Episode 88
Full of character, no, personality
“Confucius.”
“Why is your expression suddenly like that? It’s scary.”
“now-“
“Is it because of those North Sea bastards?”
“… How, how-”
“Let’s talk on the way there first.”
I went to the Nanhyeopjeon where Yusu Min was receiving treatment with Danggon.
Danggon was looking at me like I was a ghost.
“I wonder if the current leader of the sect looks more like a ghost than a ghost in the author’s eyes.”
“How surprised would you be if you were the first to learn of an incident that you have only just discovered?”
The ghosts giggled as if they found Dang-gon’s expression funny.
But unlike all those smiles, there was no emotion in the eyes.
It was the moment when we started to seriously clash with the North Sea species.
Now that the long-awaited war has broken out, it’s inevitable that we’ll be extremely nervous.
They all knew better than anyone else how dangerous the war with the North Sea Clan was.
How dense and scary the swarm behind it is.
If you were even a little off track here, it would be straight into a cliff.
It was after a long time that Danggon opened his mouth.
“… That’s what it was.”
He struggled to figure out the causal relationship between the before and after as he moved, and eventually he seemed to have come to one conclusion.
“Did you induce the three sages to move like this?”
“Halfway.”
“The remaining half of the shares, by any chance, are you Gui Zhuge Liang?”
“that’s right.”
When Gui Zhuge came to warn me about the mischief of the Bukhae Jong, I hatched several plans with him on the spot.
‘-So, with that humane head of yours, please hurry up and come up with some solutions.’
‘A head full of humanity…?’
‘Huh? Isn’t that right? Who the hell lives there and broke the balls of the grand lady and Namgung with a few bribes?’
‘I should say that it is a head full of character and virtue.’
‘So you’re saying that in your head, which is overflowing with character and virtue, nothing comes to mind right away? That can’t be possible.’
‘It exists, though.’
‘Hey, hey! What is it? Tell me quickly! I’m so excited to hear it!’
‘Get out of here. That’s why I don’t want to talk about it anymore.’
‘Are you going to keep doing this and keep taking it away?’
‘Where did you actually leave the stuff? Okay. But there’s something we need to discuss before that.’
‘What is it?’
‘I wish I could blow up a few of the guys I don’t like.’
‘Hehe! I knew it! As expected, that’s his personality-‘
“That blind bookworm who was good at making noises must have had an amazing eye for people-“
“It’s hard to find someone who can see through the leader so well and who is a good match for him, so I wonder if you’ll consider using him in the future.”
Even after I became a small business owner, I still had some concerns.
Those who are making a fuss about my origins.
Even though I had a reputation for defeating Baekgolmangsa and Bukpunggwi, and even though my fame grew to the point where the Lion King would visit me as a guest, those who were immediately dissatisfied with me were deeply rooted within my branch family.
No matter how much Danggon tried to force them out, they were subversive elements that would never disappear.
So, even though I was on the verge of a major disaster, I had no choice but to draw my sword for the sake of internal unity.
So the sword chosen was Gu Min-chae.
If the guy ever starts to make a move in earnest, I’d be the first one to target him.
But ever since I became the head of a small group, the White House has been under tight security.
No matter how many demons you have, it will be difficult to touch them rashly.
So I thought maybe he was trying to lead me out.
Perhaps the way to do this is to take hostage those closest to me.
“Isn’t that why you made such a cute offer to Cheon-yeop-seon-ja and the two thugs?”
“Onma was also placed by Dang Gyu-jin’s side as a secret guard.”
I explained the entire situation to Dang Gyu-jin, Yoo Su-min, and Sima Xian and requested their cooperation.
Fortunately, the three promised to help without any conditions.
Rejecting evil is a common goal held by all political figures.
Their sense of mission to stop the plot of the Bukhae Sect to turn the Sacheon martial arts world into a wasteland is what moves them.
Of course, this required a bit of acting, but fortunately, it seemed to work out very well for Gu Min-chae.
‘Are you still in contact with Onma?’
“For some unknown reason, contact with Onma has been lost, and Ilno is in hot pursuit. We will be able to find out their location soon.”
‘Oh my… I hope nothing happens?’
“You know very well that he is not a man to be easily defeated. He must be waiting for an opportunity somewhere around you.”
‘Okay. Everyone worked hard.’
“Ha, the little cult leader who always recruited us said this, this, this!”
“There is no greater reward than this in all my three lives!!”
Anyway, after all that groundwork, this was the result.
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Now that we have eliminated all the dissatisfied elements, it will be easier to integrate the branches.
Yeah, if only I had followed the defense system I designed, I wouldn’t have suffered so much. Isn’t it all your own fault?
But it seemed like Danggon didn’t really think that way.
“It is true that they were dissatisfied with Confucius. It is also true that he was needlessly holding them back and making holes in the defense system that needed to be reorganized.”
I stopped walking and looked at Danggon quietly.
Danggon said forcefully.
“But they too were proud members of the Kowloon branch.”
“So what are you trying to say?”
“Was he really that scary, Confucius?”
My eyes sank deeply.
“then?”
“If you continue to be a nuisance to the Confucius, even if you are a member of the same family, you will be coldly thrown away like this-”
“I asked you. Then what are you going to do?”
“!”
“Are you going to leave me?”
“… That’s not what I meant.”
“No. It’s the same for me.”
“!”
“Musaboo, I am not the Lord of the Branch House.”
“!!”
“I don’t know how the Lord of the Bunga led the Musabu and Gwangpungdae in the past. But keep one thing in mind. I am different from the Lord of the Bunga. If you don’t know the difference, you won’t be able to join me in the future.”
“… … .”
“I’ll only accept your whining until today.”
Danggon smiled and then lowered his head.
“…I committed an offense.”
“No. It’s also my fault for not telling you in advance.”
“… … .”
“But know one thing. I don’t have the confidence to run while appeasing every single person who holds me back during my reign. I’d be too busy just running my own path.”
I spoke forcefully, staring straight into Danggon’s shaking pupil.
“So, I hope Musabu is not someone who holds me back, but someone who can run alongside me. I really like Musabu.”
“… … I will be careful from now on.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
I started walking again.
Various emotions were flashing across Dang-gon’s face as he took the lead.
“He may seem easygoing on the outside, but he’s actually an inflexible person with terrible camaraderie.”
“It may be frustrating to watch from the sidelines, but wouldn’t an organization run properly if it had people like this?”
“He is a person who listens with open ears when the leader of the sect persuades him well, so I think you can use him with confidence in the future.”
As I had chosen to be the Gwangmyeong Woosa, Danggon was definitely a talent that I could not do without.
* * *
The Nanhyeopjeon was already noisy with guests trying to figure out the situation.
“I heard that Jeongwolhyeonnyeo was injured. Is that true!?”
“There are rumors that Cheon-yeop Seon-ja and Baek-geom Mok-ran have been kidnapped-”
“Has the Demonic Cult really appeared?”
Has the rumor spread in the meantime?
“Have any other incidents happened besides this one?”
『No. I had already been closely monitoring the movements of the three clans within the branch family, and succeeded in stopping them before any major troubles occurred. The system proposed by Confucius was correct.』
Fortunately, this meant that the defense system was functioning normally.
『However, there were guests who witnessed the fighting that broke out during the suppression, as they were unable to stop it all.』
“They spread the rumor.”
『But it would be difficult to know about the incident with Princess Gyujin… I think there are still some things I haven’t figured out yet, so I’ll try to find them as quickly as possible.』
“Please. Right now, time is the most important trump card.”
“Yes. I will keep that in mind.”
To maximize the confusion, those who still remained in the branch spread rumors and caused trouble.
In fact, the rumor that ‘the Demonic Cult might invade’ was causing a stir among many guests.
The fear and terror that the Demonic Cult had was very great for the people of the Central Plains.
“Any answer-”
“Isn’t that guy over there the head of a small business?”
“Oh, I see! Hey, you-”
Then the guests belatedly discovered me and turned around.
Danggon stepped forward and covered me.
“I’ll block this place somehow. Confucius, go to the back entrance-”
“No. I don’t think that’s necessary.”
“?”
It was at that very moment that questions appeared on Danggon’s face.
Kwaaang!
“Who on earth can’t sleep at this hour and is making so much noise-!”
The Lion King appeared, swinging his sword fiercely and roaring loudly.
“Above, above, the great hero!”
“Your Majesty! You came at a good time!! The Demonic Cult is outside right now-”
“It seems like the Nine Dragons are hiding a danger from us-”
“Everyone shut up!”
“!!”
“!!”
“!!”
“Explain one by one! It’s so noisy I can’t hear what you’re talking about!”
I can see the voice is loud, as if he had boiled some rice cakes.
The guests looked half-astonished at the spirit of the Lion King.
Then, some people swallowed dry saliva and barely opened their mouths.
“Oh, they say the Demonic Cult has come nearby!”
“so?”
But the Lion King’s reaction was lukewarm.
The guests were embarrassed.
“Yes, yes? That, that’s why! You, after six years, you dared to come to the, the central plains! Because of that, Jeongwolhyeonnyeo was seriously injured, and Cheonyeopseonja and Baekgeommokran went missing. Even in this critical situation, there must be a reason why the Guryong branch family hid this fact-”
“The Nine Dragons intentionally hid the news that the Demonic Cult was coming?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. As far as I know, the Kowloon branch has never done anything like that.”
“…yes?”
The lion king frowned.
“Are you listening to me? Guryong never did anything like that!”
“Ha, but none of us-”
“Is there anyone who doesn’t know that the head of the Guryong clan, Sobun-ga, sat in that position because of his merits in cutting off the heads of Baekgolmangsa and Bukpunggwi? Even I, who came from the martial arts world of Guizhou, know this?”
“!”
“Even if that’s the case for Baekgolmangsa, Bukpungwi was a leader of the minority demon group that the Cheonmasingyo Domabukhaejong was proud of. If such an author appeared in Sacheon Doseonghyeon, then it’s only natural that other guys would be active as well!”
“!!”
“!!”
“!!”
“You guys have a big gun that you don’t even know how to use, and now you’re acting like this because something happened late! Does that make sense?!”
All the guests ended up keeping their lips shut.
“Furthermore, looking at it this way, it looks like you didn’t suffer any damage at all!! Then doesn’t that mean that Guryong did what they could do?! The ones who were actually harmed, Cheongseong, Ami, and Cheonghwa, are just sitting there, so why are you making a fuss about it! You rascal!”
Speculation was now boiling hot.
It’s as if if I talk any more nonsense here, I’ll burn it all down.
“If you know what I’m talking about, then get out!”
The guests eventually ran away to their respective accommodations in despair.
The Lion King glared at them as if he found them pitiful, then glanced over.
Then he smiles proudly and winks one eye… .
“What do you think of this Woohyung’s skills? Isn’t it great?”
For a moment, I found myself laughing out loud.
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