Absolute Return Episode 340
Episode 340: If you confess, you will be sent to the Murim Alliance, if you resist, you will be sent to the Demonic Cult.
Taejo looked at the sword dance with a surprised face.
What the hell is that young guy talking about?
You say that murder and extermination are impossible? That’s ridiculous.
There is no one he cannot kill if he puts his mind to it. He actually lived that kind of life.
Those who could be defeated were mocked and killed in front of everyone, and those who could not be killed were killed by stabbing them in the back. If that did not work, they would hire a murder organization to kill them, or they would recruit acquaintances of the person they were going to kill and poison them.
What about myself who has lived such a life? Is it impossible for me to commit murder? It was just laughable.
‘It’s a bluff. They’re trying to get me to confess somehow.’
Taejo asked Geommugeuk with a leisurely smile.
“It seems that the Demon King thinks highly of Sohyeop, so he must be an amazing person. Who on earth are you?”
The swordmaster revealed his identity.
“I am the leader of the Cheonmasin Church.”
Taejo, who had been dazed for a moment, burst into laughter. It was the most absurd and unexpected answer he had ever given in his life.
“Yes, if you are of that status, then what the Demon King said would be true.”
He said it as if he admitted it, but I didn’t believe him at all.
“Let me ask you one thing. What is the leader of the Demonic Cult doing with the Demon Extermination Squad of the Murim Alliance, which was created to destroy demons, and not just anyone else?”
Geommugeuk opened the box, looked down at the sleeping child, and answered.
“We are carrying out a garbage cleanup operation.”
For a moment, Taejo’s expression changed.
Geommugeuk continued speaking while making the child who was lying uncomfortably comfortable lie down.
“If you ask the people of the martial arts world who is the most evil, most of them will say us. It’s so unfair. There are so many people who are so nasty that you wonder if they are even human. This incident is no exception. They kidnapped other people’s children, sold them for money, and bought them to do something with them. This is trashy stuff that even we wouldn’t do.”
The gaze of the swordsman turned from the child to Taejo.
“What on earth are you trying to do?”
Asking this question after calling him trash earlier was the same as calling Taejo trash.
Taejo wanted to run over there and beat the guy up right away.
But that couldn’t be the case. Since the box containing the child had been found in his storage room, he had to somehow avoid this moment.
He quickly sent a message to Manhong.
-You’re going to have a hard time. I’ll get it out of here as quickly as possible.
-Yes, Your Majesty.
Manhong really didn’t feel like it. It was an incident that the Demon King himself had personally attacked, and he didn’t know what would happen if he was dragged away like this. However, he couldn’t disobey Moonju’s orders. The only choices were death or being dragged away.
Manhong came forward.
“Actually, it was my fault. I’m sorry.”
Taejo pretended to be surprised and scolded him.
“Is that true?”
“I didn’t know you were a kidnapped child. I just asked you to help me with my children.”
“What an idiot! You should have done your research and done it properly.”
“sorry.”
Taejo also had an apologetic expression.
“They say that they didn’t know that my subordinates were kidnapped children. It was my fault for not checking in advance.”
He pushed it away as if it were a minor mistake that occurred while he was doing his job.
Soo-ha insists that he didn’t know that the children were kidnapped, and that he himself didn’t know about this fact. So, what are you going to do about this?
Unfortunately for them, the person they were dealing with wasn’t just Jin Ha-gun.
Geommugeuk raised his hand.
“That’s why you need a witness. Here’s a witness. I heard everything. I even heard you tell me to call when the child wakes up.”
Taejo glared at Geommugeuk fiercely, but he didn’t show any fear at all, like a crazy person. Yeah, that’s why he was assigned to be a witness.
“There is a witness, so you must come with me.”
“I won’t go.”
There was a tense atmosphere between Jin Ha-gun and Taejo. Taejo knew that the moment he was dragged away, things would become a headache.
“I have to go.”
“Are you threatening me now?”
“If you’ve committed a crime, it would be a threat, but if you’re innocent, it would be cooperation.”
Taejo could sense that, to put it nicely, he would not go back.
“I was trying to understand and ignore the great leader’s agreement to save the children, but now that you’re so stubborn, I can’t help it. Does the great leader know what kind of situation this is?”
“Tell me.”
“The Murim Alliance attacked Sapa. This could be the start of a major war.”
I deliberately mentioned the provocative term ‘Jeongsa Daejeon’. It was a time when I had to push hard.
Taejo was well aware of Jin Ha-gun’s weaknesses.
“Jin Daejoo has not yet become the official successor. What will happen if he causes such a big conflict with the Sadomin? Shouldn’t he be careful for his own sake?”
At that moment, Geommu-geuk intervened in an annoying way.
“Are you okay? What if you cause a conflict with the Murim Alliance?”
Finally, Taejo could no longer bear it any longer and shouted.
“Shut up!”
He couldn’t stand the squeak of the swordsman and lost his composure. Whenever he tried to do something, his pulse would be cut off right next to him.
Jin Ha-gun smiled inwardly at the sight of her exploding with anger. Yeah, be angry. I know that.
Taejo shouted outside, perhaps because he thought that words would not do it.
“Come in.”
Then, the guards who had been waiting outside rushed in.
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The Myeolma-dae faced them with their swords pointed without any fear. The number of Yugeommun warriors who had rushed in was greater than expected. Moreover, their momentum was not ordinary. This thought came to me naturally.
‘The Yugeommun clan has this many masters?’
That was the reason Taejo could be relaxed. At least he was confident that he would not be dragged away from this place.
“Do you think we would tremble in fear if you were the Demon Squad?”
It wasn’t just them. The two people Taejo trusted most came in last. They were two old men in distinctive attire.
Jin Ha-gun recognized them at a glance.
“Blue and White Two Swords!”
As their nicknames suggest, they were wearing blue and white uniforms. Their shoes and scabbards were also blue for one and white for the other.
They were notorious masters in Sapa. If the Myeolma-dae were young, up-and-coming masters, these were worn-out old masters.
The momentum of Cheongbaek Igeom overwhelmed the warriors of the Destruction Corps. If they and the Yugeommun masters joined forces, it seemed like it would be a difficult fight.
“I didn’t know you guys would be at the police station.”
Taejo took Jin Ha-gun’s words as a reprimand.
“You guys? The two seniors were the ones who dominated the martial arts world even before Jin Daeju was born. Be polite.”
It seemed like he wanted to be treated as a senior in the martial arts world by Jin Ha-gun, but Jin Ha-gun’s response was cold. He had no intention of respecting those notorious people.
The two old men talked as if everyone was listening.
“How many years younger than us is the leader of the martial arts world?”
“I think I was three or four years younger.”
“That person has had an unusual personality since he was young.”
“How could I have known that I would become the leader of the martial arts world like this?”
Jin Ha’s eyes turned cold when he mentioned his grandfather like this, even though they had never actually met.
“You are not the kind of person to speak lightly.”
Then Baekgeom smiled and spoke in a soft tone.
“That’s right. He deserves respect. I didn’t mean to insult your grandfather. We don’t want to be insulted either. We’ll take care of what happened here and let you know, so please leave.”
“You, who can be called the face of the Murim Alliance, are coming to the Yugeommun, the successor to the Sapa sect, what kind of impertinence is this?”
“If you do this, even the leader will be in trouble.”
“Look, we are people who have no more attachment to life. If you and I fight, who has more to lose?”
The two old men took turns attacking Jin Ha-gun frantically.
Although they were said to be very irritating in every word, Jin Ha-gun could not treat them carelessly because they were veterans recognized by the Sapa people.
Of course, one person was an exception.
“Well, you have more to lose.”
The one who intervened was Geommu-geuk. Jin-ha-gun was still too young to deal with the old men of Sapa.
“How greedy must you be to have come to this warehouse full of desires? Why don’t you just wash your hands in a gold basin and live like the old stories in the folding screen? Why are you so greedy that you tore the folding screen and came out?”
The expressions of both of them hardened coldly, but Geommugeuk continued talking.
“There must be a pile somewhere full of things they’ve saved their whole lives. Maybe they don’t trust each other so they don’t tell each other where and how much they’ve hidden away. Is that right?”
Both of their faces turned bright red.
Cheonggeom asked, his intent to kill clearly revealed.
“Who is that bald guy?”
Then Taejo smiled and said.
“They said he was the leader of the Demonic Cult.”
When Cheongbaek Yi-geom made a surprised expression, Taejo quickly spoke.
“That’s crazy nonsense.”
Only then could Cheongbaek-i-geom understand the situation. Could a normal person mock them like this?
“That guy is the one hired by the Demon King to be a witness to frame me for my crimes.”
Taejo quickly sent a telegram.
-Please just get rid of that guy.
He was a thorn in my side, but thankfully he was so rude. Now I had enough excuse to kill him.
As Cheongbaek Yi-geom stepped forward, the demon slayers of the Destruction Corps all stood in front of him to block him.
Baekgeom said to Jinhagun.
“As you heard, Jin Dae-ju, that guy was rude to us. There are rules of the martial arts world that we as martial artists must follow, even if we are not the Jeongsama. Even if you look at it, you can’t just ignore it, right?”
Then Geommugeuk smiled and said.
“Please open the way. Let’s see if they really have no attachment to life as they said earlier.”
When the Demon King looked at Jin Ha-gun, he looked at Geommu-geuk once.
Even in this situation, it was a sword dance that was full of composure. Yes, at first glance, he seems like a crazy guy. But once you get to know him, you can see how thoroughly calculated that composure was.
“Open the way.”
At Jin Ha-gun’s command, the Demon Squad split into left and right to make a path.
Cheongbaek Yi-geom walked slowly along the road. They were not afraid at all even though they were walking along the road with the Demon Extermination Corps on either side.
As they were walking, their steps suddenly stopped.
Cheonggeom looked down at his hand. It was shaking as if he was convulsing.
Baekgeom looked at him with a surprised face.
“But why?”
Cheonggeom shook his head. It was the first time his hands had suddenly trembled like this.
This time, Cheonggeom was surprised. Baekgeom’s cheek was trembling.
“Why you?”
Baekgeom’s whole body began to tremble, not just his face. Cheonggeom was the same. His legs began to tremble. This was the first time he had experienced something like this since entering the martial arts world.
-Is it poison?
-It’s not poison.
-Then what?
The gazes of the two people who had been exchanging sounds turned towards the sword dance.
Geommugeuk looked at the child in the box, then suddenly raised his head and looked at the two people.
The moment their eyes met, Cheongbaek-i-geom knew.
‘It’s because of the author.’
It wasn’t the abyssal prayer that Geommu-geuk usually displays.
The aura that the Sword Dance now emitted from the two people was a murderous aura. The clear will to kill them showed that this path opened by the Demon Squad was the path to hell.
“What are you doing? You’re not coming.”
Cheongbaek-i-geom swallowed his saliva.
Taejo, who was watching, was puzzled. Since the murderous intent was only directed at Cheongbaek Leegeom, Taejo did not know why the two had stopped walking.
“Why are you doing that, senior?”
The person who answered Taejo’s question was Geommugeuk.
“Your precious seniors, you are trembling.”
I didn’t know what was going on, but it was clear that something was wrong. It was the moment when the angry Cheongbaek Sword should have rebuked him, but he didn’t.
The sword dance took a step towards the two people.
Under the pressure of that momentum, Cheongbaek Igeom and I stepped back at the same time.
“You say you have no more attachment to life?”
The gaze of the swordsman sank terribly. Cheongbaek Yigeom lowered his head, not daring to look into that gaze.
Jin Ha-gun could tell from that appearance.
‘Your skills have improved in the meantime!’
The sword dance was completely overwhelming for the veteran swordsman of Sapa, Cheongbaek Yigeom.
He looked different than when we last met. It felt like every time I took a step towards him, he was ten steps away.
“Who is the Great Swordsman?”
From Baekgeom’s mouth came the word not small-scale chivalry, but great chivalry.
“Didn’t that guy tell you earlier?”
Baekgeom, who was startled, quickly turned to look at Taejo and asked.
“Is this person really the leader of the Demonic Cult?”
Taejo answered in surprise.
“No. What are you talking about… … .”
For a moment, Taejo was startled and looked at Geommugeuk this time.
“Really the leader of the Demonic Cult?”
“I told you earlier, right? I’m the leader of the Cheonma Sect.”
Taejo’s voice trembled on its own.
“Why is the leader of the Demonic Cult here?”
“I told you that too. I’m cleaning out the trash.”
Cheongbaek Yigeom reprimanded Taejo.
“Did you push us into the hands of the Demonic Cult’s leader?”
“I didn’t know either.”
The Cheongbaek Yi-geom looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then quickly stepped back.
“There seems to have been a misunderstanding, so I hope Your Majesty understands.”
It was because they knew that if they messed with the leader of the Demonic Cult, they would not die a good death. Now was not the time to think about pride.
Taejo now understood what Jin Ha-gun had said.
That means it can’t be refuted, can’t be argued with, and can’t be killed or destroyed.
“I heard it myself. I am a witness.”
As I listened to the declaration of the sword dance that was resonating loudly, I could also understand the meaning of what he meant: that everyone but me would believe those words.
Who would dare to refute the claims made by the leader of the Demonic Cult? In a situation where even the Cheongbaek Sword, who had stood up for him, backed down.
The sword dance spoke to him.
“If you confess obediently, you will be taken to the Murim Alliance. If you hold out until the end, you will be taken to the main school. The choice is yours.”
Taejo’s heart sank. He was being dragged to the Cheonma Singyo, not the Murim Alliance? He could at least talk to the Murim Alliance, but if he was dragged to the Demonic Cult, it would be the end. You can tell just by looking at the leader of the small group. That guy who hangs out with the Demon Extermination Leader and shouts about getting rid of trash is crazy. He can’t be dragged to a den of crazy people.
“They are members of the Cheonmasingyo and the Murim Alliance, but I am just a member of a sect.”
“You scared us too much earlier, don’t you think we’re just a sect?”
“A scared dog barks loudly.”
He was so desperate that he had to say something like that. And this was the only way to survive.
“I request that this matter be handled under the mediation of the Apostolic Alliance.”
The Apostle would never give up on himself and Yugeommun. He believed that he would definitely be saved because he had contributed so far.
“I think that’s the fair way to handle things. If this continues, I feel so wronged. The world will know that we’ve been falsely accused.”
“What if you admit your sins in the Apostolic Alliance?”
“Then I will admit it clearly.”
Geommu-geuk, who had been quietly staring at Taejo, nodded his head readily, as if he had been thinking about something.
“Okay, call them. Let’s all three gather around and see who the real villain is.”
