Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work

Chapter 180

I remember it exactly.

So vivid it’s impossible to forget. It was a turning point in my time at the Hundred Dreams Corporation.

The summoning ritual for a Kind Friend.

1. Dip your finger in water and draw a hexagram based on the enclosed design on a smooth surface.

I ran to the bathroom, brought back water, poured it on the resort office floor, and began drawing the diagram with my finger.

Strangely enough, I could recall the exact pattern with perfect clarity. As if someone had carved it directly into my mind.

In an instant, the floor was covered with a water-soaked hexagram.

But there was one difference...

It was bigger.

So big it covered the entire office floor.

I placed the Magic Bunny mascot suit, now deactivated, at the center of the completed hexagram.

Then, with the utmost care, I tried placing the coin on its belly...

'……'

I couldn't get the coin.

The original silver snake coin used to summon the "Kind Friend"... was deep inside. Past the mascot suit, past the security team uniform inside it, all the way in the pocket of my own clothes underneath.

But I couldn’t take off the mascot suit.

‘…In that case!’

I opened the office drawer and took out a Happy Coin.

‘It’s still a coin.’

Even if it was plastic, it was still a legitimate form of currency. It matched the ritual’s symbolic use of the term "coin."

It didn’t need to be real silver—just a small, circular token with monetary value.

I thoroughly wiped the water off the mascot's gloved hand, then picked up the coin and placed it on the belly of the suit.

‘Done.’

I hurried to the next step.

Right…

'Salt!'

4. Hold a spoonful of salt in your mouth and burn an item related to your friend.

5. When the "Kind Friend" starts speaking, swallow the salt and return the greeting warmly!

If the coin disappears, the ritual was successful! You've met a loyal friend. Treasure your time together!

? If the salt won’t swallow, tastes strange, turns to ash, or starts bleeding—run.

Not much left now.

The budget mascots came running from the room service storage, carrying salt. I snatched it from them outside the office and tried to put it in my mouth...

……

Wait.

Can I even do that while wearing the mascot head?

‘Gotta try.’

I cautiously opened the yellow mascot’s mouth. Then I poured the salt in and shut it.

Now just one thing left to prepare.

Burning the item.

Last time, I used my tie… but I didn’t have one now.

‘This’ll do.’

I untied the yellow bowtie from the yellow mascot suit and held it in my hand.

Then I brought it to the flame of the prepared candle.

Whoosh.

The bowtie caught fire.

The unnaturally high flame reminded me of the time I first summoned the Kind Friend.

A massive shadow was cast across the pink mascot suit.

And it trembled.

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