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Infinite entry of the delegation.
Most of the reports coming up through the Ministry of Communications are only the most important or urgent ones.
It is customary for trivial stories, such as a mere delegation arriving in Infinite, to be filtered out at the Tenmokugaku before the Mantongbu.
Nevertheless, the reason this report was delivered to the Alliance Leader’s Palace was due to the personal instructions of the current Martial Arts Alliance Leader, Hyeok Mu-gang.
“Lord, the delegation is said to be arriving soon.”
The department head was startled because the office door opened immediately after he reported from outside the leader’s office.
and.
“Is it true?”
I flinched at the leader’s expression, which looked somehow flushed.
If a grandson who doesn’t even exist brought a granddaughter-in-law home, wouldn’t he have a look like that?
The manager, who had been thinking for a moment, soon came to his senses and spoke.
“Yes. We have news from Cheonmokgak.”
I get it.
Meanwhile, Hyuk Mu-gang finishes getting ready to leave immediately.
The manager tilted his head.
“Do you intend to go out and see for yourself?”
For a delegation, simply receiving them at the level of a director of the Ministry of Communications is a tremendous display of courtesy.
But to think the leader himself stepped forward.
Hyeok Mu-gang spoke firmly, even exhaling through his nose.
“They are the ones who have rendered great service in this matter. It is not right to make them walk in the dark in gold.”
“…….”
Leaving the department head, who seemed quite bewildered, behind, Hyeok Mu-gang rushed to the Mantong Department like an arrow.
Clunk.
As Hyeok Mu-gang entered through the suddenly opened door, the startled members of the Mantongbu began to line up in formation, standing on high alert.
“Ugh…….”
Watching that, Zhuge Xiaoming frowned.
Didn’t I say that I would surely go to escort you?
I understand that it is commendable and welcome, but people still have a discerning eye.
It is only natural that the leader cannot establish authority if he acts so easily.
However, Hyuk Mu-gang has an expression that shows he has no need for authority or face.
“They are heroes who have accomplished great things. If they are not treated accordingly, who would pledge their loyalty to the Murim Alliance?”
At this, even Zhuge Xiaoming had no choice but to give up.
“Please come in for now. It will not be too late to move once we hear that the delegation has entered the alliance.”
“B-but…….”
“Come on!”
At the commander’s shout, Hyeok Mu-gang sat down with an embarrassed expression.
Meanwhile, one of the allies brought tea to Hyeok Mu-gang, and Jeogal So-myeong began processing the mountain of reports that were still piled up.
“There is still so much work to do…….”
Suddenly.
Before Hyeok Mu-gang could even finish speaking, wrinkles formed on the report in Jegal So-myeong’s hand, and his brow furrowed in displeasure as well.
“What did you say……?”
“huh?”
Are you seriously saying that?
“Ah, no, that is….”
Zhuge Xiaoming held up crumpled papers in the air one after another.
At the madness in Jegal Somyeong’s eyes as he revealed him one by one, Hyeok Mu-gang involuntarily stepped back.
“Is, is that so?”
Realizing he had said the wrong thing, he tried hard to calm Jegal Somyeong down, but Jegal Somyeong, having run his mouth, had no intention of stopping.
“Deal with the countless severance traps and snares set up by those Blood Cult bastards!”
“Support for the return of the dispatched warriors and the supply issue!”
The scale of new branches that must be established in Shanxi Province due to the reorganization of the Black Alliance!
Jegal So-myeong, who poured out his work so loudly that it echoed throughout the Mantong Department.
However, it didn’t end there.
“These are just the urgent problems right now! But do you know something?”
As Hyeok Mu-gang was flustered by the sudden question, the madness in Jegal So-myeong’s eyes intensified.
“Once this is finished, I have to deal with ten times as much work that has been put off!! And you’re asking if there is a lot of work to do???? Huh?? You’re asking if there is a lot of work to do????”
“I, I’m sorry. Commander-in-Chief… I, I’ve carried too heavy a burden….”
Don’t just talk, give us real help! Real help!
Hyeok Mu-gang felt extremely burdened by Jegal So-myeong’s face, which had pressed close with bloodshot eyes.
He barely managed to squeeze out a voice.
“Ah, I understand. I—I will speak to the elders and have the budget increased.”
“That’s not all! Talent! No, we don’t even need talent! People! We are short of people!”
“Th-that’s because the General Staff sets the minimum standards too high…….”
“What did you just say?”
At the sight of Jegal So-myeong suddenly becoming cold, Hyeok Mu-gang could not even answer and just swallowed hard.
Honestly, to put it bluntly, are there only one or two talented people who want to join the Ministry of Communications?
It was none other than Zhuge Xiaoming who drove them out.
But if I nitpick about that now, things are bound to go seriously wrong.
Hyeok Mu-gang let out a long sigh and said.
I, I will take care of it.
“wealth.
widely.
de.
Lips
you.
all.”
The area under my eyelids looks darker than ever. It was definitely time for a change.
For now, we maintain an agreement with the Black Alliance against the common enemy, the Blood Cult, but we never know when a conflict with the Black Alliance might arise.
Moreover, ‘those things’ that threaten the martial arts world.
If the Black Way has coexisted for hundreds of years despite experiencing conflict, then ‘those things’ are beings with whom coexistence is absolutely impossible.
Just by looking at the brief glimpses they had shown in the martial arts world, it was enough to tell that their common sense was already different from that of the martial arts world.
“When you think about it, it really is a talent shortage not only in the Mantongbu but in the entire Murim Alliance. ‘Should I go to a Seowon and kidnap someone?’ Just as Hyeok Mu-gang was having such an absurd thought for the leader of the Murim Alliance…”
One of the Mantong department members approached the two people and reported.
The delegation has entered the Murim Alliance.
It was the news Hyuk Mu-gang had been hoping for.#“What?”
I asked again while picking my ear.
However, seeing the displeased look on Maengwon’s face, it seems my attitude must have seemed quite arrogant.
Hmm, no, that’s not it. I just thought I misheard something, so I was picking my ear and asking again. Tsk.
Meng Yuan spoke again with a sullen expression.
I told everyone to come.
I looked at the evil spirit monument.
In any case, we are a delegation selected in secret.
Usually, isn’t it done in a way where the director handles the reports on behalf of the group and the rest receive them from him?
Moreover, we are currently in a somewhat difficult situation.
“I’m so… sleepy. Nom nom.”
Dang Seo-hee, sleeping on my back, soaking my back with saliva… …
To think I have to report to the Ministry of Communications when things are in this state.
I showed Dang Seo-hui and asked again.
Do we all have to attend?
However, there was no warm consideration.
“……
Wake him up. What are you doing?
Tsk, as expected, the Murim Alliance is incredibly cold and rigid.
I shook the arm carrying Dang Seo-hui.
“Senior, stand up. They say we have to go to the General Affairs Department right now.”
“Mmm, mmm, sniff…… I’m tired. I worked too much.”… …
You didn’t do much at all! All you did was eat and sleep!
My senior and I did everything, from dealing with the bandits we encountered on the way to saving the slash-and-burn farmers suffering from famine.
“under…….”
As I let out a long sigh, Akbyeongbi spoke as if it were no big deal.
“Just go. The Commander-in-Chief must know about Dang Seo-hui as well.”
Right, I won’t be the one getting yelled at.
Dang Seo-hui also needs to take this opportunity to learn about ‘society’. ‘Anyway, can’t something be done about this acupuncture?’ I followed Ak Byeong-bi, trying hard to ignore the burning sensation on the back of my neck.
The escorts, who were originally supposed to part ways here, ended up moving inside together due to their luggage.
It feels a bit deserted.
The Murim Alliance, which would normally be packed with people, felt strangely deserted.
It seems to be because of the warriors dispatched to Sacheon… … .
The sadness cast over the faces of the alliance members was not very deep.
That alone made me feel that the matter in Sichuan had been resolved successfully. ‘So, I’ve switched back to my previous life again.’ The affairs in Sichuan concluded more than a year earlier than planned.
The power of the Murim Alliance was preserved, and none of the sects based in Sichuan suffered significant damage.
No blood was shed by the students, and above all, no one used this matter as a tool for political strife.
I felt that everything had changed for the better, but on the other hand, there was also a newly established source of anxiety. ‘The Twin Demons of Yin and Yang.’ I hadn’t imagined that the tyrannical Twin Demons of Yin and Yang would already be active in the martial arts world.
One might think it is good to have learned things that were originally unknown, but looking at it from the opposite perspective, it could also be seen that beings that were originally immobile began to move due to the changed events.
These changes are positive and negative at the same time.
“If the Demonic Cult rises to power now, the Murim Alliance will be destroyed once again, and a hellscape will unfold in the Jianghu. ‘A more drastic change is needed.’ A change so drastic that it would completely twist the past.”
Even if it means shedding blood in a different way, a major change is needed.
While I was thinking that, Maengwon stood in front of the pavilion and turned his gaze toward me.
“It’s about time to wake him up. I can’t be rude, can I?”
No, I’m telling you, it’s not that I don’t want to wake you up.
If I had to choose between getting blacklisted by Maeng Won and getting poisoned by the venom Dang Seo-hui throws at me while whining…
I will choose to be targeted by the allies.
I stood still, trying hard to ignore those words, and Meng Yuan, who had been frowning, eventually opened the door.
The delegation that went to the Black Alliance has arrived.
Our party entered with Maengwon’s report.
In the small hall, a single table was placed all alone, and two people were sitting on either side of it.
“Hmm, as expected, the Commander-in-Chief would be here, and next to him… … ‘Hyuk Mu-kang!?’ I thought Zhuge Xiaoming, who sent the delegation, would have been waiting since he wanted to hear the results, but I never imagined that the Alliance Leader, Hyuk Mu-kang, would be waiting as well.”
“I, Head of the Delegation Ak Byeong-bi, report that I have returned today.”
As soon as Ak Byeong-bi grasped the bow, Il-myeong and the guards followed suit and grasped the bow, and I, carrying Dang Seo-hui on my back, bowed my head in response.
You’ve all worked hard. Get some rest.
As Zhuge Xiaoming nodded, the bodyguards finished their greetings, carefully placed the box on the floor, and left the main hall.
After the alliance member who guided us had left and the door closed, Zhuge Xiaoming spoke.
“The alliance is still in turmoil, so I deliberately did not announce your mission. Please understand that I was unable to arrange a grand welcoming party.”
The relationship between the Black Alliance and the Murim Alliance has not yet been defined.
It was necessary to hear the opinions of the Elders’ Hall and each hall, and to make a decision after synthesizing the views of the sects supporting the Murim Alliance.
Even though maintaining a friendly relationship was the natural course of action for the time being, it was the system of the Murim Alliance that required going through such a process.
Akbyeongbi bowed his head respectfully.
I did not do this expecting any recognition. You do not need to worry about it.
Jegal So-myeong, nodding as if satisfied, begins to examine each of us.
When the gaze that had been directed at Ilmyeong fixed on me after passing through the signalmen… …
I briefly wondered if I should wake Dang Seo-hee up, even now.
But fortunately.
You must have been very tired.
Jegal So-myeong saw Dang Seo-hui and moved on without saying much.
Are you really going to let this slide?
Is it because he’s from the Tang family?
I think that would be too sad.
What you have accomplished this time is tantamount to saving the Murim Alliance from a great crisis. Do not worry, as we will not let this slide just because we cannot disclose it.
“thank you.”
“Hmm, still, I wanted to hear the story of what has happened, so I arranged a separate meeting.”
For a moment, Jegal So-myeong’s brow furrows slightly.
You know, information wasn’t being properly conveyed while I was at the Black Alliance.
Zhuge Xiaoming glared at the chief signalman, then straightened his expression and continued speaking calmly.
“Based on the reports from Cheonmokgak, I heard that there were many within the Black Alliance who wanted to use this opportunity to strike the Murim Alliance from behind. However, how were you able to persuade them?”
Ak Byeong-bi immediately answered the commander’s question.
I couldn’t persuade them.
Far from being persuaded, I was framed and nearly died.
“False accusation? What do you mean?”
They said that all communications were cut off in the Shanxi region, so it seems that information had already stopped being properly transmitted since then.
Ak Byeong-bi calmly nodded his head.
“yes.”
“No, then how?”
Jegal So-myeong tilted his head as if he found it quite incomprehensible.
The same went for Hyuk Mu-gang, who was just listening from the side.
This is all thanks to Jin So-un.
Jin So-un?
Jegal So-myeong and Hyeok Mu-gang’s gazes were fixed on me.
Ah, I wish I could at least strike a cool bow as if it’s no big deal…
Dang Seo-hui, who is sleeping in the back, shows no signs of waking up.
Whether they know how I feel or not.
“Mmm, mmm, I’m the boss.”… …
Dang Seo-hui was engrossed in playing the captain in her dream.
Ah, wake up! Stop with the weird sleep talking!
