Chapter 405

Episode 405:

The meeting is over.

After leaving the main office and returning to the department’s temporary base, I found a pile of documents on the desk and sighed.

‘There are a lot.’

Because I was away from work for a long time and was out and about, the backlog of work piled up.

This was at least as good as it was thanks to the good work done by the administrative staff.

If it weren’t for them, I would have been lost in a mountain of documents.

‘Whoa.’

Fatigue washed over me like a wave.

Not only was it not enough to travel a long distance with an unskilled body, but as soon as he arrived at the headquarters, he was summoned to Maengjubu and got into a fight with the high-ranking members of Maeng.

It would be even stranger if I wasn’t tired.

‘Should I take a rest today and return to work tomorrow?’

Once again, I thought it was a good idea to recruit So-Hwa Yoo.

I suddenly became curious.

Is Yeonhwagak, where she previously worked, still running well?

Since she, who was responsible for handling nearly 30% of the organization’s administrative work on her own, was missing, the fallout would not have been small.

‘There are quite a few monks within the group who are in the same situation as Yu So-hwa.’

These people had extraordinary abilities, but were pushed out of the competition due to their origins and backgrounds.

These people are filled with resentment because they did not receive a fair evaluation.

The Murim League was not an ideal organization that could be properly recognized as long as it had the ability.

It is fundamentally an alliance created for the benefit of the Old Daemun faction and the Five Great Families.

Many warriors join the military with big dreams.

However, there were only a handful of people who achieved stable status and status.

‘It was largely thanks to him that we were able to gather talented people at a time when the revival of Cheonan Gambu was decided and the foundation of the department was being laid. It was a time when the members who had joined the Yongbong Branch felt a wall and began to express their dissatisfaction.’

Of course, most of the people I tried to recruit rejected my offer and chose to stay in their original departments.

At the time, Cheonan Gambu was an organization where stability could not be found even if you looked with your eyes.

Not only is it a new department with a limited period of activity, but it is also in a position to be checked by both the ruling faction and the elder faction.

It was a condition and background that anyone could not avoid.

That’s why I couldn’t help but feel a lot of gratitude to So-Hwa Yoo, who transferred to Cheonan Gambu in the early days.

‘The situation is completely different now than then.’

Complaints about unfair evaluations and resulting conflicts were still occurring.

And now, the status of Cheonan Gambu has risen to an incomparable level.

The fact that it was a department with a fixed period of activity remained the same, but even so, there were so many followers who wanted to join that they were blocked.

Through this meeting, we were able to further increase the size of the department.

There was no need to worry about encountering opposition from those around you, like when you recruited Wu Ji-jin and Meng Kyung.

For the time being, we planned to focus our efforts on expanding personnel and internal maintenance.

Even though the number of people was increased, there was no intention to accept everyone, even those in the middle of nowhere.

We will carefully select each and every member to further raise the average level of our members.

‘The target to be recruited first is determined.’

After gathering my thoughts, I immediately left the office.

I wasn’t running away because I didn’t want to do paperwork.

All I had to do was leave my seat for a while to handle important work that would determine the future of the department.

“Boss? “Where are you going?”

A thin young man wearing a sad face appeared on the other side of the hallway.

Jinhwan Young.

He was a senior officer who had been with me since I worked at the Sacheon branch as a member of the administrative affairs department of Cheonan Gambu.

“I have some places to visit for a while. If you have anything to report, please organize it later and do it all at once.”

“Didn’t you just come back?”

“This is important. Please speak kindly to Musa Yu.”

He quickly left the palace, leaving behind Young Jin-hwan, who had a perplexed expression on his face.

Because she was an evil female spirit with so much inner power in her body that she was called a walking lump of energy, she at least saved her life.

If it were not her but another member of the Ten Heavenly Emperors who had been attacked by the sect leader, they would have died on the spot.

‘With this, the recruitment of the evil spirit has been completed.’

I was already looking forward to it.

What kind of facial expressions will the high-ranking officials of Maeng make when they hear the news later?

They were the ones who crossed the line first.

So, I didn’t plan on paying attention to them anymore.

‘I will swallow the Murim Alliance whole.’

* * *

Late at night.

After leaving the Murim Alliance, I headed to Wolhwajang.

A group of martial arts people were gathered in front of the front door of the house where I returned after a long time.

He was looking around, looking around, as if he was waiting for someone to appear.

‘I’ve seen this outfit before somewhere?’

They were all Taoists wearing robes.

When I saw the pattern embroidered on the sleeve, my eyes widened.

A sword placed diagonally on top of a book.

It was a pattern symbolizing Hyeonsamun (賢士門), the school from which Hong Seonghyeon came.

‘I thought it was a somewhat familiar outfit.’

Hong Seong-hyeon, who participated in the Yongbong branch in the past, wore the same outfit as them.

The reason why I couldn’t recognize him at a glance was because Hong Seong-hyeon usually wore clothes symbolizing the Maengdo, not a uniform.

I walked up to them quickly and asked.

“What brought you to Wolhwajang?”

“Are you the head of the Cheonan Inspector General?”

“That’s right.”

“My name is Chayun, and I am a great disciple of Hyeonsamun (賢士門). “It is an honor to meet the famous Dragon King Daehyup.”

A man who seemed to be the leader of the group introduced himself and politely greeted us.

I gestured toward the interior of the manor.

“There is no need to be so overly polite. Eat it inside. “I don’t think it’s polite to greet guests outside.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

For some reason, my heart became heavy.

It was obvious why Hyeonsamun’s disciples came to Wolhwajang during this period.

He must have rushed all the way to Honam after hearing the news of Hong Seong-hyeon’s death.

“Please sit down.”

Entering the living room, lighting the lamp, I brewed tea myself and handed a cup to each guest.

Did he feel nervous about the current situation in which he was sitting across from me?

The young disciples looked restless.

“I will ask again. “What brings you to Wolhwajang?”

“I came because I wanted to meet the Daehyeop. “Today has been five days since we arrived in Honam.”

“Why don’t you just wait there?”

“Originally, I was going to stay at Maeng’s headquarters and wait, but I was not assigned a place to stay, so I had no choice but to stay in a guesthouse nearby.”

“Are you saying that the Murim Alliance has refused your stay?”

“yes.”

I frowned slightly.

It was a cross section that revealed the position of Hyeonsamun in Danggeum Murim.

“After some inquiries, we discovered the existence of Wolhwajang, and after hearing that the Daehyup had returned to the headquarters today, we came here. “I waited in front of the front gate at the risk of being rude.”

“understand. “I didn’t feel any discomfort at all, so you don’t have to worry about that.”

“I feel relieved when you say that.”

“So why did you want to meet me?”

“I want to hear directly from the Daehyup. What kind of person was the priest in Cheonan Gambu? And what kind of end did it meet?”