My legs were shaking.
At night, I was staring at the tunnel beneath the mountain—entry forbidden because of the many disappearance cases, a place that drifted through the internet and people’s conversations as nothing more than a bizarre rumor.
At the end of the bleak road,
a single streetlamp shone ominously and uselessly into the darkness of the tunnel, where nothing could be seen.
Ha.
Go in there, tell scary stories, and walk all night.
No matter what happens, ignore it.
Keep going.
No, this…
Until now, while in 130666’s state, I had felt fear only dully. Or maybe my senses had been numbed after going through nothing but large-scale disaster-type Ghost Stories with full backstories in Segwang Special City. But now it all came rushing back as though I’d been punched in the face.
That’s right.
You’re scared out of your fucking mind…!
“All right, let’s go in!”
“…Yes.”
It had been a really long time.
That feeling of being dragged to the slaughterhouse!
Still, at least I didn’t have to struggle quite so hard to keep my agitation from showing as cold sweat or stumbling backward.
An alien reptile’s body was not easily swayed by emotion.
Assistant Manager Lee Jaheon… thank you.
It almost felt ridiculous that I had been so horrified by the body-switching horror earlier.
No, honestly, even if Assistant Manager Lee Seonghae found out I was a coward, it probably wouldn’t be that big a problem. It wasn’t as if she’d look at me with contempt and say I should’ve been dumped in the cleanup team.
But the…