Chapter 119
Chapter 119
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 119
Chapter Title: Reunion and Revelation
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Recently, Korea hadn't had a single peaceful day.
Crying and laughing amid a storm of major incidents—it felt like Korea had suddenly become the center of the world overnight.
Demons, Go Yohan, warp gates, terrorism, and all that.
The funny part was that even events clearly seen as bad news had sent Korea's overall stock prices skyrocketing without limit. In that short time, the changes were noticeable even to ordinary people.
So everything was a jumble of good news and bad.
But amid it all, one piece of news that arrived was pure good fortune, no question.
"All here."
A building in Gangnam.
There had once been a name that shook Korea with its prestige, only to plummet in an instant.
"All here?"
"Yeah. Inkyung, we're all here."
People used to say it.
If only they'd been given a little more time, Korea's history might have changed.
Instead of a monopoly by the Divine faction, another divine power could have risen.
"The keys are inside...."
Go Yohan, about to step out of the car, was approached by a parking attendant who spoke up.
Due to the nature of guild buildings, only registered members could use the parking lot after identity verification.
That's why the attendant had come over to offer valet service.
"Uh.... Uh...."
But he froze at the sight of the silver-white hair.
"...Go...."
"Thanks for the help."
Only then did the attendant snap out of it, bowing his head deeply on instinct.
But it took a good while before he actually moved.
Beep.
An urgent radio crackle.
"Go, Go Yohan...."
-What're you saying?
"Go Yohan is here!"
With the attendant's shout, a stir rippled through the surroundings.
And no wonder—lately, Go Yohan's name was at the center of every uproar in Korea.
Villain or hero?
Debates for and against him raged even now, with heated online arguments from those who envied or admired him.
But Go Yohan, who rarely showed himself publicly unless absolutely necessary...
"...It's really Go Yohan!"
"Is that Go Yohan?"
...had come here.
"Who's the kid with him?"
"She's cute."
"How old is she?"
Even amid the buzz, attention poured onto Joo Inkyung's appearance.
"Baa!"
Hugging Go Yohan and waving her hand, she had the onlookers staggering as if shot in the heart.
"No way."
"Ahh da!"
"Who is she?"
"Why is Go Yohan showing up here holding a little girl?"
Lately, there was one undeniable piece of good news in Korea.
The homecoming of a certain player whose name had been soaring.
No matter how much Korea's status had risen, people's idea of the world's center was still America.
And considering that most top world rankers held American citizenship and operated there, it wasn't just a delusion.
Among them, the number of players of Korean nationality who had made a name in America could be counted on one hand.
"Uh.... Go, Go Yohan Player, we... welcome your visit."
Along with Go Minji, the hottest American ranker lately.
"What... brings you here?"
Her decision to abandon America's vast benefits and return home had drawn massive attention amid major events.
"Came to see a friend. Is Sehyun inside?"
Kim Sehyun.
It was her return.
That was when it happened.
Murmurs.
The lobby, already buzzing from Go Yohan, grew noisy on the other side too.
A group emerged from the opening elevator doors and started walking over.
"She's over there."
A welcome face—Kim Sehyun was approaching.
"Cap...."
She started to greet Go Yohan warmly but sensed the stares around them and quickly changed her words.
"Yohan."
"Long time no see."
Go Yohan smiled and greeted her back.
"Bloody Queen."
Her face twisted sharply.
Flushed bright red, her fingertips trembling.
"...Please."
It was already well-known that she hated the moniker "Bloody Queen" that world players had given her.
"No heads-up—what's up?"
At the meeting of two players who could be called legends, onlookers held their breath, ears perked.
That was when it happened.
"Baa! Ah... baa!"
Joo Inkyung, nestled in his arms, touched Go Yohan's cheek and spoke.
"Daddy...?"
"Did she just say daddy?"
That alone was a massive shock.
A girl barely seven or eight, and she's his daughter? At only twenty?
But the real bombshell came after.
"Inkyung, I told you not to say that...."
"Mama!"
Joo Inkyung climbed down from Go Yohan's arms and toddled toward Kim Sehyun.
"Mo... mama!"
"......"
It was like a bomb had dropped.
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They said America had promised Kim Sehyun benefits worth trillions of won.
A nation called the superpower, with a defense budget in the trillions—that was America.
Considering the value of top rankers and their ripple effects, a trillion-won offer was only natural.
Moreover, America had even glimpsed part of Kim Sehyun's true power, unknown to the public.
"Inkyung."
"...Yes."
"If you do that again, you're really in trouble."
"...Yes...!"
Kim Sehyun had rejected it all and come home.
To Taehan, the reason she had to leave.
Taehan had spiraled into collapse after that incident, essentially disintegrating, but the name Taehan remained.
And in fact...
"Sorry. Because of Inkyung."
"No, I knew it already."
"Mo... ma!"
"Sis."
"Si... ster!"
Taehan's scattered forces had been seized by Greed.
Preparations for Kim Sehyun's eventual return.
And now, bit by bit returned to Taehan—it was already being whispered as one of Korea's top fifty guilds.
'Nonsense.'
In truth, Taehan had enough value, with just Kim Sehyun, to be called one of Korea's top three guilds.
Anyway.
Murmurs.
Kim Sehyun, Go Yohan, and Joo Inkyung sat in a cafe near the Taehan guild.
Kim Sehyun had suggested going to the guild master's office, but Go Yohan refused.
"Greed said showing us together a time or two wouldn't hurt."
Kim Sehyun nodded at Go Yohan's words.
"...True. Plenty call you a villain or whatever, but it's a fact that stocks soared wherever you went."
She gave a wry smile.
"And we're old friends... People knowing we're connected won't hurt."
Taehan needed to grow faster.
Especially in Korea, perception mattered most.
To reclaim and secure status as a chaebol or warlord, ties to the Divine family—practically Korea's royalty—were crucial.
"Busy?"
At Go Yohan's question, Kim Sehyun pouted.
"...You know better than anyone."
He chuckled, and she laughed along.
Then...
"......"
Kim Sehyun looked at Go Yohan with eyes full of complex emotions.
To her, the Go Yohan before her was a tangled mess of identities.
Childhood friend.
"Why the face?"
First love.
"Just."
The enemy who killed her father—and the savior who rescued her.
"Just...."
And now...
'I don't know.'
She couldn't grasp her own feelings.
That uncertainty had made her delay returning to Korea.
But facing him again, she knew for sure.
'The emotions the Apostles show toward Yohan.'
It was too shallow for mere love—more like worship.
A faith born not of reason, she realized in that moment.
But one thing lingered in her heart.
"Seeing you like this... makes me glad I came back."
Kim Sehyun said.
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"Just... everything."
That was when it happened.
Vrrr!
Go Yohan's phone buzzed violently.
Seeing the caller, his face twisted sharply.
"Pfft."
Kim Sehyun burst out laughing at the sight.
She hadn't seen who it was, but she could guess.
"Your sister?"
"...Yeah. What?"
Go Yohan answered.
-Hey! What's this I hear? Sehyun's Inkyung's mom? No way... I've never seen Sehyun have a kid....
Beep beep.
Go Yohan ended the call without a word and stood.
"Let's go."
"...Okay."
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They were heading back to Taehan after a brief outing with Kim Sehyun.
They felt the stares and murmurs around them, but no one approached rashly.
If Kim Sehyun felt like a national hero akin to a sports superstar, Go Yohan carried the image of a cold-blooded killer.
"And...."
On the way back, Kim Sehyun said quietly.
"I think I can find it soon."
Kim Sehyun hadn't left Korea just because of Taehan or Go Yohan.
It was to find the true target of her revenge.
And her return was tied to that—he knew from the reports.
That was when it happened.
"Unfilial traitor, explain yourself!"
"Explain!"
Furious voices rang out from somewhere.
Kim Sehyun's face hardened.
"Unfilial traitor Kim Sehyun! Explain the death of Taehan Group Chairman Kim Taehwan!"
"Explain!"
Around a hundred ordinary people.
They had gathered in front of the Taehan guild, holding picket signs and shouting.
That was when it happened.
Thud.
Go Yohan flicked his hand and caught something flying at them.
An egg.
"It's Kim Sehyun—!"
Malice surged toward them in an instant, wrinkling Go Yohan's brow.
He'd barely noticed the egg—it had no lethality at all.
"Unfilial traitor!"
They were the same.
Ordinary people without a scrap of mana.
Yet...
"Grrr...."
He could feel it.
Their outpouring malice.
Had no killing power.
But he knew.
That was.
'Poison.'