Chapter 520: Side Story 20
Chapter 20
The Jindo Family.
That place, which was once called the Lanzhou Merchant Guild, was currently being reborn as a martial arts family with the greatest influence in Gansu.
Since they still operated the merchant guild, their financial power was naturally unrivaled, and based on that, no one in Gansu could touch the Jindo Family, so it could truly be said to be like a tiger wearing wings.
In the yard of such a Jindo Family.
Numerous people were out there.
Not only the Family Head of the Jindo Family, but everyone in the family was outside. Everyone’s expressions were different; while some had satisfied expressions, others were watching the situation with pale complexions.
The Family Head of the Jindo Family, Jin Do-Yoo, was no different.
He simply couldn’t read the situation and clutched his forehead.
There was a man in front of his eyes.
Slap-!
“Keok!”
And there was Gong Baek-Ji, swinging her hands without hesitation towards that man. Due to how much he had been hit, his face had become covered in blood, and even his eyes were swollen so much that their shape couldn’t be properly found.
However, there was one thing he knew.
Who that man was.
‘What should I do about this…….’
Jin Do-Yoo tightly closed his eyes.
He had thought Gong Baek-Ji would do something. However, he never even dreamed she would use the Assassin Pavilion. The cost of commissioning them alone required offering an enormous amount of money, but she hired not just one or two, but five or six of such people all at once.
Even just the money she gave to famous martial artists in Gansu would be tens of thousands of taels, so it was no different from squandering a tremendous fortune that she would have had to spend her whole life just to catch a single person, Jang Sam-Tae.
“What on earth are you doing!”
An angry Jin Do-Yoo shouted.
He didn’t even wish for such a thing. Of course, it was a pity that the Gongcheon Gate was exterminated, but as a result of the Murim Alliance’s investigation, wasn’t it ultimately the Gongcheon Gate’s fault?
Did she not know that resolving it in this way was of no help?
“What am I doing? Can’t you tell by looking? It’s to get revenge.”
However, there was nothing in Gong Baek-Ji’s head. It was solely filled with a desire for revenge against Jang Sam-Tae, who killed her older brother.
“How dare… how dare a beggar-like bastard like this kill my older brother!”
“Ptooey! You crazy bitch, your brother was just unlucky. I’m telling you he deserved to die.”
“You’re still flapping that mouth of yours!”
Smack!
Unable to hold back, Gong Baek-Ji threw another punch.
Perhaps thinking she would beat him to death while torturing him bitterly rather than slitting his throat with a sword in one breath, she showed absolutely no mercy in her blows.
Jang Sam-Tae’s body flew backwards.
The figures of the Assassin Pavilion behind him caught it and made him kneel down once again.
“Keuueu…….”
A groan flowed from Jang Sam-Tae’s mouth.
It hurt, but it was bearable.
Even if a woman poured internal energy into her strikes, would it be as bad as the punches of the Five Emperors? It would rather hurt more when Dan So-Mi playfully hit him.
Jang Sam-Tae spat out the blood pooled in his mouth with a ‘ptooey’ and sighed, ‘Huuu’.
He was now sick and tired of just taking hits.
“Then let me ask you something too. Do you remember the little girl you beat to death in the Jiuquan marketplace twenty years ago?”
He barely asked while squeezing out his strength.
At the same time, he lifted his head and looked at the ones in front of his eyes. Since it was an event that occurred twenty years ago, no one would remember it.
Furthermore, since the people here were those with quite a high position in the merchant guild, there was no way they would properly remember what they ordered their subordinates to do.
“A child…?”
Just then, someone spoke in a small voice.
The moment he heard the somewhat slightly trembling sound, Jang Sam-Tae’s head was about to turn in that direction, but at the same time, Gong Baek-Ji’s fist flew in.
Thwack!
“What do I know! Whether a little girl dies or not! Wasn’t she just a beggar girl from the marketplace anyway!”
“A beggar girl, you say?”
“Yes! Oho, from the looks of it, you seem to have some relation to that little bitch! But listen well. How can you consider the life of such a bitch equal to my older brother’s! A mere beggar!”
Slap, slap, slap-!
Gong Baek-Ji had already lost her mind.
She seemed completely unable to properly judge what she was even doing.
Most of the people of the Jindo Family couldn’t hide their surprised hearts.
The world-renowned Hunan Dan Family.
To treat a person from there like a beggar? It was somewhat amusing, but the only person who could do such a thing without hesitation would be Gong Baek-Ji.
“Damn you all! What did that child ever do to you bitch to make you say such things!”
Jang Sam-Tae jumped up from his seat.
At the same time, figures from the Assassin Pavilion approached and grabbed his shoulders. However, he quickly slipped out, and that ghost-like movement couldn’t help but startle even the figures of the Assassin Pavilion.
Eventually.
Boom!
‘Hmm… where should I go?’
A huge pit was dug and debris flew about. Those who hadn’t prepared for the sudden attack were blown away and fell flat, turning the surroundings into a mess in an instant.
“Heavenly Demon’s Reigning Step?!”
A man from the Assassin Pavilion watched it and opened his eyes wide in astonishment. It looked like stomping a foot, but what actually attacked the surroundings was undoubtedly the Heavenly Demon’s Reigning Step.
However, what was strange was that no trace of demonic energy could be found in Jang Sam-Tae’s body, which shook the minds of the Assassin Pavilion even more.
But there was something they had to do rather than having other thoughts.
Jang Sam-Tae was about to step towards their client, Gong Baek-Ji.
Since protecting the client was also part of this commission, it became a situation where they absolutely had to stop Jang Sam-Tae from approaching.
Just as they were about to move.
“Don’t bother moving. Unless you want to die by the hands of that human Bi Cheon-Woong.”
Jang Sam-Tae casually tossed out a remark.
At that single remark, the Assassin Pavilion figures who were about to approach stopped in their tracks. Bi Cheon-Woong was undoubtedly the Emperor of the Assassin Pavilion. Since he possessed immense influence over those of the Assassin Pavilion, they couldn’t easily ignore that single remark.
“…What?”
“Fuck, I was too embarrassed to do this, but I have to drop a name. Seriously, don’t move. With one word from me, Elder Bi will chase you down and twist your necks off.”
Flinch!
The figures of the Assassin Pavilion could no longer move.
It was unknown whether Jang Sam-Tae’s words were false or true. But just looking at the atmosphere he gave off, it didn’t seem like a lie, so they shouldn’t do anything reckless before being certain.
“The Assassin Emperor’s whereabouts… are unknown. You know about that?”
“If you really can’t believe it, come find me later in Yueyang.”
“…….”
The man glanced at his subordinates behind him. Exchanging glances as if telling them not to move, he cautiously stepped back. To them, the position of the Assassin Emperor was more important than the client, so even if Jang Sam-Tae’s words were a lie, they were planning to try trusting him.
Furthermore, the opponent was the Hunan Dan Family.
It didn’t seem like he was telling a pointless lie.
“Wh-What are you doing? Protect me right now!”
“…….”
“Eek!”
Even though she shouted sharply, the assassins of the Assassin Pavilion didn’t listen to her words. She wanted to say it was a breach of contract, but it was the world-renowned Assassin Pavilion of all places.
Everyone knew that if they simply massacred all the clients in front of them, such talk wouldn’t leak out.
Sure enough, some assassins grasped their daggers.
If the leader’s command fell, no one would be able to live.
“What are you guys doing! Catch that bastard right now!”
Eventually, Gong Baek-Ji asked for help from the surroundings.
However, no one tried to readily listen to those words. Even just the single move they saw earlier, they knew it couldn’t be handled by the people present.
Although the Jindo Family’s influence was tremendous, it hadn’t been long since they changed from a merchant guild to a family, and there were also no appropriately skilled individuals in this place capable of facing a martial arts expert.
“You bitch! Say it once again. What did you call my sister?”
“You damn lowborn bastard!”
Eventually cornered, Gong Baek-Ji drew her sword. Drawing the sword fiercely, she tried to cut down Jang Sam-Tae’s head in a single stroke. However, just by slightly raising his head, the blade missed its mark in vain.
The difference in level between Gong Baek-Ji and Jang Sam-Tae had already reached that extent.
Thud-!
He threw a punch in a single breath.
Gong Baek-Ji, hit in the abdomen, vomited and bent her body like a shrimp. No matter how one looked at her, she appeared to be a frail woman, but Jang Sam-Tae showed no mercy in his blows.
Slap, slap, slap-!
He struck fiercely.
He swung so forcefully that she couldn’t come to her senses. Gong Baek-Ji’s face instantly became battered and disheveled. The martial artists of the Jindo Family, who were supposed to protect her, suddenly came to their senses and tried to move, but at the same time.
Thwack, thwack, thwack-!
With a kicking technique that flew in like a flash of lightning, those bodies flew away and crashed into the wall.
“How dare a bitch like you say what about my sister? You things worse than bugs! Yeah, fuck! It was my fault. I’m sorry for stealing the silk, you sons of bitches!”
At that time, Jang Sam-Tae exploded in anger and took out a money pouch and threw it. The silver taels that scattered with a clattering sound seemed to be several times the price of the silk he had stolen a long time ago.
“Even so, you shouldn’t have killed that child! You should have killed me instead!”
Booming-!
Jang Sam-Tae’s voice rose boundlessly higher.
He quickly approached and fiercely struck Jin Do-Yoo’s face.
With a ‘Thwack!’ sound, he fell flat, trembling violently as he was stuck to the ground. Severe pain shook and dominated his mind so much that he couldn’t even properly think about being hurt, bringing all his thoughts to a halt.
Thwack!
“Kkuwek!”
Jang Sam-Tae’s foot struck Jin Do-Yoo’s abdomen, and reaching out his hand again, he dragged Gong Baek-Ji by the hair, who was sprawled nearby, and struck her face.
Everyone clicked their tongues at his blows that made it impossible to even gather one’s senses. The reason no one could stop him was because Jang Sam-Tae’s fists weren’t exclusively aiming at just the two people.
Thwack, thwack, thwack-!
In an instant, he beat up everyone in the entire vicinity.
He threw his punches so fiercely that there was no one standing perfectly fine, to the extent that even the figures of the Assassin Pavilion watching it clicked their tongues.
-He looked like a guy who would only act as a servant somewhere… as expected of the Hunan Dan Family. He is incredible.
As the sound transmission was heard, the captain of the men nodded.
Whether it was because his resentment had surged or not, there were somewhat clumsy aspects. However, those movements that subdued the surroundings in an instant suggested that it was by no means a low level.
“Cough, cough, that… that child… I remember…….”
Just then, a voice was heard again.
Jang Sam-Tae, who was once again approaching Gong Baek-Ji and Jin Do-Yoo, quickly turned his head. At the end of his gaze, among those collapsed, a man coughing up blood violently was looking at Jang Sam-Tae.
“What did you say?”
“I said… I remember.”
“…If it’s a lie, you die.”
“O-Of course, aren’t you talking about the child who stole the s-silk? I remember… because I was there.”
As soon as those words ended, Jang Sam-Tae rushed toward the man with an expression like a demon or rakshasa.
“What did you say, you bastard?!”
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