Episode 1026. Just understand. (1)
Baekcheon bit his lip.
‘What should I do?’
Everyone has something to complain about. A part that should never be touched. The moment you touch it, it shows anger that even you can’t do anything about.
To Cheongmyeong, that evil is clearly a demonic cult.
The problem was that Cheongmyeong’s reaction to being provoked by disgust was so violent that it could not be compared to others. When Cheongmyeong hears that he is a demonic cult, he becomes a different person than usual.
Baekcheon doesn’t know. Why on earth does Cheongmyeong react so violently at the mere mention of the devil religion? But what was important to Baekcheon now was not understanding but response.
“Cheongmyeong. “This is…”
Baekcheon tried to make conversation, but Cheongmyeong’s cold voice cut him off.
“Answer me, Sasuk.”
Cheongmyeong’s eyes were grim.
“What appeared?”
The life flowing out was extremely cold. Even Baekcheon, who knew it wasn’t aimed at him, trembled for a moment.
“Cheongmyeong. First of all… calm down.”
“Answer first.”
“Cheongmyeong.”
For a moment, Cheongmyeong’s face twisted with anger. It was almost about to explode.
At that time, someone gently pulled his arm.
Cheongmyeong turned his gaze to the person holding his arm. Yu Iseol was staring at him. With an expressionless face as usual.
“calm down.”
“….”
“Calm down.”
In the end, a long breath came out from Cheongmyeong’s mouth as he heard that calm, unwavering voice. The blood gradually returned to the lips that had been bitten tightly.
“…okay. “Now that you’ve calmed down, let’s talk.”
“….”
“Sasuk.”
Baekcheon let out a heavy sigh.
It’s not best to keep hiding it. In the end, you will find out Cheongmyeong too.
Baekcheon looked back at Jo Geol as if asking for an explanation. Jo Geol looked at Baekcheon and Cheongmyeong alternately, then scratched the back of his head and opened his mouth.
“Okay. Well… I don’t know the exact situation yet… but it looks like a messenger came from the Sapaeryeon.”
“Sapaeryeon?”
“That’s what I heard.”
Cheongmyeong’s eyes sank a little more.
“Go ahead.”
“…The messenger said he wanted to meet Jang Mun-in and came to tell him that a demonic cult had been established in Gangnam.”
The whole time Jo Geol was talking, he was watching Cheongmyeong’s eyes. However, it was not easy to read emotions on the expressionless face.
“and?”
Jo Geol shook his head.
“That’s all I heard. Unam Sasukjo took him to Jangmunin. “It seems like the story of the head of the family has also come up, so he’s probably together now.”
Jo Geol looked at Cheongmyeong’s notice once more and muttered in an uncertain voice.
“So, if you think it’s something we need to know, won’t you tell us soon?”
“….”
Cheongmyeong looked at Jo Geul and the other five swords in silence for a moment, then turned and started walking away. Baekcheon urgently shouted at him.
“hey! Where!”
Cheongmyeong speaks without even turning his head.
“I’ll have to check.”
Fortunately or unfortunately, there was no mention of rushing to Gangnam immediately. However, the words that followed made Baekcheon panicked and run to Cheongmyeong.
“To those scammers.”
“Hey you crazy guy!”
Baekcheon ran with all his might and grabbed Cheongmyeong’s arm.
“Why did you check that with the Sapaeryun!”
“….”
“Calm down first! “Isn’t this something that can be done in a hurry?”
“Hurry?”
Cheongmyeong looked back at Baekcheon. When Baekcheon’s eyes met, he almost let go of the arm he was holding. It was because Cheongmyeong’s eyes felt so unfamiliar for a moment. It was clearly Cheongmyeong’s eyes, but something was different from the Cheongmyeong he knew.
“Sasuk.”
“Yes?”
“Do you know what a demonic cult is?”
Baekcheon kept his mouth shut.
Of course I know. Because I have already experienced demonic religion.
But I couldn’t answer that question. This is because I know that knowing a little more about the Demonic Cult than others does not answer the question of whether I understand the essence of the Demonic Cult.
“Let go.”
“…no.”
Baekcheon bit his lip and shook his head.
“But that doesn’t work. “You’ve lost your mind now.”
“Okay, let it go.”
“Damn it! “Why don’t you listen to me…!”
Baekcheon grabbed Cheongmyeong by the collar. It was just when I was about to let out a roar.
“What are you doing!”
A loud screaming sound pierced my ears. Baekcheon flinched, released his grip on Cheongmyeong’s collar and looked back.
Hyeonyoung was glaring at them with an angry face.
“You are good at these things.”
“…Sasukjo, this is….”
Baekcheon trailed off as he had nothing to say. Hyeonjong, who glared at the two without hiding his anger, spoke coldly.
“Follow me.”
When the two didn’t move right away, Hyeonyoung clicked her tongue.
“Jang Mun-in is calling.”
Baekcheon glanced back at Cheongmyeong. As Cheongmyeong, who had been silent, walked towards Hyeonyeong, Baekcheon also breathed a sigh of relief and followed behind.
Ogum, who was tense, also let out the breath he had been holding at the same time.
Jo Geol, wiping the cold sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, looked back at Yoon Jong, unable to hide her anxious expression.
“What happens now? Death penalty?”
“…well.”
Yunjong’s face was stiffer than usual as he watched Cheongmyeong’s back.
“First, I have to see Jang Mun-in. “I’ll have to check how things are going.”
“…Yes, death penalty.”
Yoonjong let out a short sigh as he listened to Jo-geol’s answer, which was somewhat refreshing.
A heavy silence fell in the room.
Tang Gunak was sitting next to King Hyeonjong, who had an unusually dark complexion, and to his left and right, Hwasan and leading figures of the Tang family gathered.
It was not King Hyeonjong or Tang military music that made the atmosphere in this room so dark. Seated across from him was Cheongmyeong. He was silent with his face set, so no one was willing to open his mouth.
It was a sight that clearly showed how much influence the existence of Cheongmyeong had on this Cheonwoomaeng.
“Lord.”
“…yes.”
Perhaps because he thought the silence was going on too long, Tanggunak began to quietly cheer. Then Hyeonjong opened his mouth in a heavy tone.
“At Sapaeryeon…”
Then he paused for a moment and closed his eyes. Those words were continued only after everyone sighed two or three times.
“Sapaeryun informed me of the situation. “It appears that people believed to be Demonic Cultists have appeared in Hangzhou.”
“…Demon Cult.”
Someone let out words like a moan.
The feelings of those who remain silent and those who sigh helplessly will not be that different. The weight of the two letters ‘Demon Cult’ is not light to anyone.
Especially…
“The Demonic Cult…”
The reaction of Hwasan’s disciples was so intense that it could not be compared to that of the Tang family. It’s natural. Hwasan’s feelings about Demonicism are truly complex and dark.
“Did you say anything else?”
Hyeonjong shook his head when asked about the phenomenon.
“First of all, they said this is everything. And they said that additional information would be communicated separately.”
The phenomenon nodded with a somber expression. This time, Hyeonyoung opened her mouth.
“If it’s what the Sapaeryeon told us to say, it must have been Jang Il-so’s instructions, but can we trust all of that? “It could be Jang Il-so’s trick.”
But Tanggunak shook his head.
“It would not be very likely, Elder.”
“Why do you think that?”
“This is because the area known to have been launched is Hangzhou.”
He spoke as if he was trying to force his lips that would not fall from his lips.
“People who live in volcanoes will know this especially well. That demonic religion does not discriminate between the powerful and the common people. “Isn’t that why they became public figures?”
Hyeonyoung nodded silently.
But to be honest, he wasn’t really aware of that fact. The fall of the volcano did not only cause us to forget its history. There wasn’t much information about the Demonic Cult left in Hwasan.
“It’s Hangzhou. It is a place where many people live. In particular, Hangzhou is a place where people flock from all over the world. “If what the Society of Socialists is saying is true, it won’t take more than a few days for the truth to spread.”
“Hmm. Indeed….”
“I don’t think Jang Il-so would do such a blatantly embarrassing move.”
Hyeonyeong nodded, probably thinking that there was truth in what Tanggunak said.
Moreover, according to what King Hyeonjong said, the Sapaeryun did not ask for anything in particular. Isn’t that just conveying the situation? No matter how much he was appalled by Jang Il-so’s tricks, it was already premature to suspect Jang Il-so.
“If you do it…”
At that time, the party leader opened his mouth with a shocked expression on his face.
“Doesn’t this mean that there is a high probability that the information they conveyed is true?”
“….”
No one answered that question.
“Hmm.”
Hyeonjong cleared his throat loudly to brighten the mood.
“Anyway, that’s the situation I received. So… first, I plan to inquire with the government to find out what is happening in Gangnam and then decide on the direction of the union.”
Everyone nodded. Because in this situation, that was clearly the correct opinion.
However, Hyeonjong, who said those words, still had a look on his face that was bothering him. His eyes were fixed on the person across from him.
“Cheongmyeong.”
Hearing that soft voice, Cheongmyeong opened his closed eyes and stared at Hyeonjong. The eyes were eerily sunken.
Hyeonjong let out a soft sigh and asked.
“Is there anything else you could say?”
Cheongmyeong remained silent for a moment.
“Cheongmyeong?”
“I’m not sure what will change if I say something.”
Only after being called once more did he open his mouth. The voice was sharper than usual.
“If you understood what the emergence of the Demonic Cult meant, you wouldn’t have said you would sit here and wait for information.”
“…What does that mean?”
“Cheonma makes no difference between the strong and the poor. “You definitely said that.”
This time, Cheongmyeong’s gaze turned to Tanggunak. That was definitely what he said. Tanggunak nodded slowly.
“…That’s right.”
“Do you understand what it means?”
The moment Tanggunak was about to ask again, Cheongmyeong spoke first.
“Today was Hangzhou.”
“….”
“Tomorrow it will be soju.”
Tanggunak could not bear to say anything.
“Next will be Wenzhou, and next will be Fuzhou.”
It was a voice without any warmth. But what was even colder than that was the meaning contained in those words.
“The village is being erased.”
Someone swallowed dry saliva.
“The city is being erased.”
“….”
“Everything alive will be erased.”
Hyeonjong’s fingertips naturally trembled.
“For the day that Jang Mun-in asked me to wait.”
Cheongmyeong’s eyes gazed penetratingly at Hyeonjong.
“Not hundreds, but thousands of lives are lost.”
“….”
“So!”
Cheongmyeong’s voice rose for the first time.
“…There were people who risked their lives to fight even though they knew that there were people behind their backs who were seeking their own benefit.”
Crash.
The sound of teeth grinding echoed in the silent room.
“Cheongmyeong….”
“I’m not blaming you. Just understand, Jang Moon-in.”
“….”
“What is the price of waiting for a day like that?”
Hyeonjong felt a sense of dread for a moment and closed his eyes.
