Absolute Regression Chapter 652

For the 652nd Lord

Jin Pae-cheon, the leader of the martial arts world, was standing in the pavilion of Cheongunrim with his back to the ground.
As he was looking at the fog flowing through the bamboo forest, Geommu-geuk walked up to the pavilion.

“Your Majesty.”
“Come in.”

They met here secretly because Geommu-geuk had something to report.
The two stood for a moment and looked at the flowing fog. Jin Pae-cheon was the first to speak.

“That keeps bothering me.”

The Cheon-ae Geosa he had met was no different than usual.
However, the problem was something new that he felt. The fact that he had never been angry with himself in all these years. The fact that he had never honestly expressed his feelings.

Even if we say it’s because of his personality or his status, the years we’ve been together are too long.

“But that doesn’t mean he’s a bad person.”

Geommugeuk accepted those words calmly.

“I don’t think that just because you’ve seen someone for a long time, you know them well. What’s important is whether you’ve made an effort to see them accurately. But friends don’t make that effort. They’re friends because they don’t have to. That’s why he’s the worst.”

Jinpaecheon looked back at Geommu-geuk. He was still convinced that Cheon-ae-geosa was a villain.

“What happened to the masters who broke the Golden Horse Command?”

In response to Jinpaecheon’s question, Geommugeuk opened his eyes wide and asked back.

“Geummaryeong?”

Jinpaecheon looked at Geommugeuk. It was Geommugeuk who told him the news.

“There is no master in our school who has broken the Golden Horse Commandment.”

He smiled brightly. I could tell from that playful smile that all the Nomads who had disobeyed the Golden Horse Order were already dead.
Of course, he had said it as a joke that no one had disobeyed the Golden Horse Order, and the sword dance was relaying the facts as they were.

“They showed up at the Mindfulness Medal.”

In fact, Jinpaecheon had already received the news. The fact that So Jeong-rak had left the hospital after meeting the two old masters. The fact that those old masters were the ones who had violated the Geumma Ryeong.

“They died in the secret room in the basement of the Myungsim Hospital.”

The sword dance deliberately emphasized the fact that there was a secret room in the basement.

“Did you do it yourself?”
“Yes.”

The swordsman who killed them all was fine without a single scratch. This young cult leader is getting stronger every time we meet.

“Did Rep. So die too?”

So Jeong-rak was really a villain? He had been working hard for the Infinite people for so long.

“Yes, he died too.”

Geommugeuk answered without hesitation and explained his reason.

“So Jeong-rak tried to release them from their bondage.”

A crucial word was added to it.

“He practiced poison in the secret basement of his residence. He selected patients with the right constitution for his experiments and killed them by performing poison experiments there.”

A cold anger flowed from Jinpaechun’s two eyes. If what he said was true, then he was truly an unforgivable person.

If everything that Geommugeuk says is true.

Jinpaecheon stared at Geommu-geuk. At this moment, if he did not believe Geommu-geuk’s words in front of him, then all of this would be a conspiracy hatched by the Demonic Cult.

“Trust your intuition, Master.”
“If what you say is true, shouldn’t I not trust my intuition? I didn’t even know that my old friend was my enemy.”
“He’s someone who’s been intentionally approaching me since I was young. No one but you, Master, would know this.”

His intuition was that he should trust the sword dance. Nevertheless, Jin Pae-cheon was cautious. This matter was a matter of not only his own safety, but also the safety of the entire Jeongpa martial arts world.

“Let’s say you’re right. Was it really necessary to prepare for this long? If it were me, I would have turned things around several times.”
“That’s why.”
“That’s why?”
“If you were the leader, you would have definitely produced better results than you have now.”

After a moment, Geommugeuk asked again.

“But aren’t they the leader?”
“!”
“It must not have been easy to deal with a leader like this. Even if you prepare for decades, it wouldn’t be enough.”

Jinpaecheon could feel how much Geommugeuk thought highly of him.

“Actually, I thought that the person they were after might not be Ha-gun or Ha-ryeong, but Cheon-ae-geosa.”

Jin Pae-cheon was startled for a moment. Those words meant that he was going to sacrifice his own life to start the Jeongma War.

“Why didn’t you tell me that then?”
“I thought it might make it harder for the Lord to judge my friend. But now that I think about it, I should have told you then.”

Geommugeuk bowed his head and apologized.

“I’m sorry. I said I would tell you everything, but I made a judgment on my own.”

Jinpaecheon didn’t think it was something to apologize for. The cult leader said he would tell him everything, but he didn’t completely trust him yet. He didn’t intend to tell him everything.

I still had a wary mind toward the Black Magic Theater. I trusted him, but I was also wary. I realized anew how difficult it is to completely trust someone.

“Did you find out who they were targeting?”
“Yes. So Jeong-rak said it himself.”

The sword dance added softly.

“Their targets were me and Ha-gun.”

The moment he heard those words, Jin Paechun felt an unbearable murderous intent that he had not felt in a long time.
The size of his anger when he had previously guessed that his grandchildren might be the target was incomparable to the anger he felt when it was actually revealed to be true.

It wasn’t simple anger. It was a deep murderous intent to brutally kill the person behind this incident, and it was also a primal murderous intent to inflict extreme pain on the opponent and then tear them apart.

Jinpaecheon really felt awkward about being the leader of the martial arts world at times like this. He wanted to grab a sword and run out right away. While shouting this one word.

So where are you? So who are you?

Originally, he was a person with this kind of personality. After becoming the leader of the martial arts world, he endured a lot and his personality changed.
However, this incident really brought out his original personality.

“If you think about it, their target must be my father. It seems they analyzed that if I die, my father will start a war. It was a judgment that was made without even knowing my father.”

Jinpaecheon stared at Geommugeuk and said.

“I might have seen it correctly.”
“Yes?”

It wasn’t just a comment that the sword dance was good to hear. The sword Woojin I saw at the three-party meeting clearly hadn’t lost his ambition. Whether it was because of the sadness of losing his child or because of that sadness, I thought that sword Woojin could start a war.

Yes, this time the target may not be the leader and his grandson, but the leader and himself.

“There are more facts that I learned while handling this matter.”

The most important reason I met with the leader today was to convey this information.

“There is a master of the art of seduction behind this incident.”

Jin Pae-cheon’s expression hardened at the mention of the soul-binding technique. The martial arts that the Jeongpa martial arts world hates the most are poison and soul-binding techniques.
So Jeong-rak used poison, and the other person behind it uses soul-binding techniques, so he has truly thrown in the most difficult opponent.

“Please prepare countermeasures. I have sent a separate message to Lord Jin regarding the art of seduction.”

Of course, the Murim Alliance will also be prepared for the soul-binding technique and poison attack. They will have countermeasures in place to deal with our school.

“I see.”
“As you can see, the person they fear the most is you, Lord.”

That gave strength to the leader once more. The most important thing now was for Jinpaecheon to stay centered and not waver.

“Lastly, I have one thing to tell you.”
“What?”

Geommu-geuk spoke cautiously. If it was someone else, it might not matter, but this person had to be notified to the leader in advance.

“I plan to meet the Great Master Cheon-ae in person.”

For a moment, Jinpaecheon flinched. It occurred to him that what was coming had finally come.

“What would you do if you were me?”

After thinking for a moment, Geommugeuk calmly answered.

“If I were in your shoes, I would first ask myself, what are you most afraid of right now?”
“!”

Jinpaecheon asked that question to himself.

Is he afraid of his friend being revealed as a villain?
Or is he afraid of finding out that he has been living a life of deception?

“Are you going to kill him?”

Jinpaecheon asked heavily, and Geommugeuk revealed his honest feelings.

“At first, I thought that the leader should kill him. It was for the leader. But now, I think it’s okay for me to kill him. It’s for the leader.”

Geommu-geuk didn’t say why.
He just bowed his head politely and left the pavilion.

“First, let’s find evidence that he is behind it.”

When Geommu-geuk opened the door and entered, Cheon-ae-geosa asked with a surprised face.

“anyone?”

The sword dance quietly entered the room, avoiding the eyes of the guards outside.

“You know, right?”

Soon, Cheon-ae Geosa nodded.

“I heard about you from the leader.”

And then he added with a look of absolute surprise.

“I didn’t know you would come to me.”

The sword dance drama could tell why the leader was so worried. Nowhere in this person’s appearance could you find the feeling of a villain hiding his true identity.

“If I shout, everyone outside will come running in.”
“Kill them all? Oh, that was your original intention, wasn’t it? To have an infinite number of unmanned people slaughtered by my hands.”

Cheon-ae-geo-sa stood up as if nothing had happened and opened the door through which Geom-mu-geuk had entered.
Then, the warriors standing in the hallway looked at him. There was no dead person, and no one who had been subdued by demon blood or water.
There were many warriors in the yard outside the window. Geom-mu-geuk had entered the room while avoiding the eyes of all of these people. The important thing was that he had entered without being subdued.

“Do you need anything?”
“No.”

In response to the question from the unmanned man guarding the hallway, Cheon-ae-geosa shook his head, closed the door, and came back in.

Meanwhile, Geommugeuk was looking around the room.

“You really are as frugal as they say.”

It seemed like he was just scanning the room, but Geommu-geuk’s eyes were sharply scanning every corner of the room. Maybe there was a secret passage to escape in case of an emergency, or a device to attack the opponent.

You may wonder if there is such a thing, when you have lived your life hiding yourself so thoroughly, but you never know. As I said to So Jeong-rak, he must have been perfect at first. But is there no loophole even now?
There must be one somewhere. A finger-sized hole that can break down a dam.

“If you go through a secret passage in this room, isn’t there a really luxurious house? A house where a sumptuous feast is prepared and beauties are waiting on the beds?”

Although he said it as a joke, Cheon-ae Geosa did not laugh.

“Is there a secret passage like that in your residence?”

It was a question asking why you were saying that to me when you weren’t there.

“Wouldn’t our demonic bastards live in houses like that without hiding it?”

After looking around the room, Geommugeuk sat down on a chair next to the table and opened the kettle.

“You drive the cheapest car. You drink good tea.”
“My taste is not that sophisticated.”

Geommu-geuk acted calmly, but he was focusing all his attention on Cheon-ae-geosa. He never let his guard down. He was the one at the center of all this.

Slurp.

Geommugeuk poured tea into a teacup and drank it.

“Actually, I can drink just about anything.”

Cheon-ae Geosa silently watched the sword dance that was acting as if it were his own home.

“Haven’t you had a hard time hiding it until now? Why don’t you speak frankly with me? After all, the leader and the people of the Jeongpa martial arts world won’t believe what I say.”

He must also want to show off. He must want to brag about what he has accomplished for so long. Do you know how I endured and how I got here?

But Cheon-ae Geosa didn’t show any such expression at all.

“What is your purpose in doing this? What do you hope to gain by harming me?”

The eyes of the great monk Cheon-ae became sharp.

“Are you after the leader?”

Surprisingly, Geommugeuk nodded and admitted it.

“Yes, the leader is the target.”

Geommugeuk added to the startled Cheon-ae Geosa.

“My goal is to protect the lord from you.”

The expression on Cheon-ae-geosa’s face hardened when he realized that he had been made fun of.

“The leader of the Demonic Cult came to protect the leader of the martial arts world? How funny.”
“The world is full of funny things. The oldest friend of the leader of the martial arts world could be his most threatening enemy.”

The sword dance laughed, but he did not laugh.

“Why did you come to me?”
“There is an honest answer, and a dishonest answer. Which one would you like to hear?”
“I will hear the honest answer.”

Geommugeuk honestly revealed the purpose of his visit.

“To find evidence that our master is hiding his identity.”

To bring out the man named Hwa-Yul-Cheong who is hiding behind the name of Cheon-Ae-Geo-Sa. For the moment when the shell of Cheon-Ae-Geo-Sa is completely torn apart!

“You are so honest, I am curious about your dishonest answer as well.”
“Shall I tell you?”

As Cheon-ae-geosa nodded, Geom-mu-geuk’s attitude changed. With an extremely cold gaze that looked into evil, Geom-mu-geuk spoke softly.

“I came to kill you.”

As if he had expected it, Cheon-ae Geosa did not show any sign of agitation.

“Kill and then clean up. Not a bad way to deal with someone as dangerous as you.”

Cheon-ae-geosa asked calmly.

“Doesn’t this answer sound more like an honest answer?”

Then, Geommugeuk’s cold expression disappeared.

“That’s right. In fact, this is my honest wish.”
“Then why don’t you kill me?”

Geommu-geuk rose from his seat and approached him.
The two men drew their swords and stood facing each other at a close range, close enough to cut off his head with a single stroke.

“I have a suggestion for you.”

The swordsman extended his hand to him and said, It was truly an unexpected offer.

“Join me.”