find the culprit.
find the culprit.
Chaeng-Geurang!
As the thrown bundle rolled on the floor, a loud metal sound resounded. At the end of the rustling sound, several sharp blades peeked out through the thick fabric of the bundle.
“hey! What if you throw it away!!! The bundle was all torn because of the weapons inside!!!”
The man who carefully put the bundle down nervously scolded his colleague. On the other hand, the man who threw away the bundle frowned rather brazenly.
“Fuck. What’s inside is damn heavy, so what can I do? It wasn’t even torn that much. Why are you suddenly angry and upset? Are you really trying to make armbands between us just because you’ve only worn one armband? is this kid How can we sell our 15-year friendship!”
“what. Does this look like an armband now? If the supply side finds out later that the bundle is torn, it’s because they’ll fuck with me! You bastard!”
“Oh, I don’t know. It’s not my business to care about the supply guys. If you twist it, they will tell you to move the bundle full of iron in the middle of the night. okay! It would be perfect if we swap positions at this point.”
“If a jerk like you becomes a supply system, I will play the numbers game well. I would love to eat it all up. That would be perfect!”
The decathlete man, who threw a sharp scolding, put down his bundle and put his hand inside the bundle and began to rummage. Seeing that, the man who had thrown the bundle away stuck his head out toward the bundle.
“What are you doing? Could it be that you’re dropping a weapon to commemorate your ten seal? hey! Is it something I don’t know? You cheated alone. I don’t know why you’re trying so hard for a weapon that will be handed out to us soon anyway.”
“what. am i you What is Pingtang?”
The Ten Seals didn’t even look up and after rummaging through the bundle, he took out a sword.
All black scabbard and handle. A small blue flame was beautifully engraved on the pitch-black scabbard.
The Ten Seals carefully drew the sword from its scabbard. With a murmur, the sword revealed its naked body.
“Oh…”
“Oh…”
The two men burst into admiration as soon as they saw the blade of the sword.
A dark blue blade with a black flame pattern engraved on it. Nothing out of the ordinary.
With their short knowledge, they couldn’t tell what kind of metal it was, but even a poop puppy passing by could tell that it was a really precious item and that highly skilled artisans put their heart into it.
gulp.
The sound of salivation echoing in the stillness. The ten seal’s eyes widened with greed for an instant.
“That craftsman kept saying that this sword was absolutely no use, and there was a reason for everything.”
“That’s right. so what are you going to do with this? really steal it? I think I’ll be able to earn a decent amount if I sell this, but…”
“I’d like to, but… I can’t help it. We are no longer mere thieves.”
The Ten Seals closed their eyes and put the sword into the scabbard. The sword hid itself in the scabbard as smoothly as it came out. The ten chief’s close friend stared at the sword with eyes full of regret.
“Then what?”
“Somehow, I have to report these things separately to the upper level. The disposition after that is for the upper management to decide on its own.”
“This bastard has become a very loyal dog.”
The Ten Seal with a sword at his waist burst out laughing.
“This is the first cause since I was born. what can i do We are no longer mere thieves. We are working for the people of the empire who are suffering from the current emperor.”
“Baby … I was trained in a twist and came to say something like San. He just passed away. heat death. Then, what is the artisan we caught yesterday? Isn’t he an imperial citizen?”
“That craftsman is an exception because he is a military servicing craftsman. Do you think you can count how many times the weapons he made hurt our comrades?”
“Yes, yes.”
The man who answered casually shrugged his shoulders.
“Roughly, let’s quickly hand it over and go eat. I need to eat something hot and sleep soundly.”
“Let’s do it.”
Behind the backs of the two men leaving the warehouse, there was a pile of bundles of the same type as the ones the men had put down. All of them were weapons that had been swept away during the raid on the town of artisans last night.
After the two men came out, the warehouse of the anti-emperor group ‘Honeycomb’ was closed with a bang.
***
Master once again carefully searched the workshop full of wreckage, but unfortunately he couldn’t find the sword he was supposed to give me.
I pretended to help Master look around, but in fact, I didn’t even know the shape of the sword Master was giving me, so it wasn’t much help.
“Hmm. It looks like it was completely wiped off. Master. What are you going to do now?”
“I have to find it. Is that black kite a present for you?”
Master Pridya’s blue eyes moved quickly even while she was talking with me and persistently scanned the broken workshop.
“But aren’t there any clues to follow?”
“There are no clues. Besides, this time I was a bit lucky. This is how you see the virtue of leaving the ship early in the morning. Follow me for a moment.”
With that one word, Master didn’t even listen to my answer and strode out of the workshop.
After leaving the studio, Master moved quickly and covered the streets with other workshops. Master reached the end of the street in an instant, and before I knew it, Master reappeared in front of me and touched my chin.
“You are twenty-two. No, twenty-three to be exact.”
“yes?”
“This is the number of people who came to this street late at night and stole my sword. If no one flew, twenty-two thieves carried the goods and one craftsman was taken away by them. And that craftsman seems to be the one I entrusted with the goods.”
Did you figure it all out in that moment?
“Is it possible to figure it out by just skimming it like that?”
“Tracking is really easy with learned analytics and a little knack. If I get a chance later, I’ll teach you the tracking technique separately, so let’s move on for now.”
“All right.”
When we were about to leave the street, artisans began to appear in groups of threes to open the workshop.
“oh my god! What the hell is this?!”
“No, what the hell happened last night?”
“How do I do this?”
“First of all, someone runs right away and calls the police! right now!!! And there!!! you guys!!!”
An old man with a thick beard of a one-horned tribe came toward us at high speed, wriggling his strong muscles. He frowned and roared at us.
“Are you the culprits who did this!!!”
Before I could say anything, Master took out a necklace with a blue torch pattern from her chest.
“I am a priest of the Seonghwa Church who came to retrieve the items I left in the workshop over there, and I am also a victim. I wish you could lower your voice a little. Then we are done.”
The frown of the one-horned old man, who was a good two heads taller than Master, did not know how to straighten. Originally, excited One Horns couldn’t calm down easily.
“Sleep with the priest! I can’t let you go until you tell the truth about everything you saw!!!”
In response to the stubborn craftsman’s anger, Master just looked at the craftsman with emotionless eyes like glass beads.
“respect.”
“what?”
“Use your respect. I’m not in a good mood, so get out of the way right now.”
“under! Just looking at it, you’ve gotten younger, where are you doing this…”
Kwaaang!!!
It was an accident that the one-horned old man let out a laugh as if he was full of energy and that he was kicked into the wall by Master at almost the same time. It was truly a human disaster.
“You didn’t kill him, did you?”
I peeked out my head and checked the old man’s condition. Fortunately, thanks to the strong body of the one-horned tribe, the old man was just stomped against the wall and covered in blood, but was still breathing.
“I don’t know how you are looking at me, Yeon, but this master is not a murderer. Don’t worry about it for nothing, I just fed a little stingy honey chestnut to a spoiled child.”
It wasn’t even a fist to be a little stingy honey night, and he was kicked, and that old man looks like he’s on the verge of dying even if he touches it lightly.
However, I wasn’t shy enough to nag this and that to the annoyed master.
“Then let’s go. This disciple will take this opportunity to learn Master’s tracking technique with his eyes wide open.”
Bubbly.
As if it had arrived before we knew it, heavily armed security forces cut through the crowd and walked straight towards us. I quickly walked over to Master’s side and whispered in her ear.
“Master, if you plan on beating even the security guard like that old craftsman, please be patient with me.”
“I don’t intend to do that yet, so don’t worry.”
“yes? yet…? What is that…”
Before I could finish my words, the security guard arrived and looked at us and the artisan who had been covered in blood before carefully asking a question.
“Is it okay if I ask what happened? According to the report that came in just now, there was only a story about the street being attacked, but no story about the assaulted artisan…” Just
as Master did to the old craftsman earlier, he quietly took out the symbol of the Seonghwagyo and showed it to them. Next to Master, I sneakily lifted off my robe and showed off my priestly uniform.
Only then did the security guard let out a sigh with slightly relaxed eyes.
“These are the priests. By the way, could you tell me how the father-in-law came to be like that?”
“That craftsman scared me so much that I was so scared that I reflexively used my hand.”
scared? reflexive? Master Pridya didn’t spit on her lips and spoke a shameless lie.
From what I saw, there was not a single bit of fear in the kick from earlier. I just kicked it very calmly and very intentionally with annoyance.
However, as a disciple, one cannot arbitrarily reveal the teacher’s disgrace.
I smiled and opened my mouth.
“It’s a really accurate description.”
***
trudged.
“Master.”
“Why did you call Yuna?”
We were arrested and transported to headquarters surrounded by security forces. Strictly speaking, I was asked to accompany her to cooperate with the investigation, and Master meekly accepted.
I lowered my voice.
“If the artisan wakes up, we might be in a bit of trouble.”
In any case, the old man was a citizen of the Northern Empire, and Master was a culprit who used violence without hesitation. Legally, no matter what happens, we are guilty.
At my question, Master just smiled.
“Don’t worry. He won’t wake up for at least three days. And by the time he wakes up, it won’t matter at all.”
It would be really nice if it went as Master said, but I was worried because it didn’t seem like that at all in the current situation.
“Master will be fine. Because everything can be peaceful.”
“You never panic when the original situation is under your control.”
“Right now, it seems that the security guards over there are in control, not us, but…”
While we were chatting, we arrived at the headquarters of the security force in the capital of the Northern Empire before we knew it. The headquarters building was a very gigantic and magnificent building, befitting the headquarters of the police force in the capital.
After glancing up at the building, Master asked a question to the police officer standing in front of her.
“Is that building your headquarters?”
“yes. That’s right. First of all, go in together and start with a simple investigation…”
Caang!!!
Master’s scabbard accurately hit the neck of the security guard’s armor. The security guard collapsed on the floor like a puppet with a string cut off.
“Master?!”
Master did not stop there. Master Pridya’s model disappeared in an instant, and the sound of crumpling metal rang out simultaneously.
Caang! kang! kang! kang!
A continuous series of attacks like flowing water. The security guards surrounding us fell to the ground at about the same time and never got up again.
Did this mean that by the time the father-in-law awoke, the kick would have been a completely unimportant matter?
Was it a story about having an accident and covering it up by causing a bigger accident?
I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t speak easily. I barely made up my mind and shouted at Master.
“Master!!! No, you beat up the police officers in front of the police headquarters building!!! What are you going to do now?! I’m about to be arrested as a red-handed criminal!”
Master took the scabbard, slung it over her shoulder, and held out a finger.
“Yuna. There is something very suspicious about this case.”
“Does it matter now?”
“then. It’s very important, so calm down and listen. Why did the kite make you and I the first to witness the distance?”
“That’s because we came out early in the morning…”
For a while. Something was strange.
“Come to think of it, I see. The security forces must patrol at night… why are we the first to…”
I soon came to a conclusion. To the conclusion Master had reached.
“The answer is very simple. There was no sign of the security forces on the street, so someone intentionally left Craftsman’s Street out of the route of the night patrol last night. However, to see it as an individual deviation, the security forces in the capital of the Northern Empire are famous for their strict discipline. Then what are you talking about?”
Master didn’t even wait for my answer. She pointed the scabbard at the building behind her and continued her conversation.
“One of the people sitting on the top of that building over there has something to do with the culprit who stole ‘mine’.”
“So, as soon as you finished the guidance, you knocked down all the security guards as if you were waiting? This is really going to be a big deal.”
A white hand held my hand. Master’s blue eyes softened.
“Yuna, I will show you the solutions of those with power from now on. watch and learn You too will come in handy someday.”
“That way, surely it’s not about beating them all up and making them confess, right?”
“It’s not exact, but it’s a little similar.”
“yes…?”
widely.
“Holy fire.”
A low murmur echoed with the sound of stamping feet. The blue flames that bloomed from Master’s toes soared high along the outer wall of the building, obscuring it.
The building was swallowed up by the flame that bloomed like that. Between the shimmering flames, a hole widened that could fit two people.
“Come on, let’s go in. Now, not a single rat can get out of that building.”
“Master, can I ask you one question before you go in?”
“Ask me.”
“When did you use the solution for those with that power?”
“Umm…”
A fresh smile bloomed on Master’s beautiful face.
“The last time I wrote it was a hundred years ago. However, even if it seems that everything in the world changes a lot, the essence does not change.”
Master’s beloved sword came out of the scabbard, emitting a blue light. with a bleak life.
“There is nothing higher than absolute power. Come on let’s go Yuna, don’t worry, that blue fire will only be warm to you.”
A terribly refreshing word followed.
“Let’s catch the big thief and get back the gift Yeon will give you.”
