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Chapter 94: Evil Spirit (5)
Chapter 94: Evil Spirit (5)
Chapter 94: Evil Spirit (5)
Chapter 94 < Evil Spirit (5) >
-Crazy
-Wow
-So scary???
-Stop scaring me
‘Evil Spirit’ made the viewers’ hearts flutter with its scenes of exorcism and its mystery of the Black Night Cult.
“How much holy water do we have left?”
“Not much.”
“Make some more.”
“······Me?”
“Aren’t you a priest?”
Raphael, who was persuaded by Leo, succeeded in the exorcism of the possessed student. Raphael was influenced by Leo and gradually strayed from his principles. The two priests bickered with each other, but they worked well together.
“I’m sure it’s somewhere near here.”
“It’s good that you’re investigating, but don’t go off on your own and ask for help.”
“Hey, am I you? Don’t get carried by Raphael.”
Soo-ah uncovered the headquarters of the Black Night Cult as she reported on the incidents involving the possessed. ‘Evil Spirit’ was now in its final stages of filming.
-Yeon Seo and Min-ah have crazy chemistry
?Seo-ha-joon too, he’s so tense
?Yeon Seo has good chemistry with anyone??
-Is Evil Spirit fun? I can’t watch ghost stuff
?If you watch the horror scenes with blurry eyes, it’s fine
?There are no ghosts, but the possessed people are real, so scary
?I screamed watching Evil Spirit and my dog got scared and bit me??
-Evil Spirit is a visual book of Yeon Seo, that’s a fact
?The director really captured her beauty
?You can tell he put a lot of effort into Yeon Seo’s scenes??
?She looks so good in priest clothes???
‘Evil Spirit’ had decent ratings and reactions for a horror genre, but it also had its limitations.
The highest-rated ‘Evil Spirit’ disappoints with its recent ratings
The horror drama that Yeon Seo couldn’t save···‘Evil Spirit’ ranks second in its time slot
The reporters didn’t miss the opportunity to write articles about the relatively weak ratings of ‘Evil Spirit’ compared to Yeon Seo’s presence. Especially since anything related to Yeon Seo guaranteed clicks and ad revenue.
-Yeon Seo is getting a lot of backlash these days
It was already bad, but it got worse after the accident
?True
?The mom cafe posts are no joke
?People are digging up everything about Yeon Seo, don’t they know how scary Ju-seong is??
??What, is Ju-seong a magic shield? Are you from Ju-seong? Why are you acting so proud?
???Are you the one who was bashing her earlier? Do you know that Yu Chang-ho is suing anyone who writes anything bad about Yeon Seo?
?(This comment has been deleted.)
All kinds of malicious articles were spreading, and the anti-fans of Yeon Seo were wishing for her to fail. Of course, the ones that were caught by Yu’s side were deleted, but still.
“What’s going on?”
“They’re filming something.”
“Wow, who’s coming?”
The staff were busy setting up the cameras. There was even a staff member flying a drone camera. The crowd of spectators grew as more staff arrived.
“Get out of the camera’s way. Move back.”
“Yes, sir.”
The director’s words made the staff raise their hands towards the people.
“Excuse me! Please step back a little!”
“What are they filming here?”
The staff didn’t answer. One of the onlookers saw the name tag ‘Evil Spirit’ hanging from the staff’s neck and shouted.
“Wow, Evil Spirit!”
The sound made the nearby people stir.
“Evil Spirit? You mean Yoo Yeon Seo?”
“Are you kidding me? Is Yoo Yeon Seo coming?”
“Awesome.”
They didn’t know exactly who was coming, but the rumor ‘Yoo Yeon Seo is here!’ had already spread among the onlookers. That made more people flock to the scene. There was even a couple riding a horse.
“We need to finish filming and get out of here fast.”
The director clicked his tongue. He was filming Yoo Yeon Seo and Seo Ha-joon, but if the situation got out of control because of that, it would be a headache. The staff pushed back the people who were invading the filming area.
“Why can’t we go through here? Why not? Did you get permission from the city hall?”
“We got all the permissions.”
“What’s so special about what you’re filming? Is filming your job or something?”
Of course, there were some people who didn’t cooperate. There were many stories of staff being rude and aggressive at filming sites, so some people looked at the set with a bad eye. The assistant director came to the side of the struggling staff and explained the situation.
“Why are there so many people here?”
“It’s Yoo Yeon Seo.”
“Wow, I’m never going to work on Yoo Yeon Seo’s project again.”
“Just hang in there. It’s not all bad, right?”
The staff tried to stop the people who were coming closer to see Yoo Yeon Seo.
“Can we film today?”
“I don’t know, we’ll see.”
“How can you be so calm?”
“This is not the first time.”
It seemed like more people came because of the special situation of filming, but it was a familiar sight for Yoo Yeon Seo.
“…I’m jealous.”
Seo Ha-joon looked at Yoo Yeon Seo with envious eyes. Thanks to ‘Evil Spirit’, he was on the drama’s popularity ranking and got some ads, but it still didn’t meet his standards.
‘He wants to be more popular by looking like that.’
Yoo Yeon Seo smiled faintly as he reminded him of his cousin, Park Seon-woo.
To avoid confusion, Yoo Yeon Seo and Seo Ha-joon waited in the van until the director called them. In case of any trouble, Lee Tae-gyeom and Im Seung-hyun guarded Yoo Yeon Seo’s sides.
“Kyaa!”
“Wow, it’s really Yoo Yeon Seo!”
Yoo Yeon Seo wore a stiff priest’s robe that accentuated his 182cm height and his toned body from working out. The people nearby took out their phones and snapped pictures of Yoo Yeon Seo.
“Let’s finish this chase scene in one go today.”
Director Choi shook his head at the endless crowd of spectators. It was like when a top idol group appeared on an entertainment show and did a guerrilla date…
“The route is easy, just run straight from here to there.”
“When will we catch him?”
“See that red sign over there? That’s where Raphael will grab the cultist by the shoulder and subdue him.”
The scene they were about to shoot was a chase scene between two priests and a cultist of the Black Night Church. As the shooting was about to start, the staff members were almost begging the people to be quiet.
“Ready, cue!”
At the director’s signal, the extra actor playing the cultist ran away frantically. And a beat later, Raphael and Kim Leo kicked the ground and ran after him. The rail camera and the drone camera captured the three of them.
“Hey! You, there, stop!”
Kim Leo’s impudent words, unfitting for a priest on the media, and his running posture, shaking his upper body. And behind him, Raphael, who was catching up, had a textbook-like running posture. Even their running styles showed their different characters.
“Argh!”
Kim Leo tripped over the poorly maintained road. It was not in the script, but he didn’t panic.
Raphael glanced back and then ran forward again to catch the cultist. This was also not in the script. It was a subtle gesture of Raphael, who was secretly worried about Kim Leo.
“Damn it!”
Kim Leo got up quickly and ran again. At the end of the chase, he caught up with the cultist and tackled him.
“Cut!”
Yoo Yeon Seo, who lifted up the extra actor, looked back.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes!”
Falling down in the middle was not in the script, but it added realism. He scanned Seo Ha-joon from head to toe. He didn’t seem to be hurt.
“Oh, no, someone got in the way. We might have to shoot it again.”
“Damn it… Just a moment.”
At the director’s words, the assistant director jumped up and approached the onlooker.
“Please cooperate with us!”
The chase scene in the city center took four more takes before they could move to the next location.
That’s how the three leads interrogated the cultist, who had attempted a summoning ritual, and headed to the place that was suspected to be the headquarters of the Black Night Church.
“…It’s a ruin?”
“Let’s go in and see.”
Kim Leo hesitated at the entrance that looked like an underground bunker, but seeing Park Su-ah taking the lead, he scratched the back of his head, as if his pride was hurt.
Somewhere, water dripped, and their footsteps and breathing sounds were amplified. The three of them walked along the corridor, relying on their phone flashes, and entered a room that looked like a laboratory.
“What is all this?”
“It looks like preparations for a devil worship ritual.”
As they shone their lights around, they saw symbols of the devil everywhere. They were props prepared by the ‘Evil Spirit’ prop team with great care.
The three of them split up and searched for any clues. And they took out a file cabinet and flipped through the documents. Raphael, who was casually flipping through them, stopped his movement.
“Father.”
“…”
“Father!”
“Ah, yes.”
His eyes were filled with surprise and longing. Park Su-ah, who was wandering around the area, woke up the motionless Father Raphael.
“Do you know him?”
Raphael hastily put down the documents. Between the files, he glimpsed some personal information about his father.
“…No.”
But it didn’t seem like he was telling the truth… Park Su-ah narrowed her eyes and looked at Father Raphael’s back.
“It seems like he moved his base.”
“I think so too. Do you think he knows we’re on to him?”
“…Maybe.”
“Ugh, this is a headache.”
Raphael and Kim Leo had been exorcising the people possessed by demons one by one. The situation was uncertain, as the Black Night Church might have noticed the change. Park Su-ah scratched her head roughly.
“Hey, Kim Leo. What are you doing?”
“These people…”
“What?”
Kim Leo picked up the files that Father Raphael had put down and flipped through them.
“They’re probably all dead, right?”
“…We don’t know yet.”
The files were thick, indicating that there were many victims. Park Su-ah clenched her eyes in response to the grim fact. Suddenly, the three of them felt a suffocating sensation.
“Should we take these materials with us?”
“Let’s do that.”
“Wait.”
Raphael’s shout made Kim Leo and Park Su-ah turn their heads at the same time. They stood behind Raphael.
Kim Leo carefully put down the files, which contained a picture of his biological mother, who had sacrificed herself to save two children. He didn’t know that, though.
Raphael groped the wall and opened the door to a secret space. There, he saw an altar and bloodstains.
“Oh my God…”
Kim Leo and Raphael closed their mouths in horror. Park Su-ah covered her mouth with both hands and opened her eyes wide.
That’s how episode 14 ended. There were only two episodes left until the end of ‘Evil Spirit’.
***
“The leader must be…”
It was the final stage of filming ‘Evil Spirit’. They returned to the ruins to find clues about the leader. In the scene where Yoo Yeon Seo uttered her lines, she wondered why she was slurring her words.
It was like the acting she used to do in the past, when she was called a bad actress. Her eyes looked over Seo Ha-joon’s shoulder. As soon as she saw it, her heart raced.
‘Oh no, shit…’
It was too quiet.
Yoo Yeon Seo frowned and lowered her head. The director, who was watching the monitor, quietly got up. Yoo Yeon Seo, who suddenly messed up her lines, was covering her mouth with her hand.
“What’s wrong?”
“Why all of a sudden…”
The people who were watching stirred.
“Shall we take a break?”
The director, who sensed something was wrong with the lead actress, decided to stop filming for a while. The assistant director, who was quick-witted, nodded and diverted the people’s attention.
“Hyung, where does it hurt?”
“Yeon Seo?”
Seohajun and Hong Mina, who had noticed the change closest to him, approached Yeon Seo. Yeon Seo turned his back and gestured for them not to come near.
And then, Itaegyeom and Im Seunghyun, who had been watching the filming, rushed into the set.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“My lord.”
Yeon Seo made no exception for these two.
“Don’t come.”
Yeon Seo, who had squeezed out an answer with difficulty, quickly ran away somewhere. Itaegyeom and Im Seunghyun looked at each other for a moment. They knew that Yeon Seo would sneak out of his seat during the filming of ‘Evil Spirit’.
[Where are you going?]
[I’ll be back soon…]
They didn’t follow Yeon Seo, who sometimes ran away with a pale face during the filming.
Itaegyeom was afraid of what he would hear if he followed him, and Im Seunghyun couldn’t move his body because it felt like a command.
But as this behavior continued once, twice, and more than three times, they felt the limit of their patience. It was okay before because he didn’t do this during the filming.
‘What is he hiding?’
‘Is there something we shouldn’t know?’
But now, he had stopped in the middle of the camera rolling. What could make Yeon Seo, who was more sincere than anyone else in filming and acting, stop filming and run away? Could he have a health problem?
“…I can’t take it anymore.”
“Me neither.”
Im Seunghyun and Itaegyeom made up their minds and followed Yeon Seo.