I’m the Only One Who Can’t See Ghosts

47 – Captured in the Tiger’s Den (5)

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The cruel queen who ruled over souls, Yeongjon Kim Sojin, looked down on the world with a cold gaze. Underneath the girl, there were traces of a tiger escaping.

“She avoided this.”

Her full power attack missed.

Has there ever been a case other than Yu Hajin’s.

It was an attack intended to end it. From her eyes that could read souls, it was an attack that the tiger couldn’t avoid.

“Has it become stronger in that moment?”

Kim Sojin had more experience in psychic battles than anyone her age. Therefore, she could also see that the tiger had not experienced many fights with ‘real’ people.

That’s why she was confident in her 30-minute victory. But the fact that her opponent’s combat sense was high enough to avoid her full power attack was unexpected even for Kim Sojin, who predicted everything in this fight.

“Should I chase after it?”

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But Kim Sojin couldn’t chase after the tiger.

There was a man over there where the tiger escaped.

Kim Sojin sighed as she looked at the tiger’s blood on her hands.

“I don’t want to show this kind of appearance…”

She inflicted fatal wounds dozens of times. And she engraved powerful curses on each of those wounds. No matter how good the tiger’s vitality was, it wouldn’t last 10 minutes.

With that, Kim Sojin turned away, leaving behind a sense of unease.

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I had no choice but to lift Bae Yurin. Because if I wasn’t in contact with her, her wounds would keep worsening.

“Why do the wounds keep worsening?”

Judging from the fact that the wounds stayed still when in contact with me, it seemed like they were caused by psychic abilities. Actually, that would make sense. In order to harm a strong psychic like a tiger, you would need a psychic of a similar level, that’s common knowledge.

I left the mansion with a tiger on my back.

It’s fascinating how the servants are never around in times like these.

“Even if they take me to the hospital, I won’t be able to receive treatment.”

If that’s the case, there’s only one way left now.

I had to pray for that way to work.

So I ran down the street wearing only my underwear. Judging by the dampness on my back, the amount of bleeding seemed serious. I didn’t have time to find pants and change at the mansion.

“Ugh… Why…”

Byakuyun mutters behind me.

He asks why I’m doing such a foolish thing.

I don’t even know the reason myself.

The word “hogu (虎口)” means a tiger’s mouth. It also signifies a situation so dangerous that it’s like being in a tiger’s mouth.

When used to describe a person, it mutates into a term for someone so easily caught and eaten, as if entering a tiger’s mouth. Like me at the moment.

Although it has a slightly different meaning, the fact that I’m trying to save the tiger that was trying to devour me is absurd. Truly, there couldn’t be a bigger fool than me.

“You’re… trying to save me…? A monster like me…?”

“You’re being too loud.”

After quieting down the patient, I organized my thoughts.

Jamseoony told me to decide whether I wanted to know the world or believe in it. However, I still couldn’t provide an answer to that question due to my indecisiveness.

So I decided to do this.

When my heart wants to believe in the world, I will believe. And when my heart wants to understand the world, I will understand. In other words, I would do whatever I pleased.

And right now, my heart wanted to save Byakuyun.

Byakuyun is the heavenly line of the heavens. It means a person in power.

On top of that, she said she would grant my request.

So if I can save Byakuyun, it would be beneficial to me.

In that moment, various thoughts flashed through my mind.

＜The warmth I haven’t felt in six years…＞

＜Mom… in pain…＞

＜Chunseon Byakuyun, exterminating the foreign king who appeared…＞

No, let’s just admit it.

Even without all that, I would have saved Byakuyun.

With that thought, I arrived in front of the abandoned electric kickboard that I abandoned earlier.

I looked around.

I didn’t see anyone.

It was hard to believe that this was the heart of Seoul.

Maybe if I went to a hospital it would be like this around here.

“There probably isn’t a hospital that will take you in.”

“…”

“In that case, I’ll have to treat you on my own.”

And I opened the duffel bag hanging on the electric kickboard and took out a black stick. It was a stick called Hukcho.

“Is there a place to lay you down?”

There was a discarded platform in a secluded spot.

I laid my coat on the platform and put Bai Yurin on it.

“Ugh.”

Bai Yurin’s right arm, left arm, right leg, and left leg were all horribly broken. There were deep wounds around the waist and a piercing wound on the skull.

And there were bruises all over.

Also, the bruises were blood bruises.

“Who on earth did this?”

If Bai Yurin was an ordinary person, they would have died from the wounds dozens of times over. But Bai Yurin was faintly, but definitely, still breathing.

They even looked at me with sad eyes.

With wounds like this, can this method of treatment even work?

“I’ll start the treatment now.”

I held the Hukcho in my right hand.

Hukcho. According to the research lab director who was killed by Giryeon’s words, it had the ability to nullify all physical phenomena created by the supernatural powers.

Then, can we say that the wounds inflicted by supernatural powers are physical phenomena created by supernatural powers? Let’s assume for now that the wounds on the body are physical phenomena. Then what would happen if the Hukcho touches those wounds?

I had to find out now.

So, I brought the Hukcho close to Bai Yurin’s right arm.

“Ugh!”

For one minute, nothing happened.

The bleeding just stopped a little.

“Perhaps it really is impossible.”

As I mumbled like that, the blood completely stopped and the bones slowly began to realign. The broken bones that had popped out slithered back into the skin and in the meantime, flesh started to fill in again.

“Ah, is this your ability?”

I did not answer Baek Yoorin’s question.

Because there was something I had to think about.

Black Vine recognized the wounds caused by psychic abilities as physical phenomena and nullified them. But why did it take time like this?

No, that’s not it.

I had thought wrong.

When I neutralized Meteor’s physical movements with Black Vine at the Big Hand Casino, Meteor had simply lost its physical force and crashed to the ground.

There was no restoration to the original position or anything like that.

Then what was this situation?

My mind flashed for a moment.

“Oh, I see. Is it a time difference?”

At that time, I had lightly touched Black Vine to Meteor. I must have been in contact for about 0.5 seconds. But now, Black Vine had been in contact with Baek Yoorin’s arm for several minutes.

Baek Yoorin’s arm didn’t feel like it was getting treated at first, it just felt like the blood had stopped. It wasn’t until about a minute passed that the treatment started.

If Black Vine is applied to an inanimate object for a long time, does that mean the parts destroyed by psychic abilities can be restored?

I don’t know why, but it seems like this hypothesis could be useful.

But my head hurts from thinking too much.

“Ugh.”

I let out a sigh mixed with pain.

Then Baek Yoorin, startled, mumbled.

“A-Are you alright…?”

“I’m fine.”

After glancing at her, I brought Black Vine to the most dangerous wound on her neck.

“It might hurt, but endure it.”

“Ouch! It doesn’t hurt that much, heung! Ugh. It doesn’t hurt.”

At first, the blood stopped.

And after a few minutes, flesh started to fill in.

It was fascinating to see a person’s flesh filling in like this.

“Phew.”

That’s how I completely healed the visible wounds.

And he lifted Bai Youlin.

“Ah, that.”

“Why?”

“Thank you. Well, I was about to do something bad.”

“You know that’s a bad thing.”

“I guess I went crazy back then.”

What can you do about going crazy?

He is the Tiger Master who saved me, so I should acknowledge his decision.

I lifted Bai Youlin and rode the electric kickboard.

The street was very quiet, and so was the road.

People are all afraid of tigers.

At that moment, Bai Youlin cautiously spoke up.

“Can’t you live with me?”

Living with a tiger.

It doesn’t seem bad.

Bai Youlin is wealthy because of his inheritance. And he is strong, so he can protect me in this crazy world.

“Yes? I can really do everything for you. I’m good at cooking too. I learned a lot from a children’s cooking show in the past. And I can sing lullabies when you sleep. And also…”

But I am Mara Papayas.

According to my younger sister, it’s something dangerous to psychic people that they catch and kill when they are babies.

And the tiger is a powerful psychic. If we live together all the time like this, he will eventually find out about me.

About the fact that only I can’t see ghosts.

So I let Bai Youlin off in front of the mansion.

“Go in.”

“Really, you really can’t?”

Bai Youlin grabbed my sleeve, tears welling up in his eyes. The moment reminded me of when my younger sister held onto me, and my head started spinning. After swallowing my saliva, I could finally say these words.

“Ha, if I have time, I’ll come see you again.”

“Really?!”

“Yes.”

He suddenly smiled so brightly.

I guess I’m a man too.

I couldn’t treat the beautiful woman coldly like that.

So I left those words behind and quickly hopped on an electric kickboard.

I rode on the road for some time like that.

Only then did I feel the coolness in my legs.

“Oh, right. My pants.”

When I looked beside me, the police officers in the police car were glaring at me. I smiled at them.

“Just a moment, officers. There’s a reason here….”

That’s how I lost today’s part-time job pay as a fine.

Today’s lesson.

Even if you get caught in a tiger’s den, always wear your pants. Sob….

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Deep within heaven and earth.

There are several large seminar rooms that can accommodate hundreds of people.

But currently, only two people were using those seminar rooms.

One of them was named Cheonseon Gamil. Gamil stood next to the blackboard, filling it with her elegant handwriting.

She slowly opened her mouth.

“The child you confronted is Yeongjon.”

“Jon? Is that the same Jon you explained yesterday?”

“Yes. If he joins forces with other Jons, they can even oppose Yeonjon, walking destinies.”

Upon hearing those words, Baek Yurin nodded.

Afterwards, she diligently took notes of Gamil’s explanation.

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“By the way, Tiger. Why did you suddenly start training so hard?”

“I have a reason I want to become stronger.”

“Well, I won’t ask about the reason. If you just follow the training, we’ll do everything we can for you.”

After finishing her notes, Baek Yurin raised her hand.

Gamil, who was teaching her, nodded.

“When my spiritual body is penetrated and my physical body is injured, what should I do?”

“Just recover through Yang energy… Ah, you injured your physical body to the point of surpassing your life force while fighting Yeongjon. Luckily, you survived well. As expected of a tiger.”

“Um, just tell me the answer…”

Gamil took out a pouch from her bosom and answered.

“We spiritualists often fight using our physical bodies, but ironically, it is most dangerous when our bodies are too injured to heal themselves.”

“Why is that?”

“To treat our bodies, we have to pierce our spirits. And piercing our spirits requires destructive power. How can we use destructive power to pierce our spirits and at the same time use the healing power to heal our physical bodies?”

Huuu- Kamro blew out smoke from his cigarette.

“That’s a difficult task. A really difficult task. It’s not a big deal for weak spiritualists who have less power to pierce their spirits. But for strong spiritualists like us, to treat them, it’s necessary to draw good luck through a sacred vow called an oath.”

Kamro lowered his head.

“If it’s called an oath…”

“Yes, in such an oath, most people have to sacrifice something precious to them. Like their lifespan, for example.”

As soon as she heard those words, Byaku Yurin’s eyes filled with tears. Kamro was taken aback and asked, “What’s wrong? Are you okay? Is the smoke from the cigarette too strong?” but Byaku Yurin just lowered her head.