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Chapter 242 : Chapter 242
Chapter 242. Today’s Fortune
“Hahahahaha! I feel good.”
Cha Seok-du, who had entered the inner chamber with Dam-ak’s support, let out a bold laugh.
“Alliance Leader, are you all right?”
In truth, it could hardly even be called support.
Е n̄ ǔm а.їd̈
There was Cha Seok-du, a giant of a man, and Dam-ak, a small-framed man who had not learned martial arts.
It looked as though a young child was trying hard to support his father, while the father pretended not to notice and accepted his son’s support.
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“Ah, I’m fine. I’m fine!”
Dam-ak’s feelings as he looked at Cha Seok-du seated in his chair were unbearably complicated.
Cha Seok-du wore a peaceful expression, like someone who had barely survived a great crisis.
And the fact that the one who had given him that peace was not Dam-ak, but Jin So-un, weighed on Dam-ak’s heart.
Е́ñūṁ а̃.._і̄ d
“How fortunate....... How truly fortunate.......”
Seeing him drunkenly ramble with a small smile on his lips made Dam-ak deeply glad, and at the same time, regretful.
“I apologize, Alliance Leader. This was originally something I should have done.”
“Hm?”
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Cha Seok-du opened his half-lidded eyes wide.
“How is that Strategist Dam’s responsibility? It was something everyone should have resolved.”
Е̊n̂ ũm̂ а̃
“If I had been a little sharper.......”
“Hahahahaha. Strategist Dam, you are saying needless things too.”
As though his drunkenness had cleared a little, Cha Seok-du let out a hearty laugh, then looked at Dam-ak with clear eyes.
“Strategist Dam. What is it that I want from you? Did I ask you to preserve my position?”
“......No, you did not.”
“Exactly. What I want is for the Black Thought Alliance to take root in this land and prosper greatly.”
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Cha Seok-du’s gaze was softer than it had ever been.
“And until now, Strategist Dam, you have done your work well.”
“......”
“Every person has their own role to fulfill. It was simply that the Black Flame Dragon was a little more suited to resolving this matter.”
Not only had he been suited to it, but it had also been a method no one but that bastard could have thought of or carried out.
Even Cha Seok-du of all people had clicked his tongue after hearing the whole story from Jin So-un.
Е ñ ŭm̌ а .і́ d̀
“There is no need to blame yourself, nor any need to compare yourself to that bastard. Do you not have work of your own to do?”
“......I will keep that in mind.”
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Cha Seok-du, who had nodded, put on a serious gaze and leaned forward.
“More importantly...... is an alliance truly difficult after all?”
The topic that had come up at the banquet earlier now flowed out again.
“Are you considering an alliance?”
Ӗn um̀ а_..і d
“That Jin So-un bastard shouted at me through Sound Transmission, asking, ‘How could you do this?!’ Good grief, I thought my ears would fall off.”
“......Such a thing happened?”
Dam-ak swallowed a groan inwardly.
No matter how much Jin So-un had helped the Black Thought Alliance, to speak so rudely to the representative of the Black Thought Alliance.......
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However, Cha Seok-du continued the topic as if it did not bother him at all.
“Hmm...... In truth, I also think it may be right to establish an alliance for a certain period. The Black Thought Alliance is still all show on the outside, is it not?”
É n úm̈ а́. ī d
To begin with, comparing an organization five hundred years old with a newly born one was absurd in itself, but Dam-ak could fully understand Cha Seok-du’s intent.
“By expelling the hidden agents, we have blocked the Alliance leaders’ backlash against the Murim Alliance to some extent, but going any further will be impossible. After all, there are some who joined the Alliance under the pretext of war with the Murim Alliance.”
After thinking for a while, Cha Seok-du asked obliquely,
“What do you think? Would we be a match for the current Murim Alliance?”
“......We would not lose easily.”
“In the end, that means we would lose.”
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“The Murim Alliance’s underlying strength is not limited to its own existence.”
“I know that as well. That is why I have so many worries. I simply do not want the Black Thought Alliance to be an organization that appears briefly, then vanishes. I want to make it a place where those with free natures can gather, compete with one another, and at times move forward together.”
Cha Seok-du’s voice settled heavily.
“In the Demon Spirit Plateau, the ones who ultimately resolved the matter were not the Black Path Murim, but the power of the Orthodox Path Murim. And such a thing can happen again at any time.”
His eyes burned as he looked back on the past.
“There is only one reason we must unite. To protect ourselves.”
Е̄ñ ŭ m а . ïď
There was not the slightest hesitation in his gaze.
“I am saying it is not to kill others and steal something from them.”
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Dam-ak, who knew what grand vision Cha Seok-du had lived with over all those long years, slowly nodded.
“I will keep that in mind.”
“......Tsk, I became excited. I am sorry. When I am drunk, I become this talkative.”
On the other hand, Dam-ak could also understand Cha Seok-du’s feelings.
W еb̄ ñ о v еl Е̄ n̄ u m̈ а
There were not many in the Black Path Murim who shared the same goal as him.
Most were violent and lawless people.
Amid them, harboring a great dream alone could never have been easy.
“I will make certain that it is achieved.”
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“Yes...... I leave it in your hands.”
After shouting for a while, Cha Seok-du’s voice lost some of its strength.
Е̄n u̇ m̊å
His eyelids had also lowered halfway, making him look as though he was growing sleepy, and Dam-ak tried to give him some space.
“Ah, right. Take this with you.”
At that moment, Cha Seok-du took out a large wooden case from one side with one hand and placed it on the table.
“What is this?”
“Ah, that Jin So-un bastard said you might be in danger, so I should assign you a guard or give you some protective item.”
“Jin So-un said...... that?”
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When he opened the box, there was a treasure robe inside, made by attaching thin iron plates densely together like scales.
“It is the Iron-Scale Robe, one of the Holy Relics of Four Emperors Peak. Wear it under your clothes at all times.”
Dam-ak doubted his own ears.
“If it is the Iron-Scale Robe...... is that not your Holy Relic, Alliance Leader?”
That meant Cha Seok-du was now handing over the Holy Relic he had been wearing to Dam-ak.
Dam-ak hurriedly shut the box.
Ẇ ėb̊ n ô v еl̈ Е ñ ü m̆ á
“I am fine. Please wear it again yourself, Alliance Leader.”
“The most important person in the Black Thought Alliance right now is not me, but you.”
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“......”
Cha Seok-du reached out and opened the box that had been closed again.
“If I die, someone else can come and sit in the Alliance Leader’s seat, but if you die, would the history of the Black Thought Alliance not end there? So do not refuse. Wear it for my sake, and for the Black Thought Alliance.”
Perhaps what Cha Seok-du said was nothing more than an excuse.
W̆е̄b́.n̂ о̊v́е l̂ E ǹum̄а
It was consideration for Dam-ak, the only one inside the Black Thought Alliance who had not learned martial arts.
Dam-ak could not refuse his heart to the end.
He conveyed his gratitude in his own language.
“I will make the Black Thought Alliance...... into an organization equal to the Murim Alliance, no, one that surpasses it.”
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“Yes, that is what I truly desire! Heh-heh-heh-heh.”
For some reason, Dam-ak felt that this moment was warm, like the time he had spent at Cheongwa Academy.
Еn̆_ǔ mа́ . i d
***
“Uuugh....... Uuugh.......”
A skeletal being, with soot smeared over his eyelids, crawled out of the room and struggled all the way to the table.
“Wa-Water.......”
This strange lifeform spoke human words and desperately reached out toward the table. Il-myeong, who was watching the sight, let out a long sigh and filled a bowl with water before handing it over.
“Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp. Kah......!”
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The strange lifeform, who emptied the bowl in an instant as though water had been poured over parched earth, was none other than Jin So-un.
“Hoo...... I’m dying.”
Watching Jin So-un roughly wipe the water from his mouth, Il-myeong said as though he found him pathetic,
“Benefactor Jin...... If it is that difficult, can you not use inner arts to purge the alcohol from your system?”
At that, Jin So-un shook his head like one who had realized the principles of all creation.
“Senior Il-myeong...... if I’m going to purge the alcohol from my system, why would I bother drinking?”
Е́ ṅum̌ ǎ..і̌ ḋ
“......”
[Jin So-un seems to be an ‘Enlightened One.’]
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......Enlightened, my foot.
Namu Amitabha.......
Thinking there was no longer any way to communicate with him, Il-myeong calmly began packing again.
And Jin So-un, who had been watching the sight, tilted his head.
Е̃n.u̇ m̂ ã
“What are you doing now?”
“I am packing, of course.”
“Why?”
“......We must return to the Murim Alliance.”
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Jin So-un asked about something far too obvious.
Il-myeong, in turn, felt bewildered.
Ёǹǔ ṁå
Could he possibly be truly thinking of accepting Cha Seok-du’s offer from the previous day?
“Then are you staying here and becoming the Vice Alliance Leader?”
Dang Seo-hui, with a gaze somehow full of expectation, asked the question in Il-myeong’s place.
Jin So-un, who had somehow emptied another bowl of water, violently furrowed his brow.
“What are you talking about? How could a disciple of the Taeul Sect, a pillar of the Orthodox Path under heaven, live among those extremely vicious Black Path bastards?”
“......”
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“......”
“Kah...... Refreshing!”
Was Jin So-un not the being most feared in the Black Thought Alliance right now?
Extremely vicious, was it.......?
For some reason, it seemed as though he would fit in more viciously(?) than anyone else.......
Il-myeong struggled to regain his composure and asked,
Ӗ ñu m̌ ӑ
“Then why are you telling me not to pack?”
Jin So-un stopped drinking water and said,
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“Kah...... There is still something important left to do.”
“Something...... important?”
Ak Byeong-bi and the Envoy Delegation had cleared themselves of the false charges placed upon them, the hidden agents had been found, and even the agreement had been completed.
What could possibly remain beyond that?
W еb n о̌v̆eľ È n ům a
Wondering if there was some inside story he alone had not heard, Il-myeong looked at Ak Byeong-bi, but Ak Byeong-bi shook his head as well.
“I have heard nothing.”
Then Ak Byeong-bi continued.
“But if that bastard says he has something to do, it must surely be something important.”
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“......”
What is this?
W̄ еbnо̃v̂e l̂ _É n̈ü m̈ā
When they first came to Shanxi Province, he had seemed so convinced that Jin So-un was a Black Path spy that he had refused even to share a table with him.
Furthermore, Jin So-un accepted Ak Byeong-bi’s attitude, which had flipped over as easily as turning over a palm, as if it were only natural.
“That is how it is, so we will stay a little longer before leaving.”
“Benefactor Jin...... How about at least telling us what it is first?”
“You will know that soon.”
“......”
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Il-myeong felt extremely uneasy about staying even one more day in the Black Thought Alliance.......
“Then from now on, are you staying as the Vice Alliance Leader?”
“Vice Alliance Leader? Well, you could say it is almost the same. Hahahaha.”
“Then can I become Vice Alliance Leader too?”
“Senior Dang, you still have a long way to go. Your training is lacking.”
“I want to do it too. Vice Alliance Leader.”
Wе̊ bnо vе l Е ṅ uṁ а́
“......”
......And it gave him a headache that he seemed to be the only one who felt that way.
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Il-myeong, who had been anxiously worried that their joking words might cross the wall and enter the ears of the Black Thought Alliance members, eventually raised his inner arts and blocked out the sound.
‘Amitabha, Amitabha.’
It was the first moment in his life when he felt deep doubt about having learned martial arts.
***
Ѐ n̆ ŭ m̃а̌
All the leaders of the Five Sects, Two Gangs, and One Peak, who could be called the pillars of the Black Thought Alliance, had gathered in the main hall.
As the representative of Four Emperors Peak, Cha Seok-du should originally have participated, but since he was currently the Alliance Leader, Hwang Bu-sik attended in his place.
Il-myeong, who confirmed the faces of those seated there, swallowed dryly.
If one compared it to the Murim Alliance, it was as if the representatives of the Nine Sects and One Gang and the Five Great Clans had been gathered in one place.
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And considering that they had gathered at the summons of a Black Path...... no, an Orthodox Path Murim brat, this was a meeting that should never have existed in the first place.
‘What on earth is he thinking?’
W е́b́n о̇ v̂е l Е n u̇mа́
Perhaps those gathered were thinking similarly to him, because their expressions were not good.
In particular, those who had belonged to the pro-war faction were grimacing as though there were shit rolling around in their mouths.
However.
The one making Il-myeong most anxious was none other than Jin So-un.
“How long are we supposed to wait?”
That was right.
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Jin So-un had gathered these great figures in one place, yet he himself had not appeared, making them wait endlessly.
‘Amitabha, Amitabha.’
When Il-myeong had recited the Buddha’s name about ten times in his burning stomach, Jin So-un, whom they had waited for so long, finally appeared.
“Ah, I am a little late.”
With an utterly calm expression.
‘A......mitabha.......’
Wе́ ḃ n̊ о̊v́ е l̄ Ё ńü m̈а̂
Jin So-un, who entered holding a bundle of papers in one hand, casually sat in the seat of honor, and that only made those present even angrier.
“Black Flame Dragon...... I have been watching you, and you have gone too far. Why did you gather us?”
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“Huh? If you did not want to come, you could simply have not come.”
BANG—!
At his response, which seemed to ask what sort of pointless nonsense they were spouting, the Demonic Path Sect Leader slammed the table with his fist.
“Did you not use the Alliance Leader’s Decree, you bastard?!”
En u̇m̆а
At the words Alliance Leader’s Decree, Il-myeong’s face grew even paler.
However, at Jin So-un’s following words, his heart calmed a little.
“Can you not understand that I asked the Alliance Leader because this is naturally an important matter?”
“......”
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Jin So-un’s voice sank coldly.
In the end, the Demonic Path Sect Leader could only grind his teeth and say nothing more.
Ēn̆ um а̃
Il-myeong became curious too.
Just how important was this matter that Jin So-un had postponed their schedule for returning to the Murim Alliance and even used the Alliance Leader’s Decree to gather these great figures?
Jin So-un began handing out the bundle of papers in his hand one by one.
Il-myeong, also curious about the contents, quietly took one of the remaining sheets as well, and then.......
“Fuck, what kind of bullshit is this?!”
“What? Compensation money? What the hell are you trying to do?!”
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Profanities erupted before Il-myeong could even examine the paper.
Il-myeong quickly read through the sheet.
And he nearly cursed as well.
“......”
[Statement of Reward Payment for Exposing Hidden Agents]
-The above-mentioned undersigned shall pay a reward to Jin So-un, who identified the culprit in the murder case that occurred on the day of Sinmyo in the month of Imja.......
Ӗ n̄ūm̊ă. і̄ ď
Ah...... so this was the important matter he had to handle at the Black Thought Alliance?
‘Amita.......’
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Il-myeong, who had been trying to regain his composure by reciting the Buddha’s name, soon emptied everything from his mind, looked at Jin So-un, and smiled softly.
‘Damn it, I don’t know anymore either.’
It was a warm smile befitting the epithet Smiling Buddha.
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