Murim Login - Chapter 729

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Chapter 729
I’ve never fished in my life, nor do I know how to do it.
But I know how to catch more fish.
‘Bait.’
That was what we needed to do.
Scatter bait about the major announcement in all directions, and draw as much attention and focus from people—not fish—as possible.
Of course, some persuasion was necessary in the process.
What Choi Team Leader and I hoped to achieve with this fishing expedition wasn’t merely filling the bucket we’d brought, but a full haul overflowing from the boat.
However, to realize that dream of a full haul, we needed excellent crew members, and President Baek Han-sung, whom Choi Team Leader contacted first, was one of them.
“Pardon?”
He, who had just passed forty and experienced every hardship imaginable before entering the Blue House, widened his eyes at the words “Mana Cultivation Method,” and moments later spilled his coffee at the name that followed.
“Is that… is that true? Did That Person really…?”
“Yes. My maternal grandfather created it himself. He wished to share this Mana Cultivation Method with everyone.”
“This is… unbelievable.”
Who is Cheon Tae-min?
A living savior and a hero who achieved a unique and unprecedented Achievement in human history.
Before the name of the Slayer who ended the great upheaval by defeating Demon King Asmodeus, everyone could only bow in reverence.
“But why is the Mana Cultivation Method titled so… cheerfully…?”
“…I seem to have misspoken. Please forget what you just saw.”
To be frank, if I were known as the creator, the Mana Cultivation Method could be titled however it pleased—whether cheerfully or in any other manner.
But now that Cheon Tae-min’s name was attached to it, both Choi Team Leader and I agreed that the original title was problematic.
“This is it—the Mana Cultivation Method created by my maternal grandfather.”
What Choi Team Leader placed on the table was a neatly bound manuscript, its cover bearing the new name of the Mana Cultivation Method.
“The Heaven and Earth Heart Method…”
“The Heaven and Earth Heart Method is a Mana Cultivation Method with such broad applicability that even the lowest-ranked Hunters can master it, and its stability is also excellent. While it won’t produce dramatic effects immediately upon learning, it will certainly be of great benefit to Hunters.”
Of course it should be. That’s what I designed it for.
Naturally, the name had changed due to adult circumstances, but I had given it this new name as well.
I added a comment, feeling a touch of pride.
“In short, it’s a Mana Cultivation Method that absolutely works.”
Choi Team Leader gave me a subtle hint with a cough, but President Baek Han-sung paid no attention.
Or rather, it would be more accurate to say he didn’t have the leisure to pay attention.
He gazed at the manuscript containing the mysteries of the Heaven and Earth Heart Method as if entranced, and only after a considerable time had passed did he belatedly come to his senses.
“But… why would you entrust something so important to me…?”
“We need a collaborator.”
The phoenix chair wasn’t something bought secondhand from an online marketplace.
President Baek Han-sung immediately understood why Choi Team Leader and I had sought him out.
“You want a breakwater.”
“We simply hope to be of strength to one another.”
“But no matter how powerful a Guild might be, it would be difficult as long as That Person exists.”
An accurate assessment.
That is, assuming it were true.
‘But unfortunately, it isn’t.’
I avoided external interference as much as possible.
That was why I was willing to sell out even the name of Cheon Tae-min, who lay in a coma, and publicly reveal the Heavenly Heart Method—and Choi Team Leader had no intention of telling the truth to President Baek Han-sung, who had shown us such favorable treatment. After all, he was still a politician.
In the end, that’s all he was.
“I, of course, and my grandfather as well—we desire no conflict or discord. For that to happen, we need the government’s cooperation.”
“Does that mean the Blue House can make a direct announcement regarding the existence of this Mana Cultivation Method?”
Choi Team Leader shook his head.
“A statement that there was cooperation between both sides, and that a major announcement will come in two days—that should suffice. It alone will draw public attention.”
“A smokescreen….”
“This announcement of the Mana Cultivation Method will be known as a kind of national project. If that happens, the nation’s prestige will rise accordingly.”
“Mm.”
The unprecedented publicization of the Mana Cultivation Method. And in this historic event, the four characters “South Korea” and the President’s achievement would forever be attached.
Moments later, a faint smile appeared at the corners of President Baek Han-sung’s mouth.
“Today, that Taegeuk flag looks particularly beautiful.”
Someone once said it.
The most powerful drug in the world is national pride.
Flutter.
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Cheon Tae-min. Mana Cultivation Method publicization. National project.
These three keywords boiled up like a cauldron over charcoal, and the ignition point was South Korea itself.
– My beloved and respected citizens. I stand before you today to make an announcement of great importance….
President Baek Han-sung demonstrated his commitment to active cooperation through an emergency official Blue House press conference.
His passionate speech before numerous reporters and cameras, including foreign press, was broadcast live on television and immediately transmitted across the globe, causing an enormous sensation.
[Mana Cultivation Method Publicized. Unprecedented!]
[Humanity’s Savior Saves the World Once More!]
[Living Legend Finally Revealed?]
The mere mention of Cheon Tae-min’s name, who had hidden away for so long, was enough to be newsworthy—but the fact that the Mana Cultivation Method he created would be revealed to the entire world? The reaction was explosive.
No, the media had already exploded.
“Hey! Reporter Park! Contact the Peace Guild! Try the Peace Guild!”
“That’s, well. I naturally tried contacting them, but there’s nothing coming out no matter how much we push.”
“What about Ares? Don’t you have any connections there? You’ve gotten sources from them before!”
“That person is in the Detention Center right now. Because, well, they got caught up in the Seok Go-jun incident not long ago….”
“This is driving me crazy. What about Choi Min-woo’s side?”
“Ugh. Don’t even mention it. It’s nearly impossible to even make contact, and poking around there yields nothing.”
“Then what about Jin Tae-kyung?”
“…If I touch that, I’m the one bleeding. Director. Do you want to watch me get beaten to death?”
Sources leaked from unknown places trickled out here and there, but without someone making contact first, there was no way to know anything.
The media, on the verge of madness, could only produce abusive articles, and the situation online was even worse.
Current situation summarized in three lines
1. Cheon Tae-min created the Mana Cultivation Method.
2. His grandson and an exceptional junior pushed for public release. The government threw its support behind it.
3. There were probably Hunters who didn’t even know what the Mana Cultivation Method was in the first place, but what Cheon Tae-min created had such universal applicability that even the lowest-ranked Hunters could master it.
Wow! Level up together!
4. Not a three-line summary.
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(Author)
What nonsense. I organized it cleanly.
└ It’s not a three-line summary when you view it on the Kakao Page app.
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(Author)
This is insane.
“The Mana Cultivation Method going public is crazy.”
└ Written by Cheon Tae-min ㄷㄷㄷ
└ Edited by Jin Tae-kyung ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
└ Isn’t the editor Kim Kyung-sik?
└ ? Who’s Kim Kyung-sik?
└ There’s an earthquake here too lolololol
└ This is an earthquake too. We all lost it watching the Blue House official press conference.
I’m a civilian so I don’t know much, but what exactly is the Mana Cultivation Method?
└ Simply put, it’s like a secret technique that only a select few could learn. Like the techniques you see in martial arts novels—the kind of thing only they knew about. They’re saying they’re going to completely disregard that and just make it public for everyone.
└ I don’t watch martial arts novels.
└ OK then think of it like a food recipe. Michelin restaurants have specific recipes for all the food they sell.
└ What’s Michelin?
└ lol…then think of it like the cooking secrets mothers always have.
└ My mom’s cooking is terrible. She seems to only know the secret to making it taste bad.
└ Hey. How old are you?
└ I’m nine years old.
└ Damn, I can’t even curse properly with a nine-year-old around.
└ Fact) Cursing very freely at a nine-year-old.
└ Get lost
└ I’m a martial arts novel enthusiast but what’s the Flame Divine Technique? I know the Absolute Divine Technique.
└ ? You don’t watch Login Murim?
└ Zero Big, welcome.
└ He took a break last Chuseok. It’s not Zero Big, it’s Horo Big.
Internet users who were always divided into two camps and endlessly debating were united in their praise for articles related to the Mana Cultivation Method going public.
A secret technique that others possessed but desperately concealed—and now it was being released without any restrictions whatsoever.
All for the sake of everyone.
For the people, the public release of the Mana Cultivation Method was not merely a matter for Hunters alone.
If Hunters grew stronger, they could suppress the increasingly frequent and unsettling incidents more swiftly, which in turn meant ordinary citizens would be far safer.
Of course, there were those who couldn’t hide their disappointment regardless.
“Mm.”
“It would have been nice if you’d given us some advance notice.”
Ares Guild.
To the cautious protest of the internal executives who had survived the rapidly shifting circumstances, Choi Min-woo bowed his head lightly.
“I apologize for not informing you beforehand. However, I believed it was right to handle it quickly before information could leak out.”
At the apology from the young and capable new Sub-Guild Master, the executives exchanged glances with one another.
Since he had acknowledged his mistake first and apologized, they had secured their justification. This was the timing to dampen his spirits somewhat so he couldn’t act unilaterally again.
But the problem lay in the terrifying legitimacy that this greenhorn Sub-Guild Master possessed.
‘That Person stepped forward personally.’
‘I’ve never even seen his face.’
‘Does he care for his grandson that much?’
Cheon Tae-min had remained out of sight before everyone for such a long time.
In fact, several executives brought in from outside had never met him, the Guild Master, even after joining Ares Guild, and even executives with considerable seniority had harbored vague suspicions since Lee Jung-yong’s funeral.
‘Something happened to the Guild Master.’
A reasonable suspicion.
Cheon Tae-min, who hadn’t shown himself even at the funeral of Lee Jung-yong, who was like a sworn brother to him.
Wasn’t he the one who hadn’t stepped forward even when his grandson was essentially exiled, shuttling between overseas branches because of Lee Jung-yong?
However… the situation was different now.
No, even if doubt still lingered in a corner of their hearts, showing it would be nothing short of foolish.
To them, the name Cheon Tae-min was still reverence itself, and the trump card this greenhorn Sub-Guild Master possessed wasn’t limited to just his grandfather.
“Everyone’s awfully quiet.”
A soft voice breaking the silence. Jin Tae-kyung, who had been watching a webtoon on his smartphone, continued speaking.
“When someone apologizes like that, you’re supposed to respond with something, aren’t you?”
“…!”
“Isn’t that right?”
Dozens of pairs of eyes trembling and throats undulating.
It was then that the executives, who had been gauging each other’s reactions, forced smiles and bowed their heads.

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