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Chapter 228
Chapter 228. Tomorrow’s Fortune (3)
I had been wrong to think the words Gun Yu-hyeon had left behind were merely the ugly flailing of a man who had lost at gambling.
‘I. Am. Fucked.’
My head was filled entirely with those three words.
That mad Ideological Inquisitor had finally caused an incident.
W̄ е̂b̆ňo v ӗl̃ Е nu m̊а̊
‘Then there is nothing we can do,’ he said?
Whaaat? There is nooothing we can do??
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Not only me, but Il-myeong also looked at Ak Byeong-bi with startled eyes.
Seeing his lips move, he seemed to be sending a Sound Transmission, but Ak Byeong-bi merely reacted with faint twitches. His expression did not change at all.
From the side, an unpleasant metallic voice flew over.
“Keh-heh-heh…… I knew it. The narrow minds of those hypocritical Orthodox Path bastards are obvious, are they not?”
Eṅu mā . і̀ d̄
Was he the Sect Leader of the Yellow Sand Sect? The man who had been sneering since earlier spoke mockingly.
“They probably came here under the name of an Envoy Delegation to grasp our scale, too.”
At the man’s words, Ak Byeong-bi’s eyes somehow sharpened.
“Do you think our Murim Alliance would use such petty methods?”
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At Ak Byeong-bi’s words, the man instead brightened and said,
“Is it not the Murim Alliance’s specialty to frame innocent people for crimes and punish them?”
W ē b n̂ о̃v́ё l̇ Ӗ n ū m â
At the man’s words, Ak Byeong-bi rarely erupted in anger.
Grind.
“……You dare wag that filthy mouth so carelessly.”
No, sir, we are in the middle of enemy territory!
This was no longer a question of whether an alliance would be formed or whether an agreement would be made.
It was practically a situation where we were standing at the crossroads of whether the declaration of war would be made through a document or through the Envoy Delegation’s necks.
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In truth, considering there was no clearer way to express a declaration of war than cutting off the Envoy Delegation’s heads, our lives were hanging by a thread right now.
At that moment.
“Enough. Why are you speaking that way after inviting guests here? This is why Black Path bastards hear that they have no manners.”
A man standing opposite the Yellow Sand Sect rebuked him.
Gang Chief Kang Maeng-ji of the Black Serpent Gang.
He was a major figure of the Black Path with whom I had a connection from the Demon Spirit Plateau.
Еn̂ ů.m а .і d
He looked at Cha Seok-du and declared,
“Alliance Leader. Our Black Thought Alliance is a force that has only just begun to take shape. I do not think there is any need to begin with war from the very start. If we try to start a war before the intoxication of the Founding Ceremony has even worn off, what will the people of the world think of us?”
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When the people standing around Kang Maeng-ji began nodding one by one, the Sect Leader of the Yellow Sand Sect sneered.
“Did you want to play at power now that an organization has been made?”
He ostentatiously stroked his weapon and provoked Kang Maeng-ji.
“But what will you do? It seems there will never come a day in your life when that side becomes the Alliance Leader.”
Еn ǔ ṁа. іd
“……It would be best for you to shut your mouth.”
“Kelkekel, your true colors are showing so quickly.”
As expected of a Black Path gathering, they looked as if they might reach out with their hands at any moment even in a debate hall, so the Black Thought Alliance Leader refreshed the atmosphere.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
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“Enough! Do not show any more disgrace.”
“…….”
W е b́n о̂ v̄_е l̀ Е̊.ṅům а̇
“……Ahem.”
The atmosphere in the hall sank coldly, as if a sudden shower had fallen.
When I looked at the Black Thought Alliance Leader Cha Seok-du, he was also looking at me.
He gave me a slight nod, then opened his mouth.
“I do not think this matter is something we can decide immediately, so we will discuss it again after the Founding Ceremony ends.”
I was so moved that it had not ended with our heads being displayed on pikes that I deeply lowered my head and left the great hall with my companions.
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BOOM.
After being the last to enter the inner room, I shut the door hard enough to break it and approached Ak Byeong-bi.
As soon as he returned to the inner room, he had been trying to pick up the wine cup again.
“What are you doing right now?”
“I am trying to drink wine.”
“…….”
Eǹ ǔ.m а̄..і d
Do you think I was curious about that?!
I refined my emotions as much as possible and said,
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“Do you want to bury your bones here?”
“…….”
He looked back and forth between the wine cup and my face, then seemed to make up his mind and drained the wine in one gulp.
“Kuh……. What are you dissatisfied with?”
Ẁ е b̃ nо̆ v̆ e l Е̂ n̂ um.ӑ
“What am I dissatisfied with?”
If we went to war with the Black Thought Alliance, far more blood would flow than the blood shed in the war against the Blood Cult in the original history.
And the Murim Alliance would face the Demonic Cult in a far more precarious state than in the original history.
……I had absolutely no intention of standing by and watching that happen.
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“Does it not matter to you even if countless blood flows throughout the world?”
“…….”
W̄е̄ b̆.n о̀v ӗ l̂ _Ѐňü m̂а̀
“Among the corpses piled up like mountains, there will surely be people of the Ak Family as well.”
I briefly steadied my breath, then looked straight at Ak Byeong-bi.
“Do you want to see that sight with your own two eyes?”
Bang.
Ak Byeong-bi roughly set down the wine cup.
In the atmosphere, as if we were walking on thin ice, Il-myeong, who had been watching from the side, stood in my way.
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“Benefactor Jin…… I think it would be best to stop.”
I shook off Il-myeong’s hand.
“Senior Il-myeong, do you also wish for war with the Black Thought Alliance to break out? Is so much blood flowing what Shaolin calls ‘justice’?”
“Benefactor Jin…….”
“The Delegation Leader’s actions and decisions may cause innocent people to shed blood. Are you truly going to simply stand by and watch that?”
“…….”
Е̄ nu̇.mâ. і̂ d̈
Ak Byeong-bi, who had been glaring at me with eyes that seemed ready to kill, now brought the wine bottle to his mouth.
“What do you want me to do?”
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“Did you not hear what the Delegation Leader should do from Mantongbu?”
“……You are telling me to do the impossible.”
In that instant, heat spread all the way to the top of my head.
“What do you mean, impossible?! The Black Thought Alliance itself is probably already considering at least an agreement!”
W е̃_b ň о v еľ Е n̄u mа̃
Ak Byeong-bi, who had been toying with the wine cup, once again drained the wine in one gulp.
“……If it frustrates you that much, then you do it.”
“What did you say?”
“I told you to do it!”
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Even though he thought of me as a Black Path spy and dragged the Execution Pavilion into things for his own benefit, I had thought he was at least a man with a sense of responsibility.
The Ak Byeong-bi I had seen in my previous life had not been base to this degree.
Е̇ n̄ũm̄а̃
I looked down coldly at Ak Byeong-bi, who had lowered his head.
“To think a man of only this much is one who establishes ‘justice’ correctly…… The Execution Pavilion is finished as well.”
“…….”
Even at my jeering voice filled with contempt, Ak Byeong-bi did not raise his head.
“Benefactor Jin…… Let us get some air for a moment.”
Il-myeong fidgeted anxiously and tugged me away.
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As I was led out by his hand, I said,
“Fine. I will handle it from now on. Delegation Leader, just stay still and remain drowning in your wine jar.”
Until I was led out of the inner room by Il-myeong and Dang Seo-hui, Ak Byeong-bi did not move an inch.
As I gathered my emotions, Il-myeong hesitantly approached me.
“Benefactor Jin…… Please try to understand the Delegation Leader just a little.”
I tilted my head.
Е̊ n ǔ m а.ї d̊
Il-myeong had not been this tactless a person…….
This incident was clearly the Delegation Leader’s fault.
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Our Envoy Delegation had not come merely to offer congratulations.
Helping the Murim Alliance’s warriors bleeding in Sichuan fight safely was the mission given to us.
So.
This was not the time to act out of pointless pride, damn it.
Е̌ ǹ u m.â
“Did I do something wrong?”
Since my mood had soured, my voice naturally turned cold.
However, I did not want to care about Il-myeong’s feelings right now.
Il-myeong slowly shook his head.
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“……That is not it.”
“Then what exactly am I supposed to understand?”
Е́ ňum̊а
“…….”
Il-myeong hesitated and looked at Dang Seo-hui.
Perhaps she also knew something, because she added in a small voice,
“……I also think Jin So-un went a little too far.”
“…….”
Perhaps sensing that my expression was gradually stiffening, Dang Seo-hui and Il-myeong exchanged complicated glances.
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At length, Il-myeong seemed to make up his mind and clenched his fist tightly.
“Benefactor Jin…… The story you hear now must be known only to you.”
“What are you talking about?”
After hesitating several times, Il-myeong finally opened his mouth.
“Gu Gye-ak, the Sect Leader of the Yellow Sand Sect. He is the chief culprit of the Qingzhou Incident.”
The Qingzhou Incident referred to an incident in which several hundred Black Path people attacked an Ak Family Traveling Party.
Еňum̀а
Because of that incident, thirty members of the Ak Family and nearly two hundred Black Path people died.
I looked at the two of them and tilted my head to one side.
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“……What does that have to do with anything?”
“…….”
“Because the Ak Family’s enemy was here, does that justify the Delegation Leader’s actions?”
Even now, countless large and small fights and battles happened in the martial world.
Ёn ũ m̀а. id
So many people died because of them that they could not even be counted.
The Qingzhou Incident?
It had surely left a wound in Ak Byeong-bi’s heart.
But so what?
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There were countless people in the martial world who had suffered the same pain as Ak Byeong-bi, no, even greater agony.
Even I, right now…….
E n ů m̂ а_
‘Damn it…….’
Therefore, I could not stand by and watch a great undertaking be ruined by personal resentment.
At my firm attitude, Il-myeong let out a long sigh.
At length, he carefully moved his lips.
“At that time, the Delegation Leader’s beloved died.”
“…….”
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“And that beloved was carrying a child.”
In that instant, I felt my head, which had been burning hot like a furnace, cool down.
So vividly that the faces of my father, my Junior Brothers, and Sojeong Squad members, who had died painfully before my eyes in my previous life, came to mind.
Perhaps the story was not finished yet, because Il-myeong’s lips moved again.
“The one who murdered the person who had been the Delegation Leader’s beloved was none other than…… that man Gu Gye-ak.”
Perhaps because my head had cooled, my mouth also felt frozen.
W е̄ b̊ n оv̄.ӗl̆ Ӗ n̊ ũ m̌a
“At the time, the Delegation Leader searched every place under heaven to find that man Gu Gye-ak. After fifteen years passed like that…… Gu Gye-ak, who had vanished without a trace, appeared before the Delegation Leader as the Sect Leader of the Yellow Sand Sect.”
“Damn it…….”
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At the curse that slipped out without my realizing it, Dang Seo-hui frowned.
“Cursing is bad.”
Do you think I cursed because I wanted to? I cursed because I had no choice.
What on earth was Jegal So-myeong thinking?
Е nu mа̀
If he knew Ak Byeong-bi had such a background, should he not have avoided sending him as part of the Envoy Delegation?
……Could it be that Jegal So-myeong did not know?
“The Grand Strategist is also aware of it. That is why…… I do not know why he sent him as the leader of the Envoy Delegation. He must have had a deep meaning.”
No matter how deep that meaning was, was this not something one should never do?
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Who in the world could talk about peace and stability with the enemy who killed his wife and child before him?
“Why did you not tell me earlier?”
W е̂ b̄nо̊ v̀ ѐl Е́núm̈à
“……It is not a story one can easily tell, is it?”
“Haa…….”
Somehow, I could also understand why Ak Byeong-bi had overreacted during the Ak Ju-pyeong incident.
Humans were beings who could not easily forget intense emotional shocks embedded deep in their minds.
As I squeezed my head, which simply would not organize itself, Il-myeong’s voice reached me.
“Perhaps…… what the Delegation Leader said was sincere.”
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“What do you mean?”
“I mean his words that he would entrust the rest to Benefactor Jin.”
To be precise, it had been, “If it frustrates you that much, then you do it.”
“He must have felt frustrated with his own limits.”
Now that I had heard the circumstances, I could not get any sense of how to resolve this matter.
Even so, the enemy of the Envoy Delegation Leader was advocating war right before his eyes.
Ё n u.m̄а̀.іd̃
If I ignored that and made an agreement, it was clear Ak Byeong-bi’s heart would be torn to pieces and turned into a rag. But conversely, if I said nothing, countless corpses flickered before my eyes.
Amid my complicated thoughts, Il-myeong’s voice slipped in.
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“The Delegation Leader would also want an agreement to be made.”
“……Why do you think that?”
“Because otherwise, a person who usually does not even touch alcohol would not drink like that.”
“…….”
Wеb ṅ_ö v е l̈ Е̃ nü m а
Was the one enduring the greatest pain none other than Ak Byeong-bi?
“……Even so, I do not want to rationalize the Delegation Leader’s actions.”
I deliberately tried speaking coldly, but Il-myeong looked at me and smiled gently.
“He likely does not want that either. For now, I think it would be better to focus on carrying out the mission.”
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“…….”
Regardless of whether we considered the Delegation Leader’s circumstances or not, even a peace agreement, let alone an alliance, seemed quite difficult.
En̆ū m̈ å .і́ d_
While the Sect Leader of the Yellow Sand Sect, Gu Gye-ak, had been speaking, those who seemed to agree with his opinion already looked to be more than half.
Even if we mobilized Cha Seok-du, Kang Maeng-ji of the Black Serpent Gang, and all the connections from the Demon Spirit Plateau, an agreement would not be easy.
Moreover, the biggest problem was that we stood in the very middle of enemy territory and could neither do this nor that.
If we at least knew what the Black Thought Alliance’s internal circumstances were like, we might be able to devise a placation strategy. But right now, this was the very center of the Black Thought Alliance, where even Hao Gate’s personnel could not be drawn in.
Il-myeong lowered his head slightly.
“I am sorry. It feels as though I have pushed a difficult matter onto you.”
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I shook my head.
“It is fine. Spilled water cannot be gathered back up.”
Like that, without being able to go anywhere, we tried forming various strategies around the pavilion, but no clear method emerged.
During that time, the sound of someone approaching reached us.
“If I am not being discourteous, may I come in for a moment?”
The owner of the footsteps was none other than Gun Yu-hyeon of the Heavenly Crown Sect, who had put Il-myeong in distress.
Ẁ е̄b̆n̄ о v е̃ l É ñ.um̌ â
“What brings you here?”
“You have not appeared at the gambling hall even once since then, so I came to see if something had happened.”
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I shook my head and spoke politely.
“I do not think this is the time to talk about such things. Please return.”
“Haha, I did not come here to ask you to gamble either.”
Gun Yu-hyeon continued speaking with a friendly smile.
W е_b̆n_оve l̈ Еǹ ŭṁ а̄
“I heard on my way here. That a troublesome matter has arisen.”
“…….”
“I heard there may be a problem with the agreement. Am I wrong?”
Without revealing it, I sharpened my nerves.
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“How did you know that?”
“Well, though it is confidential, things can be heard by those who keep their ears wide open.”
Wе̄bn̄о̄v̆ е l̃ E nŭmä
“And so?”
Gun Yu-hyeon took one more step toward me.
“I wondered whether I might be able to help.”
I met Il-myeong’s eyes.
At length, we gave each other a small nod.
We had to use everything we could use. His proposal was also worth hearing.
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“Why are you saying you will help?”
Gun Yu-hyeon scratched the back of his head.
“Just because we are a Black Path sect does not mean everyone is mad for blood and battle. There are also those who had no choice but to take the Black Path due to their own circumstances. Moreover, if our Heavenly Crown Sect goes to war with the Murim Alliance now, we have much to lose.”
War caused harm to everyone.
But among them, the powerless suffered the greatest harm.
With that clever head of his, Gun Yu-hyeon seemed to have calculated that if war broke out between the Black Thought Alliance and the Murim Alliance right now, the ones who would suffer the greatest damage would be them.
Eñùm а̊
This time, Il-myeong stepped forward and asked,
“How can Benefactor Gun help us?”
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“I do not know whether you are aware, but in the current Black Thought Alliance, the influence of the major sects of the alliance acts more strongly than the Alliance Leader’s personal opinion.”
One could tell that much just by looking at the atmosphere in the great hall.
Cha Seok-du had occupied the position of Alliance Leader based on the justification that he had formed the alliance, but that position and authority did not seem firm.
As we pondered, Gun Yu-hyeon whispered covertly, as if revealing a secret.
Е̂ n um а̊ . ï ḋ
“However, there is someone who can move the greater cause.”
“Do you mean someone who holds actual power?”
He nodded.
“Yes. The current Alliance Leader created the justification for forming the Black Path Alliance, but in the end, it was someone else who laid the foundation.”
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“Who is that?”
“You saw the man beside the Alliance Leader, did you not?”
Êń u m̈а̊
“Dam Ak…….”
When I uttered the man’s name, Gun Yu-hyeon nodded.
“That is him.”
“Are you saying he can move the greater cause?”
“Yes. Most of the working-level people who move the Black Thought Alliance follow Dam Ak. If his opinion and the Alliance Leader’s opinion align, then even if the other Sect Leaders oppose it, an agreement can surely be made.”
Crouching Dragon Dam Ak seemed to have had his outstanding ability acknowledged in this life as well, just as in my previous life.
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“But would that man Dam Ak agree to meet us? From what I saw earlier, he seemed extremely wary of the Murim Alliance.”
At my question, Gun Yu-hyeon gave a meaningful smile.
“It is not official, but there is a separate occasion where you can meet.”
“What kind?”
“Those who could be called the rising stars of the Black Path Murim have decided to hold a banquet among ourselves.”
A private banquet, and one held by Black Path people at that.
Ẁ.e̊ bn̈ о̄v̄ e l̆ Ёńü m а
I might suffer humiliation so great that the humiliation I suffered at Iron Sword Sect would not even compare.
“And Grand Strategist Dam Ak has decided to attend as well.”
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However, everything had already gone wrong through orthodox methods.
“Will you attend with me?”
Then we had no choice but to approach through another method.
“Very well. I will trouble you for your help.”
Е̊ n̊umа ._і̊ḋ
No matter what price I had to pay.
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