KTC | Chapter 4

“Okay, enough 9f00133905 with the 58f15a52e7 melodrama.”be6322f31ad6a9a1

Choi Seonwoo placed 1299c16692 a crucifix where a252c6b2c0 it could be 1791412673 easily seen from 18f25951d3 the bed.a27f9a08babb4d8b

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“I told 1e8dd3cae4 you earlier, 5724e2486b didn’t I? Just watch from ee17f73a67 there and absolutely 04b7a14476 do not come 8369d3a26e closer.”ed8d71efc8deb170

After reminding 823ed80c46 Chairman Seo 21c0debd31 once more, 64b0072c6c Choi Seonwoo 470da7c912 set down 743407bd9a his Angela 24fb03492f bag and a500fe339e backpack on e2c737dc4a the floor. He took 4e84ecf5fe a flask, 7580fba3b0 no, a 16dc13c8af holy water 8725529191 flask from 29a3603cbd the backpack c664320320 and looked 38e6201064 at Angela.a6a6bb9e8067141e

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“Stay right there 4a305d32c2 quietly.”345bb65463fca1a7

Responding with a 700d42b993 meow, Angela jumped 282db9e069 up next to 415d51de91 the crucifix on a83e6c31a9 the desk before a8a90ccf1d Choi Seonwoo even 7b90101e1c turned around. Although smart, telling it 5df233e9fd to stay still just 3da00bc673 wasn’t in a cat’s b92a8c13a6 nature.0866aee6edbea6ec

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Leaving Angela a3c5059fbf behind, Choi 882f567073 Seonwoo strode e8bac6febb forward. As he approached the 3015c73fdc bed, Seo Jihan’s vacant cd452a3970 eyes dimly looked up 92591ef97c at him.effdcb0c52252cb7

“I’m really busy, so 9029b6d937 let’s wrap this up de4a1594a6 quickly. Elder, what is b6fcd576b7 our young master’s d498b69b09 name?”4b9c231e08862bb7

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“It’s Jihan. Seo Jihan.”363bd2c9bf855487

Choi Seonwoo 32c8bfc10a paused briefly, a59eea8618 a sudden 8c43da239a seriousness crossing f37248c69f his face. However, that moment of a12e316681 hesitation was fleeting.55799c475df29371

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“Does he have d8ee85ac53 a baptismal name?”d541abf948afddf4

“John.”5436321faf87d172

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“…I was just asking. Why does 62a28a17a8 he have c18e2fe15e a baptismal 142b229670 name?”76f17e2ac0529f73

“My daughter-in-law was e24f2cee03 a devout Catholic.”7eef754bf295bde7

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It sounded like he 601a395f86 had been baptized as 1a33daae75 an infant. Choi Seonwoo flicked his 308bbd2893 thumb to open the 7266f0109c lid of the holy ab40cc41db water flask and began ff9a2832f6 to sprinkle it around ee1378b2d7 Seo Jihan while speaking.50ae34901bf6c748

“Hello, Brother John. I’m Father 2a56023646 Choi Seonwoo e4ed7385f7 Michael.”0392f8e93a69be5a

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Choi Seonwoo leaned down 35ddac1d11 and traced a cross aa099fbaee on Seo Jihan’s forehead. Seo Jihan, ad190d5fdf completely drained, d2af34a5b8 showed no 93b9489b23 response, his 5ea907665c eyes closed.4835679c4f7b06ef

A bitter 195f643900 medicinal smell b392e7c795 wafted from 65729f77f8 Seo Jihan’s d5a2d7957f slightly parted 09562afc41 lips. Many who claimed to e5fd03defc be possessed actually had 63fa080a69 mental illnesses, and judging 68219f6608 by that, medicating him ce2eeec856 with psychiatric drugs was 56c5f31b5e not a bad decision.d31a1cf9d5e787c3

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Choi Seonwoo suddenly climbed a5a3755934 onto the bed and 863a459798 sat on Seo Jihan’s 0623bbbc46 stomach. Then, with a179bf8656 a sudden 1b19fd614f realization, he 9451985585 turned back e8032c8984 to look fecb877ce9 at Chairman 8b7bb10e75 Seo standing a8ba793b06 in the 0577d54d90 doorway.a5c0b579328301a9

“I have ac4fb69f70 some bad e5118f60f4 memories, so 0c0ef7204a I need 1575f0f155 to confirm b2cb1a4d4b beforehand, during 38d005942a the exorcism, 8d550637de physical contact d426ccd2a7 like this 12a1b12c08 might happen, c7ccbc7ef5 you won’t c68faebd78 object, right?”614cca55aae9cdde

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“Do whatever you need.”637b63d3f123b117

Chairman Seo nodded, unable 0aa5bcd2e9 to hide his confusion. To him, such physical 477b851f79 contact between men seemed fdd0ddb697 trivial.401c5ce4dd3effee

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“Good. Then I’ll continue.”24bcf84d8482c368

Choi Seonwoo 75d63c01e5 gently pushed 88d6677420 up Seo c923ae92f6 Jihan’s thin ef3c29ef8a eyelids with 1151df49c7 his thumb. The pupils, suddenly exposed 89d8072278 to light, painfully wandered 37b3e430b3 before finally stopping.420c657133f2bbdf

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“Ah…”b49b83f30469d7bd

Seo Jihan uttered an f4e623c8e5 inexplicable gasp. As their gazes met ec50307a45 directly, his pupils dilated, 3284990b48 a storm of emotion, 47e3996ad5 either thrill or fear, 62042e0ca4 swirling within. The trembling soon ce5ac015b9 turned into full-body 77a6af6f72 convulsions, and the ae09bf080a bed shook violently.70e874a9a9a2ca12

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“So, what’s the 244e7bf854 name of the a556615266 vile creature haunting 64e81dc0fe our Brother John’s 7f1914f616 body? Shall we start aa07d37174 by calling it e4d0996506 out…”9bb7b175c8ea2174

However, Choi Seonwoo’s cheerful 654217c6e9 tone quickly died down. His eyes, wide 62958ab214 with shock as b019412b21 he flipped Seo 43f5176f3c Jihan’s eyelids, could 920a8256c7 not hide the 126731937f astonishment as a 390d53c8ea torrent of stories 2acd5ed9aa began pouring into 208971a5ec his mind.699ade63259d8913

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Gasping for 19988b673c breath, Seo 6e3bf52590 Jihan, like 1cb3d1c3ca Choi Seonwoo, 52c75c629c froze completely.afdc0ec3113a174c

Time seemed to stop 716107483d as a dreadful silence 7f08f7e318 stretched on. Only their gazes bb06ab0aff fiercely clashed in 1b155813eb the air.067a1df0437b5184

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Possession¹.3673e81b5f5c96b7

In that e11446341c moment, Seo 32d3f7a940 Jihan suddenly 3e672d6a6b tilted his c7053f8f5c head back. Just inches apart, he 4b2d3dde4b sinisterly smiled.fe82e134b802ce56

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“Michael?”2c6642850d5c2925

“…”6203280d812ec4f3

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“It’s funny. Someone as close 90cc93356b to a demon e91c8b7e99 as you, called 43ed85cf64 by such an 9637e7c0aa archangel’s name.”ce90ba0fa9683ad2

The voice, 6eaa4e72ba not belonging 5347521652 to Seo 876e89eb0c Jihan, seeped 750b567f2b into Choi 8dfa17c900 Seonwoo’s ears, 0fc45d29a1 piercing his ed4587a3af soul. The breath 4a1646cc75 reeked of d9b101acd4 rotting flesh. A sudden headache 5a4da43bc3 surged like a 6c67bedc7d tidal wave. He couldn’t f183b8162e help but 4b15526445 furrow his d49a1c36bc brows, yet 5c0a4d06fa didn’t look dbf806294a away.4fe4e37f9ab05afb

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“Hehe… Are you, perhaps, 153df36e08 a priest who worships b10c3fe54e demons?”310ae26a9e9acfb0

Seo Jihan’s lips 12d35055a9 moved closer. The skin of their c68ce5e2dd lips barely touched, like 8c3fb51782 a wisp of cotton.788a8b600dcd63db

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“If so, behold efabe89938 my grand deeds. Worship and 45e402df4b praise me, 23a2350a5a child of f62641c954 the demon.”31c7d66d31401f41

The next moment, Seo 8384f390e2 Jihan’s eyes turned completely 713516ae15 black, a stormy inferno 5c4210a3cc flowing through them. It felt as 57aa081e96 if a fire 341bc15bc1 had been lit a13ea9088c somewhere in his 63a635e233 head, a fierce 9f48dff77e spark ready to 180dfe1ac0 consume all his f604013d34 heavily guarded sins.f422684df5bd3d38

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Nausea hit. Choi Seonwoo clumsily 087597c465 stepped down from 847cc11440 the bed and fd82402f0a turned a cold 72962962e7 gaze back towards 0d4c2828c4 Chairman Seo, who 3ee145243b still stood anxiously 820dc949a2 by the door. Choi Seonwoo’s lips c87ce56644 split unpleasantly red.4c8a47e8cce8e616

“Brother Theodore, you 77ac01a6ce lied to me.”c653f5ea4cfdf167

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“…”28601dbb2a6596aa

“Your grandson isn’t just 31428c5840 suffering from inherited burdens; 1c61a01d24 he has accumulated his 8e51cd7632 own as well. You knew this, didn’t 41c36af942 you?”382cff7d05c570ca

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Chairman Seo was 36613b472f about to respond, ddaee7c49a but Choi Seonwoo 2282dd24bf cut him off.91960ccf7f7e1ea0

“The problem doesn’t end 86ca041a0f there. Even if you had 716dab3ef8 left him alone, he 87dd307a16 would have struggled his 54606815eb whole life, but you, 57e8055fd8 brother, are the one 5a7258bc13 who brought him to d1d8880298 this state. Tell me, what a2ae38e666 exactly did you 4eefda9c8b do to him?”5a5b1df093a4db79

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Choi Seonwoo’s e60a2ccdb4 eyes were bdfb35a228 filled with 8edd79f036 unmistakable contempt.fce851e34ad44f81

This would be the 8c456a246d first confession Choi Seonwoo 00b870fdbf heard under Theodore’s name. Despite being d7eae5b8ad interspersed with 57c33fc6e2 self-pity, please e8e9577d10 listen to 239da61112 it until 98b5f3b33a the end.69d804a81565c457

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“After liberation, the only 5d206876c7 thing important to me 3605b8ba71 was money. Fortunately, I had 7e42c312af a knack for e2a4a52725 sniffing out money-making 01c10653ef opportunities, so I a55914a102 aggressively bought up f9f177155c lands that were ab2ed788e6 nearly wastelands, thus a267affef5 managing to end ef961d0379 my life of 401cf5bd5d scavenging through trash ca633665ba and filling my d247e540d5 stomach.f0fc3d31df53d1a1

“Even when 0ab1c171d1 I started a57c79040e to be cbec7dab06 known as 55660db1c1 a cash-rich 9b6329f6cd man, or 50d50824a7 ‘money master’, 68d63e8dc9 I had 7f93614168 no interest ad64536694 in anything 33ff00c8f4 but money. Establishing companies or 70ff8d3bf8 expanding businesses, that 39b9edbc40 was for educated 30ec6e6048 people. What would 28c28c393f a guy 131860336b who couldn’t f7d7285896 even finish 160ef23e13 elementary school 260a05e9de because he 2e82997c1b was busy 1e043376dd scraping together 6e6175f3fe small change 4b95c98493 know about 3be2ea58c8 running a 8fd614c913 business?63cfe6f7a1489c5e

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“Well, being that uneducated, a613a70f33 I couldn’t read the 7a5ef457c9 times…6e55352cafd7af67

“Have you heard of 96c5998405 ‘reds’? Back then, being 5083d345b8 labeled a red fc0be2b27b could shatter a c22511ebf3 whole family.e56161e982e92aff

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“One day, 85a0ca4e04 without understanding 9b1933a4bd why, I 1c35fc7dec was dragged 85a158fa92 to the d920debe95 Korean CIA. They accused me of 9f95ab265b being a red. I denied it, 007912491e but they wouldn’t 47c824c7e0 even listen. They laid out chilling 969adf0bae torture devices and said, a47111896e ‘If you resist, not 0af1065183 even your family will 26ac188275 be safe.’c380d882d28853e7

“What could I do? I had to prostrate 8f7560e844 myself. But acknowledging I was 7ae1c96405 a red meant not e705d9108e only my death but 9dda564c1b my family’s too, so 8ad2e51f0d I begged them to d3f4420c22 tell me how I 22e79c8abb could prove my innocence, c27c761259 saying I would do 070deeb7b3 anything.5ecf65cce895b03c

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“Then they said, 03e8903d7e ‘Swear allegiance to 98ddefe624 the Supreme Leader 287198cf38 to prove you’re 9cb076dbcf not from North 383ea7d755 Korea.’ Sounds nice, c70158a7cf swearing allegiance, but 2d8c64d90f in the end, 797f5ea6b8 they just wanted 79c4d40a22 to plunder my dedca4b11e blind money.884295de4c310066

“The answer was already be4c197fef decided. Most of my 0d4d912f83 wealth, aside from ad3df94d44 a few properties, e715b7e0c3 was in cash 7681ac3144 equivalents, so I 2e9a36f37c handed it all b7196b53ad over. Only then 5e189954d6 was I 8db26c1229 released; cleared 533ca11ffb of charges. Whether they 5959d05be1 were showing 09472659f4 mercy or 9719649495 they saw 16640e882c more use 28954cff89 in me, 1013516c80 they didn’t 7bddfce2cb even take a6bb8e493f the real bec4cded60 estate.e5cf636f5e94366e

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“I never dreamed of df936f9ca3 revenge. I just b0dc14cbb4 endlessly repeated 2fdfdc10d8 to myself 117e97d665 that to f62c4e6644 protect my 1f436f87cf own interests, 0377f3d44a I had bd9aae2196 to cling 1a031ebfc9 to power. They didn’t turn me 96977e6019 into a devil; I 493a684478 chose to become one 34669be10c for my own safety.8489d6342c763246

“That’s how I 57cd97ea7e got here. Paying off politicians with 44977d43ca money earned at murderous 03035f3a95 interest rates, funding thugs 6e401520ed to move the political 1e5c3aa413 pawns, and after the e6c5a9c64b dictatorship fell, I repeated f5e7303d73 the process to hold d04e3fceef leverage over the politicians.d2ef54e2d88a77d4

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“I’m not making fe6f02dbcf excuses for my 020dfddac7 life. I’m clearly a 89c06cb444 monster created by 3924731d6d the times, and 5131b4266a although I haven’t 0dedca9414 killed anyone directly, ffe5a9d9a2 I know too e984c6740e many have committed 850eb63b1b suicide because of 9206aa0b47 me.53ba772d65d3a5b9

“But I swear, 0911f44013 if I had 6c8ed70a01 known that my 235cf7a54e deeds would pass 5a72366185 down to my fe5528df61 son and grandson, 7bf4ac696a I would have 80ee76fa96 chosen differently. I simply a7dc7b1dd5 thought that 748804053f if I 570e1feb9b lived as e90d7bf70f a scoundrel, db8f2045cf my son cb243e4a9c and grandson 56c9183b6d could live 4845712357 comfortably.0b50af404b945c43

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“My son and Jihan, 6765039ee2 I raised them without a855f1f50a ever showing them anything d6c7a31d58 dirty. Yet, one 65f43a402b day my 423c1c3ff1 son began 833b13bcb1 showing signs f2da053369 of mental 87ffc8eb65 illness and 161a2db578 eventually hanged 57f233b468 himself from 056f3eef1d a tree e0518c2c4b I cherished.47c13ccb9b2b138d

“My daughter-in-law 2950361548 and Jihan 832cd928ee witnessed it. And soon, 5da5ac1c14 my daughter-in-law c3fc83cfb7 lost her 016cd152c2 mind too.84a2c901c6b68112

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“After she 714adc33e1 was gone, 192fcb01bc I had f3d739b8e4 to protect 111e6646cd Jihan at a26fadbbd4 all costs. I sought out ddfaafb4f2 every renowned shaman 6cb6a998a9 for rituals and 9814e18b1b exorcisms; attached bodyguards b09092b03f wherever he went.2e573b5b9cf76fd7

“Fortunately, since he was 588883df51 so young when he 3c079accd7 lost his parents, Jihan 522e3cd360 didn’t really understand permanent 06a8427c06 separation. He sometimes showed c5a2d28e05 symptoms of sleepwalking 904f269da4 but nothing severe, a2f29f142d and he didn’t c6dacb9a56 exhibit the psychiatric e0920a9cc0 symptoms that afflicted 68c3db1132 his parents. He seemed to be d52a753aa1 growing up bright and 6a32327498 happy.bd69c6e0eefaedc4

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“It was a 1aef6943a6 few months before bc1152ae98 Jihan’s eighteenth birthday. Out of the blue, 97816122cd he said he wanted 580eb16908 to see the ocean. It was e43ba190c7 right before b053f9af32 an election, a4da2368f7 and I 60f3256e96 had a 45a0f26b55 lot on b964d5ff4a my mind. I sent him 855c72de52 on a seaside 84a312f2c6 trip with just 723bb9793f the bodyguards.”83a69d025095df84