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In the end, Gwiyeong declares that he has chosen evil and threatens to make Li watch his loved ones die.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The chapter opens with a furious confrontation as Gwiyeong faces Manzhu Li, who is revealed to be the Ghost's Shadow. While pulling Kai aside and trying to protect him, Li explains that as a half-blood he was ostracized both in the Jurchen tribe and in Joseon, left stateless, and chose to follow the one person who saw him as human. The two engage in a harsh war of words over those who were killed, honor, and good and evil. In the end, Gwiyeong declares that he has chosen evil and threatens to make Li watch his loved ones die.","key_events":["Narrator chooses to follow a person who treated him as human instead of a homeland.","A past suicide attempt by a lake is recalled where the victim was once saved.","Gwiyeong is accused of drowning his sister and killing many Jurchen.","Narrator describes discrimination as a half-blood in Joseon worse than slavery.","Gwiyeong rejects moral defense and declares he chooses evil and revenge.","A protector orders Kai to fall back and takes over the fight.","A fighter issues a death threat, promising no quick death and seeking revenge.","Ghost's Shadow backstory reveals tribal contempt for him and his mother since age five."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THIS WAS YOUR DOING, WASN'T IT?\nOH WELL. I GUESS THERE ISN'T ANY POINT IN ASKING THAT QUESTION.\nHERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW.\n\nI WON'T GIVE YOU A QUICK DEATH.\nTHIS TAKES ME BACK...\nREMEMBER THE DAY WE MET BY THE LAKE?\n\nI TRIED TO END IT ALL, BUT YOU STOPPED ME.\nBUT YOU KNOW WHAT?\nI WASN'T ACTING. I DID WANT TO DIE BACK THEN.\n\nSO I WONDER...\n...IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STOP ME ONCE AGAIN.\n\nTHIS ISN’T THE TIME, KAI.\n\nYOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET.\nI STILL NEED YOU TO DO MANY THINGS BY MY SIDE.\nSTAND BACK. YOU CAN LEAVE THIS TO ME NOW.\n\nI’M SURE HE HAS PLENTY TO SAY TO ME AS WELL.\nTHE GHOST’S SHADOW, WAS IT?\n\nTRACING BACK MY MEMORIES...\n\n...I WAS PROBABLY AROUND FIVE YEARS OLD...\n\n...WHEN I STARTED NOTICING THE WAY MY TRIBE LOOKED AT ME AND MY MOTHER...\n...WITH CONTEMPT IN THEIR EYES.\n\nAND THOSE DISTURBING GAZES LED...\n\n...TO A TRAGIC END.\n\nTHAT'S PROBABLY WHEN I UNDERSTOOD...\n...I DIDN'T BELONG HERE.\n\nHEAD CHIEF...!! W-WAIT...!\n\nP-PLEASE...\nPLEASE FORGIVE ME... JUST THIS ONCE...\nTHEY'RE WORTHLESS HALF-BLOODED WENCHES ANYWAY...\n\nYOU'LL NEED THIS TO SURVIVE.\nHIS HELP WAS CRUDE BUT KIND.\n\nWITH HIS HELP, I TRIED MY BEST FOR YEARS TO SURVIVE IN THE TRIBE.\nBUT I STILL COULDN'T FIT IN.\n\nTHAT FEELING NEVER LEFT ME.\nTHAT'S WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO SPY ON JOSEON.\nI SAW IT AS A CHANCE.\n\nA CHANCE TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE SCORNFUL GAZES.\nI WANTED TO LEAVE BEHIND THOSE SAVAGE AND CRUDE BARBARIANS...\n...AND START ANEW IN JOSEON.\nUNFORTUNATELY, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG...\n\n...TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS NOTHING BUT A FOOLISH DREAM...\n...FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME.\nTHINGS WEREN'T ANY DIFFERENT IN JOSEON.\n\nIF ANYTHING, THEY TREATED ME MUCH WORSE THAN THE JURCHENS EVER DID.\nI WAS TREATED WORSE THAN A SLAVE.\nONLY THIS TIME, I HAD NO ONE TO SHIELD ME FROM THEIR SCORN AND CONTEMPT.\nSO IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME.\n\nA HALF-BLOOD LIKE ME WASN'T WELCOME ANYWHERE.\n\nI HAD NO HOMELAND.\nBUT I HAD A PERSON.\n\nAND SO, INSTEAD OF CHOOSING A HOMELAND...\n...I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THAT PERSON.\nBECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE...\n\n...WHO SAW ME AS A HUMAN BEING.\nIT'S BEEN A WHILE...\nTHE LAST TIME WE SAW EACH OTHER WAS WHEN HADAR DIED, RIGHT?\nHEAD CHIEF... DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN!\n\nHE'S ALREADY--\nYES, I KNOW.\nIT WOULD SEEM THE LITTLE SPARK OF EMBER...\n...HAS GROWN INTO A RAGING FIRE.\n\nDID YOU KILL FUXIANU AND BURO?\nTHAT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE. AND AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE TOO.\n\nYOU'RE FAR BETTER THAN KUNUMA.\nKAI. ARE YOU HURT?\nN-NO. I'M FINE...\n\nTHAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.\nYOU DISGUST ME.\nEVERY WORD YOU SAY...\n...?\n\nAS IF YOU CARE ABOUT OTHERS...\nIT MAKES ME SICK.\nYOU MADE MY SISTER DROWN IN THAT ICE-COLD RIVER...\n\nAND YET, YOU PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT OTHERS WITH THOSE REVOLTING WORDS...\nLET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, GWIYEONG.\nHOW MANY JURCHENS DID YOU KILL ON YOUR WAY HERE?\n\nWHAT...?\nAND HOW MANY MORE HAVE YOU KILLED BEFORE THAT?\nI'M SURE YOU'VE KILLED ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. OLD, MARRIED, AND EVEN CHILDREN.\nDO YOU GET WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY?\nI UNDERSTAND WHY YOU, AS A PERSON, MIGHT HATE US.\n\nBUT I CAN SEE IT MORE CLEARLY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A HOMELAND.\nTHIS ISN'T ABOUT GOOD OR EVIL.\nIT'S ONLY A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF ONE'S INTERESTS.\n\nWE'RE NOT THE MONSTERS YOU THINK WE ARE.\nWE HAD TO KILL PEOPLE OR SPARE THEM AT TIMES IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, JUST LIKE YOU.\nSO SPARE ME FROM YOUR ONE-SIDED JUDGMENT.\n\nWE ARE ALL BUT TINY PIECES ON THE BOARD, TRAPPED IN THIS VICIOUS CYCLE.\nHA...\n\nHAHA... HA...!\nHAHAHA!\n\nAHAHAHA!\nRIGHT... WELL SAID.\nLET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY.\nSO THAT'S YOUR JUSTIFICATION FOR ALL THOSE FILTHY DEEDS YOU COMMITTED, RIGHT?\n\nWHAT A LOAD OF SELF-RIGHTEOUS NONSENSE...\nGOOD OR EVIL, HUH...?\n\nFINE. I MADE UP MY MIND.\n....?\nI CHOOSE EVIL THEN.\n\nI JUST THOUGHT OF THE PERFECT THING A VILLAIN MIGHT DO...\nYOU DIDN’T LISTEN TO ANYTHING I--\nNO, I HEARD YOU.\nMANZHU LI... YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M GLAD YOU’RE A HUMAN BEING, AND NOT A MONSTER.\n\nTHAT MEANS YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT SOMEONE.\nHARI... I MEAN, KAI.\nI WILL HAVE MANZHU LI WATCH YOU DIE.\n\nI HEARD MY MASTER KILLED YOUR FAMILY, LI.\n\nAND NOW, I WILL TAKE EVERY LAST THING YOU HAVE LEFT.\nI THOUGHT YOU HAD GROWN, BUT I WAS MISTAKEN.\nHOW ARROGANT AND FOOLISH YOU ARE.\n\nYOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING OF HONOR.\nHONOR?\nDO I HAVE TO CARE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?\n\nI HATE COMPLICATING THINGS.","bubble_count":115,"pages_count":45,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The chapter opens with a furious confrontation as Gwiyeong faces Manzhu Li, who is revealed to be the Ghost's Shadow.","spoiler_summary":"The chapter opens with a furious confrontation as Gwiyeong faces Manzhu Li, who is revealed to be the Ghost's Shadow. While pulling Kai aside and trying to protect him, Li explains that as a half-blood he was ostracized both in the Jurchen tribe and in Joseon, left stateless, and chose to follow the one person who saw him as human. The two engage in a harsh war of words over those who were killed, honor, and good and evil. In the end, Gwiyeong declares that he has chosen evil and threatens to make Li watch his loved ones die."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj/chapter-78-yma4h8","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Chetamja: The King’s Eyes #78: Good or Evil","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-20T10:29:55.071Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj"}}