Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

[Yuria Collection]

As we approached the store where the mannequin had moved, the logos and names of women’s clothing brands came into view between the other shops.
“President Shin, you’re here.”
Kim Dae-woong waved as he approached, and a middle-aged woman who had been organizing the displayed clothes came over.
“Ah, President. Hello.”
“How’s the store? Did the mannequin move again?”
Kim Dae-woong asked.
The middle-aged woman waved her hand dismissively as she replied, her frustration evident.
“Ugh. This time its head is turned 180 degrees. Please catch the culprit already. It’s so creepy every time—what on earth is going on?”
“Its head is turned 180 degrees?”
“Yes. Goodness. Checking this every morning is becoming a chore.”
The middle-aged woman spoke with visible exasperation.
“Which mannequin is it?”
“This one. This one right here.”
In response to Kim Dae-woong’s question, she pointed to the mannequin standing near the store entrance.
The mannequin, which depicted a typical female form, had no facial features.
It was posed as if standing, and it wore one of the outfits displayed in the store.
“Has it knocked over a child when it fell?”
“Yes. Even though it was secured properly, it suddenly fell, and we split the medical bills with the store—that happened once.”
“And you believe that was also caused by a ghost.”
“Yes. It happened right after we noticed the mannequin moving on its own somewhere.”
Ye-rim stepped back a couple of paces from the mannequin, tilting her head curiously.
On the surface, it appeared to be nothing special.
Tae-woo saw the same thing.
‘Hmm.’
Tae-woo activated his radar while looking at the mannequin.
In an instant, the UI inside the smart glasses flickered, and I could see a blue light emanating from the mannequin’s head.
A spirit was hiding inside the mannequin.
“Do you see something?”
Ye-rim whispered the question.
“Yes. According to the radar, there’s a spirit inside the mannequin.”
Tae-woo answered quietly.
“If that’s real, then that radar is actually useful.”
Ye-rim nodded as she spoke.
“There’s nothing captured on the CCTV this time either? Maybe you should replace the CCTV or something.”
The Middle-aged Woman complained to Kim Dae-woong in an irritated voice.
“Yes, yes. I’m reviewing it now.”
Kim Dae-woong answered with a practiced smile.
Then Tae-woo, who had been quiet until now, asked a question.
“Um, by the way, if this mannequin moves like that, don’t you have any plans to replace it?”
“My goodness. Why would I replace a perfectly fine mannequin? If someone came in and touched it, that’s something the mart should handle, not me. You’re a strange person, aren’t you?”
At those words, the Middle-aged Woman furrowed her brow as if ready for a fight.
Then Ye-rim grabbed Tae-woo’s arm and gave him a look telling him not to interfere.
From Tae-woo’s perspective, having sensed the spirit inside the mannequin, replacing it seemed like the most straightforward solution.
But the Middle-aged Woman didn’t think the mannequin was moving on its own—she seemed to believe someone was deliberately playing a prank.
From her standpoint, spending money to replace the mannequin made no sense whatsoever.
“By the way, how are sales these days?”
Kim Dae-woong changed the subject, smiling faintly as he began chatting with the Middle-aged Woman about various things.
She still wore an angry expression, but since she was dealing with the mart’s owner, she answered his questions faithfully.

Meanwhile, Ye-rim and Tae-woo glanced around the store, checking various details.
“Have you heard the saying that where there are many people, there are also many spirits?”
Then Ye-rim asked.
“Yes, I’ve heard it.”
“Among those places, clothing stores like this tend to attract spirits especially often.”
“Really?”
“Yes, yes. Mannequins in particular are common hosts. If you continue this work, you’ll likely encounter spirits related to mannequins and dolls fairly often.”
“Ah, I see.”
Tae-woo’s expression showed considerable surprise.
Then Ye-rim continued her explanation in a low voice, pretending to look at clothes.
“Yes. Spirits are souls that have lost their physical bodies, after all. Among them, spirits with lingering desires in life sometimes inhabit forms similar to the human body. Those are usually mannequins or dolls.”
“Ah, I see.”
Tae-woo nodded, finally understanding.

“Have you seen everything?”
Kim Dae-woong turned to Ye-rim and Tae-woo, asking the question once their conversation had concluded.
The two nodded and stepped back outside the store.
“By the way, who are those two? Are they new hires?”
When the Middle-aged Woman asked, Kim Dae-woong nodded.
“Yes, yes. You don’t need to worry about them.”
He had submitted a request for an exorcism, and it seemed he had no intention of revealing that exorcists had come to the location.
Back at the office conference table, Kim Dae-woong immediately asked the two of them a question.
“What do you make of it?”
Ye-rim nodded and answered his question.
“Yes. From what I can see, it does appear that a spirit is possessing the mannequin.”
“Exactly! I told you so!”
Kim Dae-woong struck the table with a satisfied expression, as if his suspicions had been confirmed.
“However, it doesn’t seem like you informed the female manager that we were coming.”
When Ye-rim asked, Kim Dae-woong shook his head vigorously.
“Oh, that manager is a devout Christian, so she absolutely despises anything related to spirits, shamans, and such. I mentioned once before that a spirit might be possessing a mannequin, but she got furious, insisting that such things don’t exist. She’s quite eccentric.”
Hearing this, Tae-woo realized that a devout Christian might view exorcism itself as heretical, which could create problems during the work.
“When would it be possible to proceed with the work?”
Ye-rim asked.
Kim Dae-woong answered with a somewhat troubled expression.
“Ideally, I’d like to proceed immediately, but given that the manager is such a staunch Christian and the work could disrupt other operating stores, I’d prefer if you could handle it after the store closes.”
Hearing this, Ye-rim’s expression grew slightly displeased.
“This condition wasn’t disclosed when you made the request. Nighttime work is included in the estimate. Didn’t you ask us to complete it as quickly as possible?”
As she spoke, she reviewed the contract on her phone.
It was the one Nabi Bosal had prepared when receiving the exorcism request from Kim Dae-woong.
“What? I discussed this with Nabi Bosal. Goodness, this is a large mart too—to catch a spirit, we have to do it after business hours.”
Kim Dae-woong furrowed his brow as he spoke.
Ye-rim scratched her cheek with an awkward expression, then nodded.
“I understand. So what time does the store close?”
“Eleven at night. We settle all the stores at ten, and close all the doors at eleven.”
“Understood. We’ll come back then.”
Ye-rim spoke in a slightly irritated tone before rising from her seat.
Tae-woo stood up hastily and followed her outside.

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Back in the vehicle, Ye-rim started making a call without even turning on the engine.
This was the first time Tae-woo had seen her display such tension in front of him.
He watched quietly to see what she was doing.
“Hello? Ah, Nabi Bosal. It’s been a while. How have you been?”
She was calling the shaman who had accepted Kim Dae-woong’s request.
[Yes, yes. Manager Yoon. How have you been?]
“Yes, yes. Actually, I’m at the K-Mart site for Kim Dae-woong right now. Is this a night shift job?”
[Kim Dae-woong’s K-Mart? Ah, yes, that’s right. You’re talking about the possessed mannequin there? Yes, that’s a night shift job.]
“But the contract you sent me doesn’t specify night shift work.”
[Oh my, really?]
“You know night shifts come with a 10 to 30 percent surcharge on the original estimate, right? But how can you send the contract like this? We calculated the estimate thinking it was daytime work.”
[Oh dear, I’m sorry.]
“I came to the site to do the work, but what’s this? You’re telling me to come at 11 PM at night. I came all the way to Ilsan.”
[I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I must have forgotten when I wrote up the estimate.]
“I think you’ve made this kind of mistake before. Please be more careful about these details.”
[Yes, yes. I’m sorry.]
“This is a four-thousand-won job, but with night shift work it’ll come out to around four thousand five hundred. I’ll offset the five hundred against this month’s commission settlement.”
[Ugh, really.]
“There’s no help for it. You’ve seen me handle it before.”
[I understand, I understand. Sigh.]
Nabi Bosal seemed annoyed and hung up the phone immediately.
Ye-rim immediately called the company and continued the conversation.
“Manager Lee. You know that Ilsan job I got from Nabi Bosal? It’s a night shift job, so I need to get an additional estimate. I think we can offset it against the commission we’re settling with Nabi Bosal this month.”
[Yes, understood~]
The deep-voiced man on the other end of the line answered immediately.
As soon as Ye-rim hung up, she let out a long sigh.
“Sigh. This is the kind of problem we run into. Our sales staff rarely make these kinds of mistakes, but the outsourced contractors—you know, the fortune tellers, shamans, and clergy we have contracts with. These people don’t understand company operations or systems well, and they have a different concept of money, so these mistakes happen often. You have to check carefully.”
She seemed annoyed, but also accustomed to it.
“So night shifts come with a surcharge?”
Tae-woo asked.
“Yes, yes. Like I mentioned earlier, depending on the scale, there’s an additional estimate of around 10 to 30 percent. Spirits become stronger at night, so it gets a bit more dangerous, and we can’t work the next day.”
“Ah, I see, I see.”
Still, it seemed this company did give the next day off if you worked late into the night.
“Sigh. But this is work either way, and losing the entire evening until 11 PM is frustrating. Ugh.”
“Is it difficult to stop by the company and come back out?”
“Traffic’s bad, so that would be annoying. In situations like this, I write up the previous site’s result report on my laptop.”
She pulled out a laptop from the back seat and turned it on immediately.
“Ah, so you have to write result reports too.”
“Of course. You said you’ve worked at a company before. No matter what job you do, you have to write result reports. The template is uploaded to the web hard drive. On there you’ll find—the client’s name, the date and time, when you went and what spirit you caught, how much the estimate was and when the settlement team confirmed it, and if there’s anything to hand over to the incineration team—you have to note that too.”
She pulled up the report form and began typing rapidly.
Despite the uncomfortable position, I continued writing on my laptop from the driver’s seat.
While doing so, Ye-rim received another call.
This time it was Bang Ji-seok.
“Yes, sir.”
[Lee Manager told me about it. A night shift, you said?]
“Yes. Nabi Bosal forgot to schedule it again.”
[That person is something else. So where are you now?]
“I’m at the K-Mart parking lot. I’m with the new recruit, and we’ll handle it at 11 PM before returning.”
[Damn. We’re wasting the whole evening, just wasting it.]
“Tell me about it. I’m planning to write up the Incheon field report.”
[Understood. When you get back to the office, just wrap things up and head out. Come in tomorrow afternoon.]
“Yes, understood.”
Ye-rim hung up and continued with the report.
Time kept flowing, and soon night fell.

Guihon Trading Company Chapter 15

Author
Chau Renz
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yoon Tae-ri
Cover
Lee Chi

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