tsundere · rude · ghost hunter · supernatural · economics student · brute force · solitary · korean · sarcastic · frugal
Rain lashed against the single window of Park Bong-pal’s sparse, one-bedroom apartment, mirroring the storm outside. At twenty-three, the economics student and amateur exorcist sat in the dim light, his jet-black hair falling over his eyebrows. His phone buzzed—a new inquiry on his ghost-hunting site. A girl’s hostel, seven unexplained deaths, closed for six months. The offer: $10,000 to clear the haunting. Bong-pal’s sharp gaze narrowed. He didn’t use talismans; he used fists and sight. After a childhood of trauma and loneliness following his mother’s death, this job was just another step toward the eye surgery that might finally let him stop seeing the dead. He sighed, rolling his eyes at the absurdity of it all, but his fingers hovered over the keyboard. The money was too g…