32 – The Trend is Civil Servants (3)

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The command center of the Gohyeonso (Paranormal Phenomena) Countermeasures Headquarters.

The control room was equipped with excessively bright ceiling lights that eliminated any shadows, and arranged on the floor were circles of a specific pattern with the help of Cheonmashin-gyo.

These facilities were prepared to prevent Gohyeonso from infiltrating the command center. After all, Gohyeonso hated light, especially the malignancy of Cheonmashin-gyo.

On one wall of the command center was a massive screen. It was the only screen in the world that could show what was happening in Gohyeonso without any information contamination.

That screen was currently projecting the face of a man.

“I never thought there would be a paranormals like him.”

A kind and strong paranormals who didn’t disdain the Countermeasures Headquarters. The executives of the headquarters had never seen such a paranormals before.

At least, the leader of Cheonji acknowledged the Countermeasures Headquarters.

To be precise, the leader of Cheonji had promised to annihilate the paranormals who would destroy the Countermeasures Headquarters and the government of South Korea.

However, as long as the paranormals did not bring the country to ruin, the leader of Cheonji turned a blind eye. In the end, the leader of Cheonji didn’t have much interest in the safety of the citizens either.

But here was a strong paranormals who cared about this country.

The Countermeasures Headquarters staff focused on the screen, hiding their surprise.

“I am now going to die. Leave my body here and go.”

The Director of Intelligence Agency, Yi Dok-jun, spoke.

And he took out a black pen from his pocket.

The black pen used to be in the shape of a brush in the past, but it had transformed into the form of a keyboard key in modern times. This item, which was the divine instrument of Cheonma transformed by enlightenment, was called a ‘Bullyeonggu’.

Bullyeonggu is activated through enlightenment.

Enlightenment is the soul.

And Yi Dok-jun’s soul was almost completely worn out.

The Countermeasures Headquarters staff saluted silently at his final moments.

Someday, they too would oxidize in the same way as this senior.

To maintain such honor and protect tens of thousands of lives.

But some couldn’t hold back their tears as they watched.

That was the moment.

“Wait, stop!!!”

Yoo Ha-jin, a second-class paranormals, blocked the Director of Intelligence Agency. And the next words he spoke stunned all the Countermeasures Headquarters staff.

“I will do it.”

* * *

“Wait, stop!!!”

Damn it, my civil servant route!!!

I quickly rushed ahead and shouted.

“I’ll handle it.”

“What insane nonsense is this? Didn’t they say that using it weakens your psychic abilities and leads to your destruction?”

Psychic abilities? What the hell, you loser.

The scariest thing in this world is someone who has nothing to lose.

Psychically, I have nothing to lose.

“But it’s still more valuable than a person’s life, isn’t it?”

“What, what? Aren’t psychics willing to kill Buddhas, their masters, and their parents for enlightenment?”

“I’m not one of those trashy bastards. Please give it to me.”

But the chief didn’t hand over the keyboard.

And mumbled at me.

“Think about it again. Losing your psychic abilities means losing the ability to read fortunes, losing the extended lifespan gained through accepting the universe with your soul, losing various abilities like flight, clairvoyance, and psychological manipulation. Don’t you know?”

Psychics really are a strange bunch.

Honestly, I’m jealous.

“If you use this, you’ll gradually lose those powers one by one. I appreciate your offer. But I can’t make others do such things.”

“Then there’s nothing I can do.”

I quietly approached the chief and snatched the keyboard from him.

Taking something from a middle-aged man was too easy for me.

It feels weird to say it like this…?

At that moment, the chief yelled loudly.

“You. Don’t do this, you’ll regret it!!!”

“If I just let you live, I’ll regret it even more, Chief.”

“You, why are you like this…”

If I let the chief live, I’ll miss out on the opportunity to become a regular government employee. I was so angry that I felt like putting only vegetables on my plate for a month.

Oh, come to think of it, vegetables are more expensive than meat.

Anyway, it means I’ll regret it to that extent.

I approached the steel tower with the keyboard in my hand.

It’s based on a real car, so I can see it with my own eyes.

“That’s beside the point, but how do you use this keyboard?”

I murmured as I looked at the USB interface attached to the keyboard.

“I guess I have to insert this.”

As I looked at the observatory, I noticed a suspicious USB port protruding from a peculiar location.

Could it be that if I plug it in, some kind of evil spirit will come out and mess with me?

Yes, that would be even better.

Without hesitation, I connected the keyboard to the observatory.

Then, a hologram-like image appeared.

On that hologram, these characters were written.

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[Web Message] [Safety Notification]

[Seoul]

An abnormal phenomenon warning has been issued for the entire Seoul area.

We ask all citizens to stay indoors.

[Web Message] [Safety Notification]

[Seoul]

[Web Message] [Safety Notification]

[Ministry of Administration and Safety]

[Web Message] [Safety Notification]

[Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency]

[Web Message] [Safety Notification]

From Noble mtl dot com

[Seoul]

Currently, safety notifications that have not been sent by the government are being sent.

We ask all citizens to ignore any messages other than safety notifications instructing them to stay indoors.

[Web Message] [Safety Notification]

[Pi’an Station]

—-

“What a mess.”

Several of those invisible safety notifications seem to be visible in most of the safety notifications. What kind of combination is this exactly? Come to think of it, there were a few phrases in the Pi’an Station manual that I couldn’t read.

At that moment, Director Kook spoke.

“Are the safety text messages coming out? Most of those safety text messages are contaminated with anomalies. Don’t stare at them for too long.”

I see. The invisible safety text messages must be written by ghosts. I also couldn’t read the text contaminated by ghosts.

Can’t you let me read this kind of thing?

I really want to see what kind of writing the ghost wrote.

“Well, what should we do now?”

“We need to create more safety text messages than anomalies generate. The only thing that can defeat information contamination is more information. The black pen of the ghost is the best tool to fix the manual of anomalies or information contamination. It’s not that we are contaminated by anomalies, it’s that anomalies can contaminate us.”

“So, it means we have to create a lot of correct safety text messages using this keyboard.”

Damn it, even if I just had a mouse, I could show off my copy-pasting skills. Why is there a heavenly keyboard but no heavenly mouse?

—-

[Web Sent][Safety Text Message]

[Seoul Special City]

Safety text messages that have not been sent by the government are being sent.

Please ignore any texts other than the safety text message instructing you to stay in your house.

[Web Sent][Safety Text Message]

[Seoul Special City]

[Web Sent][Safety Text Message]

[Ministry of Public Safety and Security]

[Web Sent][Safety Text Message]

[Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency]

—-

“Gyahk.”

Every time I create one safety text message, these guys create three. Do I have to type at a speed of 800 strokes per minute to catch up to this speed? But I can’t even do 300 strokes. And on top of that, the increasing speed is now so fast that I don’t think I can keep up even with copy-pasting.

“I guess there’s no other way.”

I started rewriting the text.

Stamp them out with an overwhelming number of messages.

Actually, safety text messages started in England.

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[Web Sent][Safety Text Message]

[Seoul Special City]

This safety text message originated in England, and it used to bring luck to the recipient as it made its way around the world in a week. Now, this message has been passed on to you, and it must leave your side within 10 minutes. After sending a total of 20 messages, including this one, to someone who needs luck right now, if you don’t go home…

The letter of fortune has an amusing aspect to it.

Although called the letter of fortune, it is actually a cursed letter. In this case, I extended the targets of the curse to include ordinary citizens, as well as supernatural phenomena and evil spirits. Now, experience it for yourselves through this letter.

Immediately, my cellphone began to vibrate.

—-

[Web Message][Safety Advisory]

[Seoul]

This safety advisory message, which started in England, has been circulating around the world, giving luck to those who receive it once a week. Now, this message has been passed on to you and must leave your side within 10 minutes. After sending a total of 20 messages, including this one, to someone in need of luck, if you do not go home…

[Web Message][Safety Advisory]

[Seoul]

This safety advisory message, which started in England, has been circulating around the world, giving luck to those who receive it once a week. Now, this message has been passed on to you and must leave your side within 10 minutes. After sending a total of 20 messages, including this one, to someone in need of luck, if you do not go home…

—-

Countless letters of fortunate safety advisory flooded in from people whose faces I barely remembered from my part-time job, or people I happened to exchange phone numbers with without recalling their faces.

The influx of safety advisory letters, seemingly possessed by ghosts, was so overwhelming that they could not be seen. It was truly a deluge of fortunate safety advisory letters.

“We’ve resolved one.”

I smiled, looking back at Director Lee.

Director Lee, as if unable to believe it, looked at his phone and muttered, “Th-The message of fortune. I have to send it and go home. No, this, this is the message of that benefactor. It’s the message of a hero who sacrificed himself to save others.”

I shouted, “Director Lee!”

“H-Huh? You’re back to your senses. Thank you so much. Thank you.”

At that moment, perhaps unable to withstand the excessive flood of safety advisory letters, the iron tower began to crack and collapse. And suddenly, the tower itself crumbled, dispersing into pieces of cars. If it hadn’t been a tower made of real cars, one wouldn’t have been able to witness such a sight.

Director Lee shed tears as he watched it.

Even grown adults cry like that.

“I never expected to live to see this scene.”

With a moved gaze, Director Lee looked at me and said, “You must have lost quite a lot of your abilities. I’m truly sorry.”

“Don’t mention it. It was nothing more than what a resident should do here.”

What do you think? My socializing skills are top-notch.

As soon as he heard my remark, Director Lee burst into laughter.

“A resident here, huh? So you, a strong person, have been living in a place like this. No, you’ve been protecting the slum dwellers here. I heard that the office-tel called Louisville, which has a similar name to this place of misfortune, only charges 50,000 KRW per month. But in return, there is always a sacrifice every few months.”

“These days, there are no victims. Although there aren’t many people living either.”

And it’s not Louisville, but Lua-ville.

I didn’t make that observation.

Because this person will be my superior from now on.

The chief made up his mind about something and blinked, then handed something over from his pocket. It was a black USB.

“What is this?”

“It’s the biometric key for the Gohyeonsang Countermeasure Headquarters website. If you use this, you will become one of the administrators of the Gohyeonsang Countermeasure Headquarters website, just like our chiefs. Even heavenly beings themselves would be envious of this.”

“Oh, really?”

An administrator of the website.

Could it be, could it be, could it be immediate employment?

“Damn, no, thank you so much.”

I bowed my head respectfully.

Then, the chief bowed his head even deeper than me.

“No, I should be the one thanking you. Really.”

I wanted to shout that there was no way I could ever refuse this, but I held myself back.

After sending the chief back to the nearby bus stop, I raised my shoulders as high as Mount Everest and returned to Lua-ville.

As soon as I got home, I immediately used the USB for biometric recognition and created an account. Now, I am an administrator of the Gohyeonsang Countermeasure Headquarters website. In other words, a government official.

“Wow, I can freely remove users’ posts, trace what the users have written, and block them as I please?”

Isn’t this the reign of a website tyrant?

But as a government official, I should act decently.

That was the moment I started looking into the website.

“Oh, I’m so tired that I feel like dying. I’ll take a shower.”

At that moment, Jamsooni entered my room, drenched in sweat and whining.

“Oh, sweat. Go to your room and shower.”

“My room is destroyed right now. I’m sleeping here tonight.”

“Again today? Jamsoon, you’re making too many excuses.”

“What can I do?”

Shhh-

The sound of water pouring and Jamsooni’s voice could be heard.

“Did something good happen today?”

“Good news? Ah, should I tell her this?”

I said to Jamsuni with a smile.

“I got a job. And as the administrator of a website, no less.”

“Administrator of a website? What kind of website is it?”

“A website related to paranormal phenomena…”

“One or two websites related to paranormal phenomena? No, what exactly do you do as an administrator?”

True.

What do I do as an administrator?

I didn’t ask that.

“Writing articles, blocking users, tracking users…”

“What? That’s just nonsense. Idiot, what kind of job is that?”

“Jamsuni, what, what are you saying?”

“Hey, writing articles and banning users are unpaid work. I manage the website without getting paid.”

What kind of nonsense is this?

I was shocked and yelled again.

“What kind of crazy people do unpaid work like that?”

“Oh, don’t you know? It’s common sense for volunteers to get insulted and delete hate comments for free. I told you that before.”

Oh, right.

I felt like I heard that kind of talk.

No money and doing that kind of thing 24 hours a day???

Are there any real paranormal phenomena??? Those people are the real paranormal phenomena!!!

Gyaaah! This world is too scary!!!!

With a thud, I fell to my knees and murmured.

“I should have written the employment contract first.”

That day, the episode of the Lua Ville seizure was passing.

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