Chapter 405
I opened my eyes.
A familiar roll-call announcement.
Familiar surroundings.
And people dressed in familiar worker uniforms lay around the waiting area, gradually regaining consciousness one by one.
But their reactions were unfamiliar.
“Uh, huh?”
“What the hell is going on? Hey, where are we?”
“No, I mean… they said they’d pay daily wages, so I tore off the number and called them, but….”
The first day for workers at the Namhae Branch.
The roughly one thousand people murmuring among themselves were bewildered by the enormous waiting area and the sheer number of people.
And as they struggled to understand why they had suddenly woken up here dressed like this, an announcement began to play.
Bzzzt—
[Ahem, ahem. Mic test.]
The roll-call announcement cut off, replaced on the spot by an actual human voice.
[Yes. Everyone here applied after seeing Baekilmong Namhae Branch’s recruitment notice, correct?]
“…!”
“Yes, yes, that’s right!”
“Who are you?”
[I’ll be the person assigning you your work from now on.]
A researcher newly assigned to the branch.
With the researcher’s arrival, Baek Saheon’s provisional status naturally transformed into that of some important higher-up, and he was “comfortably” moved into a private office.
In other words, he was no longer responsible for field operations.
…I had a reasonable suspicion that the branch head had deliberately assigned the researcher according to the schedule for worker processing and production.
While I recalled that conversation, all kinds of angry voices erupted beside me.
“Who the hell gave them permission to move people around like this?”
“When did you even…