That very night, right after escaping the Mermaid Grave.
I was able to meet Director Ho immediately in the waiting area of the by-now familiar Fox Counseling Room.
And…
“My, you must have been through so much, Mr. Soleum! Please don’t worry about the bodily tissue that was taken from you. I’ll recover it right away.”
“…Yes. Thank you.”
This conversation is ending far more smoothly than I expected…
‘To this extent?’
Honestly, it wasn’t my fault, but even so, the fact that I had to have an emergency meeting with a director outside of a routine report was exactly the kind of situation that made someone at my level break out in a cold sweat.
But Director Ho listened to my story with tremendous fascination, and even clapped his hands in delight.
There was only one moment when he indirectly revealed even a trace of displeasure.
“So that’s why the Disaster Management Agency support team came all the way to company headquarters.”
Damn it.
“Ah, I’m not complaining to you, Mr. Soleum! It’s just… they’re such a hypocritical group, so different on the outside and the inside… getting close to them feels instinctively unpleasant.”
“……”
You planted an employee there as a spy and you’re saying that?
And honestly… when it came to basic decency, weren’t they on a level that shouldn’t even be compared to Baekilmong?
‘If anything, I feel like our company ought to be the one pretending to have morals…’
The near-hatred, near-revulsion he showed toward the Disaster Management Agency was strange enough to be eerie.
“If my personal feelings made you uncomfortable, then I apologize.”
“Not at all.”
In any case, the conversation itself flowed smoothly, and Director Ho gently wrapped up the subject.
“Anyway, don’t worry about these kinds of matters at all, and feel free to tell me anytime!”
And then…
“Is there anything else troubling you?”
I had been waiting for that.
‘…The atmosphere is good right now.’
And it was just the two of us.
When I could do it, I needed to go for it. Pouring one more cup of hot water into Director Ho’s green tea, I spoke.
“It’s not exactly…