Chapter 16: Chapter 16
Manhwa: Chapter 12
The dwelling place of Lim Sayeol and the instructors was made by remodeling a naturally formed cave. It was located on the opposite side of the area where Pyo-wol stayed, and it boasted an iron-clad border from the entrance.
The instructors who had been dispatched to this place took turns and stood guard directly. Because of that, no one dared to infiltrate this place.
It was the instructors who taught the children stealth and infiltration.
The countermeasures against it were also best known by the instructors.
The instructors looked around with sharp eyes.
As the children's skills improved, the instructors in particular strengthened their vigilance.
They believed that no one would have the courage to sneak in here, but since anything can happen, they could never relax.
Little do they know that there would actually be a human being who would be moving cleverly out of their cognitive domain boundaries.
It was Pyo-wol who sneaked in without a sound or gesture.
Pyo-wol was performing both stealth and Turtle Breathing Technique at the same time.
In order to perform the original Turtle Breathing Technique, the biological activities of the body had to be almost stopped like a corpse. He literally has to keep the minimum amount of breathing to maintain his life.
Moving was, of course, unimaginable.
Of course, the instructors who taught them the Turtle Breathing Technique knew that, and the children who learned the technique used it as it was taught to them. But Pyo-wol was different.
Pyo-wol had his doubts after learning how to execute the Turtle Breathing Technique.
Why would the Turtle Breathing Technique be undone if he moves?
He wondered how he could move while simultaneously using the Turtle Breathing technique.
The body had to breathe in order to move.
No matter how skilled he was, he could not live without breathing.
The greater the movement, the more breathing was required.
Turtle Breathing Technique is a method of hiding the presence by inhaling one's breath for as long and thin as possible to lower the vital signs of the body.
Because of this, it was impossible to move while using the Turtle Breathing Technique.
Pyo-wol thought and tried countless times, but failed repeatedly.
Then one day, he found a solution.
The breakthrough was with the Thunder-Splitting Cultivation Technique. He thought about what it would be like to break his breath into small pieces through the Thunder-Splitting method.
If he can't secretly move while he's breathing anyway, it's better to finely divide his breath continuously enough so that other people would not be able to feel it. Then, the body signs could drop significantly, and movement would then be possible, Pyo-wol thought.
Pyo-wol put his ideas into practice soon.
It wasn't easy at first.
Breaking his breath into pieces almost to the point of stopping his breathing put a great strain on Pyo-wol's body. Moreover, moving while maintaining such fine breathing placed a greater burden on him.
However, Pyo-wol did not give up and kept trying. After trying so many times, it became possible to move using the Turtle Breathing Technique at some point.
He had succeeded several times against children, but this was the first time he used it against the instructors so he had no choice but to be nervous.
He had to maintain his hiding skills while practicing his Turtle Breathing technique.
The burden on him had increased several times. Pyo-wol moved while simultaneously practicing Turtle Breathing technique and stealth techniques.
The instructors were looking straight ahead with their eyes wide open, but they did not notice the passing of the Pyo-wol.
This is because Pyo-wol cleverly moved along the areas of their cognitive domain. Ordinary people think that they perceive everything they see, but that was impossible in the first place.
Except for the focused area, the brain only sees, and if there is no unusual movement, the brain cannot recognize it. Blindness that cannot be recognized even by looking at it straight with the naked eye.
Pyo-wol moved using their blind spot (死角 sǐjiǎo or dead corner).
Pyo-wol passed between the instructors like a ghost.
The instructors were completely unaware that Pyo-wol had passed in front of them. Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only
Pyo-wol crept into the cave silently. Perhaps because the security at the entrance was so strict, the guards inside were less than expected. Still, Pyo-wol remained vigilant.
This was a sanctuary.
If his existence is exposed because of a little bit of carelessness, he will immediately get the attention of the instructors. No matter how much Pyo-wol possessed unrivaled abilities among children, he would be unable to survive turning numerous instructors as an enemy.
Pyo-wol calmly grasped his own abilities to that extent.
Any point between the near-death heat and the cusps.
That was Pyo-wol's evaluation of his own abilities.
Pyo-wol looked around Lim Sayeol's place with his senses sharpened.
Lim Sayeol's residence was located in the deepest part of the cave. Fortunately, Lim Sayeol was not staying in his room. Pyo-wol began to search Lim Sayeol's residence.
Pyo-wol wanted to get out of the underground place. But in order to do so, he needs to remove the restriction that binds the children by identifying the affiliation of the instructors and the three swords. He needs to know which groups they belonged to.
If he can figure out who their master is and where his base is, it will be easier to get out of their grasp. However, no matter how much he searched the residence of Lim Sayeol, there was no data related to the instructors.
Instead, what he found was a letter with a request written on it.
[Privy only to the leader of the Blood Phantom Group
Lim Sayeol invited the Second sword Gu Shinhaeng and the Third sword Sang Ilshin to his residence.
"Are you really saying that one of the children broke into this place?"
"Who might it be?"
Their faces were gloomy.
It was because they thought that one day, when children's growth rise, there might come the time that they will instigate a rebellion. If anyone were to be treated in this way and to be abused, there was bound to be a resentment.
Although some kind of restriction was put in place when the time comes, given the children's growth, the backlash might happen much faster than they expected.
It was a very serious problem.
If the children resist before they could even get to the mission, all their efforts over the past six years will go to waste.
So before that happens, they have to suppress the resistance of the children.
Gu Shinhaeng asked Lim Sayeol.
"Does anyone have a clue on who might the intruder be?"
"Pyo-wol!"
"Yes? But he..."
"There is no one more gifted at infiltration than him among the children."
"Then...?"
"Yes, it's Pyo-wol."
Lim Sa-yeol was certain.
There was no evidence, but that was what his senses were telling him.
"That's ridiculous. To think he'd infiltrate this place while everyone is chasing him."
"He came in when no one was inside the residence."
Shame appeared on the faces of Gu Shinhaeng and Sang Ilshin.
They accepted Lim Sayeol's speculation as a fact.
If they left him like this, Pyo-wol might look down even more on the instructors and attack them. So before that, they had to go find and punish him.
The problem is that they don't know where Pyo-wol is hiding now.
Even though all the children were chasing after him, Pyo-wol could not be found. They couldn't be sure that the instructors who had left the front line were better at tracking than the children.
Lim Sayeol looked at the two with sharp eyes.
"If we leave Pyo-wol like this, it's sure to cause big problems."
"But there's no solid evidence that he came in here. It's definitely burdensome to punish him without evidence. I'm also concerned about the backlash of other children."
"So we have to deal with him in another way. We could direct the children's opposition to Pyo-wol."
"How?"
Sang Ilshin looked at Lim Sayeol in surprise.
Lim Sa-yeol nodded his head.
"That's right! I'm thinking of using Hell Call (地獄籍)."
"But it is the last resort restriction..."
"The time has come to show Pyo-wol and all the children who is holding their lives. Who their true owner is."
"Well!"
"It's a process that we have to go through at least once, and it's hard to take this opportunity to break the spirit of not only Pyo-Wol but all of the children."
Lim Sa-yeol's eyes gleamed eerily.
Gu Shinhaeng and Sang Ilshin looked at each other's faces. And they nodded at the same time.
With what Lim Sayeol said, the atmosphere of the children these days is not serious. At this point, it didn't seem too bad to confirm with the children who had the upper hand.
Lim Sayeol asked.
"Do you agree to the use of hell call?"
"I agree."
"I agree."
"Then we shall use it now. Bring it out."
"Yes!"
Gu Shinhaeng got up from his seat and went to his room. When he returned after a while, he had flute in his hand.
He handed the flute to Lim Sayeol.
Lim Sayeol, who was handed the flute, took the two of them out of the cave.
As they left the entrance, they saw a huge underground cavity.
It was invisible, but there were children hiding in every nook and cranny.
"I'll show you hell."
Lim Sayeol bring the Hell Call into his mouth.
Suddenly, an inaudible sound echoed through the underground cavity.