Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 768

Developing (4)

“We’re short on food. To be precise, we have enough food, but most of the ingredients are Korean, so it’s very uncomfortable for us to eat.”

“…Are you asking for Chinese ingredients?”

“Rather than Chinese, we need ingredients for Chinese food.”

“I understand.”

“And we’ve set up tents, but tents alone aren’t enough. We need additional containers to use as temporary accommodations. Anything will do, not just containers. We need a place to avoid the wind and rain.”

“That too, for now…”

“Even if tents or containers come in, we can’t do anything without electricity. We need to bring in power lines. We haven’t confirmed if we can do this ourselves. We need to check if we need permission from the local government, and if so, what the process is.”

Kang Jin-ho slowly backed away. However, Jang Min, having opened the floodgates, followed Kang Jin-ho as if determined to see it through, endlessly rambling.

“We’ve secured places to sleep, but people can’t just sleep and live. We need to install more water fountains and more portable toilets. And as I’ve mentioned before, I don’t know why this hasn’t been resolved… Great Demon Lord!”

“Huh?”

“We crossed the sea with only the clothes on our backs. We don’t even have a spare pair of underwear. We’ll endure any hardship for the cause, but shouldn’t we at least live like humans? We’re not getting any basic necessities. The kids smell so bad, we can’t stand it.”

“…Isn’t that because they’re not washing?”

“Exactly! You’ve hit the nail on the head. It would be better if they could at least wash, but the current shower facilities are too inadequate. We need more water facilities. If we can’t, we need to at least get water trucks to supply water. All of this…”

“Jang Min.”

“Yes, Great Demon Lord!”

“…Make a list and submit it for approval.”

“The approval was submitted a long time ago. But it hasn’t been processed yet. Great Demon Lord, isn’t it only you, our rightful master, who can approve and process all of this? The paperwork is piling up, and I don’t understand why you’re here right now. Great Demon… Great Demon Lord?”

Kang Jin-ho turned and quickly moved his legs.

“Great Demon Lord! Don’t abandon us! Great Demon Lord!”

“I-I’ll send Lee Hyun-soo!”

“Great Demon Lord!”

Kang Jin-ho hurriedly ran away, disappearing from Jang Min’s sight.

“What’s the problem, you bastards?” Chun Tae-hoon pouted.

“Aren’t those Chinks being too much?”

“No, Chinks are always like that, and we need to move fast to make more deliveries.”

“Huh? Are you being discriminatory right now? I’m disappointed in you, Director.”

“I was just joking, you punk!” Bang Jin-hoon yelled. But Chun Tae-hoon didn’t seem to back down.

“Please don’t equate Chinese restaurant delivery guys with those Chinks. The delivery guys are Korean.”

“…Since when did this bastard become so patriotic?”

“It’s because of those bastards.”

“Huh?”

Bang Jin-hoon, with a face full of annoyance, said,

“What’s the problem?”

“Those bastards… they’re being too much. They’re using the bathrooms in our dorms as they please and doing laundry in the showers, so the kids can’t even wash. We’ve already had several fights.”

“Did you get beat up?”

“We beat them like dogs.”

“Good… no, you bastards, get along!”

“How can we get along with those bastards!”

Bang Jin-hoon sighed deeply.

‘Ah, damn it. Seriously.’

He had expected there would be problems. The number of Mago people who came this time was greater than the number of warriors in the General Assembly. If you combined all the members across the country, they wouldn’t be as many as them, but the number of people currently residing and working at the General Assembly was not comparable to the Mago people.

Since there were more guests than hosts, problems were bound to arise.

No, it would be fine if they were just guests. If they were guests, they would soon return to their homes, so they could just endure it for a while. But they weren’t guests; they were family members who would live together in the future. From the General Assembly’s perspective, it was like having more mouths to feed who weren’t immediately helpful.

So, problems arose.

“Can’t you try to get along by being a little more understanding?”

“They need to understand what we’re saying to be understanding. Those bastards keep speaking in Chinese, and I only understood one word.”

“What?”

“Wangpaldan.”

“What’s that?”

“It’s like saying ‘son of a bitch’ in our language.”

Bang Jin-hoon rubbed his face.

Ah, those, those bastards… seriously.

Two groups of hot-blooded people had met. Moreover, one side was Korean, and the other was Chinese. It was a miracle that a brawl hadn’t broken out yet.

Right now, the Mago people were watching Kang Jin-ho’s every move, and the warriors of the General Assembly were also watching Kang Jin-ho’s every move, so there weren’t any major conflicts, but that would soon reach its limit.

‘This is going to lead to a major accident.’

It seemed like mediation was needed.

“Hey, Chun Tae-hoon.”

“Yes.”

“I’ll resolve this somehow. I’ll resolve it as quickly as possible.”

“Yes.”

“Instead, you gather the guys and tell them clearly.”

“Yes?”

“While I’m resolving this, anyone who causes trouble will be stripped naked and thrown onto Gangnam-daero [a major street in Seoul]. I won’t let it slide, so tell them not to cause any trouble. Got it?”

“How can we endure it when those bastards start the fight?”

“If you fight back when someone starts a fight, are you a human, you bastard? You’re an animal. Humans are supposed to avoid fights, you muscle-headed bastards!”

“…Yes.”

Bang Jin-hoon jumped up from his seat.

“Since we’re going to live together as family from now on, try to be as friendly as possible, even if you have to endure it. Got it?”

“Yes.”

“Family! Got it? Family!”

“…Understood.”

Bang Jin-hoon turned away, leaving behind Chun Tae-hoon’s dissatisfied face. He needed to meet Kang Jin-ho.

“Separate them.”

“…Yes?”

“Separate them and isolate both sides.”

“…Yes?”

“Is my word difficult to understand?”

Bang Jin-hoon stared at Kang Jin-ho with a blank face.

“Kang Jin-ho… no, Lord Master. Those Ch… no, the Chinese people are now members of the General Assembly and people we have to live with, aren’t they?”

“No.”

“Aren’t they?”

Bang Jin-hoon looked at Kang Jin-ho with a puzzled expression.

‘No, but this guy… why is he so happy?’

It was the first time he had seen Kang Jin-ho greet him so warmly. He even made coffee with his own hands. Even though his voice was still cold, his expression was clearly joyful.

“There’s no way we can live together,” Kang Jin-ho replied calmly.

They had different environments, different ways of thinking. Different cultures, different goals.

Mix them together and expect them to harmonize?

It would be like a nuclear fusion, and everyone would die.

“I don’t understand what you mean. Aren’t you going to accept them into the General Assembly?”

“No, I’m not.”

“…You’re not?”

Bang Jin-hoon blurted out a familiar informal tone.

“Ah, ah, sorry. I was flustered.”

Kang Jin-ho chuckled.

“I brought them because they were needed for our power, but I have no intention of making them join the General Assembly. They’re not people we can accept. It would be poison for the General Assembly, and they wouldn’t accept it either.”

“Then why did you mix them in with the kids’ dorms?”

“Because they had nowhere else to sleep.”

Bang Jin-hoon coughed at the unexpected, realistic reason.

“Tell them to live like strangers. I’ll resolve the problems that arise from overlapping living areas as soon as possible. Tell them to endure until then.”

“If that’s the case, their complaints will subside. But is this the right direction…”

Kang Jin-ho chuckled.

This was also a cultural difference.

What would be natural in the Central Plains was awkward in Korea. Koreans, who have an emotional bond as one people and one group, are not used to acknowledging differences and living in a form of alliance. If you work in the same place, you have to become friends.

“The Demonic Cult is just the Demonic Cult. It can’t be part of the General Assembly. The top command system will be the same, but it will have an equal status to the General Assembly.”

“Is that possible?”

“Why do you think it’s impossible? The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Foreign Affairs are all ministers and receive orders from the President, but they are independent of each other. Which is higher, the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Minister of Justice?”

“The Minister of Foreign Affairs.”

“That’s right. The Minister of Foreign Affairs.”

“There’s a hierarchy?”

“Of course, there is. Are you kidding me!”

“I think the example is a bit off…”

Kang Jin-ho, at a loss for words, awkwardly laughed.

“Anyway, that’s how it is. Do you understand?”

“I understand. But to do that, we need a clearer separation of living areas. If we stay mixed like this, there will be murders. I’m not kidding, there will be real murders.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

Even if you mixed ordinary Chinese and Koreans in that number, there would be accidents. But what if you mixed in belligerent warriors? It wouldn’t end with just one or two deaths.

“I’ll resolve it quickly, so just wait a little longer.”

“Yes. Well, if you say so…”

Bang Jin-hoon got up from his seat and bowed. Then he turned and headed outside.

“But…”

Bang Jin-hoon, who was heading out, smiled and said,

“I think this is the first time I’ve asked you to resolve something like this, Lord Master. You’re starting to look like a leader?”

“…I’ve been running away all day.”

“Yes?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Okay, then.”

As Bang Jin-hoon closed the door and went outside, Kang Jin-ho took out a cigarette.

‘This isn’t easy either.’

He had been advised countless times by Lee Hyun-soo and Wiggins. He had heard similar words from Jo Gyu-min before.

He doesn’t trust people.

Instead of entrusting what he can do to others, he doesn’t know how to do other things. As much as there are few things he can do, he tries to do whatever he can himself.

But that was not suitable for the way of the one at the top.

That’s why he was now entrusting what he should entrust to them, and Kang Jin-ho was looking for what he should do. It was not easy and uncomfortable, but this was also a process of development.

‘I can’t do it alone.’

The Heavenly Demon Lord had told him.

That the things he had done so far would tighten his own neck. That things he could never handle would happen.

That might be true.

But he acknowledges and denies those words at the same time.

Because Kang Jin-ho is not alone.

‘I don’t need to handle it alone.’

Everyone will help, everyone.

Bang!

At that moment, Lee Hyun-soo opened the door and came in, his face contorted.

“While others are short on hands, you’re playing around here?”

Crack!