A lizard, becoming a theme park employee.
No, for real!
Kim Soleum stared blankly at Section Chief Lee Jaheon, who had, instead of suddenly checking out this morning, firmly expressed a desire to be hired.
“Yes.”
And in a flash, he finished signing the employment contract. Section Chief Lee Jaheon, now wearing the uniform, really, truly…
‘Uh, it suits him.’
With that lizard appearance, he genuinely looked the part of a theme park employee…
“Is it over there?”
Naturally assigned to security, Section Chief Lee Jaheon ended up working near the main entrance.
By the way, standing next to him, Jang Heowoon was staring awkwardly at the suite room voucher in his hand.
That’s right. I’d already heard it was all Jang Heowoon’s doing!
– Um, to tell you the truth, last night I went to see Section Chief Lizard and asked him for help. We’re short on staff at the resort, and we can’t leave…
And so, Jang Heowoon was promoted to HR manager.
“……?!”
So it was a multi-level promotion structure? But since everyone was just trying to get through and escape, nobody cared!
However… Kim Soleum couldn’t shake a faint sense of dissonance.
‘How did he know?’
That more staff were needed to escape the resort, I mean.
“Huh? Oh, well, it just seemed natural… I figured since we needed three employees to run the resort and get a stamp, the next requirement would be similar… that is, that we’d need more manpower.”
Hmm.
It was quite the deduction, but the strange feeling lingered, so Kim Soleum decided to remember it.
‘Anyway, it’s a good thing.’
If it’s Section Chief Lee Jaheon, it’s not strange for a human being with such values (well, alien, but still) to step in for the sake of everyone’s survival.
Just like that, they were a step closer to escaping!
However, there was someone watching this with growing anxiety.
‘Damn it.’
Ladybug’s eyes darted around.
Now that a manual had appeared for dealing with the crazy room service requests, making the job a little more doable, he started plotting something else.
Standing out in a ghost story is always dangerous, but falling behind and getting left out of ‘success’ is also a direct survival problem.
He looked at Jang Heowoon in the bison mask and barely held back a curse.
‘Isn’t he just trying to save only himself?’
Ghost stories where only those who meet some bizarre criteria survive are practically a cliché.
‘No way.’
In the end, he convinced the weasel-masked employee who’d come during check-out time—through lies and veiled threats—to sign an employment contract.
The things he said were along the lines of, ‘If you don’t become staff, you can’t leave. That’s why Section Chief Lizard is working here, too.” Terrified, the weasel-masked employee, on the verge of panic, approached the mascot.
‘This is it.’
Ladybug was secretly hoping he’d be promoted too…
But the yellow mascot simply told Employee Weasel he could leave.
After staring intently for a moment, just— thump.
‘Shit!’
Does that mean I’m useless?
…Still, since Weasel managed to get hired by clinging on, he was somewhat satisfied.
Looks like we have another guinea pig… huuuuh?
At that moment.
The standard mascots suddenly appeared and began installing something in the center of the lobby.
A giant capsule machine had appeared in the middle of the lobby.
“……??”
For a moment, Ladybug forgot to say anything and just stared blankly at the dazzling, glittering glass ornament that looked like a gigantic Christmas tree.
Wh, what is this, even.
As if to explain, a colorful sign was attached to the front.
[Welcome Gift Capsule Draw]
Meet wonderful items to enhance your relaxation.
Inside, like a giant snow globe, it was filled with wrapped presents.
Guests could press a button to draw a gift from inside.
Inside the yellow mascot suit, Kim Soleum watched with satisfaction.
‘Gacha never fails to trigger dopamine…’
Incidentally, the special gifts were wrapped in gold, and if you drew one, your room was upgraded to the top-floor suite.
And besides, there weren’t any blanks. Every prize was a good one, so there’s no way people wouldn’t like it… hahaha.
‘Take this, and just have a nice, quiet stay in your rooms. Please.’
The yellow mascot threw out bribes like confetti in all directions!
“Oh my, oh my, it’s so sparkly! I love sparkly things! Can I draw one?”
Y e s
G i f t
And that wasn’t the end.
For each guest, for whatever reason, room upgrades were being handed out…!
‘W-What is this?’
Truly a giveaway-style operation!
Ladybug looked at the mascot in confusion and bewilderment.
And realized.
‘Is this a ploy to charm guests and pressure them into lingering at the theme park, to raise its own status as the resort’s owner?!’
No it’s not!
Kim Soleum, who was running this as a variety-show-style board game, betting all the coins on escape, looked at the guests with satisfaction.
Incidentally, starting today, there was even a sign right on the lobby’s glass door: ‘A Space for Tranquil Rest’.
It seemed to work, as some problem guests were getting screened out right at the entrance.
‘Good.’
The yellow mascot let out a sigh of relief, picturing a pretty decent future.
It felt like they were finally getting a handle on how to run the resort on day 2.
But, just before closing that day.
An unexpected incident began to unfold.