## Chapter 202 – (14)
“To face Gagar in the martial arts tournament… my heart aches…”
“Yeah… it does…”
My head ached more than my heart.
I never imagined I would return to this martial arts world, and because of my past self, who indulged in desires to the fullest, my relationships with women in this world had become complicated enough.
“Whoever loses, I’ll comfort them. ♥”
Namgung Yu strangely emphasized the word “comfort.”
It didn’t seem like she wanted ordinary comfort, so I gave an awkward smile.
“Waaaaah!”
A tremendous roar and shouting came from afar.
“What’s that noise?”
“Who knows? Probably just some hot-blooded junior disciples fighting again, right?”
“…Probably.”
Namgung Yu wore a nonchalant expression, as if she had no interest at all.
It was completely different from the gentle expression she had when talking to me.
I figured Namgung Yu was probably right.
There had been people having a war of nerves near the training grounds before.
Maybe a fight broke out.
It would have been stranger if things had gone by quietly without a single fight.
A little curious, I slowly approached the direction of the sound.
They say one of the most entertaining things in the world is watching a fight.
“Well… anything is fun with Gagar.”
With those words, Namgung Yu clung to my arm, pressing her large breasts against it.
Even though I tried to act nonchalant, all my nerves were naturally focused on my right arm.
I might be a simple person.
I couldn’t even remember Namgung Yu until recently.
But as she unreservedly expressed her love, my heart was slowly giving in.
Of course, the fact that Namgung Yu was a beauty also played a part.
“That woman-crazy bastard!”
“…Senior brother started it first!”
“…What’s going on here?”
The situation at the location was different from what I had imagined.
A man wearing a very light sky-blue martial arts uniform was surrounded by two men wearing the same uniform, who were lying on the ground.
In other words, disciples from the same sect were fighting.
Probably because of the woman hiding behind that man.
“Huh? Poong Un?”
Just then, a voice of doubt came from beside me.
And when I looked at the face of the man slowly standing up, I remembered.
The protagonist of this martial arts novel.
Poong Un was right there, having beaten down his senior and junior brothers.
“He’s still obsessed with women. Disgusting…”
Namgung Yu, who once called Poong Un “Gagar,” gave him a look of contempt.
Then, she grabbed my face and stared at it intently for about five seconds.
“Hmph. I feel a little better now.”
It seemed to be her own way of purifying things.
Namgung Yu didn’t seem to want to get involved, but.
I wondered what was going on and, out of meddlesomeness, slowly walked towards Poong Un.
For one thing, we belonged to the same martial arts hall.
It felt wrong to pretend I didn’t see him.
“Poong Un?”
“Ugh…! S-Seong Han…”
He looked at me with fear.
His eyes were filled with mixed emotions.
I understood.
I was the one who had taken two women away from him.
Seol Young and Namgung Yu.
Of course, Seol Young had never given him her heart, and Namgung Yu had been rejecting his feelings herself.
…So, I didn’t really take them, did I?
I had some thoughts like that, but at least Poong Un himself would think he had been robbed.
“Wh-Who is—”
“Ah, no! Don’t make eye contact…”
When the woman hiding behind Poong Un tried to peek out and look at me, Poong Un hurriedly covered her eyes.
As if I were Medusa.
I felt a little wronged.
Of course, I had taken the two women around Poong Un, but that was all because of quests.
…And also because my lust was at its peak at the time.
Right now, my current relationships with women were more than enough to fill my plate.
“What’s going on here?”
“…My senior and junior brothers were trying to lay their hands on my woman.”
“Ugh… you idiot! We were just trying to ask you to stay away from her during the tournament!”
“That’s wrong. What’s wrong with lovers being together during the tournament?”
“Well, the problem is that you’re neglecting your training!”
I roughly understood the situation.
Poong Un, obsessed with women, had now set his sights on a woman from the Sichuan Tang Clan.
To the point of beating up his senior brothers.
The two men who were lying down looked battered.
But seeing that there were no visible external injuries, it seemed he had restrained his strength appropriately.
I looked at Poong Un, or rather, Poong Un’s inner energy.
‘His inner energy is incredible.’
It wasn’t for nothing that he had stolen all the lucky encounters.
Among the junior disciples, including myself, his total amount of inner energy was overwhelming.
His inner energy might even surpass our master’s.
Well, he had swallowed even the spirit pills that our master had painstakingly collected, so he had to be at least this strong.
‘Huh?’
Come to think of it, the woman behind Poong Un also seemed to have quite a lot of inner energy.
At least, she didn’t seem to need to hide behind Poong Un like that.
“Is the person behind you also a martial artist?”
“…S-Seong Han, are you perhaps…”
“No, I’m just curious.”
“…She’s a disciple of the Sichuan Tang Clan…”
Indeed, I thought there was something unusual.
As soon as I learned that fact, I felt a little puzzled.
A disciple of the Tang Clan.
In that case, there was no need for Poong Un to protect her so much, was there?
It seemed a bit overprotective.
“The Tang Clan used the poison called ‘woman’ on him.”
Namgung Yu crossed her arms and sneered at Poong Un and the woman hiding behind him.
“Namgung Yu…”
Even in that cold gaze directed at him, Poong Un seemed to feel some longing, looking at Namgung Yu sadly.
Regardless, Namgung Yu asked me if I had seen enough and pulled me towards the outside of the Sichuan Tang Clan.
“Why are we suddenly going outside…”
“Whether he wins or loses, we won’t be able to meet him for a while because of the tournament, so we should enjoy this time.”
“I guess so.”
It seemed like she already had a place she wanted to go, as Namgung Yu’s steps were firm.
She strode through the crowd of people filling the streets with anticipation for the martial arts tournament.
There were so many people that I almost lost her.
Even when I asked where she was going, she just smiled shyly and said it was a secret, without stopping her steps.
“We’re here.”
The place we arrived at was a shabby shack.
On the outside, it looked like an ordinary house, but there were items displayed in front of the shack, as if they were properly manufacturing something.
Most of them were just pieces of iron.
I couldn’t imagine what they were made for.
“What is this?”
“Gagar.”
“Huh?”
Namgung Yu, who was walking ahead, slowly picked up a piece of iron and turned to look at me.
Now that I looked at it, the piece of iron looked quite sharp.
At the same time, something flew towards me.
Swish!
The piece of iron, shot from close range, was no different from a hidden weapon—
And I had been seeing these hidden weapons to the point of exhaustion for the past few days.
Clutch.
I easily caught the hidden weapon, but I clutched my chest as if I had been hit by a surprise attack.
And I slumped down.
The series of movements were smoothly connected, making it look like I had been hit by the hidden weapon.
When I clutched my chest, Namgung Yu, or someone who looked like Namgung Yu, gave a hollow laugh.
“I was worried for nothing. I was nervous because you beat all the disciples of the Moryong Family.”
“W-When did you…”
“When we were passing through the crowded street. Namgung Yu is probably still searching for you in the streets.”
Was it then?
I thought I almost lost her because there were too many people.
It seemed I did lose her.
The woman in front of me looked exactly like Namgung Yu.
But her voice was a little different.
It wasn’t the voice Namgung Yu used when she called me “Gagar,” that sweet, honey-dripping voice.
I didn’t know how she did it, but.
She had perfectly copied Namgung Yu’s appearance.
“Were you targeting me…?”
“…The poison should have spread by now, but you’re talking just fine…”
The woman who looked exactly like Namgung Yu looked down at me with a dumbfounded expression.
It seemed this piece of iron was coated with poison.
The woman laughed as if it were amusing and slowly approached, saying,
“I’ll tell you since it’s your last moment. The target is your lover, Namgung Yu.”
I widened my eyes in surprise.
Namgung Yu wasn’t actually my lover, but the woman in front of me seemed to think so.
Which was understandable.
Namgung Yu had been calling me “Gagar” all day.
The woman chuckled at my surprised expression.
Looking at it this way, I could tell.
Even though her face was the same, her smile was different.
It wasn’t Namgung Yu’s warm smile, but a snake-like smile that narrowed her eyes and mouth.
“…Just who are you…?”
“The Demonic Cult.”
“…”
I wasn’t surprised.
I knew through the quest that the Demonic Cult would appear at this martial arts tournament.
But I was a little careless.
I was sure they would appear during the tournament, but the Demonic Cult had already been working behind the scenes.
“A spy… from the Demonic Cult…”
“That’s right. Already, many members of the Demonic Cult are infiltrating the martial arts tournament.”
“Is that so?”
“…How did you—”
Now that I had gotten a confirmation, it was my turn.
When I stopped acting and jumped up from my seat, the woman’s eyes were filled with panic.
I lightly clenched my fist and quickly jabbed it towards the woman’s abdomen, who had come close.
Thwack.
“Ugh?!”
The woman couldn’t even react and collapsed, clutching her abdomen.
Because she had been hit in the abdomen, she couldn’t even protest, and just looked up at me with a questioning expression, full of doubt.
I lightly lifted the fallen woman and entered the shack in front of me.
The empty shack had only a bed and a few weapons hanging on the wall.
It was a small hideout.
“This is perfect.”
When I said that.
The eyes of the woman who resembled Namgung Yu were shaking.
