Episode 3

However, it's good when he not reply.

When he reply, the man in front of him became more excited.

"Bro, if you didn't remind me, I would've forgotten about this morning. Let me tell you..."

"..."

Seeing that he couldn't interrupt the man in front of him, Seo silently took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. He pretended to accidentally drop it on the ground and bent down to pick it up, then started to speak.

"Calvin, get ready..."

Based on psychology.

If someone talks non-stop and you can't interrupt them, you can drop something on the ground and start talking as you pick it up.

This way, you can subtly interrupt them without them noticing.

However, he had only just opened his mouth.

And then he was interrupted again.

Calvin giggled triumphantly as he straddled the motorcycle, placing his hands on his hips. "Bro, don't you remember? We read that book on 'How to Deal with Chatterboxes' together, right?"

"Hey, has no one told the world?"

"When they publish a book like 'How to Deal with Chatterboxes,' can chatterboxes see the book too?"

"Really..."

His voice suddenly stopped.

Seo's face darkened, and he couldn't bear it any longer. He picked up the pack of cigarettes from the ground and put it directly in Calvin's mouth.

Word by word, he said, "I'm warning you for the last time!"

"If you keep buzzing in my ear like a fly, I'll sew your mouth shut!"

"Now, drive for me!"

"Go to Tribeca Park, there's a job looking for someone to do it!"

"...Oh."

Calvin took the cigarette case out of his mouth and wiped off the saliva from it before stuffing it back into his pocket. As he twisted the throttle, he prepared to drive onto the main road.

However, just before he set off, he hesitated for a moment and asked.

"Bro, I bought several types of medical gloves this time. They're all in the trunk. Do you want to take a look? One of them is…"

"Shut the f*ck up!!!"

"Oh…you're so fierce…"

…

Seo, feeling jaded, sat on the back of the motorcycle with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, staring blankly at the bustling street beside him.

Feeling the fierce wind rush by on both sides.

Calvin.

He was an orphan who grew up in a welfare institution with him.

He could speak earlier than most children, and he always had a lot to say.

He had been following him since they came out of the welfare institution, and most of the time, he was a good helper. If only he didn't talk so much.

It would be perfect if there was a rule that allowed every player to only speak up to ten sentences a day.

…

And they were on their way to Tribeca Park in the east of the city to start work.

Since the disaster struck, they had a new profession.

"Special event cleaners."

In simple terms, it meant collecting corpses of people who died from seeing ghosts. The scenes of these deaths were often extremely gory, with scattered body parts and blood all over the floor.

Just one glance at the scene would make one's heart fill with fear that was almost uncontrollable.

And fear...often meant that they had entered the three-second countdown for the rest of their lives.

They were hired by the Jakarta Enforcement Bureau.

They were responsible for cleaning up the death scene. When regular law enforcement officers see such scenes, they find it hard to control their fear and can only find those with stronger mental resilience to do the job.

Before the disaster, the two of them worked in a morgue and were quickly found by the agency.

The pay for special event cleaners is not low.

They can earn sixty million Rupiah, plus bonus of any soul shards that fall near the body.

...

Soon.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon.

Seo and his partner arrived at Tribeca Park.

Now this place had already been surrounded by police tape. Many law enforcement officers in police uniforms stood on the side and forced out an awkward smile as they talked to each other.

Enormous speakers around the area deafeningly played electronic music.

"If i am the DJ, do you love me?"

All these attempts were to keep the atmosphere as light-hearted as possible and avoid triggering unwanted crises.

No one, not even a passerby, could be seen around the cordon.

See, it's not hard to change the nature of human beings to watch the excitement.

However, it's not that hard for humans to distinguish what's more important to focus on.

Upon seeing Seo and his partner arriving.

A leading law enforcement officer outside the cordon hastily approached and said in a slightly stern tone, "The incident happened in a restaurant on the first floor of the square."

"A customer thought of a ghost for some reason while eating and died on the spot."

"Flesh and blood splattered everywhere."

"This scene was witnessed by other customers in the restaurant."

"Fear quickly spread, and the remaining customers couldn't control their emotions. They couldn't help but think of ghosts in their minds, and they all died suddenly."

"The situation now is somewhat complicated."

"We have no choice but to comb through all the customers in the mall as soon as possible. Although customers on the second, third, and fourth floors have spontaneously remained in place, they are aware of what happened on the first floor."

"What you need to do is to clean up the bodies on the first floor as soon as possible and try to calm the emotions of other customers on the second floor and above."

"And it's better to do it faster. No one knows how long other customers in the mall can control their emotions."

"Once one customer's emotions collapse and are completely invaded by fear..."

The captain's voice trembled with fear as he said, "Then the whole mall will be completely invaded by fear, and even the entire city will, those damned..."

"Hey!"

Noticing that the captain's emotions were starting to get out of control, Seo frowned and heavily patted the captain's shoulder. He spoke with a slightly louder and deeper voice.

"Control your emotions."

"Phew!"

At this point, the captain naturally realized that his emotions had almost slipped out of control. As a captain who has gone through the ghost gate and come back, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead in gratitude and looked at Seo. Later, he spoke again.

"If this operation is completed successfully, you will be given an additional one billion as a reward."

"No need."

Seo shook his head. "According to the old rules, every twenty million is exchanged for 10 points, and you can transfer it to me."

"This..."

The captain hesitated for a moment before nodding, saying, "Although I don't know what you need the virtual currency for, they should agree to it as it's worthless and everyone has it."

"It's just collecting it that's a bit bothersome."

"It's strange though, there have been more people in the city lately exchanging cash for virtual currency. It's really odd, as the virtual currency seems to have no use. Although, recently, even the higher-ups have started to collect it for some reason."

"Hmm."

Seo furrowed their eyebrows, not saying anything further. They pulled a pair of medical latex gloves out of their portable suitcase, put on a mask, and, together with Calvin, strode into Tribeca Park, passing through the police cordon.

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