Chapter 36: Where Is This Wind Blowing From? (3) (2/2)

“That’s what is seems.”

This was a smart method. Scare them in their first meeting then invite them over one by one to calm them down. This showed that he was different than those who just intimidated people for money without much thought. He was actually pretty smart. He was someone who prepared.

“What about you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Since he is staying at this place doesn’t that mean he has some trust in you?”

“I think he is just pretending. I think I am just his puppet. He is implicitly threatening me to not have any irregular thoughts since he is at my house.”

He wanted me to truly believe him.

“If it wasn’t for you I was going to leave this place and be lost in Kang Ho somewhere. I would be living my life without second thoughts. And I would die a miserable death that no one would know about. I am not someone who doesn’t recognize the grace that they received.”

“I’m grateful you see it that way.”

“It isn’t much.”

“Please be careful of him.”

“Don’t worry, this is my personal room.”

“Then I will take my leave.”

As I was about to leave he said, “Ah, one more thing. There is an information merchant who I use a lot. I already asked him to gather information regarding Ma Jung Soo. You can use him whenever you need to know something about Ma Jung Soo. And you are going to need this.”

He told me about the location of the information merchant and gave me a little talisman. I was really thankful for him since I was able to gather information regarding Ma Jung Soo without spending my money.

“You have my thanks. I will share the information I get with you.”

“I would be thankful if you did so. But first I will tell my subordinates that this face-alteration mask is my guest. Just show this talisman and you will be able to enter without any problems and you can use this room however you wish.”

“Many thanks.”

Since I was considerate of him he was taking care of me. If you look at it from bigger picture it wasn’t a bad investment. Since I was someone who repaid grace with grace.

Half an hour later I arrived at the information merchant that Jung Yeo told me about. I still had my face-mask on.

He told me about the information that he was able to gather, “Ma Jung Soo is one of Ma Bong Gi’s twenty two sons.”

Twenty two? This old fool really has a lot of sp.a.w.ns.

“He is one of the six who are competing for the seat of the heir. However, it is told that Ma Jung So is the least likely to succeed. Even though he isn’t likely succeed he is very intelligent and skilled. And his martial art skills aren’t lacking compared to the other successors.”

“But why is he unlikely to succeed?”

“Because his mother was a concubine.”

“So he doesn’t have the backing.”

“Yes. He is someone who raised his own strength.”

In other words he was someone who held deep resentment within his heart.

“Unluckily his mother died in an accident that happened around ten years ago when the house caught on fire. Since he doesn’t have any other relative Ma Bong Gi is the only one that shares his blood.”

“Do you know the reason why he came down here?”

“He says that he wants to create a martial arts school here but that doesn’t seem like his real objective. Most likely he came here to increase his strength.”

Finally, I asked the most important question. The question that I truly wanted to know.

“Is this Ma Jung Soo’s will or is it Ma Bong GI’s will?”

The information merchant was hesitant at my question. Then he said, “I wasn’t able to dig that deep.”

I could tell that he was very hesitant since it was something that was dealt with the Mengju. So he was going to approach this very cautiously.

Since he had only been appointed no one knew how Ma Bong Gi was going to run Kang Ho. So these merchants were very hesitant in telling these things.

“Lastly who are the experts that are following him?”

He told me about Old Man Flower Fan and Si Gon. But he could not tell me about the female.

“I have no information regarding her.”

‘In other words, she is someone who is so mysterious that she didn’t get caught within the information net. This must mean she is someone who isn’t part of the Heavenly Dao Gate since there wasn’t anyone important from the Heavenly Dao Gate that I didn’t know about. And she wasn’t someone important from the Murim Alliance since I knew the ins and out of it. Where was this woman from? ‘

“This is all that I know. I will contact you if I find anything else.”

“Alright. Thank you for your work.”

After getting out of the Information merchant I put on my straw hat and slowly walked back. Yes, there was no need for me to rush things. I will slowly cut off his resources one by one and find his weakness. I had the advantage, since he was in the light while I was in the dark.

The money that he made from all the Clans was in the tens of thousands. Within that stack there was bound to be the money that he brought. If he planned on taking over this area then he would require a considerable amount of money. Since he would not be able to gather that much money from the Clans he must have brought some money of his own.

Thinking about it made my mouth water.

Doesn’t the meat taste more delicious the more fat and meat it has?

I will suck you dry to the bone.

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