The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

119.

next day.

“hello.”

When I went to work at the police box, I immediately looked for Seo In-na.

It was for a report on the retrieval of forbidden books that took place yesterday.

“Did you hear about the incident yesterday?”

“huh? Oh yeah. I also received a phone call in the mail in the morning. You said you caught the demon who attacked the foreign institution?”

The news had already been delivered to Seo In-na, and she already knew roughly what it was about.

After hearing my report, she nodded her head happily.

“Yeah, good job. The Busan Office seemed to appreciate it too. Without your support, an entire team of exorcists could have been in danger.”

“what… It was dangerous.”

It was the story of those cops who chased the devil before me yesterday.

All but one of them lost consciousness in front of Majin, so it must have felt like they were living and dying.

“But there have also been some strange reports.”

“A strange report?”

“I heard there were werewolves?”

Ah, the report of the woman who screamed?

You’ve already seen it anyway, so there was no need to hide it.

“I fold that.”

“it’s you?”

“yes. It is the power of miracles.”

I pointed to the sword and said.

Then Seo In-na nodded as if she understood the situation.

This human sword was officially handed over to me by the police after I caught Sabrina, the demon who gathered and used the legends of werewolves.

Seo In-na already knew that fact, so there was no need to explain the relationship between In-geom and the werewolf.

“When I asked what they gave me, they gave me something dangerous. therefore… You mean you can turn into a werewolf?”

“yes.”

“Have you changed often? Are you okay?”

“Your body is fine. I used it for the first time yesterday. Is there a problem?”

At my words, Seo In-na let out a relieved sigh.

“Yes, most of the legends of werewolves are negative. That’s why most demons lose their temper or go berserk when they touch that power. Of course, there are cases like Sabrina, but not so. But most of the lore is-”

Seo In-na explained several more lycanthrope legends.

As she said, everything was negative.

“So don’t use it often. Werewolves are a kind of freak, and borrowing their traditions is dangerous. It’s not strange if there are side effects that you can’t feel or understand.”

“yes. I will refer to it.”

Seo In-na said that as if she was concerned about me.

And since I had no intention of using that skill, I accepted her concerns.

Then, this time, Seo In-na smiled strangely.

“But you do a lot of exorcism on weekends. Would you like to work on the weekends too?”

The sound of the big day.

I immediately shook my head.

“no. It’s a coincidence.”

“A coincidence. Didn’t you go looking for a forbidden book this time too?”

“Did you know?”

“Yeah, it’s the same with the police chasing banned books. Sabrina and this guy, and all the demons who took the time to catch them on the weekend are all related to the banned book, so they couldn’t have known it.”

Well, that’s it too.

It is unlikely that only the church had information about forbidden books.

Rather, the information itself is more abundant in the police side.

But even though she knew I was looking for forbidden books, Seo In-na didn’t look so negative.

“But what are you saying?”

“Yeah… If someone else had been like that, he would have stopped it by breaking his leg club. Forbidden is a danger shrouded in the unknown to the extent that even I know very little about it. however… I mean you don’t know.”

“Don’t you know?”

“It’s okay to say it with my own mouth, but I know a lot, don’t I? That’s why people who are plotting something usually have a clear purpose just by looking at what they do. Because there are so many things needed to reproduce the tradition.”

“… … ”

“But you weren’t. Every time you solve a case, you naturally develop one ability. These days, they say they have a food body and walk on water. Someone has been throwing amulets on crossbows for years.”

“I am not ordinary.”

When I said that shamelessly, Seo In-na let out a ridiculous laugh.

“you… Are you saying that someone else knows how much effort it takes to recreate the tradition once?”

“How do I know that? When you wake up, a succession is born one by one.”

“… really?”

“It is a lie.”

At my words, Seo In-na clicked her tongue.

“Anyway, the truth about you has been mentioned at the top several times before. But he said he would watch it for a while.”

“Who is it?”

“The person who gave you the coat.”

I was talking about the chief of police.

I haven’t seen it in person recently, but did that happen?

“And I think that’s right too. That’s why I try not to pay attention to anything, so please refrain from anything that stands out like a werewolf.”

“All right.”

I replied, thinking that the conversation was over, and went back to my seat.

However, Seo In-na grabbed him from behind.

“Where are you going?”

“Do you have anything more to say?”

“then. Even if you don’t pay attention, you have to work. Now, this is a new case.”

Saying so, Seo In-na handed over the case materials to me.

When a new task appeared, I accepted it with a bitter gaze.

“Cursed Navigation?”

The summary of the incident was as follows.

In a rural area of Chungcheong Province, in recent weeks, three vehicles have fallen into a reservoir on different days and have been involved in an accident.

Originally, the reservoir was adjacent to the road, but it was hidden by tall bushes between the reservoir and the road, so accidents often occurred.

So, until the second accident, the investigation was carried out by the general police.

Also, all the drivers were found drowned, so they were just presumed to be inexperienced drivers.

The driver’s wife and the only passenger in the third vehicle survived, and the case turned over to the exorcism police.

According to the testimony of the survivor, the vehicle was driven by relying on navigation on a particularly dark night.

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Just before falling into the reservoir, the navigation system pointed in that direction.

“Isn’t that a common ghost story?”

It was as it was said.

It felt like I had heard a ghost story that had been floating around the Internet before.

“But that ghost story is not so baseless. There are a lot of things like this.”

“is it so?”

“In this case, the answer usually comes out when you investigate the navigator, but this time it wasn’t. The exorcism cops who investigated first found nothing. And also in the reservoir.”

The accident vehicle, which is no different from the weapon of the case, and nothing from the reservoir at the scene of the case.

In the end, there was no clue whatsoever.

“So that’s why you came to me.”

“yes. Isn’t this special?”

“… … ”

I don’t know since when, but this has become my specialty.

However, given my performance, I had nothing to say, so I continued to listen to her.

“It’s not that there aren’t any other clues, though. Above all, there are commonalities among the victims.”

“Ah, I see.”

I said while looking at the case materials.

The three victims who died were all in their early to mid-40s and around the same age.

In addition, people who have a small village near the reservoir as their hometown.

At the time of the accident, the reason I passed the reservoir was to visit my family in my hometown.

“however… It is difficult to investigate this alone.”

“That’s right. First, look around the accident vehicle. The analysis team has already finished their investigation, but just in case. After that, I will investigate the reservoir myself.”

Also is that the best?

I nodded and immediately left the police box with Na Ha-jung, who was in charge of this case.

And we headed to the warehouse of an investigation center belonging to the police, where the accident vehicle was stored.

Then, the one I met there was Sophia from the analysis team.

“Long time no see.”

Sophia from the analytics team spotted me and said hello.

Still full of a sense of incongruity, she shook my hand and slightly bowed her head to Na Ha-jeong, who was behind her.

“I heard you were coming.”

“Are you waiting for us?”

“hahahaha, that’s not it. I can’t get a vehicle like this inside the police station. So this is where the analytics team often travels.”

Sophia said and led us to a corner of the warehouse.

“The incident vehicle is this way. The right is the first incident, and the left is the last incident. At the time, all the items the victims had were packed behind them. Then, feel free to look around.”

Sophia left as she was busy with work, and I looked at the vehicle.

but.

“hmm… ”

I checked every nook and cranny of the car, inside and out, and the separate navigation system, but I couldn’t see any highlights.

In fact, there are no clues here.

“I have this… I don’t know just by looking at it.”

“So do i.”

I responded to Na Ha-jung’s words.

Then she widened her eyes.

“Oh, didn’t the Inspector know?”

“No way.”

So I took my eyes off the car and turned around.

It was a place where the victims were organizing the things they had.

From ordinary clothes to valuables like credit cards and wallets.

All kinds of clutter were arranged side by side, but there was just one of them.

There was something that stood out.

“… stamp?”

It was a jade-blue stamp with highlights.

The name of the victim was engraved on the seal, and near the handle, there was a letter that said, “Memorial of graduation from middle school.”

Is it like a graduation gift from school?

“And I saw… ”

I took out the case materials I had brought with me.

All three victims who also died went to the same middle school.

But that was not very noteworthy.

Aren’t they all friends from hometowns in rural villages that aren’t even big anyway?

The fact that they went to the same middle school… In a way, it’s a natural thing.

But when I checked the dojo, the direction of the arrow provided by the quest changed.

Nevertheless, the story that this middle school has something to do with it.

I remembered that and put down the stamp with the missing highlight again.

“Are you leaving already?”

Looking at me getting ready to leave, Na Ha-jeong said.

Well, the direction of the arrow also changed, so there was no reason to be here anymore.

“yes. I think we should look at the reservoir.”

So I specified the next destination.

The arrow was pointing in the direction of Chungcheongnam-do, where the reservoir is located.

and after a few hours.

We arrived at the reservoir, the scene of the incident.

However, there was something a little odd.

“… Aren’t you here?”

The arrow did not point to the reservoir.

Then here… that there is nothing

“Why don’t you look around?”

Na Ha-jung asked me, who was still standing still after arriving at the reservoir.

But since I’m here, should I at least pretend to see something?

Thinking so, I started to circle around the reservoir.

The reservoir is not in the round shape commonly thought of, but in the form of a protruding one end.

The protruding part was wrapped around the road, so it was obviously a dangerous place if you weren’t careful driving.

That’s enough to give you an idea why it’s a place with frequent accidents.

Also, the area of the reservoir was wider than expected.

Although it is a horizontally long shape, its width exceeds 100 meters.

If it was that wide, the depth would be quite deep, so it’s no wonder that the dead came out.

While looking at the reservoir like that, Na Ha-jeong opened her mouth.

“I heard from the manager. I hear you’ve been walking on water lately?”

“Yes, that’s how it happened.”

“It’s a useful ability to investigate a lake like this.”

That’s right.

So I circled around the reservoir and stepped directly over it.

That’s how I walk near the center of the reservoir.

“… hmm?”

A level marker was visible beneath the bottom of the deep lake.

Its level is 23.

It wasn’t a very high level, but there was something strange about his reaction.

There’s no way anyone who lives in this reservoir doesn’t know I’m here.

It just stood there, not moving at all.

“… It’s strange.”

If that was the culprit behind the navigation incident, there was a high possibility that it was the Earthquake Spirit.

Normal freaks can’t think of controlling a navigation system or anything like that.

There is no reason to limit the place of killing to this reservoir unless it is the Jibakryeong.

However, the general Jiba-ryeong hates having their territory invaded.

They’re the ones that will attack you if you just pass near the territory.

“Is that why you couldn’t find it?”

It seemed that this was the reason why the exorcist police had not found anything after they had investigated the reservoir.

It wouldn’t be easy to find it if it was a Jibak-ryeong or monster hiding quietly at the bottom of the lake.

But I was different.

After telling Na Ha-jung to wait, I pulled out the sword.

“I could end it like this.”

If it was a level 23 level Jibak-ryeong, it was possible to send lightning into the reservoir and send it to the goal in one shot.

But it bothered me that the arrow wasn’t pointing here.

So, with the idea of just confirming my identity, I put a lightning strike on Ingeom.

And spilled it into the reservoir and hit the guy.

OK.

“Kiaaa!”

A terrifying ear rang from the bottom of the lake.

Was it still a jibakryeong?

Then a pale, skinny hand jumped out of the quiet lake and grabbed my ankle.

It was trying to drag me into the reservoir.

Typical water ghost pattern.

To this, I nodded lightly.

“Well, there’s nothing I can’t get into.”

At the same time as I said, my body sank below the surface.

After going down a few meters like that, the figure of the Earth Spirit appeared in front of me.

It is a ghost in the form of a certain woman.

Her hair was scattered and her face was terribly distorted, so she couldn’t find the original shape.

The clothes the spirit wore were especially conspicuous.

It was definitely a school uniform.

“… … ”

On the other hand, the spirit facing me didn’t even attack right away, but rather untied his hand wrapped around his ankle.

Then,

“Kiaaa!”

He groaned at me.

I’ll save you, so are you just going?

But I couldn’t.

So when I looked at the anima for a while, the anima soon noticed something strange about me.

For a person who was dragged by a water ghost, he looked so fine, as if he were standing in a lake.

And it was no illusion.

To me who had acquired Naga skills, there was no difference between the top of the lake and the bottom.

“so… What are you?”

My voice resounded clearly in the water, and the spirit’s pupils widened.

He seemed a bit surprised.