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In the still darkness, a squeaking could be heard.
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Squeak, squeak
Squeak, squeak
The sound kept getting closer and closer.
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WELCOME TO LOOKY MART
"AH!"
I jolted awake from my sleep covered in cold sweats.
"It's not even gonna happen anytime soon and I'm already dreaming about it."
I shivered.
What a way to start the week.
I checked the time on my phone and it was 5 AM.
I went to turn the lights on and began preparing for work.
I looked at the mirror in the bathroom and man...
I really can't get used to this.
I looked really nice.
My face looked angelic and my eyes were light purple.
Definitely not something you will see in a normal world.
I went to the living room and to the fridge.
"There should be some left overs..."
I took it and began heating it up.
Just in time, Kim Soleum and Baek Saheon came out of their rooms.
"......"
"......"
"......"
"Uh, well, wanna eat together?"
We ate in silence.
I just sighed.
As soon as Baek Saheon finished, he immediately went back to his room. Same goes for me and Kim Soleum.
When I finished preparing and came out of the room. Kim Soleum was sitting in the sofa.
"......"
"......"
He stood up and went to the front door.
I followed after him and we made our way to the elevator.
"......"
"......"
We bumped into Go Yeongeun and Han Aera.
"Oh, Soleum-ssi, are you okay? Did you, um, not sleep well?"
"...Kind of, yeah. I'll be fine."
"Oh, dear..."
"It's gonna be our norm from now on."
Go Yeongeun and Han Aera looked at me.
"Um, Kim Soleum-ssi, fighting!"
"Thank you, Han Aera-ssi."
The four of us walked together for fifteen minutes to head to Daydream Inc's headquarters.
Along the way, we passed a few other new members of the Field Exploration Team. All of them looking tense and nervous. We only exchanged nods.
We scanned our employee IDs and boarded the elevator.
"I heard the Field Exploration Team uses floors 10 to 15... Ah, I'll get off here. Soleum-ssi, Aera-ssi, and Hyoil-ssi, let's give it our best shot, okay?"
"Yes, let's do our best."
"Unnie, fighting!"
Kim Soleum waved as Go Yeongeun got off on the 10th floor, while Han Aera did the fighting! gesture.
Unnie? Since when did they become so close?
"Kim Soleum-ssi, can I call you hyung?"
He looked at me, eyes wide.
"Suddenly?"
"Then, how about oppa?"
"...?"
"Then, should I call you unnie?"
"...???"
And then we arrived on the 13th floor and got off.
Kim Soleum muttered, "This floor number feels like a bad omen..."
I also muttered, "Well, you have a good luck but... Actually, your good luck attracts all the bad luck..."
He merely looked at me for a bit before looking around.
The 13th floor hallway was divided into sections labeled with letters.
We separated from Han Aera and made our way to the automatic door labeled 'D' and pressed the button.
"Good morning."
"Hello."
"Oh!"
"You're here!"
A few adults sitting in the spacious office lifted their heads and greeted us.
One of the men stood up and extended his hand.
"Welcome to D-squad of the 15th unit."
A woman with a blank expression and a bob haircut nodded and added,
"By the way, they call us the 'Death Squad' because all the newbies die."
"......"
"Just kidding."
I chuckled.
Heh, that's funny.
They all looked at me.
"I'm sorry."