Chapter 565: The Other Chess Piece

“Thus… Choi Tae-min’s daughter, Choi Soon-sil, also ended up becoming Ms Park’s BFF.” Lee Jung-sook gently swirled the coffee in her cup as she glanced up meaningfully at Qin Ye, “Have you… finally thought about the implications of this?”

How could he not?

And to make matters worse… Big Momma Choi was none other than the daughter of the cult leader, Choi Tae-min!

“Do you know the name of the religious sect involved in the MV Sewol incident?”

Qin Ye’s jaws dropped slightly, and he shook his head with great exclamation.

That’s not merely 15 years! We’re talking about a time frame of well over 40 years!

Is this how an underworld sows the seeds of myths and fabricates miracles?

In that instant, every notion he had about the process of casting myths was completely blown away, and he wanted nothing more than to learn about the entire truth surrounding the script in the hands of No. 2.

“And the day that MV Sewol sank…” A frigid smile crept up the corner of her lips, “Was none other than Master Choi’s 20th death anniversary.”

No way…

Not even the King Yanluo of Hell could achieve something like resurrection from the dead. Even if they managed to make something rise from the burial mound, it would be no more than a monstrosity like the living dead. This is the incontrovertible way of the Heavenly Dao. Yet, to think that they’d done all these for a fragile myth propounded by a mere human being…

“I knew all about them. Just one week before the MV Sewol incident, Cheonghaejin Shipping called in favours and reduced the number of ships sailing out to sea. I caught wind of it. After all, this was one of the collaborators of the god of death. Nobody can hide anything from me so long as it occurs here in Daehan.”

“It was already night when I next learned of these developments. I can’t possibly be monitoring the situation all the time. After all, there were too many things that needed my attention. Unfortunately, it was all too late by the time I finally arrived.” She sighed wistfully, “I saw the pictures of the MV Sewol incident. It was undoubtedly the Resurrection Ritual.”

Qin Ye rubbed his temples as he sorted through his thoughts.

Everything in the netherworld stemmed from the mortal realm, but they cannot reach out and communicate directly to the mortal realm. Therefore, the next best thing that all underworlds have done since time immemorial was to promote faith in them through legends, myths and religious institutions.

Only with faith, would there be believers; and only with believers, would there be a proper stage for which miracles and myths could manifest properly. Although the mortal realm and the netherworld hadn’t interfered with the affairs of the other, they had still, through the hands of fanatic faithfuls, orchestrated a series of shocking tragedies!

Qin Ye could write all the scripts he so desired, but the true administrators of these scripts would still have to be the faithfuls and the believers living in the mortal realm.

“No. 3 is in Pusan. No. 2… was originally in Gyeonggi Province, but would now be located in Pusan’s Gijang County. If they each preside over a locality, then… where would No. 1 be in charge of?” Qin Ye thought aloud.

“Pusan is the second largest city in Daehan. It stands to reason that they’d kick things off here to test the waters. Last month, when the living dead incident first broke out, the Daeian government urgently closed all borders to Pusan, quarantined all of the living and urgently reached out to Cathay for assistance.”

“Gyeonggi Province, Gwangju City.”

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

“How are you so certain that it’s got to be Gyeonggi Province and Gwangju City, and not Hanyang?” Qin Ye asked.

She retracted her smile, and then took a deep breath, “Because… Gyeonggi Province, Gwangju City, is home to one of the seven most supernatural places in the world - the Gonjiam Asylum!”

“I don’t know what the Russian Underworld is trying to do, but what I do know is that if they are about to do something, it would definitely involve Gonjiam!”

His trip here clearly hadn’t been in vain.

This is one of the top seven places in the world for paranormal activity. Countless people have witnessed supernatural incidents there, and those who head in after midnight were never heard from again… In fact, there are a multitude of legends and stories told of this place itself. To think that it’s actually located right in Gwangju City!

This was nothing more than a conjecture, but one which Qin Ye was willing to put high stakes on.

“This isn’t mere speculation.” Lee Jung-sook leaned back on the sofa and explained placidly, “Last year, the cultivators under my charge have informed me through their reports that the Yin energy readings around the Gonjiam Asylum area… have reached levels as high as five million.”

The Second King Yanluo had mentioned that if things went well, then the harvest of faith would always come together with a commensurately powerful Yin spirit.

In other words, they were artificially creating a powerful evil ghost!

But if that were truly the case, then it would only require the works of No. 1 and No. 3… So why would the script of death require No. 2 to carry out the MV Sewol incident…

“... Hang on a minute… Who’s Twisted Fate?” Lee Jung-sook responded stiffly. She clearly hadn’t heard of this name before.

Lee Jung-sook gave him a deadly glare, and Qin Ye promptly stopped - It’s not my fault that you keep calling him Master Choi here, there and everywhere…

If that’s the case, then everything makes sense!

No. 1 would helm the Gonjiam Asylum, the node where Yin energy would converge in the Daehan Peninsula, thereby setting the stage in preparation for the great harvest.

It’s the perfect script of death!

“No… Even if he were resurrected, he’d be nothing more than a hideous monstrosity. No one can properly come back to life after death…” Qin Ye frowned, and then suddenly smacked his head hard, “Idiot! You’re an idiot! Liu Yu basically wants to create another monster just like Choi Tae-min!”

“Needless to say, the disclosure of Choi Tae-min’s identity would cause everyone to erupt with gratitude! The newfound faith in Liu Yu once that happens would trigger a stir in Daehan, filling their citizens with faith for their saviour who had dished out justice for their people once and for all!”

He could see how the script of death was tying everything together masterfully.

The presence of such a script was simply perfect for his own reference!

In fact, he was confident that he might even have a clearer grasp of the entire picture of the script of death than Liu Yu right now. Heck, Qin Ye could even head back to Cathay right now if he’d wanted. Who cares about the grand opening ceremony of the Hanyang Underworld?

It doesn’t matter who you are. The one who kills the villain would undoubtedly be heralded as the hero of the nation!

“Tsk, tsk, tsk… I suddenly feel as though I can’t control the outpouring of energy from my body… The fact that Arturo has written this script of death with you in mind means that it would have to be a villain that you can take on with your current abilities. He wouldn’t create a basilisk that you cannot slay. And if you can deal with this problem… who's to say that I shouldn’t personally deal with this problem myself?”

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2. A LoL reference. Twisted Fate is a Champion.