Hari keempat operasi— Kim Soleum tanpa sengaja bertukar pandang bingung dengan Jang Heowoon. "Um, rasanya para tamu agak berubah ya…" Sejak spa dibuka, ada hal aneh yang terus terjadi. Sampai kemarin, sebagian besar tamu yang datang ke resor tampak seperti pengunjung taman hiburan, atau sudah menikmatinya. Itu wajar saja. Bagaimanapun juga, ini resor yang menempel pada taman hiburan. Tapi… hari ini, ada peningkatan tamu yang terlihat aneh secara signifikan. Baru saja, sesuatu yang aneh—seperti gumpalan lendir dengan hanya lengan dan kaki—telah lewat. Itu terlihat seperti sesuatu dari cerita horor yang berlatar di hutan terpencil. Tidak ada tiket masuk di pergelangan tangannya, dan tidak ada suvenir atau ikat kepala juga. Dari semua penampakan, dia tidak datang ke sini untuk menikmati taman hiburan. Dan hari ini, segala macam tamu aneh seperti itu menyerbu meja depan untuk mendapatkan kamar, seperti jam sibuk mendadak. Kerumunan yang sangat besar, sampai-sampai tidak masalah jika mereka datang berduyun-duyun! Apakah seharusnya begini suksesnya? Perasaan tidak enak muncul. Penjualan memang bagus, tapi… Bagaimanapun, Kim Soleum menyambut tamu berikutnya. Dia bahkan mengenalinya. "Satu kamar, tolong. Termasuk spa. Huu…" Seorang pria pucat mengenakan seragam dinas dan topi pet, seperti sopir. 'Itu sopir Hellfare Taxi…!' Kim Soleum berkeringat dingin, mengingat hutang budi saat melarikan diri dari Death Lane! Kenapa orang seperti dia datang ke taman hiburan? Apakah ada anggota Empat Penunggang Kuda Kiamat yang peduli dengan taman hiburan? Aku perlu mengerti apa yang sedang terjadi. Pada akhirnya, maskot kuning membuka mulutnya. Kim Soleum buru-buru menyusun survei—Bagaimana Anda menemukan kami?—dan menyerahkannya. Sopir taksi itu memindainya dengan mata lelah, tapi hanya menjawab secara lisan. "Belakangan ini, banyak promosi di ulasan… Pekerjaanku butuh istirahat. Aku tidak bisa berhenti sampai semuanya selesai. Hahaha…" Melihat sopir taksi itu naik ke lantai empat dengan kunci kamar deluxe-nya, maskot kuning berkedip. 'Promosi lewat ulasan…?' Dan kemudian, dia teringat. Kupon yang dibagikan maskot biru. Voucher Menginap Satu (1) Malam Kamar Deluxe (Diperlukan ulasan pengalaman) Maskot kuning segera memanggil Lee Jaheon. "Salah satu maskot yang ditugaskan sebagai pemandu memberiku kartu pos." Kim Soleum memanggil maskot standar yang bertanggung jawab atas tugas itu dan mengonfirmasi asal-usul kartu pos. …Sudah ada puluhan kartu pos yang ditulis oleh tamu pengguna kupon yang menumpuk. Dan di antaranya ada kartu pos satu baris dari Kepala Seksi Lee Jaheon. – Kasur kamarnya empuk. Yah, setidaknya ulasan yang bagus… 'Tampaknya kartu pos ulasan ini beredar sebagai iklan melalui semacam jaringan cerita hantu yang aneh.' …Dan ini, dikombinasikan dengan tema jaga jarak sosial yang baru diluncurkan, menciptakan sinergi luar biasa yang menarik bahkan jenis cerita hantu yang biasanya tidak akan pernah datang ke taman hiburan… Ledakan bisnis yang benar-benar tidak terduga! Tidak akan mengejutkan jika Kim Soleum, karena frustrasi, berteriak, "Kenapa bisnisnya begitu sukses!" sambil tiba-tiba memangkas jumlah kamar secara drastis. Tapi sebagai maskot, identitasnya tidak mengizinkannya mengusir tamu seperti itu… Pada akhirnya, maskot kuning menundukkan tanduknya dan pasrah. '…Anggap saja ini bisa mengisi jumlah tamu puas dengan cepat.' Dia mengingat persyaratan yang dia tulis kemarin untuk menambahkan fasilitas ketiga. Persyaratan untuk memperluas fasilitas resor Tamu Puas: 300 Ritual Seremoni Maskot Jumlah tamu yang diperlukan telah meningkat sepuluh kali lipat. Dan sekarang bahkan ada seremoni mencurigakan yang perlu diadakan… 'Meskipun begitu, aku lega bahwa jumlah staf tambahan yang dibutuhkan masih hanya tiga.' Bagaimanapun, dengan tamu yang membanjir, tidak perlu khawatir tentang mengisi jumlah tamu. "Apakah ada masalah?" Kepala Seksi Lee Jaheon bertanya, melihat maskot kuning dengan tanduk terkulai. Tentu saja, maskot itu tidak punya alasan atau keberanian untuk marah pada kadal alien yang hanya menulis ulasan bagus sesuai permintaan… Maskot kuning menepuk punggung kadal itu. Itu seperti sesuatu dari sitkom. Tapi ada seseorang yang menonton adegan ini tanpa tersenyum sama sekali, dengan kecemasan tertulis di wajahnya. Kepik, yang duduk di meja panggilan layanan kamar. Dia menyapu matanya yang merah ke seluruh adegan. 'Apakah orang itu sedang diakui?' Bagaimana jika Kepala Seksi Kadal dipromosikan? Peluang bertahan hidupnya akan turun drastis…! Dia harus melakukan sesuatu. Kepik mengingat 'kartu truf'-nya, tapi segera mengatupkan giginya. Kepala Seksi Kadal adalah lawan yang terlalu sulit untuk dikalahkan dengan trik. Metode khususnya dalam menyelesaikan cerita hantu sudah terkenal di perusahaan. Jika dia mencoba hal bodoh, kepalanya bisa benar-benar meledak. Untuk alasan yang sama, Supervisor Dolphin juga tidak mungkin. Dia berasal dari tim elit. Hanya ada satu karyawan yang dinilai lebih tinggi darinya, tapi masih bisa dikendalikan. Dia melirik ke meja depan. Jang Heowoon, yang mengenakan topeng bison dan sekarang dipromosikan menjadi manajer.
Chapter 403
The fourth day of operations— Kim Soleum inadvertently exchanged confused glances with Jang Heowoon. “Um, it feels like the guests have changed a bit…” Since the spa opened, something strange had been happening. Up to yesterday, most of the guests coming to the resort looked like they were here for the theme park, or had already enjoyed it. That was only natural. After all, this was a resort attached to a theme park. But… today, there was a noticeable increase in strange appearances. Just now, something weird—something like a blob of slime with only arms and legs—had passed by. It looked like something out of a horror story set in a remote forest. There was no entry ticket on its wrist, and no souvenirs or headbands either. By all appearances, it wasn’t here to enjoy the theme park. And today, all sorts of such strange guests rushed the front desk to get rooms, like a sudden rush hour. A crowd so big, it wouldn’t even matter if they came flooding in! Is it really supposed to be this successful? A bad feeling crept up. Sales were good, but… Anyway, Kim Soleum welcomed the next guest. He even recognized them. “One room, please. Including the spa. Huu…” A pale man wearing a service uniform and a peaked cap, like a driver. ‘It’s the Hellfare Taxi driver…!’ Kim Soleum broke into a cold sweat, remembering the favor owed from escaping Death Lane! Why would someone like him come to a theme park? Was there even a member among the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who would care about a theme park? I need to get a handle on what’s happening. In the end, the yellow mascot opened his mouth. Kim Soleum hurriedly put together a survey—How did you find us?—and handed it over. The taxi driver scanned it with tired eyes, but just replied verbally. “These days, there’s a lot of promotion in reviews… My job requires rest, you see. I can’t quit until it’s all over. Hahaha…” Watching the taxi driver go up to the fourth floor with his deluxe room key, the yellow mascot blinked. ‘Promotion by reviews…?’ And then, he remembered. The coupons the blue mascot had been handing out. Deluxe Room – One (1) Night Accommodation Voucher (Experience review required) The yellow mascot immediately called for Lee Jaheon. “One of the mascots assigned as a guide gave me a postcard.” Kim Soleum called over the standard mascots in charge of the task and confirmed the origin of the postcards. …There were already dozens of postcards written by coupon-using guests stacked up. And among them was Section Chief Lee Jaheon’s one-line postcard. – The bed mattress is soft. Well, it’s a nice review, at least… ‘It seems these review postcards are being circulated as advertisements through some kind of strange ghost story network.’ …And this, combined with the newly launched social distancing theme, was creating an incredible synergy that attracted even the kinds of ghost stories that would never normally come to a theme park… A boom in business that was completely unexpected! It wouldn’t have been surprising if Kim Soleum, in a fit of frustration shouting, “Why the heck is the business doing so well!” would suddenly slashed the number of rooms dramatically. But as a mascot, his identity simply couldn’t permit him to chase away guests like that… In the end, the yellow mascot drooped his horns and resigned himself. ‘…Let’s just think of it as being able to fill the satisfied guest count quickly.’ He recalled the requirements he’d written yesterday for adding the third facility. Requirements to expand resort facilities Satisfied Guests : 300 Mascot Ceremony Rites The required number of guests had increased exactly tenfold. And now there was even a suspicious ceremony that needed to be held… ‘Still, I guess I should be relieved that the number of extra staff needed is still only three.’ Anyway, with guests flooding in, there was no need to worry about filling the guest count. “Is there a problem?” Section Chief Lee Jaheon asked, seeing the yellow mascot with his horns drooping. Of course, the mascot had no reason or guts to get mad at the alien lizard who’d simply written a good review as asked… The yellow mascot patted the lizard’s back. It was like something out of a sitcom. But someone watched this scene without smiling at all, anxiety written all over his face. Ladybug, sitting at the room service call desk. He swept his bloodshot eyes over the scene. ‘Is that guy being acknowledged?’ What if Section Chief Lizard gets promoted? His survival odds would drop…! He’d have to do something. Ladybug recalled his ‘trump card’, but quickly clenched his teeth. Section Chief Lizard was simply too difficult an opponent for tricks. That guy’s special method of clearing ghost stories was already famous in the company. If he tried anything stupid, his head could literally explode. For the same reason, Supervisor Dolphin was also out of the question. She was from the elite team. There was only one employee who was rated higher than himself, but still manageable. He glanced over at the front desk. The bison-mask-wearing Jang Heowoon, who was now promoted to manager.
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