[Oh, precisely so.]
That pleasant voice rang with a hint of mischief.
[A true entertainer knows how to wait for the mont of a grander reunion!]
[Soone discovered that this cotton-filled body originated from your modest, picturesque resort, and believed that one day this Braun would be guided back to you, Mr. Roe Deer. Oh, what a magnificent, serendipitous eting!]
Wait.
‘So soone had my Good Friend in their possession?’
[Of course, those very agents who shared the dream of Sekwang Special tropolitan City with you.]
Ah.
Aahhh!
‘So that’s how it happened!’
Word must have spread within the bureau that soone was trying to obtain an item related to the Cheerful The Park to give to . Maybe an official notice even went around.
I don’t know how they managed to trace down, but the agents of Black-Tortoise Team 1 (who most likely had my Good Friend) must have gladly handed over the rabbit.
After all, they knew it was only going back to Kim Soleum in the end.
They might even have been satisfied that they could deliver it properly instead of smuggling it out…
[What do you think, Friend? Do you like my surprise?]
Looking at the rabbit plush that sohow seed proud of itself, I felt a strange sense of nostalgia.
Familiar warmth.
‘Could this… be the effect of the Good Friend item, too?’
Maybe so.
‘Yeah. It left an impression.’
[As expected!]
The rabbit doll rejoiced.
‘But hey.’
[Oh? A question?]
‘You… knew, didn’t you. That entering Sekwang Special City was a dream.’
The rabbit plush paused.
‘That hundred million… you made waste it on purpose!’
For your own amusent!
[…Friend! How could you suspect such a thing!]
It’s not suspicion. It really feels true!
[Good heavens. Very well. Then let’s think about it…]
[If, astonished by my brilliant insight, you, Mr. Roe Deer, had told others that place was a dream, wouldn’t you all have amicably taken your own lives together?]
‘……!’
[Oh, surely my friend wouldn’t expect a story developnt so implausible it’d be rejected even in the cody corner of a show.]
[Obviously, doubt, anguish, and pain would have torn your group apart! It’s possible even more people would have failed to wake.]
[You wouldn’t have wanted to cause sothing that dangerous, would you.]
That’s…
True, I suppose.
‘Still, you could’ve at least told the evil-warding pollock worth one hundred million wasn’t necessary…’
Kuugh.
[Mr. Roe Deer, please don’t forget. It was you who insisted on repaying , even after this Braun clearly said it was a gift…]
……
Yeah……
‘Let’s… make money.’
It’d be impossible to pry out the popsocket still embedded sowhere in my body, but I can at least search the wiki for any source of inco…
[It’s fine to repay slowly. What matters now is that you restore the trust you owe , Friend!]
The fact that, after everything I’ve been through, I didn’t even find those words irritating… Well, that just proves the ‘Good Friend’ really does make its voice sound more familiar and warm.
‘Sigh.’
I tucked the rabbit doll, which sohow felt closer than when it was just cheap rchandise, into my pocket.
The mind of 130666, dulled by fear, couldn’t even feel a chill toward the ghost-story host who had beco its creditor, and the Good Friend was now secured sowhere in my front pocket.
“So it really did co from the resort. Looks like you’re quite happy to see it?”
Let’s go with that…
“Actually… that item originally belonged to soone else.”
……Huh?
Agent Haegeum, sounding slightly conflicted, asked,
“By any chance, do you know a man called Agent Grapes?”
…!!
“I get the feeling that agent visited your the park and got that doll there. But their whereabouts are currently unknown.”
It felt as if I’m about to break out in cold sweat.
“His team mbers were the ones keeping the doll. …If you can track that person sohow, I’d like to ask that you do. Or at least tell if you learn anything.”
……
Tracking impossible
Reason : Product ownership has already been transferred
“…I figured as much.”
You guilty conscience!
Status of the doll’s purchaser
: Alive, stable
“……I see. That’s good to hear.”
Agent Haegeum calmly watched as I handed over a few Cheerful Coins in exchange for the rabbit plushie, along with information (such as the fact that the doll had been an event prize at the Cheerful The Park and was already discontinued).
Then she smiled and stood up.
“It’s really a relief that you’re friendly toward humans.”
……
“Then get so good rest.”
Agent Haegeum disappeared once more into the corridor beyond the sliding door.
Tak.
Hearing the door close, I finally sighed and ca to a conclusion.
‘I can’t stay here much longer.’
It wouldn’t be wise to give the Disaster Managent Bureau the impression that I’d completely registered here and would be cooperating with them as a spirit-being. That would just waste their ti and money. They’re already a busy enough organization.
Besides, it’s getting harder and harder to keep ignoring the summons from Daydream.
But ti keeps passing, and Assistant Manager Lee Seonghae still hasn’t woken up…
‘…I’ll have to go back in alone.’
For the rescue mission.
To Sekwang City.
Taking all of that into account, there was only one possible answer in the end.
And so, a few days later.
During an outing arranged again by Black-Tortoise Team 1, I made my announcent.
Declaration :
Formation of an independent Sekwang Special tropolitan City Exploration Team
(with Ho Yoowon included)
“……!!”
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