Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 902

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Chapter 902
“How did you find out about the hybrids… Did you perhaps invade the Sea Market? That shouldn’t be possible…”
“Hahaha, it was far more lax than I expected. No one noticed that we came and went.”
Jin Cheon-hee stepped forward.
While tossing and catching the hidden blade that Wol Ryeong-hwa had thrown.
“Ou, the weight distribution is quite nice. Which craftsman made this? I’d like to commission one myself~ Would you also make me some tools like scalpels?”
Speaking nonsense.
Wol Ryeong-hwa spoke.
“You are Cheonhailgwang Jin Cheon-hee… am I right?”
“That is correct.”
Jin Cheon-hee affirmed lightly.
“How far ahead is the Five Rings Society Master planning?”
From her perspective, the monstrous Five Rings Society Master must have orchestrated all of this.
She stood with the Goe-eo-in, yet simultaneously belonged to Hong Lu-gak of Hao-mun.
Because of this.
She possessed quite detailed knowledge of the Five Rings Society Master.
If matters of Gangho were the affairs of daylight, then matters of the Goe-eo-in were affairs of shadow.
Not like the Righteous and Heterodox Factions—daylight and shadow.
The front and back of the world itself.
Because she had a foot in both worlds, she knew much.
The Five Rings Society Master…
That was a human who should not exist.
Something that should not exist in the front of the world.
He was connected to the considerable deaths of the Goe-eo-in in Cheongdo who ventured into the sea.
The one who releases into the sea a poison that makes the Goe-eo-in—who do not age, do not easily fall ill, and possess regenerative power—die in agony.
Truly, wasn’t he the sworn enemy of the Goe-eo-in and a living demon incarnate?
And then his disciple tilted his head slightly to the side, stroking his chin as he fell into thought.
“Even I, as my Master’s disciple, do not know how far he plans… but one thing is certain. In this Cheongdo, you will no longer be able to expand your influence.”
“Ha! Do you truly believe that’s possible? How foolish. Ilgwang!”
She let out a scoff.
“How long do you think we have been here? Hundreds of years! We have been established here for hundreds of years, and do you have any idea how much of our blood has been spilled in this place? How do you intend to stop that?”
By common sense, Wol Ryeong-hwa’s words were correct.
This was like striking a rock with an egg.
But the blue-eyed Jin Cheon-hee showed no disturbance whatsoever.
Only smiling in his peculiar, strange manner.
“Hmm, well, I have my own plans too. If I devise a decent plan and move forward, things tend to work out one way or another, no? My luck is rather good, after all.”
Under the plan of Heaven, it shall be so.
Jin Cheon-hee fidgeted with the hidden blade like a child playing with a toy.
The moment his blue attention dispersed to the new plaything.
“Then… die!”
Her body moved as if it had split into two, advancing toward me.
The techniques of Uigyeong’s mastered realm!
She drew a hidden blade from her belt and thrust it toward my throat.
But the blade never reached its target.
My hand, having closed in without warning, seized the tip of her blade.
Crack!
And it stopped moving.
Not just the blade.
Her entire body couldn’t move an inch.
An invisible, tremendous force had bound her completely!
‘No… no way! Invisible energy grasping! Across my entire body!! How is this possible…’
Wol Ryeong-hwa’s eyes widened in shock.
I reached out my hand toward her.
That hand swiftly struck her pressure points and sealed them.
“Oh, so even creatures like you from the Gangho have temperaments like Gangho people? I guess fire flows through Gangho instead of water veins. Everyone ends up like this.”
Thump—
Considering the creature’s regenerative ability, I pressed down on another pressure point with force.
I spoke in my characteristic peculiar manner, cheerfully.
“First… the branch manager will need to go missing. And my sworn brother Hyeon here will take control of this establishment in the manager’s place. We’re planning a temporary operation.”
She rolled only her eyes to look at Sama Hyeon.
Sama Hyeon was making a K-heart with his thumbs and index fingers crossed.
From her perspective, it was an absurd sight, but Sama Hyeon was grinning happily.
I continued speaking.
“It’s quite a serious matter, isn’t it? Since the branch manager has disappeared. So we’ll need to search everyone in the entire establishment to catch the beast that kidnapped the manager, right? Well, we’ll inspect luggage, inflict minor wounds, check how long they take to heal~”
“The… the Heterodox Faction wouldn’t do such a thing… You…”
“Oh my, I don’t know if the Heterodox Faction does it, but the garrison does such things quite often~”
It’s used when eliminating political enemies.
But what I’m doing isn’t eliminating political enemies—it’s hunting natural predators.
I have no intention of choosing means or methods to catch humanity’s natural enemy.
Sama Hyeon spoke.
“Ah, and the Heterodox Faction uses it a lot too. Our manager is surprisingly naive for a creature like you~”
I shrugged and continued.
“My Master said that if the board doesn’t please you, just flip it over.”
We have fists and we have brains, don’t we?
We just use both.
* * *
The branch manager of the establishment has gone missing!
The news spread throughout the entire establishment before a day had passed.
It was inevitable.
The branch manager was the de facto owner of the Cheongdo establishment, so problems were bound to arise.
However, that chaos quickly subsided.
Sama Hyeon, who had been posing as an inspector, revealed his true identity.
Crack, crackle—
“Kyaaaah!”
“Good heavens!”
As his appearance changed, he returned to his original form.
Everyone gasped at the sight.
‘Normally, I could change my face with a single gesture. But doing it slowly like this is far more impactful.’
Sama Hyeon carefully calculated the psychology of those around him, deliberately drawing out the moment as he restored his appearance to its true state.
The martial artists of the Blue Tower, and even the performers, watched each step of the transformation and lost their composure entirely.
Sama Hyeon’s mastery over their psychology was truly instantaneous.
“According to certain information, this was the work of an insider. Surely among you there is someone who conspired with the beast~”
The one who had come as an inspector was actually the Hao-mun Rumor Master.
Once he revealed this and produced the nameplate symbolizing Hao Munzhu, everyone submitted.
Rather, they had no choice but to submit.
With the master of the Blue Tower absent, no one dared defy his orders.
Moreover.
‘If I resist here, I’ll be branded as a spy for the beast.’
No martial artist could resist an investigator by declaring ‘I’m a spy.’
Once all the martial artists belonging to the Blue Tower in Cheongdo submitted, their numbers were quite substantial.
The Blue Tower branch of Hong Lu-gak in Cheongdo had twenty hired ronin and twenty-five direct martial artists of the tower, for a total of forty-five warriors.
He told them of the Goe-eo-in spies and immediately began the purge.
Two Goe-eo-in hybrids were discovered.
“Damn it!”
“Seize them! Seize them!”
The moment the Goe-eo-in tried to enter a nearby well, Sama Hyeon hurled the shoe he was wearing.
Boom!
Though it was silk, the sound of metal striking metal rang out.
It meant the inner force of the Golden Sphere was imbued within it.
As expected.
The Goe-eo-in hybrid coughed blood and lost consciousness from that single blow.
Sama Hyeon grumbled.
“Ah, these are expensive shoes. I’ll need to have a new pair made.”
Saying so, he hopped on one foot over to the bloodied shoe and put it back on.
Though the action itself was comical, its power was brutally vicious.
Blood flowed steadily from the back of the Goe-eo-in hybrid’s head.
A fatal wound that would have killed an ordinary person instantly.
However.
Bubble, bubble, bubble—
Foam bubbled up as the back of the head rapidly healed itself.
“How on earth…?”
“Huh, is that a person?”
“No, no. If it were human, it wouldn’t be like that, would it?”
Everyone watched in horror as they witnessed their regenerative abilities with their own eyes.
Sama Hyeon bowed extravagantly to the audience, spreading both arms wide.
“Did you all see that well? Everyone~? Then, shall we assume that anyone fleeing is a Goe-eo-in?”
Sama Hyeon was a performer.
A performer who stirred up the spectacle and expelled them one by one.
Before even a day had passed, every grain of rice in Cheongdo’s Hong Lu-gak fell into Sama Hyeon’s hands.
After that, everything moved swiftly.
All performers, housekeepers, servants, and chief managers belonging to Hong Lu-gak became inspection subjects, and five hybrid spies of Goe-eo-in descent were additionally discovered among them.
It took only a day to completely seize control of Hong Lu-gak.
Witnessing this, both Jin Cheon-hee and Cheonwoo were astounded by Sama Hyeon’s administrative prowess.
“Really? Not a single person died?”
I had expected at least some internal strife or disturbance to occur.
If they were Goe-eo-in, couldn’t they have plotted rebellion or, since the disappearances weren’t certain, bought time by claiming they’d investigate first themselves?
Though Sama Hyeon’s authority was considerable, they weren’t directly under the Hao Wen Rumor Master.
“You can’t give them time to think, brother.”
That was how formidable Sama Hyeon’s capabilities were.
And when another day had passed.
Every subordinate organization based in Cheongdo had come completely under Sama Hyeon’s control.
From that point on, Cheonwoo moved into action.
* * *
Cheonwoo revealed his full identity as a member of the Mudang Faction and headed to the government office rather than the martial sects.
And it was only natural that Jin Cheon-hee, who had not yet publicly revealed his identity, stood at his side.
Thus they met the Cheongdo Magistrate.
Cheongdo was both the name of the city and the name of the district magistracy in this region.
Naturally, the magistrate’s office where the magistrate resided was located in the most prosperous Cheongdo city.
“Welcome. A swordsman of the Mudang Faction urgently requested to meet, saying that something sinister is stirring about. What exactly is this all about?”
If one is called the Gwon Wang of the Mudang Faction, they receive considerable respect wherever they go in Gangho, but in the government, it’s somewhat ambiguous.
Of course, the government also knows the rumors of Gangho, and they well understand that the Gwon Wang is one of the ten greatest masters under heaven, and that being struck once by such a person makes it difficult to preserve one’s life.
However, it would be unseemly for someone in a high government position to cower in fear of violence.
An official position is granted by the Emperor, the leader of the empire, and thus carries the meaning of being the Emperor’s representative.
Therefore, the Magistrate appeared somewhat tense, yet maintained the demeanor of a superior as he met with Cheonwoo and Jin Cheon-hee.
His tension had not dissipated, so the most skilled warriors in this Cheongdo government office stood on either side of him.
Though in any case, they were hardly a match for Cheonwoo.
“Your Excellency. First, would you examine this?”
Jin Cheon-hee produced the Censor’s badge that the Emperor had given him and showed it.
“Ah… wait! That… surely not. Gasp! Could you possibly be… Censor Jin Cheon-hee, the Prefect!?”
‘No. My reputation has spread all the way here?’
Surely there isn’t another Imperial Censor in the entire empire besides me?
Jin Cheon-hee thought this and spoke quickly.
“Indeed. I am that Jin Cheon-hee. But how did you know?”
“It’s just that… you came with Cheon-u Dojang, who is known as my sworn brother…”
The Magistrate’s expression grew uncomfortable as he looked at Cheonwoo!
Only then did Jin Cheon-hee realize his mistake.
‘Right. He figured it out because I’m traveling with Cheonwoo. Tsk.’
Clicking his tongue inwardly, Jin Cheon-hee broached the subject seriously.
“First, let me explain my purpose. I have not come here to conduct an inspection.”
“Then what brings you here?”
“You have been posted to this region for three years now. During this time, were you aware that creatures called Goe-eo-in have been stirring in this area?”
Jin Cheon-hee’s question struck the Magistrate’s solar plexus.

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