Chapter 336
Eventually, the Green Snake was able to find the familiar back of a man.
He was the youngest disciple of the Evil Faction Alliance Leader, and her junior brother, Go Mun-tak.
"Junior Brother!"
Then he glanced back and then turned his head forward again.
"Are you pretending you didn't hear me?!"
"No. No matter what you say, I have no intention of retreating from here."
"Junior Brother. Are you a fool? Let's say Maeng Gwang-gae really comes to Hezuo. But do you think that cunning beggar would come so openly through a place like this? And who knows if he's already in Hezuo?"
"That doesn't matter to me."
"If that doesn't matter, then what does?"
"I'm trying to spread a rumor."
"What rumor?"
"A rumor that I'm waiting for Maeng Gwang-gae."
"What does that mean?"
Go Mun-tak, who had been looking ahead, finally turned his head and looked straight at her.
"It means I'm deliberately luring him in. I'm deliberately picking fights with passersby, asking if they're Maeng Gwang-gae. If the Beggars' Sect's rumors are fast, they will surely know that I'm looking for him. And he will come to find me."
"No, what's that..."
"Since it's unlikely that I'll find Maeng Gwang-gae, I'll make him come to me. It's not that difficult a statement, is it?"
The Green Snake was at a loss for words.
The Go Mun-tak she knew was not this kind of person.
Although he had a somewhat cruel side, he was rather clumsy and not very meticulous.
But the Go Mun-tak she was seeing now was very fierce and desperate.
'He changed like that because he received the Gwanghyeoldan from our master.'
Receiving the Gwanghyeoldan means proving your loyalty and usefulness with your life.
To be honest, with Go Mun-tak's current martial arts level, he cannot overcome the great mountain of the Beggars' Sect, Maeng Gwang-gae.
But with the Gwanghyeoldan, he could exert a power equal to or even stronger than him for a short time.
"Junior Brother! But if you call Maeng Gwang-gae like that, our business might be exposed. So come back quickly. I'll find Maeng Gwang-gae for you somehow..."
"No."
He, looking at the Green Snake with firm eyes, continued, "Anyway, the task my master entrusted to me is to kill Maeng Gwang-gae. If I can just complete that task. I will be able to receive my master's favor again. Can't we just rebuild that gambling house?"
"No, how can you say that so easily as if it's someone else's business? Rebuild it? Do you know how much I suffered to establish myself here?"
"That's none of my business."
"Junior Brother!"
Although the Green Snake shrieked, Go Mun-tak's face was completely unconcerned.
In his head right now, it seemed there were only two things: killing Maeng Gwang-gae, and thus being recognized by the Evil Faction Alliance Leader again.
"Hoo... alright. For now, come back with me. You know I'm not supposed to be wandering around outside like this, right? I'm a person who comes up from the basement less than twenty days a year. But I came up to the ground to get you. If something happens to me, my master won't leave you alone."
"......"
"I won't say that my master favors me or anything. But if not me, who will run this gambling house? You know how much my master values money, right? If this source of funds called the gambling house disappears, don't you think about how angry my master will be? If the reason for that is none other than you, do you think he will leave you alone even if you succeed in killing Maeng Gwang-gae?"
Go Mun-tak's expression softened a little at the Green Snake's logical words.
Come to think of it, the reason he is being treated like this by the Evil Faction Alliance Leader is because he failed to take over the brothel that would have been a solid source of funds.
But in this situation, he also loses the gambling house because of him?
It's as clear as day how his master will treat him.
He thought that if he were too angry, he might even try to kill him.
"Junior Brother. Let's go now. As you know, I have a lot of money. So I'll definitely release a lot of informants and find Maeng Gwang-gae. That's what you want, right?"
Go Mun-tak, who was worried about his master's wrath in addition to the Green Snake's continued persuasion, finally nodded his head.
More than anything else, he was worried that his master would be angry.
"I understand. Let's go back."
"Good thinking!"
Although the Green Snake answered with a bright smile and a happy face, she was cursing Go Mun-tak immensely inwardly.
'I'm not raising a child, what is this? I'm not even trying to please him.'
But, as long as her master had entrusted Go Mun-tak to her, it was ultimately her job to control him like this.
The Green Snake was a person who was quick to give up and resign, so she decided to just think about what would be most beneficial to her in the given situation.
"I've prepared a carriage at the end of the road. Let's go back together in the carriage."
He nodded his head.
But right at that moment. A clear old man's voice was heard from a place very close to them.
"A carriage? There's no such thing."
"?!"
"!!"
As the two of them turned their heads that way at the same time, an old man in white clothes was squatting on the ground, and it was impossible to know since when he had been there.
"I don't know who did it, but it was all broken and only debris was left. There were a few bastards guarding the place, but they must not have slept well at night, because they were sleeping soundly on the ground."
"What does that mean?"
"Who are you?"
"This side is speaking respectfully to the old man, but you are very arrogant. To speak so informally to an elder."
At the old man's confident attitude, not only the Green Snake, but even Go Mun-tak, who had been emitting a murderous aura, was flustered.
Then, suddenly, the Green Snake's eyes widened and she said, "Huh? You are!"
"Huh? You know me?"
"You're a guest at our establishment, aren't you? I was keeping an eye on you because your skills were unusual!"
"Ho-oh. You remember me?"
"Of course. I never forget people with good skills. You even went up to the Deer Room recently, didn't you, old man?"
"That's right. You remember well."
The old man chuckled.
The Green Snake, with an even more charming expression, asked him, "By any chance, did you see who broke my carriage? If you could just tell me their description..."
"What was it? Maeng Gwang-gae? I think it was a beggar like that."
"What did you say?!"
"Maeng Gwang-gae!"
The Green Snake and Go Mun-tak shouted.
They couldn't help but be surprised because the Maeng Gwang-gae they had been trying so hard to find had appeared.
"Junior Sister. Where is the carriage? I have to go right away."
"I told you it's at the end of the road. No, you mean Maeng Gwang-gae really appeared?"
Go Mun-tak was in a state of being about to rush out, and the Green Snake was noticeably flustered.
"Q-quickly, I have to go back...!"
She must not create a dangerous situation at all.
Originally, she would not have come out of the basement unless it was a very important matter, but coming out because of Go Mun-tak had become a disaster.
She thought she had to go back to the gambling house as soon as possible before Maeng Gwang-gae came to catch her.
"J-Junior Brother. I'm going back to the establishment for now. Please don't do anything foolish and follow me quickly."
"How can I go back when a clue to find Maeng Gwang-gae has just appeared? If you want to go, go alone, Junior Sister."
"If you die here, I'll also be scolded by my master! Think about me too!"
"No. Whether Maeng Gwang-gae comes, or the Dragon Head Branch Leader of the Beggars' Sect comes, I will not lose today. If you're so scared, go back first."
It was when they were having a brief argument.
The bushes rustled, and a few men came walking out from there.
The handsome young man in the middle opened his mouth.
"Elder. Stop playing around. It's pitiful to keep watching."
"Wh-who?"
"You brat. I was having fun watching, why are you cutting it short already?"
"I'm not cutting it short, I'm saying we've wasted a lot of time, so let's finish things as quickly as possible."
At that moment, the Green Snake and Go Mun-tak shouted at the same time.
"Mr. Hwi!"
"Wudang Sect's Unhwi!"
The two, realizing that they had called the same opponent by different names, looked at each other.
"Wudang Sect's Unhwi?"
"Mr. Hwi?"
"Ah, no. Wait. Is this the Wudang Sect Taoist bastard who ruined my junior brother's plan in Wuhan before?"
"That's right! Mr. Hwi. Did this bastard frequent the gambling house?"
"Ugh! I told you to stay at the establishment! If you hadn't been doing such a foolish thing here, you would have recognized him sooner!"
"The same goes for you, Junior Sister. I explained his description in detail, but you're saying you couldn't recognize him?"
"What do you mean, you explained in detail?! You just explained that he was a Taoist bastard who looked like a courtesan!"
She shrieked as if she were wronged.
But for now, none of these things are important at all.
Go Mun-tak and the Green Snake drew their swords at the same time.
They had made up their minds to fight Unhwi.
"Elder. It seems these two can't even see you and my senior brothers."
"It seems so. I guess this is what they mean by a blind man who can see."
"......?"
"And you, by any chance...?"
"Hey. Go Mun-tak. I am the Maeng Gwang-gae you were looking for so desperately. What's wrong? You're going to kill me? Hahaha! You have big dreams. To think you're going to kill me with your level."
The Green Snake and Go Mun-tak looked at Maeng Gwang-gae with a dumbfounded eye.
"I heard Maeng Gwang-gae was a beggar...?"
"Is there a law that says beggars can't wash? The best disguise for a beggar is to wash himself."
"No, what's that..."
Go Mun-tak and the Green Snake made a frustrated expression.
But more than anything else, what felt scary in this situation was the Green Snake.
She had come out of the gambling house for nothing and was now in big trouble.
"This is a big problem. What should I do? H-Hwang-jo! Where is Hwang-jo?"
"That bastard is sleeping well."
"Sleeping?"
"He must have been sleep-deprived from working only at night. I hit him on the head with my fist a few times, and he's sleeping like a log."
"Wh-what did you say?!"
"Green Snake. Follow us quietly. If you don't resist, at least you won't have to suffer to the point of wanting to die. I don't go easy on women. Think carefully about what will be to your advantage."
"N-no. I can't."
"You can't? Then either choose a deep sleep like your subordinate."
"No!"
"You don't want one, and you can't have the other. Unfortunately, the world doesn't always go the way you want."
As Unhwi answered playfully, the Green Snake's face began to turn as blue as her name.
In front of her, Go Mun-tak stood as if to block the Green Snake's path and said tragically, "Yes. Since it has come to this, I will kill you all."
"Kill? How are you going to kill us?"
"Heh heh... for a time like this, my master had a plan."
Go Mun-tak chewed the Gwanghyeoldan that he had kept between his molars.
Two at once. It was to face them with his best strength from the beginning without being careless.
The bitter medicine went down his throat, and.
In an instant, a tremendous wave of qi began to rise around his body.
He, feeling the overflowing power, said, "With this much, I think I can kill you."
(End of Chapter)