Chapter 1: A Day with a Strange Fortune (1) (2/2)

“Gil-Duk”

“Yes?”

“Do you have a conscience? It sounds like you don’t have one if you are askingwas clear: if Gil-Duk had a conscience, he wouldn’t have even asked such a question; and if he didn’t, the solution was already given to hiure out the rest by hi, ‘the one who is at fault grumbles the loudest’ You are the one at fault, but you are talking about extermination”

“…”

“Anyways, deal with it yourself if you really want to do that Or turn to religion likeand rose from his seat

“C-Chi-Woo Wait, Choi Chi-Woo!”

“I’” Chi-Woo turned his back to Gil-Duk without hesitation

After leaving the café, Choi Chi-Woo headed to the station “Seriously I can’t believe it…” When a friend he hadn’t seen in a long tioing to be about

‘There were two of them’

Chi-Woo didn’t knohat exactly Gil-Duk did in that haunted house, but now, one guy was hanging on his back while another guy was fervently choking his throat Chi-Wooto help him out a bit if Gil-Duk had been in an unfair situation However, once Chi-Woo listened to the full story, it was clear that Gil-Duk holly to blauy only calls me when he needs help’ Chi-Woo recalled, and his ht of what Gil-Duk had said

[But since you were young, you have been—]

As Gil-Duk said, since he was young—no, since he was born, he had experienced all kinds of strange incidents to the point that this event didn’t even count as strange for hiure on top of a streetlight in his path When he saw a spirit for the very first time and realized they weren’t humans, he really was—

‘Huh?’

Chi-Woo halted his steps He quickly went back and rechecked the top of the streetlight He sao black sures that looked as disheveled as a rat’s nest

uys…?’ Chi-Woo made a startled expression ‘Did they follow me?’

The two spirits had seemed familiar; now that he looked at them more carefully, he realized that they were the spirits that had been attached to Gil-Duk He didn’t know the reason why, but they were following hih…” Chi-Woo covered his face with both hands His head hurt, so he rubbed at his temples “Ah… Seriously…”

Now that he are of the frouesses as to why they were following him It could be because he had briefly met their eyes before, or it could be because they heard Gil-Duk’s words

et himself into…’ Chi-Woo poured a bucket of insults towards Gil-Duk inside his nore theo on with his life or send them back? Honestly, the former option was usually better, but his parents were at home Most of all, he had experienced the unpredictable nature of spirits countless times, so he couldn’t just leave them alone

“hello What do you want?” In the end, Chi-Woo turned back and asked while looking at the top of the streetlight “Why are you here?”

The two puffs of sly startled that Chi-Woo talked to them They soon flowed down like water to face Chi-Woo

ht? Our eyesHow can he see us?’ </e to each other

“I already told that guy to apologize I won’t intervene whether you decide to accept his apology or not, so please quickly go back”

Even though Chi-Woo spoke nicely to them, the two spirits did not move at all Instead, they moved one step closer to Chi-Woo

“…What did you say?” Chi-Woo furrowed his brows “You want me to listen to you two for a bit? You want to borrow my body for a bit? No, I refuse Why would I do that?”

Chi-Woo was used to these requests In the first place, vengeful spirits had lingering attach world and could not move on to the next world For that reason, they tried everything they could do to borrow a living person’s body to fulfill their wishes Of course, this was not an easy feat, but there were hu one of theo back And it’s best to move on to the afterlife if possible”

Chi-Woo rejected their request outright and made his intentions clear When he then turned around, he felt a great force bending his head back so violently that his neck could have ended up snapped should things go wrong An ominous presence crawled up the back of his neck and hair Even without seeing who it was, the perpetrator was obvious One of the vengeful spirits had used its powers, angry that Chi-Woo refused to listen to their requests

“Ha” Chi-Woo stared up at the sky involuntarily and let out a laugh in astonishment He wanted to tell the world, the harder it would be for the his breath The two spirits weren’t the types to care about such things to begin with

So instead, Chi-Woo immediately took out his bible to extract the talis it around his hand Then he silentlyshi+t’ and rolled the talisman around his hand With his other hand, he seized the smoke and threw the spirit down as hard as possible

“Hey”

With a thud, the spirit hit the ground at about the sa to the ground and the spirit watching this exchange were shocked He was able to hit us?

But Chi-Woo was not interested in their reactions “Are you crazy?” Chi-Woo grabbed onto his cross necklace and pulled it off “I was already in a rotten rabbed the tre spirit by its throat and pulled it up “Why are you so surprised? I’m able to see you Why wouldn’t I be able to touch you?”

Chi-Woo stabbed the spirit’s head with the protruding part of the cross

-Kieeeccccccckk!

A screa in the air

“The one ronged you was that bastard” Chi-Woo did not stop “Did I do anything to you guys?” He pulled out the cross and stabbed the spirit’s head again

“Why Are You fucking With Me Then?” Chi-Woo stabbed the spirit’s head nonstop and kept shaking it

Noticing the other spirit tre to the ground “Ah, can’t forget about you, can I?”

“Get over here, you fucking shi+t” Chi-Woo opened his backpack and took out a darkened club The startled spirit quickly moved back

“…Oh?” Chi-woo cao back, but this bastard kept pushi+ng you?”

The re with Chi-Woo

“Do you really expect me to believe that?”

Chi-Woo bobbed the black club on his shoulder up and down “Aha So then, I guess I should leave you alone and beat only this guy to a pulp”

Hearing this, the spirit quickly got on its knees Two hands popped out froesture Chi-Woo snorted at this sight and looked down at the other spirit he had just beaten down

“Hey” He nudged the s and told it, “I just want to live quietly Are you listening? We’ll leave each other alone Do you understand me?”

The spirit didn’t answer It seeot up from his spot and kicked the collapsed spirit away Then he told the other spirit, “Take it and piss off”

The spirit stopped rubbing its hands together and hurriedly took its companion away Chi-Woo watched the two spirits until they becaue and put his club back into his backpack, along with his belongings He latched the cross to its string and hung the necklace around his neck again He also tried to put the talisman back into the Bible, but shoved it into his pocket instead when he noticed that it was blackened Only then did he realize that …?”

“Oh uy when I grow up!”

“You can’t”

Many people passed by Chi-Woo like they were looking at a hts whirled inside his mind, such as ‘I should’ve moved spots’, ‘Why do I have to suffer such humiliation because of those bastards?’, ‘That damn Gil-Duk’,</e in his pants pocket began to ring

Brrrrr!

There was another ring, and Chi-Woo reached into his pocket to pull out his phone He pushed back his hair in annoyance and pushed the call button

“hello?”

—Aer brother?

It was an old but deep voice Chi-Woo flinched and pulled his phone away to check its screen It was a nu at his phone’s screen intently, he placed his phone back to his ear and asked, “Who are you?”

—If it’s fine with you, could I have soht now?