The Demon Officers

Journey to the West 91 The Demon Officers

The demon general looked at Wukong, who was still in disguise. “ The Tang Monk is heading toward our mountain?” the general asked. “ Yes, ” said Wukong. “ That is great news, ” said a demon captain. “ Unfortunately there’s also some bad news. ” Wukong pretended to look worried. “ The Tang Monk has three companions. One is a big purple fellow. Another is a pig who appears to be quite lazy. ”

The general narrowed his eyes at Wukong. “ And the third companion?” “ The third companion is a monkey, ” said Wukong. “ I believe he is Sun Wukong. ” “ I was afraid that monkey was traveling with the monk, ” the general grumbled. “ What does Sun Wukong look like?”

“ He’s huge. ” Wukong pretended to shiver. “ He has fiery red eyes and sharp fangs. ” “ Oh dear, ” said a captain. “ There’s no need to worry about some silly monkey, ” said the colonel. “ I don’t care what he did five hundred years ago. We have a powerful army. ” “ I heard the monkey talking, ” said Wukong. “ He said he hopes there’s an entire demon army on this mountain. ”

“ What?” The general looked confused. “ He hopes there’s an army?” Wukong nodded. “ He said destroying demons is good exercise. He has a magic iron bar. He can make it big enough to crush our entire army with one strike. But he doesn’t plan to do that. ” A captain gulped. “ What does he plan to do?”

“ He plans to crush one demon at a time, ” said Wukong. “ That way he’ll get more exercise. ” The demons’ faces went pale. “ This is bad news, ” said the general. The other demons nodded in agreement. “ You can all stick around if you want to, ” said Wukong. “ But I’m leaving. ”