Episode 650:
I saw the stairs.
People were coming down the stairs in a row.
It seemed like they were reciting a prayer of praise, and there were some familiar faces among them.
village.
I also saw a few people I had passed by while investigating.
Even the guesthouse owner.
Most of the local residents were gathered together and reciting unknown prayers.
[Brother~ This was not a ‘good’ Yangmin or a ‘just’ Yangmin, but a ‘blood missionary’ Yangmin~]
[Has he gone beyond the level of a simple abettor?]
Jin Cheon-hee sighed.
My brother’s hair falls gently.
‘This is my brother. Even during this time, he is a natural doctor who tries to see the good side of people.’
What do the eyes that cannot use the Xuanyuan Shendan Divine Art reflect?
Sima Hyun said.
[There’s one thing I didn’t tell my brother.]
The physiology of the black sword.
The black way that good people deduce based on experience and reason is somewhat different from the true black way.
Because human malice is higher than any imagination.
I didn’t want to talk about such dirty things, but given the situation, I couldn’t help it.
‘It’s so strange. The place that should be avoided the most is the base of the Blood Mission, so why are the local residents silent?’
Same goes for Sapa.
It is a brothel, a gambling house, and an opium den.
Even though it is clearly a dangerous place to be in, they cover their eyes.
Because it’s easier to cover my eyes than to get rid of it.
[Simple aiding and abetting is the beginning of evil. As a token of gratitude, the dark people give drugs to people who help and make them addicted.]
[…]
[So, by standing by, you may think that I am neutral and not involved, but that is not true. The bystanders are also deeply involved, bro. You can turn around and blow it up at any time.]
[I just stood by and watched, so it doesn’t mean I’m considering you as part of the same group.]
At those words, Sima Xuan smiled like a mask.
[One loss? That’s what those with power do. Bystanders are just tools that are kept alive because it is better to use them than to kill them. But people are too naive to understand that. Reality is crueler than Peking opera.]
Villains in Peking opera always wear fancy clothes and masks.
It may be an enemy that the protagonist will have to defeat at some point, but on the contrary, he seemed strong until he was defeated.
If I side with them, wouldn’t it make me a step up the ladder for a while?
Humans think.
It wasn’t just Kang Ho-in. The same goes for civilians.
The people I met during the interrogation were all memorizing unknown scriptures with desperate expressions.
Sima Hyun said.
[You see the potential in humans, right? That’s a good possibility too. Because that’s what a congressman is. This is probably the reason why they do not select patients.]
Sima Hyeon moved his body like a clown on the beam.
The sleeves puffed out softly.
[What about a guy like me? I always see the worst.]
[….]
[Welcome to my world~ Brother~]
Jin Cheon-hee did not answer. I just watch all the civilians go down the stairs.
Soon, Dan Seok-han appeared at the altar.
He chanted an unknown spell and scattered red herb medicine at people.
“Waaah!”
“I’m First! “I’ll get it first!”
The villagers ran like hungry ghosts and picked up the red herbal medicine.
Red as blood, it also resembled hawthorn fruit.
The scent was so sweet that it even reached the two people hanging on the ceiling.
* * *
How much time has passed?
Sima Xuan deliberately changed the topic.
[But are these guys so strong? Even though we destroyed part of the formation, they’re still doing this shit~]
[Because it wasn’t a large-scale attack. And that means this is an important ritual for them.]
It’s not that they want to do this ritual at any time.
Even in Korea, JE-SA is celebrated on the day of the deceased’s death, or on Chuseok and Lunar New Year.
The Lunar New Year ancestral rite is usually held during the Lunar New Year.
I can’t just stay there just because I want to invite my grandparents who passed away today to the dinner table.
Even general ancestral rites are held on a set date, and these ceremonies go without saying.
This kind of thing has to be done according to the weather and weather, so if you cancel, you don’t know when the next time will happen, so you have to go ahead with it.
‘It’s not for no reason that we capture the heroine from a magic cult and perform a ritual knowing clearly that the main character and her group are attacking us from the martial arts world. Being a JE-SA isn’t easy.’
Especially since I am Zhuge Emperor who studies the Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes, I know it better.
‘It’s frustrating because I can’t use the Xuanyuan Zhendan New Technique as usual.’
Calculations that would normally be easy are a bit difficult in this situation.
It feels like carrying heavy weights hanging from your arms and legs.
Eventually, the ceremony ended and Dan Seok-han disappeared through the passage opened in the north.
“Whahaha! My elixir! My Biyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah my
“one more! “This is mine!”
The villagers even fight with each other to drink the suspicious elixir, but no one stops them.
[Still, there is no stabbing.]
[In a place like this, everyone needs each other~ It’s not easy to kill~]
Eventually, the residents recited another strange prayer and dispersed like that.
[I don’t know what kind of ceremony it was, but it ended without showing internal organs or seeing blood.]
[Oh~ Bro. Up to that point, you have to have a lot of conscience to close your eyes. Maybe next year or the year after that will be possible? [Right now, I’m in the middle of hypnotizing myself, thinking that the blood missions that people talk about and the actual blood missions are different from.]
He then laughs, saying, ‘I guess that’s what they think because they keep kidnapping one or two people in Sapa Island.’
[It means that it becomes more and more colored.]
[Yes. That is the process by which humans become corrupted. Black people are good at using that. There is no way the blood missionary would not know that~]
[….]
Sima Hyun opens his bright red lips and grins.
[okay. brother. Humans are beings who can become anything. Everyone wants eternal life and wealth, so they kill people. Wouldn’t you be surprised to know how many commoners sell their children to salt fields?]
Sima Hyeon whispers as if seductively.
In a way, it was Sima Hyeon’s secret wish.
I know how great my brother is now.
Because the benevolence he bestowed is deeply embedded in Sima Xuan’s heart.
‘But you are a human being. ‘Made of flesh, bones and blood.’
Even so, the blood missionaries are already half-human.
I will treat all patients without judging whether they are good or bad.
Baekrin’s line didn’t do that either.
Sima Hyeon couldn’t understand why his brother was doing such a dangerous thing. That’s why…
‘If only we could take one step together.’
A standard that is embarrassing to even call it corruption.
At the very least, I wanted to treat only civilians who seemed normal.
“….”
However, this man does not answer. However, he did not use the Hyeonwonjeondanshingong.
Isn’t he just saying this after rubbing his eyes with a tired look?
[When I’m done, I’ll have to fry some more chicken.]
In a calm but tired voice.
He didn’t even express his disappointment in humans.
I just touched Sima Hyeon’s shoulder once and made a comforting gesture.
Sima Xuan’s eyes and Jin Tianxi’s eyes meet.
A fleeting moment that feels like eternity.
Jin Cheon-hee follows Dan Seok-han inside.
The hair with his hairpin fluttered once and then moved away.
Sima Xuan looked at his brother’s back.
The neck that is not tilted just slides as it stares into the darkness.
I feel that my brother has become stronger.
At the same time, Sima Xuan felt a strange sense of defeat.
* * *
‘Civil rituals are prohibited in the empire. In fact, it is possible to turn this place into a wasteland just by bringing in government troops.’
Jin Tianxi thought as he chased after him.
‘But then it’s impossible to subdue them. Because the speed of the government army is not fast.’
There was no way the head of the unit wouldn’t know that they were moving.
In the end, it was clear that all of Dangajang’s central figures would leave.
Moreover, when the government army comes and destroys this place, innocent civilians will naturally be harmed.
‘…Damn it.’
The village natives were gathered, but of course not all.
Those who are not here. and.
‘People who covered up the disappearance of people even though they did not know the inside story of blood missions.’
This is always a problem when murders occur on islands or in small remote villages.
All the villagers are involved somehow.
Even people who may have nothing to do with this incident.
Sima Xuan’s words became poison and stuck in my heart.
But fortunately it didn’t hurt. Aren’t doctors supposed to treat gangsters when they come in as patients?
Earth’s medical ethics are also solid.
Doctors also have to treat a child today who killed someone with a machine gun yesterday.
‘Stop this immediately. And in the future, the affairs of the government will be left to the government.’
Isn’t that ultimately what the Gold & Silver royals expected?
May this (unofficial) brother do what they cannot do.
And do what you can.
‘If you’re going to entrust something like this, get at least dozens of classmates on board! Damn twins! ‘Based on your love of freebies, you will be 100% bald in your later years!’
Jin Cheon-hee secretly but violently cursed him to be bald.
And finally there came a fork in the road.
Jin Tianxi took out the compass, looked at it, and closed it again.
[Is it east or west?]
A sense of direction is especially important underground.
[I’ll go east. Hyun, you go west.]
[Okay~]
It’s a waste to even bother talking about foreign words like this.
Sima Hyeon quickly walks away.
After taking a quick look at his back, Qin Tianxi also quickly headed east.
How much more did it take? There were several rooms inside.
The first of them.
Jin Cheon-hee opened the door.
‘…!?’
My body stiffens at the sight before my eyes.
A room without a single lock.
It was a room that anyone could easily open, but looking at the traces, it seemed like the villagers didn’t come in here.
There was a flower garden in this room.
The flowers were in full bloom.
The strong scent given off by the flower was similar to the medicinal herb that was sprayed on the villagers.
Each petal is as fresh as if it were alive. There wasn’t even a trace of bugs eating it.
What you see underneath the red flower garden are people.
A human corpse served as a seedbed.
‘A flower that blooms directly from a corpse…?’
I’m not a botanist, so I don’t know how this is possible, but strangely enough, I could see that the corpse was not decomposing.
There was no strange odor and there were no bugs.
I checked my pulse with a trembling hand.
‘…Luckily, the person is dead.’
Jin Cheonhee breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s because the corpse was so vivid that it seemed alive, and for a moment I had a terrible imagination.
I sighed and collected a few flowers for evidence.
Then I headed to the next room.
‘Is it mushroom this time?’
It was true that the corpse was used as a seedbed to bloom.
Fortunately, when I checked his pulse, he was still dead.
Should I say I’m glad I don’t suffer anymore?
First, I collected mushrooms for evidence to send back to the coffin.
All of the victims were unclothed, so there was nothing to identify them.
I thought about collecting at least part of the hair, but I laughed out loud because I wondered what the point would be in an era where DNA technology had not yet developed.
Instead, there was a piece of flesh that had fallen off, so I took it.
Even the flesh that falls off remains intact and does not rot. There is just no blood.
Amid the strange madness, Jin Cheon-hee calmly wakes up.
