The President is Going to America! - Chapter 154



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Episode 154: The Return of the Dead

A national treasure-level relic that emits a blue light.

The Ocean’s Jewel is carefully held in Lee Gil-sang’s hand.

I couldn’t help but be surprised.

“How did you get this out?”

“The passage I was originally supposed to escape through had collapsed, so I had no choice but to stay inside the castle for a while before coming out… I was hiding here and there, and I happened to come across a secret space within the castle. That’s where I found it.”

“… I did something.”

Korea is one of the countries in the world that possesses one of the most cultural assets.

It is an artifact of almost the same level as the salt jade, which is also treated as one of the major artifacts in Korea.

It is a relic of a very high class in its own right.

In this day and age, it was a feat that was practically guaranteed to be rewarded with a national medal and a huge reward, to have brought it back from a foreign country.

But he didn’t seem to be interested in things like medals or rewards.

“I kept it a secret from the Vice President as well. Please take care of it quickly.”

Gil-Sang Lee comes closer and whispers to me.

I quickly put the jewel in his hand so that others would see it.

There’s no need to keep it a secret.

Well, I guess you could have thought that if you showed something like this, the management office would have taken it away unilaterally.

The basic principle is that national treasures belong to the state.

No matter how it is obtained, it is common for the government to try to take it away somehow.

Pfft!

“What… what is it!”

The sight of a national treasure that was obtained with great difficulty disappearing before our eyes.

The surprised Lee Gil-sang had an expression on his face like a citizen who had lost his country.

“Don’t worry, I took care of it.”

“Ah! As expected, you are the boss.”

“boss?”

As Oh Hyeon-seong tilted his head, a car stopped next to him and Han Su-yeon appeared with several attendants.

“Senior, you just happened to be here.”

Gil-Sang Lee rolled his eyes, feeling startled for no reason.

I appreciate your efforts, but you’re really bad at acting.

Fortunately for him, Han Soo-yeon isn’t really interested.

“I thought it might not be there yet because it was still early.”

“I came early just in case.”

“Thank goodness. We must leave immediately, without delay.”

“What’s going on?”

“We had negotiated in advance, but the situation has changed a bit. I heard that all the relics in the castle have disappeared. In particular, the ‘Holy Grail’ that they were searching for with burning eyes.”

At her words, Oh Hyun-seong glanced at Lee Gil-sang.

Then, Gil-Sang Lee, startled, shook his head.

That it wasn’t your doing.

Until he escaped, French hunters were searching the castle and securing relics.

In particular, the famous French national treasure artifact, the Holy Grail of Nemetana, was engraved in his mind because he had seen it in person.

At the place where the relic was discovered, hunters with all sorts of menacing expressions were surrounding the area and guarding it.

It seemed impossible to take it away unless it was a force that could wage war, so it suddenly disappeared. This is something that Lee Gil-sang cannot understand.

“It has nothing to do with us, but we are suspected of being the ones who stole it. We need to leave immediately in case they turn their eyes and try to do something.”

“Sure… it would be better to go quickly.”

If we lose not one but several national treasures right in front of our eyes, it is a matter that should make us turn a blind eye to relations between countries.

After quickly preparing, they boarded the transport plane.

However, Oh Hyun-seong threw his luggage into the transporter, stopped by the vehicle in front, took someone out, and carried him on his back.

When Han Su-yeon saw that sight, she froze in place.

“…what……?”

As expected, Han Soo-yeon immediately recognizes Shin Yu-hee even though she is burying her face in it.

It’s not because of the striking hair color or the slightly prominent facial features.

For Han Soo-yeon, who was extremely sensitive to the flow of magical power, it was impossible not to recognize Shin Yu-hee, whose body structure itself was different.

“… So he wasn’t dead. And he must have had something to do with this case.”

He knew that Han Soo-yeon’s reaction to seeing Shin Yu-hee would be quite intense.

A ruthless terrorist, traitor and murderer of his fellow men.

Although her motive was incomprehensible, the circumstances and evidence at the time pointed to her as a solid culprit.

Han Su-yeon was also in a position where she had to be killed or arrested immediately if she ever came across her.

But even though he was carrying her on his back, Han Su-yeon remained more calm than expected.

“You’re not that surprised?”

“I was quite surprised. However… if you brought me here, it must be because you had an idea. First, let’s get out of here quickly. Get on.”

* * *

“That happened… … .”

Han Soo-yeon, leaning against the railing, nodded with a complicated expression.

After arriving at Incheon Airport, they find themselves in a shabby building on Yeongjong Island, not in Seoul.

She heard from Oh Hyeon-seong about everything that happened at the scene.

“It’s surprising that Shin Yoo-hee is here, but Yang Gi-hoon showed up too… … .”

Senior of the 2nd generation, Yang Ki-hoon.

As far as she knew, he had been in the Awakened Prison for a while before he died.

The cause of death was suicide.

I thought he had killed himself by cutting out his own vital point with great skill, and that he had done his best until the end.

But, he was thought to be dead, but was later found in a distant foreign country.

There were more than one or two other suspicious points.

Yang Ki-hoon was someone who could freely pass through walls and was skilled at irregular numbers and surprise attacks.

But that doesn’t mean that Oh Hyun-seong and Shin Yu-hee were both caught off guard at the same time.

It would have been impossible for him in the past to catch up with her so quietly.

The fact that Yang Ki-hoon was watching the scene from the beginning, and the fact that he prepared an artifact containing a curse and tried to kill her as a top priority.

There were more than one or two points that seemed suspicious.

“What if… Yang Ki-hoon framed Shin Yu-hee? Since he was still in the special task force, he might have used his insider status to set things up.”

“But the evidence back then was so clear. If he had fooled us all, it wouldn’t have been possible just because he was an insider.”

“It’s possible that there were other helpers, or that they used numbers we don’t know about.”

“But… why?”

Han Su-yeon asked a fundamental question.

Although Yang Ki-hoon was a crazy person, his madness was usually expressed in a way that benefited him.

That’s why he was able to stay in the organization for several years without being dragged off to prison.

Oh Hyun-seong couldn’t answer that either.

“… I thought I had uncovered some huge plot device. But it turns out we ended up drawing parallel lines.”

He scratched his head and let out a short sigh.

We learned that the culprit who robbed the country’s first relic storage facility and the unidentified mastermind who controls all kinds of criminal organizations is Shin Yu-hee.

However, the appearance of Yang Ki-hoon left a new question mark, and the recent suspicious incidents, such as the theft of large-scale corpses from named monsters, had no connection to Shin Yu-hee whatsoever.

“First, I’ll do some research on retirees who went overseas. It definitely seems like they’re doing something suspicious behind the scenes.”

Han Soo-yeon said, pulling away the arm she was leaning on.

The whereabouts of all the senior members who had left the special forces at that time were unknown.

I thought if I dug into them, something would come out.

“Vice President, I think you should come in.”

At that moment, the door suddenly opened and a man with his head sticking out spoke.

Then, the two of them, who were standing side by side in the hallway, exchanged a glance, nodded, and went inside.

The appearance of Shin Yu-hee lying down soundly.

“What are the results?”

“The level of the curse itself is not so high that it cannot be lifted… but the entire body has already been encroached too deeply. Even if there are several people, it will be impossible to completely remove the curse.”

Sweat was beading on the forehead of the man answering.

He must have put in quite a bit of effort, as there were traces of his magic tricks left all over the room.

“…okay.”

Han Su-yeon, who had been silent for a while, nodded.

Then the man nodded and left the room, leaving them alone.

“I guess it’s not going to work.”

The curse was fatal to Shin Yu-hee, who was over-qualified for magical power.

My entire body has already been completely consumed, and in this state, no matter how much I try to remove the curse, it will just fill up again.

It was like trying to scoop out water with a shovel from a rising tide.

Oh Hyun-seong was also confident in Hae-joo, but he was unable to resolve her condition.

“Come to think of it, didn’t you say that some of your crops… were effective against curses?”

“I already tried. But it didn’t work.”

There were several crops in his fields that were effective against curses.

In fact, it was Shin Yu-hee’s only hope.

However, the effects of the crops were similarly limited to temporarily alleviating the curse, and did not significantly improve it.

Even though he used the most effective epic grade crop he had, he was unable to drive away the curse that had been stuck all over his body.

‘I can’t last like this for long.’

Even in an unconscious state, Shin Yu-hee was sweating profusely and breathing heavily.

The hunter’s strong body is holding on to its lifeline and putting up a resistance of its own.

The curse that had been finally driven away was already rising up throughout my body again.

There is no method or theory that can solve her condition now.

Objectively speaking, it is already no different from a corpse.

“If even leaning on crops doesn’t work… what are you going to do now?”

“…well.”

Swish.

Oh Hyun-seong lifted Shin Yu-hee up gently.

Still, I couldn’t just give up and put him in a body bag.

Because I haven’t heard her answer yet.

* * *

Oh Hyeon-seong returned to Changyeong-ri’s house with Shin Yu-hee.

Since it was caused by a curse, she couldn’t get any treatment by going to a medical facility, and since she was a wanted person anyway, she couldn’t go to the hospital.

If it weren’t for Han Soo-yeon, it would have been difficult just to get through the airport with her.

That’s why he opened the door with slightly complicated feelings, carrying Shin Yu-hee on his back.

Squeak.

“huh……?”

But as he entered the yard, he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks.

The inside of the house was the same, but a man wearing a mask was standing in the middle of the yard.

“… … .”

The man turned his head and looked at him blankly.

Although Oh Hyeon-seong was quite flustered, he was able to quickly see through his true identity.

A dead person controlled by Shin Yu-hee.

She was also one of the top-level national hunters within the organization she was working for.

‘How did you get here?’

Oh Hyun-seong glanced at Shin Yu-hee, who was being carried on his back.

Still leaning against his back, with his shoulders sagging.

Since there is no magician to control it, the consciousness of the dead should also be lost, but the masked man not only moves normally, but has also traveled all the way from France to faraway Korea.

Thud!

At that moment, the masked man put down the large bag he was carrying on his back.

Then he poured out the contents of the bag.

“What… what is this?”

Oh Hyun-seong’s mouth fell open.

Fragments of the Holy Light.

The Holy Grail of Nemetona.

The fall of ten thousand eons.

Bami’s shield.

There were national treasures that could not be converted into value rolling around in his yard, and there were also artifacts that were each incredibly heavy.

It’s a sight that makes you doubt your eyes.

“… … .”

The gaze of the masked man standing there blankly was only directed at Oh Hyeon-seong.