Absolute Regression Chapter 742

Episode 742: What kind of life have you lived?

“Can you joke in a situation like this?”

Taesu thought it was the last of the sword dance’s pride. He must have been trying to make up for the regret of giving himself away with a joke.
And yet, he didn’t hate this man. This man who boasted about having a thousand horses.

“Was that heart stolen with just a word?”

Geommugeuk answered Taesu’s question with a smile.

“You said you would save my life.”

Taesu knew that if he continued like this, he would ultimately die. That’s why he revealed his honest feelings.

“I don’t know why I want to save you. I just feel it, for some reason. And I have a favor to ask. If you ever see my father again, please tell him I’m sorry.”

My biggest regret was dying without seeing my father. I didn’t want my last words to be hurtful to him.

That was exactly when.

“This is crazy.”

The one who spoke was Man-ak-san-in. A cold murderous glint flowed from his eyes.

“Do you think I would spare your life if you asked me to?”
“If you kill them, I will never reveal the location of the sword.”

A sneer formed on the corner of Man-ak-san-in’s mouth.

“Have I ever committed any acts of torture? Everyone starts off as brazenly as you. But not a single one of them speaks up. You seem to be confident you’ll be different.”

Manaksanin proved why he is called Manak.

“Before that, I’ll kill them all one by one in front of you.”

Taesu was flustered. This wasn’t the situation he wanted.

“Everyone in the carriage, crawl out! Before I blow it all away.”

Man-ak-san-in acted like a total arrogant braggart. He was so confident in his abilities. He was confident he could kill whoever came out of that carriage.

widely.

The carriage door opened, and Ilhwageomjon stepped out.
Though she wore neither elaborate makeup nor fine clothing, the moment he laid eyes on her, lust flashed through Manaksanin’s eyes. Of all the evil deeds he had committed, how could there have been no sexual immorality?

“It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this way. I’ll kill you last.”

Sreung.
The Ilhwa Sword was about to be pulled out slightly.
But she barely stopped it. “Yeah, I can’t lose a bet because of this guy.”
Clink.
After sheathing the sword he was about to draw, the Ilhwa Sword Master smiled and spoke to Geommugeuk.

“The two potions you gave me must have worked. It even seems to have aroused the lust of that ugly old man.”

Geommugeuk said with a bright smile.

“Would the results have been different if you hadn’t eaten it?”

At the words of the sword dance drama, Ilhwa Sword Lord laughed happily.

widely.

The carriage door on the other side opened nervously.
The irritated voice of Bloody Swordsman was heard from inside.

“You don’t even want to touch me.”

Geommu-geuk and Ilhwa Geomjon could tell that Hyeoncheon Doma was very angry. Naturally, they also understood why.

Finally, the blood clot horse came out of the carriage.

“Just kill yourself.”

Bloody Cheon Doma’s cold gaze glared at Man-ak Sanin.
He expected some kind of reaction, whether it was a torrent of curses or a surge of murderous intent.
Man-ak Sanin’s eyes, staring at Bloody Cheon Doma, seemed to grow wider.

“you are!”

Man-ak-san-in recognized Hyeon-cheon-doma. They had met before.

“Why are you here?”

His voice trembled.
Instead of answering, Bloodthirsty Demon asked coldly.

“You don’t like it? Then I’ll kill you.”

The Bloody Demon strode towards him with brisk strides. At that moment, a terrifying magical energy swirled towards Man-aksan-in.

Man-ak-san-in struck his own head with his palm.

Kwajik!

His head was shattered and he fell down. He had truly committed suicide.

“Eww!”

The one who screamed was Taesu. It was a scream that came out without him knowing it.

‘What on earth did I see?’

Manaksanin, that evil man, committed suicide? Why on earth?
The Manaksanin he’d heard of was a man who, if fighting didn’t work out, resorted to all manner of despicable means. If that didn’t work, he’d resort to self-destruction.

But who on earth was that old man that he committed suicide without even putting up a fight?

“Oh my, go over there.”

As the sword dance moves away from the Blood Heavenly Sword Demon.

“What kind of life have you lived?”

Bloody Cheon Doma whetted his appetite, and Ilhwa Geomjon smiled and said.

“I used to be very passionate.”

He was so scary that even the people of Manaksan Mountain trembled in fear.

“That nature is all dead.”

Geommugeuk smiled and accepted Hyeolcheon Doma’s words.

“I am a hundred times better now. So don’t kill me.”

Meanwhile, Taesu cautiously approached the corpse of Manaksanin. He wanted to confirm its death, but he was too scared to shake it. It felt like it might jump up at any moment.

“Why did you commit suicide?”

Geommugeuk answered the question blankly, as if he had lost his mind.

“Are you scared?”

Taesu eventually came up with another conspiracy theory.

“Are you all acting on purpose? Are you all acting to target my business?”

So the moment I entered the sword room, I pictured all the people who had died so far appearing and lining up to mock me.

“There’s another actor over there.”

Geommugeuk looked to one side and waved.
Then, the masked man who had been hiding far away revealed himself. Jihan, who appeared with a look of shock as shocking as Taesu’s, was the one who had appeared. I expected him to just use his lightness and run away, but instead,
Jihan leaped towards me.

Jihan stepped down in front of Geommu-geuk. Just like that day, Geommu-geuk was smiling at him.
To his left stood Blood Heavenly Sword Master, arms folded, and to his right stood Ilhwa Geomjon, his gaze calm.

The opponents are those who force the Man-ak-san people to commit suicide without even drawing their swords.

Jihan bowed his head and revealed his identity.

“I am Jihan, the leader of the Four Kings Gate’s Chuhondae.”

Then he took off the mask he was wearing. His calm gaze matched his appearance.
Geommugeuk asked him.

“If you’re the one who proposed marriage? Are you the one who applied the incense?”
“Yes, that’s my job.”
“Why didn’t you run away and come to me?”

Jihan sighed as he looked at the corpse of Manaksanin.

“The Hwalongdan leader, Cheon Dae-ung, who’s responsible for obtaining this Jangbodo, will never believe that Man-ak-san-in committed suicide without even putting up a fight. He’s always disliked me, so he’ll frame me for colluding with the enemy and killing him.”

He’d somehow find a way to blame himself. Someone had to take responsibility for the deaths of the Blood Wind Sword and Man-ak Mountain Man.

There was even another reason given for this.

“After being polite to someone for over a decade, I was able to get some information.”

This was said about the information merchant Song No.

“He never sold your information. And he advised me to leave. If I couldn’t leave, he told me to run towards death.”

Jihan stared at the sword dance.

“I intend to stake my life and my life on his advice.”

Jihan desperately hoped that the death before his eyes would be a generous death, a death filled with acceptance.

The whole time we were talking, I kept thinking, this is crazy. I was giving myself over to someone without even knowing who they were.

Geommu-geuk stared at Jihan silently. His calm gaze didn’t match the Four Kings Gate.

“Why did you enter the Four Kings Gate?”
“I was born with a sensitivity to smell. Even when all the scents were mixed together, I could distinguish them individually, and even when a scent was far away, I could follow it. I loved the various scents of the world. Then I met my master and learned the art of scent tracking, studying and tracing scents. My master belonged to the Four Kings Gate. When I was young, I didn’t know what the Four Kings Gate was, and at the time, it wasn’t as notorious as it was.”

The sword dance felt that he was not lying.

“Have you ever killed an innocent person?”
“My job was mostly to pursue and capture those who fled from the main text. In the process, I’ve had to kill those who dared to risk their lives.”
“Anything else?”
“None.”

A person who can handle the incense of marriage is definitely a person that the royal family needs.

“What do you want?”
“Please take me under your wing.”

Bloody Heavenly Sword and Ilhwa Sword looked at each other. So did Taesu, and so did this man named Jihan.

-Why do you all like the little cult leader so much?

Ilhwageomjon answered the sound of the Bloody Sword Demon.

-Ask yourself.

Bloodthirsty Horse turned his head with an excited expression.

The Sword Dance Theater did not accept his request right away.

“Do you know who I am?”
“It’s the person who has admired me for ten years who told me to throw myself into it. I trust his vision. And I have nowhere to go.”

Actually, there was another reason.
Having spent so long researching and tracking scents, I sometimes smell something on people. Not a real scent, but an imaginary scent.
If Cheon Dae-woong smells bad, this person smells good.

Finally, the sword dance theater made a decision.

“Okay. I accept it.”

Jihan was rather surprised by the cheerful response from the swordsman. He hadn’t expected her to accept him so easily. He’d expected her to impose all sorts of conditions. Do this, or prove your loyalty.

“From now on, you are mine.”
“!”

I used the expression “my person” rather than “subordinate.”

“Do you trust me?”

The sword dance shook its head.

“I don’t know who you are, so I still can’t believe you.”
“But why me?”
“When you first chased me, why did you stop?”

When three men were dead, he gave up the chase.

“I judged that if we went any further, all of my men would die.”
“Because I trusted your wise judgment. Because I trusted your heart to care for your men.”

Cheon Dae-woong mocked himself for returning with only three dead, calling him a coward.
Geommu-geuk, however, was praising his judgment for the same fact.

Jihan didn’t hesitate any longer. He politely bowed and bowed.

“Jihan, I greet you, my new master. I will serve you with loyalty.”
“Your abilities are more important than any other. I ask for your continued support.”

His eyes reddened as the sorrow of being treated like a hunting dog within the organization flooded back. It was the words he had longed to hear.

As Taesu watched, he suddenly felt envious of Jihan. At that moment, it occurred to him that he had longed for something that would earn him recognition.
Perhaps his constant anger and frustration wasn’t due to his father’s rule of only stealing from the wicked, but rather because his own work wasn’t being recognized.

But right before my eyes, someone was changing their own destiny. It showed me that fate is something that can be changed if you try.

Jihan looked at Taesu and said.

“I can’t completely erase the incense on that person’s hands, but I can at least lighten it. That should give me time to evade pursuit.”

Even if you are not confident, the men of the Chuhondae will come after you.

“Do that.”

Jihan took out several vials from his bosom and poured them into Taesu’s hands in order.

“Now you don’t have to cut off your hand.”

Taesu laughed heartily at the joke from the sword dance. He had been feeling uneasy, as if his hands had become shackles to everyone.

Geommugeuk said to Jihan.

“I’ll guide you.”
“Where are you going?”

The place that Geommugeuk wanted to go was an unexpected place.

“To where the Hwalongdanju is.”
“!”

The reason was even more surprising.

“You are the one who tried to kill my people and torment them, so I will kill you.”

Jihan could tell. Geommugeuk was being sincere. And that he could actually kill Cheon Daewoong.

On the other hand, Taesu, who was listening, jumped.

“Should we attack the Four Kings Gate guards first? That won’t do!”
“Didn’t you hear what the information merchant said? If you want to live, throw yourself into death!”

Taesu stopped him because he was scared, and Jihan stopped him for another reason.

“You shouldn’t kill him.”
“Why?”
“If we fail to retrieve this Jang Bo-do, he’ll be in big trouble anyway. But if you kill him now, the Four Kings Gate will become fully involved in this matter. I think it’s the right choice to leave that fool in the enemy camp alive.”

Geommugeuk showed a pleased expression at Jihan’s correct judgment.

“I will follow your will. In return, you must die.”
“!”

Jihan was shocked, as was Taesu.
Of course, he wasn’t really trying to kill him.

“Is the wedding incense I used on the market still there?”
“Yes, it is.”

Geommugeuk looked at the corpse of Manaksanin and said.

“Right in the author’s hands.”

As Jihan instructed, he applied the incense to the corpse’s hands.

“That guy killed everyone here and stole Jang Bo-do.”

Only then did I realize the plan of the Geommu-geuk. They were trying to frame the Man-ak-san-in as having stolen Jang Bo-do. Since he had committed all manner of evil deeds, no one would suspect him.

The Sword Dance Theater let out a long whistle.
Then, a man appeared. He was the one who had been passing information between the Sword Dance Theater and Tongcheon Pavilion. He was a master of lightness and stealth techniques.

“Take this body and go towards Shaanxi.”

Shaanxi was in the opposite direction from Zhejiang, where I was going now.

“There will be those chasing you. Get as far away as possible, leave the body, and then escape. The corpse’s hands are covered in incense, so don’t touch them.”
“Yes, I understand.”

The man tied the corpse’s hands behind his back, secured it, and then carried it away. With the light-hearted master having set off first, there was no chance of him being caught by any pursuers.

“What if he’s found dead with the incense stick on his hands? They’ll assume he ran away to Shaanxi, only to have his treasure map stolen by someone else and then died.”

Jihan was impressed. It was a brilliant plan.
First, it would create confusion by revealing that the location on the map was in Shaanxi.
Second, since he would be considered dead, he would be able to evade the organization’s pursuit.
Ultimately, Cheon Dae-woong would have to take responsibility for entrusting this matter to Man-ak-san-in.

Taesu asked cautiously.

“Who is that man who took the body? Was he a thief or a thief?”

Jihan looked at Taesu with a puzzled expression at the mention of “Pyo-sa.
” Taesu felt a sense of futile pride, thinking, “I know more about this sword dance than you do.” A sense of unnecessary competition was brewing.

But Jihan instinctively knew that Geommugeuk and the two masters were definitely not from Pyo-guk.

“Okay, let’s go too.”

Two people sat on either side of the sword dance.

“One is a master of escape, the other a master of pursuit. Isn’t that a perfect balance?”

Taesu and Jihan looked at each other. They never dreamed they’d end up sitting side by side in the same carriage, even though they were always chasing each other.

“Okay, let those Four Kings Gate guys suffer in the wrong place.”

The carriage began to run towards Zhejiang Province again.

“Let’s go eat Ohyangjangyuk!”