mc-med Chapter 371 : Chapter 371
Chapter 371 : Chapter 371
Vol 2 Chapter 11. To Think Another Sucker in My Life (4)
Come to think of it….
Yes.
There were signs.
The loyalty to stay until the end even when other fellow disciples abandoned the Twin Dragon Sect and fled.
The benevolence of insisting on opening a medical house and living while treating poor people, even while residing in the slums.
The compassion of unable to turn away a pitiful child who asked to be accepted as a disciple and taking him into his embrace.
Even the grit to attempt the insane energy circulation of the Twin Dragons Heaven and Earth Primordial Heart Law for the sake of that child, putting his own safety aside.
[Hohoho. Truly magnificent. He is indeed a descendant to be proud of….]
“Kuaaak! Shut up!”
Patrick shouted abruptly.
As if to prove birds of a feather flock together.
Patrick clutched his head in frustration.
“Kueuk, a sucker again. To think I’d have another sucker in my life….”
He already had to force himself to do things he hated to gather causality because of that damn directive or whatever.
But here, the Sect Leader is acting like a sucker again.
For Patrick, who has severe trauma regarding the existence of a sucker, this was enough to drive him crazy.
“Damn, I can’t let it go on like this.”
The original plan was for him to focus on properly raising Mun Yul and leave the operation of the sect to the Sect Leader.
Actually, it would be different if he hadn't acknowledged him from the start.
But Patrick had already acknowledged Go Seok-hyeon as the Sect Leader.
To tell him to do this and that regarding the sect’s operation in such a situation would be….
“Oh? That’s good?”
No.
That’s not it.
“Tsk, is it a liiitle bit of an overstep?”
Patrick sighed deeply and said.
“It can’t be helped. In the end, I have no choice but to do something about it again….”
Patrick decided to lend a bit of his wicked wisdom to the operation of the Twin Dragon Sect.
* * *
The next day.
Two young men came to the front gate of the Twin Dragon Sect.
“Hey. Are you really going to do it?”
“Of course. Do you want to end up as a merchant in a fabric store for the rest of your life?”
“That is….”
“If we learn the basics of martial arts here and become at least second-rate, we can get a job as an escort at an escort agency at the very least. If we’re lucky, we might even enter a larger sect. Then we become people of the Jianghu too.”
“Mm….”
“A man should play in big waters. We can’t live as frogs in a well forever.”
“Damn, alright. Let’s give it a try.”
Envy towards the Jianghu?
Or perhaps two young men swollen with delusion summoned great courage and came to the Twin Dragon Sect.
Without even telling their parents.
Anyway, they confidently knocked on the door of the Twin Dragon Sect, and soon the door opened.
Then….
“What brings you here?”
“…….”
“…….”
The two men’s mouths dropped open.
Why?
Because a fairy came out when the door opened.
* * *
“The entrance fee is 20 nyang, and the training fee is 15 nyang a month. And depending on the wooden sword and uniform provided, additional fees may be charged.”
“…….”
“…….”
“Are you listening?”
“Yes. Yes. Of course.”
“We are listening. You said the entrance fee is 20 nyang?”
“I’ll pay right now.”
“I’ll pay the training fee together too. So that’s 35 nyang?”
“Thank you. Everyone, ah! You are junior brothers now.”
“…….”
“…….”
The two men’s grins stretched to their ears.
Was the word ‘junior brother’ such a beautiful word?
“You two should call me Senior Sister.”
“Yes. Senior Sister.”
“Understood. Senior Sister.”
“Good. Then….”
In an instant, the smile disappeared from Persona’s face.
Then….
“Assemble at the training ground immediately!”
“…Yes?”
“Um, Senior Si….”
“Run!”
The moment Persona shouted, the two shouted ‘Yes!’ without realizing it and ran to the training ground.
And what they saw there was….
“Ugh… Uuh….”
“Damn it….”
“Keueuk….”
Dozens of men were duck-walking around the training ground with logs on their shoulders.
And Persona, who arrived a step late, placed her hands on their shoulders and said.
“Now, if you have even a minimum of sense, you should know what to do given the atmosphere, right?”
This isn’t right.
As that thought began to rise in their minds, Persona spoke to them.
“The logs are over there. Go join them.”
This isn’t right.
This really isn’t right.
Regret is always too late, no matter how fast it is.
* * *
The number of disciples in the Twin Dragon Sect increased drastically.
Truly drastically.
They were gently lured in with a honey trap, admitted, and then worked thoroughly.
Although some guys couldn't endure it in the middle and said they would leave, the entrance fee was naturally not refunded.
The result….
“Uhehehe. Suckers are being hooked one after another.”
Patrick was smiling happily as he counted the entrance fees piling up day by day.
Seeing Patrick like that, Persona said cynically.
“Is it that fun for someone with so much money to take petty cash from kids?”
“Yeah. It’s good. It’s thrilling. It’s the best. The more money, the better.”
“…….”
He looked so sincere that she had nothing to say.
And Go Seok-hyeon, who was watching the two, spoke cautiously.
“Excuse me, Bong-gong….”
“Hmm? Why is that, Sect Leader?”
“Well… I left it to you because you asked….”
“But?”
“I wonder if this is unacceptable.”
Go Seok-hyeon’s expression looked troubled.
He felt that the way Patrick was ripping off money from immature young men right now should be called a scam no matter how he looked at it.
‘But I can’t openly call it a scam.’
How should I say this?
No, rather, can I even say it?
Patrick beat the hesitating Go Seok-hyeon to the punch.
“Well, it’s not that I don’t know what the Sect Leader is worried about.”
“Ah, is that so?”
“Of course. It must look like I only care about the sect’s finances. Isn’t that right?”
“Actually, yes. Since we are nominally an Orthodox Sect, I believe it is not right to be so attached to worldly money.”
“As expected of a sucker.”
“Yes?”
“No, no. Kuh-hmmm….”
Patrick cleared his throat and continued.
“Of course, the Sect Leader’s words have a point. But thinking calmly, one cannot ignore the financial aspect for the sect to stand firm.”
“That is….”
“Think about the Nine Sects One Gang or the Five Great Families. Do they lack money just because they are Orthodox Sects? Aren’t they all solidifying their finances in various ways?”
“Mm….”
It wasn’t wrong.
Even the Beggar’s Gang, which consists of beggars, has enough money to move enormous amounts of funds if they set their minds to it.
“For a sect, sound finances are like hardening the ground beneath one’s feet. I mean it is a part that can never be ignored to revive the sect.”
“I understand Bong-gong’s words. But I don’t know if it is right to fill the finances in this way.”
“Oho, it’s not like we threatened anyone with a knife, so what wrong is there? Didn’t everyone join and pay the entrance fee vol-un-tar-i-ly?”
“Mmm….”
“It is all to save the sect. For the sect.”
“Mmmmmm….”
It seems he’s almost convinced.
“But with this method…. I feel I won’t have the face to see the past patriarchs.”
“Hahaha. That is not so. The Patriarch of our Twin Dragon Sect will be very satisfied.”
“Would he really?”
“I guarantee it.”
This is sincere.
Really, the Patriarch of the Twin Dragon Sect would feel pride welling up from the depths of his heart seeing the current scene.
Why?
‘Because I am that Patriarch. Radiant Dragon Great Master Jin Cheon is very satisfied. Umhahahaha.’
[I am not. I am not happy at all to revive the sect in this way.]
‘Yes? What did you say? I can’t hear you well?’
[Traditionally, one who claims to be of the Orthodox Faction must walk the Righteous Path, not the Unorthodox Path, even if the road is difficult and hard….]
‘Hello? Hello? Oh my, the connection isn’t good today.’
[Hey, you….]
Like this, the Twin Dragon Sect was being rebuilt little by little, but steadily.
* * *
A sect is only a sect if there are people.
Due to Patrick’s scheme, the number of disciples in the Twin Dragon Sect increased by more than 100 in an instant.
Although most of them were those who got hooked by Persona’s beauty and joined.
Persona instructed their training under Patrick’s direction.
Of course, she did ask Patrick for the teaching policy before instructing.
[What should I teach first? Heart Law? Footwork?]
[Heart Law? Fooootwooork?]
Patrick snorted and said.
[Forget it and build their stamina first. Martial arts come after that.]
[That means….]
[Work them like dogs.]
[Yes! Master.]
And so, hell training began.
That training was what Patrick used to do against the Double Dragon Knightly Order or Orc warriors in the Schneider Duchy; it was torture… no, training that was perfect for ordinary people to quit and run away within an hour.
Naturally, there were those who wanted to quit and leave.
But such guys were handled by Patrick through personal consultation.
“You won’t give a refund?”
“Huh?”
“No, where is there such a law?”
“Here. Why? Got a problem? Want to fight?”
“That, well….”
“Shut up and come to the training ground. You’re doing double today.”
A place easy to enter but difficult to leave.
The Twin Dragon Sect was such a place.
The training ground became a field of harsh physical training reminiscent of a living hell.
“Huk…. Huk…. Huk….”
“Damn… it….”
“Keueueuk….”
Men circling the training ground while doing handstands, dripping beads of sweat.
The sweat flowing down their bare torsos had already soaked the training ground.
Eventually….
“Keueuk….”
One person collapsed with a thud.
Persona approached the head of the fallen person and said.
“Junior Brother? Is it hard?”
“I… I think I’m going to die. Senior Sister.”
“You don’t have the strength to lift a finger? Is this your limit?”
“That is so. Senior Sister.”
Please give me a break.
Please save me.
To him, who was looking at her with such desperate wishes packed into his eyes, Persona said….
“That’s great. Usually, the real training starts from there.”
“…….”
“One more lap before you recover!”
“I… can’t….”
“Want to die? Want to run one more lap? Or….”
Persona pointed to one side with her thumb and said.
“Want to join over there?”
In the place Persona was pointing to….
“Dieeee!”
“Oh, got some guts now?”
Ppa-ak! Kwajik! Ppa-ba-bak!
Horrific beating and cruel violence were unfolding in the present progressive tense.
It was the scene of Patrick training Mun Yul personally.
Kwajik!
“Kuaaaak!”
“Tsk tsk tsk, can’t even dodge this? Your arm is broken, you know?”
“Ugh… Uugh….”
“It’s not over. If you don’t want to die, keep coming.”
“You… You devilllll!”
“Right. That’s how you do it.”
Mun Yul rushed in with venom as if he would kill Bong-gong or whatever, and Patrick was smashing Mun Yul just enough not to kill him.
Even when limbs were breaking and blood mixed with pieces of internal organs was vomited from his mouth, Patrick showed no mercy at all.
Patrick’s wooden sword struck Mun Yul’s whole body without a shred of mercy.
Watching that scene, other disciples thought.
‘Hell has grades too.’
‘I absolutely don’t want to go there.’
‘Wasn’t he like that yesterday too? How can he do that again?’
They wouldn't know, but Mun Yul receives grueling training every day and receives treatment using artifacts that very evening.
Thanks to that, such abnormal combat training was possible.
For Mun Yul, it was both luck and misfortune.
Because he could do combat training to his limit every day against Patrick.
“I’m counting to three. If you don’t get up, you go over there too….”
Pa-pa-pak!
Before Persona could even count, the fallen person immediately did a handstand and started running.
Indeed, it seems humans manage somehow when their lives are on the line.
Anyway, the Twin Dragon Sect is being rebuilt steadily.
However, an external threat was approaching such a Twin Dragon Sect.