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6.
The reason I despised the higher-ups of the Murim Alliance in my previous life was not solely due to my inferiority complex.
The hypocrisy of the vested interests is nothing new, and it is nothing new for the capable to covet power.
The problem is that those bastards’ incompetence is causing me harm.
Sojeongdae, a unit of low-ranking warriors belonging to Baekranggak.
It’s not even the main force of the Murim Alliance.
It’s not even a unit.
Nothing more than a side branch.
Their incompetence extends even to me.
They give orders, and we just follow them.
They are the ones without ability, but we are the ones dying.
In fact, with this level of incompetence, it wouldn’t matter if you considered him a spy for the Demonic Cult.
The reason I fight the vested interests like crazy in this life is because I hope this fucked-up situation doesn’t happen again.
Rather than watching the priest and his comrades return as corpses once again because of the stupid orders from above.
“I’ve reached the point where I think it would be better to join the Demonic Cult and destroy the Murim Alliance with my own hands. They are truly formidable bastards.” Members of the Council of Elders from the Righteousness Society led the Nine Great Sects toward Sichuan.
In the midst of this, as the withdrawal from the Jeongdohoe accelerated due to the situation with the Annihilation Formation, it is said that they gathered up everyone remaining at the academy and took them to Sichuan, perhaps wanting to draw those without affiliation into the Jeongdohoe.
They really are amazing bastards.
Even though we blocked them off repeatedly telling them not to shovel, they squeezed through the gap and started shoveling.
Let’s assume it can’t be helped that Jeong Do-hoe dies in Sacheon.
Yeah, that’s your choice, and your disciple is the one dying!
They are destroying themselves with such foolish behavior; how could I stop them?
But, damn it.
Why are you taking Moyong Jaehwa and Eun Seol-ran with you too!!!
I absolutely cannot stand the sight of it causing trouble on such a wide scale.
In their previous lives, Moyong Jaehwa was the person who held back the Demonic Cult for a long time during the Murim Alliance’s great retreat, and Eun Seol-ran was the person who laid the foundation for the Murim Alliance to establish itself in the North Sea later on.
Those two are the last hope to preserve the spirit of the White Path Martial World if my plan fails and this life becomes a demonic realm just like my past life.
Aside from the fact that he/she is a precious younger sibling to me.
It is as if those guys are currently playing a firecracker game using the house deeds, the last bastion left by our ancestors, as kindling.
“Considering the tragic future, even if I were to set fire to the entire Murim Alliance right now and burn down every single building, the damage would be less than the deaths of the two of them.” “Ah! I feel the urge to join the Demonic Cult.” Suppressing my frustration, the first place I rushed to was Buk Won-pyeong’s office.
The Dean is currently abroad.
Perhaps because I was so excited, I even forgot that I had sent him to the Taeeul Sect.
If Bukwonpyeong had been at the academy from the start, he would have prevented Jeong Do-hoe from moving.
“Young Master Jin, are you alright?”
Seongmo-ran asked worriedly.
“…….”
Are you asking if I’m okay? I’m not okay at all.
The reason for the heavy damage in Sacheon was partly because the academy students were unprepared for the sorcery of the apostles, but the biggest reason was the lax management of the troops.
In response to that insane plan to search for the villains by dividing into ten groups, the Shisan Blood Sect swallowed up the academy students with their mouths agape, like waiting for a persimmon to fall from a persimmon tree.
Assuming the command structure is no different from back then, the situation is that we must first find out where Eun Seol-ran and Mo Yong-jae-hwa are among those ten units.
Among the information recently received from Haomun, there was talk that the beings appearing in Sichuan are ominous entities.
The group flinches in surprise at my story.
The tension is extraordinary because they have encountered the Demonic Cult in the past.
“Then…… then…… you have to stop it, don’t you?”
Namgung Seon-hwa shook her head at Seong Moran’s words.
There’s no way they’ll listen to us, unnie.
Seong Moran’s eyes rose fiercely.
“Why did those bastards take my innocent younger siblings away!”
I barely managed to stop Seong Moran, who looked ready to draw her sword and rush to Sacheon on the spot.
The most urgent task right now is to figure out where Jae-hwa and Seol-ran are.
I wouldn’t mind if they willingly shared their unit formation information, but do you think they would?
You have to search tirelessly on your own, but it is impossible to do alone.
It would be better to just let the event itself come to nothing.
Right, making the event itself come to nothing… … .
“……
uh?”
Why? Do you have a good idea?
“I think there… might be a way.”
“What method?”
If they used a loophole, we can just use one too.
It may not be a perfect solution, but we will be able to save the two of them.
Murim Academy belongs to the Mantong Department.
If there is no Academy Director, the head of the General Affairs Department will lead the Murim Academy.
“Then it means that if the Ministry of All-Powers just issues an order prohibiting the event, it will be over.” “Of course, it won’t be easy.” Jegal Somyeong is already facing severe scrutiny from the Council of Elders.
It is only natural that you do not want to engage in a war of nerves with them.
In that case, we must at least obtain an order to rescue Moyong Jaehwa and Eun Seol-ran.
And I must take at least my party with me and rescue them.
Since I couldn’t afford to waste any time, I went straight to the Murim Alliance’s Mantongbu.
“Huh? What brings you here?”
Meng Ju-won of the Mantongbu still had something like dark soot around his eyes.
“Where is the Commander-in-Chief?”
Despite my urgent question, Maeng Ju-won still has a blank expression.
“General? He went home recently.”
“yes?”
How could a gentleman claiming to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Murim Alliance have time to go home! Why now of all times!
“Now that the regular exams are over, you’ve taken a vacation for the first time in almost a year. Do you have something to discuss?”
The command structure of the Mantongbu is simpler than expected, so any position without a commander-in-chief leads to the next rank.
So, the commander of the Mantong Department right now is, “Director Maeng Ju-won.”
The words “poor Maeng Ju-won” standing right in front of me.
“Currently, students from the student center are attending events without even obtaining approval from the center representative.”
Hmm, is that so?
This is a violation of the Murim Alliance’s strict rules.
Maeng Ju-won was still relaxed.
“Of course. But didn’t the elders go along to that event? Don’t you know that, by custom, things like this are supposed to be overlooked? Why are you suddenly making a fuss?”
Maeng Ju-won spoke with the expression of a public official who looked so worn out that there was nothing left to wear down.
“I understand how you feel. You must hate seeing the elders of the House of Elders stepping forward now. But what can be done? There are things that just have to be overlooked.”
“Moreover, can’t you tell by looking? Those old geezers carried out the work with lightning speed while the Commander-in-Chief was away. That means they were aiming for this from the very beginning.”
Maeng Ju-won, unaware of the gravity of the situation, patted my shoulder.
“It can’t be helped, can it? Let’s just let it slide this time. We’ll just put them in their place with another event after they return.”
No, that’s not the problem.
Our kids are going to die.
“Then, could you at least write an order to reinstate Moyong Jaehwa and Eun Seolran, who were forcibly mobilized for that event, to the academy?”
“huh?”
It’s because I don’t want those two to attend the event.
Maeng Ju-won puts down the documents he was holding and stares intently into my eyes.
“What’s your ulterior motive?”
“It was merely an event you went on a pleasure trip for anyway. You will return on your own as time passes. As a person of your standing, participating in that event does not mean you will become one of their people, does it?”
Ugh, this is so frustrating.
I can’t just expose everything about the Blood Cult appearing in Sichuan.
I am doing this because I am worried that Jeong Do-hoe might be influenced by bad things.
Maeng Ju-won corrected his blank expression, glared at me, and shook his head.
It’s not working.
Didn’t I say no? Go back.
“No, why?”
“Didn’t I tell you? This event was personally planned by the elders of the Council. If I interfere with their event, do you think a mere member like me can hold out?”
Maeng Ju-won picked up the documents again and turned his back on me.
Is that so after all?
Asking Meng Zhuyuan to deal with a group that even Zhuge Xiaoming avoids is no different from telling a low-ranking warrior to face the Heavenly Demon Black Sword Brigade.
“See, how much better it would have been if you had listened to me sooner.”
huh?
Did I hear that wrong?
What did you just say?
What do you mean?
“Didn’t you just say something like, ‘If only you had listened to me earlier…’?”
Maeng Ju-won taps the innocent documents with his finger.
Why are you eavesdropping on my monologue?
What kind of self-talk is that? I thought someone was talking right into my eardrums.
What do you want?
Maeng Ju-won’s eyes begin to shake violently.
His eyes were like those of a thief standing before gold and silver treasures, unable to control his own hands and about to snatch the jewels.
“Ahem, ahem. What do you mean you want? I don’t have anything like that.”
Look at that. At this rate, all the documents are going to get torn up.
I try to turn my head, but somehow my eyes are staring straight at me.
Seeing how his eyes are rolling like that, if things go well, I might even see the back of his head.
If you tell me what you want, I will think about it.
“Cough, cough!”
Meng Ju-won, who had been clearing his throat for quite a while as if he had phlegm, opened his mouth.
Come on both days of the holiday, and on two weekdays, come to the General Affairs Department after the academic schedule ends.
What is this? Did I work too much and finally go crazy?
“What do you want me to do at the Ministry of Communications?”
“What do you mean, what do you mean? I mean, learn the job and practice in advance.”
Why would I do that?
I won’t do it.
“Then it’s hard for me to write an order, too.”
I stared intently at Maeng Ju-won.
I’m pretending to be calm, but my toes are trembling.
Pretending to be uninterested as much as possible, but worried about missing out.
Beginner gamblers with a decent hand look exactly like that.
I stood up from my seat.
“All right.”
Maeng Ju-won’s eyes widen rapidly.
I guess I’ll just have to skip school without permission and go pick you up.
“Huh? Don’t you know that unauthorized absence can be grounds for expulsion?”
“I know. I just need to finish my mandatory service and return to the civilian sector.”
“Not staying with the Murim Alliance?”
“I am a person who is extremely thirsty for wealth and glory. If I become an executive, I might pass through the Mantong Bureau for the sake of promotion, but if I am not an executive, there is no reason for me to remain in the Murim Alliance.”
I apologize for taking up your time. Goodbye.
I said that and stepped outside.
Maeng Ju-won quickly grabbed my sleeve.
“Hehe, you! Why are you so impatient! Fine! Just come for two days out of the holiday.”
Trying to extort me while I was engaging in fraudulent gambling among those thugs from Sojeongdae.
One day off. I will come, handle the work perfectly, and return.
“Fine! Two days while you learn the job. Once you think you’ve mastered it, you’ll do just one day. I can’t compromise any further.”
Maeng Ju-won suddenly turns his body around as if to threaten.
I was lost in thought for a moment.
It is a shame to waste a day of my precious holiday, but on the other hand, if you consider that I can play a prank on the disobedient Nine Great Sects or Five Great Clans at the Mantong Bureau, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
“Very well. Then please make sure to write down the order canceling the event organized by the Jeongdohoe.……”
“Good! And I just need to issue an arrest warrant for the Elders’ anti-blindness activities, right?”
Maeng Ju-won, excitedly rummaging through documents before I could even finish speaking.
Wait, didn’t you just say you couldn’t hold out as a mere bank employee?
A written order to cancel the event is sufficient.
“Hmm… come to think of it, if I turned all nine major sects into enemies, I probably wouldn’t be able to keep my life either.”
“Ah, right, you. Then, do you not need warriors? How about about a hundred elite warriors? With them, you should be able to threaten and stop the event, right?”
Maeng Ju-won brought various types of documents as if to demonstrate the power of the Mantongbu.
What on earth is this person? Is he someone with no backing?
In any case, there are no ordinary people in the Murim Alliance. When the Mantongbu’s leave permit and the order to cancel the event were delivered to the academy, the academy officials and instructors expressed their displeasure.
As soon as the second semester began, the representative and the executive team all announced they would be going out, which was an absurd situation even for them.
But so what? This is an order from the Ministry of Public Works.
If you didn’t want to face a situation like this in the first place, you shouldn’t have listened to the elders’ opinion.
“How on earth did you get something like this from the Ministry of Communications?”
Namgung Seon-hwa examined the order several times as if she could not believe it.
“That… has a sad story.”
A whole day of the holiday flew by.
I looked at my companions and asked.
I have brought the order, but there is a possibility that the elders will ignore even this. If you are uncomfortable with this situation, you may step down. ……
“Hey, Eunho, stay right there. Unless you want to get beaten up. Taeeulmun is automatically attending.”
I spoke out of consideration for Namgung Seon-hwa and Seong Mo-ran, but the two women’s response was heated.
“What are you talking about! We have to bring him here, even if it means fighting a battle.”
“You must not forgive those who do not follow the orders of the Ministry of Communications in the first place.”
Seeing the two of them being so proactive makes me smile for no reason.
“Alright. Then I’ll get ready right away.”
Preparations were completed quickly.
We packed our weapons and emergency rations and gathered in one place.
Please take one of these for now.
They handed out small leather bags to each person.
After receiving the item and looking at the contents, the swordsmiths asked
I understand what the signal flare is, and it’s a necklace and an amulet, right?
The necklace was made of white fragrant jade that was entrusted to Jang Do-won.
The Mountain of Shishuo Sect is also a branch of the Demonic Cult in its own right, and it uses malevolent techniques that disrupt the mind.
Just like with demons, prolonged exposure not only damages the mind but also leaves aftereffects, potentially causing one to live seeing hallucinations for the rest of their life.
Rather than directly blocking the attacks of the Shisan Blood Sect, you should be more careful not to fall victim to their strange spells.
It is lacking compared to the Demon Slayer Commander, but at least it is better than constantly chanting the Demon Slayer Mantra like a madman.
“This talisman is the Hyungsan Sect’s Demon Subduing Talisman. You may use it to defend against any potential evil or evil paths.”
Namgung Seon-hwa looked at the talisman with a startled expression.
“If it’s a talisman from the Hyungsan Sect, it’s incredibly expensive…….”
“I shouldn’t end up getting hurt myself while setting out to save someone else, should I?” #When we had finished all preparations for departure like that.
The personnel sent by Maeng Ju-won arrived at the academy.
I couldn’t close my mouth after seeing those aspects.
I am Gu Jeong-ryong, the head of Seunghodang.
“When Maeng Ju-won said he would let me go somewhere decent, I thought it would be something like Heukmugak or Jeokbonggak. ‘This guy just goes all out.’ It’s none other than Seunghodang.”
The strike unit most optimized for offense within Cheongryonggak.
They sent the one who appears when the Dark Bandits invade the Murim Alliance.
“Are you telling me to take on the Council of Elders?” “No, was he even in a position to move just because the Director of the General Affairs Department ordered him to?” Even Commander-in-Chief Zhuge Xiaoming carefully weighed the interests of each group before sending out a dispatch.
Of course, considering that we might have to deal with the Shisan Blood Sect and the Council of Elders simultaneously, it is certainly not a bad thing that Seunghodang is coming; in fact, it would be better if they did.
The problem is the worry about whether they will actually listen to me.
You’re moving to Sacheon?
Gu Jeong-ryong’s expression is unusual.
Even if he received a dispatch order from the Ministry of Communications, he probably wouldn’t want to take orders from a junior student.
“yes.”
“How are we going to organize the unit?”
We will locate the students currently in Sacheon and move all at once.
We are a group mainly composed of those with strong martial arts skills. You know that, right?
We will handle the search. You only need to assist with carrying out the orders, Master.
Are you telling me to stay quiet and then confront the Elders?
Would it be difficult?
If it is Meng’s order, I suppose I must follow it.
Oh? Is this someone I can actually communicate with?
However, I will entrust all responsibility, including command, to you.
So you mean you won’t take responsibility. I knew it.
For me, it is actually a welcome situation.
Engaging in a war of nerves with Seunghodang in the midst of this would result in severe losses.
We are still short on personnel, but it is not to the point of being completely unusable.
The most important thing is to deliver the order from the Ministry of All-Korea Communications to the elders on the other side so that they have grounds to cancel the event.
The lack of military power is merely a secondary issue.
We started moving quickly, without either of us taking the lead.
I crossed the large campus of the Murim Academy and reached the main gate.
Just then, there was a voice calling me from one side.
Representative Jin So-woon.
Someone I am never happy to see approached.
“I’m busy, what brings you here?”
I exuded discomfort, but the person who came to visit acted nonchalant.
As expected, those I don’t like.
I came to check it out because it seemed like the student center representative was getting started on something.
“This has nothing to do with the Twelve Peaks, so please go back.”
Cheol Sun-jik continued speaking with that gleaming face.
“But can’t you listen to me for a moment?”
A story?
It is clearly because you didn’t smash your head in during the regular exam that I am holding onto someone this busy.
Once you get your head bashed in, you won’t dare mess with a busy person.
I glared at him, determined to smash his head in if this time it was a useless story.
However, “May we also move together with you, Representative?”
Cheol-sun-jik smiled with an unreadable intention.
