Episode 1279 I’m not wrong. (4)
Depending on how you hear it, it may be a good thing to say.
However, Lim So-byeong was not a person who opened up about his true feelings, and Cheongmyeong was also not a person who accepted things as they were.
“It looks like it’s spinning.”
“oh? Did you notice that? “Wow!”
Cheongmyeong stuck out his head without saying a word and looked at the white foamy sea.
“What are you looking at?”
“I was just thinking about how deep it would sink if I tied your arms and legs and threw you here.”
“⋯⋯.”
“It would be a very luxurious death for a Sapa bastard who just bought his mouth…”
Lim So-byeong slowly steps back. Cheongmyeong glared at him and continued speaking.
“So, no matter how much you say the right things, people won’t listen to you, but I’m the type of person who believes that even if I say bullshit, others believe it to be plausible, so I have no choice but to stick with it?”
“oh. “That’s a very explicit expression.”
Lim So-byeong chuckled and opened his mouth.
“Well, to be honest, that’s one of the reasons. “As I lived, I came to know one of the truths of the world.”
Lim So-byeong shrugged his shoulders and said.
“Who says the right thing?”
“⋯⋯.”
“In the past, I thought the ‘right word’ was important in this sentence. But when I actually lived it, I realized that people focused more on ‘who’ rather than ‘what’s right.’”
“Isn’t that just because you’re a dirty Sapa bastard?”
“⋯⋯.”
“It’s even weirder to hear that Sapa bastard is saying the right thing and be treated like this. “Isn’t it normal to think they’re scamming you?”
“You…”
“what?”
“Hmm. anyway!”
Lim So-byeong cleared his throat loudly and continued speaking.
“So, in order for a person like me to say the right things, he needs someone to listen to him. So, guys like Won-sul and Dong-tak also had tricksters. “It is more realistic to persuade one person who does not listen to me than to persuade each and every person in the world who is not interested in what I say.”
“Oh yeah?”
Cheongmyeong laughed and said.
“It’s a bit strange to hear.”
“What do you mean?”
“If that’s what you said, you have to convince me now, right?”
“Yes.”
“But you said you knew I wouldn’t eat it anyway?”
“So does he.”
“Then it doesn’t make sense.”
“It certainly is.”
Lim So-byeong shook his head. It seems that Cheongmyeong’s point was not wrong. The look in Cheongmyeong’s eyes made me think, ‘Has this guy lost his taste?’ A doubt crossed my mind.
“⋯⋯Don’t look at me like that. “There is a reason for everything.”
“huh?”
“If you look at history, it’s a pretty common thing. “It’s about incredibly smart schemers following the absurd choices of a monarch at a critical moment.”
“Does that happen?”
“It’s pretty common.”
Lim So-byeong shrugged his shoulders and added.
“So, in such cases, historians usually interpret that the superiors used their power to suppress the government. “I used to think that was definitely the case.”
“however? Are you saying it’s different now?”
“yes. After my hair got thicker, I did some research on my own and found that that wasn’t necessarily the case. Even treasonable men who were famous all over the world sometimes acted according to the monarch’s judgment rather than their own judgment at the most critical moments. Even if it doesn’t match your principles.”
“why?”
Lim So-byeong, who was stuttering as if he was drunk on something, suddenly closed his mouth and glanced at Cheongmyeong. Those eyes were so heavy that Cheongmyeong fell silent without realizing it.
“Why do you think that is?”
“Well…”
“Actually, I didn’t really understand it before either. But at some point, I started to understand.”
“what?”
“Characters are also people.”
“⋯⋯Huh?”
Lim So-byeong said with a stern face.
“A strategist must be the most cool-headed and be able to look at his surroundings objectively in any situation. You shouldn’t be swayed by your emotions and you shouldn’t have any expectations. yes. Only then can one be said to be a great strategist. But. “Even such a treacherous person is ultimately a human being.”
“⋯⋯.”
“I am shaken by emotions and have expectations. In other words…”
Lim So-byeong’s gaze turned to Cheongmyeong.
“I mean, the same goes for a trickster who wants to be fooled by the words of that con man.”
Lim So-byeong chuckled and asked.
“Do you know when a strategist feels the most hellish?”
“⋯⋯Well?”
“This is the moment when all the plans I made go wrong. “Then do you know when the manager is most happy?”
“⋯⋯I don’t know that either.”
“This is the moment when all the plans I made go wrong.”
Cheongmyeong, who had been listening quietly, suddenly distorted his face. What kind of bullshit is this?
Lim So-byeong, who saw that expression, nodded as if he understood.
“Of course it will be difficult for you to understand.”
“Are you saying it’s a horse?”
“But it really is. “Schemers feel an indescribable pleasure when their plans come together, but on the other hand, they are people who endlessly want to see something beyond the scope of such calculations happen in reality.”
“⋯⋯I don’t understand at all?”
“The seal will be like that. “I’ve never seen that before.”
A strange light bloomed in Lim So-byeong’s eyes.
“Even bookmakers don’t feel that way from the beginning. “But when someone pushes ahead with a plan that I opposed and creates something that goes beyond what I could have predicted, it’s an indescribable feeling.”
“⋯⋯.”
“That’s why sometimes you look forward to it. “It’s really nonsense, but I think that bullshit might really change the situation.”
Cheongmyeong looked at Lim So-byeong. Then Lim So-byeong shrugged his shoulders.
“Of course, in most situations, it will just end in dog death.”
“⋯⋯.”
“That’s why I’m not stopping you. “I don’t know if this choice will lead me to a dog’s death… but in the current situation, if we can avoid a dog’s death, the only thing we can face is a reasonable death.”
Cheongmyeong nodded as if he understood.
The term “reasonable death” is not so wrong. Right now, Cheonwoomaeng’s strength cannot handle the Four Sisters and the Demonic Cult.
If they think and act with common sense, the only thing they can face is a just and deserved death.
“It sounds plausible, but in the end, it’s a gamble. “This is what I mean.”
“I won’t deny it.”
Lim So-byeong nodded.
“A strategist thinks along the lines of rationality. To put it conversely, it is difficult to calculate situations that are outside the realm of rationality. To be honest, in this situation, I don’t know how to make Cheonwoo-maeng be able to deal with both the Four-Fight Alliance and the Nine-Fight One-Bang Demon Cult at the same time. “I don’t even think that’s possible.”
Those were cold words. However, it was also a perfectly reasonable statement for a strategist who had to accurately recognize the structure between forces.
“There must be someone else who can make that possible.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Even if it suggests a method that is completely irrational and completely incomprehensible.”
Lim So-byeong was silent for a moment and then smiled.
“What should I do? “If that is the only way, you have no choice but to do your best in it.”
Cheongmyeong, who was listening quietly, chuckled. It seems that the tactician in front of me does not understand how contradictory what he is saying is. No, maybe they know it but ignore it.
“It seems like there’s a misunderstanding…”
“yes?”
“I am not that kind of person.”
Cheongmyeong said, staring into the distance out to sea.
“I know what expectations you have of me, but I’m not the kind of person who can do that. I am not a person who receives expectations, but rather a person who has expectations. So it has to be a sword.”
Cheongmyeong’s gaze glanced back toward the deck. Not towards Haenam’s disciples sitting around, but towards Hwasan’s disciples who were just coming out onto the deck.
“There is someone else who must lead.”
“Hmm.”
Lim So-byeong tilted his head with an amused expression.
“well. “How long will that last?”
“hmm?”
“It’s funny how people mistake their roles. “A person who defines and defines his role even though no one else thinks so.”
Cheongmyeong expressionlessly returned his gaze to the sea.
“If I explain it, you won’t know.”
“no. I know.”
“⋯⋯What?”
Lim So-byeong answered indifferently.
“How hard you are on yourself.”
Cheongmyeong’s eyes darkened slightly.
“Honestly, I don’t know what’s in your past. All I know is that I went through something unimaginable. And that’s probably what all of Huashan’s disciples over there are guessing as well. “I just don’t necessarily say it out loud.”
“⋯⋯What on earth do you want to say?”
“It’s contradictory.”
“contradiction?”
“yes.”
Lim So-byeong smiled.
“Isn’t it from experience that you conclude that you are not good at leading? “It’s an experience I can’t fathom, but you know.”
“okay.”
“And isn’t the reason they say they can lead because they think they can grow, even if not right away?”
“that’s right.”
Cheongmyeong nodded obediently. Lim So-byeong stared at Cheongmyeong with meaningful eyes.
“That is a contradiction.”
“what?”
“Of course I don’t deny it. They’re growing at an incredible rate. “Someday, they will become the leaders of a powerful nation.”
“⋯⋯.”
“But wouldn’t it be quicker for you to become like that rather than wait for that?”
“⋯⋯What?”
At that moment, Cheongmyeong looked at Lim So-byeong blankly, as if he had been hit.
“I think it would be much more reasonable for you, who are ahead of you now, to be able to lead people, rather than waiting for these newbies to grow until they can lead the powerhouse.”
“That’s…”
“That’s why it’s fun.”
Lim So-byeong’s eyes sank.
“You are extremely harsh on yourself while evaluating all the potential in others. “It’s like judging a corpse that has already become cold, as if it’s a person who can’t grow or move forward.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Of course, it is up to each individual to decide how they evaluate themselves, but there is no reason why we should accept your evaluation as is.”
Lim So-byeong’s voice pierced Cheongmyeong’s ears.
“Just think about one thing. I wonder if that self-evaluation is eroding the future of Hwasan and Cheonwoo-maeng. “What others want from you.”
Cheongmyeong closed his mouth.
Lim So-byeong, who saw that expression, also did not continue talking. He is not a man of words, but he is a man who can distinguish between what he should say and what he should not say.
There is no one who does not know that this area is like a forbidden area for Cheongmyeong.
“I still have a lot I want to say…”
Lim So-byeong turned his head and looked at a person approaching him.
“Now that a professional nag has appeared, I’m leaving.”
At those words, Cheongmyeong also slightly turned his gaze. Baekcheon was approaching.
As Lim So-byeong smiled and walked away, Baek-cheon silently stood in the place where Lim So-byeong was. And I quietly looked at the sea.
Cheongmyeong and Baekcheon were silent for a while, just staring at the sea.
