Episode 229
Return of the King (4)
The two people who entered the room sat across from each other at the table.
“….”
There was a heavy silence.
Yeon Ho-jeong asked as if throwing a question.
“Do you know how to drink?”
“exactly.”
His tone of voice has become considerably duller than when we first met. It’s probably because I’ve had a lot of trouble over the past few days.
Yeon Ho-jeong personally came forward and brought alcohol and two glasses. He immediately filled Gangryang’s cup and said.
“Have a drink.”
“Previously.”
Kang-ryang opened his mouth with a stern expression.
“Tell me. “What is your identity? Why did you bring me back here? Why did you save me? Everything.”
Yeon Ho-jeong chuckled.
“It’s a bit clumsy, but it seems like you’re cautious enough not to recklessly take a drink from someone else.”
Soon, Yeon Ho-jeong filled his own glass and emptied it coolly.
“It looks like you have a rough idea of who we are.”
Kang-ryang’s eyes lit up.
“Are you from the Baekdo martial arts team?”
Hearing those words, Yeon Ho-jeong suddenly felt an inexplicable faintness.
‘It’s Baekdo Murim.’
When he was rampaging as the king of the Black Island, it was Kang Ryang who gave him the thumbs up and said he was the hope of Sapa.
Now he is asking if he is from the Baekdo Moorim faction.
I felt strange.
“Yes.”
“As expected…”
Kang Ryang’s eyes flashed dangerously.
“So you saved me? To attract me as an ally?”
Yeon Ho-jeong shook his head. I wasn’t denying Kang Ryang’s words.
“Why don’t you empty your head first?”
“What do you mean?”
“It was like that before, and it’s the same this time too. You seem to live so much in your own world. “It’s a bad habit to push for something you’re sure isn’t the answer.”
“….”
“If you are going to doubt, end with doubt. “If you say you are doubtful, but you are sure of something you are not sure about, then there is no way to have a conversation in the first place.”
Kang Ryang’s eyes wavered.
Yeon Ho-jeong said seriously.
“The world is not as easy as you think. Aren’t things happening all over the world that you and I could never have imagined?”
“….”
“Look at the situation calmly. As you said, I am the benefactor who saved your life.”
“…I know.”
“Then I guess we should start there.”
“…?”
“The person who saved my life is a benefactor who will never be found again. However, it is up to you to decide whether to see that benefactor as a benefactor or to ignore that favor because the path you take is different.”
“…!”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled.
“I am your benefactor. And Baekdo also belongs to the martial arts group.”
“…also.”
“So what do we do now? You, who came from a noble family of the Black Island, received your life saved by me, who came from a noble family of the White Island. Will you repay this favor? Or are you going to ignore it and go on your way?”
“What if I go my own way?”
Kang Ryang’s eyes were shaking mercilessly. Just in case, it turned out that he was truly a white-faced person.
“If I tell you that I will go my own way, do you plan on letting me go like this?”
“Yes.”
“…!”
“why? “Is it unexpected?”
“…exactly.”
Yeon Ho-jeong laughed heartily without even realizing it.
‘It’s still the same.’
One of Kang Ryang’s countless strengths was his honesty.
To begin with, he wasn’t a person who fought with his head. However, he was not a fool who easily fell prey to the enemy’s plans.
Heavy and bold.
A steel-blooded swordsman who confronts the world with a confident frontal approach without lies.
That was the true nature of the strongest swordsman of Kangryang Black Emperor and the greatest sword of the Black Blade.
“You did no harm to me or to us. In other words, if we break up today, I don’t know if we’ll ever see each other again. “If a person like that is going out on his own, why would you stop him?”
“You are from the Baekdo martial arts forest.”
“What is that?”
“…Of course, I thought they wouldn’t just leave me, a person from the Black Island, alone.”
“That too is a hasty confidence. Well, that’s usually not the case. However, if I had planned to kill you, I wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of saving you.”
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“It could be that they were kept alive for a purpose.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m the type of person who looks at people themselves rather than their origins.”
Kang Ryang’s eyes deepened.
Look at the person rather than the origin. Those insignificant words shook Kang Ryang’s heart violently.
Yeon Ho-jeong spoke frankly.
“The editorial was long. I’ll be honest. “I want you to join me.”
“…!”
“But that doesn’t mean you should transfer to Baekdo Murim. Even though it has gone extinct, you are still the successor to the Gwicheolgeommun. No, now we should see him as representing Guicheolgeommun.”
Kang Ryang’s eyes were slightly bloodshot. Once again, I realized that my clan had disappeared and my family had died.
“The only problem is your purpose.”
“purpose?”
“okay. “You want to go to King Yangcheon and destroy the Molongbu, right?”
“exactly.”
“Me too.”
“…?!”
“To be more precise, I want to completely clean up the current black island that is only average and create a very believable black island.”
Yeon Ho-jeong filled his glass and continued speaking.
“This is a fact that even my colleagues don’t know. Although each of these people has different personalities, they are all white people from their roots. “It’s different from me.”
“…So you’re originally from the Black Island?”
I’m not from the Black Island. Although I have become a black sword master before.
Yeon Ho-jeong did not bother to answer Kang Ryang’s question.
“Anyway, this is why I saved you. “It’s not pure intention, is it?”
“I have a question.”
“I guess there are a lot.”
“exactly. “But I really want to ask you this.”
“say it.”
Kang-ryang asked each word with strength.
“What on earth do you want me to believe in and join you?”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes deepened.
As for you, no, I already know about you and all the five great gods.
“The text is definitely an inscription from the Black Path. “I dare to assure you that there is no sect in the martial arts world of Heukdo with as much outstanding discipline and law as the main text.”
“I admit it to a certain extent.”
“But no matter how much I am the heir of the Sword Gate, we have different ideologies, different talents, and different skills. What on earth do you see in me that makes you ask me to join you? “Are you sure you were doing some research on me?”
It was a valid question.
Yeon Ho-jeong fiddled with the glass with both hands. When I asked this question, I had no idea what to say.
“…well, that’s it.”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled bitterly.
“Let’s just call it persimmon.”
“persimmon?”
“Yes, persimmon.”
“That’s not a proper answer.”
“I know it sounds like that, but this is all I can say for now.”
Yeon Ho-jeong tightened his eyes.
“Let me tell you this clearly. Not everyone in our group was watching you. “I saw it.”
“….”
“In other words, the party doesn’t know yet. “Why did I save you?”
“It means that Baekdo Moorim’s side is not planning something.”
“Honestly, you’re not worth that much. “At least not yet.”
Kang Ryang also chuckled.
“You’re being overly honest.”
“Didn’t you want an honest conversation?”
Kangryang, who was quietly looking at Yeonhojeong, then raised his glass and took a drink.
He frowned.
“Was it broad daylight?”
“What did you hope for?”
“It’s too harsh.”
“Life is bitter, but the truth is more bitter.”
Kangryang sighed softly, seemed lost in thought for a moment, and then filled Yeonhojeong’s cup.
Yeon Ho-jeong accepted the glass with a familiar gesture.
Kang Ryang said.
“I think it might be too much.”
“is it?”
“I will never forget how you saved this guy’s life. Normally, I would have done anything for you.”
“hmm.”
“But…”
Kang-ryang said in a self-deprecating voice.
“I’m sorry. I will kill Yang Chen and destroy the Molongbu. “It may take a lifetime, and you may even die in the middle.”
“….”
“I owe you a great favor, but it seems difficult to repay this favor properly.”
“Wrong.”
“…?”
Yeon Ho-jeong filled Kang Ryang’s cup and said.
“It’s not something that will take a lifetime to begin with, but even if you try for the rest of your life, you won’t be able to crush Yang Chen and the Ink Dragon Club.”
“….”
“Admit it honestly. If you’re lucky, you might be able to gather people, but that’s it. You will never achieve your goal.”
Kang Ryang gritted his teeth.
“How can you be so confident?”
“Then what do you believe in and are you so confident about? “Have you even conducted a detailed investigation into the power and financial power of the Mukryongbu?”
“It’s not that, but…”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes turned cold.
The soft atmosphere suddenly became sharp as a knife. Kang Ryang was startled by the sudden change.
“Don’t act like a brat, Gangryang.”
“…!!”
“Do you really want revenge? Then learn how to hide your feelings. How confident are you? I have no choice but to be confident. “It’s obvious even without looking at the words of an idiot who doesn’t even know the other person’s strength but is filled with the easy-going thought that if he works hard, he can do it.”
“….”
“If you keep going like this, you won’t be able to last even a month before you die. “Even that is only if you are lucky. In fact, looking at your personality and skills, you won’t be able to last even ten days.”
Life is bitter, and the truth is even more bitter.
It was a harshly explicit tone. However, Kang Ryang could neither be angry nor refute Yeon Ho-jeong.
Even if you don’t understand it with your head, you can understand it with your heart.
If things continue like this, revenge is impossible. That he could die without even catching a master of the Mukryongbu, let alone Yangcheon.
“I will ask again. Do you want revenge?”
“…exactly.”
“Do you have a plan?”
“No.”
“Who is a trustworthy helper?”
“…Nothing.”
“Do you have the financial power to hire people? Is it possible to use your reputation to gather troops? Is it possible for a businessman to be outstanding and make a lot of money? Or are you so clever that you can defeat your enemy with a brilliant strategy?”
“….”
I really had nothing to say. As I looked into every detail, I realized that there really was no solution.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes became bloodshot.
“Murim is a place where one mistake can kill you. It doesn’t discriminate between white and black. “Do you think you can overcome all the difficulties and achieve your goal now that the entire Black Island martial arts team is trying to kill you?”
“….”
“It’s absolutely impossible.”
“Then what?”
Kang Ryang’s eyes turned red.
Suddenly, explosive emotions appeared in the two watery eyes.
“exactly! I’m a kid! All I know how to do is sharpen a little, and even that is not at a level that would work for a true expert! So you’re telling me to give up revenge since he’s only this good?!”
“Give up.”
“What?!”
“They told me to give up. If you’re going to live with that kind of mentality in the future, it would be better to go into the mountains and live with your parents’ memorial tablets.”
“profit!”
“But revenge is not impossible if you change your mind.”
“…what?”
“Come with me.”
“…!”
“I’m not asking you to become my subordinate or to commit yourself to Baekdo martial arts. Just travel across the world with me, learn, learn, and experience.”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled coldly.
“At least it will prevent you from wandering around and dying.”
“….”
“Of course, you too will have to risk your life.”
Yeon Ho-jeong extended his hand towards Kang Ryang.
“What will you do? Will you join me?”
Kang-ryang looks at Yeon-ho-jeong’s hand as if fascinated.
He couldn’t help but take this scary man’s hand.
