Episode 999. Just leave it alone. (4)
“As expected!”
Namgung Dowi grabbed Baekcheon’s hand tightly.
Baekcheon looked at him with extremely wide eyes.
“thank you! Thank you, Baekcheon Seal!”
“Oh, no, just a moment…”
Baekcheon, who felt very uncomfortable, tried to quietly dissuade Nangung Dowi, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of listening.
“I guessed it, but still! “We thought the volcano’s outrageous growth could not be explained by conventional methods.”
“….”
“Then is it true that all Hwasan people, including Baekcheon Dojo, are learning martial arts from Cheongmyeong Dojo?”
“…That’s not wrong, but… So there’s nothing wrong with what you said…”
“Thank you!”
Nangung Dowi let go of Baekcheon’s hand and clenched his fist.
“It seems that a way to revive the Namgung family has been clearly decided.”
“Well… Lord Soga? First, calm down…”
“Then I’ll go ask Cheongmyeong Dojang for a favor! thank you!”
“Over there for a moment…”
But Nangong Daowi ran away without even looking back. Criticism poured out on Baekcheon, who looked blankly at the scene.
“The devil.”
“devil.”
“Pushing people into the fire pit.”
“Oh no, you bastards! Tell me what to do! “You just listen to what I want to hear without giving you a chance to explain!”
Baekcheon grunted as if he was being unfairly treated, but Ohgeom’s gaze had already left him. They looked at Nangong Daowi running away with sad eyes.
“…you’ll regret it.”
“Iknow, right.”
“poor.”
“That too is luck.”
Among them, the calmest person was, of course, Yoonjong.
“…Let’s follow along.”
“huh?”
Yoonjong spoke with a face filled with an utmost sense of duty.
“If you can’t stop them from jumping into a pit of fire, you should rescue them when the time is right and at least pour water on them.”
“….”
It seemed like something strangely out of line, but Baekcheon nodded.
“Okay, we need to stop it from burning.”
Wu Qian quickly followed after Nangong Daowi.
* * *
“Oh, don’t push!”
“Wait a minute, let me take a look…”
“No, I said don’t push!”
Ogeum slightly opened the door of the hall where Cheongmyeong was located and looked inside the room.
A strange scene was unfolding inside.
Cheongmyeong is sitting in his seat as if he were a man in power, and Namgung Dowi is kneeling in front of him.
‘If you just look at it, it looks like they came to ask for a government job by bribing someone.’
Cheongmyeong, who looks like an inspector… no, looks a hundred times more evil than an inspector, looked at Namgung Dowi with a sullen expression and opened his mouth.
“So…”
“Yes! stamp.”
“Do you want me to teach you how to use a sword?”
“That’s right!”
Cheongmyeong smiled.
“Not just you, but the Namgung family?”
“yes!”
“I?”
“Exactly!”
“haha.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
“Ahahahahaha!”
Cheongmyeong and Namgung Daowi smiled broadly as if they had reached a common understanding. Of course, the only one who thought they had reached a consensus was Namgung Dowi.
“This bastard has turned!”
Pow!
“Agaaaaaagh!”
Namgung Do-wi, who was hit in the face by Cheongmyeong’s kick that flew over the table, screamed and flew backwards.
“I knew it would be like this!”
Baekcheon opened the door and quickly jumped inside, catching Namgung Dowi just before he was thrown against the wall.
“no!”
Cheongmyeong stepped on the floor and roared.
“Someone took drugs in the Yangtze River without my knowledge?! There is no sane bastard! Don’t you think that Greenlim Sapa cub wants to join the Cheonwoo Alliance? Shaolin bastards only care about the benefits! At the very least, what kind of bastard is the next head of the family? fence? “Geomsooooooul?”
“Dojang doesn’t mean that…”
“I’ve seen a lot of idiots in my life, but this bastard is a idiot on another level! Hey you crazy bastard! “Does that even make sense?”
Baekcheon put down the sullen Namgungdowi, covered his hand with his fist, and cleared his throat slightly.
“Well… Cheongmyeong.”
“why!”
“I know why you’re excited, but isn’t Lord Soga doing this because he’s in a hurry? Do you understand…”
“Sasuk.”
“huh?”
Cheongmyeong said with a straight face.
“If we continue like this, we will completely fail.”
“Why do people say people are ruined because of anxiety….”
“Anyway, it’s ruined. I was completely ruined. “The only ones left are the kids.”
“…Anyway, what?”
“But in the meantime, how do you think Sa-suk will feel if Jo-geol, who survived in the meantime, takes the children to a shaman and bows to them to teach them how to use a sword in order to save Hwasan?”
“This bastard has turned!”
“Aaaah!”
Baekcheon kicked the side of Jo Geol, who was standing there without a clue. Suddenly, the jogeol that was kicked in the side folded in half and flew away.
“ah. “You’re a step too late…”
Yoonjong licked his lips and put down his raised hand. Baekcheon was a little faster this time.
“Noeeeee!”
Jo Geol, who had rolled on the floor, raised his head with his eyes rolling.
“Why are you hitting me! why! I didn’t really do it! But why!”
“I think you really want to do it.”
“….”
Jo Geol, at a loss for words, turned his head and looked at Yoon Jong. Then Yoonjong just smiled softly and nodded.
Betrayed by the world, Jo Geol squatted down, covering her knees. A nearby Dangsoso patted his shoulder as if he felt sorry for him.
“That’s why you should always act like a human being.”
“Kaaak! “Aren’t you going away?”
Baekcheon cleared his throat and caught a glimpse of Namgung Dowi.
‘It’s not that it’s not.’
I didn’t think much of it, but when I changed my perspective and thought about it, I realized that there is no other crazy person like that. Is that correct? Are you saying you learned swordsmanship from some other sect?
Even King Hyeonjong, who was famous for not showing any pride for Hwasan, did not ask Jongnam to teach him how to use a sword. Even though the volcano at that time was a really difficult situation.
No, if there had been a disciple who said something like that, even King Hyeonjong would have stuck a plum branch in his face on the spot.
Cheongmyeong shouted, foaming at the mouth.
“Hey, you crazy guy. Where do you learn how to use a sword? “Emperor Nangong, who is in the tomb, will wake up spouting water from the Yangtze River from his mouth!”
“…My father hasn’t been buried yet.”
“Then go check it out, you bastard! “He might be trying to get out of the coffin!”
Namgung Dowi flinched at the force of Cheongmyeong rolling his eyes.
Cheongmyeong clicked his tongue and shook his head as if he was dumbfounded.
“The world is about to fall. The real world is about to fall apart. “No, what happened in the past 100 years that only idiots like this are left in the world?”
Now these bastards are scarier than the Heavenly Demon. You bastards are scarier than that heavenly devil!
However, Namgung Dowi began to protest as if he felt unfair.
“I’m not asking you to teach me Hwasan’s swordsmanship, Dojang.”
“huh?”
“No matter how crazy I am, how could I ask you to teach me the swordsmanship of the Hwasan Sect?”
“yes?”
Cheongmyeong suddenly calmed down and nodded with an assuring expression on his face.
“I’m glad. “For the sake of the future of the Namgung family, I was wondering whether I should throw you in the Yangtze River and make a man named Namgung Myeong the head of the family.”
“….”
“Then what is it?”
“Of course, I will learn the swordsmanship of the Namgung family. Namgung is not weak enough to covet Tamun’s sword!”
“It’s a bit weak, though.”
“….”
“Uh… no, whatever. Anyway, keep going.”
“…So…”
Nangung Do-wi, who felt sad about something, wiped his eyes and continued speaking.
“What we want to ask from the Dojang is not instruction in swordsmanship, but experience in actual combat.”
“huh?”
“This time, I felt it keenly at Maehwa Island. Learn swordsmanship without error, operate it perfectly, and check your weaknesses through sparring with each other…”
Nangung Dowi’s attitude gradually became more serious.
“That alone is not effective in practice.”
“….”
Cheongmyeong looked at Nangong Daowi as if he was interested.
‘He’s a fun guy.’
Due to this incident, two-thirds of the family’s strength was lost and even the head of the family was lost. Thanks to this, the time to inherit the family line has come at least twenty years earlier.
If you were an ordinary person, just enduring the current situation would be hectic. But now Nangong Daowi was looking into the future.
“It may not be something to say in a situation like this, but the sword of the Namgung family is never dull.”
Cheongmyeong nodded slightly. It’s not that wrong. If Namgung was truly weak, he would not have been able to maintain his position as the best in the world for that long.
“Nevertheless, the reason Namgung faced such a great crisis this time was because our sword was a sword from a well that did not know how to use it in practice.”
Nangong Daowi stared straight at Cheongmyeong.
“But volcanoes were different. “The Hwasan faction members fought as if they had experienced numerous battles, even though they may not have had much experience with actual battles.”
Nangong Daowi clenched his fists tightly.
“stamp.”
“….”
“Please help us. We must become stronger. And I think the only person who can fulfill that role is Dojo.”
“Hmm.”
Cheongmyeong scratched his cheek with a strange expression. Then he spoke to Namgung Dowi in a slightly harsh tone.
“That’s all good… but let me ask you one question.”
“yes.”
“I know why, but I think it’s something that can be done without Namgoong having to learn from volcanoes, right?”
“….”
“I’m saying this because I don’t think he knows how dangerous this is. People in the world don’t take such circumstances into consideration. “They’ll just say that the Namgung family went crazy and learned how to use a sword in a volcano.”
“…I know.”
“Okay, I understand. I think you know. “That’s why I’m asking.”
Cheongmyeong spoke in a cold voice.
“If you know all that, why do you do this?”
“….”
Nangong Daowi bit his lip tightly.
“…No more….”
“Hmm?”
“Because I don’t want to lose anyone anymore.”
Cheongmyeong’s complexion hardened at those words.
“The existence of Sapaeryun will make the world more and more dangerous. “Unless you choose Fengmun… or even if you do, Namgung can no longer avoid them.”
Ogeum, who was listening, nodded. There was really nothing wrong with that statement.
“My father told me.”
“…Emperor Namgung? “The head of the family?”
“yes. My father showed me at the last moment. “What should the head of the Namgung family do?”
Nangong Daowi said with hard eyes.
“The head of the family of Namgung is the one who protects the family of Namgung.”
“….”
“I… I don’t want to lose even one Gasol now. “I will do anything for that.”
Nangong Daowi raises his head straight and looks at Cheongmyeong.
“If you want me to kneel, I will kneel. If you want me to bow my head, I will bow my head.”
Then he bowed his head deeply and shouted.
“Please help me, seal. The sword of Nangong will repay that debt!”
Baekcheon, who was watching, quietly nodded.
‘That’s amazing.’
I felt ashamed of myself once again.
‘If it were me, would I bow my head like that to someone else for the sake of the future of volcanoes?’
Namgung Dowi lived in a position so high that he could not even be compared to Baekcheon. Isn’t the position of the heir to the great Namgung family a position that everyone in the powerhouse envies?
However, there was no sign of any hesitation in Nangong Daowi’s actions now. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, that attitude was definitely worth imitating.
“I will not lose even one person…”
Cheongmyeong, who briefly reflected on Nangong Daowi’s words, chuckled.
“Even after seeing hell, you can say such dreamlike words, right?”
“…Now that I’ve seen it, I think I should say it even more.”
“The snout is still alive.”
A smile formed at the corner of Cheongmyeong’s mouth.
But Baek-cheon knew that the laughter was not at all bad intention. Because they sometimes laughed like that when Cheongmyeong did more than expected.
“Well, okay. “If it’s a real fight, you just have to have fun and beat it, so it’s not that difficult.”
“Then?”
“I’ll help you since you’re part of the family anyway.”
“Dojo!”
Nangong Daowi looked at Cheongmyeong with his eyes shining with emotion.
“Thank you…”
He was about to bow his head violently, but then he flinched and stopped. Where I was about to bow my head, Cheongmyeong’s palm came out to meet me.
“Dojo.”
Namgung Dowi raised his head with a puzzled look.
And saw.
So happy… I mean Cheongmyeong, who literally had a happy expression on his face.
Is this what Kang Tae-gong’s face looks like when he finally catches a big catch after a lot of waiting and tug-of-war?…
“So.”
“….”
“How much are you going to pay?”
“…yes?”
Nangong Daowi’s eyes shook greatly.
“He said he didn’t want to lose even one person.”
“….”
“If you put it the other way around, it means that the price of each person’s life is that high, right?”
“…stamp?”
“Then let’s find out.”
Cheongmyeong let out a cute laugh.
“I wonder how much the head of the Namgung family can pay in exchange for saving the lives of those noblemen.”
“….”
“I hope I don’t disappoint you. Because the Namgung family is rich. huh?”
“….”
“Ehehehehehehehehe! Ehehehehehe!”
As Cheongmyeong stretched out his belly and laughed, a pure white marten suddenly jumped out from within his arms, climbed on top of Cheongmyeong’s head, took the same posture, and screeched.
It was only after seeing this bizarre scene that Namgung Dowi realized that something was very wrong.
