It has already been 4 hours since Agent Choi entered Looky Mart.

...No, it can't be.

Assuming the worst case... No. Thinking about it only makes me more anxious, so I should stop.

'...Should I go in?'

Looking up at the ceiling.

..It's his birthday today.

I prepared a surprise party and everything. It'll all be for nothing.

Wax from the candles on the cake drips down onto the frosting.

I stare at it blankly and make up my mind. I will celebrate his birthday no matter what. I'll get him out of there somehow.

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I did come here after giving strict warnings to others, but...

'The problem is where Agent Choi actually is.'

Muttering to myself.

I guess I have no choice but to look for him myself.

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He's not here.

I'm on the 3rd floor now, and he wasn't on the floors below.

'Besides, Agent Choi must know how incredibly vast the 3rd floor is.'

Then there's a high possibility he left some kind of mark.

...!

I knew it. I figured he would.

I walk along the marks carved into the wall. Then,

...An emergency exit? ..The emergency exit is...

A place you're not supposed to go.

.....

Please tell me it's not true. It's not, right..?

I open the emergency exit door.

...!

Wh... who...

I turn my head. It's hard to see because it's dark, but it is definitely Agent Choi.

...Why..

Why did you have to become an employee—