“Is it tomorrow?”0

“They said there’s no change in the schedule. I called the Association three times today just to be sure.”0

“Then, why is it so quiet?”0

For the last few days, the South Korean reporters had been filled with anxiety.0

It had been eight years since the National Treasure candidate exam had last been held in South Korea. Tomorrow marked the end of this dry spell, and the one responsible, the one challenging for the status of National Treasure candidate, was a sixteen-year-old minor with striking features and an even more striking background: he was none other than the Yaksha’s final son, Kang Jae-Hyeok. 2

Since the announcement of the exam ten days ago, the name “Kang Jae-Hyeok” had swept over Korea like a storm. The level of buzz was to the point that more and more media outlets had ignored the Association’s pressure and begun releasing segments on Jae-Hyeok every day.0

However, the reporters wanted more. Scouring old news articles and writing speculative pieces was no longer enough. They wanted Jae-Hyeok in the flesh. But the boy’s whereabouts remained a mystery—he was last seen at Guardian’s headquarters, but that was already many days ago. 0

“Guildmaster Park Chang-Cheon said Kang Jae-Hyeok is inside a gate, but we’ve found...0