episode_0706

“Hello, this is Woogi TV’s Choi Ki-woo. Next to me is Dr. Lee Nyeong, Mr. Do Ji-wan. yes yes. Not Do Ji-hwan. Could you please explain it yourself?”

“When you go somewhere and introduce yourself, people misunderstand that the pronunciation is similar, but even so, it is not polite to change the name that was given to you by your parents.”

“Indeed. These are the words of an expert in the abilities of the Eastern Bureau of Courtesy. It’s a parent who has a body issued. How have you been? You said you were going on a break.”

“I had a good rest. I thought I would starve to death if I rested too much, so I came out to make money.”

“Indeed. You are saying that self-employed people will die if they do not work.”

“That’s right. I think I could rest more if I won the lottery, but how easy is it to win the lottery?”

“What will you do if you win?”

“As I was watching the World Cup, I wanted to see people with different abilities fighting against each other. Movies and comics don’t have that ability, so I’d like to try writing a novel.”

“It’s a novel about a battle of abilities. It will be similar to the existing hot-blooded dramas.”

“Okay. You don’t know that.”

“…Aren’t you trying to write something full of censored content that is difficult to show to the general public?”

“Haha. How scary is censorship? How can you write about censored content in this day and age?”

“Anyway, the World Cup was the trigger that made me think like that. Do you play Toto? If you make a lot of money from Toto, I think you can retire with that.”

“Unfortunately, since I only bet on marriage, my income is not very high. The only time I had a lot of fun in the reverse was the round of 16 match between Armored Taejo, or rather, Awakened Taejo.”

“You are talking about the game where you went against everyone’s expectations of being eliminated and confidently advanced to the quarterfinals. Did you happen to play in the quarterfinals?”

“If I say this, people will call me a traitor or something, but I am a doctor of science and an expert in Xports. I bet on winning.”

“If it’s a place where you win….”

“Blue Rider, I bet on Juyeon Cheon. And as you know, Juyeon Cheon won. King Taejo showed signs of awakening…”

“The opponent was too bad. I guess we can say it like that.”

“It’s unfortunate. For the first time in a while, I was able to see a new, heroic side of King Taejo. I also bet on Taejo just in case, and had high expectations until the middle of the game.”

“That’s right. In fact, isn’t it the case that ‘two’ King Taejo fought together this time? If you think the story circulating on the Internet is true, you can see that a desperate clone sacrificed himself for the country.”

“It was a romantic story, but was it true? Taejo obtained something similar to the mana powder of a clone called Black Taejo, and showed its power in front of Blue Rider.”

“Because ‘Korea’s will’ continues. Make Korea great. Why isn’t that the case? There are cases where replication is done so well that even the true nature within it is copied.”

“You are talking about the loyalty to the country that was within King Taejo, the feeling of patriotic loyalty that could even throw down one’s life. In many ways, I also got to see it again. It’s really unfortunate. Blue Rider’s walls were high.”

“Well… I wonder what it would have been like if I had met another rider instead of the Blue Rider, but that is just a hypothetical story. What if, if Taejo beats Blue Rider and meets another rider, that means Gwangikgong will be eliminated-”

“Uh huh. You should not make such remarks carelessly. That’s like saying ‘Doblin is going to be eliminated’ in the middle of New York. Did you know that a person in Koreatown was kidnapped by American hooligans after claiming that Doblin was eliminated?”

“I’m talking about what if. Home, home. You can think like this, right? Doblin might have lost, Taejo might have won, and in the next game-”

“In that sense, who did you bet on? Tusin and Cheonma. Let’s leave aside Cheonma’s personal past and assume a fight purely as a person with special abilities.”

“Okay. The pure ability of a person with a special ability is ultimately a matter deeply related to the history of the person’s life. The influence of growth environment and background on talented individuals…”

“So who did you bet on? Judging by the way he’s changing his tone, it seems like he’s trying to say something that viewers won’t like.”

“I don’t know if someone will come and threaten me with a knife to force me to change my words even though I said what I believed.”

“Haha. It’s just me and my staff here in the studio. We are safe. So, who did you bet on? Is it as expected by viewers…?”

“I went all in on Cheonma.”

“…….”

“I knew there would be that kind of reaction. Please put down the microphone in front of you. I predicted the victory of the Heavenly Demon based on extremely reasonable and rational judgment.”

“No, do you know? If they fail to commit in a while, the result will be that three out of four Koreans who made it to the quarterfinals will fail. Maybe-”

“The insurance amount was bet on Gwangikgong’s victory. What I’m saying is that I’m all in. I’m just saying that I bet everything on Cheonma except for the Gwangyukgong insurance. Excluding bets on other games. In fact, it was the most likely role.”

“Even though the reverse order is not that high, Cheonma was a case in which you could earn much more than the regular level. What do you think about Western Joseon?”

“A place called Western Joseon? It’s a very vicious place. Isn’t the human body a place where things become mysterious even if you tell a slightly different story?”

“Even though you say that, are you predicting the victory of the Heavenly Demon?”

“That’s right. Cheonma will win by about 6 to 4.”

“Tushin also has a good chance of winning, but Cheonma has a greater chance of winning. If you don’t tell us the basis, I think it will be difficult for viewers to understand.”

“The reason is not that the two are boxers or martial artists, or that they have known each other’s tendencies well since Cheonma was in Korea. This is just an expectation and just my guess.”

“I know. If you don’t say that, like one of the viewers over there said, you might get stabbed while passing by. You tell me. What is the basis?”

“…Because the Heavenly Demon is a woman.”

“What? She wins because she is a woman. He loses because he is a man. Are you saying that?”

“Yes.”

“Are you ignoring the power of Daehan Gun-Ah? Are you turning 25 million men across the country into enemies? Or are you making such remarks to gain support from women, even though you are a foreigner? It comes up in the chat window. It’s Yeomisae.”

“That’s not the case at all. I guess it’s because the person with a similar name to me has that tendency rather than me, right?”

“…what are you talking about.”

“I am a horse. Originally, I thought Tushin would win. If there were no special variables for Cheonma, I thought Tushin would win by a narrow margin of a piece of paper in a battle of 100%.”

“The variable that can overturn the difference in that one piece of paper…”

“Cheonma is a woman. And now, out of the 300 S-class participants in the World Cup, a whopping double-digit number of women have come out wearing the emblem of awakening. Regardless of their performance, everyone who wore the emblem of awakening won at least once. Except when you meet someone with the same crest, or when you meet Doblin or Gwangikkong.”

“So, the Heavenly Demon has the Crest of Awakening? Did you do something like that with the patriotic general Do Ji-hwan? That Heavenly Demon?”

“That’s right. Aren’t these people who will do anything to win? It’s possible that he may have formed a relationship with a patriotic general in a place we don’t know about.”

“No, such treason-”

“Is this an act of treason? Rather, I think it is an act of patriotism.”

“But the Heavenly Demon defected…. Huh. no. If I say something like that carelessly, it will cause a fuss, so I will freeze the chat window for a while. So, turn on the Crest of Awakening and the stronger Heavenly Demon will win.”

” That’s how I see it. Well, actually…”

“Actually?”

“That’s just an expectation, and there’s a real reason. I actively accepted the opinions of people who were more experts than me. This part can cause problems if I speak carelessly, so I will say it separately as a slander. Shall we rest for about 10 minutes before the game starts?”

“Okay. So viewers, stay tuned and let’s take a quick break! …Doctor. Who is that expert?”

“A goblin left treasure at a place where an acquaintance of mine works. That’s where it is, the people….”

* * *

“Nice to meet you, Mr. President. A person who is a dojihwan, a doblin, a doji rider, and a goblin. It’s a goblin.”

“……Nice to meet you. President Tae Chae-jin. This is the President of the Hero Association, Jeong Ki-jo.”

“It is called regular grouping.”

The only two men who came to my waiting room, Tae Chae-jin and Jeong Ki-jo, looked at me with quite sour faces when they saw the patriotic general Do Ji-hwan.

“…Miss Baek Seol-hee.”

“It’s no use looking at it like that. The reason I hid it was because there were more presidents and association presidents than me. Rather, I am a suppressor?”

Baek Seol-hee proudly raised her head, took my hand and placed it on her stomach.

“I made this man stop killing people carelessly and make him work harder for this country.”

“You literally put in the effort. …sigh. Don’t look at it that way.”

This is what Jeong Ki-jo said.

I didn’t say anything.

I almost did it, but

“Okay. goblin. Now that you’ve revealed your identity, let me ask you a question.”

The President used Taegeuk Watch to retrieve a piece of data.

“Are you the one who sent the ‘bundle of leaks’ to the chairman of the National Pension Service?”

“Just.”

The data was the National Pension Service’s bet on Toto for those with special abilities, and the matchup included predictions of the winner and loser of all games except the final.

“I just sent you my betting details.”

Win rate, 100%.

“The money you lose from gambling is temporary, but your pension is forever.”