The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

“Where else did you hear about the Code? Did the people at the court do it?”

“Yes, what. I overheard it by accident while talking about this and that.”

It wasn’t true, but I moderated it like that.

Then Seo In-na nodded lightly.

“Crafting is the most primitive form of exorcism. Why, there are a lot of indigenous beliefs. To bring someone’s soul.”

“Do you bring the soul?”

“To be exact, borrowing that tradition. But it’s hard to use like a horse. It covers people and has severe side effects. Maybe you can find out the exact thing when you go to LB Academy?”

LB Academy.

Is it that I need to consult with them to use the newly opened Code function?

It was a bit cumbersome, but fortunately.

If no one knew about the Code, I wouldn’t have thought to ask anyone.

“Then… shall we read the report?”

Meanwhile, Seo In-na checked my report at her seat.

a few minutes like that.

The eyes, which had been on the laptop screen for a while, returned to me.

She was smiling brightly.

“I was a little worried about collaborating with an external organization, but this was handled very well. Police officer, you did a good job too.”

“No, that’s about it. what.”

At Seo In-na’s words, Han Sung-min immediately showed condescension.

But Seo In-na didn’t say anything there and continued.

“Especially, saving an exorcist from the courthouse will be recognized from above. The court was trying to pass the responsibility on to us.”

“Are you responsible?”

“In the way that their exorcist was sacrificed by handing over an uncertain case. But since I even rescued them myself, they won’t have anything to say anymore.”

There was such a situation.

Well, it’s been solved well, so there won’t be any complaints about it anymore.

“By the way… this is a bit strange. Do you think the demons captured the owner of the station alive?”

“yes. It was the opinion of So-wol Lee of the court.”

“Lee So-wol? Oh…that ferocious kid? I think I know. But it’s not like he doesn’t have eyes to see…”

Maybe because the exorcism industry is such a narrow place, Seo In-na also seemed to know Lee So-wol.

“But there’s no benefit from capturing a fire fox alive.”

“The court side said the same thing. In the end, I think we will have to look for clues in the corpses we collected.”

“okay···?”

Seo In-na let out a short saliva.

She seemed to be bothered by what the demons were up to.

“How long does it take for the analysis team?”

“We’ve been talking for about a week.”

“Hmm… I get it. For now, we will have to wait for the results.”

After saying that, Seo In-na’s eyes strangely changed.

“By the way Inspector Kang. Can I really entrust anything to you now?”

A low whooping laugh came from Seo In-na.

I’m going to give you another bomb this time.

While I was hiding those emotions behind a forced smile, Han Seong-min opened his mouth.

“At this rate, Inspector Kang will soon become Inspector General.”

“It’s still too early. Still, if we can build more results with this momentum, it’s nothing that we can’t do.”

Seo In-na said with a hearty smile.

How long has it been since you were hired and is it already a promotion?

But seeing that, Han Seong-min tilted his head.

“But isn’t that what the team leader would like?”

“why? Am I jealous? What are you talking about, if you have skills, of course you get promoted.”

“It’s not like that. If you become a sergeant, won’t you be transferred to another team as a team leader?”

“huh···?”

Seo In-na opened her eyes wide as if she had heard something she couldn’t hear.

Han Seong-min’s words continued.

“Come to think of it, the support team 4 team leader’s term of office is running out. Wouldn’t you like to go with that pair if it was a real special promotion?”

“·······”

At those words, the expression on Seo In-na’s face disappeared.

Then, suddenly, in a calm voice, he opened his mouth.

“Did you know that special treatment is so easy? I started with a police officer, but after a few years, I wonder if you will attach a light boat. At that rate, I will become the Commissioner of the National Police Agency in 10 years.”

“Ah, if the team leader pushes the case forward, is there anything we can’t do?”

“Why am I pushing you? You know how to do that.”

Perhaps belatedly realizing that I was listening, Seo In-na cleared her throat with a hmm-hmm.

Then, he boldly changed the topic.

“More than that, Inspector Strong. I have something else to say, so come with me.”

“Ah, yes.”

Seo In-na led me out of the office.

She headed to a small conference room on the first floor of the police box.

A space with a whiteboard and a table that can barely seat 8 people.

There, Seo In-na pointed to a chair and said.

“sit down.”

“yes. But what are you talking about?”

“It’s nothing… tomorrow the other two team members from the hospital will be back. I think I should tell you in advance.”

It was about two other members of the team whom I hadn’t seen yet because they were in the hospital.

Their names are Kwon Tae-soo and Na Ha-jeong.

Among them, Kwon Tae-soo was an old man who was said to be over 60 years old.

Na Ha-jung was a woman of the same age as Seo In-na.

And what the two have in common is that they are in the rank of police officers.

In other words, both of them belonged to Class C of the training center.

“You know what they are, right? Do you even know what that means?”

Originally, there was a rank among the ui-gyeong, but here, the ui-gyeong was only called the ui-gyeong because the word was used instead of the condemned prisoner.

“Yes, I know.”

“okay. So, do you have anything to ask?”

Seo In-na calmly said that.

Again, it would be better to ask directly.

Thinking so, I immediately opened my mouth.

“Are you really okay?”

“Are you okay?”

“Most of the death row inmates I saw had a slight taste. Investigating with such people is a bit… I think it’s dangerous.”

At my words, Seo In-na smiled bitterly.

“Yes, it is natural to think so. In fact, most of them are like that. But our team… no, at least the death row inmates from the police are a little different.”

“Is it different?”

“Did you hear about it at the training center? Death row inmates can’t choose institutions. Everyone gets kicked out.”

I knew that, so I nodded.

“Among death row inmates, very few can be recruited into the police. It’s strange to say this, but we only bring in safe guys who won’t get into trouble.”

“Is there such a person?”

“I thought so too, but there it is. All crazy things are the same, but should I say that the direction is different?”

“·······”

As I tilted my head with a subtle reaction, Seo In-na sighed.

“I wanted to ask the team members directly and let them listen, but I can’t help it. As for the militias, I will tell you. First, Ha-jung and Na Ha-jung. Do you know what his former job was?”

Of course I couldn’t have known.

But Seo In-na didn’t want an answer either, so she immediately continued.

“He was originally a prosecutor. A prosecutor who catches criminals.”

Indeed, that was another unexpected job change.

not as much as me

“That was also a test with great enthusiasm. It could be said that I am crazy about justice and all.”

“But did you become a death row inmate?”

“huh. That’s right, because the court wasn’t fair.”

Seo In-na drank the coffee she was holding.

“Why is that so common? Even if you commit a serious crime, use a good lawyer to get rid of the existing crime, or shake the court with money or power.”

“·······”

“Ha Jung couldn’t accept that. There were people who used power to kill people and then buried the case with that power, and there was also a case where a company sold the wrong product and many people died because of it, but no one was in charge. Ha-jung, who couldn’t see that, eventually went astray and killed 5 people.”

“How did you convince them that they were guilty?”

“You were a prosecutor. They were all suspects in the case they were in charge of. Besides, he knows the law that well. From the point of view of the boy standing in court, the evidence was sufficient, so it must have been clear that those who were certain to be sentenced to death or life imprisonment were taking advantage of loopholes in the law and getting away.”

I nodded.

I roughly understood the circumstances of the person named Nahajeong.

And also why the police let her in.

“…So you’re saying it’s safe?”

“that’s right. There are clear intentions and conditions for Ha Jung-yi’s murder. That’s why we can control it from this side as well.”

It wasn’t because she did the right thing.

Rather, regardless of that, is it possible to control her criminal tendencies?

And can I use him as an exorcist?

The police accepted Na Ha-jung as a police officer considering only those two aspects.

In a way, it was a cold enough reason.

“Then…how about someone named Kwon Tae-soo?”

I also asked about the other one.

Then, Seo In-na’s expression relaxed slightly.

“Oh, that old man is much simpler. Easy to understand. How to say, he was a grandfather who lived a movie-like life. Like Leon, or Mr.

In doing so, she uttered several famous movie titles.

Hearing that, I felt like I already knew what was going on.

“A man who worked as a hitman for a gangster happened to protect a girl one day. And after going through various things with that girl, I fell in love with her. So the man fought the organization that was trying to sell the girl to a brothel, and in the end he won.”

“·······”

“Well, he ended up on death row because there were so many people he killed… but he accepted the offer because he said he could meet the girl again if he cooperated with the police.”

“It’s really easy to understand.”

“right? It’s difficult to deal with people who have nothing precious to protect. But people who don’t… tend to be very easy to deal with. Especially if it’s something like a child.”

Although half said it was no different from holding hostages in the country.

If that was the case, it was understandable that the police accepted Kwon Tae-soo.

As long as that girl exists, Kwon Tae-soo will not be able to rebel against this society.

“Would you like an answer now?”

“One more thing.”

I heard all about the team members.

So now all that’s left is… Seo In-na.

It was about the manager himself.

“I heard from Lee So-wol that the team leader is from a family of exorcists.”

“Ah… are you talking about me? Well, I told you everything about the other guys, but you didn’t tell me about me.”

Hmm, she cleared her throat once.

“that’s right. In Korea, it is a family with a deep heritage. In my family, exorcism has been around since the Three Kingdoms period, but honestly, I don’t know if it’s real.”

the era of the three kingdoms

It was a story that exorcists had been descending into the family business for over a thousand years.

“Are there many families like that?”

“There aren’t many, but there are. Among them, only eight families have a deep history. There is a saying called the eight provinces of Joseon, right? These eight families were appointed by the king during the Joseon Dynasty and were in charge of exorcism in each province. In my family’s case, it was Gangwon-do. And the Lee So-wol you met was from a Hwanghae-do family.”

“oh···”

“But now, well, it’s like an ordinary exorcism love. After going through the Japanese colonial era and the Korean War, the area in charge became meaningless, and now government agencies have begun to directly intervene in exorcism. So, at best, the influence of the family is to the extent of being specially hired by the police or official agencies.”

I nodded.

But my questions are not over yet.

“Then, how did the team leader open his eyes?”

In fact, it was something I had been curious about since I first learned about the exorcist family.

Opening eyes to evil comes from the death of others.

Then, how the hell do the exorcist families open their eyes?

It would not be possible for all members of the family to be involved in the death by accident.

No, if you think about it, it’s not just the exorcist family.

Institutions such as churches and courts must be raising their own exorcists.

But how can such an institution artificially advance human eye opening?

“I think I know what you are curious about. It may be a cruel story, but… I’ll let you know as soon as the words come out. That’s the answer, training center.”

“A training center?”

“huh. Death row inmates are taken out of the training center, right? So what if What do you think will happen to death row inmates who were not drafted? And are the drafted death row inmates really going to be used as exorcists?”

“ah···”

When I heard that far, I was already aware of what Seo In-na was about to say.

But she continued.

“The most important thing about opening eyes to demons is personal qualities. But the next most important thing… is the karma of the person you killed. In other words, the more demon-related people you kill, the higher the chance of opening your eyes.”

“·······”

“I mean, class C at the training center. Actually, it’s not a place to raise hounds. Rather, it is a farm that raises livestock for food. Rarely among them, those that are just a waste to eat are used as hunting dogs.”

Somehow, from the reason for the existence of Class C to how it is handled, I thought there was something I couldn’t understand.

Did you know that there was a reason for this?

“It is a scary story.”

“yes? What can I do though? Even a normal person is dying every day. This floor is like this, what.”

Seo In-na let out a big sigh.

“Anyway, starting tomorrow, the rest of the team will be back. First, I’ll assign you a case with Ha-jung, so try to get close.”

The story ended there.

Seo In-na left the conference room with an empty coffee cup.

And as she predicted, the next day.

“Inspector Kang Jin-woo?”

A white face with a light smile, long wavy hair.

There, a woman with a neat impression came to visit me.

Naha-jeong’s medical mirror.

He was the death row inmate of the support team 2, who had to go out for the first time today.