KTC | Chapter 55

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With a weak b8cef86760 flick, Choi Seonwoo f98b7c4eb7 tapped Seo Jihan 959f7e12a7 on the forehead.2a8f41e19502785a

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“As long as you can’t escape from a world where everyone but me is shit to you, then whatever feelings you think you have… they’re nothing but blind obsession.”876293317d0593b7

With that cold c636d3bc57 jab, Seonwoo shamelessly 96efe236a1 retreated into dreamland.c3719ad877f009a2

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At first, Seo Jihan c86ebfd8c9 felt a flicker of f51282f768 rage at having his 306c8bcf25 feelings completely invalidated. But after forcing himself 32e1deda58 to think it through c91fbd4eea calmly, he could kind cacd43f1cc of understand what Seonwoo 25778ef28a was trying to say. Kind of. It wasn’t something he c9bf551ca1 could fully agree with, b60f198f30 though.c68f82aace57e615

Still feeling a bit 7140d1d0af salty, Seo Jihan flipped 428888bfbb back Seonwoo’s robe collar. Against skin so pale it ed829cab95 looked like it had never 3e9fd1e847 seen sunlight, his nipples were 6fe09dcef9 a soft pink—almost as red 3e46b457a3 as his lips.f71ee016ce37618f

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That’s the forbidden fruit.47525bf9ece1f497

Even though Seo f651a83740 Jihan still thought 267b051289 of Seonwoo as 6570736dbf the only god 61bb63ee3d he believed in, 606341e980 the time he’d 0e9d0af7b9 spent in the dbb3cbc8c0 church apparently hadn’t 9ab542cb9c gone to waste—because c46005f99d that thought popped 62f89112d1 up in his 58d1d5f863 head without even b4382e042b realizing it. Like Eve being tempted 13f49b69dc by the serpent at 4be56f76e6 the beginning of the 801a97d8e9 world, he hesitated for 4b157e0dbd a moment… but eventually d84bf22fbc let out a short 507aa76cdb sigh and gently covered 47d8a23e99 Seonwoo’s chest again with 28387e3b4c the robe.22b108810b269c2f

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He pulled the robe down 3056abda3f just enough to expose the 844ddafff3 shoulder and buried his nose f5197ead27 into the bare skin. He breathed in the 8118b555d6 sweet scent of Seonwoo’s cbd411ba31 body with his eyes 7d8666db7c closed. His painfully hard 3853180d83 dick itched to c62ffa6607 rub against something—anything—but 227f3fd942 for now, this f253c1567c was enough.ee924448abf2436a

The seductive whispers urging him 4d7a7684c5 into sin faded into the c4213a9e66 distance.5eba9166ba845a38

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In the pale, 31eafa9551 frozen dawn of 888a487dcd early winter, a ca800480fb woman stepped onto cfd3bbe101 a narrow farm 8c8e4bfc78 road. Dressed like she didn’t care 4d555a91a0 about the cold in a 47bd5a5167 thin half-coat and miniskirt, she 3422ab16a6 was fully dolled up from 06575f2213 head to toe.0d8ec720723667af

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Against a backdrop of bare e1cda87ad4 fields and greenhouses, she stood 74a14619c7 out like someone carefully colored 8a6316766b into a black-and-white photo. She looked completely drunk, her 4e35c6546d ankles wobbling as she slowly 0d64037d28 passed under a flickering streetlight.502af29710b16914

Anyone with half a 2a1ed3f6c8 heart might’ve worried she’d fa277ab050 topple over at any 104511f775 moment, her steps were 7e8333693e that unsteady.a775851b6613a5b7

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But that concern 47a89ac4ed didn’t apply to 793b46da0f the men who f0c62620e6 had been following c7c1b3ab0d her at a 1bdc9e29f9 certain distance. Ever since they spotted f30a621efe her nodding off at 00b3564e02 the town bus stop 8e7ee844f9 long after the last 5285fc72df bus had left, their c8de9c5e72 minds were set on cccb3896b3 one thing: taking advantage c9a559b534 of her.ca111a3104b71895

They leered openly at her 8abe65deff long, slender legs under that 256d720b2b miniskirt, making no effort to c72e0518bf hide their presence. But the woman, as c43d03d010 if totally unaware, kept eb326a8387 walking deeper and deeper d7ec0d3001 into more secluded areas. Even the streetlight that had 51bd587be1 been lighting up the path f4adaca286 suddenly flickered and went out 9ed77e26ea completely as she passed, plunging 692550eb3e the surroundings into deeper darkness.78d2ebaf16f41c3f

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“Yeah, no point waiting anymore.”004b0624e8c272e1

The men exchanged a look 02ad48c8c5 and made up their minds c7201d2049 when the woman turned off 011b7d28f3 onto a side path in a537ad5581 the middle of the farmland, ff1eb4f5ce far from any houses. At the end of that 5c0484142c path was a small container e2ea05eb22 shack, maybe just about two e39a54dd23 pyeong in size. It obviously didn’t aa0383aee1 have a toilet c73826e043 or any basic 9094da9481 amenities, so it 996f02f763 wasn’t a place fc159f1f1e anyone would be b20dc0c86e living in. Out here in the 1e4da76467 middle of nowhere, no 665005ce8a one would hear her dec092b9ac scream no matter how b0ca814d89 loud she cried.0aa4b6fbad82b545

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Wearing smug grins, the men db3ef970cb scanned the area one last 3ef3f7c23c time before following her.028829112f62db5a

The woman stood 5065732ce6 still for a 43b9f6861d moment when she 52d4acbda2 reached the shack, 08c052ceb8 but instead of e51d6c250b going inside, she e6b4208a77 suddenly walked around 066fb86a25 to the back. Her steps, now 7226e3fd67 perfectly stable, showed 76c0c97734 none of the 95949239f5 drunken stumbling from 6d3201580b earlier.6b2e7d76c4e82fb4

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“Shit, think she figured it out?”8dc05141228e53a9

Just before panic could really e317b391e3 set in, a blast of 661b30f60c icy wind swept through the a6670310f2 dark fields, and her black 0897e91d08 hair rippled like waves. The sight froze the men 9d17cf0c23 in place for a moment.553264c503149b49

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“Is she hiding?”4d6363329cd56ed8

“That little—?”e187ecd00bf26447

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Even though the 63686d274d woman might’ve caught dd0ae44e13 onto their intentions, 21316e7223 the men didn’t b51d0a29d2 seem concerned. The way she was crouching f9c69b78f7 down clumsily behind the shack—like 0cc9aaa3d6 a cat thinking it’s hidden 982bdbb348 just because its eyes were 711495c2df covered—only confirmed that her judgment 16bf37990e was completely impaired.2ed664298d8750c2

“We don’t need to drag her anywhere. Let’s just do it here 6a6e5493eb and bolt.”53d82ba53e81aeea

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Confident now, the men bfb7d0c464 rushed toward the back 2de3ff57e2 of the shack. Just as they expected, the f396ebd6b0 woman was crouched down behind e3821febde it. Her back was turned 498703b55b to them, hunched over 36c026dcff like she thought she 068def594a was safe just because 35b7c4ca3a she couldn’t see them.fce30d281ffe33e3

“Ugh, fuck! What’s that smell?”710a7f9530481e5a

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One of the dcb1ee3b01 men reeled back, 02f6404e12 gagging and pinching 1cc078a6de his nose. The other guy scowled at 037079a7c4 him but then approached and f470f59787 immediately recoiled too, overwhelmed by a01ec565df the stench.c8caa470ad596efd

“Jesus, this bitch hasn’t washed in days or what? Gag, I’m gonna puke.”2868fd1669400657

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It was the 68def9e199 kind of rot 6b90f32d13 you’d smell from 6cbd934065 spoiled meat or e9f6b838dd a corpse slowly 998946804a decomposing at room 630cbbf357 temperature. It was so 3f3d3abffd bad they seriously 4ddc129f49 had to consider 20a1c78e40 whether to abandon f4ce1eff15 the “catch” right a2767b0dfa then and there. But after coming all this 2d40aec18a way, her killer legs were 9212db2edd too tempting to give up. They decided to adjust db47ccd442 their plan instead.e38e51295a9203a3

“Fuck… try taking a damn shower sometime.”344cb3931f6114ff

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They stepped closer ef7559bb25 to the crouching bfc2414456 woman.3fcb92c8559170e1

Rustle.f26dfc93451c14b9

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Suddenly, a chill wind 9b44298f8f swept through, and her e315f7aef3 hair rippled again. That was when the 5b67cfd0c4 two men froze like bb251d3ed8 statues.a2c69f0a021a4e50

Her long hair 5f64d20f54 fell away from 6bfbeee9fd the back of 3481097f8d her head, revealing 595ff32803 something between the d34d31ba44 strands.a96dd97a0b90d367

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“Heehee… hick…”f3e0f70eadb0da72

It was a 10d312a6bc face—her face—twisted in 6e531783d5 a grotesque grin. Smudged eye makeup f6d014e67d that made her 39d7f2fbe0 look like a 0039cfb00a panda, and lips dcd91728f8 slashed wide and bdda818094 red. Her face was fc134949c8 there on the 89ce16d23a back of her 5168d8c41f head, as if 3ce5c7ed9b her neck had 5bbceb1745 twisted completely around.d90cc13ea719c229

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“Hey there… Remember me?”92cdb43a0501a8e2

She greeted them, but neither 4ec727483a man recognized her. Their minds only 4a3547d1ee screamed ghost, and 9d9a6e987c panic surged through c34cd8f3d6 their limbs. All they could do e4835afc01 was stagger backward, shivering ed5e955535 in terror.194befa332b84468

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Just before they could 0795b0ed9c run or scream, her 709610ed3c hair suddenly stretched unnaturally—long cae08ab8a8 and whiplike—and shot through 7fde20e25b the air. At least, that’s how it 75eb446632 looked to them.62849262619c9ecc

“Gah…!”2b1b8d6374ef4426

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“Ugh!”20c1dca03979410f

Her hair, moving like it a94a541e8d had a will of its c6f2dedbf2 own, coiled around their necks 55206ad121 and yanked them forward. Instinctively, they clawed at their 3733defcdd throats to pry it off, 6bb9edffad but the strands didn’t snap. Instead, their hands got fd45df45df sliced open trying.82459976e17604d9

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They didn’t even question if 2447a455f0 it was a hallucination—just flailed b3019b8e6d helplessly as terror consumed their 64b390959b senses and short-circuited their minds.89df9bd4b9e1edae

In an instant, f4e97a2f19 the men were ff6d102831 dragged across the 9194d60576 ground toward her. Or maybe they crawled on 59e108251c their own.975016f6fd58d33d

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“S-Save…”c5725030cc6f351b

One of them c8117f7b1b tried to cry 52d5ec98ef out with all b4032cfdab his might, but 67fb730c65 it came out 0f927fb503 as nothing more 669a9d94fc than a silent 13f276d211 lip movement, like a9ab13f70c his mouth had 8d1b7b06c4 been plugged with 3a6cdd59fd her black hair. Just like they’d predicted, dfc0a1f60e the shack in the 496a6978a0 middle of nowhere let fc09909257 out a few brief 534fbeab62 screams that never reached 59158e651f another soul—only vanishing into 0167b50110 the night like a 24ef35a72e bad itch scratched away.660132d9eb2696bf

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“Already forgot?”fb40c9728f547b9c

Now face-to-face with her, they ea7cd08868 had no choice but to aff0a3d10d look into her eyes. Even as the blood 1acc80bb6b vessels in their own c2b6a3cb83 eyes threatened to burst, 538da38a19 the terrifying details of 8914a72f28 her face burned into 38221e56a2 their vision like a 7c56f222ca cursed brand.cf33ebd57792d81f

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“So what? Gonna die anyway, right? Hihik… Kkh…!”17da5cabb3be5053

Her tongue slithered b365bf2698 out—long and red d3c9706445 and split like 37756bf18e a snake’s—and licked c9b9e3a61c their faces like 6a5d9307a7 she was tasting 2164ec4710 them. One pissed himself, the 43e43c9111 other sobbed. She seemed very pleased 67098a43da with the reaction and 9ab57ee6f8 giggled in delight.f8c3828919572e5b

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“The night’s long… If we play slow and easy… you’ll come to enjoy it, too…”d172bb61327d5990

One man’s eyes went wide d6a9dea31b as if they’d pop out 7e385ab9af of his skull. The woman’s lips curled 54d4e31dbf and twitched like a 0180d51ea4 dance, stretching wide toward 24f7f01dad her ears.88f6f5f5f85e15a9

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“This moment… I’ve been waiting so long for this… Ahhh…”050c8ddce1054dff

Her fingernails, now long and 782f1bdd34 sharp like pitchforks, slowly raked c3792f89c4 through his chest. Their weak, desperate 7d3517a4b8 resistance faded into b1bb91acc4 the silence of 216f42bbb7 the early morning.fb442ef2281f4b3d

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“Alright, let’s start!”da43f56a2923f8d2

With a bright smile, 00ccf61c01 Sister Jung Yoonyoung clasped e2a71b776b her hands together and 2a088a57aa called out.a1d8a2124b2f285f

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The congregation gathered ad90b178b8 for the Christmas a6ac7b5056 lighting ceremony began 8e8430abb7 a loud countdown. The moment they 9a1d37f3c9 all shouted “zero,” d370d5f28e a warm light 59c98cda52 spread across the 2f63e55653 little Christmas village f2d554d21a set up from 6dc79a8846 the church entrance 7cefcc2bd4 down the steps.208ebd00d8a0d15c

“Oh my goodness! I’ve been coming f5c18346f6 to this church 7396389ee2 for 20 years, add265209a and I’ve never 1539204dc9 seen a Christmas dfaf38feca like this.”7db14f7272452cd6

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Mrs. Kim Hyeyeon, president of b61d2847e3 the parish council, clapped a1d7899a64 like an excited schoolgirl. The other parishioners chimed in e6547fdb93 with cheerful awe.05397dd30d7bc883

“Seriously. Even Myeongdong Cathedral’s got nothing 4c2898179a on us this year.”7a38a37a2b94d2c2

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“Last year, we only had that one tree by the door, remember? No ceremony, nothing.”6130fe8136ea1935

“I still remember how sad Father Lee looked, worrying we didn’t have the budget even for that one tree…”d9d384173ed8fbe3

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“Right. I wonder how Father 27b6cac36e Lee’s doing these days?”dc0f05c434943836

After reminiscing for 8c0726ddb9 a bit, the 324281b8d3 parishioners dragged Choi 567b207d02 Seonwoo into group 491d9005b9 photos. But even though it was fc094b8d8d only early December, the cold d9368f763f snap was fierce—and they didn’t 980bee952c last out in it for a078e25c04 long.617883912c3afe63

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