episode_0021

It was rewarding to continue researching until late at night.

‘A mysterious man wearing a black jacket.’

There was something I learned while going to see spiritualists with Sarah. The appearance of the ghosts was similar to that of the body found at the scene of death at the time of death. For example, ghosts who died in a fire are charred black, and ghosts who died in a car accident have traces of twisted bodies. Even the clothes they were wearing were often the same as the clothes the corpse was wearing.

My father’s cause of death was a heart attack.

Since he wasn’t particularly injured, my father’s spirit would have looked like a living person from the outside. Moreover, if the person is wearing a black jacket, the probability that it is the same person increases even more.

“Sera! Come quickly!”

I quickly called Sarah. Sarah, who had been sleeping in the living room, woke up yawning when I called her.

“… .what? What’s going on? Did you find any unidentified life forms on the mystery site?”

“That’s not it, there’s someone we’ve been looking for! I think I found a ghost that resembles my father.”

“What, what?”

Sarah heard me and rushed to the room where the computer was. From the time I was in elementary school until now when I was in high school, he was the father we always looked for. Sarah was surprised to hear the news all of a sudden after looking for him for seven years.

“Someone saw something strange near Chilryong Mountain.”

I made room for Sarah. Sarah sat in front of the computer and slowly read the post I had posted. The moment I scrolled to the end, Sarah opened her mouth with an interesting expression.

“A man in a black jacket? Besides, he looked so fine that he could be thought of as a living person, right?”

“Because it looks fine, there is a high probability that it is my father’s spirit song. And I told you this before. My father was wearing a black jacket when he passed away.”

“I know. But it’s a little strange. If this is your father’s ghost, why is it on Seven Dragon Mountain? It’s a long way from Seoul.”

Chilryong Mountain.

The mountain was located in Cheolnyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do. Since it is located in the Jeonnam region, it was a mountain quite far from Seoul.

It was strange that my deceased father appeared at Chilryongsan Mountain. However, if I thought about it carefully, I was able to think of a somewhat understandable reason.

“My father is an exorcist. Even if you become a ghost, you can still move around trying to save people.”

“Are you saying that you are traveling around the country to perform exorcisms? You have a great work ethic, don’t you? Even after death, you are still doing exorcism.”

“It’s quite possible. Because my father is a bit of an eccentric person.”

My guess is this:

There is something evil on Seven Dragon Mountain that threatens people. The father blocked the author of the post from trying to climb the mountain to prevent an accident. If you’re asking what the danger is, there was some information in the post.

‘A dazzlingly white thing.’

After meeting the man, the author saw something pure white on the mountain.

A dazzlingly white thing came down the mountain and tried to attack the author.

“It’s written here. I almost got attacked by a pure white guy. Before the author was killed, his father warned him and saved him.”

“It’s a reasonable guess.”

Sarah listened to my guess and nodded. Listening to what followed, it seemed that Serra had also heard something about Chilryongsan Mountain.

“If it is Chilryong Mountain… . It must be a famous place for shamans.”

“Famous?”

“In the past, it was a mountain that shamans and Buddhists often visited. It is said that the mountain’s energy was clear, so it was a good place to pray and practice. But from one day on, no one went there.”

Sera told me about an incident that happened a long time ago at Chilryongsan Mountain.

“Applause One person died on Chilryongsan Mountain. He was found dead in the mountains 10 years ago. They say the body was gruesome, as if it had been bitten by a wild beast.”

It was said that a shaman who went to Chilryongsan Mountain was found dead.

After that, shamans no longer visited Chilryongsan Mountain because they considered it an unclean place.

“Were you attacked by an animal?”

“No one knows that. The police investigated but could not determine the cause of death. From that day on, strange accidents began to occur on Chilryongsan Mountain.”

I felt like I knew what kind of accident was starting to happen. There were many cases of hikers going missing or spiritual figures being sighted on Chilryongsan Mountain. The mountain that once had clear energy has now turned into a cursed mountain with echoing sounds.

Of course it was an interesting place for me. As it is famous as a psychic spot, I have been thinking of going to Chilryongsan Mountain someday. Now that I had seen a spirit who resembled my father, this was my chance.

I decided to go to Seven Dragon Mountain and investigate the mystery myself.

“Sera.”

I made up my mind and told Sarah about my travel plans.

“I’m going to go to Chilryongsan Mountain this Friday. I have to find my father.”

“Friday? Are you planning to leave right after school?”

“Uh.”

Originally, I was planning to travel alone. Any mountain in the Jeonnam region was far from Seoul. It was prickling my conscience to take Sarah with me. However, as soon as Sarah heard my travel plans, she opened her mouth as if she had been waiting.

“Then come with me.”

“Together… ?”

“Of course we should go together. Did you really think you were going to leave me and go alone?”

I was a little embarrassed because he spoke so casually about going on a trip together.

You probably have your own schedule over the weekend and can rest at home, right?

“It’s not something you throw away! The weekend ends when you return from a trip. Your precious weekend will be deleted.”

“What’s the big deal about the weekend disappearing? Do you know how hard I worked to find your father? What will happen to me if you go to Seven Dragon Mountain and find your father alone?”

“Isn’t it a good thing because you don’t have to suffer any more… ?”

“Of course it’s not good, you idiot! Everything I’ve worked so hard for so far is in vain. I really need to watch the father and son reunite. I’m continuing to do this to intimidate that.”

I want to watch the scene where I reunite with my father.

That was Sarah’s wish.

I can no longer travel alone.

“So let’s go together.”

“Yeah, right. Let’s go together.”

Sarah smiled and held out her hand to me.

I held Sarah’s hand with a shy expression.

There was still time until Friday.

We decided to get the necessary equipment from Hyehwadang.

“There must be a lot to prepare before leaving.”

“There’s still plenty of time.”

*

Time passed and it became Friday. As it was the first week of the semester, there were no particularly difficult classes in high school. Thanks to this, I was able to focus on preparing for the trip.

Friday afternoon.

We took the KTX from Seoul Station and departed for Jeonnam.

When we got on the train, we were both wearing heavy duffel bags. I was going to Chilryongsan Mountain, which was rumored to be a dangerous area, but I couldn’t travel alone. I put the necessary equipment in the duffel bag.

Various new knives including Gunungkal.

A bottle containing chunks of rock salt for throwing.

Shamanic items such as mugu bells and mugwort.

In addition, various survival equipment such as MacGyver swords and hammers.

These were the items I brought with me because I didn’t know what might happen on Chilryongsan Mountain. In the first place, it was a famous place where many spiritual people appeared. There might be an attack by spirits, so it wouldn’t hurt to prepare in advance.

“Jinwoo, you took a note too, right?”

“I took it.”

“It’s the most important thing, so don’t forget it.”

He also brought along a notebook containing his father’s story.

But actually, this wasn’t all I brought.

There was one more thing I secretly brought with me without telling Sarah.

━━Rumble

The KTX we boarded departed.

While watching the scenery quickly passing by outside the car window, I secretly cleared my throat.

“Keuhm.”

As I cleared my throat, Sarah looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“What’s wrong? Surely you didn’t leave something behind?”

“No, no. I didn’t leave it behind, but I brought one more useful thing.”

“What is it?”

I took out the equipment I had prepared separately from my coat pocket.

“EMF meter.”

It was a palm-sized machine in the form of a remote control.

There were five LED lights on the top.

It was something called an EMF meter.

It contained a function to detect spirits by measuring the surrounding electromagnetic fields.

Sarah looked at the EMF meter I took out and was embarrassed.

“That’s a magnetic field detector, right?”

“It’s an EMF meter! You can detect spirits with this.”

“No… ! Did you pay for something that might be fake?”

“The item I purchased directly from overseas arrived yesterday.”

It cost about 100,000 won to purchase an EMF meter.

Sarah reacted in bewilderment when she heard what I said.

“You paid money to buy that crappy equipment?”

“You’re being harsh when you say it’s crappy equipment. Are you ignoring the EMF meter now? Machines are more accurate than people.”

“What if it’s not accurate? And my eyes are more accurate than the machine.”

“Then you can sell it as a used product. I’m so glad I have good eyes.”

I knew it would be like this.

Sarah was distrustful of the EMF meter I brought with her. From a long time ago, Sarah did not trust foreign psychic equipment. Perhaps because he was a shaman, he trusted his five senses more than machines.

If I had revealed it before leaving, I would have been told to leave it at home.

The train departed and it was a good thing I took out the EMF meter.

Well, I also admitted that Sarah’s eyes were accurate.

However, there may be situations where an EMF meter is needed.

You have to detect ghosts around you in situations where your field of vision is limited.

“Sera, would you like to buy one for you too?”

“No need for crappy machines.”

“Don’t ask me to buy it later.”

“That will never happen, right?”

It’s an outrageous thing to say that it’s a crappy machine.

If you go to Chilryongsan Mountain, you will be able to check the performance of the EMF meter.