‘It really is Team Leader!’
Since when had that pale reptilian head and those vertical pupils begun to feel so tearfully welcome?
Seeing a lizard wearing a lizard mask, I almost sprang to my feet.
‘Of course, this isn’t exactly a situation where I can be openly happy to see him….’
Still, my memories of being repeatedly super-saved in those insane Ghost Stories thanks to the strongest physical fighter around were just too intense.
Anyway, the Lizard Manager, who looked as though he had only just returned from a Darkness, had already begun reporting to the research team.
“It took three hours and twenty-four minutes to clear it.”
“Ah, um. Manager. Hearing the details right this moment is a bit…”
“?”
“We have outsiders present.”
The research team gestured at the office, which had become total chaos.
At the space littered with nearly thirty injured children, agents, and even groaning Baekilmong employees.
“I see.”
In Manager Lee Jaheon’s eyes, it must have looked like he had returned from clearing a Darkness as usual only to find the place full of civilians instead of employees, and yet there was not the slightest sign of agitation. Very lizard-like.
What bothered me, however, was the fact that no one was following behind him.
‘The researcher definitely said Group D had returned.’
But Manager Lee Jaheon was alone.
……Don’t tell me the employees assigned to him had all died in an instant?
Whether I wondered or not, the interactions among the Baekilmong Co., Ltd. employees continued.
“Um, Manager, the dream dew collector, over here….”
“Yes.”
“Thank you…! Please wait for a moment.”
The Mermaid Grave side, which had been cleared first, was handled…