Absolute Regression Chapter 644

Episode 644 If He Dies, There Will Be War

So Jeong-rak was making rounds of the hospitals again today, with doctors on his left and right.
He examined the patients’ physical conditions, prescribed medicine, and set their bones.

“Thank you, Senator!”

The eyes of the patients looking at him were full of respect. They treated him like a god.
Then someone spoke from behind.

“Do you remember me?”

When So Jeong-rak and the members of the council turned around, Geommu-geuk was standing there.

“You treated my brother, didn’t you?”
“I remember.”
“I was worried you wouldn’t remember because you had so many patients.”
“It’s hard to forget someone like you.”

Then Geommugeuk smiled and said.

“Right? It would be hard to forget such a handsome patient guardian.”

The lawmakers standing nearby looked dumbfounded, while the patient and his guardian laughed.

“How is your brother?”
“He’s already walking around like he’s completely healed. If he keeps doing that, he’ll get poisoned again.”

Geommu-geuk could tell from So Jeong-rak’s gaze that he was quickly scanning him. He was checking if he had been detoxified.
Both the Poison King and So Jeong-rak were masters who could tell the state of the mind just by looking at it.

“What is happening here?”
“You treated my brother, but can you just leave? That’s why I prepared a gift.”

Geommugeuk took a small pouch out of his bosom and held it out.

“Please accept my sincerity.”

So Jeong-rak looked at the pouch that Geommu-geuk held out.

“It’s okay.”
“It’s a cheap gift I bought at a market, but it’s a gift that I put my heart into.”
“It’s my rule not to accept anything from patients.”
“It would be too embarrassing for my hands to do that.”

At that time, the member of parliament standing next to him said to Geommugeuk.

“The congressman is busy, so I think it would be better to come see him again later.”
“Then, please take a look at what the gift is.”

Without even being able to stop him, Geommugeuk opened his pocket.
At that moment!

puck.

White smoke burst out of the pocket.
The smoke quickly spread in all directions.

The next moment, something amazing happened.
Not only the members of the medical team, but also the patients and their guardians all fell down.
It happened in an instant, and the only people standing there were Geommu-geuk and So Jeong-rak.

“What is this?”

So Jeong-rak looked at the congressman lying next to him. They were all asleep.

The swordsman waved the smoke with his hand and exclaimed in admiration.

“The effect is amazing. I guess I’m getting used to this taste.”

Geommugeuk looked at Sojeongrak.

“You and Cheon-ae Geosa too, how can you use innocent people as shields? I couldn’t help it.”
“A shield?”
“You’ve been living a lie your whole life. Aren’t you tired of it? Even if it’s just the two of us, return to your original self.”

But So Jeong-rak still looked surprised at the situation. He even went as far as to check on the sleeping patient.

“Every time I see you, I feel like such a villain.”

The doctor who was performing the martial arts picked up the paper that had fallen on the floor.

“Patient records.”

Geommugeuk lifted it into the air by the window to see if he could see any other letters.

“If you look at it like this, it should have poison written on it, and your organization’s secret communication written on it.”

Of course, there was no way something like that would have been written.

“How do you survive this boring daytime life?”

It wasn’t just a passing remark.
There was something I felt while I was with the Poison King in Cheon Dok Rim. Learning poison was completely different from learning regular martial arts.

If you don’t completely immerse yourself in that world, you will never survive,
because the poison will kill you.
Only those who think only of poison become masters of poison.

This So Jeong-rak must have been the same. He came this far with the poison he learned in his youth? He detoxified the poison that the Poison King used without even training hard?

That can’t be. He must have practiced his poison without anyone knowing. He must have saved lives during the day and killed lives at night.

So Jeong-rak turned toward the door.

“I don’t know why you’re doing this, but I’m going to call someone. If you want to hurt me, then hurt me.”

He tried to escape from this unexpected situation.
When an unexpected situation occurs, get out of that moment!
Even if you think you can control the situation, get out of it first. The feeling that you can accomplish something is a trap and an illusion created by the unexpected situation.

So Jeong-rak was a person who lived by this principle.
And now, he heard a word from behind that made him break that principle.

“Three days old.”

At that moment, So Jeong-rak flinched and stopped moving.

“Our King recognized me at a glance.”

So Jeong-rak turned back to Geommu-geuk.
Judging from the fact that he could tolerate everything else but could not tolerate the story of the Poison King, he was a person filled with a desire to defeat the Poison King.

“I don’t have a talent for detecting poison, but I do have a talent for detecting other things.”

Geommugeuk added, staring at So Jeong-rak quietly.

“The talent to recognize evildoers.”

The kind-hearted So Jeong-rak’s face hardened slightly.

“Haven’t you been acting for decades? Stop it now.”

After a moment, So Jeong-rak answered.

“I have never acted. Saving people’s lives is my life.”

The sword dance did not deny that.

“That’s right. You’ve been a good member of parliament for a long time.”

Because that’s really how I lived my life.

“But I don’t think I can respect that life.”

The swordsman sat at the end of the bed where the patient was sleeping.

“If the Great War breaks out because of you, hundreds of times more lives will die than the lives you saved in your entire life.”

Geommu-geuk could see it. There was no trace of conscience on So Jeong-rak’s face.
Geommu-geuk looked at the patient on the bed and asked.

“Are you going to atone for your sins in advance by saving these people?”

So Jeong-rak walked slowly over and sat down at the end of the patient’s bed across from him.
He looked at the patient in the bed he was sitting in and blurted out.

“This is crazy.”

A deep smile appeared on So Jeong-rak’s lips.

“The word ‘atonement’ came out of the mouth of the leader of the Demonic Cult. Do you even know what atonement is?”

The sword dance laughed heartily.

“How wonderful this is. Let’s just take off our masks and talk frankly.”

The look in So Jeong-rak’s eyes that had sunk down was different. Just the look in his eyes made him look completely different, to the point where he wondered if it was really the person he liked.

“How long have you been waiting for this moment?”

So Jeong-rak raised his head and looked up at the ceiling, then exhaled deeply.
The sticky air that flowed out of his body instantly took over the space. It was a kind of air that made a person’s body feel heavy, as if they were sinking into a swamp.

And then he saw the sword dance. Twenty or so vine-like energy branches out from his body and connect with the bodies of those sleeping there.

“If I die, they die with me.”

It was a situation that could be considered advantageous, but his personality was very thorough.
Geommugeuk sighed and said.

“A shield is a shield even when you sleep.”

This was an extension of what he had said to So Jeong-rak earlier, saying that they were using him as a shield too much.

“I’ve often heard that the leader of the Demonic Cult imitates swordsmen.”

He seemed to be convinced that nothing could be done as long as there was a hostage, but
the emotion in his eyes as he looked at Geommu-geuk was intense distrust.

“Blood is thicker than water.”

Of course, I was convinced that it was a dirty trick to rule the martial arts world. The demons were born that way.

“Honestly, you don’t care if the authors die, right?”

The sword dance acknowledged it obediently. There was no need to show the will to save them in this situation.

“As expected! You recognize me. It is said that a wicked person recognizes another wicked person.”

Geommugeuk looked down at his hands and said.

“That’s right. Even now, my blood is boiling inside me. I’m endlessly tempted by the desire to throw away all these words and just cut him down. Just kill this wicked bastard. If the people in the political party misunderstand, tell them to do it! Think about the consequences later!”

Geommu-geuk raised his head and looked at So Jeong-rak. So Jeong-rak did not hide his emotions. The unpleasantness of hearing the curse was clearly expressed in his cold eyes.
As if trying to add more firewood to his anger, Geommu-geuk smiled slyly and said.

“I live my life pretending to be good in order to hide the fact that I am this kind of person. Now that I think about it, we have a lot in common.”

So Jeong-rak nodded.

“I have to admit it. I too am holding back from wanting to kill you.”
“Why are you holding back?”

So Jeong-rak didn’t answer, but Geommu-geuk knew the answer.

“I have to live so that your conspiracy can be completed?”

So Jeong-rak’s eyes twitched slightly.

“What role do I play specifically? The moment you start to curse at me, you reveal your true identity.”

It also meant that the time had come. It was a choice he had made because he had anticipated that this would happen to him.

“Are you curious about your role? It’s a very important one.”

Seeing his confident appearance, Geommugeuk spoke calmly.

“You think you’ve lived a perfect life as a member of parliament? Treating the poor for free, saving countless lives. Respected by everyone. So you think we can’t do anything about you?”

Geommugeuk got up from his bed and slowly approached him.

“Are you sure you don’t have any weaknesses?”

So Jeong-rak just quietly listened to what Geommu-geuk was saying.

“It must have been perfect at first. But over the years, have there been no mistakes? Have there never been a time when you let your guard down? Have you lived your life without being caught for so long?”

So Jeong-rak’s eyes trembled slightly.

“I’m sure you have a secret workshop somewhere in the basement of this building. You must be studying and testing poisons there. No matter how well you hide the entrance, if you call in an expert, they’ll find it.”

The corners of So Jeong-rak’s mouth slightly went up.

“If there is evidence that it is my space, then you can frame me for it.”

Then Geommugeuk opened his eyes wide.

“Huh? Is there really a secret place underground? I was just guessing.”

So Jeong-rak bit his lips slightly as he made a mean expression.
Geommu-geuk stabbed at another part.

“Who did you do that experiment on? I don’t understand why you work so hard to see patients. If you weren’t such a kind-hearted person, you wouldn’t be able to live so sacrificially. But how could a kind-hearted person practice such a poisonous technique? But then one thought occurred to me. Is it to find someone with the constitution you need?”

The eyes of the swordsman became sharp.

“I think some of your patients with special constitutions may have gone missing.”

So Jeong-rak neither confirmed nor denied, but his eyes were trembling.

“There’s a secret room in the basement where they tested poison, and it turns out that the patients have gone missing. Isn’t that enough reason to suspect you? Isn’t that enough to kill you?”

But So Jeong-rak was confident.

“Do you know how many people I’ve saved so far?”
“That doesn’t matter. There are far more people you haven’t saved.”
“!”
“They’ll make up the rumors and reputation about you.”

Geommugeuk stared at Sojeongrak coldly.

“I concluded that it wouldn’t be a big deal even if I killed you.”

The swordsman was curious about how he would react to the strong threat. It would be easy to kill him. To those who use poison, he was the pinnacle of the opposite sex.

So Jeong-rak, unaware of that fact, was at ease.

“I was already poisoned by you the moment I first saw you. The moment you use your internal energy, your energy and blood will expand and explode.”

Of course, I knew about the sword dance. Because the moment the poison entered my body, it was burned away.

Geommugeuk pretended to be surprised and embarrassed.
When his opponent thought he had the advantage, Geommugeuk asked quietly.

“Okay, since we’re at this point, let me ask you this. Who on earth are you trying to kill by using the Geumma Ridge nomads?”

The sword dance asked as if it was floating.

“Miss Jin?”

Then, I carefully observed each and every one of his expressions.

“Are you serious?”

Still, So Jeong-rak just had a strange expression on his face.

The sword dance asked the last person.

“It must be a miracle.”

So Jeong-rak finally opened his mouth. It was finally the moment when I could get new information from him.

“The target changed because of you.”
“Because of me?”

Of course, many things must have changed since he and the Mazones came here to Infinite.
I was curious about who had changed.

“We considered many possibilities. We analyzed and reanalyzed all the data we had collected.”

So Jeong-rak said with a strange smile.

“Then the surprising result came out. On the contrary, if the person who changed died, the probability of war breaking out was higher than anyone else.”

It was at that very moment that I had an inexplicable ominous feeling.

Squeak.

The door opened and a man stepped inside.
He was a white-haired veteran with blood-red magic radiating from his entire body. He was a presence that made your whole body freeze the moment you saw him.

An absolute master who has reached the age of 100. Surprisingly, he was the demon king who broke the Golden Horse and came to Infinite.

There was also a master who showed up at the opposite door.

He was an old man whose body was twisted and looked like a skeleton. If you hit him, his whole body would fall apart.
But his two eyes were deep and deep. The abyss containing one hundred and fifty years of history was in them like death.

He was none other than Baekgol Honma.

Surprisingly, two people appeared in the same place.
Just by looking at them, Geommugeuk could tell who they were.

So Jeong-rak finished what he was saying.

“I even came to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter who he dies to. If he dies, war will definitely break out.”

The gaze of the swordsman sank. Now it was clear who the new person was.

“……It was me.”

So Jeong-rak nodded slowly.

“Yes, I have concluded that the Demon Lord will absolutely not tolerate your death.”