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I heard the whole conversation.

In the end, these guys carelessly confessed their crime with their own mouths, and even the scalper who sold me the ticket yesterday was present.

That made me even more angry.

No, the more you know, the more you become a one-day puppy!

These guys were just guys who came to Sacheon and wanted to make a living following Jeong Cheol’s cause. They had walked all the way to Sacheon, but since they couldn’t go back with their bare hands, they were trying to save a little money by collecting junk like this in Hubei on the way back.

People who live in barracks without any real thought, thinking that even if Jegal Sega touches them, they can just run away.

But what?

Are these guys bullies on me? Why are you calling me to a gambling table and making money?

“This guy! What are you doing!”

“It looks like you’re dying to die for daring to invade the banquet being held by the Heuksan Three Evils!”

“Ha…”

Although they were shouting loudly with their mouths, their faces were already pale.

The state of these two people is at its peak.

It was only natural that they would have figured out that I was on a higher level than them.

Yes, today is your memorial day.

It was when I was approaching with great strides against guys who didn’t even need to draw their swords.

“That momentum in the dock…Ho, is it possible that Hongjuk-gun Hyeop is Yeo-il?”

Among the miscellaneous people, someone who recognized Yeo Il-ye appeared.

“Hongjuk-gunhyeop Yeo-il-ye-da!”

“Well, then the author is…?”

“An expert who uses a large sword…! Moving like Hongjuk-gunhyeop Yeo Il-ye…!”

“Noegeomnangin!”

The faces of the miscellaneous people turned white in an instant. In particular, the scalper who scammed me looked like he was about to roll his eyes and faint at any moment.

Gu In-cheong and Ma Garim take turns looking at me and Yeo Il-ye with their eyes wide open at the reaction of the junkies.

“Hahahaha!!”

But suddenly Magarim burst out laughing and pointed a finger at me.

…Has this kid turned?

As if I was not the only one who was embarrassed, Gu In-cheong also opened his mouth while stuttering.

“Oh, brother?”

“Hahahahaha! I almost fooled you!”

Why are you being deceived?

Everyone, from Japbae to Yeo Il-ye, looked at Margarim, wondering something. Margarim said in a confident tone, pointing his finger at me.

“Haha! If you’re going to impersonate, you have to do it right! You are a fake!”

“…What?”

It was so absurd that I ended up questioning it.

“Everyone with even the slightest interest in martial arts knows that Noegeomnangin, who had a fight with Jeongcheol, left for Xinjiang! But how can it be that Noe Jong-nang-in is already in Hubei, more than 10,000 miles away!”

“Is that so?”

“Above all, Noegeomnangin is a person without a sect or base! What’s the point of urgently requesting the Jinbeo from Jegal Sega while looking for scalped tickets?”

A look of understanding appeared on the faces of Guincheong and the other workers who had been reacting in a calm manner.

“Hahaha! If you want to deceive, you have to deceive properly! There is nothing to be afraid of, as they are impersonators imitating the older brothers, Noegeomnangin and Yeoilye! Since they are children of fraudsters, their current momentum must be pretentious!”

“Wow…”

I thought while listening to Margarim’s argument.

Is this what mirror therapy is?

I paid a lot of money to purchase a digital ticket, concluding that there couldn’t be crazy people selling counterfeit numbered tickets at the main gate of Jegal Sega.

And considering the time when the rumor spread and the common sense movement speed, Magarim decided that I couldn’t be in Hubei and reasoned that I, a ronin, would have no need for Jinbeop, but he was making the exact same mistake, so I blame my mistake. I was able to deeply realize this.

The world is large, people are diverse, and there can be many unusual stories.

But I judged it based on my own standards.

Okay, let’s admit it.

I saw the world too narrowly.

The world was big and there were a lot of crazy people, but I cut out all those possibilities with a complacent mind that thought it couldn’t be possible.

Just like Magarim, who denies the possibility and concludes that I am an impersonator even though I exist in front of my eyes.

“Let’s cut it with a single sword!”

“Sure!”

I clenched my fists as I watched the two people rushing towards me.

How can a person just receive?

If you have been taught a lesson, you must return the lesson.

Guincheong’s sword, wrapped in a cloudy yellow river, swung towards me. I clenched my fists as I watched Guincheong’s attack like that.

Tsuzzz!!

Although I didn’t really have any martial arts training, there were things like understanding the body and the basic martial arts skills that I learned naturally as I reached the level of martial arts.

Even though it wasn’t the main weapon, it was more than enough to deal with idiots who were just starting out in the peak season.

Wow!!

Guincheong’s sword, which collided head-on with my fist, bounced back as fast as it was fired. Gu In-cheong, whose upper body was completely bare, opened his eyes wide and looked at me.

Since he was a celebrity impersonator, I naturally expected his skills to be at an all-time low, but his deadly attack was so easily deflected that I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

I decided to kindly engrave a lesson on Guincheong’s chin.

The lesson is that life is practical.

Bah!

“Keeek!”

Gu In-cheong must have been so shocked by my kind words that his jaw turned and his eyes rolled back at the same time. He turned his body twice in the air and fell to the floor.

Margarim’s feet, which were rushing forward with great vigor, stopped.

The faces of the miscellaneous people who were looking this way with anticipation hardened.

Margarim looked at Guincheong, who had stretched out at once, and at me, then muttered.

“No, that’s ridiculous.”

“Okay.”

I thought as I stepped on the Chilreojibangbo.

It doesn’t seem like that friend of Margarim will learn his lesson easily, so if I want him to learn his lesson within today, I will have to work diligently.

Wow!

“Keck!”

Margarim’s jaw turned and the long training session began.

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I couldn’t help but hum.

For the first time in a long time, I did some self-reflection, moved my body in a refreshing way, and paid back the debt to two friends who gave me mirror therapy.

I felt like I had had a worthwhile day as the two people were returning home with their hands heavy and full of rice cakes.

I beat two people who treated me like a brat until they turned into rice cakes.

No matter how much coercion there was, in the end, they couldn’t just let go of the miscreants who had committed evil acts with these two people, so they purely rolled the dice and beat them until they won.

I’m not sure why, but I wasn’t in a good mood, especially since I was a dark fish and got twice as much weight as other miscellaneous fish.

“Keueuung..”

“Keuuu..”

Every time I took a step, the two people who were like rice cakes let out a groan, but it couldn’t be helped.

Because the price you have to pay to learn the lessons of life is high.

Above all, the level of Guincheong and Magarim was too high to just fix them a little and let them go.

I just hit them with a few hits and let them go, but considering their state, it was too dangerous to let them go like that.

So I returned to the guest house with the two guys.

“Meeting Noegeomnangin. My name is Zhuge Yingming.”

…A person came out of Zhuge Family.

What situation is this?

I couldn’t understand the situation, so I turned my gaze toward the group and saw Hyuk Kirin smiling and the expressions of the group members nodding their heads in satisfaction.

“These are the people. Indeed, it seems that Noegeomnangin’s pseudonym did not come about for nothing.”

Zhuge Yeongmyeong shoots a look of admiration at me.

What is the situation? Someone please send me a message.

He asked his companions for help with his eyes, but they only smiled and nodded.

Looking at the situation, it seems like the group did something together.

As I was looking at Black Cat, who was making a unique expression when he was teasing me, and Tang So-yeol, who was smiling deeply and with a meaningless smile, I wondered if these two people were planning something.

“Not only did you provide all the information and evidence about the group of people who created the counterfeit waiting list, but you also personally hunted down the culprits. I received a great deal of favor from the Jegal Family.”

“Um.”

I decided to figure out the specific situation later, but for now, I focused on the young man in front of me, Zhuge Yingming.

Although it was an unexpected situation, Zhuge Yeongmyeong was looking at me with goodwill.

If we do it well, we might be able to immediately submit a Jinbeop request to Zhuge Dynasty.

“I just happened to come forward. This is definitely the territory of the Zhuge family, but I wonder if I acted too rudely…”

So, let’s do something to please people first.

As he played the role of a humble young man who is easily liked by everyone, even more goodwill appeared on Zhuge Yingming’s face.

“No. Due to a lack of personnel, Sega was unable to properly regulate what was happening right under our noses, causing inconvenience to our guests. This is our fault, Jegal Sega, so you do not need to worry about it.”

“It puts my mind at ease when you say that.”

“Hahaha! Not much to say.”

“Hahahaha!”

After exchanging a lot of laughter, Zhuge Yingming looked at the two people who were together and asked.

“I may be presumptuous, but what do you plan to do with these two people?”

“I didn’t even think about treatment. To be honest, compared to the size of the matter, the inaction of those behind it is too high…”

I hinted at getting lucky.

Because it was inconvenient for guests in an ordinary guesthouse to manage two extreme experts.

“If it’s okay with you, how about locking those two in the Zhuge family’s prison?”

“I will not decline it if you consider it convenient.”

“Also, I would like to formally invite Noe Jang-nang-in and his companions to Jegal Sega. When I heard it, I heard that we, Zhuge Sega, had some business…”

“Huh, is that okay?”

Zhuge Yingming smiled and nodded.

“It is truly a shame for the Zhuge family to treat their benefactor harshly. You don’t have to worry about it.”

I nodded.

“In that case, I will shamelessly take care of you.”

I’m not sure why, but somehow things worked out well.

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There was a bit of a commotion due to the new member Dokgo Lee Seol, but he was able to enter the Jegal family without difficulty.

In the larger scheme of things, even if there is a conflict between the political and social factions, if there is no direct enmity relationship, it is normal for them to look at each other like cows and chickens, so there is no need for Amlongmun and Zhuge Emperor, who do not have a direct enmity relationship, to establish sharp confrontations.

We were taken straight to Gajujeon.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Zhuge Zhen, the head of the Zhuge family.”

“Thank you for your hospitality. He is said to be Hocheonan, who goes by the nickname Noegeomnangin.”

“I’m so happy to see the hero of martial arts like this.”

Zhuge Zhen’s eyes as he said those words were full of goodwill toward me.

Why does everyone like me so much, including Zhuge Yeongmyeong?

Were there any elements in the biography of the famous Noegeomnangin of the martial arts that might appeal to them?

Even when I thought about it, I couldn’t really figure out anything, but I was very uncomfortable to receive favors.

No matter how much I thought about it, it made no sense to be treated like this just because I caught a scalper.

Of course, it was quite a big deal that there were two supreme masters lurking behind the scalper, but it was not enough for the head of the Zhuge family to express his favor at an official event.

Zhuge Zhen must have realized my question and suddenly opened his mouth.

“Hehe, have you heard about the recent situation of the Zhuge family?”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t afford to listen to news from Moorim…”

“To start with the conclusion, the Zhuge family literally suffered from measles after Jeong Cheol caused a storm in Wulin. Requests to install a new camp system poured in in Sacheon, and the Sapa near Sacheon started to stir up and the atmosphere became tense, so naturally, requests related to the camp system increased rapidly.”

“Even if something big happens in the martial arts world, it usually only causes a disturbance in the surrounding area and is not a big deal in the martial arts world as a whole. However, what this guy named Jeong Cheol did not only turned Sichuan upside down, but also caused a stir among the entire martial arts sects, so the number of people looking for the Jinbeopsa of the Zhuge Dynasty literally increased.”

“Ah….”

“The Zhuge Dynasty’s Jinbeopsa masters have been mobilized ever since Jeong Cheol appeared. When you go on a business trip, can you just send Jinbeopsa along? Of course, unmanned personnel had to be sent along, and it was becoming very dangerous to go on a long journey, so there were even minor incidents… whew.”

For some reason, I thought it was strange that people who made counterfeit waiting tickets were left alone, but was there ever a situation like this?

As a result of mobilizing all of the family’s capabilities to fill out requests pouring in from all over, the main house became empty.

Now I’m starting to understand the favor people have for Zhuge Galse.

Since I defeated Jeong Cheol and the Sapa’s campaign ended, the Zhuge family, who were trapped in the shackles of unlimited business trips to dangerous areas, had no choice but to look favorably on me, who had put an end to the situation.

As if to confirm my thoughts, Zhuge Zhen smiled warmly and said,

“If you need anything, please let me know.”

It seemed like I would be able to complete my errands at Jegal Family without difficulty.