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.”4d41deb773080a14

―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.c9e381335003713c

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They wanted a predetermined answer 9ade6a73ef for peace of mind. So, I gave fcd28bdfea them the answer a0ee5d12ec they wanted.b138550eb341f8df

“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.”c8afb58aa370696f

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It wasn’t a serious problem, but I hinted that they didn’t see it wrong either.e9f8100094f3733f

Unless it’s a ghost with rotten ears, it should realize it picked the wrong target and leave.ec9906877c03031c

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―Should we tell the car behind us to pick him up?6a0a7cc889c37651

The car behind = the one I’m in.cf3a3137fbc90294

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Instead of getting cc3f6bd82e angry, I found 601cdcb343 it amusing.c51ff9b9bcd0d9b3

Isn’t this what they call repaying kindness with betrayal?aba5e1c277515f70

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“Haha. No matter how scared you are, don’t sell me out.”677fb775586f079a

―No, it’s just that you seem capable of handling ghosts on your own. You’re strong, right?6a69d1deadc06459

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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.”07ab53ecd79389b3

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.875dc054f7c17d55

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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.2ee3d03048bfdbfa

‘So, is it my turn now?’88abf8f4ea17b0a5

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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.fa09fe16c9d255bc

“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!”c740d01d522d21f8

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I threw a few bf5f4a25e2 coins from the cash edd4687702 I had for the 2d06ca1422 toll out the window.6097214375920b5f

I hoped something would change, but I still couldn’t feel any difference in the air.4e5f0d9fdc663025

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‘Those guys must have better spiritual sensitivity than me.’2d10602e6ba3c7f1

Feeling a bit embarrassed 9ff3df294d for making a fuss cc1363ef9a by myself, I closed 780589c3cb the window again.4db3ec411fa6a94b

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That day, the next day, and the day after that, the reservoir ghost didn’t reach Seoul.1d49ee98bb20452f

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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?’85a3d9a71b2d5da4

I hadn’t dealt with many, but I’d never encountered such a petty, narrow-minded, and frustrating ghost before, and it was bewildering.4672651a6076bf87

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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.6f24d9828754be18

As long as the client 8f12c674a7 was safe, the goal was 4b0b1ea5d0 achieved.d0f939b9f55a742e

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“Failure? You said Kim Changjin won’t contact you anymore.”adcbc79e0322b28a

The assignment was successful, 95fe4ac4ea and there were no a48ec70485 more threatening calls about bd9b7e5340 retrieving lost items as 43e3138ca5 bait.7d8617d3b76100c2

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About a week 47f275c6cb later, the reservoir c56b14358c ghost appeared in 341c44bea3 front of Seo 600985340f Changgyung holding a a300ab1a8b parking plate. The delay was d98db93c83 due to picking 726a366186 up a 100-won 0cc5873aa6 coin that had 8248e19c34 fallen into a 1770059540 rice paddy.0d78aa38e81b4be1

It was truly an incomprehensible 3527b745c8 action.e649124845ae2539

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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?”e068ab58308cda0f

“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?”ac7e1b100df578a9

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What? Throwing coins like that 49d0dd6d46 is related to spells?00d87cd6e06568fd

I didn’t know that throwing coins with a ‘Take this and leave!’mindset had such 035656442b a terrifying meaning.dcf0c32b29e1a9af

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Once again, I thought this 5e804cb5b8 was a strange industry. I had no interest 767d539f04 in the common sense 578ad8bcbb Seo Changgyung talked about 9ef0c68409 and just wanted to c7ddee730b continue living in ignorance.580ae13511b227fc

I wasn’t cut out to be an onmyōji, and I wasn’t envious of ghost-controlling abilities.4ae4555068e73e55

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He wanted me b66b13b1c3 to build knowledge 21f600f005 in this field 34436f69db as his assistant, 27a344ca22 but I wanted 1a2d7e7f5a to return to 138ddb07ba being an ordinary 4872b44c03 person who knew 02ce9833de nothing about spirits.0d3014c84971b990

“Enough. I did what you asked, so hurry up and solve Yoon Sanghyun’s case.”e40742d86d5fc930

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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.”dbeba8c8a9e42e1f

Damn.b5b098ddb2623805

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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.edd21dd88617d982

No matter what, tomorrow I’ll visit the first shaman.7e7b65d8ad8d3ee3

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As the heat subsided, d3fff2696e the fall semester began.00985f68719b8b1d

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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.31de11f7ba9f67c3

Kim Jaewon, a high b00998af06 school friend with a 379b0587ca similar vibe, had been 2020d35217 abroad and returned just 8fd51d0773 in time for the 95f2e8d668 semester, so I avoided 49e72e1cf9 criticism for neglecting my 9183145c0c closest friend.b77c712aae4961d7

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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.”5a5cec92be11181a

While having lunch with Kim ef4bbce154 Jaewon, who lived in the 1cda8c89c0 dorms, an industrial engineering guy 9c7dee7bc4 recognized me.28c2255d7638c984

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But I’m a business major. There’s no reason for me to take physics as a requirement.c9bb1c0152cdc603

Sometimes, I also get confused, thinking I’m an engineering student like this friend.3b2617fcd77c879a

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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.”2c4b04e5ec7c44af

Kim Jaewon, also in af212da309 industrial engineering, encouraged the 69a3893f12 misunderstanding.c189adf60517170a

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“Should I?”57d358d81e294fb2

I pretended to be swayed 475a325d9e like a pushover, but taking b3da0249f9 more courses this semester was ce6a141e1d impossible. The part-time job was 7f73c53ddd going to get busier, a327d32b0c making it hard to cc0d5e910d attend classes.324f79a5ba113715

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Working with Seo Changgyung meant I hadn’t succeeded in getting rid of the ghost attached to me.e2d01c130a3c23ff

At the place where I 805b163a95 met the first shaman again, e536bcf698 I experienced hell. I also learned that e452541dde Yoon Sanghyun was a 0e0f0e27b0 stray ghost with a 143a3c7102 very peculiar history.8071a02ba1fdeaf2

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In the end, 9fe85c7c0d I had no 60c3a5063d choice but to ff38e4d5b1 return to Seo 486c2c7bbd Changgyung for help.027c3dd26ef70ab6

“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.”de1bd618cbae1e3d

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The industrial engineering ce6b586a85 guy stood by c714032809 our table with 2ffe3cc057 his tray, not d28f6535e8 leaving.3ad84fb1920766bc

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.9c98c9c54e7ec990

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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.f96d96d89d940ea0

It seemed like a new 5aa0efe96f game. Monkey watching, or something like 2d9810e488 that.303fa496d1770c41

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I was just 7d79cf0342 sitting in my 3224d2ac69 seat, but somehow ed3ebbfb07 I ended up 4dca769212 absorbing all sorts 1cdabee2c1 of trivial information 84e1d69d37 about that sunbae, 897fd8e244 like how he 5d98f5414d returned as a ee62452bb8 third-year, what classes a46c7df8d0 he was taking 3884d36c4e today, what he abb56760a3 wore, the color 7aa1bde50e of his bag, fd8115bbae and so on.dcfeb6c7b92b4a56

I worried about 7c385bfcd4 whether his privacy 3f75441561 was okay.0b6604ae513d87ee

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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.9a224bdfbf5fc29a

“When did he become a god? He’s not even a freshman, and his face must have aged in the military.”510360bebddae793

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“No, they say the rumors are true!”4abc76ade492ec23

“Oh, really.”8a9e1952e6136f38

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The industrial engineering guy b301eb1800 looked deflated at Kim 05ef5eb1aa Jaewon and my lukewarm 2e4e73f943 reactions.80220d373dfb9481

“Handsome guys are so relaxed even when rivals appear.”6a75e1fc65836954

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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.”e96d3234acf448ae

A business student, 993aa4f1fb possessed by an f33e63ceef engineering student, comforted 28329249b5 the industrial engineering 5684af129c guy.b479e331ff05f502

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Despite saying this, I 6f628899a5 had a history of 013cc2867f taking all my first-semester 3caa84fb4f general education courses in 87008a8574 the engineering department, even ae6a4faad7 though the campuses were a131075be4 far apart. This was because 9d4097b662 many of my 78b0c1d89e high school friends, a8ca429653 including Kim Jaewon, 2b104a74da were in engineering.6705eddd8a7308c3

“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?”137534c2dcf89187

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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.ede2ab96ef6a19f7

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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.5e7d3fcc10db1a41

Kim Jaewon read a 6bbb3b191f book, and I took e4d261e791 over his bed to 85bfff91f3 catch up on sleep. It felt like I 49a9492690 came to school to 61222574b4 rest. Just sitting and listening to e38e2fa9e2 lectures felt so easy. My body and mind were 2b8c1f0272 completely at ease.ce7113f5402a2f02

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I grew up a1aff8580d hearing that studying c947406606 was tough, so 6073ced2aa I thought it 5a0fbb176f was a huge 503f90167b ordeal.d487f703a703c219

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.183b86b42720dad0

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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.82f137671c5fdd46