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Chapter 54: I Don’t Know What’s Going On (2)
Chapter 54: I Don’t Know What’s Going On (2)
Chapter 54: I Don’t Know What’s Going On (2)
What had come flying out from below?
The surprised Chun Yooha looked up toward the direction where the object had gone, but she couldn’t see the object at all. The only thing she was certain of was that Lee Gun had sent that object flying into the air. He had also sent the roof flying from so far below. This shocked Chun Yooha.
On the other hand, Lee Gun just calmly yelled toward her, “Was that your friend who was with you?”
“!”
Lee Gun looked embarrassed. It seemed he felt sorry about sending a friend of his niece flying. At the very least, it seemed he had some conscience(?). “I couldn’t hear much because of the barrier. I thought you guys were conversing with each other.”
These words again shocked Chun Yooha. It was to be expected considering where Lee Gun was standing.
‘He could hear us from so far below the roof? How developed are his senses?’
While the girl was still stunned, Lee Gun continued, “Did I send your friend flying? If so, I’m sorry.”
Chun Yooha looked unbothered as she blinked. “Ah! She isn’t a friend. It’s fine!”
“Is that so? That’s great! However, Yooha…” Lee Gun spoke.
“Yes?”
“Why are you here?”
“!” Chun Yooha flinched in surprise
Lee Gun’s reaction was expected since he was supposed to come to Cheongwadae alone. However, Chun Yooha had followed him in secret.
Of course, Sungjae had asked Lee Gun if he could also go to the conference room, but Lee Gun had turned both of them down. Lee Gun had told them to stay home. He couldn’t take his niece and nephew to a place with the Gemini Saint’s magic.
Right now, Lee Gun was strong enough to protect only himself from the Gemini Saint’s magic. He didn’t want even a small spark to damage his cute niece and nephew. Of course, that wasn’t the biggest reason he had left the two of them back there.
‘I’m not going there to have a conversation.’
What kind of uncle wanted to take their niece and nephew to a place where he was going to fuck shit up? Lee Gun didn’t want them to witness him beating up people. It wasn’t good from an educational(?) point of view.
This was why he was surprised. ‘How is she able to hide her presence so well? She’s almost like a wild beast.’
If the woman who he had sent flying wasn’t having a conversation with Yooha, Lee Gun wouldn’t even have known Chun Yooha was there.
Yooha rolled her eyes and turned slightly to the side. She was slowly moving in the other direction as if she were about to run away.
Lee Gun laughed at her foolishness. “Don’t think of running away. Hurry up and come down.”
Chun Yooha, who had been sweating, jumped into the hole as if she had no choice.
Shweek!
She landed perfectly. The sound of her descent was almost nonexistent. She showed off the physical ability of a battle-type Saint.
The conference room’s desk and door had been destroyed a long time ago. About a third of the politicians were unconscious and foaming on the ground. The officials from the Japanese government were shaking in fear on the ground, their gazes fixed on the newly-created hole in the room. It seemed like they were reacting to Lee Gun sending the object flying through the roof.
Therefore, Chun Yooha asked, “Uncle, just what did you just send flying…”
“H-Heiji-nim!”
“Did you send the Saint flying?”
Lee Gun clicked his tongue at the question. He massaged one of his shoulders as he answered, “That bitch tried to take out a soul. That would have been annoying.”
Chun Yooha found his actions understandable. The Gemini Saint could gain access to a soul using Soul Invocation on top of the power her god had given to her. This Saint was a troublesome foe because her magical energy rarely bottomed out as she possessed two personalities.
The reason for this was simple.
Gemini!
When the disciples of the Gemini called forth the power of the souls, they opened their eyes to more magic. However, they didn’t usually use the power of souls. In normal situations, they mainly used the power of their god. However, during the awakened period of <Soul Invocation>, they used a hundred percent of the souls’ power.
‘Moreover, the Gemini Saint possesses the soul of a Fairy King.’
Amongst the souls that could be called forth through Soul Invocation, the Fairy Kings were the most powerful beings. In terms of rank, they were equivalent to gods. So, basically, the Gemini Saint carried around two gods. That was why Lee Gun’s annoyance when facing the Gemini Saint was understandable.
Lee Gun suddenly said, “That Fairy King bastard always tries to feed inedible stuff to people. It also gives useless stuff. It drove me insane.”
Chun Yooha flinched in surprise. ‘What the hell? Isn’t that really interesting?’
“Anyway, I gave it some mental education afterward, but…” Lee Gun tilted his head in puzzlement. “Yooha? Why are you suddenly looking up information about the Fairy King?”
“I think I should know this information.” Chun Yooha’s eyes were oddly fierce.
After Lee Gun had sent the Gemini Saint flying away, the politicians had fallen into a state of panic. They couldn’t look away from the hole in the roof.
“H-he sent a Saint flying!”
“R-really? Lee Gun did?”
It was as if everything they used to believe had been shattered. However, that wasn’t all.
“Heiji-nim!”
A young man who came in late looked thunderstruck as he gazed at the roof. He was a government employee of Korea. The man swayed on his feet as he tried to take in how all of this had unfolded. However, he soon remembered his duty. As if to prove it, he glared at Lee Gun. “What the hell did you do to the Saint!”
Lee Gun let out a bright smile when he saw the man. “It’s you.”
“What?”
Lee Gun’s eyes turned fierce as he looked at the man. “You’re the asshole who talked to me over the phone in the morning, right?”
“What? What are you talking about…” The man reacted as if Lee Gun’s assertion was preposterous.
However, Lee Gun laughed as if he was sure. “I can tell by your voice. You’re the asshole who told me in the morning that you can’t return my stuff.”
“…?!” The man finally realized it. When he had called Hugo, he had told someone that Lee Gun’s items couldn’t be returned. He had heard the voice of this man in front of him during the call! The man looked at his surroundings trying to find out what was going on.
The government officials mouthed “Lee Gun! Lee Gun!”, trying to clue him in. The man’s face turned pale.
Lee Gun didn’t care if the man was surprised or not. He let out a savage smile. “What did you say? Didn’t you say the Japanese government owned all my assets?”
“What? I meant—”
“Then, you accused the Archer Saint of being so broke that he was trying to get his hands on Lee Gun’s assets?”
“That’s not—”
“You seemed to say anything you wanted because you could. You’re dead.”
“Ahhk! I’m sorry— Get away from— Ahhhk!”
Before the man could finish his sentence, Lee Gun’s fist flew toward him. “You better apologize to my friend. Also, give me back my stuff! Bitch!”
“Huh-uhk! I’ll apologize! I’ll give you the items! I’ll give— Ahhk!” Blood erupted from the man’s nose, and his teeth were sent flying.
The other officials shook as they watched the spectacle. The Korean government of twenty years ago had made a policy for whenever Lee Gun appeared. The policy was to ask no questions and not suggest anything; everyone had to evacuate first. That policy made sense now.
‘They said you can’t reason with Lee Gun!’
“Ahhhk!”
In the end, Lee Gun beat up the government officials, then extracted various items from them.
“Let’s do this.” Lee Gun looked at the Gemini Saint, who fell back into the conference room.
When he let out a savage laugh, Choi Sunghyuk became frightened. “Lee Gun-nim! Wait a moment! That person is—”
At the same time, the eyes of the fallen Gemini Saint flashed open. She ran toward Lee Gun as if she wanted to kill him.
“!”
It seemed she planned on decapitating Lee Gun.
‘Yes. As expected of a Saint…’ The officials finally smiled as hope re-entered their faces. However…
“I’ve committed a grave sin! Lee Gun-nim!” The Gemini Saint was on her knees. She even slammed her head to the floor.
This sight shocked everyone.
“Heiji-nim?!”
The shock lasted for only a moment as something surprising happened. The Gemini Saint’s appearance changed into that of someone else. It was a young woman, who desperately yelled, “Lee Gun-nim! Please spare me! I’m not the Saint-nim! We couldn’t find her. I’m just a substitute!”
“…!” Choi Sunghyuk massaged his brows as if he was watching a moron.
That was right. This woman was the cousin of the Gemini Saint, Heiji. The young woman had been put in as a substitute for the missing Gemini Saint.
“After Lee Gun-nim’s return, our Saint-nim has been missing! In fact, I’m starting to think you had something to do with her disappearance!”
“The Gemini Saint is missing?”
Choi Sunghyuk clicked his tongue when he saw the reaction from the politicians. It was true. The Gemini Saint’s disappearance had coincided with Lee Gun’s appearance. Of course, the Saint had left behind the soul of the Fairy King to her substitutes before she had gone missing.
This was why the general had assumed she was traveling around the world using her Possession spell as she usually did. However, that was just his speculation. ‘She didn’t even show up even when her holy ground was razed to the ground.’
Therefore, the temple had brought out a fill-in, yet the general never expected this to happen! The woman revealed her identity without being prompted!
‘The only thing this does is reveal the Gemini Saint’s current status.’ It was the worst possible outcome for the Gemini Temple. It was advertising to the outside forces that their castle was not being defended.
The reporters, who had gathered at the news of Lee Gun’s appearance, started to talk amongst themselves. Lee Gun’s rampage was a mess, but this news was bigger than that.
“T-the Gemini Saint is a fake?”
“A fake entered the meeting with the government officials? They tricked the government?”
Choi Sunghyuk glared at Heiji’s cousin. Of course, the woman hadn’t planned on revealing her identity. There was no way she wanted to leak the Gemini temple’s weakness. However…
‘Who said Lee Gun is weak!’ She had felt that if she didn’t reveal her identity, Lee Gun would kill her. She said, “Anyway, I’m not Heiji-nim! The Saint went missing after leaving me her spirit. Fortunately, I can mimic her skills, so I was called in as a substitute!”
“Yeah, I know,” Lee Gun replied.
“What?”
Lee Gun laughed as if he couldn’t understand why this woman had to ramble on about this nonsense. “From the first time I saw you, I knew you weren’t that crazy bitch.”
“…!”
Choi Sunghyuk and Heiji’s cousin were dumbfounded. They looked as if their soul had left their body.
‘He knew it despite her possessing the spirit of the Fairy King?’
“I’m using a transformation spell that can deceive a Construct!” the woman said. The Gemini temple had rented the skill from the fish. They had paid an exorbitant amount of money to the Pisces Saint.
However, Lee Gun just sneered as if they were talking nonsense. He was a master craftsman who noticed the smallest of details when making his items. “To my eyes, your face and bone structure are completely different.”
“Uh? Then….”
“So what?”
“What? I’m not the Saint….”
“You aren’t her, so just die.” Lee Gun proclaimed.
“What?!”
“You’re her cousin. Your crime is having the wrong relative.” As soon as Lee Gun spoke, a scream rang out.
[You have acquired Saint EXP]
[You have acquired Data.]
[You captured the Fairy King.]
[The Fairy King is screaming as it tries to run away.]
At this point, the faces of the politicians had frozen and turned pale. They finally grasped the situation. The Gemini Saint, who was supposed to protect them, was nonexistent. That wasn’t all.
‘She is an awakened being, but that’s not the problem.’
‘He sent her cousin flying as if she were nothing!’
The Saint’s cousin wasn’t a Saint-rank User, but she probably was General rank!
When Lee Gun turned his gaze, the faces of the politicians became overwhelmed with fear. They could only think about doing one thing.
“We’ll return it all!”
“We’ll gather all our assets to return your money— No, we’ll return it with interest!”
Lee Gun replied to them, “What? Do you think I’ll trust your forked tongues? I want you to give me compensation for damages!”
“Kuh-huh-uhk!”
Lee Gun ruthlessly let his fists fly. The politicians who had sold him out turned into dust under his fists.
“P-please forgive— Kuhk!!”
Choi Sunghyuk froze in place when he witnessed Lee Gun acting without hesitation. ‘He’s completely nuts.’
It was clear that Lee Gun didn’t care about reporters, who had shown up in droves.
* * *
<Lee Gun intruded into a meeting in Cheongwadae?>
<Guards were useless.>
<Goal was to recover his items.>
<“My country tricked me” Lee Gun’s assets and tributes misappropriated by the government?>
< High-ranking officers of the Gemini temple embezzled Lee Gun’s tribute. “We apologize! We will return it as soon as possible.”>
The world was shocked for various reasons. As for the person who had put the world into a state of shock, he was calm. “Alright! I found the item I had to find.”
Lee Gun was at a brunch cafe nearby. He happily looked at the box he had taken from the official in charge of his assets. The storage box contained some old comic books, his ID, and a key to a safebox. ‘The important items should still be in my safe.’
Chun Yooha absent-mindedly looked at her uncle.
Lee Gun was amazing. He was able to recover the entirety of his wealth, and on top of that, he had received compensation for damages from Japan. However, Lee Gun acted as if it was no big deal.
Lee Gun just opened the menu. “Your uncle is buying dinner. What do you like, Sungjae?”
“Ah! I like everything except hamburgers.”
‘A high schooler hates hamburgers?’ Lee Gun wanted to say something, but he just dropped the subject. “Alright. I’ll order a pepperoni pizza for Sungjae. What do you want to eat, Yooha?”
“You, Uncle.”
“Kuhk! Cough!” Lee Gun, who was drinking water, almost died as the water went down the wrong pipe. “Yooha. You…”
“Ah, ah! That’s not what I meant! I mean Uncle should order what you like!”
It was very rare for Lee Gun to be flustered. He inwardly let out a deep sigh of relief.
Soon, Chun Yooha asked him a question in a worried tone. It was about the item Lee Gun had to find. “The Gemini Saint is missing. What should we do? They said the item you’re looking for is with the Gemini Saint.”
Hearing that, Lee Gun turned to look at Chun Sungjae. He had given a task to Sungjae.
“Ah! I worked with Noona to find the location of the Gemini Saint. However, something is weird.”
“Weird?” Lee Gun asked.
“Yes! Her body is in Japan, but her soul was located in Korea.” Chun Sungjae gulped. “Uncle, this might be really dangerous. She might be secretly gunning for you in Korea….”
“No. I don’t think so.”
“!”
Lee Gun was quite intrigued by this development. The Gemini Saint not showing up even now meant a high probability of her being stuck somewhere. He was more sure of his conjecture when he saw how the Gemini Saint’s subordinates had acted at Cheongwadae.
On the other hand, Chun Sungjae was taken aback by his uncle’s words. “She’s stuck? Where would she—”
Suddenly, Lee Gun stood up from his seat as if he had an idea. “Sungjae!”
“Yes?”
“Let’s go to your house for a bit.”
“What?”