Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 333

“Where did you say it was?””…Here.”Jo Gyu-min pointed to the map with a trembling hand. Bang Jin-hoon tilted his head, checking the spot.”Is there any reason to go this way?””I don’t know. I don’t know the reason, but this is the last place the signal was picked up. But…””But?”Jo Gyu-min silently reached out, grabbed the remote, and turned on the TV.”Look.”On the TV, a news camera was showing a badly collapsed tunnel.”What about it?”Bang Jin-hoon tilted his head as if he didn’t understand, and Jo Gyu-min pointed to the tunnel next to the map.”Could it be?”Bang Jin-hoon’s eyes widened as if they were about to tear.Jo Gyu-min’s hands trembled.”I’m trying to think it’s not. I’m trying to believe it’s not…”Jo Gyu-min’s voice was also trembling.”This is… logically, it doesn’t make any sense…”Jo Gyu-min didn’t finish his sentence. But Bang Jin-hoon could tell what Jo Gyu-min was trying to say. It was definitely something that couldn’t happen logically.There was no way that such a coincidence could happen, that Kang Jin-ho was there, and that Kang Jin-ho was buried under it.But….Bang Jin-hoon jumped up from his seat.”Let’s go.”Jo Gyu-min looked up at Bang Jin-hoon with a blank face.”We have to go and check, don’t we?”It wasn’t that Jo Gyu-min didn’t know that fact. He just didn’t want to admit it.Kang Jin-ho was also human. No matter how strong Kang Jin-ho was, if he was buried under there and hadn’t been in contact until now, a hopeful observation was impossible.Even though they had to consider all possibilities, Jo Gyu-min’s honest feeling was that he didn’t want to consider that situation.But on the contrary, his mind was increasingly leading the situation in a bad direction.If it wasn’t such a situation, would Kang Jin-ho really not have contacted them until now? Unless someone had attacked him?”Jo Gyu-min.”Bang Jin-hoon said in a firm voice.”Think about it later. First, let’s check it out.””…Yes.”Jo Gyu-min jumped up from his seat.Bang Jin-hoon was right. If he didn’t want to believe it, he could just go there and confirm that Kang Jin-ho wasn’t there.

‘He’s not there.’Jo Gyu-min gritted his teeth and walked outside.”…What a mess.”Bang Jin-hoon shook his head, looking at the crowd of people. From fire trucks to police cars and news vehicles, there were countless cars crowded on the narrow road, and there were endless people.It was impossible to investigate anything in this situation. A line had already been set up to prevent people from approaching the tunnel. With so many cameras and eyes watching, it was impossible to go inside.”…Damn it.”Bang Jin-hoon cursed. Even in the midst of this, time was passing mercilessly. It was obvious that the longer the time of disappearance, the lower the probability of survival.”Come this way.””Yes?”Jo Gyu-min grabbed Bang Jin-hoon with a stiff face. Jo Gyu-min, who headed to a tent set up behind the reporters, was stopped by the police.”You can’t go in this way.””Who is in charge here?””Why the person in charge? We will have a press conference later, so please step back.””Please call the person in charge.””Hey, this guy…”Jo Gyu-min took out a business card from his wallet and handed it to the police officer.”I’m from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. We need to conduct our own investigation to see if this tunnel is related to our construction company and if there were any suspicions of poor construction. Please call the person in charge.””Uh…”They had never been trained on how to deal with this kind of situation. As the police officer hesitated, Jo Gyu-min said as if spitting out the words.”If you can’t handle it or don’t know how to deal with it, go and ask how to do it now. If not, just tell me who the person in charge is and where they are from. Then we’ll take care of it. Do you understand what I’m saying?””Ah, yes. I’ll check and tell you now.””Yes. Please hurry.”As the police officer went inside, Jo Gyu-min stood there with his arms crossed and a stiff face.

‘This guy is no joke.’Bang Jin-hoon looked at Jo Gyu-min with a slightly surprised look.Even though he was not a martial artist, his momentum in pressuring the police just now was enough to surprise Bang Jin-hoon. He thought that the person Kang Jin-ho was with wouldn’t be ordinary, but he was still just a normal person.Bang Jin-hoon, who had the prejudice that all ordinary people were weak while practicing martial arts, had no choice but to re-evaluate the man named Jo Gyu-min. His courage was something that even most martial artists couldn’t match.”…Is it okay to handle it like this?””We just need to know who it is.”Jo Gyu-min bit his fingernails.”If we know who the person in charge is, we’ll be able to secure a way to get inside through the chairman. And if we investigate the inside for a moment, we’ll know. Whether what we think happened actually happened.””How would you know that?”Jo Gyu-min turned to Bang Jin-hoon with an annoyed face.”Is there a chance that Kang Jin-ho was in a tunnel that collapsed due to poor construction by chance?””…Probably not.””If that happened, this tunnel wasn’t collapsed, it was destroyed. Someone either drove Kang Jin-ho into this place or lured him in and blew it up.”Bang Jin-hoon nodded with a stiff face. Jo Gyu-min’s words definitely made sense.”What we need to find is evidence of an explosion. I don’t know even if I look at it, but Bang Jin-hoon, you’re a martial artist, so your eyes are different from mine. If you see anything strange, please check it.””Ah… Yes.”Once he had decided on a direction, Jo Gyu-min’s mind started working quickly, and he seemed like a completely different person than before.

‘I can’t deny it.’It seemed that while he was deciding to check it out and coming here, he had predicted the situation, decided how to move, and what to check.Bang Jin-hoon was also someone who had never felt like he was lacking in brains, but seeing Jo Gyu-min move, he felt like he knew how inefficiently he had been moving all this time.He didn’t hesitate to use lobbying and power to resolve the situation in the shortest amount of time. As a martial artist, he might be ridiculed, but as a practitioner, he was extremely capable.”They’re coming over there.”The practitioner who was dispatched to the scene to confirm Jo Gyu-min’s request was rushing over here.”Let’s go.”Jo Gyu-min hardened his face and walked inside.”Wow, this is…”Bang Jin-hoon clicked his tongue.The two of them, who had changed into fire suits provided by the fire truck, began to roam inside.The head of the National Police Agency, who was in charge of the emergency response committee, greeted them with a grumpy face, but that attitude was neatly resolved by the cell phone that Jo Gyu-min held out.The urgent voice of Chairman Hwang Jeong-hoo, which was heard from the other side of the phone, would have been enough to stop the heart of any powerful person. The face of the chief, who had turned pale, was unforgettable.They had managed to get in, but….

‘It’s hopeless.’If it was just a case of the mountain collapsing downwards, it would be easy to find traces, but the site was almost like a landslide, as if the surface of the mountain had been swept away as it collapsed.It was not easy for even Bang Jin-hoon to find traces of the mountain before it collapsed here.”Does a tunnel usually collapse like this?””No, how would I know if I’ve seen a tunnel collapse?”The despair turned into irritability.He knew he had to check, but there was no way to check. So he couldn’t help but get annoyed.”We don’t need overall traces.”But Jo Gyu-min spoke without paying any attention to Bang Jin-hoon’s reaction.”Just find anything strange. Something that shouldn’t be here.””Something that shouldn’t be here?”Jo Gyu-min said in a low voice.”They must have blown it up. Then there would have been explosives or detonating cords. They would have recovered most of it, but they wouldn’t have been able to recover everything.””Ah!”Bang Jin-hoon nodded.

‘That’s definitely right.’To see if Kang Jin-ho was involved, they just needed to check if this tunnel was blown up or if it collapsed. The most solid evidence would be the remaining explosives or detonating cords.”…But.””Yes.””It doesn’t seem easy to find something like that here?””That’s why I’m asking you, Bang Jin-hoon.””…Yes.”Bang Jin-hoon shut his mouth.

‘Damn it, does he think a martial artist is Superman?’That guy had a wrong idea about martial artists because he had been with Kang Jin-ho.A martial artist was just someone with a good sense and stronger than others, but that guy was treating martial artists like a cheat code.”Just a moment.””Yes?””I can’t find it with my eyes like this. I’ll try something, so wait.””Yes.”Bang Jin-hoon quietly closed his eyes.Then he sat down on the spot and sat cross-legged. Jo Gyu-min didn’t know what Bang Jin-hoon was doing, but he stepped back to avoid disturbing him.He couldn’t understand the world of martial artists. So, not interfering was helping.About five minutes passed.Bang Jin-hoon opened his eyes and clenched his fist tightly.”…Hey, Jo Gyu-min.””Yes?””I was trying to find what should I say, heat, right now?””Heat?””Yes. If there are still gunpowder or detonating cords left, it would be hotter than other places because it exploded once, right?”Jo Gyu-min closed his eyes.There was too much time to waste explaining the scientific principles that middle school students should learn to this person from the beginning.”…Yes, I understand. Let’s move on to the next step.””No, that’s not it…””Yes?”Bang Jin-hoon opened his mouth with a slightly tired face.”It’s underneath.””…Yes?””The heat is underneath. I can feel the body temperature of a person from under this collapsed tunnel. Do you understand what I’m saying?”Jo Gyu-min’s body trembled.”They’re there?””Yes.””You can feel that?””Do you think I won the position of the head of the association by playing Go-Stop [a Korean card game]? I’m one of the best martial artists in Korea. Even if it’s covered with earth and sand, it’s not like I can’t feel that.””…Then?”Bang Jin-hoon nodded with a pale face.”Yes. They’re under here. Two people.”Jo Gyu-min closed his eyes.

‘Damn it.’It wasn’t the worst.Because they had confirmed that they were alive.But what he had hoped would never happen had become a reality.”Under here…”Jo Gyu-min looked at the piles of earth and rocks and grabbed his arm.

‘I have to dig this out and save people?’Jo Gyu-min, realizing how absurd that was, staggered and sat down on the spot.”How…”His mind went blank.He had to save them. Because they were alive. But how was he supposed to save them?”First…”Bang Jin-hoon sighed and said.”Let’s have a countermeasures meeting. We need the help of experts.”Bang Jin-hoon grabbed Jo Gyu-min’s shoulder, but Jo Gyu-min couldn’t get up from the spot for a while.

‘Kang Jin-ho…’Jo Gyu-min, who was clutching the ground, dropped his head powerlessly.