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I quietly left the alley and sprinted towards Rongin Gaekjan.

Kwaang!!

As I kicked in the door of the guesthouse, the ronin people who were spending their time all looked at me.

However, the gazes of the men were of no concern to me. It was only after I crossed the threshold of the guesthouse that I breathed a sigh of relief. No, I don’t know if it was a sigh of relief or a gasp.

“Brother Ho, it looks like your gambling didn’t go well today?”

“The solitude of Gyeong-gong, running like the wind, was reminiscent of the legendary great swordsman Muyeongsinpung.”

“So, where did you snoop around a gambling house today and run away like this?”

The ronin, who had been killing time by drinking since broad daylight, were giggling. My life in the martial world has been 8 years, and I have already been a ronin for 7 years. There are more than one ronin whose face is familiar to everyone.

In particular, I have a very strong character in this romantic gathering.

A guy who is crazy about gambling. A guy who makes money and then throws it all away at gambling establishments.

And because I can’t stand gambling, I gamble in this guest house and always lose, so I have no choice but to go out and gamble.

Perhaps this is the Hocheonan perceived by the ronin living in this ronin guesthouse.

In men’s society, the number one people you want to be friends with are idiots who are crazy about their hobbies and do stupid things.

Ho Cheon-an, who is crazy about gambling and always squanders all his assets, may actually be a 0-tier person who is liked by men.

A bunch of people gathered here, probably because they wanted to have a drink to enjoy the story of my hard work today.

“Yeoilye appeared.”

The smiles disappeared from the faces of the people who were making fun of me.

“I barely managed to shake it off, but I don’t know what that crazy bitch will do after that. Everyone spread the word and don’t go out.”

“Huh, that snake again…”

“I guess luck was with me.”

I made my way to the center of the guest house, passing through the ronin who were patting me on the shoulder. There was a middle-aged Mibu, Yoo Sa-yeon, the owner of this restaurant.

As his name suggests, he is a person with a lot of stories.

Of course, apart from such a strange story, she is a person who monopolizes all service businesses for the ronin in Sacheon, so she is also a leech-like woman who wields her monopoly power and sucks the backs of the ronin.

How obnoxious he really is. Even though I know the strange story of how he ended up setting up a restaurant alone in Sacheon in a woman’s body through the knowledge he gained from playing the game, he is the number one person I want to hit when he becomes a master.

“Oh, look at your sweat. Alcohol?”

“With that.”

In this uncivilized Jungwon forest, all non-alcoholic drinks are warm. For me, a man who insisted on iced Americano even when I was freezing to death, drinking hot tea in this sweaty situation was an impossible outrage.

After drinking a bowl of cold alcohol, I felt refreshed. for now.

“So Yeo Il-ye appeared?”

“That’s right. I didn’t know how I dropped it, but I guess I have to be careful because I don’t know what he’ll do after that.”

“Anyway, that crazy shredder is real. I can’t get rid of it.”

From the perspective of Yoo Sa-yeon, the de facto head of the Sacheon Nangin and the owner of this Nangin Gaekjan, there is no one more troublesome than Yeo Il-ye. Not only does it break the arms and legs of a ronin who was making good money, but it is also easy to turn him into an idiot and force him into retirement.

They are Sacheon nang people who eat, sleep, eat, and drink most of the time at the nangin gakjan.

This is because the fact that the number of ronin decreases and the economic activities of ronin are disrupted means that it will lead to a decrease in profits for pseudo-yeon.

It was natural for Yu Yu-yeon’s forehead to wrinkle upon hearing the news that Yeo Il-ye was playing ronin again.

But now that I’ve gained enlightenment, I don’t know if I can handle it at the Ronin Gaekjan. If she has reached the pinnacle, I don’t know if there is anyone among the ronin people currently in the ronin house who could be her opponent.

Yu Yu-yeon also touched his forehead as if he was in pain, but in fact, there was nothing he could do. It makes no sense to directly touch him, and if he were to protest, the protest of a guest would be effective against a member of the Gupailbang group, which is famous throughout the Jungwon Murim.

“Anyway, I delivered.”

“No, hey, Ho Cheon-an, what if you try to just explain that and leave? What do I need to know to prepare measures?”

Yoo Yu-yeon wanted to catch me and ask more about the situation, but she had nothing to say. In fact, this world is a game and I am a rotten person who has been playing this game for 10 years, so I was sitting in a public KakaoTalk room with nothing to do, memorizing character realizations, and then I was selected to be delivered by a reincarnation truck and became Ho Cheon-an, and then I met Yeo Il-ye and gave him enlightenment. It’s not something I can say.

Moreover, if I say that I gained enlightenment, Yu Sa-yeon might catch me and kill me.

“I’m sorry, but I feel like I’ve become Yeo Il-ye’s most important target. It would be difficult to tell a long story because I also have to find a way to survive. There’s a place I need to go.”

“…Okay, okay. Just in case, let’s at least know the destination.”

Yu Yu-yeon’s words were reasonable.

Something might happen to me, something might happen to this guesthouse, or we might end up in a situation where we need each other. Well, can you tell me the destination?

“Tell me where you will be.”

“Gambling hall.”

Yoo Yu-yeon looked at me like I was trash.

why. what. why.

*** ***

Dogwi went around saying that he was the greatest gambler in Sacheon.

When I was young, I got one of my ears cut off while using a trick at a gambling table, but after that, I used my best skills to survive at the gambling table for 15 years. I had a lot of experience playing large and small gambling tables.

Many gamblers challenged Do-gwi, who called himself the best gambler in Sacheon, but all of them ended up leaving in vain.

Someone came into the demon’s dwelling where he was practicing his hand techniques alone.

“Ho, what brought you here?”

It was a familiar face to the demon. It was Jang, the manager of Yeongyangru.

Where is the best gambling place in Sacheon? When it comes to gambling, most gamblers choose Yeongyangru. There are many kiru in Sacheon that are visited by many people, but there is no kiru that is as friendly and serious about gambling as Yeongyangru.

First of all, Sa Chae-yong, the owner of Giru, was a gambler and had a philosophy about gambling.

If it’s a large gambling house, it’s natural that there will be manipulation at the gambling table.

It was the same with Yeongyangru.

However, Yeong Yeong-ru does not use mechanical devices and only uses the manual skills of a gambler to pick customers’ pockets. Therefore, Yeongyangru has never been embroiled in any major controversy since its launch. This was because there was no evidence because no physical devices were used, and there was a trend among true gamblers to recognize such skills as abilities.

How did the manager of Yeongyangru come to visit in person?

If you look at the word Yeongyeongru’s manager, it may not seem like much, but Jang has the power to command hundreds of people, including courtesans, shoulders, gamblers, and Jeomsoy who work at Yeongyangru, with a single wave of his hand and to fire any number of them with a single yell. I had it.

Just because Jang-i, who could send dozens of gamblers to come with a single wave of his hand, came directly to Do-gwi’s residence, Do-gwi smelled something big.

“Nothing much, but please sit down.”

Do-gwi pointed to the spot with his hand, but Jang-i did not move. Dogwi was puzzled, but soon saw Zhang Yi bend his waist in half and his eyes widened.

“This guy. Lord Luju.”

‘Rouge?’

Sa Chae-yong, the owner of Yeongyangru, where more than a thousand gold coins are exchanged per night, came out to meet a gambler? directly?

“Are you a thief?”

“That’s right. What’s going on?”

“You bastard!”

Jang jumped out as if he was going to grab her by the collar and kneel down, but Sa Chae-yong raised his hand to stop him.

“I like it. These are the eyes of a gambler.”

Do-gwi’s waist, which was easily bent against Jang-i, was stiff against Sa Chae-yong. Jang Yi was just a manager, but Sa Chae-yong was a gambler. Do-gwi, who prided himself on being the best in the four thousand, or rather in the world, secretly, had no intention of giving in to the gambler.

“I came here because I was told he was the best gambler in Sacheon. I want to entrust you with one task.”

“It was so urgent that you came here in the middle of the night.”

“I’ll give you 100 nyang of gold.”

The demon’s movement stopped.

“Tonight. If you rob a guy, I’ll give you 100 nyang of gold and even half of the money he won.”

The demon’s neck moved.

Dogwi was the fifth son of a poor farmer, and his family, spanning three generations, numbered as many as twenty people. After twenty people sold all the rice they had farmed for a year, only one cat of gold fell into their hands.

But 100 nyang per night? You’re giving me his money too?

“I need to hear an explanation of what’s going on.”

“Of course. There is a son of a bitch named Ho Cheon-an who won’t get any pleasure from chewing on him. I’ve been in and out of Giru for several years, but I’ve never won any money until now. He was a guy who gambled a lot, and even if he always won money, at the end he ended up losing everything except the money to buy a bottle of alcohol, so I left him alone until now.”

Sa Chae-yong gulped down his tea as if he was getting angry at the mere mention of it.

“But that bastard suddenly went crazy today and robbed all the gamblers in my area! Not even one! Absolutely! all! That bastard just won over 100 gold coins!”

Gamblers were essential to gambling houses. Simply stealing money is only a small part of what gamblers do.

The main job of gamblers is to make people enjoy gambling. Create a thrilling game that excites the people in the gambling hall that day to gamble, or provide the big players with appropriate losses and wins to keep them from losing interest in gambling.

Or, they rob those who are lucky enough to win too big and cause damage to the gambling house. By quickly uncovering the truth and driving them out, the atmosphere of the gambling hall is maintained.

There are endless factors that a gambler can manage at a gambling house, so there was no reason for a gambling house not to hire a professional gambler.

But where does the gambling money for professional gamblers come from?

Of course, it comes from the owner’s pocket.

‘Is he crazy?’

In a gambling house, it doesn’t matter who wins money as guests are close together. All you have to do is sell the alcohol and collect the money exchange fee.

However, when a gambler and a customer get together and the gambler loses money, it directly leads to a loss at the gambling establishment.

Choosing a gambler and robbing him is the same as attacking a gambler.

Because it is an act that causes damage to Giru, whose purpose is to make money, such as raiding or winning a gambler’s money.

“I want to kill that son of a bitch and get rid of him! That crazy bastard wins based purely on gambling skills, but my pride as a gambler doesn’t allow that!”

Seeing Sa Chae-yong’s burning eyes, Do-gwi swallowed his saliva.

“You can keep all the money. Make sure to shake that bastard off! If you leave Giru now that you are broke, I will take care of everything from then on!”

The demon pondered, but the conclusion had already been reached.

The devil had been waiting for this big fight for a long time.

“I will.”

“Okay, you should also keep that in mind.”

Sa Chae-yong looked at Do-gwi and said.

“If you can’t shake that bastard, you’ll have to appease my anger with your remaining ear and hand.”