< Episode 71 Mark (2) >
yesterday
And early morning.
Prior to the training General Supervisor Yuk Cheon-ho and Chae Ho-seong separately summoned Nie Chun and Meng Mu-yak both members of the Cheonjihoe and secretly informed them of the events of the night before.
[What’s going on?]
[I called because there was an unfortunate accident. Last night due to an unfortunate accident Mok Gyeong-un a cadet belonging to your organization was attacked and killed while receiving treatment at the clinic.]
[What does that mean?]
Neither Nie Chun nor Meng Muyak could hide their embarrassment at the sudden lightning-like message.
Who is Mok Gyeong-un?
He was a monster who crossed the wall at an early age.
Even so just as I was wondering why such a monster-like lord was injured and hospitalized in a hospital I couldn’t understand what this was.
[That can’t be possible. Who dares…]
[Seopchun. Calm your excitement.]
[One medicine….]
[Are you going to be rude to your supervisors?]
[….]
[I apologize. This is unbelievable news since we are colleagues in the same organization.]
Hearing Meng Wuyak’s words like this Chae Ho-seong of the Six Heavenly Lakes spoke as if he felt sorry.
[The details are being investigated but the culprit is said to be Beom Jeung Seochang’s testimony. It seems like he did this out of resentment.]
[Crime…symptom?]
Hearing those words Meng Wuyue and Nie Chun remembered the eunuch of Xuchang.
I didn’t know the exact name but I definitely remembered that his last name was Beom.
Does this mean that he did what he did back then?
Nie Chun unable to control his anger asked.
[Where is that eunuch?]
[…I understand how you feel but he is also dead.]
[What??]
According to the words of Chae Ho-seong the Beom Jeung the eunuch of Seochang served King Gyeongchin and not only did he do this out of personal grudge but he also targeted King Gyeongchin who reprimanded him.
It is said that he was subdued and died at the hands of Taegam Ho who could be said to be the head of Seochang.
‘Damn it.’
The two people thought it was so absurd.
I couldn’t easily accept the fact that my monstrous master not someone else had died in such a vain manner.
No it was hard to believe that he was injured and hospitalized in the first place.
So when they complained that something was strange Yukcheonho So Yerin called them aside and bowed his head and apologized.
that
[It’s all my fault that things happened like this. This happened because I was unable to properly subdue Cadet Mok Gyeong-un.]
‘!?’
According to her there was a misunderstanding last night and she had a fight with Mok Gyeong-un.
Nie Chun and Meng Wuyue couldn’t help but be surprised at those words.
Lord Mo Gyeong-un is an expert who can overcome walls.
However if she sends Mok Gyeong-un to the doctor’s office it means that she is an expert in saving taxes.
‘The 6000th issue of the Geumwiwi is at that level?’
But she said something they couldn’t understand.
[…I didn’t get injured because I defeated him.]
[What do you mean by that?]
[Cadet Mok Gyeong-un possesses a great military talent that has never been seen before. For a moment he reached a realm that he could not reach and as he tried to force himself to realize that realization his body could not withstand it.]
What on earth does this mean?
They found it difficult to understand what she was saying.
What does it mean that he reached an unreachable realm and his body could not endure it?
In any case what is certain is that Mok Gyeong-un was hospitalized in a hospital due to the confrontation with So Ye-rin and Seo-chang’s eunuch named Beom-jeung took revenge.
They could not hide their sense of despair at the incident in which the lord they had chosen lost his life in vain.
However he could not give up his mission just because his master was dead.
Therefore they had to overcome this sense of despondency and resume their mission.
* * *
“Work is going well even without me.”
‘My lord?’
Meng Wuyak’s eyes widened.
This voice was definitely that of Lord Mo Gyeong-un.
‘You mean he’s alive?’
Since he even showed the dismembered body he really believed that Mok Gyeong-un was dead.
But I couldn’t help but be surprised when I heard his voice like that.
-Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!
Mok Gyeong-un released his acupuncture points.
When the ahyeol (啞穴) was relieved Dream Muyak who was originally a man of few words asked Mo Gyeong-un as if he had burst into laughter.
“What happened? The supervisors of the Jinui Committee reported that my lord was murdered in the clinic by an eunuch from Xochang. Even the dismembered body… Ah!”
Meng Wuyue stopped talking midway.
Not surprisingly the dismembered body was unrecognizable.
At the time I wondered if he had committed such a terrible act out of revenge.
Meng Wuyak continued speaking as if he was shocked.
“Did you pretend to be murdered on purpose?”
“yes.”
“Then what does that face look like now?”
“It’s bast cotton.”
At those words Meng Wuyue frowned and asked as if he didn’t understand.
“Did you ask your father-in-law separately?”
This was not the human skin mask they had ordered.
Since it was my first time seeing a bast face I couldn’t help but have doubts.
Mok Kyung-un smiled and answered that question.
“no. “This face belongs to Seochang’s Taegam.”
“yes? What do you mean by that? “Did you get Seochang’s bastard face mask separately?”
“I didn’t get it separately. “It’s your own face.”
‘!!!!!’
At those words Meng Wuyak’s expression suddenly hardened.
For a moment he couldn’t believe his ears.
‘Your face?’
What does this mean?
From the way he speaks it sounds as if the bast mask is not made according to the face but is being used by tearing off the skin of the face.
Mok Gyeong-un spoke to him casually.
“That’s exactly what you think. “It would be more efficient to do this and easier to use as a human face mask.”
“….”
Meng Muyak truly had goosebumps all over his body.
Although he was aware of the fact that his master’s thoughts were completely different from those of ordinary people he never expected that he would take off the skin of a normal person and use it.
I’ve thought about removing human skin and using it as is but it’s so complicated that most people can’t do it.
But I was truly afraid of being able to put that into practice.
Then Mok Gyeong-un said.
“Anyway it wasn’t my intention but thanks to the eunuch named Beomjeung targeting me I was able to move much more freely.”
“What are you going to do?”
The bast face mask was like a double-edged sword.
If he was Seochang’s Taegam wasn’t he someone who assisted King Gyeongchin?
If the person you come in contact with has the faces of many different people the chances of being caught are very high no matter how good of an actor he is.
“Now that we have freedom of movement we need to collect information and explore various methods.”
“…Then my lord you won’t go to the underground gold house?”
“I’m going.”
“But my lord is already officially dead…”
“You can change it to the face of someone who can enter the underground gold prison at the moment of need.”
“….”
In response to Mo Qingyun’s clear answer Meng Muyak closed his mouth.
However I couldn’t help but have one concern.
In the end using a living person’s human skin mask is only possible if you kill that person.
However if a series of disappearances or deaths occurred within the imperial palace as a result the situation could have escalated.
In response Meng Wuyak carefully expressed his opinion.
“Lord… I’m telling you just in case changing his face is…”
“The moment you go down to the underground gold prison will be your last. “If you change it often problems will naturally arise so don’t worry too much.”
Fortunately it was Mok Gyeong-un who recognized the concerns.
Mu Qingyun took Meng Wuyue’s hand and helped him up and said.
“Nie Chun doesn’t know so please let Meng Wuyue know about this.”
“All right.”
“Then please continue with your work.”
-Sureuk!
With those words Mo Gyeong-un’s divine form suddenly disappeared as if scattered.
Seeing this Mong Muyak stuck out his tongue and muttered.
“That’s right.”
There was no way this monster could have died in vain like that.
* * *
The office of the U.S. Senate Committee.
The Yukseonbu was an investigative department and its head was Yuk Cheon-ho So Ye-rin.
And the position that assisted the head of the Yukseonbu was the title of Cheonho and the title of heaven of the Yukseonbu was none other than the masked Geumuiwi Marahyeon.
It was late but Mara-hyeon was working.
Yook Cheon-ho So Ye-rin is currently busy as she has been selected as the deputy general supervisor of the Geumui Committee selection so she has to stay up all night often because she has to take responsibility for her current work.
In particular the day was even longer because I had to stay behind and organize the incident record due to an incident that occurred at the palace of King Gyeongchin with a member of the Geumui Committee.
-Sssssseu!
This was the car that was writing down the record book.
-Thump thump!
Someone knocked on the office door.
Mara Hyun stopped writing down the register and raised his head.
There was no sign of someone approaching outside the office but knocking on the door meant that he was someone who could avoid his presence.
‘Is it the Six Thousand Lakes?’
For a moment I thought it was the Six Thousand Lakes but when I thought about it it wasn’t.
Since Yukcheonho was the head of this place in the first place he came in without bothering to knock on the door.
At this Cheonho Marahyeon stood up with a look of wariness in his eyes.
Then he raised his inner strength and opened his mouth.
“Who?”
-….
There was no answer.
Marahyun’s eyes seen through the gap in the mask became sharper.
There was no sign of presence but someone knocked on the door.
And there is no answer to the question.
What is your intention?
It was just as I slowly got up from my seat and was about to take a nose-dive.
-Jump jump jump!
I heard walking coming from the hallway outside the office.
And the sound of footsteps went back and forth around the area a few times and soon approached the front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ office.
‘what?’
There must be someone knocking on the door in front of the office.
However even though the footsteps of the person who has just appeared have reached the door of the office no sound of conversation is heard.
-Thump thump!
There was a knock on the door again.
In response Cheonho Mara Hyeon opened his mouth.
“Who?”
It was a moment when I became extremely alert.
A voice was heard outside.
-Mara Cheonho. He sent me here.
‘!?’
Marahyun’s eyes narrowed at these words.
Eventually Mara Hyeon let out a light breath and said.
“Please come in.”
-Kkiik!
Then the door opened and a middle-aged man wearing a blue beer suit with a short beard appeared.
Just by looking at the blue beer uniform it was clear that he was a member of the Geumwiwi just like Mara Hyeon and that his title was the title of Emperor of Heaven.
The moment Mara Hyeon saw him his inner irritation rose.
‘I told you not to send anyone to the Yukseonbu.’
I didn’t know that now he would send people without hesitation to the place where the person who was his gift was.
No he didn’t know that he was doing such a bold thing because he knew that he was away because of the gold medal selection.
Then Cheonho above the beard opened his mouth.
“No matter how ugly the face is you can at least say hello right?”
“I understand that you decided to only see him at the meeting place or at his residence. Isn’t that right?”
“This thing is really sharp.”
“….”
“Well I understand that you are concerned about what others think but Mara Cheonho… I don’t think you are in a position to criticize or discuss such things.”
With these words the bearded Geumwiwi Cheonho pointed his finger toward Marahyeon’s abdomen.
What this means is simple.
It was loneliness.
-closely!
Although it was covered with a mask Marahyeon was clenching her teeth.
If he had not been addicted to solitude and developed a weakness he would not have suffered such humiliation.
Marahyun said barely able to control her anger.
“…Close the door.”
“Hehehe. okay. Please maintain that obedient attitude. Even if there are complaints the one who is disappointed has to behave well. Mara……”
That was before the words were even finished.
-puck!
“100 million!”
-thud!
The bearded Cheonho’s eyes rolled back and he fell forward and collapsed.
Behind him a middle-aged eunuch wearing a red official uniform stood smiling.
Mara-hyeon could not hide his embarrassment when he saw the eunuch suddenly appear.
“Ho public?”
The eunuch was none other than Ho Gong the prefect of Seochang.
Why did he a Taegam who could be said to be the head of Seochang suddenly appear in the Sixth Selective Service of the Geumuiwiwi?
Besides what is this all of a sudden?
It was a puzzling moment.
“I thought I would wait for a while but he didn’t have to wait. “Marahyeon Cheonho.”
‘!?’
Mara-hyeon’s eyes trembled at the unique voice and tone that came from Ho Gong-gong’s mouth.
‘What is this voice?’
< Episode 71 Mark (2) > end
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