The successful candidates were just confused by the words that came out like Yoon Taehee was talking to themselves, wondering who he was talking about. Jaegyeom blinked absentmindedly. Yoon Taehee, who was still sitting loosely on his table with an expressionless face, put his hands in his pants pockets and asked.
“Hwang Seungsoo-ssi. Where are we?”
‘What do you mean where is this place…’, startled, Hwang Seungsoo opened his mouth and stuttered,
“Na- Naryecheong… ”
“Right, this is Naryecheong.”
Yoon Taehee tilted his head and said.
“If you know where this place was, you had better act wiser. This is not a place I’d let a single loach muddy the water. If you swing your fist according to your temper, it won’t do”
Hwang Seungsoo swallowed at the wry remark. Since he knew his brother, he thought maybe he would just overlook it… At first glance, the words were spoken in a kind and polite tone, but the content was sharp and bitter.
“For all the talk of social life, it seems like you have quite a big problem with discerning your self-interests. Is it because you have a great backing? Well, Senior Hwang is definitely in a position where he can easily resolve this issue.”
Hwang Seungsoo’s face hardened at the gentle sarcasm.
“Still, why don’t you show some tact? This isn’t some street… Ah, perhaps your abilities are so great that you don’t need to worry about tact…”
Yoon Taehee touched him chin and muttered thoughtfully,
“That’s right, you said you were applying to the Exorcism Department, right? Let me check something.”
Yoon Taehee casually got up from the table he was sitting on. Suddenly, he lifted his right arm, unbuttoned his sleeves, and rolled up his shirt sleeves casually. He then walked closer to Hwang Seungsoo, who was standing nearby.
Hearing those words, wondering what he was talking about, Hwang Seungsoo looked at Yoon Taehee with bewildered eyes.
“Hwang Seungsoo. Put some spiritual energy on your face.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Yoon Taehee swung his hand.
Smack-!
Hwang Seungsoo’s head turned violently. The series of actions happened in an instant. Everyone was dumbfounded by the sudden situation, looking at Yoon Taehee with their jaws dropped and Jaegyeom was no exception. Yoon Taehee had slapped Hwang Seungsoo, wanting to test his skills.
“…”
“…”
“…”
The atmosphere in the conference room instantly froze.
“How was it just now? I hit you without spiritual energy.”
He questioned, tilting his head to one side, as if he was trying to remind the other person that this was just an action to confirm his skills. Hwang Seungsoo, who was standing with a stunned expression, only covered his slapped cheek after a long time. Yoon Taehee said.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Yoon Taehee kindly continued his explanation.
“That’s why it’s much more difficult to defend than to attack. It’s easy to let out spiritual energy, but when defending, you have to keep a certain amount of energy stagnant. It requires a high level of concentration. If you are good at controlling your energy, even if you take the same damage, you may be less injured, or you may be able to completely nullify the damage. Do you understand?”
The senior exorcist’s careful teaching continued. The successful applicants’ faces were pale, while Jaegyeom was staring at Yoon Taehee with a blank face.
Yoon Taehee had told him that if possible, receive the first hit. So Jaegyeom endured it for once. So then, it was his turn. However, Yoon Taehee intervened at that exact moment so he was unable to return it to Hwang Seungsoo. He himself got hit, so the other should have gotten hit too. Jaegyeom’s feelings were a little divided as he wondered why Yoon Taehee had to intervene right after he got hit.
Could it be that he did this on purpose? Maybe he was angry because of Jaegyeom…
“Then I believe I’ve explained it? Again,”
At that time, Yoon Taehee spoke with a slight dimple in his cheeks.
“But this time, I’m going to put spiritual energy in my hand.”
Smack-!
Before Hwang Seungsoo could open his mouth to say anything, another harsh hand struck him. This time it was the other cheek. As predicted, it was a slap in the face with loaded spiritual energy. The sound was much louder than before as Hwang Seungsoo’s body briefly staggered due to the recoil of the shock.
“Oh, I think you blocked it better this time than before. Great. You handle your energy better than I thought.”
Yoon Taehee looked down at his hands and praised the man in a bright tone.
“…”
“…”
All of the successful candidates exchanged silent glances, seemingly at a loss. For some reason, the situation was taking an unusual turn. Now everyone could be sure; no matter how you looked at it, this was not a matter of simply checking one’s skills. The senior exorcist was humiliating Hwang Seungsoo, it was completely intentional. In the end, Hwang Seungsoo covered his red, swollen cheeks and gritted his teeth.
“You may be a senior, but you shouldn’t be doing this, right?”
He glared at Yoon Taehee. His cheeks hurt like they were on fire, but never mind the pain, the feeling of shame was even greater. He got slapped twice in front of everyone.
“I’m sure checking my skills is just an excuse, and you’re just taking out your anger!”
Yoon Taehee looked at Hwang Seungsoo in surprise.
“Oh… It seems like you don’t have any tact at all…”
What? Seungsoo’s face was distorted like a crumpled sheet of paper.
“That’s right, I’m taking out my anger. No one dares to touch, but I actually got a little upset when someone else did.”
Yoon Taehee’s words were unclear, it was hard to understand what he was saying. The only one who understood was Jaegyeom. He guessed right that Yoon Taehee was angry. He had done this on purpose because he was angry with me. He thought he would just brush it off like usual saying, “What are you talking about?”, but this was unexpected. Jaegyeom blinked blankly.
At that time, Yoon Taehee raised one eyebrow crookedly.
“But what should I do? My anger is not quite relieved yet.”
As the words flowed out coldly in a low voice,
Smack-!
Yoon Taehee once again slapped Hwang Seungsoo on the cheek, this time without warning. He hit so hard that his lip burst and Hwang Seungsoo’s body tilted to one side. The successful applicants nearby reflexively stretched out their hands.
“Ah, ugh…”
Hwang Seungsoo slumped to the ground, groaning and holding his face. The pain was excruciating, as if his bones were being broken. Yoon Taehee, who was looking down at the scene, smiled slightly.
“Still, I was sincere in wanting to test your skills. As a member of the Exorcism Department.”
As the words flowed out in his monotonous tone, the successful candidates looked at Yoon Taehee with surprised eyes, realizing he was from the so-called Exorcism Department.
“It was beyond my expectations. Well, but there will be no need for you to join our team.”
Yoon Taehee muttered, putting his hands in his pants pockets.
“Because our team looks at character.”
He stared down at Hwang Seungsoo coldly for a moment, then raised his head. His eyes met Jaegyeom’s, who was looking his way with an unfathomable expression. Yoon Taehee stared back at Jaegyeom in silence, and then added quietly.
“Oh, and the face too.”
He playfully wrinkled his nose.
“…”
For a moment, Jaegyeom avoided eye contact subconsciously.
Just then, Hwang Seungsoo barely managed to squeeze out a voice.
“N- No matter how wrong I may have been, I don’t know if you are punishing me according to procedure, but it is clearly unfair to physically hit me like this…”
This time, Yoon Taehee cut off Seungsoo’s words again.
“If you feel offended, get promoted.”
It was a neat, simple response, but extremely insincere.
***
“I will let today’s matter pass without any further issues. I believe that what I’ve told you so far, you’ve roughly understood it. You can rest assured that there will be no cancellation of acceptance or anything like that. But I hope something like this never happens again.”
Yoon Taehee checked his wristwatch and summarized the situation in a businesslike tone. The successful applicants heaved a sigh of relief when they heard that today’s incident would be considered passed without question. They were anxious about what would happen if, as someone said, they canceled their acceptance, but it was fortunate. Yoon Taehee, who had finished venting his anger, was a generous boss.
After finishing his words, Yoon Taehee approached Jaegyeom. As the distance got closer and closer, the smell of perfume seemed to waft to the latter. Jaegyeom had not said anything since earlier.
At that moment, the front door of the conference room opened and a stranger came in.
“Hello! Everyone who passed- huh?”
The scene inside the conference room was dizzying at first glance, and the tangible atmosphere was also somewhat distracting. The exorcist looked around the conference room with a puzzled look on her face, holding a document file in her arms, and then her eyes finally landed on Hwang Seungsoo, who was sitting on the floor.
“What happened? Why are you like this?”
Hwang Seungsoo just groaned without saying a word. The successful applicants who were supposed to be seated were standing in awkward postures, almost like wooden stones. At that time, the unfamiliar exorcist noticed Yoon Taehee and was puzzled. Seeing that the man was wearing a suit, it seems like he was a fellow exorcist instead of an applicant. Wondering why he was here, the unfamiliar exorcist did not recognise Yoon Taehee’s bare face.
“I am Do Nayoung, a member of the Purification Department who came to conduct the orientation.”
Putting aside many questions, Do Nayoung first introduced herself. The successful applicants were dumbfounded. They had naturally thought that the senior exorcist, who came in first, was the one who came to conduct the orientation. Just then, Do Nayoung asked what everyone was wondering.
“Excuse me, who are you? You’re affiliated with…”
In response to Do Na-young’s question, the eyes of the successful applicants, excluding Hwang Seungsoo, all turned towards Yoon Taehee, thinking ‘he didn’t come for OT? Then who on earth…’ Yoon Taehee rolled his eyes around for a moment, seemingly pondering something, and then he suddenly turned his head and looked at Jaegyeom. Jaegyeom met his gaze with a puzzled face.
Yoon Taehee suddenly opened his mouth.
“Who am I?”
“What? What, yo.”
These were the first words he said to Yoon Taehee, whom he had met in a few days. Meanwhile, Yoon Taehee suddenly threw the question that had been directed at him at Jaegyeom in turn. Startled, Jaegyeom wrinkled his eyes. Wasn’t he the one who told him to pretend to not know anything? The man must have read Jaegyeom’s eyes, and he tilted his head as if indicating it was okay for him to say it now.
Jaegyeom, who was watching him, reluctantly opened his mouth.
“Yoon… Yoon Taehee…”
Do Nayoung widened her eyes like a bunny in surprise. Yoon Taehee still had his eyes fixed on Jaegyeom. Even though he answered as he was told, it seemed like he was waiting for him to continue, as if there was still more he had to say.
Ah, this fucking bastard…
Jaegyeom, who sensed the other’s intention, added harshly.
“Ch..ief… -nim.”
Only then did Yoon Taehee laugh out loud at that, and then he looked at Do Nayoung.
“That’s right.”
It was an unkind self-introduction that quoted someone else’s words.
LOL, I think Yoon Taehee just loves messing with everyone.😁
Yes n I love him for it.
Lol I just love their dynamic even though I don’t understand it༎ຶ‿༎ຶ