The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

Chapter 69

69.

“This time···”

I looked up at the darkening sky.

In the meantime, the sun seemed to have set.

As I moved my steps toward the mountain trail, I immediately confirmed the level of the Suzaku I had just obtained.

＜The Forged Vessel of the Gods＞

epic soul item

1. Suzaku

unique skills

– One who dwells in fire: Gives the fire attribute to spiritual power

– Flame that burns disgusting things: Additional fire damage to all monsters belonging to spirits or monsters

– King of the Winged: Reduces the stats of all enemies with the bird trait within sight

– Creed that governs flames: Controls all flames within sight

– empty slots (3)

As the division entered, an empty slot was reduced by one.

Also, there were as many as 4 skills attached to one spirit.

All of them were called unique skills, and seemed to be skills that could not be acquired in any other way.

Of course, I quite liked the aspect of those unique skills.

Now, with the sword of light, from the one with the fire that allows you to use the torch at any time.

The flame that burns the disgusting thing was a decent skill that filled the lack of attack power.

Although King of Winged Things is a bit of an obscure debuff skill, it is a skill worth paying for if you meet an opponent that applies it.

however.

Among those skills, the most important was the creed governing the fire.

To control all flames within sight.

Doesn’t that mean that if you put your mind to it, you can reproduce something like a fireball you saw in another world?

“·······”

So deep down I was looking forward to that effect.

So, the desire to test it right away was like a chimney, but the place was not good.

There was no one on the mountain trail when the sun had already set, but no matter how much you play with a fire in the middle of the night, you will be noticed.

“Let’s go down for now.”

So, I opened the lore of Arhats and quickly went down the mountain trail.

It was a road that ordinary people could never run, but I passed the rough mountain road almost jumping off a cliff.

In the meantime, a familiar sentence appeared in the log window.

＜You have a higher level skill. ‘Fire resistance increase’ skill is disabled.＞

＜You have a higher level skill. The ‘Fire Adaptation’ skill is disabled.＞

＜You have a higher level skill. ‘Burn Immunity’ skill disabled…＞

Apparently, except for the four unique skills, the miscellaneous skills that Suzaku possessed seemed to be inactive.

The reason was completely understandable.

I had two skills that made me immune to all damage and status ailments from fire.

Perhaps all the skills related to it were judged to be backward compatible and deactivated.

It’s a pity, but… I had no choice but to endure that much.

It’s because the skills related to warriors are so fraudulent.

“Whoa…”

So I ran up the trail and returned to the parking lot.

It took several hours to walk during the day, but it took an hour to run.

Returning to the rental car like that, I quietly took out Myungrang’s Star Cloud Sword from inside the car.

“then···”

Flames were overlaid on the star cloud sword.

Up to this point, it was no different from dealing with Mr. Heo.

but,

“·······”

Soon, flames left the top of the sword and flew through the air.

The red flames freely moved around the car, leaving a red trail like a palm-sized drone.

All was according to my will.

Even when it went over the car seat, I didn’t burn the seat if I didn’t want to.

Not only the movement of the flames, but also the opponents to be burned can be controlled at will.

“You’re going to use a real Fireball?”

What fuels the flames is spiritual power.

That’s why it can’t attack on the same scale as high-ranking magic that covers the heavens and the earth with fire.

It seemed possible enough to gather the flames contained in the sword and fire them.

It’s a bit crude, but it’s like a long-range attack method.

“It’s okay.”

then···

I turned my eyes to the remaining three quests that still remained.

Perhaps if he completed those quests, at least he could secure means of attacking other attributes.

but.

“Is the rest still hard?”

In its current state, the difficulty was the problem.

Even in the state of being immune to flames, Suzaku’s test was not so easy.

However, in a situation where there are no countermeasures for other attributes, it is obviously dangerous to challenge the test of the Four Four Gods.

That’s why taking on another test is after I’ve raised my level enough.

Or, like the ruler of flames, it was only possible after acquiring other immunity skills.

“…it can’t be helped.”

I concluded that and picked up my smartphone.

Since I will have to stay in Jeju Island today, I was looking for a hotel to sleep in.

* * *

next week.

I spent another day on Jeju Island and went back to LB Academy.

After that, I stayed at the academy by filling up the dispatch schedule for a week, and thanks to that, I was able to spend a leisurely time for the first time in a long time.

And finally today.

I was on my way to work at the police box again.

It was an extremely normal commute, but… how to say it.

For some reason, it felt like a soldier on leave returning to the army.

“Ah, hello, Inspector Kang!”

“···huh. good morning.”

That’s why I reacted appropriately to Choi Eun-young’s respectful greeting that I saw in a week.

And, of course, team leader Seo In-na, whom I haven’t seen in a week, greeted me right away.

They were two people who were still rushing to work.

“Welcome, Inspector Kang. How was the dispatch?”

I hesitated slightly at Seo In-na’s question.

It was because I was wondering if anyone had noticed that I had completed the dispatch schedule despite ending the case early.

But there was no sign of blaming me on her face.

So I answered naturally.

“I learned a lot.”

“Yes, I guess. After solving the case, they said they handed over the code.”

transmission?

Of course there never was. I just took my soul.

However, I soon understood the background of the words.

This was an excuse made by LB Academy.

No matter how much you do, you can’t fake the date of the case, so you said you handed down the code for the rest of the schedule.

“yes. Roughly what is it…”

I took the star cloud sword and lit it on fire.

She should know that I can now use fire as a weapon.

Then Seo In-na, who saw that, smiled happily.

“It’s a tradition related to fire. good job. Although it is common in tradition, fire usually has a strong image of burning unclean things. It will come in handy when dealing with demons.”

Like she said, it might be because there are many traditions dealing with flames.

Even Seo In-na didn’t seem to notice that this was the division of Jujak.

It must be hard to think that someone who has just learned the code is not a memorial service, but has come with the spirit of a god in his hands.

Meanwhile, Choi Eun-young came to my side and was watching me with burdensome eyes.

I said to Seo In-na.

“Do you need a separate report?”

“Just give me a report later. The story has already ended there. Rather…”

That means you don’t have to write a report right now.

It just wasn’t bad to hear, but I was already aware of the hidden meaning behind it.

It just meant that there was something more urgent than a report.

“It’s a new case.”

I knew that.

“Already? I haven’t been in the office for 5 minutes yet.”

“It’s an urgent matter.”

Seo In-na said with a bitter smile.

It was like throwing the case as soon as he returned from dispatch.

It was like I was resting comfortably, so I couldn’t complain.

However, Seo In-na’s brow furrowed slightly before me.

“And this…it’s an incident that might be a bit unfamiliar to Inspector Kang.”

“Are you unfamiliar?”

“huh. It’s a noisy case recently, a child car hijacking case. Haven’t you heard of it?”

“Oh, I saw it on the news.”

It was an incident in which a child playing in a playground in an apartment complex was abducted by someone.

The kind of incident called kidnapping was also different.

The kidnapping scene was accidentally filmed by another child, and the video spread across the Internet, drawing media attention in an instant.

By the way, it’s a child car hijacking case.

As Seo In-na said, it was the first type of case she was taking on.

Did Mine kidnap someone?

I thought of that possibility, and then I heard unexpected words.

“By the way, this case has nothing to do with the devil.”

“Isn’t it related?”

Seo In-na nodded.

On the contrary, I tilted my head.

“Then why did you do that to me…”

“Why? Aren’t you a cop too?”

That’s right… that was it.

But weren’t we just exorcising?

“Are we going to be involved in such ordinary cases as well?”

“Sometimes yes. Especially not put into urgent cases for various reasons. Like this case, even though it is reported extensively in the media, the culprit cannot be found properly.”

And Bonnie heard it on the news.

Although it has already been three days since the kidnapping happened.

The police had not yet been able to find any clues, and it was a situation that was receiving criticism from the public.

In the meantime, did the police, who decided that they could not delay solving the case any longer, thought of putting in the exorcism police?

“So you want to catch the kidnappers?”

“It’s not catch. Just looking for clues isn’t enough. And even an exorcist would do well to know about general crime investigations. Especially for a promotion.”

“Does that have anything to do with the promotion?”

“It’s like that from the police officer onwards. Have you met the Incheon Police Commissioner? He’s an exorcist, but how can he be there if he doesn’t know what a regular cop does.”

Come to think of it, that was it.

After all, in order to sit in a high position, it is necessary to stand out on both sides.

It was no easy task.

“But why me? My ability is to detect spiritual power. It must be difficult to find a living person.”

“There are several other exorcist cops besides Inspector Kang. And Inspector Kang… he considered the worst case.”

“Worst?”

“okay. If the abducted child is dead, we want to find the body as soon as possible.”

At that, I silently nodded.

It meant to find even the bitterness or salt left by the dead child.

“Anyway, to continue the story, Inspector Kang will work separately from the Incident Investigation Headquarters. Because I can’t even share the investigation situation with them anyway. Instead, the analysis team is staffed. I’ll give the information to Inspector Kang over there. Do you understand?”

does it move like that?

The analysis team is part of the CSI.

And I was told to only receive information from there and proceed with the investigation independently.

At first, I was worried about what I could do in the gap of the homicide squad detectives.

Listening to it, what I was doing was not very different from what I have been doing so far.

So I confidently answered.

“All right. When is the schedule?”

“It’s right from this afternoon. For more details about the incident, go to the analysis team.”

* * *

that afternoon.

I was at the police station.

A case investigation headquarters was created inside the National Police Agency, where numerous detectives were crowded and clamoring about the results of the investigation.

But instead of going to that headquarters, I stopped by the analysis team and met a man.

My name is Inspector Lee Seong-min.

It was an exorcism cop who was said to be working under Inspector Sophia of the analysis team.

Age is around mid 30’s.

He was a person with a strong sense of intelligence because he was wearing glasses.

He was a man in the analysis team who also handled the work of the general CSI and acted as a bridge between normal cases and exorcism cases.

“Nice to meet you, I am Inspector Lee Seong-min.”

Lee Seong-min met me, shook my hand briefly, and then got straight to the point.

“Then, first, let me give you an outline of the case.”

He started his explanation with some data.

The content of the case was similar to what I already knew.

The victim was kidnapped from a playground in the apartment complex where he lived, and the video was taken by another child who was in the same playground.

“However, in the recorded video, only the back of the culprit was taken. So, there is not enough information to pinpoint a suspect. However, judging from the reaction of the child, the investigation headquarters judged that the possibility of being an unfamiliar criminal is low.”

“Are there any other witnesses?”

“Not all of them, but they are all children. I cleverly targeted the moment when the parents were away.”

The witnesses were all three children in the playground at the time.

Also, there was no way that children would pay attention to information useful for arrest, such as license plate numbers.

Even in their eyewitness information, no conclusive evidence was found.

“Anyway, since you kidnapped a child you don’t know well, it’s likely that money is the culprit’s goal after all. Moreover, it is even more so because the apartment complex is quite affluent. However, we have not yet been contacted by the culprit.”

“You kidnapped for money, but there was no demand for money?”

“yes. There’s a possibility that he’s simply a pleasure killer… but it’s probably because of the pressure. I couldn’t have expected it to catch the public’s attention so quickly.”

The story is that even the abductor did not know that the incident would grow to this extent.

And Lee Sung-min’s words continued.

“So there is no time. The first thing criminals who feel a burden is to get rid of the cause of the burden. That the child is in danger.”

I understand that there is no time.

When I asked for another clue, Seongmin Lee shook his head with a blurry face.

“There is nothing. The vehicle captured in the video was also tracked, but it was confirmed as a stolen vehicle and there are few traces using a road with few people and no CCTV. Of course, the investigation headquarters is looking for clues by searching all the CCTVs and black boxes around the area, but nothing has come out yet.”

Even the video of the moment of kidnapping remains, but the investigation is blocked.

It seemed that I now roughly understood why I had been called.

However, even the abilities of the other exorcists did not have much to intervene.

Even if it was a murder case, finding someone who was already alive was not the domain of an exorcist.

Of course, I wasn’t like that.

“·······”

Before I knew it, I looked at the arrow that had formed in front of my eyes.

I couldn’t figure out where the hell to start looking for.

The arrow was just indifferently pointing in the direction I needed to go.

Seeing that, I was momentarily troubled.

As Seo In-na said, it is a different case from the previous cases.

It’s not an exorcism, it’s a normal case, and the police have even set up a case investigation headquarters and desperately cling to it for over three days.

But it was a case that could have been solved in half a day if I just followed the arrows.

But… is that okay?

The level of attention is different from before.

What if this case could be solved with a piece of cake?

It will attract the attention of the entire police force as well as outside the police force and the public.

It’s something I don’t like very much.

“Tsk…”

I clicked my tongue as I looked at the photo of the allegedly abducted child.

A girl less than 10 years old.

For now… it’s better to check to see if he’s still alive.

“First, let’s investigate the abduction site. Can you tell me where it is?”

“yes. Would you like to come with me if you need a companion?”