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In fact, the operation had to be swift even without considering Investigator Jang Sam-bong’s secret technique.
Because if I spirit Damak away after the war breaks out, the only option left for me is to join the Saheukryeon along with the Taeeulmun.
Even my father, who gave birth to me and raised me, probably wouldn’t be able to forgive this.
To think my cute and pretty priests would become dark sages who threaten others by putting their tongues to blades.
Hmm, that absolutely cannot happen.
Although Jeong Do-hoe already knew that I had met Dam-ak, it was better to keep the secret.
From the start, the Murim Alliance is overflowing with professional troublemakers who would feel uncomfortable about Damak slipping away from this delicate situation.
There was even a delusional patient among them who suspected that Damak had secretly hidden in his quarters after raiding the general army.
Personally, I wanted to check if I had lost my mind and fallen into a state of qi deviation, but I held back because I was busy. I was really busy.
Even if I left all the preparations for the move to the Wang family, I had to personally handle the task of getting him out of the Murim Alliance.
Having spent my entire life just calculating my way into the Martial Arts Alliance, now that I am trying to escape from there, there are more than a few things to consider.
For now, I called Dang Seo-hui and Jegal Cheon-gi, who had already become accomplices, to the lodging.
I have roughly figured out the structure of the Black Wicked Soul Formation that Dam-ak deployed, but just in case, I might have to break through the Qi Gate Formation installed at the Murim Alliance.
Honestly, I hope that doesn’t happen.
No matter how much it is for the sake of justice, isn’t there a limit to what is right?
“The fact that the Murim Alliance is blatantly preventing Dam-ak from leaving is something only a complete lunatic would do.” The Jeongdohoe had already proven their own insanity by launching a surprise attack on Dam-ak’s quarters.
We also needed to be fully prepared to deal with guys like that.
The next one recruited was the seven of the former life and death teams.
Dang Gi-han, the current head of Baekranggak and now set to become the deputy head.
What is it?
When I went to see him in person, he greeted me with a grim expression.
“Do you like having us stuck here all alone?”
I wanted to explain that it was not my intention not to go to Baekranggak, but bringing that up would have meant revealing once again that I am a favored talent of the Alliance Leader, so as a humble person, I was in a situation where I was extremely bewildered.
Dang Seo-hee stepped forward.
Now is not the time to put personal feelings first.
I told you, straw fed with sugar is useful!
“……
What is going on?
At Dang Seo-hui’s words, Dang Gi-han composed his expression.
Dang Seo-hui clenched her fist tightly, looking as if she were contemplating whether to eat the Park family’s seolbyeong or the Hong family’s danggwa.
“It is an opportunity to become a true chivalrous hero.”
“…….”
Dang Gi-han glared at me with an expression of extreme disgust, as if looking at a cult leader.
Roughly speaking, it seems to have meant, ‘What on earth have you done?’
Ha, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have brought him.
Still, we brought her in because Dang Seo-hui has some influence within the Dang family.
Come to think of it, isn’t Dang Seo-hui’s fame only known to those who don’t know her well?
Because anyone who knows her even a little bit will always take her eccentricities into account.
Just as I was debating whether to threaten him or bribe him, Dang Gi-han let out a small sigh and spoke.
“I get it.”
“huh?”
“I got it. What do I need to do?”
“You’re really going to help?”
No, why? It’s suspicious. It’s strange.
Doesn’t it look exactly like a scammer telling you to sell your family’s assets to invest?
Dang-gi-han blushed slightly and scratched his head, looking embarrassed.
“Then the Head Master should listen to the Head Master. Once a Life and Death Leader, always a Life and Death Leader.”
I was about to get teary-eyed from the overwhelming emotion…
“Damn it, but if you don’t come to Baekranggak, be prepared to be poisoned to death! I’m serious. I even received a letter from my parents saying I’ve been disowned after I applied to Baekranggak! If you really don’t come, I will poison you no matter what, even if it means being locked up in a jade chamber for the rest of my life!”
It seems the Life and Death Unit really is a hastily assembled, chaotic unit.
Even so, threatening to poison a former boss? What kind of military discipline is this? I ran around without a moment’s rest to finish the preparations in a short amount of time.
While checking the boundaries of the blind, double-check the shift time and even the escape route out of infinity.
A few days flew by, and in the meantime, the tension of the war stemming from the Black Alliance was escalating even further.
I hope that patience, one of the traits the Black Dao bastards lack the most, will manifest, and the Eight Immortals
I prayed to the field again and again.
There are as many as eight of them; wouldn’t at least one of them be unable to stand the boredom and grant my wish?
“Please! Please! Let it skyrocket!”
Meanwhile, Cheongsujin moved as quietly and secretly as possible because of that bastard Malko the Taoist.
Anyway, I realized that the fact that I was preparing something was bound to reach that bastard Malco’s ears eventually.
Of course, it is not because there are people watching me or anything like that.
If there were guys like that, I would have punched each of them the moment I caught them in my senses.
I’m quite pissed off right now at the stupid things those idiots from Jeongdohoe, those qi-impaired bastards, have done.
However, perhaps out of some sense, they didn’t assign a conspicuous surveillance officer.
Then how would I know what those guys know?
“Senior Brother, what are you trying to do now?”
“Don’t you know how cutthroat the atmosphere is these days? Do you want to go to the execution chamber?”
“Senior Brother, be honest. What kind of stunt are you planning to pull?”
“Senior Brother, why don’t you buy me sweets?”
There was some strange grievance mixed in, but the disciples of Taeeulmun were venting all sorts of complaints to their senior brother, who was like a god to them.
How on earth did you notice?
They moved very secretly and cautiously.
In fact, although I had mobilized the Taeeulmun and the Wang family for this matter, I had absolutely no intention of mobilizing the fellow disciples belonging to the Alliance as well.
Because I am walking an extremely dangerous tightrope, where a single misstep would send me into a trap studded with rusty knives.
I feigned ignorance.
“No? He’s not doing anything. But it seems you don’t hesitate to use rhetoric that causes your trust in your senior brother to plummet to the ground day by day.”
However, it seems that our priests are becoming rougher in character day by day.
“What do you mean it’s not! Right now, both Father and the Head of the Outer Hall are acting incredibly suspicious!”
Saryeon put her hands on her hips and huffed and puffed.
Considering that the intensity of Saryeon’s anger is always revealed by the position of her hands, it must be just the beginning stage of her rage.
With this much, I think I can hold out a little longer, right?
“No, not really. I guess he’s about to head back. It’s been so long since he’s been here…”
“big.
buy.
brother?”
The hand that had been resting on the waist now crossed its arms and rose up to the chest.
“Then tell me. Why did the parents of Gold, Silver, and Bronze use a different escort agency and return first?”
Gulp.
“See! It’s suspicious!”
Damn it, why did you suddenly swallow your saliva?
Even so, I have lived more than sixty years longer than these guys, so do you think I would be easily defeated?
I shouted with full solemnity.
“You! Have you already forgotten what happened in Mukrim! When I think of the desperation of that day, even a moment is not enough to cultivate!”
A chilling sensation spreads in an instant, and the atmosphere sinks.
Everyone instinctively bows their heads as if recalling the memories of that day.
However, in the midst of that, Eunho, who had shed tears of joy after being accepted into the General Affairs Department, spoke while stroking his chin.
“Hmm, seeing him radiate killing intent and actually get angry in return… it seems certain.”
Hey, hey, you rebel!
“Moreover, seeing the attempt to exclude us from this matter makes me think it is extremely dangerous, and if it is extremely dangerous in the current situation… there is only one possibility.”
The rebel, having finished his deduction, pointed his finger at me.
“Matters related to the Damak Commander-in-Chief!”
Anyway, why is he so smart?
Although I strictly controlled my emotions and maintained a composed expression, we have shared joys and sorrows for nearly twenty years
Aren’t they death sentences?
When it comes to each other, they have no choice but to read each other’s minds well enough to put the officials’ secrets to shame.
“oh my god!”
“What on earth are you thinking!”
Waving his hands away as if warding off his brothers who were swarming like bees.
“That’s why I said I wouldn’t tell you!”
I even snapped at him, but…
Confess while I’m still being nice!!!
These guys show no signs of backing down.
I was glad that I had gained courage through training that pushed beyond the limits, but to think I would use that courage on myself.
“Do you intend to help the Dam soldiers escape?”
I eventually nodded at Eunho’s persistent questioning.
They’ll find out eventually anyway.
“okay.”
“Is Commander Dam still alive?!”
Huh, was this a trap question too?
While I was gaping like a goldfish, thinking I had been tricked.
Eunho nodded after thinking for a moment.
Then we should join too.
“As you have heard, this is an extremely dangerous operation. It cannot be done.”
At my firm answer, Eunho actually takes a step closer to me.
“Try thinking about it in reverse.”
“what?”
“If Senior Brother helps Damak escape and war eventually breaks out, won’t Taeeulmun and all of us become traitors?”
Eunho continues speaking as if wondering what kind of ridiculous greeting this is.
Wow, that bastard has already turned completely rotten. He’s already this bad after getting accepted to the Department of Public Transport; I wonder what he’ll be like once he starts working there. Tsk tsk.
When I didn’t answer, Eunho nodded as if he knew everything.
“Then, wouldn’t we also have to head to the Executioner’s Office one after another? If that is the case, couldn’t we have just stayed together from the start and gone to the Black Alliance together if things didn’t go well?”
Damn it, why the hell do you bring up cases of failure?
However, Eunho’s words aren’t entirely wrong either.
I asked again to evade responsibility.
“Do you guys want that too? To be together?”
And the guys who answer without the slightest hesitation.
“Isn’t that obvious?”
“of course.”
“You’re sure your father agreed, right?”
It doesn’t matter to me.
I tried to dissuade them several times, but in the end, they decided to join by their own choice.
So now, let’s start preparing again… … .
“But if I go to the Black Alliance, will they at least give me the position of clan head?”
Eunho spat out a nasty remark, but I casually ignored him. #Day of the decisive battle.
I headed to the Bonganjeon accompanied by Dang Seo-hui and Jegal Cheon-gi, just like them.
More people were standing guard at the Bonganjeon than before.
Honestly, at this point, it seemed too obvious that they were blatantly trying to block Damak.
“What should I do?”
Yeah, I wonder what to do about this.
I wonder if it is appropriate to use the word ‘secret’ when dealing with numbers like this.
But having come this far, there was no way back.
I smiled brightly.
Let’s just let them sleep for a long time.
If you can’t keep it secret, wouldn’t it be better to just make them sleep soundly?
Then it will be difficult to respond even if you wake up in the middle.
I stroked Dang Seo-hui’s head.
“Is it possible to use that paralyzing acid in amounts that won’t kill?”
Dang Seo-hui growls and exhales through her nose.
What do you think of me?
Dang Seo-hui immediately took out four mother-of-pearl bottles and began pouring poison around the Bonganjeon area.
yet.
Thump
– Tuk
People started collapsing.
The guards on duty tried to ring the emergency bell as they suddenly saw their colleagues collapse, but…
“Oh! B-Bisa…….”
“Heuung.”
The powerful sleeping poison instantly overwhelmed their shallow reason and brought them down.
I nodded toward Dang Seo-hui and Jegal Cheon-gi.
Let’s break through the Black Mage Soul Formation.
Did you come?
A thinner Damak than before was waiting.
“By the way, where did you get those black clothes?”
How on earth did they get clothes in this place, completely cut off on all sides?
“Don’t you need a disguise? I happened to have plenty of ink, so I dyed it myself.”
Damak had a small smile on his lips.
I looked at him in disbelief, and he calmly added something.
“Although I have been a part of the martial arts world, this is the first time I have actually participated in an operation like this. I am very excited.”
Hey man, your life depends on the success or failure of this operation.
This is not the time to be excited or happy.
However, thinking it was better than getting nervous for no reason, I stopped talking.
Instead, he brought up another important point.
Before we begin, there is one thing you must promise me.
What is it?
“As of this moment, I make all decisions. You, Military Officer Dam and the entire delegation, must follow my decisions.”
As expected, the resentment erupted from Damak’s subordinates.
That won’t work.
That’s nonsense!
“How would I know what your ulterior motive is!”
I mean, even so, considering it’s coming from someone taking this much risk, couldn’t you at least give it some thought?
If all the Black Sect members lack patience like this, this operation is all for nothing.
Still, I understand to some extent.
Because what I just said wasn’t much different from asking for the power of life and death.
While the delegation and guards resisted, Damak raised his hand and silenced them.
Then, he nods slightly at me.
I was somewhat prepared from the moment I asked Young Master Jin.
“Soldier Dam!”
That makes no sense!
Damak looked around and continued speaking calmly.
“He is the one who broke through the enemy’s encirclement at Mukrim and reached Mandokmun. Is there anyone more suitable for this task? Furthermore, if the operation is ruined by the misguided opinions of others, not only I but all of us may die.”
I will leave everything to Young Master Jin.
There were no more people protesting.
Seeing how easily they accepted Damak’s words despite having the potential to object, one could tell just how deep their trust in him was within the Black Path martial arts world.
While I was quietly marveling, Damak tilted his head slightly and spoke.
However, there is one thing I am concerned about.
You’ve even handed over the decision-making authority, so why would you be curious?
Moreover, Damak was wearing a rather serious expression.
What on earth are you trying to say about something important…
“Anyway, we’re going to keep being together. Then…”
“then?”
Do I have to share a table with Young Master Jin?
It’s a joke.
What’s wrong? Did I lose my mind because I was too nervous?
Anyone watching would think I was just going for a stroll around the neighborhood.
