Chapter 525: , Shen-Zuo Merger

Religious forces will merge with far-left forces, and perhaps, as Senior Student Mai hinted, the new god of Kansai might even have allied with the Red Goldfinch, which still leaves Uesugi Muneyuki feeling a sense of chaos and bemusement.

But it's not that there are no existing examples.

Friends who often participate in revolutions know that the most famous example of Shen-Zuo Merger is the Liberation Front of the American country, but we won't talk about that today; today we'll talk about something everyone can understand, namely the famous Peninsula Shen-Zuo Merger.

It is well known that Christianity is highly developed in South Korea, and due to the particularly repressive society, many people need spiritual solace, so various cults in South Korea keep emerging.

However, especially during the Park Kakaka era and the All-Small-General era, the South Korean church system played a crucial and pivotal role in the democratization process, and together with the Korean Traditional Left, they formed the famous "Shen-Zuo" front and achieved considerable success.

Because in a certain sense, the church in South Korea belongs to the "Progressive Organization," and we all know that in modern East Asia, whether in technological or enlightened standards, the three countries are in a state of extreme backwardness; as early as the Ming-Qing period, many missionaries had already come to a certain country, bringing advanced scientific technology and knowledge, such as Matteo Ricci and Johann Adam Schall von Bell.

But are they here to attend classes?

No, they are here to preach! Mainly, this group of missionaries discovered that to preach, they must first teach the locals basic knowledge, so they had to start from teaching basic subjects.

Unlike the old stereotype, medieval missionaries were knowledgeable scholars, and medieval monasteries largely replaced the function of schools; when the Roman Empire fell and the Carolingian dynasty rose, Europe was full of barbarians, with only a handful of clergy who knew Latin and mastered scientific knowledge, able to read the books and texts left by Rome.

South Korea is the same; therefore, compared to that era, the church instead symbolizes "advanced, enlightened, scientific."

Likewise, during the Japanese occupation period, the invading Japanese army forced the peninsula people to worship their "Shinto," and South Koreans naturally refused, so the church added a layer of "nationalist" BUFF, being considered as belonging to our nation's own religion and our ethnic group's own choice.

"No country can stop the peninsula people from choosing the correct path." — Kim Yong-sam, a good buddy, the church became a symbol of "progressivism" and "nationalism," eventually merging with the left to form the "Shen-Zuo Merger," and at that time, during the Park Kakaka and All-Small-General eras, whether trade unions, political parties, or other civilian organizations were severely repressed, while churches became one of the few legal organizations in South Korean society at the time with relatively independent space.

Churches provided shelters that military police dared not easily enter, becoming key bases for democratic activists to gather, plan, promote, and hide, and moreover, churches could legally communicate with foreign countries, thus making the military government wary.

In South Korea domestically, different churches can quickly link up; internationally, churches expose the military government's atrocities overseas (especially to the United States) through the global Christian network, seeking international society's sympathy and support, which constitutes significant external pressure on the military government.

And the leader Kim Dae-jung himself is still a devout Catholic.

Uesugi Muneyuki recalls that this kind of extreme chaos and disparity yet able to unite into a front feels quite funny, but existence is reasonable, and such occurrences are quite in line with the peninsula's national conditions; when the spectrum tilts to a certain degree, it inherently resembles religion.

However, from this perspective, this new god of Kansai is indeed a very flexible guy; he can launch a hard offensive, and after suffering setbacks, he can immediately lower his stance to seek peace; to achieve a breakthrough, he can cooperate with organizations like the Red Goldfinch, but if he realizes he might touch the modern government's bottom line, he can also immediately lay down his arms and declare that he definitely won't come to Kantou.

All has been mediated for him!

"Shall we go see the corpses first?" Uesugi Muneyuki nodded; the night is still long.

"What corpses?" Senior Student Mai glared fiercely at the man, immediately turned around and tightly embraced him, pressing her stocking-clad toes hard against his lips: "Junior Student! Is the energy reserve still enough?"

Uesugi Muneyuki still wanted to remind her that the two of them still need to first check the situation next!

But he soon yielded to Senior Student Mai's gentle yet violent assault.

Moreover, Senior Student Mai gently extended her hand and wrote a character on his chest.

"Five!"

I am the gentle yet violent dividing line. Two hours later, the Kantou Shrine Alliance secret facility.

Under the cold shadowless lamp, several attackers' essences were covered with white cloth and displayed on the stainless steel autopsy table, the air filled with disinfectant and a faint, elusive sweet cloying of corrupt evil energy.

At this moment, Uesugi Muneyuki no longer had his usual calm composure; his appearance was somewhat disheveled, with his nasal bridge, forehead, neck, and cheeks all marked with one after another faint red lip stain, even faintly showing tooth marks.

Especially his mouth, compared to usual, was noticeably red and moist.

All of the above is thanks to the person standing beside him, with a bright, radiant smile, her eyes shimmering with rippling moisture, both satisfied and full of pride, Senior Student Mai.

In today's first battle, she has eaten her fill.

Actually, this is not Senior Student Mai's first encounter with assassination, but being able to share, to have someone understand, and to feel helped in relieving pressure afterward is truly wonderful!

Uesugi Muneyuki changed into a fitted white coat, wearing rubber gloves, his handsome yet slightly fatigued face showing the focus and calm unique to a forensic medical expert; he held a scalpel, moving precisely and elegantly, carefully examining the internal organs of an essence body; Shirakawa Mai then changed into a simple shrine maiden robe, holding her arms, standing to the side, her gaze following his movements.

"Impossible, neither can the Death Soul Contract be triggered, nor can the Death Reversal Flash." Uesugi Muneyuki carefully picked up a piece of already unnaturally gray-black liver tissue with tweezers: "Cellular activity is abnormally heightened, but the mitochondrial structure shows signs of exhaustion. The soul is forcibly 'drained,' at the cost of splitting the origin, in exchange for a short-term massive spirit power."

"That is to say, the souls of these several corpses have already been split, and their inner world power source does not come from themselves, but through the entanglement and reaggregation during the soul-splitting process, which instead promotes the generation of inner world energy; in short, it is similar to a nuclear fusion reaction." Uesugi Muneyuki continued: "From a certain angle, I consider myself to understand why this guy has so many subordinates and is not afraid of betrayal."

"Because their power is originally this Kansai's lower-bestowed gift; interesting, this might just be the source of his new god power, but as I said before, the new god's power is fundamentally limited; he should also not be able to infinitely split souls to mass-produce inner world ability users, which explains why he immediately sought peace after failing twice."

"Interesting." Uesugi Muneyuki took off his gloves, seriously looking at her: "Being able to perform this spell indicates that his power and understanding of life's essence are extremely bizarre, and perhaps it is precisely this bizarreness that made him become the new god."

"Wow~ Your comprehension is not bad!" Shirakawa Mai feigned surprise, covering her small mouth, her eyes rippling with a hint of surprise, but more so with lingering allure and joy.

To become a Kokumin Joyuu, Senior Student Mai relies not on deliberately flaunting her charm; her stunning beauty and extraordinarily harmonious radiant features usually only need to maintain her usual cool and bright demeanor to stir a heart-pounding fascination.

Her female fans even outnumber her male fans.

And Uesugi Muneyuki, compared to those who can only secretly peek and privately fantasize in their hearts,

He can go further, more genuinely, to savor this flower of advanced age and appreciate Senior Student Mai's this kind of allure.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Muneyuki slowly walked to her back, pressing his body tightly against hers, as if made by heaven and earth, with not the slightest incongruity.

In the long evolution of this species, humans have gradually merged the wonderful differences between men and women into one.

They are so different, yet so compatible; Uesugi Muneyuki has always felt that meeting Shirakawa Mai, this inner world mentor and companion, is extremely fortunate, and Shirakawa Mai surely does not feel otherwise either.

Mm, just the legs are a bit soft; Senior Student Mai also became gentle, she used her small hand to rub his face from behind, using skin to feel his five senses: "You thought again? I also thought!"

"No, I didn't!" Uesugi Muneyuki's face turned green, thinking she wasn't satisfied just two hours ago?

"Come on, Junior Student, clever Senior Student understands your implied meaning; Junior Student saying you don't want it means you do!" Senior Student Mai laughed, pinching his face, wearing the expression of a bullying Senior Student: "Let's do five more when we go back?"

"Five times? Five times won't do!" Uesugi Muneyuki's face turned even greener.

"Then we'll talk about it when we go back; Senior Student can wear your favorite shrine maiden uniform or JK uniform!" Senior Student Mai laughed, giving his nose a tweak, she especially enjoys this feeling of being able to control Uesugi Muneyuki.

Indeed, Uesugi Muneyuki's expression moved, his resistant thoughts weakened considerably.

"In short, since it's like this, we can continue with divided actions; I will investigate and deal with the religion on the Kansai side, and the model has already yielded enough content for my investigation; and you, Junior Student, you will use the system and official power to deal with the Red Goldfinch, and be wary of the Kansai side's infiltration into the political sphere."

"Alright." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded; he understands such far-left organizations, since they have obtained power and funding, it's impossible for them not to go crazy with mischief; two-pronged approach is the right way, though he still worries: "Is your side okay?"

"It's fine; I've roughly guessed who wanted to harm me, no more than those few people; since it failed, I can easily find out." Senior Student Mai laughed: "You'll see the news in a few days."

Immediately, the layer on Senior Student Mai's face belonging to "Chief Priestess" melted away, replaced by a smile that only appears before him, carrying a few traces of laziness and ill intent.

She reached out, her fingertips lightly brushing his chest beneath the white coat, "You know you're worried, my great scholar" her tone became light and clingy: "You analyzed everything thoroughly, looking very reliable. However—-just now I saw Senior Student Mai being surrounded by so many people, weren't you worried at all?""

"Muneyuki~" she deliberately used a sickly sweet voice to blow air into his ear, "Today you were indeed startled, needing Junior Student to properly 'comfort' you."

Those eyes, usually as cold as winter stars, now shimmered with emotional moisture, filled with the most primal desire and invitation "Mm!" Uesugi Muneyuki's face drooped, he thought he really couldn't escape this.

Huh? Look at Junior Student's counterattack!

Senior Student may be strong, but I have already grasped her weakness.

Indeed, as the two returned to Roppongi, this absolute private space belonging only to them two, upon entering, Shirakawa Mai seemed to completely shed all burdens, she kicked off her shoes, barefoot in stockings stepping on the soft carpet, like a lazy cat hugging from behind Uesugi Muneyuki, who was taking off his coat.

Oh~