Chapter 51 – Rookie King (3)
“Ark! We are here!”
The Awakened people who filled the corridor of the hospital room were a rare sight. Choi Soon-hong of the Black Dragon Ark smiled heartily when he recognized the protagonist of the voice resounding in the hallway. In his hand was the [City of the Heavenly Demon]. While he was reading, he put down the Biography of the Heavenly Horse by his bedside and waited for Lee Jun-hyeok to come in.
“Ark!”
“Oh, yes. Junhyeok Lee. How did the guild do well while I was gone?”
“Is there any? Mind! Everyone come in! Come in!”
Kim Yoo-jung, who was looking inside the hospital room while standing up at the end, was pushed by the crowd pouring into the hospital room like the ebb tide. The Black Dragon Ark seen over his shoulder was healthier than he thought. Her complexion looked good, though she could see the bandages draped deep under her hospital gown and lightly wrapped around her head. She let out a deep sigh as if she was glad that Seong Ha-yeon was standing next to her.
The Black Dragon Ark smiled happily at the guild members who came to see him, then nodded and said.
“Everyone go. What did you come all the way here to do? Only our Lee Jun-hyeok remains, everyone go back. It took a lot of work to come to visit you while you were busy.”
Lee Jun-hyeok conveyed the words of the Black Dragon Ark once more with a nod of his head. The guild members of the Black Dragon Room, who had entered, each left a word of thanks and then carefully disappeared. Kim Yoo-jung was also swept away by this wave, so she naturally tried to go outside. But before she left, Lee Jun-hyeok raised her finger and said,
“Sister Kim Yoo-jung is waiting.”
“Ah yes.”
She nodded her head and went out into the hallway to let Lee Jun-hyeok and the Black Dragon Ark finish their story. Seong Ha-yeon said to her as she took her cigarette out of her pocket.
“Suffer.”
“Yes. My sister too.”
Seong Ha-yeon nodded her head with a confused look on her face and then walked out of her hallway. Other guild members were also moving away. The voices of Lee Jun-hyeok and the Black Dragon Ark were heard beyond the closed door.
“How did you get hurt, Lord Ark?”
“No, it’s not that big a deal. How did I make a mistake It’s a mistake I wouldn’t have made in the past, but maybe it’s because I’m older now, my body isn’t the same as before.”
“Lord Ark. Aren’t you just happy? Among the S-class, there are noblemen who are active even after turning 100 years old, so why should the person who is to become the Heavenly Demon have to sit down like this?”
The Black Dragon Ark started laughing.
“Yes. You can’t sit down here. Uh? You’ll get well soon When was the release date of the movie this time? I have to go to that interview too.”
“Ah, is that the movie you were talking about martial arts the other day? It will be opened roughly after the Rookie of the Year finishes. You should be fine until then. Just put your mind at ease and rest. Who am I our lord right arm. Isn’t it Lee Jun-hyeok, the brain sword?”
“You are very trustworthy. Don’t work too hard. Lee Jun-hyeok takes it easy on you too. Then get sick You have a daughter too.”
The Black Dragon Ark laughed even louder at those words. Kim Yoo-jung was wrapping her hair. Her legs trembled. Lee Junhyeok said in a serious tone.
“Lord Ark. Do you remember when I was in Class D? When there was an uproar that my children had cancer, didn’t the Ark pay for all the surgery expenses? It’s okay if you hear a little bone disease.”
“You’re talking about strange things again, when will that be? Hasn’t it already been 20 years?”
“It is as vivid as yesterday.”
The talking stopped. Kim Yoo-jung cautiously looked behind her. The door opened slightly, and Lee Jun-hyuk’s face appeared. He looked at Kim Yoo-jung and said.
“You, starting tomorrow, Ichiga, Ichiae. Look at him.”
“Yes?”
Kim Yoo-jung, dumbfounded, tilted her head. She thought that Lee Jun-hyeok would ask about the fragments of the Almighty. She replied with her bewildered face.
“That, would it be all right if I didn’t have enough experience yet?”
“Doesn’t care. He said that his next opponent is a muscle strengthener? Was your name Kim Joo-seong?”
“Yes.”
“Then it’s better for you to watch. Jung Soo-hyun or Golden Horse, for now, keep watching. We are also inquiring about whether there are other fragments as we do. If there is anything suspicious, tell me.”
“All right.”
When Kim Yoo-jung heard the story of her omnipotent fragmentation, her heart sank. Lee Jun-hyeok closed the door to his hospital room as if he had nothing more to say. The story was heard again in the hospital room. Since it was a conversation that had nothing to do with her, Yu-jung Kim stood in front of her door for a moment before she left the hospital room.
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As soon as Ichie opened the training ground door, she faced Kim Yoo-jung in a uniform across from her. She asked, tilting her head as she frowned at her for a second.
“Where is the bald man?”
“It’s not the bald man, it’s the executive. There’s work in the guild, so I’ll deal with it from today. When was the next game?”
“Next week.”
“Yes. That’s right. Next week And the next opponent is Kim Joo-seong, who is similar to me in martial arts and has strength-training skills. Even if I look like this, I’m in D-class, so I think it’ll be a good practice for Ichie-san. What do you think?”
Ichie suddenly remembered that Kim Yoo-jung was a hunter with a higher rank than himself. Seeing her slightly shaking her head as if she had forgotten her, Kim Yoo-jung was pissed for some reason. She nodded her head to Ichi, she said.
“Not bad.”
Kim Yoo-jung smiled at those words. She had been thinking that she wanted to beat her ichi. Because it was a villain trying to take away her own lovely boyfriend. She tightened her gi belt tighter and clenched her fists. Kim Joo-sung had not registered any weapons in the bracket. He was talking about fighting with his bare hands.
If so, Kim Yoo-jung also had no choice but to hit her reason with her bare hands.
Without any personal feelings.
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Her fist passed in front of Ichie’s nose. Ichie took a step backwards as if surprised at the much faster speed than I expected. She straightened her sword and swung her wooden sword at Kim Yoo-jung’s head. Kim Yoo-jung simply lifted her foot opposite her and cut off her wooden sword.
A bloody sound resounded as if her bones had been hit, but Kim Yoo-jung didn’t care about her wooden sword, grabbed her by the collar and lowered her to the floor. Ichie, slammed against the wooden floor, narrowed her eyes.
She bent her knees to get out of her way, then kicked Kim Yu-jung with her foot as hard as she could, trying to push her away. However, even when she exerted strength with her feet, Kim Yoo-jung, who was on top of her, was not pushed away. As she climbed up, she pressed her shoulder with one hand on her chin, and pressed her arms down with her knees.
And the fist went up. The tightly clenched fist looked like it would slam Ichie’s face down at any second.
Ichie stared at Kim Yu-jung’s hand and did not turn her head.
“After…”
Kim Yoo-jung looked at her and took a deep breath and lowered her hand again. She slipped out of her carefully untied arms, and she opened the distance again. Kim Yoo-jung did not restrain her actions. She said, shaking her head.
“You see? There’s probably a slight difference in ability, but in my case, it’s enough just to get hit by both attacks and break through. The ability to strengthen muscles is usually accompanied by strengthening of the body itself, so perhaps a person named Kim Joo-seong will try to attack Ichie’s ability in the same way.”
She asked Ichie.
“So what?”
“There is no way. Just… You have no choice but to take it down by dealing more damage than the limit. Not getting hit and hitting a lot. This is an obvious story, but this is the only way to defeat someone stronger and harder than you. Ichie’s abilities aren’t very good in a person-to-person battle.”
The ability to make the sword heavier whenever it is stained with blood. And, the ability to use that heavy weight to do something different. She said to Ichie.
“I can’t use it with a wooden sword in the first place. You must have me.”
“It’s more unfortunate. Still, that… Can you?”
Ichie didn’t understand Kim Yu-jung’s cheering. She said, pointing to herself.
“If I win, I will go with Suhyeon-san. Go on a date with Yoojung unnie. But is it okay if I cheer for you to win?”
“Well, not bad. The three of you become friends together, okay? It’s okay.”
Kim Yoo-jung unexpectedly reacted a little favorably. Her tone seemed to choose the lesser evil of the worst and the lesser evil, but she didn’t show much rejection. Her reasoning made her wonder why she did it. She asked Ichie.
“Why did you suddenly think that way?”
“T-T, it’s a team. Why? Ugh, you can cheer! A ball is a ball! Live!”
“A ball is a ball? Where do you live?”
Ichie spread out four of her fingers and looked back at Kim Yu-jung with her confused face. Kim Yoo-jung turned her head and said,
“Papa, we have to practice quickly! You have to win Kim Joo-sung or something, right? Now, get your posture back. Think I’m that Kim Joo-sung and attack. OK?”
With a bewildered face at her reason, she nodded her head. Unknowingly, Kim Yoo-jung swept her butt once with his hand and grabbed her heart.
In her dressing room a little away, a notification rang on Kim Yoo-jung’s cell phone.
It was a notification that a question posted in the internet community question section had been answered.
[ID: camellia030
Q. My boyfriend wants to do it backwards. Does it hurt a lot if you do it backwards? ㅠㅠ
A. There may be individual differences, but in my case, the first time I did it, it was very painful. It’s hard to prepare, and I think it’s better not to do it unless your boyfriend really wants it.
A. I heard that you are really sick. There are people who bleed while doing it. I’ve also seen people who haven’t been able to go to the bathroom properly for days.]
