episode_0310

“Could it be…that person?”

“Noegeomnangin..at the gambling house?”

The entire Giru was in an uproar, but Ho Cheon-an didn’t pay any attention, looking around for an empty gambling table and sitting down in one place.

Coincidentally, it was a gambling table where there had been an uproar over the use of fraudulent dice.

“Are you not going to do it?”

The novice gamblers kept swallowing dry saliva and rolling their eyes. One of the gamblers turned his gaze towards his subordinates.

“…Go ahead!”

The official’s subordinate thought about it and made a decision.

In any case, it is impossible to use force to drive out the Noegeomnangin, who is said to have easily defeated the Supreme Master. In the end, we couldn’t do anything about Noegeomnangin until Jikjik came, so we decided that it would be better to waste time by making him sit at a fraudulent gambling table.

‘You may argue that it’s a fraudulent gamble, but it doesn’t matter because you probably didn’t come for a good purpose anyway!’

“Si, let’s begin!”

The rules were very simple. Four people each bet on a number and roll the dice until the eye of the dice they bet on appears.

I’ll bet on “6!”

The gambler on Giru’s side rolled a dice that had been rigged to roll a 6. The dice rolling around the board came up with a 5.

“Umm…”

The novice gambler groaned. Even if the dice is weighted to make it easy to get a 6, rolling it does not guarantee that you will get a 6. If you roll a 6, any fool will be able to tell that the dice have been tampered with.

I’ll bet on “5!”

I’ll bet on “2!”

The other two gamblers also rolled the dice, each betting on their own eyes. Anyway, the fellow gambler took the 6 first, and since the odds of getting any eye were similar except for 1, which is the opposite side of 6, I chose any number and rolled the dice.

And then Ho Cheon-an’s turn came. Ho Cheon-an rolled the dice in his hand and muttered.

“6 It is.”

The gambler, whose feet were numb at Ho Cheon-an’s meaningful tone, flinched and opened his mouth.

“What do you mean? Since you already bet on 6, look the other way.”

“Sure. I’ll bet on 1.”

The customers who were watching the gambling table, the officials’ subordinates, and even the gamblers sitting at the table all raised their heads and looked at Hocheonan.

Ho Cheon-an rolled the dice without paying any attention to those gazes.

Sa Chae-yong opened his eyes wide the moment Ho Cheon-an threw the dice.

‘That hand movement… that guy…!’

The moment Sa Chae-yong saw Ho Cheon-an’s hand movements, the memory of that day came back to him clearly.

As a gambler, how could I forget the sight of that day?

Hocheonan, a Sichuan ninja, suddenly attacked the gamblers at the Maju gambling hall.

A demon hired to catch Ho Cheon-an.

And even the final round of the Great Battle, where the enormous amount of money they had made was at stake!

It was the same!

Sacheyong realized that the hand movements of Hocheonan, the Sacheonnang he had seen that day, and the hand movements of Noegeomnangin, who was currently throwing the dice, were identical, and he was thrilled.

That…second-class samurai from back then has now reached his peak!

When Sa Chae-yong realizes the truth about Ho Cheon-an and trembles. Regardless of that, the dice that left Ho Cheon-an’s hands rolled.

The guests thought as they watched the dice roll.

Saying that a die is rigged to come up with a 6 is the same as saying that it is a die that rarely comes up with a 1 on the other side of a 6.

But you choose 1 even though you know that the die was rigged to come up with 6?

Is it really confidence that one can draw 1, or is it just a mockery of a fraudulent gambling game?

The crowd could not tell what Ho Cheon-an’s intention was in choosing 1.

I was able to clearly see that the die that stopped rolling came up with a 1.

“Oh…!”

“Noegeonnongin won!”

The episode continued with a light exclamation from the audience. As the series continued, the audience’s excitement also grew.

“It’s really amazing!”

“You’re pulling out my eyes just like you said…! And with dice like that!”

Except for games that end before the turn due to lack of luck, Ho Cheon-an ends the game by plucking out the speaking eye as long as he catches the dice.

The sight of Ho Cheon-an, who overcomes the fraudulent gambling world with only skill, touched the hearts of those who loved gambling and gathered at Yeongyangru.

The gamblers, whose pockets were empty in an instant, left with pale faces.

“Hmm.”

Ho Cheon-an got up from the gambling table and looked for another gambling table.

All of Yeongyangru’s guests have already become spectators who want to see Ho Cheon-an’s gambling, and only the gamblers who were ordered to bide their time are keeping their seats at the gambling table.

Without hesitation, Ho Cheon-an moved to the table where the other gamblers were.

This time it was a goal betting game.

The gamblers sitting at the table repeatedly swallowed dry saliva and strengthened their fighting spirit. The necessary cards were already hidden under the board or in the sleeves, and the goal cards were marked so that only gamblers could recognize them.

‘It’s a dice game, and the feel of your fingertips may be special, but the dice are different!’

The gamblers started the game with the confidence that they could completely dominate it, but the pockets of those sitting at the game were drained in an instant.

The audience continued to exclaim in exclamation as they saw the gamblers staring blankly at Ho Cheon-an’s back with a possessed expression.

“ya!”

“I can’t believe that Noegeomnangin’s gambling skills are so good!”

“It wasn’t just martial arts that made you strong!”

Ho Cheon-an’s journey did not end there. He participated in any gambling room where Giru’s gamblers were waiting and won.

The audience cheered at Ho Cheon-an’s actions.

Giru’s gamblers used to rely on tools and engage in fraudulent gambling with poor gambling skills!

The audience felt a deep sense of satisfaction while watching Ho Cheon-an crush fake gamblers with pure skill.

It feels refreshing as if the accumulated congestion has gone away all at once!

Sa Chae-yong trembled as he watched Ho Cheon-an crushing fake gamblers using tools without hesitation while receiving cheers from the audience.

Gambling requires different skills and abilities for different sports.

In dice gambling, the ability to place stakes and dexterity were important.

In goal card gambling, you have to predict the opponent’s psychology, follow the flow of the hand, and memorize the numbers of the hand.

Even though dice gambling did not all use the same techniques.

The hand technique of directly touching the eyes of a dice and the hand technique of shaking a glass to make the eyes of the dice are completely different.

The same was true for goal loss gambling, with different skills and psychological predictions depending on the event.

Therefore, there are many cases where even professional gamblers are only good at gambling, which is their specialty.

But what does Hocheonan look like now?

Regardless of the sport, they were sitting at an overwhelming disadvantage and were using only their own gambling skills to shake off gamblers who relied on tools.

How on earth can one reach that level?

Sa Chae-yong could not help but be in awe of Ho Cheon-an’s extensive gambling skills.

A person who has mastered all gambling in the world.

In the eyes of old gambler Sa Chae-yong, Ho Cheon-an was… truly a god of fortune.

“Wow!!”

“Noegeomnangin won again!”

Streak of wins. Streak of wins. Streak of wins. And another win streak.

Sa Chae-yong, who hoped for Hocheonan’s winning streak, gradually felt that the doubts of that day were turning into certainty.

‘Did you lose on purpose back then…!’

There is no way a person with that kind of judgment and foresight would throw away his advantage and propose a single fight for a relatively small amount of money.

Even though manipulating the eyes was thought to be impossible, a person with that kind of dexterity would have been able to pull out the desired eye.

As suspicion turned into certainty, only one question remained in Sa Chae-yong’s mind.

“…Why.”

why. why. for what reason.

That day, did Noegeomnangin give up more than a hundred nyang of gold and declare defeat?

I want to know why.

Driven by such an impulse, Sa Chae-yong went to the gambling house where Ho Cheon-an was gambling.

However, before Sa Chae-yong’s footsteps reached Ho Cheon-an.

Jikjik appeared.

“Ho, I didn’t know that the hero of Sacheon, Nari, would visit such a shabby gambling house.”

As Jikjik appeared, Ho Cheonan calmly opened his mouth, still looking at the gambling table.

“The reaction is as if you came to a place you couldn’t come to.”

Jikjik’s eyebrows twitched.

This was because I felt ignored by Ho Cheon-an’s behavior, which showed his back and calmly focused on gambling.

Regardless, Ho Cheon-an continued talking while gambling.

“When I was in the thick of gambling, I was in quite a bit of debt at Yeongyangroo. It looks like Sichuan Province has changed. Looking at the fact that none of the familiar faces that have been guarding this place for years are visible.”

“Hehehe. Are you talking about old gamblers who only ask for a lot of money? I got rid of it all because it was useless.”

Ho Cheon-an said as he put down his card.

“So, this is not how they get robbed.”

The faces of the gamblers who lost in front of Jikjik turned pale. Ho Cheon-an swept up all the money that was on the plate and waved his pockets.

Slap! Slap!

The sound of money crashing into pockets that would not have been surprising even if they burst at any moment rang loudly.

Jikjik’s face hardened at Ho Cheon-an’s provocation that I had won this much of your money.

“The night is deep, so I guess I should call it a day and head back.”

Jikjik internally gritted his teeth as he watched Ho Cheon-an talking loudly to himself as if he wanted everyone to hear him, but he couldn’t rush in.

Jikjik rushed over to gauge the level of Noegeomnangin.

The level of Noegeomnangin I saw in person was by no means low.

It was a bad posture with a heavy money bag on his left shoulder, but even though he was in that posture, there were no gaps in sight.

If there is a conflict, it is difficult to guarantee victory or defeat.

‘If I’m carelessly hostile, I’ll be the only one left alone.’

Colliding with Noegeomnangin was a loss in itself. If you fight with Noegeomnangin, if you lose, it’s over, and even if you win, it’s a difficult opponent to completely defeat, so if you get injured, you’ll immediately become a target for Shishik or the carriage.

After completing the calculation, Jikjik smiled like a man and greeted his subordinates.

“Hehehe. Since I came as a guest, I will treat you as a guest.”

“Thank you for that.”

Ho Cheon-an, who was about to pass Jikjik and go out of the base, stopped.

“Oh, indeed. I had something to say to Rouge.”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Sa Chae-yong. Sa Chae-yong, who suddenly received attention, swallowed dry saliva.

“Do you remember the gambler named Dogwi?”

“…How could I forget the person who was the main character of the biggest game in Sichuan Province at my gambling hall.”

“Haha. Right. While wandering around the world, I happened to meet that person.”

“The world is wide yet narrow. So, how are you doing?”

“He worked hard to sharpen his gambling skills with the goal of becoming someone. It was great to see you sharpening yourself so much.”

Did he sense something from Ho Cheon-an’s tone of voice? Sa Chae-yong opened his eyes wide, looked at Ho Cheon-an, and barely opened his mouth.

“…I see. I will take note of it.”

“My Yeongsangru was losing his spirit, so I tried to admonish him to recruit a good gambler. It was a meaningless complaint since he doesn’t know where he might be wandering around the world right now. Just forget it.”

With only those words left, he left Hocheonan.

Jikjik looked at Ho Cheon-an’s back as he was moving away and glared at Sa Chae-yong.

“I told the people above me to stay still like dead rats, but why did you come down?”

“…Giru’s gamblers were losing money, so they just tried to prevent the losses by chatting.”

“Heung!”

Jikjik snorted.

“It looks like you still haven’t let go of your regrets. Look at that brainiac over there. In the end, I couldn’t do anything in this field of work and was satisfied with taking a small amount of money!”

Sa Chae-yong closed his eyes without any refutation of Jik-jik’s claims. Jikjik, who saw this, decided that Sa Chae-yong felt despair and gave up, and smiled in satisfaction.

“Bring in the gamblers who lost to Noegeomnangin today and the idiots who managed this place! How dare you tarnish this Jigjik’s face! You have to pay for that!”

“Yes!”

Jikjik left Giru and his subordinates arrested those who managed Giru and the gamblers. Sa Chae-yong looked at the scene in confusion and then returned to his quarters on the upper floor.

Sa Chae-yong turned off all the lights and lay down in bed. Sa Chae-yong, who had been lying in bed with his eyes open until all the commotion outside died down and all the noise coming from the base, got up.

Sa Chae-yong left Giru early in the morning and walked towards Rongin Gaekjan.

Although it was the very early morning of a cold winter, quite a few people were already waiting in front of Ronin Gaekjan to submit requests. Sa Chae-yong stood in line behind them without saying a word.

Sa Chae-yong, who had to secretly and quietly escape from the base, was dressed in pajamas and was too light to withstand the cold wave of winter dawn.

Sa Chae-yong trembled and his teeth chattered as he endured.

“Well, then you freeze to death.”

“Yes. I’ll have to wait another hour and a half to receive the request, so why not come back dressed warmly?”

About ten people waiting in front said such things to Sa Chae-yong, but Sa Chae-yong shook his head.

One of the people who couldn’t see handed a heated stone to Sa Chae-yong, and Sa Chae-yong leaned against the warmth of the stone and waited for the door to the ronin guesthouse to open.

Sigh!

Soon, the door to the guest house opened.

“Look, if it’s our turn, it’s natural to put in a request, so let’s send this person in first.”

“That’s right. This person is really going to freeze to death. ”

“Thank you, thank you.”

Sa Chae-yong, who was shaking like an aspen, staggered into the guest house. The brokers, who were surprised to see Sa Chae-yong in his pajamas during this harsh winter, got up and made Sa Chae-yong sit by the fire and were surprised twice.

“No, isn’t it Video Rouge?”

“How did you come here dressed like this?”

I would like to make a request of “.”

An hour and a half after enduring the harsh winter cold.

Sa Chae-yong thought and thought countless times.

Hocheonan, the 28th Sacheon ronin and also called Noegeom ronin.

Ho Cheon-an was already a hero of Sichuan Province.

Would such a hero receive a request from Giru’s owner to protect Giru?

I didn’t know that if I received such a request, I would immediately be criticized and even criticized.

There are so many people who are in dire need of help, but they are throwing it all away and protecting themselves by being seduced by dirty money.

There will be many people who are jealous of Noegeomnangin as much as his rapidly rising popularity, so they will not miss the opportunity to bring down Noegeomnangin.

Could it be that Sa Chae-yong is the only one who wants to submit a request to someone who is a genius? Everyone in Sichuan Province is experiencing difficulties big and small due to Sapa.

Isn’t he a person who is in a position to receive requests from wealthy people who will give him whatever money they ask for if he solves their difficulties?

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no chance that Noegeomnangin would accept the request.

Nevertheless, Sa Chae-yong waited to submit the request.

“Please protect Yeongsangru from officialdom.”

“Such…”

The brokers looked perplexed. Despite looking at the expressions of disapproval on the faces of all the brokers, private hiring did not stop.

[Do you remember the gambler named Dogwi?]

It was because I clearly remembered the conversation I had with Noegeomnangin today.

[I worked hard to sharpen my gambling skills with the goal of becoming someone. It was great to see him sharpening himself so much.]

That conversation answered the question Sa Chae-yong had.

Why did you deliberately lose after throwing away over 100 gold coins?

To save the life of a gambler named Dogwi, he gave up over a hundred nyang of gold.

[It was a meaningless complaint since I don’t know where in the world I might be wandering right now.]

This is a swordsman who saved his life by giving up over a hundred nyang worth of money. He did not accept such a demon as his subordinate, nor did he use it.

Ho Cheon-an expressed satisfaction that the gambler named Do-gwi survived and developed.

‘Noeun-chan-in, no, Ho Cheon-an… is a man who is so serious about gambling.’

If you are that kind of person.

No, if you are a Hocheonan who loves gambling.

Wouldn’t he recognize his efforts to create a space for gamblers?

Wouldn’t it be a shame to see that the hall of gamblers who worked so hard to cultivate it was filled with low-level fraud tools and petty gamblers?

so.

Just as he saved the demon by throwing away more than a hundred nyang of gold, wouldn’t he save Young Yeong-ru by transcending his own profit and loss?

With that in mind, Sa Chae-yong decided to take the gamble of his life.

The loser is Sacheon Nangin, no, Hocheonan.

“If you protect Yeongsangru from officialdom, I will give you all my assets.”

The stakes were everything to him.