Chapter 77 – Hidden Card (2)

Whisper!

The surroundings turned noisy.

This news shocked everyone as much as the arson incident. Even Do Yang-woon who couldn’t understand this went shocked.

“Uh?”

At the words of master Yeon Cheong-ha, Hong Hye-ryeong looked a bit taken aback.

What is this? Young Chung’s murder?

“… what is this? If it a murder then you are telling Young Chun died?”

“As you heard. Just accept us taking you.”

“it makes no sense. Why is Young Chun, who was fine until the practice…”

It was difficult for her to understand, the third disciple of the East River Blade, one of the Four Great Warriors was alive.

Of course, he suffered internal wounds with the spar from her but they were minor. It was possible to treat them with proper cultivation.

But he died?

“I didn’t kill him.”

At her words, Yeong Cheong-ha spoke in a cold tone.

“The child, who is now dead, has traces of something that only the fire energy cultivators can do. And all the floor leaders of the dorm of you two knew that you were both sparring after the roll call, are you going to deny it?”

Hong Hye-ryeong frowned at this.

“The latter is true, but the former, I would not…”

“Miss, every single master in the academy has checked the bod and have come to the same conclusion. Rather than denying it, it would be better for you to come and explain what happened.”

“…”

At the words of her, Hong Hye-ryeong went silent. Things were turning into a mess. The students who were gathering were looking at her and whispering things.

No, most of them decided that she is a murdered.

‘… this kind of thing to happens.’

No matter how much she liked attention she didn’t like these kinds of gazes. She bit her lip enough to bleed.

She glanced at Mumu. She was going to thank him but now he was going to see this horrible sight. She was worried.

“… since nothing is certain, I will come.”

“Sure.”

In the end, Hong Hye-ryeong was walking out as she was surrounded by the warriors and the people were all talking about it.

“Yah. Isn’t this a huge deal?”

“The third disciple of the East River Sword!”

“The academy will get destroyed if they do something wrong.”

Mumu titled his head wondering if he was hearing nonsense. They say someone is dead so why were people showing this much interest?

Is it a huge deal? At that time, Ki majin mumbled.

“This is bad.’

“What? If it was a spar, they were fighting. What can they do if he wasn’t lucky?’

Mumu could understand this, sometimes he failed to control the power and often sent his seniors or others to infirmary.

Ki Majin shook his head.

“… Young Chun died at the hands of someone younger, that too Hong Hye-ryeong, this isn’t some simple thing.”

“Why?”

Ki Majin wasn’t sure how to react to Mumu. It seems like the incident of the students was something Mumu didn’t seem to understand and frustrated he said.

“Yah. You don’t know? He is the third disciple of East River Sword. East River Sword!”

“So what?”

“Uh… how did you even enter the academy?”

“Just normally.”

“Right. Right.”

Ki Majin calmed himself and said.

“Even though this is a academy where everyone is equally students, all the warriors have their own affiliations and backgrounds.”

“Affiliations?”

“Yeah, like the typical Nine Great Sects One union. And the family one belongs to.’

“Oh… right.”

“No one will ever harm a monster like you. If you are unlucky and something happens to someone else with a good family, do you think the family will let it pass?”

“They wont.”

Right. That is it. whether it be a mistake or intentional. A member of a clan is dead at someone else’s hand.“

Mumu nodded like he understood the words. Obviously, if one looks at the situation from how Ki Majin had spoke, then this was a huge thing.

Ki Majin clicked his tongue and said.

“There is no other place which puts relationships of family into highlight like the murim.”

“Is that so?”

“Even if it happened within the academy even if it was a fair situation, people will not feel like that. let it be friends or acquaintances of past.”

At those words, Do Yang-woon who had a serious expression shook his head. There was the arson incident and something else he overlooked.

‘.. it is strange. I too was fighting with another of the Four Great Warriors at the same time?’

After Hong Hye-ryeong was taken, Do Yang-woon was confused.

He was sparring with Guyang Seohan. Along the way, the man tried to kill him and Mumu and Ki Majin had helped him out.

‘Anyway, I was worried things would get worse if I was reported on what happened with Guyang Seohan committing suicide.’

Do Yang-woon was concerned. It seemed that the situation would worsen if they reported him. and unlike Hong Hye-ryeon, he had to has Mumu and Ki Majin as witnesses.

In words that shouldn’t be a problem, but like Ki Majin said, humns are different.

“So, what the senior is saying that the East River Sword might be angry with Hong Hye-ryeong who might have killed his disciple and seek revenge?”

“Shh! You’re speaking too loudly!”

Ki Majin was startled at how normally Mumu spoke.

“Why?”

“Why? Don’t you realize how huge this is? It is a situation where the Four Great Warriors might come to feud!”

Everyone was talking but no one was speaking out, because if something wrong was said or done, the Four Great Warriors could have a feud.

Usually, even if this happens between the sects, it turns into a noisy event, but now this was happening with the direct disciples of theirs.

“Is it a huge deal if they fight?”

“Wow… you really know nothing.’

Ki Majin thought Mumu was great but now that he came to know him more clearly, he seemed like someone who didn’t know the workings of murim.

“Don’t you know how great the influence of those four is? If two of them are in fights then the whole murim could be turned over!”

At Ki Majin’s words, Do Yang-woon’s eyes widened.

‘No!’

Do Yang-woon knew this was no simple matter. One night, two people of the Four Great Warrior’s died.

In worst case, the confrontation which Ki Majin was speaking of could happen.

‘it is strange that Seohan was trying to kill me. No…’

And Mumu pointed somewhere.

“Uh?”

“What is it?’

Ki Majiin looked puzzled at where Mumu was pointing. But KI Majin who saw it was also shocked. And Do Yang-woon too turned his head to see what was shocking the two so much.

But,

‘!?’

Do Yang-woon couldn’t believe it.

‘Guyang Seohan?’

This couldn’t be. they saw his body melt right in front of their eyes. However, as if that wasn’t enough, he was alive and well while arguing with his twin.

‘What is this?’

In the basement of the building of the academic building.

Inside the underground prison, Dan Pil-hoo was frustrated.

“Phew.”

There was only one reason he was feeling like this. It was because he fell into a trap and ended up being imprisoned. And it wasn’t just that, he was inside the Seven Gates so he could do nothing.

‘Uh… I have been taken down.’

He couldn’t help but be shocked. He never imagined that Hang Yeon could be killed by mimicking the swordsmanship which he once used.

Even during the Murim Association, he had been in charge of the similar cases, so he didn’t think that there would be a trap lay for him.

‘… I thought I was good, that I was good with tactics but…’

The opponent too seemed to be good and the opponent was a lot tougher than he expected.

When he heard the situation, it was students being killed in fire. But this was too much to turn on him.

‘I will not stay locked here.’

He had to go and catch the culprit out there the real culprit might have more plans and as time went he turned more impatient.

“Look here. Master Baek.”

Da Pil-hoo spoke to Baek Woogi, a member of the education committee who was sitting there with white mask.

“Will you tell me the truth then?”

“I wont speak more. All these are his traps.”

Baek Woogi sighed. Throughout the question, Dan Pil-hoo had been repeating the same thing.

He said that this was all done by someone who is inside and that even arson of dorms is all related to one.

“Deputy. How can we take your words into account when the victims statements are the same as yours? And the evidence keeps pointing to you.”

“Because the victims are of that man!”

Dan Pil-hoo couldn’t help but feel frustrated at this. It wasn’t easy to get rid of the charges they put on him.

Moreover, it was more difficult to prove his innocence as this was a matter not many knew. And that Hang Yeon had blade marks on him.

“Then let me talk to him, say Sa Muhoe or let only the members of my office come here.”

“I am sorry but I cannot do that. the investigation of your residence, your subordinates and office hasn’t been done yet.’

“You think that I will try to conceal any possible evidence?”

“… I will not deny it.”

“This is crazy. Look, Master Baek Woogi. I keep talking and talking that I have no reason for it, I have been the deputy for so long, why aim for the treasures at the cost of the children’s lives?”

“Then deputy under the same logic, why will Sa Muhoe who worked as a master for around 8 years have to put the claims on to deputy?”

Dan Pil-hoo was so angry that he wanted to turn this table over but he couldn’t as the gates were locked. He had to be cool.

“… my statements stay unchanged.”

‘I need to think carefully.’

If all the chargers are confirmed then he will be turned to a vicious man who seeks treasure by killing students. And he will have no one to trust.

“…”

Baek Woogi got up from the seat.

“The afternoon investigation will end here. See you later at the evening one.”

The long afternoon was done. And as the man went out, he leaned back on the chair as he mumbled.

“I am so lonely.”

Due to various incidents which occurred the Heavenly Martial Academy was in a mess.

There was an unusual atmosphere everywhere. People were roaming here and there.

As a result all the liberal arts courses were suspended temporarily.

Internally, they were all busy doing their own searches so most students in the academy had afternoon time to rest.

Mumu too was eating snacks to pass the time in the academy building in the afternoon and Mo Il-hwa mumbled.

“We have no access to dorms. Even training centres are saying no to train. We have too much time.”

“This will continue to happen for a few days.”

Har-ryang said to her as he put a rick cake in his mouth. Actually no one knows how long this will last.

Everyone knew that something horrible happened and recovering would take a good time.

“If we are lucky it ends with just the lectures, if not the academy could be closed temporarily.”

“What? Academy?”

“yes. There plenty of chances for that to happen/”

“But why?”

“It was an incident where most children could have died. We don’t know if it was an accident or an act of intruders but the situation is serious if outside people came in.”

Jin-hyuk nodded at it. among them were the masters of he academy. One of them was a dorm superintendent.it wasn’t spoke out publicly spoken about since it might bring in more protests against the academy.

“Since the exact situation of why it happened wasn’t revealed, there is a high likely chance.”

“Closing it? for a bit?”

Mumu spoke, holding the rice cake in hand.

If the academy closes down then his chances to finding his birth parents would fail. Mo Il-hwa waved her hand in front of Mumu.

“Eh. Tha will be too hard.”

“Hard”

“As you said, if this is something of an inside work, then they shouldn’t close the academy. Cause if they do, then he culprit cannot be caught”

“Ah… that makes sense.”

Hae-ryang nodded at it. obviously the academy was blind to what happened and they had to know what happened to stand on their legs again.

Mo Il-hwa looked at Mumu and said.

“Ehh. It is because you didn’t leave a couple arsonist safe.’

“Ah… right.”

Mumu scratched his head. At that time he just wanted to end the fight and make sure his friends were safe. He didn’t think what he did would effect him like this.

“Miss. Mumu was right in what he did yesterday.”

Jin-hyuk supported him.

“Why?”

“The people were using bizarre techniques which increased their internal qi and their strength. It wouldn’t be strange for us to die if we were acting a bit careless.”

“True, young lord Jin-hyuk.”

Hae-ryang agreed.

If it wasn’t for Mumu who constantly stood as their shield. And the someone who died could have been Hae-ryang who was the weakest.

Tuk.

Then someone tapped Mumu on the back and left. they weren’t the only ones here so they assumed someone walking had by mistakenly did it. but there was something behind it.

Mumu who picked up the paper frowned.

‘Uh?’

A small alley between the buildings which is not far.

When Mumu was there, a man was standing in the shadows. Mumu who found him, waved the paper and said,

“I don’t know who you are but you definitely are not deputy.”

One the piece of paper, this location was mentioned along with deputy Dan Pil-hoo’s name on it.

But this man wasn’t him. and the man knelt down.

“… what are you doing?”

The man spoke with a determined voice at the question.

“Young lord Mumu. Please help our deputy.”