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That is how I felt at the moment.
“This guy is a total jerk. Who is calling whom shameless?”
It is absurd even while stepping on Namgung Gipyo.
“J-Jin So-un……!”
Namgung Gipyo, wriggling like a worm with his neck trampled.
I put more force into my foot.
“Miss Seonhwa, why are you just listening to such useless talk?”
“…….”
Even after I said it, he still cannot easily lift his head.
I deliberately spoke firmly.
“If you keep your head down like that, won’t this fellow’s words sound exactly like the truth?”
Namgung Seon-hwa finally raises her head.
There seemed to be complex emotions in her eyes.
“Did you perhaps try not to upset this guy because of the ‘invitation of a prominent figure’ you mentioned earlier?”
Namgung Seon-hwa nodded slightly.
“……
“I wanted to be of even a little help to Young Master Jin, and I thought it would be even better if my grandfather came…”
That transparent and pure goodwill toward me.
A smile forms on my lips without me realizing it.
“Miss Seonhwa. I do not want to see you disgraced by a fool like this because of me.”
“H-idiot…? Jin So-un! Let go of this right now! Cough!”
He kicked the struggling Namgung Gipyo in the face one more time and continued speaking.
“Well, I’m sure that would never happen, but I would rather lose the position of representative than have anything bad happen to Miss Seonhwa.”
As I look into her eyes, she looks back at me.
I told him in a clear voice.
“Because Miss Namgung Seonhwa is more important to me than the position of representative.”
“……!”
From my perspective, maintaining a close relationship with Namgung Seon-hwa is just as important as my role as representative.
Because the help of the Namgung family is desperately needed above all else to receive assistance in the upcoming Great War of Righteousness and Demons.
He passed on the Crushing Ceremony and prevented the Namgung family from being half-destroyed, so wouldn’t it be unfair if he couldn’t properly make use of that debt in the Great War between Righteousness and Demons?
“Um, really?”
Namgung Seon-hwa looked at me, her face flushed red as if she couldn’t believe it.
Of course.
The Namgung family’s direct lineage can never be let go.
I nodded my head again and again.
Bwaak.
Namgung Seon-hwa’s face flushed even redder, as if overwhelmed by the shame of having endured Namgung Gi-pyo’s contempt for so long.
I deliberately avoided eye contact.
“And even if it’s hard to see a weasel like this, I can easily take down those Baekdohoe bastards.”
“A weasel! Jin So-un, were you talking to me!”
I lightly ignored the guy squirming down below.
So, can you promise me that you will never again be humiliated by a guy like this?
Namgung Seon-hwa, whose ears were flushed red, nodded.
As expected, he is a trustworthy person with whom I can communicate well.
“Very well. Then, please come with me.”
“yes?”
I will show you how I will organize the Baekdohoe.
yes.”
As I took a few steps forward, Namgung Gipyo, who had been pinned to the ground, suddenly sprang to his feet.
“Jin So-un! No matter how strong you are, did you really think you could just trample over me and walk away?”
visor.
Namgung Gi-pyo, with footprints on his face, drew his sword while panting.
Those consumed by emotion always make wrong judgments like that.
I pointed at the guy with the tip of my chin and looked at Namgung Seon-hwa.
You should shake off the bad news you heard earlier, shouldn’t you?
Her eyes light up at my words.
“yes.”
As Namgung Seon-hwa turns around, Namgung Gi-pyo smiles coldly.
“Seonhwa! Do you truly intend to turn your back on the family?”
She doesn’t budge even at the guy’s provocation.
I have never turned my back on my family.
Then, he looked at me once and continued speaking.
“On the contrary, this is the best choice for the family.”
“foolish!”
As Namgung Gipyo charges in unleashing the Azure Sky Unhindered Sword Technique, Namgung Seonhwa’s jade-like hand reaches out forward.
Papang.
“Ugh…!”
There was no need to use the Azure Sky Cloud Sword Technique.
Namgung Gi-pyo, who was directly hit by the Three Thunder Palms, rolled his eyes and was sent flying five paces before fainting.
It was a blink of an eye.
That’s good.
This is how you’d be my officer.#“This place is…….”
The place where I arrived following Jin So-un.
As Namgung Seon-hwa looked around, a question burst from her lips.
It’s a dormitory, you know.
Murim Academy assigns dormitories based on academic performance every semester.
Therefore, most of the people who dominated the top grades were concentrated in the Jeongdohoe and Baekdohoe.
In particular, the members of the Jeongdohoe considered themselves to be two
It was considered shameful to fall below the level of a single-room dormitory.
That is also a matter of course.
For this reason, the two-person dormitory was often called Jeongdogwan.
That’s right. I have someone to meet here.
The person you are going to meet?
Jin So-un’s lips curl up into a smirk as he looks at the puzzled Namgung Seon-hwa.
He is the person who will take responsibility for this situation.
As they entered the two-person dormitory, sure enough, the people looked at Jin So-un and Namgung Seon-hwa with bewildered eyes at their appearance.
Because neither of them has any connection with Jeongdogwan.
Nevertheless, no one stopped or restrained the two of them.
No, on the contrary, there were often people who would exchange a nod and act like they knew me.
Namgung Seon-hwa also remembers.
It is precisely those who went through the events in Sacheon together.
Ignoring the friendly eyes gathering around him, Jin So-un strutted around inside Jeongdogwan.
“Hmm… I’m sure it was 404 Ho.”
Jin So-un climbed the stairs without hesitation and banged loudly on the door in front of a dormitory.
With an air as if a creditor had come to visit a debtor.
Soon, sounds of footsteps are heard from inside.
“Who is making such a fuss…….”
With the answer, the door quietly opened, and a person wearing a monk’s robe appeared.
“I am currently in the middle of training, so please visit at a later time…….”
“Hey! You have a corner inside, right?”
At the blunt tone, the eyes of the person in the robe tremble slightly.
No matter how young one is or how low one’s standing is in the martial arts world, the position of a master of the Yijinjing is incomparable to that of the ordinary.
But to call someone who has accumulated such spiritual power like a neighborhood thug.
The Shaolin disciple opened his mouth, striving to be as polite as possible, but.
“Student Jin So-un. You are being very rude. The monk is currently in the middle of his practice.……”
Jin So-un waved his hand as if chasing away a fly.
“Enough. Tell them to settle their karma before they start their practice.”
Karma?
“Yeah, tremendous karma. If you don’t settle that, it will be hard to go to the Pure Land.”
Fine wrinkles form on the scalp of the Shaolin disciple.
Are you disgracing the Buddha right now?
Jin So-un gazed at the wrinkles with curiosity, then soon furrowed his brow.
“Just pass the message on, hurry up. It’s urgent.”
The student, whose eyelids were trembling, closed the door.
“Young Master Jin. What on earth is going on…?”
Namgung Seon-hwa was unable to regain her composure at the situation that had just occurred.
Ilgak is now practically the spiritual pillar of the Jeongdohoe.
The story is that he is practically the leader of the Jeongdohoe.
If Jin So-woon had not taken on the representative position, Il-gak would have been the representative of the Murim Academy this time.
That is why Jeongdohoe is also faithfully following one side.
But to think such rude behavior would be shown to someone like that…
Sure enough, a commotion gradually began to break out.
“What on earth is going on?”
“Jin So-un just came to visit Il-gak?”
“What? Why him?”
One by one, students from other dormitories also peek their heads out and cast wary glances.
A situation where those who started looking favorably upon Jin So-un because of the incident in Sichuan might leave again.
Just as a needless anxiety was about to arise in Namgung Seon-hwa’s heart.
Squeak.
The door opened and the interior of the dormitory was revealed.
In the middle, Ilgak was reciting Buddhist scriptures with his back turned.
A Shaolin monk gestured to the two people.
Please come in.
As I entered, guided by a reluctant monk, a faint scent of fragrance, the kind you would smell in a Buddhist temple, wafted in.
Lord Jin.
Eventually, Ilgak slowly turned around and looked at Jin So-un with a smile.
However, Jin So-un frowned as if he had chewed on shit and said.
“Hey, I’m telling you, it’s not alms.”
Ilgak pays no heed and clasps his hands together.
“What brings you here, benefactor? Have you perhaps become interested in the Buddha’s will?”
“I don’t know if it is the Buddha’s will, but I am currently in a difficult situation. I am fine, but the people around me are really worried.”
Il-gak asked with a feigned innocent expression.
“Hmm… I wonder what the matter is?”
“Good grief, why don’t you just tell me instead of pretending not to know?”
“Hmm… I really don’t understand.”
As Ilgak tilted his head, Jin So-un took a step closer to him.
“Strictly speaking, isn’t this incident due to the Jeongdohoe?”
Il-gak let out a needless cough.
“Ahem, what is that… While the Baekdohoe and the Jeongdohoe cooperate, they do not exert close influence over each other.”
A vile smile forms on Jin So-un’s lips.
“I knew it, just as I thought.”
“Ahem… ahem.”
“To feign ignorance. Aren’t you ashamed to face the Buddha?”
A monk who was watching from the side intervened at Jin So-un’s sarcasm.
“Even if it’s Representative Jin, how dare he say such a thing…!”
However, Ilgak raised his hand and covered the monk’s mouth, and Jin So-un also continued to stare only at Ilgak, appearing not to care much.
“Master Jin, Master Jin will be punished someday because of that mouth of yours.”
“My very existence is enough to warrant reprimand, so if I were to be reprimanded because of my mouth, I would have no reason to feel wronged.”
Il-gak let out a long sigh, as if realizing that he could not possibly win with words.
“In any case, this is not a matter where Jeong Do-hoe can get involved. Besides, Jegal Jeong-gi is not the type of friend to be swayed by my words in the first place.”
Ah, that’s not what I want.
A look of bewilderment appears on Gak’s face.
“Huh? Then what is it…….”
Jin So-un leaned against the bed with a relaxed gesture and spoke.
Please join the representative executive team.
“Gasp!”
The monk and Namgung Seon-hwa opened their eyes like rabbits at Jin So-un’s words.
Even though it is an executive position, there is symbolic significance that Ilgak holds within the Jeongdohoe.
That was impossible.
Even if Jegal Jeong-gi were to oust Jin So-un and take over the leadership, it makes no sense to think that Il-gak would ever enter the leadership of the White Dao Society.
“What kind of dog bone is that…….”
Namgung Seon-hwa unconsciously nodded at the monk’s rough expression, which seemed to represent everyone’s feelings.
However, Jin So-un shrugs his shoulders as if to say there is no problem.
“If the Jeongdohoe hadn’t done that digging in Sacheon in the first place, the Baekdohoe wouldn’t have had to step forward like this. Isn’t that right, Venerable?”
Ugh.
Jin So-un continued speaking, pointing his finger at Ilgak and the monk.
Jeongdohoe’s blood.
school.
“If I had simply stood by and let them die at the hands of the secret scheme, the Baekdohoe would not have been stepping in to fill the void and run rampant like this. Isn’t that so, Venerable?”
At Jin So-un’s remark, beads of sweat began to form on Gak’s shiny forehead.
Watching the beads of sweat trickle down gracefully, Jin So-woon drove the nail in the coffin.
The iron that Shaolin and Diancang clashed.
river.
city.
“If we hadn’t dealt with [him/her], the Baekdohoe wouldn’t have stepped forward like that. Don’t you think so, Monk?”
Jin So-un presses even harder on Gak, who still refuses to answer.
“In the Buddha’s words…….”
“Stop… please stop, Master Jin. I understand what you are trying to say.”
Unlike Jin So-un, who was grinning, Il-gak wore a pained expression as if he were engulfed in great anguish.
“Jin Siju…… Rather, someone else holding the representative status of the Jeongdohoe…….”
“No way! I won’t accept it!”
“Or if Jeongdohoe formally supports Jin Siju…….”
“No! I don’t need empty support.”
At Jin So-un’s resolute attitude, Il-gak let out a long sigh once again.
“Jin Siju…….”
However, Jin So-un’s mouth wouldn’t stop.
“Think carefully. Think about how much internal turmoil there has been over just taking the representative position.”
Jin So-un intentionally touched upon the core of the issue.
“Is that truly the ‘path for the Buddha’? Now is the time to make a decision of the grand scale.”
Ilgak, who had been looking up at Jin So-un sitting leisurely on the bed, fluttered his eyelids.
A brief silence followed.
Il-gak nodded as if he had made up his mind.
Understood. I will go in.
“omg!”
“S-Monk! What is that!”
Regardless of the gasps of amazement from those around him, Jin So-un extended his hand to Il-gak with a triumphant expression.
A corner holds that hand.
I would appreciate it if you could leave out the word ‘donation.’ Let’s do our best going forward.
“Amitabha.” #After Jin So-un’s stormy visit ended.
In the room where silence had settled, only the Buddhist scriptures chanted by Ilgak echoed quietly.
It was only natural not to disturb someone while they were in the middle of their practice, but the monk could not possibly understand what had just happened.
“Monk… May I ask you one thing?”
Ilgak, who had been reciting Buddhist scriptures with his eyes closed, slowly opens his eyes.
Then, he nods slightly as if he understands the monk’s feelings.
“Are you asking why I joined Jin So-woon’s delegation?”
Yes. It was a very hasty decision. Although Jeongdohoe owes him a debt, no one in the organization would welcome Monk Ilgak taking that position.
I know, too.
“How could someone who knows so well do this…….”
Ilgak slowly turns his head and looks at the monk.
Overwhelmed by the radiance pouring from his eyes, the monk almost looked away for a moment, but he held back desperately.
Some still remained steadfast and murmured in a low voice.
I said I wanted to know.
What do you mean?
Il-gak casts his gaze far into the distance, like a monk curious about what lies beyond the distant mountains.
“I mean whether or not he is an ‘enlightened one’.”
The monk’s hand trembled.
“What kind of… No matter how great he may be, how could I treat such a vulgar person who cares only for money and rewards like that….
Even Cheongwon, a high-ranking monk of our temple, lived like a beggar his entire life.
Ugh. But that person… … .”
A corner interrupted the monk.
“Of course, he has his faults as well. He did lose the Tangmasaryeongju, the sacred artifact of our headquarters… but even so, that does not mean his enlightenment will not be passed down to future generations, does it?”
When the topic of petitions came up, the monk could no longer speak.
I realized that the choice made by some was not merely to escape a momentary crisis.
No, because I realized that it was a choice for something bigger than that.
“Then…… do you think that man is the one who will change history, Monk?”
It is said that when one person’s life changes, it is called destiny, and when the destinies of countless people change, it is called history.
Some were saying that he was the one who would change the fate of countless people.
At that question, Ilgak slowly shook his head.
I don’t know about that.
Il-gak closed his eyes tightly, as if recalling the past for a moment.
It might have been his delusion, but Jin So-un in Sichuan certainly radiated brilliance.
And that was something that could not come from an ordinary person.
Il-gak slowly opened his closed eyes again. His gaze shone transparently, like the eyes of a monk yearning for enlightenment.
“However, what I am curious about is how far he will go. And…….”
He smiled broadly as he looked at the monk.
“Wouldn’t the best place to see that be right beside him?”
With those words, Ilgak closed his eyes once again.
He could not wipe the smile from his lips, even though he knew full well how much hardship he would face because of his choice.
“Amitabha Buddha…….”
All the monk could do was simply chant the Buddha’s name.
