Episode 284:
Five days before the martial arts competition opens.
The entire business, which was filled with festive atmosphere, seemed to have calmed down for some reason.
There was a glimpse of ferocity in the eyes of the martial arts people who glanced away, and it seemed that it would not be strange if a sword attack occurred at any moment.
There may have been some tension that the competition would be held soon, but it was more the fault of those who had recently disappeared without a trace.
Colleagues, friends, or relatives disappeared overnight and no trace could be found.
Naturally, he was suspicious of the martial arts people around him and was gnashing his teeth to seek revenge.
And a group of people gathered together to resolve this situation.
Jang Sam-tae, Kwon Moo-jin, and Hong Won-chang.
Although they were a small number, there were no people who were as reliable as this. They were standing in front of a small guest house at the entrance of Jangsa, facing a man.
The man, who was trembling and had a pale complexion, was unable to even speak properly, perhaps because he was frightened by his status as a prefecture.
“Is that really true?”
“Really! “There is not a single lie.”
Hong Won-chang swallowed a groan at the man’s words.
The only eyewitness was this man.
However, even when I interrogated the man, nothing came out. I saw a black shadow and a ghost was laughing in the darkness.
It was very fast, and the way it ran away while carrying a person was like watching a flying animal.
There was no clue as the same sound was repeated over and over again.
Hong Won-chang grabbed his throbbing head and questioned him several more times, but the man only trembled.
“Was there really nothing else?”
“I told you several times, but it was too dark to see. “I found out later that my colleague was captured.”
The man complained, pounding his chest in frustration.
It was unfair that his colleague was captured and disappeared, but he seemed annoyed as he kept asking about things that happened that day that he couldn’t even think about.
“I don’t think you’re lying.” Kwon Moo-jin muttered and tried to dissuade Heung Won-chang from continuing to press him.
From the perspective of the man who was both a victim and a witness, it was quite unfair.
“Ha… this is a big deal.”
Hong Wenchang frowned.
The newly appointed mayor of Jangsa also took this situation seriously and released the police, but since no clues were found, he begged and begged Hong Won-chang, who was famous for his actions.
The Martial Arts Convention will be held soon, and if it is not resolved before then, it will be an issue of unprecedented importance.
Moreover, if you make a mistake, the sparks may fly to Hong Won-chang.
“But does it really exist?” The man who was shrinking at that time quietly asked.
Even after seeing it with my own eyes, I couldn’t believe it, but judging from the rumors going around and the fact that they came to see me, it seemed like there was no doubt about it.
“It’s a human flesh ghost.”
“Uh-huh! How can you say such bizarre things? “It’s just a rumor with nothing confirmed yet.”
“But…”
The man glanced at me and tried his best to get an answer.
A colleague disappears before your eyes and you can’t even find a trace of him.
Since rumors were spreading in the world that there were human demons roaming around, my thoughts naturally turned to that direction.
“Even if there is no such thing! “I will come back later, so don’t wander around needlessly and stay here.”
“Okay… I understand.”
The man nodded with a disapproving expression.
The sight of him slowly entering the guest room felt heavy for some reason.
“What is a human flesh demon?”
At that time, Jang Sam-tae, whose face was swollen, asked cautiously. It was at most two days ago that the rumor that a ghost appeared to kidnap people began to spread.
But suddenly it’s a human flesh demon?
Was human flesh found somewhere?
“Didn’t you hear? There is a rumor that a ghost has recently been seen walking around the Jungwon area, eating human flesh. “I just heard about it, but I don’t know if it exists.”
Hong Won-chang swallowed a groan.
It didn’t spread widely and most people thought it was just a rumor, so they passed it off as funny.
However, because people were disappearing overnight, there seemed to be a story going around that the human demon was real and had entered this Honam land.
It was truly a bad situation.
“Does it taste better if you eat human meat?”
“Didn’t they say it was a rumor? Moreover, it seems a little different from the current situation.”
Kwon Moo-jin thought as he gave weight to Hong Won-chang’s words. If human flesh demons existed and appeared in Honam, traces of human flesh consumption should have been found somewhere.
However, since they simply disappeared without any such thing, there was no connection between the human demons and the Murim people who are currently disappearing from the market.
Jang Sam-tae scratched his head.
“Actually, this problem… shouldn’t that person, Zhuge Un, come? “Why are we going through the trouble?”
“Well… I don’t know.”
As Kwon Moo-jin paused to speak, Jang Sam-tae sighed heavily.
Soon, he looked at Kwon Moo-jin and Hong Won-chang in turn and shook his head as if he was dumbfounded.
“What are you going to solve by gathering all the heads together… tsk tsk.”
“what?!”
“what?”
Kwon Moo-jin and Hong Won-chang glared at Jang Sam-tae.
A stone head?
Even if they didn’t know Jang Sam-tae, Kwon Moo-jin and Hong Won-chang knew how to use their brains.
If he hadn’t done that, how would he have risen to the level of a prefecture and gained a name in Sapa?
But Jang Sam-tae did not want to admit that.
“No, think about it. What kind of person is Jegalwoon? “Didn’t I hear that you are as cunning as a snake and a genius when it comes to using your brain?”
“Well… I can’t trust rumors, but it’s clear that such rumors exist.”
Hong Won-chang and Kwon Moo-jin nodded.
Zhuge Un, who clearly used his brain to play tricks on his opponents, was so great that it was rumored that he was crueler than a demon.
That’s why even Sapa and Maqiao chose Zhuge Un as their top priority for elimination rather than Emperor Qian.
In fact, it was a word that did not make any sense to those who were watching Jegalun from the side.
“But do you know why we are going through all the trouble to investigate now?”
The two people listened to Jang Sam-tae.
It’s a word that strangely focuses my attention.
Well, it was strange that the smart Zhuge Yan or Zhuge Un came to interrogate the criminal.
Jang Sam-tae smiled, rubbing his sore face.
“We are doing all the hard work so that we can only get the good things.”
“Crazy guy…”
“Oh my gosh…”
The two people sighed as they looked at Jang Sam-tae, who was riding the wrong line for a long time.
Even so, it occurred to me that they would take advantage of people living in a household like that.
However, Kwon Moo-jin and Hong Won-chang soon looked in different directions and were worried.
I know that’s not even a possibility, but what if Zhuge Un wants to make a move only after the investigation is over?
What if they do all the hard work and all the credit goes to Zhuge Un?
It seemed like it could be a pretty unpleasant situation.
The two men ground their teeth knowingly or unknowingly.
“Big! Let’s take a closer look first. “I’m going that way…”
“I’m going this way.” Kwon Moo-jin and Hong Won-chang moved in opposite directions.
Jang Sam-tae stared at them as they disappeared.
Then he yawned long and entered the guesthouse.
“Then I’ll just have a drink and wait.”
Jang Sam-tae chose not to do anything from the beginning because he didn’t want to go through all the trouble and lose the credit to someone else.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
Zhuge Un, who was receiving the information, swallowed a groan. Namgungcheon and Sadohak couldn’t help but feel frustrated as they had been doing this for almost half a day already.
It was Dan Woohyun who broke the silence in that situation.
“Oh, are you here? “This is information brought from Haomun.”
“It’s quite a lot.”
“Haha, it needs to be at this level so we can check something.” Looking at the smiling Zhuge Un, Dan Woo-hyeon stuck out his tongue.
Not just one or two, but hundreds of pages.
However, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhuge Un’s ability to read most of them in just half a day was truly monstrous.
This is something that Dan Woo-hyeon cannot do.
“Is there any clue?”
“These are rumors that have been circulating in the midfield recently. Things like human flesh demons, fortune tellers, and Blue Red Palace.”
“Oh, I’ve heard that a few times too.”
Sadohak answered while chewing chewy beef jerky.
He also heard many rumors on the way from Cheonsan to here, and there were some interesting ones among them. It wasn’t everything that Zhuge Un said, but the funniest ones were interesting.
“They say there is a ghost that eats people… and that a dead fortune teller came back to life… and that the Cheonghong Palace, which is made up of only women, is all about sucking the energy out of male babies, right?”
“Haha, nothing has been confirmed yet.”
Zhuge Un smiled and nodded.
“But what need is there for it?”
Namgungcheon tilted his head with a puzzled expression.
This is because it felt like it had nothing to do with the problem Hong Won-chang was trying to solve. In the current situation, is the person most suspicious of human beings?
“It’s not related in any way, but I’m trying to find out because rumors often contain truth.”
Namgungcheon of the Department of Apostolic Studies blinked his eyes.
The only reason I spent half a day reading so much information was to listen to rumors.
Isn’t this actually a meaningless action?
The most urgent matter now was the matter brought by Hong Won-chang.
“What about Hong Won-chang?”
“Ah… you mean that?” Zhuge Un grinned.
“It’s already been resolved?”
“What… what?”
“What are you talking about?”
The two old men were startled by the sudden remark and looked at Zhuge Yun.
How could you not be surprised when someone who had not said anything until suddenly suddenly declared that he had solved the problem?
Then Zhuge Un calmed the two people and opened his mouth.
“Actually, I had nothing to do with this. “I knew the culprit from the beginning.”
“Don’t spin, just do it straight. That guy from Dongbang-gu gets hit every time, too.”
Sadohak clenched his fists and frowned.
Those with brains always spin their words around like that and get beaten up.
Zhuge Yun took a step back, breaking into a cold sweat.
“Didn’t Jang Sam-tae do that?
“Shadows are originally black.”
“however? “That’s right.”
“Haha isn’t it strange? “There’s no way you can see a shadow late at night,
right?”
The two people looked shocked at that one word.
If so, Jang Sam-tae gave the correct answer from the beginning.
Then what the hell.
‘Why did he get hit?’
The two people looked at Dan Woo-hyeon with strange expressions.
Although Dan Woo-hyeon was expressionless, he broke into a cold sweat inside.
This is because, as usual, they just dismissed it as Jang Sam-tae’s nonsense.
‘Poor guy….’
‘Tsk tsk.’
These were people whose pity for Jang Sam-tae never went away.
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