CHIEF PANNU...
...IS DEAD.
DARN IT. THIS MEANS...
...EVERYONE WILL START FIGHTING TO BE THE NEW CHIEF.
THE TRIBE WILL BE DIVIDED, AND THERE WILL BE BLOODSHED AGAIN!
ARE THEY DEAD?
LI GIO AND PANNU BOTH?
YES.
WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT THEY DIED IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
THAT'S INTERESTING NEWS INDEED...
I'M NOT SURPRISED ABOUT LI GIO, BUT PANNU WASN'T EASY PREY AT ALL.
SOMEONE BROUGHT DOWN LI GIO, AND THEN PANNU...
IF THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY UP NORTH, THEY MIGHT END UP HERE SOONER OR LATER.
COME NOW, BIG BROTHER. DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT!
WHY WOULD THEY COME ALL THE WAY HERE? WHAT WOULD THEY WANT WITH OLD MEN LIKE US?
WELL, YES... FAIR POINT.
LI GIO AND PANNU?
YES, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT SENT BY YUJEONG AND HIS GROUP.
THEY MUST BE MAKING THEIR WAY UP THROUGH THE WILD JURCHEN TRIBES.
LOOK. I KNOW HOW SKILLED JANG KIM AND GWIYEONG ARE.
BUT CAN TWO PEOPLE REALLY WIPE OUT TWO ENTIRE TRIBES? IS THAT POSSIBLE AT ALL?
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL.
ONCE THEY LOSE THEIR LEADER, THE WHOLE TRIBE FALLS APART.
THAT MAKES SENSE... AFTER ALL, THE JURCHENS ARE SCATTERED DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A LEADER...
HENCE, WE MUST ALWAYS BE WARY OF THEM BANDING TOGETHER UNDER A LEADER.
AND THAT'S THE JOB THE CHETAMJA ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED FOR.
ANYWAY... IF THEY CONTINUE THE ATTACKS...
...THEY WILL BE HEADING TO ONE OF THESE TWO LOCATIONS.
IF THEY HEAD EAST, THEY'LL GO FOR ASUL'S TRIBE.
IF THEY TURN WEST, THEY'LL END UP WHERE THE POIYO BROTHERS ARE.
TSK... THAT'S TROUBLESOME.
THE POIYO BROTHERS?
THEY ARE TWIN BROTHERS WHO LEAD AN OLD TRIBE OF WILD JURCHENS.
THEY ARE FAIRLY OLD... BUT STILL DANGEROUS.
LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY... EVEN HADAR OF THE HAIXI JURCHENS AND MANZHU LI OF THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS AVOIDED CONFLICTS WITH THEM.
EVEN THOSE TWO?
IN ANY CASE...
...WE CAN ONLY HOPE THEY DIDN'T HEAD TOWARDS THE POIYO BROTHERS.
THOSE TWO THE POIYO BROTHERS.
THEY MAY LOOK LIKE HARMLESS OLD MEN, BUT DON’T BE FOOLED.
THEY ARE MASTERS OF COVERT TACTICS AND JOINT ATTACKS.
EVEN MANZHU LI AND HADAR WERE RELUCTANT TO FACE THEM.
WE MUST FINISH THEM IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
OH, BROTHER...
YES, MY DEAR LITTLE BROTHER.
WE HAVE GUESTS.
THEY WERE EXPECTING AN AMBUSH.
PUSH THEM BACK SO THEY CAN'T MOUNT A JOINT ATTACK ON US.
SO IT WAS YOU TWO.
YOU'RE THE JOSEON SCOUNDRELS WHO KILLED LI GIO AND PANNU.
ARE YOU CHETAMJAS THEN?
HE WAS HIDING A WEAPON IN THE WATER!
YOU'RE PRETTY QUICK, YOUNG MAN.
BUT THIS ONE ISN'T FOR YOU.
CAPTAIN...!
DID YOU THINK YOU'D STOP ME AND MY BROTHER FROM WORKING TOGETHER SIMPLY BY KEEPING US APART?
HE HAD A WEAPON IN THE BUSH!
HOW ANNOYING THIS JOSEON PEST IS...
WELL, THEN...
YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY FROM ME.
SO LONG, YOUNG MAN.
I KNOW ALL TOO WELL HOW CUNNING THOSE OLD MEN CAN BE...
OH WELL. IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
AFTER ALL, THEY'LL BE FIGHTING THE MOST EXPERIENCED CHETAMJA IN THE LAND.
AND THE OTHER ONE HAPPENS TO BE MY DISCIPLE, PERSONALLY TRAINED BY YOURS TRULY.
YOU’RE HARDLY AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE RUMORS MAKE YOU OUT TO BE...
...JANG KIM!
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME...?
WH-WHAT...?
HMPH! YOU'RE ONLY BLUFFING!
UGH...!
SPEAK...
ARE YOU THE ONES...
...WHO KILLED MY FAMILY?
Chief Pannu and Li Gio's successive deaths have shaken the tribes; fear of a leadership struggle and bloodshed is growing. On the Joseon side, with Yujeong's report, there is talk of Jang Kim and Gwiyeong advancing among the wild Jurchen tribes. As the next targets, Asul's tribe in the east and the Poiyo Brothers in the west are pointed out. The clash begins with the twin brothers, old but masters of secrecy and joint attacks.
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