Surviving as an Office Worker in Monster Management Bureau

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Song Ah Rin was annoyed.

She had been involved in countless collaborative operations during her time at the Management Agency, but now she had to work with the one partner she least wanted to.

-Bang!

After jamming the last remaining bullet into the monster’s body with its head cleanly severed, she jumped back and fired her gun to keep it at bay.

With a click, as she pulled the pump, a hot casing flew out and warmth spread on her cheek.

“How dare you, a dog of the Management Agency—!”

“Cover!”

“Kugh!”

As she shouted and retreated, Jang Chae Yeon immediately raised her right arm and slammed it down to the ground.

-Thud!

A terrifying gravity brushed past her, embedding the neurosurgeon straight into the earth.

“Reload.”

“I would do it even if you didn’t tell me?”

With her emotionless words, Jang Chae Yeon brushed past, clenching her fist.

-Szzzzzt…!

“You garbage—”

-Crunch!

With a sound of compressed air, its body twisted and ripped apart.

Blood and bone fragments scattered around, but no one thought it was over.

As Song Ah Rin quickly loaded pellets into her shotgun, she mentally suggested to herself.

The suggestion was to the veteran Isolation Team of the Gangdong Branch of the Management Agency.

Her hands naturally sped up the loading process, and her trembling began to fade.

Once she quickly finished reloading, she calmly aimed her gun at its torso again.

-Bang!

Its body was jolted from the impact, but both of them didn’t even care.

They realized it wasn’t dead yet.

“Sister! Help me!”

As it shouted loudly and pulled free, headless corpses came rushing from outside the mortuary door.

“What the hell…!”

As Jang Chae Yeon swept her hand, once again an invisible force brushed them away, and Song Ah Rin, who was carefully loading her bullets, clicked her tongue and shouted.

“This will never end!”

“I know!”

Eventually, after breaking through that web, one lunged at it, and at the same time a headless corpse picked up a head and looked back at the two.

“Die!”

With a whoosh, a large amount of green liquid surged towards the two.

“…Ah!”

As Jang Chae Yeon reached out, a headless corpse came rushing from the void, covering her, and she stumbled forward, releasing psychokinetic energy to an unintended place.

There wasn’t even a moment to stare blankly.

Instinctively, Song Ah Rin turned her body, bracing for the worst pain.

As long as her vital organs didn’t dissolve, she could keep fighting.

She gritted her teeth and—

“…?”

Nothing happened.

“Looks like I’m not late.”

A familiar voice rang in her ears.

With her eyes slightly opened, she lifted her head and looked back.

Liquid suspended in mid-air, unmoving, eventually lost its momentum and fell to the ground.

She lifted her gaze toward the source of the voice.

A woman in patient attire with black hair was standing there with a composed expression, extending her hand, and behind her was a weary-looking man holding a gun, facing forward.

As always, a slightly off-kilter gaze, yet a tired expression that never changed.

-Bang!

He fired the gun backward, and the monster that had been struggling in the corridor fell with just that shot.

There’s no way that gun is something special, right?

“Let’s resolve this.”

“You, how did you do that?”

“What… I just did what I could.”

He shrugged while pointing backward with his thumb, and the giant monster that had looked dead before came back into her line of sight.

She didn’t ask how.

Because if it was him, she knew he was more than capable.

Before long, the white-haired one was standing next to him, and the black-haired one was on the opposite side, clenching her fist.

That one isn’t actually someone with teleportation abilities, right?

“Can you fight?”

“What do you take me for?”

As she reflected on her useless thoughts, she turned her gaze toward him.

“If you’re tired, you can step back.”

“Oh, come on.”

A fierce smile appeared on Song Ah Rin’s face.

“What do you take me for? This is nothing!”

As she mentally spurred her shaking legs, she took her stance.

“Quickly give the orders.”

“Understood.”

He drew his gun and stepped forward.

Finally, we can fight with some advantage here.

She subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and prepared herself.

*

Honestly speaking.

It definitely became much easier to fight.

Since Yu Da On learned cooperative techniques, they had truly been able to form an organic defense.

Jang Chae Yeon felt more like she was just brute-forcing away incoming attacks.

“…Is it going to be okay?”

Yu Da On looked anxiously at the place where the orthopedic doctor had been.

The orthopedic doctor had already vanished when she attempted to shoot after completing her manual entry.

Whether he felt threatened or had some other reason.

She glanced at the translucent window out of the corner of her eye.

[Chronos’ Shield: Remaining Time 1.5 Seconds]

Up to 0.5 seconds, it was calculated.

“We’ll begin the collaboration now. Da On, please take the attacks from the front. Only take what you need.”

“I’ll handle it with my body if needed.”

“Chae Yeon, only direct attacks. Just reveal your head once.”

“Got it.”

“Song Ah Rin, assist and check for incoming threats from the side.”

“Okay.”

After seeing the three prepare, I took out my gun as well.

Acidic liquid splattered around, but it couldn’t be faster than the eye.

Yu Da On leapt out, reaching out.

A translucent barrier spread, stopping the acid, and she crossed her arms again as she charged forward.

In support, Jang Chae Yeon bit her lips tightly, drew her arms back, and then fired as if to shoot.

As she acted, stones scattered across the ground were tightly gathered and shot out.

With a sound that tore through the air, a stone grazed Yu Da On’s head and embedded itself in the upper body of the neurosurgeon.

-Poof!

With the sound of something solid breaking, the neurosurgeon’s body bent at right angles as the acid poured down.

As the corrosive liquid drenched Yu Da On, a ghastly sound of flesh melting was heard, but unbothered, she charged straight toward the neurosurgeon.

“Yah!”

The neurosurgeon lifted its left arm.

No way that’s going to happen.

I raised my gun, aiming for its left arm.

Without a hint of wobble, I pulled the trigger, and in sync, the bullet sank into the neurosurgeon’s shoulder.

As its arm twitched, Yu Da On, who just finished regenerating, dove into its embrace and punched it in the solar plexus.

“Kah…!”

It screamed just as countless headless corpses started to rush in, but Song Ah Rin jumped to the side and skillfully began to take them down one by one with her shotgun.

“Jae Heon!”

Yu Da On reached out with her other hand, grabbing its head.

“Let go!”

It shouted like a fit of rage, but Yu Da On ignored it, lifted the head, and hurled it with all her strength in my direction.

“Here!”

The screaming head flew through the air.

[Critical: 1->0]

The world turned black and white, slowing down.

Shooting the round ball flying in the sky is something most untrained people couldn’t do.

But I was confident.

Confident I could hit it no matter what.

The red glow lingered where it touched its temple.

Unfortunately, it seemed like the critical did not change at all. It was the same when I knocked down that giant earlier.

As I pondered that, I pulled the trigger.

-Bang!

There was no need to even check if I hit.

Its temple exploded and blood gushed forth,

“Kah… ah…”

With a thud, its head fell to the ground, and it soon went silent.

“…”

I exhaled a sigh of relief.

Looking around, everything was literally smashed to pieces.

The ceiling had collapsed, headless corpses were strewn about, and holes riddled the walls.

Yu Da On stood next to me.

“…We can finally say goodbye to this damn hospital.”

She let out a deep sigh.

“You all worked hard.”

“It wasn’t me who worked hard, it was Jae Heon.”

Yu Da On looked at me and smiled gently, then glanced toward the cold storage.

“Shall we go?”

After looking at her relieved expression, I turned to my comrades as well.

“Everyone ready to head out?”

“Yes.”

“Alright. Let’s hurry and get out.”

“…”

The three of them nodded in agreement with my words.

We opened the cold storage.

Is it really possible to get out once we enter here?

I never thought I would find myself in a corpse freezer in my life.

“…”

Lying down in the freezer, I turned to look at the others.

“Everyone okay?”

“It’s cold, so let’s get going!”

Song Ah Rin immediately complained.

“Close the door and see you at the back!”

“Yes!”

Hearing Yu Da On’s energetic response, I placed my body in the cold storage and grabbed onto the ceiling to enter.

A moment of dizziness washed over me.

When I opened my eyes again to the sound of loud car horns,

“Here!!!”

The team leader was waving his hand.

Behind him were a few people clad in bulletproof vests.

*

After that, things were resolved without any issues.

According to the man in sunglasses, we managed to pop out before the rescue team arrived.

Why did they even call us if they were going to be so late?

As if he read the emotions visible on my face, he explained that preparing usually took a long time, and we were surprisingly fast, before handing us a two-day reward leave.

Upon hearing that we had devastated the hospital so much that the influence of Gangseo University Hospital would be weak for a while and not show up, it would take at least a few years.

“It’s no different from a closure. There’s no way a hospital that doesn’t admit patients can thrive.”

That was what the man said.

I thought it ended well up to this point.

“The branch chief wishes to see you.”

Until I heard that.

And then.

“…”

A brown-haired woman was staring at me intently.

In her almost opaque eyes, I felt no emotion other than laughter.

My instincts rang alarm bells.

More importantly than that,

[Name: -]

[Age: -]

[Traits: -]

[Talent: Indestructible]

[Background -]

[Vulnerability -]

“…”

I couldn’t see anything.

The woman who had been looking at me finally spoke.

“Human Resources Team’s Kim Jae Heon.”

A calm voice echoed as she opened her eyes.

Her blood-red pupils pierced right through me.

“It’s not good to pry into someone’s secrets carelessly.”

Cold sweat streamed down my spine.