Chapter 75 - Daedonggye [1]

Chapter 75: Daedonggye [1]
The first thought Ganghyuk had was ‘Who is it?
when he saw the man in front of him.
He could not remember him, although he tried his best to recall all the memories he had.

Dolseok, do you know him?


No, I think I have never seen him before, although I cannot see him well because of the torch.


Really? If you don’t remember him, who is he then?

If Ganghyuk was a good man, he would not need to worry about a stranger.
He would not have an enemy right now.
However, he was not, so that could make a problem.
‘Is he from the Flail?’
He tried to check the Flail, but he seemed to not to know him either.
He was about to attack the fellows with the club Makbong gave him after all.
‘Japanese?’
It could not be.
How could Japanese bandits come to Hanyang?
Moreover, they wore Korean costumes.
‘Then the fellows of the performance group?’
When Ganghyuk thought so and looked at them in detail, he found some familiar faces.
They were the fellows who received his experimental treatment at Ganghyuk’s house.

Ungrateful fellows! Did you forget my grace to you?

When Ganghyuk shook his finger at a man, the pointed man shouted.
He shouted with his calf facing towards their direction which became remarkably thin.

Grace? Did you say grace? Son of a bitch. I am still lame.


Be quiet. You cannot be proud to be beaten by such fellows.


No, brother. The man is really skilled. He is a strong warrior.

The man pointed Makbong.
He might not notice Yeoni, because she looked so different in her medical girl costume.
Actually, she was the strongest.

Shut up. Stupid.

The man with the beard pushed him away.
Those who were complaining was thrown away by the man with the beard.
It was surprising to even try comprehending the amount of power someone had in order to throw away a man with a simple push, although he had some damages in his legs because of his fake Botox.
Makbong came closer to Ganghyuk.
He was sweating through all the tension.

Sir, he is not an ordinary man.


No, definitely not.

He pushed the man with finesse.
He must be a highly skilled Taekyeon expert.
Maybe he was comparable to Makbong.

There are more than six of them.

Yeoni nodded at Ganghyuk’s analysis.

There are eight including the two hiding beneath the shadows.
Ganghyuk’s party were six.
However, one was Yeoju and she could not fight at all.
In terms of fighting force, Ganghyuk’s party was half of what the man with beard had.
It may not be an accurate calculation considering their fighting skills may or may not exceed that of their opponents.
‘This one, that one, and the one behind…’
At least three people were the ones that got Ganghyuk’s poison shots.
They might still have difficulties to move.
‘They might have PTSD.’
They might pee if they saw a syringe.
He had treated them without mercy after all.

Dolseok, get some blowfish poison in the syringe.


Yes, sir.

Ganghyuk gave syringes in the bag to Dolseok and came forward.
He wanted to know who the man with the beard was because he did not look like an ordinary man.
He did not want to treat a great man of his stature with rudeness.
Therefore, he decided to check if he was a man that he knew.

This is like a child fight. Why are you here? You don’t look like a gangster.

Ganghyuk started to talk with a wry smile.
Then the man with the beard laughed.

You are one rotten man as I heard. You look at me straight.

Ganghyuk thought the was not an ordinary man.
‘Are those hair on his chest?’
As far as Ganghyuk knew, people with thick hairs on their chest are strong.
You might laugh at his superstitious belief, but Ganghyuk believed his judgment based on his experiences.

I am Baik Ganghyuk. What is your name?


I am Byon Sungbok from Anak.


Byon Sungbok?


Yes, you might hear of my name. Kneel down, if you don’t want to be smashed.

Ganghyuk had never heard of the name.
‘He is not a great man.’
If he were a strong man, he might do something in the war sometime later, and if he did, there would be no chance Ganghyuk had never heard of his name.
However, he was totally oblivious of his name.
He might be an ordinary man with an unimpressive heightened strength.
Ganghyuk wanted to make sure and turned back to ask the opinion of the other fellows.

Have you heard of him?

All of them except Makbong shook their heads.
Makbong nodded his head.

Do you know him?


Yes, I know him.


Is he famous?


Yes, in Anak…I can say he is fairly famous.


For what?


For this.

Makbong thrust his waist forward and backward.
It was not a good scene to see, as the man looked very obscene.
Anyway, in that case, Ganghyuk had no reason to avoid fighting with him.
Ganghyuk decided to beat him.

He has talents in night work, right? Dolseok, are you ready?


Yes, but the syringes that you gave me are too big.


Yes, they cannot breathe, if they had the shots.


Then, do you want to use it as poison?


They are attacking us and I have no other choice.


Wow, they may go through funeral processes soon…

Dolseok distributed syringes with 10cc diluted blowfish poison to the fellows.
All in all, they were more than 20. If they used it wisely, they could beat them with no effort.
Ganghyuk held one of the syringes and moved his body.
The needle under the moonlight gave some bizarre allure into it.
Some of them had already shown their fright.
They were the guys who had received shots from Ganghyuk.

Byon what? I have never heard of that name.


Are you kidding me?


I am not kidding you. You may not know who I am.


It is not important who you are. The important thing is you treated my brothers badly.

Byon Sungbok moved slowly.
He might be a skilled fighter. When he started to move, his strong spirit overwhelmed the scene.
However, Ganghyuk had already seen men with higher spirits.
Even though the finishing blow was landed by Yeoni, he contributed to the fighting with him.

Yeoni, what do you think of him?


He is quite a good Taekyeon player, but he cannot beat me.


Okay? How about the others?


The others are nothing. Even you can beat them.

Her answer gave Ganghyuk comfort, but it offended him a tad bit.
While they were talking, Byon Sungbok came nearer to them.
It seemed at this very moment, the man feared nothing.

Release our Pyeonsu first.


Pyeonsu?


Yes, fellows.


Ah, the man who looks like a weasel? We don’t know him.

Ganghyuk told him the truth.
It was true they did not know about Pyeonsu.
After Lee Hangbok took him, he never heard of any news of him ever again.
Although he told the truth, Byon Sungbok showed great anger.
He could not know why he was angry like that.
Was it because of the attitude of Ganghyuk or because of his temper?

You bothered the event of Daedonggye! I am really ready to kick some ass! Hey, fellows, mess them up!


Yes!

The fellows attacked Ganghyuk and his fellows at the command of Byon.
Some of them were still lame, but Byon Sungbok did not care.
He attacked Ganghyuk with all his might.
Hueek!
He could not reach Ganghyuk since Yeoni protected Ganghyuk, kicking off any of their assailant’s attack.
Her kick held a tremendous power and Byon Sungbok fell on the ground.
With a blow, Ganghyuk could see the gap on their skills.

What is this woman!


You talk too much.

Yeoni attacked him without pause.
As she had trained herself harder after the masked man, her skills were more developed.
Soon Byon Sungbok had many bruises on his body.
‘Good, it is okay now.’
His head is filled with nothing indeed. Empty vessels make the loudest noise.
Ganghyuk swayed his back with ease.

Tang!

With a blunt sound, one of the fellows was thrown to the ground.
Makbong and the Flail swayed clubs.
They could overcome numerical inferiority with superior quality.

Bastards…

Dolseok took a syringe from within his pocket and the fellows who were traumatized started to run away.
The trauma impacted them so strongly that they could not overcome their fear even if they are superior in numbers.
Then, Byon Sungbok was at a loss.
He was beaten by Yeoni, who he did not pay attention to at first.

Goodness.

He tried to escape from her attack, but it was impossible to run away from her.
While he was trying to find an escape from her attacks, he saw Yeoju.
She was standing alone.

Go away, girl.

He ran to Yeoju.
It was so sudden, Yeoni could not stop him.

Eo, Miss Yeoju!


Bastard

Dolseok tried to catch him, but he could not make it.
Although he was inferior to Yeoni, he was far superior to Dolseok.

Aiku

Dolseok was kicked and was thrown on the ground.
Byon Sungbok kept Yeoju as a hostage with an unexpected swiftness in his movement.

Stop, fellows.

He grabbed the neck of Yeoju with his strong hands.
The white and fragile neck would be hurt.
Ganghyuk who swayed his bag and Makbong who was busy treading people could not help stopping their attacks.

Wow, what a guy he is.


Yes, he is a cheap one. He talked about Daedonggye, but it seems that he must be a gangster in the marketplace.

Ganghyuk and Makbong complained, but they could not help to halt their attacks from here. Since he had a strong hold over Yeoju’s life, there was no other choice.
He could not lose Yeoju.
‘The others are all injured.’
Fellows with good limbs had already run away.
The fellows on the ground were all heavily injured as they moaned.
Therefore, nobody could be a threat to Ganghyuk and his fellows.
Ganghyuk came closer to Byon Sungbok holding his bag.
Yeoni, Makbong, Dolseok, and the Flail also moved nearer to Byon Sungbok,

If you come any closer, she will be dead meat.

His voice was trembling.
He might think he could be killed here.
With that in mind, he might be think he would at least take someone in their group if he had to cross the afterlife tonight.
‘Oh, my goodness.

If they were in modern times, he could ignore the threat.
However, they were in Joseon where Japanese bandits attacked people and death was not an unusual occurence.
Byon Sungbok looked insane, too, while he looked at him from a short distance.
While he was thinking this, he saw something shining under the moonlight.
It must be a syringe.
‘Ah, Yeoju has one, too.’
She held the weapon to defeat him.
If Ganghyuk could divert his attention from Yeoju, she could make it.

Ok. Take it easy…

Ganghyuk left the bag on the ground.
With the small movement like that, Byon Sungbok shrank up his body.
He might be a coward like Dolseok.

Don’t come to me. Would you like to see her dead?

It seemed he might not able to kill her.
When a person repeated a certain statement too often, it would mean he did not have the guts to do it.
With that in mind, Ganghyuk should still be careful.
He could not let Yeoju die.
Ganghyuk shook his head slowly and then looked at Byon Sungbok.
His face under the torch was filled with anger.

If what you’ve been repeating is true and you would really kill Yeoju, we will not let you die so easily even if you beg for it.

It was not an ideal talk.
A good doctor who can treat the patient well knows many ways to torture a person.
Byon Sungbok was startled at the remark of Ganghyuk.

What?

His voice was trembling.

You will be dead in the most painful way possible if you injure Yeoju, you can’t even imagine how hard we’ll make you cry. Do you understand?


No, no. What is her name?


Yeoju. Why?


Are you Yeoju?

In his face, an expression of gladness and longing was shown when he looked back at Yeoju.