Episode 241
Team Leader Woo, who was crumpled in the corner of the bathroom that he had run to out of embarrassment, couldn’t say that he was in good condition, even with empty words. Lee Jae-heon was convinced of Jeong In-ho’s decision to call him.
“Huh huh huh…! Oooooh…!”
“Oh my… I think he turned into a bear. “What are you roaring?”
“If you’re not going to help me, manager, just stay quiet.”
“You’re always talking about the secret world, Assistant Manager Jeong. “Is the manager funny?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…!”
“Oh my gosh, now I’m back to being a three-year-old.”
“Boss.”
“what.”
But in the end, it was Lee Jae-heon who appeased team leader Woo Soo-young.
“….”
“….”
“…tell me to stay still.”
“I made a mistake, please help me.”
“Aisssi, really.”
Even though Kang Min-ah, Jeong In-ho, and even Kwon Yeon-hee, who had just come to her senses, hugged and consoled and comforted him, the results were minimal. Lee Jae-heon lamented at the sight of chicks calling him a ‘parenting genius’ or ‘everyone’s father.’
“I can’t believe I take care of these babies like they are chicks.”
“We’re kind of cute.”
“….”
To be honest, Kwon Yeon-hee, who said those words, was objectively cute and petite like a chick, so Jae-heon Lee just frowned. Looking at it, he could feel three chicks whispering, but Lee Jae-heon, who had to leave the company at once, decided to ignore it all.
He crouched down in front of Team Leader Woo Woo-young, who was very crumpled, and snapped his fingers in front of his eyes.
“Now, let’s look over here.”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…! Hmm…”
“Big.”
Jaeheon Lee cleared his throat once and shouted while holding Team Leader Woo Sooyoung’s head tightly with both hands.
“―Team Leader Woo, aren’t you handling your work properly?!!”
“Ugh! sorry…!”
Finally, something human-like came out.
“You’re the team leader, huh? What is the result of each team leader?! I’m sitting in the team leader’s seat now so we can play house! Huh? Are you crying? Are you crying now? Are you out of your mind? If I had come up with a result like this, I wouldn’t even be able to cry because I would be embarrassed, do you know? Are you dragging your feet after knowing this?! If you show that kind of workmanship in that position at that age, what on earth will your subordinates be able to see and learn from? This is salary lupine, this is salary thief. How can I eat like this? What goes down your throat? What on earth are you doing for that money? You’re not doing anything right! “If you’re going to rub your palms together and pour out your mouth like that, then show me some decent results, Team Leader Woo!!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… ugh…!”
“Tsk, I’ll give you time to work again, so try to do it properly this time. huh? You know, if the performance of this floor is good, they give it a big raise. Woo, Team Leader, whose line is it? It’s my line. How high do you think they will raise me if I just do a good job? I trust our team leader Woo. You can do better, right. I guess it’s because I don’t have much time this time. “Am I right?”
“Yes yes yes yes this time. Hey, I did really well this time… I did well…”
“That’s right, Team Leader Woo is doing a great job again. I have never seen anyone as talented as our team leader Woo Soo-young. huh? Don’t you know that you are good at it? You know I didn’t yell at you because I hate Team Leader Woo, right? All of this is experience and performance. Shall we work for a day or two? “Team Leader Woo is doing this because I know he can do better than this.”
“Yes, yes, yes… Thank you… Thank you…”
“Then stop crying now. It’s embarrassing to look at the things below. What is this? A grown adult… Tsk tsk. Because Team Leader Woo is away, the kids have no discipline. Take a deep breath. Breathe and exhale. Rest and exhale. Have you somehow calmed down?”
“Yes yes yes I have calmed down. “I’ll do really well this time…!”
“Oh my, is our Team Leader Woo very sincere? It’s really nice to see. It’s such a big deal that kids these days have to see things like this and learn from them. “I am always grateful.”
Jaeheon Lee grinned and helped team leader Woo Sooyoung to his feet. She was still whimpering, but seeing that she was trying to stop crying, he snapped his fingers twice in front of her eyes again.
“Now then, what is your name?”
“Woo Woo Woo-young…? “This is team leader Woo Soo-young.”
“Yes, our Team Leader Woo has fundamentals. I know how to introduce myself. “Then what is my name?”
“It’s Director Lee Jae-heon…!”
“Oh my, you’re good. “Then who is this guy here wearing glasses?”
“That assistant manager, Jeong In-ho….”
“Then what about this small employee?”
“…Kwon Yeon-hee….”
“Who is this friend with the hammer?”
“…Director Kang Min-ah…Why the hammer…?”
“Where are we now?”
“…It’s a bath room…?”
“Now the last one.”
Lee Jae-heon asked, just snapping his fingers.
“Describe the contents of the bathhouse you see now in 30 characters or less.”
“….”
Woo Joo-young, with a dumb expression on his face, muttered in a dazed voice.
“…What the fuck, why is this happening?”
It was a clear answer.
* * *
After the ‘Mental Control of Team Leader Woo Joo-young’ session, which was like brainwashing or magic, Jae-Heon Lee escaped from the company while receiving strange looks from as many as four chicks.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…!”
“Team Leader Woo, stop crying. How old are you?”
“I almost died just now! Huh…!”
“Even if I were to die, I would have died first because of my location. “Why is it so bad?”
“My life was threatened…!”
I wanted to start a fight by saying, ‘I guess this is the first time you’ve come back from the dead.’ But it wasn’t an argument that would work with people who have common sense about this life, not the past life. For chicks living a normal daily life, there is a high possibility that this is their first time coming back from death.
“Team leader, team leader! It’s okay, we’re outside now!”
“Uuuh…what is really going on….”
“Now outside! No spiders! No legs, no head! Just clean!”
“Huh…”
Most buildings in the underworld have rules, and the company’s rules could be abbreviated as ‘Get out of the maze of the company.’ The composition of the maze changes every time you visit, but as long as you stay calm and find the exit, you won’t get seriously hurt. Anyway, as long as you don’t fall into the trap and don’t provoke the monster’s hiding place.
The problem was that the traps and monsters were so numerous, varied, and well-hidden. Because of that, he was chased by a spider leg monster and a spider head monster, but somehow he came out alive. Except for Woo Joo-young, the rest may have come out easily thanks to the fact that they had experience in the underworld.
Lee Jae-heon looked at team leader Woo Soo-young, who was muttering in despair.
“Even if there is a real monster… how could it be split in such a disgusting way…”
“Ah… honestly, having the torso and legs separated did cross the line. “I got goosebumps too.”
“It’s chasing after me with its teeth chattering on its head, really…”
Well, it was whining like that, but surprisingly, it wasn’t slow.
‘In fact, he was quick enough to take Kwon Yeon-hee with him and run.’
If you manage to get out of the maze without touching the trap and go to the emergency exit, you are essentially escaping, but unfortunately, a vending machine trap that even Lee Jae-heon had not expected was triggered. A lot of cans rolled out of the vending machine, making a noise like a thunderstorm. As expected, monsters began to flock.
When I got to the emergency exit, the spider-legged monster didn’t come in, but the problem was that it was a spider-headed monster that was just the right size and was rolling around. In the process of chasing us down the emergency exit, bouncing like a bouncy ball, Kwon Yeon-hee lost her footing, and team leader Woo Soo-young caught it with good timing.
“I survived because the team leader caught me!”
“That… I wouldn’t have been able to catch it if I had been on the stairs… It’s a flat place, so…” “
But if I fell, it would have hurt a lot. I could have been killed by the monster!”
If Team Leader Woo hadn’t caught it, Jae-Heon Lee, who was at the back, would have, but thanks to Team Leader Woo Soo-Young’s performance, which surprisingly showed off the presence of hidden core muscles, they were able to get out of the company without any problems. Even the spider-headed monster didn’t chase me all the way to the lobby.
‘I don’t know why I can’t accept compliments.’
I had that thought when I saw Team Leader Woo shaking his head in embarrassment, but I didn’t bother to say it out loud. I was already avoiding ‘Lee Jae-heon’ because he was unfamiliar to me, but there was no need to catch him.
Instead, he beckoned and called Jeong In-ho.
“Like I announced, I’m going to stop by a flower shop before going to the park. Would you like to come with me?”
I saw the main character making a surprised expression.
“Why are you surprised?”
“…Yes. That will be fine.”
“Why are you surprised? Are you surprised by my social skills now? “Last time, you went alone, but this time, you suggested we go together, so that’s why, right?”
“President Yoon may not have been able to escape like last time, so it would be better to check first. “I don’t know how Ha Seong-yoon got out of the hospital safely.”
“No… no, it’s done. Let’s go.”
Oh-seong and his group who visited the flower shop were able to see a strange sight.
“Oh, everyone. “It’s nice to see you again.”
The flower monsters were struggling to get close to Yoon Garam, who was smiling brightly and softly… It’s a word that’s too foreign to be used for monsters, but I saw monsters like that in awe. I don’t know if he was really scared or not, but it was true that there was no monster threatening Yoon Garam.
“…What were you doing when you weren’t at the flower shop?”
“You can see the main gate of Oseong Tower from here. I was waiting to see when he would come out, and he happened to come this way. So…”
“It didn’t come out? “This place full of monsters?”
“I was just appreciating it because it didn’t attack. “Because it looks pretty.”
“Pretty… I’ll respect your tastes, so please come out quickly.”
Lee Jae-heon, the original reader of the novel, noticed what kind of situation this was.
‘Is it because I woke up?’
I don’t know for sure because I haven’t seen it in person, but it is said that Garam Yoon was able to control the fire freely during his last visit to the other side of the world. Lee Jae-heon also saw a burning tree from far away in the park. Moreover, even if I don’t know about the park, the flower shop is a space created by Garam Yoon from beginning to end…
‘No, even if that’s true, I don’t understand it.’
what? Is it foreshadowing? In the end, is it a foreshadowing that Yoon Garam is half the final boss? It may be the writer’s consideration to prepare your mind in advance. Lee Jae-heon stretched out his hand to Yoon Gar-ram, who was approaching him without hiding his nervous expression.
“…I’m worried, so it would be better to come out right away even if the monster doesn’t attack. Still, there are fewer monsters on the streets when it’s daylight than inside buildings.”
“Be kind to yourself.”
Yoon Garam, who left the flower shop while gently holding Lee Jae-heon’s outstretched hand, wrapped her arms around Lee Jae-heon’s neck and hugged him with a gentle gesture that resembled a smile. It’s a really crazy story, but it’s like family or lovers.
“I’m glad you’re always worried, Manager.”
“…I am so grateful that you are happy because of my worries.”
Why are you so excited?
‘Should this also be considered one of the influences of the underworld…?’
Although it was really nothing, it was unusual for Yoon Garam to hug Lee Jae-heon and take deep breaths. I feel like I know how a cat that gets pooped feels. Goosebumps appeared on the back of my neck.
Survivors who are greatly affected by the heavy air immediately after being consumed by the underworld usually show various reactions. There are differences depending on the individual’s personality and recent memory environment, such as getting angry, crying, laughing, or showing murderous intent.
So, it’s a case that has never appeared in a novel, but whatever. It was possible to be particularly happy.
“….”
Yes, in theory.
“Hello, this is my first time meeting you. “My name is Garam Yoon, the president of ‘Flowerway.’”
“Flower road… Ah, yes, that… Yes, please take care of me. My name is Woo Soo-young, team leader… at Ohsung… I work under Manager Jae-heon Lee and work with them….” “
Oh my god, you are the team leader of Ohsung. “You’re so cool. I think you’re very talented.”
“Ahaha, thank you….”
Team leader Woo Soo-young was seen slightly cringing from the joy that was clearly felt as if he had just drank a glass of beer. Kang Min-ah and Kwon Yeon-hee seem to be embarrassed by Yoon Garam’s unusual tension, but like Lee Jae-heon, they don’t seem to think of it as a ‘side effect of entering the other side of the world’.
Jeong In-ho approached the silent Lee Jae-heon and whispered.
“It might be a monster wearing the shell of Mr. Garam Yoon.”
“…Do you see it that way?”
“Actually no. “I did this because I thought Garam Yoon might be a little scared.”
The protagonist muttered softly.
“In fact, you are not the strongest among us.”
“…I can’t deny it…”
Even though I was only new to the secret world that consumed my mental power, I felt excited for a moment. Even Azalea wasn’t excited.
Even Lee Jae-heon couldn’t help but get goosebumps at this.
