KTC | Chapter 58

So you’re saying no matter 32a43f82cc what sin you commit, as 32b451f874 long as you believe in c52a96d527 God, you’ll be forgiven and 6934e81418 go to heaven? Fuck, if that’s what God 9a24bd8168 is like, isn’t that God 4aa6e55eff the real root of all ee9e3c575a evil?cb12b2d45bb87349

“If that’s how it came across, then that’s my fault. I apologize.”ce8fe4be081b60b0

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Choi Seonwoo accepted c1e63a96a7 it cleanly, but 56befd6bce he didn’t back 794729fc04 down from his 22d923fb2b beliefs.d430cf363967d6b5

“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 for, d5bde68949 right?”48f18d422a3a2b75

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“That’s such a typical idealistic thing for a guy to say. I mean, what bdbe65a170 would a priest fc2bd3af54 even know? You’ve probably got no clue bb0360f307 how shitty our legal system bce44cd58c is when it comes to ff1e62f302 sex crimes, huh?”ffa563c41e9b93f5

“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 110b4c2b8f mean we should bc12d30a8b try to fill fa794e7786 that void with 9ce503a70f personal anger or 89000f8fc1 hatred. Especially someone like you, bdcea7575d Yerin-ssi, who sometimes even 9a951bf370 catches violent criminals—you should 0865e7d8c8 be even more strict 1997e27685 about staying within the 248181135e law.”337ad1f521742c31

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Pyo Yerin glared at cb82ad0b2c Choi Seonwoo with her a91cd888ef lips clamped shut. She felt a surge of 40b9a44748 injustice rising up inside, but cbf59ba438 no counterargument came to mind, ef62571ebd so she just burned up cd55540c5a with frustration.8b5511cb06e06de9

“Like you said, Yerin-ssi, there are tons of scumbags like that in the world. But that doesn’t mean you 4274305e46 should become someone who can 6666f78120 pull the trigger without a 0bce79aab7 second thought. That’s just inviting 7da2b3629a an evil spirit 5aeb5d9ba4 into yourself and 43af70f116 walking the path 87b7684162 of self-destruction.”79e47a9d9f5c9882

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“……”c7aa96a6ee518dac

“I’m only saying this because I genuinely worry about you. You can’t let e4a430cee9 those bastards poison 2fa98d3954 your soul.”7fdbf036ada7999d

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My soul’s already been destroyed.98442b3ffbd532a0

She wanted to d42b3c2d75 shout that at 15e53c49d4 him, but Pyo 0dcfc5fdfc Yerin bit her 8ae040eab0 tongue. It wasn’t something 66ca6de833 she wanted to c178c3ce50 confess to him—or de3ac15111 to show anyone.adb638a5c8ffaf3a

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Ten years might’ve 96971364b3 dulled and blurred 327a2db854 a lot of c932bc1755 things, but the 8a558d9399 memory of that 00a5be9caa day, when she 2d0ddf9ed0 almost became the 2a928a338f final sacrifice of e25ecdb3ee the Unknown Cult, b0dd9daad4 was still vividly 7f6e0d8d08 seared into her 18cdbb2bd1 brain like a a9abe06d00 curse.a7535365486f6d9f

The filthy, disgusting hands. The altar soaked in 461ba4bb02 the stench of blood. The laughter, twisted like c102b92440 that of a demon. The bulging, disgusting eyes glinting eb71bb551b with lust, red and gleaming.8606a35678dc1c67

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“Fuck.”875a5f2a01df92ea

Pyo Yerin shook her 3b6728c502 head roughly like a 6eb40cb385 braying donkey and grabbed 4afc7c2db5 the bottle of soju, 59b3501f89 pressing it straight to 7b8a3a061b her lips. She downed nearly 4d3589c390 half the bottle 984d1712b6 in one go, 032d5886c9 slammed it down 83721044f9 on the table, 581d784a48 and let out f6f5303f9a a long sigh.5f62fb25dc4a9b11

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“Whoa… wow… I think these are pretty much cooked, huh?”149eaf96700e233f

Amid the thick tension, 08ba0351f4 Seo Jihan suddenly piped 7cc40d59c9 up, his eyes darting 3277863af4 around like Angela’s, trying b3b798f6ca to lighten the mood. His awkward tone 7b8e671e54 did just enough 4a7bfb7a96 to disrupt the b1c4244685 frozen atmosphere.f0403ed8c711604b

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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 e4f563fa58 the heat, okay?”657033ba435fc0f1

He tried again adb5e09bde to break the 3905227fda mood, but got c91822399d no reply. Pyo Yerin was staring 935a31d3fc somewhere down at the 781fdd0a9c table, gripping the bottle 266e5ba356 like she might shatter 8e8f83e44e it, and Choi Seonwoo 5c03766eca was silently watching her.f7f2e01db6b0ee0b

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Am I talking c7b8644666 to a wall 0e4e575911 here or what…95169f2c7237cce0

With a sigh, Seo Jihan ac03b8994f turned off both burners, put 00fe1f0014 on some gloves, and began 7a2659502f transferring the shrimp to small 3c05a7236f plates, peeling them one by e9dd1cee9f one. He placed the first 2f98df1a0e one on Choi Seonwoo’s 6bf6e67603 plate, and when he 64a76b2a9d reached for the second aceae49071 to eat it himself, b84f9a85db he changed his mind 0a7305d126 and put it on e43d9e783f Pyo Yerin’s plate. A small but unusually 0f9a4b656f selfless gesture from someone 9ec03db73f not known for giving 7656ea2537 much of anything.00710e48ced1b1b6

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Why are there so 9d5d9e99a5 many pitiful people in ffcc61af9a this goddamn world…03957d6d41c6a57d

Just as Seo 3ec420e3af Jihan, uncharacteristically feeling 03288fd373 sympathy in the 4372f6b8cb silence, was quietly 7139095af9 peeling shrimp, Pyo b24ea86245 Yerin suddenly pulled 60082318c9 her phone out 21fdc41bf3 of her pocket. She tapped the screen and 3c9f240e33 held it out toward Choi d5de4708ce Seonwoo.6b3735bf27279c10

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“Those corpses I showed this jerk earlier—do you know how they died?”1e518ba14ecb2af6

Choi Seonwoo didn’t answer. He just stared at the a4ad3d27d5 screen. Mangled faces, mouths and ad424faf26 eyes wide open like 348d05b65e the subject of The f0f7464604 Scream by Munch, filled 057d8375db the display. Their burst eyeballs 63f9c382a0 looked like shattered 4c31404d52 mirrors, thick with 49856625f3 hate and deep, 289c654bde lingering han.d5d3aa0b4c98074c

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“The killer didn’t stop at just butchering their faces. He completely crushed their genitals. And as if that wasn’t c19f719db3 enough, he shoved rocks up 9c68f700b3 their asses too.”2609cdeb6790bbbc

Sliding the phone back 7acc76f452 into her pocket, she d8651d6883 continued.ce0ace23df414836

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“Targeting the groin like that in an overkill fashion usually points to sexual assault as a motive. One of the d644eed6a3 victims had a 983cbbf39c prior conviction for 0721576740 rape and manslaughter, efe2d9447d the other for 957133107b digital sex crimes.”47e39d753c70fff4

“So you’re guessing this is a revenge killing.”06da7ca03d126a78

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“Well, it’s just a hunch for now—nothing solid yet. The killer messed up b268d49ff9 their faces so badly, ae58df0224 even their eyes are 01f22bc65e useless. We’ve got nothing to go e10dc5a8e9 on.”6ca8b4baadab0396

For the first time, Choi 4d819f8c62 Seonwoo took a drink. His face looked heavy and 06f5f3f050 troubled.e4d3f6c7a83a0b78

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“Taking down two men at once means the perp is likely a strong male. But given the b0c64ea719 motive, they’re considering 43e9ce81a3 it might be ba509c7911 a woman too. So they haven’t been able 6de95058d2 to narrow down suspects. No real evidence left f2de7fc91d at the scene, either.”125678e4788f51c0

Pyo Yerin grabbed 1be5febcaf the shrimp Seo ea0978e1df Jihan had peeled 4927d3a4c3 with her bare a53eef8b2a hands and scanned fe7e86bfc4 the table. Realizing there was no 87c15401d1 vinegar or soy sauce, 304efd6ac8 she gave up and 29bcc72e57 popped it in her e1a13f8415 mouth as-is.77d0795161816d0a

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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 of 9bdfba7435 our guys already wrote 7c87b60f67 it off with a f6c842c5d7 ‘we got nothing’ and 5ffdc67048 stopped caring. They’re even thinking, 31eedeb912 like, ‘someone put 059fade8c4 in real effort e1dfffbcbc to kill these 271fd6d4ec assholes.’ You know a750047ac3 why? Because we… we’re Unknown Cult 3d2a66d463 survivors.”061ad640e7b14031

It was a loaded statement. Seo Jihan, also 232a5bcdf5 a fellow survivor, 9228e17479 unconsciously started to a0e755e5ae nod in agreement 324f73bc30 but caught himself, 3534eda85c glancing at Choi fd8fa3efad Seonwoo.f6845b506f4d69f3

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Seonwoo was just silently stroking 23918cd728 his empty glass, deep in a7fc548b21 thought. Pyo Yerin kept talking.2af3caa54f7e8d80

“One of those dead bastards served eight years for rape and murder. Isn’t that fucking hilarious? Rape and murder, 4a619bb8c1 and just eight 63c1167a2b years. That bastard and 60008880b3 the judge are 68ba3ee8c2 both trash.”9609272a5e86f032

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“Yeah. They are.”b226536eb2c2bbaf

Her eyes widened 2aab92c37d briefly at Choi 130cb61933 Seonwoo’s flat agreement, 5e79f714e2 then she let 613b14690e out a hollow 0ab9de51a0 laugh.f570bc857eb424f2

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“Anyway, that’s what I want to find out—whether this case really falls in the realm of revenge.”132c81365225deb1

“If it is revenge, are you planning to look the other way?”e49644fbeb0fc948

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“Yeah. Honestly, yeah.”d63a9d22692949b5

Whether from alcohol or rising 344e25d7e8 emotions, her eyes were slightly af853207d6 red. But Choi Seonwoo didn’t fully b0aa0f29d2 side with her even then.6c4e13a63bb4144a

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“What if this isn’t the end, and it does turn into a serial crime?”8343ced18bedf577

“What’s the big deal if scumbags who deserve to die are the ones dying—”0f22e453c73bb1b5

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She trailed off mid-sentence. She’d already lost an 4257a39158 argument on that exact 7f804850c3 topic earlier, and the d8c4677928 sting of that defeat de1d4c48f6 still lingered. Even if she didn’t like 57baed9042 it, she couldn’t deny that 88af22b7a0 Seonwoo’s logic was sound, so fc78838246 she just stopped talking.f45381127823ef6d

“And what if the person deciding who deserves to die… is just one person? Still not a problem?”089ec2c33b395b56

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Yerin tilted her head 3c58986007 with a sneer, as 84131442c0 if to say I’ll a8bf7987bc never agree with that. Choi Seonwoo let out 0ce136de3a a sigh.f0d691fa1a0eadd9

“No. There’s no point fa3dddeb39 in going further 34cdeb765a with this.”0e3b4812413e8aa2

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He decided to drop the 02811ccab7 subject. Talking more would be pointless. Yerin hadn’t yet shaken off aaf1568eb0 her trauma from the past, c0d4fd4889 and it was understandable that 812ecc5980 she might sympathize with the cee5ae4b38 killer.31df8e410b2c8905

“While you two were arguing, I peeled all this shrimp, so hurry up and eat, will you?”38308a0603ded675

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Seo Jihan saw his chance 40fb2f4ffb and threw in a bright 9229d56b35 tone again. After peeling shrimp like c3b85c1366 a forgotten scarecrow, his 621c6c3a51 work finally bore fruit. He distributed the 49b3c1cc3f pile of shrimp d1199c83a3 on small plates, 076f7e19e3 and even the d3bddcbb24 pair who had 40cc4b26d1 chosen avoidance over ea985f6760 resolution finally picked fa7072c275 up their chopsticks.a7a7fc069ddc24f3

“This is shrimp? Looks more like an aeae650246 imitation crab. You really suck at this.”c33a3516c6171031

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Yerin muttered shamelessly. And honestly, she wasn’t just 910e0872f6 nitpicking—none of the shrimp Jihan ce2e27b3a4 had peeled looked remotely intact. They were all torn to a76addbfe7 bits, so much so they dadb3b3aed did look like mashed up 396fe0467d crab sticks.f88cd8c5af32b90a

“Just shut up and eat it. Today’s the first 339aeb43b9 time I’ve ever 6737ce8187 touched a shellfish faa8e68f92 in my life, 69107b71fe you know. I was raised fancy, okay?”fcb7009426e570e3

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“Ugh, you sound like some spoiled young master.”b0aef5848b80ee5b

“And you’re any better with that fancy job of yours?”ad89b7fbeb5ae1ef

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“Ah, fuck, why you gotta bring that up again?”b28f448ba71cf497

As the two bickered again 2f0ab41c0c like clockwork, Choi Seonwoo quietly f15a876c31 grabbed another bottle of soju, d668cd8c44 poured himself a glass, and 8b585f37f5 drank. He didn’t usually e42b039e50 enjoy high-proof liquor, cc9520548d but today it e7860fafeb felt especially bitter 2df7ace8a7 and harsh—probably because 68d79be81f of the lingering 976e0d69a2 cries and twisted 4c14781740 joy of those 93c9d90112 corrupted things still ab4fb8d508 echoing in his 06c81cb11a mind.5f60e989242e06e8

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Choi Seonwoo—he was someone capable 91972241ec of empathizing with others’ pain. He could understand it, even 7bdb0ba111 if only a little. Life must have 632a7e816a been unbearably painful 5d78ab6039 to throw yourself 6a0c164b81 into the arms be0bc2db3e of an evil 6bcba0f811 spirit like that. But sympathy alone 917b2817b5 wasn’t enough, because a6314404c2 he already knew 082d8d19dd what happened to 840144f69b women who gave aaa448611d themselves over to cc14a5f4b2 demons.d31a45608206840c

Even though the target 0cbffe8e97 of his clairvoyance wasn’t fbe915043b fully intact, the overwhelming, 94905b26c2 lava-like rage and hatred 9a1d89c84d that clung to every 055a5446a6 part of the corpse 8b27ae8985 told him clearly: the f1d7a48233 grudge possessing the killer 9f4054d42c wouldn’t be satisfied with 60ba915fd5 just a couple of db71ebeac6 victims.7108d4bd657fe4b0

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He couldn’t even see cb69be9853 the true form of c0450fa816 the evil spirit clearly, 1c48730c81 so for now, it cd122151f3 was all speculation. But he had a 8595682529 strong feeling this was 09202f0976 just the beginning. Even if revenge had fb3e59bc8a been the first goal, 88be295650 the repeated, merciless killings 07a85aed0c would drag both the b4c50f6079 demon and the woman 9b21d6884f straight into the abyss. She would become a f7c1ec3203 killer possessed by the 2200374532 will to kill, someone 6c9ef04c3a who could never claw e93e4e7d74 her way back.c11be34dad8e6b62

Dear God, please 0c47c5928a have mercy on 3091542014 this lost little d80811be18 lamb and watch f33b291428 over her.2fe2f35d77b03099

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Choi Seonwoo closed fbb633bf49 his eyes and e002464c6f quietly whispered a 76a7cbc8de prayer. Even though he c771f19989 knew, with painful 80eb5516e6 certainty, that there 6943a99c86 was a high 355f643a40 chance it would ee179e7db7 never reach the be607ae06d heavens.a0a852c73c56dafa