Actually, there was a reason Igeon came directly to the Blue House.
It was the day after the press conference incident.
7 a.m.
“What?”
It was Hyugo who received an infuriating phone call at that early hour.
Though he had been beaten by Igeon and was in a dazed state, Hyugo snapped wide awake at the phone call.
That was because the content of the call was what it was.
“What did you just say? Gun... No, you can’t return Igeon’s account?”
- Yes. We cannot return Mr. Igeon’s account and donations that the government was holding.
Hyugo, who answered the phone, was dumbfounded.
No, just when had they been sweet-talking that they would obviously return it?
“Why….”
He was about to ask why their words had changed in just one day, but the other party cut him off.
- Because the Japanese government is already managing that account and donations. You should talk to them.
Hyugo was so stunned he couldn’t speak.
“Why would that be the Japanese government’s property…!”
Then the person on the phone let out a long sigh. It was an extremely annoyed sigh.
- Shall I be honest with you?
“Yes?”
- The Korean government does not trust Singungjwa. Weren’t you a person of the Australian government?
“!”
- It might be instructions from the Australian Union, so we also have to be careful.
Hyugo was dumbfounded.
“Look. I gave up my Australian citizenship 15 years ago….”
- If not, do you perhaps need money? Is that why you’re touching Mr. Igeon’s donations?
“……!”
Just as Hyugo was about to say something, at his wit’s end.
“Keuk!”
Igeon suddenly snatched the phone.
- No matter how much Singungjwa is a poverty-stricken divine seat and you’re desperate for money, you shouldn’t do this. You have the dignity of a saint, don’t you?
Igeon’s face flushed with rage.
- Anyway, we…
“Hey. You want to die?”
The person on the phone seemed flustered.
- H-hello?
“Where are you?”
The flustered caller seemed dumbfounded.
- Who is this?
“I’m the account owner. Why?”
- Huh. Now it looks like even the young son is stepping in. You shouldn’t take your father’s side too much. Study so you don’t have to do this kind of thing.
Igeon laughed. Killing intent was felt in his hands.
“Shut up. Where did you say you were?”
The clueless caller seemed displeased at being cursed at for no reason.
- It’s the Supreme Senior Secretary’s Office at the Blue House. I was talking with your father about Mr. Igeon’s account.
“Okay. Noted.”
- Huh? What…
Click.
Igeon hung up.
As soon as the call ended, Hyugo couldn’t help but tremble.
Just as expected.
“Hey!! You wanna die!”
“……!!!”
At the burst of that voice, Hyugo quickly fled.
But.
“Why is someone like you, who even became a naturalized citizen, living with this kind of treatment? You want to die?”
When Igeon tried to grab a horse statue to throw, Hyugo felt wronged.
No, what had he done wrong!
Igeon seemed extremely furious.
“Why do people who aren’t even me dare to treat you like this!”
Hyugo timidly protested.
“I’m grateful you’re angry for me, but don’t you think something is very wrong about this?”
Igeon completely ignored him.
After all, even though he hadn’t directly caught the Red Eye. In any case, his friend was also a hidden hero who saved Korea and the world.
“I’ve been going around saying that my friend should be treated preciously. These bastards can’t even take care of him, so they torment him?”
“……?”
Although he had no memory of ever hearing such words. And in fact, the one who tormented him the most was Igeon.
Hyugo said it was understandable.
“Honestly, you appeared on TV, but can they really believe it’s you?”
Even with a complete transformation, this was too much. A huge monster had become such a handsome man.
What’s more.
“You just said the Blue House Supreme Senior Secretary’s Office, right? That place is in charge of your assets but it’s also a Japanese government facility. I thought they’d cause trouble, but….”
From the start, even though Igeon caused a scene at the press conference, there was no way the current government would easily acknowledge Igeon’s existence.
That was only natural.
“Because the current government is full of guys who took bribes from Ssang-a-jwa.”
Igeon’s allies were all demoted years ago.
“They actively supported attracting Ssang-a-jwa facilities. And they altered your records.”
At those words, Igeon smiled ferociously.
In short, they had done so many things that it would be problematic if Igeon really returned alive.
“Ah. Because it won’t end with words when I meet those bastards, I had them bring the account to you.”
But since things turned out like this, when Igeon got up, Hyugo flinched.
“Geon-a? Where are you going?”
“To get my stuff.”
“……!”
After all, among the things the government was holding, there was an important item he was looking for.
And that was what happened in the morning.
In the afternoon, the government conference hall was engulfed in shock and terror.
“I won’t talk long.”
“……!”
“Will you get beaten to death and then hand over my money, or hand over my money and then get beaten to death?”
“……!”
Right after the Blue House presidential residence burned from Ssang-a-jwa’s bombardment.
The conference hall, busy with talks with the Japanese government, was colored with shock.
No, it was shocking enough that Igeon, who had appeared on live broadcast, showed up, but…
‘What did he just say?’
‘Will you get beaten to death and hand over money, or hand over money and get beaten to death….’
‘In any case, the conclusion is that he’s going to kill us anyway!’
The politicians broke out in a cold sweat.
Of course, they weren’t unaware of the saintess’s press conference incident. Yesterday’s incident was already a global issue.
And they had already consulted the Japanese government, who said it couldn’t be Igeon.
‘They said the data was different!’
‘They said he couldn’t rejuvenate to that extent!’
But.
“There are many places where the security codes haven’t changed, huh? Like the archives.”
They were horrified by the documents Igeon was holding.
“……!”
There was no mistake.
The old archives were a place the government had specially opened to Igeon at that time.
There’s no way an ordinary person would know the code to that place.
And that’s not all.
‘They said some entrances have Igeon’s biometric data.’
‘Then it really is Igeon…!’
At the gazes of despair, someone shook their head in denial, as if struggling.
‘Are you joking? This can’t be!’
But that’s when.
“What. You bastards aren’t answering?”
“……!”
“No, that’s…!”
“Sorry! Our minds went blank because it’s so sudden…!”
“Then answer with that non-functioning brain. My donations and account that you’re holding. When can you give them back?”
The politicians stirred and looked at each other.
‘What. Wasn’t that matter settled?’
‘They clearly said the Senior Secretary’s Office handled it today.’
Actually, most of the people here hadn’t even been in Korea until today.
In fact, this was a time when a single blessing skill from the divine stars was greater than the president’s power.
And the real power brokers who had received bribes from Ssang-a-jwa and enjoyed blessing skills in return had fled to safe countries.
They had rushed into Korea today also because of Ssang-a-jwa.
It was because the Eumyanggung had been destroyed.
Thanks to that, calming the furious Japanese government and the Ssang-a-jwa saint was more important.
So they hadn’t been paying any attention to it at all!
That’s when.
Bang!
“!”
At the sound of the desk breaking, the conference hall screamed.
And Igeon smiled murderously.
“There’s not much time, so stop trying to rack your tiny brains and just answer.”
“……!”
“My stuff. My donations. When can you give them back.”
As if the inevitable had come, they trembled. But they pretended to be as calm as possible.
“Setting aside the items managed by the Senior Secretary’s Office, the donations are already gone.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Since they are donations, after all. They’ve already been used in your name for disaster recovery projects, low-income support, and helping the underprivileged….”
Right at that moment.
Bang!
“Aack!”
The politicians screamed.
In the blink of an eye, one person was stretched out after being hit by Igeon.
Igeon shook off his bloodied hand and smiled brightly.
“If you keep spouting bullshit, you’ll really die.”
“……!”
Igeon smiled murderously.
“The amounts don’t match at all, and the foundation names are all under some son-in-law or some wife, so what helping the underprivileged? You want to die?”
They trembled, and Igeon smiled grimly.
“I don’t want to end up in the newspapers for causing an incident today. Let’s end this peacefully.”
But it already seemed far from peaceful!
Perhaps they felt that lying would really screw them over, someone immediately shouted.
“S-sorry! But we really don’t have that money! We already used it years ago to make Ssang-a-jwa artifacts!”
“T-that’s right…!”
Then Igeon smiled broadly as if to say “That’s more like it.”
“You’re misunderstanding something.”
“!”
“If the principal is gone, you should scrape together everything from your own assets and return it, right? The principal plus 20 years of interest, all of it?”
“……!!!”
“Now choose. Get beaten and hand it over, or hand it over and get beaten.”
That crazy bastard!
When someone finally tried to flee, Igeon smiled innocently.
“Okay. You’ll get beaten and hand it over? Noted.”
“N-no…!”
Crack!
“Cough!”
“Ack!”
“Assemblyman!”
Those trying to flee toward the door were kicked by Igeon.
Aides and bodyguards rushed in, but it was useless.
“Aack!”
The sound of bloody screams echoed. They looked on in disbelief.
‘People blessed by divine stars are getting…!’
Eventually, those who couldn’t stand it anymore shouted.
“I-if you do this, His Excellency will not stand idly by!”
“No matter if you are Mr. Igeon, the hero of Korea…!”
Then Igeon, covered in blood, tilted his head.
“Isn’t the current president Hyeonsik? Yun Hyeonsik.”
“U-uh, yes?”
Oh, no, it’s correct but…
“He’s my best friend from when I was young. Totally don’t care.”
“……?!!”
Besides, Igeon isn’t the type to care about such things in the first place.
Crack!
“Aaaack!”
A table shattered, teeth flew, an indescribable scene unfolded.
“H-huff…! Sa-save…!”
But that’s when.
“Ah, whatever. Do you know who the ones who signed this are?”
“!”
Igeon waved a document that looked like he’d taken from the old archives. And the politicians were shocked at what it was.
That was only natural.
‘That’s the document to halt support for Singungjwa…!’
That’s right.
Singungjwa was one of the heroes of the Red Eye subjugation.
But it was a document from 10 years ago ordering the immediate cessation of compensation and support for the Red Eye subjugation.
In other words, it said not to care even if they starved to death, whatever situation arose.
It was also the agenda that pissed Igeon off the most.
‘Obviously, those bastards must have bribed them.’
Igeon smiled innocently.
“Whatever. The ones who signed approval for this. I’ll give you 10 seconds to tell me who they are.”
“!”
“10.”
People trembled.
Because there was no way they didn’t know who.
“5.”
And even those beaten to a pulp exchanged glances.
It was a big shot.
Eventually, Igeon smiled as if regretful.
“Ah. I was going to spare the person who tells me who signed this.”
Then a man trembling at the door shouted.
“I-I know!”
“……!”
“Gwon…”
“Ah, never mind. I won’t know the name anyway. Just check it on the personnel list.”
Igeon threw a personnel document with photos attached.
The man who received it quickly checked.
And.
“I’ve checked them all!”
“Okay.”
“Thank you! Th-then I’ll be going…!”
The man tried to crawl out of the conference hall.
Bang!
“!”
Igeon blocked the door with his foot, as if to say “Where do you think you’re going?”
“Where are you going?”
“Ah, no, you said you’d spare me if I told.”
“I said I’d spare you, but I didn’t say I wouldn’t kill you?”
“……?!”
People’s faces turned pale.
“Please spare us! We didn’t mean to do that!”
“We didn’t have divine stars, after all…!”
“So we sought help from neighboring countries… Urk!”
Igeon stepped on them and let out a hollow laugh.
“What bullshit. You have a naturalized Singungjwa right here, so why go to a neighboring country? How much did you bastards eat up from Ssang-a-jwa?”
“……!”
“Why. Go ahead, call your neighboring country now!”
And that’s when.
Just as people’s screams echoed in the conference room.
“Huff…!”
Suddenly, another scream burst from the entrance.
It was Choe Seonghyeok, who had gone out to handle the situation, thinking an incident would occur.
He had tried to postpone the meeting time.
But in that brief time, what the…!
‘No, I’d heard about that temper, but…!’
This was beyond imagination.
But that wasn’t what was important now.
‘At this rate, the meeting is completely impossible…!’
He had to stop it quickly.
But that’s when.
“Do you know what time it is?”
Someone entered the conference room with perfect timing.
“Why is no one coming out to greet us even as we enter the main building?”
“And what on earth is this commotion…!”
They were people from the Japanese government.
“Anyway, it’s fine. Quickly, bow your heads.”
“Huh?”
“The Ssang-a-jwa saint has arrived!”
“!”
(Continues in the next episode)