First, let’s begin with a happy story.
The newly assigned quarters for workers in the X800 range… surprisingly resembled a decent lodging facility!
In other words, it actually made me want to sleep.
‘The bedding is clean and good quality…!’
One bed per person rather than bunk beds. Yes. This was what any working adult would want. I nodded with satisfaction.
“It’s usually three people to a room, but you have the room to yourself.”
“Really?”
What unexpected blessing was this? I was about to cheer….
“Yeah. Every worker assigned to your room disappeared.”
“…….”
“Isn’t that nice? It’ll be comfortable.”
It’s frightening.
Did two of the people among the one-third who had “evaporated” during the previous test of courage really have to be my roommates?
‘No… Rather, did all three of them disappear, and I was assigned to one of the empty spaces?’
That seemed more convincing. Apparently, the three roommates had formed one group together.
‘Ha….’
For reference, it appeared the other workers had been told that the missing people were no longer capable of performing their duties and had been reassigned elsewhere.
‘The fact that it isn’t entirely a lie makes it even scarier.’
Between that and pretending otherwise while preventing people from resigning within thirty days, the Namhae Branch was highly specialized in deceiving its workers.
My desire to enjoy the comfortable room conditions vanished instantly.
‘Being alone is frightening too….’
I roughly threw my belongings onto the bed closest to the door and left.
That afternoon, the researcher called me out again under the excuse of conducting a…