Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 67

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Chapter 67

‘It’s the Silent Spirit Ghost.’
As I charged toward Yoon Taek-jong, I could be certain of one thing.
Two souls were condensed within a single body.
This was a typical characteristic of the Silent Spirit Ghost.
Fortunately, unlike what I’d witnessed at the Jangdok Training Ground, it didn’t seem like countless souls were clustered together.
The anger and resentment possessed by Go Yu-rim and the Female Student Ghost were clear enough that they had bound themselves together to resolve it directly.
Of course, this was merely my inexperienced assessment.
I would learn the truth only after writing the final report.
I poured all my strength into my legs and launched forward.
As I did, I thrust my blade ahead as if it might ignite at any moment.

Whoooosh—

In that instant, I could see raindrops falling on the blade’s tip with perfect clarity.
Plink—plink—
The raindrops shattered into fragments as they struck the metal edge.
The scene entered my vision with crystalline precision, as if in slow motion.
I was channeling an extraordinary level of concentration.
Rumble rumble rumble—
Simultaneously, thunder and lightning illuminated the night sky, their reflection dancing across my blade, and white light streamed forth from the steel.
Crash—
That was the moment.
Yoon Taek-jong, hand extended forward, and I, striking his abdomen with the flat of my Guichaldao, crossed paths as we passed.

Whoooosh—
Boom—

The violent shockwave sent rainwater pooled on the ground scattering in all directions.
And at the same moment, a dark mass was hurled backward from behind Yoon Taek-jong.
I immediately drew the Hyeolsoodan Blade from my waist and threw it.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—

The blood-red curved blade spun through the air, striking the black mass that had been knocked skyward and embedding itself within it.
It all happened in an instant.
Then another flash of lightning struck, and white light wrapped around the surroundings in that same moment.
Tae-woo’s vision cut out for a split second before returning.
But what unfolded before his eyes was not the rain-soaked School Rooftop.
It was an evening scene—the sky ablaze with sunset colors as day surrendered to dusk.
And beneath that crimson glow lay the very Rooftop where the battle had raged moments before.

“Teacher. Why are you doing this?!”

Go Yu-rim backed toward the Rooftop railing as she spoke.
Yoon Taek-jong then stepped forward.

“I told you. Just delete the message I sent.”
“No. I’m going to post this online.”
“Hey. Don’t do that. Think of it as just a mistake your teacher made after having a drink, okay?”
“No. You’ll give me test answers in exchange? Ugh. Really. I really don’t want to.”
“Don’t be so harsh. Alright?”
“Ah! Let go! Let go!”
“It would be so much better if you listened when I ask nicely!”
“Ah! Let me go—kyaaaaaaah—”

Thud—
It was a similar situation.
The difference was that in the past, the School Janitor had harassed a female student on the Rooftop, but this time it was Yoon Taek-jong who had harassed Go Yu-rim.
Though I couldn’t know the exact details, the conversation made it possible to infer just how sordid the affair had been.
Tae-woo’s lips trembled as he exhaled a heavy sigh.
“Damn it. Fucking hell.”
Yoon Taek-jong muttered curses while staring down from the railing.
Then he pulled out his phone and made a call to someone.

“Hey. School Janitor. It’s Yoon Taek-jong. Can you head to the School Rear Area right now? Before anyone else sees! Hurry! Yu-rim fell. Damn it.”

He hung up immediately and rushed down from the Rooftop.
Tae-woo silently followed in his footsteps.
And when Yoon Taek-jong reached the School Rear Area, he waited for the School Janitor.
Soon, the School Janitor appeared in the distance, approaching.
In that instant, I noticed the Female Student Ghost clinging to the School Janitor’s back.
The ghost seemed to sense my presence, staring directly at me.

“W-what’s happening here?”

The School Janitor looked back and forth between the top of the building and Go Yu-rim, asking in confusion.

“Don’t ask for details, Janitor. You remember how I saved your life back then, right? This time, let’s call it even. Make this one look like suicide too.”
“Again, again, again?”
“You don’t want to? You don’t remember? Back then—”
“—Y-yes. I remember. I do remember. I remember.”

The School Janitor trembled as he nodded his head.
Yoon Taek-jong bit his lip hard and patted the Janitor’s shoulder.
Rumble—Crack!—
Then, with the sound of thunder, I came back to my senses.
I had returned to reality.
I saw Yoon Taek-jong lying on the ground with a face twisted in fury.
He lay sprawled on the floor, seemingly unconscious.

“You killed us. You have to die too. You have to die too. You killed us.”
Thud—thud—

Then I heard a grotesque sound from beside me.
Turning my head, I discovered two Female Student Ghosts whose bodies were tangled together like conjoined twins.
The sight of two faces attached to a body where the latest school uniforms and old uniforms were mixed together in equal measure was extremely grotesque and nauseating.
Clang—
A blood-stained sword fell to the ground.
The Female Student Ghost stared at me with tears of blood streaming down her face, then turned her head toward the unconscious Yoon Taek-jong.

“You have to die too. You have to die too.”

And with that, I moved toward her.
“Stop!”
I shouted.
But the ghost paid no heed and continued toward Yoon Taek-jong.
I bit down hard on my lower lip and gripped the Guichaldo firmly.
I had resolved to strike with the blade itself, not the flat of the sword.
It was a tragic situation.
These Female Student Ghosts were clearly innocent.
Yoon Taek-jong and the School Janitor’s despicable actions had driven the two female students to their deaths.
I could understand their rage all too well.
But I could not overlook a ghost taking the life of a living person.
Even if punishment was warranted, it had to come from the living.
Above all, the Client was Yoon Taek-jong himself.
‘That’s right. This man is the Client….’
He seemed to have been trying to deduce who the ghost was that kept being spotted by people, what her true identity was.
That’s why he had spared no expense to have the ghost eliminated.
But he could never have anticipated that the truth would come to light like this.
He had requested the ghost be captured, thinking that once the exorcism was complete, everything would be over.
If I killed these Female Student Ghosts now, it would play right into his hands.
But there was no choice.
I gripped the Guichaldo and swung it toward the Female Student Ghost.

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Knock—knock knock—
As the work drew to a close, the rain stopped.
At Kim Tae-woo’s request, the Settlement Team arrived at the School.
Upon arrival, they quickly moved through the entire School, beginning to verify the results of the work.
Kim Tae-woo sat at the School’s Main Entrance, resting with a somewhat exhausted expression.
In the meantime, Seung-hun approached and handed Kim Tae-woo a bottle of water.
Kim Tae-woo drank deeply and exhaled a long sigh.
“Chief Kim Tae-woo of the Training Team?”
At that moment, a Settlement Team employee who had been searching approached.
Kim Tae-woo rose awkwardly and bowed respectfully.
“We found the School Janitor’s body inside Teacher Yoon Taek-jong’s car parked in the Parking Lot. There were signs of stab wounds from a blade.”
“….”
Kim Tae-woo nodded with a bitter expression.
“According to the dashcam footage, it appears the possessed Teacher Yoon Taek-jong stabbed the School Janitor.”
“Yes, that must be what happened.”
“We found the blade used as a weapon on the Rooftop, and we also found Teacher Yoon Taek-jong. He has fractures all over his body. Did Chief Kim do that?”
“Yes. It was unavoidable.”
“Hmm. Dealing this much damage to a living person does complicate matters.”
“The spirits held deep grudges against those two. They had killed them and disguised it as suicide.”
“Every departed soul has their story. We stand on the side of the living.”
The Settlement Team employee held up a tablet and tapped through various screens, checking something.
“There is some property damage, but we’ll process an offset settlement for this case.”
“Yes, understood.”
“You seem to have driven out the spirits well. But there’s something odd.”
“What is it?”
“There are no traces of the spirits that appear to have possessed Yoon Taek-jong’s body. Even when spirits are annihilated, some spectral energy usually remains, but it’s completely gone. Did you perhaps miss a spirit?”
The Settlement Team employee asked.
“I’m not entirely sure.”
Kim Tae-woo shook his head.
The Settlement Team employee regarded him with a slightly suspicious expression, then glanced at the Spirit Detection Map beside him and shrugged.
“Very well. We’ll establish that neither of you were ever at this scene, and that Teacher Yoon Taek-jong, who was on duty, got into an argument with the School Janitor over a student he had killed in the past, and committed murder. You’re free to leave now.”
The Settlement Team employee tucked the tablet into his belt and spoke.
Kim Tae-woo nodded and looked toward the Corridor inside the Entrance Hall.
Settlement Team employees in shamanic robes and formal suits were running about, conducting various operations.
“Let’s go, Young Master.”
Seung-hun said.
Kim Tae-woo stood up, bowed to the Settlement Team employee, and moved toward the Parking Lot.
The two moved to the vehicle and departed immediately.
Kim Tae-woo gazed at the Settlement Team employees’ vehicles visible through the car window, lost in various thoughts.
“Young Master. But what did you mean at the end? That a spirit seemed to have escaped?”
“I’m not aware of that.”
Tae-woo answered quietly while gazing out the window.
Seung-hun focused on driving while observing Tae-woo through the rearview mirror.

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The next day.
The moment Tae-woo arrived at work, he sat down at his computer and began drafting the mission report.
When he went out with Yu-rim or Ji-seok, the seniors typically wrote the reports while Tae-woo assisted from the sidelines, but since this was a solo field operation, he had to write it from the beginning.
“Good morning.”
Just then, Ji-seok arrived and greeted people around the office.
Tae-woo stood up and bowed immediately.
“Ah. Kim Chief. When did you finish yesterday?”
“Around 11 PM, I believe.”
“11 PM? You should’ve just rested and come in after lunch.”
“Ah. I didn’t know that was allowed.”
“Usually, if a mission runs past 11 PM, you come in the afternoon shift. Remember that.”
“Yes, I’ll keep that in mind.”
“How was it doing it solo? Manageable?”
“It was quite difficult. Especially since I had to deal with a possessed person, which was really troublesome.”
“Ah, really? There was a possessed individual? So what did you do?”
“I struck the Silent Spirit Ghost with the flat of my blade.”
“Well, that’s one method. But sometimes people file lawsuits if they sustain injuries, so you need to be careful.”
“Yes. That’s actually what worried me the most.”
Tae-woo replied.
Then Yu-rim also arrived and exchanged greetings with the staff.
“Did Manager Yoon handle the field well yesterday too?”
“Yes. I wrapped it up well.”
Yu-rim answered with a smile.
Then, noticing Tae-woo, she added a remark.
“Oh right. I overheard the Settlement Team talking yesterday—apparently there was a murder at Kim Chief’s field operation yesterday?”
At those words, Ji-seok’s eyes widened and he quickly looked at Tae-woo.
Tae-woo scratched his head and recounted the circumstances from yesterday.
Ji-seok then sighed and shook his head.
“So the ghost was determined to kill both the teacher and the janitor. The janitor is dead, and the teacher attempted suicide while possessed, but Kim Chief stopped it. Is that right?”
“Yes.”
“What about that ghost? What rank did it seem to be?”
“If two ghosts merged into one body, that would be Silent Spirit Ghost, right? It seemed like Silent Spirit Ghost.”
“Then it’s likely a Silent Spirit Ghost. So what happened?”
“I eliminated it.”
Kim Tae-woo answered.
At that, Go Yu-rim tilted her head curiously.
“According to the Settlement Team yesterday, it seems there’s no spiritual energy left? With Silent Spirit Ghost, there should be some residual energy remaining after annihilation, like debris, but they said there was nothing like that.”
“Well, I’m not entirely sure about that either.”
“It wasn’t captured on video?”
“No. The screen went dark for a moment.”
Kim Tae-woo answered.
Go Yu-rim stared intently at Kim Tae-woo’s face with an expression of suspicion.

Guihon Trading – Episode 67

Author
Cha U Lens
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yoon Tae-ri
Cover
Lee Chi

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