My whole family is involved in diplomacy, so you dare to flex your muscles?

Time passed, second by second.

The studio was eerily quiet; the only sound was Park Dae-chang's increasingly heavy breathing.

He stared intently at the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" on the big screen, feeling as if those square Chinese characters had turned into hideous ghost faces, mercilessly mocking his ignorance and arrogance.

读？

translate?

If he could read, why would he be here as a "young scholar"?

He went to university and became a real professor long ago!

He doesn't recognize a single word!

Gu Yun just watched him quietly, her smile unchanged, and she didn't urge him, but her calm gaze was like two of the sharpest knives, slowly torturing Park Dae-chang's self-esteem.

The audience at the scene, as well as those watching on screens around the world, all understood Gu Yun's intention.

Holy crap! This is a killer move! It's absolutely ruthless!

[Hahahaha! I'm fucking laughing my head off! He was just bragging! Now look what he's done, a public execution!]

[Gu Ge: Here, I'll give you a chance to prove you're not illiterate. Park Dae-chang: I...I...I choose death.]

This is even more painful than verbally abusing him a thousand times! It fundamentally denies his identity! You can't even understand the books written by your own ancestors, what right do you have to talk about culture here?

[This is the most ingenious trap since the premiere of "Global Young Diplomats"! How exactly does Brother Gu think?]

Look at Park Dae-chang's face, it's turned green! He's sweating buckets! I bet he feels like dying right now.

He's panicking! He's starting to make excuses!

Sure enough, after an awkward silence that lasted for half a minute, Park Dae-chang finally couldn't take it anymore.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his eyes darting away, unable to meet Gu Yun's gaze.

"Ahem... Well... there are many versions of the 'Records of the Three Kingdoms,' and the font is different from modern Chinese characters. It's normal that it's hard to recognize in a hurry." He tried to defend himself.

"Oh? Is that so?" Gu Yun raised an eyebrow.

"The fonts are different? To me, the characters for 'king,' 'country,' and 'person' look almost identical to the ones we use now."

He pointed to a few words on the screen and said slowly, "Mr. Park, you don't even recognize these words, do you?"

"Of course I know him!" Park Dae-chang shrieked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"I was just saying that reading the whole thing takes time to prepare! You're deliberately making things difficult for me!"

"Making things difficult?" Gu Yun's smile finally vanished, replaced by a cold sarcasm.

"Mr. Park, you were on stage just now, speaking eloquently and quoting extensively from classical texts, claiming all the treasures of our five thousand years of Chinese civilization, from writing to thought, from festivals to medicine, as belonging to your country of kimchi."

"I wonder what profound knowledge you must possess to dare to utter such shocking remarks."

"After all that..." Gu Yun's voice suddenly rose, his eyes becoming sharp as knives.

"You can't even understand what script your own ancestors used to write their history books?!"

Gu Yun practically shouted the last sentence.

"You don't even know where you came from, yet you dare to come here and claim someone else's ancestor?"

"A nation that has abandoned its own written language and history, a nation that needs to steal and plunder other people's culture to build its self-confidence—you dare talk to me about culture? You're not worthy!"

Gu Yun's questioning was like a series of resounding slaps to Park Dae-chang's face, and also to the faces of all the Koreans who shared the same thoughts as him.

"I..." Park Dae-chang was thoroughly scolded and completely lost his composure.

He pointed at Gu Yun, roaring angrily, "You...you're just making excuses! Even if I don't know Chinese characters, it doesn't change the fact that those things originated in South Korea!"

"The truth?" Gu Yun felt as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world.

He looked at the man before him, who had become completely hysterical, shook his head, and uttered a "famous quote" destined to be recorded in history in a tone full of pity:

"If you can't even understand the books written by your own ancestors, how can you claim to be a descendant of them?"

"You are such a filial son!"

"Alright, stop being stubborn. I see things now."

Gu Yun looked at him, shrugged, and gave him a "I understand everything" expression. Then, addressing the entire audience, and indeed the world, she spoke in a tone that seemed to have delivered a final verdict:

"Chinese characters were invented by you Koreans."

"Confucius was a man from your Korean country."

"The Dragon Boat Festival belongs to you kimchi-loving people."

"Our Chinese civilization has a history of five thousand years, all created by you kimchi-loving people."

With each word he spoke, Park Dae-chang's expression softened, as he assumed Gu Yun was admitting defeat.

But then, Gu Yun changed the subject.

"Is that enough?!"

"You're so high and mighty! You think you're so great! The entire universe was created by you Koreans! Okay?!"

"puff--"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

After a split-second moment of stunned silence, the entire audience completely lost their composure!

The overwhelming laughter almost broke through the dome of the studio!

Countless people laughed so hard they were doubled over, and tears streamed down their faces.

This statement is incredibly damaging!

It used the most rogue, shameless, and hilarious method to turn all of Park Dae-chang's previous "arguments" into an absurd joke!

[Hahahaha! I can't take it anymore! I'm going to laugh myself to death! They created the universe! Gu-ge, you're a genius!]

This is the best quote of the year! Without a doubt! It's not overly offensive, but its insultingness is off the charts!

[You're so high and mighty! You're so amazing! Hahaha! This sarcastic tone is so overpowering! I love it!]

Park Dae-chang's face looked like a color palette! Amazing! Absolutely amazing!

I fucking call Gu Yun the "King of Internet Mouth-Speakers of Our Time"! He yelled out everything we wanted to say but dared not say!

[From today onwards, there is a new explanation for the Big Bang—it was done by the Koreans.]

On stage, Park Dae-chang listened to the deafening laughter from the audience and looked at Gu Yun's face, which seemed to say, "You're an idiot."

He felt as if a string in his mind had snapped completely.

Humiliation, anger, madness... all emotions surged to the top of his head at this moment.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh! I'm going to kill you!"

Park Dae-chang let out a beast-like roar, his eyes bloodshot, and he charged at Gu Yun like a madman, waving his fists!

He actually tried to hit someone live on air!