Chapter 27
Zhuge Yeon, who was already out, gestured to Moyong Gi.
"Over here."
"You're out early. Huh? Your eyes seem a little swollen. Did you not sleep well?"
Zhuge Yeon flinched and stealthily turned her head, pressing her eyelids. At that sight, Moyong Gi chuckled.
"You're pretty, so why? Why not just leave it?"
"Forget it."
Zhuge Yeon's face contorted. Her fidgeting was cute.
Moyong Gi, who was looking at Zhuge Yeon with a pleased face for a moment, soon opened his mouth.
"By the way, where are the others?"
"They went to get their weapons."
Unlike the sword examination where they faced the elders of the Orthodox Justice Alliance, the mid-term examination was a confrontation between the Dragon and Phoenix Inn students.
And since they fought randomly without a set opponent, one-on-many confrontations were common.
So, for the reason that it was dangerous to use real swords, they handed out weapons made by carving wood.
Soon, Woonhyun, who had gotten his wooden sword first, saw Moyong Gi and raised his hand.
"Hey! You're late."
"Who's late? I came right on time."
"Anyway, this guy... how is it that you don't have an ounce of tension?"
"Do I have to be tense?"
"Aish. I shouldn't have said anything."
As Woonhyun shook his head, So Moogyeol, who had come a step later with his wooden staff, said.
"You just realized that guy is like that? As if it's something new."
And then, looking at Moyong Gi, he continued.
"By the way, you go and get your weapon too. If you go late, only the useless ones will be left."
Moyong Gi looked at So Moogyeol with an indifferent face. Then he shook his head.
"Forget it."
"Why again? What don't you like?"
"It's not that I don't like it, but I don't think I'll need it."
"You're really showing off. You're saying you have no opponent?"
"That's true, but... that's not the only reason."
At the ambiguous reply, So Moogyeol looked at Moyong Gi with suspicious eyes. However, he could not solve the mystery. It was because Myung Jin and Cheon Youngyoung had joined them with their weapons.
"You're here?"
Myung Jin greeted briefly. Cheon Youngyoung just nodded her head. Moyong Gi grinned and looked around.
"By the way, I don't see the other guys."
"You're asking because you don't know? I told you before that they'd come on time."
At So Moogyeol's reply, Moyong Gi, who had recalled a fact he had completely forgotten, shook his head.
"So childish, really."
And then he looked at Woonhyun.
"Don't you be like that."
At those words, Woonhyun, whose ears had turned red, stealthily turned his head.
And at that moment, the rest of the Nine Sects One Gang and the rising generation martial artists of the Five Great Families entered the training ground.
So Moogyeol grumbled.
"Speak of the devil... huh? Why is Baek Unseol over there?"
So Moogyeol was flustered when he confirmed Baek Unseol, who was mixed in with the group of rising generation martial artists.
Moreover, Baek Unseol did not even glance at Moyong Gi's group.
So Moogyeol looked at Cheon Youngyoung, but she also could not hide her flustered expression.
This time, So Moogyeol looked at Moyong Gi.
"How would I know?"
Moyong Gi shrugged his shoulders. And then he followed Baek Unseol's back. Bitterness was contained in Moyong Gi's eyes.
'Is that your choice?'
It wasn't that he hadn't expected it. But he was still disappointed.
He regretted that he should have tried to hold on to her a little. He thought that if he had, he might have been able to change her mind. But it was only for a moment.
'She and I are on different paths.'
Although the situation was different, Baek Unseol had made the same choice before his return.
At that time, he had even clung to her desperately.
Nevertheless, her choice did not change.
It was the same when he was humiliated by Yoo Hojin at the Jinju Eon family.
For Baek Unseol, Moyong Gi was not a priority.
Although he didn't completely understand her heart, he was sure of that much, if nothing else.
Moyong Gi shook his head, and then, confirming Zhuge Yeon's face, who was watching him, he showed a grin.
"What are you looking at so hard? Is it the first time you've seen a handsome face? You'll wear it out."
"It's not that!"
Zhuge Yeon got angry. And then she pouted her lips.
"What's there to worry about with my standing..."
So Moogyeol clapped his hands.
"Stop the idle thoughts. Let's focus on the mid-term examination now. Those guys will definitely do something, but I don't know what it is."
So Moogyeol's eyes narrowed as he glared at Jeonggak and the others.
Zhuge Yeon had also investigated through Zhuge Guk, but she had not obtained any particular information. So, her face contorted with the overwhelming frustration.
Moyong Gi placed his hand on Zhuge Yeon's head.
"What are you worrying about so much? It's obvious just by looking."
"You can see it? That?"
Moyong Gi did not answer Zhuge Yeon's question and looked at Woonhyun and Cheon Youngyoung.
"Shouldn't you guys also decide what to do?"
"Then? Are you going to duel with me properly from now on?"
Woonhyun asked in a suggestive voice. While pretending not to, Cheon Youngyoung also showed a hint of expectation.
"That's what I'm saying. But there will have to be a reasonable compensation. Otherwise, these guys won't stay still."
Woonhyun looked back and forth between Myung Jin and So Moogyeol and then his face contorted.
"Aish. Should I just stick to that side?"
"Do as you please. Then of course you can't duel with these guys either."
"You're so damn petty."
Moyong Gi glanced at the grumbling Woonhyun and the still silent Cheon Youngyoung and then spoke again.
"Then I'll take it that you've made up your minds?"
Cheon Youngyoung nodded slightly. Woonhyun's face contorted.
"But you have to keep your promise for sure."
"As long as you pay a reasonable price."
Moyong Gi nodded with a satisfied face.
Only then did Zhuge Yeon ask again.
"By the way, what does that mean?"
"What?"
"You said it's obvious."
"Ah... that?"
Moyong Gi slightly raised his head. The sun, which had been slightly hanging on the eastern mountain, had now completely revealed itself.
Screech!
The sound of a whistle announcing the start of the mid-term examination sharply tore through the sky. At that moment, the children, excluding Moyong Gi's group, all turned their bodies and aimed their weapons in one direction.
Moyong Gi showed a grin.
"What do you mean, what is it? It's a pack tactic."
***
"Jeonggak, you bastard!"
So Moogyeol gritted his teeth. Woonhyun also said with a contorted face.
"Are these guys crazy? How are we supposed to handle this."
Zhuge Yeon also could not hide her flustered expression.
She had predicted that Jeonggak would do something, but she had never thought that he would come out so openly.
If it was to a moderate extent, it would be different, but such a blatant act was highly problematic.
So she had excluded it from the options in the first place.
However, Zhuge Yeon soon had no choice but to shake her head.
'No. Jeonggak used his head well.'
When she thought about it, it was a simple but also the most certain method.
Even if it became a problem, it could be sufficiently covered up with the power of the rest of the Nine Sects One Gang and the Five Great Families.
Although it would be noisy for a while, it would eventually be covered up.
Jeonggak had used his head well.
Zhuge Yeon, with a contorted face, looked back at Moyong Gi.
"What do we do now?"
"What do you mean, what do we do? We just have to beat them all up."
Moyong Gi replied as if it was no big deal.
So Moogyeol and Woonhyun turned their heads.
"Hey, you punk! Are you crazy? Their numbers are a hundred!"
"How are we going to beat them all up? Let's just see the situation first."
Cheon Youngyoung also looked at Moyong Gi with a reluctant expression.
Only Myung Jin curled the corners of his mouth.
"That's right. We just have to beat them all up."
So Moogyeol and Woonhyun were terrified and clung to him.
"Hey, you crazy bastard! What do you mean, beat them up? Their numbers are over a hundred!"
"Yes. Let's just calm down first."
Myung Jin looked back and forth between So Moogyeol and Woonhyun.
"Let go of me."
"What do you mean, let go! Get a grip, you bastard!"
"How are we going to handle that? Let's just talk first. Huh?"
Even if Myung Jin used his strength, they clung to him desperately.
Moyong Gi, with a look of disbelief, opened his mouth.
"What are you guys doing?"
"What do you mean, what are we doing, you punk! He's about to die, are you just going to watch?"
"You just watch too, don't just watch, try to stop him!"
Moyong Gi sighed.
"Then will the problem be solved if we just watch?"
"Who said we should just watch? Let's at least talk first."
At Woonhyun's reply, Moyong Gi looked at him with a pathetic expression.
"If we talk? Do you think they'll just stay still? Will they hit us once instead of twice? You're talking nonsense."
"Then what do you want to do? Fight them with just seven? Does that make sense?"
Moyong Gi grinned and showed two fingers.
"Twenty per person."
So Moogyeol's face contorted.
"What? Explain it so I can understand. Don't just cut off the beginning and end all the time."
"What do you mean, what? Just take down twenty per person. It's exactly one hundred and one, so twenty per person. And Myung Jin can take down one more, right?"
Zhuge Yeon and Cheon Youngyoung had dumbfounded expressions.
So Moogyeol and Woonhyun let out hollow laughs with looks of disbelief.
On the other hand, Myung Jin nodded with a satisfied face and added a word.
"I can take down more."
"Do as you please. Anyway, Woonhyun and Cheon Youngyoung will have a hard time with twenty, so you guys will have to take down a little more."
At that moment, Zhuge Yeon, who had come to her senses first, intervened and said.
"By the way, why twenty? There are six of us..."
She was the first to notice that the calculation was wrong.
Moyong Gi grinned and pointed to each person with his finger.
"One, two, three, four, five. See. It's twenty, right?"
Zhuge Yeon could not help but be flustered.
He had excluded himself.
"Aren't you going to fight, Young Master Moyong?"
"Me? You're telling me to get into a scuffle with them? Aish. No matter what, I have my pride."
Moyong Gi shook his head with a look of disbelief.
The four, excluding Myung Jin, their jaws dropped.
Then, So Moogyeol, with an urgent face, extended his hand towards Moyong Gi.
"Hey, you punk! Are you saying that as if it makes sense...!"
Moyong Gi stepped back and avoided So Moogyeol's hand.
And then, with a thump, he tapped the floor and jumped up, perching his buttocks on the wall.
"Ah, and I'm warning you, if even one of them hangs around in front of me, I'll knock you guys down first. If you don't want to learn the Seven Star Sword Art in the Martial Tiger Class, do it properly."
***
Hong Sochen shot up from his seat.
"These damn bastards!"
There were many who would do such a thing. But Hong Sochen, among them, pinpointed Lee Cheonggang and glared at him.
"What is this? Can't you stop it right now!"
Hong Sochen raised his voice. Lee Cheonggang replied with a face that said he didn't know what was going on.
"Are you talking to me? If so, you've got the wrong person. I also don't know anything about it."
"You don't know? You? Where are you spouting words that even a passing dog wouldn't believe? If not you, then the kids did that on their own?"
It was impossible for children with weak power to do.
For that to be possible, the help of a powerful person was essential.
There were many such powerful people in this place, but the only one who would actually do it was Lee Cheonggang.
To the extent that he had blinded the eyes and ears of the Beggars' Sect, he had planned the matter quite meticulously.
However, Lee Cheonggang had a face that said he was really wronged.
"I really don't know anything about it. What would an elder of the Orthodox Justice Alliance gain from getting involved in a children's fight and doing something like this?"
"This rotten brat, until the end! I haven't had a chance to catch a dog for a while, so I was bored, let's catch a dog today."
Hong Sochen picked up the Dog Beating Staff.
Then, Zhuge Guk, who was next to him, stopped Hong Sochen.
"Sect Leader Hong, please calm down. First, we need to know the inside story..."
"What inside story! Can't you tell just by looking? Those guys are doing something stupid!"
At Hong Sochen's finger-pointing, Lee Cheonggang stood up from his seat with a displeased face.
"Are you going to keep insulting me? I'm making it clear that I can't tolerate this any further."
Hong Sochen shook off Zhuge Guk and gritted his teeth.
"You can't tolerate it? That's great. Try not to tolerate it. I don't have an ounce of intention to tolerate it either."
(End of Chapter)