Episode 212: Eastern Army’s Darkness -2-
The commander roughly threw down a bundle of papers.
A bundle of documents that would normally have been spread out as they pleased.
But it was different.
They fly up in a line like paper soldiers and crash down on the desk.
In front of the division commanders and staff members sitting in a row.
Especially in front of those who resemble the commander of the legion.
Papapapak!
Paper soldiers lined up neatly, halfway through the table.
Everyone sitting there turns pale in the face.
This was especially true for the two division commanders, Gu Jin-ju and Gu Hyeong-ju.
What was surprising was that the old man Gu, the sword master who had fought me, had a face as calm as water.
It would be natural for someone of that personality to be happy that his two younger siblings are going through such a hard time.
Do you still retain the enlightenment you gained from defeating me?
“Father, no, Commander. This is… … .”
What was the 2nd Division Commander Gu Jin-ju trying to say?
Then the commander glares.
“Do you have anything to say?”
The cold air cuts like a blade.
A wind like the cold north wind.
It means that the commander is about to explode.
Just as the 2nd Division Commander was about to say something with a troubled expression, the 3rd Division Commander Ku Hyeong-ju, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up.
Boom!
Then he bangs his head on the table.
Enough to make a loud noise.
Just enough so that it doesn’t break.
Bending over at a 90 degree angle.
“I’m sorry, Commander! I was sorry for causing you concern!”
“Why did you do something like this!”
“I’m sorry! I was too greedy in my desire to become stronger and reach level 8!”
“You idiot. Do you really think you’re level 8 just because you got to level 8 with this kind of sorcery? Don’t you know what that Japanese school black magician did on Ulleungdo Island a while ago?”
“I’m sorry! I will immediately withdraw my statement, apologize to the victims, and compensate them!”
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
Ulleungdo Japanese Eclipse School Black Magician?
I think the four major powers all know this.
It must have been kept a secret in the Sun Tower.
The commander clicked his tongue.
The air that had been rising like a blade is gradually settling down.
[Motivation Merchant] Trait is disabled.
This was the correct answer.
If the 3rd Division Commander had just tried to back off, it would have blown up right away.
I don’t know about other people, but the 2nd and 3rd division commanders must have been killed.
“I’m sorry, Commander. I’ll make sure this never happens again.”
The 2nd Division commander also stood up and bent at a 90-degree angle.
Seeing his children do this, the commander’s mind seemed to be at ease.
The blood vessels that had been rising around his eyes and neck were subsiding.
But we can’t just let it go like this.
I looked at the commander and spoke in a low voice.
“Commander. I am strictly an outsider and have no desire to get involved in the internal affairs of the Legion, but there is one thing I must point out.”
“Tell me.”
“Was this really the only case that happened at the Seongsu-dong factory? I think the Seongsu-dong factory incident is just the tip of the iceberg.”
“hmm…….”
The commander groans softly.
He closes his eyes for a moment and then glares at the 2nd and 3rd division commanders, as well as the other generals and staff members.
“Tell me here, here, and I will consider your suspicions. Are the suspicions of the blacksmith true?”
A moment of silence.
The commander slammed the table.
“Why isn’t there an answer!”
Kwaang!
The table is stuck in the floor as is.
Still holding the bundle of papers, neither broken nor damaged, like a bunch of soldiers.
The officers sitting in front shrugged.
The 3rd Division commander shouted in a cursed tone.
“Absolutely not!”
“No?”
“Yes. Although I made a mistake once, I have never walked the path of the apostles in anything else besides this one! How could I dare touch something that the commander has strictly forbidden?”
“okay?”
The commander looks at me with suspicion.
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Then, the 3rd Division Commander looked at the Corps Commander as if he felt wronged.
The 2nd Division Commander also added a word.
“It’s true. I got involved in some factory work, but it was only once. I was tempted by the rumor that I could become a Level 8 through superhuman bonding, so… … .”
“Tsk tsk tsk! I told you to do that!”
“I’m sorry, but I swear to my dead mother that it was only one time.”
“Can you believe it?”
“sure.”
Look at his character.
Walk your mom?
It’s an obvious lie, but the commander seems half-dead.
As a commander, you can’t help but believe that your daughter swears on the death of her wife.
Because I don’t know what kind of mess my children will make after I die.
“What about you? How are you?”
The commander swept away the other children one by one.
When their eyes met, they each bowed their heads politely.
“We don’t have any either.”
“I’m sorry… … I actually did something similar. I will correct it immediately.”
“I will do the same.”
“Haha, it’s rotten. It’s really, really rotten! Hahaha. I didn’t realize that the place under my feet was rotting like this!”
The commander let out a sigh.
But for me, it’s just a laugh.
Because it was obvious that all the corps commanders were trying to get by.
Even those who confessed their sins now were only confessing one small thing.
All the officers here are blood relatives of the corps commander.
From the Mukho district.
Although he was scolded and put on probation, he did not confess to a crime that could lead to dismissal from his position or criminal punishment.
There is only one thing left.
Just the old people.
The commander looked directly at his eldest son, who looked twice his age and had a wrinkled face, and asked one last question.
“Jeongju, how have you been?”
“I was the worst.”
“It was malicious?”
“yes.”
The old man waved his hand.
A bundle of documents that had been stuck on the table flies up and lands in the old man’s hands.
The old man said, turning the pages of the documents one by one.
“Criminal smuggling, illegal transportation, biological experiments, murder, torture. Oh my, not only criminals, but also how many ordinary superhumans did you use? Only superhumans without any family background or secret organization affiliation. You two really did a lot of different things.”
“Ahem!”
“joy.”
Is it because we are competitors?
The 2nd and 3rd division commanders turned their heads.
Their faces were bubbling with emotion.
So how was your home, that face.
Because the two of them know very well what the old man was doing behind the scenes.
widely!
The old man put down a bundle of documents.
Then he looks at the commander with a face as clear as day.
“I wasn’t just this bad.”
“Just that? Just that?”
“yes.”
Old man Koo nods his head with strength.
“I captured and tortured innocent people, and saw the shaking of the magical power waves that occurred during the process, and inferred the shape of the magical power circuit from the distorted blood vessels and nervous system when injecting the Silent Invincible Sword Technique. I forced them to imprint the Great Tiger Sword Technique, Tiger King Sword Technique, and Silent Invincible Sword Technique and made them fight each other, and I tried to draw the sword path by watching them. I also studied a method to transform a body into the optimal body for the Silent Invincible Sword Technique using magicians. In the process, more than a hundred people died.”
“Huh, heh heh heh.”
The commander bursts into laughter.
It was a laughter filled with life.
The sunken merchant spirit is reactivated.
The air becomes heavy and sharp.
The outer surface of the magic tracksuit I was wearing was torn and the threads were flying around.
“That’s ridiculous. Are you saying that I did a good job?”
“no.”
The old man looked at me once.
His already calm face became even more calm.
Like a flowing river.
Or like the crystal clear waters of a Siberian lake.
“I now know that it was all in vain and meaningless. Although I once committed foolish acts under delusion and delusion, I have now washed it all away. I am also making small apologies and compensations to those who were sacrificed because of me. I am providing medical treatment and compensation to the living, and I am giving prosthetics to the families of those who have already died, and I am going around making compensations and apologies.”
“Hmm… … Yes. I heard you were doing that. I thought you were crazy, but it seems your connection with the Sword Master has been beneficial to you.”
“Yes. It was only after I was defeated by the Black Sword that I finally opened my eyes.”
The old man took his eyes off me.
He looks around at his brothers and sisters sitting around him.
Then, he burst into laughter as he looked at the 2nd and 3rd division commanders.
“Pearl, Pearl. Did you just swear to your deceased mother?”
“Why is that?”
“I tried to stay quiet so as not to cause trouble, but I have to mention this. Commander. No, father. This isn’t all that those two, no, our legion has done.”
The old man threw the papers.
Each sheet of paper flutters gorgeously through the air and lands on the table.
At the exact same spot where the commander had placed the object earlier.
It is a skill that is difficult for an ordinary person like Gu to demonstrate.
After shaking off his widowhood, the old man grew up a lot despite his age.
Even though I didn’t reach level 8.
“Commander. It is embarrassing to say this, but our legion is rife with illegality and sorcery. We cannot leave it like this. If we do, in ten years, our legion will no longer be the cradle and paradise of warriors it is now, but will be nothing more than a group of reinforced soldiers. Inevitably, like the conglomerates and those crazy about money, we will only pursue money and power. This means that we will not be the shield of our country and people that you preached, and we will not be the protectors of the civilians, but a group of gangster nobles.”
“Huh, I didn’t know you would say something like that, hyung.”
The 3rd Division commander grumbled.
But the old man was looking at the commander with confidence.
“Commander, as the commander of the 1st Division, I suggest that you do not delay. We must thoroughly investigate our corps and root out all illegality and sorcery.”
“older brother!”
“capital punishment!”
“Brother!”
“Four hundred!”
It was a bombshell statement.
The officers immediately called out to the old man in surprise, screaming.
In particular, the 2nd and 3rd division commanders were spitting fire from their eyes.
But the overflowing cries soon turn into a dead silence.
“stop.”
Because the commander who was listening raised his right hand.
“Should we do a full investigation?”
“Yes. The swordsman is right. The Seongsu-dong factory is just the tip of the iceberg. I can assure you that this incident is less than 1% of all the illegal and evil things our legion has done.”
“1%? Is that true?”
“Yes. I swear on my conscience and my sword.”
“Heh heh heh, heh heh heh, heh heh heh!”
The commander smiles.
At first, it was a small laughter.
It grows little by little.
Later, it starts to rumble and vibrate the air, creating strange waves.
“Eww!”
“Commander!”
“Hey, hold on tight!”
A sound hole in itself.
Even the major division commanders and staff members at level 7 are suffering.
Those at level 6 are almost fainting.
Only me and the old man were okay.
Is the commander using it to avoid it on purpose?
no.
I held on with my special ability, and the old man held on by sitting down and uniting his swords.
That guy really got stronger.
“good night.”
The commander stopped laughing and spoke with a solemn face.
“I will conduct the highest level of inspection throughout the entire Legion. And that inspection will be… … .”
The commander keeps an eye on the old man.
It seems like they’re trying to make the old man do something since he’s shown a lot of changes.
Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head.
“I recommend the sword.”
“Huh? Blacksmith?”
“Yes, Commander. I think it’s best to leave this kind of thing to an outsider rather than an insider. Wasn’t it the Inspector General who brought the factory case in the first place? It would be better to ask the Inspector General to tie up the matter.”
“External inspection… … .”
“Brother. Are you determined to throw the honor of our legion into the trash can?”
“It is not you, me, or Jinjuji Geomseong who have tarnished the honor of our legion. External inspection? It is truly dishonorable to bury it and leave, but it is not dishonorable to make an effort to purify it. We must cleanse ourselves thoroughly on this occasion so that we can pass on the name of our legion to future generations.”
“You’ve become quite an adult. Since when have you been living such an honorable life?”
The 2nd Division commander shot back with a grim expression.
Leave the inspection to me… …
If you make a formal request, I have no reason to refuse.
No, you are very welcome.
I repeat, the Eastern Army must be reborn to do its part in the war against the old Father’s Sect.
“good night.”
The corps commander, who had been pondering, made a decision.
“I hereby grant the title of Honorary Inspector General and the rank of Honorary Major General to the Black Star. This title and rank will be valid only for the duration of the inspection, and will grant the privilege of inspecting all personnel of the Eastern Army, including myself, without any sanctuary.”
“Commander!”
“No matter what, it’s an external audit!”
“It’s noisy!”
The commander stamped his foot.
Magical force runs through the ground.
An effect that seems to implement the shockwave characteristic of the shield series with the foot.
I also felt my body stiffen and exclaimed inwardly.
“If you guys had done well in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened! What? Biological experiments? Superhuman grafting? That’s what black magicians do! That’s why you haven’t even reached level 8 yet! The only way for a warrior to become stronger is through training, and there is no royal road to training!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The commander, unable to control his anger, stamped his feet several times.
Each time, a shock wave struck the officers.
The officers can no longer endure it and fall unconscious.
There was even an officer with blood coming from his mouth.
The 2nd and 3rd division commanders bowed with pale faces.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
“We were wrong… … .”
“If you knew it was wrong, you shouldn’t have done it!”
The commander rose from his seat.
Then he taps my shoulder.
“Please take good care of me, Geomseong. I have many children, but you are the only one I can trust and leave to them.”
“I will do my best.”
“Don’t let anyone off the hook. If anyone keeps talking nonsense, tell me. No, just beat them up. They’re all frogs in a well, so you have to beat them up so they’ll listen.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
The commander glared at his officers and then left.
Only then did the air become a little lighter.
Officers rise up with a start.
Among them, the 2nd and 3rd division commanders approached me.
“Black Star. Look at me for a moment.”
A blank face, as if nothing happened.
But deep in his eyes, murderous intent was flashing.
