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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Chetamja: The King’s Eyes","slug":"chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj","original_title":"체탐자 - Informer"},"chapter":{"number":8,"chapter_key":"8-sw8ha9","title":"Best Swordsman in Joseon","release_date":"2026-09-07","last_updated":"2026-09-07T02:32:38.940Z","summary":"This episode tells the story of the rivalry between Joseon's two great swordsmen, General Lee Sunmong and Commander-in-Chief Yundeok Choi. The duel, which begins with a drunken Sunmong challenging Choi, ends in Sunmong's victory and humiliates Choi. Then the story moves on to the military examinations; Sunmong is seen running the exams as he pleases, having melons brought in and entertaining the candidates. Gwiyeong, known in the north as the 'Shadow of the Ghost,' is sought to be exempted from the exams thanks to a jade plaque, but Sunmong wants him to take the exams to see his true strength. During the partner selection for the third exam, no one wants to face Gwiyeong; however, an injured candidate insists on fighting him, bringing up a painful subject about Gwiyeong's dead sister.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"This episode tells the story of the rivalry between Joseon's two great swordsmen, General Lee Sunmong and Commander-in-Chief Yundeok Choi. The duel, which begins with a drunken Sunmong challenging Choi, ends in Sunmong's victory and humiliates Choi. Then the story moves on to the military examinations; Sunmong is seen running the exams as he pleases, having melons brought in and entertaining the candidates. Gwiyeong, known in the north as the 'Shadow of the Ghost,' is sought to be exempted from the exams thanks to a jade plaque, but Sunmong wants him to take the exams to see his true strength. During the partner selection for the third exam, no one wants to face Gwiyeong; however, an injured candidate insists on fighting him, bringing up a painful subject about Gwiyeong's dead sister.","key_events":["Candidates choose partners for third exam; no one wants to face Gwiyeong","A drunken Lee Sunmong challenges Yundeok Choi to a duel and defeats him, claiming title of Joseon's best swordsman","Injured candidate rejects healing pass and provokes Gwiyeong about his sister's death; Gwiyeong accepts fight","Third exam announced as paired combat where fighting style, not result, determines passing","Sunmong's arrest is ordered while exams are ordered to continue normally"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SUNMONG LEE.\nHE WAS BORN AS THE SON OF EUNG LEE, WHO PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN KING TAEJONG'S RISE TO POWER IN THE FIRST PRINCE'S REBELLION.\nAS THE ELDEST SON OF A MERITORIOUS SUBJECT, SUNMONG WAS IMMEDIATELY APPOINTED TO A GOVERNMENT POST.\n\nHE BECAME A THIRD-RANK MILITARY OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PROMINENT MILITARY OFFICIAL.\nJUST LIKE YUNDEOK CHOI, THE FLAWLESS SWORDSMAN...\n...SUNMONG EARNED THE MONIKER OF THE SUPREME AND ULTIMATE SWORDSMAN.\n\nTOGETHER, THEY WERE CONSIDERED THE GREATEST SWORDSMEN IN ALL OF JOSEON.\nHE WAS A COMPETENT OFFICIAL WHO CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE KINGDOM...\n\n...BUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE WAS RATHER PROBLEMATIC.\nHIS CONSTANT DRINKING, SWEARING, AND EXCESSIVE FONDNESS FOR WOMEN...\n...CAUSED BIGGER SCANDALS AS HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS.\n\nTHAT OLD GEEZER...\nRUNNING HIS MOUTH AS IF HE'S BETTER THAN ME...\nBY ANY CHANCE,\nARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME?\n\nYUNDEOK CHOI CHIEF COMMANDER\nOF COURSE! WHO ELSE BUT YOU?\nI DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU PUFF UP YOUR CHEST AND ACT SUPERIOR TO OTHERS!\nWHY DON'T WE BATTLE IT OUT AND SEE WHO TRULY IS THE BEST SWORDSMAN IN JOSEON?\n\nHOW DARE YOU?! HIS MAJESTY HIMSELF FORBID YOU TO DRINK!\n\nOH, LOOK. IF IT ISN’T THE MIGHTIEST WARRIOR OF JOSEON, GENERAL CHOI HIMSELF!\nJOIN US. LET ME POUR YOU A DRINK...\n\nSUNMONG NEVER STOPPED CAUSING TROUBLES AND SCANDALS.\nYOUR MAJESTY! YOU MUST STRIP SUNMONG LEE FROM HIS POST AND PUNISH HIM FOR HIS ACTIONS!\nHIS APPOINTMENT WAS SOLELY BASED ON HIS FATHER’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE KINGDOM! BUT HE IS A RECKLESS MAN WITH NO RESTRAINT OR SELF-DISCIPLINE.\n\nHE MUST BE PUNISHED!\nTHAT’S ENOUGH.\nI WILL NOT PUNISH SUNMONG LEE, AND THAT IS FINAL.\nYOU ARE NOT TO BRING THIS UP AGAIN.\n\nTHAT'S RIGHT. GENERAL LEE WAS NEVER PUNISHED DESPITE ALL THE TROUBLES HE CAUSED.\nWHAT? THAT'S NOT FAIR. WHY WASN'T HE PUNISHED?\nWHO KNOWS? IT COULD BE HIS FATHER'S NAME.\n\nBUT IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE HE'S TOO DARN GOOD AT HIS JOB.\nLEE SUNMONG\n\nDON'T JUST STAND THERE!\nTAKE THIS BOY TO A PHYSICIAN AND GET HIM TREATED AT ONCE!\nGO!\n\nLEE... YOU'VE DONE IT THIS TIME...\nHMPH... THE GEEZER IS NAGGING AGAIN...\n\nEVEN THE FOOLS IN THE STREETS ASK...\n...WHY THERE ARE TWO BEST SWORDSMEN IN JOSEON.\nWHAT DO YOU THINK, GENERAL CHOI?\n\nWHY DON'T WE SETTLE WHO'S THE BETTER OF THE TWO ONCE AND FOR ALL?\nBECAUSE I BELIEVE I AM THE BEST IN JOSEON.\nLEE...\n\nIS IT YOUR WISH...\n...TO DIE RIGHT HERE?\n\nGENERAL, PLEASE! CALM DOWN!\nYOU’RE DRUNK--\nTHEN...\n...LET ME START.\n\nAS YOU WISH. YOU WILL PERISH RIGHT HERE!\n\nHAHA! THIS IS GREAT!\n\nLET'S HAVE SOME FUN!\n\nWHAT?! BUT HOW...?\n\nYOU'VE GROWN OLD, GENERAL.\nYOU'RE TOO SLOW.\n\nHAHA... HAHAHA!!\n\nAT LAST!!\nI AM...\n...THE BEST SWORDSMAN IN JOSEON!!!\nIT IS I!\n\nTHE BEST OF THE BEST!\nBWAHAHA! YOU'RE DONE FOR!\n\nWH-WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT HIM, SIR?\nHE'S LOST IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS GIVEN SUCH A CRUCIAL ROLE...\nYOUR TIME HAS COME TO AN END--\nHE ISN'T WORTH STAINING MY BLADE OVER.\n\nGUARDS! HAVE THIS FOOL LOCKED UP AT ONCE!\nI'M... THE BEST...\nIN JOSEON...\n\nSIR... WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT THE TEST...\nAND THE REST OF THE CANDIDATES?\nIT'S SIMPLE.\nHAVE THEM TAKE THE TEST THE WAY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.\n\nCANDIDATE 17, DISQUALIFIED!\nRATS!!\n\nWHAT? SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SHOOTING THE ARROWS?\nTHE BOW IS JOSEON'S PRIMARY WEAPON.\nTHEREFORE, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO MASTER THE BOW TO PASS THE MILITARY EXAM.\nTHEN WHAT WAS THE OTHER TEST ABOUT?\nARCHERY? NO. I HAVE A VERY INTERESTING IDEA.\n\nWHY DON'T YOU GO AND GET ME SOME MELONS?\nSO HE DID IT JUST TO AMUSE HIMSELF?\nWOW, SOUNDS LIKE A FUN GUY.\nBUT STILL... YOU CAN'T DENY HIS STRENGTH.\n\nTHAT'S WHY HE NEVER GOT PUNISHED FOR DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.\nDID HE REALLY CATCH THE ARROW WITH HIS HANDS?\n\nYES, SIR. GENERAL LEE AIMED FOR HIS HEAD, BUT HE DODGED IT...\nI COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING, SIR.\nAPPARENTLY, THE BOY IS KNOWN IN THE NORTHERN REGIONS AS THE GHOST'S SHADOW.\n\nSINCE HE WAS GIVEN THE JADE PLAQUE BY HIS MAJESTY, WE WILL EXEMPT HIM FROM THE TESTS.\nNO. LET HIM TAKE THE TESTS.\nI BEG YOUR PARDON?\nTHE JADE PLAQUE WAS THE KING'S WILL, NOT MINE.\n\nTHIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BOY'S TRUE STRENGTH.\n\nFROM THIS POINT ON...\n...I WILL OVERSEE THE TESTS UNTIL THE END!!\n\nYOUR STRENGTH WILL BE ASSESSED IN THE THIRD TEST.\nYOU WILL PAIR UP WITH A PARTNER OF YOUR CHOOSING AND SPAR WITH THEM.\nHOWEVER, THE RESULT OF THE MATCH WILL NOT DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS.\nWE WILL BE OBSERVING HOW YOU FIGHT.\nYOU CAN WIN AND GET DISQUALIFIED FOR USING INAPPROPRIATE MEANS.\n\nLIKEWISE, YOU CAN LOSE AND STILL BE QUALIFIED IF WE SEE POTENTIAL IN YOU.\nNOW, CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER.\nD-DUMOK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAIR UP WITH--\nNO. MATCHUP IS CRUCIAL FOR THIS TEST.\n\nWE WON'T BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM OUR BEST TRAITS DUE TO OUR SIZE DIFFERENCE.\nMAYBE YOU'RE JUST AVOIDING ME BECAUSE I BEAT YOU UP IN THE FIRST TEST.\nWH-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! BESIDES, TEAMMATES AREN'T SUPPOSED TO FIGHT EACH OTHER!\nHEY, WANNA GO WITH ME?\n\nYOU HAVE A NICE BODY. SURE.\nHEY... DO YOU WANT TO PAIR UP WITH ME?\nHEY, WHY DON'T WE--\nN-NO, THANKS.\n\nNO WAY. THAT'S GWIYEONG, THE GHOST'S SHADOW.\nWHO'D WANT TO FIGHT HIM?\n\nWERE YOU UNABLE TO FIND A PARTNER? THEN I SUPPOSE--\nI WILL!\nI WILL FIGHT GWIYEONG!\n\nIN YOUR INJURED STATE? THAT WON'T DO.\nYOU HELD OUT AGAINST LEE'S VILE DEEDS.\nI WILL GIVE YOU A PASSING MARK FOR THE THIRD TEST, SO FOCUS ON YOUR RECOVERY.\n\nNO...\nPLEASE LET ME FIGHT HIM.\nHEY... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?\n\nHE'S ABOUT TO GIVE US A FREE PASS, SO SHUT UP--\nGWIYEONG.\nI HEARD YOU SEE HALLUCINATIONS OF YOUR SISTER WHO DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE BARBARIANS.\n\nWHAT'S THE MATTER? IS YOUR SISTER TELLING YOU NOT TO FIGHT?\nTHAT'S ENOUGH. THE TWO OF YOU WILL BE--\nYES, I WILL FIGHT HIM.\n\nBUT I MIGHT END UP KILLING YOU.","bubble_count":133,"pages_count":48,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"This episode tells the story of the rivalry between Joseon's two great swordsmen, General Lee Sunmong and Commander-in-Chief Yundeok Choi.","spoiler_summary":"This episode tells the story of the rivalry between Joseon's two great swordsmen, General Lee Sunmong and Commander-in-Chief Yundeok Choi. The duel, which begins with a drunken Sunmong challenging Choi, ends in Sunmong's victory and humiliates Choi. Then the story moves on to the military examinations; Sunmong is seen running the exams as he pleases, having melons brought in and entertaining the candidates. Gwiyeong, known in the north as the 'Shadow of the Ghost,' is sought to be exempted from the exams thanks to a jade plaque, but Sunmong wants him to take the exams to see his true strength. During the partner selection for the third exam, no one wants to face Gwiyeong; however, an injured candidate insists on fighting him, bringing up a painful subject about Gwiyeong's dead sister."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj/chapter-8-sw8ha9","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Chetamja: The King’s Eyes #8: Best Swordsman in Joseon","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-20T10:29:45.542Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj"}}