Chapter 586 – A Ghost Weighing Down My Head -1-

The moment when Ichoah held her pose in front of her rock and revealed her inner strength.

It appeared in this space as if it were unacceptable.

‘Oh?’

Just before the door is locked.

Of course, Roman was the first to sense the abnormality that occurred in this room.

Click!

The door was locked by her gloomy touch.

Roman’s eyes observed it accurately, but Lee Choa’s capabilities were not possible.

As if to tease her for reacting late to one beat, the moment her head turned, her hand went into hiding.

Roman watched, scratching his chin in interest.

‘The texture of energy is different from a devil… Is it also a type of ghost? Will it be summoned if the conditions meet?’

It’s been a while since I remembered the demon summoning practiced by warlocks on the continent.

This system was so similar to that of the warlocks that I immediately thought of it even though I knew for sure that it was different.

‘It didn’t come in from outside.’

She didn’t step through the crack in the window or door.

It is clear that it used the same principle as the ghost that dug into space and created a nest.

The difference is that this guy dug a hole in space and stuck his head in.

In the act of locking, the door is tightly sealed by releasing ghost energy.

It was hiding and watching this room as if hiding was a skill.

‘There are no eyes directed in this direction.’

A situation where the intruder was not fully aware of the spying subject.

Roman decided to watch Lee Cho-ah’s response to clearly understand the situation.

The manager, who had his eyes closed as if thinking about something, slowly opened them and burst into laughter with a wrinkled face.

“Huh, I didn’t know because my eyes are knotholes. I guess this was the real thing.”

“···.”

The manager opened the note Lee Cho-ah gave him again, as if he was surprised.

Ichoa returned her inner strength and her fist to its original position, which was about to smash her decorated stone.

“I can’t go out anyway. Let’s talk.”

The manager who was sitting at the table got up from his office chair.

Then, he stretched his back on the sofa and offered himself the opposite side.

“···Good.”

A supernatural and mysterious phenomenon where a door closes when no one is there? All members of the special task force, including Lee Cho-ah, are familiar with it.

Ichoa maintains the tension that allows her body to move elastically.

She put her butt on the sofa and faced her manager.

‘If it’s from the front, kick her with your foot, push her back on the sofa, and gain some distance from her…’

What would you do if something attempted to ambush you the moment you sit down?

Numbers of such cases filled Lee Choa’s mind.

Either that or not.

The manager started talking as if he had no interest.

“In the world, the precious commodity called information is monopolized by a very few people.”

“Yes, I know.”

“No, you don’t really know. If you think about it, you have to think about the flow of money that reaches the ears of wealthy people and high-ranking public officials. If you go one step further, you’ll think of the Special Affairs Department.”

“···.”

It wasn’t wrong.

The manager puts a cigarette in his mouth again. It was chain-smoking with no idea what kind of emotion it was.

“As a member of the Special Task Force, too many people know that the knowledge about the existence of ghosts and how to deal with mysteries is monopolized.”

“There are at less than a hundred people in our country who know both the existence of ghosts and how to deal with them.”

Because most people are dead and there are not many members left.

Nevertheless, the manager shook his head.

“It’s not a hundred people, it’s a hundred people. Real information is not like that.”

“···Will you tell me?”

“Whoa──.”

The manager finally exhaled a cloud of smoke and threw the shredded butt on the floor.

“Do you know the beginning of mystery?”

“When I joined the company, I was taught that no one knew the beginning.”

“That’s normal. Even those who teach in the first place don’t know.”

“···Does the manager know?”

The manager’s gaze was looking ahead, but it did not have the sense of looking at Lee Cho-ah.

She maintained a blank demeanor as if she was communicating with someone else, and then she answered Lee Cho-ah.

“Let’s make a deal.”

“Yes?”

“I want the source of the powers and notes you learned without lying.”

“···.”

“If you promise not to lie, not only will I tell you the secret, but I will also promise you the best treatment.”

Roman, standing behind the manager, caught Lee Cho-ah’s attention.

At Roman’s permission to do so, Ichoa took a deep breath and expressed her affirmation.

“Good.”

“Would you like to make a promise?”

“I promise.”

The manager nods and smiles in satisfaction at the attitude of not asking what Daewoo is talking about.

And then she opened her mouth first, as if she was being generous.

“Do you like history?”

“I am interested.”

“That’s a good thing. To talk about the beginning of the mystery, you have to go quite far into the past.”

“···.”

Am I too tired to just blurt out a long story?

The manager followed her habit and rummaged through her inside pocket again.

After seeing that the cigarette pack was empty, the manager clicked her tongue violently without hiding his disappointment.

“Tsk, when do you think the ghost first appeared?”

“I don’t know.”

“Of course, I don’t know. But it is clear when we will have the mystery to fight against ghosts.”

“When is it?”

“No matter how much the people scream, will the country come up with an alternative to something so demonic? In order to be sincere in creating such a preparedness plan, it must be at a time when high-ranking people are in danger.”

A mysterious incident recorded in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.

A monster commotion that appeared in Hanyang.

It first started in the 6th year of King Jungjong’s reign in the 16th century, and it was in the 27th year of King Jungjong’s reign that ghosts became active and reached the palace.

“There is an opinion that Jungjong’s psychological agitation caused by political turmoil led to the imagination of a monster, but there is no way that psychological agitation could have been expressed and recorded metaphorically in a Confucian society where the Analects of Young master circulated saying, ‘A gentleman does not discuss gods with superpowers.’ Isn’t it?”

“···.”

“After that, there was only one similar record per year of King Injong. Afterward, monsters do not appear in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.”

“···.”

After finishing speaking, the manager looked at Lee Cho-ah, who was listening quietly.

“The reason why records of something mentioned as a monster were cut off. Can you guess the reason? I believe you would have figured it out right away.”

“You discovered the mystery.”

As Lee Cho-ah said, he just found a solution to the ghost during that time.

“I’d like to hear your opinion on what methods you think you used to find out that power, but I’ll save you some time.”

“Please.”

Lee Cho-ah began to feel a sense of tension that something was approaching, independent of the manager’s attitude.

As she listened, her body grew stronger.

“The answer is simple. The reality is that in order to catch ghosts, we had no choice but to join hands with them.”

“Yes…?”

Lee Cho-ah’s expression was as hard as stone.

The manager burst into laughter, wondering if that was fun.

“Haha! Why are you making a face like you don’t understand? Humans also hate humans and murders are rampant every day. Do you think ghosts would be any different?”

“···.”

The manager, who was leaning on the sofa with the intention of sinking into it, slowly got up.

“It is a promise that has been going on for hundreds of years. While listening to this story, I had the honor of vividly glimpsing the memories of that time.”

In the distant past, a palace was in chaos and haunted by ghosts.

It is said that a being of enormous size appeared, beating the ghost to death with a club and fists and chewing it up.

– This body is the king of goblins. It is wise, but it is madness itself.

– Born to live forever. An entity that cannot be captured by humans.

– This body exists without the permission of reason, and wants to prove itself.

– You greedy little things, I will grab your leash and prove the true nature of this body.

– The enjoyment of life by weak creatures is only a temporary tolerance of this body.

Red hair that seems to be stained with blood, red bloodshot eyes, and sharp nails.

The humans in the palace faced a being whose brutality they could not control.

“What kind of suggestion did you receive from what kind of ghost?”

“In exchange for informing you of the existence of mystery, I will not allow any powers other than mystery. That was definitely the story.”

Ichoa couldn’t bear the manager’s tone of comment as light as a feather and closed her eyes tightly.

‘Why such conditions… I didn’t receive the mystery, I was just informed of the existence of the mystery…’

Why did they remain silent when the people were dying, then stand on the edge of a cliff and accept the worst conditions?

In all likelihood, that condition was a strong control over human potential.

However, it doesn’t matter to the vested interests who are living at the moment and the wealthy people who have no business directly jumping in.

Regardless of the era, the people below are responsible for throwing away their lives like stubble.

Ichoa, barely able to suppress the anger that made her hands tremble, spoke as calmly as possible.

“···What I want to hear is what I received in return from the ghost.”

It’s intuition.

What we have learned will not simply be the mysterious existence.

Haha! I’m walking along, and then you ask a strange question. There are many things, but if I had to pick just one… It’s what a human being who has everything, wealth, power, and fame, wants. Isn’t it obvious?”

When Lee Choa saw her manager’s smile, a fire burst out in her eyes.

“Well, I guess I’ve told you enough. Do you remember what I said? I’ll give you the best treatment.”

“Are you going to kill me now?”

“!”

The manager’s eyes widened as if he was surprised by Lee Cho-ah’s calm remark.

Next, she did not hide the fact that she was impressed.

“Is the Special Department a Special Department?… Contrary to the fierce look in his eyes, he doesn’t look so cool.”

Starting from those words.

Boom!

A hollow hole appeared in the air.

A black liquid reminiscent of ink began to gush out.

“Tsk…!”

It’s on a different level than before.

It was such a ghostly energy that the sound of a song came out spontaneously and my whole body felt tingly.

The black liquid quickly rose up to my ankles.

“Once I tell you all the truth, I will let you go without pain. I hope you keep the promise you made and go without pain. It is my mercy to you who have suffered so much.”

“Cough! Cough!”

Even though I quickly wrapped around the inner cavity, the feeling of my throat cracking did not go away.

“Ah, that’s right. He’s a member of the Special Task Force, so I’m curious what kind of person he is.”

The manager recited quietly as he looked at Lee Cho-ah, who couldn’t even open her eyes due to her terrible energy.

“The meaning of the name is a ghost that weighs down the head. According to tradition, it is an unidentified being that kills people by crushing their heads.”

“···!”

“We praise him as ‘Douukshini.'”

The room is filled with darkness as it makes a loud noise. The door disappears.

The same goes for sofas and computers.

The things in the room sank into the darkness, and only life was supporting it, pushing against the floor.

“If I remember correctly, since this promise was made, you are the first person to know the identity of the Mystery and properly learn the power to replace it. You are truly a waste of talent.”

“Ugh…”

“Even if I didn’t know about the contract, the person named ‘Lee Choa’ was under me under the contract. As my superior, I was aware of the fact that it was not allowed, so it was inevitable that it would be relayed to him.”

Only after the room became completely black did the pouring liquid stop.

It was a mysterious space where people were clearly visible even though there was no sunlight.

– You poor, lowly thing. Kneel before this body.

Between the empty spaces.

I could see the big red bloodshot eyes of the Duo-o-shi.

‘Is that him?’

Only then did Roman lift his back from the wall.

I am still a loner outside of awareness.

‘Let’s take a look at the handsome goblin’s face.’

After watching, the calculation of conditions was completed.

First, since ghosts have a strange ability to penetrate space, it is best to cut them off and confine them so that they have no way to escape.

Second, Dokgo-rin and Lee Cho-ah in the image should not come into contact.

What you need to keep in mind is that these two things are enough.

A space filled with pitch-black ghost energy.

Above.

Cry rumbling──!!!

A thunderous sound sounded as if the sky was falling.

[Opening the mind’s door]

At Roman’s feet.

The dark red lightning stretched out like a spider web and engulfed the space.