Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 85

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Chapter 85

Sssssssss-
Crackle crackle crackle-
Black veins began crawling up the girl’s neck from where both her arms were bound to the bed frame.
At the same time, black veins formed in the girl’s eyes as she stared at Ji-seok and Tae-woo, spreading across her entire face.
“It’s coming out.”
Ji-seok spoke those final words.
Tae-woo gripped the blood-soaked blade and bit his lip hard.
But—he couldn’t think of what to do immediately.
The blood-soaked blade was just an ordinary sharp dagger.
If he swung it recklessly at the girl, she could be seriously injured or killed.
The priority was extracting the spirit from inside the girl’s body.

Scritch scritch scritch scritch scritch-

Lim Hye-ji glared at Ji-seok and Tae-woo, her lips moving frantically as if possessed.
Simultaneously, a bizarre sound of paper rubbing against paper echoed throughout the room.
Tae-woo activated the Ghost Mic right away, as if he’d been waiting for this moment.

[You’re all just bystanders. I’m going to kill every single one of you.]

The paper sound the spirit produced transformed into a deep male voice, resonating through the smart glass speaker.
Ji-seok heard the voice and turned his head toward Tae-woo.
“Is that the voice of Jang Man-ho’s spirit right now?”
“Yes.”
“That’s useful. We can tell right away what the spirit is furious about.”
Ji-seok smiled and turned his head back toward Lim Hye-ji.
“Hey, Jang Man-ho. I understand you left this world unfairly. But this isn’t the way. What did that girl do wrong, huh?”
He spoke while inserting a talisman card between his fingers.

Scritch scritch scritch scritch scritch-

[Shut up. Shut up. I’m going to kill everyone in this apartment.]

Then Jang Man-ho’s spirit inside Lim Hye-ji produced the paper sound once more, and Tae-woo’s smart glass immediately translated it.
“Calm down and come out from there. If you accept salvation, I’ll make sure everyone who tormented you gets punished.”

Screeeeeech—

[Shut up. Shut up. I’ll kill every last person in this apartment.]

Though I spoke in soothing tones, the spirit of Jang Man-ho merely repeated the same words over and over.
“This won’t do. Sigh.”
I exhaled sharply and snapped open my fan with a crisp flick.
“Kim Chief. Once I extract him from that girl’s body, annihilate him immediately with the Blood Crimson Blade.”
At those words, Tae-woo nodded.
Though it pained me to destroy Jang Man-ho by force, given his tragic circumstances, I couldn’t show mercy to a spirit that tormented the apartment residents and possessed a young girl, tormenting her so cruelly.
Tae-woo gripped the Blood Crimson Blade in reverse and prepared to charge forward.
“Very well. Let’s begin.”
I tilted my head back and fanned powerfully toward Lim Hye-ji lying on the bed.

Whoooooosh—

Lukewarm air suddenly swept violently through the surroundings.
Papers on the desk scattered in an instant, books fluttering open in the wind.
Flutterrrrrr—
As the lukewarm air engulfed the room, Lim Hye-ji screamed toward me.

Kyaaaaaaaa—

Simultaneously, her body began to convulse violently.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud—

The bed frame rattled violently.
Then, as if the bolts were coming loose, the frame began to clatter and shake.
Seeing this, I immediately reached for a talisman card to throw.
That was the moment.
Rip—
The knot binding Lim Hye-ji’s arm came undone.
Then, thrashing her other arm wildly, she tore the upper frame of the bed clean away.
Simultaneously, she lunged forward and swung the bed’s upper frame gripped in her hand.
Crack—
I took the full impact and flew sideways across the room.
It was an incredibly powerful blow.
Crash—
I slammed into a dresser standing against one wall of the room.
Crunch—
The dresser shattered, and clothes spilled out from inside.
Screech—
Lim Hye-ji, still gripping the bed frame in one hand, rushed at Tae-woo.
“Hrrgh—!”
Tae-woo quickly surveyed his surroundings.
The room was too cramped to escape.
So then—charging head-on seemed the better calculation.
He rushed at Lim Hye-ji, blood-stained dagger in hand.
Whoosh—
Lim Hye-ji swung the bed frame with all her might.
Tae-woo charged forward, then suddenly dropped his body low and slid beneath the swing.
Skritch—
In that moment as he passed beside her legs—
Grab—
Lim Hye-ji caught Tae-woo’s nape as he slid past on the floor, then hurled him forward with tremendous force.
Slam!!
Tae-woo skidded across the floor and crashed into the desk behind him.
Sharp pain radiated through my back.
Screech—
From that position, I looked up at her.
She twisted her body as if every joint had locked rigid, emitting an eerie sound.
“Damn it.”
I had the blood-stained dagger, but couldn’t use it in this situation.
It was incredibly frustrating.
That was when it happened.
Lim Hye-ji twisted her joints grotesquely, then kicked off the door and tried to rush into the living room.
In an instant, I hurled a talisman card toward her back.
Whoooosh—thwack!
The talisman card flew through the air and lodged itself into Lim Hye-ji’s side.
At the same moment, she pitched forward and collapsed.
Thud!
It worked.
I scrambled to my feet, helped Tae-woo up, and immediately rushed into the Living Room.
Scraaape—
Lim Hye-ji lay sprawled in the middle of the Living Room, her body convulsing.
I approached her and exhaled heavily.
“Damn it. This hurts. Jang Man-ho. What sin did this girl commit to cause such chaos here? Huh?”
I looked down at her and rapidly flipped through the talisman cards.
I was searching for the talisman that would extract the spirit from the possessed body.
Like a gambler, I flipped through the cards at tremendous speed, and soon found the right talisman, pressing it against her body.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaa—

Lim Hye-ji let out a piercing scream.
Then she began retching violently and thrashing across the floor.
Tae-woo, still gripping the blood-soaked blade, froze in shock.
He had never witnessed such a phenomenon before.
“Get ready.”
But I spoke as though this was familiar to me.
Tae-woo nodded and lowered his stance with grim determination.
Thump!
I immediately straddled the convulsing Lim Hye-ji and pressed down hard on her shoulders.
“Ughhhh—!”
Even as I did, Lim Hye-ji continued retching.
Her face and hair became covered in vomit.
“This is what happens when you forcibly extract a spirit. If we waste time, the airway could be blocked by the vomit and she could die. We have to hurry.”
I pulled out another talisman card and continued.
“Jang Man-ho is coming out now.”
At those words, Tae-woo swallowed hard.

* * *

Crash—
Boom—
At the loud commotion from inside, Lim Hye-ji’s Parents flinched, their shoulders hunching as they failed to hide their startled expressions.
Just then, the neighboring door swung open, and an Angry Neighbor in his sixties stormed out, his face flushed with rage.
“Why is it so damn loud! And this isn’t just today or tomorrow!”
He bellowed at the top of his lungs.
“We’re so sorry. Our daughter, she—”
“If your daughter’s lost her mind, take her to a psychiatric hospital!”
The woman pleaded, but the Angry Neighbor cut her off harshly.
His words ignited something in the man beside her, who stepped forward.
“We apologize for the noise, but that’s going too far, isn’t it?”
“What are you saying? You’re nothing but a nuisance! And what the hell is that?”
The Angry Neighbor strode forward and kicked away the record player and folding incense burner that sat in front of Unit 902’s entrance door.
Thud!
The incense burner toppled over, and the record player flipped, its music cutting off abruptly.

[Crackle— Click—]

Lim Hye-ji’s Father and the Angry Neighbor began grappling with each other.
At the commotion, other neighbors’ entrance doors opened, and residents poured out.
Caught up in the chaos, none of them noticed.
The mold that had seeped inward through the entrance door was now blooming outward once more.

* * *

“It’s coming.”
It was the moment I was about to affix a talisman.

[Crackle— Click—]

The song playing outside cut off, and chaos erupted beyond the door.
I, Tae-woo, and Lim Hye-ji all snapped our heads toward the entrance door simultaneously.
“Damn it—”
The instant I cursed, Lim Hye-ji shoved me hard.
“Ugh!”
Crash—
I stumbled backward and slammed into the television mounted on the wall.
The screen shattered instantly.

Crrrunch—

Lim Hye-ji rose from the floor without touching it, her body contorting unnaturally as she bolted toward the entrance door.
“Grab her!”
Ji-seok shouted.
Tae-woo immediately chased after Lim Hye-ji, closing the distance rapidly.
The speed at which both Lim Hye-ji and Tae-woo moved was inhuman.
Whoooosh—
As they ran, all the household items scattered across the floor were swept violently to both sides by the wind.
Ji-seok had ordered Tae-woo to grab her, but watching him move with such blinding speed, his eyes widened.
“What… what is that thing?”
He muttered under his breath.
That was the moment.
Crash!
Lim Hye-ji smashed through the entrance door with her body and burst through.
“Ugh!”
The people who had been grappling in front of the door all tumbled to either side.
“That crazy—!”
Ji-seok cried out in shock.
After destroying the door, Lim Hye-ji didn’t hesitate—she hurled herself over the railing.
“Hye-ji!!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
Lim Hye-ji’s Father, sprawled on the ground, screamed, while her Mother shrieked and reached toward the railing.
But her hand couldn’t reach Lim Hye-ji.
In the end, eight-year-old Lim Hye-ji plummeted from the ninth floor.
It was at that instant.
Tae-woo, who had emerged from the shattered entrance door, threw himself over the railing as well.
Those who witnessed it gasped in horror, their eyes fixed on the space below the railing.
Whoooosh—
Tae-woo stretched his arm toward Lim Hye-ji, who was falling ahead of him.

“Kickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkickkick!”

Even in this chaos, Lim Hye-ji was laughing grotesquely as she watched Tae-woo throw himself after her.
“I have to catch her!”
Tae-woo straightened his body further and stretched out his arms.
He rapidly closed the distance toward Lim Hye-ji.
Thud—
The moment he seized Lim Hye-ji’s arm, Tae-woo yanked her inward and twisted his body.
Right then, the two of them plummeted directly onto the car’s roof.
Crash—
Shatter—
The car roof crumpled as shards of broken glass scattered in all directions.
Tae-woo felt intense pain, but he hadn’t lost consciousness or suffered limb paralysis.
This was something he could endure thanks to his elevated physical abilities.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
Even as Lim Hye-ji remained in Tae-woo’s embrace, she thrashed about wildly.
Realizing this wouldn’t work, Tae-woo pressed his palm against the back of Lim Hye-ji, whom he was holding.
Then he stabbed the back of his own hand with the Blood Blade and pulled it through.
Whoosh—
The blade that pierced through the back of his hand slightly dug into Lim Hye-ji’s back.
This was a momentary, instinctive move on Tae-woo’s part.
In this situation, I couldn’t afford to carry Lim Hye-ji back up to Ji-seok or wait for him to descend—I had to deal with the spirit possessing her using the Blood Blade.
But if I stabbed directly with the Blood Blade, the blade might pierce too deeply.
To prevent that, I pressed my hand against her back while holding her, allowing the blade to pierce through my hand and embed itself in her back.
This way, the relatively short blade had to pass through an adult man’s hand before reaching her, preventing it from going too deep, and the pain I felt in my hand kept me from driving the blade in further.
Moreover, since Tae-woo’s blood would coat the Blood Blade as it entered, I would be able to communicate directly with Jang Man-ho.
Kyaaaaaaah—
Suddenly, black smoke enveloped the surroundings, obscuring Tae-woo’s vision.

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