The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion - Chapter 115



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Episode 115

The revelations of the escaped slave from the Goldtooth Pirates have drawn the attention of several politicians and media outlets on Trash Isle.

The garbage island was similar to the now-defunct Republic of Korea in many ways, not only in its political system but also in its proliferation of media outlets.

Although they called it the media, it was actually people who found printers and rotary presses in the trash, printed on waste paper, and sold them as newspapers.

And some people even created public opinion by talking on the streets as if they were live YouTubers.

In front of them was a large basket with the words “Subscription Fee Payment” written on it.

The escaped slave’s revelations led to a boycott of water substitutes and the impeachment of politicians with ties to the Goldtooth pirates.

It seemed like the trash island was boiling over, but just like South Korea, after some time, it was buried by a new issue.

After that, no one paid any attention.

In fact, the people of Garbage Island, especially those in Gangbuk who could not buy water, could not survive without water substitutes.

That’s why everyone wanted to pretend not to know the inconvenient truth.

I thought it would be buried like that, but then an incident occurred that reignited the scandal.

I got hives after drinking human milk.

The Goldtooth Pirates fed the women hormones as well as an unknown drug to increase milk production.

The medicine remained in the milk and caused an allergic reaction.

The itching may have been nothing compared to the suffering of the purifiers revealed in the escaped slave’s revelations.

However, the people who drank this milk and developed allergies were people from Gangnam.

The rash on her neck became a public health issue, prompting an audit and hearing on the distribution structure of water substitutes.

The Trash Island Commission has banned the sale of water substitutes, denouncing their unethical production methods.

But the Goldtooth Pirates were not hit at all.

Rather, as Nurse Jang said, they made more profit as prices rose on the black market.

The Goldtooth Pirates expanded their fleet and ships, becoming a powerful force on Trash Island and forming groups with fellow Goldtooth Pirates members.

Perhaps the plan was to increase their influence on Trash Island in this way, and eventually eat Trash Island.

However, after the coup d’état by the Archdiocese Governor, a real crisis came to the Goldtooth Pirates.

That crisis was us.

“What, these days everyone drinks water extracted from lotus leaves in the ocean. Who buys water substitutes?”

Bomi shrugged and said.

As Bomi said, when purified water was supplied through the lotus pistil of the sea, the price of water on Garbage Island plummeted.

Moreover, with the supply of eggs and chicken and pork, human milk became a beverage sought after by perverts.

So the Goldtooth Pirates would think of us as enemies.

So you attacked our apartment, our home base?

Perhaps Goldtus wants to burn all the lotus flowers that fill the sea in front of the apartment.

“But why is the Goldtooth Pirates called Goldtooth?”

“What is Goldtooth?”

“Gold is gold, and teeth are teeth, so gold teeth? Oh! That’s why they’re nicknamed yellow teeth.”

Bomi nodded and said.

“Then. The leader of the Goldtooth Pirates has gold teeth?”

“bingo.”

“That boss named Yellow Tooth, who got his teeth knocked out by you?”

Bomi put her fist to Jungwoo’s chin in a playful gesture.

Nurse Jang answered with a smile.

“Haha. That may be true. But rumor has it that Nureongi purposely pulled out his front teeth and replaced them with shiny gold teeth.”

“No. Why did you pull out my poor tooth? Is it a cavity?”

“Haha. That’s not it. Yellow Tooth was a businessman.”

“Are you a businessperson?”

“I think he was quite famous in the industry as a smuggler who smuggled all kinds of illegal goods and people from China, or sent all kinds of Korean goods and people to China. But because of the work, he had to make contact with smuggling ships in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night. It was an unstable and dangerous environment where he couldn’t even turn on the lights so as not to be caught by the coast guard. So he needed a secret sign to recognize each other. That was gold teeth reflecting in the moonlight.”

“Hey. That’s ridiculous!”

Bomi waved her hands in disbelief.

“Do gold teeth reflect moonlight? And even if they do, why gold teeth? If you just had a gold bracelet or a gold ring, you wouldn’t have to pull out your teeth.”

“Haha. That’s right. These kinds of urban legends are often exaggerated or false. I guess the same goes for Yellow Teeth.”

Even when I was working as a detective, I heard a lot of ridiculous rumors, like someone winning a fight 18 to 1 or blocking a knife with their stomach skin.

But even if the world is submerged in water, it’s still the same.

No, there would be no way to verify the truth, so it would be better to lie.

That yellow tooth is probably a lie too.

Oh! And I heard that among the Chinese traders, there was a person who was called ‘golden tooth’ because he didn’t brush his teeth so much.

I don’t know anything about the smuggling industry, except for the gangsters.

But by chance, I happened to investigate a certain person and heard various things related to him.

He was joking and told the story about the golden teeth, saying that the yellow teeth were so bright that they looked like a lighthouse at sea, and he told a story about his bravery when he arrested him.

Could the yellow teeth be an homage to this joke?

I had heard rumors about the yellow tooth a lot, so I was curious about its identity ever since I was on Trash Island.

I wanted to see what kind of person he was, but he rarely showed his face.

Instead, he said that he had a charm that led people, and that when he recruited pirates on Trash Island, dozens of people applied.

In any case, it seemed that the Goldtooth Pirates’ skills were not just rumors, but the truth.

I don’t know if it was an exquisite timing or a method used when I was not there, but Chief Park looked perplexed and made an emergency communication.

I have a feeling this won’t be easy.

Come to think of it, time passed and there was no contact from Director Park.

Even though the power was on, the satellite communications equipment was as quiet as if it had been turned off.

Is the real apartment defense shield having any problems with the yellow teeth attack?

At that moment, Simcheongjeon suddenly came to mind.

I looked back at Bomi and opened my mouth.

“Bomi. You know. In the story of Simcheong.”

“Is this Simcheongjeon?”

“It’s a cruel fairy tale version of Simcheongjeon.”

“Ah. Is Jiyeon the grandmother version or Jiyeon’s version? But why is that?”

“There’s something that Byeoljubu said to Simcheong. I think he mentioned cow’s blood.”

“Cow’s blood?”

Bomi nodded, recalling her memories for a moment.

“Yes. Cow’s blood. That’s right. The lady secretly asked Simcheong to give her cow’s blood.”

“Do you know why they asked for cow blood?”

“I don’t know. Jiyeon also wondered why cow’s blood came out of nowhere. I guessed that it might have something to do with the defense of the Dragon Palace. Even so, asking Simcheong, a human, for cow’s blood? There’s no way there’d be cows in the sea, and even if there were, how could Simcheong kill a cow to get blood? It’s ridiculous. Don’t you think so, sir?”

“huh.”

I nodded and crossed my arms.

As Bomi said, it would be impossible to get cow blood from the sea.

Are you talking about a water buffalo rather than a cow?

But water buffalos don’t live in the sea either.

Then why did Byeoljubu ask for cow’s blood?

Looking at what Byeoljubu has done so far, he’s not the type to talk nonsense.

And according to the flow of the story, as Jiyeon guessed, it seems that Byeoljubu is trying to damage the Dragon Palace’s defense barrier with the cow’s blood.

Could cow blood, like a solvent that dissolves oil, damage the barrier?

Animal blood is sometimes used for religious purification, and may also have chemical properties that cause reactions we are unaware of when it comes into contact with other substances.

But why did he ask Simcheong, a human, to give her the blood of a cow that could not be found in the sea?

As I was solving my mystery by leaving open many possibilities like I did when I was a detective, Jin-Man tried to leave.

“Brother Jinman. Where are you going?”

“Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom for a moment.”

When Jinman answered, Bomi asked back in a playful tone.

“Something big?”

“No. It’s urine.”

When I heard Jinman’s answer, a hypothesis flashed through my head.

If you simply misunderstood what was said.

So, if you happen to mistake Sophie for cow’s blood.

Sophie is not a word used these days, but it is a synonym for urine.

It’s a word that would be useful if it were Jiyeon’s grandmother.

Jiyeon might have recognized Sophie as the blood of a cow.

then…….

At that moment, ‘Beep!’ the satellite communication equipment rang.

I hurriedly grabbed the satellite communication microphone and spoke.

“Director Park.”

– I’m sorry, Detective Kim. I’m sorry you’ve been waiting so long.

“Did the Goldtooth Pirates attack?”

– Yes, that’s right.

Bomi said, twisting her body as if stretching.

“Hey, the defensive shield would have blocked it anyway.”

Hearing that, Director Park spoke in a troubled voice.

– This time the defensive shield collapsed.

“Yes! What did you say?”

Not only Bomi, but everyone was surprised.

“Hey, Mr. Park. Are you joking?”

“No. How could that happen?”

I motioned for the people making a fuss to be quiet.

Then he asked Director Park in a calm voice.

“By any chance, did the Goldtooth Pirates spray urine on the defense shield?”

– No. Detective Kim. How did you know that? Did you happen to come to the apartment?

Director Park asked in a voice even more surprised than us.

“No. The Hallasan ship is currently sailing towards Uljin.”

– Then how did you know that the Goldtooth Pirates brought in a fire boat and used a hose to spray urine on the shield?

Sophie got peed.

It appears that human urine acts as a real solvent in the defense shield.

If that’s the case, then humans would have been a dangerous species in the Dragon Palace, which uses defensive shields.

Ah! So that’s why some of the Dragon Palace ministers were hostile to Simcheong and opposed her relationship with the crown prince.