Chapter 21 Part 1: Yandere Girl

A place I returned to much faster than I expected.

<Seongsu Station Exit 1.>

I never dreamed that I would visit this place again in just one day.

Who would have known that I would use all the items I had just bought at the Ghost Story General Store on the same day?

Slide.

I checked the time again with my smartphone.

AM.07:35

I arrived on time.

There was still some time left before it was 44 minutes, so I decided to kill some time nearby.

Anyway, it was soon time to enter the general store.

I took advantage of the spare time.

I checked the amount remaining in my bank account balance for a moment.

<Remaining Balance: 40,000,000>

Even now, when I see this amount in my bank account balance, my skin trembles.

Of course, even if I exclude the 5,300,000 won that I owe to the owner of the Ghost Story General Store.

It’s a lot.

It’s more than enough.

With this amount of money, I will definitely have money left over even after purchasing the items I want.

Today, somehow, starts well.

Vibrate-

A vibration felt from the smartphone held in my right hand.

The meaning of this vibration.

It was time to enter the Ghost Story General Store.

I slowly climbed the stone steps at Exit 1 of Seongsu Station like last time.

Step.

When the time on my smartphone pointed exactly to 7:44 while climbing the stone steps.

“Forty-four.”

Silence exhales.

A thick darkness covered the surroundings, and all light disappeared.

Fortunately, I came in safely.

Now, all I have to do is follow the tactile paving that guides the Ghost Story General Store.

?

“Huh?”

Someone’s voice that seemed to be heard right next to me.

The thickness of the voice was thin, and it was a tone that anyone would think was a woman’s.

‘That…can’t be.’

Actually, whether the gender of the voice I just heard was female or male.

It wasn’t very important.

The very fact that there was someone else here besides Park Yeon-jung himself was the problem itself.

Creak-

Like a broken machine moving.

With the movement of a stiff neck creaking.

When I slowly checked the identity of the sound in the direction where the sound was heard.

There.

With black hair hanging down.

A pale white face.

Sparkling red eyes reminiscent of blood.

I’ve heard of such an existence.

“…A, a virgin ghost!”

I shouted loudly without realizing it.

And the reaction of the other party, the ghost, who heard my scream.

“Wh, what do you mean calling a perfectly healthy person a ghost from the first meeting! And a, a virgin……that’s really rude!!”

The ghost even talks back!

Help me!

Park Yeon-jung was preparing to run away with all his might at the sudden appearance of the ghost.

“Mo, more than that, how did a civilian get in here…Q, quickly go back! This is not a place where civilians should come! It’s dangerous!”

What?”

A very grand explanation for a ghost.

And even a warning that ‘you shouldn’t come in here’.

It was like the words that an agency person would say.

‘Could this person be…’

I asked the ghost woman in front of my eyes, just in case.

“…Are you by any chance from the GRA agency?”

“Yes?! Ho, how………Co, could it be!”

That’s right.

This person is a GRA agency employee.

Perhaps, assuming that the person in front of me is not a ghost, but a person.

I looked closely at the subject in front of me again.

A faded black hoodie and a black hat pulled down low.

The white face that I mistook for pale skin had a white mask covering the entire face.

Even the pants are a design I’ve seen a lot. The national rule tracksuit with vertical lines drawn on it.

The shocking identity of the being mistaken for a ghost.

But she, at the same time as I mentioned the GRA agency.

Thud.

She sat down on the spot.

Moreover.

Rub rub rub rub!

She began to beg for her life with all her might.

“I, I didn’t come here because I wanted to…………In, inspection! Ah, no…………Ah, that’s right! I just came here for a while for undercover investigation. Really! Please believe me!”

Ah……I see.

Perhaps because of my current attire?

She seemed to mistake me for someone who came to catch her.

The real GRA employee.

Certainly, the purchase of items from the Ghost Story General Store is prohibited within the GRA agency.

In simple terms, it’s treated as illegal smuggled goods.

Of course, no one would be unaware of that fact, and if you have a certain amount of capital, instead of buying these defective items from the Ghost Story General Store.

It might be better to buy verified items from the agency in a legitimate way.

Yeah.

If the general employees have that certain amount of capital.

In a situation where you might be dragged into a ghost story and die today.

I don’t know about section chiefs or deputy chiefs.

But for interns or general employees with little practical experience, or even up to the rank of chief.

It is difficult to buy items within the agency by paying a legitimate price.

That’s why this woman, who is still rubbing her hands together so hard that they’re on fire, is clearly an intern or a general employee.

It’s possible that she’s a chief……..

Rub rub rub rub!

This woman, she’s not a novice at begging.

With this level of rubbing skills, no matter how high I give her, she’s a general employee right above an intern.

At first, except for Section Chief Choi Kang-in, I was a little wary of meeting a second GRA agency person, but.

“I also came here to buy items.”

“………Yes?”

Now is not the time to have this kind of argument.

“Let’s go. Before other people come.”

I grabbed the hand of the woman who had been desperately rubbing her hands until just now and raised her up.

“P, please say that…earlier…”

A voice that seems to be entering.

The woman seemed to be in a state of shock at her actions until just now.

She blushed.

“I understand.”

I answered with the best smile I could.

No matter how low the rank, it’s better to avoid acting in a way that will make you disliked by GRA agency people in the long run.

Fortunately, the distance to the Ghost Story General Store was not far.

Squeeze.

There.”

“Yes, yes?!”

At my question, the woman’s 모습 startled me, so I gently raised the woman’s hand that was holding my hand tightly to eye level.

“You can let go now. We’ve arrived.”

“Ah! S, sorry!”

Only then did the woman let go of the hand she was holding.

Tingle!

My hand is tingling.

I don’t know how strong she was holding it.

I couldn’t feel the sensation in my right hand.

Moreover.

Was the color of my hand originally blue?

The ridiculous strength coming from a small body compared to Park Yeon-jung himself.

It seems that my idea of maintaining a friendly relationship with the agency people was not wrong.

Park Yeon-jung opened the sliding door of the Ghost Story General Store first, as if running away, and when he opened the door, he met the eyes of the owner who was unexpectedly sitting on the counter with his chin resting on his hand.

As soon as the owner sitting at the counter found me, his face lit up.

“Oh my! Is this a dream or reality! I knew it wasn’t a dream!”

As soon as he saw me, he looked excited as if he had seen a dead person.

“You suddenly disappeared yesterday, so I thought I had fallen into a strange phenomenon.”

“…Ah, I see.”

Well, it’s not entirely wrong.

Maybe I’ll say goodbye in the same way as yesterday if the timing isn’t good today.

“And the…………story you told me yesterday.”

It’s here.

Actually, if I visit this place again, I was thinking of expressing my intention to refuse to the store owner.

In the short term, the owner’s offer may be good, but in the long term, it may be a dangerous offer that could cost me my life.

For now, more than the visible benefits.

My life was more important.

“That, about the offer you made yesterday……….”

“

I’m sorry for showing you an amateurish appearance. You must have had your own circumstances, customer. I was being rude.”

•
No. Ah,

“

A letter of apology from the male side before my words were finished.

“But that doesn’t mean I’ve given up. As a merchant, I have no intention of letting go of prey that smells like money.”

What tune should I dance to?

“Let’s start with a small relationship like this for now..”

The general store owner smiled as if he had something up his sleeve.

“…I understand.”

But.

It wasn’t a bad offer.

If I continue to maintain a friendly relationship between the owner of the general store, maybe someday there will really be an opportunity to tell him.

For now, I think this kind of relationship with him is just right.

“Well….”

But we were proceeding with a conversation that only the two of us knew without realizing it.

I hadn’t taken care of the other person who came with me.

“Ah. Oh, you had another guest? Come in.”

At his words to come in, the woman slowly moved her steps into the store.

I took advantage of that gap to check the time again.

AM.08:19

A lot of time has already passed.

If I don’t buy any items here.

If I get dragged away by Mr. Announcer, that’s really a waste.

I turned my gaze straight away.

I looked alternately at the items displayed on the shelves and the items scattered on the floor.

The Ghost Story General Store is a place that sells rare items that are not even available at the GRA agency, but there are also many misses.

Of course, those misses are also up to you how you use them.

The representative item called miss is the ‘Thousand Eyes’ that Park Yeon-jung bought before. It’s exactly that kind of item.

This.

Items called misses are mostly items that put the user at risk.

Miss.

Defective product.

Cursed item.

Each name is different, but they are typically classified as.

They are classified as ‘cursed items’ in the category of <Ghost Story Record Repository>.

So this time too, will I buy a cursed item like ‘Thousand Eyes’?

Of course.

Would I be crazy to buy such an item again?

Once is enough.

Cursed items all have different major risks.

Even with just the Thousand Eyes, I almost had to offer all my arms and legs to them on the spot.

Today is not the day to buy such defective items.

It’s the day to buy perfect and high-quality items.

Actually, when Park Yeon-jung first visited the Ghost Story General Store.

I found an item located in the most corner of the left shelf.

My two pupils sparkled.

And fortunately, that item was still in its place, keeping its place.

I wanted to buy that so much.

Grab.

A hand movement as if not to be taken away by anyone.

I immediately picked up the item located in the corner and ran to the owner and quickly placed the item on the counter.

“How much is this?”

“…Gee. Customers always have their eyes on unusual items.”

The item I placed on the counter was.

A 6-shot revolver.

Of course, it’s not an ordinary revolver.

An item named [Last Trigger].

This item was originally one of the items I wanted to buy when I first visited this place.

But the reason why I didn’t buy this item right away.

It’s because of money.

I didn’t have enough money to buy a revolver with the money I had at the time.

Park Yeon-jung knew how much this item was traded for here.

The price of that item, which would have originally been sold to a named person, not me.

“It’s 26,666,666 won, excluding all taxes.”

A price tag that seems to contain the identity of a six-shot revolver.

It’s an expensive item that you have to spend almost all the money you have in your hands to buy.

It’s expensive, it’s really expensive.

Of course.

That doesn’t mean I won’t buy it.

“I’ll buy it. And I will pay for the items I put on hold before at once.”

“………SamX Pay is not accepted.”

“I know.”

This time, I handed over the black card that Mr. Announcer gave me.

“……Wait, you’ve changed in the day I haven’t seen you. Looking closely, your clothes are also…………..Could it be, loan sharks?”

“You can rest assured.”

Somehow I felt like my nose was getting taller.

The payment was fortunately successful, and now I have about 8 million won left in my hands.

Park Yeon-jung was satisfied to be able to get the item he wanted, but he was staring at Park Yeon-jung’s hot flex with his soul lost.

“……You, you have a lot of money. To pay for such an expensive item in full.”

“

You came all the way here, aren’t you going to buy anything?”

“

That’s…. Well…………I,”

The woman seemed to be unable to choose a suitable item.

Or, even if I witnessed an item I liked, it’s possible that I couldn’t buy it due to financial problems.

I was lost in thought for a moment.

“It’s a fateful encounter to meet like this. If it’s okay with you, I’ll help you with some money.”

“……Yes? F, fateful, fateful encounter?!”

This person.

She’s surprised at a strange part.

But I couldn’t miss the few opportunities to build friendships with GRA agency people.

And.

I also had the desire not to have a person I had met lose their life in a ghost story.

Don’t be too burdened.”

“Re, rela…….

“

“

“In, in

“

“Ah, or think of it as a gift from me.”

•A gift?”

It seemed like my mind had finally returned.

“Yes, it’s a gift from me.”

“……A gift from someone…

It’s the first time, I’ve received it.”

A woman who shows a very introverted tendency.

But she didn’t seem to refuse the act of giving a gift itself.

“Was there an item you wanted? Or I’ll find it with…………….”

“This.”

At this moment, there was no trembling in her voice.

Ah, you had something you wanted.”

I followed the direction the woman was pointing with her finger, and the item placed at the location where my gaze stopped was.

A knife wrapped in a red sheath.

Also known as [Pain Sharing Knife.]

Found it.

One of the named members of the GRA agency, and a Yandere intern who is forming a considerable fandom in the <Ghost Story Record Repository>.

Kim Ha-eun.

Was it you?