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After shaking off their followers, they meet Sang, but the proposal about the weapon and killing his comrades escalates tension into a fight.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Hanyang, two squad leaders are invited to their master's house; as court affairs and General Lee are discussed, whether Gwiyeong can be trusted is questioned. Elsewhere, Dam, held tied up, is surprised by a visit from his old neighbor. The neighbor brings rice cakes, explains Hoebeon, and takes Dam out for a walk. After shaking off their followers, they meet Sang, but the proposal about the weapon and killing his comrades escalates tension into a fight.","key_events":["Dam is kept tied up as precaution while friends hide truth with drunkenness excuse","Dam argues with Hoebeon member for suggesting killing his colleagues, defends comrades","Old neighbor reveals Hoebeon group and takes Dam to meet Sang","Beggar stalls Dumok's pursuit, causing them to lose Dam's trail","Master hosts two squad leaders in Hanyang, mentions General Lee visit and asks to trust Gwiyeong","Dam's old neighbor visits, brings rice cakes and gets angry seeing Dam tied","Old neighbor takes Dam out for a walk and shakes off pursuers","Hoebeon member suddenly attacks Dam, fight breaks out with intervention"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SO, ARE YOU ENJOYING YOUR TIME IN HANYANG?\n\nYES, MASTER... I MEAN, MY LORD.\nWE ARE HONORED TO BE INVITED TO YOUR HOME.\nI’M SORRY I COULDN’T FIND THE TIME TO LOOK AFTER YOU IN HANYANG. COURT AFFAIRS HAVE KEPT ME BUSY.\n\nNOT AT ALL, SIR. WE UNDERSTAND.\nBUT I DID HEAR GENERAL LEE ENTERTAINED YOU THE OTHER DAY.\nWELL... YES... HE DID SURPRISE US WITH A VISIT.\nI CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF FOOLISHNESS HE MUST’VE PUT YOU THROUGH...\n\nTRY NOT TO GET YOURSELVES INTO TROUBLE.\nTHAT’S WHY I CALLED THE TWO OF YOU HERE. YOU’RE THE SQUAD LEADERS.\nTH-THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, SIR.\n\nGWIYEONG...\nCAN I COUNT ON YOU?\nYOU USED TO GET SWEPT UP IN YOUR EMOTIONS.\n\nI EXPECT YOU'VE CHANGED SINCE.\n\nOH, COME ON...\nARE YOU GONNA KEEP ME HERE FOREVER?\n\nWHAT? DON'T TELL ME YOU NEED THE TOILET AGAIN!\nTHAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO STAY TIED UP?!\nHMM... CAN'T REALLY SAY. WE'RE JUST TAKING PRECAUTIONS...\nI TOLD YOU I WON'T TRY ANYTHING!\n\nBEAR IT. IT CAN'T BE HELPED...\nDAM, IT'S NOT THAT WE ALL DISTRUST YOU.\nBUT WITH THE THINGS AS THEY ARE, YOU CAN'T BLAME US FOR BEING WARY.\n\nWHAT DO I HAVE TO DO SO YOU'LL TRUST ME?\nWELL... TIME WILL TELL.\nDARN IT...\nIF THEY DON'T RELEASE ME, I'LL BE STUCK HERE--\n\nWAIT UNTIL YUJEONG AND GWIYEONG GET BACK.\nHELLO...\nOH MY, YOU ARE ALL HERE.\n\nOH, AREN'T YOU DAM'S OLD NEIGHBOR WE MET AT THE TAVERN?\nYES, THAT'S ME.\nI THOUGHT I’D COME BY AND TALK WITH DAM... HUH?\n\nDAM?! WHY ARE YOU ALL TIED UP?\nAND LOOK AT YOUR FACE! WHAT HAPPENED?\nOH... HELLO...\nUMM... IT’S A LONG STORY...\nDON’T TELL ME THIS IS HOW YOU’VE BEEN TREATING HIM ALL THIS TIME!\n\nWHAT DID HE EVER DO?\nI TOLD YOU ABOUT THE ROUGH CHILDHOOD HE HAD TO ENDURE!\nHOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO HIM?\nI ONLY TOLD YOU THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOOD PEOPLE!\n\nHAHA! THIS IS A MISUNDERSTANDING!\nWHY WOULD WE BULLY HIM? HAHA...\nAFTER DAM LEFT US THAT NIGHT, HE CAME BACK ALL DRUNK AND MESSED UP.\n\nHE KEPT ASKING FOR MORE DRINKS, SO WE HAD TO TAKE SOME EXTREME MEASURES. HAHA...\nI-IS THAT SO?\nDUMOK...!\n\nWE HAVE NO CHOICE! WE CAN'T LET ANYONE FIND OUT DAM WAS UP TO NO GOOD.\nDID YOU HAVE MORE TO DRINK AFTER LEAVING THE TAVERN...?\nI GUESS YOU REMEMBERED SOME OLD MEMORIES AFTER COMING BACK TO HANYANG...\nDAM, I BROUGHT YOU SOME RICE CAKES. I KNOW YOU LIKE THEM.\n\nHERE, I GOT SOME FOR EVERYONE. COME AND JOIN US.\nBUT HOW DID YOU KNOW WE WERE HERE...?\nHERE, DAM. IT'S A BAEKSEOLGI. YOUR FAVORITE.\n\nPLEASE, TAKE SOME TOO.\nTH-THANK YOU.\n....?!\n\nWE CALL OURSELVES HOEBEON.\n\nWE ARE EVERYWHERE.\nAS FOR YOUR PAST...\n...SOMEONE WHO USED TO KNOW YOU INFORMED US.\n\nUMM...\nI'D LIKE TO TALK WITH DAM ABOUT THE OLD DAYS...\n\nI’LL TAKE HIM FOR A WALK. WE WON’T TAKE LONG.\n\nWAS IT YOU...\n...WHO TOLD HOEBEON ABOUT ME?\nIS THAT WHY YOU APPROACHED ME AT THE TAVERN? WAS IT ALL A PART OF THE PLAN?\n\nI’LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING LATER.\nYOUR COLLEAGUES MUST BE ON OUR TAIL.\nTRY TO KEEP IT DOWN.\n\nWELL, AREN’T YOU IMPRESSIVE. SO WHERE ARE WE HEADED?\n\nFIRST, WE’RE GOING TO MEET SANG.\nBUT YOU JUST TOLD ME MY COLLEAGUES ARE ON OUR TAIL...\nDON’T WORRY.\n\nWE’LL SHAKE THEM OFF.\nARE WE TAILING HIM NOW?\nIS THIS REALLY NECESSARY?\nBETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.\n\nHE'S WITH AN OLD NEIGHBOR. WHAT WOULD HE DO ANYWAY?\nSPARE A COIN...\nPLEASE... I HAVEN’T EATEN FOR DAYS...\n\nANYTHING. PLEASE...\nI-I DIDN’T THINK THERE WOULD BE BEGGARS IN HANYANG...\nPEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. WHY WOULD THIS CITY BE ANY DIFFERENT?\nHERE'S A COIN FOR YOU.\nI CAN'T EVEN BUY ME A BOWL OF SOUP WITH THIS!\nPLEASE GIVE ME MORE!\n\nWH-WHAT? THE NERVE...\nDUMOK, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THEM!\n\nFINE! HERE'S SOME MORE!\nNOW, LET ME GO...\n\nYOU MANAGED TO SHAKE THEM OFF.\n\nWELL DONE.\n\nYOU MAY GO NOW.\nSURE. SEE YOU AGAIN.\nW-WAIT...\nWHAT'S GOING ON?\n\nDON'T WORRY. YOU'LL SEE HER AGAIN.\nWHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE?\nDID YOU SECURE THE WEAPON THEN?\n\nNO... NOT YET.\nBUT NOT TO WORRY. IT WILL BE HERE.\nHOW DID THINGS GO ON YOUR SIDE?\nDID YOU MANAGE TO CONVINCE YOUR COLLEAGUES?\n\nHARDLY. YOU SAW THEM FOLLOW US, DIDN'T YOU?\nTHERE'S NO WAY THEY'D LET ME OFF THAT EASY.\nBESIDES, OUR JOB IS TO SUSPECT EVERYTHING. IT'S IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION.\n\nOH WELL... I FIGURED AS MUCH.\nFOR THE SAKE OF THE FUTURE...\n...IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO GET RID OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.\nWHAT...?\n\nIT'S SAFER THAT WAY.\nMAYBE NOT ALL OF THEM. JUST THE MAIN ONES, AT LEAST...\nWE COULD DISGUISE IT AS AN ACCIDENT SO IT DOESN'T RAISE ANY SUSPICION.\n\nOH, COME ON. I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT KILLING THEM.\nTHIS IS RIDICULOUS... YOU GOT THIS ALL WRONG.\nDID YOU FORGET WHAT I TOLD YOU THE OTHER DAY?\nI'M NOT SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY ARE MY COLLEAGUES.\n\nI'VE FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THEM IN BATTLES TO THE DEATH.\nA GROUP LIKE THE HOEBEON CAN NEVER--\nNO. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU FORGOT WHAT I SAID.\n\nWE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WHO'VE FOUGHT...\n...BATTLES TO THE DEATH.\n\nWHAT?! HE SUDDENLY ATTACKED!\n\nRAAAH!\nI KNOW HANYANG HAS A REPUTATION FOR THIEVES AND SWINDLERS.\n\nBUT EVEN BEGGARS SEEM TO BE DANGEROUS HERE.\nSOON, YOU’LL TELL ME WHY YOU DID THIS!\n\nBUT BEFORE THAT, I’M GONNA BEAT YOU SENSELESS!\n\nUGH...\n\nWHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BEATING UP MY FRIENDS?\n\nDO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH?","bubble_count":134,"pages_count":50,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Hanyang, two squad leaders are invited to their master's house; as court affairs and General Lee are discussed, whether Gwiyeong can be trusted is questioned.","spoiler_summary":"In Hanyang, two squad leaders are invited to their master's house; as court affairs and General Lee are discussed, whether Gwiyeong can be trusted is questioned. Elsewhere, Dam, held tied up, is surprised by a visit from his old neighbor. The neighbor brings rice cakes, explains Hoebeon, and takes Dam out for a walk. After shaking off their followers, they meet Sang, but the proposal about the weapon and killing his comrades escalates tension into a fight."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj/chapter-53-s6uw68","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Chetamja: The King’s Eyes #53: Battles to the Death","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-20T09:35:03.294Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj"}}