Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

Inside the box, it had felt impossibly heavy, but the moment I drew the blade, it became light as a feather.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
Moreover, a strange energy I hadn’t even sensed back at the Abandoned School now stimulated every nerve in my body.
It seemed I’d been too tense to notice it before.
I recalled the sword techniques I’d observed while designing skills for Eastern-style swordsman characters—ninjas, samurai, and the like—in games, and began mimicking the movements.
Remarkably, every motion I’d conceived in my mind manifested with ease.
However, the moment I set the blade down, I reverted to my original state—a body incapable of anything.
I became once again the programmer with pathetic stamina, someone who spent entire days hunched before a computer screen.
“Wow. What is this? How does it work? What’s the principle? I probably can’t disassemble it and examine it, can I?”
Fascinated, I swung the blade around with a whooshing sound before sliding it back into its sheath.
After working up a bucketful of sweat, I returned to my room and immediately began contemplating how to utilize the Guihon Sword and Blood Crimson Blade.
Regardless of how that phenomenon had occurred, it seemed these weapons could become a means to slay spirits without relying on my physical stamina.

But the problem remained.
If I held the Guihon Sword to capture spirits, I couldn’t hold both the flashlight and camera.
“Without my hands free, I can’t film. The whole point is to document the Abandoned School. Plus, I’m not even sure if ghosts will show up on camera.”
As I muttered this, Seung-hun beside me spoke.
“You don’t necessarily need to hold the camera and flashlight in your hands, sir.”
“Ah… right.”
I murmured and turned my head toward the shelf.
There, an incredible array of next-generation IT devices was on display.
‘That’s right. If I use something like smart glasses or a body camera, both my hands would be free, making it easier to wield the weapon.’
It was an obvious conclusion.

I grabbed the smart glasses displayed on the shelf among the IT devices and connected them to the computer.
Then I pulled up the firmware and began customizing it.
Simultaneously, I reviewed the brief footage I had just captured.
The scene where the ghost emerged from beneath my feet was certainly recorded, but its form wasn’t distinct.
What mattered was that even an indistinct shape had been captured on screen.
The ghost had triggered a response on the camera.
It wasn’t recorded as clearly as a person would be, but the camera definitely caught strange phenomena like flickering distortions.
“But if what I filmed here is really a ghost, how did I fix the coordinate system?”
Thinking the kind of silly thought that science students had all entertained at least once, I continued examining the screen.
In any case, using this would make it possible to record which ghosts I encountered inside the Abandoned School.
“Let’s try it. Damn.”
I opened the firmware program and began customizing the firmware installed on the smart glasses.
No one had asked me to do it, but it was a “voluntary task” I was performing to film the Abandoned School.
After customizing the firmware for several hours, I tried on the smart glasses.
Then various UI elements appeared and real-time recording began.
I wanted to confirm how the ghosts would be captured with this.
But since this house was also a so-called “ghost-free zone” like the Guihon Trading Company headquarters, I had to take it outside to verify.

I stepped out onto the Street wearing them.
Whoooosh—
Once I stepped onto the Street, the ghosts became clearly visible.
A ghost bleeding from its head and a ghost walking with a deathly pale complexion.
Even a ghost hanging upside down from a traffic light, swaying like a swing—!
They were certainly visible to my eyes, but I couldn’t tell if the smart glasses were recording them.
For now, I just had to film everything and check later.
Thud—
Then the ghost bleeding from its head, which had been passing by, stopped in its tracks and turned its head toward me.

“Huh? Hey. You can see me?”

When the ghost spoke, roughly one-third of the people walking down the Street came to an abrupt halt.
Then, with a chilling laugh, they fixed their gaze upon me.
One-third of everyone walking down this Street were all ghosts.
It meant that spirits were passing through the Street in considerable numbers.
But this was something I had experienced countless times throughout my life, given that I possessed spiritual sight.
“No, no. I can’t see them. I can’t see them.”
I waved my hands dismissively, turned around, and rushed back into the House.
What mattered now wasn’t seeing the ghosts—it was confirming whether they appeared on the smart glasses’ recording.
I immediately played back the footage recorded on the smart glasses on my computer.
“Wait… something’s odd about this?”

And there, I discovered a peculiar phenomenon.
At first, only the images of living people were captured.
But the moment I became aware of the ghost, their forms began to appear in the recording.
The ghost from moments ago, bleeding from its head.
When I saw that ghost with my own eyes, the smart glasses camera didn’t capture it.
But the instant it stopped walking and turned its head toward me, from that moment on, the camera recorded it precisely.
Quite clearly, even capturing its voice.
I examined the firmware logic again to understand how this was possible.
But there was no special code embedded within it.
Even after scrutinizing the source code for a long time, I couldn’t determine the cause.
Then, suddenly, I turned my gaze toward the Guihon Record placed on one corner of my desk.

[Just as the living turn around when someone looks at them or calls their name, so too do the dead emit their energy more powerfully when someone recognizes them. That is why, when shamans or priests—those with strong spiritual essence—draw near, the dead likewise radiate intense energy. This is the reason we who see ghosts bear the obligation to guide wandering spirits to their proper rest.]

It was one of the passages written in the Guihon Records.
According to this, it meant that when I, who could see the dead, confronted them, their spiritual energy grew stronger.
If ghosts being captured on camera was also a matter of their spiritual energy intensifying and being recorded, it was somewhat understandable.
However—it still didn’t make sense from an engineering perspective.
“Right. I don’t know why it works, but let’s assume I can at least photograph them.”
As I pondered, I looked at the Guihon Blade.
When I wielded that sword, I felt my physical abilities enhance.
That meant the sword was my primary weapon.
It meant I needed to accurately determine the sword’s location and whether I possessed it when arriving at a scene.
“Can I synchronize that Guihon Blade and the Blood Water Blade with this smart glass?”
As I pondered briefly, I suddenly recalled a recently released VR device.
These days, when using VR devices with controllers, the controller’s position was displayed precisely on the VR screen.
The device recognized the radio waves emitted by the controller and indicated its location.
Using this module, I could make the smart glass recognize the Guihon Blade and the Blood Water Blade.
“Let me try it.”
I retrieved the latest VR device from the shelf.
And I immediately began disassembling it.
Then I disassembled the smart glass as well and began mixing the components.
Without stopping there, I removed the module from the VR controller and attached it to the hilts of the Guihon Blade and the Blood Water Blade.

* * *

Several days later.
I put on the completed smart glass.
When I pressed the button on the frame, several messages appeared, and a red light flashed across one side of the display.
The smart glass recognized the positions of the Guihon Blade and the Blood Water Blade and oriented itself accordingly.
The recognition range was approximately 20 meters.
Within 20 meters, the smart glass would immediately display their locations.
I approached where the red dot appeared and grasped both the Guihon Blade and the Blood Water Blade in my hands.
When I held both weapons, the sensors activated and displayed on the smart glass.

[Primary Weapon – Guihon Blade (Equipped)]
[Secondary Weapon – Blood Water Blade (Equipped)]

The confirmation appeared precisely on the smart glasses display.
Success.
I had also installed the module on a flashlight with a C-type cable charging system using this same method.
A flashlight was essential when navigating dark spaces, and I decided it would be convenient to check the battery level through the smart glasses UI.
Additionally, I configured the smartwatch to display pulse information on the smart glasses as well.
As I worked through these tasks, I named all these functions “Ghost Sensor” and entered it into the UI.
It was simply a habit from programming—always clearly labeling project names or program names.
After finishing the setup, I conducted a final inspection and smiled with satisfaction.
Now it all came down to whether the recording would work as I had envisioned.
I gathered my equipment with a determined expression and prepared to depart.
“You’re heading to that Abandoned School from back then, right? But why are you going at night?”
Seunghun asked.
I glanced out the window and realized it was already dark outside.
I had been so absorbed in my work that I hadn’t noticed time passing or that night had fallen.
“Oh, uh—right. They want me to film at night.”
I replied.
“I’ll drive you there.”
Seunghun immediately moved toward the door.
“No, no, that’s not necessary!”
“It is. I’m your personal driver, after all.”
I felt uncomfortable having Seunghun drive at such a late hour, but he smiled brightly and immediately began preparing for departure.
In the end, we both set out for the Abandoned School together.
“Yes, understood.”
We headed straight to the Garage.
It was my first time entering the Garage since arriving at this house.
Inside were parked a luxury sedan and a sports car.
Seunghun picked up the car keys hanging on the wall and opened the rear door of the luxury sedan for me.
Once I got in, he took his place in the driver’s seat and immediately adjusted the navigation system.
“We’re departing now.”
The engine roared to life.
We exited the Garage and headed toward the Highway.

* * *

Back to the present.
And so I arrived at the Abandoned School beneath the dark night, wearing the smart glasses I’d just put on, the Guihon Blade, and the Blood Crimson Blade at my waist.
What fascinated me more than the fact that the spirit I’d just cut down had vanished without a trace was how I’d managed to slay it in the first place.
After severing the neck of the spirit that rushed from the left in a single stroke—without even turning around, I threw a dagger backward, and another spirit dissipated.
Though I’d moved purely on reflex, I’d sliced through the spirit’s neck with remarkable precision and cleanness, and the dagger had pierced straight through the spirit’s brow without the slightest deviation.
I gazed quietly at the Guihon Blade and recalled the swings I’d practiced in the yard of the house.
Certainly—when I gripped this blade, my physical abilities seemed to improve dramatically.
I picked up the Blood Crimson Blade that lay on the nearby ground and fastened it back to my waist.
Then, leaving Seunghoon to extract that metal plaque embedded in the front windshield, I stepped through the school gate.

Whiiiing—whiiiiiing—

As a chilling wind swept across the nape of my neck, the weeds spread before me swayed gently and slowly in the breeze.

Guihon Trading Company Chapter 4

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

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