Ghost Face - Chapter 296



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Chapter 74. It’s about to rain on the mountain, the pavilion is filled with wind (12)

In the past, Biho had received a gold hairpin from Jin Ga-yong. It was when they did not know each other well. At the time, Jin Ga-yong had given Biho the item as a reward for helping him investigate the fake mask.

At that time, Biho noticed that there was a story behind the gold hairpin and tried to refuse it. Jin Ga-yong broke it and said that since the story was gone, he should at least get the price of the gold hairpin, and gave it to Biho.

But I felt uneasy.

Yes, I had planned to return it someday at the right time. And since I was already returning it, I thought it would be a good gesture to give it back, so I had it restored by a professional craftsman. It was an act of pure kindness, without any special intention.

But that wasn’t the case.

At that time, Biho had no idea that Jin Ga-yong was a woman, and he had dismissed the story as a common problem between a man and a woman. However, it contained a complicated story about her lover. The gold hairpin that she had prepared with great effort ended up in the owner’s hair due to some incident and ended up in a drawer without being seen. Even though she let go of her lover and gave up her life as a woman, she couldn’t bring herself to throw this thing away and kept it. Therefore, this object was filled with longing, yearning, and regret.

however…….

The reason I am telling you this story is because the golden hairpin was still intact in Biho’s arms.

Jin Ga-yong wanted it. Tonight, if she could put a gold hairpin in her hair. This was the last, faint desire she had left.

Not revenge!

Revenge was the homework that Jin Ga-yong had left to do, and her wish was a memory as a woman. Of course, she had never said this feeling out loud. Rather, she felt ashamed and embarrassed by such feelings. However, the two already knew each other’s feelings too well without having to say anything. The emotional communication that had been connected to McPhee’s glasses had long since disappeared, but they no longer had difficulty understanding each other without such a tool. They just pretended not to know and ignored it.

But Biho could no longer avoid it. After today, Jin Ga-yong would lose all of his desires and all of his emotions. That was the preparation she had made every day before the duel.

So it had to be today.

“Are you here?”

Jin Ga-yong greeted Bi-ho in a sophisticated attire. Her voice trembled and her face flushed. In the pavilion, there was a table set with simple snacks and drinks, but Bi-ho did not notice. Her clothes were a little shabby, but she did not have time to care.

Yeah, what does it matter if the moon floating in the sky is a little crooked? Even if it’s a dark world, it burns so brightly all by itself.

The woman’s eyes were filled with passion. Did she know that she was in that state? That was why it was a flash of light. When things regain their vigor for a moment just before they are about to collapse. The man was at a loss for what to do with his pity, and the woman on the other side felt awkward. So they shared a drink. When she gulped down the entire bottle and handed it to him, he took a sip from the entire bottle and handed it back. In that way, they shared the bittersweet water from the same spout, moistening their throats together and warming their hearts together.

Then she asked.

“You… why are you so good to me?”

The woman had guessed, but she still wanted to confirm it with her ears.

“Because I like it.”

“Huh. Are you really going to risk your life like that with such feelings? In my opinion, you’re a womanizer. You’ll continue to harass all sorts of women. But if you keep doing that every time, you’ll lose your life even if you have a hundred spare lives.”

“Ha~ I don’t know if I’m a womanizer, but it’s not just because I like you. When I woke up in the ice mountain, you said, ‘I didn’t wake up for revenge.’ And before that, you said, ‘Please leave me alone.’”

“… … .”

“I didn’t understand it then, but at some point I realized it. You had vowed never to wear a mask again, and you were determined to die, giving up on revenge or anything. But you eventually opened your eyes. I ask you. Why did you break that vow?”

“I am…….”

The man got up from his seat and walked over to the woman, who watched him absentmindedly. He took her hand and said,

“It was because of me. When I was about to die at the hands of Yeo-Hwi, you opened your eyes to save me, didn’t you? I called you into this world. Right?”

“… … .”

The woman’s eyes sparkled and she was smelling sweet.

“How could I not like you like that, and how could I not be sincere to you… …!”

The woman covered the man’s mouth with her index finger. Shh. And she wiped the mouth that had been talking with her lips. Huh? Wait a minute. If I do this, the gold hairpin will… … . But soon, he didn’t care what happened to the mere gold hairpin.

The wind was blowing into the pavilion, making it extremely scary. It seemed as if a heavy rain was about to pour down from the mountain.

***

It was the last night the two men and women spent together. Biho ignited her flame in his heart, and Jin Ga-yong burned away every last bit of regret that remained in his heart.

And the day of the duel dawned.

***

Biho and his party, who had woken up at the crack of dawn, rode in a carriage provided by Gwak Nan-hoe.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the Yanman Plain. The sky was so cloudy that they couldn’t tell if the sun would rise. Anyway, since there was still some time left, they each rested as they pleased. Byeokja and Jingayong sat a little far away and meditated. Biho, Hyungwoosaeng, Yun Deoksin, and Cheongwoo sat huddled together, drinking tea and chatting. And on the other side, Ah-hu, Shandong Noin, and Ho Ye-hwa were drinking. The reason was that they liked being slightly excited before seeing blood. The three of them asked Biho to come and have a drink with them, but Biho refused.

Normally I wouldn’t have taken it off, but now it’s a bit…

“Biho Musa, how are you feeling?”

In response to Cheong-woo’s question, Bi-ho said he was fine, but was he emaciated? To anyone who looked at him, his condition did not look very good. Yes, Hyung-woo-saeng scolded him, saying, “Then you should take your training moderately. It’s because a person called Mu-in can’t even handle his own body. Tsk tsk.”

‘Tch, if it were just my body, I could handle it.’

Biho grumbled inwardly, and Yun Deok-shin sharply observed him with his eagle eyes. Then, he glanced at Jin Ga-yong, who was sitting on the other side, with his eyes closed and in a state of trance, and then looked at Biho again, making Biho, who was the person concerned, feel a pang. It seemed that this guy had a feeling. However, Yun Deok-shin soon tilted his head and passed without saying anything. This was because he could not find any connection.

There was no sign of passion in Jin Ga-yong, only calm and serene.

Then, the time came. A warrior from the host came from the other side and asked if they were ready, and Biho and his party quickly got up from their seats. They gathered in front of Jin Ga-yong. This was because he was the captain of today’s decisive battle. Jin Ga-yong looked at each of them with indifferent eyes. It was disappointing, but Biho was no exception. Now, Biho could not read Jin Ga-yong’s mind. It was not clear whether it was because there was nothing left to read, or because she had become something else.

That changed Jin Ga-yong said.

“I am deeply grateful to all of you who bravely drew your swords for this Jin Mo and my Cao family. I promise you today. Today, I will clearly show them who they dared to touch. I will teach those foolish and ignorant people that there is a heaven beyond the heaven!”

It was a coincidence.

The curiosity reached the sky.

Ah-hu smiled faintly, Hyung-woo-saeng nodded with shining eyes, and the old man Shan-dong couldn’t help but respond.

“Wow~ Jin Gongja is determined today. Yes, I have to finish my share quickly just to see him.”

Everyone laughed at those words and each one added a word. But how could these people who had gathered here have been rolling around in the world of martial arts, and yet they were excited by Jin Ga-yong’s words? Everyone started to gain momentum from this point. They were burning with fighting spirit. Only one person, the Black Cat, who had arrived first and joined last, had a dark expression on his face the whole time.

Soon, Jin Ga-yong, seven warriors, and three cheerleaders headed to the place where the duel would take place.

***

The duel stage was not specially decorated, but was instead a wild field with weeds growing here and there up to the ankles. This was because several people were fighting at the same time, and none of the participants were experts, so they had to use a very large space.

Therefore, there was no place to watch separately, and it was not allowed. Hundreds of warriors of the Mujin Alliance who had been dispatched to the area around Yeonman Plain were lined up. And they warned. If you approached recklessly, you would die. Nevertheless, curious martial artists who risked their lives gathered in large numbers and climbed the nearby mountains to watch from afar. And the organizers did not stop them. They only restricted people from approaching the area around a field of about 150 pyeong.

The two camps walked toward the middle of the field, facing each other. The host guide led the way, and the two camps stopped walking at a distance of about thirty jang. Then the representatives of the two camps, Jin Ga-yong and Ho Yeon-sang, stepped forward again.

In the middle of the field, there was the judge, Cheolsanjeo Jeong Sajeong, and three invited observers. However, they were judges and observers, but there was nothing in particular for them to do. When the fighting started, they would retreat far away, and when one side was completely annihilated, they would come over, check the corpses, and announce it. That was it.

Thud thud.

Jin Ga-yong and Ho Yeon-sang faced each other with Jeong Sa-jeong in the middle. Jeong Sa-jeong said a few formal words about this and that, but the two of them just looked at each other without even listening.

“Hey, Bul-in-geom, it’s been a while.”

“Hoyeonsang, I will send you to the abyss.”

“Huh?”

Hoyeonsang looked as if he had been hit. Originally, he had wanted to mention Jin Gayong’s dead sister and talk dirty to irritate her. But when he was about to start a fight, Jin Gayong had already made the first move, mentioning his nickname, ‘Narak’, and irritated her. So Hoyeonsang tried to speak again with a venomous expression.

“Keep on hehehe. Is that possible? By the way, your sister-in-law… … .”

“You worthless bastard!” He was eaten by many ghosts, but of all the ghosts, he was eaten by a dirty, evil spirit like Chang-gwi. That’s why he was so ugly.”

“Changgui? This is me?”

At the sound of the word “Chang-gwi,” Ho-yeon-sang flinched, and Jeong Sa-jeong stopped talking and pricked up her ears.

*Changgui: A general term for a ghost that becomes an evil spirit that follows a tiger after being killed by the tiger and becomes another victim of tiger attacks.

Hoyeonsang didn’t know what the ghost inside his chest was. So the reason he flinched was not because Jin Gayong’s voice was right, but because Jin Gayong spoke as if he knew.

And the reason why Jeong Sa-jeong perked up her ears was the same. But then she thought, ‘Ah, so that’s why the Grand Duke was so ruined.’ and found the reason why Ho Yeon-sang was crazy here.

So, it was not known whether Jin Ga-yong had really found out and said such things, but Ho Yeon-sang was once again speechless and his expression suddenly crumpled.

Jin Ga-yong stood there and hammered a nail into it.

“You really didn’t know? That’s strange in its own way. If I had seen your face with longing even once, I would have known. If so, just remember this one thing. Even if you go to hell, if your dirty tongue starts to stick out of its own accord, bite it with your teeth so that it doesn’t. I’m worried that the guards in hell will get angry because of the terrible stench.”

“What the f*ck.”

Episode 297