Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work-Chapter 158

Jin Nasol lifted her head.

From beyond the alley, something peered out cautiously, watching her.

A tailless mermaid juvenile.

It threw something at her.

Whoosh.

The projectile glittered in the light.

Without hesitation, Jin Nasol reached out and grabbed the neck of an employee who had been running towards her, using him to shield herself.

"Gasp!"

The moment the employee screamed from being hit by the fragments, glass bubbles burst from his body, trapping his head and hands.

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Above him appeared a geometric traditional pattern, like a seal being stamped.

"...Supernatural Disaster Management Bureau!"

[Warning. You are currently interfering with a supernatural disaster rescue mission.]

[Cease obstructing official duties immediately. Surrender. Surrender. Surrender…]

From the pattern, a recorded warning began to play.

A broadcast that the Supernatural Disaster Management Bureau always issues when subduing civilians who obstruct official duties.

Hearing it usually quells aggression and commands authority.

Well, for ordinary people that is.

"What a hassle."

The veins on the temples of Jin Nasol, wearing the elite team’s golden mask, bulged.

They were not mermaids but agents of the Bureau disguised as special entities.

"Annoying."

"Ugh,"

As Jin Nasol kicked the restrained employee away, she simultaneously donned a monocle like magic, identifying the agents.

Two, beyond the alley.

'Should I engage?'

No, that's not it. The important thing is to finish the mission quickly and accumulate points. To achieve maximum effect with minimal physical exertion, to increase work efficiency.

In this case, it was right to stop searching for annoying items and quickly escape.

But...

"It's irritating."

Her detached fingernail charged forward and embedded itself beyond the alley.

"…!"

Her irritation level exceeded the threshold, combining with chronic headaches, finally compelling Jin Nasol to act.

Her fingernail scraped noisily against the wall, snagging at the corner.

Along with a few strands of Agent Choi's hair.

"Agent!"

"That hurts."

However, the opponent was the skilled Xuanwu Unit 1, adept at hand-to-hand combat. Even turned into children, they dodged expertly as per ingrained habits.

"Chase when the wire retracts."

The stand-in wearing a butterfly mask snagged the wire and shot back.

The two Bureau agents immediately rolled to the side, returning fire.

Glass hand cannon.

"Ah!"

Jin Nasol pulled the restrained employee in front of her using the wire on her finger to block the Bureau's anti-villain bullets.

"Aaaah! The mermaid! The mermaid!!"

The idiot wasn't killed but merely shocked by a Bureau bullet and made a fuss.

And still, to think it looked just like a mere mermaid, brain must be leaking...

...Hmm.

'There’s one?'

Jin Nasol peered through her monocle.

There was another one behind the two Bureau agents.

A mermaid juvenile.

…!

At that moment, one of the agents, a slightly larger special entity, shifted slightly.

To better cover the mermaid.

"Aha."

Deputy A narrowed his eyes.

And throwing the restrained employee at the agent, he launched the fingernail wire again.

At the mermaid behind the agent.

"…!"

Ting.

With a crisp sound, the fingernail bounced off.

The Bureau agent moved.

"Ha."

Jin Nasol seized the moment to slip away from the standoff.

A brief euphoria crossed her pain-forgotten mind. If the Bureau agent bothered to move to protect it... then the truth was only one.

'Is the mermaid a civilian?'

This is...

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A high-value point.

Jin Nasol's eyes gleamed fiercely.

Forget the anger and the trumpet; she must board the escape raft and return immediately. A clear priority had emerged.

'If necessary, take the mermaid hostage.'

Jin Nasol naturally snapped off a part attached to her nail and threw it forward.

Smoke billowed.

Seizing the gap in the obscured vision, Jin Nasol narrowly escaped through the alley.

Her mind conceived the most violent and straightforward method, but her persistent goal-oriented mentality spoke out for a more effective and intelligent approach…

"Hey."

Jin Nasol, while peeking with the wire, reeled in a new employee trying to calculate an escape angle.

A woman wearing a pony mask.

"Y-Yes?"

"Draw their attention."

"Me?"

Pony mask, Kang Ihak, looked surprised, pointing at herself with wide-open eyes.

"You'll just be detained and released from custody since you're a newbie without a record of obstruction. They have no reason to throw you in jail."

"Oh…"

Kang Ihak turned around and then smiled broadly.

"That's a brilliant plan, Deputy! Then I'll give it a go with Mr. Goat over there! He’s been quiet as a mouse…"

"One gold piece per day of detention."

"I'm on it."

The gold-digging enthusiast brightened up and immediately gave a thumbs up.

While smiling.

"But Deputy! If you're lying, I’ll spill all your personal info to the Bureau and get a long-term loan in your name on the way out."

"Go ahead."

Jin Nasol left the newbie as a distraction and started retreating quickly to make an escape…

Screeching-

Blades poured down.

"…!!"

A bell-adorned scythe blocked the retreat and struck Jin Nasol's leg.

'…!'

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Excruciating pain shot up her leg, paralyzing her.

The Bureau’s equipment for handling individuals was mostly designed to minimize deaths during supernatural disasters, selecting villains as necessary to kill in a controlled manner.

"Ah, really!"

The special entity disguised as a tailless mermaid juvenile, a Bureau agent, laughed as he pushed Kang Ihak aside and charged towards her.

'That bastard.'

Targeting the elite team.

Among veterans, there were occasionally such agents.

Because the elite team's exploration records and testimonies are valuable information.

Moreover, if one becomes an elite working at Daydream Corporation, they are deemed villains.

Once imprisoned, anything can be leveraged.

'Should I kill him?'

Whoever it was, they had been a nuisance.

Jin Nasol crawled on the ground, reaching into her suit to pull out lethal equipment.