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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Chetamja: The King’s Eyes","slug":"chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj","original_title":"체탐자 - Informer"},"chapter":{"number":56,"chapter_key":"56-ge7yyp","title":"Necessary War","release_date":"2026-09-13","last_updated":"2026-09-13T23:35:21.361Z","summary":"In this chapter, suspicions about Dam grow stronger; the Hoe character on the cloth and the mark on the Jurchen Butcher's palm suggest he is lying. While General Choi cannot be reached, it is revealed that Hoebeon has made direct contact with the king. The king wants to hear the reason for the anger firsthand. A grieving woman who lost her son in the Jurchen expedition confronts the Chetamjas and tells them of the plan to assassinate the king at the palace's south gate in the morning.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In this chapter, suspicions about Dam grow stronger; the Hoe character on the cloth and the mark on the Jurchen Butcher's palm suggest he is lying. While General Choi cannot be reached, it is revealed that Hoebeon has made direct contact with the king. The king wants to hear the reason for the anger firsthand. A grieving woman who lost her son in the Jurchen expedition confronts the Chetamjas and tells them of the plan to assassinate the king at the palace's south gate in the morning.","key_events":["Blacksmith reveals son died in northern campaign and explains revenge assassination plan at south gate","Group deciphers Hoe mark linking Dam's neighbor cloth and butcher's palm to Dam and decides to meet General Choi","Hoebeon leader orders king killed tomorrow at rabbit hour with guards eliminated and crowd gathered","King learns of direct Hoebeon contact and chooses to hear people's pain instead of ordering arrests"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"\"WHAT'S THE MATTER?\"\n\"I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO KILL THE KING TOO.\"\n\nDAM...\n?\nM-MA'AM...?\n\nI ACTUALLY WANTED TO CONTINUE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT--\nYOU MUST'VE BEEN OUT ALL DAY.\nDID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT?\n\nHOE... AS IN TO RETURN?\nTHAT'S RIGHT. CHANGRYONG, DO YOU REMEMBER?\nHUH? REMEMBER WHAT?\nDAM'S OLD NEIGHBOR BROUGHT US RICE CAKES WRAPPED IN A CLOTH...\n\nSHE HAD THE SAME LETTER WRITTEN ON THAT CLOTH.\n\nR-REALLY? I DIDN'T SEE IT...\nTHAT'S NOT ALL...\nTHE BUTCHER OF JURCHENS...\n\nHE ALSO HAD THAT LETTER ETCHED ON HIS PALM.\n\nB-BUT THAT MEANS...\nYEAH.\nALL OF THEM WERE CONNECTED TO DAM.\n\nHE WAS LYING TO US, JUST AS WE SUSPECTED.\nWAIT... YOU'RE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS. THERE'S STILL A CHANCE THAT--\nNO.\nWE GAVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AS HIS COLLEAGUES.\n\nNOW, I'VE RUN OUT OF PATIENCE.\nYUJEONG.\nLET'S TALK TO GENERAL CHOI.\n\nI'M AFRAID THE MASTER IS NOT IN AT THE MOMENT.\nDO YOU KNOW WHERE HE MIGHT BE?\n\nI'M SORRY... HE DIDN'T SAY WHERE HE WAS HEADED.\nHE ONLY SAID HE WOULDN'T BE BACK TONIGHT.\nWELL...\n\nMY MASTER TOLD ME TO HAND YOU THIS...\n...IF YOU COME LOOKING FOR HIM.\n\nHOW BOLD THEY ARE.\nWE KNEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF HOEBEON...\n\n...BUT WE DIDN'T THINK THEY'D MAKE DIRECT CONTACT...\nI'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT BLACKSMITH FOR YEARS,\nBUT I NEVER IMAGINED HE MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN A GROUP OF REBELS--\n\nYES, I KNOW.\nYOUR MAJESTY, PLEASE PUNISH ME FOR NOT NOTICING THEIR INTENTIONS.\nBUT I SWEAR! I HAVE NEVER DISCLOSED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PISTOL AND THE FIREARMS WE ARE DEVELOPING!\nYES, I KNOW THAT TOO. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.\n\nTHE BOY NAMED SANG IS RIGHT. MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE RUMORS, BUT RARELY DO THEY KNOW ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL.\nTHEN WHY, SIRE?\nWHY WOULDN'T YOU ORDER US TO ARREST THEM WHEN YOU'RE FULLY AWARE OF THEIR INTENTIONS?\nDOESN'T IT MAKE YOU WONDER?\n\nTHAT LOOK THE BOY GAVE ME EARLIER...\nWHAT SORROW COULD'VE MADE HIM...\n\n...HARBOR SUCH HATRED AND RESENTMENT IN HIS EYES?\nHOW DID MY SHORTCOMINGS INFLICT SUFFERING ON MY PEOPLE?\n\nI MUST HEAR IT FOR MYSELF...\nYOU MUST'VE BEEN STARVING. ENJOY YOUR MEAL.\n\nI'LL BE OUTSIDE. MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.\nW-WAIT...!\nWHAT IS THIS ABOUT? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TRICKED ME!\n\nSO WHY DO YOU ACT AS IF I'VE WRONGED YOU?\nAND NOW, YOU GIVE ME A MEAL I NEVER ASKED FOR.\nDON’T YOU THINK YOU OWE ME AN EXPLANATION?\n\nWHY ARE YOU A PART OF HOEBEON ANYWAY?\nWHEN YOU GO TO THE MARKET THESE DAYS...\n...EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THE RECENT VICTORY AGAINST THE JURCHENS.\nEVERYONE PRAISES THE MIGHT OF THE JOSEON ARMY AND THE KING’S WISE DECISION.\n\nTHE KINGDOM MARCHED NORTH WITH 15,000 SOLDIERS...\nAND ONLY SUFFERED FOUR CASUALTIES. IT IS A TREMENDOUS VICTORY IN MANY WAYS.\nWHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?\nI WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED THE VICTORY AS WELL...\n\n...IF ONE OF THE FOUR WHO DIED IN THAT 15,000-STRONG ARMY...\n...HADN'T BEEN MY SON.\n...!!\nTHE KING'S DECISION...\n\n...SENT MY SON TO A PLACE FROM WHICH HE WOULD NEVER RETURN.\nAND YOUR GROUP, THE CHETAMJAS, WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT CURSED WAR,\nWEREN'T YOU?\nTH-THAT'S ABSURD...!\n\nI UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL IT MUST BE TO LOSE YOUR SON.\nBUT NO WAR IS WITHOUT SACRIFICE,\nAND MY JOB WAS TO MINIMIZE OUR LOSSES.\nTHIS CAMPAIGN WAS A NECESSITY. IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN.\nIF YOU HAD SEEN THE HARSH REALITY OF LIFE IN THE BORDER REGIONS--\n\nWHAT ABOUT MY REALITY?!\nTHE ONLY REALITY I FACE...\n...IS THAT I WILL NEVER SEE MY SON AGAIN! NOT WHILE I'M ALIVE!\n\nB-BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND...\nARE YOU SAYING THE WAR WAS NECESSARY?\nFOR WHAT? THE GREATER GOOD?\nTHEN WHAT ABOUT MY SON? MUST PEOPLE LIKE ME SUFFER FOR THE GREATER GOOD?\n\n\"YOU'D BETTER NOT GIVE ME SOME CRAP ABOUT MAKING SACRIFICES FOR THE GREATER GOOD.\"\n\"IF THAT'S THE GREATER GOOD HE SOUGHT...\"\n\n\"...HE SHOULD'VE THOUGHT ABOUT SACRIFICES LIKE ME COMING WITH A VENGEANCE.\"\nDAM. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.\n\nBUT EVEN SO, I COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO TREAT YOU AS WARMLY AS I WISH.\nONCE THE MORNING COMES, WE WILL ALL BE DEAD.\nBUT I'M NOT AFRAID. BY THAT TIME, HOEBEON WOULD HAVE FULFILLED ITS GOAL.\nSTILL... I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A WARM MEAL BEFORE I GO.\n\nCOME TO THE SOUTH GATE OF THE PALACE AT THE HOUR OF THE HARE* TOMORROW.\n*BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM\n\nTHEY PROBABLY WON'T DO IT INSIDE THE PALACE...\n...SINCE THE KING DOESN'T WISH TO REVEAL HIMSELF YET.\nTHE KING MIGHT COME ALL ALONE TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY...\n\n...BUT THE GUARDS WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW HIM WITHOUT BEING SEEN.\nYOUR JOB IS TO STAY CLOSE...\n...AND QUIETLY TAKE OUT THE GUARDS ONE BY ONE.\n\nWHAT ABOUT THE GHOST’S SHADOW?\nWHEN DO WE KILL GWIYEONG?\nWE CAN ALWAYS GET HIM AFTER WE KILL THE KING.\nWHO CARES ABOUT THE KING? IT’S GWIYEONG WE HAVE TO KILL!\n\nTHAT DEMON-POSSESSED BARBARIAN...!\nIL TAE...!\nDON’T MAKE ME SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN...\n\nI TOLD YOU IT IS THE KING WHO CREATED MONSTERS LIKE HIM.\nTHAT'S WHY YOUR FACE ENDED UP LIKE THAT...\n...AND YOUR FAMILY ENDED UP DEAD. IN THE END, THE KING IS TO BLAME FOR ALL OF IT.\nTHIS IS THE DAY I TRAINED YOU FOR.\n\nSO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.\nEOYEON...\nGATHER ALL THE PEOPLE BEFORE DAWN.\n\nYOUR JOB IS VERY IMPORTANT.\nYOU HAVE TO GUIDE IL AS WELL.\n\nYES.\nYOU MAY KILL THEM ALL.\n\nYES...\nI SUPPOSE I'LL END UP DEAD AS WELL.\n\nIT'S OKAY. I ALWAYS KNEW IT WOULD COME TO THIS.\nIF IT TAKES MY LIFE TO TAKE THE KING'S...\n\n...I'D SAY THAT'S A VERY CHEAP PRICE TO PAY.\nEOYEON... YOU WERE BORN UNABLE TO SPEAK.\nBUT I'VE ALWAYS FELT THERE'S SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT YOU.\nI HAVEN'T KNOWN YOU FOR LONG...\n\n...BUT I TRUST YOU OVER ANYONE ELSE.\nAFTER TOMORROW...\n...THERE WILL BE A BLOODBATH. MANY MORE WILL END UP DEAD.\nI LEAVE THE REST OF OUR PEOPLE...\n\n...IN YOUR HANDS, EOYEON.\nIT WILL ALL BE OVER BY TOMORROW.\n\nTHE MOONLIGHT IS UNUSUALLY BRIGHT TONIGHT.\nI WONDER IF THE KING IS SEEING THIS TOO.\nHE’D BE WISE TO TAKE IT ALL IN.\n\nAFTER ALL, THIS WILL BE THE LAST MOON HE’LL EVER SEE.","bubble_count":139,"pages_count":48,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In this chapter, suspicions about Dam grow stronger; the Hoe character on the cloth and the mark on the Jurchen Butcher's palm suggest he is lying.","spoiler_summary":"In this chapter, suspicions about Dam grow stronger; the Hoe character on the cloth and the mark on the Jurchen Butcher's palm suggest he is lying. While General Choi cannot be reached, it is revealed that Hoebeon has made direct contact with the king. The king wants to hear the reason for the anger firsthand. 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