Chapter 16: The Owner Of Elixir Already Exist(3) (1/2)
Book 1 Chapter 16: The Owner of Elixir Already Exist (3)
Translator: Hwarang
Editor: Jay
‘So they are really lackl.u.s.ter in their duties here.’
By just wearing some fancy clothes and telling the workers that I was from Heavenly Dao Gate, they didn’t even bother to verify my ident.i.ty and instead let me through. If I were to kill the director here, then she would have died because of her incompetence.
Even if this was a small branch located in a remote area, this was something unacceptable.
The director of this place was Kong Jong. She was the person who Kw.a.n.g Du called Lady Kong. As a director, she had a pretty decent face and body.
“Welcome sir, you said you are from the Heavenly Dao Gate?”
“Yes I am.”
“May I have your honorable name?”
“Ma Young Cheong. The current head of the family is my uncle.”
Kong Jeong nodded her head.
“Now that I have learned your honorable name, sir, it is truly an honor to have met you.”
Honorable name? What honorable name?This was too hilarious. The real Ma Young Cheong is someone who was stuck in the Heavenly Dao Gate and rarely showed his face to the outside world.
“Please sit down here.” Kong Jeong led me to a chair.
Seeing her actions, I could only sigh. It didn’t matter whether I was someone of a higher status than her, she was still the director a.s.signed by the Murim Alliance. On top of that, she acted like this even though my status as Ma Young Cheong was not even a direct successor of the Heavenly Dao Gate. What if someone who is a direct descendant came, would she have kowtowed to them?
I saw her eyes move around and twitch couple of times. Maybe it was because I was wary of her, since she could be colluding with Kwak Do Su. I tried to get rid of any biases towards her, because once you start looking with a prejudice, your judgment will start getting clouded.
We had a short conversation about the alliance and I told her some things about the Heavenly Dao Gate. To her, the things I told her must have sounded believable, since these were things that she didn’t know about. So, she asked me various things about the Heavenly Dao Gate and I answered them without hesitation. There was nothing that I didn’t know about that clan, so I cleared up misconceptions she had about Heavenly Dao Gate, and she seemed to completely believe that I was from the Heavenly Dao Gate.
Then I asked her the question that I was really here for.
“The reason that I came here was because I had something to ask you.”
“Pray tell.”
“The clan is looking for a man.”
“Who are they looking for?”
“Someone named Kwak Do Su.”
After hearing me say his name I saw a slight change in her look. It wasn’t a look of ignorance.
“Why are you looking for this man named Kwak Do Su?”
“Do you know who this man is?”
“Ah, of course. He is a bandit who does all sort of evil deeds, so he has a bounty on his head.”
“Yes, that man. After looking into it, I found that the last time they reported anything about him was from this post. It seemed that you were involved somehow involved in that report.”
“Yes that an incident that happened a while back.”
“So, how stupid was that person?”
“Excuse me?”
“The person who was taken hostage.”
“Oh, him. He is called Byuk Lee Dan and he is the heir of the Byuk Clan．
“So he must have been a fool.”
Kong Jeong gave a small smile. But she made an expression that showed that she couldn’t say that about him.
“According to the report, I heard that you were pretty close to him.”
Then she said in a smaller tone, “Well, aren’t there times that you just have to share a drink with a fool?”
“Ha ha ha, there are.”
Kong Jeong laughed along with me seeing that her joke made some impact. This lightened the mood.
“Why would someone so esteemed like you, Lord Ma, be looking for someone like Kwak Do Su?”
Seeing that she called me Lord Ma I threw her the bait.
“He committed a grave crime against the clan. Everyone from the clan is looking for him.”
She showed some response. Her face became colder and her eyes widened. It seemed as if she was forcefully suppressing her reaction.
I was certain of my suspicion. There was some sort of relations.h.i.+p between Kwak Do Su and Kong Jong.
If she schemed something with a criminal such as Kwak Do Su to get Byuk Lee Dan taken as a hostage, she wouldn’t have any excuse even if they punished her. But, as a director of the the Murim Alliance Branch, scheming with a criminal was something unforgivable. She shouldn’t complain even if she received a dog’s death.
“What kind of crime did he commit?”
“I can’t tell you, since it’s a private clan matter. But, I will tell you that this matter is of the utmost importance, since even the elders have made their move. You can see how important this matter is, since I even came here directly without riding in a carriage.”
Since she could have doubted me, I said these things first.
“Of Course.”
“Since the whole clan is on the move, it’s only a matter of time before he’s caught. I’ll let you in on a secret, I really want to catch him before anyone else from the clan. That way I can show them that I am more capable than those fools who they call themselves heirs of the clans.”
She swallowed her saliva, since there must be a lot of things in her mind.
Then I threw the biggest bait of all.
“Do you want to work for me at the Central Branch Office?”
Her eyes brightened after hearing the words Central Branch. I already knew that many of these directors of small regional offices dreamed of working at the Central Branch.
Working at the Central Branch, as well as having backing from the Heavenly Dao Gate.
Kong Jong’s eyes trembled. “Is this for real?”
“Since I also need someone trustworthy at the Central Branch, I promise to you in the name of Heavenly Dao Gate.”
To avoid suspicion, I got up from my seat and got ready to leave. In times like this, stepping away was the best solution.
“I will await your response. I must know where he is as soon as possible, since we are short on time.”
This was her final test.
If she told me where he was as quickly as possible, then she would have atoned for her crime that much faster.
It was as I had expected. Two days later she came to the inn I was waiting at.
“I found everything you wanted to know.”
She was able to find his location in two days? How was that even possible? Only if Kal Sa Ryung mobilized every able body in the Alliance might this be possible. How was she able to find him this quickly? What would her answer be if I asked her why she hadn’t caught him all this time, even though she knew where he was?
She was so blinded in her success that she revealed that she was working with Kwak Do Su. From the beginning, she already knew where Kwak Do Su was. These past two days, she must have been doing a background check on me.
However, there was no way for her to figure out I was imitating Ma Young Cheong because I told her the truth along with the lies. She was going to have hard time sorting everything out, since many of the things I told her were information that aren’t readily available to the public.
“So where is he right now?”
“He is at Jae Nam, sir.”
Jae Nam! Excellent, this was where Black City Merchant Guild was. So Kwak Do Su was hiding in an area where there are a lot of people.
“Where in Jae-Nam?”
“I don’t know his exact location, sir.”