The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion - Chapter 84



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Episode 84

I dived and swam quickly towards the cruiser.

Cruisers were equipped with Aegis capabilities, including sonar and radar, which allowed them to immediately detect the approach of submarines or ships.

However, a human-sized object like me would be recognized as a dolphin and would not be checked.

In fact, there were no warning shots, torpedoes, or other attacks.

Upon reaching the cruiser, he rose to the surface.

The crescent moon that had been peeking out at the time of departure was now covered by clouds, and the horizon was shrouded in thick darkness.

If you search the water with a searchlight, you might not be able to find me, but if you keep watch with your eyes from the bow, you’ll have a hard time finding me.

Anyway, the sentry standing guard on the deck was nowhere to be seen.

He took his crossbow out of his waterproof backpack and loaded it with a roped hooked arrow.

He fired his crossbow at the bow, then grabbed the rope and climbed up.

There was no one on deck.

I opened the door I had moved when I came to negotiate and went inside the cruiser.

Perhaps because they thought someone might swim into the cruiser, they didn’t even lock the doors or show any guards.

But where have all the people gone?

The lights seemed to be on in the wheelhouse and engine room, but the doors to the other crew quarters and cabins were open and there was no one inside.

They say that the Ten Thousand Year Old is a monster, but is it doing strange things with humans?

I carefully went downstairs to the restaurant.

A foreign-sounding voice was heard from the stairs.

It’s Chinese, what happened?

Are the 100,000 won coins made in China?

I leaned against the wall and approached the restaurant.

The Chinese voices grew louder and louder, and there were screams and the sound of objects breaking, as if there was a fight.

I took the three-sectioned baton out of my bag and put a hand mirror on it.

It was an object made to inspect the inside of a building when the criminal was inside.

As I held up the hand mirror to the restaurant entrance, I saw soldiers filling the restaurant.

Soldiers in training uniforms were looking at a large screen projected on the wall.

On the screen, monks with bushy hair were demonstrating martial arts.

What the heck! We’re going to the movies.

At that moment, two soldiers got up and tried to come out through the entrance.

I hurriedly went to the bathroom and hid.

But then two soldiers followed me into the bathroom.

Did you notice me?

I thought about handling it quietly and went into the toilet stall.

“I’m bored with martial arts movies now. Why don’t I watch other movies?”

“They’re obsessed with martial arts movies. I don’t think that’ll happen for a while.”

“It must have hit them really hard, they were practicing their martial arts, doing things like kicking. Hehe.”

They are?

Are you talking about officers infected with black aquatic parasites like Sergeant Park?

“Haha. I saw it too. It was pretty fast, just like in the movies.”

“Are you just going to practice on us or something?”

“Hey. You’ve seen it so far. They’re different from the thugs of our ancestors. They’ve achieved enlightenment and are advocating a new army. In fact, we’ve become better off.”

Ancestor gangster, who are you talking about?

Another soldier nodded in agreement.

“That’s right. If we take over the shit island, they said they’d help us settle down, and send us a ship to find our families with our retirement pension. I can’t thank them enough. I can be loyal to them.”

“Me too. Where in the world submerged in water can you find a commander like this? Damn ancestral gangster!”

The soldier spat.

In context, the ancestor gangster seemed to be referring to Colonel Jang, who is unknown whether he is alive or dead.

But why are your ancestors gangsters?

Is this perhaps a reference to King Seonjo, who tried to flee to Ming during the Imjin War?

Colonel Jang kept nagging the US military via satellite communication, asking if they should go there.

“Your ancestors summarily executed you for catching a piece of shit.”

“That son of a bitch. He killed a guy because he didn’t shine his military boots.”

The two of them bit, tore, and chewed Colonel Jang like peanuts to relieve boredom.

Colonel Jang seemed to have completely lost favor with his soldiers.

On the other hand, and completely unexpectedly, Shimmandongi seemed to have gained the soldiers’ trust.

In this case, I guess I’ll have to deal with the 100,000 people more secretly and quietly.

If you get caught, the loyal soldiers will try to stop you.

“By the way, did you hear that story?”

“Are you talking about Private Kim’s disappearance?”

“Oh, you couldn’t find this sergeant last time either.”

“They said this sergeant committed suicide.”

“Yeah. So Private Kim also committed suicide?”

After finishing their work, the two left the bathroom without even washing their hands.

After confirming that they had completely disappeared, I started to seriously search for where the Hundred Thousand were hiding.

As I went down one floor, I saw a soldier in the corner of the hallway.

The soldier was sitting at the door, dozing off, but it was obvious he was on guard duty, as he was carrying a gun.

There’s something in there.

I approached the door, my footsteps muffled so as not to wake the guard.

The door was locked from the outside.

I unlocked it and went inside.

In the small cabin, a balding middle-aged man wearing underwear and a running shirt was sitting at a desk, writing something.

He turned around at the sound of footsteps, found me, and opened his mouth.

“Who are you?”

“Who are you?”

It was the appearance of a completely unexpected character.

I couldn’t reveal my identity to him.

“I am Rear Admiral Jang Do-hoon, Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Korea Navy, who inherited the Republic of Korea that was submerged in water.”

Ah! This person is Colonel Jang Do-hoon.

He didn’t die, he was still alive.

But when did you get promoted two ranks?

Colonel Jang looked me up and down and said as if he had been waiting.

“Looks like a special agent who infiltrated the ship. They came to rescue me. Goldtooth Pirates? Or maybe the island’s navy? Oh! Did the government faction from the undersea tunnel come out?”

“No. You came to the wrong room. Okay.”

As I was about to leave, he ran up to me, grabbed me by the leg of my trousers, and held on.

“Where are you going? You have to save me. If you don’t save me, I’ll shout and call the soldiers.”

The soldiers called them thugs, but their actions were indeed cheap.

I was a bit hesitant about killing him, so I considered striking his throat to silence him.

Colonel Jang didn’t know that either, and thought his threat had worked.

“You have to save me so I can take control of the ship. Right now, the soldiers are being threatened by the damn rebels and can’t squeak, but when I show up, they’ll rise up like a swarm of bees and wipe them all out.”

Is that really true?

Looking at the soldiers I met in the bathroom, I’d be lucky if they didn’t get beaten to death.

“Not only that, I also know all about the secrets of the rebels.”

The secret of the rebel guys?

Do you happen to know where the hundred thousand are?

“What is the secret of the rebels?”

“Those who participated in the rebellion are under hypnosis.”

Since they probably didn’t know about the Hundred Thousand Dung or the Black Aquatic Parasite, their appearance must have seemed hypnotic.

If it was a secret to that extent, even ordinary soldiers would have already noticed.

But it seemed like they knew but pretended not to know.

Perhaps because they think that hypnotized officers are much better than the incompetent and vicious Colonel Jang.

“Is that all?”

“So, all you have to do is break the hypnosis.”

“How do you break it?”

“Well, that’s it.”

I was about to leave him in his misery.

But then suddenly he shouted.

“Okay, that will work.”

“What is it?”

I asked without much expectation.

“There’s a place they frequent, and I think that’s where they renew their hypnosis. If you destroy the hypnosis machine or equipment there, they’ll wake up from the hypnosis.”

It was a completely absurd hypothesis, but if it was a place that officers frequented, there was a high chance that there would be a hundred thousand of them there.

“Where is that place that rebels often go?”

“Oh, there. Where is that? It won’t work.”

Colonel Jang stopped talking and suddenly shook his index finger.

“You want to go alone? No way. I have to go and destroy the hypnosis machine and equipment so that people will know that I personally suppressed the rebels.”

“No, is there really a need for you, General, to move yourself? If you wait, I will go and destroy everything.”

“No way. How can I trust you? You could have the hypnosis machine and the equipment. Then you could just hijack this cruiser.”

Although he is very suspicious of people, he firmly believes in his own absurd hypotheses.

I tried to coax and comfort him to find out where it was.

But his stubbornness was no joke.

“No. If I don’t go, you’ll never be able to teach me.”

Colonel Jang seemed to have the knack of feeling the pulse and catching a rat while it was backing away.

So, even though he’s incompetent and cruel, he still rose to the rank of colonel.

“Okay, let’s go together.”

The colonel became excited at my answer and started getting dressed.

On the epaulettes of his military uniform, there was an overlocked star, next to which was another star drawn in ballpoint pen.

It seemed like it had been given its own star.

With his wig and military cap on, Colonel Jang was ready.

I opened the door and went out.

The soldier on guard was still asleep.

Colonel Jang, seeing this, became enraged and broke the soldier’s joint.

“You’re on guard duty and you’re asleep?!”

“I’m sorry, Colonel. I’ll correct that.”

The soldier who woke up apologized to Colonel Jang for not being fully awake.

“In an emergency situation like now, we must set an example by taking immediate action.”

Colonel Jang tried to draw his pistol, but there was nothing in the holster on his waist.

The soldier who had been lost in thought came to his senses upon seeing that sight.

“Hey! What the! Colonel Jang. How did you get out?”

Then he found me next to Colonel Jang.

I used my hands to subdue the soldier right away.

They tied him up tightly and gagged him so he couldn’t scream.

Meanwhile, Colonel Jang tried to sneakily grab the gun the soldier was holding.

But I noticed that he was deliberately causing a commotion, so I grabbed my gun first.

“You shouldn’t be holding something like this, General. Then, let’s go to where the hypnosis machine is.”

“Okay. Follow me.”

Colonel Jang took the lead, licking his lips as if he felt regret.

We went up.

I looked around on my way down, but there were no unusual cabins or rooms upstairs.

“Where is that place?”

“Follow me and you’ll know.”

He walked over without hesitation and ran into the restaurant.

Oh! It looks like the movie isn’t over yet. Why did you go in there?