The Calamity-Class Artifacts in Ghost Stories Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 50

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Calamity-Grade Artifacts in Urban Legends Obsess Over Him — Chapter 50
After Woo Ju demolished the target.
A maintenance team supervisor, pale with shock, arrived to survey the wreckage and dropped to his knees.
“Right then—shall we move on to the next test?”
“I… is that really all right?”
Of course, by Hwa Ryeon’s standards, it was nothing much.
Woo Ju watched the staff member, still kneeling on one side, dragging together the remains of the shattered target, and asked a question.
If he broke anything else, the guy looked ready to burst into tears.
At Woo Ju’s reaction, Hwa Ryeon smiled and spoke.
“Don’t worry. The other tests don’t have anything you can destroy.”
“You said that last time…”
“No, I’m serious this time. Come on.”
Hwa Ryeon spun around and moved forward, forcing Woo Ju to follow in his wake.
Behind them, he could feel the maintenance supervisor’s scorching stare.
But Hwa Ryeon’s words weren’t a lie.
“Okay. These are the same tests you’ve done before. We’re measuring how much your physical abilities have improved.”
The other tests weren’t about swinging the Iron Pipe directly, but rather testing Woo Ju’s physical capabilities.
Naturally, when holding the Iron Pipe, his overall physical prowess increased.
Otherwise, he couldn’t absorb the recoil with his body, nor could he react in time to monsters’ attacks.
“The last results were quite impressive too.”
Hwa Ryeon manipulated the panel again as he spoke.
“If the artifact has strengthened that much, your physical abilities must have improved in tandem.”
“Understood.”
Soon, the wall in front of Woo Ju lit up, revealing multiple Sensor Pads.
“Just touch them with your bare hand. Don’t strike them with the Iron Pipe under any circumstances.”
“Of course not.”
If he smashed these with the Iron Pipe too, it wouldn’t be the maintenance supervisor who’d come—it’d be the team lead weeping his heart out.
Woo Ju gripped the Iron Pipe loosely and took his stance.
Beep!
A light came on.
Woo Ju moved swiftly in response.
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
The pads lit and darkened in rapid succession like madness.
But Woo Ju touched them without any difficulty.
At this speed, normally people’s reactions lag and they start missing one or two pads.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Woo Ju didn’t miss a single one.
“Wow…”
Hwa Ryeon let out a low whistle of admiration.
At these numbers, he’d rank in the top tier not just for the Korean Branch, but for the entire Inspection Agency.
“Next—Instantaneous Movement speed.”
Then sensors rose from the floor at regular intervals.
It was a test measuring the time from the starting line to the end point.
Beep!
Woo Ju kicked off the ground.
Whoosh!
In an instant, he reached the end point.
A maintenance supervisor who’d drawn close to observe let his jaw drop, then spoke to Hwa Ryeon.
“Uh, isn’t that a lot faster than the last test?”
“Yeah. He really shot forward this time.”
Hwa Ryeon conducted several more tests after that.
And the results were similar across the board.
Most of them ranked in the highest tier.
By these metrics, he’d clearly entered the realm of the superhuman.
“Hmm.”
Hwa Ryeon stroked his chin and spoke.
“The monster’s become even more of a monster.”
The test results alone were monstrous, but what was truly terrifying about Woo Ju was that his greatest asset wasn’t physical ability at all.
From the beginning, what the Inspection Agency had been watching in Woo Ju was his nature of being beloved by Artifacts.
From the very first meeting, he’d held Heracles’ Club, and now he carried more than five Artifacts.
He had even picked up Cerberus from an urban legend recently.
“I wonder how far this will go…….”
On the other hand, he felt grateful.
The moment he discovered Woo Ju, he had urged him to join the Inspection Agency.
It had been worth exhausting his personal savings to make the pitch.
At a time like this, having such talent come aboard was nothing short of a blessing for the Inspection Agency.
Hwa Ryeon locked the test results so only authorized personnel could access them, then turned to Woo Ju.
“You did good work. Let’s grab some coffee. My treat.”
“Sounds great!”
Resolved to treat Woo Ju well going forward, Hwa Ryeon moved to leave with him.
If anyone tried to poach him, he’d make sure they regretted it.
* * *
Woo Ju looked around his new room and let out a delighted laugh.
“Freedom!”
That’s right. Woo Ju had finally found his freedom.
He’d moved out of the company dorm and secured his own place.
Well, strictly speaking, the new place was also one of the buildings the company owned.
“Man, this is really spacious and nice.”
Woo Ju toured the neatly arranged interior.
Three bedrooms, two bathrooms. The living room was generous and flooded with light.
At a location like this with this much space, rent would normally be astronomical, but Woo Ju’s monthly payment was minimal.
All he paid was a nominal maintenance fee.
This too was part of the Inspection Agency’s employee benefits.
“Right. Working for a rich organization really is the best.”
Woo Ju flopped onto the sofa as he said this.
Well, there was that minor drawback of having to risk your life while working.
“Today I’m going to rest and do absolutely nothing.”
“Yelp!”
At that moment, Happy bounded up onto the sofa and settled onto Woo Ju’s lap.
Woo Ju smiled and gently stroked Happy’s head.
Before moving, he had actually worried about what to do with Happy, but fortunately he was able to bring him along to the new place.
The company had conducted several tests while he was living there and concluded it was perfectly safe.
Moreover, there had been results showing that being separated from Woo Ju was actually more dangerous.
Of course, the fact that the new place was in a company-owned building helped too.
Only Inspection Agency employees and their dependents lived in this building.
“Hmm. But what should I do?”
Woo Ju scratched his chin.
If this were a proper long rest, he’d probably sleep deep and long, but honestly, he hadn’t done much of anything lately.
He’d been given almost forced leave.
Even today he’d only done a bit of paperwork at the office and spent the rest of the time chatting away the hours.
Starting next week things would get busier again, but that was only after this weekend ended.
“Huff-huff!”
Woo Ju stroked Happy’s head and idly decided to look around the apartment once more.
Now that he thought about it, this place did have one drawback.
The building wasn’t originally built by the Inspection Agency—they had purchased an existing structure.
And the Inspection Agency typically didn’t just buy buildings for no reason.
“They said the energy here was quite poor.”
Specifically, there was something about very strong Yin Energy and bad pathways flowing through the place, or so he seemed to recall.
In short, ghosts appeared frequently and Strange Phenomena occurred regularly enough that the Inspection Agency had decided to purchase the whole building.
Of course, after acquiring it, they had taken various measures, he was told.
So problems didn’t occur as often as they used to.
“But that doesn’t mean they never happen.”
That’s why they gave him a manual when he moved in.
Though he’d gotten lazy and only skimmed it.
Drip.
And then, right at that moment.
He suddenly heard the sound of water dripping from somewhere.
Woo Ju’s expression turned puzzled as he looked around.
‘Did I forget to turn off a tap?’
He got up from his seat and checked the kitchen and bathroom in turn.
But all the taps were locked tight.
So he tilted his head in confusion, and just as he turned back toward the sofa.
Drip, drip.
The sound of water dripping came again.
But this time, he could pinpoint the direction clearly.
It was coming from the storage room.
“Grrr.”
And Happy, who had approached at some point, let out a low growl while staring at the storage room.
“Hmm.”
Woo Ju narrowed his eyes.
‘Something’s in there.’
With his experience at the Inspection Agency, he wasn’t about to panic over something like this.
Woo Ju reached out casually.
Click.
The cold steel of an Iron Pipe came smoothly into his grasp.
Woo Ju moved slowly toward the storage room and grasped the doorknob. As he turned it, a chill ran through him.
It was mid-summer, yet the temperature was cold enough to see breath.
Unless the air conditioning was only running in the storage room, this was clearly a Strange Phenomenon.
Woo Ju raised his eyebrows, opened the door, and peered inside.
The interior wasn’t much different from what he’d seen before.
Hangers with a decent amount of clothing. White walls. A small window.
But then.
Drip.
The water sound came again. This time, much clearer.
Woo Ju examined the floor in the direction of the sound. And he noticed something.
Bloodstains.
When he looked up at the ceiling, one section was stained a dark crimson.
Click, click.
“Hmm.”
He tried flipping the light switch just in case, but it didn’t respond.
“Grrrrr!”
Then Happy let out a fiercer growl, staring at the ceiling.
Specifically, at the section stained dark crimson.
“Come out.”
So Woo Ju pointed the Iron Pipe in that direction and spoke.
“If you come now, I’ll send you off cleanly.”
Still, there was no response.
Woo Ju let out a long sigh.
Part of him wanted to just smash through the ceiling, but he couldn’t do that in an apartment he’d only just moved into.
“Happy. Drag it out.”
So he commanded Happy.
Happy shot toward the ceiling the instant the order came.
In a moment, Happy’s form became translucent and burrowed straight through the ceiling.
Cerberus is the hound from mythology that guards the gates of hell.
As such, Happy’s abilities extended far beyond simply growing larger or adding heads.
That was just returning to his true form.
Whoosh!
His real power was the ability to interfere with spiritual entities as easily as physical ones.
-KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
A piercing, otherworldly scream tore through the air.
At the same time, Happy, who had burrowed into the ceiling, dragged down a translucent form.
It wore a simple robe and tears of blood streamed from its eyes.
“Now then. Let’s have you Attain Enlightenment.”
Without hesitation, Woo Ju raised the Iron Pipe and swung it down.
Pop!
Like a balloon bursting, the entity vanished without a trace.
Woo Ju immediately checked the ceiling.
“Whew.”
Seeing that the dark crimson stain had been restored to its original state, he let out a relieved sigh.
If it had remained there, he would have been furious.
“Good work, Happy. Want a treat?”
“Pant-pant!”
At the mention of a treat, Happy’s tail wagged with instant delight.
Woo Ju gave the dog a generous snack and retreated back to the sofa.
But the moment he sat down, his phone rang.
He wondered if the Strange Phenomenon was playing tricks again, but fortunately it wasn’t.
“It’s my team leader.”
Come to think of it, a work call on the weekend was probably worse than the Strange Phenomenon. Then again, maybe not.
Woo Ju entertained the thought even as he picked up.
“Yes, I’ve got the call.”
-Sorry for calling on the weekend.
Hwa Ryeon apologized immediately, then got straight to the point.
-I’m not trying to make you work this weekend. I just wanted to give you advance notice—your assignment location has been set for Monday next week.
“Ah, an assignment?”
-Yes. You’ll need to stay there for a few days again.
“Where are we going this time?”
Hwa Ryeon answered Woo Ju’s question directly.
-A high school.
“Pardon?”
-You and I. The two of us are going to infiltrate a high school.
“Pardon?”
-At least it’s a high school. If it were middle school, that’d be awkward.
“Well, sir, I graduated from high school quite some time ago.”
-Same here. Besides, this isn’t an ordinary high school anyway.
Hwa Ryeon continued.
-It’s not a school for the Living.
To be continued ▶
Calamity-Grade Artifacts from Urban Legends Obsess Over
Author
Lee Se-gye
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Kim Seok-hwan, Choi Se-ra
Publishing House
Grae Publishing
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Publication Date
May 26, 2026
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