episode_0109

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“Huh! Wow!”

It was only after Yoo Ji-gyeong of Seongrak Rouge locked herself in her room that she finally caught her breath.

Giru, a place where alcohol and women gamble, was always a place full of problems. Although the commotion last night was a bit loud, it was a common occurrence in Seongrakru.

That is, until all the warriors who went out to catch that rich kid came back in pieces.

Yesterday’s commotion became quite a big deal as the samurai became a piece of cake.

So, when I heard that yesterday’s baby had reappeared, I stuck my head out from the top floor, thinking I would have a look at its face.

But I saw Yeo Il-ye.

Yeo Il-ye was visiting Seongrakru disguised as a bodyguard.

“Louju! Rouju, are you okay?”

“You…you! Do you have no eyes, Inooom!”

Yoo Ji-gyeong shouted at the commander-in-chief, who looked completely shocked. The Commander-in-Chief was startled by Yoo Ji-gyeong’s hysterical attitude and reflexively lowered his head, but he had no way of knowing why Yoo Ji-gyeong was scared.

“Do you know who that guard is? Yeo-il-ye-da, Ye-il-ye!”

“Yes? Are you talking about Yeo Il-ye, one of the descendants of the fortune-telling school?”

The Commander-in-Chief asked back in a tone full of incomprehension.

“Why is Yeo Il-ye, a strong and proud member of Hongjuk County, working as a bodyguard for a mere merchant..?”

“….damn.”

Yoo Ji-gyeong closed his eyes tightly. As the commander-in-chief, who had no way of knowing that Yoo Ji-gyeong was the enemy who caused the bloody death of Yeoga Lodge, there was no way he could believe that Yeo Il-ye was, at best, acting as a bodyguard for a rich boy.

Yoo Ji-kyung shook her head and came to her senses. The commander in chief was not important.

‘Run, run away.’

Yoo Ji-gyeong threw away everything that was King Ya’s dream and made a success of it and tried to escape. Even if they mobilized everything in Seongrakru, they couldn’t stop Yeo Il-ye from walking up to the top floor and beheading Yoo Ji-gyeong.

Yoo Ji-gyeong, who had momentarily tried to rely on Hwang Geum-seon and Gaemyeong-bu, shook her head. The renaming department continued to expose its ill-feelings. The Gaemyeongbu will not even have any intention of guaranteeing Yoo Ji-kyung’s safety. And the golden line. Golden Sun was twice as dangerous as entrusting himself to Gaemyeongbu. If it were Golden Sun, he would kill Yoo Ji-gyeong without anyone noticing and then devour Seongrakru.

“Starting today, stop spreading rumors altogether!”

“Yes, I understand.”

“And those guys! Just let those guys run wild!”

“Yes?”

“Are your ear holes clogged? Let them run wild! If you come back tomorrow, leave it as is! If special customers complain, compensate them appropriately and be done with it!”

“Ha, but the loss…”

“Damn it! No matter how much the loss is, just leave it alone!”

If they could use Seongrakru as bait to buy time to escape, then the loss was not a problem.

The Commander-in-Chief nodded, pushed by Yoo Ji-gyeong’s momentum.

“I will be away for a few days!”

“Louju? Luju!”

Yoo Ji-gyeong ignored the general who anxiously called for her and secretly left Seongnaknu with only two escorts whom she could completely trust.

“Wagon! Get a carriage! It will be far away from Sichuan!”

“Yes!”

‘Anyway, I’ve done enough! Even if a rumor is spread, everyone only talks about the Governor’s proclamation, so what can we do?’

The Golden Sun’s plan was already distorted. If the Golden Line’s plan went according to plan, the bandits should never have been subdued.

He moderately shakes up the clans and merchants of Sacheon, and when the subjugation force of the large clans is about to be formed, he puts a fire to the bandits in advance. Then, the bandits evaporate, taking only the small and expensive goods.

After that, the main goal was to comfort the giant sect, which was full of nonsense, and make it settle in Sichuan Province and receive protection from its power.

‘Let’s leave Sichuan and hide in a safe place!’

The plan had already gone awry, and Sichuan Province was no longer a safe place.

Let’s hide in a safe place and wait for the situation to unfold. If the Golden Sun resolves the matter, it will reappear and receive compensation for recent losses. If it fails to resolve the issue, then run away to a faraway place. Some of the wealth had already been taken away to a safe place long ago. If the chief or the chieftain runs away with that money, even if it’s Yeo-il-ye, there’s nothing he can do about it!

Diverse! Diverse!

‘Whoa…’

Yoo Ji-gyeong barely caught his breath as he left Sacheon Castle.

Shake!

The carriage shook violently, as if it had stepped on a rock. Yoo Ji-kyung, who bounced back from the recoil, rubbed her butt and got irritated.

“Damn it! You can’t even drive a carriage properly!”

But there was no answer.

When Yoo Ji-gyeong turned his gaze forward, he saw that the posture of the two guards in the coach seat had collapsed. The two people were completely subdued without any trace or noise.

If the carriage hadn’t bounced when they stepped on the stone, their posture wouldn’t have been disturbed.

Yoo Ji-kyung felt a chill and jumped up from her seat.

“Oops, I got caught.”

“Ugh!”

I could have handled it neatly with silence, but I ended up stepping on a rock there.

With that thought in mind, the black cat threw a spell at Yoo Ji-gyeong’s stomach. Yoo Ji-kyung’s state was the beginning of its peak, but that was 15 years ago. Yoo Ji-gyeong, who had never practiced training after acquiring a huge amount of money, was unable to even protest and vomited blood.

Ujikkeun!

Still, Yoo Ji-gyeong was not left alone. Yoo Ji-gyeong, who used the recoil of the blow to escape the carriage by breaking the carriage’s railing, endured the pain and took the plunge.

Hee hee hee!

The horses neighed and the carriage stopped. Yoo Ji-gyeong was alert and looked towards the carriage. Who is your opponent? Why are you attacking me if you’re not Yeo-il-ye?

“Who are you! Who are you and how dare you attack me! Do you know who this body is?”

Before he could finish speaking, a bullet hit his side. Yoo Ji-kyung barely caught the new figure as his body was bent to the side and flying away.

The shape of a person completely melted into the black night.

However, the figure I barely caught showing its side disappeared without a trace before I could blink.

Yoo Ji-gyeong shouted and showed off his bravado.

“Ker, keuhuh..! this guy! Do you know who I am! I am Yoo Ji-kyung! This is Yu Ji-gyeong, who rules the night of Sichuan Province!”

“A person who takes advantage of the darkness and runs away like a rat…is he the king of the night?”

Yoo Ji-kyung’s giggling laughter gave goosebumps all over her body. Where is it? Where is the voice coming from? I couldn’t even catch a trace of it in an almost perfect secret operation.

“Remember.”

Yoo Ji-kyung felt a hand on her chest and tried to swing her arms and legs somehow.

The first thing that struck the body was the dark cat of the black cat.

“Night is the cat’s time.”

dump.

After confirming that Yoo Ji-kyung, who had fallen, was completely unconscious, the black cat whistled lightly. Immediately afterward, the back and forth appeared along with a groaning sound.

“Oh my, my…”

“Thank you for your hard work. Since we’ve secured a carriage, there’s no need to drag a messenger from the Golden House around.”

“Damn it! Thank you so much!”

Jeon Hudam, who was walking carrying a person on his back, sighed as he put the messenger from the Golden Family down on the carriage.

last night.

The Black Cat captured or silenced intelligence organizations in Sichuan Province in just one day. Of course, it was only a temporary measure. The condition that Black Cat put forward was three days of cooperation.

And all the capabilities they had accumulated were being invested in monitoring Hwanggeumga, Jambongmun, and Seongrakru.

A messenger carrying a letter that will determine the fate of the Golden Family. Yoo Ji-gyeong, Seongnakruju, who chose to run away as soon as he met Yeo Il-ye, could not escape the surveillance network and was caught as soon as he left Sacheon.

‘Night is the cat’s time…’

Hudam shook his head. I don’t know if it’s cat time or what.

At this moment, the black cat was dominating the Sichuan night.

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“Hehehe.”

“Wow~ Oh my! I’ve never seen so much cash!”

273 nyang of gold.

This is the total profit of yesterday and today. As soon as I took a step from the base, I had a hard time pulling out my weapon and fighting off all the attacking attackers. Of course, most of the hard work was done by two people.

“Dae, it’s amazing…”

Hyeok Kirin, who had returned to a manly tone due to Dang Do-yeon’s presence, gazed at the golden tower with admiration. Not everyone was short of money, but seeing gold piled up in front of their eyes was a completely different matter.

The black cat just waved its hands and looked excited.

I rearranged the gold letters and laid them out on the table like a blanket. I deserve to be treated well since I made an achievement last night by catching Yoo Ji-gyeong and the messenger of the Golden Ship who were running away.

“Please lie down. Black cat.”

The black cat suddenly lay down.

“Uuuu~”

A black cat snuggling in gold with an expression of the world’s happiest.

“Ho Rongin. Can I lie down too?”

“Of course.”

Dang Do-yeon seems to want to lie down on that luxurious golden bed. A line formed behind the black cat enjoying the feel(?) of the bed. When I saw Hyuk Kirin standing behind Dang Do-yeon, it seemed like Hyuk Kirin also wanted to lie down on Geumja’s bed.

“Black cat, play with everything and organize it in the safe!”

“I understand!”

I passed through the noisy vault and went down to the basement of the government office.

prison.

The place where the messenger of the Golden Ship and Seongnakruju Yu Ji-gyeong, who were caught yesterday, are located. I passed through the first floor, which was a regular prison, and headed to the second basement floor. As a government-run prison, it was quite large and there were many prisons, but it was not difficult to find the prison where Yoo Ji-gyeong was imprisoned.

Because Yeo Il-ye was standing in front of him.

Yeo Il-ye was holding a sword and staring into the prison cell where Yoo Ji-gyeong was unconscious. I hurriedly spoke as I felt like I was going to pull out my sword and cut Yoo Ji-gyeong through the bars at any moment.

“What do you think about Bell?”

Yeo Il-ye turned to me. Yeo Il-ye looked at me for a long time and shook her head.

“….No.”

Seeing the hand slowly come off the sword makes me feel a little relieved.

“You cannot forget the teachings your benefactor taught you in one day. I realized that killing wasn’t the only solution.”

“Um.”

In the end, the biggest enemy in Sichuan Province was the Golden Line. Seongrakruju Yoo Ji-gyeong is a shadowy person and can swing a sword at any time, and Elder Jambongmun Gaemyeongbu is also a martial arts person who is weaker than Yeo Il-ye.

“After removing their masks, making everyone aware of their evil deeds, and destroying everything they built on the blood of Yeoga Lodge…”

Yeo Il-ye remained silent without continuing. Well…the next path may not have been decided yet.

“Do you remember the plan?”

“Hehe, of course. I remember that tomorrow is an important day. I guess I need to control my body while swinging a sword.”

I think Yeo Il-ye can rest assured now. Is it safe to say that there is no need to worry about making sudden, unexpected actions due to emotions?

As I breathed a sigh of relief and left the prison with Yeo Il-ye, I ran into Dang Do-gyeong.

“Hey brother, I have something to discuss regarding today’s briefing session. Do you have some time?”

“Of course. Brother Dang.”

Busy, busy.

Yesterday, we received individual participants in the punitive force. And today was the day to receive resources from the clans after holding an information session for the clans that would participate in the volunteer army.

Tang Dao-gyeong and Sima Yan seemed to have something to talk about with me.

“First of all, we will pass on the individual participation since we exceeded our goal. The participation of clans will also have to be decided through today’s briefing session…”

“Jam Bong-moon’s name change department has already declared his non-participation.”

“Um.”

Well, the Gaemyeongbu that joined hands with the Golden Sun will not participate in the suppression of bandits since there will already be compensation promised through the Golden Sun.

“Isn’t that what you already expected?”

“Hehe, of course. Well, the subjugation itself will proceed smoothly, but… something can happen. If Hwanggeumseon or Jambongmun had invited one more person to become Sacheon’s supreme leader, the participation of other sects would also inevitably be low.”

I understood what Sima Yan wanted to say.

All the warriors in Sichuan Province must have turned their attention to this bandit suppression event. This is the first achievement in the history of martial arts. A public monument will be erected in Sacheon, and your name will be engraved on it? I can’t stand it.

Are there limited edition goods given as a reward for participation? It was something I had to risk my life for.

However, there were many things that had to be considered from the perspective of the leader of the sect.

“If the Golden Sun or the Gaemyeongbu bought the supreme leader of another sect, things could get complicated.”

“I am confident that I will be able to subdue the bandits, but I am worried that the damage will increase significantly if the top mountaineers disperse.”

The opinion was that if transcendental masters showed reluctance to participate, other schools would be influenced and participation would drop significantly.

“So shouldn’t we come up with a second plan to prepare for such a situation?”

“It’s okay.”

Tang Dao-gyeong and Sima Yan were slightly taken aback by my assertion. It seems that they did not think that the opinion to establish plan 2 would be criticized.

“Do you remember what I said last time?”

“It is difficult to confirm whether a deceased person has merit or not, so merit is paid only to those who are captured alive. If you capture the leaders alive, you get 50 achievement points. If you capture the Voodoo Spirits alive, you get 30 achievement points. Peak experts receive 10 achievement points. First class is 5 points. Bandits below that score 1 point. Is that correct?”

Dang Do-gyeong took over.

“The top five factions with the highest total score receive a platinum plate that can be placed on their plaque. Other than that, the top 20% are awarded gold plates, the top 200 to 400% are awarded silver plates, the next 60% are given copper plates, and the remaining 400% are awarded iron plates. The improvement ceremony is held in the order of highest total score.”

Sima Yan and Tang Tao-gyeong wrote about the question, ‘Is it possible to induce voluntary participation from the clans with this level of benefits?’

“Hahaha. Just go ahead and explain and you will find out.”

Since it was a system so unfamiliar to these two people, it seemed like they couldn’t picture its impact right now.

In the first place, it’s because these two people started off too high. Tang and Sima. Since both of them were born with diamond spoons in their mouths, they must have never been unfairly evaluated.

In this world of martial arts, there is no clear standard for dividing the ranks of clans. There are just a lot of masters, a large clan, or a lot of useful martial arts… It’s a rough-and-tumble evaluation that roughly divides classes based on abstract criteria and reputation.

The clans of Sichuan Province could be said to be the biggest victims of this kind of arbitrary evaluation. Since there is no incident, there is no activity. What else could there be to unleash the power of the entire sect in the bottom of Sichuan Province, where it is difficult for an individual to play an active role?

Therefore, the reputation of the Sacheon province clans was extreme. Since there is no opportunity to be active, reputation can only be abstract. So, with just one directing, people like Tae Kyung-moon and Kang Jun can become successful.

According to the abstract standards of the world, it is one of the top three in Sichuan Province… Some sects are better than others… All sects in Sichuan Province are bound to feel dissatisfied and resentful of such evaluations.

However, an event was opened where there was a clear evaluation standard called public value.

A rank game where you can classify factions using Iron Bronze, Silver, and Gold! The placement test was held.

“They will go out for this subjugation even if it means putting everything on the line.”

In this ranked game, or rather, in the fight against bandits, is there any faction that is siphoning off all of its power or leaving power to spare? It was a matter of gathering all the strength that was stuck on the bottom of the sect to participate.

“So, you can attend the briefing session without any worries.”

You have to risk your life to take the placement test well.