Chapter 880 – 871 Abduction and Hwan-Innae Talk
[Thank you for your hard work.]
[No. The directors are really working hard.]
The seeds of discord bloomed greatly and the war between Baekwanggeomdo and Geumran, which was being promoted as an all-out war, barely began to subside through active exchange and consultation among working-level officials.
There are two people who contributed the most to that role. Ki Woo-hyuk of Baekwang Kendo and Joo Hye-wol of Geumran.
Ki Woo-hyuk was wondering if he had done his detective work in vain. He caught Joo Hye-wol’s movements while trying to figure out the prior relationship after Geum-ran’s attack occurred.
Investigate your own background.
Of course, she also had the occupational diseases of those working in her information processing field, and she was understandably angry at the fact that Joo Hye-wol was conducting her own background investigation, but…
‘This is dangerous.’
A sense of crisis was greater than anger.
Geumran is an organization famous for information trading, alchemy, and medicine rather than military force. Of course, the force is not weak, enough to crush the representative groups behind the scenes of most countries, but for the residents of the world behind the scenes, the fear created by overwhelming information power is greater than that of military force.
That the 3rd leader of Geumran’s Eunandae is personally tracking and searching him?
Of course, he is also a person who is skilled in information management through his detective work, but when he is dealing with women who are also called Eun Nandae or Eun Orchid, he becomes a little anxious.
If Hwan-in’s existence were to leak out, So-eun’s treatment could be lost, not to mention the repercussions that would occur afterward.
Ki Woo-hyuk’s eyes were bloodshot, and he put even more effort into managing his information, while informing his wife Yoo So-hyeon of the current situation and firmly forcing him to stop talking.
To her daughter, of course.
“Hwanin oppa is a bad person… ?”
“No. That brother is not a bad person. “He is actually a good person targeted by bad people.”
“… Are you saying that if I go around talking about my brother, he will be in danger?”
“Huh? Oh, right.”
“Okay, Dad. “I will never speak of that oppa from now on.”
The daughter swears with her tiny fists clenched, her eyes shining brightly. Is this really something that could come out of the mouth of a 6-year-old child?
Ki Woo-hyuk was happy that his daughter was smart, but he was very worried that his daughter seemed to have fallen in love with that dangerous man.
Anyway.
Ki Woo-hyuk, who was trying to organize the situation so that Joo Hye-wol could no longer pry into her surroundings and investigate the reason why Joo Hye-wol started investigating her, was faced with a reality that she could not even imagine.
‘Joe, the god who descends the apocalypse… ?!’
No, it can also be said to be a god who descends at the end.
Ki Woo-hyuk, who secretly installed a special secret listening device that he himself researched and developed in Joo Hye-wol’s residence and car, managed to capture three words, which were ‘the divinity of the advent of the apocalypse.’
Ki Woo-hyuk’s spirit is released into Andromeda again.
Are you entangled with God?
Me?
Now that I was researching her, the information I learned about her started to unfold in her mind.
While Joo Hye-wol was chasing an unidentified person who suddenly appeared in Seoul and Incheon, she came across information about Gold Dropper, who dropped dozens of kilograms of gold, and Skull Face, who single-handedly destroyed the Incheon North Hang Gang, one of the leading organized crime groups in Korea.
While investigating the two, she naturally… No, naturally what!
‘I guess I’ve awakened supernatural abilities such as premonition, intuition, and sixth sense.’
Because he is the leader of the 3rd division of Eunran. Anyway, she even got a rumor about the unidentified Triple S-class assailant who attacked her, and the possibility that these assailants were united into one organization could emerge as a powerful rival in the world if it were domestic…
Ki Woo-hyuk stayed up all night and focused on one fact among the flood of information he had gathered.
The divinity of the apocalyptic advent briefly mentioned by Joo Hyewol.
Divinity. Mysterious power. A shocking experience, like encountering a higher-dimensional being…
Hwanin.
‘… It could be said that what I saw then was divine power. But can it be said to be God to that extent?’
The heart says that if there is such a thing as ‘divinity’, it is the closest, or it would be it, but reason denies the illusory existence of God.
Still, one thing is certain. For some reason, Joo Hye-wol stopped investigating her own background and held off on opposing Geumran-do and Baek Wang-geom-do for a while.
From what she heard, she said that the losses in the Chilgapsan herb field were much higher than they expected. She’s worth 120 billion.
120 billion is a blow that is enough to tear off a handful of Baekwang Kendo’s side meat.
Geumran makes a life-or-death decision… It is not strange to risk a head-on collision at least once, but holding off means that you have no intention of going that far.
What is the reason? It is said that even though Geumran’s godmother’s pride was hurt, she encountered something that caused her to stop.
Ki Woo-hyuk, who couldn’t figure it out no matter how much he thought about it, secretly met with Joo Hye-wol using an open contact line to create a mood for reconciliation.
And the story that came out.
King Gicheon, the ruler of Baekwanggeomdo, was also shocked as he did not expect that the herb field had such value. So, if a ‘reasonable’ mood is created, what… I say no, but there is no reason not to take a step back.
However, it is absolutely impossible for her to enter here with her head down. That side will never bow its head and admit its mistakes.
Geumran’s godmother was also shocked by the enormous financial damage, but I think it was a bit severe considering the loss of face and property damage suffered by Baekwanggeomdo and the slight decrease in influence on the government afterwards.
However, this side can never bow down first.
Joo Hye-wol stopped the investigation because he was afraid of the unidentified being behind Baekwanggeomdo and Ki Woo-hyeok.
Ki Woo-hyuk is afraid of what will happen if Hwan-in, who is connected to him, is exposed and that his daughter will no longer be able to receive treatment.
The conditions for conversation were already satisfied.
In that case, the working-level staff can meet and exchange conditions so that the damage suffered this time is not lost to each other.
The two were unable to pinpoint the fear in the other’s heart and reunited with their companions at the 7-star Baekje Hotel.
[… Then it would be like this. What do you think about Baekwanggeomdo?]
[You are good at organizing and summarizing. At that level, even the governor would close his eyes.]
The two people, accompanied by a group of six people, met in a small reception hall and calmly selected transaction items to exchange for six hours.
To summarize…
Baekwanggeomdo cooperates with the restoration of the Chilgapsan herb field owned by Geumran through a total of 17 items.
Geumran compensates for 70% of the damage suffered by Baekwanggeomdo in a total of 13 items.
And they will not interfere in each other’s territory (lower 21 items) for one year after the signing is completed.
The completed contract was delivered to Geumran Godmother and Baekwanggeomdo Gwanju through Joo Hye-wol and Ki Woo-hyuk, and a few days later, Gwanju and Godmother had a conversation to sign the contract at a luxury restaurant on the outskirts of Seoul.
[… Is this the end?]
[Yes, Lord.]
[Hyewol, you worked hard.]
[Service is my duty, Godmother.]
Embarrassing words like reconciliation do not suit Gwanju and Godmother.
Gwanju and godmother, who signed the contract due to adult circumstances, stared at each other for a moment.
While staring at each other in silence in a room so quiet that not even the sound of breathing or swallowing could be heard, it was Gwanju who spoke first.
[… Golden fox. Do you really think the prophecy of the coming of the end has come true?]
[Are you asking this now, old man?]
[Even you, Golden Fox, know very well how many con artists there are in the world under the pretense of prophecy. The prophecy he left behind is said to have a 70% accuracy rate, but the probability of being wrong is also 30%.]
[Before considering the accuracy of a prophecy, it is a leader’s virtue to prepare for when the prophecy comes true. I ask. What do you think, old man, if that prophecy comes true? Are you just going to stick your neck out before the Divine? Want me to hit it?]
[Her! I didn’t know my golden fox was so religious. God… Hehe!]
Blood spurts out from Geumran Daemo’s smooth temples as Gwanju grabs the tail of his horse.
[Isn’t it time for the old man to enter the coffin and become peaceful? If you think about the roots of our Exception, it would be difficult to say that it is nonsense.]
[I guess it’s not good to blindly believe in folk tales, huh.]
Geumran Godmother’s beautiful eyebrows rose to the sky at the attitude of Gwanju, who poured Gokhwaju and drank Gokhwaju with a sarcastic and mocking smile.
[The head of Baekwang Kendo seems to have personally realized the reason why even dogs do not eat the bones of stubborn old men. I just feel sorry for the people below me. Guys? Let’s go.]
[Tsu-tsu, your personality is petty like that of a girl. Aren’t you embarrassed to look at the things below?]
[…]
[…]
As the fierce gaze exchanged between the godmother who stood up and the seated governor, the spirit of the two giants made the attendants gasp and their hands almost trembled.
The only people who are sane are Joo Hye-wol and Ki Woo-hyuk.
The Golden Godmother said, revealing her golden eyes that befitted her title, the Golden Fox.
[You asked if the prophecy came true, right? I will teach you compassion as a woman. The prophecy has already come true.]
Then, she turned her body so that the hem of her jeogori skirt floated slightly and left the room.
When Joo Hye-wol and her attendants followed her godmother and only Gwanju and Baek Wanggeomdo’s staff remained in the room, Gwanju, who had been drinking, opened her mouth in a serious voice.
[Hwan-ah, Hyuk-ah. What do you think of Geum Fox’s claim?]
[Godmother Geumran… I don’t think I’m the type of person to say such nonsense.]
[I think the same thing. Since she said it, there must be evidence to support that claim… And.]
[Last year, Hyuk encountered a gunman on Hasan-ro and was seriously injured.]
[…]
[I heard that the golden fox’s tail was wandering around that incident. If we make a leap, we can see that it is related to divinity… What do you think?]
To Gwanju’s question, her eldest son and successor, Ki Uhwan, answered seriously.
[There are two things that are currently hot topics in the behind-the-scenes world. Skull Face, who single-handedly wiped out a well-organized gangster organization, and Gold Dropper, who leisurely scatters dozens of kilograms of gold bars… Assuming that those two people are related to the criminals that Hyuk met, it would be true that they pose a very big threat.]
[To what extent?]
[Even if the power of Baek Wanggeomdo and Geumran, excluding Lord Gwan and her godmother, are gathered in one place, the odds of winning are thought to be less than 10%.]
The financial power to mobilize enormous amounts of gold. A skill that can be used to avoid even surveillance cameras using mysterious tricks. The skills of the gangsters who played with their younger brother, whose strength was comparable to theirs, and Yoo Cheol-seung, the successor to the dojo, as if they were children.
Even 10% is a lot.
[Big…]
He tilted the bottle and filled the glass and handed it to his youngest son. Although the cup is filled to the point where surface tension is formed, it is passed quietly to Ki Woo-hyuk without any shaking.
The governor said to Ki Woo-hyuk, who drank it without spilling a drop.
[If those monsters and this father fight, which one do you think will have the upper hand?]
[… Even though there was a battle where the ground was heavily damaged, and the trees were shattered, the breath of the giant woman did not falter in the slightest. With my limited insight and perspective, I cannot possibly estimate the skills of the stranger.]
[You’re really putting the word ‘losing’ differently.]
[I am sorry.]
[…]
Gwanju sighed softly.
About a thousand years after the establishment of Baekwanggeomdo. There may have been a slight crisis, but there was no danger. Suddenly divine…
[I wonder why the godmother is so sure. Let Hyuk investigate the matter closely.]
[Yes.]
The time when winter is slowly passing and spring is coming.
Ji Ji-yul registered Nio Investment Company, rented an office, and started operating it in earnest. He visited Hwan-in’s house every morning, had breakfast with his family, and went to work with A-young at the office.
And when I finish work, I go to Hwanin’s house with Ayoung, have dinner, and then go home.
Today too, Ji Ji-yul arrived at Hwan-in’s house after work with A-young, and while Isilite, Baek Ryeo-gang, and Myung-ri were preparing dinner, he listened to Gwan-ju and Dae-mo’s conversation and linked arms.
“Hmm. “I think it’s clear that it refers to the divinity of the coming of the end, uncle?”
“Isn’t there a possibility that it was just a phrase thrown around?”
Thanks to the conversation in the living room, Neri heard the entire conversation while playing a mobile game and muttered to Jihyul.
“You want to say it’s the Barnum effect? For that reason, there are quite a few elements that symbolize the uncle. If you offend God, Advent, or Uncle, it will be the end. It’s perfect.”
“…”
When Hwanin’s expression became slightly ambiguous, Neri laughed and answered.
“How about playing around with homonyms? Aren’t there a lot of things like that in Korean? Divinity, said to be the personality of God. The divinity of being noble and holy. A divinity that refers to a person who has distinguished himself or herself in a certain field.”
“Then what are you going to claim that the coming of the apocalypse means?”
“It would depend on when the prophecy came out. The time of Nostradamus was not much different from the level of civilization of Nionebres. What would humans say if they saw the cloud mushrooms blooming when a nuclear bomb exploded?”
What about the scene where artillery shells and missiles fly into the city in the middle of the night, the ground is on fire and the sky is filled with fire?
The U.S. Military has a special operations plane called the Angel of Death. The ac-130j was named so because it looked like an angel firing flash bombs. What if Nostradamus saw that scene?
“…”
“Prophecy, foresight, foresight. Since these are based on the observer’s very subjective perspective, their reliability is very unpredictable. “If a professional foresight group like the Elwidris family had been created and guidelines were drawn up, this body’s opinion is that the underdeveloped seeds of the underworld could have taken drugs and claimed what they saw in a hallucination state as a prophecy.”
The story of Neri, who was playing a game with his knees together and his phone resting on his pretty blue pedicure-painted toes, was a story that really hit home the shortcomings of prophecy.
Thump— Neri’s straight eyebrows furrow mercilessly as the key dealer dies due to the raid boss’s indiscriminate attack.
“You fucking bald bastard. This is called a boss… !”
Puuk — After snorting once, Neri raised one knee and leaned his head on it, looking back at Hwanin.
“What’s important is what the owner thinks. Depending on what the owner decides, he may or may not become the protagonist of the prophecy.”
In a position where her light blue panties and slightly shadowy ax marks are clearly visible, Ji Ji-yul frowns and slaps her thighs, then neatly gathers them together.
“Keep your legs straight! “You can see my panties!”
“I just asked you to see it?”
“What?”
“It’s about providing eye candy to the owner. Of course, if you show it openly in a superficial way, the owner will frown, but if you show small Eros in everyday life, like just now, the owner will be quite happy. Oh, you’re a virgin, so you don’t know this yet?”
“This… ! Pervert dragon!”
“Huh?! When this girl runs out of things to say, she always resorts to violence! The nickname ‘Great Sage’ is a waste!”
“You are inciting violence!”
Sigh!
The great sage and the white blue dragon roll around on the sofa, then fall onto the carpet and roll around.
Anne was bringing out a small plate of fried cocktail shrimp to give her companion a taste, when she stopped the two of them rolling at her feet with the sole of her foot.
“What. Are you two fighting again?”
Hee!”
“Mmm! Guwaaaaang!”
One side has a finger in its mouth and makes a noise of air leaking, and the other side has its mouth blocked by its hand and is making an unpleasant appearance.
Anne, who was looking at the two with a pitiful expression, grabbed them by the back of their necks with her arms made of braided brains and pulled them apart.
“Do it in moderation. No matter how much Doryeong has a heart as wide as the sky and the sea, if he keeps showing things like this, will his points be deducted? If the points you lose accumulate and explode, even the master will look at you with cold eyes. Do you hope so?”
“…”
“…”
Jiha Yul and Neri, who were being held in Anne’s hands like kittens and swinging her arms towards each other, glance at Hwanin, who is flinching and smiling slightly, and then secretly lowers her hand.
Anne, who had put down the two who had calmed down, laughed and walked up to her friend, holding out the tail of her fried shrimp and yelling.
“How does it taste? Is your liver okay?”
“Hmm… Did you mix curry powder into the batter and fry it? The taste is quite stimulating. “Did you make it?”
“I saw it in a book and tried making it… “Not so good?”
“No. It’s crunchy and savory, so it’s very delicious. “It would be nice to have it with beer while watching a movie.”
“Huh… Just say it. “I’ll make as many as you want!”
“Please.”
Hwanin patted Anne’s happy buttocks and spoke to Jihyul and Neri, who were nudging each other’s sides with their elbows.
Just then, Yurpa and Hwan-yeon have returned, Norn has also come up from the basement, and the women are gathering in the living room. In the kitchen, Isilite, Baek Ryeo-gang, and Mymria are also listening.
“As I said last time, I plan to relax and not make a fuss for the next 10 years. Of course, I will do some activities in between and work to gather power and make my name known, but I have no intention of becoming a person in the prophecy if the other side does not attack first.”
“Brother. “If you want to make a name for yourself, I think entering the entertainment industry is the way to go, right?”
After changing her clothes in her room, Ayoung came out and sat down next to her Hwanin, and Hwanin stroked Ayoung’s short hair with a gentle expression.
“Once you make your name known through the media, you can’t be bitten after that. Considering that, I plan to at least expose it to the media 10 years later, after I begin my activities in earnest. For example, putting a transformed alter ego on the forefront.”
“All humans are full of greed and desire and jealousy. I’m looking forward to what will happen in 10 years when the owner begins to stand out.”
Neri straightens her beige button-up dress, which was a bit messy from rolling around, and then goes to her reserved seat and sits down, but Jihyo-yul’s hair is matted, and she doesn’t even bother to change her clothes, and mutters with her brows narrowed.
“If Baekwanggeomdo and Geumran continue to obsess over the divinity of the advent of the end, even you won’t be able to rest…”
“There is no need to worry about Baekwang Geomdo, where Ki Woo-hyuk is. As long as his love of family does not disappear, he will block any information even remotely related to me due to his control of the information department.”
If it’s a problem, it’s Joo Hyewol.
She has a unique constitution and a sixth sense that causes her to bleed out whenever she is in danger.
Her friend smiled slightly, thinking about how to have fun with her.
