The Brighter Path (더 밝은 길)

"Some paths lead to light. Others lead to something far, far worse."

Seo Joon-ha has lived his entire life walking in the shadows-haunted, cursed, and utterly alone. Ever since he was a child, he has been able to see ghosts. Not just fleeting glimpses or faint whispers, but every detail, every horror, every twisted, lingering spirit that refuses to leave.

To survive, he follows one rule: Ignore them. Don't look. Don't listen. Never let them know you can see them.

But one rainy night, on his usual walk home at 1 AM, he sees something different.

A woman.

Standing beneath a broken streetlamp, smiling at him.

At first, she seems normal-too normal. But behind her, in the darkness, stands something wrong. A spirit unlike any he has ever encountered. It speaks-not in the usual whispers of the dead, but in a voice that sends ice crawling down his spine.

"DON'T TALK TO HER."

But it's already too late.

Because Yoon Ha-eun isn't just any woman.

And Joon-ha's path, once dark and empty, is about to become something far more terrifying.

Because sometimes, the things that walk beside you in the night...

Aren't the ones you should fear the most.