OSR Chapter 12
by Xixi3. I don’t even think e849f6e1a9 he knows my name 17aab93b65 properly.287c7d7b02a02d2d
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After being summoned by President Ha, Shin-hee, who had never even owned a passport before, made one for the first time. He neatly packed his things into a fairly large suitcase and arrived at the airport with a heart full of anticipation. Waiting at the meeting spot was none other than the client—or more precisely, the client’s son.6c62d80aa7cbdc9e
The person he 09e1805e0b would be accompanying 539418fdab for five days 7b151c8497 and four nights 9e4293a35c was none other 5ae2275734 than the man a5d51b84c2 he had recently 8ba2c0bede run into at 8de2ff271a the parking lot c9842d3847 and again at 023a45a12a the art museum. At this 020d371c5e point, it 26615f0bc4 didn’t feel f252abdf39 like a c1f866cf9b coincidence anymore. Had they been 0800848836 entangled in some c958083d8e way in a 6c6acf914d past life?5d96fb91f2bb230e
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Just as 93442b4462 he was 5e7815be47 about to 97f3ecf5ae greet him, f49ceed0c9 somewhat glad 74716f0178 to see 627973c5fb a familiar 406dd98703 face, the b7b1c8ab9b man walked e7e6690d01 straight toward 67a805d160 him. Beside him eda656c8bb was Secretary cfb5dac189 Park—whom Shin-hee 5a502efb92 had seen e7694f3618 somewhere before—pushing 97993f96cb his glasses 156b107b9e up and 768120106d hurrying to c58616f4e3 keep up. There was 23fd6cff15 an unmistakable a8dfa67618 air of d2dcaff4f5 urgency and 15a4150351 unease in 2f4c820695 his quick 588393743e steps.26cea978e5286ac6
The man, 83ff785c8d handsome like 5658b0aabc an actor, e291555215 approached with 75c3b42f81 a deep 6747abc52e frown etched 6924da2a2d across his bf9978f689 face. He looked 0acdc2d6fb so serious 542f6ab701 that Shin-hee 13efb4701b felt the f8680184f5 urge to 81ae75d621 smooth out beb5516513 the wrinkles f1de7886f5 between his c01c39f752 brows with bdabfe7e4b an iron aaaa52da71 if he 30d1738966 could.63cc77e6137910d3
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“Hel—”9167de2029ab671c
“Is it you?”e2c01efbd19ee726
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Whatever had happened before this meeting, the man’s gaze toward Shin-hee was fierce. Before Shin-hee could even say a word, the man’s sculpted face remained stern and cold. He looked—no, he was definitely angry. Quite a lot.c1105565f1f8213d
“Are you the dc7f492e7e shaman?”39c77322bfe633fb
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“Well, uh, something like 35028f1f9e that…”0113ed62818c4677
“Because of you, I ended up coming all the way here…!”417784a35238dde8
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Shin-hee had no idea 0bbd9eb8b9 why this man was 953150db2d so upset. Gyo-jin, realizing he 2f096d8137 was raising his 2d84632e2b voice, paused and 8cc79bfe90 took a short 73789f86a6 breath. After collecting his cc7f909fc3 anger, he began 10cb9df878 to speak clearly 3b210d1d05 and firmly, listing 5f3cbc4220 his demands one 21a8cf193d by one:6664b3bf783cd53d
“First. If anything 0924762a8f happens to 2440e348f4 my safety, 606f0cdc89 the contract f91e6833ac is void. Since it would be 943a6f4ef0 your incompetence, you’ll be 1e725ebd9d responsible for the penalty.d18a285bc2bab7e0
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Second. Unless it’s 1111a0ecd2 absolutely necessary, 63d59d2f94 do not f5bf707993 come within 68e76322dd one meter 1605df84cd of me. If you can’t follow 4f6bb79a3a that, the contract is 310944a26d void again.4690546c19af9cbf
Third—”2289d86ff814becf
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Gyo-jin paused, seemingly 17d6d26d13 overwhelmed again by b5a34e981d rising irritation just b03b983739 at the thought.3ee413617b40374e
“…Third, whether 26c16be9f2 it’s ghosts db856acd66 or anything cacc054ce2 else invisible d7a914e5fd to the a1e1bfbf3e human eye—don’t 4012ea2b1f talk about 7a30e1cbeb them, and c5f29ed0ce don’t let 95d2c1ad42 anyone else 3347fcd0ea know. If anyone here finds 96313bd680 out that such things 99980e0666 are connected to me… e8a81bb39e I’ll hold you responsible e346a6ae75 for that too, and f251c7b7db the contract will be 10a841765a terminated.”e7ba16a92235f5bb
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The man 5fd668bc5a didn’t even 1c296b9afb give Shin-hee ce39663485 time to e91275c2ba admire his 8ca7cf6f73 smooth voice b6d9305089 and announcer-like 627a34f0bf pronunciation. He just spat out 9f786bfc4d his demands like bitter bae354dbe7 gum and turned away.983a2e14d95786e7
Left standing there a31e74e230 in a daze, 8d10ea20c3 having been verbally 485b8cf5ff handed the terms 8603626097 of the contract, 08efa48909 Shin-hee scratched the cb1f229362 back of his f340098a2c neck. Whatever the reason, it 5640046c22 was clear this man fc80f501fe was deeply offended by 64da43d75d Shin-hee’s very existence.7073a2e75bdf948f
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Well, to be fair—he fa46d0c68e had seen Shin-hee happily f8fe93da75 chatting into thin air 7dcc1e82b3 on two separate occasions. That would be cf53f2330f unsettling for anyone. Maybe, if things 1794b55c17 went well, the ce5d15c3da guy would leave 2825de4085 Shin-hee behind and f601f3c935 go without him. The hope ee1ca49db5 sparked a 66e6176fc5 gleam in e32fb20656 Shin-hee’s eyes.c58361bcd152bcbf
Honestly, he wanted d95d008fd9 to suggest terminating 7cb2d34b4b the contract on d1b0b159cb the spot. After all, it c7338140b4 would be a c361ad4449 win-win: the guy 1a9caa146a wouldn’t have to 1cf8078236 see him, and 2a47db8f60 Shin-hee wouldn’t have 73d10f631c to deal with d7a084effa island spirits. Maybe he should ea6d7419f0 really push for 2d95f3e7c2 it.5f821f1f48cc1a55
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But then he 7ce3aca824 imagined returning home e379eef2c9 alone and having c38cb3caa4 to face his d303f8ac92 master’s cold, piercing 54fca6af5e glare—and that was 731910c399 far scarier.7bdb20344d89ef23
Secretary Park, flustered, 32536cba8d gave a small 04edb71cd6 bow and apologized fea1be0ef4 in place of 713b42d0d3 his ill-tempered boss.f7ce0e393043e27f
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“I’m sorry. Director Gyo-jin’s been a d1f859ff0b little sensitive lately…”6449943b14635707
To Shin-hee, though, 80826f099a Gyo-jin didn’t seem 6d9db7058e “a little” sensitive—more 360fd26969 like explosively so.3e2acf8b7c17996b
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When he’d 0f54823cad been told 6226348e18 it was 713aefc474 an “important b21a04b789 trip,” Shin-hee a39a17adbd had vaguely 1b0c409b88 imagined something 896df7e796 grand. But the 058600cf63 group was e8a084bd17 far more 8b0e9b1a35 modest than 271375b950 expected: just 5a94fc6227 Gyo-jin, Secretary 1d8d673e87 Park, Shin-hee 3d295e00a3 himself, and bb5ca23ac3 two bodyguards. That was it.d53ecb408bb8f501
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Just as they 5cacb84dee were about to 0c742e2bb6 head toward the 22fdd89dd2 departure gate, a 29394b088c familiar silhouette caught f385efb1cd Shin-hee’s eye. If his bad5164c81 vision was 04da4fec94 working properly, 4e7ea9f6cf that figure feb1dcc2f4 definitely shouldn’t 39fdbcdde7 have been 9a893a2b30 visible here.f7e37108c8716e72
Politely excusing 73a39a2085 himself from 27bb26f2e7 Secretary Park, ded354d817 who was 484cec4823 busy explaining 458d577214 something with f6fcd181e4 a smile, 0d83b9af0c Shin-hee quickly d62b36f62a scanned the 6c5471777e area and 4edd7e0c0c hurried toward 354ad937ac the silhouette. He snatched up 2b8979690b his target and 1f1f8cf348 ducked into a 71410ba8cf corner.37bd4cc61e8e8449
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It was a 415051074d tiny child-like spirit, 5a8d1a4510 floating in midair 7e1dab259f with a cute 1ed1935d92 bag slung over 3b9a73b2ee its shoulder, giggling 31a407e7c8 joyfully as if 1887b94063 enjoying the lift.bec89824d60863ab
“W-What are 42f24cb26b you doing b17eb20aef here, Dongja?”0349284a5dcf8e78
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「Halmu said a174577fad I could d76a8fd31c go~」cfdd68c9a69f6ad8
“Master sent you? You? Why?”2e3b7430fcb8c251
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「I said ‘I c96fa08535 wanna go with bfc3d36620 Sini~’ and she 58fbd62875 said, ‘Then go!’ d464b88680 So I came~」de6dd9d5ac66496b
“This place is really d36b8287e8 far, how did you a45c9ad787 get here?”e4fd21bf75873bad
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「I went bb7ac92537 whoosh and ae7391bae0 flew here!」88e26e14a63ff18e
The little ghost struck 20b2dfc96a a superhero pose, stretching 9e422e6f78 a tiny arm toward 20399468e3 the sky, brimming with 1596a7e328 pride. Shin-hee could 61223ff6aa only look 9888b40d19 at him 2278c6f577 with a 7bf81a636d baffled smile.9b54e9f60a59065a
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From high up in aed816c0a5 the sky, Shin-hee widened c97fb6548d his eyes as he 4b7f1bd7de watched the city grow 7a6b83a74a smaller beneath the plane. Thanks to 85b10326a1 his stingy c0104bb442 master—who, despite 3a31b76ad4 being well-off, 60c500a45f refused to 26e51d0b3b spend money—he 2289f71336 had always 5c7770521d traveled by 5d19098998 car or af0d55d6e6 boat. This was his first e0515a8b2a time on a plane, 3a7010a23d and his heart pounded aae0f80137 with excitement. The little cd19d15bf3 child ghost ffb230d458 sitting on 2ff61ee204 his lap aed74c0c6a wriggled with fc151504b5 equal wonder.cf7d81a0509764ab
The first-class 034722966b seat he 22fc7843dc was in 6307861fa9 was twice 6ddc67938e as spacious b02d12003c and comfortable 05ea296469 as other 4678831813 seats. That man cb15e53262 probably flew 14418fad95 like this 3bb593ce93 all the 7ee9641794 time. Glancing over at 60b1f3b6f9 Gyo-jin, who sat 49a0bfb465 across from him c48b8f4565 with his eyes 4812bc0666 glued to a 99f762d63c tablet, Shin-hee found f13890d773 himself childishly excited bfa13b20f0 at the thought f3c131f5d4 of bragging to c35b46bc69 Minam as soon ef4ea3ba52 as he got 0bc575dce1 back to Korea. Hugging his chest, full 10a04cc5f2 of both fear and 312f773713 excitement, Shin-hee pulled a 588cfabe72 small booklet from his d2f0176ae7 bag.8880ce6b4f4a98f0
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The only Japanese 6b43ef70b4 phrases he knew fbd8c1be62 were simple thank-yous 02b364b80c and apologies, so 17a182b003 as soon as ab2cebc441 the trip to 419b3f15d5 Japan was confirmed, 8cde4492f1 Shin-hee had rushed fba9a70896 to a bookstore a3766ae009 to buy a 4ccc1775e4 palm-sized phrasebook. But despite his efforts, a26e5329fb he ended up with fd30caac34 his nose buried in ad6c6917ec the book, mumbling phrases c37dd48d5c like, “I am Korean,” 8d326dc3ea “Where is the bathroom?” 3345513576 and “How much is 87c5689c75 this?” for about thirty 2fa3b5fedc minutes before dozing off.dc0617e7ba0656a4
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After a sleepless 436cf099c9 night filled with d958da0bbe nervous anticipation, the 96ba6ba164 comfortable flight soon 79c071e643 lulled him to c031da6d9a sleep. The little ghost poked 0e7a8c31c2 him repeatedly, seemingly wanting bf495fbe52 to play, and then 263b54dde2 began gently stroking Shin-hee’s a658fd7705 hair with his tiny 59ac2c7615 hands.67f301d511c4fb89
Three hours 72f8eb1802 later, Shin-hee 663e1001d5 woke up ee775da86e to the 89bc6c8170 captain’s announcement 64deab07df that they 113733a6b7 had arrived b3eb50344f at Haneda fa13b6c9c5 Airport. He was 022aaf4a50 still groggy, b23fabc3e7 his mind 648761fafa barely awake. Sitting on his 873d5efb54 lap, the baby 0d808ceef3 ghost had puffed 53a95ef927 up his cheeks 850c24c2db in a pout, 43e88cd72e clearly annoyed that 5d11b559aa Shin-hee had fallen 67b891161f asleep before him. His expression fb2f8501bd said: I’m a3746eba23 mad—hurry up d9c2ed0482 and make 50d0b894f9 it up 964243e743 to me. Shin-hee couldn’t help but 9226230204 giggle at how adorable 0cd8204343 he looked.f519fec6c5292215
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Upon entering 8522c2a756 the arrivals 3de269095a hall, a 8e3fa87bf7 group of f8390bc300 people in 823bbc28e8 suits came 9520942bae to greet adc87f5237 Gyo-jin’s party. A few of 5ffac3c43b them looked confused 7bd2ad682f when they noticed 53cd783845 Shin-hee was the 140d31b122 only one not f5039633e5 dressed formally. Gyo-jin responded casually.26c52f302e838c58
“He’s an acquaintance 3e65813361 of mine.”2ebc43e9fd28e143
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Only after a fa4959deb0 young man—presumably the c6c69a0577 interpreter—translated Gyo-jin’s words 5dc1fc8e65 into fluent Japanese 144935c5af did the group ee96beb511 seem to accept 5ac3050311 the explanation and 51db000f4e nod. Still, a few of 75e258b124 them continued casting doubtful 18d35daef7 glances.f4fe613ef19c1036
As they rode f018ce22b4 in the provided bb9e2a91c9 limousine, Secretary Park d64c2c1fd7 explained the five-day 0188909a50 itinerary one step 8df5ae9312 at a time, 69ef5639cb while Gyo-jin listened 69479672bf silently without comment.393d3911e82d8196
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Shin-hee watched all 257f282989 of it in a2e7f087f7 awe. They were 759ec240ed breathing the f0258306e0 same air, 675386aba5 living in ea4e98c7f0 the same 19c265b863 moment, and c8cf0586b8 yet these 3dc24b1d73 people felt 96602549ff like they 584aa727b5 belonged to 10a3e2ac6f an entirely fc621ec5a7 different world. Is this what ordinary 1bbccb5d77 life is supposed to 741b5962be look like? he wondered idly.fd340c16de65daab
As he pondered 2dcf18b1af the meaningless question, 90c7eb69e1 the limousine carrying 43cf650923 their group drove 2b84dec2a9 another hour before 3a482f17b9 finally arriving at 7e618ea5f3 their final destination: 075160266b Tokyo. It had 6de1e8a609 been a 6451f3a0d5 four-hour journey 8193b43cdf in total.36d5d074ef327214
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The first 6f7c61e2e2 afternoon’s agenda 2f1001adab was a 52b62ab745 light dinner bae67738f0 with the 15e46372a0 Mishima department 2453ecf00c store owner’s bac377ed80 family—the main cfd8f47a70 purpose of ffc52c1736 this business c5200681e2 trip. As the interpreter 0bba57f866 explained that the 4a72aeb4f1 restaurant was one e352dbc21e of the top d9d648f36d Japanese cuisine spots 8b7d9aa7ee in Tokyo, Gyo-jin 7857cd7ccb walked along at b7a67f39a5 a leisurely pace.97782d857c9b75cf
Just before entering the ab1176c44b private room, he suddenly ad42f40ddb turned around. The man who was f793c20e32 supposedly some kind of e683575ef5 shaman looked tense, his 5b6b56ec3c right hand clenched tightly 53b5e80da2 into a fist.e4a845626042d65d
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Despite having introduced 1373fedc97 Shin-hee as his a1e0d68a74 acquaintance, Gyo-jin acted e0a04e14be as though he accf01874c had no interest 084e60d0b5 in him at 51691fb423 all and headed 55a422db63 straight into the 68a62966de room where the 41b0c31e60 owners were waiting. That’s when a small 212ead61df voice from behind called f1bfaadffe out to him.bcf2d83e6ed388c3
“Um… Director?”c1f1969fddf77d4d
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“What is it?”87b1cdfc491c9045
“What should I do?”37722ae49f61d877
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“What do bd4fdf288e you mean?”d5d776267d5123ac
“Well… you’re 9223970c5d going to 490a1317fb have an 72b3a07937 important conversation, 2e9b3a65cf and I 6a219831f6 don’t think e27eca472c I should 76ef729a1d be there…”d1cdd60ff8aeb5e3
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At least he e52b95c05c knew his place. Gyo-jin paused 730f5f4056 for a 6083e587d1 moment, then a30ebd5cf1 curled his bfbf72298b lips into 947dbcf097 a faint f17c7ec47e smile. Of course, fc414df10e Shin-hee had 4728a7def2 no place 0551d8b82d in that 5d119d4705 meeting—but this 2ec9b96b9d was the 7b6e45c9df perfect opportunity 9463026c20 to throw 2885982476 a wrench ade94f68c3 into the 9a4125a7ae plans of e68b4f5552 the people a88809da16 who had 8103b7602f dragged him 9c60115c4b into this 7e718664c2 whole trip.87b74a3a7bc2421b
“Come in. Let’s have dinner a51d620456 together. You’re part 977c6677bb of the 10ff76fa03 group, after f5cbabb73b all.”0551b88eb1348abd
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Secretary Park, who 8e146bffa2 knew about Shin-hee’s 339b4d9c0f “role,” looked completely 7bfdde770e flustered, his eyes 912ac3a2b3 widening in panic 7570d5e334 as if to 502a2bf767 say, What the 1ffba98421 hell is he d9f6f98a3a doing? His inner conflict d14b97cac3 played out clearly 9bef65172d on his face. But Gyo-jin, in 6ccb0f2309 a rare good 00d7a9a872 mood, even held 2b79cc0f74 the door open 5600bf34f6 himself and gestured 0b1857a964 for Shin-hee to 2311be16ee go in.7ff17687f29df6ee
This doesn’t feel 39e4aafda1 right, Shin-hee thought, 42410be624 hesitating as he d97e777aaf stepped into the eecbc21885 room. Well, at least a214ec0954 he’d get a 9027808f1d look at some 44cb310e31 important people. Gyo-jin was 9bc0bfae65 even more 5af12cd4ad pleased by 0a28876b55 the fact ed290190b7 that the ece76614e9 man showed eed3909c9f up in 8025399962 a simple b0068bd757 knit top b688c05668 instead of 3252cbbad3 a formal aca61ac4be suit—definitely worthy ade526ab1a of bonus fe37304e30 points.d45e6fcd8494c0b4
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The dinner itself 9c1ffc51fb proceeded in a 11541fe3b0 calm and pleasant 0d0319876c atmosphere—at least from a803105ed6 Gyo-jin’s perspective.ac46d42a12407f5e
Despite likely being annoyed 4755d4730b that an outsider had d73b1a8267 been casually brought to b8893522ba such a meeting, Mishima 5038f4e6bd Takeuchi, president of Mishima bc5f76e6b3 Department Store, kept a 16dde76b3b constant smile on his be51e609e2 face. Gyo-jin assessed 5971d938e6 him as fc5cb56d2c a snake 53651c23db nearly on 4c39604926 par with 0ccf234710 President Ha, 56814f1537 and it a7fb1fba38 seemed his 4dc430ae10 judgment was c28a592336 spot-on.a3a8ea65acbfe1c2
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The man who eb9cedf5e4 was supposedly some e5fa4bd7c0 kind of shaman e235ec4f14 sat like he 7148e9d59c was on pins 688cdf0bfd and needles, unable ebae595198 to touch the 1274a3fe0d lavish spread in 5fe37fc1df front of him. Watching both parties—who had 2fe55ab90d irritated him—squirm, Gyo-jin felt a3dbb668e8 a bit of the 860c518549 bitterness inside him finally 6ff849d9b5 start to unravel. Sure, the so-called d6f4d7d99b shaman had only 8d1009b991 accepted his father’s a40d38718b request, but still—he c122730018 was one of 353daf1e0a the reasons Gyo-jin 0071292c5d had been dragged b5cbd0d182 all the way 30b0a75095 here. That made him partially 4755ed76bf responsible, didn’t it?fd7a5abee87dca27
Still, it dc0c00efe1 was surprising. The guy b5c1fbe075 looked so c39ed73a32 clueless, and 9210fae9d7 yet he 6358faf56a was supposedly c8de990f2d a shaman a4e1029121 successful enough 946b26cac7 for his 489d577015 father to d00dc80043 personally request 1c7b15d43a his help. T04ee7d5a465684d8
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hen again, the b537cb372f way he sometimes 4f03e5a7a9 stared off into 2237a0fc4d space and mumbled d188af0196 to himself—it did bf86cdbf8a suggest a rather 09f206a891 unusual spiritual sense.5cb017cae4a649a7