Congressman, Live Again - Episode 773
Chapter 773
a lot of things happened.
People now know what they are.
I realized the monster inside me that I had been denying, feared it, and hated it..
Some of them committed suicide because they could not overcome the weight of their sins..
Becoming a Buddha by accumulating good deeds.
Because that’s what Abu Buddha was all about..
People saw the end of that faith, and those who could endure it and those who could not were sharply divided..
“Doesn’t the older brother save them??”
“Painkillers are just painkillers, not a panacea. Even if you fake the pain, nothing will change unless you remove the tumor..”
“……Right.”
“And if you rely on painkillers, you will eventually need stronger painkillers..”
In the end, the doctor's final prescription was terribly written..
Stop killing one child..
face the truth.
There was no strawberry-flavored antipyretic syrup or citrus vitamin jelly there..
Instead of prescribing a single painkiller, I grabbed them by their hair and confronted them with the truth..
Chaos and madness arose..
It was the bare face of hell.
At night they became acutely aware of what they were and had to remember who they had eaten..
In the midst of that tribulation, Jin Cheon-hee looks at Jiashi..
“Jashi, can you hear me??”
“…….”
Jashi is sitting in the formation..
As a result of the aftereffects of the drinking, his body was reduced to half a tree, and his eyes became cloudy with white stains..
Jin Cheon-hee puts down the ice cream in front of him..
It was a spirit offering method learned from glass artisans in the past..
Of course, they usually put dates or carefully prepared local food on top, but since I heard that Jin Cheon-hee likes the ice cream made, I had no reason to refuse..
“Jashi?”
“…….”
there is no answer.
Yeo Ha-ryun said.
“My soul would have already been eaten away. As he said, after eating every last soul, I will take over this body and walk home..”
“To prevent that from happening, I'm using every spell I know to put it off..”
“……But wasn't Jashi the one who taught his brother witchcraft? She wouldn't be such a soft-spoken person to leave something like that to her..”
“okay. Your eyes are correct.”
Jashi declared..
There is no salvation now.
Since he has already decided to burn everything, nothing can stop him..
They say every spell comes with a price..
Jin Cheon-hee tried to pay the price using his own blood or flesh..
However, even that was blocked by witchcraft..
As if this situation was expected.
“Jashi knows a lot about witchcraft, and he knows a lot about me too..”
“What is it like to give up? brother. Because there are impossible things in this world.”
“I feel strange because you and no one else say it's impossible..”
“…….”
Jin Cheon-hee laughs bitterly. Yeo Ha-ryun closes her mouth at that sight..
For some reason, my brother always believed in himself..
I used to generously give myself a firm belief that was invisible to others..
He was that kind of man.
A person like that grits his teeth at his own words..
But my brother is not a god.
It was impossible to make water flow from bottom to top, and it was also impossible to repair an already broken soul..
“After today, Jashi's soul will be eaten by the spirits without a single trace remaining. Because that's the contract. The spirit also prepared to disappear and responded to Jashi's call. The contract between the two cannot be broken no matter how much I do..”
“……That's cruel..”
“okay.”
Jin Cheon-hee grits her teeth and eventually takes out a glass bottle from her bosom..
White liquid splashed inside the bottle.
It is the last remaining Rakshasha's egg.
What Jin Cheon-hee received from Seongju in the past.
It was a pill that Baekcheon-gun swallowed, saying that as long as memories continue, that person will not change..
“that?”
“To do what Jashi asked me to do before he died..”
“I cannot agree. Isn’t it just that the Rakshasha who ate Jashi’s memories was born?.”
“okay. That Rakshasha still misses Usha and loves her earth.”
The ‘me’ that Jashi thinks of and the ‘me’ that Yeo Ha-ryun thinks of cannot be together forever..
Jin Cheon-hee's shadow sways between light and darkness..
“So I'll do it like this.”
He opened the cap of the glass bottle. Then he put it down in front of Jashi..
Gang-
The glass touched the marble and made a cold sound..
“Jashi, I didn't answer at that time. But now I have to answer. If you really want this. If it's not just a fear of death, but if you truly believe that this is 'life', you can eat it with just one piece of your soul..”
“…….”
Jashi doesn't move..
Now, he has no sound of breathing or even a beat of life left, to the point where he feels like he might actually turn into a tree while standing still..
“Brother, he's dead.”
He didn't even have the presence of mind that a living person should have..
“Do you think you would have enough sense as a human being to eat this with a grain of your soul? Even this is just another name for death.”
Death's favorite said so.
Jin Cheon-hee also does not deny it. But he didn't even say yes.
‘Maybe I was too greedy.’
Without using this method, I would dare to deceive the sky. There must be another way.
I tried again and again.
In the end, I stood at the edge of the last cliff and listened to his request..
However, if you don't have the strength to hold it.
If there was no soul left to choose it, this would have no meaning either..
‘Where are memories stored?.’
Brain or soul?.
Or is it somewhere far away that we don't even know about?.
I can not know. I don't know but.
“Let's stop. brother.”
The moment the son died, the father's adventure began..
It was by no means a fairy tale, it was a cruel journey that could not be told to others..
There was no heaven or treasure island where blood was on one's own and others' hands..
The congressman tried his best to stop it, but everything was like an arrow missing a bowstring, and the outcome was already decided the moment he let go..
In the end, the fate of the arrow penetrating everywhere is left..
All that remains is whether or not you reach your goal..
Split arrows have no answer.
“brother.”
Yeo Ha-ryun knows that Jin Cheon-hee cried for a long time as she personally let go of a child..
I hoped that my body and mind would not be hurt any more..
Isn't this terrible if this is the price of a bowman?.
Because the rolled stone was worn away and I couldn’t tell where it landed.
“Jashi.”
That moment.
Jashi's hand moves slowly to hold the bottle..
There was no life in the expressionless face..
nevertheless, nevertheless.
The old hand lifts the bottle into the mouth, into the mouth..
Jo Ro-rok-
A whitish liquid filled the mouth, and only the sound of gulping and the neck moving filled the room..
“Ugh!”
It's the sound of one life ending and another beginning.
He screams and twists around..
The branches sprouting from the body began to fall..
Jashi finished defining ‘me’.
It's time to answer that now.
Jin Tianxi broke the line and captured Jia Shi..
“Usha.”
The bone necklace around his neck rattled..
The memories continued.
If there is memory, the ego also exists. And a soul left.
* * *
“There's no need to worry anymore, but why?.”
“wait a minute.”
Jin Cheon-hee persistently beat Jashi..
Now he has returned to his original human form..
‘No, to be honest, I think the expression ‘returned’ is not appropriate..’
Where one flower fell, another flower bloomed again.
We do not express that as we are back.
Jashi looks at Jin Cheonhee with a bitter expression..
“You neither confirm nor deny my life..”
“That's right. My stupid head still can't find the answer..”
“Are you stupid? The only person in the world who calls you that is you..”
While saying that, he held Usha's bone necklace tightly..
Jin Cheonhee took his hand away..
“Everything is normal. It's no different from before. Even the lung function is weak..”
“Something like that. In the end, isn’t ‘me’ something I define?.”
“What are you going to do in the future? What happens to the spirit??”
“Well, that's fine. Even though I have become like this, my old soul has been eaten by spirits and I have paid the price. I was planning on sending you back to my hometown politely, but I'm contemplating whether I should just sit here..”
“yes? Oh, I guess that's it too. If you go back to your hometown, it's ruins..”
“hmm. Even from a spirit's point of view, being alone in the ruins is not something to do. There is no shaman without people. It might be a primitive spirit that lives alone from the beginning, but it has learned to interact with humans..”
“okay. Since this place is already devoid of spirits anyway, it would be a perfect place to find a new home..”
Jin Cheonhee nodded..
Jashi said.
“okay. And in the end, it was this guy's regret that didn't eat the last piece of my soul left..”
Spirits and humans have different emotions..
Nevertheless, the spirit hesitated until the very end to fulfill the contract and eat Jashi..
“He was the one who hesitated until the end, even though it would have been difficult to maintain his existence if he didn't eat me because he had used up a lot of his strength. So I want to help you get to the point where you can settle down here..”
Jin Cheonhee nodded..
It seems that meeting and parting do not just happen between people..
It's still chaos outside..
Yeo Ha-ryun went out for a while to manage his subordinates and then came back..
“He asked for a chain.”
“hmm?”
“Chains to bind yourself at night. If possible, he also wants someone to stop him from doing stupid things..”
Among those who collapsed after seeing the truth, there were those who faced the truth..
It was the strength of humans and the power to open the future..
Yeo Ha-ryun said.
“I want to incorporate this region into my faction. So I want to severely punish anyone who eats people..”
“I talked to Seongju.?”
“Agreed. The soldiers we have are not enough, and there is nothing that cannot be done with the gold and meat of our school..”
“You've grown quite powerful..”
“hmm.”
In order to subjugate an area this size and maintain order, you must at least become a large sect..
Although the new foreign policy may be less effective than the central government, there will be no change in the fact that it requires a lot of manpower..
‘The power of Yeo Ha-Ryun in front of us right now must be the tip of the iceberg..’
How much did it grow? That's enough for the king of a small country to eat..
Thinking back to the time of the Supreme Heavenly Demon, it gained power on an unimaginable scale..
That many people who would have died survived, and Yeo Ha-ryun himself counted the numbers and thought twice before killing people, which gave him a reputation..
“okay. Everyone is heading towards the future.”
At that time, Jashi, who was concentrating on the spell with his eyes closed, frowned..
“Damn it. It seems that another spirit has already taken its place..”
“Already?”
“okay. I thought someone else would come soon after the job was done, but I never thought they would come so soon. You seem like a young and weak spirit, but I'll try to persuade you..”
If it doesn't work out, isn't there going to be a fist fight?.
In the end, isn't it natural that my spirit is more precious than other people's spirits?.
Jin Cheon-hee became worried and chased after Jashi..
* * *
The place Jashi headed to was the temple basement..
It was a highly alkaline lake..
“They say spirits have settled here for generations. Not only can evil things not enter, but it is also under the temple, so it is not good for people to receive their faith..”
‘Is it okay that there was a Rakshasha spawning ground??’
I don't know much about spirits, but judging by Jashi's expression, it looks like he's okay..
dark place.
Unknown murals that I had seen for the first time were revealed..
Here, Jashi performed a ritual to summon spirits..
Jin Cheon-hee asked.
“Can I see that spirit in my eyes too??”
“hmm. You can use magic to see it..”
“oh……?”
“What, you didn't learn anything like that? I can't help it.”
Jashi sprinkled the ashes from the burning wood into Jin Cheon-hee’s eyes..
“Cough.”
I coughed a few times and looked in front of me and it was still dark..
“I can't see anything?”
“That's because the newly established spirit is too weak. wait a moment.”
Jashi performed a ritual by tearing off the goat's neck, drawing out the blood, and sprinkling it around..
Smoke fills the air everywhere..
how long has it been.
What appeared there.
[……?]
It's definitely a soul sent by Jin Cheon-hee himself..
Jin Cheon-hee is so surprised that her eyes widen..
The child is also speechless as if he is surprised..
However, I couldn't even hear the voice. Jin Cheon-hee said.
“No, why don't you go somewhere nice and stay here??”
Jashi said.
“I heard that a soul imbued with strong power cannot go to the afterlife and remains as a spirit... … . I never thought I'd see this with my own eyes.”
“They say I'm weak!”
“not weak.”
“I'm not dying soon?”
“Originally, I had planned to help my spirit find a home, even if it meant using physical force. Because I want to protect my spirit too.”
He doesn't even hide it, this guy.!
A child who has become a spirit is shaking his arms..
Jin Cheon-hee blocks Jashi’s way..
“If you want to get rid of this, I won't stay still..”
“okay. I don't plan on doing that either. Let's name it with that in mind..”
“yes?”
Jashi walked towards the child..
“Baby. I have finished this work and now I want to follow the author. He's a ridiculous guy called Daylight..”
[…….]
Jin Cheon-hee's eyes widen at those words..
It would be a great help to Jin Cheon-hee if Jashi only came to Baeklin’s Pavilion..
Even if he could barely use magic, his herbalism was a great gift to Uigak..
Jashi continued..
“How about you follow along? Since you will be settling in the middle of nowhere, you may be lonely, but no other spirits will harm you..”
[…….]
how long has it been.
The child nodded and sat on Jashi's shoulder..
“I think you should come up with a new name..”
Jashi pondered before opening his mouth..
“Isha. The name of my son who went first was Usha, and you named him this thinking he was his younger brother..”
The child smiles brightly.
Isha.
He seemed to like the name..
“thanks. You are my beginning and salvation.”
As soon as the name was given, a long orphan appeared in the child's head..
That looks like a monkey.
It also resembled a stone monkey that had reached the heavenly axis..
“I heard that memories before death have a big impact on these things, so why would a child know the story of the Fire Empire?.”
Jin Cheon-hee laughed awkwardly at those words..
“I think I'm the culprit.”
Son Goku, who arrived in the west, now heads east..
In addition to Xuanzang Xuan, Shao Zheng, and the ministers of Jeo Ba-gye, there was also a doctor, a demonic cult leader, and a witch doctor..
Instead of carrying the Buddha's scriptures, he returned carrying a mountain of soda..
The adventure I thought was over has begun again.
The story continues.
It's what a child once dreamed of.
It was an adventure story that would never end..
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