Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work

Light bloomed across the night garden of Flower Golden Resort.

Whoosh.

A single beam shot upward into the sky and burst in dazzling brilliance, cascading over the resort buildings like a waterfall of glittering light.

Wow!

Colorful flowers bloomed into glowing brilliance all around the garden, swaying as if dancing, blooming in staggered sequence. Even the luminous flowers held up by non-human guests lit up, drawing gasps of wonder.

So beautiful it was almost grotesque.

And soon, the resort building itself began to glow.

Light rose in vine-like patterns, climbing past the windows and terraces until it reached the rooftop and exploded into a shower of glowing pollen.

Letters sliced across the air.

FLOWER GOLDEN

At last, he had stepped forward.

The true owner of the resort.

The yellow mascot walked to the center of the garden with a crowd of other mascots, dancing with movements like a choreographed routine. With each step, the light danced along with them.

The cheerful theme park’s theme song played.

–♩♪♬♬♩♬♬♩♪♪

Simultaneously, variations of the same melody echoed faintly from all around.

Sounds drifting in from distant places.

“……”

Team leader of Hyunmu Team 3 glanced sideways with her eyes.

The red zone and the blue zone.

Ceremonies were underway in the other areas as well.

Fireworks over the blue zone, and then—

–Kya-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

The red zone parade.

Led by Magic Bunny, the agonizing, joyful, grotesque, and dazzling procession began from the Magic Palace at the center of the red zone, trailing behind a cacophony of music, screams, and cheers.

Though she couldn’t see the details from this distance, the team leader followed the path of the parade.

And realized, intuitively.

Its destination was here.

It hadn’t been yesterday. But they’d changed its route.

Once this ceremony ended, the parade would stop at the red gate in front of the garden.

And when business hours ended…

"They’ll probably spill in with the whole parade."

“…!”

"Ah, sorry~ didn’t mean to startle ya."

So the dolphin-masked employee had come to the same conclusion.

The team leader glanced quietly at the employee bowing to her and then gave a small nod.

She wasn’t the type to outwardly oppose a shady pharmaceutical company on principle alone.