In accordance with the King's command, after defeating the evil wizard Park, the Taoist priest sucked out all of Park's blood and soaked a piece of jade with the blood. Then, the priest mummified Park's body and buried it in a coffin covered with magic charms so that even if Park became a zombie, he would not be able to escape. Afterwards, the Taoist priest sealed the spirits of the people that had been cruelly killed by Park by sticking a charm on a coconut tree inside the garden of Park's house and took the jade soaked with Park's blood away with him back to China.
Five hundred years after Park Go-jip's body had been buried, whether by coincidence or destiny, his mummified body was discovered in a construction site, the location of which used to be the wizard's house. In fact, that construction site was no other than the present location of this hotel. Not longer after Park's body was found, it has mysteriously disappeared and the police was unable to discover where it had gone.
After he had finished his story, Mr. Park looked at Jeffrey and smirked.
"Let's play a game, Mr. Great Detective," said Mr. Park. "Let's see if you're clever enough to figure out this mystery using the story I've just told you. Who am I and what do I want?"
Despite Jeffrey's reluctance to play the game with Mr Park, he nodded his head in acquiescence, so that he can buy time for Shaun to figure out that he is missing and come to his rescue. Furthermore, acknowledging Mr Park's intentions would greatly enhance the detectives' chances of stopping him.
"Well, let's see," answered Jeffrey, slowly, as if he was trying to think. "You have the necklace with the blood jade on your hand, so you must've somehow obtained it. Also, you told me this story about the evil wizard with the blood jade, so this must be somehow related to this mystery."
"Correct so far, but you still haven't answered my question," responded Mr Park, who was beginning to grow impatient.
"Patience is a virtue, Mr Park! Give me some more time to figure it out," said Jeffrey, who was desperate to postpone the confrontation to as late as possible. "Wait a minute, both you and the wizard have the same surname. This is bonkers and probably wrong, but I'm gonna take a wild guess here. You are the descendent of the evil wizard, and you have stolen his mummified corpse after it had been discovered and have hidden it somewhere to wait for the right time. Recently, you found out that Madame Sadjian's necklace was the blood jade you had been looking for. Therefore, you've stolen it and you're gonna use it to resurrect your ancestor, aka the evil wizard, using the instructions written in one of those manuscripts. And, by resurrecting your ancestor, you hope to take control of the country using the wizard's mighty powers. That's my best guess. I can't think of any other explanation."
"Bravo! Spot on! Not bad huh, Detective Donovan," replied Mr Park, clapping his hands.
~To be Continued~
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