Yama Rising

Chapter 550: The Sinking of MV Sewol

Ahn Somi smiled bitterly, “Pastor Ahn was the pastor who administered Lee Jung-sook’s baptism. And he’s… also the nominal father of my physical body.”

But of course… Qin Ye shook his head - How could someone who’s lived for such a long time still cling onto the hope given by a particular set of faith or belief?

Qin Ye was deep in thought when Ahn Somi went on with a statement that jolted him right back to his senses, “But… five years ago, she saw to it that we could no longer locate her whereabouts.”

If Lee Jung-sook had resorted to such measures in order to preserve her own safety and security, she would have done so right from the start! This was why I’d thought this to be Lee Jung-sook’s preferred mode of communication all this while.

Qin Ye gently rested his chin on his hands, and his eyes gleamed brightly - If Lee Jung-sook didn’t use the ironwood frame together with the copper mirror, then this must mean that Lee Jung-sook still trusted them, and in particular, trusted the Lord of the Danube. Although there’s a possibility that she might not have known who she was actually dealing with, these things hardly mattered to a person who was courting her own death.

So if that’s the case, then why did she suddenly have to implement such security measures just five years ago?

“That’s not entirely impossible, because Ahn Somi is speaking from her own perspective. She was allowed to communicate with Lee Jung-sook, but there’s likewise also a possibility that No. 1 and No. 2 were also given access to communications with Lee Jung-sook. None of them are aware of what the others have spoken to Lee Jung-sook about, or what requests they might have made of Lee Jung-sook. Therefore… it’s not surprising that Ahn Somi doesn’t find anything amiss with this.”

“No, but… something did indeed happen.”

“Five years ago, on 23 April. That’s when… I gained spiritual awareness for the first time. And as soon as I woke up, I saw her, and noticed how she was different from the others. That’s why I followed her all the way to Hanyang. And then, when she tried to perform a seance, I attempted to possess her.”

“My intuition told me that if I could seize control of her body, I’d be able to learn the truth about what happened back then. Unfortunately… I failed.”

“Haa…” As soon as he appeared, Ahn Somi trembled and stared at him with great disbelief. Her lips parted slightly, ostensibly with an intention to speak, and yet she remained absolutely silent as a result of the immense shock that filled her mind.

Ahn Somi remained silent. Her lips trembled as she continued to stare at the spirit pen. It was only after an inordinate amount of time that she finally found her own voice, “MV Sewol…”

“You… were a student who was on MV Sewol? Five years ago… 23 April… you… had to be it if you were born an Anitya Hellguard…”

Qin Ye had always found Kwon Kyung-ho’s story rather strange. Had he only died by drowning, there would have been no way he would have been born directly as an Anitya Hellguard. Therefore, he knew that Kwon Kyung-ho’s death wasn’t as simple as it sounded. It must have been the result of shocking injustice. However, he couldn’t be bothered to think about the cause of the death. The spirit pen was a Daeian Yin spirit after all, and any injustices were naturally Liu Yu’s business. He couldn’t care less about picking up after Liu Yu’s slack. That said, he’d never thought that his back story would somehow be related to the nameless god of death’s activity in Daehan.

“I can still remember it clearly.” Kwon Kyung-ho gnashed his teeth. It sounded as if he was both crying and laughing at the same time, “16 April was a foggy day. Every single ship docked in the Incheon port had cancelled their scheduled departures… except us!”

They all had a grim smile on their faces. They said… ‘don’t move’.”

“We all listened, because we were too small and frail to defend ourselves…” Kwon Kyung-ho snapped his head up to the ceiling and continued with a hoarse, spiteful voice, “And then… they ran away! They abandoned the ferry!!!”

At once, the room was filled with the gurgling sound of water.

Qin Ye was somewhat startled. He hadn’t examined the spirit pen up close, and he naturally hadn’t expected it to be a special Hellguard-class Yin spirit.

“Not the military; not the shipping company; and not even the crew members! I watched my classmates sink down below the surface of the waters, one by one, as they all drowned in the water…”

“I can still vividly recall the taste of the seawater to this very day. That salty, bitter, and cold seawater.”

There was pin drop silence in the room. Wang Chenghao’s lips parted slightly, and then closed again without saying a word. Oda Nobutada also stared intently at Kwon Kyung-ho.

Qin Ye also remained silent because he knew that this was an incident that shook the world. Furthermore, things were clearly more than meets the eye with this incident!

However, that was highly inaccurate. In fact, not a single ship had in fact gone out to sea. In fact, all of the private rescue organizations were completely sidelined.

The despair and loneliness accompanying the abandonment… must have been absolutely unimaginable.

And last, but most certainly not least…

In other words… they were from a cult!

It was a sacrifice that was performed with the acquiescence of the government!

Back then, many people thought that this was nothing more than a rumour.

Why the charge of homicide through gross negligence, otherwise described as murder?

The former chairman of Chonghaejin, Yoo Byung-eun, born in 1941, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for the mass suicide of 32 members of the sect in 1987.

A chill went down Qin Ye’s spine. It suddenly dawned on him that there was a real possibility that the incident with MV Sewol could have been a part of the Tsar’s script!

After all, the ones who could make all of this happen in Daehan were few and far between, and to that end, Lee Jung-sook happened to be one of them.

Didn’t they get in contact with Lee Jung-sook precisely because they wanted to circumvent some of the government machinations in Daehan in the first place?

The fact that they were able to suppress news about the MV Sewol for a good period of time before it finally exploded was terrifying indeed! Furthermore, if this were truly a part of the Tsar’s script, and given Lee Jung-sook’s importance in the eyes of the Russian Underworld, there’s no doubt that she would have been involved in some way or other!

I wouldn’t even bother looking for her.

The lives of hundreds of innocent students were involved! From the reports, the oldest was 15 years old, while the youngest was only 8 or 9 years old. How could anyone have condoned burying such innocent lives in the bottom of the ocean?! Qin Ye could never bring himself to do something as ruthless as that - not even in his capacity as the King Yanluo of Hell.

He sighed softly, and then turned to Kwon Kyung-ho once more, “When did Lee Jung-sook arrive? What did she do?”

“That’s the seventh day.” Oda Nobutada interjected, “The night where the soul returns.”

Qin Ye lifted his brows, “Continue.”

“But… he didn’t die!”

Author’s comments: Those who are interested should really go read up more about the truth about the MV Sewol incident… It’s truly horrific.

There’s also a video interview with the family members of those who perished in the MV Sewol incident, with parents bawling their eyes out as they cry out for justice. Death is truly too cheap for these criminals!

1. I’ll just put this out here right now. It was a horrific disaster that was shrouded with mysteries and conspiracies. There were even ties between this event to certain cults in Korea.

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