The Ghost Story of Segwang Special City.
An unprecedented situation designated by the Disaster Management Agency as an Extinction-Class supernatural disaster: an area where an entire special city had been erased from people’s memory and isolated so that it could not be recognized again.
And yet I had opened my eyes in the very heart of that Segwang Special City, at Segwang Station of all places.
In human form.
“…….”
What in the world was this?
Sitting blankly on the floor of the dark platform, I reflexively thought of someone to talk to.
The one being who had been capable of ordinary conversation in any insane situation.
‘…Brown?’
…….
…….
There was no response.
‘No.’
The unease and impatience I had been holding back began to seep through my head.
‘If this is a place even Brown can’t follow me into, then what kind of state am I in right now….’
[Oh, a friend is calling for me!]
“…Ha.”
I nearly collapsed right there.
Thank god. Seriously.
[My, Roe Deer-nim. It seems the sudden change of environment startled you quite a bit. To be fair, I should make it clear that even this Brown found the situation rather bewildering. Transport through a well! Really now… how rustic, one might say.]
Your sharp tongue’s the same as ever….
[Still, oh, congratulations.]
Huh?
[It may not be a splendid transformation technique, but isn’t this the appearance you wanted!]
That… was true.
‘To think I’d gone back to human form.’
But I didn’t know why.
Why?
‘Was entering Segwang Special City the trigger?’
Maybe it felt so unreal that the bewilderment was greater than anything else, but when I looked at my face reflected in the window, when I touched my bare hands, I could not deny the deep sense of relief I felt….
‘My clothes… it’s a suit.’
It was the familiar outfit I wore to work at the company. Swallowing hard, I touched my face a few times with my hand and steadied my heart.
It was me.
…The familiar me.
Something like an upsurge of emotion swept through me.
Taking a breath, I barely managed to swallow it down.
And it was just as I was about to get…