"I went into the world, and I tried to stop the war, and I tried to change the world, and I tried to make it a world where no one had to be hurt, where no one had to sacrifice each other for the benefit of vested interests, where anyone who wanted to help the world could always live without pain and sacrifice, and I tried to usher in the new millennium by reminding people what they were really fighting for and who they were fighting against."
He pauses for a moment, smoking his cigarette and listening to my story.
"But why?"
I answer, wiping away the tears that arebeginning to roll down my cheeks.
"I've been building up my power to intervene in the world, and the time has finally come to see it come to fruition. All I had to do was make a move, but in that moment, I remembered your teachings."
As he listened, he cocked his head and looked at me.
"Master?"
He shook his head and lit another cigarette, reminiscing about his illness.
"When I was building up my strength to intervene in the world, there came a time when I was at my lowest ebb, when I was forced to wander aimlessly with nowhere to turn, and it was during this time that I visited a shaman."
He smoked wordlessly, and I continued without pause.
"And this shaman became your teacher? How shallow of you, a man who bears the death... If a dog passing by knew how to laugh, he'd do the same I'd do it too."
I nodded wordlessly at the sneerer and continued the story. was.
"He recognized that this was my last life. I don't know if he recognized that I was the "Bearer of death" or if he saw something else, but after that, he often came to me for instruction."
"Teachings?"
I asked, lighting a cigarette.
"Of all the teachings I received from my master, there was one that broke my heart the most. the one that broke my heart the most was that the world should run its course."
"Doesn't that sound wrong? Isn't that a given?"
I said, laughing at his condescending attitude. "After you've built up your strength to intervene in the world, you'll be ready for some fun. I was ready to go out and have a little fun. for a long time."
Seung-hwan blew out his cigarette smoke and said.