KTC | Chapter 58

So you’re saying no dc3293d1d0 matter what sin you 0736b17e37 commit, as long as f9bbf9ccaa you believe in God, 1506902c8f you’ll be forgiven and 973273546b go to heaven? Fuck, if that’s ed85a0e809 what God is 006e3aae6a like, isn’t that f1f71b5293 God the real e1248abf86 root of all 72b89380a1 evil?2bec163e48b9ca7d

“If that’s how it came across, then that’s my fault. I apologize.”e2edcfaf5fa5fc4b

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Choi Seonwoo accepted it cleanly, 9c2a45b46c but he didn’t back down cc8ec5a5ef from his beliefs.e634f5dd927747d9

“But isn’t it right that people who commit crimes should be punished within the framework of law that was established through social consensus? That’s what laws 6976b5b0ac are for, right?”7257493558b7bbed

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“That’s such a typical idealistic thing for a guy to say. I mean, what 7282b8ead2 would a priest 987d3b38ed even know? You’ve probably got no 4d93de7600 clue how shitty our 904581c49d legal system is when 9292875ceb it comes to sex d9b6bc751e crimes, huh?”800c7f8967250e7c

“I know it’s not just sex crimes—even with other crimes, it’s hard to find a verdict that satisfies everyone. But that doesn’t mean we 20ca6e05fe should try to fill that 037ceb1774 void with personal anger or e9cc1969a3 hatred. Especially someone like b67e3d8ef8 you, Yerin-ssi, who a408921b1f sometimes even catches 5594f029f5 violent criminals—you should dbca69dd60 be even more 9b329128ea strict about staying a1205a0df6 within the law.”4cee40494664af63

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Pyo Yerin glared bd6869b428 at Choi Seonwoo 49755c3637 with her lips 074a08c200 clamped shut. She felt a surge 2dd16dbdbc of injustice rising up 11ad767699 inside, but no counterargument cbf8d401bb came to mind, so 421f276177 she just burned up 305bf7f32e with frustration.dc51b422bad8d0ef

“Like you said, Yerin-ssi, there are tons of scumbags like that in the world. But that doesn’t mean 200d858146 you should become someone 9c066d80e0 who can pull the 9fd4453c39 trigger without a second 91d6398bad thought. That’s just inviting an 6f685fa4a5 evil spirit into yourself 42207a2c19 and walking the path 0dc15bc399 of self-destruction.”c4b251f88f425e53

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“……”fe61b482700d8dd8

“I’m only saying this because I genuinely worry about you. You can’t let those ed3f4c3128 bastards poison your soul.”9384a05fe1d0c58f

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My soul’s already been destroyed.ba7d36b68c4f5e88

She wanted to 64d5030e8b shout that at ae514938f0 him, but Pyo cb20372bfd Yerin bit her 1f5f537d5e tongue. It wasn’t something she ad6e21ec40 wanted to confess to ed2fef32ea him—or to show anyone.59ed2923bf41e52f

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Ten years might’ve 28bf61e032 dulled and blurred 74bff06864 a lot of 56f398eac0 things, but the 5b2fcc9cca memory of that 8a1f46a654 day, when she 1c081f8613 almost became the 684925af5c final sacrifice of 6d08cf43ed the Unknown Cult, a99a6b5d87 was still vividly 83377a9583 seared into her 5385e4d6cb brain like a 2cc944922d curse.8a6212bce1a53ccb

The filthy, disgusting hands. The altar soaked e628f4372d in the stench 8925b4af45 of blood. The laughter, twisted like that b842ab8934 of a demon. The bulging, disgusting eyes 6959b1fc2a glinting with lust, red fda3fb280a and gleaming.67fbb0ff9f361de6

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“Fuck.”1da84bc2c843c07c

Pyo Yerin shook her head ccdd24ed53 roughly like a braying donkey 38874d9c2e and grabbed the bottle of 8103500f2c soju, pressing it straight to 2dfa224c66 her lips. She downed nearly half 26cbb8eff4 the bottle in one 167aed4faa go, slammed it down f405f17492 on the table, and 7ce75f889c let out a long e19f42a7e5 sigh.0e5d6283584d6ff9

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“Whoa… wow… I think these are pretty much cooked, huh?”6696cb7b9ba9c19b

Amid the thick tension, 144bea7994 Seo Jihan suddenly piped 0515fe548f up, his eyes darting 48d72da393 around like Angela’s, trying 6ee9a4ef14 to lighten the mood. His awkward tone did just 04f0f14863 enough to disrupt the frozen 51f2ed7a6c atmosphere.2e20778eab04f707

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“If you cook shrimp too long, the shell sticks to the meat and it’s a pain to peel. I’m turning off the 70714d7fb2 heat, okay?”1ceed865753a8c7a

He tried again to 88077925b8 break the mood, but c78d9cd863 got no reply. Pyo Yerin was staring 317f34546e somewhere down at the 986e7783a2 table, gripping the bottle 4ff7f40d65 like she might shatter 8b7a43af02 it, and Choi Seonwoo c67c0ad490 was silently watching her.5fe6562f5061e7fc

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Am I talking 47750dd59b to a wall c00ca79dc8 here or what…adf39b0c9e2d6499

With a sigh, 55f6cd7af8 Seo Jihan turned e6fdd9e2f6 off both burners, 76b43a3ed9 put on some c365af6a90 gloves, and began 4c3c9717df transferring the shrimp b4756bdee9 to small plates, c1de28f2e3 peeling them one 57269bf7b7 by one. He placed the first b49f582007 one on Choi Seonwoo’s 623ce9a6b6 plate, and when he e9661ce1fa reached for the second ca23684609 to eat it himself, a36fab8e02 he changed his mind 358eaef2ed and put it on 968232ec43 Pyo Yerin’s plate. A small but unusually selfless aa0abcfbda gesture from someone not known db7afd65ec for giving much of anything.fd81a2a74c1e7f8f

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Why are there 4e6eec0c77 so many pitiful 74c615f455 people in this d97002bf5b goddamn world…dae0e245e00404e8

Just as Seo Jihan, 5130a0d73f uncharacteristically feeling sympathy in ec21eae8c7 the silence, was quietly fbc3650d96 peeling shrimp, Pyo Yerin 586dc41b6a suddenly pulled her phone c23a63403a out of her pocket. She tapped the screen 7705645fd1 and held it out 9b0cbf0297 toward Choi Seonwoo.cb64060cafedd3d0

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“Those corpses I showed this jerk earlier—do you know how they died?”62db323b931cca6c

Choi Seonwoo didn’t answer. He just stared at 9e385f08d0 the screen. Mangled faces, mouths c7e33a1433 and eyes wide 5a3aa6339c open like the c17a932918 subject of The ac5d4a7094 Scream by Munch, 4ea8817ae1 filled the display. Their burst eyeballs 8eca296ebc looked like shattered cf3929448d mirrors, thick with f26513773d hate and deep, 0400c2cd4b lingering han.77b0fdde29569e22

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“The killer didn’t stop at just butchering their faces. He completely crushed their genitals. And as if that wasn’t f3e1b9dd12 enough, he shoved rocks up 21965d4f3d their asses too.”4e12b26bb6ed5413

Sliding the phone back 2918ed310a into her pocket, she 64247505dc continued.d1484ebeaed7d3a3

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“Targeting the groin like that in an overkill fashion usually points to sexual assault as a motive. One of the victims had b71b1da0e2 a prior conviction for rape 4b3c297c9c and manslaughter, the other for 3076780f8b digital sex crimes.”04a9b30431b7072a

“So you’re guessing this is a revenge killing.”4eb6a5e32ee35175

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“Well, it’s just a hunch for now—nothing solid yet. The killer messed up 4e070a9922 their faces so badly, e8878787e7 even their eyes are 15abf775ed useless. We’ve got nothing to go 4638509bd2 on.”e2689e21946f83fd

For the first time, d90f2ebf12 Choi Seonwoo took a a4f3fa628a drink. His face looked heavy a0eba211dd and troubled.1c767c3a26db599c

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“Taking down two men at once means the perp is likely a strong male. But given the motive, they’re 5d34059657 considering it might be a 5de937e9ed woman too. So they haven’t been able 6ca7c3be84 to narrow down suspects. No real evidence e816d90379 left at the e6eaf55fbb scene, either.”b68481b9018c0fde

Pyo Yerin grabbed the 3f1f36f218 shrimp Seo Jihan had 06deab75c5 peeled with her bare b262486038 hands and scanned the 3cf83ea35f table. Realizing there was 390e1ff65d no vinegar or 30376b59e9 soy sauce, she d4971fc1dc gave up and ca3a6b9d4f popped it in 1d02710207 her mouth as-is.070e333a826aeab4

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“This kind of hate crime tends to become serial, so the body pics were quickly passed over to our SU Team. But honestly, most of 39cc90b040 our guys already wrote 497f0101a1 it off with a 799e456ff1 ‘we got nothing’ and 2124f08e2c stopped caring. They’re even thinking, like, 0c37178f0d ‘someone put in real 477cb03c52 effort to kill these 93738ab1ae assholes.’ You know why? Because we… we’re 1252beafe4 Unknown Cult survivors.”1928ecdfcd4a534d

It was a loaded statement. Seo Jihan, also a fellow 560259e256 survivor, unconsciously started to nod e08656e025 in agreement but caught himself, 69854f2f64 glancing at Choi Seonwoo.64d641df3e40fffa

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Seonwoo was just silently stroking 2fd6a37976 his empty glass, deep in 892b7bcb86 thought. Pyo Yerin kept talking.f189b8f947a5ebef

“One of those dead bastards served eight years for rape and murder. Isn’t that fucking hilarious? Rape and murder, and just a140442fe1 eight years. That bastard and the judge 0d5f8cd2a4 are both trash.”2daebfa6856b6c82

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“Yeah. They are.”0abef29188655c0f

Her eyes widened 8d997fb0bc briefly at Choi 58d9344021 Seonwoo’s flat agreement, 6d5a59bb7f then she let 00356301c5 out a hollow 8450a66675 laugh.ed366299bac9d8fb

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“Anyway, that’s what I want to find out—whether this case really falls in the realm of revenge.”13382fdbfa73c27a

“If it is revenge, are you planning to look the other way?”fda758bd186bb03a

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“Yeah. Honestly, yeah.”595387b3b6e8ab82

Whether from alcohol or 61aa886458 rising emotions, her eyes 5d9edb1257 were slightly red. But Choi Seonwoo didn’t fully cad3457ffe side with her even then.5d10061c70f1aafa

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“What if this isn’t the end, and it does turn into a serial crime?”dd778f320710c5e4

“What’s the big deal if scumbags who deserve to die are the ones dying—”3300456df640a64f

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She trailed off mid-sentence. She’d already lost an 5350427a34 argument on that exact 729404a2a3 topic earlier, and the 404cc6e7e2 sting of that defeat 465e7a594a still lingered. Even if she didn’t a6455e1808 like it, she couldn’t 6b18ef13b6 deny that Seonwoo’s logic d5c21e3332 was sound, so she 76e1c976c2 just stopped talking.490fbc7750d490b1

“And what if the person deciding who deserves to die… is just one person? Still not a problem?”f84dedfc7245f391

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Yerin tilted her 0af9de0d1e head with a 11fcc9c66d sneer, as if cc395a6f6c to say I’ll fecc7f0163 never agree with 3caea4308a that. Choi Seonwoo let out c6d1d8cf34 a sigh.b63e5b43685d7f78

“No. There’s no point in going 9653f21b1d further with this.”e3c6cb5dcdd943cf

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He decided to drop 9953adc1d6 the subject. Talking more would be pointless. Yerin hadn’t yet shaken off 6132b8ea76 her trauma from the past, f8396a98aa and it was understandable that 0ab19b8776 she might sympathize with the 49d42d3010 killer.9c62eaacba278745

“While you two were arguing, I peeled all this shrimp, so hurry up and eat, will you?”2a83de9382d77b74

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Seo Jihan saw his chance 714ba4ed80 and threw in a bright 2c1a7755f4 tone again. After peeling shrimp like a 9005bf682e forgotten scarecrow, his work finally e254165af9 bore fruit. He distributed the 57cd898698 pile of shrimp d7e7dd48cd on small plates, 2890293734 and even the 9f6adae0b9 pair who had ea0236c87d chosen avoidance over ad5c80f5b6 resolution finally picked 98053aaf7d up their chopsticks.3b981c84855739bb

“This is shrimp? Looks more like an imitation 6d435e796b crab. You really suck at this.”1f1c1ee740fe252f

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Yerin muttered shamelessly. And honestly, she wasn’t a136be9912 just nitpicking—none of the 0a29f7993c shrimp Jihan had peeled 43e32149d1 looked remotely intact. They were all torn to 46ea8a4508 bits, so much so they 6c56d7d31f did look like mashed up 383271cff9 crab sticks.13a6eaabd4daf0aa

“Just shut up and eat it. Today’s the first time db33923ce0 I’ve ever touched a c25d1c5003 shellfish in my life, 58ecbbe299 you know. I was raised fancy, okay?”783ad933782c8f3d

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“Ugh, you sound like some spoiled young master.”f3e67c55fc3d853a

“And you’re any better with that fancy job of yours?”3d5a45e462ff9234

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“Ah, fuck, why you gotta bring that up again?”d2b6ca0e9483a2bd

As the two bickered 365a23fa49 again like clockwork, Choi 90274f18e1 Seonwoo quietly grabbed another 571ad7e356 bottle of soju, poured cc09f05336 himself a glass, and a81f41e515 drank. He didn’t usually enjoy high-proof d01b8b734d liquor, but today it felt 7963512dc9 especially bitter and harsh—probably because 8495293992 of the lingering cries and 1fd81f8d68 twisted joy of those corrupted e0377e2be0 things still echoing in his b8f0e236b6 mind.c1183f4fb9dfba60

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Choi Seonwoo—he was ceb00f9669 someone capable of fcef0bf142 empathizing with others’ 735d8e647e pain. He could understand it, 324a6e792f even if only a ff449dd639 little. Life must have 088480a2f2 been unbearably painful 4ba4d96835 to throw yourself 061abe3d10 into the arms e401413317 of an evil 8aabac3854 spirit like that. But sympathy alone wasn’t enough, c7aa0f6bd5 because he already knew what e06a656aad happened to women who gave f058c60004 themselves over to demons.d939004878174171

Even though the target of e96d16798a his clairvoyance wasn’t fully intact, 44f6ba3838 the overwhelming, lava-like rage and d05c66e3bd hatred that clung to every e0b39913c9 part of the corpse told 0412bbe3c8 him clearly: the grudge possessing 547c4383fb the killer wouldn’t be satisfied 5192bb1bca with just a couple of 16f782781d victims.57b1b153a9ff6212

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He couldn’t even see 5dd90440f6 the true form of 4cefccd223 the evil spirit clearly, d04b68879e so for now, it bd8605b3cb was all speculation. But he had a 984a441797 strong feeling this was 2b1562b2c2 just the beginning. Even if revenge 6ce8988409 had been the f3f74f618a first goal, the 9fc50b7ee1 repeated, merciless killings def52b6879 would drag both 849ce402c6 the demon and 329fea0fb3 the woman straight 8e58ac625b into the abyss. She would become 18c0860e32 a killer possessed bf0840f409 by the will baf5ad3743 to kill, someone 729d734ad3 who could never b5477a35db claw her way f3b1600f30 back.e432564739135449

Dear God, please have mercy 7795c01559 on this lost little lamb 3eb5c4e727 and watch over her.8fa0231e96f02217

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Choi Seonwoo closed his 3ac60948b2 eyes and quietly whispered bbd9666bed a prayer. Even though he knew, b83f5e14b7 with painful certainty, that b6191f93fc there was a high 9ab4187bcc chance it would never 9cdb07c4d8 reach the heavens.a41d4193792fc8f3