So they just play the announcement like nothing happened — I'm surprised that I'm still shocked by this
Oh, so this is like the next day?
So...I bet the higher-tier workers believe in the supernatural now...
The wounds KSE and JNS have on them probably make them look like final girls in horror movies
...the entrance to the bathouse a CCTV blind spot...
You could say you were...lucky?
They think the workers don't have human rights so their trauma isn't a priority — the main HQ at least provided therapy via Director Ho (which makes me wonder if alternative methods are currently being used? Director Ho wasn't there for long, right?)
Maybe the cult is capitalizing on the negative feelings of those disenfranchised in this branch?
Oh, so those who survived by hiding in their room weren't able to see anything supernatural — making it easy to repeat the earlier chapter where the higher authority makes false claims and others buy into it b/c it might get them a step higher. I'm stating the obvious, yes, but it's always fascinating how cults & cult-like companies can control the crowd like this...
...and, continuing the conversation, we see the domino effect as the crowd instead turns on KSE...
Hey, it's convenient that he still has the Z999 sticker on him since he's being treated the same!
Oh my gosh, memory wipes from daydream are a thing? I thought that only applied the SDMB?
Oh, so that was deliberate — still, people are jumping at the chance make sense of it however it's told so it probably wasn't that hard...
At least she's in the medical area...
Lmaooooo — KSE, you are too cute!
Thank goodness JNS addresses it! Why does KSE think he'll be able to leave if he has the diary of his dead coworker saying they kept delaying him? There's also the fact that he knows that researcher wants to use him as a lucky goose?
Okay, geeze, calm down researcher!!!
Yessssss, he found the escape routes!!!!!
Oh my gosh — did the two darknesses ACTUALLY merge??? Or was it turned into, like, a resentful lover darkness???
He's acting like such a dedicated lackey~
His philosophy about focusing on the good things no matter how small things...
WAIT — PLEASE MAKE WHAT KSE WANTS HAPPEN IS THE WISH GYE THOUGHT OF!!!!! WHAT IF IT'S STILL IN EFFECT?!?!?
OH, THOSE MFERS ARE BILLING HIM TO MAKE HIM STAY LONGER!!! Is KSE just going to constantly accumulate new debt???
...I sure hope the corpse is gone?!?!
Of course KSE was gonna like the idea of being hidden away
Of yeah, the door under the bed! Maybe that's also an escape route, built before the worker areas were expanded?
Lmaooooo it's the food that decided it for him!!!!
They are obsessed with him!!! They seem to have been watching him intently for them to instantly come here, go away!
Ohhhhhhh, so they were the main bullies for Z999! That's why they're so obsessed with him!!!
He was so excited to fight if it wasn't for the plan to lay low — KSE always commits to the bit lol
...wow, that is giving WAY more levels of creepy than I thought — my goodness!
They made him do this! Now he's gotta play into the crazy they already thought of him!
JNS has taught KSE well...
...OH MY GOSH KSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DELINQUENT IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!
Top-Tier scream??? Oh my gosh, is this why his poker face is so good — he probably had to combat bullies this way???
HE COULDN'T EVEN LAST HALF A DAY BEFORE BSH FOUND HIM!!!!! LMAOOOOOOO!!!!!
Oh, so he DOES recognize him.
KSE's first thought is to make him flinch, what is this lmaooooo
I'm also impressed BSH managed it with the state KSE is currently in...
Oh my gosh, the researcher is even wearing protective covering + we finally see him appear in person...
D@mm BSH! Hit him where it hurts!
Wow, it sounds like he's going to make that guy's life a living hell...
I had a thought that BSH would use getting a testimony from the surviving workers!
So now KSE should now that BSH knows he's the agent, right?
He immediately figured out why KSE looks beaten up lol
I knew he was going to think that KSE needed his help lol — but, wow, KSE doesn't say anything in defense!
BSH attempted intimidation & mocking! KSE counters with sincerity! It's super effective!
Oh my gosh, is it a situation of if KSE doesn't mention it then BSH isn't going to mention it for now? lol
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WENT MISSING?!?!? I CAN. UNDERSTAND RETIRED, BUT WHAT?!?! IS PMS MISSING???
Huh, it's good that most resigned.
I knew LJH would still be there — oh my gosh, is HE a director or did he somehow get demoted?
Oh, BSH kept the paper boat!!!
KSE is still conflicted about BSH!
BSH IS STILL TRICKING PEOPLE WITH HIS APPEARANCE LMAOOOOO
BSH is absolutely tormenting the guy lmaooo
The researcher sounded a little too confident that unnecessary trouble won't be caused for my liking...
Great, now I'm getting ominous vibes from the constant mentions of the branch manager...
I do think J3 is missing, though. I'm wondering what happened to Dolphin...
He's here again! I think it's because this is the only way to communicate is in person for right now — will be watch how the workers handle a darkness?
*Sigh* he couldn't even get treated because he was billed...
Ohhhhh, they're doing something to the food? Is it recent or has it always been that way? KSE does perk up when it comes to getting better food in here...
Ohhhh, it's a special meal, huh? KSE can use the excuse that his face is too swollen to eat!
What the heck? Does the saliva making the effects null actually true or is something else going on?
HE GOT HIS MONEY BACK!!!!!
Oh come on, they didn't even get rid of the bed the corpse was in?
HE'S ALLOWED TO MOVE THIS FREELY?! BSH is locked in — did he shake the researcher off?
Imaooooooo — does BSH want the money, the item, or both? If it's the money or both the item and the money, then he's just doing it mess with KSE but also he's an opportunist
Okay, half is kinda understandable. But still lmaooooo
Oh, I never thought about BSH thinking KSE was a SDMB spy!
No, not the awkward silence lmaooo
Huh??? The pill itself is a darkness???
Hold on! They're doing it with a headquarters section head right there? Are they showing how the process works or...
...no, I don't think that's quite how he phrased it...
I can't stop smiling at that, oh my gosh! His mind! Does he want to show off a little? Lmaooooooo
OH MY GOSH — he's going to wear GLASSES again in front of BSH!!!
I thought KSE was just going to check the area where the door handle was left, but the whole room makes sense — especially since it was built after the 200 got expanded to 500...
!!! THIS IS DIRECTOR HO'S BRANCH OFFICE???
Can KSE interact with past objects through this? No, right?
They blocked...what off? And why?
A door? Also, they did director ho dirty...
Half opened!!! One of the blocked exit passageways!!!
BSH now has branch lore in his diagnosis options! Video game theory gains new evidence!
What do you mean, exactly, by recycling resources? The only time we've seen that is with the man in the screen...
KSE saying that reminded me of LJH saying thanks to Braun before suggesting KSE get rid of him lol
BSH is being a tsundere again — JNS Is more blunt but is way more honest about her feelings lol
...JNS absolutely should not take the pills, even if it seems like it would cure her headache...
Good to know that she's still sane enough to not mess with the darkness pill
Is this how the employees recycle resources?
I saw a theory on this darkness pill being creatures & it makes the host healthy to use them as nutrients, it might even burst out of their chest like in the movie alien
Ohhhh, so he's planning for the pill to be slower to take effect — what if placebo are mixed in?
Or, is the actual pill in the food?
Wait, is KSE focusing on his hunger because the original body's owner was starving itself on purpose?
I also thought about it being kind of reckless of the branch with someone from headquarters currently there — unless it's church stuff (I'm thinking the branch manager) because this branch is SUPPOSEDLY not that incompetent...
OK! The off duty area is going to be closed while the audit is being done because of cult shenanigans, I just know it!
Oh my gosh, is the coin purse darkness going to warn KSE?
I saw another theory that this is what KSE saw all the back in 372-373 about the Cure All darkness & it's horrible truth...
...are they the ones who unknowingly have up their body to the parasitic darkness?
Woah, I was wrong, the off duty area is open — though, that only makes me more suspicious...
lol, poor JNS — did he freaking use his meowmeow eyes or something, how did get her to agree lmaooo???
Of course, it's BSH again! Now he gets to meet JNS again!
Okay, so we're still working with the theory of the restoration being them doing shady stuff...
I am intrigued where this conversation is going — what did BSH mean with that question? (Found out it means he was wondering if this is why KSE acted psychotic towards him)
Also — a clipboard like in the S3 cover!!!
Okay, so it IS the pill that's the experiment, not the food. What does it mean by utilizing parasitic infection? Is it a mindset — the pill is used as a measure of reassurance so people lower their guard?
...I feel like...the order to erase the lettering is because KSE might have found out otherwise, but didn't know BSH was helping him...
...is the branch manager KSE's GF self? Crazy theory, but I you never know...
SONNNUVA— REALLY??? DID THEY, WHAT, EXTRACTED THE LOVER OF PARADISE RECENTLY CAPTURED INTO PILL FORM????
...wait, wasn't this something similar back in the 300+ range where KSE almost had to take the pill? (Just checked, chapter 299 & it was a diet supplement “Aesthetic Caterpillar Egg Cluster”)
lol, imagine Braun is the branch manager b/c he brought all those pills
lol, of courses it was a researcher who brought something from the delusional home shopping channel
If it's an E, why is the grade blocked out?
Snake oil salesman — it wasn't originally a beauty product...
Purgatory...Musical Notes...
What, like the choir pig?
Oh, nooooo — in this environment, almost everyone who took that are...
KSE, YOU ARE SO VALID!!!!! I WOULD ATTEMPT AN ESCAPE, TOO!!!!!
Yeah, that's what I'm wondering, too — does only the branch manager know? Or are all the employees in on it? Or do some know and others don't? Someone did have the BB label crossed out...
I also know that if it wasn't the side effects of alcohol, they would've stop giving the workers the recommended dosage, which would also lead to issues...
Since BSH is still there while it's happening, he might be fine with the earplugs if he for some reason couldn't come with on the escape...
KSE is hiding behind JNS!
DON'T tell me it's one of those [redacted] Team X bullies...
Oh my gosh — no wonder KSE attempts to escape, bro is IN RANGE!!!!
NOOOOO!!! HE JUST WANTS TO SEE KSE GET LUCKY AND OBTAIN MORE DARKNESS FOR HIM!!!!
Yes, what the heck — someone from HQ is here? If KSE survives, your lucky goose goes bye bye? Oh my gosh, the greed has blinded the researcher...
When he attemptsti escape, will we see the penalty points?
...of course they know about JNS!!! I mentioned it before, they'd probably pay special attention when a headquarters daydream agent gets dumped here so they can gloat...
Yeah, spook his a$$, the good lucky hunch golden goose...
KSE is not letting anybody who treated him and his allies wrong go lol...
Okay, the creep vibes from this guy are really getting up there...
Did he break off a metal rod from the bed and wants to beat KSE with it? Maybe this week give KSE the excuse for the CCTV to hide?
Something must have happened for KSE to no longer be able to hide and stay still...
Now that the pig is home, did a rat come to take its place?
Please don't tell me this would count as a new entity that entered...
It's going to hold a godd@mn concert...
Noooooo, it's choosing an instrument? I bet it'll choose the bully guy...
NOOOOOOOOO — IT'S THE ACTUAL CHOIT SHOWING UP!!!!!!
AND A CONTAINMENT FAILURE!?!?!?! WHAT THE F—
I think it was either invisible helper shenanigans like the 318+ hospital arc or the branch manager...
BSH COMING IN CLUTCH!!!!!
Wow, I know it's a horrible situation but part of still thinks the guy has the nerve after bullying KSE...
Hahaha, BSH is happy he saw that KSE has some sense of self preservation — also a reverse of positions from the manor of the blind...
Yeah, it'll be bad for BSH to be caught like this!
People are saying that the choir might be based on the Chinese Zodiac!
Mini Theory — I think what happened in 318-322 hospital arc w/ the invisible helper is the same as why the containment breach happened. But you know what would be crazy? If that same helper killed the researcher and they accidentally opened the door while dying...
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