I Will Start Doing Business In Jungwon From Today [EN]: Chapter 103

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“Lord Leader, wouldn’t it be better to retire to your chambers now?”

Bang Young-young quietly whispered to Hyuk Si-mok, the leader of the Hyuk Si-mok Association.

There wasn’t much wine left on the dinner table, and the empty bottles had been cleared away, though no one knew exactly how much they had drunk. The subordinates were eagerly flirting with the women beside them, hoping the moment would never end.

The leader looked around at the drinking party and said,

“Everyone, get a bowl of cold water. You need to sober up.”

As soon as the leader finished speaking, all the martial artists pushed away the women and began circulating their *qi* [internal energy] instead of drinking cold water.

Before long, a smell of alcohol, similar to that of urine, began to spread throughout the room, and the women were horrified, covering their noses and running outside.

Once the energy circulation was complete, the men’s faces lost their smiles, and their lewdness disappeared.

The only two people in the room who still had alcohol in their systems were the leader and Bang Young-young.

“Lead the way. Let’s go.”

Bang Young-young, who had been frowning at the terrible smell, smiled brightly and guided the leader.

Standing in front of the most splendid detached building, Bang Young-young opened her mouth.

“This is the best residence in our club.”

She introduced it with confidence, but Hyuk Si-mok did not open the door. Instead, he shouted to his subordinates who had come with him.

“Ten of you guard this detached building, and the rest monitor the entire manor.”

“Understood.”

Only ten subordinates remained, and the rest scattered in an instant. Only then did the leader gesture to Bang Young-young.

Bang Young-young slowly opened the door, and the leader entered the detached building. Even the leader, who had been consistently expressionless, could not hide his surprise.

The interior, brightly lit as if it were daytime, showcased the height of luxury.

“It’s quite splendid.”

“As I said, this is the best chamber in the Jo Family Club. In the future, only the imperial family will stay here. No other high-ranking official will be able to see this place.”

The leader ignored Bang Young-young’s grumbling and gestured to his close subordinate who had stepped into the room with him.

The man examined the room as Lee Hak-lin had done, not missing a single gap, and bowed his head.

“No abnormalities.”

“Good work.”

The man did not go outside but closed the door and stood in front of it.

Bang Young-young was flustered by this sight, but she did not forget what she had to do.

“Shall I call the girls to serve you?”

“What? Serve…?”

Bang Young-young smiled coyly.

“Aren’t there three girls that caught your eye today, Lord Leader?”

“You little minx. You’re a real expert. Haha.”

The leader laughed heartily and nodded.

“Call all three of them.”

“As you command.”

Hyuk Si-mok didn’t care that Bang Young-young and his subordinates were watching and threw off his clothes, changing into a thin silk bathrobe.

* * *

“Listen carefully. The three of you must completely captivate that guy today. Do you understand?”

“Sister, leave it to us. But I heard there’s another guy standing there blankly in the room? Who’s that?”

“Does that mean that guy will be watching us undress?”

“Don’t frown like that. You’ll ruin your makeup.”

Bang Young-young snapped when the three women frowned.

“Sister, what if that bodyguard guy joins in? That would be an orgy.”

“That’s why I hate martial artists. Besides, those guys use their inner energy and keep you up all night.”

“He doesn’t seem like a pervert, so don’t worry about him. He’s just a bodyguard. Think of the guy in front of the door as furniture, not a man. You just focus on the leader.”

Bang Young-young pushed the three grumbling courtesans into the leader’s detached building.

The courtesans tried to ignore the guard standing in front of the door and bowed to the leader, who was wearing only a thin silk bathrobe.

“We are overjoyed to see you again, Lord Leader.”

The leader’s dangling manhood was clearly visible through the open bathrobe, but the women didn’t care.

“Take it off.”

The leader said briefly as he poured himself a drink, and the women immediately took off their silk robes.

The leader, still not letting go of his glass, approached the women and savored their bodies, scanning their entire figures.

“Hmm… Is the water different in the capital? How can your skin be so soft?”

“Oh, Lord Leader. What’s so special about the water in the capital? It’s all thanks to my good care. Hehe.”

The women flirted and clung to Hyuk Si-mok, naturally leading him to the bed.

The three women, having laid the leader on the bed, began to captivate the man as Bang Young-young had instructed.

* * *

Lee Hak-lin, inside the hollowed-out giant pillar, calmed the flow of energy throughout his body, erasing any trace of his presence. Like a blackout curtain blocking the light from the window, as if he had always been in the room, he slowly sank into stillness.

The door opened, and he sensed two people exuding the energy of martial arts, and he naturally accepted even that energy.

Maintaining a state of no mind and no thought. If he wavered even slightly, a sword would come into this pillar. He only needed to sense the slightest flow of energy.

A woman’s seductive voice was heard, and before long, the room was filled with a lewd atmosphere. At this rate, it seemed like it wouldn’t stop even when the sun rose. However, the union of men and women, once lust is satisfied, becomes lax. The lewd energy gradually subsided.

But he didn’t rush. This wasn’t a lust that would end with just one time.

The passionate second lust passed. Not yet.

After the sticky third lust passed, only faint panting could be heard.

The image of the leader sprawled out on top of the woman’s body was vividly drawn.

Now is the time.

Quietly, but quickly, the sword emerged from the pillar. Before the sword split the pillar and the wood fragments could scatter, it pierced the neck above the bed.

But Lee Hak-lin’s pupils widened.

‘A disguise? It’s not the leader!’

A bizarrely distorted face above the sword stuck in his ear. A face where the disguise had come undone after death.

In that fleeting moment, a mocking laugh pierced Lee Hak-lin’s ears.

“Oh my, our Hak-lin must have had a hard time. Were you hiding there for about two days? Did you eat? Hehe.”

A familiar voice, Hyuk Si-mok, the leader.

Lee Hak-lin caught his breath and slowly turned around.

The bodyguard at the door smiled and slowly approached. He too, with his disguised face dissolving, returned to his original appearance as Hyuk Si-mok.

It all happened so quickly that the women couldn’t comprehend the situation, but as the blood spilled by a man and a woman became abundant, the two surviving women screamed and ran outside.

But the two women couldn’t get out the door. Several martial artists, who had already burst through the door, plunged their swords into the women’s chests.

All ten guards who had been guarding the door drew their swords and entered the room.

Lee Hak-lin recalled Jo Kwang-yun’s words to flee immediately if things went wrong, but he dismissed them.

Everyone already knew his identity.

At that moment, Hyuk Si-mok shouted.

“Everyone, don’t move. Anyone who takes even one step will die by my hand.”

The bodyguards all took a step back.

Lee Hak-lin realized what the leader meant and tightened his grip on the sword.

“I was really curious. Just how strong you are. Some guys openly say it. That Lee Hak-lin is the strongest in the Mukdo Association.”

“Do you believe that? I’ve never thought I was stronger than you.”

“You? Hehe. Now you’re really going wild.”

“Then what? Should I still be respectful and polite when things have come to this? Did I look that naive?”

“Exactly. This is your true self.”

“Stop talking nonsense… Come on! I’ll solve the question you were curious about. No, actually, I was a little curious too. Whether I could beat you.”

“You… What arrogance. You can’t beat me.”

“I might?”

Hyuk Si-mok’s face contorted at the unwavering answer that came from Lee Hak-lin’s mouth.

“Bullshit.”

Hyuk Si-mok drew the two short swords hanging from his waist.

Those two swords, barely over a foot long, had drunk the blood of dozens, hundreds of people.

Perhaps because he had met someone who gave him a sense of tension after a long time, Hyuk Si-mok even had a pleasant smile on his face.

Lee Hak-lin took a deep breath and swung the sword in his hand a few times.

He had to suppress his mind. He had to suppress the desire to quickly cross swords with that guy. He had to slow down his quickening heartbeat. If he enjoyed this thrilling moment, he would be defeated. He had to be more calm.

Outside, the sounds of swords clashing could already be heard.

Jo Kwang-yun’s subordinates must have rushed in and started a fierce sword dance with Hyuk Si-mok’s subordinates.

The fact that he could hear the sounds outside meant that his concentration had been broken.

Lee Hak-lin refocused on Hyuk Si-mok’s two swords.

The clanging sound of the blades colliding gradually disappeared. And the figures of the martial artists standing behind Hyuk Si-mok also disappeared.

He didn’t know if they had run out to join the fight outside or if he couldn’t see them because he was focused on the two swords.

Hyuk Si-mok was closing the distance very slowly. It wasn’t threatening. He was closing in little by little, as if that was the distance from the beginning. Before he knew it, it was a distance he could reach with just an arm’s length.

Rather than a tense atmosphere, even a sense of tranquility lingered.

Suddenly, Hyuk Si-mok’s two daggers transformed into dozens, stabbing and cutting all over his body.

Lee Hak-lin’s sword also transformed into dozens, moving quickly.

He could block it well enough now. But soon he would be out of breath. The time would come when both of them would need to take in fresh air. The decision would be made in that fleeting moment.

If his breathing was short, he would be defeated. To conserve the air in his body, he had to stop thinking. He had to focus only on blocking the daggers that were tearing into his body. Not with thought. He had to block them with instinct. Let’s focus only on defense. The one with concentration and long breath would survive.

Now it was hundreds of daggers.

His two feet were firmly planted on the ground, and he was only using the movement of his upper body to stab, cut, block, and dodge… They were feeling each other’s skills with just the basics of swordsmanship. There was no room for unpredictable stances.

Lee Hak-lin saw Hyuk Si-mok’s smile.

Seeing his smile, Lee Hak-lin realized that he was smiling too.

How long had it been since he had concentrated so much and given his all like this?

If Hyuk Si-mok hadn’t neglected his training and indulged in alcohol and women, if he hadn’t stayed away from pleasure and spent all his time in the training room, he would have already been hacked to pieces by those sharp two daggers.

At some point, one of the hundreds of daggers was missing.

He would end it!

Lee Hak-lin thrust his sword into the place where that one was missing.

‘Huh?’

He was the one who thrust the sword, but a tremendous pain surged from his side. Had a piece of flesh been cut off? Or had a sword been stabbed into him?

But the tip of his sword was also heavy.

Lee Hak-lin immediately widened the distance. Since he had suffered a major injury, Hyuk Si-mok’s counterattack was inevitable, and he had to stop the flow.

But he couldn’t see Hyuk Si-mok’s face in front of him.

His body was already falling to the floor.

He raised his sword to make sure he had cut off his breath, but when he saw the blood gushing from Hyuk Si-mok’s neck, he knew that he had defeated him.

There was no time to enjoy the joy of defeating a difficult opponent.

The subordinates who had been watching until now were panicked by the death of their leader, and they hesitated at Lee Hak-lin’s bloodshot appearance, but after confirming the blood pouring from his side, they all raised their swords.

As they approached little by little, Lee Hak-lin remembered Jo Kwang-yun’s words.

Lee Hak-lin had no intention of being attacked by the bloodshot wolf cubs.

He threw himself towards the window.

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