Absolute Regression - Chapter 17

Episode 17: Wicked people are not excited.

I parted ways with the demon lord and went to the medical room.

Seo Dae-ryong, who was there first, was surprised.

“uh? “How can this Confucius get here?”

It seemed surprising that I had come there.

“Why are you so surprised?”

“no. “I didn’t know that this Confucius would come all the way to his room.”

“I’m more surprised that you’re here?”

“yes?”

“I heard you’re hated by your colleagues?”

“So I’m trying to make up for it.”

Contrary to what I said, I didn’t feel much at odds with my colleagues.

“What is the status of my injured friend?”

“The magician is currently treating you. “Thank you for calling the elder Ma.”

“Of course I should call you. “It’s a temporary job, but I’m still a co-worker.”

It was something he said without much thought, but both Seo Dae-ryong and the Hwangcheongak investigators next to him seemed slightly moved.

After a while, the doctor came out of the treatment room.

He was a divine doctor with the greatest medical skills in our school, and the religious sect called him a magic doctor. Sinui liked being called that, so we called him Demon Ui.

“What is your condition?”

“Luckily, there is no danger to my life. Instead, you will have to recuperate for a while before you can return.”

“Please use the best medicine.”

“Sure.”

The Hwangcheongak investigators who heard our conversation came to me and expressed their gratitude. Even if I got hurt during a mission, I never had the opportunity to receive direct treatment from a magician like this.

Seo Dae-ryong asked as he returned to his residence.

“What did the demon lord say?”

“He wanted me to go back after this.”

“What about the death of Lord Il?”

“Let’s make him the one behind this.”

Seo Dae-ryong was shocked.

“Your favorite subordinate died?”

“It won’t be your favorite subordinate, but the one you use best. Soon someone else will fill that void. “What on earth did you expect from the Demon Lord?”

“I thought he would go crazy seeking revenge for his subordinate.”

“It’s an illusion. “Do you think the wicked will be more excited?”

“Isn’t it?”

“It’s the same with the Parakho bastards. Real villains don’t get excited easily. Rather, pure and kind people get excited easily. “I quickly got emotional.”

Of course, the Demon Lord must have had great malice towards me. Whenever I get the chance, I will plunge a sword into my heart and recall today’s humiliation.

“What are you going to do now?”

“I threw out the bait, so let’s see what happens.”

“Bait?”

“If you ask, I’ll tell you.”

They said they need evidence to cover up the incident, so it’s time to see how the demon lord comes out.

“So what should I do now?”

“Let’s have a drink with me.”

Then Seo Dae-ryong turned in the other direction.

“Where?”

“I’m going to buy you a drink. “Is there any alcohol you like?”

“Buy what you want to drink. “Here’s the money.”

As I was about to take out the money, Seo Dae-ryong walked toward me with great strides.

“I will buy you alcohol today.”

I started drinking with Seo Dae-ryong in broad daylight.

The alcohol he bought was sweet and easy to drink, but it had the disadvantage of easily leading to excessive drinking.

“Because I like sweet drinks.”

“I heard you don’t like eating that much?”

“I drink alcohol sometimes.”

After a few drinks, Seo Dae-ryong revealed his true feelings.

“You said I was a power-oriented person when you saw me the other day, right?”

“It seems too cold to add the word ‘human’ at the end. Let’s just say you have a tendency to be power-oriented.”

“That’s it.”

“It’s not necessarily a bad thing. “It’s better than being helpless, right?”

Seo Dae-ryong, despite his gloomy appearance, had a big dream. Because a person without a dream would not talk about ‘change’.

“Honestly, I want to become successful. I have no desire to achieve justice by preventing corruption at our school. “It’s hard for me to just make a living.”

I should have brought Ian here. This is exactly what Ian needs.

“Why do you feel intimidated when you say you are working hard for yourself? “Lift your head up!”

Seo Dae-ryong raised his head.

“How old are you?”

“I’m thirty-two.”

“and! “You’re older than you look.”

I was surprised. I thought I was around twenty-three or four. No matter how smart you are, to become a special investigator, you would have to have established yourself and gained more than ten years of experience.

“Why did you become an investigator?”

“To be honest, I wasn’t confident that I would succeed in martial arts. “I didn’t learn martial arts that would allow me to become a peak expert, and because I was short, I didn’t have a body type suitable for martial arts…”

Hwangcheongak was not a place for combat due to the nature of the organization. A place where school discipline is maintained with absolute authority.

Therefore, investigators at Hwangcheongak chose people who were smart, had excellent judgment, and could handle the subject of investigation well, rather than people with strong martial arts skills.

“It may sound pathetic, but I chose to become an investigator because I wasn’t confident in my martial arts skills.”

“Seeing as you keep emphasizing that, I guess you have a lingering attachment to martial arts.”

“Isn’t it who it is? “If you are someone who has joined the martial arts world.”

“It’s still not too late.”

“It’s late.”

“This sounds a bit pathetic.”

Seo Dae-ryong looked up from his glass of wine and looked at me.

“You can’t do it because it’s late? Are you saying you can’t do the martial arts you learned because you’re weak? Did you say it was because he was short? “Do you really think that’s why?”

Seo Dae-ryong, unable to make any excuses, drank the drink he was holding.

“It’s been so long since I’ve been beaten so hard, my bones hurt.”

“Even if you stay still later, your bones will ache. “You should move before you get old.”

“You’re younger than me, but you say things like that easily.”

I smiled and emptied my glass.

At that time, inspector Hwangcheongak came and told me something.

“I brought this from the Demon Army.”

It was a booklet and thousands of taels worth of vouchers.

“You took the bait.”

The booklet was a murder contract book. A contract ledger who mobilized demonic forces in the area to kill people and receive money.

“It is said that this was found in the house of Lord Godang of Il Daeju.”

The ledger detailed which of the warriors in the area had been recruited to work, how much they received, and who they had killed. Coincidentally, the demon soldiers listed in the contract were the ones who died by my hand earlier.

It seems that only the parts of their activities were extracted from the schedule and a new schedule was created. The intention is to use those who are already dead to finish this matter. In addition, the number of cases was reduced to three or four and treated as an aberration by Godang and some demonic forces. The Demon Lord’s own responsibility was minimized.

I handed the booklet to Seo Dae-ryong.

“Soak your face in cold water and wake up!”

“yes. “I will investigate the slip first.”

“It’s no use. Because it would be an untraceable slip. Please investigate something else than that.”

“Please speak.”

“Find out who the smartest one is among the Demon Lords. “There’s definitely going to be a very knowledgeable and smart guy who doesn’t fit in there.”

“All right.”

“I have to meet the demon lord again.”

“Why him?”

“I need to buy some time.”

We quickly left the room and went about our own business.

When we met the demon lord again, he looked much more at ease.

“Evidence was found at Idaeju Godang’s house.”

“Oh, that’s good.”

“This gave me a breather.”

“Haha, I guess I should drink this to celebrate. “I’ll make a reservation and see you there later yesterday.”

“But there is one problem.”

“also? What is it this time?”

“I brought this from the Demon Army. “We should have found it ourselves.”

Annoyance flashed across his face. What’s the point of nitpicking so much?

“Is the source that important?”

“It’s important. Is the military general an ordinary person? If it is revealed that the information was received from the Magun side, the process and results of this investigation will be immediately questioned. “If it turns out later, I’ll be in danger too.”

“What if we do it?”

“I think I should at least pretend to investigate for a moment. We will conduct a large-scale investigation for just one day, so please cooperate. “Do you really want to stay with me?”

One crucial thing to convince him.

“I will not look through confidential documents. Just a general document is sufficient. “It is a formal investigation anyway.”

Only after those words did the Demon Lord nod his head and give permission.

“Good. “I will tell my subordinates to cooperate.”

With the permission of the demon lord, a large-scale search and seizure began.

Magun’s ledgers and documents were moved to the investigation room and the investigation began.

I did not ask for any confidential documents that would embarrass the Demon Lord.

There was no need for it anyway. Because that wasn’t what I needed. What I found was the application form they wrote when they first applied for the Demon Army and the will they left before going on a dangerous mission.

I secretly brought in the best handwriting expert on campus.

And through the materials they brought, they were asked to find out who wrote the contract book.

When Seo Dae-ryong returned after completing the investigation, I pretended to be a fortune teller.

“Would you like to guess who is the smartest among all the warriors in the area?”

I gave him the name of one person, wondering if it was possible.

“Yanggu (梁九)?”

“How did you know?”

As a result of handwriting comparison, it was revealed that the person who wrote the contract was Yang Gu.

Now we have found out who was in charge of the demon lord’s household chores. In addition, solid evidence was secured through handwriting comparison.

“What now?”

“Whatever. I need to move on to the next step. Bring Yanggu to Magachon tavern without other people knowing. “Can you do it?”

“I’ll use my brain sometime.”

“Believe me, I’ll be the leader!”

After one visit, Seo Dae-ryong successfully completed his mission.

Yanggu was brought to a bar in Magachon, which was chosen as the meeting place.

The one who brought him in was Cho Hyang, a beautiful female investigator from Hwangcheongak.

“The food here suits my taste.”

“I like the food here too.”

Yanggu was immersed in anticipation that he might be able to have an enchanting sleep with this woman today.

“Why are there no customers? “This place usually has a lot of customers.”

Yang Gu looked around with a puzzled expression.

“It’s cozy and nice, right?”

“It looks like heaven welcomes our first meal.”

The steering wheel smiled at him as he raised his voice to the sky in a grandiose way.

“For the first time, I realized that there is such a thing as love at first sight.”

“The atmosphere is nice, let’s have a drink.”

“great.”

Yanggu shouted towards the kitchen.

“Bring us the best alcohol and food here.”

Then Seo Dae-ryong and I, who had been waiting in the kitchen, came out.

“It’s a shame, but I think I’ll have to drink alcohol next time.”

Yanggu was surprised by my appearance.

“This Confucius?”

He was rolling his eyes wondering what the hell was going on and then glared at Jo Jo in a scary way.

“Damn bitch! “You fooled me!”

Sigh.

The next moment, Yanggu’s jaw spun and he rolled around on the floor. Seo Dae-ryong rushed at him like a thunderbolt and struck him with a blow.

“I am not the type of person to be criticized by someone like you.”

Seo Dae-ryong imitated me. He said scaryly, showing the sole of his foot in the guy’s face.

“Would you like me to burst into tears like you did?”

Yang Gu shook his head like crazy.

“no! “I was wrong.”

Seo Dae-ryong was not at all afraid of Yang Gu, who was twice his size. There was a reason other than trusting me.

While other investigators who were waiting came and overpowered Yang Gu and took him out the back door, Seo Dae-Ryong approached Jo Hyang.

“great job.”

“I just did as you advised. He was reputed to be the smartest person in Magun, so I said I wanted to have a meal with him. “I didn’t expect you to follow along so easily.”

“If it were you, you would have come even if I had glared at you and told you to eat.”

At that moment, Jo Hyang laughed mischievously.

“That’s a compliment, right?”

Seo Dae-ryong made no reply.

Jo Hyang came out, said hello to Seo Dae-ryong, and then left.

Just the two of us, I told Seo Dae-ryong.

“You are a very manly man.”

“yes?”

“Do you like that friend from earlier?”

“no.”

“It was too powerful to say no.”

The guy who was dull in front of me started shining in front of the steering wheel.

“Just slap it.”

Seo Dae-ryong quickly changed the topic with a red face.

“What happens now?”

“I have to finish it soon. So, mobilize all the investigators and enforcement officers you can.”

“yes!”

“I’m also calling my favorite junior!”

“I said no!”

Seo Dae-ryong raised his voice for no reason and left in a hurry.

“It’s necessary to get a ticket like this…”

I went to the kitchen, got a bottle of alcohol, and sat down on the bar’s railing.

“Come out here!”

Then Ian walked out from the side of the building with his head down.

“Foolish Gomtaeng, isn’t it okay to play alone?”

“I was just wondering if you were okay.”

“Come on. “Since we’re here, let’s have a drink.”

“I’ll bring you a glass.”

“it’s okay.”

After drinking from the bottle, I handed it to her.

“Drink and give it to me.”

“How dare you?”

“why? “Is it dirty because I drank it?”

“No, that can’t be possible. It’s because I feel sorry for daring to open my mouth. “Drink, drink.”

she drank alcohol I tried to drink it without touching my mouth as much as possible, but it spilled so much that I threw away my clothes.

“I’m sorry, master.”

“Ian.”

“yes.”

“That’s okay.”

“…yes.”

“Everyone in the world does that, but you don’t have to do that.”

I took the bottle from her again and drank.

“Still, it’s nice to see you after not seeing you for a few days.”

Ian grinned and her eyes were buried in his flesh. It shows when you smile because you are truly happy.

“Are you doing well in your martial arts training?”

“Yes, I am doing my best.”

“We need more than that. “Even evil people do their best.”

“When you say things like this, I feel empowered without even realizing it. Your advice is addictive.”

“Wouldn’t you like it if I kept hearing it?”

“It won’t be like that.”

I handed her a bottle of alcohol.

“Just drink my worries away and go back and wait.”

And he added an awesome snack to Ian.

“This work is finished today.”