Ninety-nine Ghosts of the Sanzu River

 The last chapter ended with the Black Reaper suddenly gaining a memory and recognizing the assistant manager, Sandra, as his former lover Olivia.  At the question of the Black Reaper, Sandra shook her head and wanted to object, but she was interrupted by a cry.
 So, the manager, along with Sandra, the Black Reaper and the customs officer, had already left the office door to the street when the Grand Lady caught up with them.  The lady was so frightened that she did not even begin to whisper new information in the ear of the manager, but said everything out loud in a breathless voice.
 - Mr. Manager, wait, I just got a message!
 The steward stopped, and, of course, the three who left with him also stopped.
 -What else happened?  - the manager tried to speak as calmly as possible so as not to escalate the panic that was rushing like a red cloud around him.
 “The fact is,” the Grand Lady stammered, trying to find words more precisely, “this is what happened ... Ninety-nine workers disappeared from the customs palace.  Just now, these ghosts were at the workplace and suddenly, quite unexpectedly, they disappeared.
 “But,” the manager wanted to object and already turned his head towards the Grand Dame, but at that moment a man ran into him from the side.  However, the man immediately apologized.
 Our five heroes, who had just left the office, looked at the strange man and screamed at the same time.
 - No, it can't be!
 The man who accidentally stumbled upon the manager was also frightened.  But he was scared for a different reason.  This person has never seen ghosts, and now they were standing in front of him: the Black Reaper, the ghost customs officer, the ghostly secretary Grand Lady, and two people who could see ghosts. You and I already understood why the unexpected guest was frightened when he saw our warm company,  but you do not know why those who frightened the unexpected guest were frightened.
 So, in front of the unexpected guest, since I have not yet given him a name, he will still be called an unexpected guest with us, stood: the manager, his assistant Sandra, the secretary of the manager, or as we also call her - the Grande Dame, the Black Reaper, whose function  here, in the customs palace by the Sanzu River, was to escort the dead to their destination, and, of course, our main character was here, the one from whom our story began.  I'm talking about the customs officer. However, now this story was rushing at breakneck speed in an unknown direction.
But, let's go back to the moment when our five, who had just left the office building, were stopped by the scream of the secretary. As I said, while the secretary was sharing new information with the manager, a young man ran into the manager.  The young man whom I have so far referred to as an unexpected guest is already ready to accept his name.  I named the young man Eo.
 So, a young man named Eo woke up some time ago in a hospital bed.  And here I ask all the heroes to stop.  Or rather, they are already standing, frozen in a silent picture.
 The supreme deity thoughtfully tapped his pen on a piece of paper.  It did not yet know in which direction to turn the plot, and so that the main characters of the story would not interfere with him with their emotions and screams, it simply ordered them to stop.
 However, after three minutes, our heroes have already come to their senses.
 The supreme deity made a decision.
 And now nothing could be changed.
 So, back to our heroes.  The hero of our story, I repeat, his name was Eo, got scared because he saw three ghosts in front of him.  Two people and three ghosts were also frightened, because they suddenly saw Eo in front of them.  Whoops!
 The moment of truth has finally arrived!  It's time to open your eyes.  Yes, yes, I will tell you why our five heroes were afraid.  If for the rest of humanity a young man named Eo looked just like a young man of twenty-eight years of age, then our five main characters easily and at lightning speed saw the true essence of Eo.
 And that's why.
 Eo, as I said, suddenly came to his senses in a hospital bed.  Previously, he was a ghost torn into ninety-nine pieces, which later turned into independent ghosts.  But the flood restored Eo's memory and the ghosts again merged into a single consciousness. And the young man first came to his senses in the hospital, and then hurried to the manager.  However, all ninety-nine ghosts remained the essence of the young male Eo.  It is these ninety-nine entities that our five main characters have now seen.  These were the ghosts that suddenly disappeared from the workplace in the customs hall of the Sanzu River.  There was a hospital not far from the manager's office, it was from there that the young man Eo left when he suddenly came to his senses.  He dragged the dropper behind him.
 - Excuse me, please, - the unexpected guest said, - I did not want to scare you, but it seems that you are exactly the one to whom I was going.  If I'm not mistaken, are you the manager of the Sanzu River Customs Palace?
 - Yes, - the manager came to his senses, - but I do not have the honor to know you!
- My name is Eo, I am that second assistant, about which you asked the supreme deity.  I still think badly, only half an hour ago I finally came to my senses in the hospital ward and immediately hurried to you.  Why are you silent?
 The manager exchanged glances with those who had left the office with him.  Strange events that took place around suddenly rallied our five heroes.
 The manager and those four who were standing nearby now perfectly understood what was happening.  A young man named Eo was on the verge of life and death for about nine months.  He got into a car accident.  The body of a young man lay motionless for many days, but his spirit, soul, or, as philosophers say, the mental body, at some point separated from the physical body and began to live its own life.  Moreover, for some reason, the young man's mental body split into ninety-nine ghostly bodies.  These ninety-nine ghostly bodies began to live independently, ceased to recognize each other, and did not even suspect that they were the essence of one person.  And now, in front of the frightened man, there were five who, in turn, were also puzzled and, to some extent, frightened.
 - Excuse me, - the young man assessed the pause in his own way, - I must have come late and you no longer need a worker?
 - No, you came on time and exactly where you needed to come, - the manager had already completely calmed down and spoke in a firm and calm voice.
 “That’s good,” the unexpected guest took a breath, “otherwise I ...
 Suddenly, the young man's gaze caught on Sandra.  Looking at the girl, Eo turned pale and even staggered.
“My God,” he shouted, “Lee Yu Mi, is that you?  Finally I found you!  Don't you recognize me?  It's me, Min Ho!
 Why are you silent?  You couldn't forget me, you couldn't forget this place! It was here that we swore eternal love with you, and promised, before committing suicide, we would definitely find each other in other rebirths!  Lee Yu Mi, why are you silent? You couldn't forget me.
 Sandra stood opposite the strange young man and only blinked her eyes.  This was the second time the girl was called by a different name.  If you read the last chapter, then remember that the Black Reaper also suddenly gained a memory and called Sandra by a false name.  The black reaper believed that in front of him was his beloved Olivia.
 But it turned out that this was not all the shocks that awaited the girl this morning.  Now, at this second, another person claimed to know Sandra.  But, unfortunately, this person also called her by another name, a name that sounded like music, but was completely alien to Sandra.  An unexpected guest called Sandra by the name of Lee Yu Mi.
 - Wait, - the manager finally decided to intervene in a situation that smacked of madness, - you came to get a job with me as a second assistant, do I understand correctly?  Let's focus on this.  And about Sandra, or whatever you call her, Lee Yu Mi... My assistant is already leaving, she has a lot to do.  We usually solve all personal matters after work.  The manager nodded to Sandra, the girl correctly understood his nod, she turned around to go back to the office, but did not have time to go far.
 Screams were heard, several people in white coats ran from the hospital.
 I have already said that Eo suddenly woke up after nine months of coma.  After he regained consciousness, he was disconnected from the central life support apparatus, this was no longer required, and transferred to another ward.  This morning the young man woke up, suddenly jumped up, and rushed in the direction of the manager's office.  Luckily, as I said, the manager's office was not far from the hospital.  And the medical staff easily discovered the loss.  Seeing the people in white coats, the young man wanted to say something, but suddenly changed his mind.  Running up to Sandra, he hugged her and said
 - Lee Yu Mi, swear to me that in this incarnation we will not part!  If you do not give me this oath, then my soul will disappear forever without any hope of rebirth.
 - I, - Sandra tried to move away from Eo, - let me go!
 - I'll let you go if you swear!
 Do you just need to take an oath?  And you let me go? -Sandra trustingly looked into the eyes of Eo.
 - No, - shouted the manager, the Black Reaper and Sandra's father, - do not give him such an oath!
 Sandra tried to say something, but it was already useless to answer.  Eo, a young man who escaped from the hospital, lost consciousness and fell.


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