Chapter 195: Someone Must Take Responsibility (1)

The master's words about putting his life on the line.

Those words, which vividly conveyed the master's determination as they lodged in the ears of the elders and Kazuo, were filled with enough emotion and had enough power to make them consider giving him one more chance.

But no matter how much determination a voice carries, it can't move everyone's hearts.

"Putting his life on the line?"

Jinseong, who was in a shrine far from the dojo where the master, elders, and Kazuo were, dryly recited the master's words about putting his life on the line, and despite voicing them aloud, his face remained expressionless as if his heart wasn't moved.

"Huh, putting his life on the line. Truly, his determination is great and admirable."

As Jinseong quietly muttered and opened his eyes, a burning flame flickered.

The gleam in his eyes, flickering in the light flowing in from outside, wavered like a wild flame, and as if trying to invoke fear, it burned and flickered, darting its tongue. And as if to prove that it was a flame, it repeatedly collided and broke, creating sparks and lighting small embers on the outer edges of his eyes.

"He says he'll put his life on the line, but in his heart, he wants to save his life and wrap everything up. It's just that his honor and pride come before his life, so he says such things."

Jinseong looked at the master with an insect's perspective...