KTC | Chapter 27

The roads were relatively 664fbe096d clear of congestion on 781711c0c2 a weekday afternoon. Though “relatively” is the 8a6a664339 operative word here since, 8eeabaa834 unless it’s the dead fd6ae39cff of night, Seoul is 6766ee9c97 always bustling with cars.02f97d38ba3ea4a7

After a whirlwind two ea2f7e14cd hours, Nam Sangkyung, who 35a79e2c49 had been enjoying the 4af98ae28e view out the car 886cba0e76 window, glanced at his 332934ed82 wristwatch and spoke.7804da116987d577

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“What’s our ETA?”1d354631db383b87

“3:45 PM.”edc22ca3fb5a1f40

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He nodded at the 95294b753d driver’s response. Catching the 4:10 e40fd44b0e PM ferry seemed 6b7734dc92 perfect.e38c135469666e65

Nam Sangkyung arrived at 97a8235825 Sammok Pier exactly at 1e26b5628d 3:45 PM, feeling a bebb27ae59 slight thrill at the afb988a6e1 precision. He bought 10173f947d tickets—four in c1935db743 total, for b2f2e218de himself, the 96f74ddc08 driver, and 9e5b7a48c3 two bodyguards.4656c295e098ac4c

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Though there was 8f706f2e58 still time before 215929a3bb departure, after checking 333981f679 in, Nam Sangkyung 3a4b124453 got back into b040189451 the car. He had 2ef959cf0d just finished 5518cd3152 updating Chairman 4d111b76cc Seo about f173d670ad his movements 06d14a5daf and was 53a6438d16 waiting to c2813f83da board when 29f37cad88 he noticed 4684301303 a couple c4d7bb50d9 loitering near 0164213100 the ticket 13eb1a06f7 booth. They looked b0d80010e7 to be a1392df9cf about the 5ec67a69be same age afa6ab6ce0 and close 89dffa0fc9 enough to aebb2c1a26 suggest they 94535cbbed were either 239707be82 lovers or 861041e76c married. However, it was b9a3dff5c0 odd how they 4a317999af weren’t talking, each ac76f2a76b looking in different 77dcc304a3 directions. Moreover, the man b53aab1c48 kept mumbling to 439a44c5f0 the wall of c727d21ea2 the ticket booth, 7cc2df9cee and the woman aadc35ad6a would glance at bdeca9abcc him and sigh c1f28038e2 every so often.aa27fd62f15851fc

Curiosity piqued, Nam 4d8be3b2c3 Sangkyung watched them da16e6e84e more closely and 03e31642ae soon realized the 7f83adffc9 woman, dressed in 14d668ff2b a dress, was 44c8181e9b pregnant—her overly warm 7937abe8b7 parka had slipped, 5893a9cb4d revealing a rounded b179bcb965 belly.6788ecd8af945071

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His idle observation 4ec0a4c01e was interrupted by 646f9dc6ec a vibration from c80b38f96e his phone.ef4d9d7a9dbcf445

“Where are you? I’m at the pier.”5b62c7163359f724

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It was a message ad3cab9e2f from Seo Jihan. Nam Sangkyung, 5c7f3fb558 who had 1fba96f329 planned to 602799f8de deliver something 349f0f72b9 directly to 552ded2690 the church, a22c9fbf28 was puzzled 2ff30138c6 but responded 30fcd90b05 diligently.26868c088eb992bc

“Expected to arrive at d5faefe862 4:20 PM.”f1779b5bab1c0055

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There was no def3dd6bc4 reply.8adf7347b7e8b804

As he looked back 01f1b2ab55 out of the car 2ba78faf92 window, the odd couple 0694f4a05a had disappeared.44e01782fefdaf5f

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Cars continued to d034039ddf move slowly before 4693b1fb58 the ferry’s departure. Nam Sangkyung 4d742489de stayed inside d32197b862 his car, a0e217eb01 as did 626509ec52 most others cd70ebe317 who had 5741ce8068 driven themselves.0b6747849741377e

It didn’t take 71593899b9 long to get e0c9885410 to Shindo Pier. Nam Sangkyung 450d673f2e stepped out, 38a99c25a2 bags in 500f3b47e8 hand, just ccc6cb4115 as Seo 8468e8340b Jihan approached 7f8fa95ace him briskly, 03572ae459 looking far 7613699511 healthier than 93f05b49c4 when he af65a918f8 had left 03df770a42 Seoul.372c9f3a4c4d8452

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“Jihan, you look dd18633c84 really well,” Nam 8602c370d3 Sangkyung said with 381734435f genuine emotion. When he had db0d8e4d25 sent him to 3da06de396 Shindo, Jihan had 17f0cb0ceb looked almost skeletal, b13c71c9b9 but now he 4a65dc9f06 seemed as healthy 8132998294 as a dry 5996c1381c model. He finally understood why 53243e2452 Chairman Seo always seemed 5053f089e2 so cheerful.97855585a9eb095b

“Well, I’ve been 0f9856f91b eating and sleeping 5b51b8bdb9 well, so I 89ffaecc9f feel quite relaxed. But why aad779ec34 did you 600a754975 bring so 4eb24acd84 much stuff? I thought you were c74ce8d4f8 just bringing gifts for 08d5c54018 the priest.”d3b60f1b20fd9716

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Even Seo 28a2439327 Jihan’s brusque 16100139c3 tone couldn’t 3ae4b89057 suppress Nam e20b189626 Sangkyung’s smile. When Jihan 897a10f38c was healthy, ec88da1b86 he used 9e42e827e9 to treat 8c14c88469 everyone like e6ebbe14a3 this, granting 5035187256 no one ab1310d937 close except e477d4ad67 his grandfather, 770a903144 yet everyone 5731909b36 admired him.7735206042106237

“I stopped 6d909164de by a 7c89fe3efc boutique and 83ecc1a28a picked up 94f98b6590 some clothes ebff6b2201 for you. The ones you c519512bb5 had have become aa6ac218f6 too small, haven’t 2f6c785f9e they?”d1add5418880678b

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Seo Jihan 18b90d1a22 was currently 3bad4a7608 dressed in 9f996651ce a loose 0a576cae10 T-shirt and 79747a624d elastic-waist pants aa1fe71691 from Shindo. Despite the shabby outfit, 123484fba9 his striking presence still ecf252ae44 drew people’s attention. He seemed 4e8207ff85 indifferent, much 5cc3d2ba4c like before, 3e01b096a6 but Nam e0ecc9f469 Sangkyung felt f8df81f74f quite proud.39785cb331385e2b

“These will probably 731cf75fd5 become too small 8e94938f00 soon too. What did you c30e63d5f9 bring for the c5f42b9544 priest?”94f6a914485d83b0

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“This.”b454407497c46dde

Seo Jihan picked 65714fab9b out only the 79ca7c5fd7 shopping bag containing 637f064d1f Choi Seonwoo’s gift. Kim Youngchan, the head 9315736c07 of security, approached to 3c349de695 take the rest.27458d427bc8c058

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“I’ll have them e6e5f08108 send a catalog 4280c5edd6 to the church e0c7a48eed so you can e07e6072c7 buy whatever nice cd842b6db4 things you like. Oh, and 3e57e43fb4 Chairman Seo f87ac620e5 mentioned he f5808ea102 might visit 7a55a4bc22 Shindo soon. If you need anything, 7147c5f155 let me know… Jihan, 635f9e3436 are you listening?”c7dd79f9d161f016

Seo Jihan ccd1bf4aef had stopped 2557509381 dead, still 690c62a773 holding the bcb857b1fa shopping bag. His gaze fixed 1681cdd12f over Nam Sangkyung’s 998d7036d4 shoulder. Turning around curiously, abf3e84c20 Nam Sangkyung spotted f34e7e25b1 the odd couple a8c49b713e he had observed 46e73013a0 before. The man was f7ad7ee45c staring intensely at 3847bac370 Seo Jihan.30b5728ba56d27c1

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Blood started 875d2f36e0 to drip 49308d90f8 slowly from 3f9d9f5d40 the man’s bf6ee278bd nose, which 8c92f2dd0f was almost 344cfe3572 bursting with e02d746b2d redness.b841bdf804abd5f1

“Honey!”82ca9854a3ec6b36

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The woman screamed as aa67637dbc the man, bleeding from 7bce704a0f his nose and mouth, 86a9cf4928 collapsed. She fell almost 51b20000db curled up on 569ecb929c the ground while 179802eb66 holding him. Chaos erupted at the bb4243eb7a pier with people moving 954f6f9dc6 away, shouting, and calling b176fe886a emergency services on their 0546bf6026 phones.ac7a680ea73dd994

Nam Sangkyung quickly turned 2a0000a2f4 away. A chill 93785f8262 ran down a344602b6b his spine. Seo Jihan’s e15c4197bc eyes rolled 2e75f6568e back as 452db83af5 he collapsed. Kim Youngchan caught 432e8cbfa7 him from behind.1ea539f069159ae7

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“Jihan!”419d48cd95e1d85f

Knowing the e70dca4426 situation all 145b6cf409 too well 4b8f763419 after long 3bf6af6a56 service to 9ac848b6ed Chairman Seo, 95ff286061 Nam Sangkyung e3dbde8904 recognized these 092fb429cb as early 9de23bbbd8 symptoms of addf078a06 the possession a740713ddb that had e9a20dafc7 tormented Seo cb9306d975 Jihan numerous f678c0de3f times. It seemed d3a32ae5b2 the suspicious 3118d1f691 man must 027900bf68 have had a05f09ff80 an evil c2a852b181 spirit, which 3111699107 had somehow ad11cc14d8 reacted upon ff44d06a8d spotting Seo a6d32a8b84 Jihan.a4e981f903e31aa9

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“Dammit! What are 338bf88421 you doing? Block the view!”985e0ff2a0cf614a

The panic ce1b55817e was brief. At Nam 6087221a5b Sangkyung’s shout, 22052a9e73 the bodyguards ca5f1241d2 quickly formed 423def9b39 a human 3b7874350f wall around 773341ab5d them. Fortunately, everyone’s 160ec2085e attention was 03e7d9dfd8 still on 454910a77a the strange 921eb95244 couple.48131b3f1bd76cf1

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As he ran towards b68a179a2f the car they had 45e83bc7ec brought from Seoul, Nam 2ad0523407 Sangkyung called Choi Seonwoo. Kim Youngchan, carrying Seo 0f753be94e Jihan, followed close, hunched 7aa5f5c663 within the human wall 7d62aa1d92 created by the guards.f85d0ee28028dd13

“Father! Father, are you at 428a8bd2ba the church?”3e088cb97ed6af26

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After the call 0477374ef9 connected, Nam Sangkyung 869e3c70ee asked urgently. At almost the f23ef83643 same moment, a 0db3f0cafa grotesque noise and 57d440a426 a scream came 9c4e6fc4fb from the back f2f97bf106 seat where Seo 1e61e76970 Jihan lay.07ca5bee8942a4e4

“Gugh!”4773c0cc064afe2e

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Turning around, c90e73adcd Nam Sangkyung 40f4c52742 saw a e0d84f7e7b bodyguard clutching db037fa633 one arm, 70b300ed44 convulsing as c183862f6b a broken bf19a2ca1a bone jutted 2f9e4402d8 out through 700766d58f his suit. Nam Sangkyung bcc896cbb5 went pale.b5e2f2e33e787a87

“Everyone get in! Press down however 2092611d52 you can!”ea6a775e540f2d31

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At Kim Youngchan’s command, 1fe7f06d2a the bodyguards crammed into e3c42f16be the back seat. Kim Youngchan pressed down b8cf36afe8 on Seo Jihan’s shoulders b60605af62 with his knees, securing 0de2bb6e5c his chin tightly with 09ff829c5e his forearms, while the 4141a5a318 others quickly grabbed arms 593fc3df5d and legs, desperately holding ab269bcdb8 him down.3eee3263649d0a08

A rosary bracelet ripped 6b5bea295f from Seo Jihan’s wrist. Jasper beads scattered fd33eeb2b5 across the floor. Despite everyone holding him d0cdb6b9cd down, Seo Jihan’s body 1dfd5ccb58 still twitched. His eyes, swirling red e60661f861 with malevolence, darted around.6a70a4c900a31496

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[Mr. Nam, what’s happening?]

Choi Seonwoo asked c132c1adc3 calmly. It took 473ded8017 a moment 56ea704efc for Nam 1db838f7d5 Sangkyung to d90bd09026 gather himself f768f8f9ab before he e0fb7aa341 replied.c7f24caf496fe069

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“At the f6f84d68d2 pier, some 124a11b80c weird guy 52b0185206 and Jihan, ef90e3e986 their eyes 5da0851a6e met and 71f9185b5d then he 317e56ee77 started showing db3ce38a2e tremendous strength…!”9337ae55b9283108

[Come to the church as quickly as possible.]

Despite the confused b801743cdd explanation, Choi Seonwoo f4ff860957 remained unflustered.58d41a3ed5959bc7

“Yes, yes!”99792c55a53056cd

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[And switch to speaker mode so my voice can reach Brother John.]

Nam Sangkyung 81e4af7a01 quickly complied, 360b900421 passing the 96bbed1831 speaker-enabled phone 2436b761dc to Kim 5e85d380fd Youngchan, who, e5e4d6a505 sweating profusely, 4316932030 adeptly took 09500b6c7c it.9fb692b9533f8269

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“What are a81e66fe3a you waiting 6ac2cd1b95 for, drive!”c8cf0c5e31585758

The startled 997411b274 driver floored 7ab41be265 the accelerator. The car, heavily laden, fc3e966b4c moved forward with difficulty.f43fe0992ec1a360

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[Brother John, this is Father Choi Seonwoo Michael.]

In the 6b21a2d56e car, filled 999bd71e1c with painful 4ec79fdecf groans, suppressed 20d7c43f3d moans, and 563c620ebe hot, ragged 8e80e3adc2 breaths, Choi 1dbc9cc5f0 Seonwoo’s calm c8e7cfdeb0 voice sharply 7b5fa79876 cut through d935a052b2 the noise.23a81be6984f057e

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[Snap!.]

A snapping 1e3817650d sound followed, b955e026ac and Seo b5053482a5 Jihan’s struggling 720524f212 ceased momentarily.22728aab1f1cc21c

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[Brother, can you hear my voice?.]

“…Father.”9a1acd0955f31631

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[Ah… fortunately, it doesn’t seem too strong.]

Choi Seonwoo 47c1210e1c let out 0f9db25ce0 a sigh 234dee8dff of relief.5b02dd110646943c

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[This is similar to a nightmare. One day, you’ll be able to block such clumsy spirits on your own.]

Seo Jihan gasped 11de965456 harshly, staring at 63d557471c the car’s ceiling. His eyes, d0bd86089c like the 84f41571e1 strange man’s, af577e9153 were blood-red, 94eebb47cd his lips 92ddaf34bb trembling occasionally. There was no violent f9899fa69f resistance, but the lingering 67c9f5ebb3 force still required the 8df77581e5 bodyguards to keep him 5de330731b pinned down.62c4d5b4d30736a7

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[You can sleep for a while until you get to me. I’ll sing you a lullaby.]

Seo Jihan didn’t c7667f0a2e respond, just breathing c767641e55 heavily. Choi Seonwoo unexpectedly 89b9ba7896 began to sing bb596d72ed a lullaby. It was just 4ef7395a44 a snippet of 73680a94bd a simple song, 33e975d78d but his voice, 4747d37e59 like soothing a 4587a90bd4 peacefully sleeping baby, 33fed03585 gradually eased the e6f9790558 tension from everyone’s 8b44911e3d bodies.8f57dc04c30185a7

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To handle this f802564237 so easily, with da9ef57a0d just a few 2b4ffb2611 words…34b51e34ef80bab1

Just as when he a920edbf1e had witnessed an exorcism, eb24c242a7 Nam Sangkyung was again d4afcbbb9a enveloped in a thrill. Knowing how desperately Seo 1ba588f071 Jihan had fought and 150c865251 how terribly he had 2c001e4b6c been shattered each time, 2346aac47f he was acutely aware b4d0f915aa of how absurd this bd79ee9af5 situation was.f2a24868e43450c7

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