Money Loving CEO's Detective Lover

Finally, after hours, the doctor came out of the operation theater. Junho and Minho surrounded him for answers.

"The other guy...Haejong, how is he?" Minho asked.

"He survived but he's unconscious," the doctor stated. "He'll be fine in a few weeks with regular treatment. The scar will remain though."

Jina felt Casper's relief. Yumi hugged the old man to comfort him.

"Ya hear that Casper?" She comforted him. "Your grandson is fine!"

Minho tried to call Gayoon again and this time, it went through. 

"Where the hell are you?" he demanded as soon as she picked up. "So much has happened!"

"How's Mina?" she asked from the other end.

"She has been rescued and is at the hospital but Lin Haejong was shot," he said. Minho went on to fill her in on what she missed and Gayoon was shocked.

"Jina!" she exclaimed. "How is she?"

"She's fine, but where are you?"

There was a short pause. "I was at your old mansion," she revealed. "There's something I need to tell you. Wait for me."

Mansion? Why was Gayoon there?

"And what about Kanji?" he asked. "What happened to him? Did he receive bail yet?"

"I don't know!" Gayoon frowned. "I've been at your old mansion. There are so many things I need to tell you! I'm coming right away!"

She hung up the phone. Minho was confused by her urgency.

"What happened?" Junho asked.

"Gayoon is at our old mansion," Minho stated. "She has something to say. She'll be here in a while."

They waited at the hospital lobby for her. There was a lot of traffic so it took her two hours to get to the hospital. She sprinted through the entrance, huffing hard. Both the father and son were frowning at her.

"Gayoon, why were you at the mansion?" Junho demanded. She held up a golden ring. Upon seeing it, both the men were shocked. 

"That's Suna's ring!" Junho realized. "How…"

"This is the key to everything," she explained. "Guess who I met there?"

When the duo were confused, Gayoon revealed, "She's still there. The soul of your wife. She's the one who made sure Chief Junwan found this ring so that he could tell Minho. Luckily, I found it in the old case file and connected the dots before paying a visit."

….

*A Few Hours Ago*

"A demon?" Gayoon gasped. "But how…"

"If the good exists then so does evil," Suna replied. "The thing that possessed me was a demon. It had accessed my memories when it took over my body but in the process, I also learnt of its origins. I saw its memories and I know what it wants."

"The demon in question is known as Anyal, one of the henchmen of the ruler of Hell itself," she went on. "Many years ago, his Master received an offer from a young woman. She was the Princess of a small kingdom which was being attacked by another country. In her deal, she promised that if the Devil helped her to win the war, she would trade her soul. Anyal was entrusted with the task to monitor her for the next six months and when time was up, he would take her soul."

"But what he did not anticipate was that he would end up committing the biggest taboo."

"What taboo?" Gayoon asked.

"The biggest taboo for a demon, is to fall in love with a human," Suna revealed. "It's taboo because demons are immortal beings. They live forever whereas humans are mortal. The love of a demon is too intense. When their beloved dies, the demon becomes mad. Its intense feelings can't be stopped and eventually, its senses begin to disappear. It can't die but turns into an empty shell of itself. Which is why falling in love with a human is prohibited."

"But the demon fell in love with the Princess and could not bear to see her die. She would be subjected to immense torture in hell. So he devised a plan to run away with her. He was so besotted with her that he would do anything for her. However, when the Devil found out, he cursed his subordinate for his betrayal and took the girl's soul. As a result, Annual lost his immortal body was was reduced to a mere shadow which would have to live by possessing others. But Anyal had his followers as well. With the help of a few shamans, they began to supply Anyal with several dead bodies to occupy while he searched for a Transporter who could break open the Gates of Hell and release the souls trapped in it."

"But why does he kill the partner of a Transporter?" Gayoon wondered.

"To lure the Transporter into opening the Gates," Suna stated. "By feeding on their grief. Making them helpless to the point the Transporter agrees to do it."

"He knows that two bloodlines carry magic beyond the comprehension of any human being. One is yours and the other is mine. After me, Minho carries that ability and now, his daughter. But as long as they don't open the realm of the dead, they're safe."

Gayoon's face went white with shock. Suna raised an eyebrow at her expression.

"Did they open the realm?" she slowly asked.

"Yes," Gayoon revealed. "They did when a spirit kidnapped me and took me there to kill me. That's when they opened the realm. And Mr. A…"

Anyal was Mr. A. He manipulated everything!

"In that case, keep that ring with you," Suna instructed. "It was given to me by my grandmother. She was the only person I know who had attempted to open the Gates but the force of it nearly killed her. So she trapped the energy into this ring. This is the only key which can open and close the Gates again. Don't lose it."

….

When Gayoon finished her tale, the two men were shocked. 

"Suna...she's still in that house?" Junho gasped.

"Mom's soul is stuck there," Minho concluded. "Is there any way to release her? So that she can be freed?"

"For now, she can only use that poltergeist to communicate outside," Gayoon said. "But only with Jina. She was the one who helped Jina to escape the poltergeist at Danny's hospital. Apparently, it tried to pull her soul into them but she appeared in Jina's dreams and fought them off."

"But how are we going to find this demon?" Minho asked. He turned to his father. "How did you find him the last time? He must have a stable host somewhere."

"I looked at the past cases," Junho recalled. "There was always a servant who was the link. That servant approached the Transporters and when the time is right, prepares Anyal for possession."

"Who approached mom?"

"It was Mina's pediatrician," Junho revealed. "She was the servant who led the demon to Suna. I found out about it much later but the woman we found at the host's apartment was the pediatrician."

"How do we find him now?" Minho asked.

"The servant will show up," Junho stated. "We'll have to be on alert. But if this demon is Mr. A, then that must mean the servant appeared in front of guys sometime before Gayoon was kidnapped."

"I can't recall anyone," Gayoon admitted.

"Me neither."

"Think hard," Junho sighed. "And-"

His words were interrupted by a doctor.

"Doctor Hwang regained consciousness," he informed them.