The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

“The manager is calling.”

Na Ha-jung said that with a thin smile to me who had been out of the office for a while.

Na Ha-jung and Kwon Tae-soo, whom I met for the first time today, had only exchanged brief greetings with each other.

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Just looking at the first impression, Na Ha-jung felt like a nice neighborhood older sister.

In contrast, Kwon Tae-soo seemed like a talkative old man in the neighborhood.

what to say

Both of them looked very normal for death row inmates.

“yes.”

I got up from my seat and sneakily checked Naha-jung’s level.

Her level is 57.

It wasn’t to the extent of Seo In-na, but it was quite high.

Na Ha-jeong immediately followed up on my answer.

“You can speak comfortably.”

“No, because that would make me uncomfortable.”

I waved my hand and said.

To be honest, I even thought about using short language, but it bothered me that Na Ha-jung was the same age as the team leader.

I must say that the picture is not good.

“is it so?”

In response to my answer, Na Ha-jung said that and then moved to the office.

“Ah, Inspector Kang. It’s a new case. Ha Jung-ah, you too.”

As soon as I entered the office, Seo In-na said.

I feel like I’ve only taken on tricky cases so far, so I’d like something simpler.

With that thought in mind, I went to Seo In-na’s seat with Na Ha-jung.

“There was a report from Hwarang, a foreign organization.”

It’s a Hwarang.

It was a name I had heard before.

On the last day of the training center, I remembered seeing a booth in a place like the job fair.

I think it was said that it was a foreign organization belonging to the Hwain Group, one of the three largest companies in Korea.

“It is said that one of the convict exorcists who belonged there killed the senior exorcist and escaped. He’s currently on the run, so we have to respond right away.”

“Jailbreak?”

“okay. A convict exorcist who leaves the establishment without permission.”

I nodded.

Convict exorcists like Choi Eun-yeong and Han Seong-min were living in prison here.

Is that why it’s called jailbreak?

“Currently, the gallery side is also responding, so the location has been specified to some extent. However, it must be difficult to track it down into the mountains. So, I must have reported it.”

“Do you usually not report it?”

“In the end, it’s because they couldn’t properly control the criminal, so they just try to cover it up. It’s something that foreign organizations also have to take responsibility for. But to allow them to escape after committing murder, it was too much for them.”

Saying that, Seo In-na handed me a file.

“The suspect’s information confirms this. Oh, and… this was Inspector Kang’s first time dealing with a human, wasn’t it?”

Seo In-na looked at me with a worried look and said.

Although there was a time when I drove a Mine to the brink of death at the training center.

As the team leader said, this was the first time he had taken on a case in which people were directly hostile.

“Yes.”

“···okay. Then take this opportunity to learn. You may not be used to it, but this is all what exorcism cops have to do. Ha Jung-ah, you take good care of me.”

“all right.”

At Seo In-na’s words, Na Ha-jeong nodded with a soft smile.

but care.

do you need something like that?

Rather, it looks a lot easier than something like a monster.

However, Seo In-na’s words continued there.

“By the way, that exorcist was judged a demon. I wouldn’t know if he had just escaped, but he committed murder. So there is no need to capture them alive. No… I’ll tell you exactly. The rule is not to capture Mine alive. Do you know what that means?”

Aha, did you mean that?

The exorcist is judged as a demon the moment he commits a crime, even if he does not have to be eaten by a demon.

That’s why, from the point of view of the police who have to remove the demon, they are in a position to kill and get rid of the same exorcist until yesterday.

So if you’re an ordinary novice exorcist, it’s something you’d be reluctant to do.

But that was not the case for me.

Still, I didn’t have to look like a psychopath, so I deliberately answered in a gloomy tone.

“···yes.”

“I gave the location to Ha-jung. You’d better get out right away. There is quite a distance to the site.”

I immediately left the office with Na Ha-jung and got into the police car.

The driver’s seat was hers, as if it were natural.

I asked her from the seat next to him.

“Where is the location?”

“I am Cheorwon. Have you ever been there?”

“no. I heard it’s cold.”

Indeed, it was said that there was a distance, but it was never close.

Even if it’s a demon, they hide in the mountains of Cheorwon.

Are you planning on going to North Korea?

“I have been there before. It was winter, but it was cold. Oh, there is a good bulgogi restaurant in Cheorwon-”

So we ran on the road for a while.

During that time, Na Ha-jeong listened to and told me various stories in a quiet voice.

Even though we had a conversation while driving, the atmosphere was quite different from Han Sung-min.

The reason was immediately clear.

“Such a thing happened at the training center. Great.”

At my words, Hajeong laughed slightly.

Her reactions and expressions were generally soft and not angular.

Should I say that it feels like a mother listening to her child’s school story?

Was this person a prosecutor?

Looking at it now, I couldn’t imagine it well.

“·······”

And then there was only a moment of silence.

In the meantime, I looked through the files containing information about mines.

There were details about Mine’s abilities.

“…Is that why you ran away to the mountain?”

Mine’s ability was the ability to transform.

It is the ability to change one’s body into that of a beast, to be precise, a wolf.

What kind of druid is Ji?

I organized the contents of Mine and passed it on to Na Ha-jung.

She nodded her head without taking her eyes off the road.

Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“Do you know about my abilities?”

“Ah, I heard that.”

This was also what I heard from team leader Seo In-na.

Naha-jeong’s ability is to grant spiritual power.

Items that are not originally magical things lose their spiritual power soon after they fall from the exorcist’s body.

And even if it’s not in use, it only emits weak spiritual power outside.

However, Na Ha-jung was able to store her spiritual power for a long time even in an ordinary object.

It’s an ability that doesn’t seem very useful to just listen.

When it meets modern science and technology, it becomes a completely different story.

“You said you were shooting.”

Weapons that she has endowed with spiritual power can also affect demons.

That’s why Naha-cho’s main armament is two pistols.

And I’ve heard that some opponents use much more serious weapons, from grenades to anti-tank rockets.

“that’s right. It’s an ability specific to Mine.”

“is it so? It also looks good for catching spirits.”

At my words, Hajeong shook her head.

“It’s convenient, but it’s not effective. Humans and animals have weak points in the heart and head, but spirits and monsters do not have such weak points, and are much larger in size. Rather, for those things, traditions that can attack the opposite s*x or divine power are useful.”

It sounded plausible.

Not to mention ghosts, there were plenty of monsters whose heart or brain was not a weakness.

“Ah, we’re almost there.”

Nahajeong said, pointing to the mountain covered with thick greenery.

and after a while

“·······”

We arrived at an unknown mountain.

A few black cars were parked at the end of the narrow road that barely led to this point.

And there are four men standing in front of him.

All dressed in dark black suits.

They were the exorcists of Hwarang.

One of them stood in front of me.

He took a sidelong glance at my clothes with a hard face and asked me.

“Did you come from the special edition?”

“yes. My name is Inspector Kang Jin-woo.”

When I said hello, the man’s expression, which had been unable to hide his wariness, finally relaxed.

Immediately, the man explained the situation to me.

Hwarang had been searching since dawn to find Mine.

And in the end, I found the traces of the devil, and I had a battle with him a little while ago, but I couldn’t get rid of it.

It was because it was easy to escape because it was a demon with the ability to transform into a wolf.

“Even now, the search teams are after him. What will the Inspector do?”

the man asked.

In the first place, this meant that the Hwarang was responsible for the case, and therefore there was no need for the police to step forward.

That’s because Hwarang only reported it to the police out of compunction in case the worst happened.

So, do you feel comfortable waiting for the results?

That wasn’t bad either, but I asked him to at least confirm.

“You said they were following you. Where is your location?”

“I will take a map and explain.”

Before long, the man brought a tablet.

Then, he put a map on it and marked the current location, the place where the battle with Mine took place, and the direction he fled.

I looked at it and opened my quest window at the same time.

As soon as the case was handed over, the quest was created, so of course it was to check the direction of the navigation arrow.

If they’re chasing the mines properly, I’ll be able to move around with some spare time.

but.

“…?”

The arrow was pointing in the wrong direction.

The direction they are chasing is the north.

But the arrow pointed southeast.

It could be said to be almost the exact opposite.

“Are you sure about this? When did the battle take place?”

“About two hours ago. Even now, information about sightings is coming up from the search team from time to time. He must be here.”

At his words, I tilted my head.

Are you still being seen?

So what are these arrows?

“···no way.”

After thinking for a while, I came up with a possibility.

But that wasn’t something that could convince them.

Everything I guessed from the direction of the arrow that only I could see.

So I thought about it for a while and came to a conclusion.

“Then we will investigate on our own.”

“You know… Ah, yes. All right.”

The man bowed to me and went back to where he was.

The Hwarang side probably took it to mean that the police would not step out directly.

“Are you just going to watch?”

And Na Ha-jung, who was watching from the side, asked if that was the same.

I asked her as if testing her.

“Can’t you?”

“That can’t be done.”

Then Na Ha-jeong denied my words like a knife.

She was still smiling, but her eyes were shining brightly.

The atmosphere changed in an instant.

However, Na Ha-jeong quickly sorted out her feelings.

Seeing Na Ha-jung with the same face as before, I felt as if I had glimpsed a part of her madness.

“That is dereliction of duty. Even Seo In-na and the team leader will hate it. So why not try something?”

What followed was a tone as if soothing a child.

It was the complete opposite of Lee So-wol, whom I met not too long ago.

Dealing with Lee So-wol, who was like a rough lion, wasn’t easy, but what to say.

This one was just as embarrassing.

So I decided to stop kidding and get down to business.

“Actually, that was what I was thinking. Did you hear about my abilities?”

“yes. I heard that you are excellent at investigating.”

“According to my ability, Mine is not in the north. It’s on the other side.”

I pointed in the direction of the arrow and said.

Naha-jung’s head tilted slightly to the side.

“Then why didn’t you tell them too?”

“I wouldn’t believe it even if I told them. They said they had seen it with their own eyes from the north, would you believe me?”

“So you want to move separately?”

“Yes. So let’s go. Before he goes any farther.”

So I moved along the arrow.

There was no road to the southeast, so I checked the map and just found a flat road in the mountains.

Of course, that was never easy.

It was to climb the mountain without a path, breaking through branches and leaves.

However, Naha-jeong did not show any tiredness, befitting her high level.

Looking at her appearance, she looked like she would be knitting at home, but she had a lot of stamina.

“Look here.”

In the meantime, Na Ha-jeong pointed at a tree that was too dry.

A tree branch was snapped at a height that was just within reach.

“I think it broke just a moment ago. I must have come to the right place.”

It was a trace of a person passing by.

I just followed the arrow, so I didn’t notice it.

Somehow, I thought Naha-jeong was quiet, so I wonder if you were looking for something like that.

“But it is strange. This···”

Na Ha-jeong looked at the branches and said.

The only thing that was broken was the branch that was broken while a person was holding it with their hands.

There were no other traces around.

like,

“It looks like a trace left by an ordinary person. Not a wolf.”

“that’s right. I mean, I didn’t use my abilities…”

At my words, Na Ha-jeong tilted her head while arguing.

I already guessed the reason, but I didn’t open my mouth.

Even if I don’t tell you, if you believed my words, everyone would easily know.

As expected, soon after, the answer came from Naha-jung’s mouth.

“Looks like there’s not just one enemy?”

“you’re right. This must be a diversionary operation.”