Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 34

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Chapter 34

Guigung.
Tae-woo had seen that word in the Guichaldo before.
Of course, the context had been quite simple.
If the Guichaldo was a legendary blade for catching ghosts, then the Guigung was a legendary bow for catching ghosts—that was all it said.
According to the brief explanation appended there, the Guigung was “a shaman’s weapon.”
In other words, if the Guichaldo was a weapon that warriors began using after receiving a shaman’s blood, then the Guigung was a weapon that shamans began using after receiving a warrior’s counsel.
Simply put, there was a fundamental difference in their base origins.
Tae-woo suddenly found himself curious whether her Guigung, like the Guichaldo, possessed some will of its own and manipulated its user.
Just then, Moon So-ryeong glanced toward Tae-woo before resuming her conversation with Cha Jun-ho.
He couldn’t tell what they were discussing, but it seemed his name had come up.
‘What are they talking about?’
Tae-woo stared blankly at the two of them before turning his gaze toward the podium.

[Well then. Let us commence the full meeting.]
A young man stepped forward, picked up the microphone, and spoke. Moments later, an elderly man with white hair dressed in a gray suit walked out.
He took the microphone from the young man and spoke.

[Ah yes. Everyone from our Training Team. It’s been quite a while, hasn’t it?]

He continued in a benevolent tone.
Meanwhile, Ye-rim leaned over and whispered to Tae-woo.
“He’s our company’s executive director. Yang Ho-seung, the executive director.”
“Ah, the executive director.”
Tae-woo nodded in acknowledgment.

[First, let us review our current sales performance and discuss the recent trends in ghost manifestations. Including both domestic and international sales, we recorded a total of 191.2 billion won last quarter. Thanks to our Training Teams both domestically and abroad working tirelessly and giving their all, we achieved excellent results. However, we’re now in the third quarter and have recorded approximately 134.9 billion won thus far. You’re all working hard even now, but at this rate, it seems unlikely we’ll exceed 150 billion won this quarter. Wouldn’t you agree?]

Yang Ho-seung spoke with a smile, yet considerable pressure lay beneath his words.

[Looking at the current figures—the team with the lowest performance is Training Team 4.]

He continued while looking toward where Ji-seok, Ye-rim, and Tae-woo were seated.

[It seems Team 4 needs to secure more high-value contracts in the hundred-million-won range to contribute meaningfully to our sales.]

Upon hearing those words, Tae-woo tilted his head in confusion.
‘A contract worth hundreds of millions?’
Until now, most of the contracts Tae-woo had reviewed and confirmed were at best worth tens of millions of won.
He could even occasionally spot contracts worth a few million won.
But a contract worth hundreds of millions of won?
He furrowed his brow slightly.

[I understand that Team 4 suffered a major incident early this year and hasn’t been receiving large contracts since. Now that they’ve recovered, don’t you think it would be appropriate for them to take on bigger cases again? Cha, please pay some attention to this matter.]

Yang Ho-seung, the executive director, spoke while looking at Cha Jun-ho, the department head standing nearby.
He nodded and gave Ji-seok some kind of signal with his eyes.

[And let’s see… we’ve rarely succeeded in directly photographing ghosts while performing exorcisms, but this time a new employee managed to capture one on camera?! Well, rumors have probably spread among the team members, but this will be quite helpful when we compile our Training Team’s work report. Those in charge should verify how the ghost was photographed and check whether each team should apply this method, then report back.]

He picked up the microphone and continued speaking with an unwavering smile throughout.
Listening to these words, Tae-woo felt that this wasn’t really a meeting at all—it was simply a ‘large-scale work directive session.’
After that, he had to continue listening to nagging that wasn’t quite nagging, directives that weren’t quite directives, for quite some time.

* * *

After the meeting ended, all the Training Team members stood up and returned to their respective desks.
Ye-rim, Tae-woo, and Ji-seok also stood and headed out of the seminar room.
“Is this really a full meeting? It seems like the kind of stuff that could just be posted in company announcements.”
“Well, it’s called a meeting. It’s just one of those things, you know.”
As Tae-woo spoke quietly, Ye-rim responded as if she’d expected it.
“But are there really contracts worth hundreds of millions of won?”
“There are plenty of contracts worth hundreds of millions. Especially overseas cases—almost all of them reach hundreds of millions of won. There are also contracts worth hundreds of millions domestically, but those are major cases that are secured through connections, so they mostly go to the top-selling team. We’re currently dead last in sales.”
“Is that because of the incident you mentioned earlier this year? What kind of incident was it?”
“Well, the manager told me not to tell you about this, but since the executive director brought it up first, what can I do.”
She glanced sideways at Ji-seok, who was walking a bit further ahead, before speaking.
Early this year.
They had received a 300-million-won contract to drive out a ghost from a site designated for apartment construction, and Ji-seok, Ye-rim, and the junior employee at that time had gone together.
But there was a grade-5 Muk-jin Ghost there, and various grades of ghosts below it attacked all at once, so they had an incredibly tough time.
During the struggle, the junior employee was possessed by a Bok-myeong Ghost, and after completing the work, on the way back, they jumped off the Han River Bridge.
Because of this incident, both Ji-seok and Ye-rim received disciplinary action, and since then, no contracts worth hundreds of millions have come their way.
“Until last year, we were the top sales team. But when our employee… did that, we plummeted to the bottom in an instant.”
“Ah, something like that happened…”
“We were almost disbanded, but Cha covered for us, so we barely survived. However, after that, the HR department stopped sending new hires to our team, so we’re short-handed—we only get small cases—and naturally our team’s sales kept declining.”
“But then I came here?”
Tae-woo pointed to himself as he spoke.
“Right. Tae-woo’s here.”
Ye-rim responded flatly and took the lead, walking ahead.
“Yeah. Everyone catch the briefing okay?”
Just then, Director Cha Jun-ho approached from behind, his voice booming with hearty confidence.
Everyone stopped in their tracks and turned toward him.
Moon So-ryeong, also a director, walked alongside him.
“There was a lot of talk back and forth, but basically it all comes down to Team 4 doing well, right?”
Director Cha Jun-ho patted Ji-seok and Tae-woo on the shoulders as he spoke.
Everyone nodded silently in agreement.
“It’s fine. After going through something like that, you naturally need some recovery time, you know. So we’ve got a big case coming our way this time too.”
He handed a file folder to Ji-seok.
Ji-seok’s eyes widened slightly in surprise as he accepted the folder.
“A big case? Right now?”
When Executive Director Yang Ho-seung had mentioned it, I’d anticipated a request worth hundreds of millions would come in eventually, but I hadn’t expected it to arrive this quickly on the way back from the meeting.
“The client came to me, and I want to take Team 4 on this one.”
At that moment, Director Moon So-ryeong stepped forward and spoke.
Her gaze was fixed precisely on Tae-woo.
“It’s worth 500 million won. What do you think? Want to do it or not?”
At her words, Tae-woo looked uncertainly at Ji-seok and Ye-rim.
“500 million—we should take it. I’ll look into the details.”
Ji-seok answered.
“Come along.”
She gestured for them to follow and entered the conference room next to Director Cha Jun-ho’s office.
Director Cha Jun-ho and all the team members filed in after her.

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Moon So-ryeong stood before the team members who were all seated and began a brief briefing.
“This request costs 500 million won, excluding VAT. The Client’s identity is classified. I know who they are, but they asked me to keep it confidential from everyone else.”
Her pronunciation was crisp and articulate.
“There’s a hillside in Inje, Gangwon Province, where they plan to construct a training facility and various military installations. But apparently, whenever they drive a shovel into that ground, something goes wrong—someone gets injured, people fall ill, or family members meet with accidents. So it seems there’s a ghost on that land, and they’re requesting we handle it.”
“Military bases are always intense work.”
The moment those words left his mouth, Ji-seok spoke up quietly.
Ye-rim nodded in understanding.
“So, rookie. When someone gets harmed after a shovel is driven into the ground, what is that?”
Moon So-ryeong suddenly tested Tae-woo with the question, looking directly at him.
For a moment, Tae-woo faltered, his words stumbling.
“What? You still don’t know? Your seniors didn’t teach you?”
She turned her head toward Ji-seok and Ye-rim, asking them.
“He hasn’t properly encountered a territorial spirit yet. There was that Tae-hyung group incident—”
“—Do you only teach after they experience it? You can just explain it.”
Before Ye-rim could finish, Moon So-ryeong pointed accusingly and rebuked them, then continued while looking at Tae-woo.
“A territorial spirit is a ghost that marks a specific area as its own territory and tries to defend it. Usually not a mountain ghost, but at minimum a Class 2 or higher ghost that retains memories or instincts from life. A territorial spirit at the level of a Class 2 vengeful ghost is relatively manageable, but a territorial spirit at Class 4 or higher—like a territorial wraith—would aggressively attack the living. With spirits like that present, once they drove a shovel into the ground, these territorial spirits absolutely went berserk.”
Tae-woo nodded at Moon So-ryeong’s explanation.
“Anyway, judging by how many people have been affected, it seems quite high-ranking ghosts are occupying that place. It’ll be a fairly large-scale operation. From what I can tell, we’ll need at least three people. I absolutely have to go, so let’s take two of you with us.”
At her words, Tae-woo watched carefully for signs.
“When is the operation?”
Ji-seok asked.
“We head to Inje tomorrow around lunch, do some reconnaissance of the area, and start the operation in the evening.”
“Is it a night operation?”
“Yes, night operation.”
“I see.”
Ji-seok nodded.
“Yoon Manager and Kim Manager will go. Bang, you stay with me—I have something for you.”
Cha Jun-ho said with his hands clasped behind his back.
“Yes, understood.”
Ye-rim answered immediately without hesitation or question.
Tae-woo had no choice but to answer the same way.
“Yes, understood.”
“Then everyone prepare well.”
“Yes, understood.”
Moon So-ryeong waved her hand, turned around, and moved away with dignified composure.
Tae-woo watched her go quietly, then asked Ye-rim.
“Manager. What’s her exorcism style?”
“Style? What do you mean by style?”
“Her exorcism style.”
Tae-woo asked while gauging Ji-seok’s reaction.
With his business concluded, Ji-seok returned to his position without a care in the world.
Tae-woo watched his retreating figure and whispered softly.
“I saw Director Bang yesterday, and the way he exorcises ghosts is so gentle. He even appeases them as he goes. How should I put it? Strategic exorcism, I suppose. Like that Eastern martial arts style where they wield fans or throwing stars to display their techniques.”
“Ah, ah, ah. You mean style in that sense? Well, it’s simple.”
Ye-rim smiled and continued.
“A perfect ghost-slayer style. They don’t care about the ghosts’ stories or circumstances. It’s more like the philosophy that only the living should exist in the world of the living. That’s why I like working with Director Moon. It’s refreshingly straightforward.”
She spoke.
“So what’s Director Cha’s style then? Come to think of it, I don’t even know what weapon he uses.”
“Director Cha? Well, he’s more of an extreme ghost-slayer type. He destroys everything. It’s like burning down an entire house to catch a flea.”
“Huh?!”
Tae-woo didn’t fully grasp what Ye-rim was saying.
But one thing was certain: both Director Cha Jun-ho and Director Moon So-ryeong were the type to mercilessly devour ghosts.

Guihon Trading Company – Exorcism Specialists Episode 34

Author
Cha Woo-renz
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Daon Creative
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Lee Chi

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