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The meeting presided over by the Jade Emperor has begun.

Among the many officials, Heo Jeong-yang stepped forward and bowed his head.

[…The Great Sage Equal to Heaven is causing trouble in the Realm of Immortals again. His wicked nature has clearly resurfaced, and I request punishment.]

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor summoned Prince Nata and ordered him to capture and imprison the Great Sage.

As if nothing had happened, the meeting continued as usual.

Prince Nata, looking like he was about to die, turned to his subordinates.

[…Why do you look like that? Did you just hear you have to fight Son Goku?]

[Has your spiritual power increased? Looks like you can see the future.]

[This damn…]

Soon, the expressions of the subordinates mirrored Nata’s.

It was a distant memory, now forgotten.

Or perhaps, it was something they wanted to erase from their memories.

The memory of confidently rushing out to suppress Philmaon, only to be beaten to a pulp, began to resurface.

[Do I have to do that again? I think I’ll quit.]

Hearing this, Nata shook his head.

[Are you saying I should go die alone? We die together.]

And so, Nata led thirty thousand soldiers to suppress the Great Sage.

Exactly five minutes and twenty-two seconds later, they were defeated.

“…I’m sorry.”

[…Even humans look down on us now.]

Regardless of the situation, Jeong Gyeoul, who had teamed up with the Great Sage, helped beat Nata and his subordinates.

The fact that Nata and his men were beaten by humans became an eternal secret of the Realm of Immortals.

When the report of Nata’s defeat reached the Jade Emperor, he summoned General Lee Rang.

[That troublemaker Son Goku is causing chaos again. Suppress him.]

[As you command.]

The Jade Emperor was like a demon king fighting a hero.

He sent weak subordinates first to power up the hero and adapt to stronger enemies.

The officials looked at the Jade Emperor in disbelief, doing the same thing as thousands of years ago.

But no one dared to speak up.

The power of authority was immense.

General Lee Rang, the strongest warrior in the Realm of Immortals, who could rival the Great Sage, stepped forward with a hundred thousand troops.

However, it took exactly twenty-one minutes and forty-two seconds for Lee Rang to be defeated.

[…Even Lee Rang was defeated?]

[He disappeared from the Realm of Immortals for a while, and it seems he has become incredibly strong.]

[What should we do about this?]

The thought that they should have sent all one hundred and thirty thousand troops, including Nata and Lee Rang, from the beginning lingered in their minds.

But no divine spirit dared to speak up to the Jade Emperor.

Queen Mother of the West, who had been quietly observing the situation, finally spoke.

[There must be a reason for his actions.]

[I’m sorry, but we haven’t figured out the reason yet.]

[I heard he’s been hanging out with humans who recently ascended to the Realm of Immortals…]

[If the monkey, who had been quiet for thousands of years, suddenly causes trouble, it must be because of those humans. I’ll go meet them.]

She had even given them the peaches from the Bando Garden, which she had personally grown.

Feeling betrayed, the Queen Mother went to find Jeong Gyeoul.

[What brings you here, you lazy old woman?]

[I’m not interested in you, monkey. You, Philmaon. Explain why this is happening.]

The Great Sage couldn’t bring himself to beat the Queen Mother, so he gave Jeong Gyeoul a look to handle it.

Having eaten the peaches and feeling guilty for being suspicious, Jeong Gyeoul reluctantly stepped forward.

“We need to return to the mortal world… but the Celestials keep asking questions I can’t answer. They won’t let us go, so we had to find a way ourselves…”

[Just, just for that reason, that monkey acted out?]

[Look at you, old woman, saying it’s just a reason. What are you saying to these pitiful humans who long for their distant homeland?]

Though she never considered herself pitiful, she blamed the Queen Mother.

Jeong Gyeoul and her companions were speechless, but they didn’t have the courage to talk back to the crazy woman in this area.

Especially after seeing Nata and his thirty thousand troops, and Lee Rang with his hundred thousand troops, being defeated.

[Then I will plead with the Jade Emperor to send you back. Will that end this situation?]

“…! Of course! This whole thing started because we wanted to go back, so if we go back, everything will end…”

[Who said you could? You should have negotiated when you first blew up the stable. Now, after sending one hundred and thirty thousand troops, you come to negotiate? No! No way!]

Even though the Queen Mother agreed to Jeong Gyeoul’s demands, the Great Sage refused.

The aftermath of calling a tiger to escape a fox was tremendous.

***

The steam rising from the clouds touched my eyes… or not.

I’m definitely crying.

What should I do with this damn monkey?

My chest feels tight, and I’m filled with self-loathing and pain.

When I turn my head to look, everywhere I see is burning.

Some of the one hundred and thirty thousand troops brought by Nata and Lee Rang were rolling on the ground, unable to return.

Strangely, no one had died.

It looked like the Third World War had broken out.

All we wanted was to leave the Realm of Immortals.

Like accidentally spreading a zombie virus from a failed experiment.

Like starting a nuclear war from a wrong decision.

The once shining high-tech Realm of Immortals was turning into an apocalypse.

-This is a message only for you, don’t let it show.

In the midst of this, the Queen Mother’s voice was heard.

I almost reacted, but it seemed better to act naturally, as the Great Sage might notice.

The fact that she spoke to me alone suggested she had a solution.

As expected, our goddess.

The pure and noble Queen Mother.

I thought physiognomy was science, and she would live up to her beauty.

“By the way, Queen Mother, when does spiritual power appear? It’s been a while since I digested the peach.”

[Spiritual power disappears when you leave the Realm of Immortals. You don’t need to worry about it.]

[You ate half too? You’re following my path exactly, junior Philmaon. Impressive.]

I wanted to talk to the Queen Mother too.

But I felt that no matter what I did, Son Goku would notice, so I just listened quietly.

Even in the midst of this, it was natural to keep the conversation going.

-I plan to trick Son Goku into going to the mortal world.

This damn.

Crazy Queen Mother.

Instead of planning to stop the demon invading the world.

She’s thinking of sending him to another world and keeping her mouth shut.

Physiognomy is science, those who look like that always live up to their faces.

Feeling my expression twist, the Queen Mother quickly continued.

-Don’t misunderstand, listen. The Great Sage became this strong because he came to the Realm of Immortals and accumulated spiritual power. If he goes to the mortal world, he won’t be able to use spiritual power.

Would that monster Son Goku become a weak monkey without spiritual power?

If I think about whether I could beat Cha Seo-rin and Shin Hyeon-joo without using magic power, the answer is clear.

The Queen Mother’s words sounded plausible.

But in the end, it was just passing the bomb.

Suddenly, the conversation took a wrong turn, and Son Goku looked at the Queen Mother suspiciously.

[What are you plotting?]

[Plotting? Choose your words carefully.]

My heart, betrayed by the Queen Mother I trusted, was beyond words.

“Son Goku! The Queen Mother tried to banish you to the mortal world.”

[What?!]

The startled Great Sage glared at the Queen Mother.

The force was so strong that if Cha Seo-rin and Shin Hyeon-joo hadn’t held me, I would have flown away.

Just a glance had that much power.

If he had used any kind of power, I would have been sent flying.

The Queen Mother’s sneaky plan was foiled.

Since it’s come to this.

Let’s have an apocalypse.

Trying to throw Son Goku into the mortal world.

That was no different from declaring war.

Although I was the one who gave Son Goku the reason to rampage in the Realm of Immortals…

If they had sent us back in time, this wouldn’t have happened.

This is all the Celestials’ fault.

Anyway, that’s how it is.

I decided to help the Great Sage and truly overturn the Realm of Immortals.

As for Cha Seo-rin and Shin Hyeon-joo… I’ll hide them in a quiet corner.

The chicks are too fragile for war.

[That sounds fun. Alright, I’ll go to the mortal world too.]

[…!]

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

The Queen Mother, not wanting to miss this opportunity, reached out her hand.

At the same time, light spread.

Since Son Goku didn’t resist, the Queen Mother’s spiritual power couldn’t be blocked.

‘We’re screwed.’

I’m sorry, people of Earth.

It looks like I’m bringing back a monkey more vicious and cruel than the outer gods of the Cthulhu mythos.

***

Splat—

On the altar that Ragna had smashed, three new figures descended.

“Are we in big trouble?!”

“It’s good that we’re back, but we brought something too huge!”

“…Be quiet.”

The Great Sage’s energy was nowhere to be felt.

The moment Jeong Gyeoul tried to summon magic power to find the Great Sage.

[Damn… what’s wrong with my body? Junior, do you have a mirror?]

A cat approached the three.

“…Son Goku?”

[Yeah, it’s me, Goku.]

“How did you become a cat?”

[I felt like grooming, so I became a cat. I don’t know, neither spiritual power nor magic power is working. The Queen Mother must have done something.]

Is that so?

“Hey.”

[What, human?]

“Lie down.”

[Just because I became a cat doesn’t mean I can’t beat a human like you… Gah!]

Where does a beast dare to interrupt human conversation?

 

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