Chetamja: The King’s Eyes — S2 - Chapter 33

I’VE BEEN TOO BUSY WITH WORK AND PERSONAL MATTERS LATELY. ONLY NOW DO WE GET TO HOLD OUR FIRST TRAINING.

WELL?

HOW ARE YOUR INJURIES?

I’VE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER, SIR.

BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PROPERLY WIELD A SWORD YET.

I HEARD GWIYEONG IS ALREADY BACK IN TRAINING AFTER MAKING A FULL RECOVERY.

SO I APOLOGIZE, SIR.

I WAS TOLD OF THIS IN ADVANCE.

BUT IT WOULD SEEM YOU’RE EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF HIM THAN I THOUGHT.

I-I DIDN’T MEAN--

THAT'S FINE.

RIVALRY CAN ALSO HELP YOU GROW.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW I ONCE SAID YOU ARE TOO STIFF AND RIGID?

TELL ME. HOW CAN A RIGID TREE STAY UPRIGHT WITHOUT SNAPPING?

I... DON'T KNOW, SIR.

YOU GROW INTO A LARGE TREE.

ONE SO LARGE THAT NOT EVEN A STORM CAN BRING IT DOWN.

BECOME A PILLAR LARGE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE KINGDOM OF JOSEON.

AND THAT, I SHALL MAKE OF YOU.

GENERAL YUNDEOK CHOI...

...WAS KNOWN FOR HIS VIRTUOUS AND RIGHTEOUS WAYS.

I-I WISH FOR THE SAME, SIR.

I WANT TO BECOME THE GREAT PINE TREE THAT PROTECTS THE KINGDOM, JUST LIKE YOU.

SO IT WAS EASY TO FORGET...

BUT HOW COULD I BECOME LIKE YOU...?

YOU CAN.

FOR THAT, YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

BRING GWIYEONG DOWN.

SUBDUE HIM AND MAKE HIM KNEEL BEFORE YOU.

...THAT CHOI, TOO, IS A WARRIOR...

...WHOSE EYES ARE SET ON NOTHING BUT VICTORY.

CAN YOU DO IT?

YES, MY DEAR DISCIPLE.

DON'T BE SHY NOW. FEEL FREE TO FIGHT BACK.

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS...

YES.

GOOD REFLEXES. YOU PASS.

OF COURSE...

HOW COULD I FORGET THAT SPECIAL MOVE OF YOURS?

...?

OH...?

YOU CLEVER LITTLE THING...!

THIS IS UNREASONABLE!

WHY WAS CAPTAIN JANG KIM DISMISSED?

MUST I EXPLAIN THE REASON BEHIND MY WORK...

TO EVERY ONE OF YOU?

IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE RECENT INCIDENT?

HOW COULD ANYONE HAVE DONE ANY BETTER?!

IT'S MY FAULT, SIR.

I... PROTECTED THE ENEMY SPY. THAT DELAYED HIS JUDGMENT AND MADE THE SITUATION WORSE.

YOU SHOULD PUNISH ME, NOT CAPTAIN KIM.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

I WILL SEE THIS AS AN ACT OF CAMARADERIE FOR YOUR COMRADE, BUT I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY MORE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I BELIEVE YOU ARE SCHEDULED FOR TRAINING.

YOU WILL HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST THE NEW RECRUITS,

SO I DOUBT YOU HAVE TIME TO BE COMPLAINING.

OFF YOU GO NOW.

MY LORD...!

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!

WHO THE HELL IS HE ANYWAY? WHO LET HIM BARGE IN HERE AND TURN THINGS UPSIDE DOWN?

SHH! HE'LL HEAR YOU!

THE KING HIMSELF SENT HIM HERE.

I KNOW THIS IS FRUSTRATING, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

HEY... MOVE ASIDE. YOU'RE IN THE WAY.

....?

THEY MUST BE THE RECRUITS.

LOOK, THOSE GUYS ARE ALREADY IN GEAR.

THEY MUST BE THE FEW SENIOR CHETAMJAS WE WERE TOLD ABOUT.

BUT DIDN'T THEY SAY THERE ARE FIVE?

MAYBE THE OTHER TWO GOT FIRED ALONG WITH THE CAPTAIN.

HAHA!

WHAT WAS IT AGAIN? THE SHADOW GHOST?

I HEARD THERE'S THIS LEGENDARY GUY FROM THE NORTH.

SO WHERE IS THIS GHOST?

MAYBE HE GOT FIRED TOO!

HAHA!

HIS MONIKER IS GHOST'S SHADOW, YOU MORONS.

NO.

DON'T STIR UP TROUBLE...

ARE YOU HERE TO GOSSIP? QUIET DOWN AND GET INSIDE ALREADY.

UNLIKE YOU, WE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO.

WHAT...?

UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO SHOW EVERYONE HOW CRUDE YOU ARE...

...I SUGGEST YOU STOP RUNNING YOUR MOUTH AND STAY QUIET, EX-CONVICT.

SON OF A BITCH!!

YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?

CONVICTS?

ARE THEY USING CRIMINALS AS CHETAMJAS NOW?

IT’S NOT ALL THAT SURPRISING,

GIVEN HOW WE’RE EXPECTED TO RISK OUR LIVES ALL THE TIME.

STILL... IT’S HAPPENING FASTER THAN I THOUGHT.

IT’S TOO RADICAL.

YEAH, WE WERE CONVICTS.

BUT WE WERE PARDONED.

THERE MUST BE A VERY GOOD REASON WHY THE KING PARDONED US...

...AND SENT US ALL THE WAY HERE, RIGHT?

WHO CARES? YOU'RE ALL CRIMINALS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE REST OF US WHO HAVE TO WORK ALONGSIDE TRASH LIKE YOU?

IS THIS TURNING INTO A FACTION FIGHT ALREADY? MAYBE WE SHOULD STOP THEM.

FORGET IT. IT WILL ONLY CAUSE MORE TROUBLE.

BY THE WAY, DOESN'T THAT GUY SOUND EXACTLY LIKE YUJEONG?

YEAH. HE'S JUST AS ARROGANT AND ANNOYING.

HAHA...

HOW DARE--

WAS THIS GUY THE STRONGEST AMONG YOU?

SPLENDID.

WHY DON'T WE SETTLE THE PECKING ORDER WHILE WE'RE AT IT?

HEY. SENIOR CHETAMJAS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE ME ON?

NO, THANKS. COUNT ME OUT--

FINE.

BRING IT ON.

WHEW...

M-MY LORD!

THERE SEEMS TO BE TROUBLE OUTSIDE...

WHAT OF IT?

WERE YOU WATCHING THEM?

ONE OF THE RECRUITS WHO JUST ARRIVED STARTED--

YES, I KNOW.

IT’S FINE. LET THEM BE.

IT'S RATHER CONVENIENT.

IT SETTLES THE RANKS...

...AND LETS ME CHECK THEIR SKILLS AS WELL.

HMPH. YOU’RE NOT BAD--

?!

YOU CAUGHT ME IN A BAD MOOD AS IT IS...

SO YOU WANT TO SETTLE THE PECKING ORDER, HUH?

SURE, SOUNDS PERFECT.

THEN COME ON OUT.

WHO'S NEXT?