I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 97

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 097

Yodo Muramasa

I looked around while following Gyuto.

Already the twentieth person.

Even though this was inside the clan shrine, quite a few personnel were stationed here.

‘As expected, Kancheo is amazing.’

To break through all these people and reach Muramasa.

He’s not the Yodel Ranger unit commander for nothing.

‘But how many people are in the Yodel Ranger unit anyway?’

A question that suddenly came to mind.

I decided to ask later and moved on.

That’s not what’s important right now.

“Wait here for a moment.”

Gyuto walked toward the gate with carved patterns.

Meanwhile, Jinhyeok discovered a mirror placed nearby and swallowed dryly.

This seemed to be it.

The mysterious mirror that caught Kancheo in his stealth state.

‘It looks ordinary though.’

If I were alone, I would have tried stealth.

Since Gyuto was right next to me, I decided to hold back.

Creeeeak.

The door opened with the sound of old wood.

“Hmm?”

Gyuto bent down after discovering something in the courtyard.

Jinhyeok also turned his gaze in that direction.

There was a deeply indented mark there.

Traces that looked like someone had leaped with great force.

The situation when these traces were made was drawn in Jinhyeok’s mind.

The adorable short-legged Kancheo was running away, and Hiyori leaped to catch such Kancheo.

“Have you come, Master?”

A person wearing martial arts clothing appeared from inside the building.

Judging by the aura he gave off, he was definitely a strong man.

“Did someone come in here?”

“The young lady came and went.”

“Did she say she was exercising here?”

“She stood on the veranda with a blank expression. She didn’t say what it was about.”

“I see.”

Gyuto let out a deep sigh.

At such a young age, facing a state where she might meet death.

It was natural for her mind to be complicated.

Gyuto clenched his fist once and composed himself.

Then he took Jinhyeok up to the veranda.

Slide.

Gyuto silently opened the sliding door.

Jinhyeok’s eyes widened at the sword that appeared shortly after.

‘That’s Yodo Muramasa.’

I looked at the sword hanging on the front wall and the decorations filling the surroundings.

I don’t know much about Japanese clan traditions.

But even someone who didn’t know could feel that Muramasa was receiving the utmost care.

“You can go closer and look.”

Gyuto pointed with his finger right in front of Muramasa.

Certainly, Gyuto’s tone and attitude toward Jinhyeok had become much softer than when they first met.

Coolly blowing away Hosaka Rena had helped in many ways.

“Thank you.”

I didn’t decline and walked over there.

Confirming whether this was the sword I was looking for came before appreciation.

[Vision Share – Seira Kinketon]

I used the Collector-exclusive skill.

A skill that opens a physically non-existent second eyelid.

I could share what I was currently seeing with a card hero who hadn’t manifested.

I thoroughly examined Muramasa while changing angles this way and that.

‘It’s incredibly cool.’

Just looking at it moved my heart.

A bewitching feeling that made me want to hold it for a moment.

It’s not called a demon sword for nothing.

“May I ask you something?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you want to see Muramasa so much that you participated in the exchange meeting?”

There have been many people and organizations who requested to see Muramasa.

However, they weren’t as desperate as Jinhyeok before his eyes.

They just had the stance of ‘it would be nice if we could see it, but if not, that’s fine too.’

“I’m still lacking, but I’m also someone who handles swords. Since it’s a globally well-known sword, I wanted to see it directly. And it really isn’t called a demon sword for nothing.”

“What made you think that?”

“I thought I’d be satisfied just by looking at it. But now that I’ve actually seen it, I want to have it.”

Gyuto didn’t get angry.

Instead, he quietly raised the corners of his mouth.

Because he was convinced once again.

That Jinhyeok was genuine.

Yodo Muramasa is undoubtedly a sword of the century.

If one is a martial artist, wanting to become stronger every moment should be the basic mindset.

If one doesn’t feel such desire when faced with a famous sword, they’re disqualified as a martial artist.

“I understand your feelings a hundred times over, but I hope you’ll bear with it. It’s our clan’s treasure, after all.”

The Matsuna clan obtained Muramasa during the great-great-grandfather’s generation.

The exact acquisition route isn’t recorded.

Only a story about how an incredibly outstanding blacksmith devoted his life to creating this sword, and the Matsuna clan used all their power to purchase it.

From then on, Muramasa was enshrined as the Matsuna clan’s greatest treasure.

Jinhyeok looked at Gyuto and smiled.

Of course, unlike this smile, his heart was crying.

I’d have to go out and hear Seira’s answer to know for sure, but it would be a problem whether Muramasa was the sword I was looking for or not.

-Gidanos’s curse. Those afflicted slowly have their health eaten away and eventually reach death.

If the Matsuna clan had sided with Hosaka at the exchange meeting, if they hadn’t given Jin Seo-hee proper treatment, let alone an apology.

Jinhyeok would have used Hiyori’s life as a bargaining chip without hesitation.

But now he couldn’t bring himself to do that.

How could he hold someone’s daughter’s life hostage when they had kindly shown him their family treasure?

‘I’d rather steal it.’

Being a thief seemed better than being a hostage-taker.

“Thank you for showing me your clan’s treasure.”

After bowing my head, I left the room where Muramasa was stored.

Then I looked around.

‘Isn’t Lady Hiyori passing by anywhere?’

Hiyori and Kancheo are in contact.

Bringing up the curse when he’s never even met her would be dangerous.

The Matsuna Family might recall the relationship between Kancheo and Jinhyeok.

Kuuuung!!

Had even 3 seconds passed since he thought he needed to encounter Hiyori somehow?

Something fell into the courtyard.

A figure slowly emerging from the swirling sand and gravel.

They say even tigers come when you speak of them – truly the tiger of Kansai.

“Hello there. You’re the one, right? Yoo Jin-hyeok, who sent Hosaka Rena flying at the exchange meeting. Ah, I haven’t introduced myself.”

“Japan’s official Player ranking 7th, Matsuna Hiyori. Right?”

“Oh? You know me?”

“You’re quite famous.”

Hiyori nodded and brought her face closer.

“But this is really strange. Why don’t I know you?”

“Well, that’s because I’m not famous…?”

Hiyori narrowed her eyes as if finding his reaction amusing.

“That’s what’s strange. How many people do you think there are in Korea or Japan who could send Hosaka Rena flying and leave such traces in the Exchange Meeting Hall? Someone like the supposedly strong Cheon Se-yeon would have to come. As you know, Cheon Se-yeon is incredibly famous. But I’ve never even heard your name, let alone seen your face before. It doesn’t make sense.”

Hiyori tilted her head in thought, then raised the corner of her mouth.

“No wait. There’s exactly one thing that makes sense. Could it be…?”

Hiyori took another step closer.

“Are you a Runner, Yoo Jin-hyeok?”

The public image of Matsuna Hiyori is that of a tomboy and reckless person.

But meeting her in person, that’s not all there is to her.

She’s much sharper than expected.

“Well, whatever. Let’s have a match.”

Hiyori cracked her knuckles and smiled refreshingly.

Jinhyeok didn’t avoid her gaze and stared straight at Hiyori who had come right in front of him.

Gyuto was quietly watching this confrontation between the two from the veranda.

Since no fight had broken out yet, he decided to watch a little longer…!?

Gyuto’s eyes widened.

If the straightforward and uncompromising Hiyori was fire, then the calm and gentle Yoo Jin-hyeok was water.

So he thought Hiyori would be the first to act.

But for some reason, Jinhyeok reached out first.

Like Gyuto, Hiyori’s eyes also widened at the slender fingers placed on her face.

Meanwhile, Jinhyeok spoke with an utterly calm expression.

“I’d like to have a match too, but let’s postpone it. I don’t want to fight Hiyori when you’re not at 100 percent condition.”

Disturbance appeared on both Gyuto and Hiyori’s faces.

And as if to prove this wasn’t just a probe, Jinhyeok continued.

“The pattern that started near your heart is gradually consuming your body. Right?”

Hiyori slowly lowered her gaze.

It was exactly as Jinhyeok said.

Right after the pain began, a black pattern had appeared on her chest.

Now, after quite some time had passed, it had consumed more than half her body.

“What are you? How did you know? Who told you?”

Hiyori’s face contorted.

Her illness was the family’s top secret.

If this had leaked out, it meant security had been breached somewhere.

“No one told me about it. I just found out.”

Ellia had told him, but anyway.

“Ha. Then what exactly is consuming me? Don’t tell me you don’t know that either?”

Even as she asked, she didn’t have high expectations.

She had experienced too much disappointment and frustration until now.

Jinhyeok withdrew his hand from Hiyori’s cheek and took out a small potion bottle.

And when he dropped a few drops onto his hand.

“!?”

A small dark purple particle appeared.

“The Serpent of Weakness, Gidanos. The one who cursed you, Hiyori.”

“Sorry, but I’ve never been bitten by a snake. And this is…”

“An illness passed down through generations in your family.”

He told the two of them about Gidanos’s curse that he had heard from Ellia.

Gyuto and Hiyori could no longer continue speaking.

They had no choice.

The Matsuna had mobilized all the family’s power to uncover the cause of this illness.

But they hadn’t even heard a proper diagnosis, let alone the cause, yet now they were hearing such detailed origins.

“I’ll cure it for you.”

“No one can cure this.”

“I can do it.”

More precisely, Ellia was working hard to make the potion.

“It requires absurd materials, but I happen to have some that I received as a Tower of Despair privilege.”

Hiyori closed her eyes, barely caught her breath, and spoke.

“Assuming that’s possible, what’s the price? We just met today, so it can’t be free. Nothing mediocre would come from Tower privileges.”

“It’s courtesy for fellow industry workers.”

“Fellow industry?”

Jinhyeok pointed his finger toward the sky.

“Climbing the Tower toward greater heights, honing martial arts to become stronger – it’s all the same. That’s all there is to it. I don’t want any other compensation.”

If Jinhyeok had been a bad person, he would have shouted at this moment.

Bring me Muramasa if you want to live.

But Jinhyeok is not a villain.

At least not to the Matsuna Family before his eyes.

“I’ll come back when it’s ready. It’ll be by midnight tonight at the latest.”

Ellia was working hard making the potion at the Starry Forge.

He planned to give it to Hiyori after completing his role as court lady as well.

After bowing to the two people, he left the building.

‘Mm! That was natural.’

Successfully pretending to be a mysterious Eastern sage.

He stopped walking and glanced back at where the sword was.

Breaking Gidanos’s curse and Yodo Muramasa were clearly separate matters.

Still, being human, he had developed just a tiny bit of hope for a happy ending.

Hope for a beautiful conclusion where it really was the sword Yodo Muramasa was looking for, and the Matsuna would hand over the sword on their own.

Jinhyeok clasped his hands together.

‘Please don’t let me become a righteous thief.’

After offering a prayer to an unknown destination.

He began moving his stopped steps again.

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