episode_0138

Revival (3) – One Mind Salvation Church Paradise

“Oh my! Look at my mind. First, attach this ribbon to your left chest and wait a moment.”

I blinked and saw the guide handing me the ribbon with a gentle smile again.

Inari slightly tilted her head and accepted the ribbon.

A slightly flashy white ribbon.

“Now~ Those of you assigned to Group 1, please gather to the left~ Group 2, please come to the right!”

I looked at the chests of other citizens while neatly fixing clothes pins that went through shabby clothes.

A slightly clunkier design than the ribbon you wore.

“Inari prospective believers are group 3. Please enjoy a little snack and wait.”

“Ah, … … Yes.”

The guide gave me a hint as if telling me not to worry.

He probably noticed the way he was looking at other citizens and told him this.

“ Group 1, please follow the handsome guide here~ Group 2, please follow the pretty guide next to him. If you have any questions or requests, please feel free to contact the guide at any time. Come on! Shall we leave?”

While Inari quietly ate a snack, the once crowded platform became quiet.

The platform where the train left and all the citizens who came with it left.

Inari looked at the guide with slightly embarrassed eyes.

She smiled softly and gestured to the back.

“Nice to meet you~ Inari prospective believer!”

Park Yu-na, who had handed over the questionnaire and pen to Kim Young-hee, was approaching the table with a bright smile.

Before I knew it, Jeongwook Lee was following behind Yuna Park.

“The awakened people and the general citizens do not like being in the same group. To ensure a pleasant trip to paradise, we randomly assign awakened people to groups.”

“Ah… … .”

“If you are uncomfortable as a prospective believer, you can join as a group now and enjoy the trip. Would you like me to do that?”

“Ahaha… … It’s okay.”

Inari waved both hands and smiled awkwardly.

White-clothed believers who continue to treat themselves with excessive kindness.

It was similar to the treatment I received at the amusement park, which is now a thing of the past.

That’s why my conscience was pricked.

“Uh, Yuna? Yuna?”

“Yes~ Prospective believer. Please feel free to call me Mr., Nim, or Sister~”

Inari scratched his head and asked cautiously.

“Well- If I had to go back to where I used to live- Well- If I wasn’t a prospective believer, the trip would be… … ”

Park Yu-na opens her eyes wide as Inari speaks with a troubled expression.

match-!

“Wow! That’s such a big deal~!”

Park Yuna and Lee Jeong-wook exchanged looks with surprised expressions.

“Ahaha― My family is still in another city, so―”

“I don’t have time for this! Let’s start your trip to paradise quickly!”

A lively shout heard from Inari, who was making up a good reason to not feel bad.

Park Yuna, who was walking briskly with her fingers forward, turned her head.

“Have you decided on a date to return?”

“Yes? That’s not yet-”

“Thank goodness~! It’s virtually impossible to show all of paradise in a short period of time!”

Park Yu-na waves her finger left and right at Inari with a serious expression.

Inari looked blankly at Park Yuna, who was just like she appeared on the broadcast.

That the world is ruined, that people have changed,

A purity that makes you forget in an instant.

She was acting like someone who hadn’t really experienced destruction.

Is it just her or something?

Is everyone in Salvation Church like that?

“From the moment you board the train and land in paradise, prospective believers have an obligation to share in the overflowing salvation of the religious leader! Our Salvation Church will take responsibility for the happiness of prospective believers as long as they travel to paradise!”

A confident voice and a face filled with only joy.

The same smile that I saw on the guide was on her.

Inari took a step forward blankly, looking at Park Yuna, who was smiling brightly.

Park Yu-na and Lee Jeong-wook walking together on the left and right with Inari in the center.

As soon as they got off the platform, several short lines greeted them.

The citizens who had just departed were waiting for something.

People wearing white gowns in front of them kindly asking something.

“On the first day, there were many prospective believers who came with something scratched or broken! From then on, our doctor brothers and sisters are always on standby on the platform!”

Inari looks around with a completely different face than Park Yuna, who gives a casual explanation.

At least there are more than 10 doctors on standby at all times?

Even in the Republic of Korea, the people most in need were those related to medical care.

Park Yu-na looks at Inari with her eyes wide open.

“Are there any places where you feel uncomfortable as a prospective believer? Anyone can receive a medical examination before starting the experience.”

“Oh, no. I’m fine.”

“Okay~ Then, let’s go to the first place~!”

I passed by a space where citizens who had been overworking their bodies knowingly or unknowingly were experiencing medical services.

Group 3, which surpassed Group 1 and Group 2 at once, entered India.

“So, at the evening prayer meeting, the brother said to me-”

“Oh my, what kind of brother are you to your husband?”

“I don’t know. That person is not my husband for the time being, but my brother.”

“Ohhoho― You… ”

Two female believers pass by them while chatting.

Buildings that are similar to cars crossing each other quickly on the road, but show off a strangely different charm.

Inari opened her eyes wide and looked around like a child.

Open mouth and blank expression.

The guides followed Inari’s steps as she began to walk slowly with a gentle smile.

“The gym you see over there is where the table tennis competition that is currently being broadcast was filmed.”

Yuna Park’s insightful guidance while looking around the paradise.

Inari stared at the gym she pointed to.

A spacious gym with white exterior walls and believers sweating on the green court in front of it.

slam-!

“Nice, brother!”

“This is Three~ Poiner, Three~ Poiner.”

“Hahaha—!”

Congregants clap each other’s hands with bright smiles and return to their courts.

Yuna Park stopped for a moment and watched their basketball game.

[Waaa!]

The sound of cheers erupting all at once during the neutral power ‘broadcast’.

On the electronic display board, a believer was seen holding a ping pong stick, looking at the audience, and pumping his fist.

Thick sweat dripped from his clenched fists.

Shindo smiled brightly at the screen and returned to the table tennis table.

“I saw that in person at the stadium. Shall I tell you who wins?”

Park Yuna slightly lowered her head and asked mischievously.

Inari shook her head gently and continued the experience while watching the broadcast.

“Now, here is Salvation Church’s first boast! It is the door of salvation!”

A huge gate that stands tall like the Arc de Triomphe I saw on a trip to Europe.

If the doors I saw there were reminiscent of angled squares, the Gate of Salvation had the image of a round passage.

“Just looking at it already brings out its grandeur, but the most important meaning of the Gate of Salvation is that it is literally a ‘door’!”

“… … The door?”

“Yes! It is a door that transports believers who have proven their faith to the chosen place!”

Certainly, as Park Yuna said, vehicles were seen busily going to and from the Gate of Salvation.

A truck full of something and a line of vans moving.

“… … Where are you going?”

“Unfortunately, I cannot tell this to prospective believers!”

Yuna Park put her hands together and said with an apologetic face.

To quickly change the topic, Park Yoo-na gestures to the next topic of bragging.

“Can you see the tower that pierces the clouds and creates an optical illusion as if it reaches all the way to the sky?! That is the famous Tower of Babel!”

“… … Landmark.”

She looked at the tower, having to stretch her neck as far as she could to see it.

The last item in the auction that I heard about from my mother.

“Yes! It is a miraculous landmark where all languages become one!”

“’Airplane’.”

The quiet voice of Lee Jeong-wook, who had been silent until now.

Park Yoo-na points to Lee Jeong-wook with both hands to Inari, who is slightly embarrassed.

“Did you notice that Brother Jeongwook Lee just spoke in Japanese?”

“… … Didn’t you just suddenly say airplane?”

“That’s it! This is the first miracle performed by the religious leader himself!”

Yuna Park looked at the Tower of Babel and nodded with a proud face.

Inari, who had already heard from her mother that it was a sign of money, kept her mouth shut.

A bit of discomfort felt from Park Yuna, who looks like a lively angel.

It seemed like the essence of that rejection was coming into view little by little.

“Now! Let’s take a look at the stone statue that fills you with faith just by looking at it!”

Information about various sculptures, including a giant stone statue looking down on paradise from the ridge, followed.

Park Yuna continues her explanation with a lively voice.

Inari, who was walking quietly listening to the explanation, quickly turned her head.

An enlarged voice that catches the senses of the awakened person.

[The disaster that has hit us now is what the religious leader spoke about in the Book of Salvation-]

The sound of a microphone coming from a bit far away.

Something stopped Inari, who was about to walk towards the building marked ‘One Mind Learning Center’.

Lee Jeong-wook shakes his head as he extends his hand to her.

“This is an area where prospective believers cannot enter.”

She nodded slightly at Lee Jeong-wook’s stern face.

Her steps were stopped, but the positive atmosphere that had been going on so far was also cut off at once.

“Hmm― The mood suddenly became a little lower. If you want to change this atmosphere, you have to use a ‘plaza’!”

Park Yu-na raises the tension again and leads group 3 to the square.

However, Inari looked at Paradise once again with calmer eyes than before.

Two unpleasant feelings in this place where everything seems like paradise.

Blind faith in the cult leader and strangely disturbing secrets.

I remembered what my mother said.

no. 1.

The leader of One Mind Salvation Church.

A dangerous man with strange thoughts.

Only then did tension envelope her entire body.

No matter what form you take,

This was enemy territory.

“Crackling―!”

The children’s happy laughter was heard by Inari, who was quietly compiling her thoughts.

“Ah! There’s a seat over there! I think I arrived before groups 1 and 2!”

Yuna Park guided the 3rd group to a table with a parasol.

The aroma of coffee spreads as if there is a cafe nearby.

Even as she sat down on the chair prepared at the table, her eyes were blankly looking at one place.

“Time! Time!”

“Ebebe―There is no such thing~”

Pushuuuk!

A refreshing stream of water flows out from the center of a wide square.

I saw children running happily through a fountain with a little rainbow shining through it.

“They are non-believers! Face, aim for the face!”

“Apu—! Afuuu—!”

“Hehehe—! Shoot, shoot!”

Children playing with water guns.

Children lying down in the fountain and children taking water in their own strange postures.

More than a dozen children were running around the square, smiling brightly.

“Of course, the ‘plaza’ is the perfect place to create a summer atmosphere! Please wait a moment. I’ll bring some shaved ice from the cafe!”

Before anyone could catch him, Yuna Park quickly ran to the cafe.

“You don’t have to feel so burdened. Salvation Church does not treat its guests carelessly.”

“… … This is your first time speaking at length.”

Lee Jeong-wook laughed a little, as if the joke to ease the awkward atmosphere worked.

Cry!

A cool breeze blew, carrying the children’s laughter.

Inari, who was watching the fountain play, turned her head around.

Parasols lined up on the outskirts of the square.

People chatting while enjoying ice cream and shaved ice under the umbrella.

Among them, many people had ribbons on their chests.

In particular, at one parasol, a believer who appeared to be a reporter was being interviewed while handing over a microphone.

“I think I’m doing an interview for the next promotion.”

[We who want the restoration of the whole world-]

[we-]

A beautiful sound echoing from one side of the square.

A man and a woman were singing in front of a small crowd.

“These days, ‘talent evangelism’ is popular among believers. There will also be a play in the evening, so if you have any thoughts, please let us know.”

“… … You suddenly started talking a lot.”

“First of all, I am also a believer in guidance.”

Inari looked closely at Lee Jeong-wook, who was smiling awkwardly.

The youthful appearance is only visible when the face slightly relaxes into a smile.

He talked about ‘faith’ with a face that looked like he had just graduated from high school to being a freshman in college.

Inari seemed to have a vague idea where that belief came from.

I looked around at their paradise where they proudly spoke of happiness.

“Huh?! It’s your vigilante brother!”

“What? Don’t lie! uh?! You really exist!”

Wow!

While having fun playing in the fountain, children rush towards the parasol they were sitting on.

Lee Jeong-wook smiled as if he was used to it and patted the heads of the children who ran towards them.

“Brother, brother! How do I become a vigilante?”

“My mom says all you have to do is pray to the religious leader 200 times!”

“Can vigilante brothers eat together with the cult leader?”

The parasol immediately became noisy due to the chattering of children.

Someone tapped Lee Jeong-wook’s shoulder while he was answering kindly.

A believer who put strawberry shaved ice on the table smiled at Lee Jeong-wook.

“Thank you for your dedication, brother!”

“No, thank you for your faith, brother.”

The believers who brought ice cream and coffee, starting with strawberry shaved ice, smiled as they held out their hands to Jeongwook Lee.

“Thank you for your dedication, brother!”

Lee Jeong-wook is surrounded by people and receiving gratitude.

Inari, who felt uncomfortable in her seat for some reason, quietly stood up.

She slowly crossed the square where a cool breeze blew.

“Hey! Guys! They say the vigilante brother is over there!”

“Is it true?!”

Waaa!

Inari looked blankly at the sight of the children running after hearing the news late.

In her heart, the reasons for her discomfort and faith are complexly mixed.

She raised her head and faced the temple majestically located in front of the square.

A stone statue of the religious leader sits on top of the temple, just like the stone statue that looked down on paradise from the ridge.

She climbed the stairs, looking at the Awoken, whom her mother had endlessly repeated as a dangerous man.

Emotions clearly revealed in a complicated mind that even one cannot define.

Before she knew it, she was hoping that all of this was true.

I sincerely prayed to someone that the happiness they were enjoying was not a lie.

It didn’t matter whether it was the man he was looking at now or the gods of the past who didn’t respond until the world collapsed.

I just desperately hoped that everything I saw today wasn’t a mirage.

Good!

At that time, the temple door opened and two believers drinking coffee came out, talking to each other.

A huge hall visible through the open door.

Numerous believers busily coming and going in the hall, absorbed in something.

Inari took slow steps as if possessed by something.

“Inari prospective believer!”

An urgent call to stop her.

Park Yuna, holding a bowl of shaved ice and out of breath, was waving her hand.

“Maybe it’s because you’re an awakened person, but you’re really fast! It is an area where prospective believers cannot enter!”

Please come back soon! Here, I also brought delicious shaved ice!

Inari slowly returned to Park Yuna, who was waving the shaved ice as if showing off.

“I have made a reservation so that you can stay as many nights as you want in the hotel suite. Perhaps Brother Lee Jeong-wook has an interesting play coming up this evening―”

Park Yuna is chattering like the children we saw earlier.

While listening to her chattering, Inari occasionally turned his head to look at the temple.

A beautifully sculpted building that evokes awe and sacredness.

I thought back to the face of the uninvited guest I had just seen from the glass window on the upper floor of the temple.

“Who is it? Are you a new awakener today?”

An awakened person who tried to enter the temple without permission and was dragged away by the guide.

She was a female awakener with a completely different impression from the executives I had gathered so far.

“Sseu-eup – Maybe it’s because he looks too young – I’m not really attracted to him.”

She was not a woman with a crazy possessive desire like Shim So-young.

If Joo Joo-hye arouses my sexual desire with actions that contrast with her mature face,

That woman wasn’t contrasting, she just looked younger.

For some reason, I feel like I look young yet mature.

“Hmm… … Just by looking at him, he looks like a college student.”

For the first time in a long time, the spirit of the Misek family burned.

I don’t know about the executives, but I think I’ll just pass the maid cutoff line.

I smiled softly as I watched her slowly walking through the square.

“Passed!”