Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work Novel - Chapter 3

In the midst of a chaotic rumor of people dying, a survival ticket appeared.

Like a movie.

And it’s not an illusion.

‘If you get off the train with the lost item that was broadcast, the crew will guide you outside of history as soon as you meet them…’

It’s a ray of hope.

The problem is that the lost item just announced is incredibly bizarre.

“What did you just say? A 20-year-old adult male…?”

“The left eyeball of an adult male with blood type A.”

Go Yeongeun dropped her head with a gaunt face.

“Type A is probably… blood type, right?”

“Yes… .”

A heavy silence followed. They seemed scared already.

‘…Should I just let it go?’

Anyway, everyone will survive if they get off at the correct station. If one person escapes first, the atmosphere might get weird and cause a commotion.

But it didn’t go that easily.

“But, shouldn’t we look for it?”

“Right. You never know what might happen…”

These new employees were so strongly aware of the announcement that they couldn’t ignore it.

‘…Let’s leave it for now.’

“What about the age…?”

“Ah, he’s in his 30s.”

“He looks young. Oh, I’m type B; it doesn’t apply to me.”

“Me too…”

People checked themselves to see if they matched “20-year-old adult male with type A blood”.

But no one exactly fit the description, and eventually the question came to me.

“Kim Soleum, are you…?”

I answered simply.

“I’m type AB.”

It’s a lie.

I’m type A.

‘But there’s no need to reveal that I’m the target.’

If I benefit from this situation, I might be misunderstood as saying it for personal gain and not be believed later.

“I see, then Baek Saheon…?”

“Just a moment.”

Suddenly, the person sitting opposite me raised their hand with a serious expression.

“Actually… I’m a perfect match. To that criteria!”

“Ah!”

He spoke in a rather serious tone, probably because he thought he might die.

‘He doesn’t need to worry about that.’

And the reason for his sudden revelation was clear.

[This station is Anger Station.]

An announcement that they had arrived at a new station.

The station where a station employee would be waiting to receive the lost item.

Tension clouded the face of the new employee who volunteered.

“Is there no one else?”

“No… I don’t think so.”

“Oh dear.”

Baek Saheon, sitting next to me, sighed after listening to the conversation and asked the other person.

[The exit door is on the right….]

“You’re type A, right?”

“Yes, yes.”

“Too bad.”

Then a fist flew.

“…?!”

A terrible cracking sound as a merciless punch landed on the left eye of the new employee who had revealed he was a 20-year-old type A.

Baek Saheon had hit the other person with the corner of his smartphone.

It was almost as if he wanted the eye to burst.

“Ugh,”

And the moment the person fell without even being able to scream properly.

[The screen doors are opening.]

Baek Saheon lightly jumped over the fallen person and went out of the train.

“Ju, just now…”

“Aaack!!”

“Who are you?”

People exclaimed in horror, a beat too late.

Baek Saheon chuckled.

“You fools. If you can escape with one eye, you should hurry up!”

“…!”

“I said you could get off!”

Baek Saheon seemed to have understood the subtext of the announcement perfectly.

– Passengers who have found the lost item are requested to alight at the next station and hand it over to the station staff.

While there was a hint to pay attention to the announcement, it was a very bold decision.

“Well… it’s hard to expect that from someone who tells others to take responsibility for their lives.”

“Huh?!”

Furthermore, Baek Saheon remained calm while spouting insults. He seemed confident that no one else would dare follow him.

And that’s the correct answer.

Everyone already saw what happened when they got off at the wrong station.

“Th, that person…”

Go Yeongeun’s face turned red with anger, but I felt a sense of relief as I finally understood.

No wonder!

Nickname: Viper.

The descriptions of Baek Saheon in <Darkness Exploration Records> perfectly match this personality.

I thought it was fine because he was a new employee and hadn’t been corrupted by society yet, but it seems this is just his nature.

[The doors close.]

Meanwhile, Baek Saheon waved toward the inside of the train.

He seemed happy to have escaped, anyway.

Even if it meant sacrificing his left eye.

‘…Goodness.’

But… about that.

‘That wasn’t necessary.’

Taking advantage of everyone’s focus on Baek Saheon, I secretly reached into the luggage rack from behind.

‘I definitely… saw it earlier.’

And as I swept my hand deeply, something in a blind spot I couldn’t see before miraculously appeared.

I pulled my hand back to check the object.

Inside what looked like a strange portable lens case, there was an eyeball.

And a label.

[Type A / Female / 27 / R]

This is, in short, a lost property candidate.

‘Lost property, after all, isn’t mine; it’s something someone else lost.’

Actually, this announcement was a treasure hunt where you had to find the real lost item among several candidates in the luggage rack that matched the description perfectly.

There were some instances where people happened to have the item and escaped.

‘Baek Saheon would fall under this category now.’

However, what if he knew he didn’t have to ‘return’ his left eye?

The screen doors had already closed.  So, when I briefly made eye contact with Baek Saheon as he turned to the platform just before the train departed…

I lifted the lens case containing the eyeball to make it clearly visible toward the door.

I hid the label, so only one thing would be clearly visible.

The eyeball.

-…!!

Beyond the door, Baek Saheon’s expression changed as he realized what it was.

But it was too late.

[The train departs from Bunno Station.]

The train leaves.

I looked back at the new employee Baek Saheon attacked.  Seeing the injury to his left eye, it’s clear Baek Saheon tried to eliminate other ‘correct lost items’ besides the one he possessed.

‘Maybe he did this because he was afraid there would only be one lost item he could claim.’

I don’t think he can be blamed for trying to survive and escaping by himself, but… this went too far.

I turned my head back towards the door.

From behind, I heard the sound of someone violently banging on the screen doors several times.

And I vaguely heard what sounded like the screams of someone in bizarre agony from the receding platform.

[The lost property has been successfully handed over to the station staff.]