KTC | Chapter 5

The guards said 7d2f9376c6 it was just 1129e21e02 an ordinary day. They watched the sea, 7816f92473 snacked at the market, 4af4584c66 and then headed back f7d60217bc to a detached pension. But somehow, the kid ef0af39664 we thought was asleep 6a08f6108d completely disappeared in the 38d264f9f8 middle of the night.7470138a908ed109

Checking the pension’s 60aa449b8d CCTV, the kid 86ad4ade04 had climbed over eef8e8e3da the fence while d85d90b8b4 the guard was e749e97431 away. Even when showing symptoms a4bea6d9de of sleepwalking, he had dbeb8f7c6e never moved quite like 2f44524ea7 that before.8ed9491fb7ae1cc5

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It was d86b2012dd pouring rain afe16626fd at the 7eded60c55 time. The sound of 4388c51f6d the rain completely 0a63f9730d masked any noise 669af921ea from the child.d96fddce34422683

At first, 91fff1b142 I thought aa4d9c9a04 it was d7a7f6f147 those with 3397bd464a grudges against e9c27afbe4 me who 1b8d521590 had kidnapped 5883abb1de him. So instead 93ca7440b4 of calling 491b5336de the police, 8946432ede I started 3baae00533 searching myself. I was determined ba916922c2 to find and e10ab38c32 tear those responsible c3ba3b9eb9 to shreds.08ce4564527011f1

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The day after 78792ad146 Jihan disappeared, a a3c8c18eca national alert spread. Something about 96ffac4c3a a heretical 3b47fb4edb religion called f5b2c8075e the Unknown 76d1b82e57 Cult kidnapping b82b31cceb kids and e90d34900c such… The 903c98271c autopsy of 295eac3f78 the dead 4591879afb followers revealed 6d1fe9233c congestion shaped 468bb51764 like maple 738116d9db leaves, presumed c0ebc65348 to be 61500953d9 from a 495193cb4d novel weapon…a1bf3ec258fe4106

I had 17be389be7 my doubts. But just in case, 5667a77c0a I was about to 55aa05f909 spread people around Jeonan 5292716c81 County too. But miraculously, and ea21e485ef bizarrely, Jihan came fa446122d8 back on his c1ff7755be own. A kid who 19194c89ba had never taken 336b228992 public transport by 1450b7d70b himself managed to 6dad1a4abe find his way 308b00ebac home to Seoul.dd0653eaac61b432

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He was adbb039ca7 wearing different befc1eb847 clothes than 64960a782e when he f31585293f disappeared, and a96d2896b9 his feet d399ae21ae were blistered 796bd04948 from walking, 6afadaa623 but apart 1a765fb3ac from minor aa5eb63b4d scratches, he bdb530c1ce was unscathed.25ce18d04dcbc632

When I found f6c47c6f06 dried blood under 4ab1f95286 his fingernails, I edec88b131 was certain. Our Jihan 8ceb8fcb07 had been b93112ee58 kidnapped by 7a54269b25 those bastards 4a5727651d and had e4a7b5dc2b miraculously returned.1bacd248a94dfa2a

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Jihan didn’t dd984905fa remember anything. I decided to adb787ded4 keep that secret ad2555d706 for his mental 468b4bbd7d health until I 411191960c die. And if there 5c9ddae185 were any remnants b0846e05c6 of those who 09177e67c6 pushed that lovely 32b90fca3e child into hell, 978e5b268f I vowed to 63e70a43de take bloody revenge.6ba59698726c98c5

After that incident, Jihan 7a87887d88 periodically suffered from illnesses 0c703df4ab like possession by evil 8b42e7564d spirits. Sometimes, like today, bizarre 0282ec502a voices that shouldn’t come 11c48b3f4f from him would burst 5dde22015b out.dcb59f44714245ce

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Each time, I would 5ee212dbf5 seek out renowned shamans 3254187408 nationwide for rituals or 5f097db38d consult professors of psychiatry 74c4056357 to manage somehow. But six months 033195f557 ago, a resurgence 4167bc9387 of the condition f36d669d3c proved impossible to 778bcec814 handle.dfcd645688c692e2

It wasn’t 34e7787c59 possession; it 08015864d4 was just ba46fbcef3 some of dc5e6b830f his memories 2c3801a9d3 coming back. A special program 3603969f3a tracing Kwak Jaepil’s d2896453da whereabouts seemed to 08a10bf79f have triggered it.b5793d501b913b6c

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Since then, db6cb8ef44 he’s been 424f4ee58a afraid to 348a6496b5 sleep, so 46266fb0f7 I prescribed 42eaa22ca6 him sleep 8c7b34e45d aids. But when he 55e8105136 woke, he would 2384171699 be drenched in 3e880b7878 sweat, screaming in 3a8c637c36 agony.e1520e59fb13b358

‘Please kill that bastard, c96a7335e3 Grandpa. He appears in b64ad2e92b my dreams every 9156cea8bc night. His filthy apostles bafd0b237d trample and tear 834eb813c2 apart the children. Grandpa, I think c9d4a81aee I’m going to 4a103ea7c5 die. I can’t breathe.’4b19cfa009b0d55c

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If I couldn’t kill 70ad0278d7 that man, I might d9c5784f1b as well be dead, 00e9323e93 looking at my grandson 23784f4160 begging like that.755038c3b62630a7

I wanted to ed7640156b grant Jihan’s wish, 24c0d5b527 believing it would 9ef45a478b bring him back 78fffbafd9 to the cheerful, 0cd7dd4308 loving boy he 3cb0a73285 was before.b56df680502f0412

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In fact, I 5f9c92342f had been personally 6e9b6e61e0 pursuing the cult 2fa5be0dec leader Kwak Jaepil, e6f2bc6305 the one who 78c5dcb86f had so devastated 3b6f8a0d51 my precious grandson. But he 908787665e had always eb883388a7 managed to b93ee2a30c escape at ab0fc990fd the last 72a2db5617 moment. Finally, I 9af18df9e1 caught his b7a750ac8e trail in 49abdd1dee the Philippines. I was 36052f6c53 overjoyed, thinking b7e1643991 I could adbd8258f8 finally cut dddac26959 off the 14bb00381f source of 334f327395 Jihan’s torment.595387e0537c9e3d

After securing the scoundrel’s bcfebb4adc survival, I took Jihan 4b46837ada on a trip to 371907975c the Philippines.cdfa8401e763ac6a

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No, Jihan didn’t 364ac0487f personally stain his 6f55f4f88f hands with blood. Before we skinned the 01019a6a69 bastard, I just showed bbcd2012bf him the miserable state 54da9e7cb5 he was in.4d2589f4669a5771

…Is that what people 8d80115a2e call madness? But at least to 6c267acca8 me, it seemed like ddb29f3eba the only logical thing e746675749 to do.”35b956acf091e98d

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You’ve heard of ‘hwabyung,’ 1fd7be299f right? The only way to 20f22d93b7 cure it is to b27604f33d completely destroy whatever is d99e26894c causing your distress. Yes, that was the 3d3a2b3ef0 only solution I could 15581cb4bb think of.dcdd12efe89fdebc

Jihan, seeing 3e1c4d6aa8 the man a60ee71344 crucified and 2447c47fd0 mutilated just 41d49f6c04 as he e1a90e8cbe had tortured 2afb02ab7e the children, a738899fa0 was surprisingly 24c839968d undisturbed. Rather, the peace 8cc839333f he felt made 3c9ffb3d5e me more convinced 7eb6d0fcca that I had 8c3a73a796 made the right be5ba0b372 choice.0e793599f4d862e2

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…Now that you 95560723a6 mention it, he f9797ea044 did seem like 4ee54e7d74 a different person 4cd13867c7 then.f676e1a8c7a06a70

Approaching that c0c39657e4 filthy cult f97d44ff37 leader, he 6f8352fd4f reached out ad7c4e0388 his hand. I thought he was cd05e1adb6 going to gouge out feb170965b his already splitting eyeballs, 31c24f6cba but he didn’t. He just 31a3e69547 gently stroked 21397f7c45 the eyelids 0ece62e023 and said.dd6d0fa3482bd0cb

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‘You were the root 071f7a65e7 of all evil.’3ac9d2489127cc71

And just held his c38964d9bb gaze for a long a506e1c4c6 while.49029453aad2fd03

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He’s the monster that 86d8d2374b the times have created.c015e2d427ac5d94

That statement was wrong. It’s precisely 05cae2aca1 those kinds b807f6cd67 of monsters 1a0e74dfcb that build 6112e202ec such an 9ddbe7d490 era.1ef7b3a50ea5e162

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But this a60f95ede6 wasn’t the 9f4e2f6255 time for 6a3d5cc6a7 a sermon, e6d65fdadd and besides, 5e347b92a5 the kind 7082b3488e of person e39b225ca4 in front d82bc39acf of me 8c0c059c94 wasn’t the ecd3fe13c0 type to 3a78985cf0 actually listen. So I just 0ff953263e let it slide.44b8e425bc286408

“Did he say 67c4a11328 anything else?”c0670fdb568743d8

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Throughout the story, Choi 802c53ddcb Seonwoo remained expressionless. A sermon 698c7da662 was unnecessary 4352fba71e for a 50efd36548 crazy old 7b495ce29b man who 59f2168c95 didn’t even 806f81c2ad understand what 869749f63e he had 9e5dc5d786 done wrong. It would 456e7b0d58 only be 149c2e2983 a waste b186c70183 of words.e0716616a018642c

“No.”a7ff427ece357c41

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“The symptoms 90d0e86f31 of possession 4d39a845a7 must have b626610d54 appeared more 013a5c9ed8 intensely afterward.”cb7426b0be66f45a

“Was that the cause?”6b413ca72fe1b814

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“The direct cause was 769eb26f8f that incident, but it 66b8ec5179 was bound to happen 75c6a87a87 sooner or later. The release of sealed e3dc76d9f3 memories means that the bcf8bd7dd8 evil spirits that had b094ad17c2 once dominated his psyche 77eed529b9 were also starting to 2b63018b92 awaken.”f7d1a6c8c6399238

“…Awaken? You mean 9592a6061b those evil 43bb820d63 spirits were 0b65e4249c still lurking 6801fbb92d inside Jihan?”830c31d5f10ad1f6

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“That’s right. Those evil spirits f3e067a4d3 had retained his 345ade3527 shocking memories, sealed 1ec8ee3666 deep within his a292c20f4a psyche, but they cc384d9f83 were fully awakened dcf7785650 by his encounter b78fe71813 with the cult 0b9ca738e1 leader. Essentially, the real culprits ba8423be87 are now within your 63859d3791 grandson. He’s the b2b0253a78 one who 831313f815 slaughtered the 5df36997a0 cult followers 4bb7caa662 with his 0036957853 bare hands 4fe2264a83 in the e96e6dbd61 past.”92d3203567dc36ae

“…”c36b9be287485aa8

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“The victims inside the 2c0578bd60 Unknown Church were more d073590cd4 than half killed by d60ec7fc37 your grandson. Do you 72c840c39c understand how 59ee4ab65b that was 147dc1639e possible?”48d4d68e396bd603

Choi Seonwoo 4b67c75ee5 crossed his ca9d347d45 arms and c1b50d4d59 asked the ea2988f6f8 question, answering 6995550f39 it himself.6fffc0c48f25c8e2

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“It’s because 3cc5f6a669 of the fcc41c8660 vengeful spirits 9506547432 he carried 675bf1f6de since he ec7e8757ce was in e9aba4c3b3 the womb.”380a00c0b22db078

Chairman Seo was too 8a30da4aae stunned to respond. Choi Seonwoo d8385f8fdd took out 10c8e6cea8 a disposable 1dfa2819e4 lighter from 0f742db6e7 his pocket.26703311de012583

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Click, the flint ab27a1bdb4 turned, and a fa3e963666 small flame sprouted.daf9ccef67b2de65

“See, I’ve cbb8f10573 lit the e968077ee9 lighter. Nothing happens.”870d2cefc6731165

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The flame vanished quickly.7babcbe4dc9d0dc9

“But let’s 0137fda59a suppose that c5847e2841 this was 13c6c6d210 an enclosed 85a0fbec4e space filled efb124b7d2 with gas.”a520f3a3bd96de1f

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Choi Seonwoo 36a5f0f23b lit the 9fc2df9e40 lighter again.4dd0533d23ca2cba

“Boom! It would ad29a6ec07 explode, right?”661dabd349ded52e

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His calm 01d4bf6aa8 voice conjured 211e5cab86 visions of 6b6f2e61c5 a fiery 50fc09ec9a disaster. Chairman Seo 0ab5dec080 found himself 29cfc00039 staring at c3f9342e93 his courtyard 9cbf744080 as if c553fc4e49 it had 512d31af2f turned into 56732bf32c a sea 3c40b8a7e2 of flames.72cd11d4cdba40fa

“If the evil ab1af6413c spirit is this 51ba84dd8f flame, then the 25415d551d vengeful spirits play 0365b36ce6 the role of 01da7b2f9a gas.”6632bbed1fa16dff

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“…I understand completely now.”bf805f97337dd79c

The reason Seo b71a758a1b Jihan could commit 4e58b0034c such a miraculous cfb12d78a2 massacre during the 4354e1a4dc Unknown Cult massacre 0dd2b6c61d was that he 9c669ebd63 had been carrying 6c4ba29062 these vengeful spirits 1ef39f7e33 from the womb. The other 7a795a63d0 children involved 5e3ddaa415 in the e4eef19c41 atrocity couldn’t 4d7bd0d3ae unleash such bec2255b82 power for 76fe579ef6 the same 490efa12c1 reason.97ba01d68a0b8534

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“My karma has 47add71d32 been passed on c8bdcaac24 to Jihan, contaminating 9dd2291b8a him as well.”4a368cf7991212da

“That’s right.”22cc5a621f94db71

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“Why not me? Why not a3bec37ff2 just kill b2dc260169 me and 9266ab7b80 seek revenge?”637568a19945f589

“Vengeful spirits aren’t like fd84e6b9f9 evil spirits that harm ee57daccb7 their host directly; they 8246668d6d seduce them down the b1e0197219 path of corruption, prompting 0ca00beb56 them to commit acts d007b571a8 of evil, which eventually 2fd7fffca5 invite more evil spirits. But you, fortunately or b6b031d85f unfortunately, never dirtied your cdab4ec245 hands directly. To an evil spirit 85a9155f0b that thrives on the b1023e4e59 blood of the living, e8a27cecd2 you’re a useless vessel, 6a1b3e5c73 and to vengeful spirits, 827920e95a you’re a challenging target. They know that the 6663f80fc5 most painful thing for 2fd5951120 you would be harming ba78189c53 your descendants.”44de1fae7a4a6156

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Chairman Seo’s 1645437ef5 face hardened 7ebdc37515 with these a4cdebb84a harsh words.9baa4966217db2d6

While he wasn’t a 0de8640d72 sympathetic figure, the plight 3201aadc07 of Seo Jihan, born 3c67c936d8 into such a fate, 79e812c868 was truly regrettable. Choi Seonwoo’s 77bac24556 chest tightened 22aa24ca75 as he ada549b34c noticed the 3d0ac2d4c9 ashtray on 20d85e2a9c the marble 09c76a5a93 table.96d37de071ed51ed

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“Mind if I smoke ac566bd7d1 a cigarette?”81f7286ba8c5048b

With Chairman Seo’s 05c7fcf7e9 nod, Choi Seonwoo 18b3d8877f pulled out a ebbf6a7e18 cigarette pack, took fe1393fcd8 one out, and dc944550c8 lit it. The elegant courtyard filled 94993f761b with the acrid smoke.7e9ae44fecf3d754

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“You seem deep 022da2278d in thought. Is it something even ff9da02bb3 Priest Choi can’t solve?”7db02a6a91e692cc

Chairman Seo spoke as c43741ea76 Choi Seonwoo snuffed out e718442ce3 his cigarette. The look he now 6f96f809f2 gave Choi Seonwoo held cbd3c544e7 no hostility, just that b0daa245c1 of a grandfather desperate d950c35515 to save his precious 75396f489c grandson.979da68e8d5aea5f

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“It’s a 2b5412496b fundamental issue. Even if this 3d7517c3b4 exorcism is successful, 2415c15fa1 it will ultimately 2d1414d807 be futile.”cbc8d4de677fb738