Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

Four days later, I was able to hear news about the troublesome client whose fortune I had told.

[…Next news! The middle-aged man found murdered at dawn, who drew attention, turns out to be a high-ranking public official…]

It seems he died at dawn today, was discovered in the morning, and made the news in the evening. I’m not sure if I should say it’s fast or what…

Anyway, how he died… They say he died painfully with his lung pierced by a knife blade that someone thrust from behind, just as I had told him.

At the end, they say he left a dying message writing “card, help” … Was that content written thinking of me?

Ah, why think deeply about it. It’s better to just remember that such troublesome people exist in the world and erase him neatly from memory.

“Ah, was today the day that person was supposed to die? I had forgotten after hearing everything.”

“Well, it wasn’t really something worth remembering deeply, right?”

Why would anyone remember such a troublesome client for a long time? I didn’t even know his name to begin with.

“I guess dealing with a troublesome client is an experience if you can call it that.”

You could say I’ve come to understand the woes of service workers a bit better… Anyway, my first experience with a troublesome client wasn’t very good. To the extent that I don’t want to meet such a client if possible.

“By the way, it’s a bit strange. Korea is famous for being a country where the government’s power doesn’t reach the superhuman industry, but someone like that came to find Han-ul. And with such an absurd attitude too.”

[As someone who watched everything from the side, he was a very rude and disrespectful human. If Han-ul-nim hadn’t stopped us, we would have stepped in and dealt with him first.]

“Hmm, honestly, even if not to the point of killing him, if the fortune hadn’t turned out that way, I was thinking of telling you to beat him up quite a bit before sending him away.”

I’m not a saint, and there’s no reason at all for me to put up with such behavior, is there?

There’s absolutely no reason to treat such a troublemaker nicely. Don’t you think so?

“That aside, I agree with Akame. The government that had been lying low without showing any particular movement suddenly comes to me and picks a fight??”

Considering the increase in clients coming these days, and that the cause is that strange rumors started spreading after I inevitably became the owner of the underworld, it’s really strange that someone from the government came to me in the current situation.

Especially considering the S-ranks under me or the S-ranks and EX-rank transcendents I have good relationships with…

Normally, wouldn’t they bring gifts rather than trying to create such an uncomfortable relationship?

“…Did they just send him without thinking?”

“That’s certainly a possibility too.”

“Tsk, but somehow it doesn’t feel like that’s it…”

“If Han-ul thinks so, then isn’t it probably that way?”

“…No, I wasn’t looking for such a yes-man answer…”

[However, it is the truth that the master’s words are always right. This Arin guarantees it. Ahem.]

You don’t need to guarantee such unnecessary things…

To begin with, such excessive favor or thinking of me as too great a person isn’t very welcome… It’s just terribly burdensome.

Anyway, something is bothering my intuition.

What’s a way to resolve this? Should I ask the time bomb-like friends at our house to look into it? Or use the forces under me? Or should I talk to the S-rank superhumans of Korea?

No, is there even a need to go through such trouble? There’s a faster, simpler, and more certain method.

Why don’t I just do a fortune-telling about my thoughts?

“Right, this is perfect.”

I didn’t immediately think of the simplest and best option even though I had it in my hands.

Well, I don’t really use fortune-telling in this way.

Anyway, I was in the middle of watching TV while eating fruit snacks, so only after finishing the remaining snacks did I head to the basement while yawning widely.

And I entered my private fortune-telling room and laid out the cards.

“Doing card fortune-telling alone without a client feels a bit strange too…”

Should I say it’s unfamiliar… or awkward?

Anyway, it was a bit unique.

And the reason I chose card fortune-telling… I just picked the closest thing.

Physiognomy doesn’t suit this matter, and Arin went outside to bask in the moonlight, so unless I was going to do astrology while looking at the stars, cards were perfect.

Hm? Why not do astrology? Well, because I’m too lazy to go out!!

Anyway, this time I fully demonstrated my flashy card shuffling skills that I’ve honed to a certain level over a long time, and although there was no one watching, I shuffled the cards flashily with a swoosh and spread them out on the table.

Now I don’t spread them out in chunks like in the old days! Of course, I can still do that if I want to.

If I feel it’s better to draw them separately, I do it on purpose. Back then, I did it as an excuse because I couldn’t do it properly, but it’s interesting that it turned out to be unexpectedly useful.

Anyway, this time I drew four cards and turned them over, then flipped the first card.

The first card was a monster card, ‘Fanatic of Rungsha’.

“Huh? The government is related to some unknown fanatics??”

The government is related to fanatics who worship a peculiar alien god not well known to the world?! This fortune-telling is just so mysterious from the start.

Ah, by the way, it’s not the cult leader’s force I met before, even though it’s a cult. There are many cults in this world.

Even the famous Holy See of Europe was originally designated as a cult and heresy by the Vatican. They had definite abilities and their force grew, so those designations became ineffective.

So, is it something like the government has joined hands with a cult?

Anyway, with confusion gained, the second card. Another monster card, ‘Ariestio, Flame of Rebellion’.

“Oho, so they made this choice to break through the current situation where the government’s power has become extremely weak and unable to have any significant influence on the superhuman industry?”

So, because they have no chance with their own abilities and have no other way, they joined hands with unknown cult fanatics to try to grasp and shake the superhuman industry again, something like that??

Well… How should I put it, it’s a terrifying idea… For such a thought to pop up, and for it to even be realized, is this normal??

I clicked my tongue once and opened the next card.

The third card was a trap card, ‘Mask of Two Faces’.

The meaning of this card…

“…But then they got backstabbed and became puppets of the cult fanatics???”

No, this gets more ridiculous the more I look at it. Is this really right??

They were properly deceived by the cult fanatics and ended up being unable to do anything properly.

Anyway, seeing this, I can understand the reaction of the troublesome client who suddenly came and the government’s lack of reaction even when that client died.

Isn’t it that they’re dominated by the fanatics without properly grasping the situation, unable to show any movement due to the unilateral action of someone who’s become weird from brainwashing?

But their ability to conceal information is amazing… To endure without even S-rank friends noticing such a thing while being so miserably beaten… Should I say this is impressive or absurd…

Anyway, as the absurdity kept piling up, I opened the last card while marveling at the dizzying truth.

The last fourth card was a trap card, ‘I, Descend’.

Its meaning is…

“Huh???”

As soon as I confirmed the meaning, a questioning word flowed out involuntarily.

That’s how absurd what I saw was. Is this really right??

“Huge tentacles burst out from the Blue House, the Presidential Office, the National Assembly building, and the Supreme Court?? What kind of absurd…”

The government, which was properly backstabbed, is used to the end to summon the god of the fanatics while being exploited.

And as a result, something that could be called a part and avatar of the god worshipped by the fanatics descends on this Korean land, and it’s these kilometer-long and extremely thick purple tentacles.

No, it’s even more absurd after seeing it all. Is this right??

Not only were they beaten by the fanatics, but as a result, a part of the god appears in Korea and wreaks havoc?? And with 4 tentacles??

I looked because I was uneasy, but the result was so outrageous that it made me laugh involuntarily.

The time when these tentacles will reveal themselves in Korea is two weeks later.

“…I should at least say something.”

Hmm, still, since I found out before it happened, if I tell the Korean S-rank 5, won’t they take care of it on their own?

As soon as I found out, I immediately contacted and told Cheong So-ha what I saw in the fortune-telling, and Cheong So-ha said she would gather the other S-ranks and deal with it.

Since I said that, they’ll handle it well on their own, right?

“Oh my… Is everything resolved with this? Nothing will happen, right?”

Geez, I’m dizzy because of that troublemaker and now I’m dizzy again…

Feeling suddenly tired, I neatly organized the cards used for fortune-telling and then returned to my room and fell asleep.

Deep inside a cave located somewhere in the world.

There, a certain famous person, not in very good shape, was sitting and talking with someone appearing in a huge orb while breathing heavily.

The identity of this famous person was Icardi Marduk. He was the half-transcendent cult leader who had been thoroughly beaten by Dam Han-ul and ran away.

He was also the person who, to recover his power, forced all the members of the Hoecheon-gyo he created to die, forcibly recovering his power, and thus was no longer even a cult leader.

“Hey, is the job being handled well!”

[You worry too much, brother. Everything is proceeding without a hitch, what are you worried about?]

“What you guys need to kill is a monster!! Do I look like I’m not worried right now?! I’m talking about someone who easily subdued even me!!”

[Huhu… He is strong, but we have made thorough preparations. The god will reveal a part of his body to punish the sinner… Brother, please don’t worry.]

Marduk’s goal was none other than to take revenge on Dam Han-ul who had humiliated him.

For that, he joined hands with an extremely dangerous real cult and fanatic group. Their goals somewhat aligned too.

Thus, while sinister plotting was taking place in an unknown space-

Creak~!! Screech… Woong-! Woong.

…From somewhere, a strange melody started to be heard…

[!? T-This is…!!]

Screech!!! Crackle!!!!

In an instant, the mountain twisted and twisted until it disappeared, the walls cracked wide open, and soon the place that was the deepest part of the cave transformed into a desolate plain.

Marduk’s head turned at this mysterious sight, and at the end of his gaze, he saw an eccentric person slowly playing a violin while looking directly at him.

A black and white dress, a seemingly frail body with snow-white skin, eyes like whirlpools that seemed to suck you in, and long hair with musical notes flowing down it.

“W-What?!”

[I-Impossible!! How can that person be here!!]

Whether Icardi was surprised or not, whether the person beyond the mirror was trembling and shocked after throwing away their calm attitude or not.

The woman holding the violin confirmed them and tilted her head slightly, then smiled with her mouth stretched wide.