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The floor of the restaurant was filled with corpses and all in terrible conditions.
"Sorry to have involved the masters in our fight" said Lin Dan, saluting the two ronin before him..
"It doesn't matter sir.they forced us to do it themselves." replied one of them.
"Sorry sir - sir.. If I may know.. who are you..? whereof..? and what is the purpose of the masters being in the Han empire..?! " reply Lin Dan
"Your question is quite a lot sir.Can we answer it sitting down..? " answered the same ronin while looking towards the table that Chen Khu and Lin Dan had used.
"Ooh.pardon my disrespect, sir.please sit down I'll take care of this girl first.. reply Lin Dan then took out a piece of rope and tied Yin Hua and the middle-aged man earlier who continued to cough while bleeding each other's backs and sat them on the floor.
"Eeh. I'm sorry sir. but that wine has been laced with hell scorpion venom..! " attack Chen Khu when one of the ronin intended to take a pitcher of wine that was still intact on the table.heard a warning from Chen Khu..
"Aah. tonight is very cold. it would be more delicious if we are accompanied by wine. "guman one of the ronin.
"Miss.. is there any other wine in this restaurant..? asked Lin Dan to Yin Hua who was still downcast with tears continuing to flow.
"Ma.. still master..in the back there is another room next to the kitchen.it is a wine storage warehouse..! " answer Yin Hua stammered - brick.
"Wait a minute sir. I'll take some wine" said Lin Dan then.
"Oh. I'm sorry sir.I introduced you. I'm Lin Dan. and this is Mr. Chen.. " Lin Dan continued while paying his respects, as did Chen Khu.
"I'm Kobayasi.and this is Captain Magura.." replied the ronin who had been talking to Lin Dan.
Lin Dan nodded his head.lalj passed to the back of the room mentioned by Yin Hua. and not long after Lin and returned while carrying two urns of wine.
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After downing a few cups of wine.. Kobayasi later told me about their existence in the Han empire.
They were both from the Asuka empire that existed in the eastern continent. Kobayashi himself was one of the top officers in the imperial elite.
They both have direct orders from the Asuka emperor Tachibana to capture a runaway fugitive when their attempt to assassinate the emperor is thwarted.
Emperor Tachibana spread hundreds of ronin throughout the continent to find Hyunbin... one - one crown prince.. Kazima is killed, which makes Tachibana furious and obliges the ronin to capture Hyunbin alive or dead.
"It's been three years that we've been traveling around the central continent and then we got information that Hyunbin was joining one of the sects called demon killing sects that were in the Han empire.
"The devil's killer sect..? " murm Chen Khu and Lin Dan together.
"True sir, and we are currently searching for the existence of the sect" Kobayasi replied.
"It looks like we have the same goal, sir"." said Lin Dan excitedly.
"You mean..?" reply Cobayasi
"Ee. like this, sir." Chen Khu said chimed in.
"right now, the Han empire was also facing the threat of an organization called the demon slaying sect.. "
"From the information that we have collected.there is a large movement of warriors - the magnitude of which is carried out in stages.. "
"He was Colonel Lin, who was also one of the leaders of the elite Han imperial forces.. "
"It looks like we have to extract information from them" said Magura.
"Colonel Lin. separate their ties" Chen Khu said later.
"Miss Hua...!! do you know the demon-killing sect..?! " ask Chen Khu quietly.
Yin Hua opened his mouth to answer, but the middle-aged man who was with him gave a sign not to speak.
"Ooh.. So you're afraid of this guy..? " said Magura while standing up.
"Sorry colonel, let us do it our way" said Magura, pulling out the tanto tucked away on his waist..a small sword usually used by samurai or ronin to commit suicide if it fails to carry out the duties of his master or superior.
"Please sir.we will also go to the kitchen for a while. Because our order has not come since. "said Chen Khu then took Lin Dan to walk to the kitchen.
A man's agonizing scream was heard and Yin Hua's voice was accompanied by a cry as she answered the question Magura had given her, while Chen Khu and Lin Dan started concocting ingredients for cooking..
"Master Chen..!what do the two ronin do..? " murm Lin Dan quietly.
"I don't know, for sure, from the books I've read in the library of the flying horse sect.one would rather die beheaded than have to undergo torture from them.. " answer Chen Khu.
"I brought you here on purpose because we definitely won't be able to see what they're doing" Chen Khu continued.
"Especially maybe it will be done on the woman you admire. hahahaha." slurried Chen Khu with a laugh.
"Ah. mr. Chen could have.. "
"I was indeed fooled by her innocent face. " cursed Lin And was annoyed.
"Ooh..my love fell before it developed. "tease Chen Khu and endlessly laugh even until his eyes water.
"I'm amazed by you sir.in this condition you can still be calm as if nothing happened." said Lin Dan while grunting annoyed.
"You'll get used to living in a colonel's martial world.. "
"The military world and the martial world do have similarities and only have a very thin partition.. "
"If in the military world, one can kill only by order.other than the martial world.. no matter who comes from the black stream or the white stream.."
"You see what Kobayasi did..? his opponent had given up. but he still killed them without mercy.such is what often happens in the martial world. "chen Khu flatly said as if regretting having plunged into the martial world.
"But sir. doesn't everyone deserve a second chance..? " say Lin Dan seemed to disagree with what Chen Khu said.
"For some people yes..!! Long Feng. The head of the desert lion sect once got that chance and he made good use of it. I also once gave others the same chance.." answer Chen Khu.
"If it is like that. Then what is the difference between white flow and black flow sir..? " ask Lin Dan again.
"That's what sometimes makes me think of the end of this. After a long time in the martial world I began to realize. if the flow of white and black is almost no difference.. both use only the truth they believe in to justify what they do.. that is why Maruka's teacher decided to withdraw from the martial world and choose to live a day away from the hustle and bustle of the martial world" said Chen Khu.
"Teacher Maruka..?? is he the one who taught the master all the martial arts that master has at the moment..? " ask Lin Dan curiously.
"Master Maruka was the teacher of General Guan and His Majesty. whereas I had not met him for long.. " chen Khu replied.His mind returned to Maruka's figure and involuntarily a smile fell on her lips.