episode_0467

At that very time, the hospital room was being engulfed in an untimely uproar due to Soo-hyun’s dual citizenship(?) issue that suddenly arose.

Inside Sichuan Pharmaceutical’s headquarters building located in the center of New Chengdu, reports were being made on the progress made so far.

The person in charge of the report was none other than Tang Soso’s eldest brother, Cheongpung.

And as can be seen from his role as a reporter, the person receiving the report was Tang Teng, the chairman of the Sichuan Group and the head of the current Tang family.

“Okay, what happened?”

“First of all… everything that can be robbed is turned. At first, he seemed to be holding on quite stubbornly, but as the interrogation continued, he couldn’t hold out any longer and opened his mouth.”

“Could it be a deception?”

“It is difficult to say for certain as this is a private matter…but it is probably low.”

“What is the basis for that judgment?”

“We thoroughly tempered it through cross-checking and repeated verification, and even used a confession agent at the end.”

The content of the conversation is too stiff to be called a conversation between father and son.

But it was something that could not be helped.

Although quite a bit of time had passed since the incident occurred, their anger had not subsided at all.

Rather than becoming dull in the face of time, it actually became much harder and denser than before.

And since the anger was still ruling my heart, my tone of voice couldn’t help but become stiff.

Rather… wouldn’t it feel more creepy if you use a friendly tone in a situation like this?

“The people in charge of the interrogation must have had a hard time. Take care so that no problems arise later.”

“Yes, father. We have already submitted a request to the medical center to assign professional counselors.”

How great it would be if all interrogations in the world stopped at ‘words.’

However, there are all kinds of people in the world, and there is always one person who chooses to keep their mouths shut even though they know that if they keep their mouths shut, they will end up in pain.

Especially… those who attack with extremely heinous intentions like this time tend to be like that…

The other person has no intention of opening his mouth no matter what happens, and you are in a situation where you have to open his mouth somehow to get information, so what can you do?

There is no choice but to use ‘hands’ instead of ‘words.’

The problem is that this act of ‘interrogation’ takes a tremendous amount of mental energy.

How could it be just strength?

When I look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into me, which was not good for my mental health.

This tendency tended to become stronger as the ‘intensity’ of the interrogation increased.

Of course, there are monsters of human confiscation in the world who are not affected by such things.

There are plenty of such monsters, but the people mobilized for interrogation this time were not monsters, but people armed with loyalty to their families.

So… the common opinion of Dangdeung and Dangcheongpung was that there was a need to ensure aftercare as well.

‘Because those people are not easy to find.’

And more than anything… even though they are collateral, aren’t they all family members who use the same last name, ‘Dang’?

If there’s someone who says he’s going to take care of his family but then says something about it, he’s probably a strange person.

“If this is the case… Is the outline roughly set?”

“Yes, we have already secured a list of not only Oh Dok-mun, who can be said to be the main culprit, but also those who supported A-eum-al-eum Oh Dok-mun behind the scenes and instigated this attack.”

“Tsk, even a mere animal knows how to repay a favor…”

“That…but…”

“Hmm?”

“There is one piece of information that concerns me.”

“Worrying information?”

“Yes.”

Did you think it was surprising that something more popped up in an issue that you thought was already over?

Dandeung’s eyebrows, who were staring at the names written in the report as if they were chewing them off one by one, twitched for a moment.

“What is that?”

“Actually… it’s a story about those who suffered damage in the process of capturing the evil beasts hiding in the slums…”

“Why them? Weren’t you receiving good treatment at your family’s hospital?”

I definitely remember receiving that report.

Could it be that his condition had deteriorated drastically over the past few days?

Still, Dangga Medical Center has a reputation, so I wondered if it was true, but the truth is that it is originally poison.

The scary thing about ‘poison’ is that even though it seems to be getting better, it suddenly gets worse.

Above all… Considering the type of poison used when attacking my daughter and her wife, I could not rule out the possibility that a poison that did not exist in this database was used again.

So it must have been the moment when Dangdeung’s face hardened at the thought that this might really be the case.

“Fortunately, it is said that there is no danger to life…”

“Then what’s the problem?”

“According to the opinion posted by the doctor in charge, recovery is said to be strangely slow. In addition, in one of them, even slight symptoms of necrosis and decay were observed…”

“Um…?”

Recovery is slow.

This was clearly against common sense.

The body of the martial arts people, who possess internal energy within their Danjeon, boasts a resilience that is completely different from that of ordinary people.

In fact, wasn’t it because of the resilience that seemed to transcend humans that the beings of the martial arts were able to create symmetry with magicians who could raise the ground with a single wave of their hands and shoot fireballs out of the air?

“So, while we were conducting our own investigation, keeping in mind the possibility that it was not an ordinary poison but a combination poison, a doctor who originally worked at a European hospital said that it might be a ‘curse.’”

“Curse? If it’s a curse… isn’t it often used by warlocks who have been pushed out of power struggles with magicians?”

Why is that mentioned here?

Are the rats called warlocks leaving Europe and creeping here to Asia?

“Could it be that they held hands?”

“It seems necessary to further confirm whether it was a temporary alliance for this matter, or whether they joined hands at all, but it seems that the possibility cannot be ruled out right now.”

“Perhaps Odogmun was swallowed whole by something called a warlock.”

Considering that he did something like this, it seems very unlikely that it will actually happen, but it is one of his long-standing habits to keep the worst-case scenario in mind when proceeding with something.

“No matter how bad they are, they are the ones who ate up an entire region, so why would they have been swallowed up so easily?”

“···I can tell you this, but it is a very bad habit to look down on the other person before even touching fists.”

If you let your guard down and get hit on the nose by a lucky punch because you’re a guy who doesn’t seem like anything special, wouldn’t the silver be sold like a piece of paper and your nose would hurt like a nose?

So, if you are going to fight anyway, it is right to act thoroughly from the beginning and completely destroy your opponent, even if you are criticized for being too cautious.

“And what more…”

“···?”

“If you were going to act like my son in front of me, I wonder if you should have paid more attention.”

“Father? Suddenly, what is that ㅡ”

For a moment, Tang Cheong-pung’s actions seemed to have an unnatural look on his face as if he was perplexed by Tang-deung’s remark, which felt somewhat out of nowhere.

It was right after that that he suddenly leaned forward and vomited out black blood.

“Ah, father…? Why do you do this-”

“My sons. They are all hard guys with no charm at all, so even in private they call me Chairman, not Father.”

Even though his son was coughing up blood from his mouth, he didn’t feel even the slightest bit of agitation, and his tone was so cold that it was nothing short of stern.

Cheongpung’s expression, who was staring at the party lantern with trembling eyes, changed completely.

His face swelled up and down repeatedly, as if someone was kneading his face instead of clay, and then an eerily expressionless face took its place, as if he had never made an expression before.

“···Tsk, was that part the problem? By the way, when?”

“Well, even if I told you, would it have any meaning?”

“You don’t seem to be worried about your son’s safety, right?”

“It’s because we didn’t raise it so gently that it would easily fall off somewhere. At the very least, it’s probably because they were caught by someone like you.”

“Is it because she is a son and not a daughter? It’s cold, it’s cold.”

“Did you aim for this from the beginning?”

“What… Doing both the job and the job? It’s a bit disappointing in that sense. It would have been nice if he had died obediently.”

Cheongpung, who said that with an expressionless face, or rather, something imitating Cheongpung, quickly made a sign.

Chuwaaagh!

Black tentacles sprouted from the feet and rushed towards the party lights.

There was something about the tentacles, which were made from letters whose meaning was unknown, that sent shivers down the spine of those who saw them.

Those things rushed in, aiming for the party, but…

Cheeek!

“Huh…!”

None of them could reach Tang Teng’s body.

“I’ve met all kinds of people in my life, but you’re the first to dissolve it with poisonㅡ”

“Say.”

“···?”

“Too many.”

The strange man, who had an expression of genuine admiration rather than making it up, suddenly had a long spit growing on his face.

It was right after that that the strange man’s body, which had stopped in place, pulsated loudly once and exploded with a loud bang.

Dangdeung, who had removed something disguised as his son from before his eyes, slowly got up from his seat.

“Are you a black magician? Tsk, it sure has made business easier.”

He clicked his tongue lightly as if he sensed that something troublesome was about to happen.