The Nature of Possession – Chapter 9

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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I’m an idiot.

Why didn’t I realize such a simple thing?

That Shin On-yu was the intruder.

Even though I knew very well that Shin On-yu wasn’t normal, I let my guard down.

But why did I relax my vigilance?

Was it because we were together in the hospital?

In-ho, get a grip.

Do you want to get stabbed again?

“Hey, stop messing around and open the door.”

Knock knock knock.

The knocking became louder.

But one question arose.

What was the reason that she, who had shown no signs until just now, suddenly flipped a switch?

Hypothesis one.

Her obsessive instincts awaken at night.

That wouldn’t be it. If that were the case, I would have already known in the hospital.

Hypothesis two.

Because I said I wanted to be alone and sent her home.

It was a plausible reason, but it didn’t make sense from the point she went home so willingly.

…….

Hypothesis three.

She saw me with someone.

The convenience store. Narae-noona.

“Open the door. This prank isn’t funny.”

On-yu’s voice was gradually sinking.

I couldn’t stall any longer and opened the door.

“What are you doing right now?”

When I opened the door, On-yu was looking up at me with dull eyes.

“Oh, just… um, come in.”

Even as I guided her in with a haha, she remained unmoving outside the room.

“This kind of prank… not funny.”

She growled in a low voice, emphasizing each syllable.

“Yeah. I’ll remember.”

I glanced to see if she was holding a weapon or something, and then sat down on the chair.

“So, are you still anxious?”

I wasn’t just still anxious, I was more anxious.

If she saw me with Narae-noona and then secretly entered the house, her level of obsession must have already gone beyond severe.

It felt like I was holding an unexploded bomb.

The unexploded bomb named Shin On-yu could go off at any moment.

The best I could do now was to try my best not to provoke the bomb.

And to pray that this unexploded bomb wouldn’t explode.

“No. I’m fine now that you’re here.”

“…Really? That’s a relief then.”

No, I’m resenting the past me who called you over so much.

But what can I do?

It’s my karma.

“What were you doing? Weren’t you going to sort out your thoughts?”

“Oh, I was on the computer.”

“What? That’s all you were doing, just using the computer?”

“I can use the computer, can’t I? Why’re you trying to bring me down?”

“Who said I was bringing you down? I just thought it was unexpected. I’ve never seen you use a computer before.”

So what, what do you want me to do about it?

“You didn’t watch porn or something, did you?”

“No, I didn’t!”

When I snapped back, she smiled and stood behind me, grabbing the chair.

She turned the chair, pushing it towards the computer.

I, who was sitting on the chair, was now facing the computer.

“Let’s watch it together.”

“What?”

“You said you were doing something, let’s watch it together.”

“No…”

I trailed off, not knowing what to say, and she pressed her body against me.

I felt a soft sensation on the back of my head, and then, a warm breath tickled my ear.

“Why~?”

The temperature of her breath was different from the temperature of her words.

“Were you watching something you shouldn’t be showing me?”

“It’s not that I shouldn’t be showing you.”

“Then, let’s watch it together.”

Shit, shit.

I turned on the internet and went to a random webtoon site.

“You were reading webtoons?”

“Yeah. I was just bored.”

“I see.”

Pressing her body even closer, she placed her hand over mine, which was holding the mouse.

Perhaps because of the difference in size, it felt like it was lightly placed on the back of my hand, but I felt that hand was heavier than anything else.

“Are you interested in things like this?”

“Well, I don’t know if I’m interested or not. I don’t have any memories.”

Please, let this pass without any problems.

Why did you suddenly come to my house in deep dark mode?

I’m not ready to keep up with your psychological state yet.

Sting.

A stiff sensation spread from my neck.

“Huh?”

All I could say was “huh.”

At the same time that the stiffness spread, I felt the strength drain from my body.

“Liar.”

As my posture crumbled, and my mind became dizzy, I clearly heard her whisper in my ear.

“If you had told me the truth… I would have tolerated it. Why did you lie?”

I felt my consciousness gradually sinking.

Now, even On-yu’s words were heard from afar.

“I think In-ho needs some correction. Just sleep for a while.”

I felt a sensation of being pulled by the back of my neck, but now, I didn’t care about that anymore.

Yeah. I don’t know anymore.

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There was noise.

The surroundings were bustling.

Someone was shaking my shoulder.

I was lying down?

When I barely managed to lift my heavy body, the artificial light of the fluorescent lights struck my eyes painfully.

“Ugh…”

When I reached for my face to rub my eyes, something got in the way.

This is… glasses?

“Oh my, In-ho-nim. Were you perhaps sleeping at work?”

I turned to a voice that was considerably surprised and saw a strange woman standing there.

A tomboy-styled woman wearing a baseball jacket.

“Who…”

-Ting-

Along with a notification sound that I had heard before, a window popped up in front of my eyes, and I couldn’t help but curse.

“Fuck. This is fucked up.”

Without any time to prepare, I was possessed again.

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Careless drug management… caused a tragedy.

On the 8th of last month, the results of the investigation into the ‘XX City Drug Murder Case,’ in which a classmate was killed using drugs such as muscle relaxants and general anesthetics, were released.

The perpetrator was classmate S, who was known to have shown strong obsession with the victim, K.

[Omitted]

It was revealed that the perpetrator entered the hospital where the victim was hospitalized under the pretext of visiting him and stole the drugs.

The authorities have begun an investigation into the hospital for its careless drug management.

The medical association has…

[Omitted]

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