Oshin

*오신(娛神): When a shaman performs a ritual (seance), they sings a song or chant to praise and entertain the gods.

“Since we’re talking about shamans, Shin-oh, make sure to revamp the atmosphere after your inauguration. Distribution isn’t going well, production is a mess, and there are even rumors of ghosts appearing on the filming set.”

Jo Shin-oh, an illegitimate child of the JG Group, paid a high price to be recognized as a biological son. He was almost sacrificed to the family ghost that the family worshipped, and had to handle all sorts of dirty work for years. This included covering up the crimes committed by his older brother, Jo Myungha.

After the death of an actress who had been coerced into providing s*xual favors to Jo Myungha, rumors began spreading that she had appeared as a ghost on the set. Jo Shin-oh visits the set to put the rumor to rest and encounters a man whom Son Gakshi, the vengeful ghost who had been attached to him, wanted.

「I want to eat him. I’ve never drooled like this before. But what to do? I can’t even swallow something like that….」

Son Gakshi promises to release Shin-oh if he helps her latch onto the man she desires. However, her methods are bizarre.

「Do you think I asked you to absorb his yang energy for no reason? If I simply latch onto that terrifying man, I’ll be devoured without a trace. I thought of using you to latch onto him, but you’re just so useless.」

“Explain. Are you really going to latch onto him? Abandoning me? How, how is that even possible?”

「Use your brain. Think about how I latched onto you, and you’ll understand.」

Son Gakshi had attached herself to him because he had betrayed Nam Soyeon. The needles he occasionally found in his clothes were proof of that. He understood that the resentment of being betrayed by the man she loved was what drove her. But…

“You’re saying you’ll attach yourself to him if he betrays me? That’s ridiculous. There’s no betrayal to speak of. We’re nothing to each other.”

「Try it. Make him fall for you and then get him to abandon you. It’s not that difficult, is it?」

Son Gakshi, who’s been around for hundreds of years, was giving him advice like some TV personality. It was absurd.

「Want me to help you if it’s too hard? I can make him so devoted to you that he’ll give you his liver and gall bladder.」

Son Gakshi took out a needle and tried to press it against Shin-oh’s heart. Shin-oh shuddered and pulled his body away.

“Can’t you just get lost?”

「This is the only way. First, develop an emotional attachment. By feeding on his yang energy, He’ll soon find you irresistible.」

Eventually, Shin-oh was tempted by Son Gakshi’s words and proposed sponsorship to Beom Haeyoung.

But the man is no pushover.

“I don’t do prostitution.”

Beom Haeyoung flatly rejected Shin-oh’s proposal outright and continues to build an iron wall.

Shin-oh, driven by an inexplicable impatience, couldn’t help but pursue him.