Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 24

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Chapter 24

“What does the radar show?”
Yerim asked while Tae-woo paused in thought.
Tae-woo nodded and pointed downward.
“I’m detecting ghosts on the First Floor.”
“Right. Some of the ones that were here must have gone down to the First Floor.”
Yerim answered with an expression of confirmation.
“But I found something strange.”
“Something strange?”
“Yes. When I bounced off the Terrace and came back up, I checked and found that both the entrance and all the windows are completely sealed.”
“Sealed?”
“The Entrance Door we came through wasn’t locked, right? But it’s locked now, and the windows won’t break. When I tried to break one, it turned black and transformed into dozens of eyes.”
“Transformed into dozens of eyes.”
“Yes. What kind of phenomenon is that?”
“One of two things. Either to prevent anyone from getting in, or to prevent anyone from getting out.”
Upon hearing that answer, Tae-woo’s brow furrowed slightly.
“To prevent anyone from getting out…?”
“Yes. To kill us here.”
“What?”
“If that phenomenon occurred after you were forced out, then the ghost was trying to keep you from coming back in while killing me inside.”
“Why would it make that distinction?”
“The ghost must have thought it could kill me, but not you.”
Yerim spoke without any particular concern.
In a way, it was an acknowledgment that Tae-woo was stronger than Yerim, a Manager.
But Tae-woo himself wore an expression of incomprehension.
Though he flew about wielding his blade with the power of the Ghost Tracking Sword, he didn’t believe for a moment that he was stronger than his senior, Yerim.
“If a ghost can control a specific space like this, then the ghost dominating this place must be at least a Grade 4 Blade Ghost or higher. The characteristic of Blade Ghosts is that they’re violent and can handle tools. As I explained, ghosts Grade 4 and above can manipulate tools. In other words, they can touch, move, and wield objects from the living world.”
“Ah. Blade Ghosts. I remember seeing them in the Ghost Record.”
“They need to freely handle objects from the living world to lock the Entrance Door and control the windows. This job won’t be easy. Fifty million won seems a bit insufficient for this.”
She shrugged her shoulders and stood before the Staircase leading down to the First Floor.
She turned on her flashlight to confirm it was working properly, then gestured for them to descend.
Tae-woo followed her, drawing his blade and trailing behind her.

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When I returned to the Living Room, the first thing I noticed was the television that was turned on.
In the darkness, the lone TV emitted a cacophony of light as gray static crackled and hissed across its screen.
“Do you see anything?” Yerim asked.
Yerim asked.
Tae-woo activated the radar again.

A high-pitched whine pierced the air—

Upon checking, a brilliant blue light was radiating intensely from the direction of the TV.
Instead of answering, Tae-woo pointed toward the television.
Yerim nodded and trained her gun on it.
Then, step by careful step, she advanced.
The moment she stood before the massive TV, it suddenly went dark with a dull thud.
Immediately after, an arm belonging to the White Jeogori Ghost burst forth from within the screen.
A grotesque wail erupted—
The ghost emitted an otherworldly sound, stretching her arm from the TV as if climbing through a window, grasping the bezel and thrusting her upper body outward.
It was like a scene straight from the Japanese horror film “The Ring.”
“What are you doing?” Yerim muttered.
Yerim immediately pulled the trigger, aiming directly at the ghost’s face as it emerged.
Gunfire erupted in rapid succession—
Bullets tore through the ghost’s face, neck, and upper body, puncturing it with gaping holes.
A piercing shriek echoed—
The ghost dissolved into black smoke and vanished.
That was the moment.
“KYIIIIIIIIIIII—!!”
With a scream that threatened to shatter eardrums, a door burst open, and an Unnamed Male Ghost clad in gray garments came charging out on all fours like a beast, lunging straight at Yerim.
Yerim tried to pivot her gun backward, but the creature was faster.
Tae-woo immediately swung his blade, severing the Unnamed Male Ghost’s neck as it rushed toward him.
A sickening spray of black smoke erupted—
The ghost’s head fell away as black smoke dispersed into the air.
But this was far from over.
From the very room where the ghost had emerged, another specter revealed itself.
This ghost too possessed a distinctly gray complexion and wore the ordinary clothing of a modern woman, yet half its face was a skull, and the remaining flesh was grotesquely decayed.
A deep, guttural moan resonated—
The moment Yerim aimed her gun at the ghost, identical faces began manifesting on every wall in the Living Room.
“Hehehehe. Hehehehe. Hehehehe.”
And all those faces began to laugh grotesquely, their mouths stretched ear to ear.
Yerim furrowed her brow and swung her gun toward her surroundings.
Tae-woo likewise lowered his stance, gripping his blade, ready to strike at any moment.
A rhythmic, unsettling sound filled the air—
The ghost standing before the door began moving its mouth rapidly, emitting an eerie sound.
I clenched my jaw and immediately pulled the trigger toward the ghost.
Bang—
The bullet flew, but the ghost vanished in an instant.

Skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch—
Skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch—
Skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch-skritch—

Soon the ghost’s sound began emanating from throughout the entire room.
Even from the ceiling, the ghost’s face drooped down, emitting the same eerie noise.
I fired wildly at the wall.
Rat-a-tat-tat-bang—
But the salt-infused pellets only shattered against the wall; the ghost did not disappear.
“Ugh!”
Tae-woo swung his blade at the wall.
Slash—
The wallpaper only tore; the ghost did not vanish.
That was the moment.
An arm suddenly jutted out from the side wall and yanked Tae-woo’s neck.
I swiveled my gun toward it and pulled the trigger; the ghost’s arm shoved Tae-woo away forcefully before disappearing back into the wall.
Then an grotesquely elongated arm descended from above the ceiling, attempting to seize my head.
Instantly recognizing this, I tumbled forward and fired at the ceiling.
Rat-a-tat-bang—
But the ghost’s hand retreated into the ceiling, vanishing without a trace.
And then, an arm shot up from beneath where Tae-woo stood, seizing his ankle.
“Ah!”
Tae-woo, startled by the grip on his ankle, drove his blade downward, but the ghost had already vanished.
Thus, arms erupted from walls, ceiling, and floor alike, tormenting both Tae-woo and me.
Yet the creature itself never properly revealed its form.
“This bastard… How are we supposed to handle this?”
Tae-woo asked, furrowing his brow.
The ghostly faces visible from all directions filled me with profound unease.
And that damnable skritching sound never ceased, threatening to drive me mad.
“It doesn’t seem to be just one. Multiple ghosts are targeting us simultaneously.”
“Multiple?”
“They watched us from upstairs—how we fight. Now they’re conducting guerrilla warfare from the shadows.”
“Then what do we do?”
Tae-woo asked.
I fell silent, my expression grave as I considered the situation.
“Have you ever closed your eyes and swung the Guichaldo around?”
“No. There was no reason to try that….”
Tae-woo answered while shaking his head.
“Then entrust your body to the Guichaldo.”
Yerim said.
When Tae-woo looked at her with a startled expression, she pulled a smoke grenade from her pocket.
It was the very smoke grenade she had mentioned would reveal hidden ghosts.
“Wait, that’s-”
“-When this detonates, your eyes will sting a bit.”
Yerim cut off Tae-woo’s words and pulled the safety pin from the smoke grenade.
Ting-
Then she rolled the smoke grenade into the center of the living room.
This was a gamble for Yerim.
It was generally unwise to detonate smoke grenades in places with personal property, but in a situation like this, there were few other options.
Moreover, detonating a smoke grenade in an enclosed space could actually blind her vision from the stinging in her eyes.
But her reason for detonating the grenade here was simple.
She trusted Tae-woo’s Guichaldo.
If Tae-woo displayed his exceptional swordsmanship through the Guichaldo against his own will, then he could cut down the ghost even with his vision obscured.
Rumble rumble rumble- Thud-
The smoke grenade rolled with a dull sound and came to rest against the wall in the corner of the living room.
That was the moment.

Ping- Hisssssssssss-

Something pinged sharply, and pristine white smoke began billowing forth in a frenzy.
“Ugh!”
Tae-woo immediately covered his nose and mouth slightly, squinting his eyes.
However, unlike tear gas, his nose and throat didn’t burn—only his eyes stung faintly.
The real problem was that my vision had been completely obscured.
When I considered the original purpose of smoke grenades, it was only natural.
Above all, this smoke grenade’s smoke was made from incense burned during ancestral rites, so the olfactory irritation was unavoidable.
“Ugh—!”
I closed my eyes.
In that moment, Tae-woo experienced something extraordinary.
Clearly, without spiritual insight, Tae-woo couldn’t sense where or how the ghosts appeared.
In fact, he shouldn’t have been able to.
Yet Tae-woo’s arms and legs began moving of their own accord.
Simultaneously, the living room space without smoke became vividly clear in his mind, and he could precisely perceive how many ghosts surrounded him and exactly how they were attacking.
The ghosts hiding all around revealed themselves at once.
Eyes closed, Tae-woo began swinging his sword.
Though he wasn’t seeing the ghosts as he struck them, which unsettled him somewhat—each swing of his blade produced a distinct sensation of cutting through spectral forms.

Shhwaaaack—
Shhwaaaack—
Shhwaaaack— Shhwaaaack—

From behind, from ahead, from above, and surging up from below—I sliced through every ghost like a dancer performing a blade dance.
And with each ghost’s dissipation, its black smoke intermingled and dissolved into the white haze of the smoke grenades.
Shhwaaaaaaack—
As a ghost crawling from below stretched out its arm, Tae-woo leaped up to evade it.
In the same motion, I severed the neck of the ghost approaching from the side, then drove my blade into the back of the ghost below.
Thunk—
The ghost vanished along with black smoke.
Then, another ghost approached from behind, targeting Tae-woo.
Tae-woo spun his body and dropped low, swinging his sword in one fluid motion.
Shhwaaaaaaack—
The ghost’s waist was cleaved, splitting it in two.
Saaaaaaa—
That ghost too dissolved into black smoke.
Thus Tae-woo continued cutting through the ghosts with relentless speed.
Soon, the fragrant smoke from the grenades that had thickly filled the living room began to thin.
Ye-rim, still in a low stance, slowly checked the center of the living room.
Gooooo—
Tae-woo knelt on one knee, his sword thrust forward, and a ghost was impaled upon its blade.
The Ghost-Slaying Blade had pierced straight through the ghost’s abdomen.
The ghost looked down at its own torso in disbelief before dissolving into black smoke.
Shhwaaaaaaaa—
Like fine sand, the ghost crumbled away as black smoke, scattering into nothingness.
“Huh… huh?”
Only then did Tae-woo slowly open his eyes.
Not a single ghost remained in sight.
Moreover, the eerie “whisper-whisper” sound that had been crawling unpleasantly in my ears was completely gone.
I had annihilated every ghost on the first floor in an instant.
“What just happened?”
Tae-woo asked, looking at me.
“Ask the sword.”
I chuckled and replied.

Guihon Trading Company: Demon Exorcism Specialists — Chapter 24

Author
Chau Lens
Publisher
Daon Creative
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Yoon Tae-ri
Cover Design
Lee Chi

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