The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 282

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Chapter 36

Within the Martial Arts Alliance Headquarters, countless pavilions exist.

Among them, from one pavilion that was neither too large nor too small, the sound of dogs barking could be heard unusually loudly.

“Grrrr!”

“Woof woof!”

The interior of the pavilion was truly chaotic with about twenty dogs fighting over food, each claiming they would eat it.

But if you looked closely, there wasn’t a single healthy dog.

A dog limping on its hind legs, a dog missing one eye, dogs with severed ears and tails – they all had at least one disability.

“You guys! You should share and eat nicely together!”

The man who had been diligently putting out food barely managed to separate the growling and fighting dogs.

“If you keep fighting, I’ll send you back to the streets. Got it?”

In fact, all these dogs the man was raising were strays.

When they first came here, they were so skinny you could see their ribs, but now they had grown quite plump.

“Kegaeng! Kegaegaeng!”

Just then, one yellow dog that had been eating normally suddenly had a seizure and collapsed.

Seeing this, the man’s brow furrowed.

He stopped feeding and approached the yellow dog that was foaming at the mouth, crouching down in front of it.

“Ya-chi.”

There was neither surprise nor panic in the man’s voice as he called the yellow dog.

His eyes were also calm.

“…Hm?”

The change in the man’s expression came when the dog that had been panting as if about to die suddenly sprang up.

The yellow dog began eating frantically again as if nothing had happened.

“Hmm.”

The man tilted his head and stood up.

“What kind of trouble is this bastard getting into?”

The phenomenon just now was a seizure caused by the prohibition.

That meant Ung-go had suffered pain, which in turn meant the golden restriction had been activated.

“Why would our Ya-chi violate the prohibition?”

Because he was hungry for suicide?

“No way…”

That guy had a stronger desire to live than anyone else.

That ambition was what made him pass even the most brutal tests of the organization.

“Is it Gaebang after all?”

The man knew that the White Clothes Unit had been activated.

“Ya-chi.”

The man gently petted the yellow dog that had finished eating and was rubbing against his legs.

“Perhaps you too will soon follow your father.”

“Woof woof!”

Unaware of the murderous intent gleaming in the man’s eyes, the yellow dog wagged its tail cheerfully.

“Nephew Seolha, can you really do it?”

“Of course. Don’t you trust my skills?”

“I trust you. You’re the Cheon-sin Geom-hwa who saved me.”

Ah, you know that wasn’t me.

Sect Leader Uncle’s exaggeration just makes me feel embarrassed for no reason.

“Good. We’ll do that then, but first let’s examine this guy’s body.”

Uncle Wang suddenly tore open the unconscious Gong Ya-chi’s upper garment.

“Uncle Wang!”

“I knew it would be like this.”

As if telling the surprised me to see for myself, Uncle Wang pointed to Gong Ya-chi’s shoulder.

There, seven star tattoos in the shape of the Big Dipper were carved.

Really amazing, truly amazing.

How did you know to look for the Bloodsky Sect tattoo?

Your intuition is absolutely incredible.

“Nephew Seolha, do you see the first star here that’s carved the largest and clearest?”

Uncle Wang pointed to the first star among the seven with his fingertip.

“This star’s name is Tam-rang.”

“Really?”

I knew it, but I pretended not to know and deliberately raised my voice.

“The one who infiltrated the Martial Arts Alliance is Tam-rang. Since there are seven stars total, that means there are at least six more… but where could these bastards be…”

Uncle Wang muttered to himself and fell into thought.

Various complex expressions crossed Uncle’s face as he seemed lost in some contemplation.

“Nephew Seolha.”

After a while, Uncle Wang called me with a different tone than before.

“The things happening now, that is, everything that happened today – you must not reveal it to anyone.”

“…Not even to Grandmother?”

“Of course! Same goes for Elder Dark!”

Uncle Wang’s gaze as he looked at me was more serious than ever before.

“It’s not that I don’t trust Lady Dang. Somehow I ended up cooperating with nephew Seolha… Haa.”

Uncle Wang stopped mid-sentence and let out a deep sigh as if frustrated.

“Actually, an unidentified force has infiltrated inside the Martial Arts Alliance. You already know from what you heard from that guy earlier.”

Given the seriousness of the matter, I just nodded quietly.

“The Alliance Leader and Grand Strategist sensed something was wrong early on and requested help from headquarters. That’s why the White Clothes Unit was activated.”

So it wasn’t simply because of the Demonic Sect’s secret branch.

The Martial Arts Alliance didn’t know the name Bloodsky Sect, but they had noticed that a suspicious organization had infiltrated.

“We finally caught their tail.”

Uncle Wang’s gaze shifted from Gong Ya-chi to me.

“But I didn’t expect to become so deeply entangled with nephew Seolha.”

He was saying that my finding out was problematic when they needed to maintain secrecy while investigating.

‘Then I should ease his worries.’

From the beginning, my purpose was to inform the Martial Arts Alliance of the Bloodsky Sect’s existence.

I don’t wish for anything more than that.

“Don’t worry. I absolutely won’t tell anyone. Who am I? I’m the granddaughter of Cheon Su-dok-hwa Dang Yeong-ryeong, who was the leader of the Dark Four and a special agent! I’m Seolha! Plus, I’m also Uncle Wang’s nephew, aren’t I?”

Uncle Wang chuckled at my playful tone.

“Yes, perhaps this is all fate too.”

Suddenly talking about fate?

I was puzzled by Uncle Wang’s uncharacteristic word choice.

“Nephew Seolha, how about helping me instead?”

“…Help you, Uncle?”

“If it weren’t for nephew Seolha, I’d still be wandering around lost. Since you already know, won’t you help the Martial Arts Alliance?”

“Me?”

This would be completely perfect for me.

“Honestly, I think we’ll need Cheon-sin-mun’s help going forward. That was amazing sorcery.”

I was quite surprised by Im Cheong’s skills too.

“Most importantly, Cheon-sin-mun is an outside sect.”

When no one could be trusted now, paradoxically, Cheon-sin-mun was the most trustworthy place precisely because it was an outside sect.

“Since it’s Uncle Wang’s request, I’ll do my best to help you.”

No backing out later, okay?

“Thank you, niece Seolha.”

Thank you, my foot.

I’m the one who should be grateful.

Now I had a justification to openly join forces with the Martial Arts Alliance to crush Tamrang.

‘What a stroke of luck!’

I hid my devious intentions and smiled brightly at Uncle Wang.

Flutter!

A pigeon flew through the open window and into the birdcage.

“Coo, coo coo.”

At the sound of the messenger pigeon’s call, Jegal Mun-gi’s brush stopped moving.

He rose from his seat and approached the birdcage, carefully taking out the pigeon.

“You’ve worked hard traveling such a long distance.”

He untied the letter bound to the messenger pigeon’s leg, then provided it with fresh water and grain.

Stroking the back of the pigeon as it hurriedly pecked at the grain, Jegal Mun-gi picked up the letter.

To General Strategist Jegal

White Robe Group Leader Wang Dang respectfully reports.

The tragedy between Jinheung Trading Company and Sahae Trading Company (Maegyo) has been determined to be not a simple conflict, but manipulation by a third party’s intervention.

While superficially disguised as Maegyo’s doing, the circumstances indicate it was an intentional manipulation designed to incite conflict between our Alliance and Maegyo.

Gong Ya-chi, the sole survivor of Jinheung Trading Company who testified it was Maegyo’s doing, has been confirmed as a spy for the third party, the so-called Hyeolcheon-hoe.

This individual was apprehended, and though under a prohibition spell, fortunately we were able to secure his testimony with Cheon-sin-mun’s assistance.

Cheon-sin-mun, valuing their connection with Shaolin Temple, had commissioned a precious gift to Jinheung Trading Company and became entangled in this incident, unexpectedly leading to cooperation with our side.

Without their cooperation, breaking the prohibition spell and securing testimony would have been impossible.

According to Gong Ya-chi’s testimony, someone called Tamrang has infiltrated the Martial Arts Alliance as a spy.

Whether Tamrang is a real name or a position is unclear.

He is presumed to control people at will using prohibition spells and poison.

Hyeolcheon-hoe operates as a thorough cell organization, so even Gong Ya-chi seemed unaware of their purpose.

However, in three days, there is supposed to be contact between Gong Ya-chi and Tamrang or another Hyeolcheon-hoe member.

We plan to follow him then and capture Tamrang.

Regarding this matter, continued cooperation with Cheon-sin-mun is deemed essential.

Cheon-sin-mun’s techniques are judged to play a decisive role in countering Hyeolcheon-hoe’s prohibition spells and poisons going forward.

In a situation where the Martial Arts Alliance’s internal loyalty is uncertain, the outsider sect Cheon-sin-mun and Cheonsu Dokhwa’s granddaughter Seolha seem rather trustworthy allies.

Therefore, I request the General Strategist’s approval.

That is all.

White Robe Group Wang Dang respectfully submitted

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