Transcendent One Punch - Chapter 172



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Episode 172. Forgiveness rather than permission
“Wow! Sylphy! You really didn’t show up?? And he saw you???”

【Eung eung eung! This guy smells good!!】

“Oh my god! Me?”

【Eun-tak doesn’t smell bad!】

“Ugh! This can’t be happening! I lost… …!!”

I am.

Me and Joo Chang-ik.

Me, Joo Chang-ik, and Frill… .

“… … .”

“… … .”

【… … .】

I watched Eun-tak Choi and Sil-pi’s commotion without saying a word.

Seriously… this wasn’t a conversation, it was a rant.

I quietly opened my mouth and spoke to Joo Chang-ik.

“I don’t know if it’s rude to meet you at first, but that… friend of yours is very… cheerful?”

“… It wasn’t that bad. He just suddenly did that after seeing you.”

“… …Is that so?”

“Yes.”

It was definitely my first time meeting Joo Chang-ik, but somehow I felt a sense of closeness.

To be exact, I should say it is a sense of homogeneity.

Thanks to Choi Eun-tak’s crazy antics.

We were currently in the process of moving to the reception room inside Mujinju.

There was no choice.

It was difficult to see Choi Eun-tak doing that in a place with so many people watching.

“Choi Eun-tak.”

Soon, Joo Chang-ik, who could no longer stand to watch, stepped forward.

“Why, Changik?”

“Do it in moderation. You shouldn’t act like you’re worth your age in front of someone you just met.”

For reference, Joo Chang-ik and Choi Eun-tak are middle-aged hunters in their 50s.

It means that you are old enough to have a sense of weight.

However, Choi Eun-tak was not persuaded at all by Joo Chang-ik’s words.

“Ahaha! This guy will understand, right? We’re both contracted spirits!”

Rather, he shrugs his shoulders and looks straight at me as if there is a reason why he has to be like that.

“What is our friend’s name?”

“I’m Kim Yu-jin. Nice to meet you, Hunter Choi Eun-tak.”

“What, why is my friend so stiff? It’s not fun.”

Honestly, it wasn’t easy to see someone of his age do this… .

‘Damn. This is also a connection.’

There was no choice.

An 8-star hunter showed me his favor first, so I couldn’t turn him away.

As I was forcing a smile, Choi Eun-tak tilted his head and asked me a question.

“But, why is Eugene so calm?”

“Why? It’s just, originally─”

“Will I be able to become friends with the spirits like that─?”

“…?”

I was wondering what all the fuss had to do with being friendly with spirits.

【That’s right, that’s right! Eun-tak, play with me!】

“Hmm! I’ll play well with our Sylphy again!”

【Yeah yeah!】

It seemed like the story was about lowering one’s mental age in order to become closer to the contract spirit.

“…frills.”

【huh.】

“I’m so grateful to you all over again.”

【… Okay, I know.】

“Come out and say hello.”

He called out to Frill to reveal himself.

Anyway, Choi Eun-tak knew that I had made a contract with a spirit, and Joo Chang-ik seemed to have noticed it to some extent as well.

So the frill was revealed, and Choi Eun-tak started making a fuss again.

“Ugh! This is the spirit that my friend Eugene contracted with! The highest level spirit!!!”

I think Frill probably has a similar personality to Sylphy over there… .

【Human. You don’t have to do that to me.】

“Uh, huh…? What is it…?”

Not at all.

Our Frill doesn’t have that kind of burdensome personality.

【Wow! It’s Cold Sister! Hehehe, it’s my first time seeing Spirit Sister here! Nice to meet you!!!!!】

【Yeah. Okay. How old are you?】

【You’re a thousand years old now, Sister!!】

【Still a kid.】

【Hehehe. Gyaaaa. Let’s be friends!!!】

“… … .”

Of course, he didn’t have such an adult personality.

‘Are you acting like this for no reason just because you met a young compatriot?’

anyway.

I didn’t have to change my personality to be friends with Frill.

Well… In the first place, we didn’t make a contract out of friendship. We made a contract in exchange for getting Frill out of the dungeon.

and.

“W, this can’t be happening! Not all spirits have this personality…!”

Once again, Choi Eun-tak was frustrated.

“I, I think maybe I didn’t need to go this far… … .”

He who mutters like that.

But there was nothing I could do.

I am me, and he is that.

【What’s Eun-tak!? You won’t play with me!?!? Uwaaaah!】

“Oh, no! I’m best friends with our Sylphy! What should we do? Peekaboo!? Should we go wind surfing???”

【Waaaaaaah! I hate you!】

“That, uh, uh…”

There’s no choice but to do what you’ve been doing.

I just looked at Choi Eun-tak, who was trying to comfort the upset Silphi, with pitiful eyes.

at that time.

“Did you participate in the non-competition?”

Joo Chang-ik spoke to me.

I felt like the intention was evasive, to leave Eun-tak alone and just talk amongst ourselves.

“yes.”

There was no reason not to accept it.

What was my purpose in coming here in the first place?

It was to become friends with Joo Chang-ik and learn his secret techniques.

‘If this opportunity comes, you’d be a fool not to take it.’

Even.

“This is fate, so if you want, I can show you some swordsmanship.”

“Really? Then please do it.”

If the situation is like this, even more so.

Of course, this may not be Joo Chang-ik’s one-sided favor.

‘You must have already done some research on me.’

What was the purpose of this martial arts competition in the first place?

The aim is to discover talent and support them in advance.

And if you investigated me, at best, I would be a promising prospect who has just joined the Fate Guild.

If my talent was really good here, it wouldn’t hurt him to establish a connection with me.

‘Even that is limited to swordsmanship.’

If you consider my abilities as a spirit master, then if you have any insight, you will easily be able to see that I have potential greater than Choi Eun-tak.

‘Thanks to the luck I got to meet Choi Eun-tak, things worked out well.’

If it weren’t for Choi Eun-tak, I would never have met Joo Chang-ik so early and in such a private space.

Above all else.

‘… It’s kind of like a bonus.’

Is it because of the sense of kinship with being a contractor for the highest level spirit without doing anything, or is it because of the affinity with spirits gained through the ‘Power of the Beginning’?

It felt like I had already become quite close with Choi Eun-tak.

“Silphieeeeee!!!!”

【Eww! Eww! I want to go to that smelly guy over there!】

“No, Eugene doesn’t even play with me like that, so why…!! This is unfair─”

【Cool. Eun-tak has changed…】

“Oh, no, Sylphy! We’re friends! Aren’t we!?”

Suddenly, seeing him still struggling to appease Silphi, I felt that I should treat him well.

It was because I felt sorry for him.

* * *

I stood facing Joo Chang-ik, sword in hand, in his personal training room.

To show off swordsmanship, as Joo Chang-ik suggested earlier.

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Choi Eun-tak wasn’t there.

Well… he was busy.

“Attack at your own convenience. I won’t counterattack.”

“All right.”

Joo Chang-ik was definitely relaxed.

‘Are people who have made a name for themselves through swordsmanship different?’

He wasn’t just a strong hunter.

The founder of ‘Mujin Sword (舞進劍)’ and the one who created a family based on his swordsmanship.

That’s why he was known to be the most respected among the 8-star hunters.

and.

‘I can’t see any gaps.’

To my dismay, I was unable to attempt an attack.

Because no matter how I attacked, the only picture I could see was me being subdued in the end.

“Aren’t you going to attack?”

“… … .”

“Well, I’ll give you a compliment. You have an eye for others.”

I wasn’t happy at all with Joo Chang-ik’s praise.

instead.

Sigh.

‘… gap!’

To be honest, it was hard to shake the feeling that it was revealed intentionally, but it was still a loophole.

I dug in without missing a beat.

Kagang!

“Wow. You know how to do this. Did you learn swordsmanship from someone?”

“… .”

Without answering, he continued his attack.

They open their mouths like that because they have the time, but I don’t.

But the attack was not easy.

Even if you try to exploit an opening or cut it open.

Kagan! Kak! Kagagak!

“You’re doing quite well.”

Joo Chang-ik just praised him.

‘… Damn. I wanted to at least make you embarrassed.’

Even though it clearly seemed difficult to stop, and even though it seemed like it would take a loss to stop it.

He fended off the attack with ease.

“He’s useful. He’s a rare hunter these days who’s serious about swordsmanship. These days, everyone just wants to acquire good skills and neglects their training. Tsk.”

“… .”

Kang! Tadah.

So, I spread out my attacks strongly and gained some distance.

“Hoooo.”

“Is this all you have to show me? It was okay. You have talent.”

Joo Chang-ik is slowly trying to finish the sparring.

Said to him.

“No. There’s still one left.”

“Hoo.”

I thought at the same time.

‘I have to use the Mujin Sword.’

I decided to show off the Mujin Sword that I learned from Ju Eun-seol here.

‘If it’s the Mujin Sword that becomes more powerful as it advances and attacks, it might be able to break through that defense.’

Because that was the most appropriate swordsmanship for this situation.

However, there was one thing that was bothersome.

‘I wonder how Joo Chang-ik will react if he finds out that I can use the Mujin Sword to this extent… .’

Basically, the Mujin Sword is a sword technique used only by the direct descendants of the Mujinju family.

Something that should not be known to outsiders.

In my case, I pretended to learn lightly from Ju Eun-seol, but I ended up completely using the abilities of the ‘special training center’.

Anyway, that was the important thing.

If Joo Chang-ik finds out that I know the Mujin Sword and can use it with a fairly high level of skill, he might get angry at me.

Then my plan to form an alliance with Mujinju might go awry.

but.

‘Anyway, it’ll come out eventually.’

I didn’t think this was something I could keep hidden forever.

Especially if you really become allies with him.

then.

‘It is easier to forgive than to ask permission.’

It would be wiser to reveal it now that the table has been set.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how great it will be.”

He raised his sword towards Joo Chang-ik, who was smiling, and took the Mujin Sword stance that he had learned from Joo Eun-seol.

“… … !?”

Then, Joo Chang-ik’s smile disappears for a moment.

“That is─”

He tried to ask me, but I didn’t give him time and started attacking him.

Shuhook!

Tsukaaaaang!

With movements that at first glance look like dance steps.

Taking steady steps forward, even if it is little by little.

I started to attack Joo Chang-ik, who had never fought back and had only blocked my attacks.

Skakakakak!

bang!

Tsukwaang!

“You! How did you…!”

At first glance, the structure is no different from before.

But one important thing was different.

As long as I can continue to attack, my attacks will become more and more powerful.

Boom!

Kuwaang!

Because, no matter how much of a provocative person he is.

“Ugh!”

Quaz!

There was no way to stop this attack without counterattacking.

chuck.

“after….”

The battle is over.

My sword could not reach him, and his sword reached my neck.

It was a swordsmanship duel that didn’t utilize skills or auras, so it was an expected result.

but.

“You counterattacked, didn’t you?”

Joo Chang-ik failed to keep his word that he would not fight back.

Anyway, I managed to get him a hit.

In fact, I didn’t feel too bad about it.

Well, and.

“… Did you say your name was Kim Yu-jin?”

“yes.”

“Do you know that thing just now, it’s called the Mujin Sword?”

Joo Chang-ik’s expression was stiff.

The time for forgiveness has arrived.

‘You have to speak well here.’

He chose his words calmly.

“I know.”

“…Who taught you this?”

“Rather than saying I learned it from someone, well… .”

If I told her that Joo Eun-seol taught me, she would probably be in trouble.

So, it would be better to package it as something you learned by stealing.

You might wonder if that’s possible, but in fact it’s not so wrong.

What I learned from Ju Eun-seol was only the most basic of the basics.

‘The rest was the power of the ‘special training center’ that analyzed Joo Eun-seol’s movements down to the nano level.’

It was at that time that I was trying to get Joo Chang-ik’s ‘forgiveness’ by saying such nice things.

“I just watched and learned─”

bang!

“Ugh. Ugh!”

Someone rushed into Joo Chang-ik’s personal training room.

“…?”

“What’s going on!”

“Oh, Father! I taught you the Mujin Sword! He, he did nothing wrong!”

It was Joo Eun-seol.

In that moment, Joo Chang-ik’s face turned fierce.

‘oh my.’

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