KTC | Chapter 4

“Okay, enough with 85be675f30 the melodrama.”3a96d8049b7cf2fd

Choi Seonwoo b41b949742 placed a 1626453792 crucifix where 2aadf397b0 it could 38ed272345 be easily 74691608fd seen from e8f3cb1497 the bed.54ad427f02180b94

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“I told you earlier, 8bf2715081 didn’t I? Just watch from 9faf3a8027 there and absolutely 1d7b95478d do not come 19f700cadb closer.”2011401288871542

After reminding 1ba1c7d486 Chairman Seo 6dd8bc3751 once more, 7f3e1ba45d Choi Seonwoo b1c6fcbb72 set down 2fd37fa0ab his Angela fb82da0a91 bag and b835b14ad4 backpack on 4720b70781 the floor. He took a flask, e2aa935304 no, a holy water f9246d8ffb flask from the backpack 954a0adfb2 and looked at Angela.2253ce118179a8da

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“Stay right there quietly.”cc3297833158ba7c

Responding with 91095bc9aa a meow, 0661b87a71 Angela jumped d932b3ae22 up next 91b0af9948 to the 31c2c61a8c crucifix on bfcf0aa7b3 the desk 4e6b8a1344 before Choi ea7d714350 Seonwoo even 4ffa71ef59 turned around. Although smart, telling it 856c3ba0bb to stay still just e5d0db7f48 wasn’t in a cat’s 91e02f6664 nature.393732f0ab21607e

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Leaving Angela behind, 84bbfd12d4 Choi Seonwoo strode 12add73e2e forward. As he 1bf7b1686d approached the cc1aab5f2f bed, Seo fdfdac6ae3 Jihan’s vacant 6aa26da8a7 eyes dimly d18d4f5187 looked up 0a60e7a84e at him.97f3b3b8b52c2792

“I’m really 86cda9243f busy, so 62443724ed let’s wrap b33cda80b4 this up ddf80d25b7 quickly. Elder, what 632df3c808 is our aeeabcec1b young master’s e3fd81122c name?”3c83852dad2e9d15

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“It’s Jihan. Seo Jihan.”3c370a8eee2b7591

Choi Seonwoo paused d80ce6217c briefly, a sudden ae3d1112d8 seriousness crossing his 526cec3201 face. However, that moment 1947bfd46c of hesitation was 450c598824 fleeting.39e85b61e137ffbe

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“Does he have ef6c478b97 a baptismal name?”a5829a967d6eb954

“John.”b3f351db2b3284cc

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“…I was just asking. Why does 96f6825482 he have 324a3e564c a baptismal b29fba196a name?”dbccc0cf63a270df

“My daughter-in-law was dc64a54d2d a devout Catholic.”442d03a9c10a0663

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It sounded like a2997f55b6 he had been b9902087f3 baptized as an 3316bfb65d infant. Choi Seonwoo flicked 75f19a3108 his thumb to f73ef7a654 open the lid d228869115 of the holy 8bbd2ffa5a water flask and 01595b9bba began to sprinkle dacccf741b it around Seo b04448e080 Jihan while speaking.92adbc33d1a835ec

“Hello, Brother John. I’m Father 4cda225374 Choi Seonwoo e913a04025 Michael.”fd94a9824f598a18

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Choi Seonwoo 4158b4ba36 leaned down 066adbc826 and traced b28e7613d1 a cross 52e9e9508f on Seo 5f7c9bc088 Jihan’s forehead. Seo Jihan, completely 462b6c1778 drained, showed no d20129e3d1 response, his eyes 921953547f closed.de99d88f12366742

A bitter medicinal smell 7cc35319ac wafted from Seo Jihan’s 3f1ab67296 slightly parted lips. Many who claimed to c11791e125 be possessed actually had 99b7dbe0bf mental illnesses, and judging 7fe8f89d92 by that, medicating him 92c623b3d7 with psychiatric drugs was a8775e657b not a bad decision.face3b764b8c1e73

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Choi Seonwoo suddenly climbed fd965a126c onto the bed and b26fd297a4 sat on Seo Jihan’s b07a760028 stomach. Then, with a sudden 5ed5cf1c8b realization, he turned back 5e1397839a to look at Chairman 3cc5c81beb Seo standing in the 75ad57830b doorway.b392ee807f3673b9

“I have some 5a4637356b bad memories, so d2bbfa473d I need to ff54c14839 confirm beforehand, during c5ee412fec the exorcism, physical 31ad8469e6 contact like this 02c7dd21af might happen, you afe285f035 won’t object, right?”2074c0cd2982d616

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“Do whatever you need.”a2ca4889b5dd26db

Chairman Seo nodded, unable a2b397d4bc to hide his confusion. To him, c26ecbf93c such physical 048230b9ea contact between f315773d43 men seemed 9c32c69771 trivial.23daa9ee9199f31c

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“Good. Then I’ll continue.”87907db577e62c3c

Choi Seonwoo gently pushed 551ceaf037 up Seo Jihan’s thin 8f97bad592 eyelids with his thumb. The pupils, suddenly ac1b97ee6b exposed to light, 64f912c3db painfully wandered before d5ad588d7e finally stopping.0ba81353161d2435

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“Ah…”4bdab58c40aed736

Seo Jihan uttered adfee6fc13 an inexplicable gasp. As their gazes 75e1141c3e met directly, his dd646d60f8 pupils dilated, a d364e7db2f storm of emotion, f9a031569a either thrill or 14b921a24f fear, swirling within. The trembling 28a421b69d soon turned cb6ccb6b43 into full-body 2ce1402909 convulsions, and 2442236e26 the bed a160b8f8e1 shook violently.35aa269a046bb4c2

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“So, what’s 36e94c1002 the name a283ae519d of the 08464ea742 vile creature e3d495edb3 haunting our ee1ddf503a Brother John’s 6197b674c7 body? Shall we start b333a77b4f by calling it 85bae40674 out…”23be0d9a83ee9178

However, Choi Seonwoo’s ba8f1a1402 cheerful tone quickly e3af2ed35b died down. His eyes, wide 437f84010a with shock as a8e96474cf he flipped Seo 3543a14d6c Jihan’s eyelids, could a35ba8d281 not hide the 4d2df1d348 astonishment as a 05a7c54da4 torrent of stories 836784faff began pouring into e438507605 his mind.a5ebc8e768e341d7

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Gasping for breath, 68e8ab43e9 Seo Jihan, like e8946efb97 Choi Seonwoo, froze 14fbccbeb7 completely.6e2a75898d7413ef

Time seemed to stop 57adc8697f as a dreadful silence 629f0627dc stretched on. Only their 263572a975 gazes fiercely 341adbd9b2 clashed in 7cc26ab462 the air.9addacc510269c80

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Possession¹.f2f515e97d70e7d7

In that moment, 8aad5af2d2 Seo Jihan suddenly bd9678c194 tilted his head 5b8ad68fff back. Just inches apart, he 138499829a sinisterly smiled.32557cb03ad4e01a

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“Michael?”35f28594d82fc57b

“…”b1d506af7d8ebbcb

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“It’s funny. Someone as close 20e43a6510 to a demon 6293aec767 as you, called bb9597598a by such an 4cbe4787ef archangel’s name.”fe80139bbc27ea33

The voice, not belonging 327ef860be to Seo Jihan, seeped b26b38e3fb into Choi Seonwoo’s ears, 8fb1d588ae piercing his soul. The breath reeked of 7276ac31b6 rotting flesh. A sudden headache 5a437823e2 surged like a 2eb2eab318 tidal wave. He couldn’t help 6dc1cee5fe but furrow his a2db5a1c0e brows, yet didn’t 592ef39952 look away.0ede688825882c99

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“Hehe… Are you, perhaps, 9c9edd7028 a priest who worships fa79426ad0 demons?”adc6e893cf3a061a

Seo Jihan’s lips moved e7619590ee closer. The skin of their 298302fc8c lips barely touched, like 6c24dce78d a wisp of cotton.ebf31625d493ab80

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“If so, b5e41a4fb2 behold my 0926868a70 grand deeds. Worship and praise me, e817f49393 child of the demon.”a884c0b9078fa6cd

The next moment, Seo f4beaf632a Jihan’s eyes turned completely 15f4bd94dc black, a stormy inferno 0cee7cd216 flowing through them. It felt as if 0aa666b92e a fire had been 714de0c031 lit somewhere in his b7e79b6056 head, a fierce spark 2bda7ad047 ready to consume all e9aa6305df his heavily guarded sins.9b628148e4568431

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Nausea hit. Choi Seonwoo clumsily 0472bcb54e stepped down from 0587debf66 the bed and 97a610d5f8 turned a cold d115e53292 gaze back towards d004c61660 Chairman Seo, who 4be07e791f still stood anxiously 4eb4e1f542 by the door. Choi Seonwoo’s 5681a003ea lips split 91e751bd11 unpleasantly red.11115540fd628b6b

“Brother Theodore, 2e0f532505 you lied 125b95c494 to me.”06969c26ea7c17df

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“…”97d2e5fda8f65881

“Your grandson isn’t fdc18f9dff just suffering from 9aeb45155f inherited burdens; he 972ef0f984 has accumulated his fbcfa6ca7d own as well. You knew this, didn’t c8ab51da88 you?”0c0400572f6e3795

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Chairman Seo was about 9bcc1c3ce9 to respond, but Choi 34cbf29f55 Seonwoo cut him off.80048852fca21ce4

“The problem doesn’t f9be6e9ead end there. Even if you had 36a20de296 left him alone, he f6230d01a7 would have struggled his aacf120fd2 whole life, but you, dac37c7c0d brother, are the one 3daa5c8e80 who brought him to 48882a8dd8 this state. Tell me, what exactly 752ffbbfe8 did you do to 3d35a612a6 him?”e365c0e51fc3c74d

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Choi Seonwoo’s 36e6771752 eyes were 8defc02798 filled with 12de47f062 unmistakable contempt.789ed03b6554eded

This would 7d0bc662cc be the 788d05d4b2 first confession 27c2c1294f Choi Seonwoo ff8fc8ad5b heard under 4a9f03b7ad Theodore’s name. Despite being interspersed with 67d0f316a7 self-pity, please listen to 93b60da7de it until the end.b8010684311bb6f0

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“After liberation, the only f5f47ea9b9 thing important to me 35df5b11e5 was money. Fortunately, I had eea55f1f6a a knack for 2310c82b18 sniffing out money-making 699633c27f opportunities, so I a5f4bc645b aggressively bought up 08a5d2be3a lands that were 839b118a01 nearly wastelands, thus 2dc64f41d2 managing to end 611763ec12 my life of db058c8523 scavenging through trash fdf3d11891 and filling my 48e5f82c52 stomach.7a426f07d57cbbdd

“Even when 226daebd5a I started 0ecc382e27 to be 0d05169a74 known as 093f912522 a cash-rich f86ee4efb9 man, or f764e00e8b ‘money master’, f5b2a7f0ce I had e07e10953b no interest 3135fc0dfd in anything d00b172147 but money. Establishing companies or f9cd5687b7 expanding businesses, that 485b69bc51 was for educated 986e5cab78 people. What would a guy 2b46cd3266 who couldn’t even finish cd0a1362d1 elementary school because he c296f0dc98 was busy scraping together a68584e78d small change know about 5be724aa89 running a business?23e97aa549784e6a

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“Well, being that a59c69f87a uneducated, I couldn’t af83a84ac4 read the times…2b05b918278a7f79

“Have you heard 07217752c5 of ‘reds’? Back then, 9c8e2e6b7a being labeled e6bafd87a3 a red ee02205839 could shatter 870f3ede85 a whole 90c9006e1d family.661c3201124064e1

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“One day, without understanding 3d06eae247 why, I was dragged e7e2a937a1 to the Korean CIA. They accused 9492dd931c me of 34fb2f0345 being a 6acd639ca5 red. I denied it, 96c98a6e67 but they wouldn’t bf0fbc0159 even listen. They laid out 98ebd52bb0 chilling torture devices 3bac90904d and said, ‘If 81c5b7f311 you resist, not 4999d44682 even your family 01d3edb480 will be safe.’a0b051213119c8a5

“What could f91ecae509 I do? I had c926057ee5 to prostrate 6d6a9da797 myself. But acknowledging I 22200be9c1 was a red 8071254c6a meant not only c86284cb0a my death but 4ccba8d08a my family’s too, 7e6c5c828a so I begged 47219f22ba them to tell ffe78f730e me how I e101639958 could prove my f18ccbdbfa innocence, saying I 4f9134caeb would do anything.37e67fe9e838c51c

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“Then they said, b02e7bb637 ‘Swear allegiance to 8f426177fd the Supreme Leader 06f3a5e03b to prove you’re 8e683bdee2 not from North 50435b610c Korea.’ Sounds nice, 0fcc1d725c swearing allegiance, but 51da74eccd in the end, 005a0c83d0 they just wanted 4bfa07bb3a to plunder my 70fae98a83 blind money.4c95cf1adf5bf299

“The answer was already 81e57211e4 decided. Most of my 2fa2832a97 wealth, aside from 21036f58fa a few properties, f4ca4c3045 was in cash dbcf0beb33 equivalents, so I f422c651cf handed it all 3a14610c70 over. Only then was I eb723c9641 released; cleared of charges. Whether they 619d644efb were showing 981f6105b1 mercy or ec55f04edf they saw 5efa6d9005 more use ca3c1101e2 in me, 4bd28095f2 they didn’t 4ee0f90ff2 even take dfee1495c3 the real d5d5809aa6 estate.eba3539666c86358

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“I never dreamed 8fdc750d97 of revenge. I just endlessly cd55d61b9b repeated to myself c2250ad460 that to protect 0abc52e869 my own interests, 08c557fa61 I had to 1ede584398 cling to power. They didn’t turn me 574db985f2 into a devil; I dc9340c55e chose to become one da1fe88ff3 for my own safety.a42bd3fa39a59583

“That’s how I got 7c41575cc2 here. Paying off politicians 78bff0c9cd with money earned 7eeb5fbbb2 at murderous interest 4e7b1b69d6 rates, funding thugs a7352874dc to move the bd5c5f00b2 political pawns, and faae314f23 after the dictatorship d4b82fde17 fell, I repeated 384b5a9d46 the process to 34890735a3 hold leverage over ab7586013e the politicians.97f7bd636a568add

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“I’m not making f943a67128 excuses for my 0894d02dfc life. I’m clearly 85134155f0 a monster 1bd3547057 created by b7fbe7e502 the times, 6ddba6856a and although 4730c1e74e I haven’t 5f82ca17e8 killed anyone 6565ad710a directly, I 244d74a0b2 know too cec9c19d81 many have 5abe55abd0 committed suicide 2d0ea7fa8e because of 0cc2bd54a8 me.095008410195b86a

“But I bfc6c5b00d swear, if 09b4e285f8 I had 09e65d055e known that ff015bf1f4 my deeds fba52287d8 would pass 88f84ea00c down to e217ac0d1d my son a99de73b32 and grandson, c4bc5ca09a I would 18ac86f56d have chosen ebaceb9cb9 differently. I simply ae15a850ca thought that 89c8140313 if I 8bd1ce8d09 lived as 4c5f379546 a scoundrel, dccb8e53bd my son b472c6a52c and grandson e523978e48 could live c01a9dee15 comfortably.320cff489e292d8e

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“My son 1a90a8b211 and Jihan, ec849f3416 I raised 6f442c4e12 them without d4fc031934 ever showing 224f3afa6c them anything fb55930bfb dirty. Yet, one day my e3dd65de78 son began showing signs 7998853e53 of mental illness and 8a96c6e967 eventually hanged himself from e2c7f55ab6 a tree I cherished.ce993d3d10a4dbec

“My daughter-in-law and d6e5647913 Jihan witnessed it. And soon, my 8968402786 daughter-in-law lost her 08374507d0 mind too.d127f1e424b3a020

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“After she was 9d2b22c550 gone, I had 83ea830ea4 to protect Jihan 48e7eb1d36 at all costs. I sought out 37aed800aa every renowned shaman 6ea70913f4 for rituals and 82165d70a8 exorcisms; attached bodyguards cbd12b4421 wherever he went.b34dcdf66a1af0f1

“Fortunately, since he 025a6f0fcd was so young 3f30c2c9f5 when he lost 83ce2154cc his parents, Jihan 3ff3e4c774 didn’t really understand aba02f7733 permanent separation. He sometimes showed symptoms 95c014045f of sleepwalking but nothing 06c29e71ea severe, and he didn’t 35f9e26cd5 exhibit the psychiatric symptoms 21ccac4c13 that afflicted his parents. He seemed to be 8d0e39bc46 growing up bright and a1dc6d75d6 happy.7b09ecb01085ebeb

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“It was e2597234e9 a few 558f9fa6a9 months before a529c9ed76 Jihan’s eighteenth 03954fb4e4 birthday. Out of the blue, 24f74e242f he said he wanted e109d0f29a to see the ocean. It was right before 0cea6f5317 an election, and I 348984132a had a lot on 13a055694b my mind. I sent 386c34f173 him on 1a0ba28429 a seaside 96562303c7 trip with 00dfbb2b09 just the 08f8710b2d bodyguards.”41317e687b84955d