The Second Son of the Dancheon Sword Clan Prepared for Regression-Chapter 75 : Chapter 75

Chapter 75. New Arrangements (2)
It's a story I've told many times, but there's a point that Myeong-gae, a skilled information dealer, considers important when handling information.
That is the fact that objectivity and consistency are very important for information.
In the first place, isn't something that doesn't contain objectivity and consistency just something that can't be called 'information'?
The first gateway where that objectivity and consistency are fully contained is naming.
It's because a name, in general, contains the essence.
If one fully understands this mechanism, it can be said that they have safely taken the first step as a member of the Beggar's Gang.
From the perspective of a true information dealer, that's how it is.
The Great War of Righteousness and Evil.
I would say that this name also contains a lot of information.
First, Righteousness and Evil.
It means that the righteous and the demonic are the subjects of the incident.
If it stops there, one is an ordinary member of the Beggar's Gang; if you add the perspective and background knowledge of the skilled member Myeong-gae, you can infer a few more pieces of information.
Righteousness and Evil.
From the fact that the evil, a member of the three powers, is not included in the name, one can infer that the evil faction did not intervene or was passive in the war.
If it had been a confrontation between the Central Plains and the demonic, not a confrontation between the righteous and the demonic, the state of the war might have been different, but it also means that the evil faction forces remained silent.
From the perspective of the Evil Faction Alliance, which had already established itself in the Central Plains Murim, the demonic faction, which was a rolling stone, would have been more distasteful than the righteous faction, with which they were already in competition, so the fact that they did not move was clearly a strange point.
It's also possible to infer that there was a reason why the evil faction forces could not participate in the Great War of Righteousness and Evil.
This is the amount of information contained in just the two characters for Righteousness and Evil.
Second, War.
In the Jianghu Murim, countless disputes arise, and fierce battles take place.
It's not uncommon for dozens of lives to be lost in vain in the Jianghu Murim.
But those incidents are usually referred to as bloody calamities or bloody affairs, and the word 'war' is not used often.
It's because 'war' is closer to the terminology of the imperial court and the military than that of the Jianghu Murim.
It also meant that the Great War of Righteousness and Evil occurred on a scale large enough to be reminiscent of a war between nations.
It also meant that unlike the usual disputes of martial artists based on emotions and justifications, the Great War of Righteousness and Evil resembled a war of the military or a nation.
The Great War of Righteousness and Evil was a fight for the acquisition of territory and interests, based on ideology and values.
'War' is a word that fully captures its reality, so it would be praised as a truly appropriate naming.
Finally, the character for 'Great' remains.
In fact, it would be praised as the character that contains the most important information in naming the Great War of Righteousness and Evil.
The reason why the name 'Great' contains the most important information in the Great War of Righteousness and Evil is not elsewhere.
It's because the war that occurred during the Myeong-gae era was the Great War of Righteousness and Evil, not the Confrontational War of Righteousness and Evil.
It means that a great war broke out between the righteous and the demonic, not a war where the righteous and the demonic confronted each other.
Of course, there is a reason for naming it so, and it can be seen that the naming implies various information.
From the name Great War of Righteousness and Evil, one can infer that there could also be a Small War of Righteousness and Evil or a Medium War of Righteousness and Evil.
Although no one would go out of their way to use strange names like Small War of Righteousness and Evil or Medium War of Righteousness and Evil, it can be a basis for inferring that there have been continuous disputes between the righteous and the demonic.
If it had been a war that broke out suddenly for the first time, it would have been named a Confrontational war, not a Great war.
Based on this, it would be right to infer that large and small disputes that do not reach the level of a Great War are continuously occurring between the righteous and the demonic.
Perhaps even at this very moment.
In fact, the many spies of the Demonic Cult who have infiltrated the Central Plains and are operating secretly are indirectly proving that fact.
But the majority of martial artists are calling the current Jianghu Murim a peaceful era.
Although they know of the existence of the great enemy, the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, they think that they are just hiding in the depths of the Tianshan Mountains and have not set foot in the Central Plains.
I know that this is all thanks to the hard work of the Murim Alliance Special Operations Unit, led by Singija.
During my Myeong-gae days, it was such secret information that I would not have known if I were not a member of the Secret Pavilion.
The Murim Alliance Special Operations Unit.
Another name is the Special Information Unit specializing in the Demonic Cult.
This is the true identity of the organization that would later become the predecessor of the Secret Pavilion.
They would be able to safely erase dangerous information like the appearance of the Heavenly Demon.
The reason they are called a 'special' information unit is because they are a group that can not only collect information but also expand, distort, conceal, and destroy it.
In the current Murim, there is no group that has secured as much information related to the Demonic Cult as the Murim Alliance Special Operations Unit.
At least, that will be the case until the Secret Pavilion is launched.
It's also because the information power of the Beggar's Gang and the Rogues’ Guild is directed towards the Central Plains, not the Demonic Cult.
“State your conditions.”
Singija urged me.
Since I couldn't keep the busy man waiting forever, I got to the point.
“I want to borrow the power of the Special Operations Unit.”
At that answer, Singija made a vague expression.
“Did I not promise to give you authority equivalent to a unit commander?”
“I need more than that.”
What Singija gave me was authority equivalent to a unit commander of the Special Operations Unit, but to be precise, it was merely the right to view information, with no command authority.
I know it's difficult to covet more authority than this without being affiliated with the Special Operations Unit.
But I must obtain it.
I have no intention of wasting time by being affiliated with the Special Operations Unit, but I mean that I must use them to get the information I want.
Now that I am actively aiming to achieve the Sixth Stage, it's also because the assistance of the Special Operations Unit will make things easier.
Yeo-wol and Ma Sok are my close friends, but I can't keep being indebted to them.
Besides, didn't the ancient sages say that the more, the better?
“I need to know more about the Demonic Cult in detail. I need information. I plan to actively dig into it, not just passively receive it, so please cooperate actively. That is my condition.”
At my words, which he probably hadn't expected, Singija thought for a moment and then…….
“May I ask the reason?”
He asked.
At Singija's question, the Emperor Breaker, as if his curiosity was piqued, pushed aside his documents slightly and listened intently.
It was originally a secret, but it would be a fact that Singija and the Emperor Breaker could know.
The reason was that they knew a piece of my secret.
“I must achieve the Sixth Stage of the Healing Sage’s Mind Cultivation Art.”
Having encountered the Heavenly Demon and mentioned the Sixth Stage, the purpose would have been clearly conveyed to Singija.
I had originally expected additional questions about the relationship between the Demonic Cult's information and the Sixth Stage, but neither of them asked.
I also didn't bother to add a lengthy explanation, so the conversation did not continue.
Arrangements based on the information from my Myeong-gae days.
And the information power and execution ability of the Murim Alliance Special Operations Unit.
My plan was to add these two together and get one step closer to the Sixth Stage.
Singija answered.
“How should I help you?”
His answer could be considered an acceptance.
“One of the Divine Demons must have set foot in the Central Plains. Please track his movements.”
“I will.”
Singija, who for a moment did not hide his surprised look at the word Divine Demon, nodded his head, so I had achieved all my goals for visiting the Murim Alliance.
I decided to ignore the voice of the Emperor Breaker, Yeom Gi-ha, who was muttering, ‘I’m the one who’s going to catch the Heavenly Demon, you bastard,’ while wrestling with a pile of documents.
***
Demon Suppression Hall.
It was the name of a huge building built by carving out the Tianshan Mountains, located in the depths of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
Compared to the skyscraper built on the summit of the rugged Tuomeng Peak, it was an unremarkable, just majestic building, but it was also a space that many cult members revered the most and called a holy land.
The reason was that it was the space where the supreme being of all demons, the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang, resided.
On the outskirts of the vast Demon Suppression Hall, the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang was soaking his body in a boiling hot spring.
The Heavenly Demon's expression, which was always emotionless and languid, was slightly stiff.
Splash.
The Heavenly Demon, who had been submerged in the water, took out his right hand.
Looking at the chain marks clearly engraved on his right arm, which had no intention of disappearing, the Heavenly Demon frowned slightly.
He had revealed a fragment of true emotion, not a fabricated one, so this was indeed an exceptional case.
“Hmm.”
Splash.
The Heavenly Demon, who had once again worn down his emotions, dipped his arm in the hot spring and closed his eyes.
A short while later.
Step.
A guest came to the Heavenly Demon's side.
Since the Heavenly Demon's eyes were still closed, the guest made no sound and stood silently by the Heavenly Demon's side like a waiting stone.
After a long time had passed.
Sreuk.
Finally, the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang opened his eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
The one who had been standing his ground like a waiting stone finally made a sound. It was Mashintong Wisu.
For a moment, the Heavenly Demon's gaze, which did not react to the apology, turned to Wisu.
“Are you alright?”
When the Heavenly Demon asked so, Wisu's gaze turned to his left arm.
Wisu's arm, at the end of the Heavenly Demon's gaze, had changed to look like the branch of an old, dead tree.
This expression might be a little insufficient.
The shriveled part was like the branch of a dead tree, but the color and texture were closer to a withered corpse than a dead tree.
And yet, in the midst of it, parts of the arm were twitching and emitting a subtle vitality, making it look as if the corpse was moving on its own.
Wisu's left arm was dead but alive, still but dynamic.
Chaos.
There was no way to express the state of Wisu's arm other than that word.
It also meant that it was so bizarre that anyone who saw it would automatically frown.
Wisu, who had been looking at his arm for a moment, let out a small laugh.
“It is the price for using the heavenly secrets, so I must bear it myself.”
Wisu's words were right.
The heavenly secrets were not something allowed to humans.
It also meant that the heavenly secrets were something that could not be seen and at the same time, should not be seen.
That was the rule and the law of cause and effect of the world.
And yet, Mashintong Wisu had not only peeked at the heavenly secrets with the art of going against the heavens, but had also tried to use them and twist them.
And he was discovered by the heavens.
Wasn't even the Heavenly Demon, who had reached the supreme position, soaking his body in a hot spring to recover from the heavenly mandate?
It was admirable that Wisu, the main culprit, had borne the wrath of the heavens with just one arm.
“How was it?”
Wisu asked.
It was a question where both the subject and the object were omitted, but the Heavenly Demon immediately understood its meaning.
“It wasn’t ripe yet.”
It was a matter of course.
They had planned the work because they knew it wasn't ripe yet.
Before it ripened and hardened and became an obstacle.
But they had failed.
“He was an interesting fellow.”
In a way, this impression of the Heavenly Demon could be the reason why they had not succeeded in their work.
It was the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang who had not cut down the unripe fellow with a single blow.
But that could not be the reason for the failure.
The Heavenly Demon was a complete being, so there could be no such thing as a mistake for him.
It was true that he had stalled for time to satisfy the Heavenly Demon's curiosity, but there had been no mistake in the process.
“And he was tough.”
It would be more correct to say it was because of this.
Recalling those eyes that were firm even in the face of death, he had no choice but to say so.
The Heavenly Demon knew that he had not been able to make that unripe brat surrender in the end.
The fact was both unpleasant and pleasing, so even the Heavenly Demon could not understand his own feelings.
In any case, the important fact was that a new star was there.
A star that would one day surpass the Emperor Breaker and shine as brightly as the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang.
“Was that so.”
Wisu just nodded his head, lost in thought.
Looking at it from the perspective of the result, that's how it was.
This result was not the Heavenly Demon's mistake, but the flow of heavenly secrets that could not be twisted.
In the end, it meant that this too was fate.
Perhaps the heavens did not want the Heavenly Demon Seol Cheon-sang to be complete.
“What will you do now?”
Curiosity was contained in the Heavenly Demon's question. It meant that his emotions had been stirred.
Although it was extremely slight, Wisu, who had been by the Heavenly Demon's side for his entire life, knew the difference.
“I can’t just leave it as it is.”
Having discovered the biggest obstacle on the path to a demonic world, he would not be able to call himself the Chief Strategist of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult if he just left it alone.
“Is there a way?”
Since they had failed even after using the heavenly secrets, the Heavenly Demon's question was reasonable.
As a backlash, Wisu had lost his left arm, and the Heavenly Demon was recuperating.
“I will have to use human power.”
At Wisu's answer, the Heavenly Demon smiled.
“Do your best.”
Although the Heavenly Demon's voice predicted failure, Wisu did not mind.
Going against a set destiny was Wisu's life and his calling.
“I will act according to the Heavenly Demon’s will.”
There were plenty of spies operating secretly in the Central Plains Murim, so there would be a way.