Chapter 217 – 217. Frog in the Well 5
“Aren’t you eating?”
“Ah. I have to eat when my companions come.”
“Aha. That’s right. I had a friend with me earlier. Then, let’s eat together when we come.”
“Of course. I have to introduce you anyway.”
When I treated him with respect, the manager’s attitude became a little softer.
After all, there must be mutual respect to create a good atmosphere. Only when the words that go well are the words that come back good.
Today, I am once again moved by the words of the ancient sages. Yes.
As I sat down on the sofa in the office, the manager also sat down with me.
A slightly awkward atmosphere. Should I say something?
“Over there…”
Fortunately, the manager spoke first.
“Yes. Please tell me.”
“I really don’t believe it, but are those really the conditions? Is there anything else you want?”
I smiled at his words.
Well, even if I were the manager, it would be natural for you not to believe it.
“The original plan was to kill everyone in the camp and the garden.”
The manager’s eyes narrow slightly at my words.
“But when I pushed out the camp, there were a few people I didn’t want to kill. That’s when I adjusted my plan for the first time. I decided to cut out the top leaders of the garden, appoint them as managers, and then take over the garden.”
“Are those the women who are waiting now?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Women… Because they have charm?”
“That’s true too. You have a good sense of vision.”
“Because I’ve been under that chairman all this time.”
“Aha. That’s right. Anyway, that’s what I thought and came here. And I watched you. It was a shame to kill you. It was very different from what I thought.”
“What was different?”
“I thought that the garden was a place where people with attack skills exploited people with useless skills. It felt like they were playing around and exploiting labor under the pretext of protection… Do you know what the picture is?”
“Haha. That’s how it usually goes. It was like that here at first too.”
“But when I actually got there, it was different. If the chairman wasn’t trash and had done half as much as you, I would have been confused. Fortunately, the chairman is trash, so it’s a disaster.”
“Even the chairman of the board wasn’t like me at first. He was somewhat of a cult leader. He just took the wrong direction, but he was a man with ability.”
“It seems so. Why did it become like that?”
“It’s because it’s the Royal Club or something you saw earlier. The bird was following the stork and its leg was torn.”
“If I had properly understood the topic, I wouldn’t have gotten to this point, right?”
“That’s right. The problem is that people change due to excessive greed. Actually, I wasn’t a very good person even before I changed.”
“Well, that’s it anyway. I have no desire to kill you, and all I need is a stable food supply. Coins are actually better, but… I won’t get many coins if I kill all of you.”
“That would be true. It is a place where people without the ability to kill gather.”
“That’s it. Do you fully understand?”
“I understand. It’s worth living hard.”
A moment of silence. It feels like I can hear a noise coming from inside, like an auditory hallucination.
No, can you really hear it? Is this a sound coming from the chairman? If you lose your strength like that, only you will have a hard time.
“Why did you stay here, Manager? It would have been more comfortable outside if you had stun as your starting skill.”
“Not everyone who has attack skills likes killing. If he were outside, he would have died right away even with this good skill. Since he was inside, he was the manager, so he was defending his life by saying things like this. “
It’s definitely very different from the world I was thinking of.
Having seen the world like that, I prided myself on knowing it well, but the reality is very different from my thoughts.
I’m smart and have great skills, but being unable to kill people doesn’t make sense to me.
I must have tightened a few screws incorrectly in my head.
Knock
I was silent for a while again, then there was a well-timed knock on the door.
“Come in!”
As I shouted, the door flew open, and I saw the face of the security guard who had been at the entrance earlier. And the familiar faces following behind.
Yunseo, Jiwon, Jia, Songi, and even Jeonghyeon. Everything came without fail.
The security guard nodded and left again, and the women looked around the office and looked at me.
The expressions on their faces still don’t understand how this happened.
I briefly explained to them what happened.
After hearing the whole story, the expression on my face changed a little.
Probably because I heard about the charm skill.
It’s something I expected, but I still don’t feel good.
It’s like this. The charm skill ultimately makes people doubt the relationships between people.
Tsk. What can I do? It’s not like I wanted true love from these women.
“Would you like to go eat now?”
Well, the women’s reaction is something that was expected anyway, so it can’t be helped.
Because I didn’t have high expectations from these women in the first place.
It would be nice to be less disappointed.
“Yes, let’s go. I will guide you.”
In a slightly awkward state, I followed the manager to the restaurant with the women and was surprised to see the food.
White rice, beef stew, stir-fried pork, fried chicken, rolled eggs, perilla leaves, radish, kimchi.
Oh my god. What is this? Is it a dream?
Before the world collapsed, foods that could be commonly found in hamba restaurants or knight restaurants.
But the important thing is that the world is broken. Was this restaurant the only one that avoided going out of business?
“Why are you doing that? Don’t you like it? Don’t you like it?”
The manager, who was holding a tray and trying to serve food, saw me sitting still and asked a puzzled question.
“No… I’m thrilled to see these foods again.”
“Huh? Ah… I guess that’s possible since you came from outside. This is the most basic thing here.”
“It’s a good thing you came here.”
Perhaps because of the awkward atmosphere, I went a little overboard and started eating after filling my plate with food.
I guess the women ate this much at camp, but they weren’t as impressed as I was.
The atmosphere is still not good.
Ugh. Why do I have to pay attention to these women like this?
After eating so much that my stomach exploded for the first time in a while, I returned to my office and buried myself on the sofa.
What do you know about the mood and the atmosphere? I wish I could have had a delicious meal like this.
Under… How can I not pack this into a bunker? No. There’s nothing you can’t pack. You have to ask for it.
If you say they won’t give it to you, they will definitely take it, even if it means robbing a restaurant.
I hung around until 3 o’clock without paying any attention to the women, then followed the manager to the conference room.
When I arrived, the class leaders had already arrived.
And people who look at me and are slightly wary. Maybe they are the executive branch?
The manager guided me to the most central seat, and I naturally sat there.
When women sit down in the empty seats next to me, everyone looks at me.
Ah… This is more eye-catching than I expected. Burdeningly.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Seong-cheol Kwon, and he took over the position after driving out the guy called the Chairman. As of today, there is no longer a position called the Chairman of the Board. The authority and qualifications have been delegated to Director Jeong. Everyone applauds.”
When I clap my hands, people clap their hands with puzzled expressions.
“You may suddenly be wondering what this means. Well, it’s not difficult. You just have to keep doing what you’ve been doing so far. The supervisors can supervise production well and report detailed situations to Manager Jeong. It won’t be difficult, right?”
“Then what do you do?”
One of the class presidents asks me.
Everyone just looked at me and said nothing, but when the class president spoke, he looked at me with a relieved expression.
“Me? I won’t be here. My role is not to show off here, but to get rid of the surrounding enemies. So that you can concentrate on your production activities and make a living without any inconvenience. There will be another guy like me who broke in this time. It’s about preventing it from happening in advance.”
“Then what about the girls who came next to them?”
“Ah. These people all have invisibility skills and are experts at killing people. They are in charge of exploring the outside world and are in charge of destroying enemies that may be wandering around in advance.”
Jia looked embarrassed, but I tried to ignore it. Damn. I didn’t think about Jia. Anyone can tell that he is a beginner.
“Then what is our role?”
A man who seemed to be a member of the executive branch looked at me and asked.
“Can you please introduce yourself first?”
“This is Kim Myeong-cheol from the executive department.”
“Ah. The executive department. The executive department can continue what it is doing. It can take charge of internal security. One thing that will change is… Does anyone have the skill to detect people around them? Would you like to raise your hand?”
One two three four… Four people. It just happens to be the right number of people.
“There are four of you. Starting today, you will be organized into an external group. You will form a group with the women here and take on the role of exploring the outside.”
Executive members whispering about what I said.
However, there is no particular expression of dissatisfaction. They are doing what they do and everything I said was valid.
And even though they actually have mouths, they have nothing to say.
Because my very existence explains their incompetence.
If they had come out a little more aggressively here, I would have criticized those aspects harshly, but fortunately they didn’t.
“And then there is the most important thing.”
At the mention of something important, the chatter stops and attention focuses on me again.
“The name ‘Gongsan’ must be changed. As of today, ‘Gongsan’ has disappeared. Let’s choose a new name.”
People who look dumbfounded at my words.
“There is no need to keep using a name that smells like an old cult. Let’s start over with a new name. If you have a good name, feel free to say it.”
A conference room filled with whispers again.
However, there are no special opinions.
Hmm… What should I do? Should I give it some time?
“What about your hometown?”
One of the class presidents spoke and the class leader sitting next to him asked, ‘Are you Bingshin?’
“Ah. Don’t say too much. Write down all the candidates and select them later with a show of hands.”
“Paradise.”
A man from the executive branch spoke, and another woman next to him who seemed to be from the executive department sighed deeply.
A man muttering softly to the woman, ‘What do you think?’ Oh, my. They play well.
“I’ll write it down first. What else?”
Several names emerged like that.
Home, Paradise, Shelter, City, Government, Farm, House… I saw the face of the bastard who named the house. This bastard won’t do it.
There are many different things, but there is no name that sticks.
Ugh. These people’s sensibilities are not much different from mine.
“Are there anymore? If there aren’t, will it be closed?”
“Fence.”
When the manager speaks, everyone looks at him.
Pensra. For some reason, I like it? It feels like it’s sticking to my mouth. There is also symbolism.
“Then, we will end with the fence. Each person can only raise their hands once, and if there is a tie at the top, only the tied ones will be redone. So first… Let’s start with the fence.”
As soon as I finished speaking, they started raising their hands one by one.
Just looking at it, it seems like it’s already more than halfway through, like 70 percent.
“There is no need to do more. It has been decided on Fence. From now on, the official name of this place will be Fence. Any objections?”
“Is your hometown bad?”
When the class leader who mentioned his hometown earlier spoke again, the class leader next to him tried to hit him, and there was a brief commotion trying to stop him.
After calming down again and looking around the conference room, the atmosphere was much softer than before.
Is it because you’re so preoccupied with choosing a name? Anyway, it’s a good thing.
“I’ve decided on the most important thing, so I’ll call it a day. The guys I need to catch and kill will come at 4 o’clock, so I need to prepare a bit. You can just do what you always do. Nothing much will change. Oh, and the class leaders, just do something. Let’s ask, is there anyone here who has the skill to create rebar?”
“Rebar? Wow? Why are you looking for that? I know one.”
“I know someone with that skill.”
Two class leaders answering my question.
“Two people? Hmm. I wish there were more. After all, you all live in containers. I thought you could make a decent home.”
I could feel the eyes of several class leaders shining when they heard what I said.
“Home? You said it was home?”
“It’s amazing how quickly a house can be built.”
“That’s why I’m asking. As long as there are no disruptions in food production, why don’t people from the architectural and civil engineering field and people with the skills to create rebar come together and make a house. You can get as much concrete as you want if you go out, right? If people gather like this, we can make a house. I think there are quite a few experts.”
“Oh, no. Why can’t you say it’s difficult?”
“That’s right. I couldn’t do it because I didn’t have time. It’s a house… Wouldn’t it be difficult to make that?”
I guess there are a few of the class leaders who worked there. The atmosphere is unusual as the eyes sparkle and the voice is raised.
“Then, Manager? Let’s gather the people in charge and give it a try.”
“Ha… Are you adding more work to me like this? I guess I said I was free for no reason. Well… It’s good. It’s true that my heart aches every time I see a container. Let’s give it a try.”
“Okay. Since the manager said this, let’s get together and make a plan. It’s time, so we’ll end the meeting now. Let’s meet like this often from now on.”
I ended the meeting in a hurry, having unintentionally made some class leaders excited by talking about building a house.
3:40. Looking at the log, Director Choi or whatever came here at exactly 4 o’clock, so I had to prepare to welcome him in my own way.
