{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "place": "K Corp. Laboratory Lobby", "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 1, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "I was too embarrassed to bring it up in front of the whole group, but actually, one of your… employees was an old friend of mine." }, { "id": 2, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 3, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "And he wouldn’t give me a nod, either. Perhaps he was embarrassed like me. It was a struggle to hide how disheartened I was." }, { "id": 4, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 5, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Mr. Dongrang, this individual is unable to communicate normally." }, { "id": 6, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "That’s why I’m speaking, Mr. Samjo. It’s like I’m back to being a child, muttering my woes to a wind-up toy, don’t you think?" }, { "id": 7, "content": "…That all was a monologue?" }, { "id": 8, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 9, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "It was mostly because of him that I decided to send my request to you. I can trust a familiar person better than a stranger." }, { "id": 10, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "See, this is why I can’t let my guard down for even a second. You’re too easily influenced by human attachment…" }, { "id": 11, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "So, let me ask you a favor; use your tact and consideration to… pretend that you know nothing about the relationship between him and me, okay?" }, { "id": 12, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 13, "content": "I could only let out a deep sigh and shake my head…" }, { "id": 14, "content": "The conversation that never got through ended as arbitrarily as it began." }, { "id": 15, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 16, "place": "K Corp. Laboratory Hallway", "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "We’re at the laboratory aisle. Ordinary visitors would not be permitted to go any further…" }, { "id": 17, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "But since you’ve been invited by Mr. Dongrang… I will show you to the interior." }, { "id": 18, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Wow… I hoped… I could work at a company as big as this." }, { "id": 19, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Then, maybe you could’ve applied to one~ Why didn’t you give it a shot?" }, { "id": 20, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "You’re joking, right, Rodion? Not everyone can join these companies. This kind of firm only accepts the very best of the elite." }, { "id": 21, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "Like Faust or Yi Sang, for example…" }, { "id": 22, "content": "Ishmael’s remark gave me a good opportunity to bring up my earlier question." }, { "id": 23, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 24, "model": "파우스트", "content": "Because I am Faust." }, { "id": 25, "model": "단테", "content": "<……>" }, { "id": 26, "content": "There was a certain energy in her confidently clarifying tone that discouraged me from asking another question." }, { "id": 27, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 28, "model": "이상", "content": "Let me take the trouble of asking in return. Manager, why did you join the company you work for?" }, { "id": 29, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 30, "model": "이상", "content": "…That should sufficiently answer your question." }, { "id": 31, "model": "단테", "content": "<……>" }, { "id": 32, "content": "It looks like Ishmael wasn’t exaggerating about the qualifications it takes to join this firm." }, { "id": 33, "place": "K Corp. Laboratory Room", "content": "The laboratory was dominated by a stillness that could only be achieved with everyone in total focus." }, { "id": 34, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Dante, Dante, Dante, look, there… You see that? The fridge is full of snacks… We could take one… or ten, and they wouldn’t notice!" }, { "id": 35, "content": "And we would break that stillness with nonchalance." }, { "id": 36, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Take as many as you’d like. Mr. Samjo, pack some snacks from the break room into small bundles to give them later." }, { "id": 37, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Understood." }, { "id": 38, "model": "로쟈", "content": "That’s awesome, Ishy, maybe we should quit our job and join up here?" }, { "id": 39, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "Everyone can hear you, Rodya…" }, { "id": 40, "model": "파우스트", "content": "Rodion, the work contract says…" }, { "id": 41, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Joking, Faust. Joking. See?" }, { "id": 42, "model": "단테", "content": "<……>" }, { "id": 43, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Let’s move on to the request—" }, { "id": 44, "model": "슈렌느", "title": "K Corp. Laboratory", "content": "You’re bringing outsiders into the building now… What are you, a field trip guide, Dongrang?" }, { "id": 45, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah. Pardon me for a moment. This is Shrenne. She’s the manager of the department next to mine and a colleague who joined the company at the same time as I did. Visiting me to hurl hurtful words takes up much of her daily routine." }, { "id": 46, "model": "슈렌느", "teller": "Shrenne", "title": "K Corp. Laboratory", "content": "I figured someone’s got to point out the massive drain on our company's welfare budget that is your team." }, { "id": 47, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah, if you’re wondering about how we spend our welfare budget… You’ll see when the Department of the Year trophy is awarded. Right, Samjo?" }, { "id": 48, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "It would take a full day to list the benefits the department chosen as the best receives." }, { "id": 49, "model": "슈렌느", "teller": "Shrenne", "title": "K Corp. Laboratory", "content": "Eugh, you’re snobs, the both of you." }, { "id": 50, "model": "그레고르", "content": "Hm. Is that a rival? I do suppose excellence is followed by envy wherever it is." }, { "id": 51, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Envy fuels advancement, as they say, so it’s only right for us to show a little generosity for those following behind. Should we give some of the pies we bought from that store to Shrenne’s department, Mr. Samjo?" }, { "id": 52, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "I was planning to do so. The pepper, chili, lettuce, and curry-flavored ones, specifically." }, { "id": 53, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Gasp… That… also sounds tasty?" }, { "id": 54, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Haha… Now then, let’s get back to the main topic." }, { "id": 55, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "I heard the rumors. They were about a newly formed company collecting organic objects called “Golden Boughs”." }, { "id": 56, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "And those Golden Boughs are found exclusively inside the closed-down branch facilities of Lobotomy Corp." }, { "id": 57, "model": "오티스", "content": "How did you learn about the existence of Golden Boughs?" }, { "id": 58, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "It was a recent discovery. We’d been using a Lobotomy Corp. branch near our research facility as a lab until a few months ago." }, { "id": 59, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "You… set up a lab in that horrible place?" }, { "id": 60, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "But, I thought they were all buried underground…" }, { "id": 61, "model": "그레고르", "content": "Well… I guess there were rare resources and documents they could use…" }, { "id": 62, "model": "파우스트", "content": "…Did the scope of your research include Abnormalities?" }, { "id": 63, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Why, certainly. No researcher could overlook such intriguing subjects." }, { "id": 64, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "Researchers must be all soft in the head if that’s what they’re interested in…" }, { "id": 65, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "…Hold on." }, { "id": 66, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "When you were mumbling rubbish and tossing a rock at one of them chickenheads, did you…" }, { "id": 67, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ahrmhrm…" }, { "id": 68, "model": "파우스트", "content": "I will say, Heathcliff’s unexpected fits of insight surprise me sometimes." }, { "id": 69, "model": "파우스트", "content": "You led us into dealing with a Distortion in a “coincidental” encounter so that you could gather data for your research on Abnormalities." }, { "id": 70, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Mr. Samjo here is no good at acting. I suppose it’s due to his upright way of life." }, { "id": 71, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Please understand. We had no means to clearly distinguish a Distortion from an Abnormality." }, { "id": 72, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "A person distorts “when the mind crumbles to figurative pieces…” was it? That was a stellar figure of speech. Did you restore his crumbled mind back to health, then?" }, { "id": 73, "model": "파우스트", "content": "There is no way to piece together someone else’s broken mind." }, { "id": 74, "model": "파우스트", "content": "We merely showed him the way. It was the choice of the restaurant owner whether to stay there or take that path." }, { "id": 75, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Wow, you know so much. If I were just a bit younger, I’d have jumped and hopped trying to high-five you." }, { "id": 76, "model": "파우스트", "content": "You’re always unwelcome to try." }, { "id": 77, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Mr. Dongrang, you’re becoming sidetracked again." }, { "id": 78, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah, you’re right. Alright… Then, one day, while we happily indulged in research in that laboratory of the Lobotomy Corp. branch facility, armed terrorists attacked the place. It was all too sudden." }, { "id": 79, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Have you ever seen a bomb set off before your eyes? It’s quite the spectacle. It all starts and ends in a split second. Just like the universe, isn’t it?" }, { "id": 80, "model": "오티스", "content": "Where are the terrorists now?" }, { "id": 81, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "The members have almost nothing in common, and their motive is unknown. They only showed up recently." }, { "id": 82, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "In the end, the terrorist organization took over the laboratory Mr. Dongrang’s team had stayed in." }, { "id": 83, "model": "오티스", "content": "Mm. That must be when the lab was moved." }, { "id": 84, "model": "이상", "content": "…How severe was the damage?" }, { "id": 85, "content": "Dongrang turned his gaze from Yi Sang to the sporadically unoccupied seats." }, { "id": 86, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "You see, those empty seats…" }, { "id": 87, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "They’ll stay that way for a while. Their owners died—in that act of terror." }, { "id": 88, "content": "Looking closely, I saw snacks and flowers placed on their cushions, probably as a way to mourn the dead." }, { "id": 89, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah, this fellow we only managed to recover a finger from. We couldn’t find the right place to put it, so we’ve been keeping it in storage. It should be over at the display on the second floor." }, { "id": 90, "content": "A solemn silence filled the office, but Dongrang continued, brushing the empty desk with his hand." }, { "id": 91, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "There is so much we had to leave behind." }, { "id": 92, "model": "그레고르", "content": "…Dongrang…" }, { "id": 93, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "I especially miss the plaque modeled after the face of my character, that was a favorite souvenir of mine." }, { "id": 94, "model": "그레고르", "content": "I’ll be stumped, I can’t tell how much of what he says is a joke and how much of it is serious." }, { "id": 95, "model": "오티스", "content": "What about that seat, then?" }, { "id": 96, "content": "Our attention was brought to a white desk that was completely empty." }, { "id": 97, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah, that one is reserved." }, { "id": 98, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "We’re waiting for a new employee to take that seat." }, { "id": 99, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "Oh… Is there an application guideline for the position, then? Where can I see it?" }, { "id": 100, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ahem." }, { "id": 101, "content": "Ishmael’s bright-eyed inquisition was interrupted by Samjo’s displeased utterance." }, { "id": 102, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Oh dear, our Mr. Samjo is feeling all uncomfortable now. Shall we actually get to the point then, Samjo?" }, { "id": 103, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Let me be blunt; I suggest an accord that will benefit both parties." }, { "id": 104, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "If you help us retake the laboratory, we’ll yield the ownership of the Golden Bough we found to you." }, { "id": 105, "model": "파우스트", "content": "I have a question. Is this a fixed contract, or a post-fulfillment review contract? Will it be represented by delegate bodies or co-executive members?" }, { "id": 106, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Allow me to answer that. This will be an immediate delegate-body-represented contract with no warranty liability. A contractual signing overseen by an observer from a Grade 1 Contract Office will take place following due process." }, { "id": 107, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 108, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "In J Corp’s District, we couldn’t get the Golden Bough right away despite winning because we didn’t have anyone overseeing the deal." }, { "id": 109, "model": "그레고르", "content": "Oh… That Ayuda from the Merry Archils? She started a fight even after Rodya won the game." }, { "id": 110, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "It’s Aida from Los Mariachis…" }, { "id": 111, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "That’s right. Instead of playing the role of the observer, she left us with no choice but to take the Bough with force." }, { "id": 112, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "Which is why it is safer to use the service of an Association or a Contract Office to stand as an observer or to notarize the contract even if it can be costly. That’s what Faust probably considered most carefully, I think." }, { "id": 113, "content": "Ishmael explained like it was common knowledge. I guess it’s something well-known among City folks…" }, { "id": 114, "model": "파우스트", "content": "This contract certainly favors our side." }, { "id": 115, "model": "파우스트와삼조", "teller": "Faust & Samjo", "title": "Both", "content": "As long as the goal is achieved." }, { "id": 116, "content": "…We watched with our mouths agape as the two declared the conclusion at once." }, { "id": 117, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "This is a secret, but, I frankly don’t get more than half of what Samjo says. I just nod like “Oh I see~” and move on." }, { "id": 118, "model": "그레고르", "content": "Isn’t that a coincidence? It’s the same for us, too." }, { "id": 119, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "Aren’t you supposed to be the last person to be ignorant of your secretary’s words…?" }, { "id": 120, "model": "홍루", "content": "Aha, still, I guess making a contract with K Corp’s laboratory means we won’t be fighting against the Wing’s staff for a while." }, { "id": 121, "model": "홍루", "content": "You know, those people who would keep healing their wounds." }, { "id": 122, "content": "The team fell into a somber silence. All the memories related to them were filled with misery and suffering." }, { "id": 123, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah, so you’ve seen K Corp’s regenerative technology already." }, { "id": 124, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Ugh, we’ve more than seen it!" }, { "id": 125, "model": "그레고르", "content": "Had to deal with it over and over, I get sick of the thought…" }, { "id": 126, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Ah… Why don’t I show you around my lab instead, then? It’s not here, though… You’ll have to take the elevator once more." }, { "id": 127, "model": "삼조", "teller": "Samjo", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Geh? You would show them that much, Mr. Dongrang? That place is off-limits for unauthorized personnel…" }, { "id": 128, "model": "동랑", "teller": "Dongrang", "title": "K Corp. Dept. of Food Resource Development", "content": "Hah, you just made a really funny noise, Mr. Samjo. Well, it shouldn’t hurt. We’re hanging out a bit to celebrate the provisional contract being signed." }, { "id": 129, "content": "I wasn’t sure if that was an appropriate way to celebrate things… but since no one on the team objected, I decided to follow him." } ] }