episode_0006

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“Even after being picked on by Yeo Il-ye, he stayed up all night gambling.”

“I knew before that Ho was great, but really…”

“Hey, I should quit gambling too. When I look at Ho-hyung, I feel really scared.”

The Hocheonan legend of Rongin Gaekjan has been updated. From now on, I will be known as an idiot who does not give in and steadfastly devotes himself to gambling all night even when his life is threatened. The two guys who would normally worry about me or make fun of me came at me, but they ran away to avoid my gaze, probably because I was really embarrassed.

His motive for running away and his once again shattered reputation had nothing to do with it.

“Ha…”

I’m going crazy.

I sighed deeply and pushed somen into my mouth.

In the end, I couldn’t lure that stupid gambler and bastard called Gogwi into my flow. Of course, since I am that much of a gambler, I thought I would be able to read the eyes of the opposing dice.

Well, I didn’t think I would be able to read 100% in all cases, but I thought I would definitely be able to guess the dice at some point.

No, why is that so difficult? There’s a good chance you’ll get half of it right, right?

It would have been less confusing if I hadn’t taken out fifteen jars at a time. I thought that was how confident he was in his skills.

It was my first time meeting a gambler who gave as much experience as that thief, so I misunderstood his level.

I was trying to get the flow by losing money to the thief, but it really became a battle of luck, whether I had put all my luck into intuition or the thief was brain dead.

Maybe it’s because I fed him too much psychological warfare and completely sent the demon away.

Thanks to that, I completely lost track of manipulating the demon’s psychology and ended up spending the night in a state where I couldn’t figure out what was going on.

In the end, there was no significant change in the stakes between Gogwi and I until daybreak, so I left the gambling house after leaving all the money as collateral and declaring that we would continue the game the next day.

[Intuition mastery 98.84%]

This was the result last night. Proficiency increased by approximately 1.8% compared to yesterday. Considering that I had been investing over 3 months just for intuition, the growth last night was incredible.

The problem is that what I want is a [characteristic] that can be obtained by mastering all gambling skills.

That characteristic was the reason why I gambled all night yesterday, taking the risk of escaping from my hideout called Rongin Gaekjan…

“Ugh.”

I don’t know about last night, but Yeo Il-ye would have fully realized her enlightenment by now. No one knows what Yeo Il-ye will do from now on.

He could just dismiss what happened to me as a trivial thing and go back to his hometown, but at best, he could be so angry at the fact that he gained enlightenment on life from a ronin that his number one goal would be to catch and kill me.

So, it was obvious that heading to the gambling house tonight would be incomparably more dangerous than yesterday.

Still, I can’t help it. The only hills I can climb right now are characteristics, so I have no choice but to take the risk.

While thinking that, I was sipping the remaining soup.

I made eye contact with Yeo Il-ye, who was entering the restaurant.

“Yeoilye! Where am I?”

“This guy!”

Blah blah blah!

The ronins surrounded Yeo Il-ye, but Yeo Il-ye just glanced at them and then walked towards me. Although he drew his sword reflexively, attacking the leader of the Jeomchang sect, especially at a restaurant, was one of the greatest incidents of all.

Even if it were assumed that the consensus of all Ronin was reflected, it would be difficult to attack, but in a sudden situation like the present, it is realistically impossible to attack without thinking twice.

Should we say that this is also an effect of surprise?

Before the confusion of the ronin people subsided and before any specific actions were taken, Yeo Il-ye was already standing in front of me.

Of course, I was already on my butt and legs out, fully prepared to run away.

“Eun Gong.”

….what?

While I was dumbfounded, Yeo Il-ye bowed her head to me and gave me a hand.

“Thanks to the principles of martial arts that were taught to me the previous day, this woman gained great enlightenment.”

This was something I had never expected.

There was a child whose entire family was massacred by a ronin when he was young, and who entered the fortune-telling school through the help of an acquaintance.

As I guessed, the child was Yeo Il-ye, and I already knew through the game that the reason she became a ronin crusher was because her entire family was destroyed by ronin during her childhood, so I never thought that something like this would happen now.

Considering Yeo Il-ye’s past history and personality, she would have died if she had bitten her tongue. Bowing her head to a ronin would have been impossible… But now that this is happening right in front of my eyes, I have nothing to say.

“ When I heard the rumors about the great association, I judged that I was not one to bow down to a mere ronin.”

“Yes,” he said slightly, “Aren’t you a ronin crusher who wants to cut up ronin whenever he sees one?” But Yeo Il-ye just shook her head quietly.

“The benefactor is not a ronin.”

It looks like I’m suffering from a mental illness. I slowly moved my hips back further and prepared to run away. Sometimes I can’t digest enlightenment and get caught up in my mind. Seeing the cognitive dissonance that has occurred, I feel like I’m not in my right mind.

“He is just a benefactor.”

….Is Yeo Il-ye’s own psychological compromise? Anyway, I put my butt back in its original position.

“This is Yeomo’s silver tile. And, you may think it is shameless to say this to your benefactor, but… the affairs of the clan are the affairs of the clan. Could you please keep quiet about what happened yesterday?”

“I understand.”

The fact that Gwangyangmun and Jeomchangpa joined hands is quite interesting information, but it is just a pie in the sky. The Jeomchang faction also knows that I obtained that information, so what if rumors spread about the relationship between Gwangyangmun and Jeomchang? I suddenly realize that I was spreading that information.

Even if you leave all such calculations aside, if you are involved in such a big event, your reputation will change in some way. You will end up caught between the Giant Moon faction and the Kang Small Moon faction, and your shrimp will explode.

There is no reason for me to open my mouth.

“Please forgive me for withdrawing from my benefactor because the time and place are not good… I will wait for you to visit the main temple someday.”

Yeo Il-ye finally showed courtesy and retreated.

“Stop.”

No, I tried to back out.

Yeo Il-ye clearly maintained a reasonable attitude towards me. Giving a silver-won plaque is an official declaration of a silver-won relationship. So, I declared to the outside world that no matter what request I make, I will unconditionally listen to it unless it is morally absurd.

She clearly maintained a rational attitude and visited this guest house.

But where will the karma that has been accumulated so far go?

It was not strange that there were people in this roningaekjan who held that grudge in their hearts.

The three ronin who were now blocking Yeo Il-ye’s path were such people.

If they attacked Yeo Il-ye, a disciple of the Jeomchang sect, at this location, they would become martial artists. Even though they know this, these people have deep resentment deep in their bones and are ready to fight.

But before they could express their resentment in their mouths.

Hiss!

A halo of light split the air.

Grumpy!

The Ronin were astonished. Even the ronin, whose sword was instantly cut in two, opened his mouth wide.

A brilliant cluster of light surrounding the sword.

Sword lecture!

Most of the ronin, including me, saw Geomgang for the first time. A completely different feeling enveloped me than what I had only heard in words. It was a sword lecture that I had seen many times on screen, but is the tiger I see through a photo the same as the tiger standing in front of me? I couldn’t take my eyes off the power of destruction that sent shivers down my spine and shook my soul.

Yeo-il-ye was Yeo-il-ye.

It was clear just by looking at Yeo Il-ye’s spirit that she would not be safe if she blocked his path one more time.

“Do not pollute my ears with your miscellaneous grudges.”

The ronin retreated little by little due to the fierce momentum.

“Look at what you guys are doing in Sacheon Murim now. Did someone force him to do something like that? How dare you discuss the human path of benevolence and loyalty after covering yourselves with blood and filth!”

Yeo Il-ye’s yelling was already like a shock wave. The ronin guesthouse was shaking and dust was spilling out from the beam.

“The reason I maintain courtesy here today is only for the sake of my benefactor. Get rid of all the unnecessary things.”

She walked without hesitation. The Ronin drew their weapons and stepped back.

There was no ronin targeting Yeo Il-ye’s back.

The second problem was the star-studded examination. The state of transcendence itself. Because all the ronin would have felt a huge vortex of energy that I couldn’t even imagine. I must have been feeling the power of Yeo Il-ye’s Qigong, which pressed my heart like deep water and cut off my meager internal energy. That mightiness erased the word ‘success’ from the minds of the Ronin who could barely remember the word ‘surprise’.

Yeo Il-ye gave me a final greeting and then disappeared.

and.

All that was left was the way the Ronin looked at me.