Absolute Sword Sense novel - Chapter 9
Due to some copyright issues. I changed some word such god= supreme-ruler. /diviné= supreme. And some Chinese words etc, all of this to avoid copyright *.*
A novel by the same Author of nano machin and the same universe:
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“Deal? Ha!”
Noh Songgu, the Blood Wolf leader, responds to my suggestion like it is ridiculous. In fact, it is he who is taking the initiative, but it probably seems like an idiot’s move to try and make a deal right now.
“You must be out of your mind.”
“I am sane.”
Actually, I am out of my mind.
As Noh Songgu’s hand pushes his blade ahead, my body and mind still feel fine. What can I not say in this state?
“I mean it, sincerely.”
Pak!
“Kuak!”
Noh Songgu steps on my chest. Man, he is as relentless as much as I still fear the Blood Sect. No matter how hard he steps on me, my words still manage to come out.
“I shouldn’t just kill you.”
“… right.”
“If you want to prolong your life even a little more, you will have to speak your purpose for using my father’s name and trying to get a place in the sect.”
Clench!
Noh Songgu pushes his foot further. If he steps just a little harder, my chest might explode.
“Noh Sehwa.”
“… what?”
Nog Songgu’s foot, which was trying to kill me, loses its strength as his face hardens.
“How do… you know that name?”
The reason he reacts to the name like this is simple. Noh Sehwa is his sister. To be precise, she is the sister who disappeared about 15 years ago.
“Tell me! How do you know that name!”
Noh Songgu pushes me. Truth be told, I’m scared out of my wits, but I can’t just reveal all my cards immediately, right?
“Are you going to keep doing this? Or will you make a deal with me?”
“You!”
Noh Songgu stares at me and lifts his foot off of my chest. But he still doesn’t withdraw his blade on my neck.
“…You think this is enough for us to make a deal?”
“I know that even enemies will take responsibility for the words they speak.”
The Noh Songgu I know is a man who is generous and faithful to his subordinates, very much unlike other Blood Cult members.
-His voice is shaking.
‘It is his sister who he has been looking for.’
Noh Songgu had judged me to be an enemy here. Yet, when I mention the name of the sister he has been searching for, his heart cannot help but be shaken.
‘How will you respond, Blood Wolf squad leader?’
I stare him in the eyes. Soon, Noh Songgu opens his mouth.
“What do you want? Do you want me to keep my mouth shut about your truth?”
Sure, that’s something I want, but this is too huge an opportunity to waste.
“That’s why I said, let’s make a deal.”
“It seems like you don’t have any hope of holding on to your life.”
“Then the leader will never be able to find his sister.”
In exchange for my life, this man can find his sister.
In a way, that too would be the beginning of his life’s misery.
Clench!
Noh Songgu asks me with a grimace.
“What more do you want?”
“Be my strength when I need you.”
“Ha! Did you just ask me to become your crutch? You must really want to…”
“Not that. It’s just that if I get into trouble here, I will ask the leader for help.”
Noh Songgu is soon to become a peak master. If he can come to my aid, I won’t be at the bottom of the pecking order any more.
“Nonsense! I am not someone like that! I cannot close my eyes when you could bring harm to the sect and help? I am not going to let myself be played by you.”
“You are only in the Blood Sect to pay back the debt that your father left? Right?”
“No… How do you know this?’
Noh Songgu is in shock. The only person who knows of his condition is in the highest position of the sect. Most of the Blood Sect simply thought that this man was just walking after his father’s path, but the reality is different.
“Didn’t you take charge as the squad leader in exchange for information about the man who killed your father?”
This is something I heard directly from the man.
“… What is your fucking identity?”
I think even I would be curious in such a situation, but it is impossible to say ‘I have returned from ten years in the future’.
So I have to shift his attention.
“Let’s do this. I will not only tell you the whereabouts of your sister but also about the man who murdered your father and who made your eye like that.”
“You…”
He is a bit shaken by everything he would receive from this deal. Anyway, these are things I heard from a future Noh Songgu, so I have nothing to fear.
“How do I know that you aren’t lying just to escape this situation?”
“I have the blood parasite within me. Can’t the leader kill me at any time?”
Noh Songgu’s face is clearly contemplating my words. I did have the blood parasite within me, and if I tried to run, they could kill me.
After hesitating for a while, he eventually makes up his mind.
Sh!
Then he takes his blade off of my neck.
“Haa…”
I never thought it would be such a relief. My gamble manages to work.
“If it is false. You die.”
“Whatever you like.”
“Who killed my father?”
That is what he wants to know first, even more than his sister’s fate. I know who it is, but I hesitate before saying it.
“… First Blood Star.”
At the unexpected name from my mouth, his expression changes.
At this time, he still believes that the Murim Alliance was the one who had killed his father and kidnapped his sister. So he entered the Blood Sect, vowing to take revenge on those people.
However, when he learns that the true culprit is the highest member of the sect, he seems to doubt me.
“Are you playing with me now?”
“Play with you? Not at all. I shall correct my words. To be precise, it was done by another leader who had received orders from the First Blood Star. When he tried to kill your father, there were traces of the Murim Alliance left in…”
Tak!
“Huak!”
Noh Songgu goes back to stepping on my chest.
I try not to show it, but my expression is clearly changing as the pain turns my face red.
“Why don’t you ask your sister directly?”
“Sister?”
“Leader’s sister knows the truth.”
“… my sister knows?”
“Your sister is in Jinhai county of Zhejiang Province. If you go there yourself, your sister might end up dead, so send someone you can trust.”
That place is managed by the First Blood Star. In his previous life, Noh Songgu met his dying sister there and heard the truth. He could not win over his anger and went to confront the First Blood Star, after which his squad was disbanded, and all his members were dispersed to other groups.
“You… how…”
Noh Songgu glances at me and turns away like he has nothing to say.
-He must be too shocked
‘Right?’
I know at once what he wants to know. I just want things to not be the same as in my previous life.
He’s a Blood Sect member, but this man is someone I admire a lot. If only his sister, his only blood, didn’t die, no matter how strong his father’s killer is, he wouldn’t lose his cool and could challenge the First Blood Star.
“…”
After looking at me for a while, Noh Songgu regains his calm. He then takes his foot off my chest and extends his hand.
Hold!
When I take that hand, he pulls me up. Noh Songgu then looks at me with a firm expression.
“I will trust you just this once.”
“Oh!”
“Don’t think you are out of danger. If this turns out false, I don’t care who you are or what you know. I will kill you myself.”
“I understand.”
“But if this is true… I will consider you as my life’s benefactor.”
“… You’re not just saying that, right?”
“I believed you, but you cannot get yourself to believe me?”
I smile.
“No. I believe you.”
You are a man who is full of faith and would never go back on your words.
I cannot help but believe you.
But I had been beaten up so much in my previous life that asking that question has become a habit. Even beasts you can eventually trust, but not people.
“Then the deal is sealed.”
Noh Songgu nods at me. As it seems that I manage to barely hold onto my life, I begin tearing up. Moments later, Noh Songgu looks at me and says
“But I cannot tell if you are smart or stupid.”
“Uh?”
“I didn’t even speak of your grandfather’s name, but you decided that you were caught, and this happened.”
‘…!?’
When I hear that, it feels like being hit in the head with a hammer.
As Noh Songgu said, he never mentioned my grandfather’s name. I simply guessed that they had done a background check on me and jumped to conclusions.
-Well, this is how you do things.
‘What?’
Even the short sword seems to enjoy it when I am in trouble.
But when I think back, I don’t think it would have worked out anyway else.
Even if my grandfather’s name wasn’t mentioned here, this man remembers everyone he trained with, so I couldn’t possibly have fooled him.
“… I just thought it was natural.”
I speak with pride, and Noh Songgu seems to be in a better mood after seeing my expression. Now all that is left is to receive the plaque.
“The deal is done. So can I go and get my plaque?”
Even if I don’t want to, I have to get a middle or upper-rank plaque.
However, that is only possible with skilled or talented people, so if I receive it, especially an upper-rank plaque, people will doubt me.
However, Noh Songgu’s expression seems strange.
“True. Here.”
“Uh?”
“I am keeping my mouth shut for now, but I haven’t confirmed my sister’s whereabouts yet. And you are hoping for me to give you benefits already.”
“No, this much should be fine.”
“Funny. If you want to receive it, prove your skills.”
“Haa…”
The conversation is turning again. I feel like we have been going in circles for quite some time.
-Kikiki. You got caught too.
I thought he was a good man who didn’t use his head too often, but now I am seeing new sides to him.
“…How do I prove it?”
He is different from the man I knew, so I have to be certain.
Noh Songgu waves his hand at me.
“I heard that you have a body that cannot cultivate internal qi. I won’t use qi and attack you with my bare hands.”
Oh! Fair play!
Noh Songgu continues with a confident voice.
“Really?”
“Even if I don’t use my internal qi, there will be no gap in my movements. I will give you whatever rank you want if you can hit me just once.”
Right.
First-rate warriors don’t have run-of-the-mill bodies. I am also at an overwhelming disadvantage because I am only trained physically.
But…
“Can I use this dagger?”
“Do whatever you want. What difference will having a dagger make when you don’t know martial arts or have internal qi?”
At those words, I smile.
‘Hear that?’
Small Short Sword speaks with determination.
-Dagger? Hey! I am Short Sword! Take me out already!
At the other side of the cave…
Excluding one person, all the trainees have received their plaques. As the rest of the trainees take longer than expected, Gu Sang-woong, the commander, begins to get anxious.
Meanwhile, Leader Oh’s face is filled with joy.
‘I told him to teach him right, and he must have been caught. I did say I was going to watch him. Hehehe.’
It was worthwhile to call for Noh Songgu.
Instead of waiting for the person he sent to Yulang to investigate and report back, he could simply save himself the trouble by calling someone who would know the truth behind the kid’s story.
And it seems like there is going to be a tragic end.
“Commander. If my guess is right I…”
The commander raises his hand and signals Leader Oh to be quiet. Leader Oh wonders why before seeing someone coming out of the cave.
It is So Wonhwi.
‘What?’
So Wonhwi, who came out of the cave, proudly lifts something up in his hand.
[Middle]
Not a lower plaque but middle? Leader Oh’s expression becomes distorted at the sight.