Cheon laughed. "I’m a doctor, ma'am. I do placebo exorcisms for rich people with guilt problems."
Until the boy arrived.
The child’s name was Seo-jun. He hadn’t spoken in forty days. Instead, he drew the same symbol over and over: a nine-tailed fox with one eye missing. His grandmother, a wrinkled shaman from the mountains, placed a worn envelope on Cheon’s desk. Inside: a photograph of a talisman identical to his own, but shattered. Dr. Cheon And Lost Talisman-2023.WEB-DL.720P-CM...
He didn’t chant. He threw the talisman like a scalpel. Cheon laughed
Dr. Cheon Myeong-seok had a perfect system. Patients with mysterious ailments—seizures, night terrors, phantom choking—would come to his sleek Seoul clinic. He’d diagnose them with "spiritual imbalance," perform a theatrical exorcism with fake incense, a borrowed ogam dagger, and a hidden speaker playing demonic whispers. Then he’d prescribe expensive herbal tonics. Everyone left happy. The child’s name was Seo-jun