Chapter 96: The Evil Spirit (7)
Im Seung-hyun took Yoo Yeon Seo to a large hospital owned by the Joo Sung Group.
The hospital had prepared everything for the arrival of the ‘young master’, who was treated as a VIP.
“How did the test go?”
“There’s nothing wrong with you.”
Yoo Yeon Seo’s test was done as quickly as possible, and the result came out right away.
“Your scans are fine… and so is your blood test. You’re a little low on iron, but it’s not serious.”
“…Is that so?”
“Is there something wrong? Do you have any aftereffects…?”
The doctor, who was quite old, looked at Yoo Yeon Seo nervously, noticing Im Seung-hyun’s grim expression. He had known Yoo Yeon Seo’s primary doctor well when she had a car accident.
He had seen how Joo Yoo, the chairman, had lost his dignity and yelled at him, asking why his grandson wouldn’t wake up from his coma. It had made his legs go weak.
‘He’s not going to get angry at me, is he?’
What if there was something wrong with her body that was revealed later? He would surely get the blame, since he was the one who conducted the most recent test.
“Are there any suspicious symptoms…? You should tell me now, so I can do more tests…”
The doctor stuttered, looking back and forth between Im Seung-hyun and Yoo Yeon Seo.
“Mr. Im.”
Yoo Yeon Seo raised his hand to stop Im Seung-hyun from saying anything unnecessary.
He had agreed to go along with the hospital test on the condition that he wouldn’t say anything more if the test showed nothing wrong.
“There’s no problem.”
“I see, okay.”
The doctor wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and sighed in relief.
Im Seung-hyun and Yoo Yeon Seo left the examination room without a word. People took out their phones and took pictures of Yoo Yeon Seo as she walked through the hospital lobby.
“Are you satisfied now?”
“But, young master.”
“It’s nothing. Don’t make a fuss.”
“Isn’t vomiting blood a big deal?”
Yoo Yeon Seo stopped walking and looked at Im Seung-hyun silently.
He had his usual expressionless face, but his eyes warned him not to go any further. Im Seung-hyun bowed his head and stepped back.
“…I’m sorry. But please understand why I have to do this.”
“Well, fine. I understand you’re worried. But, you know, right?”
“Keep it a secret from the other family members for now.”
Yoo Yeon Seo nodded, looking satisfied. He trusted that Im Seung-hyun and Lee Tae-gyeom would handle things well if anything happened.
‘I don’t understand why he wants to keep it a secret, though…’
Im Seung-hyun followed Yoo Yeon Seo quietly, lost in thought. How could he be so calm? Was he used to it? He stared at Yoo Yeon Seo’s back with a serious face.
“Wow! It’s the groom!”
“Excuse me… can I take a picture with you?”
Im Seung-hyun, who had been distracted by other thoughts, didn’t neglect his duty. He instinctively blocked the people who approached Yoo Yeon Seo.
“It’s okay, just… ten minutes and we’ll go.”
“Okay.”
He stepped back and watched Yoo Yeon Seo take pictures with the kids.
‘I’m more anxious when he says there’s no problem…’
Then, Im Seung-hyun found the spot where Yoo Yeon Seo had vomited. He had tried to wipe it off with his foot, but there were still traces of blood. It was a lot. Enough to make him wonder how he didn’t collapse.
‘Could it be some incurable disease that hasn’t been discovered by the medical world?’
He blamed himself for realizing it too late.
The hospital corridor was crowded with people who heard that Yoo Yeon Seo was there, and in the end, the security team leader had to escort him to the parking lot.
“What happened, hyung-nim?”
“…He said there’s no problem.”
“What? How is that possible?”
Lee Tae-gyeom was shocked and looked at the back seat where Yoo Yeon Seo was sitting. He didn’t seem to care much. It was natural to be worried, but he acted like it was a bother. Had he lost something else along with his memory?
“From now on, both of you keep your mouths shut, okay?”
Yoo Yeon Seo said that and closed his eyes. His phone vibrated in his hand.
(Hyung) You went to the hospital?
(Father) Son, where are you hurt?
(?My lovely cousin Sun-woo?) Hyung, you went to the hospital? There are a lot of eyewitness accounts.
When did Park Sun-woo change his name on my phone? He changed Park Sun-woo’s name back to normal.
(Me) It’s nothing, just a health checkup.
He replied casually and reclined his car seat.
***
Yoo Yeon Seo had a wrap-up party for ‘The Evil Spirit’ after he came back from the hospital.
They had a wrap-up party for ‘Dreaming’ after the broadcast was over, because it was hard to get together due to Jin Soo-ho’s schedule. But today, they all gathered to watch the last episode and celebrate.
“He’s here!”
Yoo Yeon Seo stepped on the red carpet of the finale without fail.
Yoo Yeon Seo, who appeared at the end of the ‘Evil Spirit’ finale
[☆Photo] Yoo Yeon Seo ‘Chic and haughty groom~’ (Evil Spirit finale)
“Yoo Yeon Seo is here!”
“Hello.”
Yoo Yeon Seo walked to the empty seat between Hong Min-ah and Seo Ha-joon.
There were a lot of things prepared by Seo Ha-joon’s fandom on the chair, but he handed them over to Lee Tae-gyeom and sat down.
“I was stuck in traffic.”
“You came just in time, it’s starting right away.”
At the end of the long commercial, the last episode of ‘Evil Spirit’ began.
-June 6, 1992-
-Final episode-
The first scene went back to the past. Raphael’s father, who was sacrificed to the devil worship ritual. Reflected in his lifeless eyes that bled on the altar was young Raphael.
(Dad! Dad!)
Raphael, who tried to run to his father, was stopped by Leo’s mother.
(We failed.)
She ran away with the child, and the priest pressed his index finger on Raphael’s father, who was motionless.
(Bring the woman who ran away.)
(Yes.)
Leo’s mother, who acted as bait, died of a forced devil possession. Yoo Yeon Seo was interested in the tense horror direction until the end and focused on the screen with her chin propped up.
And under the altar, blood slowly spurted from Raphael’s father’s corpse, which was roughly disposed of, and took the shape of a devil. It was decent CG for something that was done hastily.
(Don’t be afraid. I’m here.)
And he became the leader.
-1995-
-2002-
-2007-
The caption below the screen showed the time moving closer to the present.
(Last month, a serial murder case that occurred in Nosang District…)
(…the perpetrator who killed a family in their home was arrested.)
The audio was the voice of a news anchor, talking about various incidents and accidents, and newspaper articles about natural speech events also appeared. And everywhere, things that symbolized Catholicism and the devil contrasted.
‘Now that I see it, Director Choi used mise-en-scene well.’
Of course, the art director’s efforts must have gone into it, but it was not easy to produce such an aesthetic scene in a drama scene where you had to shoot quickly and make the next episode right away. In fact, the drama received a lot of praise for being like a movie.
(Don’t you want revenge? On those who tormented you.)
(How about living by instinct, once in a lifetime… don’t you want to have fun?)
And then the scene where the leader whispered the devil’s whisper came out. The black smoke that came out of his mouth was absorbed by the people who Raphael and Kim Leo had exorcised.
The people who were brainwashed by the leader went to find the perpetrators of school violence and brutally avenged them, and they assaulted people and stole things as they pleased. They were the center of the bizarre incidents and accidents that appeared on the news.
(Who is the real evil spirit?)
And the drama flowed to the climax, and finally the scene where Raphael and the leader confronted each other came out. Raphael, who shed a tear, and Yoo Yeon Seo’s face, who had blood on her neck as if she was really in pain, filled the screen.
“Wow, I thought I was really possessed by the devil then.”
One of the staff muttered. Yoo Yeon Seo looked at it and thought something else.
‘For a moment, I was able to control my body.’
Normally, she wouldn’t have been able to do anything because of Lee Hee-seo’s illusion, but she didn’t want to lose then. Being swept away by the trauma left by the original body felt like admitting her weakness.
“What were you thinking when you acted then?”
“What do you need to think, you just do it.”
“You’re amazing.”
It was quite different in fact, but anyway, it came out well in the drama, so it was fine. Yoo Yeon Seo drank water quietly.
(Priest!)
Kim Leo saved Raphael, who fell for the devil’s whisper. The reason why the leader was imperfectly possessed was because he performed a devil possession ritual on Kim Leo’s pregnant mother.
In the process of giving birth to the baby, some of the devil’s power flowed to Kim Leo, not his mother.
And the only thing that could harm the devil was the exorcism ritual, and the devil himself.
(How, how did you.)
(I don’t know. Let’s just fight.)
Raphael, who had a gap in his mind, couldn’t perform his role as an exorcist. Kim Leo, who wrapped the rosary necklace, which was the legacy of Peter, around his fist, exorcised the leader.
-Lol, exorcism (physical)
└This joke broke my immersion lol
└It doesn’t look too bad though lol
└The direction covers it all
└I’m a bit disappointed that it ended with action
But the cult leader was too strong
-Raphael, the priest, is so amazing with his blood, sweat, and tears
-Honestly, the demon was done by Father Eugene’s priest outfit
-Please join the voting for Blay right now
-Seo Hajoon, you’re using your body well?
What’s your position in NB?
-He’s a dancer
-So that’s why he’s good lol
Raphael, the priest, sang the hymn without giving up, sprinkling holy water. At the end of the fierce battle, the demon oxidized into black smoke, and Raphael looked down at his father’s corpse without a word.
(Father, you left Sua outside. Hurry up and go.)
(Oh, yes.)
And he left without hesitation.
Raphael’s father, who was left on the altar, his eyes were not even closed, and Raphael’s grown-up figure was reflected in his pupils. A drop of water falling from the ceiling ran down his eye like a tear.
The scene changed, and Park Sua, who was taken to the hospital, quickly wrote an article despite the pain. She revealed the shocking truth of the Black Night Cult with the photos she took.
The demon possession ritual caused by the pseudo-religion, and the dozens of corpses that resulted from it, turned South Korea upside down.
And at dawn, when everything was over, Raphael, the priest, quietly left St. Peter’s Cathedral.
(Are you leaving?)
Raphael, who stopped at Kim Leo’s words, turned his head.
(Yes, I have to. I have to report to the Vatican.)
(…)
(Father Leo, what are you going to do now?)
(What am I going to do.)
Kim Leo turned around and looked at the small cathedral. It was his and Father Peter’s home and shelter.
(I have to live well in this cathedral. I’ll try to feed some weirdos with free meals, and sometimes take in some orphans.)
(…)
(And I have to be careful about sending them abroad for adoption when I’m in trouble.)
Kim Leo’s last words were full of strength. Raphael chuckled. He was a person who could laugh.
(Father Leo, don’t resent our father too much.)
(…I don’t. I know that was the best thing for Father Peter.)
Raphael turned his body and looked at Kim Leo with a relieved face. It was a bright smile that he had never seen before.
(Father Leo, let’s not see each other again.)
To see each other again means that there will be another person who needs exorcism in this land. Kim Leo, who noticed the meaning of his words, smiled and waved his hand.
(Yes, let’s not see each other again.)
The two priests smiled at each other. Then, the theme song of ‘Demon’ played and the banners of the production and sponsorship companies appeared. On the screen, there were not trailers, but behind-the-scenes photos of the actors.
“It’s over!”
“Good job, everyone!”
As soon as everything was over and the commercials started, the staff who were watching quietly jumped up and clapped their hands.
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