The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 395

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Chapter 395. It’s Sewage Water Though…

 

 

 

 

 

Bongma Corps Black Squad Team 2 had safely returned to their main base.

 

Since they had only run along the top of Sanwol Great Wall’s castle wall, there was nothing difficult about it.

 

The map confirming the territory was also safe.

 

Each would go to their dormitory to recover from the journey’s fatigue, and Squad Leader Pung Geon would write a report to submit to Dan-ju, then this mission would be complete.

 

However, they couldn’t move easily.

 

They felt that the atmosphere was different from before they left.

 

Heavy and gloomy air had settled over the entire Bongma Corps.

 

“Hm? Pung Geon? You’ve returned safely?”

 

At that moment.

 

Someone wrapped entirely in bandages discovered them and approached.

 

Black Squad Team 15.

 

It was that team’s leader.

 

“What? What’s with that state?”

 

Pung Geon asked in surprise.

 

At that question, Team 15 Leader gave a bitter smile.

 

“This is how it turned out.”

 

And he looked at Team 2.

 

“You all returned safely. That’s fortunate. At least you’re safe.”

 

“What? What happened?”

 

Pung Geon asked urgently, but Team 15 Leader shook his head.

 

“For now, go make your return report first. We’ll talk slowly about it later.”

 

Leaving those words, he departed.

 

Black Squad Team 2 watched his retreating figure.

 

Heavy, crushing silence descended upon them.

 

Team 2 quietly returned to their barracks in the changed atmosphere.

 

Only Yu Gwi-gwang followed Pung Geon toward his barracks.

 

This was because Squad Leader Pung Geon used a small barracks alone.

 

“As expected.”

 

Pung Geon, who had entered the barracks, spoke in a low whisper-like voice.

 

“Your acting was quite good?”

 

At Yu Gwi-gwang’s words, Pung Geon smiled awkwardly.

 

Before returning.

 

They had already finished discussing the direction and responses for future matters with all team members.

 

So Pung Geon was able to naturally act surprised even when meeting Team 15 Leader.

 

Because they had anticipated and prepared for even this situation.

 

“Now all that’s left is to go meet Dan-ju and Vice Dan-ju.”

 

At Yu Gwi-gwang’s words, Pung Geon nodded.

 

“We received help from the Mysterious Master once again.”

 

Pung Geon spoke seriously.

 

Yu Gwi-gwang nodded.

 

“The reason for our late return?”

 

“We were poisoned by a strange Poison Jiangshi’s poison.”

 

Pung Geon answered Yu Gwi-gwang’s question.

 

“That Mysterious Master detoxified us, but it took a long time.”

 

Yu Gwi-gwang continued.

 

“We don’t know what kind of poison it was. We just lost consciousness.”

 

Back and forth.

 

The two men once again checked the story they had put their heads together to think of during their return.

 

To confirm if there were any loopholes.

 

After reviewing it for a long time and feeling it was perfect.

 

Pung Geon wrote a brief report with a Single Brush Sweep.

 

Now he had to go see those damned bastards’ faces.

 

“Good work.”

 

Yu Gwi-gwang left those words and departed from Pung Geon’s barracks.

 

He had to control Team 2’s Bongma Members and Maengryong Members once more.

 

That was his role.

 

A moment later.

 

Pung Geon left his barracks.

 

The place he was heading to was Dan-ju’s barracks.

 

That bastard was probably anxious too.

 

Because he had sent them to die, but they returned too unharmed.

 

Looking at Team 15’s situation, looking at the main base’s atmosphere.

 

It seemed everyone had ended up that way.

 

There were no cases as lucky as theirs.

 

Mysterious Master.

 

This much was fact.

 

Instructor Ha Mu-baek.

 

He was certainly that unfathomable Mysterious Master.

 

If they hadn’t met him, they too would have ended up like that.

 

So, the fact that they met the Mysterious Master and were safe was the truth.

 

Lies hidden within truth.

 

Therefore, it would not be easy to judge.

 

“Come in.”

 

When he announced his visit in front of Dan-ju’s barracks and waited, Dan-ju’s voice was heard.

 

Entering through the door opened by Dan-ju’s subordinate.

 

Dan-ju and Vice Dan-ju were sitting there.

 

“Good work, Squad Leader Pung.”

 

Do Sim-geuk spoke with an expressionless face.

 

Pung Geon took a cupped fist salute and bowed his head.

 

“I report that Bongma Corps Black Squad Team 2 and affiliated Maengryong Corps have safely returned.”

 

A report based on Jeongcheon Alliance regulations.

 

And he delivered the summarized report.

 

Do Sim-geuk read through it all instantly and handed it to Yang Bi-chang.

 

Yang Bi-chang also quickly skimmed through the report.

 

His eyes trembled finely.

 

Because the contents were utterly unbelievable.

 

“You were lucky.”

 

Do Sim-geuk spoke up.

 

“That’s right.”

 

Pung Geon readily agreed.

 

Because it was true.

 

They were lucky to return alive from the place that damned bastard had sent them to die.

 

“You properly confirmed the territory and returned with everyone safe. That’s remarkable.”

 

Do Sim-geuk, who had been expressionless, smiled faintly.

 

However, to Pung Geon’s eyes, it didn’t look like a friendly smile at all.

 

“And you say you overcame a life-threatening crisis by meeting a mysterious master… There was a similar incident before, wasn’t there?”

 

He was referring to the incident where Pung Geon met the mysterious master Nam Hwi and survived the encounter with Silent Iron.

 

Naturally, that incident had also been reported in detail.

 

“That’s correct.”

 

“Hah. To receive help from mysterious masters twice. What heavenly fortune, truly heavenly fortune.”

 

Was he being sarcastic?

 

Do Sim-geuk’s eyes gleamed sharply as he spoke.

 

Pung Geon didn’t avoid his gaze and looked directly into those eyes.

 

Since he was telling the truth, there was no reason to avoid eye contact.

 

“But you don’t know the identity of this mysterious master…?”

 

He had described him as an unidentified mysterious master.

 

And that was also the truth.

 

Though he had said he was an instructor at Gyoryong Hall, Pung Geon didn’t think such a remarkable master would truly be just that.

 

Since he truly didn’t know Ha Mu-baek’s identity.

 

That was also the truth.

 

“No.”

 

“So it seems he was different from that Nam Hwi fellow from last time.”

 

“That’s correct.”

 

The answer came without hesitation.

 

“How fascinating. Sanwol Demon Forest. What could be in this treacherous place that two mysterious masters have appeared within a year? Since I became Dan-ju, those two are the only ones I’d call mysterious masters. And Squad Leader Pung, you’ve met them both.”

 

“I was truly fortunate.”

 

He sincerely thought so.

 

No matter how much one examined it, there was nothing to discover.

 

He was only speaking according to the contents of his report.

 

“You’ve worked hard on this long journey and difficult mission. Rest well today, and submit your detailed report within two days.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

After leaving a brief farewell, Pung Geon returned to his barracks.

 

“What do you think?”

 

“The report itself is excellent. The reason for the delayed return is also understandable.”

 

“A mutant variant of Poison Jiangshi…”

 

Do Sim-geuk frowned.

 

Mutant variants of jiangshi.

 

They weren’t nonexistent.

 

However, there hadn’t been any since he became Bongma Corps Leader.

 

There hadn’t been any before either.

 

If there had been any, it was during the height of the Great Martial War, when the Blood Cult was rampaging.

 

That’s when they existed.

 

“But it’s strange that these incidents that haven’t occurred before are only happening to those guys.”

 

Suspicious eyes turned toward where Pung Geon had been.

 

“Are you saying that if coincidence happens three times, it becomes inevitability?”

 

Do Sim-geuk nodded at Yang Bi-chang’s question.

 

“It all fits together too perfectly. Suspiciously so.”

 

“More importantly, shouldn’t we report this mutant variant to our superiors?”

 

Do Sim-geuk nodded at Yang Bi-chang’s question.

 

“For now, let’s only report to Master.”

 

Yang Bi-chang’s eyes widened at Do Sim-geuk’s words.

 

The superiors he had mentioned weren’t their master.

 

Jeongcheon Alliance Headquarters.

 

That’s what he meant.

 

After all, they were Bongma Corps, one of the six military units under Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

And while their master was indeed the Sect Leader of Gongdong Sect and an Elder of Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

He wasn’t Bongma Corps’ superior.

 

Do Sim-geuk chuckled seeing Yang Bi-chang’s expression.

 

“Dense fool. What organization does Bongma Corps belong to?”

 

Though called one of Jeongcheon Alliance’s six military units, each had different affiliations.

 

Bongma Corps belonged to the Elder Council.

 

Yang Bi-chang recalled this fact.

 

“Since Master is an Elder of the Elder Council, he is ultimately our superior.”

 

It was absurd logic.

 

Rather than reporting to their master personally, they should report through the Elder Council’s official channels.

 

However, Yang Bi-chang had no choice but to accept this sophistry.

 

Since his senior brother was the Dan-ju, he was the vice Dan-ju, and they were both disciples of Gongdong Sect.

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

Ha Mu-baek was lying on the roof of the carriage heading toward Muchang.

 

Sometimes he was at the driver’s seat with Pyeong Deok-jo, and sometimes he lay like this.

 

“Now, what will you do?”

 

The newly appeared Poison Jiangshi.

 

Pung Geon would report about it somehow.

 

Whether he’d report everything or hide some parts was unknown.

 

Then when and how far would that information be transmitted?

 

Would it safely reach Alliance Leader So Hwi-ung through Gongsun Dan-gyeong?

 

‘That’s unlikely.’

 

Bongma Corps belonged to the Elder Council.

 

This meant the Elders’ influence strongly affected it.

 

And the Elder Council was firmly in Yeon Ja-gyeong’s grasp.

 

‘Yeon Ja-gyeong. It depends on what that old man does.’

 

Ha Mu-baek chuckled softly.

 

Even without seeing, he could picture it all.

 

‘But which organization does Maengryong Corps belong to?’

 

Maengryong Corps Cadets naturally belonged to Gyoryong Hall.

 

As long as they received education at Gyoryong Hall, whether Jamryong Corps, Waryong Corps, or Maengryong Corps, they all belonged to Gyoryong Hall.

 

And Gyoryong Hall was an institution of Jeongcheon Alliance while maintaining independence from both the Alliance Leader’s Hall and Elder Council.

 

Of course, this independence could become meaningless.

 

That depended entirely on who the Academy Director was.

 

However.

 

Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

He didn’t know which organization the other Maengryong Corps being consumed as cannon fodder in that hellish place belonged to.

 

He had only learned about Maengryong Corps’ existence last year when he received his assignment.

 

‘It’s a cesspool… No one would want it under their command.’

 

It was no different from Jeongcheon Alliance’s disgrace.

 

No one would want such a military unit under their command.

 

Having it under one’s command meant taking responsibility for it.

 

Who would want to take responsibility for expendable resources?

 

Expendable resources just needed to be consumed and disappear.

 

“I should look into it once.”

 

Ha Mu-baek muttered quietly.

 

Since no one wanted to take responsibility, even though he belonged to the Jeongcheon Alliance, if he wasn’t affiliated with any specific organization within it.

 

It was truly a damnable situation, but at the same time, it might actually be better for what Ha Mu-baek had in mind.

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

“Hmm.”

 

Yeon Ja-gyeong was frowning as he looked at the secret report before him.

 

Information obtained through the Jecheon Secret Network.

 

Details written and sent by a member of the secret organization planted in Gyoryong Hall.

 

He had requested information necessary to read the moves of So Hwi-ung and Gongsun Dan-gyeong, and all the answers were there, but.

 

“Have I been played?”

 

Yeon Ja-gyeong muttered with a grimly contorted expression.

 

While checking the roster of Maengryong Corps cadets.

 

 

 

Maengryong Corps Second Year, Twentieth Group.

 

Ju U-myeong.

 

Ha Seol-ran.

 

 

 

Among the two names.

 

The name below, Ha Seol-ran.

 

The moment he confirmed it, Yeon Ja-gyeong’s body trembled as if struck by lightning.

 

“Phew. I’ve grown old too. To have forgotten this…”

 

Focusing only on the deal with the Blood Cult, he had missed something important.

 

Why did the Peng Family go into seclusion?

 

What incident occurred at that time?

 

What was the beginning of that incident?

 

Didn’t he know all of that?

 

The Peng Family’s scoundrel, Peng Gun-ho, had touched Ha Mu-baek’s younger sister, Ha Seol-ran.

 

That was the beginning of everything.

 

Since she was a first-year Maengryong Corps cadet at the time, it was natural that she was now a second-year.

 

Which meant.

 

After next year’s New Year passed, she would be sent to Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

Would the man who ultimately caused an entire sect to go into seclusion for dishonoring his younger sister simply send her to Sanwol Demon Forest?

 

Absolutely not.

 

He would definitely follow her.

 

If his position in the Jeongcheon Alliance held him back, he would quit the Jeongcheon Alliance and follow her.

 

Considering that bastard Ha Mu-baek’s responsible nature, he might just send his younger sister alone, but.

 

There was a variable.

 

“Ji Gun-wi…”

 

The instructor who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

 

An instructor who taught the Maengryong Corps cadets in Ha Mu-baek’s place whenever he was away.

 

But ridiculously, he wasn’t an instructor officially affiliated with Gyoryong Hall.

 

Just a mysterious figure who appeared like the wind and disappeared like the wind at Ha Mu-baek’s request only when Ha Mu-baek was away.

 

Ha Mu-baek could entrust the Maengryong Corps to him and follow his younger sister’s movements.

 

There might be a way to remove his younger sister from the Maengryong Corps, but given Ha Mu-baek’s character that Yeon Ja-gyeong knew, that was unlikely.

 

So Hwi-ung and Gongsun Dan-gyeong knew this fact well, which was why they had said they wouldn’t have Ha Mu-baek participate in the field training as an instructor.

 

“Then…”

 

Yeon Ja-gyeong fell into thought for a moment.

 

“Should I move up the timing?”

 

After the Eastern Tournament ended.

 

If they went on field training, it wouldn’t be long before the Maengryong Corps completed their two-year program and were deployed to Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

That meant there wouldn’t be much of a time gap until Ha Mu-baek went to Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

But if they sent them before the Eastern Tournament, the Eastern Tournament couldn’t be held.

 

That would be overstepping authority against the Academy Director.

 

Gyoryong Hall was an institution that maintained independent status recognized by both the Alliance Leader’s Hall and the Elder Council.

 

“Ugh.”

 

No solution came to mind.

 

No way to prevent the variable called Ha Mu-baek from going to Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

“I’ll have to move up the Eastern Tournament then. Using the excuse of securing more field training time…”

 

Maximizing the time difference between field training and the Maengryong Corps’ deployment.

 

That was all he could think of at the moment.

 

Adjusting the timing of the Eastern Tournament should be possible somehow.

 

After all, coordinating the timing of the East Investment Conference would somehow be manageable.

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