The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 289



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Episode 289 Apple (3)

The thousand-year-old man continued what he wanted to say to Kang-hu, who was silently listening to him.

He was already reading from Kang-hoo’s expression.

The fact that Kang-hoo is listening to the story without saying anything means that he has a lot to think about.

“There is no middle ground for an assassin. There are times when you have to minimize damage, but there are also times when you have to pull off a move that seems like it will result in ridiculous damage!”

“Yes, Master.”

“I’m not finished talking. You didn’t want to make that choice. At first, you were just like a child who didn’t want to give away what was mine and wanted to take what was someone else’s. Do you understand?”

Kang-hoo nodded.

It was a statement that hit the nail on the head from start to finish, so there was nothing I could do to refute it.

Not a single person had ever given me this kind of advice.

Everyone was busy praising him.

It may be because he had the skills to do so, but the response that was full of praise made him lax at some point.

When the thousand-year-old tree broke the egg that surrounded its body, it felt like it could sense the other world.

‘I think I need to put it down more.’

The idea that I had to do it all by myself. And that I couldn’t put myself in danger.

Kang-hoo decided that such thoughts were making him feel discouraged.

There haven’t been any problems so far, but it’s not like there really weren’t any problems. They were just buried.

The thousand-year-old old man added again, wondering if he still had any feedback to give to Kang-hoo.

“The essence is to destroy the enemy. You only saw me trying to eat an apple, Kang-hoo. There is no need for other considerations for an assassin. If you destroy the opponent, everything else will fall apart on its own.”

“I will keep that in mind, Master.”

“It seems like the apple you got today was poisonous to you. Let Haemi take care of the detoxification. I’ll have a drink.”

“yes.”

“And after you finish detoxing from Haemi, run around the training grounds until you fall asleep from exhaustion. If you’re not tired or asleep, don’t even think about coming to see me. Got it? Then let’s go.”

The thousand-year-old man headed towards the villa without looking back.

The task left to Kang-hoo was simple.

After finishing the additional training with Joo Hae-mi, you are told to run and run around the training ground until you collapse from exhaustion.

Kang-hoo read that it was a message to empty his mind of distracting thoughts as much as possible and focus only on the physical strength.

I did read it… … but seeing the future full of hardships ahead of me made me feel like I was going to die.

However, I had no intention of questioning or contradicting the teachings and instructions of the thousand-year-old monk.

I’ll just do it if you tell me to.

There is no other choice.

* * *

Just a moment ago, I could see K next to Joo Hae-mi.

By the time Kang-hoo reached Joo Hae-mi, K had already left. It seemed like he came to take a quick look around and then left.

As Kang-hoo walked towards her, exhausted, Joo Hae-mi threw a candy bar she had at him.

“I’ll start once you’ve eaten.”

Kang-hoo briefly considered whether to suck on the candy cane or bite into it.

The choice is to suck it up.

Since I was so tired from the apple training earlier, I wanted to rest for a while while eating the candy.

Because I felt nauseous and queasy, I felt like I was going to throw up after biting, chewing, and swallowing the candy.

While Kang-hoo was sucking on the candy.

“… … .”

Joo Hae-mi saw the back of the thousand-year-old man heading towards the villa. Her gaze followed him.

‘I was so focused on the apple that I was only thinking about the part that told me not to eat it.’

Kang-hoo recalled his training with the Thousand-Year-Old Master, recalling each of his words in a way that suited the situation.

Looking back, it was true that I was completely focused on restraint.

In fact, as he said, if you just look at the thousand-year-old tree itself, that’s enough.

If you break him, it will be difficult to even hold the apple properly, let alone eat it.

But I was so caught up in the thought of how to apologize that I couldn’t easily take up other options.

Perhaps the time limit of ‘5 minutes’ also played a part in narrowing the scope of thought.

Meanwhile, the sweetness of the candy made my brain work faster.

It turned out that I had been thinking too much about apples. That turned out to be a fatal mistake.

Kang-hoo decided that in future similar situations, he would make sure to figure out what the ‘essence’ of the facts was.

If you don’t make your priorities clear, you’ll end up with a mixed result like this training.

The moment when Kang-hoo finally put all the candy he had been saving and cherishing into his mouth.

Joo Hae-mi stood in front of Kang-hoo as if she had been waiting and tied a rope around her right arm.

And at the end of the line, a pink doll was hung, characterizing one of the animals, a beaver.

When I looked at Joo Hae-mi with a suspicious thought, the words I expected came out of her mouth.

“You can take this doll.”

“Without regard to means and methods?”

“Yes. That’s the first ‘detox’ my father mentioned.”

“then!”

【hijacking】

Kang-hoo wrote a kidnapping note directly to her, but it didn’t work.

It was a skill that was written with failure in mind from the beginning. It was because I wanted to see how she would react.

As for Joo Hae-mi, the only information I had was that she could manipulate the wind. There was no other information.

Papat!

She did a back tumble while trying to avoid being kidnapped. At first, I thought it was just a backwards fall.

Paaang!

During that process, every time he raised his leg, a strong wind blew towards Kang-hoo.

It seemed like a strong wind that had significantly reduced the killing power, but the problem was that Kang-hoo’s body was pushed backwards by the strong wind.

This means that if there had been a proper intention to attack, there would have been an attack that would have scratched the body in this strong wind.

at that time.

“… … ?”

Kang-hoo, who was trying to chase after Joo Hae-mi using acceleration and jumping skills, made a surprised expression.

Skill casting is blocked.

When I checked the debuff status window just in case, I saw that I had not one, but three debuffs applied.

【No acceleration】

【No jumping】

【No space movement】

It wasn’t just a wish.

It was a fucking skill that was a kind of debuff skill that could attack and restrain at the same time.

Since all three types of skills were blocked, it was impossible to use the skills to approach from Kang-hoo’s perspective.

That is, moving both legs and moving yourself felt like the only option.

at that time.

‘No. It’s not.’

Kang-hoo, whose thoughts had turned in a different direction, immediately deployed one of his skills forward.

【Clone Technique】

He created a clone.

Then, the wind that Joo Hae-mi continued to create was blocked by Kang-hoo’s clone, and for a moment, it did not reach him.

At that moment, all three debuffs that were on Kang-hoo were removed.

Kang-hoo escaped the wind’s sphere of influence with shadow steps, and linked hiding and Mu-yeong with the curtain of technique.

Kang-hoo disappeared without a trace.

Joo Hae-mi stopped tumbling and stood still, slowly looking around.

It’s not visible.

I can’t even feel it.

But Joo Hae-mi was confident that she could make Kang-hoo show up.

Taat!

Soon she raised her right leg high above her head and slammed it hard into the ground.

Then, fallen leaves and dirt mixed together and flew into the air.

At the same time, Joo Hae-mi waved both hands and created a whirlwind, scattering them in a fan shape.

It is unclear what form of attack it was, but Kang-hoo moved forward while lowering his body as much as possible.

First of all, ‘forward’ was unconditionally included as a premise for movement.

It is easy to block her attacks by using things like the Wall of Integrity.

But if we do that, we are again pursuing a defensive, stable picture.

In direct conflict with the teachings of the Thousand-Year-Old Master, Kang-Hoo took a completely different pattern.

Phew!

It was a maneuver that almost made me fall to the ground, but I didn’t fall over because I had propulsion.

Even a slight lowering of the center of gravity is the perfect shape for the face and front of the torso to be torn apart.

But the trick worked, and Joo Hae-mi had no choice but to allow Kang-hoo to approach her.

‘Catch me!’

The moment Kang-hoo reaches out and tries to grab the doll hanging along Joo Hae-mi’s arm!

Kwaaaaat!

When Joo Hae-mi noticed Kang-hoo’s approach, she flew up, causing the wind to blow vertically downwards.

“… … .”

Using the wind as propulsion, her body rose into the air as if propelled by a rocket.

If there is an upturn, there must be a downturn.

Kang-hoo thought that if he stayed in his place, he could target her when she returned.

but.

Boom! Boom!

Her body, which created wind in the air, could easily move in any direction she wanted.

It was possible to adjust the landing position smoothly.

I had a feeling the training would be long.

But I figured out one thing for sure. How to break the debuff wind. Setting up a clone solved it.

Kang-hoo’s eyes sparkled.

Now that we have a solution to the biggest problem, all that remains is an aggressive offensive. No other considerations are necessary.

* * *

After some time has passed.

Kang-hoo was finally able to get his hands on Joo Hae-mi’s doll.

It wasn’t a very long time, but it wasn’t a short training session either.

“Phew. Haa. Phew.”

Kang-hoo was breathing heavily, as if he was half-exhausted.

Perhaps because of the accumulated fatigue from the previous apple training with the thousand-year-old tree, the load felt by my body was much greater.

Moreover, since I had never taken Mad Solarium before, my headaches were chronic.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Joo Hae-mi left without any regrets after leaving a short greeting.

My footsteps were getting faster and faster, and I felt like I was walking diligently to my father, who was a thousand years old.

For a moment, I desperately wanted to go to Kang-hoo’s villa and rest, but soon I remembered the old man’s words and gave up.

– Run on the training ground until you fall asleep from exhaustion.

“under…….”

A deep sigh escaped me, but I had no intention of ignoring my master’s teachings.

Kang-hoo forcibly pulled his legs and body away from the ground, which were stuck to the ground almost like a magnet.

Rest is like a sweet temptation, once you fall for it, it’s hard to get away.

I was thinking of rolling again before my body adjusted to the rest, so I wouldn’t get lazy.

“Phew. Haa. Phew. Haa.”

Kang-hoo took a deep breath and started running along the outskirts of the training grounds.

I started running along the edge of the training grounds, almost touching the trees.

This way, I can run a longer distance even when I run one lap, and it seems like it will prevent distracting thoughts from coming into my mind.

I ran, ran, and ran again.

As my body began to feel increasingly fatigued, paradoxically my mind began to clear up.

“It feels like something inside me that was weighing me down has been released.”

If you only look at the physical condition, it was a hellish training. However, mentally, it was a training that I gained so much from.

I just realized one thing, and my attitude and calculations towards the situation changed.

Is this the picture that the Thousand-Year-Old Man wanted? We will find out after the next training.

Anyway, I felt good because it felt like I had broken through the wall of the unconscious that I had never been able to experience on my own.

Maybe that’s why, at some point, I even forgot the passage of time and started running hard.

Although a bitter taste came out of my mouth, I was happy because even that felt like a medal from my training.

How long did you run like that?

No, I thought I ran… … .

“Get up, you punk! Your mouth is going to fall off!”

Kang-hoo, who had fallen asleep on the training ground without knowing it, was shaken awake by the thousand-year-old old man.

Clearly, just a moment ago, I was running forward without looking back.

But now I was lying down and looking up at the high, blue sky without a single cloud.

As if in a dream, time had passed in a flash.

and.

“Seo… Seongnim.”

“What? This guy really has a mouth.”

My mouth was literally rolling.