Side Story Episode 150. Rising embers (8)
Hongsan, who was leaving, stopped when he heard Mother Hong moan.
“Are you okay?”
“… … Cough! “Does this look okay to you?”
“It was a really terrible tactic. “I never thought I would feel sorry for you.”
“Put me down.”
“You crazy bastard. “If you don’t go quickly, you could live with a disability for the rest of your life.”
“I’m suffocating. “I need to get some rest before I go.”
“I don’t have a superior.”
The two were always chasing each other’s backs, but when Queen Hong got to this point, Hong San wasn’t very happy.
The reason was simple. He didn’t end up like this by fighting fair and square with himself.
To be more precise, it would be said that the anger so far has almost lost its way due to the appearance of a master that the two of them cannot handle with their skills.
Hong San put Mother Hong under the tree.
“Ugh!”
Mother Hong, who does not even blink an eye despite the considerable pain, even lets out a moan. It looked like it was terribly painful.
“Rest quickly. “I’ll throw it into the Blood Soul Pavilion and take a rest.”
“It’s because of you that I’ve come to this point, but it’s easy to say things like that.”
Hong San snorted.
“Who told you to come to me? “He would have said no if he didn’t like it even if I told him to do it.”
“Because it might be a good opportunity.”
This means that it was an opportunity to see Lee Cheon-sang die.
Hongsan frowned.
“You idiot, then you should have been watching. Why did you intervene?”
“I’m not killing you with my own hands.”
How could we all be thinking the same thing?
Maybe he and Mother Hong were so similar that they hated each other.
Hong San spat angrily.
“Take a quick breath. Straighten your back as much as possible. You also broke your ribs. If you make a mistake and puncture your lung… … .”
“It is a defense court.”
“what?”
“That damn point-and-point technique is definitely a martial art from the Protectorate.”
“What are you talking about? “That guy is from the defense court?”
“I don’t know that. However, it was the same as the previous Lord Protector’s sharp-pointed killing technique.”
“You often use the word ‘nim’ because you are from the defense court.”
“He just disappeared. He’s not a traitor, so what… … .”
“Stop talking nonsense and take a break.”
“Listen carefully.”
Even though he was breathing so hard, his expression was serious.
Mother Hong opened her eyes and said.
“Stick to that guy, Lee Cheon-sang.”
“what?”
“You’re done. “I’d rather stick with Lee Cheon-sang.”
“Has this mattaeng gone? “I hope it sticks, sticks.”
“It’s hard for you to live anyway. So stick with Lee Cheon-sang. “It will increase your chances of survival, even if only a little.”
“You’re asking what kind of bullshit this is!”
Hongsan’s face was distorted like a demon as he shouted.
Aside from everything else, I was angry that this damn bastard was complaining. I got angry even though there was no reason to be angry just because I was complaining.
On the other hand, Mother Hong was serious.
“You, just by going to Cheon-sang Lee first, is no different from leaving the organization.”
“what?”
“The Tiger Demon ordered me to bring you.”
“I know that!”
“I didn’t tell you to bring me back alive.”
“… … ?!”
“I told you to kill me. “He told me to bring the body without leaving any traces.”
Hong San’s eyes wavered.
Mother Hong frowned. Her face turned pale from the excruciating pain.
“That’s why you sent me. Because I’m on bad terms with you. “I think he thought he could somehow succeed in the mission.”
“… … “In this situation, you are treated with respect.”
“After all, he is the captain.”
“You crazy bastard! What kind of murderous bastard is that… … !”
“You made the mistake first. We were fundamentally banned from external activities. “You must not act unexpectedly unless instructed to do so.”
Hong San gritted his teeth.
I know that Queen Mother Hong is right.
Actually, I did something wrong. But it wasn’t just pride. He was tired of the zodiac organization itself.
It wasn’t an organization I wanted to join in the first place. Unlike others, I was always on the outside because I was forced into it by my superiors.
I was exhausted over and over again, so I started to live inertically. And when he realized that his life was futile, he had no choice but to move. Because he had no idea what he was ‘functioning’ for, his one-time life was too precious to live according to orders and then die.
I knew that the higher-ups would view it negatively. Still, she acted as she pleased.
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But I never thought that this one action would result in an order for removal.
“You have to understand clearly. It was your fault. “Whether you want to join or not, once you join an organization, you have to follow the rules.”
“I didn’t come in because I wanted to, so why should I follow the rules?”
“If I wanted to die, I should have asked for a formal withdrawal order.”
“You crazy guy. “Will they allow that?”
“You’ve never done it before.”
“what?”
“There is no excuse for you, who just turned around without even trying to attack head on.”
“… … Damn it.”
“There were so many ways to struggle. “If you were prepared to die.”
“… … .”
“You knew it too, right? One unexpected action can cost you your life. “You just tried to ignore that fact under the excuse that you were tired.”
It was a word that pierced like a dagger.
Hong San couldn’t say anything. Normally, he would have hurled curses at her, but the sight of Mother Hong being seriously injured was causing a sense of self-destruction rather than anger.
“If you understand, get out now.”
“… … .”
“I don’t know who is above us, but it is clear that they are at least on the opposite side of Lee Cheon-sang’s line. “The only way for you to survive at this school, where there is nowhere to hide, is to change camps.”
“Why are you saying that?”
“I lost.”
“what?”
Mother Hong chuckled.
“Whoever loses first loses. “Whether we fought or not.”
Hong San gritted his teeth.
“You go too.”
“Noisy. I’m only doing this now because I’m in trouble. Once I’m fully healed, I’ll try my best to kill you again. “You too, I guess?”
“Shut up and let’s go too. Once you go to the Blood Soul Pavilion… … .”
“While receiving treatment, you will fall into the hands of an assassin sent by the Tiger Demon.”
“No matter how crazy that bastard is, how could he do that when he was so loyal?”
“If any mission fails, it’s over. You really lived in a flower garden. Where we live is on a cliff where wind and rain blows. “Get your mind straight.”
“… … “There is no guarantee that you will be free by being with him.”
“Are you going to make excuses without even trying again?”
“… … .”
“And make no mistake. People can never achieve complete freedom. If you really want to have the freedom to choose even death with your own hands, escape from this school alive. Because that’s the best.”
“… … .”
“Go quickly, you idiot!”
“Do you really want to die at the hands of the Tiger Face?”
“There is no one in the world who wants to die.”
“So let’s go together!”
“I chose my life. I don’t want to die, but I will live according to my own will. “I will die according to my own decision.”
“What do you mean when you say you don’t want to die… … !”
“If I go to Li Cheon-sang with you, I will experience the same sense of helplessness that you experienced in the zodiac organization.”
“… … !”
“good.”
Hong San, who was looking at Mother Hong with bloodshot eyes, spoke in a calm voice.
“I always wanted to beat him to death, but thanks to you, I wasn’t bored.”
“Even if you go there, don’t think about dancing just because you’re bored. Well, I doubt whether they will accept it.”
“Does that mean I should still try it?”
“Life used to be about struggling. “I’ve had enough squirms.”
“… … .”
“Don’t you think it’s too long for guys to say goodbye to each other?”
Hongsan slowly stood up.
At that time, the bushes far away shook.
It was the wind. But it was not a natural wind. Someone is coming.
Hong San gritted his teeth and turned around.
“bye.”
“Goodbye to you.”
With those words, Hongsan flew away.
Looking at Hong San’s back moving away, Mother Hong sighed.
“It’s such a sad life. “She is not a beautiful woman, and the person she sees at the end of her life is such a bastard.”
How long has it been?
“Mr. Hong.”
There were three people who showed up.
In the center was a four-faced ghost, and to his left and right were a yellow-horned cow and a black-eyed horse.
Mother Hong smiled crookedly.
“As expected, the Tiger Demon did not come.”
Four-faced ears’ eyes deepened.
They say they didn’t come to deal with it themselves. If someone else said something like that, they would laugh at it, but Mother Hong was different.
Mother Hong was the most loyal member of the zodiac. At least if he knew his loyalty, it would have been polite to come and kill him in person, even if it meant killing him.
But the words that came out of the mouth of the Four Faced Demon were cold.
“I heard that some kind of leader comes directly to deal with the failed members of the organization.”
“That is correct.”
“I want to ask you something.”
“I guess I can live a little longer. “What is it?”
“Your loyalty and patience were the best among the zodiac signs. But why did you blow on the place where the Tiger-faced Ghost was?”
“You’re seeing for yourself what my little girl is like right now.”
“You were only subjected to torture that broke your bones?”
“You will know when you see it for yourself. “It feels like lightning is striking every single one of the countless elements that make up my body, including bones, muscles, nerves, etc.”
“I should have died.”
“So you’re going to die like this now? “I knew clearly that if I failed anyway, they would come to kill me.”
“… … .”
“I have no regrets now that I have taken a few more breaths. Kill it.”
“why… … .”
The four-faced ear shook its head.
“I don’t understand.”
“I have never lived hoping for the understanding of others. I’m loyal, but I don’t understand our organization either. “But isn’t life just about living?”
“Do you have any will?”
“… … “I don’t have a will, but can I ask you a question that doesn’t have an answer?”
The four-faced ghost looked at Queen Hong in silence.
It was an unspoken permission. Hongmohu asked with her bloodshot eyes.
“Can our current life be recognized as the cornerstone for our school’s future success?”
“… … bye.”
“also.”
Slurp.
The four-faced demon drew his sword.
Mother Hong laughed bitterly.
He calmly walked a few steps, then stopped and looked up at the sky.
‘Can our lives become the cornerstone for our school’s soaring?’
Those words were like saying that the current Protestant religion is crawling on the ground.
It was a truly disloyal remark, but strangely enough, his words touched my heart.
There was no need to go to Shingyo, because he didn’t even know what his death meant to this organization.
The four-faced ghost closed its eyes.
“I’m rather jealous. You were faithful according to your own will, lived according to your own will, and accepted death by your own will. “I wish I could live like you.”
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