Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work

Chapter 146

When people are feeling down, they tend to look at the ground as they walk.

These days, smartphones have made it a little less common, but it’s still something almost everyone has experienced at some point.

And so, at least once in their life, everyone has probably found themselves staring at this on the pavement or the road without really thinking about it.

A manhole.@@@@

A dull gray circle that appears all over the streets.

An access point to underground pipelines, a passageway for maintenance workers.

Everyone knows that.

And at some point, while looking at one of those round gray covers, they must have imagined it—

A person suddenly emerging from below.

Or... the thought of lifting the cover and going inside.

But this place—this alley—was steeped in shadows and silence.

A damp, musty passage hidden behind the brightness.

Incident Location: Near bars, clubs, university districts—areas bustling with drunken, excited crowds at night.

A single streetlight illuminated the grimy concrete of the alley.

And there it was.

A manhole cover.

At first glance, it looked like any other. A mundane part of the urban landscape.

Except this one had something strange.

A hand was sticking out from the gap.

“.......”

A child’s hand with painted nails.A hand in a sanitation worker’s uniform.A hand clad in a knit sweater.A hand wearing an old school uniform.A hand in a business suit.A hand wearing a ■■-era military uniform.A wrinkled, wart-covered elderly hand.A hand covered in ■■■ tattoos, missing all fingernails.If you remain in this area for over two hours, the "Manhole Hand" you exorcised will be waiting for you at the exit.

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