The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

101.

“Oh, my nose is falling off.”

As soon as I entered Han Seong-yeol’s house, Kwon Tae-soo said with a wrinkled expression.

As he said, the house was full of stench.

Also, all sorts of rubbish was strewn about the floor, so there was no space to step on.

At a glance, it seemed that he had been subsisting on delivery food for the three weeks of the curse.

But I was sick and couldn’t even clean up the garbage, and the leftover food spoiled and created a bad smell.

We stepped on the litter and went inside.

A simple villa with only one room except for the kitchen and bathroom.

Han Seong-yeol was lying in the only room, moaning.

I got close to him.

“Han Seong-yeol, is that right?”

“Ugh… ”

But he couldn’t even open his eyes at my words.

I only let out moans of dying.

“How can I not do this?”

“A cursed person has no answers. I need to go see a specialist to get me to my senses.”

“Then I can’t help it.”

I nodded like that and held out my hand toward Han Sungyeol.

What was carried in that hand was a white lightning bolt.

Originally, when I lost consciousness due to pain, I was supposed to open my eyes when more severe pain came.

I poured enough electricity into his body that no one died.

“Uh oh oh oh!”

Then, Han Seong-yeol twisted and convulsed with a scream.

It was quite a violent movement, unlike the dying state of the moment before.

“I’m going to catch someone like this.”

“I have to catch it. He’s the one who let’s go.”

“Huh, that too.”

Han Seong-yeol’s eyes slowly opened while he and Kwon Tae-soo exchanged nonsense.

“eww… ugh… ”

But even after he opened his eyes, he stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time.

Do I have to grind this one more time?

With that thought in mind, as I wrapped the electricity in my hand, Han Sung-yeol’s eyes, startled by the crackling sound, finally turned to me.

“… what, what You.”

“It’s the police.”

“police… ?”

His eyes rolled back and forth.

Then, as if he finally understood the situation, he slowly got up.

“Ah… It’s the head.”

Han Sung-yeol struggled to get up from his seat and leaned his back against the wall.

Then he opened his mouth, sending a wary gaze toward me and Kwon Tae-soo.

“Really, are you a cop?”

I handed him my business card and police ID.

Then Han Seong-yeol stared at it with shaking eyes and nodded.

“so… Why are the police here?”

“Did you request a curse?”

His eyes widened at my question, which struck me right from the start.

But soon, he straightened his expression and spewed lies.

“What, what is it? Curse.”

“I know everything. You cursed Shin Jeong-seop a month ago. Did you have a fight with Shin Jeong-seop?”

“no. I am… I don’t know.”

“You requested the curse through a smartphone application, right? Do you know that there is no record of that?”

Of course, I don’t know if there are records or not.

However, Han Seong-yeol’s expression crumpled as if he thought that we had evidence.

“that… So what? What is illegal about that?”

Then he said so with a sneer.

That’s right, as he said, no matter how much he cursed someone, it wasn’t against the law.

But that’s just a general rule.

Under the special laws created for the exorcism industry, it was a criminal offense.

“In case you didn’t know, it is illegal.”

“yes… ?”

“What you did is an outright crime. Did we come all the way here for nothing?”

I said that and took out the handcuffs.

Then, confusion filled Han Sungyeol’s eyes.

“no… why is that… ”

“You have the right to have an attorney and-”

I handcuffed his wrists and recited the Miranda Principle.

Come to think of it, this was the first time I said the Miranda principle after becoming a police officer.

That’s also true, let alone Miranda’s principle against demons, the principle was to just break their heads.

“Now, wait a minute. I didn’t know.”

Then, Han Seong-yeol was visibly embarrassed and said.

That’s right, he knew that even when he cursed, his body would hurt.

He would not have been prepared to be arrested by the police, serve a prison sentence, and live as an ex-convict for the rest of his life.

“just… I just copied what I saw on the internet! I didn’t even know it was real!”

Perhaps because of the thought that he might end up in prison, unsolicited words came out of his mouth.

Is this enough to scare you?

Seeing his obviously honest attitude, I threw a question in earnest.

“Then, explain how you came to apply the curse, from beginning to end.”

After that, Han Seong-yeol detailed where and how he learned about the curse, as well as the procedure for commissioning and executing the curse.

Except for the part where rumors of a curse have already started spreading all over the internet.

Most of the information was consistent with the information about the case that I had heard in advance.

From nob le mt l. com

Judging that this was not a lie, I asked him for evidence.

“Then, are you keeping the items sent from there?”

It is a magic tool that the curse agency sends to the client.

At my words, Han Seong-yeol desperately nodded.

“yes. Now, wait a minute. There he is.”

He gave me an amulet in a white envelope and a black string.

There was nothing written on the envelope, so the source was unknown.

In addition, the names of Han Seong-yeol and Shin Jeong-seop were written on the amulet, and the middle was cut off with a black string.

Finally, on a small piece of paper inside, the execution method of the curse was written.

“Originally, a black string was tied to the amulet. In the mail, write my name and the other person’s name on it and cut it… ”

“Didn’t you burn it?”

“Tae, should I burn it?”

Although the small paper said to burn them after cutting them.

Han Sung-yeol did not know this.

Looks like you didn’t read the manual properly.

But for me, it just worked out.

“All right. Anyway, is that all?”

“yes. Anything else… not sure… ”

I nodded.

There seemed to be nothing more to be gained from him.

So I decided to take care of the curse tool and finish the seat.

“Someone from the hospital will come soon.”

“A hospital… ?”

“You need to get treatment.”

“then… What about prison?”

“Since you cooperated in resolving the case, things will go well.”

Even though he practiced the curse, he is an ordinary person who has not even opened his eyes.

That’s why it doesn’t fall within the scope of the special law targeting exorcists or demons, so it’s treated as a general law.

Perhaps, even if they went through formal procedures, they would receive only appropriate training and be given a fumigation.

However, he didn’t know this, and a blush appeared on his face.

“So please wait patiently here.”

Saying that, I undid the handcuffs on his hands.

Caressing his wrist that had regained freedom, he carefully opened his mouth.

“Could it be Shin Jung-seop… ”

“He is already in the hospital. I was almost fine.”

“ah… ”

The story ended there.

I informed the police of Han Seong-yeol’s incident and called an ambulance to the police hospital.

“Where are you going now?”

Kwon Tae-soo, who had been quiet, asked as he climbed back into the police car.

Since he was the one behind the wheel, he was asking where he was going.

I pointed to the curse tool I got from Han Seong-yeol and said.

“I have to reveal this. When it comes to magic like this, isn’t there an institution that specializes in research?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Kwon Tae-soo, who understood my meaning, immediately drove the car.

The place we are heading to is the LB Academy.

It was the largest witchcraft research institute in Korea, researching various fields of witchcraft.

and after a few hours.

“It’s been a while, Inspector Kang. You’ve been doing great these days.”

The last time I met was Song Min-ho, who dealt with Yeokcheon Dodang and Mr. Heo along with Kim Da-young.

He is said to have majored in classical shamanism, and apart from the leadership team, he was an expert recognized for his research achievements in the classical shamanistic department.

Because of that, through Dayoung Kim’s introduction, I was able to meet him once again.

It was decided to ask him to analyze the curse tool.

After exchanging greetings with me, he saw Kwon Tae-soo standing next to me.

“And Kwon Tae-soo. Have you been well?”

“I am always the same. You are very old.”

“Do you know me?”

“Hmph, these guys went to great lengths to show me my magic tricks. How can you not know?”

At Kwon Tae-soo’s words, Song Min-ho smiled bitterly.

“Kwon Tae-soo is a famous person in the Taoist world. The degree of completion of taoism is so high that it is like a living textbook.”

At Song Min-ho’s words, Kwon Tae-soo shrugged.

Was Kwon Tae-soo’s skill at that level?

At the police box, he was just an old man with a twisted temperament, which was unexpected.

However, after hearing his words, I became curious.

I know Kwon Tae-soo’s Taoism is great, but where did this inspiration learn from?

“Then, who did you learn Taoism from?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I learned from a real guru.”

“Are you a real guru?”

“That’s right. It’s a Taoist technique taught directly by Jeon Woo-chi.”

cheer up

I’ve heard the name Dosa during the Joseon Dynasty.

But is that person still alive?

“I heard that it was Hong Gil-dong’s magic trick before. And aren’t they both from a few hundred years ago?”

“I will explain that.”

Song Mino responded to my question.

“First of all, Hong Gil-dong is right at the beginning of the sorcery called Taoism in modern times. Taoism existed before that, but Hong Gil-dong is the only person who gathered the scattered techniques and laid the foundation for the study of Taoism.”

He spoke in a relaxed tone, like a professor giving a lecture.

It was a strangely sleepy voice.

“And Woochi Jeon is a master who inherited and developed Hong Gil-dong’s skills. I don’t know exactly, but Hong Gil-dong’s heyday was during the reign of King Yeonsan. And considering that Jeon Woo-chi’s activities were during the reign of King Jungjong, who was right after that, we speculate that Hong Gil-dong passed on Taoism to Jeon Woo-chi.”

Is that why Hong Gil-dong’s magic and Jeon Woo-chi’s magic are ultimately the same?

I nodded.

“And there is a record of Jeon Woo-chi’s death, but there is a record that the body disappeared after digging the grave to move the grave. And after that, from the end of the Joseon Dynasty to the Japanese colonial period, and even to modern times, there are eyewitness stories of people suspected of being Jeon Woo-chi. So, we believe that Jeon Woo-chi did not die through some kind of magic and is still alive.”

“then… You mean immortality?”

“I don’t know. There are several hypotheses… Are you really alive and not dead? Or is it to replace the human being himself with a phenomenon, and temporarily restore its existence when certain conditions are established beyond time? Neither side has been proven.”

Some complicated explanation passed.

If we talk about the conclusion, Jeon Woo-chi is alive and Kwon Tae-soo is not lying.

“understand. You mean old man is like an intangible cultural asset?”

“What? Intangible cultural property?”

Kwon Tae-soo frowned for a moment, but since intangible cultural assets were not bad, he nodded happily.

Seeing that, Song Mino smiled lightly.

“hahahaha, that’s longer than that. I heard you have something to order.”

“yes. This is it.”

After barely getting to the point, I quickly took out the curse tool.

LB Academy has already officially received a request for analysis from the police.

So Song Min-ho was grasping the information about the incident, and without any further explanation he began to examine the curse tool carefully.

“This… ”

Song Min-ho lifted the string once, and then carefully glared at the unknown Chinese character written on the amulet.

“The contents of the talisman, and the material of this string, too. As you’ve heard, it’s definitely a spell for a curse. However, it is the old way.”

“The old way?”

“yes. Although it is a classic sorcery, the formula continues to evolve even now. It means that the foundation is classical, and the technique is not fixed. however… This is the way it was used at least 100 years ago.”

After staring at the amulet for a long time, he put it down.

And with a slightly stiff face, he opened his mouth.

“Actually, when I heard about the incident, I doubted what the Yeokcheon Dodang was doing. But now I see… It is possible that Mine did not intervene in this case.”

“You don’t have a mine? Then who do you think put a curse on?”

“They are shamans.”

you’re stupid

Wasn’t the place where those shamans gathered at LB Academy?

“To avoid misunderstanding, I mean a shaman who does not belong to LB Academy.”

So he added further explanation.

I continued to listen to him.

“It’s not about opening eyes to demons, but those who have a spiritual eye and have spiritual power since they were born. So it’s unclear, but those who see spiritual bodies and communicate with them. It’s not like there aren’t such traditional shamans. About 30% of the people who run their own businesses outside the academy are like that. Of course, they know nothing about the exorcism industry.”

“Then how did you make this recipe?”

“I wouldn’t have made it myself. Perhaps the formula itself was delivered by a real exorcist. Even if you don’t have an eye for witchcraft, you can use it as long as you have spiritual power. It is highly likely that the shaman is using magic that someone told her a long time ago.”

“… Are shamans like that common people?”

“In fact, the handling is ambiguous, but legally it is.”

I let out a small sigh at Song Min-ho’s words.

I can’t believe it was an exorcism case without Mine’s intervention at all.

“Is it possible to trace back this curse?”

“yes. Curse is one of the easiest fields to trace back among witchcraft. Besides, it’s the old way, so it’s easier. It will take a day though… I’ll let you know when the conclusion comes out tomorrow.”

it’s tomorrow

It was late afternoon by now anyway.

From the police hospital to Han Sung-yeol’s house and the LB Academy in the mountain valley of Gangwon-do.

It was because it took a lot of time to travel that long distance.

So, I left the analysis to Song Min-ho and decided to withdraw from here today.

“All right. Then see you tomorrow.”

next day.

At the police box I went to work, there was a mail from Minho Song.

It seemed that it was sent by quick service from the morning so that I would not have to come to the LB Academy.

I have good sense.

With that in mind, I opened the mail and checked the contents.

Then, inside the mail was a small bell and a note.

What was written there was:

The origin of the curse is presumed to be near Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do.

And this bell will ring faster and faster as it gets closer to the sender of the curse, and it will notify the direction like a radar.

“… I have to go right away.”

As soon as I arrived at the police box, I headed to Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do with Kwon Tae-soo.