Yama Rising

After shutting off communications with the Second King Yanluo, Qin Ye went on to recount everything that had transpired during the banquet, and then proceeded to put on makeup for all three of them. It was all for the purposes of what they were about to do, but none of them had expected the makeup to be that out of the world!

Location - a convenience store.

Qin Ye smoothly grabbed a handful of blood from the face of a living dead nearby and smeared it all over Wang Chenghao’s face, “What’s the point of saying all that? Look at the situation we’re in right now. What else can we possibly do?”

He didn’t look any bit like a living human being anymore. Every single part of him appeared no different from a chewed up living dead, just like any other beside him! And what was even more infuriating to Wang Chenghao was the fact that Oda Nobutada didn’t even appear the slightest bit uncomfortable despite being given the same treatment!

About a dozen or so minutes later, Qin Ye finally stood up with great satisfaction. He had even torn Wang Chenghao’s clothes in several places to make it even more believable. With that, he finally sized up his masterpiece, “Hey, why don’t you stand up and take a few steps around?”

“What do you think?” Qin Ye rubbed his chin and turned to the side. Oda Nobutada frowned slightly, “He doesn’t look rigid enough.”

Famous last words.

One shot, one kill! Nail on the head!

Wang Chenghao stared agape at Oda Nobutada.

He wriggled his neck slightly, and then even began to make several popping sounds at his lips…

“Cough… sorry… It was a reflexive action…” Wang Chenghao cleared his throat and began to massage his temples, “Brother Qin, what exactly are you trying to do here? There’s no need to go this far, is there?”

At once, the two zombies standing before Qin Ye shut their lips. A split second later, the ground trembled slightly.

“You’ll find out soon.” Qin Ye squinted his eyes and glanced outside, “From now on, don’t speak, and blend into the crowd.”

BOOM!!!

“What’s this…” Wang Chenghao glanced over, only to notice that the man leading the charge was clad in golden armor, while his cavalry followed closely behind him in a tight formation, almost like a roaring dragon tearing through the lands. The Yin spirits behind carried massive flags that valiantly declared their allegiance - Liu.

“Shut up!” Qin Ye rolled his eyes back and worked hard to blend into the spiritually unaware living dead situated all around him. He couldn’t afford any mistakes right now.

The three men stared intently at the door to the supermarket. Seconds later, it burst open, and a shadowy spirit dressed in the spanking new Tigerform Battle Armor and riding a skeletal war horse immediately appeared at the doorway. Copious amounts of Yin energy poured out all around him, and he swept a deadly gaze around as he surveyed the supermarket.

Surprisingly, no other Yin soldiers came by afterwards. Approximately half an hour later, the streets outside finally began to calm down. Wang Chenghao whispered, “Can we finally head out now?”

“Stop with the acting!!” Wang Chenghao was on the verge of losing his mind. The nauseating stench of corpses around him was killing him slowly from within!

I’m already dead!!

“So?” Wang Chenghao queried back, “Why do we need to get to where MV Sewol is located?”

Wang Chenghao blinked his eyes vacantly. The information was slowly sinking in.

“Why did Liu Yu appear at this time? It’s because the Russian Underworld has finally alerted him to our existence. This is slightly unexpected, but still makes sense. Liu Yu is undoubtedly the one most uncomfortable with our presence in Daehan. His first reaction would undoubtedly be to increase the number of his soldiers stationed in Gonjiam Asylum. Meanwhile, the Second King Yanluo had mentioned that the script of death was located well beyond the bottom line of any underworld.” His eyes burned with passion as he glanced at the map of relationships he had just outlined in the air, and his mind began to spin with thoughts.

Qin Ye had depicted Pusan as a mountain with an axe above it. He then proceeded to draw a red cross above Pusan, had a rethink, erased the symbol and replaced it with a coil.

Qin Ye rolled his eyes, “Doesn’t this symbol generally mean dizziness or giddiness? Isn’t that a form of mental illness? Any other questions?”

No.

Qin Ye drew a line connecting the coil and the axe-mountain representing Pusan, and then murmured softly, “In other words, that place would be no different from the dragon’s lair. We’re talking about the allure of a harvest of faith sufficient to found an entire underworld. The risk of having the function of their death god seized from right underneath their noses might drive them absolutely insane. After all, to be able to create a monster like Choi Tae-min, this script of death would have to be absolute madness in and of itself. And if I still wish to head right into the dragon’s lair and intercept Liu Yu’s harvest of faith, the best way to do this would naturally be to…”

With that, Qin Ye proceeded to carefully sort through his thoughts once more. These plans were incredibly risky. He didn’t have any information on the depth of security forces surrounding MV Sewol, or how exactly they should blend in or fit in. To this end, he would have no choice but to take things one step at a time.

It was the difference between 1% and 0%, yet he was still willing to push forward with it. Qin Ye couldn’t believe the inclination in his mind right now.

Meanwhile, Wang Chenghao tried desperately to find inspiration from Qin Ye’s soul painting. But, alas, the two were on completely different planes of understanding, and they simply couldn’t understand what the other was thinking.

“What advantages?” Wang Chenghao promptly pressed the point on the statements he could actually understand. Meanwhile, Oda Nobutada was clearly deep in thought.

Wang Chenghao rubbed his chin, “But that’s not right… Hasn’t Liu Yu crossed paths with you before? Surely he wouldn’t expect anything more of you given your cowardly demeanor…”

“The Third King Yanluo of Hell?”

“Lord Qin? Daddy Qin? Brother Qin?”

At once, Wang Chenghao understood where this was all going.

In other words, Hell would never stoop so low!

Oda Nobutada nodded deeply, “The ability to be critical about oneself is a quality that a high-ranking official of any underworld should possess. After all, it’s this quality that enables one to broaden his horizon and expand his perspective quickly. That said, isn’t this attribute now our greatest advantage?”

“To their minds, I’m still unaware of the exact transport route used by them for the shipment of the living dead! It was by complete coincidence that I’d heard the sound of the ship’s horn during the dinner banquet. However, this was probably something that they’re already accustomed to hearing from time to time, especially when Rumyantsev gets upset. Unfortunately… I caught wind of it.”

Wang Chenghao shook his head and glanced at Qin Ye with great exasperation, “Brother Qin… This isn’t like you at all.”

“What’s that?” Qin Ye lifted his sleeves and revealed the bulging muscles on his arm, “Could you repeat yourself? I didn’t get you earlier.”

“...... You’ve always been cowardly and all for safety and security. But to think a day would finally come when you would even think of seizing the initiative, and even be so bold as to dive right into the lion’s den without any knowledge of the extent of their defenses! Do you know how dangerous things are?! Your persona… has completely collapsed!”

1. I’ve got no idea where or why this reference suddenly came up btw.

2. Crazy Dave is something like the storyteller/narrator in Plants Vs Zombies.

3. In Chinese, Pusan is 釜山, which sounds like 斧 and 山, which would mean axe-mountain.