Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

Pap-pap-pap-pap-pap-pap-pap—
Gunfire erupted from the silenced submachine gun, bullets streaking through the air with lethal speed.
Pap-pap-pap-pap—
The bullets shattered against walls and pillars, but landing a hit on the ghost proved far more difficult.
The ghost crawled on all fours, weaving between pillars and walls to evade the barrage.
When it vanished into the darkness, Ye-rim rushed toward me.
“Are you all right?”
As Ye-rim asked, I nodded and pushed myself up.
“That thing is incredibly tough.”
I sheathed the Blood Water Blade and drew the Ghost Slayer Blade once more.
A spark of determination ignited within me.
Ssshhhhh—
Meanwhile, the ghost concealed itself behind a pillar.
“Radar!”
Ye-rim adjusted her firing stance and called out sharply.
I immediately manipulated my smart glasses to activate the Ghost Radar.
Beep-beep—
Whirrrrr—
Blue light emanated from all directions simultaneously.
Ghosts surrounded us within a twenty-meter radius.
“Let’s pursue!”
Ye-rim moved swiftly toward where the ghost had vanished.
I followed close behind, Ghost Slayer Blade in hand.
‘What kind of new employee training is this?!’
I thought to myself as I pursued her.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud—
We raced rapidly between multiple storefronts.
Every storefront was enclosed by green tarps, obscuring the interior.
However, my Ghost Radar displayed multiple blue dots moving within each storefront.
It was at that moment.
Shhhhhhck—
A blue dot burst from the adjacent storefront, arcing toward Ye-rim in a parabolic trajectory.
“Right side!”
I shouted from behind.
Ye-rim immediately pivoted her gun barrel to the right.
In an instant, a ghost materialized beyond the tarp.
Her hair hung limp and waterlogged as if submerged, and her face was grotesque—eyes and whites of the eyes completely absent.
Clearly, this was not the ghost that had been hiding in the Yuria Collection.
Bang—
Screech—
She pulled the trigger with remarkable composure, firing a bullet directly into the ghost’s head.
The struck ghost dissolved into black smoke and vanished.
Then, a blue luminescence flickered from the left.
“Left side!”
At Tae-woo’s sharp cry, she swiftly pivoted her gun barrel.
Simultaneously, a ghost emerged from beyond the opposite store’s awning.
This ghost bore a grotesque visage—possessing a nose, eyes, and head, but lacking a lower jaw entirely.
Bang—
Screech—
Ye-rim drove a bullet into that ghost’s head as well.
This ghost too dissolved into black smoke and disappeared.
Through the Ghost Radar, I could alert her to spirits before they became visible to the naked eye.
Following our discovery of the Building Owner Ghost hidden within the antique jar, the device continued to prove its worth magnificently.
“Front!”
Tae-woo’s voice rang out from behind.
Ye-rim immediately swung her gun barrel forward.
In that instant, a Female Ghost with elongated hair came crawling rapidly toward us in an inverted arch position, her body bent backward.
The movements of her crawling arms and legs were as nimble and insectile as a creature’s.
And that made her all the more unsettling.

Rat-a-tat-tat—
Bang-bang-bang—

The crawling ghost was riddled with holes like a honeycomb, then transformed into black smoke that swept past Ye-rim and me.
Due to the momentum of the crawling motion, the smoke from its dissipation spread rapidly along its trajectory.
We didn’t stop and continued moving forward.
That was when it happened.
Thud—
Someone grabbed my ankle.
I had been so focused on watching Ye-rim’s surroundings as she rushed ahead that I completely failed to check my own.
Crash—
I tumbled forward.
Rolling onto my back to look behind, I saw a Male Ghost with sparse hair lying flat on the ground, glaring at me intently.
An intense blue light radiated from the ghost’s body.
Whoosh— Screeeech—
Aaaahhhhh—
As I slashed at the ghost, it transformed into black smoke and vanished.
Simultaneously, another ghost threw itself at me from beyond the green awning of the adjacent store.
This ghost too had such a grotesque appearance that it seemed like something from a nightmare.
“Gah!”
I immediately rolled my body and swung my sword.

Screeeech—
Aaaahhhhh—

The ghost’s body, which had been falling rapidly toward me, split in two and dissipated into black smoke.
I quickly got to my feet and looked around.

Patter-patter-patter-patter—

Then, from behind, a Female Ghost approached rapidly, clinging to the ground like a serpent.
Dressed in a black one-piece, the Female Ghost had her eyes fixed on me with a grotesquely twisted smile.
“Hrraaagh!”
I brought my sword down sharply and drove it into the crawling ghost’s head.
Screeeech—
The rapidly crawling ghost couldn’t stop even with the blade piercing its head, and it split vertically in two.
Waaahhhhh—
I was engulfed in the black smoke as the ghost dissipated.

Meanwhile, Ye-rim turned to look at Tae-woo as she continued firing at the other ghosts.
In that moment, what she saw was like a scene straight out of a movie.
Tae-woo stood with the Ghost Slayer Blade in one hand, enveloped in the black smoke expelled by the vanishing ghost.
Bathed in the half-lit illumination of the mart, he resembled a master swordsman enhanced by special effects.
Ye-rim stared at him in a daze, unable to speak.
“What’s wrong?”
Tae-woo tilted his head and asked.
“Nothing. Let’s find it quickly.”
Ye-rim gestured for him to follow, then turned her body forward again.
Tae-woo immediately began running after her once more.
Tap-tap—tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap—
The ghost was crawling rapidly upside down across the high ceiling.
It was unmistakably fleeing from both Ye-rim and Tae-woo.
Ye-rim would pause occasionally as she ran to take aim, but the ghost moved too quickly through the gaps between the darkened lights, preventing her from pulling the trigger.
“Damn it.”
After muttering this, she ran forward again.
Meanwhile, Tae-woo continued checking his radar while pursuing the ghost fleeing into the distance.
The ghost clinging to the ceiling, having escaped from the Yuria Collection and now fleeing, had moved beyond the 20-meter range and no longer appeared as a blue dot.
However, due to the strong yin energy, it was incredibly visible to the naked eye.
Thud—
That was the moment.
The ghost, which had been crawling while hanging upside down from the ceiling, suddenly dropped below the escalator and vanished.
It had fled to the first floor.
“Damn.”
Ye-rim immediately rushed toward the escalator leading downward.
However, the escalator was also blocked with a “Closed for Use” sign.
It appeared that when the mart closed for business, they would stop the escalator and place signs on both sides.
She vaulted over the sign and then quickly descended the stationary escalator as if it were stairs.
Tae-woo attempted to vault over the sign like she had, but his foot caught it and knocked the sign over.
Crash—
At the same time, he stumbled and barely regained his balance by grabbing the handrail.
That was when it happened.
Blue light began flashing from all directions.
Though there had been a small skirmish, the overall silence had kept the ghosts dormant, but now that the loud metallic clang echoed through the quiet large mart, they all awoke.
Ye-rim spun around to look at him.
“I’m—I’m sorry.”
Tae-woo spoke with a flustered expression.
However, she couldn’t entirely blame him.
Aside from the OT field, this was only Tae-woo’s second actual operation—he was still a rookie.
Though his swordsmanship skills certainly didn’t reflect that of a novice.
Whiiiiiing—
A biting chill swept down from both the first and second floors of the mart.
The malevolent energy of the ghosts was surging with terrifying force.
“Stay sharp from here on out.”
She ejected the magazine, checked the ammunition, and slid it back into place.
I too quickly scanned my surroundings, confirming the approach of the ghosts.
Saaaaaaa—
An overwhelming number of blue lights crawled up from beneath the first floor, along the side of the escalator.
At this rate, the radar would obstruct my vision again.
I switched off the radar and looked around once more.
Now I could see at a glance the ghosts crawling up from beneath the railing.

Grrrrrrrr—

Some of the ghosts emitted strange sounds from their mouths.
The ghosts targeting us weren’t only coming from below.
They were also gathering on the opposite escalator, crossing ours in an X pattern.
Some of them smiled with their lower jaws clicking rapidly—’clack clack’—even as tears of blood streamed down their faces.
They looked like predators stalking their prey.
“At this rate, we could be in real danger. They’re far too aggressive.”
Ye-rim spoke those final words, then immediately raised her gun and fired at the brow of a ghost weeping blood.
Bang—

Saaaaaaa—

The ghost struck by the bullet dissolved into black smoke and vanished.
That was when it began.
Ye-rim and I sprinting down the escalator.
The full-scale battle with the ghosts swarming toward us had truly commenced.
We descended rapidly, wielding guns and blades.
Ghosts raising their hands over the railing or thrusting their heads forward dissolved one by one into black smoke.
But the ghosts kept coming without end.

Fwaaaack—

Some leaped up with terrifying force, stretching their hands toward us.
I drove my blade into the abdomen of a ghost that had leaped above my head.

Saaaaaaa—

The ghost above me transformed into black smoke, raining down across Tae-woo’s body like a downpour.
Tae-woo didn’t stop there, slashing his sword toward another ghost.
His movements were extraordinarily swift and agile.
Pang— pang— pang— pang—
Ye-rim was no different.
While standing firm, she drove a single bullet precisely into the head of each ghost lunging at her from below and the sides.
Click—
The moment the submachine gun rounds were depleted, the bolt locked back.
She swiftly drew her pistol and continued firing.
Pang— pang— pang—
It seemed she had annihilated dozens of ghosts, yet they kept coming.
Below the escalator they were descending, more ghosts began leaping upward.
She rapidly reloaded her submachine gun and unleashed a burst of fire directly ahead.
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-bang—
The ghosts crumbled into black smoke sequentially, like dominoes falling.
Meanwhile, Tae-woo continued swinging his sword before glancing downward.
Through the gap between the cosmetics store visible beneath the escalator, I spotted that ghost from the Yuria Collection fleeing.
I had a sinking feeling that if we lost them here, things would only get more complicated.
Tae-woo gripped the railing with one hand and hurled himself down beneath the escalator.
“Tae-woo! Danger—”
Before she could finish speaking, Tae-woo plummeted to the First Floor.
Given the nature of a large department store, the ceiling height was considerable.
Especially on the First Floor, where ventilation, electrical systems, and ducts were installed, the height exceeded six meters.
Considering he had been descending via escalator, he had jumped from a height of roughly three to four meters.
The impact upon landing would inevitably strain his legs.
Thud—
Tae-woo landed in the center of the cosmetics store, holding the Guihon Sword at his side.
The sight was that of a martial arts master.
“Is that also the power of the Guihon Sword?”
She shook her head.
Then— realizing she had been separated from the newcomer Tae-woo, she hastily leaped down.
Soon after, she too threw herself over the railing, leaving approximately two meters before reaching the First Floor.
“Ugh!”
Sharp pain shot through her knees, and she grimaced.
Looking ahead, she could see Tae-woo had already drawn his sword and was charging forward.
He seemed to have felt no impact whatsoever from the fall.

Guihon Trading Company: Exorcism Specialists — Chapter 17

Author
Chau Lens
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yun Tae-ri
Cover
Lee Chi

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