10. Deadly Hover Bike Rally (3)
10. Deadly Hover Bike Rally (3) – The prize is a new little brother.
Yeonhwa tilted her head and asked, as if she didn’t feel particularly embarrassed.
“Are you uncomfortable?”
“Ahem. I don’t know much about the clothing of this era, but back when I lived, there wasn’t any clothes like that, so it’s not comfortable to look at.”
To be honest, I didn’t know where to look. However, Mokjin couldn’t bring himself to say that because of his reputation as a senior in the martial arts world.
Perhaps because she saw an unexpected side of him, unlike their past encounters where he had always seemed like a stiff martial arts senior, Yeonhwa answered with a slightly playful look in her eyes, lightly closing the front of her cape.
“It’s not my preferred outfit, but I can’t help it since there’s no other outfit that’s as efficient as this for the game.”
Somehow, as she closed her cape, the resentful looks from those around her seemed to increase. Mok-jin tried to avoid those looks and changed the subject.
“Anyway, it’s strange and nice to meet you like this. Since we’ve come to this, why don’t we have a speed test?”
If it was impulsive, it was an impulsive suggestion. The person involved, Seolyeong, was full of enthusiasm to obtain the internal energy drive core, but to Mokjin, it was just a different and enjoyable pastime.
‘Even if you don’t get that core right now, you can always get another one later.’
Mok-jin looked at Yeon-hwa, calmly brushing aside the thoughts that would make Se-ryeong roll her eyes if she heard them. What fun would it be if there were no bets in the game?
“That sounds fun. I’m here to lend my son some strength, but I’m sure he’d understand a small bet like that.”
Yeonhwa nodded with a slight raise in her lips. It seemed that it wasn’t only Mokjin who found this competition amusing.
“But if it’s a bet, shouldn’t there be something at stake for it to be called a bet?”
Mokjin smiled brightly as if he was pleased by Yeonhwa’s words that were not serious but rather went a step further. Mokjin answered with a slight shrug.
“Well, I don’t have anything right now, so if you win, I’ll grant you a small favor. Wouldn’t that be enough for a light bet?”
“If you do that for me, senior, I could ask for nothing more. I will also offer the same conditions.”
“Great. This is going to be a fun game.”
What is this? Seolyeong looked bewildered by the bet that was suddenly made on the spot.
‘Why would these masters bet on something like this?’
It wasn’t a very pleasant feeling for someone who was concerned about winning, but if it could only boost Mokjin’s motivation, there was no reason to turn it down. Se-ryeong intervened between the two and stirred up the atmosphere.
“Yes, yes. You two decide on the bets, and listen to the explanation of the limits first. The staff is waiting for you here.”
At Seolyeong’s words, a tournament staff member who had been waiting in a corner took a step forward and bowed his head slightly.
“It is an honor to meet you, Your Majesty the Sword Master. I would like to hear an explanation of the competition limits. Is this a good time for you?”
“I’m sorry for keeping you waiting. Please begin.”
“Yes. I will explain it right away. As you know, during a match, other than infusing a certain amount of internal energy into your weapon, you cannot use ascending martial arts such as swordsmanship or swordsmanship, and the output limit of the internal energy drive is fixed at A-rank. Have you set it up in advance?”
“That’s right.”
“Okay. The self-defense techniques above the standard for the Martial Arts Alliance’s top class can only be used in life-threatening situations. If you have no choice but to use the self-defense techniques, you will automatically be disqualified. Please make sure to submit the observer’s core log after the competition ends.”
“Okay, I see.”
What are you talking about for now? Mokjin watched the conversation between the two with a blank expression. The staff member who finished explaining to Yeonhwa turned to Mokjin and asked.
“Are you a participant too? What is your name?”
“It’s Lee Mok-jin.”
“Lee Mok-jin······Ah, here he is. Huh? He’s listed as natural, so why is he the subject of the explanation?”
The staff looked at the wooden board and the panel in their hands alternately, with confused expressions. The only people who were subject to the explanation of the limit restriction were those who had reached the peak of their power or higher. However, since the profile said that their internal energy drive level was natural, such a reaction was not strange.
This is the reaction again. Seolyeong looked at the staff with a bored expression and called him over to explain the whole story.
“Do you understand? Even though it looks like this, this person is a master of Naegigong, so he is natural, but in terms of classification, he is classified as a target.”
“Wow······. In the twenty years I’ve been doing this job, this is the first time I’ve seen someone use Qigong. There really are people like that.”
“······Someday, there will come a time when I won’t be surprised to see someone using qigong.”
Mokjin looked at the staff who were looking at him with a curious look and answered curtly. Now that I have come face to face with the poor perception of Naegigong, I feel like I have a long way to go.
The staff member, who had no idea what Mokjin was thinking, tapped the panel here and there for a moment, then made an embarrassed expression.
“Ugh······. But there’s a bit of a headache. This rule was created based on the premise that a warrior has an internal energy drive, so there are no rules for a warrior who has learned internal energy. First of all, you know that you can’t use ascending martial arts, right?”
“I heard about it a little while ago and I understand.”
It wasn’t a particularly difficult spell for Mokjin. Whether it was a sword, a sword, or a strong ring, there wouldn’t be any difficulty in subduing the mediocre warriors even without them. Rather, if he were to use such ascending martial arts to deal with them, it would be like using a knife to kill a chicken.
“The problem is the issue of self-defense and internal energy output······. I’ll contact the organizing committee first.”
The staff member knocked on the panel so fast that it made a clicking sound. Then, the staff member raised his head and spoke to Mokjin.
“Well, since I’m a qigong practitioner, my internal energy output doesn’t matter, right?”
“Tsk.”
Despite the good news, Mokjin clicked his tongue as if he was dissatisfied. There was no need to ask anything else. He probably thought that I couldn’t produce the same output as my internal energy drive with my qigong. Even though I defeated Seocheon Sword Marquis Kim Yeonhwa like that, it seemed that my prejudice against my qigong had not been eradicated.
Of course, contrary to Mokjin’s feelings, objectively speaking, it was a clear fact that I couldn’t press the internal energy drive as output. It was just that he couldn’t think like a frog or a tadpole because the internal energy restrictions were gone.
The staff continued to speak regardless of whether Mokjin was upset or not.
“The problem is with self-defense weapons. If we don’t put restrictions on self-defense weapons for the sake of fairness, we should impose penalties in other areas.”
“Penalty?”
“It’s a disadvantage.”
“Hmm······.”
Mok-jin, who frowned at the word disadvantage, crossed his arms for a moment and fell into thought. After about ten seconds, Mok-jin raised his head and spoke to the staff.
“Don’t worry about the self-defense weapon. I don’t plan on using it during my match.”
“······yes?”
What on earth are you thinking? Serin grabbed Mokjin’s arm in shock. Not only her, but even Yeonhwa and Seongjin all reacted as if they had misheard. You wouldn’t use your life-saving self-defense weapon? However, Mokjin, who was the one who brought up the subject, just waved his hand lightly at the staff with a calm and composed face.
The staff member who was looking back at Mokjin with a blank expression asked back.
“Excuse me, I think I misheard you… If you’re not going to use the self-defense weapon, are you only going to use the self-defense weapon?”
“What else is self-defense?”
“You know, the clothes that generate a bunch of disposable or rechargeable self-defense weapons?”
Ah, that’s the ghost. Mok-jin nodded as he recalled the item he had seen at the Ronin Market last time at Se-ryeong’s words. It was an extra lifeline that could only be used once and was not as strong as a real self-defense weapon, but even the underlings could get it if they had money. It was an item that Mok-jin didn’t really need, but it looked quite useful.
However, it wasn’t that Mokjin had that in mind and said he wouldn’t use the self-defense weapon.
“I have no intention of using such a thing. I mean, I literally will not use any self-defense equipment during the match.”
“No, sir, even a master would die if he gets stabbed blindly without any self-defense skills. No, even if he doesn’t get stabbed, if he’s unlucky enough to fall off the hover bike, he’ll just end up dead. What on earth makes you say something like that?!”
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Did this gentleman feel his lungs tense because he was in front of Seocheon Geom-hu? It was a shocking story for Se-ryeong.
Being stabbed with a sword is not a problem for a skilled rider like Mokjin. However, on a hover bike that is speeding at hundreds of kilometers per hour and has no safety devices, it is called a moving coffin, and self-defense or self-defense is the minimum lifeline.
But Mokjin was never bluffing. How could he have said something like that without any belief?
“Do you think you can harm my indestructible, diamond-like body with a raw blade that isn’t even wrapped in a sword?”
“ah······?”
Seolyeong blinked. It was like that because all I had seen was him struggling while holding onto a hover bike, but when I thought about it, what was in front of me was an absolute master who had reached an unprecedented level, to the point where he could even transform like in the legend.
“Huh? Did this person get the Diamond Immortal treatment? On their profile, they say they’ve never had any external treatment and are natural.”
“Go! Diamond Invincibility Treatment? Do you think I would use such a strange sorcery?”
When Mok-jin suddenly got angry at the staff’s words, Se-ryeong quickly intervened.
“Haven’t you read martial arts novels? Even if I learn qigong, I can still use the Diamond Sword.”
“······Really? Wasn’t that something that only happened in martial arts novels? Was that really possible?”
“I’m telling you because it’s possible.”
The staff nodded at Seolyeong’s words. Since I didn’t know much about qigong, there was no way to confirm it even if I tried to add stories from martial arts novels.
The staff finally convinced Mok-jin by showing him how to deflect a sword in front of his eyes with his arms rolled up, and then somehow convinced the organizing committee to drop the penalty story. As the staff left to find others, Yeon-hwa nodded lightly at Mok-jin and said,
“Then, the competition will start soon, so the girl will go to her child’s home, senior. I look forward to seeing you at the race.”
“Okay, let’s have a go.”
After Yeonhwa left like that, Mokjin finally lowered his sleeves with a displeased expression and grumbled.
“Tsk. I’m not even a clown and I have to do something like this······.”
“Think positively. That means that the martial arts skills you possess are so great that others can’t even imagine. So······Huh?”
Now, Seolyeong, who was skillfully playing the mokjin, looked somewhere and slightly opened her eyes. The sight of Baek Sahee, the daughter of the Samgeukhoeju, looking at her through the crowd. After meeting their eyes, she turned around and disappeared somewhere, causing Seolyeong to sigh softly.
“Sir, I’m going to meet Baekga Gijibae for a bit, so wait here for a moment.”
“Okay.”
Don’t blindly follow me just because I see something new. Mok-jin’s face crumpled at Se-ryeong’s additional words.
The Totuga Rally is a competition where the winner is determined by adding up the rankings of four courses in different environments. Despite the incredible casualty rate, it is the largest hover bike race in the universe with four-digit numbers of participants each time.
Naturally, the organizers of the past Tortuga Rally spent a lot of money to build a huge startline carrier specifically for the Tortuga Rally, as there were space issues in lining up this huge number of participants.
The result was four strangely shaped ships that looked like giant honeycombs on the back of ships. Rather than ships, these departure ships were better described as mobile structures, and each of the honeycomb holes on these ships could be said to be waiting rooms and starting points for the players.
And here, a group of hover bikes with black stripes on a green background are visible. There are about a dozen machines that look more like small armored vehicles or tanks than hover bikes. These are the twenty black panthers who are participating in this Totuga Rally for the prize money.
Kim Seong-beom, the black panther, was watching his subordinates repairing the hover bike when he felt a presence behind him, so he turned around and bowed his head slightly to greet them. This time, it was his mother, Seocheon Sword Marquis Kim Yeon-hwa, who was his strong ally and would win the Totu Rally with him.
“Welcome back, Mother.”
“Okay. I went and said hello to my senior.”
“Really? What did you talk about when you went there?”
“It wasn’t much. I just made a bet that I’d get my wish granted based on the results of this match.”
Oh, right. Sungbeom nodded absentmindedly and turned his gaze back to his subordinates, but suddenly turned his head away. A strange expression appeared on his face.
“Mother, don’t tell me this again······.”
Yeonhwa smiled faintly and nodded at Seongbeom’s words.
“Don’t you want a cute new youngest sibling? Let’s win this game for sure.”
Seocheon Sword Master Kim Yeon-hwa.
She was a woman with an unusual eccentricity, even by the standards of this era, who had never had a normal relationship, let alone marriage, and yet had over ten children through artificial insemination of her own genes with those of a strong man she recognized.
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Mok-jin, a seasoned master of the martial arts world, is unshaken even when he sees a naked woman right in front of him. However, the full-body racing suit makes it impossible for him to hide his embarrassment.
As Kim Yeon-hwa closed the cape, Mok-jin’s notoriety in the Seocheon Swordsman fan cafe rose slightly from that day on.
Absolute masters, past and present, are basically people who are crazy about martial arts, but because their martial arts skills develop so slowly, they also find pleasure in small things like betting or hobbies.
The bet between Mokjin and Yeonhwa is a bet where the winner’s wish is granted, but it is only a ‘light’ bet, so it is literally closer to a bet for fun.
Basically, participants in the Totoga Rally can charge their weapons, but they can’t use the sword, let alone the Ganghwan or Geomgang. They also have to limit their internal energy output, and since they can’t use the Hosin Ganggi at will, even the best players with good internal energy drive output have their power significantly restricted. If they cause trouble in the competition, not only will their reputation go to shit, but they will also face a huge bounty in the Totoga Ronin Market.
There is no mandatory limit, but you must submit an observer’s core log of your internal drive after the match. The observer’s log is a public log that does not contain confidential information and is intended to be shown to unspecified third parties, as the name suggests.
Serin is now skilled at explaining the special nature of Mokjin to those around her.
At least on record, there has not been an active master using Naegigong in the past few decades.
Mokjin is indestructible. Indestructible Diamond cannot be wounded unless it is at the level of a sword or an extremely refined sword energy, and at the very least, it must be at the level of a fully matured Hyeon-gyeong.
Hosinui is a type of disposable/rechargeable barrier coat. It is difficult to expect the same level of protection as Hosin Ganggi, but it is quite useful. However, the price and maintenance costs are very high.
Slowly, Serin began to get used to teasing the ancient spaceman.
Mok-jin had gone missing while watching the Totu Ronin Market. He was reunited with Se-ryeong and Sun-ja through the missing child search broadcast, but it was a very shameful experience for him. Because of that, Mok-jin could not refute Se-ryeong’s words.
The departure ship of the Totuga Rally has approximately 400 waiting rooms per ship, and also functions as a comprehensive residential space with restaurants, lounges, and shopping centers.
The hover bikes used by the Black Panthers have very good defense and reasonably good turning ability for a hover bike, at the expense of some speed. The Black Panther owner Kim Seong-beom’s personal machine has less armor, so defense is somewhat reduced, but more focused on speed.
Seocheon Sword Master Kim Yeon-hwa can have children with anyone she approves of, regardless of gender. Contrary to prejudiced views, the relationship between her and her children is surprisingly very harmonious.
