Seoul Object Story
Chapter 203: A Full Moon: Epilogue (1)

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As the sun emerged through the dark sky between the buildings in Mapo-gu, the glass on the building began to gradually turn into a warm golden color.

The seventh night had finally ended.

The tall buildings, which had been nothing but silhouettes created by the faint light of dawn, began to sparkle in the sunlight.

The light from the still low-lying sun trickled to the narrow alleys and wide roads, weaving between the buildings.

The city, which had been immersed in ominous darkness and moonlight, began to regain its original appearance, regaining its vitality with the warmth of the sun.

“Ugh, it’s too bright.”

Yerin, who had stayed up all night with me to watch the Mini Reapers’ activities, covered her eyes with her palm as if the intense light was blinding her.

The sunlight wasn’t that stimulating, but Yerin seemed to have become sensitive to light because she had stayed up all night.

When I turned around and checked, the face of Yerin, who was biting my antenna, was covered in a deep sense of fatigue.

She must be tired because she sneaked into the sealed Mapo-gu and ran around for a long time, staying up all night.

The fake reapers, who had been attacking people until just before the sun rose, began to run away in all directions to avoid the sun as soon as it rose.

They hid in the shadows, like vampires who would turn to ash when exposed to sunlight, but it was nothing but a vain action. After all, their killing conditions were not exposure to sunlight, but the coming of morning itself.

Even if they ran into the shadows, they would not avoid their certain death.

As the area of the sun gradually expanded, the fake reapers who had hidden in the shadows began to twist. Then, they crumbled like dried mud before eventually turning back into shadows and disappearing.

As the giant fake Reaper crumbled like a pile of charcoal like the other fake reapers, the Golden Reapers celebrated their victory by raising both hands and jumping up and down.

The other Mini Reapers also laughed along with the Golden Reaper’s bright smile.

The Giant Black Reaper transformed into countless Black Reapers like a sandcastle collapsing and spread out in all directions. At the same time, countless Cloud Fish flew briskly between the buildings.

As the Golden Reaper and the Black Reaper clung to people and enjoyed themselves, laughter gradually spread among the residents of Mapo-gu. They finally realized that the nightmare-like night had ended.

Just as the moon naturally disappeared when the sun rose, the Yellow Moon had also disappeared.

People came out onto the streets with the Mini Reapers, raising their faces toward the sky, and enjoying the warmth of the sunlight.

Plop-! Plop-!

In the meantime, the Mini Reapers walked around with bright smiles among the people, sharing delicious snacks with the humans.

People who survived in Mapo-gu, which had become a battlefield for Objects.

Mini Reapers who protected humans.

Everyone had a happy ending.

“Kyuuuu-!”

Except for the Hungry Ghost who became a victory celebration cookie.

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The bright sunlight was falling on his helmet, shattering into pieces.

The researcher from the Object Association was sitting on a park bench, blankly staring at the soft sunlight streaming through the helmet’s visor.

After looking up at the sky for a long time, the researcher looked down and saw people gathered in a small park near the hotel.

Happy laughter and the sweet scent of burned sugar.

The Golden Reapers were smiling brightly as if they were truly happy to be among humans. The people were also laughing along with them as if their smiles were contagious.

Just a moment ago, a chunk of concrete that had fallen from a building was flying around, but now, it didn’t seem like the people had encountered a murderous Object trying to kill people.

It must have been due to mind corruption.

In the noisy park, a small golden head was sticking out from behind a slide on one side of the park. It was the Golden Reaper that had been chasing the researcher. It was giggling as if it was happy from the fact that the researcher was alive.

The researcher had told it not to come near because he would be uncomfortable. But since it kept lurking around him, he had told it that he didn’t like it.

The Golden Reaper who cried after he told it was still vivid in his memory.

Even so, the Golden Reaper still appeared when the researcher was in crisis and saved him.

The Golden Reaper fought, burning its own life.

Even though it died, it would pop out from somewhere and rush at him.

The Golden Reaper was an immortal being, so the value of its life wasn’t something that needed to be considered, but it still endured the pain and gritted its teeth to protect the researcher.

It really fought valiantly.

Is there really no harmless Object?

In his heart, he felt that the Golden Reaper was harmless. However, as a rational researcher, he could not agree at all. Just like the saying that the hand that fed a chicken would one day break the chicken’s neck, the Golden Reaper who helped humans could also one day break the human’s neck.

As if to break that thought, the researcher’s cell phone rang.

The caller was from the Object Association.

“Yes, I have received it.”

Of course, he had expected to be asked about this incident, but the association paid no attention to such matters and told him a shocking story. It was a story about burning all the Object-related books recovered from the memorial park.

These were books that the researcher had requested to view in order to interpret them.

They burned books that had completely different language systems and seemed to have a huge connection to the Object?

Why?

Those books might have been important cores to the research of the Object, but they just burned them.

So, the researcher couldn’t help but ask.

“Why on earth was that decision made?”

But the answer he got was simple.

They simply handled it according to the basic policy of the Object Association.

[ If the Object is not financially beneficial, try to destroy it first. ]

[ If destruction is difficult or seems difficult, contain it. ]

Books appearing from Object or Book Object.

So the choice was destruction.

Since the Object containment room was said to be full, it was understandable that destruction was prioritized.

However, applying such a rule to books that were easy to contain…

The researcher hung up the phone listlessly and slumped down on a park bench.

At the same time, a report fell from the researcher’s exhausted hands.

It was the ‘Golden Reaper Mind Corruption Report’ he wrote in Mapo-gu.

The researcher looked up at the sky in frustration, but unlike his feelings, the sky was clear and bright.

Children playing with Objects and running around happily.

The Golden Reaper hiding in a clearly visible location, looking at him with worried eyes.

Haha.

A dry laugh escaped the researcher’s mouth.

The researcher picked up the no longer needed report, placed it on the burning White Hungry Ghost, and burned it.

Then slowly,

He took off his helmet.

Then all the worries and concerns he had disappeared from his mind.

Rather than being stressed like, he should just leave the Object Association.

And he should get a job at Sehee Research Institute.

The researcher placed his helmet on the bench and clapped his hands to call the hidden Golden Reaper.

When the researcher called it, the Golden Reaper tilted its head with an expression that said, ‘Don’t tell me?’, but soon realized that he was really calling it and ran towards the researcher with a really happy expression.

The researcher’s expression as he watched the Golden Reaper running towards him was also as beaming as the Golden Reaper’s.

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When I returned to the Sehee Research Institute with Yerin as soon as the Mapo-gu incident was over, I saw Sehee working very passionately.

She was making plans, researching data, and so on, just like Kim Jungrwi.

In the meantime, Seoah was looking at the scene with a slightly subdued expression.

Sehee working that diligently was a big event, so, why did she look at her with such expression?

I looked up at Yerin with a curious expression, but Yerin also looked bewildered. She probably did not know what was going on either.

At that moment, Yerin approached Seoah and asked what was going on.

“Unnie, what is going on?”

“Ah. Researcher Oh Yerin. You’re back. The director is acting like that because the land price has gone up.”

Seoah shook her head as she answered.

Land price?

Oh, is this about the ‘Gray Reaper Theme Park’ that was supposed to be built near Songpa-gu?

When I listened to Seoah’s story, I found it a little funny.

It was about Sehee who bought the land at 10 times the market price for the absurd idea of building a theme park. Everyone thought she would make an enormous loss, but the land price skyrocketed.

Buying a lot of land while going into debt was obviously a recipe for bankruptcy, but instead, she ended up making a lot of money.

It went up once due to the news of the construction of James Tower.

Then, it skyrocketed once more with the recent Mini Reapers incident in Mapo-gu.

In other words, it rose again thanks to the rumor that the safest place in Korea was around the ‘Sehee Research Institute’.

If she sold only some of the land she bought, she would have enough money to pay off all her debts and build another Sehee Research Institute, so it made sense that Sehee was acting so passionately.

So, will the Gray Reaper Theme Park really be built?

While I was returning to my cozy containment room with such expectations, I felt someone coming to the Sehee Research Institute.

Anticipation. Favor. Gratitude.

It wasn’t as much as Yerin, but I felt someone who was radiating a lot of positive emotions slowly approaching me.

It seemed like someone who was saved by the Mini Reapers in Mapo-gu.

So, that person had come straight to the Sehee Research Institute without even sleeping.

After the Mapo-gu incident, I thought something annoying would happen, but that person’s actions exceeded my expectations.

If it’s this much now, I couldn’t guess how annoying it would be after a while.

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Most of the Mini Reapers had left for Mapo-gu, so the Garden of The Mini Reapers was deserted.

However, a certain Golden Reaper who had just returned from Mapo-gu was leisurely walking around the deserted garden.

Even though other Golden Reapers were happily playing with people, this Golden Reaper was expecting something different.

A new little sibling!

The Golden Reaper waited for its little siblings that would come after they destroyed the Yellow Moon with sparkling eyes.

After waiting for a while like that, something suddenly popped out in front of the Golden Reaper.

Golden skin.

An Antenna that swayed left and right.

A smile that looked like a drawing.

And eyes that looked like buttons, like the eyes of a doll.

A Mini Reaper that looked similar to the Golden Reaper except for the eyes popped out.

Tilt-!

Is it really our new sibling?

The Golden Reaper tilted its head as it looked at the newly appeared Mini Reaper.

The Mini Reaper tilted its head in return.

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