episode_0023

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What do Sichuan people think of Sichuan ronin?

Well, it may be different for each individual, but it is basic for Sichuan people to recognize the abilities of Sichuan people but think their behavior is disgusting.

When things get tough, he issues secret records and destroys the clans in Sichuan Province, so he has no choice but to acknowledge his power.

If the secretariat process is not clear, people criticize it as using witchcraft or cowardly means, but if you keep hearing such things, some people may become curious.

What is the witchcraft that the Sichuan people use?

‘It is difficult to deal with the Sichuan ninjas because they are martial artists and weak in martial arts, but they use amazing magic.’

This is an evaluation of the Sacheon ronin that would have stinged the ears of any Sacheon citizen, and those who live in Sacheon would have seen the ronin displaying his martial arts skills on a daily basis and occasionally even seeing them perform martial arts.

However, there were only rumors about [Ronin’s Magic]. In the first place, Ronin does not practice magic, so how can there be witnesses? Still, the rumors were abound, so those who were curious about the Ronin’s magic would not want to miss the opportunity to see the truth.

People who are afraid of ronin, but curious about ronin’s magic.

Fire moths, blinded by curiosity, flocked to the intersection in front of Golden Street.

“These guys! What are you doing!”

“This is in front of the Great Golden Family that runs the Golden Merchants. Everyone disperse!”

The gatekeepers came out and foamed at me.

“Did you pay the street rent? Don’t make noise and turn it off.”

These people gathered in front of this place, despite their fear, because they were curious about the identity of the ronin’s magic trick. But what kind of gatekeepers come out and disrupt the historical moment when we are witnessing the ronin’s evil spell? Of course, I have no choice but to give it an unfavorable look.

Even if people are just passing out flyers and gathering to kill time due to the provocative sight of Ronin doing something bizarre, it doesn’t change the fact that they are there to see something. There are a lot of reasons why saboteurs are undesirable.

Due to the negative gaze of the large crowd, the gatekeepers could not bear to exercise their skills and ran into the Golden Street, biting their lips.

I need to get started before the gatekeepers come in to interfere after receiving instructions from the golden family’s superiors.

match. match.

They applauded and attracted people’s attention.

In fact, I wanted to write on the flyer that it was a magic performance by a Sacheon ronin, but since there was a possibility that the martial artists of the Gupa Ilbang would turn on their eyes and chase me if I used the word ‘ma’ (魔) carelessly in Sacheon, I compromised with using magic.

Should I inject the settings first? Let’s see. It would be nice if it were all over in one go, but I don’t know how the Golden Village will react, and Gobulin is stupid, so he might do something useless…

If you make strange settings, the message you need to convey to the Golden Family may be blurred.

“Kkkk, I am a ronin who uses the power of a ghost living in Geohae Hell (鋸骸地獄) to practice magic.”

In the Buddhist worldview, Geohae Hell is a hell where those who cause commercial problems are punished. The messenger who will make your life hell has appeared to Gobulin, so if you don’t want to suffer, quickly surrender and spit out your money.

“Realize the greatness of the power of Jeon-gwi from Geohae Hell, you foolish sentient beings!! report!! Be thrilled and amazed!!”

I took the pose of “Long Live the Sun” and burst into laughter. Then, when I looked at the reaction, I saw the crowd shaking, as if they were slightly frightened by my performance.

Well, we’ve nailed the setting appropriately, now let’s provide some interesting elements to overcome the fear. They came to see the sights with a light heart, not to be cursed by the ghosts of the golden-aged haekoji or the strange ronin.

If interest drops, people will literally disappear like the ebb of the tide.

“You!”

When I waved my finger, people around me flinched and took a step back. What I was pointing at was a young child who looked slightly scared.

It’s been 7 years since I rolled on this Sacheon floor. If I had to hand out bimucheop or something that would attract people’s attention, I would buy the children food and give them simple tasks.

As I hang out with kids like that from time to time, I get to know some kids who are familiar with them, even if they are just a bit dull, and among those kids, there are some friends who accept personal requests like this.

In children’s society, just coming into contact with such a ronin and getting snacks is enough to become a story of a saga.

It was a wind catcher I picked up in an alley on the way.

After work was completed, Bosu decided to provide some of the taffy and glutinous rice cakes prepared as free gifts today.

Seeing that he brought a generous amount of rice balls and dumplings, he watched the performance while eating them. After the performance, he put a piece of taffy in his mouth that he had given me, went into the back alley, showed me the snacks he had received, and boasted about today’s adventure, becoming the king of the alley. I felt the ambition to rule.

Or not.

The child was stiff, as if he did not think that he would be carrying out his mission among hundreds of people. Did you think it was that easy to get the back alley throne?

The guy’s face turned blue, as if he was frightened by how I suddenly looked like an evil cultist instead of my usual harmless self.

“Kkeukkeuk, the ghost likes children. Other ghosts enjoy chewing on children’s toes while they scream. The ghost is whispering to you to give you something to eat.”

After receiving the taffy, he nods as if he has finally come to his senses.

“Offer money to the ghost!”

The kid took out the coin I gave him earlier in the alley and handed it to me.

“I, I…”

“You evil bastard! Extorting coins from a child!”

The adults who were about to raise their voices in criticism fell silent.

Because I rolled up my sleeves. The crowd seemed to think that I was rolling up my sleeves to make it easier to use my hands before committing violence.

Ji-rye was scared and took it as a threat.

Of course, that wasn’t the intention.

He rolled up his sleeves, straightened them, and spread his hands out. My intention was to tidy up the loose sleeves and expose my wrists.

Because the crowd can at least suspect that they are putting it up their sleeve and pretending it is not there. By organizing it in advance, there was no room left.

“Sometimes there are foolish people who deny the power of the Demon Demon, calling it a trick. Hehe…look. The power of the Demon Ghost!”

Ah!

The coin disappeared from my hand. People with their eyes wide open and pointing at my right hand. There were people rubbing their eyes one after another, wondering if they had seen something wrong.

“The coin this child just gave me was dedicated to the Demon Ghost! Oh oh…! I can sense that you are satisfied…! Hey! You are lucky today! The Lord Jeongwi has rewarded you!”

He slowly extended his left hand and waved it so that everyone could make sure there was nothing in his hand.

A silver coin was held in his empty left hand.

“No!”

“Money appeared from nothing!”

“Hex, hex!”

The excitement in the crowd’s gaze changed, perhaps because the scene of coins changing into silver stimulated greed.

Coins changed to silver coins? Then, of course, my eyes roll.

Gambling sleight of hand is part of magic. Hiding or changing cards so that no one notices. Manipulation through psychology. If you do it without the audience knowing, it’s magic, and if you do it without the gambling board knowing, it’s sleight of hand.

This martial arts gambling is different from modern gambling. In modern gambling, the mainstay is cards, but there are various forms of gambling such as wild cards, dice, and goal cards.

There are many possible applications of magic.

This body Hocheonan. The best person in the world with no further advancement in gambling skills. A body where there can be someone who is equal to me, but there cannot be someone who surpasses me.

This means that he is also the best magician in the world when it comes to techniques used in gambling.

Among modern people, there is no one who does not know that magic is achieved using manual skills, visual angles, and psychological tricks.

But even if you know it, it’s amazing. Magic is amazing no matter how you look at it. Even if you know it with your head, it seems like it has disappeared with your eyes. How can you not be amazed? It is truly several times more amazing if you see the magic in front of your eyes rather than on a screen.

There are countless entertainment options, and even modern people, who understand that magic does not exist and is merely made up of technology and psychology, are fascinated by magic.

But what if a ronin, who has no such knowledge and is rumored to be using magic, performs magic like this?

What if that skill is the best in the world?

How amazing will the crowd in this Jungwon martial arts forest be?

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Who would do such a bizarre thing?

I don’t know why, but this was Yeo Il-ye’s impression after receiving a strange leaflet with clear sentences. When I went out the front door, people were gathered like a cloud.

“Oh my god, this is my first time seeing a hex like that!”

“They said the Ronin were practicing witchcraft, and it was true!”

Yeo Il-ye frowned as she looked at the crowd who were chatting with excited and expectant faces, even though they were using harsh words like witchcraft in their mouths.

Hex?

Now that the word ‘six arts’ had been heard, it was not something that Yeo Il-ye, who belonged to the martial arts school called Jeomchang, would just ignore.

Those who practice witchcraft. Ronin? What are the rogues doing again?

As I increased my energy and strengthened my eyesight, I saw a familiar figure through the gap of people.

“…Silver ball?”

“Kkeuk, everyone, look at it. What is the goal card I am holding in my hand?”

“Tungsoyo!”

There was a clamor from all directions. Yeo Il-ye frowned as she looked at the goal badge with two large red dots on it. What is it about Golpae that so many people are watching this right now? And what is Eunkong doing?

The female ronin behind them threw taffy at those who had shown an active reaction earlier. Seeing this, Yeo Il-ye finally realized why these people were reacting so enthusiastically and were here.

‘Is it because I got a snack to eat?’

Isn’t the atmosphere too hot for something like that? Yeo Il-ye was worried about the safety of the silversmith Ho Cheon-an. Why is something like this happening in front of Golden Street?

‘If it’s Eun-gong’s strength, he won’t be in trouble. ‘Aren’t you hiding your identity?’

In Yeo Il-ye’s mind, Ho Cheon-an, an unknown benefactor, was a peerless expert who hid his power. He is a martial artist of a far-off level who can open the door to the pinnacle and increase his strength several times with just a single word.

Although it was not depicted that Ho Cheon-an was defeated by the golden warrior, if he kept his state hidden, something bad could happen. Yeo Il-ye decided to check what Ho Cheon-an was doing and to follow the trend when an incident occurred and intervene.

Tatak.

Yeo Il-ye, who lightly launched a light attack, stood on the roof of the house closest to Hocheon-an’s front. Ho Cheon’s eyes and Pae’s appearance, which had been hidden by the bodies and heads of the crowd, came into view at a glance.

It was a fairly long distance, but with the eyesight of a super expert, it was just a stone’s throw away.

“I will definitely put this tungso in the middle of this bundle of corkscrews.”

Ho Cheon-an, who confirmed to the crowd that he was halfway into the thick bundle of cards, pushed the cards into the stack of goal cards and placed them on the table without doing anything.

“ character. If Tungso remains at the top like this, your fellow countrymen will have no choice but to acknowledge Jeon-gwi’s incredible power.”

“That’s impossible! How can the card that was shuffled in the middle rise to the top without doing anything?”

“That’s right! That’s right!”

“Hahahahaha! That’s the reaction! The Lord Jeongwi is angry at your foolishness!”

Is this a skit? Yeo Il-ye thought so. Yeo Il-ye, who snooped around Sichuan Province whenever she had the chance to catch rogues, often saw people like circus troupes and roughnecks. It was surprising at first, but once Yeo Il-ye, an expert at the peak, strengthened her eyes, all of her masterful works were bound to be revealed to the public.

In that sense, Yeo Il-ye, who was watching Ho Cheon-an intently, did not even see any signs of Ho Cheon-an using a hand technique. So, I can’t help but think of it as a skit that will make you laugh.

The progression and development of the circus troupe was similar, but there was no way they could change their cards like that without doing anything.

Ho Cheon-an overturned the top goal plate.

Yeo Il-ye couldn’t believe her eyes.

“Tungso! Tungsoda!”

“This can’t be right!”

A goal plaque with two red dots was on top.

Ho Cheon-an turned the remaining goal cards over one by one. The remaining thirty-one cards were laid out side by side. People who thought there might be several Tongso came forward to check.

“No way! It didn’t even have multiple tungso!”

‘Were you deceived?’

Or did he really perform some mysterious trick? Yeo Il-ye was curious. Is this really a sleight of hand, or is it really some strange trick that cannot be understood with common sense?

‘Wasn’t he a martial arts expert, but a good man?’

Yeo Il-ye’s inner Ho Cheon-an’s evaluation jumped once again. Yeo Il-ye concentrated, pouring all her inner energy into her eyes to the limit. No matter how good your technology is, if you can’t feel any signs now that your eye power has increased to the point where you can catch even the dust in the air, shouldn’t it be considered Taoist magic?

“The laws of the universe do not apply to this plate, which has already been given the power of the Demon Demon! Hahahahaha!”

Ho Tian-an smiled and put the bundle of cards back together and placed the drum on top. After that, he turned it over once, showed the tungso, and lowered the overturned tungso to the floor. And when the second goal was overturned.

“No!”

“How can I go back to Tungso!”

It was too early to be surprised. When the second goal card was laid on the floor and the third goal card was turned over, a tungso sound was played, and a tungso sound was also played when the fourth and fifth goal cards were laid on the floor. When thirty-one goal cards were laid out on the table and the last goal card remained in Ho Cheon-an’s hand, the surroundings had already become extremely quiet.

“Hahahahaha!”

The last hand was also a tungso.

“No way!”

“How can Tungso keep moving!”

“Hahahaha! Didn’t I tell you! It is said that the power of Jeongwinim denies the law of all things.”

Ho Cheon-an, who once again collected the goal cards, continued to turn over the first goal cards. It was just being turned over without anything being mixed, but the shape of the plate kept changing.

“Huh oh oh!!”

“O primordial heavenly being!”

Yeo Il-ye was also confused. It definitely seems like a hand technique…? Why can’t I catch it? Is this really senjutsu? The hand movement was fast compared to an ordinary person, but from the perspective of an expert, it was as slow as a turtle crawling.

Basically, when you reach the peak, you can increase your brain power and extend the timeline of your imagery. Although time did not actually slow down, he invested all of his extended time line based on his precise vision, which was far beyond the criminal’s, and looked at Hao Tianhan’s hand, but was unable to catch the trick.

‘As expected, the benefactor is someone who possesses a divine skill whose depth cannot be measured by a commoner like me!’

The theory of Hocheonan as a sage was discarded within Yeoilye, but there was no thought of lowering the elevated evaluation.

It wasn’t until Yeo Il-ye saw two of Hao Tian’s evil spells that she realized why people were so excited. As a transcendental expert, he couldn’t help but get excited as a magic trick, no, a magic trick that he couldn’t even see with his own eyesight, was unfolding before his eyes.

Yeo Il-ye also wanted to continue watching Ho Cheon-an’s performance, but now was the time to move.

Because the movements of the experts were being detected inside the Golden Street.

‘It would be better for me to come forward and sort things out smoothly.’

If you directly collide with a Golden Street expert, things get worse.

It was unknown what Eun-gong’s intention was in doing this, but judging from the reactions of those around him, he had already achieved sufficient results. It would be a good idea for the benefactor to fold the plate at this point.

“[The person called Sichuan Rongin is doing something that confuses people again.]”

Yukhapjeonseong.

If Jeonum is a technology that copies sound waves through internal energy, Yukhapjeonseong is a technology that creates sounds and voices using only the resonance of internal energy.

The Yukhapjeonseong that is loudly ringing in front of Golden Street is a warning from Yeo Il-ye to the masters of Golden Street.

“[Is it worth two lives to expose yourself in front of Yeo Il-ye of Hongjuk County?]”

It meant that Yeo Il-ye of Huye Sisi would organize this board, so do not interfere.