Chapter 103
As Mok Wigun came out of the sect leader's room, Pyon Juksu immediately followed him and asked.
"How are you going to investigate?"
"Investigate?"
"Yes. You have to investigate to drive out Elder Jo's faction."
Mok Wigun shook his head.
"Why, when there's an easier way than investigating?"
"What is it?"
Mok Wigun just smiled. And he walked to the cave.
"Ah. So this is what you were talking about."
Pyon Juksu, who had arrived at the cave, could see what method Mok Wigun had mentioned. Jo Uin was tied up in the cave.
"Ugh... Ugh..."
It seemed he was trying to say something, but since he was gagged, he couldn't speak.
Mok Wigun brought a chair to the middle of the cave. It was a large and very sturdy-looking chair. And then he looked at Jo Uin.
"There are countless corruptions that Elder Jo's faction has committed. But what makes me the most angry is."
As he said that, Mok Wigun dragged Jo Uin and moved towards the chair.
"Selling out your colleagues and selling out your own sect. Isn't that a bit much? That's something you shouldn't do."
As he said that, he sat Jo Uin down in the chair. And he tied his hands and feet with a rope. The time it took to untie the existing bindings and tie them again was truly a fleeting moment. Mok Wigun seemed very skilled at this kind of work.
Mok Wigun spread out a bundle, and in it were various kinds of knives and awls. Mok Wigun took out one of them and looked at it from various angles.
"Hey. Do people fear death more? Or do they fear pain more?"
Jo Uin could only make a 'wook wook' sound because of the gag that was blocking his mouth. Mok Wigun untied the gag.
"Why are you doing this? You shouldn't be doing this, should you?"
"Why not?"
Why? What should he answer when he asked why? For a moment, nothing came to Jo Uin's mind. Because he had just thought that he shouldn't do this, and he had never thought about the reason.
"There's something people misunderstand, but they're surprisingly not afraid of dying."
Mok Wigun recalled the story he had heard from Pung Oksan.
He had been suddenly attacked and had collapsed, and he had seen a person behind a pillar far away. That was Jo Uin. He had definitely seen him. And when Pyon Juksu appeared, he had run away.
"If it weren't for Physician Pyon here, it would have been a really big problem. Right?"
"Pardon? No. I don't know. I don't know anything."
"Yes. You don't know. You probably don't right now."
Mok Wigun put the knife away and this time took out an awl.
"But as time passes, you remember everything. Isn't it strange?"
At that sight, Jo Uin trembled. Every time Mok Wigun moved with something, he imagined what would be done to him. He was really going crazy and on the verge of death.
"Hey. It's been a while since I've seen you torture someone."
Pyon Juksu's voice, which sounded innocent, stimulated an even more terrifying emotion.
"You crazy bastards. Do you know who I am? Who am I?"
Jo Uin shouted while shedding tears and snot.
"Who are you? You're a guy who's not like a person."
Mok Wigun grabbed the guy's arm. And he lifted the awl.
"I, for one, treat each person according to them. I treat people like people. I won't talk about what's below that. You probably don't want to hear it."
"Please. Please. I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you everything, so please stop!"
Jo Uin begged, saying he would tell him anything. Mok Wigun lowered his head and looked at the guy's face. And he made eye contact.
"I haven't even started yet. I, for one, wish your mouth was a little heavier. So I can loosen up a bit."
"No. It's not me. What do you want? Tell me what you want. I'll do anything. Just tell me."
Jo Uin twisted his body and had a seizure. Pyon Juksu, who saw that, said.
"Is this guy that guy? The one who guided the guys who attacked Daoist Master Pung?"
"That's right. And he's the guy who's trying to sell out Zhongnan."
Mok Wigun approached again.
"That's right. I did it. I did everything. Okay? I said I did everything."
Mok Wigun shook his head.
"You have to say this in front of everyone, you know? So this much is not enough. To make you say it in any situation, just words won't do."
Mok Wigun added that he could be trusted. He also said he knew because he had done it a lot. Mok Wigun approached and suddenly gagged the guy's mouth. And then he slowly pushed the hand holding the awl forward.
Jo Uin's eyes widened. The guy struggled. But Mok Wigun's expression didn't change at all. He just slowly moved the hand holding the awl with a blank expression.
"When you try to kill someone, you have to think that you can also be on the receiving end."
Mok Wigun said into the guy's ear.
"Don't worry. I won't kill you. But you'll be begging me to kill you."
* * *
The quiet and deserted Zhongnan Sect became noisy. People were gathered in front of the sect leader's room.
"What is the meaning of this?"
Elder Jo led the people and pointed his finger.
"What do you mean, what is the meaning of this? Isn't it a matter of setting justice straight?"
Mok Wigun said while holding the scruff of Jo Uin's neck, who was kneeling. But Elder Jo only glared at the sect leader.
"Sect Leader. Can you do this? What crime did our child commit to be treated like that?"
Jo Uin's appearance was not good. There were wounds here and there, and he seemed to have completely lost his mind. But the sect leader didn't say anything.
"This won't do. Bring Uin."
"Oh dear. That won't do."
Mok Wigun stepped forward. Elder Jo's people, who were coming out to save Jo Uin, flinched. Because they had heard of Mok Wigun's reputation. And it wasn't just Mok Wigun.
A few Light Wind Unit members were standing behind Mok Wigun. Dan Bulseok and Daeseongpyeong. And Gu Mungoe was standing reliably, and there were a few more besides them.
"Sect Leader, is it okay to do this? To drag outsiders into the affairs of the sect."
"Who was it that first colluded with another place and tried to ruin Zhongnan, and you're saying such a thing?"
Mok Wigun shouted loudly with his internal energy. At that, Elder Jo also retorted. He also shouted with his internal energy.
"Why are you stepping in? This is Zhongnan's affair. Stay out of it."
Mok Wigun chuckled and, instead of answering, hit the back of Jo Uin's head.
"Hey. Speak. What did you do?"
People's attention was focused on Jo Uin. Jo Uin flinched for a moment and then opened his mouth.
"I guided the people who ambushed Grand-brother Pung. I received a message from the Baek family..."
"Stop!!"
Elder Jo shouted and stopped his son from speaking.
"You brat. What did you do to my son? What did you do to make him say such a thing?"
He shouted that it was nonsense.
"It's all fabricated. That Mok Wigun guy made it up like that. In a life-threatening situation, what can't he say?"
He said to release Jo Uin and talk again.
"You're saying something interesting. So what this guy is saying now is all a lie?"
"Of course. Do you have any evidence?"
"There's someone who saw this guy with the ambushers that day."
"Don't be ridiculous. Didn't you also fabricate that?"
It was as expected. Elder Jo would insist that any evidence or witness presented was a lie and a fabrication. And he would try to solve it with force.
"There's nothing more to hear. Go and save Uin."
As expected, he moved as he had thought. At those words, Elder Jo's faction's martial artists rushed in.
"Where do you think you're going?"
The Light Wind Unit stepped forward. Although there were only three of them, their momentum was extraordinary. Elder Jo's warriors just flinched and couldn't easily step forward. The Light Wind Unit's momentum was one thing, but their reputation also played a part.
"What are you doing? I told you to go and get him."
As Elder Jo kept urging them, a few people moved. Elder Jo, who had a bad temper, would harass them by any means if they were marked by him. The warriors who knew that well attacked.
"Let's go!"
The martial artists clenched their fists and rushed in. Elder Jo's faction's warriors trusted their numbers. Isn't there a saying that even a master is no match for numbers?
If they had swords, the story would be a little different. Since they can inflict fatal wounds, it's good when a master is dealing with many enemies. But with fists? Elder Jo's warriors thought it was doable.
"Ugh!"
A very interesting scene unfolded. The warriors who had rushed at the three Light Wind Unit members were simultaneously thrown into the air and then slammed into the ground.
"Huh? What kind of technique is that?"
The rushing warriors were flustered. Because they hadn't thought they would be knocked out in one blow. Besides, they didn't even know how they had used their hands, but their bodies had floated into the air and then fallen. The warriors felt that the skills of the three Light Wind Unit members far surpassed their own.
"Light Wind Unit, Light Wind Unit, they say."
"It seems the skill of catching the human-faced spider was real."
The warriors just muttered and couldn't rush in. Because they had clearly seen what had just happened right in front of their eyes.
"You foolish brats. There are only three of them. Can't you just keep them in check and save him?"
The frustrated Elder Jo shouted. At that, the warriors slowly approached the Light Wind Unit. The thought of just keeping them in check and having the rest of the people save him. But in front of Jo Uin was Mok Wigun.
Clang!
With a clear metallic sound, a sword revealed itself. Mok Wigun said with his sword drawn.
"It would be better not to approach. I don't know where this sword will move."
As he said that, he swung the sword. The sword moved in a place not far from Jo Uin's body.
"Stop. What if he gets hurt?"
Elder Jo said with a face full of worry. Although he had done countless dirty things, his own child seemed to be precious.
"Do you think he'll really stab him? If he did, it would be a big fight. It's a bluff."
Someone said that Mok Wigun wouldn't be able to stab him.
"Oh? You think I can't?"
Mok Wigun held the sword and approached Jo Uin a little more.
"Since he can testify as long as he has a mouth."
Mok Wigun struck Jo Uin's arm with the sword.
"Wait! Wait! I get it."
Elder Jo screamed and stopped him. Mok Wigun's sword had dug into Jo Uin's arm a little, and blood was seeping out.
"I'll back off. So don't hurt him."
"Don't worry. Physician Pyon is very skilled. He'll treat him well."
Elder Jo called all the people. And then he turned around and went out.
"Elder. What should we do?"
A first-generation disciple asked.
"What do you mean? We have to call the people who won't come out like that."
Elder Jo ground his teeth. And after a while, he came back to see the sect leader with the people.
"Sect Leader! Come out!"
The sect leader's door opened, and people rushed out. Mok Wigun's party was waiting. Elder Jo said to the person next to him.
"It's those people."
(End of Chapter)