Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 910

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Chapter 910
“Ordinarily, we who dwell beneath the waters should never surface, so I remained hidden. Yet seeing you return, I sensed fate’s hand at work.”
The Eunuch General took a long sip of tea.
He added, ‘After crossing paths twice like this, even the Emperor wouldn’t fault us for meeting.’
Though it was the duty of those in the shadows to remain concealed.
Still, the Eunuch General possessed quite the personality.
Indeed, eunuchs were said to live like water mixed with water, wine mixed with wine.
Yet had he truly lived that way alone, he would never have risen to such a position.
“I see.”
“Those fire bombs were actually being developed in secret. The Emperor said that you, Prefect Jin, might have use for them, and ordered us to stockpile them generously here.”
Gold and Silver had done that?
Jin Cheon-hee realized they were looking out for him, and felt oddly touched, but that wasn’t important now.
‘I’ve finally discovered this hidden path—I can’t waste it.’
Surely even the Emperor wasn’t ignorant of the fact that waters from beneath the sea could flood the world entirely.
‘I didn’t know it myself until my death!’
Jin Cheon-hee’s eyes gleamed as he grasped both of the Eunuch General’s hands firmly.
“How fortunate to meet you.”
“…Just now, this old rustic felt a chill down his spine… Surely you’re not planning to put this elderly man to work?”
His perception was indeed sharp.
The experience of the imperial shadow network’s greatest strategist was no small thing.
“Might I borrow some of your skilled subordinates?”
“My, my, just moments ago you were saying the shadow network must remain beneath the waters?”
“If we were to stay beneath the waters indefinitely, you wouldn’t have come to meet me.”
“….”
Worry crossed the Eunuch General’s weathered face.
Soon, he smiled.
“Fate is truly frightening. You’ve grown so much, yet this old man remains anxious.”
The Eunuch General drew something from his sleeve and tossed it.
Thunk—
Catching it, I found it was a black tablet.
A tablet carved from black obsidian.
Upon it was engraved the image of a writhing dragon in intaglio.
“With this tablet in hand, my children will obey you. They’ve been taught to do so.”
“Thank you. It would be best if you departed. This place will soon become a battlefield.”
“Ho, so you’re disposing of this old man since he’s no longer useful?”
“That’s not it….”
Struggling with how to explain the situation, Jin Cheon-hee fell silent.
What I experienced was what I experienced alone.
The world’s end hasn’t come yet, and Qingdao hasn’t become the fishfolk’s feeding ground.
“….”
As Jin Cheon-hee kept his mouth shut and watched, the Eunuch General eventually rose to his feet.
“This old man has been far too mischievous. At this age, such wicked pranks only seem to multiply, you see.”
He smiled at Jin Cheon-hee.
“I understand there are matters you cannot speak of. While this humble one cannot fathom what they are, I do know how deeply our Jin Prefect cares for others.”
Whoosh—
He set down his teacup and spoke thus.
“Then do take care of yourself.”
With those words, the Eunuch General’s afterimage vanished.
The tent stood empty, as though he had never been there from the start.
Only the table remained as evidence of his presence.
Had I not held the Black Tablet in my hand, I would have thought this all a dream.
‘This is… something else.’
This was a man who summoned the Asura Blood River without hesitation for the Emperor.
How many corpses must lie in the wake of his hands?
Yet for some reason, the Eunuch General showed only generosity toward me.
I could not fathom why a man who would exterminate eight clans and nine families for the Emperor treated me with such particular kindness.
‘I’m grateful.’
Was there any need to reject such sentiment?
Behind the table where the Eunuch General had sat, charcoal was piled high.
‘I should gather what I can carry and have the rest taken by the garrison soldiers to use.’
If I feigned madness and rushed toward the capital with this, there could be no greater treason.
Yet somehow, Gold & Silver had trusted me.
From the beginning, as though there were not even a single possibility otherwise.
‘That’s right. I wouldn’t accept it even if offered.’
As I stepped outside the tent, the Masked Persons all prostrated themselves, waiting for me.
A gesture of reverence to the new master of the Black Tablet.
They never speak until their master permits it.
They only demonstrate through their bodies.
The hierarchy was so terrifyingly rigid that it frightened me, yet I felt I could accomplish anything with such forces.
I took out the pocket watch.
The watch face of the Tao-yong pocket watch could be detached and carried separately.
I considered attaching a cord to wear it as a wrist watch, but knowing how fierce a master’s sword strike could be in Gangho, I decided to simply keep it inside my sleeve.
There was no place here for repairs.
‘I’ll have to reattach it later, though.’
No matter how many times I died, I couldn’t generate free coins until the causality meter recharged.
‘In a few hours, the Gaju of Eon will arrive and the sea fog will rise.’
A modern person welcomes Western Continent timepieces.
Of course, even on the Western Continent, one couldn’t create such a compact watch form without alchemy.
In any case, having obtained such a force, I could shatter most Hyeongyeong experts with just these subordinates alone.
This was hardly a force to repel demons invading the neighborhood—this was simply an army for war.
The Dongchang members were martial masters in their own right, and they followed orders with their lives on the line, so they would comply with all of my strategies.
This was far better than the previous round, where I had to fight with my hands and feet bound, unable to properly deploy even a single formation.
‘Should I wait until the Goe-eo-in invade, then lead the troops to directly assault the underwater city?’
Or.
‘Should I strike first right now?’
“….”
After deliberating for a long while, I lifted my eyes.
‘Either way, this kind of chaos would be nothing but a headache for Taha-pa.’
So then….
‘Ah, that would be entertaining.’
With that plan, I could gain everything without lifting a finger, so there was no need to invite unnecessary hardship.
My blue eyes immediately formulated the next scheme.
I headed toward the Provincial Office.
* * *
I rushed straight toward the passage leading into the underwater city.
After meeting with Eongaju at the Provincial Office.
I used the Dongchang to send a swift message to Eongaju, explaining the situation.
Eongaju also quickened his pace and arrived at the Provincial Office.
‘I’ve set up several formations in an instant.’
Sama Hyeon sent me a transmission.
[Hyeong. The Dongchang really is convenient~ When you become Emperor, can you use masters like these as your own limbs?]
Now I could finally exchange words with my younger siblings to some degree.
Though I still couldn’t meet their eyes.
[That’s right. Moreover, each of them would not hesitate to take their own lives for the Emperor.]
The Dongchang’s loyalty to the Emperor bordered on fanaticism.
They lived for the Emperor and died for the Emperor, quite literally.
[The lightness skill was incredible too. So that’s how the Emperor can know of events happening across this vast empire.]
[Even so, it’s like a blind man touching an elephant. It’s hearsay, not firsthand observation.]
Since they weren’t recording and sending video footage, but merely reconstructing past events, deductive reasoning was necessary.
That’s why the Emperor treasured me so much—because I wrote reports from beginning to end with meticulous detail.
And the fire bombs I brought here multiplied that value several times over.
[Wouldn’t it be better to bring the remaining Dongchang members as well?]
[What are you talking about? Don’t you know about overwhelming firepower?]
[Overwhelming firepower?]
[If the Dongchang members use that firepower and set up formations to behead the fish-folk, Taha-pa’s insides will be turned upside down.]
[Then what about you, Hyeong?]
Cheonwoo interjected abruptly.
[Me? I have a terrifyingly large amount of fire bombs.]
On the surface, my movements didn’t seem much different from the previous round.
There was nothing remarkable except that I was moving ahead of schedule.
However, the sheer quantity of explosives strapped to my back was different in a way that troubled me.
There was so much.
An absurdly, ridiculously massive amount.
A dog-damned, insanely enormous amount.
Firepower that defied all reason!!
I spoke.
[There won’t be any Goe-eo-in in the underground city, but there will be an Imugi. Listen carefully.]
[Huh? An Imugi?]
[The moment that Imugi appears, we don’t fight. We don’t even look back—we just run. We bolt!]
[How exactly are you planning to deal with the Imugi, hyeong? Well, you must have some method!]
Cheonwoo suddenly spoke.
[Is that why you wrapped your entire body so tightly in bandages?]
[…Something like that.]
The condition was Boggi’s blood splattering on the ground.
So I had considered having my junior throw the bombs instead of going myself.
But the opponent was Hyeongyeong’s alien race.
If we failed, humanity would lose much.
And above all.
‘If it’s now, I can wield the Hyeongyeong Poison absolutely brilliantly.’
It’s certainly insane, though.
Hadn’t I already died once in the underground city?
This was also treading upon my own grave once more.
And knowing that entity exists down there, yet going anyway….
‘Kekeke, even I have to admit this isn’t the act of a sane person.’
On top of that, I defend from above while attacking from below.
In the grand scheme, isn’t this the same as last time?
Compared to the North Sea Ice Palace when I moved in the complete opposite manner, this time I simply have more time, more explosives, and more manpower—but the fundamental approach is no different.
‘My siblings would probably think I’ve lost my mind if they knew.’
It’s a secret from the two of them.
Thus, the three of us arrived at the underwater city.
“Wow, there really aren’t any people here.”
Cheonwoo muttered in surprise.
“See? I told you.”
The army had mobilized in preparation for war.
Sama Hyeon spoke.
“It didn’t seem like hyeong paid any price for this…?”
At those words, I felt a slight sting and pretended not to hear.
While my siblings were setting up the explosives, I rushed over and plunged my left arm directly into the waterway connected to the underwater city.
Then I hummed like a madman.
“Hyeongyeong poison party, what a delight~ Hyeongyeong poison party, what a delight~ Deep-fried sweets mixed with five elements~”
A waterway connected to the sea.
The moment I released the Hyeongyeong toxin, the water began turning pitch-black in an instant.
That alone made my head spin.
‘Damn it, the toxin is far more potent than I anticipated.’
As one’s realm elevated, so too did the potency of the poison—both an advantage and a disadvantage.
The mere scent of it was enough to paralyze an ordinary person.
‘At this level… even an Imugi wouldn’t be able to surface in one go.’
Then a sound erupted.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Sama Hyeon and Cheonwoo began detonating fire bombs.
‘Good. Now it’s my turn, isn’t it?’
I withdrew my arm from the water.
Then I immediately began hurling every single fire bomb I had.
Keeping just one in reserve.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Massive explosions erupted from all directions, and with a volume incomparable to before, the entire underground city began trembling violently!
Where previously cracks had formed slowly before crumbling, now the ground began collapsing inward from the distant edges.
‘That’s right. If something isn’t working, one should always suspect insufficient firepower.’
Speed beyond imagination!
Everything began crumbling with a terrifying momentum that made the earlier destruction pale in comparison.
Sama Hyeon spoke.
“Hyeong, let’s get out of here!”
At that moment.
Kyaaaaaaah!
Shrieking, the Imugi burst forth from the toxin-contaminated sea.
“What?! The Imugi is in agony?”
Blood gushed from every orifice as the Imugi writhed, letting out death cries.
I also muttered while looking at my own arm.
“Huh? I was only trying to paralyze it?”
Was it this powerful?
‘The results were far greater than I had anticipated?’
I quickly wrapped bandages around my arm to conceal the toxin.
I thought even our side could lose consciousness handling this.
There was no need to hesitate about what came next.
-Girin’s disciple! You!
Taha-pa appeared, roaring in fury!
Watching Taha-pa appear at precisely that location and angle, I spoke.
“Ah, I’ve been waiting. Just as predicted—the exact point, the exact angle!”
At that moment, the last remaining fire bomb flew directly toward Taha-pa’s head.
Before Taha-pa could even brace himself and leap forward.
Essentially, the realm of foresight!
Crash, crash, crash, crash, crash!
In the moment when Taha-pa, riding atop the Imugi’s head and shielding his entire body with crimson energy, attempted to cleave the fire bomb I had thrown with his spear—
—What!?
The fire bomb detonates before even touching the spear.
I had already calculated that the spear would intercept it, timing the explosion to coincide with that exact moment!
‘The most terrifying aspect of the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong is Transcendent Heart Technique, Heaven’s Dominion.’
To have died once is to say, conversely, that by moving similarly, I can perceive what will unfold ahead.
‘When facing the North Sea Ice Palace, I chose to flee without ever approaching the sacred grounds.’
That was the rational choice.
When there exists a big red button that destroys the world, returning to that place is nothing short of madness.
But I was different now.
‘This time, I would turn this very ‘foresight’ against itself!’
It interlocked with Transcendent Heart Technique, Heaven’s Dominion, manipulating fate as though I were divine.
—Screeeech!
It was a conception no mortal could ever imagine!
‘Beneath the Celestial Plan. Thus it shall come to pass.’
It was courage bordering on infinite madness.
The mad Doctor would feast without restraint.

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