Absolute Regression Chapter 480

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“It seems that the mastermind we are looking for has deep ties to the assassination organization.”

First of all, I had to tell my father and Hui exactly what was going on.

“Why do you think so?”

Hui’s question was whether it might simply have been a request from Geumryongsega.

“As far as I know, large-scale assassination organizations like the List prioritize thorough investigation of their targets. Especially large-scale assassinations like today.”

Hwi nodded in response to Geommugeuk’s words.

“That is exactly what you said.”

“Considering the date we arrived here, there probably wasn’t time to properly investigate. It’s not like they knew who we were or sent us to.”

This time he added, looking at his father standing by the window.

“If I had known that the target of the contract was my father, I would never have accepted it. But if I had pushed ahead, all the special assassins from the Central Plains would have come.”

How could your father enjoy fighting with the assassins? He must be annoyed by the smell of blood coming from the window right now. That’s why I told you this. To cheer you up.

“So this isn’t an ordinary commission. The mastermind behind this is probably deeply connected to the assassination organization. Whoever it is, it’s someone who can bypass the investigation and move the assassins on the list in a short period of time.”

Hui nodded as if agreeing.

“Since you are an expert in water slaughter, I will ask you to take good care of me in the future. Please educate me especially about water slaughter.”

If you learned about the upper world from the Galaxy Master, you will learn about killing from Hwi.

If it had been normal, he would have declined the offer, but given the circumstances, he accepted it obediently.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Geommugeuk didn’t miss this opportunity and threw a joke at his father who was standing by the window.

“Father, Uncle Whi will take care of everything. Let’s go fishing.”

At the joke of the sword dance, Geom Woo-jin spoke without looking back.

“If you’re going to put Whi in front, you have to take responsibility and protect him.”

Both Geommugeuk and Hwi were surprised by the unexpected words.

There are times when my father surprises people, and this is exactly what happens.

“No, please take this as a joke! How can I protect the person who is the best at protecting others in the world?”

Father was looking out the window as if it wasn’t a joke, and Hwi smiled awkwardly while watching the sword dance.

This is the first time that the leader has directly expressed concern for their safety.

Even if you divide the money into three parts or give it all to a man named Hwi, his heart will not change. However, the leader’s words made his heart truly happy.

Although I was grateful to the leader, I had to acknowledge this advantage.

It’s all thanks to you, Master.

“Sir, now I need you to tell me about the escort drones as well as the salvos.”

He looked embarrassed and avoided the awkward position.

“I will dispose of the body.”

Then Geommugeuk stopped him.

“Just leave the body alone.”

The gaze of the swordsman turned to the distant Gajujeon outside the window.

“The person who sent it should clean it up.”

* * *

“You sent a water cannon?”

Geumcheonbang was truly amazing.

Although my son learned martial arts, it was only at the level that the eldest son of a successful upper class could learn. In fact, Geum A-rin’s martial arts skills were stronger.

“How could you… … .”

There was no need to hear the answer. ‘He’ must have been involved in this ridiculous thing. But I didn’t know that he would be influenced to the point of calling out to Salsu without hesitation.

“Are you saying that you did something so important without even discussing it with your father?”

Geumcheonbang shouted, but his son showed no sign of apology.

“To protect him.”

Geumcheonbang was amazing, but what mattered now was not the reason but the result.

“Okay, let’s say that’s true. But do you know what kind of people those assassins are? They’re people who take advantage of your weakness by asking for favors and spend their whole lives extorting money from you.”

“They are third-rate assassins. The people I sent are not third-rate.”

“Haven’t you ever used a water gun before?”

Geum Ah-hyeok looked into Geum Cheon-bang’s eyes and asked back.

“Why do you think there isn’t any?”

“Hey you!”

Geumcheonbang shouted. He was so angry that he didn’t know what to say. He was not easily agitated by any conflicts that occurred in the business world. He had been fighting all his life, losing the fight that got him excited first.

But now he’s lost. It’s a complete defeat for the son of a bitch.

Unlike the excited Geumcheonbang, Geum Ahhyeok was calm.

“They would be dead by now.”

As if it was already over, Geum Ah-hyeok stood up from his seat.

“Go to sleep, father.”

The moment his eyes met with his son’s polite greeting, Geumcheonbang’s heart sank.

The coldest and most indifferent gaze. I’ve seen unfamiliar gazes many times recently, but today was the most unfamiliar.

That’s how Geum Ah-hyeok left Gajujeon.

Wow!

The teapot and teacup on the table fell to the floor and broke. It was the first time I broke something because I was angry.

He was such a patient person, but it was hard for him to be patient when it came to his children.

Geumcheonbang took the liquor stored in one of the closets and drank the entire bottle in one gulp.

Whenever I heard that raising children was the hardest job in the world, I thought it wasn’t my job. I was so proud of raising children that others envied.

But as if he was going to make me pay for all the moments I had bragged about to others, my son changed drastically.

I held back the urge to throw the bottle of alcohol and placed it on the table. Now was not the time to break it, but to clean up the mess.

‘How do I do this?’

It was a problem whether the murder was successful or not. If this murder was successful, my son would try to solve problems in the future using this method. No, maybe he was already in that state.

What if it fails? What if it turns out that your son hired a killer?

In both cases, it was something I hated to imagine.

At that moment, the main hall door opened.

Squeak.

Geumcheonbang looked at the door and waited.

I wish my son would come back and say, ‘I’m sorry I did this without consulting you.’ Then we would somehow come together and come up with a solution.

“There’s no one guarding outside.”

The person who entered was Geommugeuk.

When Geumcheonbang saw him, he opened his eyes wide in surprise.

‘The murder attempt failed.’

Geumcheonbang tried to calm his mind and welcome the sword dance.

“I left my men behind for a moment.”

A situation where he ordered all his subordinates to retreat while having a secret conversation with his son.

‘No way? You didn’t overhear our entire conversation, did you?’

What if he had heard that his son had sent a murderer? If so, his life would have been in danger.

“I happened to see you on my way here. The young prince was going out to the Gajujeon. Are you the Grand Duke?”

“That’s right, I had a conversation with the older child.”

Geumcheonbang’s heart pounded when Geommugeuk mentioned his son.

‘Is he floating around? Or is he hinting that he overheard the conversation?’

Because I have sinned, all kinds of useless thoughts came to me.

“Just as I had heard, he was really tall and handsome. He really had the demeanor of a great swordsman.”

It was always a pleasant thing to hear, but not today. The unfamiliar gaze that had been looking at him came back to him.

“So? Did you say hello?”

“No, I just saw it from a distance.”

“But you still looked at the face in detail.”

“I have good eyesight.”

Geommugeuk looked around and pointed to a wall in the distance.

“Do you see the leaves in the flower pattern on that wall?”

“It’s so small I can’t see it.”

“There are nine. Go and check.”

Interest collected money from Baekseonbang and made the murder a failure.

And now he tells you to go and count the number of petals.

This inexplicable specialness seemed to exist in a realm that was literally unknown.

“The petals are fine. But what’s going on at this hour of the night?”

“I came to see you because I have something urgent to tell you.”

“What’s going on?”

“I can’t live in my own place.”

Geumcheonbang pretended to be surprised.

“You’re saying I can buy it? Is that true?”

He acted like he knew absolutely nothing. He had experienced everything in the world of deception and being deceived. He was more confident than anyone else in hiding his true feelings.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Fortunately, I’m okay.”

“What about the killers?”

“I took care of them all.”

“I’ll send someone right away to remove the bodies. I’ll also give you a new guest room.”

“thank you.”

Originally, I should have said that I would examine the body and find out where the water came from. But I omitted that. It was a situation where I had to hide the evidence that was there.

Geumcheonbang called his subordinates and quickly sent them to the guest room.

“Remove the body and move the people there to the new guest room.”

“All right.”

Before the men left, a sword dance took place.

“But instead of just cleaning it up, shouldn’t we examine the body and find out which organization it came from?”

Geumcheonbang was inwardly embarrassed, but tried to speak calmly.

“Of course it should be like that.”

“Please declare an emergency and strengthen your security.”

“That’s what I was going to do.”

As if it were true, Geommugeuk ordered his subordinates to do exactly what he had said.

After a while, a bell rang loudly outside.

Geumcheonbang was as absent-minded as the ceaseless ringing of the bell. Even though he knew full well that it was his son who had done it.

‘You can’t afford to live at your parents’ house?’

Just the fact that I heard about the murder really made my whole body tremble. My heart sank at the thought that those who made a living by killing people for money were running around inside the Golden Dragon Palace.

Anger and embarrassment. At least I didn’t have to act out these two emotions.

“Your Majesty, you too must be careful from now on.”

“What does it mean?”

“There were quite a few assassins. If no one allowed them to invade, doesn’t that mean the Golden Dragon Sega has been breached?”

Was it a word of warning? Geumcheonbang couldn’t figure out what Geommugeuk was thinking. It seemed like he didn’t know anything, but it also seemed like he knew something.

“We will thoroughly strengthen our borders in the future.”

Originally, Geumcheonbang had a pathological fear of unmanned vehicles.

I was confident that I could overcome any difficult task I encountered with merchants, but I felt very uneasy when I got involved with unmanned people.

They were nonsense, incompetent, and the first thing they did was draw their swords. I was scared of them and hated them since I was little.

Even Sega’s unmanned players were scary. What if someone who was recruited by the top rival suddenly pulled out a sword and stabbed him? This life that I didn’t want to die would end with that one time.

It must have been because of this primal fear.

He wanted his sons to take care of the affairs with the unmanned people in his stead.

Among the three children, Mujae gave an expensive martial arts master to his daughter, who was the most outstanding.

I also left the work with him to my eldest son.

Even though I knew that escape always comes at a high price.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. I was just a little surprised.”

Geommugeuk asked as if he was talking to himself.

“Who on earth tried to kill me?”

Geumcheonbang tried to answer the meaningful question of the sword dance play calmly.

“Well, don’t you know better than me?”

“That’s right! I’ve had many enemies in my life.”

The reason Geommugeuk came here at this time was to check if it was related to the incident where Geumcheonbang sent Salsu.

If he shows up alive on the day the assassination was committed, right after the assassination, he will reveal something.

And the sword dance could tell who had sent the assassin.

It is not because of the embarrassment of Geumcheonbang that no matter how experienced he is, he cannot hide it.

That’s exactly why.

The gaze of the swordsman turned to the shattered teacup and teapot on the floor.

“Did you throw it away?”

“No. I accidentally dropped it.”

“It’s not easy for everything to break like this, is it?”

This broken teacup revealed that the person who had sent the assassin was his son, Geum Ah-hyeok. Geumcheonbang must have been angry because he had only just realized this fact.

“Raising children isn’t easy, is it?”

Geumcheonbang was flustered by the sudden question.

“What do you mean by that all of a sudden?”

I guess you think I threw you away because you were angry at your son!

Contrary to Geumcheonbang’s hasty desire to avoid focusing the conversation on his son as much as possible, Geommugeuk turned the conversation back to himself.

“I told you this because I was worried about you. I was really annoyed by you, Father.”

“A son who really causes trouble doesn’t even know that he is doing it. What can you do? No matter how much trouble he causes, isn’t he still a child? No parent wins over a child.”

Then Geommugeuk suddenly said.

“Isn’t there a time when parents have to be the ones who support their children?”

“!”

The moment he heard those words, Geumcheonbang became convinced.

‘I have a feeling he knows something. He thinks Hyuk sent it.’

All this pressure was an intentional act of the sword dance. Mistakes always come when you are in a hurry and panic. And those mistakes will guide you to the back.

“In that respect, my father is the best.”

“Your father?”

“Let me ask you for advice next time.”

Geommugeuk added with a smile.

“You are the best in the field of parents who help their children.”

* * *

The next day, Geum Ah-hyeok greeted the two people entering his office with a stern expression.

“I know you don’t like me usually, but is it really necessary to act this way?”

The reason Geum Ah-hyeok’s expression hardened was not because of his younger brother. It was because of the sword dance that came in with Geum Ah-jong. The person who should have died had come.

I was in a good mood until the emergency bell rang last night. I thought that soon I would hear news that the Seodo faction that had been staying in the guest house had been annihilated.

But the news that all the assassins were dead was truly unimaginable.

“This is the expensive two million nyang dish that my younger brother brought. Do you know it?”

In response to Geum Ah-jong’s introduction, Geommu-geuk greeted him politely and gave him a round of applause.

“Nice to meet you, my name is Geomyeon.”

Geommugeuk was treating Geum Ah-hyeok as if nothing had happened that night.

“I have heard a lot about your highness. That is why I really wanted to see you.”

“What did you hear?”

“You are a strong candidate to be the next head of the family?”

Geum Ah-hyeok looked at his younger brother. There was no way he would have said anything nice.

“You’ll have to try it to find out. I’m busy today.”

As soon as we greeted each other, we were given a congratulatory message.

Geum Ah-hyeok returned his gaze to the desk and did not raise his head.

Geum Ah-jong knew his brother’s personality well, so he knew that saying anything here would be useless. So he gave Geommu-geuk a look that said that they should go back for today.

“Then let’s meet again next time.”

As he was about to say hello and turn around, he suddenly remembered the sword dance and turned around.

“Oh, our Grand Duke doesn’t ask?”

Geum Ah-hyeok looked at Geommu-geuk with a look that seemed to ask what he was trying to say.

“Didn’t you hear the news that there was a robbery in the guest house I stayed in yesterday?”

“I heard.”

This was the emotion contained in Geum Ah-hyeok’s cold gaze. So you want me to worry about you?

“Aren’t you curious? What kind of killer it is, why it came to kill us, what kind of idiot sent it?”

At that moment, seeing the strength entering Geum Ah-hyeok’s eyes, Geommu-geuk leisurely cast his fishing line with the bait of curiosity.

“I think I know who you are.”

Absolute Return Episode 481