I’m the Only One Who Can’t See Ghosts

5 – Sweet Dew

The hierarchy of the heavens and earth is divided into three major categories. The practitioners known as Bansun (半仙), the middle managers known as Jisun (地仙), and the officials known as Cheonsun (天仙).

Bansun are powerful individuals who possess extraordinary abilities to the extent that they can pass themselves off as divine beings within pseudo-religious groups. Those at the level of Jisun have abilities that can inadvertently lead them to seek gods, even if they are skeptics.

As for Cheonsun, they are creatures that even a group of twenty or more Jisun cannot guarantee victory against. Such creatures watched the students as they drank from their glasses.

“Ha, that’s a monster? I may have had a few drinks, but I’m not drunk enough to see that as a monster.”

Cheonsun, the heavenly official of the heavens and earth, murmured, shaking his head. The man observed by the lord didn’t seem monstrous in any way.

He even let himself be bullied by a young shaman.

And he didn’t resist. Look at him.

“Weakling. Please know your place.”

“Know my place?”

“Yes, or should I personally instruct you on your place?”

Even though he was insulted as a weakling, he remained silent.

Doesn’t he have any self-respect as a man?

If he were in his position, he would have torn apart the young shaman’s mouth and exacted the price of arrogance from his veins.

Gamro sneered, filled his glass, and took a sip.

It didn’t seem impressive as a godly act.

His soul was too ordinary and not worth investigating.

There was no sense of extraordinary abilities.

He was just an ordinary man that one could see anywhere.

“Even so, they let a guy like that pass in the preliminary rounds? This lord, where does he put his mind…”

After giving the lord a sideways glance, Gamro raised his glass again. The glass contained an expensive bottle of Bordeaux wine. It was a wine worth ten million won per bottle, but Gamro drank it like water.

And Gamro saw something.

He was so surprised that he spilled some of his drink.

“That man, he’s looking at me, isn’t he?”

Currently, he was in a transparent state. That was also achieved by using the power of his own spiritual body, known as “Shinun” or sacred clouds, to manipulate steam and reflect light, creating a magical and surreal invisibility.

To put it simply, this technique was called “Transparent Cloud.”

It was a useful skill that could also be used by Cheonsun.

However, now she was immediately pierced by a man she had never seen before.

“He penetrated my invisibility in an instant.”

Gamro had seen monsters like this a few times before. Among the 1,000 immortals, there were a few that were considered strong, especially the tiger in charge of the Whites. He had shown them such a formidable attack before.

When Gamro thought of that tiger, he almost dropped his glass from nervousness.

“A monster comparable to that tiger.”

After placing his glass down, Gamro looked at the man.

So, what kind of monster are you?

Did you become a monster because you couldn’t accept becoming a monster yourself?

Or did you become a monster to gain even stronger power?

So, what kind of monster are you?!

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At that moment, Gamro had one question that came to mind.

“But why did he spare the little sorcerer who insulted him?”

Gamro did not know that kind of monster.

So, in the end, he could only think in this way.

“Is he planning to bring about an even more tragic death later?”

* * *

The contents of a certain cartoon were as follows.

After the loan shark put on a poorly fitted suit, he watched a busy company employee’s lunch while drinking.

The loan shark drank while watching the company employees suffer from thoughts like, “Is he a high-ranking person? A manager? I also want to drink!” Maybe those thoughts themselves were the appetizer for the alcohol.

That woman sitting on the couch sipping wine there, maybe she’s forgetting her troubles by drinking there too.

I envy her, damn it.

I turned my head away.

Then the explanation of the test of heaven and earth began.

“Heaven and earth is an organization of extraordinary individuals who have protected this world for a long time since the day of spiritual awakening. Do you know about the main duties of heaven and earth?”

The students eagerly raised their hands during the class, just like Hermione when she had a question. The pink sorceress sitting in front of me was the same.

But the instructor ignored all of those Hermiones and only said what he wanted to say, just like Snape.

“As you all know, heaven and earth subjugates incomparable demons of the 1st class, 2nd class, prince class, and monarch class who threaten order.”

Subjugation of extraordinary individuals who threaten order.

So, Choenso does not threaten ‘order.’

“Do any of you know what these individuals have in common?”

“They all use the phenomenon of the otherworld.”

“That’s correct.”

This time, the savior didn’t ignore the student who raised their hand.

He continued to speak.

“The phenomenon of the otherworld is a dangerous space where the borders between the human realm and spirit realm are mixed due to an incomplete gateway. Especially, sudden demons tend to cause the phenomenon of the otherworld and occupy a specific area. And psychics often occupy unowned phenomena of the otherworld and turn them into fortresses.”

I’ve heard of it. There was an incident where a demon unleashed the phenomenon of the otherworld at an elementary school, causing hundreds of deaths.

“From the level of the Earls, they complete the gateways, so they aren’t confined to a specific area, but well, I guess no one here has met an Earl-level demon?”

The savior said with a smile.

“If you had, you would’ve already been dead.”

Why are they talking about this terrifying stuff so nonchalantly?

It’s scary…

“The Chajeon members destroy the demons and impure psychics and break down their safe havens, which are the phenomena of the otherworld. If any of you students want to become part of Chajeon, you need to know how to fight against these phenomena. And that falls into the realm of talents. I will test your talents.”

The savior said.

“The first test is simple. Escape from Pian Station as quickly as possible. The criteria for passing the test will be the first three hundred people to escape.”

And the savior clapped his hands.

“Now, let’s begin.”

With those words, the students started running. More accurately, some flew, and others ran at an inhuman speed.

“sh*t.”

Of course, I could only walk.

* * *

Something feels off.

Why aren’t there many people at the ticket counter?

Could there be another way to escape from here?

According to the manual, it says this:

4. There are two known ways to escape from Pian Station: taking the subway heading towards Saengmun Station fromPlatform B2 after purchasing a ticket, or taking the subway heading towards Muryang Black Water from Platform B3. There is no third option.

The only way to escape from Pian Station seems to be buying a ticket and taking a specific subway.

But why are there so few people here?

There were only around a dozen people at the ticket counter, including the pink-clad shaman girl. The rest of the people didn’t even bother buying tickets and have all gone downstairs.

Are they really trying to take the subway without buying tickets? Or is there another way to escape? The manual clearly states that there is no other escape method other than taking the subway.

Even numerous people have taken the escalator that goes straight down to B4 floor. The manual clearly states that B4 floor doesn’t exist.

However, since I didn’t know any other means of escape, I decided to stick to buying a ticket and taking the subway.

* * *

As Guju watched students ignoring the ticket booth and heading downstairs, he shook his head in disapproval. People who couldn’t even grasp the basics were trying to become something great.

“Do they not know that fare evasion costs 30 times more?”

Pi’an Station sells tickets that take on people’s emotions and memories, and they cost 30 times the value of a subway ticket. After paying that, you would be left empty and worthless.

However, Guju could understand.

It was because the manual states it like this.

4. There are three known ways to escape from Pi’an Station. The first is to board the subway from Platform B2 to Saengmun Station without buying a ticket. The second is to take the subway from Platform B3 heading towards the Muryangheuksu direction. The third is to find the emergency exit and go down from Platform B3.

This was a manual distorted by Pi’an Station.

If you believed in this manual, test-takers could only end up dead or disabled.

“But doubting everything is the virtue of a person with psychic abilities.”

So Guju did not feel sorry for them.

And another manual seemed strange as well.

1. Pi’an Station is a 3-floor structure consisting of the main hall, Platform B2, and Platform B3. B4 floor cannot exist, so please avoid all means of going down from B3.

2. However, if there are too many demons or if there are colleagues vulnerable to the mental contamination of Pi’an Station, please take the escalator and stairs that lead directly to B4 and move straight to the B4 shopping mall. The B4 shopping mall is an area where breakthrough is possible with psychic abilities, and you can escape from Pi’an Station faster than any other means.

The manual stated to avoid all means of going down from B3.

However, number 2 explicitly stated to go down to B4.

One of them was false.

“If you have strong spiritual senses or if you belong to a powerful family or faction, you would realize that number 2 is the false manual.”

If you have strong spiritual senses, you would instinctively feel suspicious about number 2. If you belong to a strong family or faction, you would have studied the manual of Pi’an Station created within that organization, so you would know that number 2 is entirely false.

Ancestry and backing are also abilities.

Guju affirmed that fact.

“Guju.”

“Yes, Kamro-nim.”

Even though the voice came from empty space, Guju was not surprised.

It was Kamro’s voice.

“Have you investigated that man?”

“Yes, Yoo Hajin, 20 years old, not from a good family nor belonging to a strong faction, just an ordinary man. There is no possibility that he received an untainted manual.”

“In that case, does it mean he instinctively realized that number 4 is corrupted and number 2 is incorrect? To have such a strong psychic ability to see through me and possess instinctive senses as well.”

Guju and Kamro said the same thing.

“Monster.”

“Wow, it’s a monster.”

Of course, Yu Hajin had never seen Manual 2 himself. Being unable to see ghosts, he couldn’t read the lines written by ghosts.

But Gamro and Guju didn’t know that.