Chapter 29. A Legendary Meeting (1/2)
Chapter 29. A Legendary Meeting
Whether it was the past or the present, Gongson Chun Gi was strong. Very strong. No one under the heavens seemed to be able to get stronger than he.
When he faced off against Neng Mu Gi. The Gongson Chun Gi from forty years ago. Even then, he was strong.
“Hoh?”
Gongson Chun Gi, who was sitting at the desk with a bored face, became curious. That was because a little while ago, something, something very strange and unique, entered his ‘area’.
It seemed so small and insignificant, that even Gongson Chun Gi nearly missed it.
“This is interesting.”
“What?”
Gongson Chun Gi stroked his chin, and smiled mischievously. He then stood up. At the same time, he faced the Demon Doctor (魔醫) Sunwu Jo Duk, who had been making a report on pills, and spoke.
“Hey.”
“Yes, Your Holiness. What do you wish?”
“Is that report important?”
What kind of a prank did the Pope have in mind this time? Thinking that, Sunwu Jo Duk responded with a calm voice.
“Yes. It’s very important. The medicinal supplies are getting low.”
“Huh? Why?”
“We are mass-producing the Heavenly Demon Spirit Pill, like you ordered a while back.”
“Oh, yeah, right.”
Gongson Chun Gi responded lazily, and spoke while looking at the door.
“Is that report as important as your life?”
“What?”
“Would you risk your life for that report?”
Sunwu Jo Duk thought for a moment. The new Pope of the church, Gongson Chun Gi, had a bad habit of hiding something, then asking others questions about it.
The problem was that whenever the Pope did this, the things he hid from others were often very ‘important’. But then, while Gongson Chun Gi liked playing around, he never risked a person’s life doing it.
The word ‘life’ came out of that man’s mouth. This deserved to make him think a bit more.
Sunwu Jo Duk proudly replied, whilst stroking his gray beard several times.
“Of course my neck is more important. I can make hundreds of these reports, anyway.”
Gongson Chun Gi grinned.
“Then get out. I have no intention to protect someone as old as you by killing myself in the process.”
Sunwu Jo Duk suddenly became a lot more cautious.
“Is it an assassin?”
“Maybe, I think it’s a little different from that.”
Could a man who strolls in here in broad daylight truly be an assassin? Gongson Chun Gi smiled when he thought about that. At the same time, Sunwu Jo Duk spoke with a serious tone.
“I’ll bring the boys from the Bladed Killer Corps.”
“No. They’ll just be a bother.”
Gongson Chun Gi waved his hands in annoyance, and leaned against the table.
“This isn’t something that can be solved with numbers alone.”
“He’s that good?”
“Yeah, he’s that good.”
Right. The person that was approaching him right now wasn’t someone that could be overwhelmed by just numbers.
“Just get out as if you don’t know anything, and sort out everyone in the area. I want to stay alone with this guy.”
“It’s too dangerous.”
“Do you not know me? I’m super strong.”
“I know. That’s why it’s dangerous.”
“What’s dangerous?”
Sunwu Jo Duk smiled.
“That assassin’s in danger. Wouldn’t we have to catch him alive, to interrogate?”
“Well, I don’t know if I could actually capture him alive…….”
When Gongson Chun Gi spoke with a hesitant tone, Sunwu Jo Duk finally realized how serious all this was. That was why he spoke again with an even more serious tone.
“Should I bring those old men here?”
“It would certainly be a little better if those old gluttons were here……..”
Gongson Chun Gi paused, and smirked.
“But that would hurt my pride, don’t you think?”
“…….”
Sunwu Jo Duk didn’t smile. He looked around a bit, then spoke.
“It wouldn’t be enough with just a few guards, right?”
“I already told them. They’ll leave once you leave.”
“Why don’t you just bring in the old good-for-nothings instead? They should do their job for once. Don’t you think they would be getting tired of playing around every day, by now?”
“Aren’t those old guys your friends? Aren’t you being a little bit too offensive, just because they aren’t here?”
Sunwu Jo Duk became enraged in a second.
“What do you mean, friends? I never befriended a bunch of good-for-nothings.”
Gongson Chun Gi nodded.
“I knew it. No wonder they said that they never befriended a stupid medicine man.”
“Those cheeky bastards…..”
Right before Sunwu Jo Duk spewed out more insults, Gongson Chun Gi spoke.
“He’s coming closer. You should get out by now.”
“Will you really be alright? I could help, if the situation is really urgent.”
Gongson Chun Gi shook his head.
“You’ll be a bother.”
“…….Alright.”
Even though he still wasn’t a harmonious expert, he had reached a peak level in martial arts. But Sunwu Jo Duk was more skilled in the art of medicine than martial arts, and had built up quite a reputation for his poison. His poison was strong enough to kill a harmonious expert, after all.
‘But I would still be a bother?’
Sunwu Jo Duk faintly smiled. He realized that this wasn’t the place for him.
“You know it would be troublesome if you just died here, right?”
Gongson Chun Gi nodded.
“I know. It’ll be more embarrassing than troublesome, though.”
“Right. I’ll take my leave, then.”
Sunwu Jo Duk bowed, and walked up to the door behind him. He stopped in front of the door, and spoke without looking back.
“The old pope told me to take care of you well.”
“I know.”
“This old man hasn’t done anything significant for you yet, so I’ll be angry if you just died here, okay?”
“Yeah. Well, I have my own reasons for not dying. My life is just getting better after studying martial arts for that long. I can’t just die here.”
Gongson Chun Gi smiled, and spoke again.
“I have no intention to die, so just get out and wait. Let’s have dinner together or something later.”
“Okay. Ah, and if it’s possible, can you leave him alive? We’ll have to interrogate him.”
“I’ll try.”
Sunwu Jo Duk opened the door with a satisfied face.
And the moment before the door closed, someone else came into the temple. Gonson Chun Gi didn’t respond at all to this. Actually, he pretended to not notice the man, and observed the intruder in his own ways. He got quite surprised.
‘This is…….’
It was amazing. There was no other way to describe it.
Gongson Chun Gi kept trying to stop himself from smiling.