Chapter 168: Lewd Yokai After School (34)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 168: Lewd Yokai After School (34)
When he opened his eyes to a sharp pain, he saw a woman he’d never seen before. Her long black hair cascaded down as she looked down at him with cold, red eyes.
Her gaze seemed to pierce right through Kim Hyun-woo.
She had a sharp face, a delicate nose, and red lips. Her lips looked cold and firm, yet they held a fragile beauty.
The sight of her alone left an unforgettable impression.
"You’re awake."
She spoke in a cold tone, but her voice was more captivating than he expected.
"Who… who are you?"
Kim Hyun-woo stared at the woman before him, his voice trembling in spite of himself.
"An exorcist."
"What…? An exorcist?"
"Tch, unlike that old man, why are you so out of it? It’s annoying."
The woman’s tone remained cold and blunt.
"I’m sorry…"
Kim Hyun-woo found himself apologizing without thinking.
"Hmph, whatever. First, let’s get rid of that fucking yokai energy that’s taken over your head."
As she said that, the woman swiftly pressed a talisman from her palm onto his forehead.
Sizzle—
In that instant, it felt as if lightning shot through his head, and his entire body convulsed. A splitting pain washed over him, and amidst the agony, Kim Hyun-woo curled up and screamed.
"Gyaaaaaaah!"
The pain grew more intense, and suppressed memories flooded his mind. Scenes from his past that he had forgotten, that his consciousness had refused to accept, all surfaced at once.
His girlfriend, Baek Mi-ho, being taken and violated by Jin Seo-yun… The image of his mother looking at him as she spread her legs for Jin Seo-yun. And even the sight of Jeo-yeong, with her massive body, crushing and violating him. The moment he remembered everything.
"Uweeeeeegh!"
A powerful wave of nausea hit him, and Kim Hyun-woo felt as if everything inside him was twisting and bursting out. His mind was thrown into a vortex of chaos, swept away by the tide of memories.
"Kyaaaah! You crazy bastard! What do you think you’re doing, puking all of a sudden?!"
The woman quickly stepped back, but it was too late. Kim Hyun-woo’s vomit had splattered onto her pristine white clothes. She stood there, twisting her body in disgust.
"Hehehehe…. Jin… Seo-yun… Jin Seo-yun!"
Kim Hyun-woo sobbed like a madman, chanting Jin Seo-yun’s name over and over. The rage and hatred that had been suppressed for so long erupted all at once. His voice echoed like a monstrous shriek, as if all his emotions had exploded in a single moment.
"Is he… insane?"
The woman stared at him, her face contorted in disgust.
"I’ll kill you…!"
At that moment, a powerful energy burst forth from Kim Hyun-woo’s body.
"You psycho…!"
Feeling the intense energy erupting from him, the woman instinctively tried to restrain him. But it wasn’t easy.
‘This crazy bastard, where is all this energy suddenly coming from?’
Sensing Kim Hyun-woo’s explosive power, a group of people burst through the door. They rushed in to subdue him, and one man among them raised his voice.
"So-hyun, what’s going on all of a sudden!"
"I don’t know! He just started puking and laughing like a madman, and then this shit happened!"
"Tch…"
The man who had subdued Kim Hyun-woo in the alley raised his hand and brought it down hard on the back of his neck.
But—
Screeeech!
"What the—!"
The moment the man’s hand struck Kim Hyun-woo’s neck, a sizzling sound erupted as his hand felt a pain like it had hit solid steel. Unable to withstand the force, the man couldn’t hide the pained expression on his face.
"Dammit! I have no choice. This might hurt, but just bear with it!"
The man let out a short sigh and clenched his fist. A golden aura gathered in his hand, and a powerful energy began to swirl from his elbow to his fingertips.
Thud!
His fist slammed into the back of Kim Hyun-woo’s neck. The intense impact sent a shockwave through him, and Kim Hyun-woo’s body went limp.
"Ugh… what a fucking psycho…"
The woman called So-hyun said resentfully as she brushed off her wrinkled clothes. But her gaze remained tense as she recalled the strange energy she had felt from Kim Hyun-woo’s body.
The man also stared down at the collapsed Kim Hyun-woo with a peculiar look in his eyes.
"So-hyun, you felt that just now, didn’t you…?"
"Yeah, I felt an incredibly strong yokai energy from him. He was definitely a normal human… What the hell did that old man Jin-ho do…"
"Perhaps… Kim Jin-ho had a child with a yokai."
"I knew it… That must be it… Ha, is that old man insane? What was he thinking, breaking the taboo?!"
The man sighed and took out his smartphone.
"I need to make a call. We can’t just leave such a dangerous being as he is."
"But… he’s still just a kid…"
A hint of sympathy was present in Yoo So-hyun’s voice.
"You know as well as I do that half-yokai are unstable. You just saw it. We don’t know when he’ll go berserk."
"That’s true, but… if old man Jin-ho finds out we’re planning to dispose of his son…"
"That’s…"
The man paused, his expression hardening.
"That man is one of the strongest exorcists in the world. If he finds out we killed his son, his revenge will be beyond anything we can imagine."
"…This isn’t for us to decide. Reporting to the elders is the priority."
The man raised his smartphone and quietly made the call. He knew that hearing the elders’ opinion was the most important thing in this situation.
*
The elders’ meeting room was filled with silence. Five elders sat around a round table, their gazes serious and cold.
"Kim Hyun-woo, Kim Jin-ho’s son…"
"How dare he break the taboo. We can’t let Kim Jin-ho get away with this either. We must impose sanctions on him immediately."
"And how do you propose we do that? Who here can stop Kim Jin-ho?"
"That is…"
A heavy silence fell among the elders. The name Kim Jin-ho weighed heavily on them. His power was immense, and they were deeply troubled about how to respond.
"But his son is dangerous. As the report stated, his rampages are unpredictable."
"That’s right. A half-yokai is an unstable being. He must be disposed of at once."
"It doesn’t matter that he’s Kim Jin-ho’s son. A half-yokai must be dealt with."
"I’m not sure if disposing of him like this is the right thing to do."
"Elder Gong, have you already forgotten what happened twenty years ago? Over fifty exorcists died that day. If you include the innocent civilians, the death toll was over a thousand!"
"…I know, but he hasn’t caused any harm yet, has he?"
"Even so, a half-yokai is unacceptable… Even if we do nothing, the yokai will not leave Kim Hyun-woo alone."
Four of the elders turned to look at the oldest, the Grand Elder, who sat at the head of the table. They hoped he would make a decision on the matter. In the tense atmosphere, everyone waited for the Grand Elder to speak.
The Grand Elder lowered his head for a moment, lost in thought. He had listened to everything with a cold, deliberate expression.
"For now, we will postpone the disposal. And Kim Jin-ho must not find out about this. Make sure those below you keep their mouths shut… And…"
The Grand Elder’s voice, cold and heavy, filled the room. As the tension mounted, he added another command.
"Bring me the half-yokai’s mother at once."
"Understood."
*
After the elders had all left the meeting room, the remaining Grand Elder confirmed that he was alone before taking an orb from his sleeve. As his hand wrapped around it, a cold light flashed from within. On the surface of the orb, the image of a yokai with a massive horn on its forehead slowly materialized.
[I told you not to contact me with this unless it was important.]
The Grand Elder held the orb, which shone like a mirror, and replied to the yokai’s image within.
"The plan has gone awry."
[What do you mean?]
"The existence of Kim Hyun-woo, Kim Jin-ho’s son, has been discovered…"
[What?]
The eyes of the yokai in the orb sharpened.
"What are you going to do?"
[Baek Hoon… You confidently said you would manage him, and now you’re asking me?]
"I admit my mistake… But now is not the time to assign blame."
[Tch… What happened to Kim Hyun-woo?]
"He is being held in our custody… And he has just awakened."
[His awakening is earlier than we anticipated.]
"That’s why he’s still unstable."
[…I see. What did your side decide to do?]
"For now, I’ve postponed his disposal and plan to shift the focus onto his mother."
[You mean that succubus…]
"Yes… And in this situation, I think it would be best for you to take Kim Hyun-woo."
[You’re entrusting Kim Hyun-woo to me?]
"If he stays here, there will only be more talk of disposing of him. You take him and manage him."
[Hmm… Very well.]
"Kim Hyun-woo will be transported in four days."
Baek Hoon relayed the location where Kim Hyun-woo was being held.
[This is sufficient. I will handle the rest.]
"Understood."
The communication ended, and Baek Hoon leaned back in his chair, looking up at his wrinkled hands.
"Not much time left."
A cold smile spread across Baek Hoon’s lips. For a hundred years, he had sustained himself by absorbing the inner cores of powerful yokai and the true energy of exorcists, but now, his body had reached its limit.
In the despair of knowing that further absorption could no longer maintain his youth, he had finally found a new method. And for that method, he had joined hands with one of the Four Fierce Beasts.
‘That fool believes he can advance to the next stage by raising a half-yokai to its peak and consuming its inner core, but…’
The Fierce Beast had no idea of his true intentions. Baek Hoon’s eyes gleamed coldly.