"Uhh, sure... go ahead."
"Pertama, untuk masuk ke Dalam ini, kamu harus sudah melihat ad sebelum masuk, 'The Clown Hates You,' kan?"
"But, the clown is not actually a clown."
"Klon warna-warni, senyum cerah, dan nampil parlor. Gêne jenis pênggara era tradisional."
"But this clown wears monochromatic makeup and has a frowning face."
Sebayang senyum tipis muncul di muka pucat Kim Soleum sebelum hilang.
"Dan karena ad cak gue 'The Clown Hates You,' aku asum tidak akan kase dia chase."
Yong entertainer tidak chase orang yang tidak kase.
"Sono aku cari portere dengan makeup monokrom dan hanya bibir merah, dan aku avoid semua portere lain."
"Untuk lebih cautious, aku kegel jarak aman 3 meter dan remote touch portere."
He consider all that gedur clear one ghost story dalam hanya half hour? Dan based on outcome...
"The clown didn't come out of the portrait."
"Instead, it quietly disappeared from the painting."
Rookie ini had identify the correct solution.
Kadhang previous civilians had been chased by clowns fall out dari berbagai portere, D-squad, interaksi hanya dengan one from safe distance, had figure out situasi secara perfect.
Researcher feel chills run down spine.
Rookie ini bahkan factor in variabel lain.
"Ada rekord kepir that shine light on portere akan cause semua clown jump out, so we didn't use light source."
"Huh? Then how did you manage to identify the portere from 3 meter away in such Darkness?"
"Section Chief bisa see dengan fine."
Kwak Jaekang try not to turn and look at D-squad section chief, yang seem like personifikasi 'kekuatan dalam bentuk manusia'.
"From now on, I believe future entrant should bring night vision goggles, and they should have no problem."
"Ah, I see... that makes sense."
"That concludes my report."
Silence lagi berat follows.
Kwak Jaekang mumble quietly to himself.
"He figure all this out just from review pre-entry information?"
Rookie tambah, as if baru realize something.
"Maybe none of the people who enter before were familiar with American pop culture."
Kanne really explained that simply...?
"Uh, Soleum-ssi, did you study abroad or something?"
Kim Soleum menjawab instantly.
"I just happen to know a lot of random stuff."
Researcher saksi scene rare Kwak Jaekang, yang biasanya smooth talker, at a loss for words!
"Oh, I've juga wrote manual temporary based on teori ini. Supervisor Park Minseong kind enough to lend notebook..."
"Oh, I didn't do anything~ Roe, you did it all~"
As Park's words echo di background, researcher watch as Kwak Jaekang receive notebook from him.
They crane neck untuk peek inside.
Sure enough, hipotesis yang Kim Soleum explain earlier was neatly organize di notebook.
Kwak Jaekang cepat skim through, then close dengan smile.
"...Interesting. Let's test it."
Thus, manual prototype was completed, all thanks to satu person—rookie pula.
Researcher yang make bet earlier briefly wonder if he was dream. Even if Soleum had known about clown by chance... how can someone come up with teori dan escape dalam thirty minutes, even dalam situasi mengancam kehidupan?
No. Does that even make sense?
'Kanne he some kind of monster yang pretend to be human?'
But again, no way something like that would get hired by Field Exploration Team. Dan besides, Dream Essence Collector only react to human, right?
"Squad Leader, Research Team ingin that piece yang you brought back from Darkness."
Meanwhile, Section Chief Lee Jaheon hand over piece of cloth yang he had held.
"Oh, Squad Leader Lee grab it when portrait clown try to escape..."
It was torn piece of fabric from when Squad Leader Lee had sprint 3 meter to grab clown by collar, prevent escape.
'Are they bird of a feather?'
Were the two somehow related? Now that he thought about it, they do resemble each other a bit. Both had slick, sharp appearance. Researcher nearly let imagination run wild dengan absurd thought.
Dan, back to rookie yang cause such shock dan alarm...
His heart masih race karena act impulsively, not thinking tentang consequence.
'Kenapa clown ada teeth?! Kenapa peel off people's skin?! Kenapa suck people into sewer like balloon?!'
Having witness berbagai appalling, animated clown portrait, he probably develop fear of clown for life.
'Another reason for insomnia add to list...'
What amaze him adalah how he managed to bluff way through situasi, talk way out of it.
'Wait, did I really pull it off?'
Wasn't I acting too suspicious?
I hope they don't think I had cheat sheet dan end up drag me to secret lab di basement Daydream Inc.!
Just as Kim Soleum about to let anxiety take over, Kwak Jaekang, yang quietly hold notebook, finally speak.
"...New Hire Kim Soleum. Haven't you got your business card print yet?"
Kim Soleum, snap back to reality, respond promptly.
"No, new hire belum receive business card..."
"Oh, don't play dumb. You know what I mean."
Sudden, something came to mind.
Business card yang host had hand at welcome party.
Research Team 1 section chief smirk.
"If you want to earn point faster, contact that number."
"I have a feeling you'll be calling soon."
It sounded like offer yang tempting.
Kim Soleum respond tanpa hesitation.
"...Hmm. If that's your decision."
Kwak Jaekang shrug dan let it go light.
"Is there any particular reason not to? Haha."
The reason was simple.
'Lebih banyak event mengerikan? No, thank you.'
His heart, masih shaken by ordeal recent, tidak bisa take it.
Kim Soleum had already decide untuk settle dengan 'triple points event' saat ini dan leave it at that!
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