Chapter 210 – 210. Chattel 4
Fortunately, Jiwon and Jia didn’t seem to notice.
Really… Hansongi this woman. Does she do outrageous things to scare people?
Still, it was thrilling. Even thrilling sex sometimes… Ugh, what the fuck am I talking about.
Anyway, I waited for such a long time.
A welcoming room with no significant changes. Is it natural that the camp has disappeared? Was camp the only route for recruiting people?
“Support.”
“Yes.”
“Is the camp the only place in the mountain that is recruiting people? Do you know anything?”
“I heard there isn’t one.”
“Really?”
“Because I was a permanent resident, there are some things I don’t know much about.”
“Yeah… I see.”
Buses parked in front of the reception room. I think it’s probably true, seeing as there are two buses other than the two from the camp.
That bus went to the camp and brought people in. If there were any other place, it would probably be the same there.
Umm. Then, Dongsan must have had its own problems, right? Wouldn’t it be difficult if we couldn’t supply more manpower?
However… Why do we need manpower supply?
There will be a limit to the number of people that can be accommodated inside. And yet they continue to supply personnel?
Could it be that there are still more people that can be accommodated? Or not… Are personnel being rearranged periodically?
I think the latter is probably right.
Anyway, these are humans locked in the garden.
There are no signs of going out to hunt humans, so you have to catch people inside to receive coins.
But even for people with production skills, the coins won’t be much… Can you handle it?
It’s something I don’t know. So at least this means that these guys are pretty stagnant, right?
Because we focus solely on survival, progress slows down.
This is a gap that can be stabbed.
I think there won’t be many people who have three or four skills. It costs a lot of coins to do that.
Umm… Maybe I’m too scared? Actually, these guys might be more sloppy than you think…
While I was thinking that, two people were caught in the detection.
The two people circle around and immediately approach the flower garden. Probably Yoon-seo and Jeong-hyeon?
The door opened, and the two women appeared.
He looks like he’s sweating profusely even in cold weather.
“Oh, it’s hard.”
Jeonghyeon sighs and sits down on the chair next to me.
Yun-seo also doesn’t show signs of hardship, but when she comes into the warm flower garden after being in a cold place, she turns red.
“What do you think? Is it worth going?”
“It’s perfect for aerobic exercise.”
Jeonghyeon jokes. Seeing as I have some spare time, I guess it’s worth doing more than I thought.
“Yoonseo?”
“It wasn’t a big problem. And the fence was more thorough than I thought.”
“Right? Then, shall we talk about what we saw?”
“Ah. Then can we come back?”
Jia speaks energetically.
I took one look at her like that and got up and approached her.
Jia hesitates slightly when I suddenly approach her.
“Jiya.”
“Yes…?”
“I’m not going to tell you not to go. Instead, be careful. Songi and Jiwon aren’t too worried. They know very well what’s dangerous and what actions can cost them their lives. But not you. To be honest, you’re not there yet. I’m anxious. So follow Songi and Jiwon’s words and don’t forget that your actions can threaten not only your life but also the lives of those with you.”
Jia seemed a little intimidated by my serious words, so she nodded cautiously.
“Don’t worry. I will take good care of you.”
Jiwon sneakily steps forward and speaks to me.
When I saw such support, I also spoke seriously.
“That’s more of a problem. Given your personality, I think that if your younger brother is in danger, you could save him and possibly kill yourself.”
Jia is surprised by my words. What? Have you ever thought about that?
From what I’ve seen, it’s almost 100%. That seems to be Jiwon’s personality. She is the type of person who cares more about the people she values than herself.
So, you must have taken care of this younger sibling until now.
“Don’t worry too much. I’m going with you.”
Songi naturally puts her hand on my shoulder and says.
This woman. Isn’t the touch so natural? It’s so natural that others don’t think it’s strange.
A scary woman.
“Okay. Anyway, go ahead. As long as you’re careful, it’s just a walk on a mountain path, okay?”
“Okay.”
“Yes.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
The three women answered, and after putting on their invisibility masks, they left the garden.
It feels like sending a child to the water when sending out a grown adult.
If these women are like this, what will it be like to send Seunghee, Mina, SeAh, and Anna away?
Ugh. This is so… I’m worried about this too.
“You really are an amazing person. You are.”
Yoonseo looks at me and speaks with an expressionless face.
“What?”
“When you were killing people at the camp, I wondered if it was really a person. How could you kill someone and not even blink an eye? That’s what I thought. That’s why I thought it was scary. But when you talked to us, it was a completely different story. He seems like a person… And considerate… How can he be like that?”
A serious question from Yoon-seo. I said that while smiling at her.
“That’s it… It’s not difficult. I’m a pervert, a psychopath and a sociopath.”
“Really, people like that don’t say they are like that.”
“Isn’t it even scarier if he says he is, but he really is like that?”
Yoon-seo laughs and sighs at my words.
A pretty face looks prettier when it smiles.
Okay. After all, people should smile. You have to smile to be pretty.
“Okay, sit down.”
As I sat down and spoke, Yunseo sat diagonally across from me.
And Jeonghyeon sat next to him.
He looks at me and Yunseo with a bit of interest.
This guy’s expression looks like that because he’s having some delusion in his head.
“Let’s use invisibility. That way, your posture will be a little more comfortable. You don’t have to worry about others, right?”
And when I used transparency, Yoon Seo and Jeong Hyeon also used transparency.
“Okay. How about coming to see it?”
“It won’t be easy.”
“Really?”
“But it’s also strange. It doesn’t look easy, but it’s not that difficult either, right?”
“That’s right. That too.”
“Electric fence. I don’t know if electricity really works, but it’s a threat anyway. But that’s it, right? There’s no guard post, and there’s no surveillance camera. I think I can break through it as much as I want.”
“That’s right. That’s accurate.”
“Most people who came to the garden came voluntarily. That electric fence feels more like a psychological fence to prevent disappointed people from leaving than to prevent outside intrusion.”
“That’s a new perspective again. Keep going.”
“It’s just my opinion, but… I thought so. That electric fence is not meant to prevent intrusion from the outside.”
“The guys who manage the property don’t care about the safety of those who live inside?”
“Yes. It’s not like confining and controlling it, nor blocking it from outside. I guess this is enough… Is that the feeling?”
“It seems plausible.”
“Perhaps it would be clear if you look at the situation inside, right? If the buildings inside are heavily guarded, I think my words can be trusted to some extent. So the electric fence is just a decoration.”
“As long as we protect the managers and leadership, we can save as many production personnel as we want?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm… That seems plausible. Rather than barring even a single fox from entering the chicken coop, you put up a reasonable fence, and if a fox that breaks in bites one or two chickens, and they die, you shoot the fox that comes in? You can have as many chickens as you want. Because I can get it?”
“The analogy is… Cruel, but appropriate.”
“After all, in this world, humans are just like that. If they are alive, they are labor force. If they are dead, they are coins.”
Neither Yun-seo nor Jeong-hyeon can say anything to my words.
In fact, they probably know it too. As the world became like this, classes were clearly differentiated based on skills.
There is no meaning to what people who have become so low-class did when the world was normal.
Even if you’re a smart lawyer or a doctor who saves people, if your skills are trash, you’ll end up as nothing more than a labor force.
Because this world no longer needs laws or hospitals.
Of course, if they were smart, they would have chosen good skills on their own.
“How about Jeonghyeon?”
“Huh? Me?”
Jeonghyeon thinks about my question for a moment. Then she slowly opens her mouth.
“In general, I think what Yunseo said is correct. I thought about it similarly. But I have some doubts.”
“Doubt?”
“There are too few people inside.”
“Less?”
“Yes. Write it down. I joined the camp quite early, and sent a lot of people to this hill. Did you see it when you met me? There were almost 10 people on a bus?”
“Yes. That’s about it.”
“How many buses like that do you think enter the garden every week? The garden was a place that existed before the world became like this. It’s been over four years since it accepted people like this. So, I think there are a lot of people in this place. I thought there would be people, but that wasn’t the case.”
“Ah…”
“Do you know anything?”
I said what I thought to myself earlier.
Manpower supply and demand. About why, we continue to need manpower supply.
“Ah… Then…”
“Yes. It’s killing people on a regular basis inside. It’s just sitting still and earning coins on a regular basis.”
“Then… It’s an anglerfish… Furthermore, it can’t be like this.”
“No matter how much it is a life skill and no skill to kill people, these are the people who have survived so far. Whether it is a brick or a sickle, it is not only skills that can kill people. In the end, there are people who have coins. They can kill those people. Just sit still.”
“I see. So even if we kept sending people out like that, it wasn’t full…”
“I understand roughly. Those guys don’t treat the people who work there with that much respect.”
“I guess I’m just pretending to treat them with respect. I can’t make them openly complain.”
Yunseo’s answer. That’s right. That’s an accurate expression.
“You’re pretending to protect them. After all, farming, growing crops, and raising animals only requires a few key people, right?”
“I see.”
“First… Good. As expected, collective intelligence is great. I’m glad you guys are smart.”
Jeong-hyeon is proud of what I said, and Yoon-seo is trying not to show it, but is slightly impressed.
They are such strange women. Is it really that good to be praised?
“Then it looks like we’ve figured things out to some extent. We’ll just have to wait and see.”
“Is there a good way?”
“Well, it’s not finalized yet. We need to gather more information. Furthermore, we can’t just decide on our own and proceed with the work, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
“Once everyone gets back, let’s talk one more time. Until then, take a break. There’s a bench over there, so you can lie down. You can’t be seen anyway, so just take it easy.”
“I understand.”
“Yes.”
After saying that, I got up and went to the corner.
It may be just drinking kimchi soup, but there could also be another woman being hugged like Songi earlier.
Of course it was thrilling and good, but… It’s not my taste.
First, I like seeing naked bodies and touching breasts.
If I’m going to do it, it’s better to do it the way I want. I don’t want to be dragged around.
