Money Loving CEO's Detective Lover

Junho and Shinjin quietly made their way towards the bedroom. The house was dimly lit and there was no other furniture in the whole place. The two men were carrying sticks imbued with holy water and salt to assault the spirit.     

They stepped into the living room and were momentarily stunned. In the middle of the living room was a large circle with an eye in the center.     

"This symbol…" Junho muttered.     

"I've seen this symbol too," Shinjin replied. "When I was trying to exorcise the other couple, it was there. This entity had drawn it in every house it was in."     

"But what are these gates it keeps talking about?" Junho wondered.     

"I don't know," Shinjin said. "Let's ask that thing ourselves."     

Junho nodded and they slowly walked towards the bedroom. Low music played from within. Junho raised his hand and opened the door.      

"Is that you, Myra?"     

The voice of a young man probably in his twenties came from somewhere within the room. But there was no one in sight. It was coming from the bathroom.     

Only a gramophone at one corner played the music. Unlike the other rooms, this one was fully furnished with a very strange decor. Red furry wallpapers were plastered on the walls and the floor was also carpeted with a matching color. The windows were tightly shut and instead of a bed, there was a large box in the middle of the room.      

Junho slowly opened the box. It had only a bunch of thick books with leather bindings. The books looked very old and some of them were peeling. Junho was about to close the trunk but Shinjin stopped him.     

"Let me take some of these books and try to decipher them," he suggested. He picked up some of the books and piled them in the bag he was carrying.      

They heard the bathroom door click.      

"It's coming out!" Junho mouthed. Both of them positioned themselves on either sides of the bathroom door, ready to attack.      

The door opened and a foul sulphur smell engulfed them. Junho almost gagged but managed to keep his cool while Shinjin winced. The stench was intolerable and they heard the footsteps of that entity emerging from the bathroom.     

A young man stepped out of it, wearing nothing but a towel. His back was facing them, his pale skin glowing under the dim light. The young man paused in his steps.     

"Myra, are you there?"      

This is it! Junho realized. The voice was different and so was the body but Junho could never forget the cold tone the entity possessed. It was devoid of all emotions and humanity, leaving nothing but an emptiness in its voice.     

Without thinking, Junho leapt forward to hit it.     

"Got you."     

In a flash, the entity turned around and grabbed him by the throat. Junho dropped the salt stick as he was being throttled. To his shock, the entity had grabbed Shinjin with its other hand, slowly killing both of them. But the most shocking thing was the appearance of the entity.     

Never had Junho seen such a vile face. Could it even be called a face anymore?     

Staring at them was a creature with large spider-like eyes. It had a snout instead of a nose while black goo like substance dripped from its forehead. It had no lips but a full set of sharp teeth which were snarling at them. Its skin was peeling off, making it look almost skeletal like.     

"What...is...this…" Junho managed to say but the entity only laughed.     

"You...you are a feisty one, Hwang Junho," it leered. "You wouldn't give up even after I showed you the horrors I can create…"     

Shinjin was struggling to be free and save themselves but the entity was too strong. He tried to reach out for his bag which lay only inches away.     

"You killed your wife," the entity taunted Junho. Upon hearing the mention of Suna, he froze. The grief was overwhelming him again and Suna's image flashed before his eyes. Her smile when he had to stab her was haunting him till that day…     

"You lost everything, Hwang Junho," it claimed. "It's over-AHHHHHH!"     

The entity let out an ear shattering scream and let go of them. Yeeun stood at the bedroom door, holding a can of salt. The entity glared at her but she kept on throwing salt at it.     

"A Seer!" it yelled. Despite her discomfort, Yeeun backed it to a corner.     

"What do you want?" She shrieked. "Why are you killing so many innocent people?"     

The entity let out a loud laughter which sent goosebumps along their arms. "I just want to be free!" it laughed. "When I'm done with all this, I'll be finally free!"     

Yeeun raised her hand to sprinkle more salt at it but suddenly, a lightning struck in the room. The entity bent backwards and opened its mouth wide. Junho reached over to shield Yeeun while Shinjin grabbed his bag and took out more holy water.     

Millions of moths came flying out of the entity's mouth, flying at great speed. The body it occupied collapsed, dead and rotting while the moths spread all over the room, attacking the trio. Yeeun yelped when several of them attacked her while Shinjin's holy water was of no use against so many of them.     

"That thing is still here!" he yelled. "It's not leaving because it doesn't have a permanent body!"     

"I'm not leaving without killing it!" Junho roared. He began to chant a spell but the moths flew at him, interrupting the spell.     

"You can't catch me with those feeble spells," the entity's dark voice came from somewhere above them. "Now I'll show you what I can do…"     

Suddenly, the moths vanished and the room cleared out. Junho and Shinjin stood up, confused by what was going on.     

"Where is it?" Junho demanded. "Where did it go?"     

"It's still here!" Shinjin claimed. "I know it is. It's…"     

His eyes widened in shock as he realized what had happened. Slowly, he turned around to face Yeeun. Junho followed his gaze and observed Yeeun who was looking down.     

"Yeeun?" Junho called. "What-"     

"She's weak," Shinjin realized. "She's in a weak state because…"     

As if in agreement with his words, blood began to flow from in between her legs. Yeeun was now snarling at them, her eyes completely yellow.     

"She was in labor!" Junho whispered.     

"And now it had possessed her," Shinjin added.