Chapter 4: Falling into a Conspiracy-2
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 4: Falling into a Conspiracy-2
Sun-woo, unable to even properly dress himself, was being dragged away helplessly in the nude by the martial artists of the Law Enforcement Hall.
He considered resisting, but knowing he was no match for Lee Ye-seol—who was far stronger than him—and the Law Enforcement Hall members composed of first-class martial artists, he allowed himself to be taken quietly.
"Those are martial artists from the Law Enforcement Hall. Who are they taking away?"
"I know, right? Who could they be hauling off first thing in the morning?"
The appearance of the Law Enforcement Hall, the institution responsible for punishing criminals within the Cheonmu Alliance, drew the attention of many.
"Isn't that man tied up there the Heavenly Heavy Sword, Jang Sam?"
"The Heavenly Heavy Sword must have done something wrong. Looking at him, it seems he’s already taken a few hits."
"Seeing him dragged away stark naked without even time to put on clothes, he must have committed a very serious crime."
The whispers of the alliance members reached his ears as they watched him being led away, bound in ropes and completely exposed.
Sun-woo hung his head low in sheer embarrassment.
He couldn't even begin to grasp how things had turned out this way.
He clearly remembered spending a night of burning passion with Paeng Ji-yoon, who had come to comfort him yesterday, but he had no idea why she was dead beside him, or how Lee Ye-seol and the Law Enforcement Hall knew to burst in the moment she was found.
One thing was certain: the situation was far more dire than he had imagined.
No matter if he was the Great Disciple of the Alliance Leader, the crimes of rape and murder against a fellow member were heinous.
Furthermore, even if she was from a collateral line, Paeng Ji-yoon carried the blood of the Hebei Paeng Clan. The backlash from the Paeng Clan was something that had to be reckoned with.
‘Fuck, I’m screwed.’
Sighing repeatedly to himself, Sun-woo soon arrived at the Law Enforcement Hall.
Upon arrival, a group of people was already waiting for him.
The one standing at the front was someone he knew well.
It was Paeng Ga-ryeon, the Head of the Law Enforcement Hall and the fourth wife of the Cheonmu Alliance Leader, Lee Jae-won.
"It has been a long time, Jang Sam."
"I hope you have been well, Hall Master."
Despite his pathetic state, Sun-woo greeted Paeng Ga-ryeon with as much politeness as he could muster.
"I did not expect us to meet again like this, but here we are under such unfortunate circumstances."
"Hall Master, this is a misunderstanding. I have committed no crime."
"Ji-yoon was a niece I cherished dearly. I find it hard to believe that the Great Disciple of the Alliance Leader could commit such a shameful act."
"No! Please listen to me! This is all a conspiracy! I am innocent!"
"I do not wish to believe you are such a lecherous villain either. The Law Enforcement Hall will determine your guilt or innocence. Do not worry and cooperate faithfully with the investigation."
Despite Sun-woo’s desperate cries, Paeng Ga-ryeon continued with a benevolent smile.
Seeing her smile, Sun-woo felt a slight sense of relief.
Come to think of it, was he not the Great Disciple of the Cheonmu Alliance Leader?
The credibility that came from his guaranteed status was not small. Steeling his trembling heart, Sun-woo slowly entered the interior of the Law Enforcement Hall.
The structure of the Law Enforcement Hall was such that the floors became lower the deeper one went.
Those who committed the gravest sins were interrogated on the lowest floor, and Sun-woo was assigned to the room at the very end.
Inside the room sat a man with a fierce countenance.
It was Ju Gwang, the Vice Head of the Law Enforcement Hall.
"Sit, Jang Sam."
As soon as Ju Gwang finished speaking, everyone except him and Jang Sam left, and the door to the interrogation room slammed shut.
Thud.
Perhaps because it was an underground room, a stifling atmosphere hung heavy in the air.
"Name."
"Pardon?!"
"Vice Head Ju Gwang, please don't joke around. It's me."
"I said, state your name, brat!"
The moment Sun-woo finished speaking, Ju Gwang unleashed his momentum, pressing down on Jang Sam with a harsh tone.
In Jang Sam’s memory, Ju Gwang was rough, but he wasn't so arrogant as to suppress him with such overwhelming pressure.
Sun-woo could not easily withstand the momentum of Ju Gwang, who had surpassed the Peak Realm and become a Super-Peak Realm master.
"It's Jang Sam!"
Completely intimidated, Sun-woo answered quickly, his eyes wide like a startled rabbit's.
"Age."
"I turned twenty-seven this year."
"Position."
"I am currently serving as a squad leader in the Black Tortoise Hall."
Hearing Sun-woo’s words, Ju Gwang began scribbling notes haphazardly on a piece of paper.
"What did you do last night?"
"Don't you already know? I was beaten to a pulp by Lee Ye-seol and went straight to my room!"
"That wasn't the end of it, was it? What did you do after going to your room?"
"That... no matter how you look at it, my private romantic affairs are..."
Before Sun-woo could finish, Ju Gwang grabbed him by the hair and slammed his head onto the table.
Slam!
Slam! Slam! Slam!
As if once wasn't enough, he repeated the action several times before finally letting go of his hair.
"Look here, Jang Sam. Do I look like I'm joking? Right now, I am not the martial arts instructor who guided you, nor the guard who protected you. I am Ju Gwang, the Vice Head in charge of this interrogation. If you don't answer properly, you'd better be prepared to lose a limb or two."
Unleashing even more momentum, Ju Gwang growled and threatened Sun-woo.
"Last night, Lady Paeng Ji-yoon came to visit, and we shared our love. I fell asleep immediately after. I never killed her."
Terrified, Sun-woo answered the questions with the utmost sincerity.
"No, no. That's not it."
Ju Gwang frowned and shook his head.
"After being miserably defeated by a junior sister seven years younger than you, you must have been overwhelmed by a massive sense of defeat and inferiority. Isn't that right?"
"..............."
"To relieve that inferiority and defeat, you looked for a suitable target. Someone around Lee Ye-seol's age, weaker than you, and someone who couldn't defy you. That was Paeng Ji-yoon."
"That's not true!"
"No, you always looked down on her because she was merely a collateral member of the Paeng family, and you were constantly looking for an opportunity to target her. And last night, you called her out saying you were depressed and took her by force."
"No! It was consensual! She came to me first!"
"Most suspects in cases like this react just like you. 'We were in love.' 'It was consensual.' 'She seduced me.' But in the end, they all admit to their crimes and end up as dew on the execution grounds."
Ju Gwang seemed to have no intention of believing Sun-woo. He cut off everything Sun-woo said and only continued with his own narrative.
"Whatever I say, it's the truth! Isn't the fact that she came to my room proof of that?"
"A letter written in your handwriting was found in Paeng Ji-yoon's room."
"What!?"
"It contained an order for her to come to your room by the Hour of the Rat."
"That's impossible!"
Sun-woo felt his head spin at Ju Gwang's words. He searched Jang Sam's memories just in case, but there was absolutely no memory of sending a letter to Paeng Ji-yoon.
"This is all a conspiracy! In the first place, how did the Law Enforcement Hall know that Paeng Ji-yoon and I spent the night together and mobilize? It's clear that the person who killed Paeng Ji-yoon did this to frame me. The person who reported me to the Law Enforcement Hall is the most likely suspect!"
Sun-woo quickly spat out the thoughts in his mind.
How could they have known he was spending the night with her and discovered her dead at the perfect time?
The Law Enforcement Hall members who appeared right on cue were suspicious, and Lee Ye-seol, who appeared with them, was also suspicious.
"The one who reported you was Hall Master Paeng Ga-ryeon."
"What!?"
"She said she was worried about her niece who hadn't returned late at night, and while searching her room, she found your letter."
"How could that be...!?"
"After confirming the letter, the Hall Master dispatched the Law Enforcement Hall members to your room."
Sun-woo felt like his head was spinning.
To think that the one who reported him was the Head of the Law Enforcement Hall, Paeng Ga-ryeon!
The woman who, just a moment ago, had looked at him with such a benevolent and pitiful expression was the one who reported him and dispatched the martial artists?
Sun-woo found it difficult to accept this shocking fact.
"Are you perhaps doubting Hall Master Paeng Ga-ryeon?"
Sun-woo could not answer Ju Gwang's question.
Mentally, he wanted to say she had framed him, but making that statement now would create countless enemies.
No matter if he was the Great Disciple, she was the fourth wife of the Alliance Leader Lee Jae-won and a woman holding the heavy responsibility of being the Head of the Law Enforcement Hall.
The difference in their credibility was astronomical.
If he opposed her, it would be the end of him.
"No. It's not like that. There must be some misunderstanding. I did not kill Paeng Ji-yoon!"
"No, no. That's not the answer I want."
Ju Gwang repeated the same words over and over like a broken clockwork doll.
"Overwhelmed by defeat and inferiority, you looked down on her as a mere collateral member of the Paeng family and waited for your chance. Then, last night, you called her out and took her by force. Isn't that right?"
"No! No, it's not!!!"
"This isn't the answer I want either. Listen carefully once more. I will explain exactly why you killed Paeng Ji-yoon."
Ju Gwang didn't listen to a word Sun-woo said.
He simply repeated the same words as if brainwashing him.
Ju Gwang's attitude was that the answer was already decided, and Sun-woo just needed to give the desired response.
Sun-woo had no choice but to listen to Ju Gwang's words without rest.
*
The Office of the Head of the Law Enforcement Hall.
Knock, knock.
"Come in."
The door opened, and Ju Gwang, who had been interrogating Jang Sam, made his appearance.
"How is it? Did he admit to the charges?"
"He is resisting quite stubbornly, so I haven't obtained the desired answer yet."
"Hmph, that's the problem with low-borns. They don't know how to read the situation."
Paeng Ga-ryeon, the Head of the Law Enforcement Hall, snorted and mocked Jang Sam.
Her appearance created a strange sense of dissonance.
The benevolent woman who had smiled kindly at Jang Sam at the entrance, comforting him by saying she believed in him, was nowhere to be found. Only a spiteful-looking Hall Master remained.
"Hall Master, must we kill him? Why not just sever his tendons and meridians and expel him from the Cheonmu Alliance?"
Ju Gwang mustered the courage to speak his mind.
Though he was complicit in this affair, to the childless Ju Gwang, Jang Sam was like a nephew and a disciple.
He didn't want to kill him like this.
Paeng Ga-ryeon shook her head at Ju Gwang's plea.
"Ju Gwang, you must choose wisely. Jang Sam, the Great Disciple, is a definite obstacle that must be cleared for our Ki-yeon to become the next Alliance Leader. And you suggest expulsion after severing his meridians? What if it's later revealed that he was framed?"
Sitting in her chair, she crossed her legs and continued.
Ju Gwang felt his heart race at the sight of her slender legs, but he quickly suppressed it.
Lee Gi-yeon was the daughter born between Lee Jae-won and Paeng Ga-ryeon. She was nineteen this year and, like Lee Ye-seol, was a genius among geniuses whose martial arts level had already reached the end of the Peak Realm.
She had chosen to eliminate Jang Sam, a candidate for the Alliance Leader position, for the sake of her daughter. Even if it meant sacrificing her own niece.
"Ju Gwang, I want to see our Yeon-ah sit in the Alliance Leader's seat. And I want the Paeng family to remain at the center of power for a thousand, ten thousand years. You can understand that, right?"
Noticing Ju Gwang's gaze on her legs, Paeng Ga-ryeon slightly spread them, adjusting her posture so he could see clearly between her thighs.
Between her slightly parted thighs, a lush forest of black hair was faintly visible, and a clam pussy, tightly closed like a virgin's, could be seen.
Seeing that, Ju Gwang felt his lower half throb.
As it was the private part of Paeng Ga-ryeon, whom he had adored for over twenty years, he fell into an uncontrollable state of excitement.
"Come here. Today, I shall give the Vice Head a special reward."
"Madam... I shouldn't."
Continuing this kind of relationship with the fourth wife of his lord, the Absolute Martial God Lee Jae-won, was a problem, but she was too alluring to refuse.
Despite having given birth, her skin was clean without a single wrinkle or blemish, and her beauty, which once boasted of being the Greatest Beauty of Hebei, was now layered with a mature richness.
Furthermore, her tits and buttocks, which had become even more voluptuous after childbirth, swayed as if tempting him.
"Lick it."
Paeng Ga-ryeon spread her legs wide and pulled her secret place open to the left and right.
Then, her clam pussy, drenched in moisture, revealed itself.
Ju Gwang slowly approached her and began to lick her vulva with his tongue.
"Ah... ahh... mmm... ah."
The Law Enforcement Hall office was filled with Paeng Ga-ryeon's moans.
"More... more... a bit... faster."
Ju Gwang's tongue movements became even more fervent.
Starting from her clitoris, Ju Gwang slowly licked around the entrance.
He lightly nipped her clitoris with his teeth and focused his tongue's assault on it.
"Aaaah... ah, ah!"
Gush, gush.
Paeng Ga-ryeon screamed in ecstasy at Ju Gwang's tongue-work, spitting out a gushing spring from her vulva.
It was the love nectar of Paeng Ga-ryeon, the woman he had admired his entire life.
Sucking up all of her gushing spring, Ju Gwang was intoxicated with happiness.
"Madam... I can't hold back any longer."
Ju Gwang spoke, pointing to his fully erect phallus.
"No... Ju Gwang... but... if you wrap this matter up well, I'll let you put it in."
Paeng Ga-ryeon spoke, the traces of her excitement still lingering.
At those words, Ju Gwang felt the last shred of guilt he had for Jang Sam—who was like a nephew and disciple—vanish.
It was a night where the conspiracy deepened.