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    Then why are you robbing gambling houses like crazy today?

    Because I was no longer in a position where I could take the risk.

    Once Yeo Il-ye digests enlightenment, she now becomes a transcendent expert. To what extent Chojeoljeong is an expert, it is quite possible for Yeo Il-ye to kill me and run away if she breaks into the room with her sword drawn, even if I am protected most safely in the deepest part of the room.

    Because I was in a position where I couldn’t believe in the nest called Rongin Gaekjan and crouch inside it.

    “Die.”

    They die because their intuition is not activated.

    [[Gambling Skill: Intuition] has been activated.]

    I had an unfounded belief that we were mates.

    “1 cat of gold per pair.”

    [Intuition mastery increases.]

    The conditions for increasing intuition proficiency are simple. You can win money by following the guidance of your intuition.

    The answer to why this seemingly simple technology has not been successful until now is also simple.

    “Dead.”

    [Intuition mastery decreases slightly.]

    If you lose money when your intuition doesn’t come, your skill level decreases.

    Only by using intuition to win money will the skill of this intuition draw an upward curve.

    So I made a big deal today.

    He deliberately preyed on gamblers and made them lose money. To attract gamblers who are better at gambling. To summon a sacrifice that will give me more experience during this one night.

    Is this the problem solver called by Rouge? It is noticeable that the training level of intuition is rising sharply.

    “Kiya, the cards are evenly matched.”

    On the outside, he appears to have no interest in gambling and shows a poor attitude by scratching himself whenever he gets the chance. Sometimes, when an attractive argument passes by, I turn my attention to it.

    [Intuition mastery 97.84%]

    Now my life is at stake.

    All of these actions are a strategy to provoke the gambler in front of him and make him lose his temper.

    The thought, ‘I would rather bite my tongue and die than avoid a direct confrontation with a guy like you!’ was all I could do to fuel my sense of crisis to the point where it consumed me.

    If that gambler didn’t follow me with 7 nyang every time my intuition rang, it would be difficult for my intuition to succeed even if I stayed up all night.

    [Gambling Skills: Understanding Psychology] whispered that the opponent in front of me would attack me even more if I showed such insincerity.

    [Gambling Skill: Dexterity] produced a movement that would most effectively stimulate the opponent in front of me.

    With [Gambling Skills: Cheolmyeon], I hide my nervousness as I wonder if Yeo Il-ye has digested all her enlightenment and is wandering around the alleys of Sacheon to kill me.

    [[Gambling Skill: Intuition] has been activated.]

    “1 cat of gold. Pair.”

    “Seven nyang! Open it!”

    [Intuition mastery increases.]

    [Intuition mastery 98.14%]

    “Damn it! Damn it!”

    “Heh hee, hee hee hee.”

    I did everything in my power to control and sway the other person’s psychology. Now, I am slowly leading the way in this game. In fact, rather than it being a trend, I can say that luck was really leaning in my favor for a while. Intuition is a skill with a very low probability of activation in the first place.

    That’s because it is a morale skill whose activation probability leads to a corresponding increase in win rate.

    Today, I wonder if the goddess of luck is on my side, and I am winning one after another despite the low odds.

    It wasn’t a good situation.

    When great luck comes in succession, even people who are completely angry can feel a sense of crisis.

    The gambler also seemed to have returned to his senses, which he had run away from home after losing 21 gold coins in an instant.

    ‘…I can’t help it.’

    Even if your skill level takes a hit, give us money. At least once I had to give the gambler a break, otherwise he might fall out as well.

    “1 cat of gold per hole!”

    “1 cat of gold per pair.”

    For the first time, the gambler’s eyes became harsh as he followed his bets. Did he think it was his chance to win? The gambler boldly threw two gold coins. I followed along because I was planning on losing it too.

    “…Open!”

    But it was a hall.

    What the fuck?

    Weren’t you betting with this guy’s eyes?

    *** ***

    Yeo Il-ye looked blankly ahead.

    A large manor spread out in front of her. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom in spring, and five-colored leaves filled the manor brilliantly in fall.

    The manor was large and beautiful, and Yeo Il-ye lived happily inside it.

    The peace and tranquility disappeared overnight at best.

    When he heard that thieves were rampaging nearby, his father, who had hired a ronin, was stabbed to death by the ronin. The mother became a plaything for those rogues and was murdered.

    When I looked down, I saw young Yeo Il-ye curled up in a secret safe in the basement.

    The sight of the mansion burning, which I couldn’t have seen since I was crouching in the safe as a child, is pictured before my eyes.

    “The iron is only completed when it cools down.”

    Will I be able to shake it off? Even now, when I close my eyes, this memory comes to me so vividly. Can we really get out of this cowardice and become calm? Can you extinguish this fire?

    The flames burning the vast manor soar high into the sky. It was closer to a pillar of fire rather than a flame at the scene of a fire. Yeo Il-ye realized that he had gone too far. That this is just something burning aimlessly inside you right now.

    When Yeo Il-ye entered the fortune-telling sect through the help of an acquaintance and became a formal disciple after completing rigorous training, all means of tracking down those rogues had long since disappeared.

    ‘Was it just senseless anger?’

    Ronin is trash. Even though she knew that it was a process of reflecting on herself, Yeo Il-ye did not deny that fact. Those who sometimes turned into bandits and other times turned into thieves were called ronin.

    What about in Sacheon? Aren’t they people who willingly suffer shame and blood to make money?

    There was no shame in condemning the group called Ronin.

    There is only one person who feels ashamed.

    There was only that unidentified ronin who preached the principles of martial arts in a calm voice.

    Even though the ronin had done nothing wrong, they framed him and tried to kill him.

    Still, Ronin was trash.

    Gutter rats who will do anything for money. People who lack even the minimum mindset that those who have learned martial arts should have.

    But now I know.

    No, maybe I’ve known it since long ago.

    Although they had the appearance of ronin.

    There is a high possibility that he is not a real ronin.

    The fire that burned down the house engulfed Yeo Il-ye. Yeo Il-ye felt more willing. Okay, let’s start again from the beginning. Iron must be heated to be able to take shape. So let’s burn it down and take a new form.

    It simply straightens up something that has melted and become crushed in the heat. The lump that has been horribly melted and crushed is molded anew. Accordingly, Yeo Il-ye’s inner self also changes. Yeo Il-ye’s burned down house never went back to the way it was before. But new things are piling up on top of it.

    A completely different form from the mansion gradually entered her mind.

    The flames gradually die down. There is no such thing as immortality. Gyeophwa, exhausted from correcting its form, gradually loses its strength. Water play pen class. It is the law of the world that as it rises, it declines, so the evil that has been maintained through uncontrolled madness will collapse according to law.

    Only then did Yeo Il-ye realize. The reason why this fear called anger and hatred could continue from childhood until now is because it was not used properly.

    She twisted the limbs of the rogues in the name of condemnation, but in reality, it was nothing more than an act.

    The basement where young Yeo Il-ye was also gradually disappearing.

    Yeo Il-ye felt her younger self make eye contact. The gaze of my younger self looking at myself in a narrow space in a corner of the basement. Is it desire, resentment, or hatred contained within it?

    Or is it disappointment?

    However, Yeo Il-ye calmly took one last look at her younger self.

    “It’s goodbye. My young self.”

    Everything in the world rises and falls and changes form.

    Now was the time for him to change from a young girl to a different girl.

    When I opened my eyes, I was in an alley in Sacheon again.

    “Water Geukpilban Hwaryeon Naengjo (物極必反 Fire 火煉冷鍛).”

    I thought of an unknown ronin. who is he? Is he really a wielder of the Twelve Flying Dragon Swords? What is the relationship with Nangya Sword? Maybe it’s Nangya Geom himself.

    I reached the peak.

    Yeo Il-ye clearly realized that fact. The world has become incomparably clearer. My strength is growing like a snowball even at this moment. The moment this snowball stops rolling, a mighty power that yesterday’s Yeo Il-ye could not even have imagined will be in these hands. Yeo Il-ye looked down at the sword in her hand.

    “Ha…”

    I surpassed Hyuk Kirin of Okryong Credit Union who I wanted to overcome so much. But Yeo Il-ye was probably good. What was the reason you wanted to surpass Hyuk Kirin? Wasn’t it because he simply wanted to unleash his twisted murderous intent by overcoming her, who was interfering with his ability to swing the sword at every turn?

    It was a story that didn’t really matter anymore.

    Okay, I guess it doesn’t matter anymore.

    Because Yeo Il-ye has another goal.

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