Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 189

The Demon Lord’s Descent to Modern Times – Episode 190 (190/2125)

The Demon Lord’s Descent to Modern Times Volume 8 (Chapter 16)

Chapter 4: Acting (1)

Cho Kyu-min anxiously checked his watch.

‘He’s too late?’

It had already been two hours since his last call with Kang Jin-ho. Feeling uneasy, he tried calling again, but Kang Jin-ho didn’t answer.

‘This is unsettling.’

Cho Kyu-min shook his head, dismissing the thought that something bad might have happened to Kang Jin-ho.

‘I should worry about someone who needs worrying.’

He had already experienced something similar in China.

He couldn’t imagine anything happening to Kang Jin-ho, of all people. While it might be possible for an ordinary person, it was hard to imagine Kang Jin-ho, with his strange abilities, getting into an accident.

But…

‘That guy didn’t seem ordinary either.’

There was no way a human who could perfectly erase their traces from so many CCTV cameras could be ordinary. Moreover, according to Kang Jin-ho, the person had attacked him and still managed to return alive.

Cho Kyu-min quietly put down his phone and stared at the ceiling.

‘I can’t understand it.’

Both Kang Jin-ho and that other guy were far removed from the norm.

And those kinds of people were living in the world without any issues…

When it was just Kang Jin-ho, he thought Kang Jin-ho was special, but as more people like him started to appear, he began to think differently.

Could there be quite a few people like that in this world?

But they were living without revealing themselves?

Cho Kyu-min’s face slowly hardened.

It was a suspicion that could be considered reasonable, in its own way.

It wasn’t just a suspicion that arose because someone similar to Kang Jin-ho had appeared.

What made Cho Kyu-min’s suspicion the strongest wasn’t those two people, but the world itself.

‘How can it not be a topic of conversation?’

Kang Jin-ho had fallen from a high-rise building while working.

He didn’t die, but the fact that he fell from there and landed in a building below was a news story worthy of international attention. But the internet and broadcasts were all silent.

In a world with social media, it was impossible that so many people had witnessed the scene and yet no one was talking about it.

Someone was systematically covering up the incident.

Covering up an incident witnessed by so many people was not an easy task, even for a nation’s power. But Cho Kyu-min had witnessed such a thing happening with his own eyes.

‘Maybe the world is operating completely differently from what I know.’

As he began to pull out the doubts he had tried to bury, things he couldn’t understand began to surface one after another.

Just as Cho Kyu-min was about to delve deeper, the phone started ringing.

Seeing Kang Jin-ho’s name on the screen, Cho Kyu-min jumped up and answered the call.

“Kang Jin-ho?”

[Yes.]

“Thank goodness. Nothing bad happened to you.”

[What do you mean?]

Hearing Kang Jin-ho’s voice, which was as calm as usual, Cho Kyu-min breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing in his head that he was someone who didn’t need to be worried about was different from how his heart felt. Even though he knew this would happen, he couldn’t help but worry when he couldn’t reach him.

“What about him?”

[He’s alive.]

It sounded like he was alive.

Cho Kyu-min closed his eyes and mourned for the opponent who had fallen into Kang Jin-ho’s trap. Still, the opponent had attacked first, so there was no room for excuses.

“I understand. Did something big happen? Do I need to handle it?”

[No. There will be others to handle it.]

“I see.”

Cho Kyu-min could infer one more thing from Kang Jin-ho’s words. Kang Jin-ho also knew that someone was handling the situation.

However, from his ambiguous tone, he also got the feeling that Kang Jin-ho wasn’t entirely sure about them either.

“I understand. I’ll do some background checks just in case.”

[Okay.]

“And Kang Jin-ho, regarding the future issues… can you tell me who that person is and why they targeted you?”

[It’s China. And they said they wanted to know what kind of guy I am.]

“…What kind of guy?”

Kang Jin-ho answered in a low voice to Cho Kyu-min’s question.

[So, I showed them well.]

Cho Kyu-min couldn’t help but sigh. He didn’t need to see it to know what kind of state the other person was in.

“Yes. You’ve worked hard.”

[Okay.]

As soon as the call ended, Cho Kyu-min shook his head and sat back down.

‘I keep forgetting sometimes.’

Even though he thought he needed to maintain a sense of tension, when he saw Kang Jin-ho’s usual demeanor, he would forget how terrifying he was.

The gap between his slightly clueless appearance in everyday life and the way he looked when facing an opponent was so vast that it was bound to happen.

Cho Kyu-min thought he needed to be a bit more careful with his words and actions in the future.

‘But China…’

Of course, he had done enough to cause problems in China. But to send someone all the way to Korea because of that.

Cho Kyu-min, with a serious expression, got up from his seat and picked up his phone.

“Please tell the Chairman that I request a meeting with him.”

“Jin-ho.”

“Yes.”

“You, it seems like you need to go to the filming set.”

“Filming set?”

Kang Jin-ho tilted his head, seeing his mother looking for him from the morning.

Broadcasting station?

“Did something happen to Eun-young?”

If it was a filming set, it was related to Kang Eun-young.

“Do you know she’s in a drama this time?”

“Ah, really?”

Kang Jin-ho tilted his head.

Wasn’t Kang Eun-young a singer? Why would a singer be filming a drama? She should just sing.

“I didn’t know.”

“…Okay. Anyway, it seems Eun-young went to the drama set and left something behind. Please take it to her.”

Kang Jin-ho tilted his head.

There was no way the things needed for drama filming would be at home.

“What do I need to take?”

“A compact.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

“This son will deliver the truth for sure.”

“It’s makeup.”

“…Yes.”

Kang Jin-ho sighed as he received the paper his mother handed him.

“But don’t they have makeup artists there? Why do they need to bring something like this from home?”

“It’s expensive. Eun-young said it suits her well and she bought it directly from overseas, but she called this morning complaining that she left it behind. Just take it to her.”

“Hmm…”

Kang Jin-ho sighed deeply and nodded.

“Okay, I understand. But where is the filming set?”

“Where was it? Just a moment.”

His mother rummaged through her phone, then smiled and answered.

“Yeongdeok.”

“…What?”

“Go, son.”

“Wait, just a moment, Mother?”

Vroom.

Kang Jin-ho sighed and stepped on the accelerator.

‘I haven’t been riding Geumdong much lately.’ It seemed like he hadn’t been riding his bicycle much since he was discharged from the military. It was probably because his radius of activity had become much larger than before, so even for him, it had become burdensome to travel by bicycle.

And now, he had become quite accustomed to this car.

It was quite fun to move at a speed that couldn’t be compared to Geumdong.

“But why are they filming a drama all the way in Yeongdeok?”

If they needed the sea, there was Incheon nearby, and Gangwon-do as well, so Kang Jin-ho couldn’t understand why they were filming so far away.

Vroom!

His car, which he affectionately named Bungbung, roared with a low exhaust note as it sped down the road.

Kang Jin-ho, who had halved the time indicated by the navigation, parked in a suitable spot and got out of the car. He sighed as he felt people’s gazes all turning towards him.

“Should I put a cover on it?”

The biggest drawback of this car was when he got out of it.

When people saw a car approaching with a loud noise, their gazes would naturally follow, and if that car parked nearby, everyone would wait and watch to see who got out.

Kang Jin-ho quickly walked away to a less crowded area, avoiding the piercing gazes, and then made a call.

“Where are you?”

[Oppa? You’re here?]

“Where are you?”

There was urgency in Kang Jin-ho’s voice. He wanted to hand over this paper bag and return as soon as possible.

[I’m getting my makeup done right now… I’m sorry, but could you come over here and give it to me?]

Kang Jin-ho’s body trembled.

“Can’t you come out?”

[If I go out now, the unnies [older sisters or female friends] will have to wait, and then they won’t be able to rest.]

“Okay. Where are you?”

[If you go straight inside, there’s a place where containers are gathered. Find it well. I can’t open my mouth now. I’m hanging up.]

Click.

As soon as the call ended, Kang Jin-ho took a deep breath.

Finding the container where Kang Eun-young was located among those swarming people was quite a difficult mission.

‘I’m going.’

Kang Jin-ho’s eyes gleamed as he walked into the crowd.

“You can’t go in here.”

“Is Kang Eun-young inside?”

“Kang Eun-young?”

“Kang Se-ah.”

“Ah, Ms. Kang Se-ah?”

The person guarding the makeup room looked Kang Jin-ho up and down, then shook their head.

“You can’t go in here. If you have a gift to give, please send it to the agency.”

“No, that’s not it…”

“In the first place, this is a place where ordinary people can’t enter, how did you even get in here? You can’t do this. Please leave.”

“No. It’s not a gift, I came to deliver something that’s needed.”

“Yes, yes, I understand… Please give that needed item to the agency, and you absolutely can’t go in here, so please go back quietly. Before I call the police.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded, seeing the person blocking his way.

It could be seen as something that could make him feel bad, but he liked that Kang Eun-young’s security was being well-maintained. If he could have easily entered without any restrictions, Kang Jin-ho would have been angry instead.

Kang Jin-ho picked up his phone and called Kang Eun-young.

“I’m in front, but I can’t go in. Come out.”

Kang Jin-ho, who had simply stated his business, hung up and waited for Kang Eun-young to come out.

“Huh?”

The guard, who had been watching what Kang Jin-ho was doing, looked at Kang Jin-ho’s face again.

‘Huh? That person?’

He seemed like someone he had seen in a famous video of Kang Eun-young.

Wasn’t that the face from the interview? He couldn’t recognize him properly because he was wearing a hat pulled down low, but looking at his face, it seemed certain.

“Ah, excuse me…”

At that moment, the door of the container burst open, and Kang Eun-young peeked her head out.

“Oppa!”

Kang Jin-ho looked at Kang Eun-young and ground his teeth quietly.

“You!”

Before he could even speak, Kang Eun-young rushed over and grabbed Kang Jin-ho’s arm, pulling him into the container.

“Quickly! Quickly!”

“Ugh.”

As soon as Kang Jin-ho and Kang Eun-young entered the container and closed the door, the guard sighed quietly.

‘If he had taken off his hat, I would have recognized him.’

A hat pulled down low and dark training clothes.

Wasn’t that the typical outfit of a stalker?