The Youngest Member Chapter 104

Ma Yongseok hurriedly followed after Cheon Woojin.

He never imagined that he would actually decide to go to the Green Forest alone.

"Alliance mber Cheon!"

Ma Yongseok stopped Cheon Woojin.

At that, Cheon Woojin looked at him with a puzzled face.

"What is it?"

"Are you really going?"

Cheon Woojin nodded.

There was a necessary miraculous dicine, and he knew where it was.

Was there any reason not to go?

Ma Yongseok, who t Cheon Woojin's gaze, sighed inwardly. Weren't Alliance mber Cheon's eyes exactly like those of the Young Star Lord?

A person not bound by common sense and conventions. A person who simply acts when necessary without considering the consequences...

Ma Yongseok had served such a Young Star Lord for a long ti, so he knew well. That once a decision was made, it could not be stopped.

"I'd rather ask the Young Star Lord. He said he would co right away after hearing that Alliance mber Cheon had arrived anyway."

"Is the Young Star Lord nearby?"

"Yes, he's here, saying he needs to enjoy Sichuan food after a long ti."

The food was an excuse; he had simply followed Ma Yongseok, who had rushed over at the news that a close colleague was injured, saying he would be bored alone.

However, there was no need to tell such things to an outsider.

Cheon Woojin's brow furrowed slightly.

"Then we must hurry."

He had felt it before, but the Young Star Lord was a tiring person to et. He didn't know fear, so he couldn't be intimidated, and he was skilled in conversation, so talking to him made one feel like they were constantly being drawn in.

And if he were to use force, his father was a junior that the Black Master cherished.

Thinking so, just as Cheon Woojin was about to hasten his steps.

"What? You're going to charge into the Green Forest?"

Cheon Woojin gently closed his eyes. He had tried to leave quickly, but in the end, the Young Star Lord had arrived first.

Ha Inseong approached Cheon Woojin, flashing his characteristic slick smile. His steps were truly light.

Cheon Woojin said.

"Don't think of stopping . It's already decided."

"Stop you? There's no way I'd do that."

Beside them, Ma Yongseok let out a sigh. He had anticipated the words that would follow from Ha Inseong's mouth.

Soon, Ha Inseong spoke, without a single deviation from that prediction.

"Let's go together."

Ma Yongseok's gaze now turned to Cheon Woojin.

'I refuse.'

This ti too, the prediction was correct. Cheon Woojin looked at Ha Inseong and said calmly.

"I refuse."

"Why?"

"Because it's troubleso."

"The Divine Doctor is a guest of the Black Plaque Star right now. And such a person is treating a Martial Alliance commander."

"..."

He was right. This was a favor shown by the Black Plaque Star.

Cheon Woojin looked at the Young Star Lord for a mont and then said.

"If you get in the way, I'll leave you behind."

Of course, Cheon Woojin also knew that such a thing would not happen.

Ha Inseong was of the sa generation as Namgung Jin, Song Yiyeon, and Jin Yun. They were also called geniuses, but the presence felt from Ha Inseong was on a different level from them. It was the kind of presence that a born genius could only show after training for decades and reaching a mature state.

"Alright, let's get going."

Ha Inseong took a light step, then suddenly turned and looked at Ma Yongseok, who had a dumbfounded expression, and said.

"Don't report to my father."

"...That is my duty, however."

"You are my guard, not my father's man."

"But it's too dangerous."

"The life of an Unorthodox Path man is originally fraught with danger."

"Alliance mber Cheon is not an Unorthodox Path man."

"The life of a martial artist is originally fraught with danger."

"..."

Ma Yongseok, who had been conversing without a mont's breath, finally closed his mouth. He kept forgetting that nothing good ca from arguing with the Young Star Lord.

"It's the Green King, Young Star Lord."

"Alliance mber Cheon, are we going to fight?"

"We're going to talk."

Ma Yongseok tightly gripped his forehead. With two n who wouldn't listen on the sa side, he truly felt like he was talking to a wall.

Soon, Ma Yongseok said as if he had given up.

"I will deploy the Black Wolf Unit. If it's dangerous, send a signal flare. We will be waiting near the Green Forest's main mountain."

"Alright, it'll be good for everyone to get so fresh air after a long ti."

Ha Inseong nodded readily. In truth, he wasn't pleased. It was ti he had gotten to spend alone with Cheon Woojin. But if he didn't even allow this, Guard Ma would imdiately run to his father and tattle.

* * *

Cheon Woojin and Ha Inseong walked side by side.

The atmosphere of the two was similar yet different.

While they both had a thick, dark atmosphere lingering around them, unlike the taciturn Cheon Woojin, Ha Inseong was talkative.

'If Young Master Song had been born in the Unorthodox Path, he would have been just like this.'

Their slick good looks were also a similarity.

He suddenly worried about Song Yiyeon. Since the Heavenly Tiger Unit Commander had personally taken him and escaped the battlefield, his life would not be in danger.

However, given Song Yiyeon's personality, he would be tornted by the thought of having fled alone, leaving his seniors and colleagues behind.

"What are you thinking about so intently?"

"Thinking that your way of speaking is grating."

Ha Inseong's eyes widened. It was the first ti in his life that his speech had been pointed out. He knew that his way of speaking was sowhat old-fashioned for his age, but given his position, he often dealt with people in this manner.

"So, are you going to abandon

right away?"

Ha Inseong asked. His tone had suddenly changed to that of a successor of his age. It was Ha Inseong, imdiately reflecting Cheon Woojin's opinion.

Cheon Woojin didn't bother to reply.

Nevertheless, Ha Inseong's words could not be stopped.

"When we go back, the Black Tortoise Unit Commander will be promoted."

"I heard the position of Division Commander is vacant."

It was because the White Dragon Unit Commander had feared the Black Tortoise Unit Commander's promotion to Division Commander and had caused such an incident.

"He won't be a Division Commander, he'll be a Hall Master."

Cheon Woojin turned his head and looked at Ha Inseong. In fact, it was sothing he had been curious about for a while. It was Ha Inseong who had inford him that the White Dragon Unit Commander was colluding with the Unorthodox Path.

In the letter he had sent, it was written that the Black Tortoise Unit Commander was scheduled to be promoted not to Division Commander, but to Hall Master.

"Why do you think so?"

"Now, look."

Ha Inseong, pleased that Cheon Woojin had finally asked first, explained with a shrug.

It was a rather long explanation, but to summarize, it was like this.

The signs that Tang Bicheon was plotting a rebellion had been detected long ago.

While it was clear that sothing would happen eventually, Ha Inseong had predicted it would be next year, the ninth year of Tang Bicheon's term as the head of the Dragon and Phoenix Assembly. Because his power would be strongest then.

Ha Inseong's prediction was only half right. The existence of Cheon Woojin had stimulated Tang Bicheon and advanced the plan by a year.

If sothing were to happen at the Tang family like that, the Martial Alliance would definitely deploy the Black Tortoise Unit there. Because there were almost no trustworthy people in the Nine Sects One Union or the Five Great Families.

"How about it, were all my predictions right?"

Cheon Woojin nodded obediently. It was because it was an event that had happened right before, just as he had predicted.

"How does that lead to a promotion to Hall Master?"

"Because with you deployed, the Sichuan Tang family is finished."

"..."

Cheon Woojin looked at Ha Inseong again.

"What on earth did you see in ?"

"."

Ha Inseong grinned. At that sight, Cheon Woojin shook his head and looked forward again.

"Anyway, the Sichuan Tang family is finished. And the guys who plotted with him have to be caught. That's the job of the Inspection Hall Master, but the position is vacant. And the Black Tortoise Unit Commander has the seniority, the ability, and above all, has you under his command."

"He's the right person for the Inspection Hall Master position?"

"That's right. The Alliance Leader plans to deeply embed you in the Martial Alliance on this occasion. Of course, I plan to bring you to the Black Plaque Star."

Cheon Woojin lightly ignored the last remark and was inwardly impressed.

Whether he liked Ha Inseong or not, his insight was truly remarkable. It had been a long ti since he had received the letter from him, but did that an he had foreseen all of this from then?

"What kind of person is the Black Plaque Star Lord?"

"My father? He's a great man. Much more so than ."

Cheon Woojin nodded. As a man acknowledged by the Black Master, and to be on par with the Belil Tian Alliance Leader at an age just over forty, he was indeed a great man.

"The Poisonous Hand wants to join the Black Plaque Star. Can you arrange a eting with the Black Plaque Star Lord?"

"Is that your wish?"

"It is."

Ha Inseong made a disappointed face. He had thought Cheon Woojin would state a more interesting wish. But a promise was a promise, so he couldn't not grant it.

"Well, my father would gladly accept soone of Senior Poisonous Hand's level. For soone from the Orthodox Path, he's a very true villain."

"...There is one problem."

"What is it?"

"It was the Poisonous Hand who poisoned Guard Ma's daughter. I tracked down and subdued the Poisonous Hand after seeing the traces at that ti."

That was their first eting with the Poisonous Hand.

Ha Inseong made a troubled expression.

"Then that would be difficult."

"You said you would grant any wish."

"Ahem, I did. If a man goes back on his word, he should cut this off, but..."

Ha Inseong poked his lower region with his finger. Cheon Woojin made a face as if he had seen sothing he shouldn't have.

"You said he's the one who poisoned the daughter of my most cherished subordinate. Accepting such a person would be a betrayal of my subordinate. That's not sothing an Unorthodox Path man would do. I'd rather cut it off. Here, take it. Cut it off!"

Saying so, Ha Inseong placed both hands on his waist.

Cheon Woojin, for once, was disgusted. It was surprising that Ha Inseong cherished his subordinate so much, but what was dirty was dirty.

A silence flowed for a while after that.

Perhaps because of the conversation they had, the atmosphere between the two had beco sowhat more comfortable.

Ha Inseong did not open his mouth again. He was a person who knew exactly the right mont when conversation was needed. He thought that letting Cheon Woojin contemplate now would be more beneficial to their relationship.

"Shall we start running?"

"That would be good."

And so, the two perford their movent techniques.

Cheon Woojin took the lead, and Ha Inseong followed closely behind him.

'...He's really amazing.'

He had never felt that his movent technique was lacking in his entire life.

But, no matter how fast he ran, that monster-like guy was always ahead of him.

The distance between the two neither narrowed nor widened.

The aning of that was clear.

That Cheon Woojin was matching Ha Inseong's pace.

'Have we gotten a little closer?'

In the past, far from matching his pace, he would have used his full movent technique the mont they left the Black Plaque Star and abandoned him.

It was worth helping Cheon Woojin both materially and spiritually all this ti.

Thinking so, Ha Inseong asked in a loud voice.

"Don't tell

you're just going to charge in and take it? It's soone else's treasure, after all."

In Ha Inseong's opinion, that didn't seem to be Cheon Woojin's way. In his view, although a deep darkness clearly existed within Cheon Woojin, a bright side also coexisted strangely.

"There is a way."

"I'm looking forward to it."

And so, the two spurred on their movent techniques.

* * *

The Cheonsu Fortress, located on Mount Cheonsu in Guizhou.

It was the main mountain of the Green Forest, where the man who had killed the previous Green King and taken his nickna, the current Grand Chieftain, resided.

Cheon Woojin and Ha Inseong entered the Cheonsu Fortress, dragging sothing in their hands. At that, the bandits who were eating at and drinking alcohol in the yard all looked at them at once.

"Who are you guys?"

At a bandit's question, Cheon Woojin, instead of answering, threw what he had been dragging at them. Suddenly, Ha Inseong, who was watching, also casually threw his along.

Thud, thud.

With a heavy sound, sothing large fell between them.

The bandits' faces instantly turned ferocious. It was because the things the two had thrown were their comrades who had gone down to collect the passage tax today.

Cheon Woojin, calmly receiving the bandits' killing intent, said.

"We're from a security escort service. They were unfairly taking profits beyond the promised passage tax. They even threatened the guards with scary-looking axes."

It was true. He had witnessed the scene on the way and had intervened. Of course, since it was sothing the Green Forest bandits did as a matter of course, he had waited until he saw such an incident.

At the words 'security escort service', the bandits' montum beca even more ferocious.

"Which security escort service? Who the hell dares to pull this kind of crap!"

"The Woojin Security Escort Service."

The bandits exchanged glances. It was because they had never even heard of such a stupid na.

"Puhahat, he said the Woojin Security Escort Service."

Ha Inseong giggled, finding sothing so funny.

In the anti, Cheon Woojin's words continued.

"I'd like to have a word with the fortress master, where is he?"

It was then.

Whoong-!

A heavy sound of sothing cutting through the air rang out, and a flash of light flickered. An axe flew past Cheon Woojin, who had slightly dodged his head.

Soon, a slender middle-aged man, half the size of the other bandits, walked out from inside the fortress.

"Woojin Security Escort Service? Don't tell

you're that Cheon Woojin!"

"What is it? How did you know?"

How on earth did that guy know his na?

Just as Cheon Woojin was thinking that, the middle-aged man's words continued.

"The ruthless demonic master who slaughtered the fifty-odd comrades of the Heungsan Fortress! How could I ever forget that na!"

At the words of the Green King, Jo U-gwang, the bandits began to murmur. There had indeed been an incident where the Heungsan Fortress was massacred overnight.

They had even found out that the one behind it was a guy nad Cheon Woojin from the Martial Alliance. Although they were not ready to face the Martial Alliance head-on, they were exploring various asures.

But, the person in question had suddenly appeared.

While the Green King and the Green Forest bandits were burning with killing intent, Cheon Woojin tilted his head.

"...Did I?"

He couldn't rember well. It seed like he had subjugated a group of bandits a long ti ago while on a mission with Young Master Song. Or was it water bandits?

He couldn't quite rember. In the first place, he had done sothing like subjugating a fortress without giving it much aning.

At that attitude, the bandits made even more ferocious faces.

In the anti, Ha Inseong couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! A demonic master, he said, a demonic master!"

It was just that funny to Ha Inseong that a Martial Alliance mber was being called a demonic master by a Green Forest bandit.

(End of Chapter)