Bailonz Street 13-Chapter 251.2

Agent Haegeum, who had been watching the scene quietly, smiled and touched the hilt of the Four-Tiger Evil-Slaying Sword.

“Right. So at the very least, you can throw a few punches if it comes to that. By borrowing the strength of another supernatural being, that is. They even mended your uniform, didn’t they?”

I glanced down at my arm. A patch-like layer of silver thread had been sewn over it.

The ripped zipper on my Security Team uniform had already been repaired by the time I came to.

Someone from the Baridegi Workshop must have come and stitched it up.

‘I do feel some strange aura from it, though.’

I’ll have to check it later. Anyway…

Gratitude for the proposal

: Considering acceptance

That’s a lie.

“Of course. It’s an honor, Mr. Mascot.”

I was grateful. Even if it was a suggestion made without knowing that I used to be a corporate spy as Agent Grapes.

Of course, it’s not a situation where I can actually accept it.

‘Still, I do want to leave something behind to help.’

After thinking for a moment, I slightly unzipped my sleeve and slipped my hand inside.

Into the inventory tattoo.

Of course, to the other person, it must have looked like I was suddenly shoving my hand into my own body.

“…!”

‘This connects to the resort.’

And now, to the lodge keeper who had become its manager as well.

‘When I called Jang Heowoon, I could feel that the decision was passed on to the manager.’

If that’s the case, then this should work too.

I sent a few signals, instructing the manager to place several items from the resort into the space linked to the tattoo…

Of course, the resort itself isn’t a sacred site.

So I ordered things that wouldn’t spread contamination on their own, wouldn’t suddenly pull anyone into the resort, and were safe while still within my control.

I withdrew my hand from the tattoo on my arm.

In the black-gloved palm, colorful plastic circles shimmered.

“Those are…”

Cheerful Coins.

Compensation for treatment and accommodation

Recipient : Disaster Management Bureau and Agent Haegeum

“…!”

I poured the coins in front of Agent Haegeum, beyond the sliding door.

She shot to her feet.

Usage :

Resort lodging

Theme park souvenir shop

Theme park restaurants (Not Recommended)

‘With these, they should be usable even within the bureau.’

Since people occasionally fall into the resort and agents come to rescue them, there must be other entry routes connected to the theme park.

If they have Cheerful Coins, it’ll make the agents’ movements much easier.

And within my domain, the souvenir shop mainly sells items that are relatively safe even for humans, so they could purchase and use them.

This quantity isn’t enough to harm the resort’s operation, so there’s no reason for refusal either.

Compensation item : Cheerful Coin ×30

Caution : May cause mild contamination symptoms upon possession. Recommended to store in isolation.

“No…”

Oho, please, just take them.

I felt like a humble citizen handing over a bribe as I slipped the Cheerful Coins to the agent.

‘This should count as some kind of repayment, right.’

Once the dokkaebi flame returned to its lantern, I quietly nodded to myself as I watched Agent Haegeum carrying the lantern and the pile of coins away.

Vaguely thinking that this settled the accounts between us.

……But that was only my assumption.

Starting the very next day, all sorts of items from the Disaster Management Bureau began arriving before me as offerings.

‘…?!’

And then I realized.

‘…They’ve confirmed my usefulness!’

If the agents who entered the theme park testified to the effectiveness of the Cheerful Coins, then now they were trying to figure out how to use me.

To exchange for the Cheerful Coins in the most effective way possible!

Rejection

Recommendation : Give it to a child

Today marked the third rejection. I reluctantly refused a basket full of children’s toys.

‘Is it because they think I’m a ghost story that governs an amusement park…’

They kept offering various amusement park-related items. Or sometimes resort-related ones.

Incidentally, during all this, the dokkaebi flame was permanently assigned to me. I heard it insisted quite strongly on it itself.

I was grateful, but at the same time I was beginning to regret having given away so many Cheerful Coins in return.

‘What if they start introducing me to more supernatural beings as ‘friends’…!’

Just as I was worrying that they might even be dragging in Jang Heowoon-ssi to conduct interviews, when he’s still supposed to be undergoing contamination treatment.

Things inevitably reached this point.

“They said this came from your resort. Is that true?”

……

……!

“Looks like it is.”

Through the sliding door, I saw what was sitting in the basket.

A pink body, round pebble-like black eyes. A plush rabbit doll, clean and soft, as if well cared for…

‘Good Friend…!’

W-Why on earth is that here?

And then—

[Friend! I have returned.]

‘…?!’

Wait.

‘Braun?’

[Who else would it be! Oh, at last we meet not as a cheap piece of merchandise, but in this splendid body that you yourself chose, Mr. Roe Deer.]

[Behold this silhouette, and look. Inside this belly is even the coin you once used!]

I was dumbfounded.

As I clumsily lifted the plushie from the basket with both hands, I realized.

‘Don’t tell me… this was what all of this was for?’

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