novelraw Chapter 108 : Chapter 108
Chapter 108 : Chapter 108
Chapter 108 - The Target to be Killed
Around the time Uma was causing a ruckus at the Clear River Pavilion.
A similar event was happening in the southern area of Changsha.
Ayeong Money House Southern Branch.
The core site of the Ghost Face Gang notorious for usury, and the place managing the most money even among the four major branches of Ayeong Money House.
To express it differently, a place that sucks the marrow of commoners the most.
“Kuhuhuhuhu.”
A strange person with disheveled hair appeared here dragging a man by his hair.
“Who goes there!”
At the guard's shout, swordsmen swarmed out from inside Ayeong Money House.
Money and swords have a relationship like magnets.
Where there is money, there are swords, and money gathers where the swords are strong.
That was the reason why strong swordsmen were gathered in plenty at Ayeong Money House, which rolled a lot of money.
Swordsmen overflowing with sharp spirit at a glance blocked the strange person’s way.
“Ho-oh……?”
The strange person turned his head in a large circle.
Then he roughly grabbed and shook the man’s hair he was holding like a dog leash.
“Is it allowed for a mere money house to be this luxurious and big? You bastards! Just how many bad deeds did you commit to eat this well?”
“Ugh……!”
The man’s head bent this way and that in the strange person’s forceful hand.
Since his clothes were torn as if he had been beaten here and there, it was a very wretched appearance.
The person whose hair was grabbed was a low-level member recovering money lent by Ayeong Money House.
Since a colleague was being humiliated in front of the branch of Ayeong Money House, it was a natural reaction for sparks to fly in their eyes.
“This son of a b*tch!”
Schwing!
Swordsmen who looked solid at a glance each drew their swords.
However,
“Stop.”
The bodies of the swordsmen who seemed likely to rush in immediately stopped in an instant.
The owner of the voice passed through the rugged swordsmen and moved to the very front.
“Mm?”
The strange person twitched the whites of his eyes as if it was interesting.
It was a physique small enough to be considered excessive compared to the surrounding swordsmen.
He was wearing silk robes that looked very expensive, but it looked like a child coveting an adult's clothes.
But what the strange person focused on was not his attire.
They are swordsmen wrapping themselves in Sword Aura that is fierce yet dim.
That he could control such people with a single word implied something.
‘He’s a guy with a move of his own.’
Although he didn't know what he could do with that small body, the guy is a master.
Wouldn't he be at least above a second-generation disciple of the Orthodox Sects?
The strange person concluded so and let out a fierce laugh.
“Hehehe. You are quite calm when your subordinate is being treated like a mongrel. No. Did you think of your subordinate like a mongrel from the start?”
“Who is your honor to persecute a member of this money house without reason? May I ask your name?”
Despite the strange person’s provocation, the old man asked calmly without losing dignity.
Looking only at the conversation, it looked like an elder of the Orthodox Sects admonishing a madman of the Unorthodox Sects.
“Kuhu. What use is a name to a beggar’s foot-wrapping like me. What is your name?”
“This old man is called Sahwan. Since I gave you the answer you wanted, how about letting go of that hand now?”
“Sahwan?”
The strange person might not know, but in fact, it was safe to say there was no merchant in the southern area of Changsha who didn't know Sahwan.
He was a figure called to suck blood, sweat, and even marrow until he received every single penny, let alone the high interest abusing difficult circumstances.
If a debtor couldn't pay back the money, he was a figure who would chase down even distant relatives and cut off a finger with a ring on it.
Sahwan revealing his name was due to the power contained in that name.
If you know who I am even now, tuck your tail and crawl on the floor.
Sahwan’s intention was that, but regrettably, the strange person’s answer was a strictly extended middle finger.
“Ha! Who do you think you are to blabber about listening or not with just a name? Eat this!”
“…………!”
“Th, that bastard!”
At the strange person’s abusive language, the swordsmen reacted before Sahwan.
However, Sahwan’s expression was still calm and gentle.
Surely he must have had that hateful face even when lending money.
The strange person suddenly had such a thought.
“What on earth is the reason for doing this to us. I have lived in this town for over ten years, but I have never seen a person like you. You look like a person who just came from another region; is there a need to make an enemy of our Ayeong Money House from the start?”
“Don’t talk nonsense like pulling whiskers from a teacup and listen well. As of today, I am taking over the usury business in this district. Whether Ayeong Money House or Pumpkin Money House, pack your bags and get out of here right now.”
“………….”
Sahwan smiled slightly.
He is a thoroughly crazy guy, just like he looks.
In fact, the reason Sahwan acted dignified like this was because of the gazes gathered around.
Killing one mad lunatic immediately is nothing.
But Sahwan considered the current situation an opportunity.
It was a time when the eyes of local merchants were not kind due to the usury anyway.
This Ayeong Money House Southern Branch is the place where land prices are most expensive and bustling.
Naturally, the number of passersby coming and going is high, and rumors spread quickly.
If he shows a calm and rational appearance against a madman at a time like this, he can change the perception of Ayeong Money House.
It means consequently more people will come to borrow money.
“Hearing you, it seems you intend to start a usury business, but will it be possible with that appearance?”
Sahwan smiled brightly and examined the strange person’s whole body.
Indeed, far from lending money to others, it was an attire highly doubtful if he could even eat dinner today immediately.
A strange person with disheveled hair wearing rags.
If a person like this does usury, even a passing sparrow is a phoenix.
But the strange person bared his yellow teeth and pulled the hair again.
“Bastard! You heard it earlier too! Didn't he say a person named O-hyeon borrowed money from me!”
“Not O-hyeon…… ugh…… it is Mo-hyeon.”
“Mm? Was it?”
The strange person scratched the back of his head with his one free hand.
“………….”
Sahwan smiled brightly once again.
It only now became certain why the strange person came here.
Does it make sense that a person doing usury doesn't remember the name of the person he lent money to?
The reason is unknown, but this strange person simply wants to pick a fight with Ayeong Money House.
To express it a little differently, should one say he wants to die?
“I will do as you wish.”
Everyone listening to Sahwan’s words doubted their ears.
Anyone can see he is insisting stubbornly, but to grant that?
But Sahwan’s true intention was contained in the next words.
“If you can go out of here alive today, you may do whatever you want after that.”
“Oh…… You communicate better than expected?”
The strange person soon released the strength in his hand.
The member of Ayeong Money House, whose hair had been grabbed for a long time, ended up fainting.
Raising a middle finger to the suggestion of conversation, and releasing the subordinate to the words that he would kill him here.
Sahwan thought he was a strange guy in many ways.
“Was there such a person in the Beggars' Union……?”
His physique was too good to simply call him a beggar.
Contrary to the gibberish, his voice contained clear power.
If his internal energy was insignificant, his ears wouldn't ring like this.
But because he messed up his hair so much, his face couldn't be confirmed.
Only the mad eyes flashing occasionally between his bangs were all that could be confirmed.
‘Should I investigate a bit more…… no.’
A strange person picking a fight with Ayeong Money House in broad daylight.
He was definitely not ordinary, but Sahwan decided to finish the job here.
Does a crazy guy act like a nutcase for a reason?
If he wants to die, killing him is all there is to it.
“Strike.”
The command that the swordsmen of Ayeong Money House had been wishing for fell.
“Haaaat!”
“Kill him!”
Sword glints full of killing intent flashed receiving the sunlight, without distinction of who was first.
“Hehehehe…….”
However.
There was something flashing more roughly than that, and it was exactly the white eyes of the strange person shining between the messy bangs.
Vwoong.
From somewhere, a sound like bees flapping wings is heard.
However, this southern area of Changsha is not a climate where bees would wander around.
The source of the sound was none other than the strange person’s both hands.
Pa-ak!
The strange person’s filthy sleeves flap toward the front.
At the same time, a whitish cluster of light burst out from his palms.
Kuaaaaa!
“!”
The swordsmen rushing toward the strange person were startled and set their sword faces forward.
They instinctively realized that the strange person’s Palm Art was not at a level they could handle.
However, the sword blades of the swordsmen who reached the entrance of Sword Aura were insufficient to block the domineering energy of the Mad Dog's Barking Palm.
Pububububuk!
“Kuaaaaaack!”
“Gurgle……!!”
The palm energy stretching from the strange person’s fingertips pierced the body of the swordsman standing in the lead.
And the next.
And the next after next.
Even though the palm energy pierced through swords and human bodies consecutively, the energy did not subside at all.
Far from subsiding, it felt as if the energy became fiercer the more blood it drank.
“!”
Astonishment filled Sahwan’s deeply sunken eyes.
What ridiculous Palm Art is this!
Every time he waved his hand once, several swordsmen he raised with difficulty fell away.
For Sahwan, it was an event more heart-bursting than when he couldn't receive lent money.
“You bastaaaard!”
Looking at the swordsmen falling like autumn leaves, Sahwan rolled up his robe sleeves.
Then he extended double palms in a form similar to the strange person.
Vwoong!
Swaek, white internal energy poured out from Sahwan’s hands.
“Ho…….”
The strange person, who was excitedly wiping out the swordsmen, twitched one eye.
Then he moved one hand to change the path of the Mad Dog's Barking Palm.
Bang!!!
A roar unbelievable for a sound of internal energy colliding with internal energy.
Passersby watching the battle with anxious hearts covered their ears respectively.
“Ah……!”
Opening their closed eyes, the passersby burst out exclamations respectively.
Because the light and shadow of victory and defeat were seen too clearly even in this mess.
“Blargh!”
Sahwan, who was barely standing with his body trembling, eventually couldn't endure the backflow and vomited blood.
The collision of Palm Art and Palm Art has severe aftereffects, several times more than swords.
Because the side lacking internal energy receives a shock that disrupts the entire inside of the body.
“Hehehehe.”
Thud, thud.
On the other hand, the strange person stood in front of the collapsed Sahwan with a too calm gait.
“You……!!”
As if the internal energy inside his body was shaken from the root, tears of blood were flowing from Sahwan’s eyes as he raised his head.
“Truly……!! Is the Beggars' Union saying they will make an enemy of the Ghost Face Gang?”
“Hehe. You talk as if you know me?”
It might be different before unfolding the Palm Art, but if one uses similar martial arts, one cannot fail to recognize the person in front of eyes.
Because a martial artist using such destructive palm power is hard to find in the Beggars' Union, no, in the entire Jianghu.
“Cough…… Guardian Gwangyo, you bastard……!! How dare you oppose the Ghost Face Gang and……!!”
Crack.
Before realizing that was his last testament, Sahwan’s neck bent strangely.
“You talk too much. And Gwangyo? I don’t know such a bastard.”
As if wanting people around to hear, the strange person raised his voice awkwardly.
But that was actually unnecessary.
Because the passersby fell into shock and fear and couldn't hear that small sound, and now there was no one from the Ghost Face Gang surviving around here.
“Let’s see.”
The strange person scanned Sahwan’s corpse as if shaking off laundry.
Passersby closed their eyes tightly at the sight of the broken neck dangling, but the strange person didn't care.
“Right. Here it is.”
A tattoo of the character ‘Ghost’ embedded in Sahwan’s shoulder blade.
A smile full of madness rose on the lips of the strange person who confirmed the character.
***
“This time Hoho Pavilion was defeated!”
“This time Ayeong Money House Western Branch!”
“This time……!!!”
Dancheong, the Leader of the Ghost Face Gang, could no longer move his brush.
Because he was about to lose his foundation while leisurely drawing pictures.
His delicate and white hand was clenching a fist instead of a brush.
‘How can such a thing……?!’
At first, he regarded it as a trivial matter.
He thought moths blinded by revenge had luckily attacked one tavern.
But looking into the inside story, the reality was completely different.
Taverns.
Ayeong Money House.
Even the brothels they managed.
All were one person.
Not groups of moths, but one person each invaded and laid waste……!
It couldn't be said that management was lax, as numerous expensive swordsmen were deployed in every profitable business site.
Even in some places, members of the ‘Green Killer Squad’, which could be called the core assassination group of the Ghost Face Gang, were positioned.
If their skills were just average, the Ghost Face Gang would never have dominated the Changsha area.
‘Meticulous and terrible bastards.’
The Changsha area was too wide to deploy core combat power to all regions.
As if grasping such a weakness, the bastards were continuously using hit-and-run tactics by invading alone.
He tried deploying the Ghost Face Gang’s main combat power, but only ruins remained at the scene.
Only three days.
In just three days, thirty percent of business sites operated by the Ghost Face Gang suffered destructive damage.
It could be called an unprecedented incident since establishing a base in Changsha.
If they attacked the main base here, things would be easier, but they were destroying the Ghost Face Gang from the outskirts as if teasing ‘Why should I?’.
“Going like this, we might lose everything.”
As if solidifying his resolve, the Leader of the Ghost Face Gang called a subordinate.
“Summon the Ghost Face Four Shadows. And the Green Killer Squad, all of them.”
“Your command.”
Ghost Face Four Shadows and Green Killer Squad.
It was a declaration to effectively activate the total combat power of the Ghost Face Gang.
“Uh, and…… Gang Leader.”
“?”
“I don’t know if I may say this at such a time but…… a Red Petition has been delivered.”
“……Does now look like such a time?”
Anger was heavily smeared in the Leader's voice.
Red Petition.
That was a contract killing request, which could be called the essence of the Ghost Face Gang.
If it is a request from street thugs, it proceeds from below, and in the case of a Red Petition, the Leader confirms the target personally.
Because a Red Petition requires an enormous cost just to request, and it is used when the target is also a big shot.
If it were the usual Dancheong, he would naturally have shown interest.
However, since the situation was what it was, even a Red Petition wouldn't catch his eye.
But, despite hearing the Leader's voice full of anger, for some reason, the subordinate did not back down.
“But…… the content is a little strange.”
“……Strange?”
White and fine hands like those of a woman reluctantly unfolded the petition.
There is no strange target in contract killing.
If it’s a guy who can be killed, kill him; if it’s an impossible guy, send it back and that’s it.
“What……?”
However, like the subordinate's words, the content of that petition was strange beyond measure.
[Ghost Face Gang Dancheong]
The target to be killed.
The name written on the Red Petition was none other than Dancheong himself.