Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 934

“Ahem.”

Lee Hyun-soo, who was driving, seemed uncomfortable. He had been clearing his throat for a while now.

Well, the fine dust wasn’t great today either, so he could cough as much as he wanted.

“Hoo…”

Wiggins seemed to have some trouble at home.

He had been sighing non-stop since a while ago.

Of course, there was no way to stop him from sighing.

Even if Kang Jin-ho was a superior, he couldn’t interfere with family matters.

That’s why Kang Jin-ho had been staring out the window, not turning his head back into the car.

“Well…”

Kang Jin-ho flinched as Lee Hyun-soo spoke.

“Sigh…”

There is a sigh that conveys more meaning than a million words.

This sigh was exactly that.

Kang Jin-ho, who was thick-skinned and had a liver so big it had clearly escaped his body, found it hard to bear the weight of that sigh.

“Well…”

Lee Hyun-soo hesitated again.

Then, Kang Jin-ho sighed and opened his mouth.

“I wish you would just say it.”

“No, it’s not that. Master did what was right.”

Lee Hyun-soo fired off words like a machine gun.

“Of course, it was the right thing to do. Since it’s a summit, this meeting is entirely up to the Master, isn’t it? The Master’s judgment is the priority, and I think it’s right for us to follow the Master’s choices. I have no complaints about that at all.”

That was a good start.

Of course, this was just the beginning.

“However!”

There it was.

Kang Jin-ho knew Lee Hyun-soo too well now. Thanks to that, he could roughly guess what was coming next.

He would butter him up a little….

“Of course, the Master’s choice is right, but! I think so, but!”

Now the real point would come out.

“However, the problem is that I don’t quite understand the method. Why do we have to fight again? Of course, we are martial artists, and as martial artists, we don’t have any other way to solve problems other than punching, but still, aren’t we human?”

Now he would start the real negotiation….

“Besides, I don’t know what we gain by fighting like this. Winning? It’s not a big deal. And it’s not like adding a line to the Master’s resume that he beat the Round Table Master is such a great achievement. The Master’s achievements are already overflowing. But is there a need to strain relations by beating the Round Table Master… that’s what I think.”

Then he would start to be sarcastic.

“Of course, I know that it’s irreversible now that things have turned out this way. However, next time! Ple〜ase, next time, please ask for our opinions at least once. Ple〜ase! If you were going to do that, why did you bring us along! I’m not a chauffeur.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded quietly.

Perfect.

How could he be so predictable?

“Hoo…”

But unfortunately, unlike Lee Hyun-soo, Wiggins’ reaction was completely unpredictable.

Wiggins, who had been sighing deeply, quietly opened his mouth.

“Of course…”

What was certain was that Wiggins was slowly starting to resemble Lee Hyun-soo.

He had heard before that Wiggins had scolded Lee Hyun-soo severely for speaking carelessly to Kang Jin-ho….

‘What’s the difference?’

Like master, like disciple, no, like disciple, like master.

Recently, Wiggins had become more and more bold in negotiating with Kang Jin-ho.

“The Master can do that.”

He should just get angry.

Kang Jin-ho’s face flushed slightly.

He was already feeling a bit embarrassed for pushing a problem that could have been resolved amicably to an extreme, but if they came out like this, what would Kang Jin-ho become?

“I thought the Master could say, ‘Let’s just fight,’ because he was frustrated. I thought we should consider that much. But what I don’t understand is… that the Master accepted it.”

Kang Jin-ho felt very wronged.

‘It seems like the facts are a bit twisted….’

The one who provoked the fight was not Kang Jin-ho, but the Master. It had clearly happened just a moment ago, and they must have seen the situation, but how could the cause and effect be reversed in such a short time?

This is why a person’s image is important.

Even Lee Hyun-soo didn’t express any doubt. In their minds, it was already confirmed that Kang Jin-ho had started the fight.

Of course, he did start it first, but….

“The Master is not the kind of person who would respond to such a provocation. But the fact that he did means there might be another motive. Lord, you must be cautious.”

“Cautious…”

Kang Jin-ho chuckled.

“It’s like I’ve become someone who just does things recklessly without a plan…”

“Aren’t you?”

Kang Jin-ho’s eyes twitched slightly. Then, he turned around with a slightly sad look.

‘That person must be greatly respected.’

He remembered the attendants getting angry on behalf of the Master. The Master’s authority was greatly respected. On the other hand, he was now….

“I think you should have been a little more careful.”

“And there’s nothing to gain. If you win, it’s a problem, and if you lose, it’s a problem. The position of a leader comes with enormous risks for every action. But seriously…”

Kang Jin-ho lowered the window.

It was suffocating.

The air was very stuffy. He needed to get some fresh air….

“Fine dust! Fine dust is coming in!”

“……Sorry.”

Kang Jin-ho raised the window again.

“Ugh, because of those Chinese bastards, I can’t even lower the window comfortably. I should go curse at that Chai Kechang bastard.”

If Chai Kechang, who worked in a field completely unrelated to industry, heard that, he would foam at the mouth, but fortunately, Chai Kechang’s hearing did not reach Korea.

“Can’t we cancel it now?”

“……Say something that makes sense.”

Wiggins frowned at Lee Hyun-soo’s words.

Even if it was a decision made impulsively, it was an issue decided by the leaders. It was obvious how much humiliation the side that tried to back out would have to endure.

It was a situation where one was forced to ride a tiger [a situation where one is compelled to continue a dangerous course of action]. Now, he couldn’t get off this tiger’s back. If they let him off, he would be grateful, but the Round Table was a place that emphasized principles and face above all else. That would never happen.

“Our relationship with Japan is bad, and we are enemies with China… the only place left is the Round Table… if we beat the Round Table Master… isn’t this going to be a disaster?”

Wiggins sighed without answering.

‘I didn’t think it would go this far.’

He thought there would be a conflict.

But he didn’t think the conflict would escalate this much.

The reason was simple.

‘What is the Master thinking?’

No matter how Kang Jin-ho acted, the Master was not the kind of person who would fall for that provocation. Wasn’t that how the conversation between Kang Jin-ho and the Master had gone in the first place?

Kang Jin-ho had spoken aggressively and provoked him, but the Master had not wavered and had accepted Kang Jin-ho’s words.

Wiggins had naturally thought that the conversation would continue like that until the end. Even if the Master decided to eliminate Kang Jin-ho, he wouldn’t be able to do anything since he had entered enemy territory with only his attendants. Wouldn’t it be best to get out of Korea safely first?

‘But what is this situation?’

He had considered dozens of scenarios.

But this scenario was not in Wiggins’ mind. It was a completely new scenario.

He wanted to applaud the creativity of Kang Jin-ho and the Master for creating this scenario that was slapping the onlookers in the back of the head.

‘Well….’

Wiggins chuckled lightly.

Was there ever a time when something involving Kang Jin-ho went smoothly? He always considered the unexpected, but Kang Jin-ho always showed him something beyond that.

The problem was that the unexpected had now jumped in a truly unexpected direction.

“Then, how about going easy on him and saving his face?”

“Huh.”

Wiggins looked at Lee Hyun-soo with a dumbfounded expression.

“That’s the Round Table Master. Does that position look like something you can win by focusing? The Master is one of the martial artists representing the West.”

Not the strongest.

But the best.

He was a bit lacking in terms of pure power to be called the strongest. There were those stronger than the Master in the Round Table. But considering his symbolism, he was more than qualified to represent the Round Table.

And you’re saying what? Go easy on him?

That was crazy.

“Then, is there a chance that the Master will lose?”

That was a different story.

‘Is there a chance he will lose?’

Wiggins respected the Master.

It was a bit different from the respect he had for Kang Jin-ho. But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn’t imagine Kang Jin-ho losing to the Master.

If it was when he first came to Korea, the Master might have had a chance. No, to be honest, the Master had more advantages than Kang Jin-ho at that time.

But now?

‘I can’t see it.’

He couldn’t find any advantages.

Martial prowess?

There was no need to even talk about that.

Experience and years of training? Combat experience?

The Master would be completely crushed. Kang Jin-ho was a beast who had lived on the battlefield. No one in the world could match his sense and experience in combat.

Unless the fight went in an absurd direction, he couldn’t imagine the Master winning at all.

‘Then why did the Master accept this fight?’

There was no way the Master wouldn’t know what he was thinking. He was that kind of person.

“We have arrived.”

The car had been driving through a forest path for a while, and then it stopped.

Kang Jin-ho and Wiggins got out of the car.

A wide open field.

It was an unkempt grassy field.

“This is one of the company’s private properties. It’s a place where outsiders don’t have access, so it should be suitable.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

As soon as they got out of the car, the Master’s car, which had been following them, arrived and stopped. Then, the Master got out of the car.

His face was as stiff as could be as he got out of the car.

‘I really don’t understand.’

Wiggins had never seen the Master with such an expression. He always had composure. But now, the Master’s mouth was set in a way he had never seen before.

It was proof that he was also feeling a great burden about this fight.

‘Maybe I’ll see a new side of the Master today.’

Kang Jin-ho opened his mouth.

“Anyway.”

Lee Hyun-soo and Wiggins turned their heads toward Kang Jin-ho.

“We should just fight, right?”

“Master, absolutely…”

“Enough.”

Kang Jin-ho cut off Lee Hyun-soo’s words.

Lee Hyun-soo immediately closed his mouth at the firm tone.

The current Kang Jin-ho was not the Kang Jin-ho who would listen to words. He was already Kang Jin-ho on the battlefield.

“I’ll be back.”