At least his pinky finger seed to have been treated, but it was blunt.
One joint was gone.
“The excuse that the surveillance caras are broken, that there’s no choice but to visit, that we’ve devised counterasures… Well, the fact that such excuses work is one of the company’s advantages… But that doll!”
Excitent glead in his eyes as he noticed the environntal incongruity.
“The doll’s gone from the desk. You took it with you? Ah, perhaps it helps stabilize your mind? Or attachnt formation…”
I exhaled smoke.
Question : Whereabouts of the team mbers
► The one wearing the Badger Mask
► The Guard Sergeant
“Ah, those two won’t be coming today! A light, very light interview process had to be conducted, you see… So instead, I’ve co! Hahaha!”
I gave no response.
“Do you like those two? For what reason? Surely there are quite a few with whom you’ve ford rapport… Ah, what about other mbers of the Field Exploration Team? If you were to et them privately…”
Not interested though?
“……”
The sa smile stayed on Kwak Jekang’s lips, but his complexion had gone pale.
It was clear so psychological scars remained…
This researcher needed to be made to understand.
That the position of questioner had shifted.
Question : Director Cheong’s work orders regarding 130666
“…You’re curious what Director Cheong said when assigning you to ?”
……
“Well, if it’s Director Cheong, then yes, it’s quite likely she knows at least sothing about your identity! Perhaps she even personally led your summoning!”
Wiping away the sweat pooled at his chin in a haphazard motion, Kwak Jekang laughed fervently.
“However, Director Cheong isn’t the sort who talks much, so unfortunately, for now, it can be summarized in about two statents…”
– Educate it in the regulations as an employee
– Discover effective ways of use
“…And then, ‘Remain on standby until further instructions’. That’s about it!”
……
“You’ve noticed, haven’t you. In short, it’s no different from training a dog! Find out what food pleases it, what punishnts make it obey… Yes. That’s what we were told to determine. Hahaha!”
[Mr. Roe Deer, how about making the man before you into a dog? It could be an amusing practice stage for your art of disguise!]
…No.
“Anyway… I believe we’ve arrived at the sa inference. Once your thods of use are sufficiently established, Director Cheong herself will begin assigning you Darkness collection tasks!”
The one who nearly walked on all fours produced an interesting conclusion.
It matched my own.
“And that, most likely, is where the hint lies. If it was Director Cheong who summoned you, then it would surely have been for those tasks!”
A hint toward my existence.
“Especially if a researcher like were to stick close and observe, yes, if you’d provide even a small pretext, then I could learn very… very much.”
……Hm.
Request to reduce ti required
“Mm? You an, shorten the ti it will take to reach that point? Then, in that case…”
I ford words in black smoke.
About how one might force a response from Director Cheong.
To be utilized :
Containnt failure incident of 130666
“…Hm? ……Aha.”
I continued to explain through the smoke.
Various examples.
Kwak Jekang jotted the words down hastily onto paper, and when space ran out, he even scribbled across the back of his own hand. He was also adding ideas of his own.
And when I chose one among them, his mouth split into a wide grin.
“This is quite a good thod, isn’t it? Then let’s try tricking them like this, hahaha!”
Add false rule to 130666 usage manual
Rule : Cannot endure boredom
* * *
The archival database of Daydream Inc. has been updated.
Security Managent Team Incident Record
130666 Containnt Failure Incident
Written docuntation of the ergency situation in which Contained Entity 130666 escaped from the containnt chamber located in Isolation Corridor L-13-6 at approximately 01:26 A.M., October 28, ■■.
Process
Entity 130666 disabled the locking chanism of the containnt chamber’s steel door by utilizing black smoke emitted from its gas mask, exited into the isolation corridor, and proceeded directly to the rental storage facility, then entered the 17th floor research sector via the main building elevator.
Total elapsed ti for this sequence was 3 minutes 13 seconds, during which no security processes were activated.
Four (4) Security Team personnel at the containnt chamber and rental storage incapacitated. On the 17th floor, fifteen (15) Research Team personnel evacuated and six (6) were incapacitated.
(The six who failed to evacuate on the 17th floor displayed bizarre psychological trauma after smoke inhalation. Contamination suspected.)
Upon entry to the 17th floor, 130666 proceeded directly to Research Team 1’s office and engaged in one-to-one interaction with the assigned researcher (Research Team 1, Section Chief Kwak Jekang).
Rediscovered in the containnt chamber after 6 minutes 12 seconds.
Special Notes
CCTV error – No recording of the incident due to CCTV errors in the containnt chamber and Research Team 1’s office. Suspected special condition originating from 130666’s smoke.
Assigned researcher’s survival – Minor distal extremity loss, chest contusion, and hairline fractures of ribs #5 and #6. No life-threatening condition. Recovery potion prescribed.
Subordinates’ passive testimony – At the ti of the incident, both the control officer and the assistant for 130666 were on site, but displayed limited assertiveness in interviews regarding the entity’s danger.
Verification required on whether 130666 possesses ntal-class interference related to fascination or enthrallnt.
However, it was testified that standard work hours had ended and no control equipnt was carried.
(Disciplinary asures were considered for negligence but deferred due to no rule violations.
To prevent recurrence, control duty work hours for the relevant Security Team staff will be more broadly reconfigured.)
Result
Strengthened Isolation and Security – to strengthen isolation room security, to assign additional video-based training sessions, to prepare disciplinary room for 130666, to increase number of patrol staff for isolation corridors.
Various experints and observations of 130666’s abilities authorized to prevent similar incidents.
And a few days later.
A page is added.
Additional Experint Results
New assignnt for 130666 – After several experints, the assigned researcher demonstrated that the cause of the entity’s escape was boredom.
He testified that during the containnt failure, he had promised 130666 ‘a more interesting task than this’.
It is further speculated that the initial six months of security duty in Basent Floor 13 may have provoked its displeasure.
Therefore, the researcher strongly insisted on assigning the entity ‘a more interesting task’ to placate it.
Therefore.
With authorization from Managing Director Cheong ■■ of the Developnt Departnt, a special assignnt was issued.
Collection of anomalous phenona occurring at a certain public broadcasting station. Commonly known to the public by the nickna ‘The Man in the Screen’ ghost story.
For detailed information, see ■■ Record #C16548.
And.
Additional asures
By authority of the assigned researcher, considering the nature of the task, a new auxiliary role ‘Transfer Officer’ is temporarily appointed.
– Assistant Manager Lee Seonghae (Field Exploration Team, B-squad)
– Supervisor Kang Yihak (Field Exploration Team, I-squad)
The dolphin-masked moral retributionist, and the pony-masked gold mammonist made their appearance.
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