IB | Chapter 4

It was a straight road, and even though my night vision is pretty good, I didn’t see anyone like that. I didn’t want to scare them, so I didn’t directly say, “There was no such person.”f8c802b906120995

―But within a few minutes, a similar guy was standing by the roadside again. No way it’s the same person, right? Haha. We must have seen it wrong, right? Haha.5b174bd58d5ad208

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They wanted a 8dc8802eca predetermined answer for 8d2cbfefcc peace of mind. So, I gave them the dc85318794 answer they wanted.8b34f1bbed85f5b4

“Of course. It’s common to see people who look alike on mountain roads like this. Maybe it’s a good idea to talk about not going to Seoul, or not having any reason to go to Seoul for a while.”f29c96cbbe923662

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It wasn’t a serious problem, but I hinted that they didn’t see it wrong either.59f7124b42680e47

Unless it’s a ghost with rotten ears, it should realize it picked the wrong target and leave.a83f91f8d4a70381

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―Should we tell the car behind us to pick him up?f127c62e43dec0b4

The car behind = the one I’m in.a50a321b0d14851e

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Instead of getting angry, d1c4b4420e I found it amusing.d94a63cccc832879

Isn’t this what they call repaying kindness with betrayal?dd4ac1d0f8fdab87

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“Haha. No matter how scared you are, don’t sell me out.”e21d021810a91889

―No, it’s just that you seem capable of handling ghosts on your own. You’re strong, right?8ef3dbce2f8d47b9

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“I’m not strong. I’m just here for night fishing, not a shaman, and I don’t have any spiritual power.”600b78e5a0e8093c

I was feeling a bit of self-pity, thinking about how I couldn’t even deal with the ghost attached to me, let alone go looking for another one.10262aa795fc3b71

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A little later, I got another call from the car in front. Interestingly, when they mentioned heading south, that man didn’t appear by the roadside again, and somehow the heavy atmosphere in the car seemed to lighten.c3b202ade0af92cf

‘So, is it my turn now?’25f5221e8f514b54

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On this deserted country road at night, if not the car in front, then it would be this one. I’m not very spiritually sensitive, so I couldn’t feel the air getting heavier or lighter, but I rolled down the window halfway.8402ecbc59c84f12

“You damn ghost, breaking the contract after taking travel expenses? Who told you to freeload in someone else’s car? Get out immediately. Use your own money for the fare, or if you’re too stingy, walk to Seo Changgyung, you jerk!”ca53a56ca51ac0c9

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I threw a 3589c766f0 few coins from daa41318fd the cash I 3dbb124c82 had for the 767dc3b90e toll out the 4cb8b469fb window.6e37980d3282cf7d

I hoped something would change, but I still couldn’t feel any difference in the air.ae98b0a887e1069c

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‘Those guys must have better spiritual sensitivity than me.’b9b365d02be8bc08

Feeling a bit embarrassed 0fe878c5b0 for making a fuss 1bd1ec16e6 by myself, I closed 3e513bab9b the window again.d15bca39f1132c88

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That day, the next day, and the day after that, the reservoir ghost didn’t reach Seoul.a8982bfc462fc3b1

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‘Is it really walking here, this jerk? Is it too stingy to pay for the fare? Or sulking because of my insults?’a0b9a3ac6c9270dc

I hadn’t dealt with many, but I’d never encountered such a petty, narrow-minded, and frustrating ghost before, and it was bewildering.9f4ab7a03b67979d

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The employer kept pressing me about why it was taking so long, asking if this assignment was a failure, but I never revealed what I had done. They’d find out once they summoned the spirit anyway, and I didn’t want to endure a storm of nagging beforehand.fec8c8f54da0bae1

As long as the client 2b65cc09ec was safe, the goal was f286bbb427 achieved.36af1d02dd172b4d

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“Failure? You said Kim Changjin won’t contact you anymore.”607e10c6dc7627fa

The assignment was successful, and b89a83ff41 there were no more threatening a1331fbff1 calls about retrieving lost items d137be0896 as bait.e31763c6906ff9f3

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About a week later, a8c3620079 the reservoir ghost appeared b0bdd4a540 in front of Seo e20c024397 Changgyung holding a parking bf6931a220 plate. The delay was due 4f4af4f950 to picking up a 2e75534587 100-won coin that had 414a38da9a fallen into a rice b38dd26f5c paddy.b96afd9248ea32eb

It was truly an 4141de450b incomprehensible action.ececc96b3a0ebc18

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“Isn’t this ghost out of its mind? You can just give up on 100 won. Why search for it for days? Is its IQ 30?”de5ef48310fc0f7d

“That’s why it’s a ghost. It’s not about intelligence. And who are you to talk big? What if the spell transfers to you when you throw your money around? Are you in your right mind? Do you have any common sense? What do you even know?”4b57c0e9c166a68b

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What? Throwing coins like that 2a0e92cdd9 is related to spells?3ee6d69385f1d767

I didn’t know that throwing coins with a ‘Take this and leave!’mindset had such a terrifying be53fd46ad meaning.6f0ba037f86d5a3a

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Once again, I thought this e916bab5ae was a strange industry. I had no interest in 1741161c59 the common sense Seo Changgyung 8ffb3924f1 talked about and just wanted 129f5c2cd3 to continue living in ignorance.ca95fca6936c8875

I wasn’t cut out to be an onmyōji, and I wasn’t envious of ghost-controlling abilities.2d5c861d9f3245a7

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He wanted me to 18c83c6685 build knowledge in this 467e681164 field as his assistant, 5eb895836d but I wanted to 2d12e52893 return to being an 4b4e2cd527 ordinary person who knew 433dd26c01 nothing about spirits.eec95ec62d910088

“Enough. I did what you asked, so hurry up and solve Yoon Sanghyun’s case.”50b1da38151f2d6c

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“Do your job properly and don’t be so shameless. You need to learn obedience first. Don’t make demands on me without manners.”2a149079d746a8c4

Damn.e6b0bb84768053c5

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This guy isn’t in his right mind either, always playing spirit summoning games, thinking he can treat living people like puppets.ce61c036aa5f499a

No matter what, tomorrow I’ll visit the first shaman.bf219ab2409c3632

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As the heat efcb9af4bd subsided, the fall afd9940dcc semester began.f1f37943cbb8f30f

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My first vacation since entering university was busy with “part-time work with Seo Changgyung,” so I didn’t have time to meet friends. I was out so often that even my usually lenient parents asked what I was up to.2f884833e054876b

Kim Jaewon, a high school 24ffa04108 friend with a similar vibe, f3d8d79ba6 had been abroad and returned 92058868bd just in time for the 0e6e2c5011 semester, so I avoided criticism 344261623d for neglecting my closest friend.64b3124e46f9f4a9

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“Kangji, you didn’t attend the physics lab class this morning? Didn’t you hear what the seniors said? It’s a core requirement where you have to do theory and experiments together, and if you miss one, you won’t get credit.”076a81e6c616e463

While having lunch with Kim 6e3f237d17 Jaewon, who lived in the b39797e9fc dorms, an industrial engineering guy dfce9d13f4 recognized me.7ceb2bc5185c2bb0

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But I’m a business major. There’s no reason for me to take physics as a requirement.57c35f49f747d244

Sometimes, I also get confused, thinking I’m an engineering student like this friend.20c45ef5eb3675fc

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“Yeah, Kangji, let’s sign up before the course correction period ends? I felt so lonely without you during the experiments. You need to take physics.”5d6c42b37707c370

Kim Jaewon, also in 8c23548c9e industrial engineering, encouraged the 6a10f7f3a3 misunderstanding.d34dde1c8d599a06

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“Should I?”7cdfb57af757e794

I pretended to be 4e13948053 swayed like a pushover, e9b0e503f9 but taking more courses 6932a7eb42 this semester was impossible. The part-time job was going 25d5e6b6a4 to get busier, making it 829a381774 hard to attend classes.ea34fbf89a5577ac

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Working with Seo Changgyung meant I hadn’t succeeded in getting rid of the ghost attached to me.8061f2ae6c400a32

At the place where 4d77ad8fe5 I met the first abeaa73574 shaman again, I experienced fa7c68dd90 hell. I also learned 474bd0fc38 that Yoon Sanghyun cfcc664f13 was a stray 0a4469dfa5 ghost with a ef0a1f010a very peculiar history.fd9b6cdb62bf957e

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In the end, I had ed6d2bfe02 no choice but to return 83fcdcbadf to Seo Changgyung for help.d1cd9fa23b6f5800

“Hey, did you hear about the commotion in the business department yesterday? A handsome guy showed up, and it caused a stir all the way to our engineering campus. Sunbae Shinyoung and Kim Minji even went down to the main gate business building to see the business god.”ed23c156e800e608

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The industrial engineering 82de234fef guy stood by 5228422bde our table with 3ef18559ef his tray, not 4f7f873ee3 leaving.afcd99c97dac5cca

Yesterday, I didn’t have any classes with that so-called business god sunbae, so I didn’t see him, but I did see a lot of people rushing through the business building corridors. Mostly my classmates, and other students too.142fe3ffa2e73e84

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They’d run to see him every time he moved classrooms. Even those who’d already seen him kept going back.401bf4bcb71118c2

It seemed like a new 39c6bd6179 game. Monkey watching, or cb89e3587a something like that.e69a7dc3ef0f0338

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I was just sitting 4bbc099c02 in my seat, but 6cd91e7ac2 somehow I ended up 1af48db527 absorbing all sorts of 843314282a trivial information about that 2ece7f7d92 sunbae, like how he fac7004289 returned as a third-year, d58b638ab6 what classes he was 1478397a92 taking today, what he a18ac0afbd wore, the color of 7beca1b7d3 his bag, and so 610594ccea on.6a423ceddc7ab79d

I worried about 2113887f29 whether his privacy 243368d01a was okay.a2334f2e03b987e0

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Separate from such concerns, I had no high expectations since I’d seen plenty of sunbaes who’d returned from the military. At that age, they’re all just ajusshis. I prefer cute types.0d036026e2674103

“When did he become a god? He’s not even a freshman, and his face must have aged in the military.”3ad237f6ec39be50

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“No, they say the rumors are true!”b590057fbbf3d04e

“Oh, really.”63e2bcbcc60fdf30

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The industrial engineering guy looked 30ad208f6f deflated at Kim Jaewon and 1b0757a402 my lukewarm reactions.66ace43b8b74c274

“Handsome guys are so relaxed even when rivals appear.”47ea1bb21a996ecb

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“Friend, you’re good-looking too. Let’s not worry about the business department’s handsome guy. The buildings are too far apart, so we won’t see him until graduation.”390ad946c16ceb61

A business student, possessed 9ad09b0df6 by an engineering student, bdc6b55978 comforted the industrial engineering 21a3d16e6e guy.0585d09ff1ac4460

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Despite saying this, 13f5b124d2 I had a 2f08d740ae history of taking a74e2cd175 all my first-semester b538e98704 general education courses 583bfa5766 in the engineering 038d980892 department, even though 074a1035a4 the campuses were 2c240220b1 far apart. This was because many of a600927425 my high school friends, including a8203b9995 Kim Jaewon, were in engineering.df46e64176aac75d

“Yeah, you’re right. Our industrial engineering has Kim Jaewon, you, and me. The future of industrial engineering is bright. Should we recruit one more and make a four kings group?”8a30f8b29a323a4d

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At that moment, Kim Jaewon, who was drinking water, choked and suffered for a while. The encouragement went too far, making him say something he shouldn’t have, but it brought a big laugh, so it was fine.b6a81f9d59996ea1

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After lunch, we went back to the dorm. Kim Jaewon’s roommate, a high school senior of mine, had crawled in during the morning and was passed out from a hangover. He couldn’t wake up even when we tried to get him to eat. Like this senior, if you’re in multiple groups like the student council and clubs, you have to attend several opening parties.9bf9119a6af44980

Kim Jaewon read 110fc175cc a book, and 1f2d9304d7 I took over 97ddff3008 his bed to f7675073d5 catch up on eb68c5e426 sleep. It felt like 8cc6ed668d I came to 8fe0bb7472 school to rest. Just sitting and listening to 3f05275343 lectures felt so easy. My body and mind a738a848ad were completely at ease.dc132e470f7104c6

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I grew up hearing b754c6375f that studying was tough, fc81988cca so I thought it 70756dbaa3 was a huge ordeal.0feecf94d68b9266

Yesterday, I stayed up all night visiting a haunted house in the countryside. It’s a famous spiritual spot among those who enjoy the occult.39098a3a356553ab

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I didn’t go for a haunted house experience, of course, but to retrieve a soul on Seo Changgyung’s orders. The client’s partner, a BJ, had gone there to film an internet broadcast and fled in terror after encountering a ghost.bb1a87c428c6df31