Chapter 99 Black Dragon (1)
“Please go in peace, Your Excellency!”
On the day Gu Yangji disembarked at Jiangsu, the water pirates saw him off with bright faces.
It wasn’t exactly mixed with relief that he was alive. Rather, it stemmed from malicious intent.
Gu Yangji sneered at the pirates with a bitter smile.
“Are you glad the leader killed himself?”
“Heh heh. Doesn’t this opportunity mean we can rise in the world?”
He didn’t know why Jeong Geon, whose right hand had been severed, had hanged himself.
Perhaps he knew his men would react this way and chose a comfortable death for himself.
The dead couldn’t answer, but Gu Yangji thought Jeong Geon had been quite wise.
“Rise in the world, rise in the world…”
Gu Yangji closed his eyes tightly for a moment. Simultaneously, a grating sound scratched at his ears.
It was a sound tinged with malice, suggesting perhaps now would be the moment to strike.
When Gu Yangji opened his eyes again, the subordinates were grinning. He couldn’t tell what expression they’d worn before.
But the answer was already decided.
“If it’s about making a name for myself, I can do that.”
“Oh! So you’re in this line of work too, sir?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to die and pay respects to Yama than to be less than human?”
“……?!”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the bandits raised the knives, daggers, and spears they had concealed behind their backs.
It was an action utterly at odds with the smiles they had shown moments before.
