Aku kembali ke meja dan menatap kartu dokumen itu. Persyaratan untuk memulai operasi resor Aku membuka laci meja. Di dalamnya ada kontrak kerja, sesuai dokumen. Aku menerima pekerjaanku di Flower Golden Resort dengan rasa syukur dan gembira, dan berjanji dengan tulus serta sepenuh hati untuk mengoperasikan taman hiburan yang bahagia dan menyenangkan. Dokumen yang meresahkan, seperti untuk subjek uji coba ilegal. 'Mustahil aku membiarkannya berakhir seperti ini.' Aku segera mengambil pulpen dan menyunting kontrak itu. Aku menerima pekerjaanku di Flower Golden Resort dengan rasa syukur yang mendalam dan gembira, dan berjanji dengan tulus serta sepenuh hati untuk mengoperasikan taman hiburan yang bahagia dan menyenangkan. Karyawan dapat, kapan saja, kembali ke rumah dengan aman jika mereka ingin mengundurkan diri, dan dapat menolak tindakan apa pun yang mengancam keselamatan mereka. Aku menghapus sebanyak mungkin bagian yang ambigu yang bisa ditafsirkan dengan berbagai cara. Pulpen itu menolak. Aku nyaris tidak bisa mencoret dan menghapus baris-baris, dan menyelipkan beberapa ketentuan tambahan dengan huruf kecil di ruang kosong. Kemudian, memegang kontrak yang sudah selesai, kartu dokumen asli, dan pulpen bulu, aku kembali ke luar. Para staf, berkerumun di lorong dengan waspada tinggi dan berbisik satu sama lain, menoleh ke arahku. Hanya Jang Heowoon yang berdiri agak jauh, seolah tidak termasuk oleh yang lain, menunggu dengan tenang. Aku mengulurkan kontrak kerja itu kepada mereka. "K-Kamu ingin kami menandatangani ini...?" Tentu saja, menandatangani kontrak kerja dalam cerita hantu lebih sering berakhir dengan kehilangan secara mengerikan. Mata mereka yang berpengalaman mencari jalan keluar. "Um... aku sudah punya pekerjaan, jadi sulit untuk menandatangani sesuatu segera. Boleh aku minta waktu sebentar untuk berpikir?" Jadi, dengan waktu, mereka akan mencoba mencari cara untuk kabur, atau menyiapkan perlengkapan untuk mengalahkanku sementara aku lengah. Aku diam-diam menatap orang yang berbicara lebih dulu. Dan kemudian aku berhenti bernapas. Alih-alih tersedot oleh napasku, asap hitam menebal di sekitar setelanku. Asap yang tidak akan menyebar mulai mengalir deras di bawah kaki anggota staf dan di sekitar pinggang mereka. Jika kamu tidak menandatangani, sesuatu akan terjadi. Itu diperjelas untuk kelima indra. Begitu jelas bahwa mencoba mengulur waktu, mereka akan menyadari mereka mungkin mati saat ini juga. Aku menundukkan wajah dan menatap ke bawah ke arah karyawan tikus panen. Sepenuhnya diselimuti asap hitam dan cahaya redup lentera kuning, tangan anggota staf itu gemetar. Pada akhirnya, karyawan tikus panen itu, dengan air mata mengalir di wajahnya, meraih kertas itu dan, dengan tangan gemetar, mengambil pulpen yang kuulurkan dan menandatangani di bagian karyawan. "Tolong, jangan tulis nama aslimu." Jika mereka mencoba, aku akan merebutnya kembali dan menyuruh mereka menulis nama panggilan, tapi untungnya 'Tikus Panen' adalah yang tertulis. Aku segera menarik kembali asap hitam itu. Karyawan tikus panen itu duduk tepat di tempatnya dan menekan punggungnya ke tembok, menundukkan kepala kepadaku. Dan, sementara semua ini terjadi, karyawan kepik yang matanya bergetar saat menonton diam-diam mulai mundur... Lalu mendorong Jang Heowoon dan berlari di lorong, mencoba kabur dengan panik. Saat karyawan kepik itu berlari, tali melilit lehernya dan dia roboh. 'Dia mencoba melepaskan diri dari kelompok kuning.' Jadi tali kuning itu mencekik lehernya... Seperti yang kupikirkan, aku masih diakui sebagai anggota kelompok kuning. Aturan masuk melalui permainan papan masih berlaku. Aku menekan desahan dan berjalan ke arah mereka. Untungnya, alih-alih lari lagi, anggota staf itu berlutut di lorong. "M-Maaf. Aku hanya pikir aku melihat sesuatu di sana... Jika itu penyusup, aku akan mengejar mereka keluar, ha ha..." Aku diam-diam mengulurkan kontrak kerja itu lagi. Karyawan kepik itu menelan ludah, lalu, dengan mata terpejam rapat, menandatangani dokumen itu. Jang Heowoon menatap wajahku sebentar, lalu buru-buru menundukkan kepalanya dan menandatangani. Dengan cara ini, aku mendapatkan tanda tangan di ketiga kontrak kerja. Pemberi kerja. Sekarang waktunya menandatangani namaku. Aku memilih alias yang paling tepat. Kontrak kerja itu terbakar dan berubah menjadi abu. Dan abu itu menempel di dahi ketiga orang itu. Sekarang, di dahi para karyawan Daydream Inc., sesuatu seperti huruf 'G' kursif yang rumit terukir. Aku menatap dokumen pertama yang kubawa dari ruangan itu. Begitu aku mengangkat pulpen di atasnya— Persyaratan untuk memulai operasi resor Karyawan: 3 selesai. Area itu mulai bergetar. Reruntuhan tua yang kami tempati runtuh, dan sesuatu yang baru muncul. Cahaya keemasan yang berkilauan. Koridor yang megah dan nyaman dikelilingi di semua sisi oleh dekorasi kayu dan emas yang indah dan terang. Lampu gantung kecil yang elegan bergoyang dari langit-langit, dan di ujung koridor, lobi megah dan mempesona muncul. Ruang di mana tangga emas seperti di kartun, beludru magentha, dan ornamen kristal kuning berkilauan bermekaran seperti bunga. Tanda Flower Golden Resort muncul dalam tulisan yang elegan, memperlihatkan resor megah dari Taman Rekreasi Ceria.
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I went back to the desk and looked at the document card. Requirements to begin resort operations I opened the desk drawer. Inside were employment contracts, just as the document had said. I accept my employment at the Flower Golden Resort with gratitude and joy, and pledge my sincerity and my existence to the operation of a happy and joyful theme park. A chilling document, like something for illegal test subjects. ‘No way am I letting it end .’ I immediately grabbed the pen and edited the contract. I accept my employment at the Flower Golden Resort with deep gratitude and joy, and pledge my sincerity and my existence to the operation of a happy and joyful theme park. The employee may, at any time, safely return home if they wish to resign, and may refuse any action that threatens their safety. I erased as much as possible of the ambiguous parts that could be interpreted in multiple ways. ‘Writing over the sentence is not allowed.’ The pen refused. I could barely manage to cross out and erase lines, and squeezed in some added provisions in small letters in a blank space. Then, holding the completed contract, the original document card, and the quill pen, I went back outside. The staff, huddled in the hallway on high alert and whispering to each other, turned to look at me. Only Jang Heowoon stood a bit apart, as if he hadn’t been included by the others, waiting quietly. I held out the employment contract to them. As if confirming something horrific, the employees stared at the contract with trembling eyes, then immediately froze in horror. Because I was telling them to get hired by the theme park. “Y-You want us to sign this…?” Of course, signing an employment contract in a ghost story leads to a horrible disappearance more than half the time. Those who knew that had a different look in their eyes. The eyes of experienced people searching for a way out. “Um… I already have a job, so it’s difficult to sign something right away. Could I have a moment to think about it?” So, given time, they’d try to find a way to escape, or prepare some gear to temporarily overpower me the moment I let my guard down. ‘If they’re veterans in the Field Exploration Team, they’re bound to have at least one life-saving trick hidden.’ So I couldn’t just wait for them. I silently stared at the person who spoke first. And then I stopped breathing. Instead of being drawn in with my breath, black smoke thickened around my suit. Smoke that wouldn’t disperse began to flow heavily beneath the staff member’s feet and around their waist. If you don’t sign, something will happen. That was made clear to all five senses. So clear that, trying to buy time, they’d realize they might die right now. I lowered my face and looked down at the harvest mouse employee. Completely enveloped in black smoke and the dim glow of yellow lanterns, the staff member’s hand shook. In the end, the harvest mouse employee, tears streaming down his face, reached out to the paper and, with trembling hands, took the pen I held out and signed in the employee section. ‘Please, don’t write your real name.’ If they tried to, I was going to snatch it back and nudge him to write a nickname, but luckily ‘Harvest Mouse’ was what was written. I immediately inhaled and drew back the black smoke. The harvest mouse employee sat down right there and pressed back against the wall, bowing her head to me. And, while all this was going on, the ladybug employee—whose eyes were quivering as he watched—quietly started backing away… Then shoved Jang Heowoon and bolted down the hallway, trying to escape in a panic. As the ladybug employee ran, a rope wrapped around his neck and he collapsed. ‘He tried to break away from the yellow group.’ So the yellow line strangled her neck… As I thought, I was still recognized as a member of the yellow group. The rules of entry through the board game were still in effect. I suppressed a sigh and walked over to them. Fortunately, instead of running away again, the staff member knelt in the hallway. “S-Sorry. I just thought I saw something over there… If it was a trespasser, I was going to chase them out, ha ha…” I silently held out the employment contract again. The ladybug employee swallowed, then, eyes squeezed tightly shut, signed the document. Jang Heowoon glanced up at my face for a moment, then hurriedly lowered his head and signed. In this way, I got signatures on all three employment contracts. Employer. It was time to sign my name. I chose the most appropriate alias. The employment contracts burst into flames and turned to ash. And the ashes stuck to the foreheads of all three people. Now, on the foreheads of the Daydream Inc. employees, something like an ornate cursive letter ‘G’ was engraved. I looked at the first document I’d brought from the room. As soon as I lifted the pen above it— Requirements to begin resort operations Employees : 3 complete. The area began to tremble. The decrepit ruins we had been in collapsed, and something new emerged. A glittering golden light. A splendid and cozy corridor surrounded on all sides by bright and beautiful wood and gold decorations. Elegant, small chandelier-style lights swayed from the ceiling, and at the end of the corridor, a grand and dazzling lobby appeared. A space where golden staircases like in a cartoon, magenta velvet, and sparkling yellow crystal ornaments bloomed like flowers. [Flower Golden Resort] The sign of Flower Golden Resort appeared in elegant script, revealing the glorious resort of Cheerful Theme Park.
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