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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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“He’s quite a handful, isn’t he?”
The voice behind him disappeared and was heard from a little distance away.
Jeon Hu-dam remained frozen in place, not moving at all.
Since he didn’t know what would happen, Jeon Hu-dam could only stare down in fear.
The shadow of a woman sprawled arbitrarily on the lantern was visible.
The curvaceous figure reminiscent of a curvy jar was wearing a veil.
A rumor he had heard some time ago flashed through Jeon Hu-dam’s mind.
‘This… This…’
In this industry half-submerged in darkness, rumors about some legendary beings were circulating.
In the thief industry, a person named Mu-yeong Sin-tu had stolen the secret treasury of the imperial palace.
In the assassination industry, there was a story about Amje, who had erased a sect without a trace in a single day.
In this information industry, there was also such a being. It was a rumor about a group called the Wolbok-dang (月伏堂).
There was an information group served by beauties with flower-like faces and moon-like figures, and they were the Wolbok-dang.
Their reconnaissance and manipulation abilities were said to be capable of manipulating the world.
Despite their leader being a peerless beauty unmatched in the world, not a single rumor about her circulated in the Central Plains martial world, proving that they were the best information group in the world.
‘I thought it was just a rumor…!’
If it was information about the world’s most beautiful woman, it would be worth a thousand gold, so why would information brokers hide it?
It was a rumor that made no sense, so Jeon Hu-dam also didn’t pay any attention to it.
Black Cat smiled, looking at Jeon Hu-dam, who was sweating profusely.
Black Cat had the power to drive people crazy since she was young.
All those who saw Black Cat’s appearance were captivated by her beauty and burned everything to defile, protect, and possess her.
‘If it weren’t for the veil made from the thousand-year-old demonic weapon, I would have suffered a terrible fate before even reaching adulthood.’
The veil made from the thousand-year-old demonic weapon reduced the burden of operating the Black Shadow Qi technique and mitigated Black Cat’s unique atmosphere.
Black Cat became curious.
What about me drives men so crazy?
The first curiosity that penetrated Black Cat’s life took hold of her that way, and she gathered information.
Black Cat found the answer.
And for the first time, she felt it.
The thrill spread through her mind when she solved the curiosity she had longed for all her life.
A sense of accomplishment!
Black Cat, who had only lived a life focused on hiding her face and learning martial arts to protect her body, couldn’t forget that sensation when she unraveled her secret.
That’s why Black Cat operated an information organization.
Because she wanted to know everything she was curious about in this world.
Because she wanted to feel that thrilling sense of accomplishment again.
‘I wonder if Senior Ho knows.’
Black Cat thought of Ho Cheon-an.
A strange, mysterious person whose skills were immeasurable but extremely basic.
“I wonder if he knows I’m treating him like this.”
Tang Do-gyeong appeared in Black Cat’s mind.
And Ho Cheon-an in front of him.
Then laughter automatically came out.
It was because she remembered Ho Cheon-an’s face turning pale when Tang Do-gyeong glared at him with bloodshot eyes due to his vision being overused beyond the limit.
‘I wonder what strategy Senior Ho will use to solve this problem this time.’
Although she still didn’t know if he genuinely possessed a treasure as his name suggested, Black Cat was already curious about his existence.
Ho Cheon-an’s gambling skills stimulated Black Cat’s curiosity, and Ho Cheon-an, as a person himself, stimulated Black Cat.
It’s fine if he solves it by giving enlightenment, through gambling, or by showing another method.
‘I want to see.’
He’s like a bundle of yarn.
A person you can’t resist the urge to roll around when you see him.
A person who makes you thirstier the more you approach to quench your thirst.
Black Cat smiled, reminiscing about the thrill in her heart.
“Who am I? And why did I come here? And what do I want? Do I really need to say it out loud?”
“…N-no, you don’t.”
“That’s right. An information broker should be quick-witted and exceptional like this. You need to be at least this level to be called an information broker.”
Listening to Black Cat’s satisfied voice, Jeon Hu-dam trembled all over.
The gap with the opponent was already beyond words.
An opponent had infiltrated the archive room, which was thoroughly kept confidential and had numerous security measures, without a sound.
Even when she condescendingly praised him for a long time, fear outweighed the sense of insult.
‘Ho Cheon-an…’
“I will forget… I will also destroy all information about that person. I will make an excuse to the Hwang Gold Clan that it is unknown. Other than that… Is there anything else you want?”
“Hoho.”
Black Cat thought she had found a useful person after a long time.
Anyone in this situation would know that their life was on the line.
However, very few could maintain their thinking ability in this situation and choose the appropriate option.
‘Anyway, since I’ll be in Sacheon for a while… It wouldn’t hurt to absorb one person, right?’
Gulp.
Jeon Hu-dam’s trembling intensified.
It was because Black Cat had moved to Jeon Hu-dam’s front.
Why did Jeon Hu-dam not make any movement?
It was because that was the safest choice.
It was a choice to obtain less information about this uninvited guest, the woman believed to be the owner of the Wolbok-dang.
Killing without a trace.
The reason why rumors about the leader of the Wolbok-dang did not spread.
Considering that, there was no answer other than killing without a trace.
The dead don’t speak, so rumors wouldn’t spread either.
Jeon Hu-dam never turned his head, not wanting to become a target of killing without a trace, by carelessly looking toward the Wolbok-dang leader.
But she deliberately came forward to show her appearance?
The reason for revealing this vital information?
Wasn’t it because she judged there was no need to be careful since everything would end if Jeon Hu-dam died?
In a situation where the possibility of killing without a trace increased, Jeon Hu-dam gritted his teeth and stared at the front.
In the end, the one who held the power of life and death was the woman in front of him, and responding to her intentions was the choice with a higher chance of survival.
Black Cat nodded to Jeon Hu-dam, who had made the best judgment.
“Correct. Excellent.”
“Ha, haa…”
Jeon Hu-dam staggered and sank to the floor.
His brain, melted by tension, refused to judge what was correct and what was excellent, but his instincts acknowledged that he was alive.
The strength left his legs at that moment, and he couldn’t stand.
Even so, Jeon Hu-dam couldn’t take his eyes off Black Cat.
Even with just the light from the lantern, her appearance was impossible to look away from.
The curves of her body accentuated by the night clothes made him wonder if such lines could exist in this world, and the hair tied up for night travel was indescribably elegant.
His mind was unconsciously filled with regret.
The part not covered by the veil was also not visible due to some strange Qi technique she was using.
“I’ll give you a reward.”
The veil was untied.
And the Black Shadow Qi technique disappeared.
Jeon Hu-dam widened his eyes.
A neat and pristine forehead came into view.
What about below that?
Beautifully arched eyebrows and, below them, double eyelids that captured the gaze.
The eyelashes were so long and smoothly curved.
Of course, the highlight was those eyes.
The large, clear eyes couldn’t be described as merely beautiful.
The moment Jeon Hu-dam’s eyes met those eyes, his body began to tremble.
Even the external beauty alone was enough to renew Jeon Hu-dam’s standards.
The beauty contained in those eyes completely captivated Jeon Hu-dam.
The sharp nose, the textured and moist lips, and the sharp jawline didn’t even register.
Swish.
“…Ah!”
When Black Cat put the veil back on and operated the Black Shadow Qi technique, Jeon Hu-dam inadvertently let out a sigh filled with regret.
Black Cat handed something to Jeon Hu-dam.
Swish!
The lantern went out, and Black Cat disappeared.
Jeon Hu-dam was momentarily intoxicated by the lingering impression left by Black Cat’s eyes and beauty.
How long had he been like that?
Suddenly, Jeon Hu-dam became curious about the item Black Cat had given him.
Relighting the lantern, Jeon Hu-dam looked down at his palm.
“Heh… hehe…”
Jeon Hu-dam couldn’t hold back the laughter that escaped as he looked at the item in his hand.
A moonstone.
Rather than a rare stone that fell from the moon, it was a bead made of moonstone, which people called moonstone because its color resembled moonlight.
The moonstone had a visible crack in the center, as anyone could see.
Two moonstones formed a single sphere; if this sphere were opened, something would probably be hidden inside.
“Haha, hahahaha…”
Jeon Hu-dam knew what was inside without even looking.
Wolbok-dang.
Why was the name of an information organization a group that had succumbed to the moon?
Jeon Hu-dam cleanly solved that question today.
Wolbok-dang was… a group of people who couldn’t resist the temptation of the moonstone and succumbed to it.
“Hahahahahahaha!!”
Even though he had witnessed beauty that should be called the most beautiful in the world with his own eyes, Jeon Hu-dam couldn’t tell anyone about that fact.
The moment that story spread, he would die, and the story would be made untrue by the hands of the Wolbok-dang.
Just as Jeon Hu-dam had dismissed the rumors about the Wolbok-dang as mere nonsense until just now.
He had learned what the best beauty was, but he couldn’t tell anyone about it.
Jeon Hu-dam remembered why he had become an information broker.
Jeon Hu-dam was a gossiper in a rural village.
He liked to spread information the villagers didn’t know and gather people to share that information.
Why do rumors spread as fast as the wind?
It was because the desire to spread what one knows to others was as intense as the speed of the wind.
He had forgotten while focusing only on gathering information to sell, but at this moment, he realized it again.
A face that was not lacking to be called the most beautiful in the world, a figure that was not lacking to be called a flower-like and moon-like figure, and the beauty of those eyes that was lacking even to be called having all expressions!
He couldn’t control the desire to talk to someone and share it.
“Wahahahahahaha!!”
He realized why the Wolbok-dang was the best information organization in the world.
Because even someone like him, one of the best in Sacheon, was helplessly drawn into their proposal.
What information broker in the world wouldn’t be drawn in?
If they had pride in being an information broker themselves if they had the nature of wanting to share and discuss it with someone.
Could anyone refuse this proposal?
Jeon Hu-dam looked at the moonstone bead.
To find other information brokers who, like him, couldn’t resist the temptation of the moonstone.
To find comrades with whom he could discuss the beauty of the most beautiful woman in the world.
To endlessly chat and marvel with them about the beauty he couldn’t share with anyone else.
He willingly opened the moonstone bead.
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