Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Is This Fate?

The underworld messenger said.

[That friend called Lee Gyeong-seok, really not an ordinary ass. Even while I made him dream nightmares frequently like that and warned, didn’t even pretend to listen.]

‘Well, because just a dream.’

If dismissing as a dog dream, enough.

[Usually if repeatedly seeing the same nightmare to that extent, once feeling uneasy and being careful is natural, but this friend has no such thing.]

The underworld messenger shook his head.

[Even suffering from sleep deprivation, repeating the forced march. Since the boss returned, saying has to cover the remaining work certainly, burning. A friend with very thorough responsibility.]

Should I like this, or not?

Thorough responsibility and working hard is proper to praise.

Not swayed by superstition, and silently doing all one’s work even suffering from sleep deprivation is clearly an excellent social person’s posture.

Secretary Lee, you’ll die doing that! In various meanings!

[On my part, did all kinds of interference operations, but insisting on boarding that plane, as me there was no other method.]

‘Headache. So boarded the plane, or not?’

[Didn’t board. No, couldn’t board.]

‘Oh!’

Only then I swept my chest.

Lee Gyeong-seok was a talent regrettable to lose like this.

He is a man who later is called Taeseong’s brain and becomes the president of Taeseong Electronics, one of Taeseong’s core affiliates.

Suddenly curiosity arose.

‘Saying dreams don’t work either. How did you stop Secretary Lee?’

[That’s······ caused a dongti.]

‘Dongti?’

Dongti is like a disaster received when touching something that shouldn’t be touched?

Something strange?

So the subject changed, I think.

‘Voluntarily caused dongti to a person staying still?’

[Was there another method to stop besides that?]

‘······.’

A hollow laugh came out naturally.

The words that the underworld messenger voluntarily caused dongti was also the first time in life.

‘If dongti occurs, what becomes how?’

[Gets sick.]

‘Like a cold body ache? Or goosebumps rising a lot, or······.’

[High fever is basic and the sky spins round and round and collapses flop flop.]

‘······.’

[Doesn’t die. Would I have used hands excessively to that extent. No problem.]

‘First, using hands on a person staying still seems the problem.’

[Told me to prevent Secretary Lee from falling into the Arabian Sea and dying.]

In the end, the sound that because of my request, the underworld messenger ended up using the unreasonable number of dongti.

‘Uh, hmm. Became sorry.’

[No need to be sorry. Just in time, thanks to you establishing a large merit, His Majesty decided to prepare a gift. Thanks to that, slightly passed relying on heaven’s mandate.]

Ah, come to think of it, was trying to ask that.

‘Mansour’s father-in-law. What is that person again? Originally a person who doesn’t board that plane?’

The underworld messenger grinned.

[Do you know that? For a person to die unluckily, several ‘of all things’ have to overlap.]

Suddenly seemed to understand what words.

Even when I died is so.

Of all things that day insisted on driving instead of the driver, of all things at that time the 25-ton trailer driver was dozing, of all things overlapped with the kindergarten kids’ dismissal time, of all things collided with the car side, of all things······.

[Conversely speaking, even if several unlucky of all things overlap, if just one luck is bestowed, doesn’t die and passes.]

Huh?

[So people usually don’t know and pass that they luckily avoided an accident.]

Is that so.

[Conversely, connections are also formed because of the luck at that time. Just like now. Actually, this matter can be said to be the case of you riding on Lee Gyeong-seok’s luck.]

Hmm?

[Lee Gyeong-seok was originally a person who had a connection with the Middle East’s real power. He only had that connection slightly advanced due to this matter, but you originally had no connection at all with that side.]

Well, because I had no matter of stirring the Middle East back alleys.

Come to think of it, Lee Gyeong-seok saw large benefit from the Middle East market.

In youth to Taeseong Construction, later to Taeseong Trading and Taeseong Electronics.

Lee Gyeong-seok was famous as a skilled person who associates casually with the Middle East’s real powers and exchanges friendship and concludes businesses.

Enough that words circulated that Mansour who stood out with business sense among the Middle East’s princes often seeks advice from President Lee Gyeong-seok.

‘Guardian deity, so how did the Middle East’s power holder luckily avoid death? Tell in detail a bit.’

Curious.

‘That person is an in-law of the Abu Dhabi royal family and a powerful power holder so would have ridden private planes. How ended up boarding that plane?’

[Of all things the machine broke down.]

‘The private plane broke down? How? What’s the reason?’

[Is that important? The important is that even feet tied, decided to force the schedule because couldn’t ignore the royal family’s invitation.]

Ah, so that person bought the plane ticket to Dubai.

[Trying to force the schedule, what can do. Have to seek another method. Just in time there was exactly one ticket heading to the destination matching the time.]

‘That of all things was Indian Airlines flight 855.’

[Yes. Of all things ended up boarding the plane scheduled to crash into the sea.]

Goosebumps rose on my spine without realizing.

Even until now, how many ‘of all things’ words entered on earth.

[Of all things at that time walked side by side with Lee Gyeong-seok who cut the same plane ticket, of all things met me. Like that the two caused dongti together.]

‘Hmm? Then ends there?’

[No way. With that, would the connection string be woven.]

Puzzling.

‘What more is there there?’

[The of all things hasn’t ended yet. Of all things the two ended up sharing the same airport infirmary.]

‘······.’

[Of all things the security guards and secretaries were each busy responding to the sudden emergency. Left only the two.]

No need to see, the security guards specialized in VIP protection would have controlled entry to the infirmary.

The secretaries would have been busy checking private plane repair, contacting the Dubai royal family due to the changed schedule.

[Inevitably Lee Gyeong-seok had to hold the doctor and plead saying will use the phone while groaning. Because if missing the plane, won’t match the time to submit the bid.]

‘Bid?’

[Taeseong Construction’s Dubai construction work bid estimate.]

······Huh?

[In the Middle East, planning city construction with overflowing money. Why would try to board the plane?]

‘Surely······!’

I ended up making a hollow laugh without realizing.

‘Surely Muhammad showed interest in Taeseong Construction hearing that phone?’

[Such thing. Can be said became a blessing in disguise.]

The underworld messenger grinned.

[Wouldn’t world affairs all be such. Occasionally more absurd matters occur in reality than novels.]

‘A connection formed by dongti.’

[Better infirmary trip than underworld path trip. There was no other method to tie the feet.]

That’s so.

One side a man who even suffering from nightmares frequently for at least half a month ignores and forces the march.

The other side a man of will who if the private plane breaks down will even ride another plane and go.

A underworld messenger without flesh also seems no other sharp method to tie both’s feet simultaneously.

[Originally to form a connection with a person with no connection with you, enormous luck and unreasonable numbers have to follow and barely connect.]

‘Wait. This is a special connection prepared to praise my merit?’

[Think. Then is there another method for an eight-year-old child on the opposite side of the earth and an in-law of a royal family and head of a huge family to form a connection? Have no choice but to go riding the connection string.]

Thinking about it, that’s so.

[More important is the person, the response, the matter than the opportunity of coincidence. Muhammad is a power holder planning city construction, and the Taeseong Construction work plan that Lee Gyeong-seok shows only attracted his interest.]

I ended up snickering.

‘Anyway, Secretary Lee is safely alive, right? Then enough.’

I saw the adults each making serious expressions and moving busily.

Grandfather was calling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and requesting.

“Among the passengers who crashed into the Arabian Sea this time, check if there’s a friend called Lee Gyeong-seok. Our Taeseong Construction affiliated friend. Please.”

Father was searching the airport.

“Want to inquire about a friend called Lee Gyeong-seok among the passengers of Indian Airlines flight 855 that had the accident this time. Can’t contact Indian Airlines?”

Secretary Kim had run out saying will send telegrams here and there.

‘This. Can’t even say Secretary Lee is fine and alive. What, heart suffering a bit doesn’t die either.’

I decided to pretend not to know.

‘Underworld messenger, good work.’

If did work, have to receive daily wage, if established merit, have to receive reward.

‘When I return home today, I’ll open our house basement safe. There are lots of landscape paintings and art works there. Last time seeing, you like appreciating such things?’

[Hmm, if possible I want to challenge something else.]

‘Something else? What?’

[For example that.]

What the underworld messenger pointed was the black and white CRT TV.

[Seems a new item, really amazing.]

Good! What’s difficult about that.

‘Considering your merit, specially give even the channel selection right.’

Originally the channel selection right is a privilege only allowed to the real power of that household?

* * *

‘Uselessly showed!’

The underworld messenger welcomed the new item called television and ended up opening eyes to a new world.

[Quickly turn on the television a bit. Time for the daily serial drama to start!]

Before knowing, the underworld messenger had become a drama fan who waits all day and even matches the time and watches the main broadcast.

Who would say not a unemployed.

‘You memorized all the television schedule in just ten days?’

[Doing this will miss the front part. Because cut at the decisive moment yesterday, curious about the back to death!]

The underworld messenger pulled my sleeve madly.

‘I’m in the middle of picking anchovy shit now?’

[Not that can’t watch television while picking anchovy shit. Can watch all television and pick the rest. But serial dramas if missing the time, there’s no next!]

‘Ah damn!’

The underworld messenger stamped feet like a dog needing something and urged.

From the national anthem starting until the national anthem comes out, insisting on watching television turning channels.

To the extent that only after I couldn’t stand and made a ‘television viewing possible timetable’ did daily life become possible.

Addiction is not far?

[Quickly! Heungseon Daewongun comes out!]

A few serial dramas that the underworld messenger waits counting fingers appeared.

Dongyang Broadcasting’s daily serial drama ‘Beautiful This Youth’ and ‘Only Daughter’, Friday drama ‘Wild Rose’ and weekend serial drama ‘That’s It’.

Among them, the serial drama the underworld messenger likes the most was the daily serial historical drama ‘Rain Wind Cold Dew’.

[Ah ah, Joseon’s national fortune declines like this······! Darkness is thickening on this country’s future······!]

Jang Yeong played the role of Heungseon Daewongun, Jang Mi-hyeon played 1 person 2 roles and performed passionately.

Watching the appearance of the underworld messenger immersing in the drama and repeating sighs and exclamations from the side, only one word came out.

‘Damn.’

Aunts say if meeting the villain from the drama in reality, curse like that.

[I won’t leave those Japanese bastards! Saw last time. I saw where those bastards live?]

‘No. That’s acting. Those people are all Korean people.’

[Japanese soldiers taking off military uniforms and boldly walking the streets? Those damn bastards! What are the constables doing? Not catching such guys!]

‘······.’

How far should I do a Korean history lecture leaving the underworld messenger who seems updated stopped at Joseon.

Want to leave the underworld messenger who is indignant as if seeing a real traitor, but.

After knowing that can use the terrible means of ‘dongti’ if wrong, can’t even pretend not to know this.

‘Underworld messenger, listen well. So this is······.’

It was when I was about to sit the underworld messenger and give a long speech about television and broadcasting system, actors and sets, scripts and historical research.

-News flash!

Suddenly switching to the news screen, the anchor urgently announced the flash.

-Around 5:07 PM today, a fire occurred at a chemical substance manufacturing factory in Incheon. Currently including 2 firefighters who were working at the factory and doing extinguishing work, 52 people died, and 137 people suffered serious and minor injuries, provisionally tallied.

A large subtitle floated below the news screen.

Chemical factory fire accident, current time deaths 52, injured 137