You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿ - Chapter 210

Jeong So-hwa stepped back with a surprised expression.
[No, Iâ¦]

[It's because of you!]
[If you want treatment, you should go to the hospital, not here!]
In the midst of all this, she did manage to say something that made sense.

Of course, it didnât reach the ears of the already enraged opponent.
Eventually, the woman handed her child to me, then started punching Jeong So-hwaâs shoulder.
Itâs true that no matter how hard a civilian hits, it wouldnât hurt Jeong So-hwa... but...

[Youâve made my child miss the chance to receive treatment!]
The look on Jeong So-hwaâs face as she took that criticism was quite something.
[If it werenât for you, they would be better by now! As a disciple of a saint, is this really acceptable?!]

[I understand your feelings, but please calm down. Donât be deceived by the words of that person...!]
[Donât make me laugh. The other children are already better! Whatâs this about a scam? What will you do if my child dies?!]
Jeong So-hwa clamped her mouth shut.

It was â NоvеlÑgÒ»t â (Only on NоvеlÑgÒ»t) clear that she was not just flustered, but that she felt betrayed even more.
And it made sense.
âUntil now, the administrators have contributed a lot to this city.â

From the information I gathered from So Mun-young last night, while itâs true that Hyunam-sensei holds influence over Suzhou and the entire Jiangsu province, his actual appearances have been rare.
Five years ago, when the Dungeon Break happened and people were dying left and right, Hyunam-sensei appeared like a light in the darkness, but since then, he only showed up when absolutely necessary.
So, the ones who actually control the people in Suzhou are the administrators.

Of course, those administrators were all selected by Hyunam-sensei, so his influence has not waned.
In fact, among the administrators, those who claim to be Hyunam-senseiâs direct disciples hold the real power, and even though they donât show their faces, no one would dare challenge their authority.
Thus, no one had ever thought to defy them until now.
[If my child dies, itâll be all your fault!]

For the administrators, peopleâs reactions like these would surely be a huge shock.
You could tell that from Jeong So-hwaâs face alone.
I clicked my tongue.

âHow foolish. Human emotions change as easily as flipping a hand.â
Trust is difficult to build, but itâs incredibly easy to destroy.
Even I, who was once praised as a national treasure, fell from grace in less than a week.

I looked at the shattered pieces of the amethyst on the floor and spoke.
âLooks like my suspicion was right.â
It was time to drive the final nail in.

âIf they are truly the disciples of a saint, thereâs no way theyâd stop me from healing people, right?â
[...Youâ¦]
Jeong So-hwa gritted her teeth and glared at me, but it was useless.

Because...
[...Now that I think about it, it does seem strange.]
[Right. That saint is only trying to heal sick children, so why are they stopping him?]

[Could it be... that heâs really possessed by an evil spirit?]
[That actually makes sense...!]
Some people began to accept what I said.

And I didnât miss the moment.
Now was the time to use it.
I quickly found the person I was looking for in the crowd.

As our eyes met, So Mun-young flinched and lowered his head.
[Come to think of it...]
So Mun-youngâs quiet whisper echoed among the crowd.

[About a year ago, some of Hyunam-senseiâs disciples disappeared. Didnât they say they were hunting monsters and got possessed by evil spirits and died...?]
Even if it sounded like nonsense before, once the example from the past was brought up, it became harder to dismiss.
As soon as So Mun-youngâs whisper spread, people began looking at each other in confusion.

[Oh...? Thatâs right! That happened!]
[Yeah, I remember now.]
[Thatâs right, they were possessed by evil spirits back then...]

Thanks to the sudden establishment of credibility, the people who had been loudly arguing just moments ago now felt a chilling atmosphere.
âHmm, good timing.â
I nodded in satisfaction at the scene.

The story of the missing disciples was one of the tidbits So Mun-young had shared with me.
Was it really an evil spirit possession? I donât know.
But what mattered was that this information gave weight to my argument and created a favorable public opinion.

[Why... why are we talking about the dead now? Evil spirits, you say...?]
Jeong So-hwa wasnât oblivious to the crowdâs mood shift.
She looked at the people with a shocked expression.

[I am a direct disciple of Hyunam-sensei! And on top of that, look at all the work Iâve done for this city in the past few years!]
She made a mistake.
I clicked my tongue inwardly.

Humans, in general, donât know how to appreciate what theyâve been given, and her attitude of accusing others of ingratitude in this situation was utterly useless.
âTrue deeds are meant to be done for the right reasons, without expecting anything in return.â
Itâs so easy to make a fool of people like this.

I sighed, pretending to be sympathetic, and looked at Jeong So-hwa, who looked like she had just been hit.
âA saint should never expect anything in return for doing whatâs right. Is that really what an evil spirit would say?â
At my words, the crowd went completely silent, and you could even hear a pin drop.

I tried not to laugh too much and asked.
âIâll ask again. Does Hyunam-sensei know about the pain these children are suffering? Oh, wait.â
I continued with theatrical flair.

âHyunam-sensei couldnât possibly not know. As a saint, he would definitely sense this ominous energy, just like I did.â
[This...!]
Jeong So-hwaâs face turned a mix of red and purple as she tried to say something.

She was so emotional that, this time, one of the other administrators standing next to her stepped in.
[Donât blame Hyunam-sensei. As you all know, heâs been busy protecting this city. He only found out about this incident recently...]
âSo are you saying that Hyunam-sensei knows about this situation but still doesnât care about the childrenâs suffering and told you to arrest me instead?â

[Well, we were careless...!]
âReally, just careless? Didnât you secretly hide it from Hyunam-sensei with malicious intent?â
Of course, it didnât matter who spoke up. It didnât change my position.

âLetâs see how you explain this.â
This was a very enjoyable game.
For the administrators, Hyunam-sensei was supposed to be a saint and the protector of this city, a position they needed to maintain.

But because of that, I couldnât break the logic of âthereâs no way Hyunam-sensei would do that.â
If Hyunam-sensei knew about this situation and didnât fix it, then I had already healed the children, and that would make Hyunam-sensei look incompetent.
Or they would have to claim Hyunam-sensei didnât know, which I had already dismissed as nonsense...

And if the disciples didnât report this to him, my claim that they had ill intentions would gain even more credibility.
The only other option left would be to try and paint me as the evil spirit, but since I had already healed the children in front of everyone, that was impossible.
âAh, if I were in the opposing position, Iâd just shoot a meteor at the entire city right now.â

There was no answer, no way out.
The situation wasnât over yet.
As we continued to face off, more people started gathering, probably due to the rumors spreading.

[Whatâs going on?]
[I heard from someone that it seems like Hyunam-senseiâs disciples have been possessed by evil spirits.]
[What?! Is that true?]

[Wait, again? Didnât something like this happen before?]
[Oh, come on. Whatâs the evidence theyâve been possessed?]
[They say the disciples were trying to take the saint away secretly. They even neglected the sick children!]

As more people gathered, the story began to get distorted in my favor.
I nodded, satisfied.
âThis is enough.â

The seed of doubt had been sown. Now, it was time for the next phase.
I handed the sick child, who was still in my arms, to the exhausted mother sitting on the ground.
âDonât worry about the child.â

The woman stared at me blankly.
âIf thereâs no time, letâs take a quicker route. Iâll eliminate the root cause of these childrenâs suffering.â
[The root cause...?]

âOf course, itâs those people.â
I looked at the administrators.
âThese demons are the cause of everything.â

[What?!]
One of the administrators, who had already drawn his sword, couldnât hold back anymore and pointed it at me.
[Hwa-mae, give the order! How long are we supposed to listen to this nonsense?]

I let out a high-pitched scream at the sight of it.
âAh, no! Donât hurt anyone! This is dangerous!â
Of course, it wasnât dangerous since the sword hadnât even come close.

In an instant, the administrator who had pointed the sword at me looked confused.
Yes, Iâm sure you donât even know what Iâm saying, right?
âTrying to stab people! These demons! No one will get hurt in front of me!â

I said those words, but it really was a chilling line.
My god.
Iâll have to brush my teeth ten times later. Or maybe Iâll just pull out my tongue and disinfect it.

[What the hell is this? Iâm just...]
[Whatâs going on? I heard someone screamed they were stabbed by a sword?]
[What? Someone was stabbed with a sword?]

Yes, yes.
As my scream spread throughout the crowd, they all began murmuring.
Jeong So-hwa, realizing too late, made a face of regret.

âYes, too many people have gathered now.â
The old alley where we were standing off in front of the vacant inn was narrow enough that not everyone could clearly see the situation.
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On top of that, with more than ten administrators surrounding me with drawn swords, if I shout like this, it will naturally cause more people to panic.
[What? Are you telling us to run?]
[Donât push me! The administrators are trying to cut people with their swords!]

[The administrators drew their swords! Run!]
[What? Could it be that theyâre really possessed by evil spirits?]
Well, nothing like that was happening, of course.

[Everyone, calm down. Nothing happened...]
Jeong So-hwa, realizing the situation late, tried to calm the crowd, but I was faster.
So Mun-young, following my cue, closed his eyes and shouted loudly.

[Run! Run!]
[What? Whatâs going on?!]

[Run! Hurry, run!]

And in this situation, you can never underestimate the power of crowd mentality.
Even if they didnât know what was going on, just hearing someone shout âFire!â would make them run instinctively.
As soon as someone starts shouting, things can spiral out of control.

[Donât push me!]
[Go ahead!]
[Whatâs going on?!]

[I donât know, but if you want to live, run! Hurry!]
Thanks to that, the people who had filled the narrow alley suddenly began to scatter, pushing and shoving each other.
In no time, it became complete chaos.

At this point, they didnât even know why they were running; they just wanted to get away from there.
âAlright, you should go too.â
I helped the woman, who was still sitting on the ground, holding her child, and gently stood her up.

At the same time, I quietly took another amethyst from my inventory and placed it in the childâs hand.
With all the noise, no one noticed.
The womanâs eyes, looking at the item in her childâs hand, trembled uncontrollably.

[This...!]
âShh.â
I placed my finger on my lips.

âGo now. Iâll deal with these demons.â
I had given her everything she needed, and I had used her for my purpose.
Now that I was done, I told her to run.

[Okay, I understand!]
It was just a simple transaction, but Iâm not sure what she was thinking, as she gave me a determined look.
[Please be careful, saint!]

â...â
With tears streaming down her face, the woman, holding her child, followed the others out of the alley.
Well... I donât know what she was thinking, but itâs fine to let her go.

And, as I expected, the other parents who had been waiting for the right moment quietly started to leave, their backs turned.
There was no reason for me to feel bad. We had all gotten what we wanted.
So Mun-young also cautiously fled into the vacant inn.

After some time passed...
[...What is this...]
The people who had gathered in a cloud-like fashion had disappeared, and only I and the administrators were left in the old alley.

Looking at the empty scene, it was quite amusing.
Most of all, the sight of the administrators still standing there, clueless about what had just happened, looked so dumbfounded.
âOh, you all look like youâve had your souls completely shaken out of you.â

Now that no one was watching, I didnât have to act anymore and laughed openly at them.
âI didnât expect you to come out so easily.â
It was so easy that I started to think maybe Hyunam-sensei wasnât part of the Orbis Fragments after all.

Sending disciples who didnât even know how to handle a public opinion battle against me...
âWell, Iâm not sure if thereâs an issue with the Orbis Fragments, or if this was their independent judgment.â
Anyway, thanks to this, my positioning worked out perfectly.

In just a few hours, the events of today would spread throughout the city.
The appearance of the new saint, the item that could heal diseases, and the conflict with the administrators.
It was getting more and more interesting.

I guess I do have a knack for stirring up other peopleâs home turf.
[...The Masterâs words were not wrong.]
After some time passed, Jeong So-hwa, now a little calmer, spoke in a cold voice.

[He told me to be careful of your deceitful mouth... but itâs useless. Youâre still an outsider. Once people calm down, theyâll realize your nonsense.]
âAha, thatâs something weâll have to see. After all, the Evil Spirit will eventually end up eating the minds of the people.â
I openly mocked her, but finally, realizing that she didnât need to hear any more, Jeong So-hwa firmly stated:

[Take this evil person to prison! They canât use magic, so it should be easy to subdue them.]
[Jeong So-hwa, youâre too late with your orders!]
[Damn, we shouldâve just arrested them without listening to this nonsense... Letâs just throw them in now.]

At Jeong So-hwaâs command, the other administrators began to close in, drawing their swords.
With more than ten of them, and nowhere to escape in this narrow alley, it seemed like the situation was in their favor.
âIt seems Hyunam-sensei did pass me some information after all.â

Of course, it looked like they were in the winning position, but...
I squinted my eyes.
âWell, fine.â

Even the Orbis Fragments might not know one crucial piece of information.
I stretched my hand out into the air.
As I took an item from my inventory, I felt the familiar sensation, and soon the weight of a heavy object in my hand.

Swish!
With a chilling metallic sound, a sword appeared in my hand, gleaming with a sharp edge.
Jeong So-hwaâs face froze as she saw me draw the sword.

[Youâre using a sword...?!]
âWhy, was this information you didnât know?â
[Shut up! Now you show your true colors, you evil spirit!]

âEvil spirit?â
Well, thatâs not wrong.
No matter how much I focus on the present life, my past life doesnât change.

I smiled, holding the sword.
âAlright, then letâs see how well that womanâs disciples handle evil spirits.â
With that, I motioned for Jeong So-hwa and the other disciples of Hyunam-sensei.

âCome at me.â
Of course, which side will be exorcised between good and evil... weâll have to see.