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My behavior was a bit excessive.
To the eyes of an ideological interrogator consumed by suspicion, he would look at first glance like a spy for the Dark Path or a traitor bastard ready to switch sides at any moment.
Otherwise, how could he throw away his life for the entire army of an enemy that is no different from an enemy?
Honestly, even I would think, ‘How much bribe money did that bastard take to throw away his life like that?’
But wouldn’t I feel wronged?
No, would I have wanted to risk my life?
How could I have known that damn Jegeumhak bastard was going to be a Yin-Yang Twin Horse?
Of course, just because he knew doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have eliminated him, but he would have tried to find another way rather than confronting him head-on.
He probably wouldn’t have created such a dramatic situation to gain Damak’s favor.
“Why isn’t there an answer?”
Even so, isn’t it a bit too much to ask if I intend to join the Black Path, considering I am the greatest contributor to the peace treaty between the Black Alliance and the Murim Alliance?
I crossed the line too, but Akbyeongbi crossed the line really hard as well.
As I looked at him with a bewildered expression, the wrinkles between Ak Byeong-bi’s eyebrows deepened even further.
“Are you really planning to join?”
Judging by his menacing expression and the glint in his eyes, it seems like he is just waiting for me to say yes.
You damn human being.
“What are you talking about? Why would I get involved?”
Akbyeongbi’s eyelids tremble.
It has been a long time since the wound healed, so it doesn’t seem like it’s due to a lack of blood, and I feel like I’m just lost in pointless thoughts…
You should catch this early on.
“Why would I, a legitimate disciple of the Jeongdo Baekmun, join the likes of the Saheukryeon?”
“……
Legitimacy?
What’s with that grumpy look.
I didn’t back down either and put on a disgusted face.
In terms of history, Taeeulmun is older than Akga.
“…….”
Ak Byeong-bi flinched for a moment, then his expression turned sour again.
“Jeong Do-baek-mun?”
In terms of walking the righteous path, there is no place comparable to Taeeulmun.
We haven’t expanded our power or held any strength for five hundred years… …
But why am I tearing up?
I shrugged my shoulders.
“When it comes to purity, is there any sect that can compare to the Taeeulmun?”
That is why I am asking. Joining the Black Alliance as the Alliance Leader said for wealth and glory… … .”
“Didn’t you already drift away from wealth and glory the moment you joined the Black Alliance?”
Akbyeongbi stared at me in silence for a long time.
Actually, it’s not that I’m not anxious.
Even if I have no ill will toward Ak Byeong-bi, I think it would cause a huge uproar if the things I did at the Black Alliance were to become known to the Murim Alliance and the Academy in the first place.
People possessed by paranoia and suspicion will probably glare at me with bloodshot eyes and interrogate me, asking if I’ve been tainted by the Dark Way just because my hair is black.
The ideological interrogator right before our eyes will stand at the forefront of the suspicious demons.
The ideological interrogator nods.
So that’s what I’m saying.
That said, I have no intention of showing any subservience.
Those with bright red eyes tell you to live like that.
I am confident in my actions.
“I intend to continue joining the Black Alliance in the future, but…….”
“No. I am going to rise tremendously within the Murim Alliance, and I intend to make Taeeulmun a sect comparable to the Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families.”
Ah, did I sell a bit too much?
Akbyeongbi, who had been looking at him with suspicion just moments ago, wore a look of contempt.
Damn it, why? It makes me feel even worse.
“I don’t think it will be possible, but…”
What?
As I glared up like a wildcat, Akbyeongbi cleared his throat.
“Ahem. Anyway, I understand. Make sure you don’t change your mind.”
huh?
“yes?”
What’s going on? Ideology Interrogator, why are you making such a warm face?
It is exactly as it says. From now on, countless people who envy and are jealous of you will plot against you and slander you.
No, wasn’t it you who took the lead in doing that the most seriously?
Why are you acting like it’s not true now…
I decided to give it a listen.
“Considering the things you’ve done, there’s no better material to tear into.”
Before anyone realized it, Ak Byeong-bi’s face had turned serious.
Even so, do not be two-faced, get intoxicated by immediate gains or emotions, and walk the wrong path.
The righteous path is by nature a difficult and painful one. One who turns a blind eye to that suffering… blinds himself while justifying himself, surrounded by self-attachment.
Ak Byeong-bi stared into the void as if regretting his past.
Such a person doesn’t even realize that they are walking the wrong way, even though they are.
Ak Byeong-bi spoke as if he were telling someone else’s story, but anyone listening could immediately tell that it was his own.
So, even if it is painful and agonizing, keep going down that path. Eventually, you will…
Ak Byeong-bi pauses for a moment and clenches both fists tightly.
People who believe in you and help you will surely appear.
Then, staring straight in the eyes, he added in a confident voice.
Since it appeared even to a guy like me, this must be clear.
Ak Byeong-bi turned his head away, his ears turning red.
I must be feeling quite embarrassed as I try to say something that doesn’t suit me at all.
I chuckled and asked back.
Does that mean you have confirmed that I am not a spy for the Black Sect?
Ahem, you were never a spy in the first place.
“What kind of nonsense is that…….”
“Anyway, just keep that in mind. And…….”
Ak Byeong-bi bows his head low with a flushed face.
What’s wrong? Why are you fidgeting with your hands?
What else are you trying to say…
Thank you for not giving up.
For a moment, I was speechless.
At this point, there was one last thing I needed to check.
Um, may I confirm one thing?
Akbyeongbi nodded obediently.
“Very well. From now on, the Inspection Bureau will never suspect you of being a spy for the Black Sect. I swear on my name as the Head of the Three Sects that I will do this.”
No, that’s not important right now.
“Yes, yes, I understand. But that’s not what I’m asking for.”
I stared intently at his face and asked.
“Um… may I pull your face closer?”
“?”
Hey, let me check if it’s a human skin mask.
No matter how I look at it, he doesn’t seem like the ideological interrogator I know.
I’ll pull it just a little.
With lightning speed, Ak Byeong-bi’s face crumpled like a sheet of paper. Ilmyeong, who was entering the inner room, tilted his head upon seeing Ak Byeong-bi’s face.
You definitely just had a ‘conversation’ with Jin So-un, so why are both your cheeks flushed red?
“Director, what happened?”
no.”
It doesn’t seem like it…
“The ball…….”
“I said no!”
Akbyeongbi barking loudly like an angry puppy.
Il-myeong clamped his mouth shut at the sight of the glaring, blazing eyes.
Did the conversation not go well?
“By any chance… are you still doubting?”
“doubt?”
Otherwise, why are your cheeks flushed bright red?
Ilmyeong nodded, fully absorbing Akbyeongbi’s gaze.
“Although Jin So-un’s manner of acting is a bit rough, you can’t say that his heart is dark just because of it, can you?”
Jin So-un simply lacks a background to protect and support him.
Although the actions of Monk Cheongwon of the headquarters and Paegeom of the Murong clan are extremely rough, no one in the Jianghu doubts their true nature as Bekdo.
Il-myeong felt sorry for the worldly people who judged humans based only on their outward appearance with wicked eyes.
at that time.
“I know, too. At least what kind of guy he is.”
An unexpected remark burst from Ak Byeong-bi’s mouth.
“That fellow… is like a sea serpent climbing up a waterfall. He’s the kind of being who is bound to catch people’s eye every time he leaps.”
I, too, doubted him because I had only seen the outer shell of a fellow who had not yet become a dragon. I didn’t even think to look into his goals and true nature.
Eventually, Akbyeongbi bowed his head slightly and murmured.
Everyone is reflecting on their actions.
Suddenly, I felt that the face of the so-called Akbyeongbi had changed a lot.
I can’t say specifically what has changed, but I feel a little more comfortable and solid.
“Perhaps the reason his behavior was so uncomfortable is that we—no, maybe all of us—have already lost much of our essence.”
Akbyeongbi raised one eye and looked at Ilmyeong.
“Small Buddha must have thought the same, which is why he obediently followed Jin So-un, right? Otherwise, how could the great Small Buddha be doing nothing but running errands for someone? You didn’t even act like that when you were by Long Xiao-er.”
Amitabha Buddha.
Before long, a relieved smile appears on Ak Byeong-bi’s lips.
“Don’t worry. I won’t suspect him anymore. No, actually, from now on, it will be my job to suspect those who suspect him.”
Il-myeong quietly closed his eyes.
An enlightened person, by their very existence, illuminates the eyes of those around them and guides them to the right path.
Yong So-ah also belongs to the realm of the enlightened, but his path is different.
While Yong So-ah personally takes her hand and leads the way, Jin So-woon forces her eyes open to find the path on her own.
“Amitabha Buddha…….”
It was a story that left one deeply troubled as to which side the hero needed in the present era truly was.
At that moment, Ak Byeong-bi spoke to himself as if muttering.
“Anyway, I’ve cleared my name. That’s a relief, at least.”
Then, Akbyeongbi rubbed his cheeks with both hands as if they hurt.
Ilmyeong wondered once again why Akbyeongbi’s cheeks were swollen and red. #“Where is Elder Bloody Battle?”
Where on earth is this guy stuck that I can’t see him?
“Oh my, Young Master Jin. It looks like you’ve just woken up? I actually had something to tell you.”
Yeom Gwi-bi subtly reaches out her hand, emitting a captivating scent.
I pushed that hand away and said.
“What do you have to say…?”
What could a man and a woman who have gone through hardships together possibly have to share?
Empress Yeom, squirming shyly and touching her lips.
As the alluring scent grew stronger, my nose began to sting a little.
I frowned without realizing it and asked back.
It is absolutely not because Yeom Gwi-bi is talking nonsense. It is because my nose hurts. My nose.
“What strange things are you going to say again…….”
“In any case, Young Master Jin and I have crossed the threshold of life and death together. Shouldn’t we do something to commemorate that? Heh heh.”
Yeom Gwi-bi, placing her arm on my shoulder and breathing into my ear.
Wait, what on earth is wrong with this old lady?
“Well, do you want to take credit for yourself?”
As I lowered Yeom Gwi-bi’s burdensome arm and took a step back, she wore a bewildered expression.
Why isn’t it working?
At her muttering to herself, I hurriedly touched my body.
What’s going on? Did they do something in the meantime?
“Wasn’t the Taeeul Sect’s martial arts just a hodgepodge of mental techniques mixed together?”
For some reason, his voice seemed to have become cold as well.
I stepped back one more step and replied.
How dare you say such a thing to an orthodox Taoist sect?
“So that old man was right about the bloody battle. Tch.”
Empress Yeom slumped into her seat with a dejected expression, as if her mask had been discovered.
Eventually, she blew straight from the bottle like a rough man.
What on earth happened?
“What’s the matter?”
“Forget it. It’s just a waste of effort trying to beat someone who doesn’t even register.”
“Where is the Bloodthirsty Elder?”
Yeom Gwi-bi waved her hand dismissively as if she were annoyed.
“Go to the small training ground over there. They’ve been blowing trumpets there since morning.”
He looks really upset about something, and his gaze isn’t kind.
I thought I was doing pretty well in my own way, though.
“thank you.”
Confused, I lightly bowed my head and turned around.
and.
The moment I grabbed the doorknob as I left the inner room.
Crunch.… …
I heard the sound of something being smashed.
I lowered my head and found the doorknob, which should have been attached to the door, had fallen into my hand. ‘Again…’ I don’t know how many times this has happened.
I turned my head to look at Yeom Gwi-bi, and she didn’t seem to care much.
You wouldn’t tattle on me to Damak later, would you?
“Damak is a human being, after all. There is no reason for him to send a bill to his savior. Still, if he were to send one… … .” By then, I would be at the Murim Academy, so I could simply ignore it.
Having calculated the cost, I carefully closed the door and left as if nothing had happened.
This is precisely why, after hastily handling urgent matters, one immediately seeks out a bloody battle.
Vitality overflowing throughout the body. A body that is completely out of control.
The operation of the energy is also unusual.
“Before, I had to concentrate for my Danjeon to move, but now, just the mere extension of my will moved it rapidly. ‘What on earth have I done?’ Even I felt that I should have died in the battle against the Yin-Yang Twin Demons.”
The amount of blood shed was so enormous that it wouldn’t be surprising if he had crossed the threshold of the underworld and was paying his respects before King Yama.
However, far from experiencing muscle side effects or physical abnormalities, my body was actually becoming more energetic.
Neither the assemblyman nor Dang Seo-hee could figure out what had happened to my body.
I just tell you to ask Bloody Battle if you have any questions.
If it weren’t for that remark, I would have just let it slide, but I couldn’t stand the anxiety that he might have cast some kind of spell on my body.
I happened to have something to talk about, so I was looking for him to find out exactly what he had done to my body.
As soon as I entered the training ground, I saw a man humming a tune.
So you were here.
“Huh?”
Bloody Fight, who was drinking alone in the center of the training ground with the scattered liquor bottles as his friends, raised one eye.
“What? Why is Baekdo’s henchman holding his head high right in front of me?”
Are you drunk?
I came to ask you something. Shall I come back again?
“Hmph! A minion of the White Path thinks he’ll come back to see this renowned Bloodbath Elder of the Black Path? Do you have any hope? Is that even possible?”
You’re right, I’m drunk.
Whether I glared at him with the most pathetic look in my eyes or not, Hyeoltu pointed a liquor bottle at me and shouted.
“Fine, good! Go ahead and tell me. What are you curious about?”
There are two things, and one is about my body.
“okay.”
A bloody battle of obediently nodding.
I asked, staring straight at him as if to imprint my face on him.
“What on earth have you done to my body?”
“huh?”
Crunch
As soon as I snatched the liquor bottle from Bloody’s hand and lightly gripped it, the bottle crumbled without a trace.
“I can’t control my body. It looks like I’m going to smash every single doorknob of the Black Alliance, and every time I eat, a whole pile of dishes gets thrown away.”
Bloody Battle laughs sinisterly at my words.
Hehehehe.
No, this old man.
I’m telling you, I’m really serious.
Now is not the time to laugh. To a warrior, the body
You know better than anyone how important control is, don’t you?
However, Hyeoltu picked up another bottle of liquor and scolded him.
How can I help but laugh at a fool who holds a gold nugget in his hand yet does not know its value?
A gold nugget?
Bloody gulped down the liquor straight from the bottle without stopping, as if his stomach was burning.
Just looking at the number of empty liquor bottles scattered around, it seems like I’ve already exceeded my limit…
Isn’t that old man going to collapse at this rate?
“Kha…! I didn’t do anything. Your body just changed on its own.”
Is that possible?
Bloody Battle let out a smirk as he watched me tilt my head.
“Isn’t that why it is called a fortuitous encounter?”
“A coincidence?”
“Right… it’s an incredible fortuitous encounter that even an ordinary warrior, no, a special one, would find hard to come by.”
I looked at him and asked seriously.
“So, what exactly is this fortuitous encounter I had?”
Hyeol-tut, who was about to bring the bottle back to his mouth, stops moving and stares at me quietly.
I, too, held my breath and concentrated all my attention on the movement of his mouth.
Eventually, a faint smile appears on his young lips as he opens.
“Transformation of bones and fetus.”
At his words, a thrill ran up my spine and spread throughout my entire body.
