When I quit my job, my co-workers became obsessed with me

A huge Western-style building stood tall above the spacious garden.

The house, built in the Georgian style, which is said to be influenced by ancient Greek architecture, blended in with the surrounding fog, boasting a very mysterious and elegant appearance.

“Is it just open?”

However, incongruent with the majestic appearance, the gate opened without a hitch when the handle was pulled. Since the island itself is a restricted area, did you not feel the need to attach a lock?

“Let’s go in.”

The inside of the house was very dark, so it was hard to see, but it seemed to be a structure in which A and B were divided around a large staircase in the center.

“Open the window. Find a light switch.”

“Is this not open? There’s something like a strange plate attached to it.”

An iron plate was stuck to the window. To be precise, it looked like a shutter that came down from above and covered the window. Midsummer and I tried to push up the iron plate, but it didn’t budge.

While we were looking around the house looking for the light switch, the light from the front door disappeared with a loud bang.

“Hey!”

“Ouch! What, what, what, what?”

“Calm down, even the wind will blow. Everyone, take out your cell phone and shine a flash.”

“Ahhh. flash, flash… … .”

When I removed the darkness using the flashlight function of my cell phone, Midsummer seemed to have come to her senses as well.

However, the other person, Yu Ga-ryun, was lying on the floor, trembling incessantly.

“Baby, are you okay?”

“Uh, uh… … .”

Hagi-ya, Garyun was weak against darkness from the beginning. I approached him slowly so as not to startle him and opened my mouth.

“It’s okay, it’s just the wind.”

“Ugh, uh… … .”

As if she was seriously surprised, there were tears in Yu Ga-ryun’s eyes, and her body was shaking like an aspen.

“It’s pathetic, though, as an adult. Hey, can’t you stand this? I’m not scared at all. That’s right, I’m not afraid at all.”

After a while, the footsteps of midsummer, who had been walking towards the door mutteringly, came to a halt.

“what?”

“what’s the matter?”

“Come on, come here for a second.”

Midsummer urges me with a trembling voice.

“What.”

“Hey, hey, hey, this. Aren’t we locked up? He, and the radish here, are buried.”

When I checked where Midsummer was pointing, there was a huge shutter on the place where the main gate had been a while ago.

Besides, on the surface, there were eerie liquids that gave off a reddish tint.

“Ahhh. ah ah ah… … .”

Midsummer, who had opened her mouth and let out a thin moan, immediately started screaming and pounding the shutter with her fist.

“Let’s go! I’m leaving!”

“Calm down, that’s all… … .”

“Calm? You look really cool! You’re stuck now! To my house that doesn’t even know English like this!”

Midsummer grabs my collar and shakes it to and fro. I grabbed Midsummer’s shoulder, wiping away the dirty saliva that was splashing around my face.

“This must be a joke that Min-seo Oh planned. Hey, if you pull like that, your clothes will stretch.”

That’s why I said we should all go in together… … . It can’t end like this, there must be something else.

Having managed to get rid of the glowing midsummer, I moved to look at the door leading to Building B.

“Don’t leave me!”

“Like that, little by little. Don’t leave me!”

Two cockroaches crawling with an eerie sound grabbed my legs.

“It’s not open here.”

“That’s why you’re locked up!”

I went to the door connected to Building A, letting go of the screams of midsummer that were ringing in my ears. It would be appropriate if it felt like walking with shackles on.

The moment I walked for such a long time and reached the door connected to Building A.

“uh… … ?”

A faint groan escaped from the mouths of the two cockroaches crawling while grabbing my legs with a squeaking sound.

“uh… huh? hey hey, this… … ?”

What was flowing down through the gap in the door in front of me was a bright red sticky liquid.

Yu Ga-ryeon, who raised her head and looked at the door, soon recognized the liquid on her hand.

“Ahhh!”

“What else, what, what, what? What else!”

At the feet of the midsummer, who struggled like a seizure at Yu Ga-ryun’s scream, a squeaky and crushing sound could be heard.

“uh.”

Midsummer slowly lifted her shoes to check what she had just stepped on, and soon found sticky flesh clinging to the soles.

“Ahhh!”

If hell really exists, it wouldn’t be like this.

Around the time my eardrums twisted with strange sounds at the screams of two women who filled the house like that.

＜Cheer up… … .>

A familiar woman’s voice came from the ceiling.

“Hey, hey, hey!”

“You’re doing it wrong, you’re doing it wrong… Whoa-“

They were on the verge of a coma, and my clothes soaked in their bodily fluids were on the verge of losing their function.

＜Ah… It’s solid, it’s solid… It’s too plain… … . If you hadn’t come to this house… I would never have died like this… … .>

“Ahh, I’m sorry. I’ll do anything you ask me to do, so Jebaal… .”

“No, let’s go. Please save my life.”

Two cockroaches tremble and roll up their bodies.

“Do it in moderation. Oh Min-seo’s voice?”

It is a TTS (Speech Synthesis System) created after the voice of Minseo Oh, to be precise, given the connection parts and the awkward pronunciation.

＜Once again, ignorant strangers have opened the door to this house without fear… like me someday… … . But I don’t mean to make you die like me… Listen well… There are other ‘beings’ living in this house besides you… … . He’s still looking for opportunities to kill you… … .>

The voice from the ceiling began to say something verbose, but the point is to gather your strength and find the clues hidden in the room and escape from this house. It was only then that I could understand Minseo Oh’s intentions.

He was a big fan of the escape room cafe he used to go to occasionally, so this time he probably made it himself to use for recreational activities.

＜If you are ready, pull out the knife that is embedded in the wall. Then open the door and let me in… … .>

“So there are no ghosts or zombies. It’s just an escape from the room.”

“Sir… to go in… … .”

“I’m just here… You just have to stay here until people come… … .”

I said as I gently pushed the crying midsummer while holding my pants crotch.

“What are you afraid of someone who has been homeless at night?”

“I mean, there were no ghosts… … .”

I grabbed my throbbing, painful head and continued speaking.

“Even if anything else, the rice. If you don’t leave here, you won’t be able to eat.”

“You can’t eat that… … .”

You have to make a sound that makes sense.

“Then you are here. I will go alone.”

I picked up a plastic imitation knife stuck in the wall and started tearing off the tape that wrapped the door to Building A one by one.

… … The details are no joke. Something started pounding. Having cut off all the tape, I calmed my exhilarating footsteps and moved forward.

“No, no, don’t leave me alone!”

“Don’t throw it away, please… !”

* * *

The interior of Building A was structured with five rooms centered on a ‘C’-shaped hallway.

According to Oh Min-seo’s voice echoing from the ceiling, the monster living in this mansion could be defeated by turning on the generator in the back room to light the entire mansion because light is its weakness.

However, in order to unlock the lock on the door with the generator, it was necessary to search the four rooms in front to solve the riddle and find the clue.

… … In conclusion, it was a very well-made escape room cafe.

“Well… FGCD… FGCD… Oh, why isn’t my head spinning like this today?”

“Ho-ho-ho, maybe you mean the order of the numbers? F is the sixth in alphabetical order, so 6, G is 7. Something like this.”

“Ah, that might be it.”

Exquisitely crafted devices and puzzles, and even the voice of Minseo Oh, who excites interest while telling the story from the right place.

Thanks to that, the two of us, who were only trembling at first, are now deeply engrossed and fearful, yet actively solving the riddle.

And I.

“Oh, oh… … .”

He was in the midst of admiring the background art that made up this place.

“hey! I found the key, so take it easy and get out! Ta, aren’t you going to escape?”

“Come on, wait a minute.”

Let’s see, the overall atmosphere was inspired by “Shine Sparkling”, and the monster’s design was inspired by “RH equipment”. In addition, the details of each small item are excellent enough to bring out elasticity.

It’s really art, I can’t see it no matter where I go and pay money to see it.

“Let’s go first, I’ll go see a little bit more.”

“hey! Hey, don’t say anything strange, papa-pa, come out quickly… !”

In the midst of being pushed back by the wretched hands of midsummer, I tried to remember the mountain and water that permeated deep into my soul.

… …

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“Hey, this is the last room.”

“Yeah, because you said there was a generator in the next room.”

“You, you, you, you, go in first. I am, what am I I have something to think about.”

The one in front of me was a room darker than any other room I had explored so far. Whether or not they were overwhelmed by the atmosphere, the two men started arguing over who would enter first.

Well, it doesn’t matter if both come in.

Around that time, I realized that ‘it’s beneficial to see the stage slowly by myself after escaping quickly’, and I was quickly solving puzzles by doing a one-man show by myself.

Leaving my two bags behind, I started looking around the room using my cell phone.

“Wait, don’t push. Come on, we can go in together—”

“Now, there is a saying called Jang Yu Yuseo. A little boy like that and that has to yield.”

“You, you, you, you.”

The moment Yu Ga-ryun, who had been defeated in the battle for power, entered the room as if being kicked out, the shutter above the door came down with a rattling sound.

“Hey, hey, hey!”

＜Don’t be surprised… … This is originally a space for confinement of “the guy”… If it is a living creature that has heat in its body, it will be able to go out without any problem… … . Well? what… ? Oh man, it looks like the heat sensor is broken… … . Well, don’t worry… If two people in the room work together to amplify the heat, the door can be opened… … .>

Min-seo Oh’s voice continued to speak calmly, as if to encourage us, who were hardened in such a sudden situation.

＜What are you doing? Without a quick hug… That’s the only way out of here… … .>

Ga-ryun Yu sat blankly, with her face flushed red, as if the escape conditions were absurd.

“Baby, it’s okay—”

bang!

bang! bang! bang! bang! bang!

With the momentum to shatter the door itself, a strong banging sound resounded throughout the room. Through the small window above the shutter, Midsummer was kicking towards the door.

Midsummer, who had been trying to kick towards the door for a long time after that, sighed as if giving up and was trying to say something to me through the window, but I couldn’t hear it at all because of the soundproofing inside.

However, we can only guess that something was angry about the ax eye of the guy who was built as it was built.

No matter how hard it is to escape, you probably think it’s not fair for a man and a woman who are not lovers to hug each other.

It’s natural. I made an OK sign with my finger and waved it to Han Yeo-reum, then approached Yu Ga-ryun.

“It’s okay, because it must be Oh Min-seo’s characteristic vicious prank. There’s probably a real device installed somewhere in the room that can open the door, so let’s look for it.”

“… … yes.”

We slowly began to explore the room. After a few minutes of searching the room with Yu Ga-ryun, who took such a rough breath, something suddenly fell behind Yu Ga-ryun with a rattling sound.

A face that had been devoured and the skull was exposed, internal organs protruding in various places, and the hem of his robe soaked in blood. It was, obviously, the appearance of a corpse.

“Hey hey hey oppa ah ah ah!”

A terrified Yu Ga-ryun ran towards me. It was a sight that was not surprising now, but there was one problem.

“Wait, come on, I don’t mind grabbing it. Hey there!”

“I hate it now, save me, oppa aah!”

Yu Ga-ryun grabs my shorts with monstrous force and shakes them. Thanks to that, my pants were on the verge of going down.

“Baby, it’s fake, it’s fake! A fake corpse made of something like a mannequin!”

“Uhhh—.”

“Hey hey, pants, pants are going down!”

Not long after, Yu Ga-ryun, who was holding her pants, lost her focus and collapsed. With a throbbing, sliding sound effect… … .

“uh… … ?”

Ga-ryun Yu, with her eyes wide open, looked at the piece of cloth she was holding.

“I… … Would you like to return it?”

“Ah, ah, ah.”

Yu Ga-ryun’s face heated up as if it was about to explode, and her mouth let out a strange iron sound like a boiling kettle.

“Sin, I’m sorry!”

Yu Ga-ryun runs away with her face covered with her palms. I took the opportunity and quickly pulled up my pants. Shit.

“It wasn’t on purpose. You are so scared.”

Before Yu Ga-ryun could finish speaking, another fake corpse fell from the ceiling with a loud noise.

“Kyaah!”

Yu Ga-ryun screamed again and ran to me. However, this time towards my back, not my pants crotch.

“it’s okay. Because it’s fake.”

Yu Ga-ryun, with her mouth shut, leaned on my back and trembled.

“It’s really crazy. Is not it?”

Yu Ga-ryun sighed and swallowed a runny nose.

“Won’t your clothes get wet with tears and runny nose, won’t your pants come off?”

“Well, it wasn’t part of it.”

Yu Ga-ryun answered in a crawling voice. I couldn’t hold back my laughter at the sight of him being so wretched.

It must be so, it’s been a really long time since I’ve seen Garyun like this.

“It reminds me of the old days. I think you were like this back then.”

“I never did.”

“Why, when I went to an escape room cafe near Hongdae. You were trying to take my pants off too.”

“So, ugh, it’s never been like that!”

The guy’s bat-like fists slam his back mercilessly.

“hurt.”

“All right, you’re making weird noises.”

“okay.”

Yu Ga-ryun’s fists that had been stroking her back had subsided. I slowly opened my mouth without missing the gap.

“You know, how did we come to this?”

At those words, the breath that had tickled the back of his neck a while ago suddenly stopped.

“At that time, we were pretty close. I go to a PC room and play games, and I go to an escape room cafe.”

“… … .”

“Say, can’t you? Why did you hate me?”

Yu Ga-ryun behind her back was quiet. No, to be precise, it seemed like he was constantly thinking about something.

His hands twitching like he was swimming and his heart beating like he was uneasy ran down his back.

“… … that is.”

When that guy finally opened his mouth.

＜What the hell, we were really hugging each other for a minute… … ? This is so… Anyway, congratulations… … . As a result of working together to amplify the body temperature, the meter was able to operate safely… … Now, take the key from the room and go to the room where the generator is… … .>

An uninvited voice came from the ceiling.

“… … .”

“… … .”

＜Oh, and… The room’s escape mechanism was hidden under the table on the right… … . After a little searching, I was able to find it… It seems like they’re really good friends… … .>

“Garyun-ah, don’t worry about it and continue what you said earlier.”

“aah!”

The door opened with a cracking sound.

“Aren’t you going to escape? Are you kidding me now? You don’t have to go out and eat, I’m hungry!”

“Who was the one who said it was okay before? Do you think your stomach has gone out with time?”

Midsummer wriggled his eyebrows and shouted at Yu Ga-ryun. I thought that guy was so funny that I opened his mouth to make fun of him.

“Uh, uh, uh, hey, hey, hey. uh.”

Unlike usual, midsummer avoids my eyes and looks like that. Suddenly, my back shivered.

“By the way, you mean, haven’t you been looking through that window all the time?”

“… … .”

“… … Haven’t you seen it?”

Midsummer didn’t say anything to my question and just quietly walked out of the room. His ears, visible through his hair, were recalled like ripe tomatoes.