Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108

That night at 10 PM.
Vroom—screech—
Ye-rim’s vehicle came to a halt in the Incheon Port Parking Lot.
The moment she stepped out, she pulled her collar tight against the sharp winter sea breeze.
In the meantime, Tae-woo and Min-hye also exited the vehicle and gathered their equipment.
“Manager. Do you get requests like this often? This is my first time.”
Tae-woo asked, looking at Ye-rim.
“Like what?”
“Conditional payment, I guess you’d call it. If a ghost appears and we exorcise it, it’s 500 million won, but if nothing shows up and we just search, it’s only 10 million won. What makes them confident enough to offer that? 10 million won isn’t exactly a small amount either.”
“When people earn different amounts of money, they spend on different scales. It happens occasionally. Sometimes conglomerates request this kind of contract when they want us to check if there are ghosts before construction begins.”
“I see.”
“But this Yang Doo Shipping president… how should I put it? I looked into his history before we left, and he’s made a lot of requests for things that don’t really make sense. From the company’s perspective, it’s money earned, so there’s no reason to think negatively about it—but sometimes I wonder if it’s the right thing to do.”
Ye-rim said this while moving to the trunk to gather her equipment.
Then she tilted her head, noticing the Ghost Microphone on Tae-woo’s wrist.
“Huh? Isn’t that the microphone for hearing ghost sounds? It looks like the design has changed.”
She asked, noting the thicker strap than before.
“Ah. I upgraded it a bit.”
Tae-woo answered with a smile.
“Min-hye, you’re using the spear, right? This time you should be fine moving around with it.”
“Yes, understood.”
Min-hye answered with a smile, then unwrapped the cloth that had been covering the spear.
“The Mylo Ship is at Dock 9, so let’s head over there.”
Ye-rim also loaded her shotgun and placed her pistols in their holsters before speaking.
The three of them then crossed the parking lot beneath the sparse streetlights, heading toward the dock.
As they passed through the area where several ships were moored, a rusted cargo vessel came into view in the corner.

[YANGDU MAILO – YANGDU MAILO]

The painting of Yang Doo Shipping’s Mylo Ship remained intact on the side of the cargo vessel.
About half of it had peeled away, making it look quite unsightly.
Nevertheless, signs indicated that it had been in operation until recently.

As the three of them approached, someone emerged from a luxury sedan parked beside the wharf.
It was Hong Yang-doo himself.
“You’re from Guihon Trading, aren’t you? Pleased to meet you. I’m Hong Yang-doo.”
He retrieved business cards from his inner jacket pocket and handed them out one by one.
His plump fingers, swollen with excess flesh, were particularly striking.
“You’re the one who made the request? How did you happen to come here?”
Ye-rim asked as she tucked the business card into her pocket.
“This incident occurred at my business, so naturally I need to oversee it myself. I’ll show you the way. But—did only three of you come? Are there no other staff members?”
Hong Yang-doo looked back and forth between Ye-rim, Min-hye, and Tae-woo as he spoke.
“Is there a problem?”
Ye-rim furrowed her brow and countered.
“No, it’s just that for a job like this, you seem rather… well, young people to be handling it.”
He regarded them with a skeptical gaze.
“We’re not planning to arm-wrestle ghosts, so you don’t need to worry.”
Ye-rim, sensing his condescension, responded with sharp aggression.
Hong Yang-doo seemed taken aback, shrugging his shoulders before gesturing for them to follow.
“Oh, right.”
Suddenly, he dashed toward his car and retrieved a large umbrella.
As Tae-woo stared at him intently, he added an explanation.
“They say rain’s coming. People in the shipping business stay sharp with weather forecasts.”
He spoke in a slightly casual tone before gesturing once more for them to follow.
Then he began ascending the metal staircase that connected the towering hull of the Mylo Ship to the wharf.
Clang—clunk—clang—clunk—
With each step up the iron staircase, an ominous sound reverberated through the air.
Simultaneously, the ship swayed with the undulating seawater, and the metal staircase trembled slightly as well.
The three of them grasped the railings and slowly, one step at a time, climbed the staircase.
“This vessel is extremely important to our company. Nothing can proceed until it’s repaired. It’s quite the situation.”
Hong Yang-doo spoke after boarding the ship first.
He then extended his hand to Ye-rim, who was ascending the staircase.
Ye-rim merely offered him a polite nod with a smile and continued climbing past him.
Hong Yang-doo, momentarily flustered, brushed off his extended hand and shrugged.
Tae-woo and Min-hye then climbed aboard the hull as well.
Whoooooosh—
This was Tae-woo’s first time boarding a cargo ship.
‘The structure is quite unusual.’
Just as Ji-seok had described, the bow section had various equipment installed low, and the central area was equipped with space for stacking containers.
The stern section featured a three-story ship interior, and the rooftop housed a radar system.
“Since you were coming, we’ve had the ship’s power running. This way, please.”
Hong Yang-doo immediately moved toward the stern section.
The three of them silently followed behind him without a word.
The spotlight beside the radar on the upper deck of the Mylo Ship’s stern cabin cast a wide beam across the hull, and light seeped out through the corridor windows and cabin portholes visible in the distance.
It seemed the interior wasn’t particularly dark.
“I received a briefing before coming, but why do you believe a ghost has appeared?”
Tae-woo asked quietly, and Hong Yang-doo answered with indifference.
“Many crew members claim to have seen a ghost near the engine room. And there are reports of apparitions appearing in the cabins as well.”
“There have been casualties?”
“Yes, that’s correct. One crew member was found hanged in the engine room. Another drowned after slipping overboard. It’s become quite troublesome. We can’t have these incidents keep happening on the ship.”
“When did this start?”
“About three years ago. Since then, roughly one incident occurs for every three voyages.”
Tae-woo listened to the answer and paused thoughtfully before asking.
“What happened three years ago?”
“…No. Nothing particularly significant occurred.”
He stopped walking momentarily before answering.
The instant Tae-woo observed his reaction, he instinctively sensed that something had indeed happened three years prior.
And he could deduce that whatever it was—it was an extraordinary incident significant enough to possibly trigger the appearance of a ghost.
“It’s here.”
Hong Yang-doo pointed to the door at the entrance to the cabin interior.
As he moved to lead the way inside, Ye-rim shook her head.
“The president should wait here or in the car below.”
“What? Wouldn’t it be better if I showed you around?”
“No. If a powerful ghost emerges, a client without spiritual sight could be in danger. This is a safety precaution, so please bear with it.”
Click—
Ye-rim chambered a round in her shotgun as she finished speaking.
Seeing this, Hong Yang-doo narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Is that a BB gun?”
At that question, Ye-rim turned her head toward him with a cold gaze.
As Tae-woo and Min-hye, holding a ghost-hunting sword and an exorcism spear respectively, simultaneously turned to look at him from behind, Hong Yang-doo waved his hands in surrender and nodded.
“No, never mind. I’ll wait here. Go ahead and handle the situation.”
He spoke with a slightly mocking expression before turning away.
For a moment, Ye-rim felt irritated, but she concealed it and entered the cabin.
Tae-woo and Min-hye, each carrying their weapons, followed behind her.
The moment the three entered the cabin interior, Hong Yang-doo pulled out his phone and made a call.
“Hello? Yes, this is Hong, president of Yang Doo Shipping. Look, you sent people, but you sent some amateur with a toy gun. Is this serious? This isn’t pocket change. Can you send more experienced staff?”
He was calling Guihon Trading.
Hearing Hong Yang-doo’s voice from the cabin corridor, Ye-rim’s expression darkened with displeasure.
Min-hye also bit her lip, her face flushed with anger.
“Ugh. Seriously. This is pathetic.”
Ye-rim turned around, standing briefly in the corridor with an expression suggesting she wanted to confront him, then turned back.
She concluded that antagonizing the client would serve no purpose.
But an unexpected situation unfolded.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, I turned back toward Hong Yang-doo.
“Tae-woo?”
Ye-rim looked at my back in surprise.
Meanwhile, Hong Yang-doo, who had been on the phone, widened his eyes.
“The people you sent to this site are high-performers? And the male one is the grandson of the old Guihon Trading chairman? My goodness. Is that so?”
He continued the call with an excited expression.
Then, sensing a presence, he turned his head toward the cabin entrance.
In an instant—I emerged from the cabin and slapped Hong Yang-doo across the face, glaring at him.
Crack—
Hong Yang-doo, caught off guard by the sudden attack, touched his reddened cheek and turned to face me.
“What, what, what, what are you—”
“These are people who risked their lives to capture a spirit that might exist on the owner’s private property. Don’t speak carelessly about them. If you don’t apologize properly when we leave, you should be prepared for the consequences.”
I issued a warning to Hong Yang-doo and then returned into the cabin.
“That, that, that bastard is Chairman Kim Jun-mo’s grandson?”
He was so flustered that he couldn’t even think of how to protest.

* * *

When I returned to the cabin, Ye-rim asked.
“What did you just do?”
“He was speaking carelessly about Manager Lee. I went out and slapped him.”
“What? How could you do that to the Client?!”
“I don’t know. Something else will probably come up later.”
I answered nonchalantly and walked ahead down the corridor.
Seeing my behavior, Ye-rim was taken aback by this new side of me.
She had never expected me to assault the Client so suddenly.
Of course—I myself hadn’t anticipated becoming this angry.
Until now, I had believed myself to be someone who didn’t get worked up or lose his temper over such matters.
But just moments ago, the instant I heard Hong Yang-doo’s phone conversation, a sudden, blazing fury ignited within me.
This was an unfamiliar side of myself.
As dangerous moments from hunting spirits at Guihon Trading flashed through my mind, Hong Yang-doo’s dismissive remarks had suddenly kindled an overwhelming rage.
“Phew.”
I took a deep breath as I walked down the corridor.
The boiling anger seemed to subside slightly.
That was when it happened.
Whirrrrrrr—
I felt the Ghost-Slaying Blade in my hand vibrating violently.
The moment I felt that vibration, I wondered if the rage had surged because of this Ghost-Slaying Blade itself.
I recalled Grandfather’s warning in his records that the Ghost-Slaying Blade would grow stronger with each spirit slain, but could potentially consume its user if not careful.
‘Could it be the influence of the Ghost Slayer Blade?’
He gazed quietly at the Ghost Slayer Blade held in his hand.
That was the moment.
Whoooosh—
Something reflected off the Ghost Slayer Blade and passed by.
Yet the Ghost Radar had detected nothing!
Tae-woo stopped in alarm and looked around.
Ye-rim and Min-hye, who had been following behind him, froze in surprise.
“What is it?”
Ye-rim asked.
Right then—a fierce, icy wind swept violently from one end of the corridor to the other.
Simultaneously, countless blue dots began appearing on the Ghost Radar.
Thoom—
At the same time, a dull sound echoed as the power cut out, plunging everything into darkness.

Exorcism Specialist Company Guihon Trading Chapter 108

Author
Cha U Lens
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yoon Tae-ri
Cover
Lee Chi

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