The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King (Novel) - Chapter 143 - The Outbreak of War (3)

Chapter 143 – The Outbreak of War (3)

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Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

Once he had been a stone monkey, then became the Monkey King, was given the name Wukong, rode the somersault cloud, extorted the Ruyi Staff from the Dragon King, threatened Yama and erased his name from the register of life and death, went up to the Heavenly Realm and caused havoc, stole and ate Heavenly Peaches…

There had been a time when he rampaged without knowing any better.

He himself admitted that it had been childish conduct.

Thinking back on it made even his face burn hot.

Still, had he only committed atrocities?

He had also traveled all the way to the Western Regions to obtain the Buddhist scriptures.

He had even received the strange Buddhist title of Victorious Fighting Buddha.

So now he lived in the Tathagata Realm.

The Tathagata Realm was a paradise.

A place where all worldly worries and concerns vanished.

Beautiful scenery, pure clear air, a moderate temperature that was neither cold nor hot, green plants and gentle animals, a quiet and tranquil atmosphere.

That was right.

It was boring.

There was not a single bit of fun.

It was not a paradise but a prison.

Śākyamuni Tathagata had tricked him.

To think that after risking his life to go to the Western Regions, the price would be confinement,

it was dirty and low.

And what of that crafty Guanyin?

It was true she had removed the tightening band from his head.

But the physical band had only been a feint.

In truth, it had been formless qi, and a fearsome suggestion.

Even without the band on, the effect remained unchanged.

Because of that, every time he tried to escape he had been captured by Guanyin without even being able to resist.

What was the way out?

He needed a powerful force that could destroy the formless tightening band created through Buddhist law.

The answer was the Heavenly Peach.

That was why Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s every interest was focused only on the Heavenly Peach.

The Heavenly Peach was his hope and the purpose of his life.

With the power of the Heavenly Peach, he would completely destroy that damned formless tightening band.

Then he would flee to the human realm, where the Tathagatas could not invade rashly, and regain his freedom.

At last the chance had come.

The Heavenly Peaches of the Peach Orchard had ripened.

Owner, my ass!

The one who ate it first would be its owner.

Swaeaeaeaeak!

A single piece of cloud flew toward the Peach Orchard.

It looked like nothing more than an ordinary cloud, but Great Sage Equal to Heaven was hiding within it.

The peach tree came into sight.

And in its center, the enticingly ripened Heavenly Peach.

“Ohhh…”

This was no time just to admire it.

He had to finish it off before Guanyin noticed.

Sseureureuk!

The cloud vanished, and the monkey, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, appeared.

He walked step by step toward the Heavenly Peach.

Chijik! Chijijik! Chijijijiji…,

with every step he took, the barriers crumbled powerlessly.

Cha-cha-cha-cha-chaeng!!!

In the end, even the final remaining formation shattered.

“Heh heh heh.”

Great Sage Equal to Heaven stepped right up in front of the Heavenly Peach.

But at that very moment!

“You damned stone-monkey bastard, don’t move an inch from there!”

It was the Queen Mother of the West.

“Eh? Queen Mother of the West? What’s with those clothes?”

“I said stop!”

“I did stop.”

Even as he spoke, Great Sage Equal to Heaven stretched out his hand toward the Heavenly Peach.

“What kind of trick are you trying there!”

Chwararararak!

“Huh?”

A net spread out from the Queen Mother of the West’s hand.

Heaven-Net Cosmos-Net.

The Queen Mother of the West’s treasured item, said to trap anyone without allowing escape.

But it did not apply to Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

“Kikikik!”

Sseuseuseut!

His body shrank in an instant.

Totok! Totok!

Like a flea, he leaped and slipped right through the holes of the Heaven-Net Cosmos-Net, then plucked out a tuft of hair and blew on it.

At the same time, four clone bodies of Great Sage Equal to Heaven suddenly appeared and bound her from both sides.

“Queen Mother, thanks every time. For raising the Heavenly Peach so well.”

“Iiiik! Let go! Let go of me!”

But with all four limbs seized, the Queen Mother could not move.

“Kikikik!”

“Kkeok!”

“Eeeh,”

“You can’t move, can you?”

Did the cloning art merely create illusions?

Absolutely not.

Even if they were not equal to the original body, the clones possessed at least enough strength for ordinary monsters.

Smiling crookedly, Great Sage Equal to Heaven approached the Heavenly Peach again.

And while grabbing it,

“Since you’re going to be eaten anyway, don’t throw a tantrum.”

There was a little resistance, but…

tuk!

Powerlessly, it fell from the branch and entered Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s grasp.

At long last, it had entered his hand.

Now he only had to eat it.

“I’ll enjoy eating you.”

He was about to bring it to his mouth.

At that instant!

Sseuseuseuseuseuseus…,

an unpleasant sound came from the sky above.

“Hm?”

What was it?

He lifted his head and looked.

“Hk!”

Black.

Tens of thousands of rectangular iron ingots covered the entire sky.

Spat!

An immortal had appeared before he knew it.

It was Tang Gun-ak.

“You lowly monkey bastard! I’ll smash you to pieces.”

The countless iron ingots floating in the sky all sharpened in an instant,

and then,

kwakwakwakwakwakwa!

they poured down like beams of light.

“Iik!”

Each one was a heavy, sharpened lump of iron.

And it was not only from the sky.

Iron ingots sprang forth from the immortal’s palms as well.

“Goddamn it!”

Pababak!

Pabak!

Great Sage Equal to Heaven hurriedly rolled away.

This was not something to take lightly.

Each and every one carried enormous qi.

Facing them head-on would be dangerous.

But,

‘Then all I have to do is not get hit.’

Sseut, sseuseuseut.

Hairs fell from his body.

They all transformed into monkeys.

They multiplied infinitely.

The first separated hairs became clone bodies, then the hairs of those clones split and became still more clones, and they split again and multiplied, and multiplied…

Pababababat!

The clones blocked the falling sharpened iron ingots with their bodies.

They vanished the moment they were struck.

Even so, there were more monkeys being created than disappearing.

Thus before long,

the Peach Orchard and Peach Blossom Palace were completely covered in monkeys.

* * *

He Xiangu, who had come down to the first-floor multiplex, met the Wine Immortal.

“Drunkard.”

“…Mmm?”

“I heard there’s speaker-broadcast equipment here?”

“Hmm, there is.”

It had been installed to make announcements while operating Immortal Realm World.

“Lend me the microphone.”

“Why?”

“Stop talking back and bring it here!”

When the Wine Immortal took the microphone out of the drawer and handed it over,

“Do I just speak into this?”

“Don’t hold it too close,”

“Got it.”

He Xiangu started the broadcast.

Jjiing!

“Ahem! Microphone test, ahem. Can you hear me? Anyway, everyone pay attention.”

The speakers installed in Immortal Realm World rang out loudly.

“A monkey has currently come to the Peach Orchard to steal the Heavenly Peach. The very Heavenly Peach promised to Great Hero Tae-ju.”

The Immortal Realm suddenly grew quiet.

Only He Xiangu’s voice could be heard.

“One monkey alone could probably be dealt with by Poison Immortal and the Queen Mother of the West, but… that stone monkey has helpers. To be exact, it will soon have them. It isn’t alone. If things go wrong, the Heavenly Peach meant for Great Hero Tae-ju might be stolen. If you’re not quick, it’ll be too late.”

Immortal Tai-bai, who had been listening quietly at her side,

had his complexion change drastically.

He snatched a bottle of ninety-proof vodka from the shelf and downed it in one shot.

“Kkeok!”

The stronger he became, the more drunk he got.

“A monkey, is it? Then we can catch it and eat it as bar food.”

The Wine Immortal came outside and climbed into Poison Immortal’s parked convertible open-top car.

His destination was the Peach Orchard.

But He Xiangu was not the sort to leave him alone.

“Move over, you drunken bastard! Didn’t you watch dramas? Where are you trying to drunken-drive?”

“You think you’ll drive? He Xiangu, you don’t have a license.”

“Does Poison Immortal have one, for that matter?”

“…”

“Enough talk, sit in the passenger seat!”

Buaaang!

The sports car carrying He Xiangu and the Wine Immortal sped toward the Peach Orchard.

Miho Immortal Maiden, transformed into a nine-tailed fox, came out as well.

‘That monkey bastard invaded our Peach Blossom Palace?’

Running on all fours, she quickly chased after the sports car.

Dadadadadak!

The other immortals did not stay still either.

Learning Immortal Galhong drew out his judge’s brush and tightly bound a scholar’s headband around his forehead.

“Today will be the monkey’s memorial day.”

Ghost Valley Immortal took up his spell book and wore a robe covered in all manner of strange and hidden formations.

“Let’s go. To skin the monkey.”

And was that all?

Almost every immortal took up his own treasured item and headed for the Peach Orchard.

Immortal Danzhu had a thick talisman book in his hand, Great Wood Immortal carried a saw for cutting wood, Ironsmith Immortal had a hammer, and Fire-Painting Immortal bore a brush as large as himself over his shoulder.

Immortal Sanfeng, Immortal Plum Blossom, and Immortal Kunlun were the same.

As they tied up their trouser legs and fluttering robe sleeves with strings,

“Are you ready?”

“Finished long ago.”

“It’ll be nice to stretch our bodies for the first time in a while.”

“Let’s start by cutting off one of the monkey’s legs.”

Pat! Pat! Pat!

The representative immortals of the martial side dashed toward the Peach Orchard.

The Sword Immortal had been riding his Harley bike when he heard He Xiangu’s voice.

“…What?”

Pudadadadak! Puruk, puddeudeuk.

He stopped the motorcycle on the road,

“So its guts have grown bold.”

He floated into the air the sword strapped to his back and mounted it,

“I’ll skewer it on my sword and roast it over a fire.”

Swaeaeaeaeak!

He flew at top speed toward the Peach Orchard.

Beings from other realms heard the broadcast too.

Bright Maiden, who had been driving a mini electric car along the roads of the Immortal Realm, said,

“Omma? Mr. Monkey?”

Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

She had never seen him herself, but she had heard many stories about him.

In the human realm and in the Heavenly Realm too.

“But that’s bad behavior.”

To steal something that belonged to someone else.

“I should go stop him.”

Buuung.

Bright Maiden’s electric car too sped down the road.

And,

Messenger Gangrim, who had been choosing goods in the multiplex shopping mall, also,

“Ho! So that’s how it is?”

This was no time for shopping.

When he hurried downstairs, he found the Immortal Realm empty.

It seemed everyone had run to the Peach Orchard.

‘Heh heh, this should be exciting.’

The immortals and the monkey were going to wage a grand decisive battle.

A spectacle that would not come again.

It would surely be more fun and dynamic than any hero movie on Earth.

‘Shall I go watch?’

* * *

More than fifty thousand black-darksteel ingots that Poison Immortal Tang Gun-ak had stored inside infinite space for the purpose of delivering them to Tae-ju, those were sharpened and unfolded as Myriad Heavens Flower Rain.

There were more things that could be used as hidden weapons.

He mobilized every last metal object in infinite space.

Cooking scissors, fruit knives, nail clippers, tweezers, stapler pins, mechanical pencils…

Hududududududuk!

Metal objects controlled through Poison Spirit.

He did not touch any of the other things.

They flew only at the monkey and its clones with exact precision.

Pipipipipit!

Pupupupupuk!

The clones vanished the instant they were created.

But Tang Gun-ak’s target was the real Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

If he chased with his eyes, he would lose him.

Every clone was holding a Heavenly Peach.

Of course, among them the real one was only a single one.

‘That one.’

He could feel its qi.

He absolutely could not let that bastard eat the Heavenly Peach.

Kwarururururur!

The hidden weapons shot toward Great Sage Equal to Heaven like a rushing torrent.

Great Sage Equal to Heaven was flustered.

Rather than counterattacking, he was busy simply dodging.

‘Just when did that bastard ascend?’

If one spoke of the strongest in the Immortal Realm, it was the Sword Immortal.

As for the other immortals, clones were enough to deal with them.

But that bastard was by no means easy prey.

To control hundreds of thousands of objects that skillfully?

Pipipit! Tsupirit!

The moment he let his guard down even a little, iron lumps and objects flew toward his head and chest.

“Aigo!”

His head was spinning.

Rather, this one was even trickier than the Sword Immortal.

He would not give him the slightest chance to consume the Heavenly Peach.

‘This won’t do.’

If Guanyin came running in at this rate, stealing the Heavenly Peach would fail for certain.

‘Alone, it’s difficult.’

He too had a move prepared.

A plan he had laid for just in case.

* * *

The Demon Beast Realm.

A prison that confined immortal monsters.

One clone body Great Sage Equal to Heaven had set aside separately raced frantically to the Demon Beast Realm.

Its purpose was to meet the ruler there.

Namely, the Chaos Demon King.

It entered a cave deep underground in the Demon Beast Realm and met him.

“What? A stone monkey? …No, a clone body. Why have you come to the Demon Beast Realm?”

The Chaos Demon King asked Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s clone in a languid tone.

“I succeeded in stealing a Heavenly Peach.”

“Again? You’re insane. What if your head explodes from the tightening band at this rate? Well, whatever. If so, then just eat it yourself. Why come to me?”

“There are too many interferers, so I have a proposal. Help me.”

“Heh heh heh, don’t be funny. Did I look that gullible? I don’t know what kind of scheme you’re plotting, but…”

“I’ll give you half of the Heavenly Peach. With that much, you should gain the power to escape the Demon Beast Realm too.”

“…”

The Chaos Demon King’s eyes flashed.

“You really secured a Heavenly Peach?”

“The main body has it. But because of an immortal bastard…”

“Hmm.”

Half a Heavenly Peach.

Though not one whole peach, even that much would be enough to escape the Demon Beast Realm.

But if it failed?

Would the blasted immortals or the Queen Mother of the West stay quiet?

“Speak quickly. There’s no time.”

After agonizing over it for a while,

“Fine! But I can’t leave here. You come to the Demon Beast Realm. If you do, I’ll help you.”

“Is that a promise? If you stab me in the back later, know that you’ll die.”

“Keukekeu, who do you think I am? I’m the Chaos Demon King. Any word that leaves my mouth, I keep.”

“Fine. Wait.”

The agreement between the clone body and the Chaos Demon King was immediately conveyed to the main body, Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

Thus the Demon Beast Realm’s entry into the fray was decided.

* * *

The first escape destination had been decided.

‘Good! Now all I have to do is flee to the Demon Beast Realm!’

The Chaos Demon King would be of help.

Because every monster in the Demon Beast Realm obeyed the Chaos Demon King’s orders.

Great Sage Equal to Heaven shook his body once more.

Usususususu…,

countless clone bodies poured out.

“Kigigigigik!”

“Kekek!”

“Kkeuaaak!”

“Kkuik.”

.

.

.

The clones rushed toward Tang Gun-ak like a swarm of fleas.

Swaeaeaeak!

Seizing the chance, Great Sage Equal to Heaven summoned the somersault cloud and flew toward the Demon Beast Realm.

Tsupirit!

The iron ingots tenaciously chased after him.

Truthfully, Great Sage Equal to Heaven had no intention whatsoever of giving half the Heavenly Peach to the Chaos Demon King.

He would drag in the Demon Beast Realm monsters, buy time, and then gobble it down himself.

If an opening appeared while fleeing, he could eat it right away too.

Swaeaeaeaeak!

The mass of cloud flew.

In one bound, the somersault cloud left the Peach Orchard.

‘…Should I eat it now?’

However!

“It’s the somersault cloud!”

“Th-that shameless monkey bastard!”

“You son of a bitch, stop right there!”

“Hit the cloud first!”

Pipipipit!

Papat!

Kwaang!

“Damn it!”

The immortals.

How had they all gathered at once?

Tsupit!

A sword suddenly flew over and sliced through his shoulder.

“Ugh!”

The Sword Immortal had come too.

His sword, guided through flying-sword control, chased right on the somersault cloud’s heels.

He shook his body once more and made clone bodies.

Even so, immortals still came charging after him at a terrifying speed.

Swaeaeaeaeak!

His mind was in total confusion.

Even when he had fought the heavenly soldiers in the past, it had not been this bad.

And more than that,

‘Why are these bastards making such a fuss?’

The immortals were originally a lazy bunch.

Thoroughly personal.

He had never dreamed they would all charge in united like this.

‘Did these bastards snort medicine or something?’

But he was almost there now.

The boundary of the Demon Beast Realm was visible ahead.

That was when it happened.

“Nooo! Mr. Monkey, stealing is bad.”

A heavenly maiden wearing a large flower on her head and heavenly-maiden robes, flying toward him with a bright smile on her face.

“Please give me the peach! I’ll return it to its owner…”

Was she insane?

“Get out of the way!”

Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s somersault cloud struck Bright Maiden’s body and fled onward.

“Aiko!”

Bright Maiden fell like a flower petal.

“Hit and ruuun!!!”

Messenger Gangrim, who had been grinning and looking up at the sky from the ground for the sake of watching the great battle.

But when Bright Maiden was struck by the somersault cloud and fell, he panicked and ran to her.

“Bright Maiden, no!!!”

Gangrim slid rapidly and barely managed to catch Bright Maiden.

“A-are you all right?”

“Yes! It doesn’t hurt. Thank youuu.”

“Come this way. I’ll take you somewhere safe.”

“But…”

“Don’t worry. I’ll handle the Heavenly Peach,”

After hurriedly moving Bright Maiden to a safe place, he confirmed to the very end where that bastard was flying.

Its direction was the Demon Beast Realm.

“That fucking lowborn monkey bastard…”

To touch a heavenly person?

And Bright Maiden at that?

Gangrim opened the gate leading to the Yellow Springs Realm.

Jiiing.

He had to tell the Great King.

That monkey bastard would never know, even if it died and woke again, how much he treasured Bright Maiden.

And not only Yama.

The judges, messengers, grim reapers, the managers of each hell, probably the entire Yellow Springs Realm would rise up.

“You’re dead.”

* * *

Tae-ju was still in the middle of the Pacific.

Even though the immortals were struggling this desperately to deliver the Heavenly Peach to him safely.

How could he know?

He did not even know there was a Heavenly Peach meant for him.