Episode 168.
Baek Seon-je’s words that the swordsman may not be here.
More precisely, Baek Seon-je’s answer is that he doesn’t know where the sword is.
“Since my father went into hiding, I haven’t been able to contact him either. Now, I don’t even know where he is living.”
“……”
Park Tae-min didn’t know how to understand this.
“Then why did you come here? There must be a reason why you came here right away instead of your old home.”
“There is a reason.”
Baek Seon-je stopped walking for a moment and said.
“This is the place where I trained under my father when I was young.”
Park Tae-min was once again at a loss for words.
“That’s just the director’s memories. Isn’t that why you, Inspector, are here?”
“As you get older, you live off of memories. What’s more so when it comes to memories with your son? I think the possibility is high.”
“……”
Park Tae-min was about to say something, but he just kept his mouth shut.
Maybe before departure.
Since we had already arrived, there was no point in considering it.
“Do you remember where it is?”
That is understandable, as Mt. Halla was no ordinary mountain.
It was impossible to search the entire vast mountain.
But what the heck.
“Well… it was so long ago that I can’t quite remember.”
“How long has it been since you’ve been here?”
“It’s been 25 years already since I left my father’s side and began to learn about the world.”
25 years.
A time when the mountains and rivers had changed by half even after two generations.
“……”
Park Tae-min wondered if he had come to the right place.
I don’t know if you know Park Tae-min’s feelings or not.
“Time really flies when you look at it this way. Don’t you think so, Team Leader Park?”
Baekseonje is like reminiscing about memories.
He showed a slight smile.
On the other hand, Park Tae-min didn’t know what to say in response to this.
“What would happen if the swordsman were not here?”
“What could possibly happen?”
Baek Seon-je said as if he was saying something obvious.
“It’s just a lot of hard work.”
“……”
“Yeah, didn’t I say I didn’t have to follow you?”
Baek Seon-je smiled and started walking again.
I really wanted to hit him, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
His rank was that of a gangster.
His skills were that of a gangster.
It was my fault for insisting on following you.
Park Tae-min followed Baek Seon-je in silence.
Then suddenly.
“Director. I know this may be presumptuous of you to ask….”
Park Tae-min had one question.
“Your Majesty, why did you decide to live in seclusion?”
Why did Geomseon turn his back on the world?
In fact, Baek Seon-pyeong had no reason to stay in seclusion.
Sword Immortal, Baek Seon-pyeong.
13 heroes who saved humanity.
Now that the era of peace has arrived.
Baek Seon-pyeong had to live enjoying that peace.
Even if I lived my life speaking rudely, no one would say anything.
No, it had to be that way.
Baek Seon-pyeong was more than qualified to do so.
But Baek Seon-pyeong didn’t do that.
And disappeared from the world.
He never showed himself to the world for any reason.
Baek Seon-pyeong’s sudden actions.
There have been numerous stories circulating about this.
Like losing all of his strength in the final battle with the Demon King.
Like feeling disillusioned with the world.
Like wanting to pursue a life like a god.
Like going into closed-door training to become stronger.
There were many speculations.
But it was only a guess.
No one knew the real reason.
But now.
“Do you know anything, sir?”
Before becoming the director of the inspection bureau, Baek Seon-je was Baek Seon-pyeong’s son.
If it’s Baekseonje, wouldn’t you know the reason?
Park Tae-min asked.
“That’s a difficult question.”
Baek Seon-je seemed to have answered like that.
Baek Seon-je was silent for a moment.
A settled silence.
Sabak, the only thing that could be heard on the street was the sound of footsteps.
And for a moment.
“You could say that you were consumed by your own justice.”
“…yes?”
Park Tae-min wondered what that meant.
You’re being consumed by your own definition.
What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
“What kind of nonsense is this?”
“……”
Park Tae-min couldn’t bring himself to answer.
Honestly… that’s what happened.
Baek Seon-je snickered and laughed.
“Is it for nothing that Father is called the Sword Master? There is a reason for it.”
“I don’t understand what you are saying….”
That moment.
Stop.
Baek Seon-je’s footsteps stopped.
Park Tae-min also stopped walking in surprise.
For a moment, I wondered what was going on.
“It seems my intuition was right.”
Baek Seon-je nodded slightly.
and.
“Be careful, Team Leader Park.”
Baek Seon-je spoke as if giving a warning.
“My father won’t be very happy with me.”
“…yes?”
Park Tae-min wondered what was going on this time.
I bet your father won’t welcome it.
So, Baek Seon-pyeong doesn’t welcome Baek Seon-je?
No, you don’t even know where Baek Seon-pyeong is.
“What do you mean─”
Exactly.
That’s when I said that.
Saaaa …
An indescribable energy spread throughout the area.
The whirling wind.
The wind became a huge typhoon and started to destroy everything around it without any reason.
No special strength was required in the process.
Momentum.
Kwajijijik─!!
The typhoon that shattered things tore apart space itself.
That was no exaggeration.
So it wasn’t a joke.
This momentum that is weighing down on Park Tae-min right now.
The entire Hallasan Mountain was overwhelmed by this momentum.
What a power… Truly unspeakable.
“Keuhuk…!”
Park Tae-min couldn’t come to his senses at all.
Park Tae-min, head of the metropolitan investigation team.
If we were to discuss that level, we could say it was S-class.
If we limit it to one-on-one combat, it could be said to be the highest level even among S-class.
There aren’t many people whose skills surpass Park Tae-min’s.
But now.
“Ugh…!”
My whole body is shaking like an aspen tree.
Reason disappeared, and only the fear of death lingered in my mind.
“Fortunately, you seem to be in good health.”
And then I heard Baek Seon-je’s voice.
Park Tae-min raised his head with difficulty and looked at Baek Seon-je.
Baekseonje was facing the explosive momentum head-on.
Of course, this momentum was not suppressed.
Because this wasn’t the kind of thing that could be suppressed.
A momentum like Mt. Taishan.
It was no exaggeration to say that the entire Hallasan Mountain seemed to be approaching us as an enemy.
That is why Baek Seon-je was also just resisting.
But that alone is enough.
“Ahh…!”
Park Tae-min only respected Baek Seon-je.
“I guess I’ll have to go alone from here on out.”
Baek Seon-je took a step forward.
The back of Baekseonje moving away.
“Cough…!”
Park Tae-min couldn’t bring himself to follow Baek Seon-je.
* * *
Kwaaaa …
A force that seemed to grab hold of and shake the entire mountain.
The momentum grew stronger and stronger, as if it were not allowing any further approach.
In such a ferocious atmosphere.
“I feel relieved to see that you have gotten healthier since we last saw each other.”
Baek Seon-je walked calmly.
Could it be because of Baek Seon-je’s appearance?
Or maybe he thought that Baekseonje could not be stopped.
The explosive momentum gradually died down.
Baek Seon-je walked without saying a word.
How long did it take?
In the distance, a simple thatched-roof house came into view.
A landscape that doesn’t fit at all in the deep mountains.
Baek Seon-je walked toward the thatched house without hesitation.
“I will go in.”
Baek Seon-je quietly opened the door to the yard of the thatched-roof house.
And I could see an old man sitting solemnly on the veranda.
Hemp clothes scattered here and there.
Gray hair that has turned white.
Wrinkled skin.
But never.
A presence that doesn’t make you think of aging.
“How have you been, Father?”
Sword Immortal, Baek Seon-pyeong.
Baek Seon-je bowed deeply to Baek Seon-pyeong.
On the other hand, Baek Seon-pyeong said nothing.
Baek Seon-je also just bowed silently.
A settled silence.
All that could be heard was the eerie sound of the wind blowing through the trees.
That moment.
“A long time ago.”
Baek Seon-pyeong’s voice was heard.
“You and I had already decided the day we would meet again.”
At Baek Seon-pyeong’s words, Baek Seon-je only then got up.
Then he looked at Baek Seon-pyeong and said.
“You told me that today is the day to collect my father’s body.”
“Surely that day isn’t today… .”
Baek Seon-pyeong’s gaze became sharp for a moment.
There wasn’t any particular momentum.
But even a simple glance had the power to overwhelm something.
“Why have you come to see me?”
“I need your help, father.”
Baek Seon-pyeong’s two white eyebrows twitched.
The gaze directed at Baek Seon-je became sharper.
“Is it something you need personally, or is it something the world needs?”
“This is the help the world needs.”
The answer that Baek Seon-je heard.
“Go back.”
Baek Seon-pyeong was resolute.
There wasn’t an inch of hesitation.
“Can I ask why?”
“The world has a way of flowing in the direction it is supposed to flow. Whether that flow is good or bad, you have to let it flow without going against it.”
“It’s obvious that this is not a good trend, so isn’t it wrong to just stand by and do nothing?”
“Do you think you can judge the standards of right and wrong? Do you think you can divide all the principles of the world into good and evil?”
“No, I don’t. I just do what I think is right.”
“You haven’t changed at all since before.”
Baek Seon-pyeong eventually turned his back on Baek Seon-je.
“Go back. No matter how hard you struggle, you cannot go against the flow of the world.”
And then he didn’t open his mouth anymore.
An obvious curse.
however.
“If you can resist.”
Baek Seon-je did not give in.
“If you could go against the flow by struggling, would you change your mind?”
Baek Seon-pyeong was speechless.
He just looked at his son, Baek Seon-je, with his wrinkled eyes.
Silence descended once again.
“It seems like someone has touched your heart.”
Baek Seon-pyeong slowly opened his mouth.
“Have you ever seen the world change because of someone?”
“I saw it. I saw a flow that I thought was absolutely unstoppable change with just one person.”
“Tsk tsk.”
Baek Seon-pyeong clicked his tongue and said.
“Someone gave you a false dream.”
“People call such vain dreams hope.”
“It is also the worst disaster that never came out of Pandora’s box.”
Pandora’s box containing all the disasters and misfortunes of the world.
The disasters that escaped from the box instantly brought the world to ruin.
Pandora was startled and hurriedly closed the box.
With that, there was no hope.
Only hope could remain in the box.
Thanks to that, people were able to live without losing hope even when going through difficult times.
but.
“A truly vicious evil that forces people to live even in the midst of a terrible disaster.”
By not losing hope, you avoid suffering that you wouldn’t otherwise have to go through.
By not losing hope, you end up dreaming empty dreams and being frustrated by greater despair.
“Hope was the worst disaster that ever came out of Pandora’s box.”
From the beginning, Pandora’s box was a box that contained all the disasters and misfortunes of the world.
The hope contained in Pandora’s box.
There was nothing good in the box to begin with.
“I have nothing more to say.”
Baek Seon-pyeong once again issued an evacuation order.
and.
“Pandemonium.”
Baek Seon-je did not give in once again.
The following words from Baek Seon-je.
“They are trying to resurrect the devil.”
Baek Seon-pyeong’s eyes opened wide for a moment.
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