Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

First, I reviewed the footage I had captured, focusing on the scenes where spirits appeared.
Then I fed the sounds they produced into an analysis program to examine them.
The results revealed that the sounds were composed of multiple infrasonic frequencies combined together.
It was a frequency range that ordinary people and standard equipment could never detect.
Moreover, the wavelength matched to some degree with the vibrations I had felt in the Spirit Perception Realm.
I focused my attention on this point.
If the spirits’ sounds were infrasonic, it seemed possible to expand or modify them into conventional sound waves and reproduce them.
I began disassembling a smartwatch, a sonar detector, and various audio equipment, then recombining them in new ways.
The most fundamental principle was based on utilizing infrasonic frequencies.
I modified the microphone that came standard in the smartwatch by replacing it with a different one, adjusting it to capture infrasonic frequencies.
Then I activated the recording function and reassembled the device.
“Let’s run a test then.”
I took the smartwatch-shaped voice detection device out to the street for testing—and sure enough, the spirits’ voices were recorded.
The murmurs of spirits on the street, visible only through the Spirit Eye, had been captured by the device.
I immediately transferred the recorded audio to my phone and played it back.
The sound came through my earbuds, reaching my ears.

[I need to go home— I need to go home—]
[It hurts so much— It hurts so much— It hurts so much— It hurts so much—]
[I miss my daughter— I miss my daughter— I miss my daughter—]

The moment that sound rang out, the spirits wandering the street all turned their heads sharply toward me.
Their eyes widened as tears of blood began streaming down their faces.
The Wandering Spirits, bound by their resentment and unable to depart, reacted instantly upon sensing someone who could hear their voices.
When I first created the Smart Glasses, I had been so startled that I fled in panic, but now I observed them with composure.
“That’s enough.”
I waved my hand dismissively at the spirits before turning back toward home.
Once I arrived home, I configured the Smart Glasses to transmit that sound in real-time.
Now, whenever a spirit appeared, I could hear and record its voice far more clearly through the Smart Glasses.
I designated this equipment the “Ghost Microphone” and fastened it around my wrist.
At first glance, its appearance was virtually indistinguishable from a conventional smartwatch.
And finally—
I began developing a camera capable of properly photographing spirits.
‘How can I photograph a spirit?’
It was a fundamental question.
I could photograph spirits with remarkable clarity using my Smart Glasses.
Yet curiously, the camera lens and module of those Smart Glasses were no different from any other camera.
The fact that I could photograph spirits at all stemmed from the moment the spirits became aware of my existence.
This was the crucial point.
Even without spiritual sight, even without being an exorcist or medium, spirit photographs occasionally appeared in ordinary images.
This occurred when a spirit’s resentment was so powerful that it manifested even on standard cameras.
Considering this context, the fact that photography became possible once a spirit recognized me meant that the spiritual energy surrounding me surged dramatically the moment a spirit became aware of Kim Tae-woo.
This indicated both that I was a special existence to spirits, and conversely, that photographing spirits would be difficult without me.
How could I overcome this limitation and photograph spirits regardless?
The first solution I conceived was an early prototype of the Ghost Radar.
The early Ghost Radar prototype didn’t display spirit locations on a flat UI as it did now.
Instead, when I turned my head toward where a spirit actually was, a blue dot would appear at that location.
Though not originally developed for camera purposes, this three-dimensional implementation of spirit positions allowed for more spatial awareness than the current Ghost Radar, enabling me to perceive spirits’ locations with greater dimensionality.
Of course, I couldn’t see blue dots behind me without turning around, making it difficult to intuitively detect approaching spirits—and when spiritual energy was strong or spirits numerous, the blue light obscured my vision, which is why I had revised it into the current game minimap-style radar.
For a spirit camera, however, I decided the early Ghost Radar prototype would be superior.
I retrieved the initial Ghost Radar module I had first developed.
Testing it confirmed it still functioned properly.
The drawback was its limited range due to its Bluetooth foundation.
I decided to apply EMF patterns—electromagnetic field signatures—in addition to this Bluetooth module.
The principle worked like this.
The EMF sensor would measure phase shifts across various frequencies, overlay them with camera footage, and render them in real-time as transparent silhouettes.
Stronger spirits would stimulate the EMF sensor more intensely, making the transparent forms correspondingly more vivid.
By simultaneously applying the existing Bluetooth-based module, I could create a dual-detection camera that both sensed and recorded spirits.
With this design, the phase-difference camera using EMF could photograph spirits, while approaching spirits would be simultaneously captured by both EMF sensors and Bluetooth, allowing for far clearer spirit imagery.

After several days of sleepless nights, I finally managed to create a smartphone-sized camera.
At first glance, it resembled the so-called point-and-shoot cameras that were popular in the 2000s and 2010s.
While the camera’s image quality was excellent, the inclusion of various components such as an EMF phase-difference sensor and Bluetooth module meant the size had to be somewhat larger.
I considered applying it to smart glasses, but the issue of obstructing actual vision made such modifications unnecessary.
During this work, I continued my reclusive lifestyle for about two weeks, occasionally training with the sword at the Training Field.
Of course, during that time I briefly tested the Ghost Camera and Ghost Microphone by venturing near the Street.
And after two weeks.
I headed to the Company with the newly developed Ghost Camera in hand.

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“Oh. Kim Chief. You’re here. You’ve lost quite a bit of weight.”
Yerim spoke the moment she spotted me in the 1st Floor Lobby.
“Ah, yes. I’ve been making various things and training as well.”
I gestured toward my black bag.
“You said you were making a camera to photograph ghosts, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“How did it turn out? Did it work well?”
“Yes. It worked out well.”
“That’s great. When you go up later, greet the Technical Director and Cha Manager.”
“Yes, understood.”
I replied with a smile.
Meanwhile, the elevator arrived, and we boarded it, heading up to the 4th Floor.
Ding—
The moment we arrived, all the staff turned their attention toward me.
They seemed curious whether I had truly completed the ghost-capturing camera.
I gave a brief nod to the staff and moved toward the Team 4 partition area.
“Kim Chief. You’re back? You’ve lost a lot of weight.”
Ji-seok spoke the moment he saw me.
I definitely looked more haggard than before.
“Ah, yes. How have you been?”
“Same as always, nothing new. First, go greet Cha Manager. He’s in his office right now.”
“Yes, understood.”
I picked up the bag containing the newly made camera and headed straight to Cha Jun-ho’s office.
Knock knock—
“Come in.”
I heard Cha Jun-ho’s deep voice from inside.
As I entered, Cha Jun-ho raised his hand with a welcoming expression.
“Oh. Kim Chief, you’re here? How have you been? Why does your face look so worn?”
“I’ve been training. I haven’t been sleeping properly either.”
“Is that so? You’ve worked hard. You haven’t been taking on any side jobs, have you?”
“Side jobs…?”
“Ah. Sometimes people take under-the-table payments to do private exorcism work. You absolutely cannot do that. It’s grounds for termination. Of course, I’m sure Kim Chief would never do such a thing.”
It seemed that some of the Training Team staff were secretly accepting private requests and performing exorcisms on the side.
Naturally, since I held a stake in the company, there was no need for me to resort to such things.
“Yes, of course.”
“What’s in that bag? Did you build a camera?”
“Yes, I did.”
I took the camera out and placed it on the table in the middle of the manager’s office.
“Oh. So now ghosts can be photographed with that?”
“Yes. It won’t capture them as clearly as my smart glasses do, but it’s capable of photographing them at a semi-transparent level.”
“Is that so? Well, that’s good enough to satisfy our clients. Do you have a sample?”
“Yes. It’s stored inside.”
I showed him the ghosts I had photographed as test shots while building the camera.
They were captured in the translucent form depicted in various movies and comics.
While the human shape was recognizable, the level of detail in facial features and clothing was difficult to discern.
“Hmm. It’s a bit disappointing. If anyone can capture them at this level of quality, it would be quite positive equipment for us, but it’s not the level of clarity our superiors are looking for.”
Cha Manager said.
“I’ll continue researching to improve it.”
“Good. For now, let’s tinker with this and see what we can do. Come along.”
Cha Manager pointed to the door with his chin and led the way outside.
I followed after him.
The two of us then moved directly to the Underground Technical Department.
“Oh- Cha Manager. What brings you here so early in the morning?”
A Technical Director in a white coat approached and greeted Cha Manager.
“Kim Chief here has built a camera that photographs ghosts. Check it out and see if we can have the staff make copies of it or if we’re able to distribute it.”
Cha Manager handed him the camera bag.
He raised his eyebrows and took the bag, pulling out the camera to examine it.
“A point-and-shoot?”
He spoke with an intrigued expression, then gestured with his chin to a Young Technician nearby.
The Young Technician then pressed a yellow button on the desk.
Thunk— Grrrrrrrrr—
The floor in the corner of the Research Office opened, and a cage made of white glass rose up.
Inside it, a White Jeogori Ghost with eyes the size of millet grains was making an aggressive expression.
The moment I saw that ghost, I was startled out of my wits.
I had never imagined that a ghost like that would exist in a place where I couldn’t see any ghosts at all.
“It’s a Grade 4 Jangdo Ghost we use for equipment testing. Cha Manager caught it for us a while back.”
The Technical Director smiled wickedly and approached it.

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