# WebtoonLib — Kingdom #496

## Series
- title: Kingdom
- slug: kingdom-b84df7

## Chapter
- number: 496
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Still reeling from the moral horror of the Rigan massacre, the Hi Shin Unit is forced to confront its architect, the unsettling General Kanki. His chilling justifications offer no solace, only deepening their turmoil as he immediately sets his army in motion. With speculation mounting that Kanki is feinting an attack on Rigan to lure its protector, Kisui, away from a strategic hill, the Hi Shin Unit finds itself unwillingly complicit in a strategy that blurs the line between hero and villain, questioning the very cause for which they fight.
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- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Still reeling from the moral horror of the Rigan massacre, the Hi Shin Unit is forced to confront its architect, the unsettling General Kanki.

### Spoiler summary
Still reeling from the moral horror of the Rigan massacre, the Hi Shin Unit is forced to confront its architect, the unsettling General Kanki. His chilling justifications offer no solace, only deepening their turmoil as he immediately sets his army in motion. With speculation mounting that Kanki is feinting an attack on Rigan to lure its protector, Kisui, away from a strategic hill, the Hi Shin Unit finds itself unwillingly complicit in a strategy that blurs the line between hero and villain, questioning the very cause for which they fight.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Kingdom #496](/series/kingdom-b84df7/chapter-496)
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