The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

66.

After a while.

Guided by Kim Da-young to the center of LB Academy, I knocked on the door of the chairman’s office.

The building where the director’s office is located was a surprisingly simple hanok.

Unlike other nearby buildings like Kira Castle, it was just one story and had a yard, but it wasn’t big.

Even if you place it in the middle of Seoul as it is, there is not much sense of incongruity.

So, for some reason, it seemed like an elderly grandfather or grandmother was living inside.

“Oh, are you here already?”

Surprisingly, the person who opened the door was not that old.

Is it around 30?

It was not easy to determine her age because of the heavy eye makeup, but it looked roughly like that.

“nice to meet you. Inspector Kang Jin-woo, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. Are you the chairman?”

“My name is Joo Seon-ah.”

The woman who said that, Joo Seon-ah, asked me to shake hands.

Wearing the academy uniform, her impression was very sharp.

From the long raised eyebrows to the haughty-looking features.

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If she was beautiful, she had a beautiful appearance, but she had the same impression that one might think of when talking about a ferocious shaman.

But her expression as she shook my hand was normally soft.

“Then come in. Do you want to go have a cup of tea too?”

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Joo Seon-ah asked Da-yeong Kim, who guided me.

“no! I’m OK. Then see you next time!”

However, Dayoung Kim said that and left.

It was a seemingly cheerful greeting, but judging from the footsteps running away, it was clear that this position was burdensome.

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For me, isn’t the police commissioner asking for a cup of tea if he’s bored?

Whether you know that or not, the chairman smiled and opened his mouth.

“Hohoho, is it because I’m young as expected? I am a lively friend. Right?”

It was the tone of a strangely blunt lady.

However, the level above her head is… 96.

Indeed, it was a shame worthy of being the head of an official institution.

A level 90 exorcist who is the third to be seen after the chief of the Incheon Police Agency and the chief of the Foreign Organization Killer.

“Okay then, this way.”

Saying so, she led me to a table inside.

Small refreshments were placed on a small table surrounded by wooden chairs.

“Come and sit down.”

“Ah, yes. And you can speak comfortably.”

“Oh, is it okay? I’m sorry.”

“it’s okay.”

I said so with a smile.

I wouldn’t normally say something, but today there was something I wanted from her.

Besides, the opponent was not the head of an official institution.

It was a person who had nothing to lose by being friendly with each other.

“·······”

But for some reason, Joo Seon-ah, who was sitting in the seat, did not move with her eyes fixed on me.

Her eyes stared at me as if looking at something strange.

How many seconds had passed?

“Is something wrong?”

I posed the question first.

Then, Joo Seon-ah finally looked away and shook her head.

“Oh, look at my mind. Did you stare too hard? sorry. This is so… I have something to check.”

“Are you sure?”

“I don’t know if you have heard of it. The reason why Inspector Kang was called by our board of directors.”

I nodded.

According to Minho Song, he seems to have been interested in the white flame I used, that is, the torch.

“He said he was interested in sanctification.”

“Sacred fire… you call it a torch? As expected, they don’t know our side of the tradition.”

“A tradition?”

It’s a tradition about sanctification.

It was the first I’d heard of it.

Song Min-ho also didn’t know that there was a legend about him.

“The white flame that burns the soul is the power of the Great Dongak Festival, which governs life and death in Taoism. It is said that it is the flame that burns the ghosts who have died but roam this world. Haven’t you heard of it?”

I shook my head.

Then, Joo Seon-ah’s voice calmly continued.

“It can be. In fact, that power was lost a long time ago, and now the tradition remains only as a record. So even its existence is now known to only a few exorcists from the older board.”

“Oh, is that why you called me?”

“that’s right. But I can see it for myself. Isn’t Inspector Kang’s power derived from the succession of the Great Emperor of Dongak?”

It was natural.

Because I still don’t know what the Great Dongak Festival is.

But that means… is it possible that I was unilaterally suspected?

“Of course not. By the way, what would you do if the tradition was true?”

So I asked.

Other groups, especially the churches, tend to keep their traditions hidden.

And they regard it as a great taboo when it leaks out, and they heat up to recover it.

If LB Academy also had a similar tendency, it would be like they were interrogating me unilaterally.

However, Joo Seon-ah gave a completely different answer.

“Of course he was trying to learn.”

“learn?”

“It’s an opportunity to inherit the lost tradition.”

she said casually.

Well, it wasn’t wrong, but it was so common sense that it was unexpected.

“I thought you were going to get back what you stole?”

“Ah, please. Inspector Kang, don’t you know our academy well? Unlike other institutions, we don’t really have much of our own, so I can’t say that.”

“is it so?”

“That’s what folk beliefs are. A little bit from Taoism and a little bit from Buddhism, mixed with various folktales and myths. So, among the gods worshiped at our academy, there are even gods from Hinduism. But can we, like other institutions, claim the uniqueness of tradition?”

I heard it was like that.

I must say that there is no basis here.

LB Academy’s exorcism mixed with all kinds of religions, traditions, and even science and technology was diverse, but it couldn’t be said to be unique.

“So, can you teach us about the white flame? It’s okay even if it’s not the succession of Dongak Daeje. Of course, I will offer you a reward.”

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Joo Seon-ah said.

He said he would even give a reward, so I wanted to teach him like a chimney.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the technology to do that.

Wasn’t it a condition where even I couldn’t use it again because I used the consumable item in the first place?

“That is impossible. It’s because I made use of my abilities and divine powers.”

“Ah, so it was. It’s a pity.”

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Joo Seon-ah put on a sad expression for a moment.

However, she soon corrected her expression and continued.

“Then let’s move on to the next topic, well. I heard you want something on our side. You want to get the spirits needed for the Code?”

Immediately, Joo Seon-ah brought out the main point.

At that cool attitude, I immediately nodded without speaking back.

“Is it possible?”

“It is possible. I don’t know Inspector Kang, but I like Inspector Kang. As an exorcist, I look forward to the future. So I want to give what I can.”

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Joo Seon-ah said with a strange eye smile.

It didn’t seem like he was lying.

Well, since I must have seen the process of punishing Mr. Heo in detail, he must be thinking of me as a talented exorcist.

In other words, he wanted to maintain a good relationship with me on this side as well.

However, Joo Seon-ah’s words continued.

“But the commandments are easy, but they require talent. It’s a pity, but I can’t give anything to someone who has no talent. That doesn’t work either.”

it’s a talent

I don’t know what it is, but the Code is just a function to me anyway.

If there is only a spirit, just putting it in the slot will activate the function.

So I thought for a moment and then opened my mouth.

“Then, when I receive the memorial order, can I demonstrate the code myself?”

“Can you? Do you already know how to do it?”

“Yes, what. That’s it.”

At my words, Joo Seon-ah nodded with an interesting face.

“Okay then. I’ll lend you the spirit. However, it is up to Inspector Kang to decide which memorial service to choose. Because that’s all talent.”

Wiryeong says to choose yourself.

Rather, it was a good thing for me.

“All right.”

“Then follow me.”

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Joo Seon-ah then took me to another building.

Upon hearing it, it seemed to be a warehouse used by the Necromatics Division.

One of the professors of the Code Department came out and guided us personally while the chairman was on his way.

And the professor stopped accompanying them only when they reached the warehouse door.

“Please feel free to look around.”

The professor, who was in his 60s, greeted Joo Seon-ah politely.

Then Joo Seon-ah also bowed down, and we entered the warehouse.

Looking at it, I naturally opened my mouth.

“By the way, the chairman is quite young.”

“Oh, Inspector Kang. Are you flattering me now?”

“It’s not like that… All the professors on the board of directors are in their 60s or older, so I thought the chairman would be quite old too.”

At my words that followed, Joo Seon-ah let out a ho-ho-ho laugh as if hearing that she was young made her feel good.

“I see. But that’s the basic rule, it’s not necessarily followed. Some exorcists open their eyes in their 50s or 60s. On the other hand, even if you are young like me, there are cases where the gods you worship are too high.”

“Is the god you worship high?”

“I don’t know if you know that it’s the Primitive Heaven Zone.”

“I know that much.”

I also did some rough research on LB Academy.

The hierarchy of the Primordial Cheonjon was high enough to be known even from that proper investigation.

Taoist supreme god and creator.

Literally, in the folk religion based on Taoism, there was no god higher than the Primordial Heaven.

As the director of the LB Academy, he was a very suitable deity.

“The place where the spirits are enshrined is inside.”

Saying that, Joo Seon-ah opened a separate door inside the spacious warehouse.

It was full of mortuary tablets, and the number reached about 50.

“The souls gathered here are carefully selected souls in their own way. Then take a pick.”

Saying that, Joo Seon-ah gestured toward the inside of the room.

I passed her and entered a room lined with ancestral tablets.

And at the same time unlocked the ability.

Then, colorful colors poured from the ancestral tablet.

“hmm···”

Indeed, all of them are red Epic grades.

In other words, they were souls corresponding to the spirits.

However, the golden Legendary level above it is not visible.

Are there no Legendary-class souls?

So I sneakily asked Seonah Joo.

“What kind of soul is higher in rank than the spirit?”

“The ranks of saints higher than great men, or spirits in the position of gods, why?”

“it’s nothing.”

Legendary is a god.

Then it wouldn’t be here.

So I immediately put aside my lingering feelings and checked the nearest soul using the item description window.

＜Spirit of Seokbong Han-ho＞

epic soul item

All stats +5

– New writing skill added

······

The description in the item description window was very long.

Looking at it roughly, the effect of the decree is of course that the stats go up.

It seemed that a kind of ability possessed by spirits could be learned through skills.

But… Han Seok-bong’s spirit?

It was said to be a memorial service, but it was literally the soul of a great man.

However, wasn’t Han Seok-bong a great man who was famous for writing well?

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Just looking at the name of the skill, it didn’t seem like there would be much synergy in exorcism.

So I moved on to the next one.

＜The Spirit of Chongwon Choi Ho＞

epic soul item

strength +10

Stamina +15

– Advanced swordsmanship skills added

······

Well… I don’t know just by hearing the name.

So I took out my phone and searched.

When I looked it up, it was a longevity who was active during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592.

And the performance was fine on its own.

“hmm···”

Is it because he is innocent?

In the case of this soul, skills related to hand-to-hand combat and skills related to commanding an army.

And, perhaps due to the influence of the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, there was even a skill that inflicted additional damage on monsters from Japan.

But at the same time, the downside came into view.

“There’s also a debuff…”

Choi Ho, a general during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, was killed in the naval battle of Chilcheonryang.

Because of that, there was a penalty where overall stats dropped and some skills were sealed while on the sea or river.

It means that not only the strengths of the soul are extracted, but also the weaknesses are shared.

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Just because you use the code, doesn’t it mean it’s good?

however.

“huh?”

Looking closely at the skill side, there were more problems.

Many skills such as advanced swordsmanship and advanced spearmanship were grayed out.

The name is written, but it means that most of them do not apply.

So I checked the log window, and there was something unexpected.

＜You have a higher ability. The ‘Advanced Swordsmanship’ skill is disabled.＞

＜You have a higher ability. ‘Advanced spearmanship’ skill is disabled.＞

＜You have a higher ability. ‘Leading Ground’ skill is disabled.＞

Deactivation due to possessing higher abilities.

I frowned.

Apparently, in the case of a great man who had learned martial arts, it seemed that he could inherit some of the great man’s martial arts through skills.

Swordsmanship, spearmanship, and even the senses necessary for combat.

But the problem was that I was too strong in that way.

So, there are only two or three activated skills.

It was rather a loss to use it when thinking about the penalty.

“…I’m too good at it, but I have a problem too.”

After muttering such a proud expression, I checked the other ghosts in turn.

Unfortunately, most of them were like that.

In the case of unmanned, almost all skills were disabled.

Conversely, the skills of scholars and writers with high reputations were not related to combat.

This situation makes no sense to use the Code.

“Are you quite worried?”

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Joo Seon-ah, who was watching me quietly, said so.

Anyway, there was no soul I wanted here anyway.

So I immediately opened my mouth.

“There is no soul here that I want.”

“okay? There must be many souls with a fairly high hierarchy.”

What Joo Seon-ah said was true.

It was because I saw quite a few great people that Koreans would recognize just by hearing their names.

But that wasn’t the point to me.

“It was like that. But it doesn’t work for me.”

“It doesn’t fit…”

“So, by the way, are there any other souls?”

“There should be. However, souls who have not been selected will not be of a very high rank. Are you okay?”

It might not have been a memorial service, but I couldn’t help it.

I have no choice but to look for a memorial with the feeling of finding a treasure in the sand.

“yes.”

Then she left the room and led me to the side.

A corner of a large warehouse.

The mortuary tablets were lined up in a transparent glass case.

However, this time the number was much higher.

Hundreds of these… aren’t they?

“Here it is, can you find it? It shouldn’t take too long.”

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Joo Seon-ah said anxiously, but it was easy for me who used my ability.

Even with so many mortuary tablets, just passing by like shopping is enough.

“It will take 10 minutes.”

So I walked between the tablets.

Mostly purple, Rare, or lower, Magic souls.

Not a single red soul was visible.

Is this… a failure?

I clicked my tongue in bitterness, but I saw a mortuary tablet highlighted in front of me.

But that’s… a rare level soul.

Why is this highlighted?

It was the moment I thought so.

＜Sub Quest – Succession of the four gods＞

A new quest appeared before my eyes.