Who am I and where am I?
That was exactly how Baekjo was feeling right now.
"..."
After being sold by its incompetent owner, Baekjo had cried for half an hour. However, no matter how much it cried until its throat was sore, no one ca to find Baekjo, and from then on, Baekjo faced reality and stopped crying.
That was the exact mont when the emotion of sadness changed to the emotion of anger.
How dare he sell ? Although he didn't know how much he had sold him for, did he think he could live to a ripe old age while living like that?
Baekjo seed to have already cursed Cheon Myeong countless tis, attaching words that started with 'dog' or 'sick' to his na.
"Peep...?"
Only after cursing Cheon Myeong to the point where both of his earholes were completely worn out did Baekjo realize that he had been dragged to a strange place.
When he ca to his senses, there was a pig with a bushy beard and a thick build in front of him, and behind him, a gloomy-looking man was standing.
Drip-.
As soon as he discovered Wang Ja-un, saliva unknowingly dripped from Baekjo's mouth.
At the sa ti, a hunger that rushed in like a wave.
Although he had not noticed it until now because he had been busy cursing Cheon Myeong, it seed that it had already been at least half a day since Baekjo had last eaten.
Thump- thump-.
At that mont, the at... no, Wang Ja-un walked closer to Baekjo.
"What is this bird?"
Wang Ja-un asked, looking closely at Baekjo inside the cage.
Then, Heo Cham answered with a relaxed smile.
"That bird is a product that those guys put up for auction."
"Those guys... are you perhaps talking about the guys we are looking for now?"
"Yes, that's right."
"..."
After hearing the explanation from Heo Cham, Wang Ja-un began to look at Baekjo even more closely.
"I found out how those guys were able to get inside, and it seems that they got the qualification to co inside by putting that bird up for auction."
"So that's what happened..."
However, to be honest, Wang Ja-un was not curious about that.
What Wang Ja-un was most curious about now was a way to capture Cheon Myeong and Yu Eunseong. He didn't think it would be very helpful to find out now how those guys had infiltrated the Black Night Gang.
Swish-.
Wang Ja-un raised the face he had been holding close to Baekjo again.
Then, Baekjo, who could not take his eyes off Wang Ja-un's face as it moved away. However, as if he were not interested, Wang Ja-un took his eyes off Baekjo and said to Heo Cham.
"Mr. Heo... but I don't know how this can relieve my worries."
"Of course it can. If we use that bird, we will be able to catch those two."
"Is that really true?"
Wang Ja-un asked Heo Cham, his two eyes flashing.
To think that he could catch Cheon Myeong and Yu Eunseong by using Baekjo.
Although Wang Ja-un trusted Heo Cham, to be honest, he thought that those words were a little suspicious.
"Of course."
Heo Cham smiled brightly and walked forward. And as his gaze turned to the man who was holding the cage, the smile imdiately disappeared from his lips.
"Were you in charge of the entrance of the main gate today?"
Heo Cham asked the man with a cold voice.
Then, the man's face, which had turned pale.
The man put the cage on the floor and he himself prostrated on the floor and said to Heo Cham.
"I-I'm sorry! I was just acting according to the policy of this gang! I never imagined that the guy I let through would be plotting such a sche..."
"Shut up."
"..."
"If you speak on your own again, I will cut off your head right away. Do you understand?"
"I under..."
Without realizing it, the man, who was about to answer, covered his mouth with his two hands. And instead of answering, he shook his head up and down diligently.
"Good... then tell the leader everything that happened at that ti without leaving anything out. From beginning to end. There should be nothing left out."
After the man nodded his head, he explained to Wang Ja-un the entire situation when he had let Cheon Myeong and Yu Eunseong in.
As Heo Cham had said, so that nothing was left out.
He said everything he rembered exactly the sa, without leaving out a single syllable.
"..."
Wang Ja-un listened to the entire explanation with his mouth shut, as Heo Cham had ordered the man to do so.
However, even while listening to the explanation, Wang Ja-un could not understand.
Why was he being told what had happened at that ti now?
As he had said before, what Wang Ja-un was most curious about was a way to capture Cheon Myeong and Yu Eunseong right now, not how the guy had gotten inside.
"This is all I know!"
The man's long-winded explanation of the events at that ti finally ca to an end.
However, even after hearing the entire story, Wang Ja-un still had a face that did not understand, and in the end, he asked Heo Cham.
"Mr. Heo, so what on earth is the way to catch those guys?"
"Haven't you already heard?"
"...?"
"Those guys were not able to get inside with an invitation, but were able to get inside on the condition that they put that bird up for auction."
So he knew that.
Wang Ja-un was starting to feel frustrated with Heo Cham, who was speaking in riddles.
"I can assure you. Those guys did not know about the existence of the invitation."
"So what about that?"
"In other words, this was not a planned event, but sothing that the guy did on the spur of the mont."
"On the spur of the mont? There's no way..."
To think that he had stolen an item worth two thousand gold taels on the spur of the mont?
To be honest, does that make sense? No matter how much of a great thief he was, it didn't seem like he would have done such a thing on the spot.
Moreover, if those words were true, the reputation of the Black Night Gang would have no choice but to hit the bottom even more.
"What was the guy's reaction when you asked for the invitation?"
Heo Cham asked the man.
"When I asked for the invitation, he said that he had forgotten it... but now that I think about it, it seems that it was a lie."
"Why do you think it was a lie?"
"He had tried to just go in before that. And to be honest, does it make sense to forget the invitation? At that ti, since his acting was so natural, I just let it go... but there were indeed many strange things."
As the man said that, Heo Cham looked at Wang Ja-un again.
"The guy infiltrated the Black Night Gang by using his montary wit."
"..."
"From what I heard, he had at first tried to give the sword he was wearing on his waist. When that was refused, he put up that bird that was on his shoulder for auction."
"...So what you're saying, Mr. Heo, is that putting that bird up for auction was an unexpected event for that guy?"
"That's exactly it."
"..."
"In other words, it ans that that bird is likely to be an important being to that guy."
Now Wang Ja-un understood why Heo Cham had said that he could catch those two by using Baekjo.
However, it was still the sa that he could not easily agree with those words.
"But would those guys co back here just to retrieve that bird?"
Wouldn't a guy with so sense never do such a thing?
To think that he would co back into the dragon's den and the tiger's cave on his own.
Although he had been wearing a mask, the Black Night Gang had already secured the wanted posters of those two.
Those guys would also be expecting that to so extent.
Wang Ja-un didn't think that those two would take the risk for just one bird.
"Leader, those guys are quite arrogant, to the point where they committed such an act on the spur of the mont."
"..."
"And in other words, it ans that they looked down on the Black Night Gang that much."
Crack-.
As Heo Cham said that, Wang Ja-un's face crumpled in an instant.
"Moreover, the guy tried to put up his sword for auction before that bird. You also know, Leader, that a weapon is like a life to a warrior, right?"
"...It ans that that bird is a precious being."
"That's right."
"And... since he looks down on the Black Night Gang, he will co back again without caring what this side prepares, is that what you're saying now?"
Nod-.
Heo Cham quietly nodded his head instead of answering.
Then, Wang Ja-un's face turned redder than the clothes he was wearing, and unable to control his anger, he roared like a beast towards the ceiling.
"Peep-!"
As Wang Ja-un suddenly shouted like a madman, Baekjo couldn't help but be startled, drooling.
And at that mont, Heo Cham placed his hand on Wang Ja-un's shoulder.
"Calm down."
"..."
Although the roar seed to have subsided as Heo Cham placed his hand and said that, Wang Ja-un was still panting and his anger had not subsided.
"The reason why the guy was able to escape from the Black Night Gang was because I was not there at that ti."
"..."
"I will stay here with that bird. And when the guy cos to find the bird and shows his face here... that will be the end of that guy."
As Heo Cham said that, a smile finally appeared on Wang Ja-un's face.
Nominally, Heo Cham was currently staying here as a guest of the Black Night Gang. However, Wang Ja-un had been treating Heo Cham with great respect, to the point where it was too much for a guest, and had even given him a huge amount of money.
The reason for that was because Heo Cham was the leader of the Thirteen Grinding Squads of the Demonic Cult. To be precise, he was the forr leader.
But no matter how much of a forr leader he was, his skills would not go anywhere, right?
Since Wang Ja-un knew that one had to have trendous skills to beco a leader in the Demonic Cult, he had treated Heo Cham with great respect.
'Yes, if it's Mr. Heo, those guys will be dead!'
Wasn't it for a mont like this that he had been treating Heo Cham with great respect and had been feeding him all sorts of bribes until now?
Although the opponent also seed to have considerable skills, he would not be able to win against the forr leader of the Demonic Cult.
"I'll be counting on you, Mr. Heo!"
"Of course. Just trust ."
Hearing the answer, there was nothing more reassuring than that.
"Hahahaha-!"
Wang Ja-un, who started laughing in a completely opposite manner from before. And he stopped laughing and looked at Baekjo inside the cage.
Grin-.
Wang Ja-un grabbed the cage where Baekjo was trapped with a vicious smile.
"You'll have to pray in there for your owner to co and find you!"
"...?"
What is that pig saying?
Is he perhaps saying that the guy who sold him is his owner?
Baekjo was so dumbfounded that he didn't even snort.
"Peep-! Peep, peep, peep-!"
'A guy with no sense of loyalty is no longer my owner or anything, so just give so food!' Baekjo was shouting, but there was no way that those words would be conveyed to Wang Ja-un.
"...How noisy."
Wang Ja-un muttered and lifted the cage.
"Mr. Heo, there's no need to keep this bird alive, is there?"
"..."
"Rather, when the guy cos, if his precious thing is already in a miserable dead state... wouldn't it be a good expression?"
"...That wouldn't be bad."
Huh?
For a mont, Baekjo stopped crying and realized that things were heading in a strange direction.
"If you have soone to bla, bla your owner."
"..."
"Should I put it in boiled water and make it into a white soup? Or should I fry it in oil and make it into a crispy fried food?"
"...Peep?"
"Which one do you like? I'll let you choose specially."
White soup...? Fried food...?
Although those two cooking thods were his favorite, that was only because he liked to eat them, and it by no ans ant that he liked to beco like that.
"Peep-!"
Baekjo felt a crisis and cried sharply. Then, Wang Ja-un frowned and was about to put his hand into the cage.
"What a noisy guy. I'll twist your neck first so that you can't cry anymore."
Wang Ja-un's hand, which was opening the cage and squeezing inside.
Since the chubby hand was completely blocking the entrance, Baekjo could not escape from the cage when the entrance was opened.
"Peep- peep, peep, peep, peep-!"
Cheon Myeong, I'm sorry for cursing you. As expected, you're the only owner I have. So please save before I beco a boiled white soup.
"Peep-!"
"Is that true?"
At that mont, as a strange voice was heard in the room, Wang Ja-un's hand stopped.
And all at once, the gazes were focused on the side where the voice was heard.
"I was wondering why my ears were itching. To be honest."
"..."
"What did you curse with?"
Cheon Myeong was asking, picking his ear.
(End of Chapter)
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