As if the three paper birds had been waiting, they flew towards the three men like bullets. The terrified men waved their arms in the air as if to chase away flying flies.
“W- What!”
“Ugh, get away from me!”
The three black birds scattered near the heads of the three people and mercilessly pecked at the top of their heads. Even though it was a bird’s beak made of paper, a terrible pain ran through their heads as if they were being attacked by a real bird. It was so unrealistic that they wondered if they were dreaming. The three of them were already half-conscious.
The movements of the underlings, who had been struggling violently to get rid of the paper bird, gradually slowed down. Their vision started to blur and their legs started to lose strength. They staggered one by one, starting with Yamsaeng and fell to the ground. It happened in an instant.
After finishing their work, the three black birds fluttered and flew to Yoon Taehee’s side. Yoon Taehee spread his palms as if he had been waiting. The black birds perched on the palms opened their beaks and chirped.
What the paper birds vomited were black marbles as small as millet. This bead was the fruit of plucking a day’s worth of memories. When the day dawns, they would wake up as usual and go back to their daily lives, forgetting everything that happened the night before, as if the film had been cut.
“You’ve worked hard.”
Yoon Taehee whispered affectionately. As if the paper birds had heard his words, they tapped Yoon Taehee’s palms with their beaks, and rubbed his head. The black birds could cut out only the memories of one night. That was only possible for one time, and since it didn’t work on one person twice, in reality, each person had only one chance to use the black birds.
Instead of producing powerful effects, it was a tool that was limited to being disposable, but everything had its pros and cons. Still, there was nothing as useful as a black bird when there are ordinary people caught up in an unexpected situation. Yoon Taehee slowly clenched his fists. The sound of crumpling paper could be heard in his fist.
Yoon Taehee passed the sleeping men and headed near the drum, where the fire had been lit. Then, without hesitation, he poured the black birds and beads into the wood fire in the drum. The roaring flames ate up the unidentifiable firewood. After a while, everything would be ashes.
He didn’t know if it’s because of his mood, but the guys who were caught this time were cuter than the previous ones. Yoon Taehee looked down at the burning flames, and he murmured.
“It’s a bit unfortunate.”
It was a moment later that Yoon Taehee moved his feet.
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Kim Seonghun was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the dark warehouse. At some point, his closed eyelids began to open. It was because he felt a faint presence. It’s been several hours since he took his underlings and locked himself in the warehouse. The eyebrows of Kim Seonghun, who had been sitting without a slight movement, twitched.
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“Who are you?”
After a long silence, Kim Seonghun spoke to him. However, the man was silent, and the eyes that could be seen through the mask were filled with meaningless laughter.
“I asked you where you came from.”
“Why did you choose someone like that?”
Yoon Taehee didn’t answer his question and immediately criticised Kim Seonghun. Then, before Kim Seonghun could even open his mouth to say anything, he immediately spoke again.
“It is a well-known story that Jukyung Construction is working on golf resort construction these days. Despite being a new construction company, they succeeded in attracting the investment of the local government, and as a result, they are diligently building buildings while cutting down a mountain, pushing away all the trees and rocks. But what is this now, did they touch one of the rocks by mistake?”
Kim Seonghun stared at Yoon Taehee in silence as he spoke calmly.
“However, it must have been a rock that has been in place for hundreds of years deep in the mountains. Maybe it was a rock that people in the past used to pray for. Old natural objects tend to have spirits, and if they were even worshipped, they would be more than enough to serve as vessels for a single spirit. Of course, these days, people would probably scoff at the idea as superstitious.”
Yoon Taehee slowly raised his arm and placed his hand on the mask he was wearing.
“The president of Jukyung Construction must have ignored the fact that when you touch an old tree or rock, you have to hold a rite or use a talisman to soothe the spirit so that it doesn’t get angry. Other construction companies with a certain amount of experience would hold ancestral rites since they have nothing to lose anyway. How ridiculous that must have looked in the eyes of a young person. In the end, that became the problem. The precious young master of Jukyung Construction had been ill for a long time and his body was weakened, his power to hold on to his spirit was diminished, so it was the perfect target for venting anger. The spirit that lost its vessel entered the body of a passing human, approached the child, and stole his soul.”
After his words, Yoon Taehee took off his mask and revealed his bare face.
“Now, this is my scenario. what do you think about it?”
The dim moonlight shone brightly on Yoon Taehee’s face. Kim Seonghun, who confirmed the picturesque appearance hidden under the mask, got up from his seat and straightened his body. Kim Seonghun took a stride and approached Yoon Taehee. The latter did not blink an eye at his approaching distance. Facing Yoon Taehee’s gaze, Kim Seonghun, who had been silent all along, had a faint smile on his lips.
“Impressive, Taehee-nim.”
Seonghun Kim bent his knees and bowed his head.
“Well… I am always impressive.”
Yoon Taehee lifted the corner of his mouth as he ruffled his bangs that were pressed down by his mask with one hand. He handed the mask he was holding in his other hand to Kim Seonghun. It was an unspoken instruction to hold it. And Kim Seonghun accepted the mask with a very familiar attitude.
“No matter how long I waited, there was no news, so I thought something was wrong.”
“Is that so? It’s a bit late because of a long scuffle.”
“So, did you receive a good vacation?”
“Of course. Who am I?”
It had to be a situation where Chief Yoon Taehee, not anyone else, had to step in. On top of that, Yoon Taehee was to be absent from his position, he had nothing to lose either way and was in a position to for his request to be ‘listened to’.
It was literally the perfect scenario to get something out of it.
“I heard that Department Head Seok Juryeon is not a regular bet, but you’ve managed to trick her.”
“How many years have I known her? Department Head Seok is someone who taked her subordinate seriously. If her subordinates are about to lose their food supply, there’s no way she will stay still. Even so, she doesn’t gamble because she doesn’t trust others. She would somehow use someone she can definitely trust, and in a messy situation where she has to keep mouths shut completely to not be caught by the higher ups, isn’t the hand that can be played obvious?”
“Yes, and that is Taehee-nim.”
Kim Sunghun responded as if he had been waiting for it, and Yoon Taehee smiled.
“You are very good.”
“What are you talking about?”
Kim Seonghun was consistent in his ignorance. Perfect all the way. Yoon Taehee smiled and he kindly touched Kim Seonghun’s back.
“You must be tired, so come out now.”
Yoon Taehee gestured with his chin. He had been in a human body for almost two days, so even if he didn’t speak, he must have been pretty exhausted.
“Why did you even go in there? The energy must be filthy because he has been punching innocent people and doing garbage.”
“It was because there was no other decent human being.”
He had to work to coincide with Yoon Taehee’s day off, so he couldn’t afford to waste his time. He hurriedly grabbed someone and came in, but a group of henchmen appeared out of nowhere and chased after him. Thanks to that, Yoon Taehee had to deal with unexpected humans. Of course, Yoon Taehee didn’t mind.
Kim Seonghun prepared to go out of the body. If he got out right away, he might fall straight to the floor and injure himself so he laid down slowly on the floor so as not to injure his borrowed body.
“Just come out. A thug gets hurt anyway.”
Yoon Taehee rudely kicked Kim Seonghun’s leg with his straight shoe.
“Ah, should I break a wrist while we’re at it?”
“…”
Even though he was the one who forcibly took over the body… Kim Seonghun made a puzzled expression. Yoon Taehee was basically kind-hearted, but there were times when he was strangely cold.
“I’m just kidding, if I break it now, it will hurt you too.”
Yoon Taehee raised one eyebrow and looked down at Kim Seonghun, who was lying on the floor. He closed his eyes. Soon, something like dark smoke crawled out of Kim Seonghun’s stomach. What had been scattered like a black fog gradually began to take shape, and finally stood up from Kim Seonghun’s body. After the uninvited guest disappeared, Kim Seonghun’s body sagged. It would take him three days to come to his senses again.
What came out of the body was a man with long, straight hair down to his waist, dressed in old-fashioned costumes that could only be seen in historical dramas. Every time the man moved his body, his fine silk clothes fluttered. The body wrapped in silk was strong at a glance, but if there was a slight difference from Yoon Taehee, Kim Seonghun, and the three subordinates outside…
There was no shadow under his feet.
is he a friend or a friend, friend?
Is everything planned by him just to get the vacation he wants in order to look for a successor? How cunning.
What…did you do… heh. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Thanks for the chapter!