NOVEL NEXT chapter 348
348 – Scene 348# Informal Language
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“CEO Park? “You didn’t come out today either.”
“Aha… Really?”
Park Se-hee nodded in response to the CEO’s secretary’s answer.
“I haven’t seen you much lately… If you have something to say, I will say it for you.”
“No. Are you okay. “I was just curious so I asked.”
“Ugh. I have no idea what the CEO is thinking. “It’s not long until the service opens, so I wonder if it’s okay to be away so often.”
“I guess so.”
After breaking up with Jeong Ji-hwan, Park Se-hee immediately went to work at Stella and began her investigation.
The first thing I found out was the personal information about CEO Park Jun-hyuk.
Since he is such a famous person, you can easily find information about him just by searching on the Internet.
He is known internationally as a great researcher who has made progress in virtual reality technology and as a businessman who has contributed greatly to the spread of virtual reality games.
However, that is only a superficial image. Behind the scenes, unethical things like Project ‘Lemina’ have been committed.
If Jeong Ji-hwan hadn’t told him, he would have never known.
My shoulders were heavy.
Now she is the only one who can save Ji-Hwan Jeong and So-Ra Jeong and her siblings her by exposing CEO Joon-Hyuk Park’s her secret her her her her. When she thought that the future of her two people depended on her, a sense of duty and courage welled up in her heart.
‘Good…’ ‘. Let’s give it a try.’
Sehee Park began investigating CEO Park at her company in earnest. In any case, the information available on the Internet is limited. Her best way is to find out information about CEO Park through his associates.
“Does the CEO come to the company every few days?”
“Hmm… It varies from time to time, but I think it comes out once a week or not these days.”
“Aha… “I don’t know where you went?”
“Yes. The CEO doesn’t even tell me the entire schedule. I just know that I have a personal agenda. Perhaps you went on vacation somewhere with your family? “Without the company’s knowledge.”
“Do you want to… ?”
Although it is not a well-known fact, she knows that CEO Park has two daughters. Michaela and Lucaella, who were added to the game, were also said to be named after his daughters.
Park Se-hee suddenly became curious.
What kind of father would a man who did such a thing to a patient in a vegetative state be to his daughters?
‘What… ‘Maybe you don’t know.’
No matter how much I thought about it, I didn’t think he would have hidden it and told her family that he had done something like that.
In fact, CEO Park Joon-hyuk had a fairly sincere image, except for being an eccentric.
“I think he passed away after he last visited the development department, but that was already a week ago. Shall I let you know when the CEO comes?”
“No. Are you okay. “It’s not that urgent, so I’ll come back later.”
“Yes. “Take your temporary pass here.”
“Thank you.”
Sehee Park received a temporary pass from her secretary and boarded the elevator.
After Jeong Ji-hwan disappeared, her younger sister Jeong So-ra moved from the VIP room on her upper floor to the treatment room on the fifth basement floor.
There was no sense of openness compared to the VIP room, but it was overwhelmingly better in terms of comfort and facilities.
You may wonder how nice the basement would be, but the 5th basement floor was not a simple place. This is where the game development department, the most important department in the company, is located.
“It’s the development department…”
The development department was not a department that was very distant from Park Se-hee’s her work her her her. Rather, if it’s close, it’s a nearby department. However, while working at the company, she never once encountered anyone from the development department.
As expected, the virtual reality development department is the most core department within Stella. It is a place that is particularly sensitive to confidentiality and security because it has advanced technology that overwhelms other companies. Because of this, all communication with the development department was conducted through CEO Park.
It was a natural action in terms of preventing confidential information leaks, but if you think about it, it was suspicious.
Even the company’s manager level doesn’t even know the faces of the people in the development department. The only people who know them are CEO Park and senior executives.
Moreover, without a special pass, it is impossible to even enter the 5th basement floor, where the development department is located. It’s literally tight security.
However, Park Se-hee had the privilege of receiving a temporary pass that allowed her to enter the fifth basement floor.
After Jeong Ji-hwan disappeared, Park Se-hee visited Jeong So-ra’s treatment room every day to visit her. However, as her treatment room she was moved to the 5th basement floor, it almost became difficult to visit her.
Fortunately, her company understood her situation and gave her the privilege of being allowed to visit Sora once a week.
Sehee Park held up her pass to the terminal in her elevator. Then, with the sound of her machine, the elevator began to go down to the fifth basement level.
Sehee Park planned to check out the development department, which was on the same floor as her treatment room.
If it is the place that is closest to CEO Park Jun-hyuk, wouldn’t there be important information? Furthermore, wouldn’t it be possible to know the whereabouts of Jeong Ji-hwan’s body, which evaporated?
The elevator stopped. When the door opens, the 5th underground floor comes into view.
The pure white hallway, like a sterile room, stretches like a maze.
However, there is no need to get lost. It’s a road I’ve been to many times.
Park Se-hee crossed a hallway with numerous doors and stopped in front of the door that said room 505.
When I open the door, a woman wearing a ventilator is lying down as if she is dreaming.
“Sora…”
I’ve seen her several times, but after meeting Jeong Ji-hwan, I couldn’t help but cry when I saw Jeong So-ra.
A faint driving sound came from her head, ‘Milky Way-027’, a machine resembling her helmet her. Park Se-hee’s eyes became red when she saw the numerous wires connected there.
“How could you do this… ” .”
She heard the truth about the ‘Remina Project’ from Jeong Ji-hwan. She also heard that the machine in Sora Jeong’s head came from the Remina Project.
From then on, Park Se-hee felt that CEO Park Jun-hyuk was not a human being, but a lesser monster.
Jeong So-ra was asleep with her eyes closed. She It’s been like this for several years already. In fact, she has no hope of waking up.
Park Se-hee held Jeong So-ra’s hand. I felt warmth. After all, she is still alive.
Ironically, once she felt that warmth, she didn’t want to give up.
Perhaps this was how Jeong Ji-hwan felt when he visited the hospital every day.
‘Wait just a moment. I will save you…’
Park Se-hee let go of So-ra Jeong’s hand and left her treatment room. Wiping away her tears, she walked in the opposite direction back to her elevator. To a deeper and more secret place.
Park Se-hee walked down her hallway, conscious of CCTV, pretending to be lost.
She pretended to be lost and thought about secretly looking for where the development department was located.
As slyly as possible. But as soon as possible…
First of all, just knowing where the development department is is a huge benefit.
How long did I walk through that maze-like hallway?
‘What on earth?’
No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t see anything that looked like a development department.
No, the place that appeared to be a department in the first place was not visible at all.
No matter where you go, there is only a white door without any features.
Could it be that the development department has moved to another location?
When she found no clues, Park Se-hee became anxious.
It wouldn’t be surprising if her security guard came to look for her after seeing her CCTV footage of her.
It was then.
‘That… ?’
Among the numerous doors, there was one that particularly stood out.
[No entry]
The moment Park Se-hee saw the warning sign posted in front of the door, she thought it was this door.
The only room in the basement with a no-entry sign. If this isn’t the most secretive development department in the company, what else would it be?
Park Se-hee seemed to be possessed by something and she grabbed the doorknob with the no-entry sign written on it. And the moment she was pulled to face the truth beyond the door…
“This must be a no-entry zone?”
An eerie voice grabbed the back of her head
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I almost thought my heart would stop. But Park Se-hee was not immature enough to show it.
“Ah… Sorry. CEO. Because I got lost…”
When she turned around, she saw someone completely different from what she had expected.
“I am not Representative Park.”
He was a middle-aged man wearing a neat suit. Age can be seen from the way they dress. Park Se-hee sensed that the man in front of her was a high-ranking person no matter how he looked.
However, it was a face I didn’t remember.
Who is it? This is my first time seeing it…
As if reading her thoughts, the man sighed.
“Choi Jae-man is the director.”
“Ah…”
As expected, the premonition was correct. She searched her memory and found the name Choi Jae-man.
A man I have never seen but know by name.
A key person who worked on the Remina project with CEO Park in the past. In other words, he was a close associate and influential helper of Representative Park.
Although it was not CEO Park, a man who had to be just as cautious as him had appeared.
Park Se-hee instinctively erased the agitation from her face.
“Ah, you were the director. I am…”
“Go back.”
“Yes?”
“I don’t care who you are, get out of here.”
Director Choi Jae-man clicked his tongue and pointed to the opposite hallway.
“If you walk over there, there is an elevator that goes up. Ride it and go.”
“No, I…”
“Go.”
Choi Jae-man waved his hand as if he had nothing more to say.
It was actually a warning. A warning not to interfere at that door anymore.
However, I felt somewhat regretful about leaving here. At least I met Choi Jae-man, a close associate of CEO Park Joon-hyuk, so if I can get some information from him…
“I did it because the road was so confusing. Sorry. If it’s okay, could the director please tell me the way out…”
“Stop talking nonsense and get out. “Not a 3-year-old child.”
An even more icy voice returned. Considering her situation and her rank, she was not an easy opponent.
However, Director Choi Jae-man’s remarks earlier irritated Park Se-hee.
“But even if you say it as a director, I don’t think it’s appropriate to say that.”
“Her… I don’t think so… ?”
“Yes.”
Park Se-hee calmly covered her name tag with her hand and asked.
“Does Director Choi know who I am?”
“Do I really need to know all that? There’s no need to know.”
“Then you shouldn’t speak informally.”
“What… ?”
“No matter how much you are a director, isn’t it against etiquette to speak informally to someone whose name or position you don’t know?”
“Her her her her her! “Look at this bold thing?”
“If what I said is wrong, can you tell me where I am wrong? Director Choi Jae-man.”
Feeling dumbfounded, Director Choi Jae-man glared at Park Se-hee.
Her eyes clearly challenged his authority