I’m the Only One Who Can’t See Ghosts

Chapter 40

40 – Fundamental Vow (4)

I looked at the casino employees with a smile.

It is a well-known fact that the casino always tilts the odds in its favor. But deceiving the game itself was an unforgivable fact to anyone.

To secure such a big weakness.

I quickly took out my smartphone from my pocket.

“U-um, sir. You can’t use your smartphone!!!”

Clang-

But as I tried to take out my smartphone, I heard a familiar bell sound from behind. It was the unique bell sound that I’ve heard a lot as a fortune teller’s son.

“What are you doing right now?”

But the bell didn’t ring again.

It was because the chick grabbed the man’s wrist holding the bell.

“What, what is this power?”

“Why are you using divination? What did we do wrong?”

“Well, um, just a moment, sir, just give me a moment.”

At that moment, the casino employees began to act frantic, as if their bodies were on fire. But they dared not challenge the chick.

“Almost, this is almost like a candidate for the gods of heaven and earth. It’s like a semi-divine being.”

“f*ck, why is such a monster suddenly…”

“What does the boss say? No, when did we contact the boss!”

At that moment, the man who was putting out the invisible fire on his own body raised both hands and touched his lips. Then he raised his finger and made a smiling shape with his mouth.

“Sensory manifestation using one’s own soul form, principle activation using the principles of one’s own soul, and resonating one’s own soul with other surrounding objects, it’s a fascinating experience.”

Seeing that, the chick straightened his posture.

“Clapping hands that interact with the senses, the heavenly book is here.”

The man’s hands moved as if they were being controlled by someone.

But the movement was natural.

Grabbing the man’s chin and tongue haphazardly with both hands, he formed words.

“Yes-, I invite you all to the VIP round-.”

“The VIP round. Why should we go there?”

“I guarantee you-. If you come to the VIP round-. You will be able to understand-. your fundamental abilities even more-.”

Fundamental abilities? I’ve heard of it before.

It was said to be the oath that serves as the foundation of psychic abilities.

“A chance to understand the fundamental abilities even more? Could it be that the rumor was true.”

I quickly stuck to the chick and asked, “What, what’s the rumor?”

“The rumor is that Cheonsu knows how to increase the enlightenments of the Fundamental Academy, and he receives support from the heavens and the earth.” “That rumor is – true-. You- vow- to reassure these people-.”

In an instant, the hand that was holding onto the man’s tongue and jaw dropped.

Immediately, the man shouted, “I vow to enhance and dissipate the intoxication of alcohol and alcohol. If you go to the VIP lounge, you will definitely gain a deeper understanding of the Fundamental Academy.”

“A deeper understanding of the Fundamental Academy…? Definitely? That’s ridiculous. There’s no way there’s a better practice than our family’s cultivation method in a place like this.”

The chick’s breathing started to quicken.

It was evident that he was excited.

Is gaining enlightenment in the Fundamental Academy such an exciting thing?

Anyway, this was all nonsense just to meet Cheonsu.

If Cheonsu was in the VIP lounge, we had to go there.

After setting the mood, I said to the casino staff who was being controlled, “Guide us to the VIP lounge.”

“I will gladly assist. Gather the guests. It’s time for the VIPs.”

Like that, we ended up going behind the secret curtain of the hidden casino. The Fundamental Academy. What on earth is that, that the chick is so excited about?

And so, the curtain was lifted, and a new world appeared.

It was a quiet and somber world.

To put it more accurately, it was a giant black-and-white grid with a chill flowing. The horizontal and vertical paths spread out in black on the shining white floor. And at various spots on those paths, people were looking down at the white floor one by one.

The distance between those people was roughly more than a hundred meters.

But there were dozens of such people.

This place, the place itself is bigger than the Big Hand Casino.

What on earth is this facility?

I couldn’t help but swallow my saliva.

“This isn’t a gambling den.”

“No, it is a gambling den.”

The person who received my answer was a certain man.

A burly man wearing silver sunglasses.

I had seen a picture of this man on the internet.

“Chunsoo.”

“Nice to meet you. May I ask for your name? That girl over there must be Jin Ga’s Bongchoo, Jinari.”

“We’re not on a first-name basis yet.”

Upon hearing those words, Chunsoo smirked.

“Actually, I think the same.”

“···.”

Chunsoo distanced himself from us.

He kept a distance only suitable for conversation.

This distance clearly conveyed something.

Chunsoo was wary of us.

We had come all the way to this mysterious place to subdue that damn Chunsoo, yet he was already wary of us.

But Chunsoo simply continued to smile and speak.

“But if the conversation goes well, the guest will tell us their name, right? Please follow me. As the owner of this shop, I will enhance your fundamental enlightenment.”

I glanced at the chick.

The chick looked up at me with a desperate expression.

“I, I urgently need the enlightenment that can make me stronger.”

“Is that so?”

That’s right. The chick was almost assassinated by its own family.

It seemed natural for such a child to seek power.

Still, something felt uncomfortable.

Where did this feeling come from…?

I suppressed that feeling and followed Chunsoo.

Chunsoo opened his mouth when he saw us following.

“After the Day of Spiritual Awakening, as soon as I looked at my hands, I vaguely realized what my fundamental enlightenment was. Right after that, I went to the bookstore to buy anatomy books.”

Chunsoo looked down at his hands.

“I drew thousands of hand bones, from the metacarpals, proximal phalanges, middle phalanges, and distal phalanges that start from the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone, the lunate bone, and the pisiform bone, to the hand vertebral bones composed of the metacarpophalangeal joint, proximal interphalangeal joint, and distal interphalangeal joint.”

There was a hint of laughter in Chunsoo’s voice.

“And I added the hand muscles, tendons, drawing thousands more. I think I just drew pictures of hands like that for about a year. Like a cripple.”

Chunsoo continued to speak.

“The understanding in my hands continued to grow. However, compared to the enlightenment of the masters that I see on TV or YouTube, it fell completely short. So, what did I do?”

“What did you do?”

“I cut off my biological father’s hand for exploration. I extensively researched what kind of hand it originally was, how it functioned, how the blood vessels and muscles moved when it was alive. Why? Do you think I’m crazy? Kek, huhu.”

After hearing those words, I could only come to a halt.

This guy is completely insane.

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But Cheonsu’s words did not stop.

“When you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. When you meet the patriarchs, kill the patriarchs. When you meet the gods, kill the gods. When you meet your parents, kill your parents. Only then can you attain enlightenment.”

Cheonsu looked at me and smiled.

“You, too, are someone with great enlightenment, yet you scorn such facts. Yu Hajin.”

“You…”

“Look down.”

Only then did I realize that what I had been looking at, the white floor, was actually the ceiling of certain studios. The people who had been looking down were actually looking at those studios.

And those studios were pristine hells.

They were the hells where the commonly known Death Game took place.

“I said it before. This place is a gambling den. They made a deal to participate in these games, forgiving the authors’ debts and granting them a new status. They accepted the gamble of becoming a noble enlightenment if they survived, or facing death.”

Right next to me, the log game was unfolding. However, instead of water, there was a liquid similar to hydrochloric acid beneath the logs. To survive, people were pushing each other away.

A woman tried to grab onto a man to prevent herself from falling, but they both ended up falling together. In a horrifying sight, they dissolved in agony.

Above them, an old man dressed in hanbok looked at the scene, unperturbed.

“That customer possesses the principle of acid. Even at his age, he only obtained about half of a full enlightenment. But after joining us, he is gradually realizing his true origins, bringing himself close to full enlightenment.”

I looked to my left.

On the left, naked men and women were being chased by wolves.

And the wolves were mercilessly devouring them.

Some men threw away the women following them to save their own lives. The screen board above displayed the survival time impassively.

Above the ceiling, a woman was giggling and enjoying the sight. Cheonsu pointed to her and spoke.

“Do I even need to say it? She possesses the essence of wolves, fully understanding what a wolf truly is. After witnessing a wolf devouring a pregnant woman, her enlightenment skyrocketed.”

Cheonsu looked at me again.

“So, what do you think? For some reason that is beyond my comprehension, esteemed Yu Hajin, if you become our customer, I can arrange this gambling den for you. As requested by the esteemed, it is only natural for us to do so. And, as a friend of yours, I can also set up a gambling den for that esteemed Bongchu lady over there.”

I was shocked and couldn’t say a word.

To trample on human lives for enlightenment.

This, this was infuriating.

Why am I so angry?

What is inside me?

When I was too shocked to say anything, Jina-ri, who was next to me, spoke instead.

“Shut up. I won’t become stronger in such a way.”

“Oh? Miss Bongchui. If you don’t gain enlightenment, wouldn’t it be you who dies? I heard that after the head of the Jin family, who made you the eldest granddaughter, passed away, most of the Jins are aiming for your death.”

“I, I didn’t gain enlightenment in such a way.”

Jina-ri said, adjusting her posture. She trembled and tears filled her eyes, but her stance to fight never wavered.

“When you saved me, I realized something.”

Jina-ri looked at me with tears in her eyes.

“I won’t betray that realization.”

“Is that so? Then, shall we find out what the hand of the phoenix looks like?”

Cheonsu said after taking off his silver sunglasses.

“It’s from something that recently happened.”

With those words, a video appeared next to him. The video showed a young boy protecting a little girl. In that moment, a man approached and ruthlessly shattered the boy’s leg.

The boy, frantically, started choking his own sister after spinning the shattered leg in a full 360-degree rotation.

Cheonsu laughed while watching the video.

“It’s a video filled with so much enlightenment. Look, look at those hands. Look at the tremble in the fingertips. Affection, betrayal, love, the end, hatred, despair, and resignation all reside in those hands. Because they were innocent siblings who loved each other, such a video was possible. If those kids’ parents had not borrowed money, I would still be without this enlightenment. Thank you very much.”

Then, Cheonsu looked at Jina-ri and spoke.

“And I have gained enlightenment to manifest the fundamental vow with that video. Jina-ri, do you still want to resist?”

“Uh, ppii. Ah, uh!”

“You foolish girl.”

Cheonsu ridiculed her and made a pact.

“Return and manifest the One-Mind Hand (一心合掌門).”

As soon as Cheonsu finished speaking, Jina-ri’s hand suddenly moved and she mercilessly began to choke her own master’s neck.

Jina-ri looked at me with tear-filled eyes and said,

“Die… stupid.”

In that moment, I realized where my anger was coming from.

Yes, this was my true self.

There was such a monster within me.