Chapter 33 (2/2)
“It’s obvious what the Jong clan is trying to do.”
“Guess they’re trying to cause a scene with the thieves while they are doing something else.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“And that is Hwang Hwa Ru?”
“You are correct.”
“And you are confident?”
“No. I can’t swear upon my life, but I can swear upon my finger since I can stitch it back together”
The credibility went down was he didn’t even swear on his finger confidently. But knowing that too wasn’t easy he just let it pass.
“There are other investigations I am doing as well. And they intend to cause a scene when you visit the white flower inn.”
“Aha, and involve me in a fight?”
“Yes. Since the thieves are about everywhere it would be hard for the goldenwall merchants to fight back don’t you think? And it’s also in the middle of a busy road.”
Taesan smirked.
“This will be interesting.”
Just as well since he had been planning to rip out the tail to catch the body.
And there they were helping him out, of course, he should use them appropriately.
“From the looks of it, they seem to be planning for today or tomorrow. The thieves in moohan are all on their toes right now.”
Even for the Jong clan, it was impossible to beat the thieves with only twelve of them.
So they must be the strongest ones.
Just by getting the thieves to submit did not resolve the issue. They had to be fully controlled and suppressed before having them submit to their rules and controls.
And that was impossible.
The Jong clan were only able to suppress the thieves in Dongo to collect their taxes.
So this meant the longer he dragged out the lower his possibilities were.
He would need to deal with this quickly.
“I think today is the day. That is if you decide to make a move.”
The doctor smiled slyly.
“Actually if you don’t’ move for a few days, it will put them in an awkward position.”
But there was no way that Taesan would choose to do so.
“Then that’s not fun. And it just ends with them being in an awkward position.”
The corners of the doctor’s lips went up. As this was what he had been anticipating.
“Let’s have some fun today.”
At Taesan’s words, the doctor smiled excitedly.
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“I told you not to tell them.”
At Taesan’s words, the doctor smiled awkwardly.
“Then shall we leave them behind?”
Gyeongwan replied loudly to that sentence.
“No! We can do a good job!”
But even his reply was way too tense.
The doctor shook his head.
“Your face already shows that today something will happen, so how can we take you along?”
The doctor looked at Yoo who was walking side by side next to Gyeongwan and asked.
“Don’t you agree?”
Then Gyeongwan looked at Yoo with eager eyes.
Yoo was not able to answer and avoided his eyes.
Even she felt that he was being excessive.
No, it was surprising.
Gyeongwan was not a very expressive person, to begin with.
He rarely had any expressions and was rarely surprised.
So she didn’t think that a little bit of tension would be so evident on his expressionless face.
But she had been wrong.
He looked like someone who had studied how to be obvious.
He was unusually expressive today.
Anyone who saw him would know that something was up.
It was a dilemma to tell Gyeongwan not to tag along when he was the most eager and enthusiastic one to come.
Hence Taesan only nagged slightly.
Which surprised Yoo, she had thought he would firmly instruct him not to come along.
But he had not.
Perhaps it was his way of looking out for him or it didn’t matter to him to be found out.
In any case, the doctor made a suggestion.
“Let’s use poison.”
“Po..poison?”
Yoo looked at the doctor in shock.
“The point is not to have his expressions revealed. So we can kill the muscle in his face with the poison.”
Yoo looked at the doctor horrified.
How could he say such a thing so nonchalantly? To kill the muscle in his face? Then he would have to live on without any expressions?
No, before that did that have any influence on his body?
“If you look at me like that, even I will get hurt. What are you making me out to be? I am a doctor, doctor.”
“Oh…sorry. I was taken aback by the word poison so…”
“Forget it. It’s only temporary so you don’t have to be so worried. There might be some side effects but they are minor. So what do you think?”
The doctor looked at Gyeongwan and asked, without hesitation Gyeongwan nodded.
“I will do it.”
The doctor smiled and took out a needle the size of his forearm.
Gyeongwan’s face turned pale.
“Are you going to use that on my face?”
“I will only push it in slightly. Very slightly.”
Of course, that was his definition. Yoo’s eyes looked like they were about to pop out from the sight of the doctor using the large thick needle to acupuncture Gyeongwan’s face.
What was even more surprising came next.
The doctor broke the needle that was inserted in his face.
“What are you doing!”
Yoo couldn’t help but shout.
The doctor nonchalantly shook the broken needle.
“It’s an acupuncture needle made from solidified poison. Once it melts inside, it will be removed from the body once he urinates.”
“Oh….!”
Yoo made an apologetic face but soon returned to her usual self.
“Then let’s.. let’s go.”
Of course, her words didn’t return as fast as her facial expression.
Yoo hastened her pace as her face turned red, and Gyeongwan was blankly looking at her back as she walked on when the doctor nudged his shoulder.
As though he was telling him to hurry on.
As they walked side by side Gyeongwan’s face returned to his normally expressionless face. His expressions had miraculously disappeared.
Then they finally arrived at the white flower brothel.
And somehow they felt tension in the air.