Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 35

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Chapter 35

The next day.
Tae-woo, Ye-rim, and Moon So-ryeong headed to Inje, Gangwon Province in the company vehicle.
Vroom—
While Ye-rim drove, Tae-woo sat in the passenger seat, and Moon So-ryeong cleaned arrows in the back.
From the passenger seat, I kept glancing back at the arrows she was cleaning.
‘Interesting.’
They were remarkably distinctive arrows.
At first glance, they looked like ordinary arrows.
An arrowhead at the front, a wooden shaft in the middle, and feathers at the rear.
But what made them unique was that the arrowheads were a vivid crimson red, and the feathers were pitch black.
“What are you looking at?”
Moon So-ryeong noticed my gaze and asked.
“Oh, nothing.”
When I looked forward, she handed me an arrow.
“Don’t sneak glances—examine it directly.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
I took the arrow and inspected it from every angle.
“The arrowhead is made of silver and then coated with red cinnabar lacquer. The shaft is carved from bamboo.”
Every material had been chosen for its connection to exorcism.
“And the fletching is made from raven feathers. One shot from this can annihilate a lesser spirit in a single strike.”
Moon So-ryeong spoke with confidence.
I nodded while examining the arrow.
“That’s impressive.”
“Kim Manager’s swordsmanship is quite formidable too, isn’t it? You said she uses the Guichal Blade?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“The Guichal Blade and the Guihon Bow are like siblings. If Joseon’s greatest swordmaster wielded the Guichal Blade, then Joseon’s greatest archer wielded the Guihon Bow.”
“Yes. I’ve read about it in the Guichal Records.”
I nodded and examined the arrow carefully before asking cautiously.
“Actually, I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“When I hold the Guichal Blade, my body moves as I think. Does the Guihon Bow work the same way?”
“Ah, I understand what you’re saying. That’s because the spirit of Kim Manager’s ancestor, which dwells in the Guichal Blade, moves Kim Manager’s body. But me? It’s not like that. I was simply an archer to begin with, and I received this as a gift from the Founder because my talent was recognized.”
“Your grandfather gave it to you?”
“Yes. I was the only one in the company who could handle a bow well. And though I don’t know the reason—the Guihon Bow doesn’t have a spirit dwelling in it like the Guichal Blade does. Just because someone wields it doesn’t mean they suddenly gain superhuman combat abilities or anything like that.”
“I see.”
I nodded in understanding.
“You need to remember this too, Kim Manager. Right now you’re new and only working lighter sites, so you might be able to fight well enough relying solely on Guihon’s will. But you need to learn how to fight on your own. There will be situations where Guihon is far away and you have to grab whatever you can and fight—you can’t just rely on Guihon’s will in those moments.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Moon So-ryeong, the department head, spoke to Tae-woo in a nagging tone.
Tae-woo could only scratch his head and nod.
“The address marked on the navigation is here. Is this correct?”
That’s when Ye-rim pointed ahead.
The vehicle had already entered the mountains and was traveling along a single-lane road.
And ahead of them, the entrance to a military base came into view.
“Oh, right. You said there should be a café in front of the base.”
Moon So-ryeong, the department head, leaned her head slightly between the driver’s and passenger’s seats and looked around.
As the vehicle moved forward a bit more, a small building, restaurant, and café came into view across from the base’s main gate.
It looked like a shop mainly used by visitors and officers.
“Wait here. The client asked to keep their identity secret, so I’ll go alone and come back.”
She got out of the car as soon as it stopped and rushed up to the second-floor café.
Tae-woo watched her retreating figure and asked.
“Is she married?”
“Huh? Why? Do you have a thing for older women?”
Moon So-ryeong, the department head, appeared to be at least in her mid-forties.
“No, no. That’s not it. It’s just that seeing her rush off to the café like that—she doesn’t seem like the same person who was fiddling with a bow just a moment ago.”
“She’s been married for about fifteen years now. She has two kids. I think her oldest just started middle school.”
“Really? She can maintain a marriage while doing this kind of work?”
“What do you mean? Why wouldn’t she be able to? When we work night shifts, we get daytime off. The salary is decent. The bonuses are generous. What’s the problem?”
“Ah. Well, yes. I suppose that makes sense.”
Tae-woo answered while scratching his cheek.
“It’s just that from what I’ve seen with other people, they don’t seem to mention ghost-catching or anything like that when they get married. They just say ‘Guihon Trading’ and everyone assumes it’s a trading company, so they just say they work in trading and leave it at that.”
“I see. So in our team, who is married?”
“Well, the department head is married. Manager Bang is a bachelor. And I’m unmarried.”
“Ah, I see.”
Tae-woo nodded and looked at the ring on her left hand.
She wasn’t married, but it seemed she had a boyfriend.
After waiting for several dozen minutes while chatting about this and that, Moon So-ryeong, the department head, appeared again.
As soon as she got into the back seat, she handed a memo to Ye-rim.
“Set the address to here.”
“Yes, understood.”
Ye-rim entered the address written on the memo into the navigation system.

[Calculating route.]

The destination appeared on the screen.
Thirty minutes by car from here.
According to the navigation, the destination seemed to be located in the middle of a mountain.
But Yerim said nothing and simply pressed down on the accelerator, continuing the drive.

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The car came to a stop in front of a military facility cordoned off by barricades.
The place had been abandoned for so long that vines crawled up the guard post, and atop the barricade, a rounded metal structure bore crude red brushstrokes.

[Strong Army / Jangdok Training Ground]

The metal structure itself was so heavily rusted that it looked as though a single tap would snap it clean in two.
“Is this the place? I thought you said we were building a new training ground? This is already a training ground.”
Yerim gripped the steering wheel and looked upward as she asked.
“The plan is to tear this all down and build a new training ground. Apparently, this place has been abandoned for about twenty years now.”
“Ah, I see.”
“What time is it?”
“Three in the afternoon.”
“Let’s conduct some interviews in the surrounding area and then begin the work in earnest. Find a nearby village.”
“Yes, understood.”
Yerim pulled out her phone the moment Moon So-ryeong finished speaking and opened the map application.
They visited the nearby village she found and were able to conduct interviews with several residents directly.
“Jangdok Mountain? Ah, the training ground there. Back in the day, it was a reserve forces training ground, so a lot of reserve soldiers went there. But there were many rumors that ghosts appeared there. All military facilities are like that, though.”
“I’ve been to the Jangdok Training Ground before myself. After night training ended and we were heading back, I actually saw ghosts that looked genuinely terrifying. It didn’t seem like there was just one of them.”
“From what I’ve heard, that place was apparently a site of intense combat during the Korean War.”
“You know the place. It was when our forces were retreating during the war, I think. Those communist bastards massacred our soldiers, didn’t they? I don’t know the details myself. It’s just what I’ve heard.”
“I think I heard that hundreds of bodies in military uniforms were found on Jangdok Mountain at some point. Or maybe not. Anyway, that’s what I know.”
These were stories heard directly from several residents living in the nearby village.
After conducting the interviews and returning to the car, the three of them shared the information they had gathered and held a brief meeting.
Yerim, who had directly noted the interview details, nodded and spoke.
“Based on everything we’ve heard so far… multiple ghosts have been sighted on Jangdok Mountain where the Jangdok Training Ground is located. And those ghosts are presumed to be soldiers. Is that right?”
“That’s correct.”
In response to her words, Moon So-ryeong turned her head toward Tae-woo and continued with a question.
“Then, Kim. What kind of ghosts do you think might be present?”
It was as if she were conducting a real-time test.
Tae-woo flinched in surprise, glanced at Yerim, and then answered.
“B-b-bound spirits?”
When Tae-woo answered, Moon So-ryeong frowned.
“Bound spirits are obvious. What grade of ghosts do you think might be there?”
“Ah, um… Grade 3?”
“Why not go a bit higher?”
“Grade 4?”
Tae-woo answered cautiously, gauging her reaction.
Moon So-ryeong shook her head.
“Look here. See these keywords that came up? ‘War’ and ‘massacre’—they’re right there. Regardless of what’s true, Jangdok Mountain is clearly infested with military spirits. That means they could be the souls of soldiers who died on this mountain. Soldiers who never made it home, whose bodies were never recovered.”
“Yes.”
“And when people die so suddenly, they sometimes don’t even realize they’re dead—they just stay in that spot. If these are truly the spirits of soldiers who fell in battle, unaware of their own deaths, lingering here for over seventy years, then the resentment could be extraordinarily powerful. And there are many of them. Former soldiers, no less. What’s the defining characteristic of soldiers?”
“Absolute obedience to command?”
“Exactly. They operate under a command hierarchy. If those soldiers are still here, the spirits would likely form a collective unit as well.”
“Then… could we even be looking at a Grade 5 vengeful spirit?”
A Grade 5 vengeful spirit possessed not only far greater resentment than Grade 4, but also commanded all the abilities of lower-ranked spirits while being capable of absorbing other spirits or directing them to build its own faction.
According to the Ghost Record, spirits Grade 5 and above were extraordinarily powerful and required absolute caution.
“If these are truly soldiers who died in war, all gathered here together, then yes—that’s what we have to assume. Otherwise, why would anyone burn 500 million won on a Grade 3 or 4 spirit? You burn that much because the spirit is that strong, right?”
Moon So-ryeong tapped Tae-woo’s seat as she spoke.
Gulp.
Tae-woo swallowed hard.
“Don’t panic. Trust the Ghost Record for now. I won’t let Kim Manager die.”
Moon So-ryeong smiled and checked her watch.
Evening had fallen—it was already 8 PM.
“Time to move. Let’s go.”
She got out of the car first.
Tae-woo and Ye-rim followed, regrouping at the trunk.
Each of them gathered their equipment.
“The Jangdok Training Ground is slated for demolition anyway, so there’s no property damage to deduct from the settlement. Feel free to destroy as much as you need while fighting.”
She shouldered a composite bow with black horn and brown wood, along with a quiver, then drew a short sword and secured it at her waist.
It appeared to be a weapon for close-quarters combat.
Ye-rim, as before, gathered an assault rifle, a pistol, spare magazines, and three smoke grenades.
Tae-woo put on his smart glasses, then strapped the Ghost Record and the Blood Crimson Blade to his body before initiating the smart glasses boot sequence.

[System booting]
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[System initializing.]
[Recording initiated.]
[Ghost Sensor activated.]
[Ghost Radar activated.]

Beep beep—

[Equipment Synchronization in Progress]
[Equipment Synchronization Complete]
[Primary Weapon – Guichal Blade (Equipped)]
[Secondary Weapon – Blood Water Blade (Equipped)]
[Flashlight – Battery Remaining 100%]

Multiple message windows appeared in succession before his eyes.

Guihon Trading – Exorcism Specialists Chapter 35

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

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