KTC | Chapter 58

So you’re saying no f526a90305 matter what sin you a40ffc1e1b commit, as long as fbe15bef83 you believe in God, 895457a332 you’ll be forgiven and 68c641cd8b go to heaven? Fuck, if that’s what God 3c5e08dc57 is like, isn’t that God 2b7921124e the real root of all 2df8c27f9f evil?bb6f68e9905c876e

“If that’s how it came across, then that’s my fault. I apologize.”ce85928b553ff1fe

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Choi Seonwoo accepted it cleanly, 848bb24bed but he didn’t back down a8d9176411 from his beliefs.ed84ede709c2d720

“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 are 5bf8e76b7c for, right?”04e39966e7d7b724

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“That’s such a typical idealistic thing for a guy to say. I mean, what 7c1061080f would a priest 4669611098 even know? You’ve probably got no c31b4bbab4 clue how shitty our 07e9a7551a legal system is when c35416305a it comes to sex 8805d38de7 crimes, huh?”c6393fb7cc0fa355

“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 4b1f7b5226 we should try to a32fc62f01 fill that void with dc8ec9a002 personal anger or hatred. Especially someone like you, 26664b678e Yerin-ssi, who sometimes even aaeb63f851 catches violent criminals—you should daa04a34bd be even more strict aace27b0da about staying within the ce7b663f59 law.”069a9f37f32d212b

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Pyo Yerin glared cacb4a3d1a at Choi Seonwoo d321d15c9f with her lips 8c86178d4a clamped shut. She felt a surge ee3ad56c24 of injustice rising up 5333a9803d inside, but no counterargument f6339ea7eb came to mind, so b47ea3af63 she just burned up 2f4029ab01 with frustration.00ff95fe15dcc8a9

“Like you said, Yerin-ssi, there are tons of scumbags like that in the world. But that doesn’t mean you 402924ea7f should become someone who can cfa818f7f5 pull the trigger without a 306e1bc1ae second thought. That’s just inviting an e72f5fc295 evil spirit into yourself d8e59c6941 and walking the path 03b82257b9 of self-destruction.”84e3b3e8d10f730b

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“……”4c290f55e482d4bd

“I’m only saying this because I genuinely worry about you. You can’t let 9951a016f6 those bastards poison dfd494afa8 your soul.”243f45764d22d98e

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My soul’s already been destroyed.abd74524eb934a92

She wanted to b889d9011d shout that at e2f5406e76 him, but Pyo 41fbd5f65b Yerin bit her 5afbe5da58 tongue. It wasn’t something she wanted 340cd5792d to confess to him—or to 554221ade4 show anyone.df9821aeab9a763b

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Ten years might’ve 20ec3d8061 dulled and blurred cc57ed67ea a lot of 8b5587086b things, but the f9f049d2b9 memory of that 19f0d0ca4c day, when she 725727368b almost became the 5aa8ccab67 final sacrifice of 5fd22e5fb8 the Unknown Cult, 8ba23d23ff was still vividly 67b2a908d4 seared into her 730f536cd1 brain like a c226bb1683 curse.770bedd7c76444fb

The filthy, disgusting hands. The altar soaked in the 626e898097 stench of blood. The laughter, twisted 5b186cdb48 like that of 245cbecc20 a demon. The bulging, disgusting eyes a11843c76e glinting with lust, red 1bb3d066f9 and gleaming.1c4b9e6e21d5556a

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“Fuck.”86da0e5e10f482ea

Pyo Yerin shook her dfb91d05d9 head roughly like a 348be327f9 braying donkey and grabbed e119811dab the bottle of soju, c0eaaa6a7e pressing it straight to 7e2462f795 her lips. She downed nearly half 053ed1c244 the bottle in one 29297af512 go, slammed it down 9f3a71edd8 on the table, and d35e7acd70 let out a long 66fc7d9e58 sigh.27831df4efd5fa5a

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“Whoa… wow… I think these are pretty much cooked, huh?”6ff770fc8bea5602

Amid the thick tension, Seo 6a44ef86b4 Jihan suddenly piped up, his 3c164ff30a eyes darting around like Angela’s, 6c0453b978 trying to lighten the mood. His awkward tone did 9b02c71375 just enough to disrupt ce751f776c the frozen atmosphere.0393464340089f73

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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 heat, 239d734793 okay?”90cfeb6664f9a510

He tried again 383a718bc7 to break the ccc5d71216 mood, but got 16be142c36 no reply. Pyo Yerin was staring somewhere 67a3c05821 down at the table, gripping dfaac3272f the bottle like she might 9d9c89ff83 shatter it, and Choi Seonwoo 9185d443f5 was silently watching her.4812949f293b476d

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Am I talking to c06462af96 a wall here or 7057018ba9 what…bd8ecbb512683321

With a sigh, Seo 7f4913034b Jihan turned off both e48b91857f burners, put on some ec2d125781 gloves, and began transferring d4a2d61134 the shrimp to small 0e6ad33b2a plates, peeling them one 3d8d94446a by one. He placed the first 3d478626c6 one on Choi Seonwoo’s a2d9695bfe plate, and when he e0ba92d50f reached for the second 9b34dbe55b to eat it himself, 077f7736fc he changed his mind 12eadcf2e9 and put it on fcc96231bf Pyo Yerin’s plate. A small but 908ffa81b4 unusually selfless gesture 692c6304a5 from someone not 9a7788bf5e known for giving 4df714ec13 much of anything.bfdd37e306357071

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Why are there so many 6feccf4e83 pitiful people in this goddamn b63889df29 world…bdd671c44e315fc6

Just as Seo Jihan, uncharacteristically e5caa6105c feeling sympathy in the silence, 786d6cda76 was quietly peeling shrimp, Pyo 8052276dd4 Yerin suddenly pulled her phone 630abad95e out of her pocket. She tapped the screen and 6d33dd6b32 held it out toward Choi d09103c96b Seonwoo.25adab1b003989d4

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“Those corpses I showed this jerk earlier—do you know how they died?”3b0cacf3274671ce

Choi Seonwoo didn’t answer. He just stared 4e950dcc75 at the screen. Mangled faces, mouths and eyes 6dc24dc0ce wide open like the subject 9da5c8dd59 of The Scream by Munch, 818b939b7d filled the display. Their burst eyeballs looked cc51d0b85e like shattered mirrors, thick 773b869a5f with hate and deep, a06f27f2b7 lingering han.8e6f142ff1486a33

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“The killer didn’t stop at just butchering their faces. He completely crushed their genitals. And as if 5ff6592f4c that wasn’t enough, d2bd2da912 he shoved rocks bc9777da39 up their asses e5ab8c430f too.”5acd2387f41016fe

Sliding the phone 98dd5a3296 back into her 5be9dd19e3 pocket, she continued.12048feeabaf427f

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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 d4fbe133a5 a prior conviction for rape d0518db773 and manslaughter, the other for b27ed0e8ae digital sex crimes.”68643caaaf37d1ef

“So you’re guessing this is a revenge killing.”cf21b57a16c5fc50

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“Well, it’s just a hunch for now—nothing solid yet. The killer messed 289b497da6 up their faces 63b94340b3 so badly, even fa14ea5c55 their eyes are 3ef95c87a3 useless. We’ve got nothing to go 175e5f584e on.”b7956097ee7e5742

For the first time, Choi 15a50fbbc7 Seonwoo took a drink. His face looked heavy and 650cdbad81 troubled.53a948d7557d1cfc

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“Taking down two men at once means the perp is likely a strong male. But given the 2689394dec motive, they’re considering 63dde8a76a it might be b66e2574e6 a woman too. So they haven’t 2584741ddf been able to 67c69c305f narrow down suspects. No real evidence left c102970853 at the scene, either.”a62c0d1853017817

Pyo Yerin grabbed the a8182f2a05 shrimp Seo Jihan had d064c6621e peeled with her bare eab9c5a4c6 hands and scanned the 9cb338e46a table. Realizing there was no vinegar a9bb572956 or soy sauce, she gave 3517c8c63a up and popped it in 6bcc829969 her mouth as-is.cf937f5bdd5899ba

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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 e154494ab4 of our guys f0be155eb1 already wrote it 4b757032a0 off with a c00315e47a ‘we got nothing’ aa3dbef40d and stopped caring. They’re even thinking, like, b5a354aac8 ‘someone put in real 0ae56364cc effort to kill these 58cc6e6d5e assholes.’ You know why? Because we… we’re Unknown e052984a15 Cult survivors.”e352f847a539f7d1

It was a loaded statement. Seo Jihan, also a fellow 23ff2f5395 survivor, unconsciously started to nod fa87d53c23 in agreement but caught himself, bb6fcb901a glancing at Choi Seonwoo.fc8b661d2b38ebe8

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Seonwoo was just 9baff1c44e silently stroking his 4264413e26 empty glass, deep 2054639e22 in thought. Pyo Yerin kept talking.dc330a461104d037

“One of those dead bastards served eight years for rape and murder. Isn’t that fucking hilarious? Rape and murder, and just 3236070879 eight years. That bastard and the judge 059a7edc4b are both trash.”65e4de3e03561676

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“Yeah. They are.”e732d07dc158ff76

Her eyes widened 2db1c7d2bd briefly at Choi b14a50faff Seonwoo’s flat agreement, a11e799339 then she let 917f790b5c out a hollow 07d2e5f880 laugh.1dc2977c9353bc12

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“Anyway, that’s what I want to find out—whether this case really falls in the realm of revenge.”7cee4b3236c7bb23

“If it is revenge, are you planning to look the other way?”ef5e326db5ba1c37

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“Yeah. Honestly, yeah.”c1b34fd5026e8c21

Whether from alcohol 4ed70b0d84 or rising emotions, 5cad5a08a7 her eyes were a6f68ae5f4 slightly red. But Choi Seonwoo c22d6ec905 didn’t fully side 2483a6f54e with her even a720f5eb28 then.a41b51efc2bd57fa

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“What if this isn’t the end, and it does turn into a serial crime?”e2d357d53671ad3a

“What’s the big deal if scumbags who deserve to die are the ones dying—”64e322ceaf29679a

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She trailed off mid-sentence. She’d already lost 60fe15e561 an argument on ab06a7f27c that exact topic f0e9f1f490 earlier, and the 9a1181f7f2 sting of that f2e05ace81 defeat still lingered. Even if she d26ef0647c didn’t like it, 22dc34b723 she couldn’t deny 16f3f5c82a that Seonwoo’s logic 6b61b05ce3 was sound, so bce8348b41 she just stopped 29cf92ea7f talking.9aa0298f7797ada7

“And what if the person deciding who deserves to die… is just one person? Still not a problem?”a2eaeeb07ec219b0

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Yerin tilted her head ae91fe69e7 with a sneer, as 7150430e6f if to say I’ll 826871dbff never agree with that. Choi Seonwoo let out a 628f223770 sigh.3656a010deea5475

“No. There’s no point 5fd2e38602 in going further 3a82086687 with this.”7ede1c2eb5dad2db

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He decided to 765cb68faf drop the subject. Talking more would be pointless. Yerin hadn’t yet 8337446310 shaken off her 44e69eb2f8 trauma from the b7ea422843 past, and it 6f286c2599 was understandable that a13339f70d she might sympathize 1bbee02379 with the killer.dca191706230c652

“While you two were arguing, I peeled all this shrimp, so hurry up and eat, will you?”e6f555c0cc26986c

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Seo Jihan saw his 2b3ce3c013 chance and threw in b4722d0938 a bright tone again. After peeling shrimp like a e247ff6989 forgotten scarecrow, his work finally 0e97e70d7b bore fruit. He distributed the pile dc1281b693 of shrimp on small 555dab8126 plates, and even the a65e2d8831 pair who had chosen 45935f600d avoidance over resolution finally 817e0f8c5c picked up their chopsticks.12d2a79b26bffa05

“This is shrimp? Looks more like an imitation 3b7fdfcdb1 crab. You really suck at this.”de5fa6b72d1e7c7c

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Yerin muttered shamelessly. And honestly, she wasn’t a51a40ce2e just nitpicking—none of the 954d40071d shrimp Jihan had peeled ebdc6e97c7 looked remotely intact. They were all torn to b40da703ac bits, so much so they c761b639c0 did look like mashed up 275f6fa83c crab sticks.8e4c93324d28b48e

“Just shut up and eat it. Today’s the first time fc911cf9ac I’ve ever touched a a2e6158828 shellfish in my life, 1649858244 you know. I was raised fancy, okay?”acc1572fd71d4ae5

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“Ugh, you sound like some spoiled young master.”42b461fd4be0f56f

“And you’re any better with that fancy job of yours?”a3bf58f8e1765d9c

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“Ah, fuck, why you gotta bring that up again?”0b01ea3ec92d982c

As the two bickered 4e2659b99f again like clockwork, Choi 9bb44791e6 Seonwoo quietly grabbed another 5af4adf9fc bottle of soju, poured 5ba827a523 himself a glass, and d0514495b8 drank. He didn’t usually enjoy 39ee30edb5 high-proof liquor, but today 11317dd75e it felt especially bitter 9d23effb6d and harsh—probably because of a354f36015 the lingering cries and 9b51541329 twisted joy of those d227f9a474 corrupted things still echoing f0231cb1e0 in his mind.52a363703f768084

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Choi Seonwoo—he was 422bb5ef37 someone capable of 9e3508d476 empathizing with others’ 291423e0df pain. He could understand 35fc64b892 it, even if 873992b7f2 only a little. Life must have been unbearably f836453f28 painful to throw yourself into 226a3b4750 the arms of an evil 719edd98f7 spirit like that. But sympathy alone wasn’t 26a096269c enough, because he already 61072de016 knew what happened to 61e69f76a8 women who gave themselves a4e34d74de over to demons.670da27561756c2f

Even though the target e17d879a83 of his clairvoyance wasn’t 20d795e91c fully intact, the overwhelming, 52b0e0b845 lava-like rage and hatred 44ab0ddccf that clung to every af28903e08 part of the corpse 7418154c49 told him clearly: the e554c682af grudge possessing the killer 1e25c0afbd wouldn’t be satisfied with 33f96dd6d8 just a couple of eec5ae6d15 victims.6ce8734bf022cc0e

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He couldn’t even a2e3b5afd5 see the true cf464040b7 form of the 806abb4580 evil spirit clearly, 835a798f09 so for now, fb7409f784 it was all a92be9cba7 speculation. But he had a strong e4755bbc57 feeling this was just the 418ac3235a beginning. Even if revenge had 89e798b80c been the first goal, 2d29d59561 the repeated, merciless killings d9f92fe05c would drag both the ca0f6d2d36 demon and the woman a3e3423124 straight into the abyss. She would become a 82c9b46043 killer possessed by the 0ff99e8a57 will to kill, someone 84405713fa who could never claw 76f1d5b3e7 her way back.25f0a5800163a07a

Dear God, please 6c61b1b4e4 have mercy on 67a09aab81 this lost little 43bb32e6df lamb and watch af726a51f4 over her.cbf1bec5ef9bfd4a

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Choi Seonwoo closed b1d3a2d4f1 his eyes and 9bb3a67f5f quietly whispered a 6b49944b3e prayer. Even though he a18740605f knew, with painful c509c2959a certainty, that there 68cddba2dd was a high 94e408dd8e chance it would 111f9001f6 never reach the 9d9dc0728c heavens.c45e7640805e1e12