A few days after the young man’s death, strange things began to happen in the prison. Moreover, these strange things seemed to revolve around Eun Chul-woo.

First, it was Eun Chul-woo’s cellmates. Someone stepped into his shoe when he got out of bed in the morning and only realized after screaming that his sole had been pierced by a needle.

How could there be a needle in a shoe he wore every day? The only suspects were the cellmates living in the same cell. But for the past few months, apart from the young man who died in the infirmary, no one had been to the infirmary, including Eun Chul-woo.

The matter of the needle was still under investigation when the familiar broken glass reappeared.

Some of the broken glass appeared in the bristles of Eun Chul-woo’s cellmates’ toothbrushes. Brushing their teeth sleepily in the early morning, the moment they pressed it against their gums, blood flowed freely.

More broken glass was sprinkled in the soup bowls or rice during meals, especially for those who sat near Eun Chul-woo. Everyone had some, so much so that the next day, no one dared to sit near him, not even during reading time.

Who did it?

The prison guards had no clue. Even after watching the CCTV footage 24/7, they couldn’t find any leads. The inmates were also terrified, afraid that they would be the next unlucky one.

The inmates whose tongues and lips were cut by the broken glass were even more terrified. They didn’t even dare to go to the infirmary, worried that the young man’s fate would be their own.

“Hahaha!” Kim Min-kyung was overjoyed. He leaned on Eun Chul-woo’s shoulder and said, “Isn’t this so much fun, Chul-woo?”

Whether he was a movie star or a nightclub owner, Kim Min-kyung was used to being the center of attention.

Once he was killed and became a lonely ghost, suddenly living a life where no one could see him, he suddenly felt so lonely and desolate. He couldn’t throw parties in his villa, couldn’t hang out with his friends in nightclubs, couldn’t enjoy the thrill of living a different life in a movie, and couldn’t relax and experience the pleasure of immersive sex.

And all of this was Eun Chul-woo’s fault.

“Chul-woo~ Why won’t you ever talk to me?” Kim Min-kyung said pitifully. “It’s all your fault for making me like this, making me live such a boring life. You have to take responsibility, right? But you’d rather talk to that naive little brat than pay attention to me. Why?”

Kim Min-kyung slowly voiced his dissatisfaction, his dark eyes tracing Eun Chul-woo’s haggard face.

“Ah…” he said in surprise, as if he had just discovered it. “Has our Chul-woo lost weight? Your lips are also so pale and colorless. Is the food here not to your liking?”

Eun Chul-woo pressed his lips together. The feeling of Kim Min-kyung’s fingertips brushing past was cold and eerie.

“Sigh, still not answering me? It’s okay, let Min-kyung-ge try to see if he can get you an extra meal tomorrow. If our Chul-woo is happy, then say thank you to me, okay~”

After saying this, Kim Min-kyung disappeared.

Eun Chul-woo stood there like a stone statue.

He could no longer predict what this guy, Kim Min-kyung, wanted to do. When he was still alive, this guy was a madman, crazier than himself, crazier than anyone! As long as he found it fun, this guy would do anything!

Now, Kim Min-kyung’s death was like unleashing a hellhound. A person… no, a ghost who didn’t have to worry about his status or life and death, how many more horrifying things would he do?

Could it be that he wanted to kill everyone in the prison?

Of course not.

If Kim Min-kyung knew what Eun Chul-woo wanted to ask, he would definitely answer like that. Unfortunately, no matter what, the other person refused to talk to him. This was what troubled him the most.

How can I make him open his mouth? Even if it’s just a scream of fear, it doesn’t matter. As long as he’s screaming because of what I did, that’s a response to me, right?

So, with this mindset, Kim Min-kyung went to get something interesting.

During lunchtime, Eun Chul-woo felt extremely tired. For the past few nights, he had been keeping an eye on Kim Min-kyung to prevent him from causing any more trouble.

He knew that Kim Min-kyung wouldn’t kill him, because only a living Eun Chul-woo was an interesting toy to him.

But even the most fun toy gets boring one day. In the past, when Eun Chul-woo had actively approached Kim Min-kyung, he had known this. So he had racked his brains and used many means to get Kim Min-kyung’s attention.

As for now…

Isn’t it ironic? He was afraid that Kim Min-kyung’s attention would always be on him, so he didn’t dare to give him any reaction. He hoped that this guy would get bored and go find someone else. It didn’t matter who, as long as it wasn’t him.

Eun Chul-woo walked to a corner with his tray. The few tables around him were, as usual, empty. The other inmates would rather squeeze onto one bench than sit near him.

Bean sprout soup, with a few slices of sweet and sour crispy pickled radish.

Perhaps even the most active ghost needed a rest. That guy Kim Min-kyung was occasionally absent. Eun Chul-woo breathed a sigh of relief, carefully ate the pickled radish, and then used a spoon to stir the bean sprout soup continuously.

The originally not-so-rich soup now became even clearer.

He didn’t even have to think about the kimchi pork soup and tofu soup. Most of the time, he would just observe the contents of the soup.

For some reason, today, Eun Chul-woo frowned and drank a few mouthfuls, but still found it hard to swallow and put down his spoon.

The other inmates also found it hard to drink. Someone even asked the prison guard if the dried anchovies used to make the soup base had gone bad, which was why it had a nauseating rotten smell.

“What a disgusting smell.”

“Something must have gone bad, that’s why it smells so weird.”

“[Shibal], this is a prison, not the army. Are they really trying to fool us with spoiled food?!”

Just then, a scream suddenly erupted from the food distribution area in the cafeteria’s back kitchen. A pale-faced staff member stuck his head out of the window. “Don’t, don’t drink the soup…”

“What’s going on?” The prison guard frowned, and even the nosy inmates couldn’t help but stand up and look towards the back kitchen.

On the stainless steel countertop in the back kitchen lay a greenish-white, swollen, disgusting object. A sharp-eyed inmate immediately retched. “Ugh… it’s a finger! A human finger! There’s a finger in the soup!”

No wonder the soup had a rotten smell. If it was the smell that came out after boiling a human finger, then it must be a dead person’s finger!

The prison guard’s expression immediately changed. He had his subordinate contact the forensic examiner who was responsible for the young man’s autopsy and tell him that the missing finger had been found.

Eun Chul-woo also vomited everything in his stomach. Because after the inmate had shouted out what was in the soup, the suddenly appearing Kim Min-kyung had said in his ear, “Chul-woo, how do you like the extra meal I arranged for you? You liked that young man so much, didn’t you? It tastes good, right?”

“You psycho! You disgusting psycho!” Eun Chul-woo retched as he swept away the tableware. The cups, plates, bowls, and dishes clattered to the floor, and the rotten-smelling soup flowed all over the floor.

Kim Min-kyung was extremely happy. His dark eyes sparkled. “You’re finally willing to talk to me, Chul-woo. It should have been like this a long time ago~ It would have saved me the trouble of racking my brains to get your attention.”

Eun Chul-woo was scared.

To be precise, he was truly disgusted.

As a person, he was not afraid of death. But if he was to be entangled and tortured by such a madman whether he was alive or dead, he couldn’t think of any other way out.

If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have killed Kim Min-kyung in the first place.

“Chul-woo, unbutton two buttons of your prison uniform today, okay? I like you that way~”

In the early morning washroom, as usual, no one dared to be in the same room with Eun Chul-woo. Kim Min-kyung stood behind him, looking at his reflection in the mirror, and reached into his clothes.

In the past, their bodies were always warm, but now Kim Min-kyung was only a bone-chilling soul. He only felt that Eun Chul-woo’s human skin was excessively hot and scorching, even making him uncomfortable.

Eun Chul-woo’s expression was one of sheer horror. He immediately slapped Kim Min-kyung’s hand away.

There were people outside. This guy couldn’t be thinking of…

“Oh, don’t be scared~” Kim Min-kyung smiled. “I know, our Chul-woo’s voice is only for me to enjoy. As long as you’re obedient, I won’t do anything to you, okay? Just unbutton two buttons~”

Eun Chul-woo knew very well that two buttons were just the beginning. The other was just using these small things to train him. If he listened, the other would be happy. If he didn’t, Kim Min-kyung would find ways to go crazy. This had been their way of getting along since they met.

This way of getting along was what Kim Min-kyung liked, but Eun Chul-woo did not.

In the past, he could tell himself that he would get through it one day and could always get rid of this madman. Now… heh.

Ah, wait.

Eun Chul-woo suddenly thought, since I can touch him too, can a person who has already died once die a second time?

It was a desperate struggle, but also the only way out at the moment. Eun Chul-woo was excited by this idea, so he began to test how much he could touch Kim Min-kyung.

From then on, Eun Chul-woo was no longer silent. He seemed to have suddenly come to his senses and would occasionally talk to Kim Min-kyung when no one was around.

“Are you cold?” Eun Chul-woo asked.

Kim Min-kyung had died in the middle of summer. At that time, he was wearing very thin pajamas, but now the weather was gradually turning colder. It wouldn’t be long before Seoul saw its first snow.

The corners of the ghost’s pajamas danced with the wind just like a normal person’s. This made Eun Chul-woo really curious if he could feel the temperature.

If so, was there a possibility of freezing to death if he was accidentally locked in a cold storage? Eun Chul-woo didn’t know.

When all the inmates were out on the playground, only Eun Chul-woo was isolated in a corner. This happened to give him and Kim Min-kyung a chance to be alone. As long as he paid attention to the volume and his mouth movements, no one would notice that Eun Chul-woo was talking to the air.

“Is our Chul-woo concerned about me?” Kim Min-kyung said with a smile.

This guy Kim Min-kyung was always like this. As long as Eun Chul-woo asked about him, it would be misinterpreted as an ambiguous meaning. In the past, Eun Chul-woo would not refute such questions and would let Kim Min-kyung imagine whatever he wanted. It was the same now.

Kim Min-kyung seemed to be used to it too. He said to himself, “Of course ghosts don’t feel cold. I only feel heartbroken~ Chul-woo, I was so good to you, yet you killed me with your own hands. How surprising~”

This tone was more of amusement than anger. See, you’ll never win against a madman in a battle of wits. Compared to hatred and revenge, he cared more about whether things were interesting.

This was completely opposite to Eun Chul-woo.

Besides these simple conversations, Eun Chul-woo even tried to kiss him in the washroom. Anyway, no other inmate would come in while he was using the washroom. Even if he made some strange sounds, others would probably just think he was masturbating, right?

In short, as long as he could achieve his goal, whether it was being misunderstood and looked at with strange eyes, or being reported and put in solitary confinement, it was no big deal.

Eun Chul-woo’s meekness and obedience gave Kim Min-kyung a taste of sweetness. At least for him, life was much more interesting now than when he was being ignored.

The prison finally became quiet. Specifically, the inmates no longer had to worry about being injured by sharp objects of unknown origin, and there were no more broken glass or rotten fingers in the cafeteria’s food and soup.

But even so, the shadow in people’s hearts still needed a considerable period of normal time to forget. So during mealtimes, the few tables near Eun Chul-woo were still empty.

“Want to try some?” Eun Chul-woo suddenly asked in a low voice.

Before Kim Min-kyung could answer, a metal spoon with a small mouthful of bibimbap was quietly extended to the side of the bowl. “Hurry up and eat, don’t let anyone see.”

This tone was as if they were students having a secret affair in a high school cafeteria. Kim Min-kyung narrowed his eyes and ate the rice in the spoon.

“Is it good?”

“Mmm~ It’s fed by Chul-woo, of course it’s good.”

Is that so?

That’s great.

Eun Chul-woo swept his gaze over Kim Min-kyung’s lips. He found that the food wouldn’t fall out of the spoon after being put in the ghost’s mouth. Did this mean that if he was holding a knife, it would be possible to stab it into the other’s body?

But it seemed a bit unreliable to draw a conclusion so easily. He needed to do another experiment with other objects. Where would be a good place? How about the infirmary?

With this thought in mind, Eun Chul-woo soon got injured. A dumbbell in the gym fell on his foot, fracturing his toe. It wasn’t a particularly serious injury, but he had to go to the infirmary frequently for check-ups and to have his dressing changed.

Eun Chul-woo had been a “good, gentle lady” since he was a child. After becoming an adult, he had only ever done two types of sports: golf and fitness. Suddenly getting such a serious injury was not only something he was not used to, but Kim Min-kyung was also not used to it.

“Didn’t I tell you not to lift such a heavy dumbbell? Why didn’t you listen?”

“I just wanted to try. I didn’t think I would lose my grip.”

“Looks like our Chul-woo really likes excitement~” Kim Min-kyung suddenly smiled. “Then how about we challenge a flying trapeze act at the infirmary window? Come and keep me company?”

Eun Chul-woo didn’t speak. He limped up and poured a cup of hot water.

It was impossible to get this guy Kim Min-kyung to help. It had always been Eun Chul-woo who served him. He just sat in a chair and stared at Eun Chul-woo’s back, who knows what he was thinking.

Eun Chul-woo came back with the water. The steaming hot air rose in a haze, which for some reason made Kim Min-kyung think of the past days of indulgence.

It really felt like a lifetime ago…

“Ah!” Kim Min-kyung suddenly jumped up. The boiling hot water had scalded a red hole on the back of his hand. The hole was like a hole burned in a plastic bag. It was very strange, representing that he, in his soul state, had been injured.

Eun Chul-woo pulled out a tissue to wipe it for him, using his back to block the CCTV on the ceiling. “It was an accident. Don’t move, don’t let anyone see.”

Kim Min-kyung’s face was ashen.

But soon he smiled again. “It’s okay, it’s just a little hot water. It’s just a little too warm for me, I’m not used to it~”

Is that so?

Eun Chul-woo used a tissue to cover and touch the constantly expanding holes. He was almost certain that as long as the damage was fatal enough, Kim Min-kyung would really die a second time, disappearing without a trace like the back of his hand being swallowed by the holes.

Unfortunately, things didn’t seem to be developing in the direction Eun Chul-woo wanted.

“Inmate Eun Chul-woo, come over and get your medicine.”

The doctor in the infirmary had a pretty good impression of Eun Chul-woo. Although this guy was indeed a murderer, at least compared to other unforgivable criminals, he wouldn’t try to whistle at or tell dirty jokes to the pretty staff, allowing the doctors to start and finish their work more smoothly.

The doctor was very serious when applying the medicine, and Eun Chul-woo was also watching very seriously. Neither of them spoke, as if they were both waiting for the moment the work was over.

But suddenly, this female doctor looked up and smiled, and said in a tone and voice that Eun Chul-woo was extremely familiar with, “Chul-woo, I originally thought that maybe we could have our two-person world a little later, but it seems that’s not the case now~”

Wha-what?

How could the doctor become Kim—oof!

A sharp pain suddenly shot through his head, and his limbs felt like they were frozen in ice, unable to move at all.

Eun Chul-woo thus fell into an endless darkness. He couldn’t hear or open his eyes, and had no idea where he was or what had happened to his body.

After a very, very long time, just as Eun Chul-woo thought he was going to go crazy in the darkness, light shone through his eyelids, and he slowly opened his eyes…

White.

The first thing that came into view was a bewildering white, and all kinds of strange sounds constantly coming from outside the wall. Someone was singing, someone was screaming, and someone was constantly muttering meaningless words.

Where is this?

It doesn’t seem to be the infirmary. Wasn’t I getting medicine?

Oh right, that female doctor suddenly spoke with Kim Min-kyung’s voice, and then I lost consciousness. Could it be that I fainted from shock?

Just as he was confused and wanted to get up and call for someone, Eun Chul-woo suddenly found that he couldn’t get up. His limbs were tied down with sturdy straps.

An adult man struggled, causing the metal bed frame to clang. In a few minutes, a doctor in a white coat came into the room.

“You’re awake?”

“Who are you? Where is this? Why am I tied up?” Eun Chul-woo frowned and struggled, his eyes towards the doctor inevitably carrying a trace of irritability.

The doctor seemed to be used to dealing with such patients. Eun Chul-woo’s struggle was directly ignored by him. “Amnesia? Schizophrenia? Let’s do an evaluation.”

Eun Chul-woo looked astonished. “Schizophrenia? What are you talking about?”

His tone unconsciously carried a trace of fear, because at this moment, even a fool could see that these people were psychiatrists… How could he be in a mental hospital? How could he have no impression of it at all? What on earth had happened?

“Mr. Yin really doesn’t remember?” This doctor had seen many people who tried to use a mental evaluation to escape legal punishment, but the one in front of him seemed to be different. He continued, “Three days ago, you suddenly attacked someone in the infirmary and almost pierced the doctor’s throat with tweezers.”

Of course, that wasn’t all.

After “Eun Chul-woo” failed to murder the doctor, he even tried to continue to murder himself. He said a lot of strange things about supernatural powers, and even said he knew who the real culprit of the broken glass incident in the cafeteria was, and even claimed that he had killed that young man.

“I have superpowers! Superpowers!” A few days ago, Eun Chul-woo had said this in front of the prison guards, and even wanted to perform telekinesis, saying that after he had practiced it successfully, he would kill everyone in the prison.

Such a crazy murderer could not be controlled by just a few prison guards. The prison could not bet the lives of the inmates who ate and lived with him. So Eun Chul-woo was even directly deprived of the qualification to be in solitary confinement and was sent to a mental hospital by the police.

Eun Chul-woo had no idea what “he” had done, but just from the few minutes after he woke up, he could guess that it must have been that guy Kim Min-kyung’s doing.

“Are you thinking of me? Chul-woo~”

A voice like a maggot attached to a bone came to his ear again. The other’s tone was very cheerful, and he said softly to Eun Chul-woo in a tone that was almost looking forward to the future, “Chul-woo, you’re too disobedient. I know you better than you think, you know? I pay special attention to those little expressions and glances of yours since I’ve been burned once~ So you can’t fool me~”

The descendant of a prosecutor general, a smart person who could get into Seoul National University’s law school, a genius actor who could casually win a movie star award, plus he was always staring at Eun Chul-woo, so his little thoughts were almost completely exposed to him.

You want to kill me~

You even used boiling water to test me~

So naughty.

It seems that a crowded prison is not suitable for them after all. In that case, let’s go to a mental hospital that is more suitable for being alone, and where you will be tied up and dealt with even if you get injured.

If Eun Chul-woo had seen the video of the young man’s “suicide,” he would have known that Kim Min-kyung’s truly terrifying ability as a ghost was not simply moving physical objects, but “possession.”

He could make a person who didn’t want to commit suicide commit suicide, and he could also make a person who didn’t want to kill someone kill someone.

Therefore, Eun Chul-woo, whose body was controlled by Kim Min-kyung, could be trying to kill someone one second, and the next second, he could throw away the tweezers and put on a great performance, acting crazy in front of all the prison guards.

Kim Min-kyung had played such a role before, and had even done in-depth research. He was even clearer about the content of the admission test.

If you provoke a crazy person, you have to be prepared to be entangled for a lifetime.

“Chul-woo, we still have a long time to go~ right?”