Chapter 229 – Chapter 229- The Beginning of the War (2)
After giving blood, Kim Ji-hye and I returned to the shadow family.
Fatigue was filling his entire body, perhaps because he used the unique energy inside his body.
I sat down on the soft leather sofa in Kim Ji-hye’s office and took a short break.
But let’s see Kim Ji-hye, who has dedicated her true blood with me, taking a bite out of her cigarette and sorting out her papers.
I immediately got up and decided to make her coffee.
“Get some rest.”
“Only ride this.”
When I served her coffee, Kim Ji-hye smiled gratefully.
I watched Jihye Kim sorting through her papers, as she reviewed what I had learned.
Even if you don’t have to move, there are many things you can do in place.
Use dragon words, use the power of harmony, or use magic of reversal.
Hours passed like that.
I watch the sun set completely through the window, and it is only after complete darkness sets in.
I erased the sorcery in my hands.
“Wisdom sister.”
“……”
Let me call Kim Ji-hye with a worried tone.
Kim Ji-hye also had the same thoughts as me, but she was furrowing her eyebrows.
“Shouldn’t I be contacting you?”
Kim Cha-ryeok.
In order to offer true blood, chase after the Dark Ghost who came.
The guy who went looking for a place to live hasn’t gotten a single call so far.
Anxiety that something might have gone wrong fueled my impatient mind.
“No.”
However, Jihye Kim cut off my proposal with her single knife.
Kim Ji-hye let out a long puff of smoke from her cigarette, as if to prove that she, too, was burning inside.
“Just trust me. Contacting the pursuer only puts him in greater danger.”
“… Yes.”
Jihye Kim was right.
If I contacted him now, if the dark ghost notices the signal from Kim Cha-ryeok.
There has never been anything more horrifying than that.
All I could do now was to calm my mind filled with anxiety and nervousness, and believe.
Whirik.
As if the habit had moved on to Hong Ma-dong, he took out a bankruptcy sword and tinkered with it.
Another few hours passed like that.
Morning, not evening.
Now, even Kim Ji-hye was contemplating contacting Kim Cha-ryeok.
“Shit.”
Let me spat out a small curse and grab the bankruptcy sword.
Smart.
Suddenly someone appeared outside the window.
“…?”
Both of us looked out.
Something with white teeth and floating eyes grinned at us.
“Damn it.”
The moment I unknowingly tried to shake it off with the payroll law.
Seeing the muscles wriggling in the dark, I realized that it was Kim Cha-ryeok.
Kim Ji-hye opened her window after shaking off her cigarette, as if being foolish.
Cha-ryeok Kim landed neatly on the floor with agile movements unlike his large body.
Swoop.
The guy used his taijutsu and changed his body color to match the darkness.
As soon as it came over here, it changed back to its original skin color.
Wearing only shorts, it was a little burdensome, but.
I decided to be relieved that Kim Cha-ryeok was safe.
“Are you okay?”
“Um, no problem. Hanjun.”
There was nothing wrong with her appearance, but let’s ask the guy just in case.
Charyeok Kim showed his dry teeth as usual, and he answered with a confident tone.
“Purpose.”
Kim Ji-hye looked at Kim Cha-ryeok, who was twitching her muscles, and she went straight to the point.
Charyeok Kim stroked his chin and replied that he was ambiguous.
“I have a good sense of it, and there are many traps laid in between. I couldn’t specify in detail.”
“I couldn’t…?”
Let Kim Ji-hye repeat the behind-the-scenes remarks that her Kim Cha-ryeok has increased.
Kim Cha-ryeok unfolded the map he carried with him.
“I think I found it to some extent.”
On the map, there was one straight line.
Perhaps that was the route Kim Cha-ryeok traveled.
It was impossible to guess that a person had run, and Kim Cha-reeok pointed to the broken line after passing through a long path.
“Island. I saw it moving to the other island and stopped.”
A small island a short distance from the mainland.
She said he couldn’t pinpoint the details, but this was just a finding.
Kim Ji-hye asked Kim Cha-ryeok.
“You probably didn’t get on another means of transportation on the island, right?”
“Until now, I was afraid that it would move, so I was just watching.”
It was not for nothing that Kim Cha-ryuk came late.
The guy had been watching over and over to make sure he was there.
Kim Ji-hye took a bite from her cigarette, and she approached Kim Cha-ryeok.
As Kim Cha-ryeok looked at her Ji-hye Kim, Ji-hye Kim patted her on the shoulder.
“Nice job, seriously.”
“It was nothing.”
“No.”
For the first time, Kim Ji-hye gave her sincere thanks to Kim Cha-ryeok.
“You did a damn good job.”
Jihye Kim had a violent smile on her face.
“Because there’s a huge difference between going 5-5 and 4-5.”
That day.
The pursuit, which started simply by Kim Cha-ryeok alone, ended up finding the abode of the Dark Ghost.
It was the moment when our first goal became clear.
* *
After the day I confirmed the dark ghost’s abode.
As if everything was going smoothly, the telekinesis family conveyed their intention to join us.
When the telekinesis family, the last remaining neutral force, responded with a cooperative attitude.
Kim Ji-hye crushed her cigarette as if she had done it.
“Great.”
Kim Ji-hye, who showed satisfaction with the current situation, filled out her documents with a light hand.
Just like that, several more days passed.
To solve the problem of true blood, I did my best to familiarize myself with my powers and reverse magic.
Women’s camps also enhanced their abilities for the upcoming war.
Weekend.
Let’s practice witchcraft at the shadow family’s training ground, not inside the academy.
I saw Kim Ji-hye trudge out with Kim Si-hee.
“Where are you going?”
Judging by the lightly hanging suit over her shoulders, it looked like she was going out.
Kim Ji-hye turned her head this way at my voice, and as if it was nothing, she gave a simple answer.
“The telekinesis family’s negotiations. Perhaps they thought they ate too raw, so they asked for a change in the negotiations.
“Yes, please come.”
Chin.
I looked at Kim Ji-hye’s back and shook her hand.
Kim Ji-hye also lightly raised her hand and answered my greeting.
Chicly escaped the shadow family.
Since I often left the family for work, I thought it was no big deal.
I continued my training.
* *
Telekinesis family.
Entering her lavishly decorated main building, Kim Ji-hye moved her steps.
Another angle, another angle.
The heels of the black shoes made a steady sound as they stepped on the marble floor.
Kim Ji-hye, walking confidently down the hallway with her suit lightly draped over her shoulder, suddenly noticed something strange about her.
It was wonderfully quiet.
Apparently outside, as usual, members of the telekinesis family were wandering around.
After entering the main building, no members could be found.
“……”
Kim Ji-hye was silent for a moment, then she looked back at Kim Si-hee.
Kim Si-hee also looked around her with her calm eyes, probably noticing her strangeness.
“Kim Si-hee.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Hide for now.”
“All right.”
Swoop.
In an instant, Kim Si-hee’s appearance disappeared.
Kim Si-hee, who has the keyword of her support, was able to erase her traces by casting her debuff on herself.
In the middle of her hallway, where she was left alone, Kim Ji-hye took out something of hers from her bosom.
Old cigarette case.
Let’s open the entrance to it, a keepsake and sacred object left by her former teacher, Kang Lee-joon.
There was only one cigarette left.
“Is this also a coincidence?”
She gave one cigarette to Phoenix, one to Merlin, and another to Kang Han-jun just in case.
There is a mat left in this cigarette pack.
“I said it was too smooth.”
Jihye Kim smiled.
Kim Ji-hye, who took out her mat, looked at the red wrapping paper stuck to the tip of her cigarette.
As if she had been promised to be used as a mat from the beginning, Kim Ji-hye tore off the clinging wrapping paper and placed her cigarette in her mouth.
“It’s fun.”
Kim Ji-hye, who confidently walked down her hallway, arrived at a room.
Rattle.
When Kim Ji-hye toughly opened the door to her, Nick greeted her while she was waiting for Kim Ji-hye.
“Nice to meet you…”
However, Kim Ji-hye neatly ignored Cy Nick’s greeting, and she sat down on a leather chair.
As she sat on the leather chair, Kim Ji-hye, her legs crossed, looked at Nick blankly.
“Why did you do that?”
“What?”
“You know that.”
As if Kim Ji-hye had no need to hide it, she immediately brought up her main point.
“Why did you stick to that side? Even if you stand on their side, the problem of having to sacrifice true blood won’t be solved anyway.”
“……”
As if the expression so far had been acting, the expression was gradually erased from Scynic’s face.
And at the same time, naturally, a member of the evil forces came out of the room.
“That’s what you mean.”
Evergreen brushed up her green hair and answered, as if to answer Cynic’s question instead.
“We found the answer too. It almost got into big trouble, I’m afraid it’s not just the two of them’s children. You’ve grown to the point where you’ve even solved the issue of true blood before you know it? I’m really, really sad.”
Looking at Evergreen who answered in a cheerful voice, Kim Ji-hye sighed.
“I found it.”
“Yeah, we found it. It took us a little longer, but we found it.”
“Ha.”
Sighing once more, Kim Ji-hye looked at Nick between her eyes.
“Do you not regret your choice?”
“To regret it.”
Cynic replied.
“Because I always value profit. I only accept bigger offers.”
“Even though I’m there?”
Jihye Kim replied in a calm voice.
At the cold eyes of Kim Ji-hye staring at him, Psynic trembled.
He steadfastly vomited out an answer.
“So that’s why I accepted it. As of today, the shaman named Kim Ji-hye will disappear on the other side.”
“Under.”
Was this the same idea?
Kim Ji-hye looked around her.
One of the evil forces was empty.
Dark ears.
The dark ghost had disappeared.
Knowing what that meant, Kim Ji-hye removed her body from her chair.
When Kim Ji-hye removed her body, she naturally wrapped around her evil forces and Cynic Kim Ji-hye.
There was a moment of heavy silence, followed by the sound of a clock.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
Clap.
Around Kim Ji-hye’s body, a watch-shaped shaman was draped.
Wrists and ankles.
Even when X-shaped clock-shaped shamans appeared, Kim Ji-hye did not change her expression.
She slowly lowered her head.
Pong.
A lighter to set fire to the pole.
Kim Ji-hye, who had been lit by witchcraft until now, lit her lighter for the first time.
Jijik.
With the sound of cigarettes burning, Kim Ji-hye raised her head.
Facing Kim Ji-hye’s gaze, Evergreen exclaimed in admiration.
“Yeah.”
The purple eyes hardened with the negative energy amplified to the limit.
Faced with abilities that far exceeded her expectations, her evergreen clenched her fists.
And, as if to relieve her own tension, she spoke lightly to her.
“I want to leave something behind before I die…”
But she didn’t follow through on that.
It was because Kim Ji-hye spat out a word with still calm eyes, as if mocking her Evergreen.
