Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

Jang Min-hee’s piercing scream pierced through my ears.

The moment my eyes blinked, the landscape transformed into something entirely different from where I had been moments before.
Late at night, in the heart of the city, I witnessed Jang Min-hee being abducted by kidnappers.
Then the scene shifted rapidly, and I heard the kidnappers’ conversation as Jang Min-hee lay unconscious near the entrance of Mureungsan.

“Hey. What? The granddaughter of JY Electronics? Damn, this is insane. Hey, let’s get paid properly. We could live off this for the rest of our lives. We could pay off your debts too.”
“Are you crazy? JY has so much money. Damn, it’s not a problem for us to make money—it’s that no matter how many people they send or how much they spend, they’ll find us.”
“That’s why we need to pull off one big score!”
“Hey. No way. This isn’t right. Didn’t you see the news? It’s already all over the news about this bitch Jang Min-hee!”
“So what?”
“If we call or demand money, they’ll definitely catch us red-handed.”
“Then we let her go?”
“Then she’ll spill everything she saw!!”
“So what the hell do we do, damn it.”
“Kill her.”
“What?”
“We have to kill her. If we kill her and bury her, damn it, how would they ever find us? Let’s kill her. There’s no other way.”
“Ugh—this damn mess. We’re completely screwed.”
“Kill her. Kill her and bury her here.”

As the kidnappers’ conversation continued, my vision returned.
And what appeared before me was that very same space where I had been trapped in a hallucination with Cha Jun-ho, fighting against ghosts as if we were at a camping site.
The kidnappers had buried their victim there from the beginning.

Whoooosh—

My vision shifted once more.
I saw Jang Min-hee, now a ghost, staring blankly at the ground where she was buried, tears of blood streaming down her face.
Soon her body turned pitch black, and she suddenly began clawing at the ground beneath her like a madwoman.

Whoooosh—

In that instant, black smoke engulfed Tae-woo’s face.
The sensation was entirely different from when he’d observed a ghost’s story through the Blood Crimson Blade before.
In that moment, Tae-woo felt a dizzying sensation, as though the ground itself were trembling beneath him.
Then Min-hee’s decomposing corpse materialized directly before his eyes.
He hovered horizontally above her prone body, suspended in that grotesque space.
As Tae-woo’s eyes widened in terror, the corpse’s mouth began to move.

“Do you think this is what I really look like? Is that why you’re searching for me? I haven’t died. I still have so much left to do.”

The decomposed corpse’s hideous lips moved, and the voice that emerged was utterly grotesque—a mouth without even eyes to frame it.
Yet Tae-woo accepted this reality as a communion with a ghost, manifested through the Blood Crimson Blade, and answered slowly.
“Whether that form is correct or incorrect doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re dead.”

“How can you say that? Why should I be dead? Why?”

“Anyone can feel that way. But if you don’t accept it now, you’ll remain trapped in this cold, damp place forever.”

“If that means living forever, it doesn’t sound so bad.”

“You need to think clearly. What Min-hee truly desires isn’t literally ‘living forever’—it’s not ‘wandering forever,’ is it?”

“What?”

“If you remain here, you can’t enjoy the things you savored in life. But if you ascend on your own, you might have a chance at rebirth.”

“I haven’t died.”

“Look at yourself now. Do you truly believe you could return to life in this state?”
Tae-woo reflected the corpse with the blade of the Blood Crimson Blade.
The corpse turned its head slightly toward its own reflection in the blade.
“I know it’s difficult to accept—but embrace your death and hope for the next life. That would be best for you.”

“No. No… I won’t.”

“Those who made you this way will surely face punishment. You should go to a peaceful place now.”
I said.
Crack—
In that instant, tears streamed from the eyes of the corpse that had no eyes.
Waaaaaahhhhh—
At the same time, a sharp impact struck my legs, and I returned to reality.
I landed right beside Jang Min-hee’s decomposed corpse.
And Jang Min-hee’s spirit, which had been pierced by the Blood Crimson Blade, had vanished.
As I slowly turned to look around, I could see black powder dispersing faintly.

Whoooooosh—

Simultaneously, all the ghosts nearby vanished in sequence, and black smoke rose from various points throughout the Unclaimed Persons Cemetery.

Ding— Ding-ding— Ding— Ding-ding—

The music from the speaker hanging on the streetlight cleared of static and rang out more distinctly than before.
Ji-seok, who had been fighting ghosts while guarding the Management Office for some time, was startled by the sudden silence and looked around nervously.
And through the window, he could see the ghosts nearby vanishing all at once.
“What did he just do?”
Cha Jun-ho, watching this scene from a distance, murmured with a bewildered expression.
He knew that the moment you stab a ghost with the Blood Crimson Blade stained in blood, you gain the ability to communicate with the ghost as a medium.
But he had only witnessed me stabbing the ghost in mid-air and landing on the ground; he couldn’t share in the conversation I had seen and exchanged.
However, the fact that all the ghosts around me vanished and fell silent the moment I landed meant that ‘something’ had transpired in that brief moment.
I slowly sheathed the Blood Crimson Blade and looked down at Jang Min-hee’s corpse.
At the same time, a bitter feeling swept over me intensely.
After all, Jang Min-hee was also a victim of abduction and a casualty.
Perhaps it should have been the kidnappers who died, not Jang Min-hee.
The silver lining was that Jang Min-hee hadn’t vanished—she had ascended on her own.
The blue dot on the Ghost Radar had completely disappeared.
“Phew.”
I stood up and looked toward Cha Jun-ho.
Cha Jun-ho, sensing the change, immediately realized all the ghosts had vanished and picked up his phone.
“Settlement Team. It’s Cha Manager. Check the Training Team 4 field at Mureungsan.”
He stated his business briefly and put his phone in his pocket.
Seeing this, I exhaled a long breath, thinking this field had also concluded safely, and stood up.

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The next morning at Guihon Trading Headquarters.
It was a time when Tae-woo and Ji-seok hadn’t yet arrived for their afternoon shift, and Cha Manager appeared first.
“Oh? Manager. You didn’t work the night shift yesterday? You came in early?”
Ye-rim greeted Cha Manager as soon as she spotted him in the first-floor lobby.
“When you become a manager, there are plenty of times when you can’t rest even if you try.”
Cha Manager answered while holding up an Americano double shot coffee in one hand.
At those words, Ye-rim offered a slight smile.
“Nothing unusual happened at the company yesterday?”
“No, nothing at all.”
“I see. By the way, Manager Yoon went out to many battle sites with Kim Chief, didn’t he?”
“Yes, that’s correct. Did Kim Chief make some mistake yesterday?”
“No, it’s not that. From what Manager Yoon saw, how was Kim Chief’s exorcism work?”
“You probably saw it on video and it’s noted in the report, but for a new employee, he was rather exceptional. No matter how much he received the will of the Ghost Perception, normally he’s timid, yet the moment a ghost appears before him, he flies around brilliantly.”
“Hmm.”
“Especially when he went to the Jangdok Training Ground with Manager Moon. I didn’t see much myself, but I heard he fought incredibly well there and even displayed his medium abilities.”
“So I’ve heard.”
Cha Manager nodded thoughtfully.
That was when it happened.
“Cha Manager.”
Kim Hong-seok’s voice came from behind.
Cha Manager and Ye-rim turned around and bowed respectfully.
“Good morning, Vice Chairman.”
“Ah yes. Good morning to you too, Manager Yoon.”
“Good morning, Vice Chairman.”
Kim Hong-seok smiled at their greetings, then turned his gaze back to Cha Manager.
“I thought you’d come in late today since you were in the field last night, but you’ve arrived early?”
“Yes. I came in because there were documents I needed to review.”
“I see. Well, if you’re not too busy, why don’t we have some tea in my office? There’s something important I’d like to discuss.”
“Yes, understood.”
Cha Manager gave Ye-rim a look telling her to go ahead first, then moved to the Vice Chairman’s Office with Kim Hong-seok.
Once inside, Kim Hong-seok removed his coat and personally prepared coffee, which he handed to Cha Manager.
“It’s gotten quite cold lately, hasn’t it? Winter is here now.”
“Yes, that’s true. Please take care of your health.”
Cha Manager accepted it respectfully.
“It’s nothing else, but since Kim Chief arrived, I’ve been separately monitoring the field result reports and Settlement Team reports for cases where Kim Chief was involved. Yesterday, I heard from the Settlement Team that a ‘Wailing Spirit’ appeared?”
“Ah yes, yes.”
“A Grade 6 Wailing Spirit appeared? That’s a ghost not even recorded in the Ghost Records—how did it appear?”
“The Settlement Team diagnosed it as a Grade 6 Wailing Spirit, but from what I felt yesterday, I don’t think it was a Grade 6 Wailing Spirit. I suspect it was a Grade 5 Silent Spirit Ghost instead.”
“How can you be so certain?”
“If it had truly been a Grade 6 Wailing Spirit, we wouldn’t have made it back alive.”
“Hmm.”
“It’s written the same way in the Ghost Records—there’s no exorcist who has encountered a Corrupted Spirit and returned alive.”
“Then why did the Settlement Team classify it that way?”
Kim Hong-seok tilted his head as he asked the question.
Typically, the Training Team that went into the field would report encountering a ghost of a higher rank, while the Settlement Team would conservatively downgrade the classification.
But this time, it was the opposite—the Settlement Team had diagnosed it as Grade 6, and Cha Jun-ho was reporting it at a lower rank.
“The Jang Min-hee ghost that appeared this time definitely showed a different pattern from the Grade 5 Silent Spirit Ghost we’ve encountered so far. The Settlement Team seems to have suspected it was a Grade 6 Corrupted Spirit for that reason, but it wasn’t at a level we couldn’t suppress.”
“But isn’t that also uncertain? If Kim Chief was empowered by the will of the Ghost Records and became very strong, he might have been able to defeat a Corrupted Spirit.”
“That’s possible, but based on my intuition, it seems to be around Grade 5 Silent Spirit Ghost level.”
“Since Manager Cha’s instincts are usually excellent, that hunch is likely correct… but if it was a Deleted Spirit that appeared, the company might need to conduct a more thorough investigation. We should probably form a separate investigation team and search Mureungsan.”
“Yes. I’ll assemble personnel to participate in the investigation.”
“Yes. Thank you for your effort. Since no one in the records, the Training Team, or the Settlement Team has ever encountered a Deleted Spirit, it’s difficult to make a hasty judgment on this matter.”
“Yes. The different pattern displayed by this Silent Spirit Ghost, Jang Min-hee, is presumed to have been caused by a self-destruction phenomenon, so it would be helpful to take that into consideration this time as well.”
“Understood. I’ve already forwarded the location of Jang Min-hee’s remains to the JY Electronics Secretary’s Office. We’ll likely begin the recovery procedures within today or tomorrow.”
“Yes, understood.”
“Then go back and get to work.”
“Yes, understood.”
Cha Jun-ho stood from his seat, bowed, and left the Vice Chairman’s Office.
Left alone inside, Kim Hong-seok sat on the sofa with a serious expression and fell into thought.
“If a Deleted Spirit has appeared… or even if a ghost on the verge of becoming a Deleted Spirit has appeared…”
He murmured to himself before returning to his work.

* * *

At the same moment.
I woke up early in the morning and was heading somewhere with Seung-hun.

Guihon Trading: Exorcism Specialists Chapter 78

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

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