Chapter 1160: Spider’s Tactics (12)
Jeju Island hotel, top floor.
Beyond the glass window, the dark night sea, lighthouse, and fishing boats were visible.
Since they had come by private plane, they could have flown at night if only Hwang Ho had given instructions, but at Jo Ui-sin's request, they had already found a place to stay and decided to stay for a day.
Hwang Ho thought of his friends while drinking green tangerine tea and admiring the night view.
'Not bad. Red tiger... ... will be busy spending time with his companion, Eun-ho can't come, and that white tiger will see this scenery through Jo Ui-sin, so that's fine. I should have brought Black Tiger.'
Of course, he didn't intend to put Black Tiger in front of the water, but he must have liked seeing this scenery.
Also, if Black Tiger was there, Jo Ui-sin would have acted less suspiciously and rested a little more, so it was killing two birds with one stone.
Thinking that he should bring Black Tiger next time if there was a similar opportunity, Hwang Ho looked at his friends who were by his side.
Cheongho was lost in thought as he poured the cheonggyulcheong into his teacup.
'I guess you're thinking about the auspicious dream that the head of the Yang clan mentioned.'
Sleep Yang, who was in a good mood after hearing the story of the furniture gift that Hwangho said he would give, confused Cheongho by talking about auspicious dreams.
Sleep Yang's words may have been well-intentioned, but Hwangho was in a bad mood when he saw Cheongho worrying.
Hwangho spoke to divert Cheongho's attention.
"Cheongho, how about looking out the window instead of the teacup? It's a view that you can't see from Eun Gwang-gu, so it would be nice if we could enjoy it together."
Cheongho raised his head at Hwangho's words.
Cheongho still looked thoughtful, but Hwangho's words seemed to give him the time to look around.
Cheongho asked.
"Hwangho, have you had any dreams lately?"
"Unless you've forgotten your dreams, no."
"Me too. I haven't had any since I came back to this body."
"Then the auspicious dream about the amount of sleep must have been a dream you had before. I guess the 'trace of your precious dream' that remains in your soul remains."
When it came to the dreams of Cheongho when he was living as Hani, Hwangho also knew something.
Jo Ui-shin and Eun-ho said that Hani had a dream in which a person who was presumed to be a celestial being appeared.
Eun-ho also said that he had a dream of a celestial being before he returned to the body of a Jin tribe.
If a dream in which a celestial being served by a noble tribe appeared was indeed a good dream, it could be considered a good dream, but there was something on his mind.
'The last time I saw a celestial being was right after the conflict between the two worlds. It was when Baekho was the water spirit and I was the guardian. However, since then, the celestial being has never spoken to the noble tribe even once.'
If the celestial being that appeared in the dream was a celestial being, it means that he knew about Cheongho and Eun-ho's situation.
However, the celestial spirit did not give any hints to the hojok, and when they returned to the hojok, he stopped appearing in their dreams.
It was as if the celestial spirit was avoiding contact with the hojok.
The two hojok did not say a word, but they looked at the night sea with the same thought.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
"Hyunmu, come in."
"You recognized me without even seeing me."
"You're the only one who's going to come to us now, aren't you? You came sooner than I thought."
Hwangho invited Hyunmu to sit down and served him tea.
When the date of his visit to the Yangjok's territory was confirmed, Hwangho immediately rented the entire top floor of the hotel.
Hwangho gave the best room to Jo Ui-shin, but gave Hyunmu the next best room.
No matter what the process was, it was Hyunmu who persuaded the sleeping sheep who had stubbornly refused to meet.
"This time, I owe you something. The amount of sleep will be dissatisfied with you for a while, is that okay?"
"It's okay. I just got off the phone, and if you play some more good music, it'll be fine."
"He's really easy to handle."
"That's true, but it's not easy to have the means to handle him."
Hwang Ho nodded.
The only ones who could control the amount of sleep right now were Hyunmu and Jeong Haesoo's performances.
He didn't know what would happen if he listened to Heukho's performance, but in the current situation, there were few means.
"I understand the amount of sleep."
"Cheongho, you're picky about what you listen to, so there must be something in common with that amount."
Hwang Ho snickered and filled Cheongho's empty snack bowl.
When Hwang Ho picked up the Cheonhyehyang waffle from the dessert tray with tongs and placed it on the bowl, Cheongho silently grabbed his fork and knife.
Hyunmoo, who was watching them happily through the blindfold, said.
"You two are really close. It must have been a long time since you last met, wasn't it awkward?"
"You met before we met again."
"That's right. Um, that's right."
At first, Cheongho's words didn't make sense, but Hyunmoo, who was wise, quickly understood and nodded his head.
Hyunmoo looked at Hwangho and Cheongho, who were having tea together, with a longing look.
Hwangho, who understood the meaning of that gaze, asked.
"Hyeonmoo, didn't you get along well with Baekho and Cheongryong when you met them after a long time? It's not something to be jealous of."
"That's right. But there are friends you haven't seen in a long time."
"Are you talking about Jujak?"
"Yeah. I miss them even more because I saw the shadow play of Sasoo (四獸) that Lu Boyuan did a while ago."
"Aren't you planning on returning to China soon? If you go and see Zhu Zhu yourself after a long time, it will be resolved."
Hwang Ho answered clearly, but couldn't speak more strongly.
Even though Hwang Ho knew that Baek Ho and Jeok Ho were in the Silver Mine, he couldn't go and see them himself.
Hwang Ho also knew that if their circumstances became complicated and they grew distant, it would be difficult to visit even the closest friends.
Hyun Mu must have known this, but he didn't refute her, instead tilting his teacup and changing the subject.
"I guess that child is talking to another child."
"The price for meeting the two heads of the clans was 'a one-on-one conversation with Jo Ui Shin.' Jo Ui Shin must have asked what he was curious about by now."
In fact, Hwang Ho and Cheong Ho were also planning to accompany her to the conversation, but Jo Ui Shin said he wanted to talk to her alone, so he added a price and left the place.
He didn't think that the possibility of Inseon-oh harming Jo Ui-shin was zero, but Hwang-ho wasn't far away, and Baek-ho would fly over with a pardon if necessary.
So Hwang-ho decided to accept Jo Ui-shin's offer.
"Then we'll have tea with that child later. Then what about your descendants and Yong-je-geon?"
"I sent those two out to get some fresh air."
"Yong-je-geon sent that child out so that he wouldn't interrupt their conversation."
Hyeon-mu nodded, understanding the situation.
Yong-je-geon was tempted to eavesdrop on Jo Ui-shin and Inseon-oh's conversation or to join them openly, so he sent them out with a title to prevent that.
He also had a good excuse.
"When the next semester starts, the third-year students of Eun-gwang High School will go on a school trip. The procedures for a group overseas trip for players are complicated and difficult. And this third-year students include descendants of the Yong-jok."
Eun Gwang-go usually goes on a school trip to Korea when ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don't copy, read here) they are in their third year.
This year, the place chosen for the school trip was Jeju Island.
Thanks to that, Yeom Jun-yeol had an excuse to kick Yong Je-geon out in advance, telling him to look around the places he would travel to.
"I guess the children of Eun Gwang-go, including the descendants of the Yongjok, are planning to travel to Jeju Island. But it wouldn't have been easy to kick Yong Je-geon out with that kind of excuse."
Hyun-moo's point was accurate.
However, there was another strong reason why Yong Je-geon would go on a trip to Jeju Island in advance, leaving aside the fun things to do.
"If you have the power of foresight, you would have guessed to some extent. There will be an incident that Yong Je-geon won't be able to just sit back and do nothing about."
Before confirming X's identity, Black Tiger, through communication with the supernatural universe, Jo Ui-shin asked a question.
Is the mastermind aiming for Yeom Jun-yeol's rampage?
Jo Ui-shin received a positive answer to this question.
And the event that caused Yeom Jun-yeol to go wild in Plumago happened during the school trip.
When Jo Ui-shin found out that the territory of the two-legged clan was Jeju Island, he made several suggestions.
In order to handle those suggestions, there were many things that had to be done while staying for a day.
"That's why Yong Je-geon was moving around outside without any problems, and that kid said he would stay here for a day even though he must be busy."
"That's right. The reason he allowed Yong Je-geon to accompany him, who was not helpful and a hassle, is because he wanted to use him now."
"Since you didn't beat around the bush and told me this important thing, you must have something you wanted to ask me too. If it's a favor for that kid, I want to grant it."
Hyun-moo spoke as if he saw through everything.
Hyun-moo knew what Hwang-ho would ask and who was asking it.
He couldn't tell whether it was simply Hyun-moo's wisdom or his foresight skill.
Instead of questioning him, Hwang Ho asked Jo Ui-shin what he had been asked to confirm. Chaptersource:MyVirtualLibraryEmpire(M|V|L4EMPYR).
Jo Ui-shin had expected Hyun-mu to readily answer and had already made a move.
"There's a Chinese player introduced to me by Lu Bo-won. He's a player who once caused a commotion in the Chonglai Mountains......."
The conference room of the hotel that Hwang Ji-ho had booked.
In Seon-oh and I were sitting across from each other in this room that felt more like a small banquet hall than a conference room, as expected from a hotel in a resort area.
It was the first time we were talking alone, since we always talked in front of the other kids or tigers.
"I'm sorry for calling you out so late at night."
"It's okay. I became nocturnal while preparing for PlayerZ's group match. Besides, this was a place I promised in exchange for arranging a difficult meeting."
As soon as he heard In Seon-oh's words, PlayerZ became concerned.
According to the officials, In Seon-oh was traveling around the world looking for the dust of nightmare.
Then, when the leader of the two clans found out the location of the nightmare, he decided to return home.
It was clear that Inseon-oh was tracking the nightmare, regardless of his purpose.
But I wondered why he was pouring time and money into PlayerZ.
'It's not like there aren't people who get addicted to games even if they have future aspirations or a career... ... .'
There were people like me who devoted their lives to Plumago, and there were more people who wasted their family fortune and time on other games.
There wasn't much material to judge Inseon-oh yet, but he didn't seem like he would be addicted to games just because they were fun.
"Tracking the nightmare probably isn't easy, but is it okay to do it while playing games?"
"Yeah, games... I needed it."
"Need it?"
"I'm good at games. So I thought that if I became a ranker in a game that would be very successful, I would be able to make a name for myself, and that's exactly what happened."
There was no denying In Seon-oh's words.
In Seon-oh is a ranker in a world-famous game, and he made a big impression in the World Championship team competition, taking second place.
If you were to pick the most famous player in PlayerZ, In Seon-oh would definitely be in the top five.
In terms of global recognition, In Seon-oh would definitely be higher than star player Yeom Jun-yeol.
"You're also an excellent player. There must be a way to make a name for yourself as a player."
"Games were faster and easier. And if you make a name for yourself as a player, your abilities will be widely known. Then it becomes difficult to move. Don't you think so too?"
PlayerZ is not an easy game, so he said something like that.
I could see gamers who were deeply angry and vented their anger, but I couldn't say anything when the number one ranked player said something like that.
And there were many parts of Inseon-oh's words that I could understand.
Inseon-oh was on a tightrope with the powerful clan right now, and wasn't he chasing a nightmare?
'There must have been many reasons to make his name known. At least if his name was known to that extent, it would be very difficult to get rid of the Jin clan without anyone knowing. But was that the only reason he played PlayerZ?'
Inseon-oh was smiling faintly, as if he was dealing with the leader of the two clans.
After all, I was his classmate, but it felt like he was being cautious, like he was dealing with a sheep of sleep.
'I'm also cautious, so it's not my place to talk to others.'
Inseon-oh revealed the existence of the prophecy related to him, but he didn't say anything important.
Since there was a sheep of sleep there, it was natural for Inseon-oh to be cautious. It was a choice.
When I turned my gaze, my eyes met Inseon Oh's.
It seemed that Inseon Oh, as well as I, had a lot to ask me.