A fantastical, bizarre moment.
The subway tracks of Segwang Special City mutated as though they were being devoured.
“Ah…!”
As though the past several halted years all came crashing down at once, the subway tracks—aging at terrifying speed—flipped over, glittered gold in midair, and then settled back onto the ground.
A shape like an elaborate toy.
It drew elegant lines across the black-and-white floor and sparkled, while the arched walls of the old, grimy track tunnel took on a smooth, entrancing ivory sheen.
And that fantastical transformation, like a wave surging in from far away at the end of the rails visible ahead….
Eventually swept all the way over the exploration team members as well.
“…!”
It brushed past the people who instinctively stepped back or raised their equipment.
“Oh.”
Lee Seonghae sniffed.
Even the smell had changed.
Instead of the damp, stale underground air, there was a sweet, pleasant scent.
The scent of A Fun Theme Park’s Golden Zone.
The two figures in Flower Golden Resort uniforms, who had been watching the entire scene without even twitching, spoke with smiling mouths.
“The construction has been completed.”
“Confirmed.”
Those employees from inside the Ghost Story turned their bodies after confirming that even the tracks had been cleanly changed.
Then they walked back along the intricate golden rails.
“Wait a second…!”
Go Youngeun hurried forward as though chasing after the two.
‘Hmm.’
Lee Seonghae followed behind.
The two nearly twin-like employees, striding along the track at an unnaturally fast pace, eventually headed for the nearest station.
…Segwang Station.
“…!!”
Go Youngeun stopped in stunned dismay.
What stood there was not a modern platform.
Monorail City
Flower Golden
An antique, elegant sign glittered in the train station.
The station looked as if one had stepped into an illustration from a theme park brochure—enchanting golden lights, ivory pillars, and purple velvet spread across the floor, elegant and sweet enough to melt.
All of it….
“Oh! It really is Flower Golden Resort.”
“…You mean that pop-up store that was in Dusk Station?”
“Yep!”
Lee Seonghae, without the slightest hesitation, walked up to the two strange resort employees and asked brightly,
“What’re you doing?”
“We are carrying out operational maintenance, Miss Dolphin!”
“We’re about to confirm train service. Would you like to watch with us?”
And at that moment.
♩♪♬♬~♩♬♬~♩♪♪
A melody like the clear ringing of little bells sounded.
It was the kind of sound recognized instinctively.
The arrival signal for a train.
From the far end of the opposite track, they could already see a train entering the station along the golden rails.
“…!”
Go Youngeun swallowed.
Chiiiiiiiik—!
The subway had become an intricate monorail.
Its white, glossy body shimmered with warm golden decorations and crystal lights, and on the front car’s head was the face of a deformed feline mascot with a flowering tree for horns.
The Flower Golden mascot.
That fantastical train came to a stop at Segwang Station—no… at ‘Monorail City’ Station.
And then, as the screen doors—now transformed into antique glass doors—opened, someone began descending from the monorail’s first car….
A round yellow body, soft fur.
A conductor mascot.
The mascot, identical to the face on the front of the monorail, energetically stepped down onto Segwang Station.
“Mascot!”
“It’s such an amazing space. We’re happy to get to work here!”
The two employees ran to it in delight.
“Oh!”
When even Lee Seonghae ran…