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.”93b6e1014a06ebd2

―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.8dfa993f69ee6d41

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They wanted a predetermined b43edd7cb0 answer for peace of f222ecc433 mind. So, I gave them 4a667e246a the answer they wanted.66a066c9438b646b

“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.”3a3ee68e242700a0

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It wasn’t a serious problem, but I hinted that they didn’t see it wrong either.4c829b69de99f9f3

Unless it’s a ghost with rotten ears, it should realize it picked the wrong target and leave.83525e3b86248be3

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―Should we tell the car behind us to pick him up?d566ff7523d96b3e

The car behind = the one I’m in.6a53358ff733bd9e

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Instead of getting angry, I 5e474d2461 found it amusing.f29ca4bac4e5c824

Isn’t this what they call repaying kindness with betrayal?8affff255573f62b

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“Haha. No matter how scared you are, don’t sell me out.”b3889d8cb1df201f

―No, it’s just that you seem capable of handling ghosts on your own. You’re strong, right?a33634fe729549ed

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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.”ebb49330db4c3812

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.6a950c360ed67f79

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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.5821582e9cfec0d0

‘So, is it my turn now?’c9c6891aa7755126

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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.17353fd6c49c0f4e

“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!”486a27d8262b58cc

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I threw a few d93fdab070 coins from the cash 8a24949742 I had for the 6944437dd7 toll out the window.94da77acc4cd1134

I hoped something would change, but I still couldn’t feel any difference in the air.8c86ab1dd28c83d3

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‘Those guys must have better spiritual sensitivity than me.’7a8b35d9f659cdd6

Feeling a bit embarrassed for 0bd648d621 making a fuss by myself, 61a48d3641 I closed the window again.49010f0f314b17e3

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That day, the next day, and the day after that, the reservoir ghost didn’t reach Seoul.d896c847949e72d4

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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?’1b3c0d8430047eb7

I hadn’t dealt with many, but I’d never encountered such a petty, narrow-minded, and frustrating ghost before, and it was bewildering.b8c84fdfec3e0545

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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.ca8238cbc0ed52b2

As long as the dfc8a0f183 client was safe, the 7bcc2fac0c goal was achieved.2b5eb457ad5654ad

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“Failure? You said Kim Changjin won’t contact you anymore.”ada54738a2edf171

The assignment was successful, and d5bd7cffb5 there were no more threatening b0dbf7a9be calls about retrieving lost items 8deb125473 as bait.1cdd2776a5da261b

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About a week later, 07a67837bf the reservoir ghost appeared db1a0a8f86 in front of Seo 90482186c0 Changgyung holding a parking 43a82d05b5 plate. The delay was cf0d5a9f95 due to picking b37cdb0c4e up a 100-won 3545583b4d coin that had 16f4bf6815 fallen into a 0964159eab rice paddy.91d0dd0ac6e0b3b4

It was truly an e65940bafd incomprehensible action.82569d997830276e

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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?”323859e730ad81f8

“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?”749941086743afe9

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What? Throwing coins like 83c2685658 that is related 8b2b182f2f to spells?3083553332e435a1

I didn’t know that throwing coins with a ‘Take this and leave!’mindset had such a terrifying 054372f25e meaning.e16981ef8aa2a3df

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Once again, I thought this 6e569864d1 was a strange industry. I had no interest in 14cfed4b08 the common sense Seo Changgyung c5cbfbf48d talked about and just wanted d9ab437518 to continue living in ignorance.a502ffef3c165aa1

I wasn’t cut out to be an onmyōji, and I wasn’t envious of ghost-controlling abilities.049a5876fa88fc5d

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He wanted me to 6c4bf2f07e build knowledge in this 26bd1e5a7a field as his assistant, b2daf9ca86 but I wanted to 15908f4d29 return to being an 2d93b51019 ordinary person who knew 38b14bf2f3 nothing about spirits.2e36ee39818f68b9

“Enough. I did what you asked, so hurry up and solve Yoon Sanghyun’s case.”dc3fb142539117ab

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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.”e65237681dd3c18c

Damn.e115f791a52fd3bb

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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.e7e96fb6d75ca5a4

No matter what, tomorrow I’ll visit the first shaman.f707f4bb5dec8790

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As the heat 775411d538 subsided, the fall 180afb2146 semester began.ec36c202d45f1932

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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.2a70bfbb9e794c1d

Kim Jaewon, a high 7d50919004 school friend with a 20b874480a similar vibe, had been 81df506c04 abroad and returned just 98b637fa79 in time for the de88b30823 semester, so I avoided 20e8c32d21 criticism for neglecting my 9a0b67b3aa closest friend.33ea264bb6725f07

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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.”e16eb0ddd5ea2be2

While having lunch with e36b0c310e Kim Jaewon, who lived d7feb62280 in the dorms, an 77753902ba industrial engineering guy recognized 196c43f0ae me.c9028ecf1de0e338

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But I’m a business major. There’s no reason for me to take physics as a requirement.e98e146ca403118d

Sometimes, I also get confused, thinking I’m an engineering student like this friend.7d42c19f38d3847b

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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.”20af4794368659be

Kim Jaewon, also in 074a73714c industrial engineering, encouraged the 9d3f0eed60 misunderstanding.062721d21b9ff5df

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“Should I?”66946976002d556b

I pretended to be 6d1e10632f swayed like a pushover, 46cb395615 but taking more courses 2b7d8803fd this semester was impossible. The part-time job was 4ffd76be4d going to get busier, 9d225e0df4 making it hard to c97a3e7256 attend classes.059afc67395e8def

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Working with Seo Changgyung meant I hadn’t succeeded in getting rid of the ghost attached to me.e41325c2125c0137

At the place where 1e5d4021e8 I met the first 18c117071d shaman again, I experienced c08ff87491 hell. I also learned ee29a16ac7 that Yoon Sanghyun 439146d4c8 was a stray 93903b98ea ghost with a 51eb075e15 very peculiar history.9fe443b25e96b604

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In the end, I had 9075a7716e no choice but to return 3b975b25be to Seo Changgyung for help.37e932ca5e9c2fce

“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.”79fc3b783b977b1f

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The industrial engineering guy stood 94cdab1d88 by our table with his bdcdd2f94d tray, not leaving.6e525127accf00a1

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.acf83c73dadb97dc

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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.0620b29c5c9740a8

It seemed like a new d3703b08b8 game. Monkey watching, or something 1a1a3d8ffc like that.380a26ae28dbded0

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I was just sitting in c5e6301c3e my seat, but somehow I 92cf07c500 ended up absorbing all sorts abf52a9ecc of trivial information about that 6d209c4540 sunbae, like how he returned 42dcff690e as a third-year, what classes df842742a5 he was taking today, what 0ff3b2ef2e he wore, the color of ba7aeb1f89 his bag, and so on.f2a3fb3a9f723654

I worried about whether b49b01bedd his privacy was okay.e2c787412bc01f51

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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.d167bd31cef0f3be

“When did he become a god? He’s not even a freshman, and his face must have aged in the military.”8c607a128fbcb03a

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“No, they say the rumors are true!”b195fc6e54792377

“Oh, really.”abb94c90bf4d1477

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The industrial engineering guy 35a56bf164 looked deflated at Kim 8eab24fe7e Jaewon and my lukewarm 0b22fb46c0 reactions.51b2a9821b37db7f

“Handsome guys are so relaxed even when rivals appear.”985cfe991abf1518

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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.”a8f378c790059c95

A business student, possessed by 4908abf69e an engineering student, comforted the 8aebb364af industrial engineering guy.c6c2c7e796a00ea8

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Despite saying this, 4b4a60270a I had a c5b7bb7afd history of taking ee956418e8 all my first-semester 5ccbf12630 general education courses 169f2344e3 in the engineering 137c69ec36 department, even though 50e58e7b61 the campuses were 7b217b8e85 far apart. This was because many 759cc28329 of my high school 4a5131dc54 friends, including Kim Jaewon, 5dab39c00c were in engineering.6f0ca6def2ee9638

“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?”7fe894a19f64e1b5

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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.90312c2a76f44e38

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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.576e209023b21609

Kim Jaewon read a book, 3dc19d3f67 and I took over his fbf9f7949c bed to catch up on b88442a9cd sleep. It felt like d6984afd6b I came to 9d4cacfb85 school to rest. Just sitting and b7f3fce5dd listening to lectures b0db0752e5 felt so easy. My body and mind were 10e9816d0e completely at ease.c3763ac55fa3cdad

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I grew up hearing that d827321ecb studying was tough, so I 826c89497f thought it was a huge 4394c0361c ordeal.0c456a8860723000

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.30f7abaa3fa338b3

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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.4339d01cd3ecd9e1