Beside the underground parking garage, there was a tiny little space that looked like the physical embodiment of a landlord’s greed—like they’d desperately wanted to squeeze in just one more retail unit somehow and collect a bit more rental income.
And the small shop occupying that small space… was precisely the place I had come to visit today.
A special tattoo shop.
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Darkness Exploration Record / Ghost Story
[Moonlight Tattoo Shop]
: A Ghost Story appearing in <Darkness Exploration Record>, with no Baekilmong Co., Ltd. identification code.
At present, Baekilmong Co., Ltd.’s official exploration record regarding this location consists only of a one-time record made through ‘It’s Vacant (Qterw-C-818).’
If you require more detailed information, you may consult Document #818-15623 (Civilian Interview Record), though its credibility cannot be guaranteed.
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Does the statement that its credibility cannot be guaranteed mean it’s dangerous?
No, it doesn’t.
Because the very Ghost Story that serves as the foundation for this place, ‘It’s Vacant,’ is itself a Ghost Story satirizing humanity’s habit of refusing to accept goodwill as goodwill and always trying to find some bad motive behind it.
In context, this place could only be a “good” location that did not contradict the civilian interview record.
“Are you going in?”
Yeah.
Politely, I pressed the open button attached beside the opaque glass door.
Slide.
The door opened, revealing the inside of…