episode_0171

“Sister, the ghost story’s reaction has disappeared.”

“Yes?”

After hearing the man’s words, he turned his head and looked at the man, Hwan.

Hwan was looking at himself with a calm expression.

We had already been together for 3 months.

After realizing her talent as an exorcist, she gave up her path as a nun and became an exorcist, but Hwan still treated her as a nun.

Although she said it was an undeserved title for her, Hwan always called her a nun.

I was a little grateful for that.

The words that came out of Hwan’s mouth were such absurd words.

“The response to the ghost story has disappeared?”

“Yes, I’m sure.”

“…You mean extermination, not movement, right?”

“Yes, movement has not been confirmed. There seems to be a high possibility of eradication.”

Hwan was talking while looking at his cell phone.

A screen appeared on the mobile phone.

It was an app created by the Ghost Story Management Center, which only allowed exorcists to access it.

I couldn’t understand it, but the app was able to pinpoint the location of all the ghost stories.

And that too without the slightest error.

As a result, some of the exorcists were suspicious, thinking that the app itself might be some kind of ghost story.

Since I’m talking about that app, I don’t think the information is wrong, but I couldn’t believe it.

“Eradication…”

In general, ghost stories were not something to be eradicated.

To lure, isolate, or neglect.

It was closer to that kind of existence.

In order to exterminate a single ghost story, the Ghost Story Management Headquarters isolated the ghost story separately and then created a strategy to exterminate it after dozens of experiments.

However, the ghost story is eradicated just a few tens of minutes after the disaster text message is sent.

As an exorcist, this was a story that was difficult to believe.

“Did another exorcist go there first?”

“Seup… No, we are the only fire department.”

The doubts deepened even more.

“Um, nun, could you…”

“Yes?”

“Could it have been handled by an ordinary person or an exorcist not registered with the government?”

“Hmm… that would be difficult.”

It is not only quite difficult for the average person to deal with ghost stories.

Even as an exorcist, it was nearly impossible to exorcise ghost stories without the help of various objects and colleagues.

That was the reason why even she, who had decided to give up being a nun and become an exorcist, still wore this nun’s uniform.

It was difficult to even fight against the ghost stories unless you were protected from their attacks by the blessings engraved on the nun’s clothes.

And these items were so valuable that it was difficult for unofficial exorcists, who usually did not belong to the general public or the government, to even get a glimpse of them.

Assuming they can get it.

Cheap salt or mass-produced holy water would be all that is available.

There’s no way you can exorcise ghost stories like that.

“I’m a little uneasy.”

“Hmm… But since the ghost story has disappeared…”

“Ha…the ghost story problem is not that simple.”

Hwan tried to tell me to think positively, but he couldn’t possibly think that way.

I wanted to move on, saying that a good thing is a good thing, but if the other person was a ghost story, I couldn’t just ignore it.

Maybe it’s a ghost story that travels a long distance at once.

Or, it’s the first ghost story that wasn’t caught on the app.

This version was more believable than the story that it was eradicated.

“…Let’s go quickly and rescue the people.”

If that was the case, the priority was to get there as quickly as possible and rescue the people.

I increased my walking speed.

The fire station wasn’t far from where they were in the first place.

After walking quickly for about 5 minutes, a fire station came into view with a sign saying “Evacuation Area.”

Although the app said there were no ghost stories, both Hwan and I naturally lowered our posture and silenced the eerie energy unique to ghost stories.

We arrived in front of the fire station, but there was no sign of Ghostam.

“There really is none…”

Still, we did not let down our guard.

“…Uh!”

“…now…?”

“Yes, I heard it inside the fire station.”

The interior of the fire station was a little noisy.

The man and himself exchanged glances.

“…Something must have happened.”

Usually, when something like this happens, everyone falls into depression and fear and becomes speechless.

Especially if there are ghost stories around.

However, there was fighting so loud that it felt lively inside the fire station, so this was clearly not a normal situation.

I asked Hwan to look around for a moment and approached the shutter and put his ear to it.

Because the shutter was thin, I could clearly hear voices beyond the shutter.

“What are you doing! Why don’t you open the door quickly?!”

As soon as I put my ear to the shutter, I heard a loud yelling, which made my ears hurt for a moment.

I overheard the story, suppressing the urge to listen.

“Wait a minute, is it true that the ghost story has definitely been dealt with?”

“He just got hit by that guy’s fist and fell down with a pick…”

“If you show me your exorcism certificate, let’s let you in then!”

“Still, he is the one who saved our lives, so let’s let him in for now…”

“If you stay outside for too long in this weather, you’ll die!”

“…Really?”

Everyone who was trapped was speaking with one voice.

A man exorcised a ghost story.

No one doubted or had any reservations about those words.

Although there seemed to be mixed opinions on whether it was right to bring a man who had defeated a ghost story back to the shelter, everyone spoke as if they had seen the scene of the monster being defeated.

“Soo, Sister, this way.”

At that time, Hwan, who had decided to look around, urgently called to him.

His eyes were as wide as a rabbit’s as if he had just seen an amazing scene.

Let’s take our faces away from the shutter and follow the man’s back to the back of the fire station.

“Ugh…!”

For a moment, I almost screamed in shock.

There, a man was lying on the floor, transformed into a mummy.

It looked as if all its vitality had been sucked out of it.

There was even a hole in his chest.

I couldn’t help but frown at that cruel sight.

“Who the hell is this person…”

“This is not a person. Sister, this is a ghost story.”

“Yes?”

“Look at the pierced chest area.”

I didn’t want to see it, but I followed the man’s words and looked at the body again.

Only then did I understand why the man judged this body to be a ghost story.

Even though the chest was pierced, there was no trace of blood anywhere.

Only torn clothes were visible around the pierced chest, and there was no trace of blood.

Additionally, the inside of the body that I could see was just filled with clay.

“And over there-”

After passing the corpse, Hwan pointed somewhere.

As I moved my gaze along the fingers, I saw a man.

It was a large man.

A sturdy man who looked close to 190 was holding ice in both hands and rubbing his face with the ice as if he were washing his face.

Since today’s weather is sweltering, the appearance may seem natural at first glance.

What can I say about the large man washing his face with ice near a ghost story that has dried up like a mummy?

It gave me a bizarre feeling that this might be a ghost story.

chin.

Looking at that, I slowly approached and made footsteps.

“…”

“…”

I made eye contact with a large man.

We looked into each other’s eyes without saying a word.

The energy I felt was unusual.

I felt something strong, different from the haunting energy of ghost stories.

“…Who are you?”

“Yes? Ah.”

In response to his question, the man dropped the ice on the floor, thought for a moment, and then opened his mouth.

“New exorcist.”

“…What about the certification?”

“…No.”

“Then you’re not even a newbie.”

“…”

The man chuckled as if he had nothing to say and nodded.

It seemed like this man was an unofficial exorcist.

An unofficial exorcist who defeats ghost stories all by himself.

He was truly a waste of talent.

“Then you are… a nun?”

Hearing those words, he looked down at himself.

It was an appearance that could not be helped even if it was misunderstood.

“These are exorcists dispatched from our ghost story management headquarters.”

Hwan confidently answered the man’s question and took out an exorcist’s certificate.

Accordingly, he briefly took out his certificate and showed it to him.

“Oh! It’s finally here!”

Then the man smiled brightly.

With a very happy tone of voice.

Was this man waiting for us?

At that moment, the gaze turned to the fallen ghost.

Although they said it wasn’t a very strong ghost story, they wondered why the man who defeated it was eagerly waiting for them.

Could it be that there is one more ghost story strong enough to need their help?

The man walked to the door with long strides and knocked.

“I’ll show you my exorcist certificate!”

After saying that, he gestured to us.

He was then pointed to CCTV and urged to show his certificate.

Hwan suddenly stepped forward and showed his certificate to the CCTV.

Then the door opened and a firefighter appeared.

“Sorry. It was hot, right? I guess citizens are very anxious.”

“It’s okay.”

A large man entered the cool room, chatting with the firefighters as if they were friends.

As the man entered, cheers erupted from some citizens.

“…”

“…”

He and Hwan stood blankly in front of the door.

It had been neglected.

In my entire career as an exorcist, this is the first time I’ve ever felt this much interest.

“…Shall we go somewhere hot too?”

“…Yes, of course. I need to tell you the rescue plan too…”

Feeling a little sad, I entered the fire station.