The Zodiac Division1 was located in Meishan city, Sichuan Province.
Although the scale is not very large, it is still a well-known merchant group in the Meishan city due to its solid management. There was a time where they had to worry about letting go of their organization due to lack of funds, but at a certain point, they suddenly grew explosively.
Thanks to this, they were able to be reborn as one of the top merchant groups in the Meishan city.
Cho Chi-yang2 was in his late fifties and had a large body. He originally had a slightly skinny physique, but his craving for dessert made him gain substantial weight. But no one dared to criticize him for becoming fat because he was the captain of the Zodiac Division.
Since Cho Chi-yang is the captain of the Zodiac Division, he is considered as one of the most influential people in Meishan. Everyone would look at him whenever they saw him, but he didn’t pay them any attention.
At least in Meishan, he is being treated like a king.
“Heh heh! That felt good.”
With a satisfied smile, Cho Chi-yang left the Bright Sun Pavilion.3
The Bright Sun Pavilion was the largest brothel in Meishan.
There were reviews that the courtesans in Meishan are slightly inferior compared to the prostitutes of Chengdu, but there are still quite a number of beautiful girls.
Cho Chi-yang was on his way out tof Bright Sun Pavilion after being treated with the utmost hospitality. Since he played around with three of the most beautiful prostitutes in Bright Sun Pavilion, there was no area where his whole body didn’t ache.
But even if his body was tired, he felt good.
To be a man who gets to enjoy the presence of beautiful courtesans without caring about the passage of time, he could be said to live a fairly successful life. Living with no restraint without caring about anything else made it all the more better.
Cho Chi-yang entered his residence with a satisfied expression.
His residence was the largest pavilion. Given that it was always guarded by about a dozen or so warriors, it was the safest place.
Cho Chi-yang, who initially entered his room with a smile, suddenly frowned.
Because someone else was sitting in his chair.
“Who are you?”
Cho Chi-yang raised his voice.
His voice was full of anger.
He felt like his authority had been trampled upon.
“Cho Chi-yang.”
“You already know my name and yet you dare come into my residence without my permission?! You even have the audacity to sit on my chair!”
Cho Chi-yang terribly hated having his authority violated.
Without a second thought, he summoned the men who stood guard outside.
“Is there no one out there?!”
At once, about a dozen soldiers rushed inside.
“Yes, captain!”
“What’s going on?”
Cho Chi-yang pointed his finger at the person sitting in his chair and shouted.
“Can’t you see that guy sitting in my seat right now? How did you even stand guard that an outsider came into my residence?!”
“Oh!”
“How did that guy–?”
The warriors looked at the man sitting on the chair in surprise. However, where the man was sitting, a shadow was cast so deep that his face was not visible.
“Who are you?”
“How dare you sit in our captain’s seat? Get out right now!”
The warriors rushed at the man sitting on the chair in great anger.
Cit! Ciiit!
At that moment, a sharp cracking sound echoed throughout the room.
The warriors, who were rushing at the man sitting on the chair, suddenly became motionless as if they were stone statues.
Cho Chi-yang shouted at them.
“What are you doing?! Move!”
Kukukung!
At that moment, the warriors collapsed one by one.
“Huh?”
Cho Chi-yang fell on the floor, startled.
Thick blood was flowing from the bodies of the fallen warriors. It was clear that everyone who had fallen had already lost their lives.
“H, how?”
All of his subordinates guarding his residence are warriors who are quite well-known in the area. Cho Chi-yang specially hired them for a large sum of money.
But to think such warriors lost their lives in vain without even having the chance to use their hands. Only then did he realize that the person sitting in his chair was a great expert.
“Who are you?”
“Cho Chi-yang. It seems you’ve earned a lot of money.”
“Hyuk! So–?”
Cho Chi-yang became contemplative.
He then remembered a name he had long forgotten.
“A, are you by any chance, Dark Moon?”
“That’s right.”
“Heuk!”
At the man’s answer, Cho Chi-yang gasped as if he was running out of breath. Just hearing the name Dark Moon made him extremely frightened.
The man sitting on the chair looked at Cho Chi-yang without a word.
Although his face was obscured by the shadows, his eyes were somehow visible. This is because even in the dark, a soft red light was emitted from his eyes.
Cho Chi-yang trembled.
“Well, I didn’t recognize you because we haven’t been in touch. Please forgive me.”
“Cho Chi-yang.”
“Please! S, spare me! I thought you weren’t interested in me anymore because you didn’t contact me.”
Cho Chi-yang begged while banging his head on the floor.
His forehead was torn and bleeding, but he didn’t even feel the pain. Cho Chi-yang was feeling a great deal of fear.
Long ago, the Zodiac Division was about to go bankrupt due to lack of funds.
The person who appeared at that time was Dark Moon. He gave Cho Chi-yang a large sum of money and told him to use it as a capital for their business.
In exchange, he was compelled to donate thirty percent of his fortune every year.
Cho Chi-yang, who was driven to a corner, quickly accepted the funds without thinking much about it. He had no choice.
So with the money he received from Dark Moon, Cho Chi-yang managed to raise the Zodiac Division while surrendering thirty percent of the wealth he earned every year.
One day, he realized that the money he paid every year was not worth it. He thought that the amount he had donated was enough. He refused to continue paying them any more money.
What he did instead was to use the huge sum of money to hire escorts. He built his own personal army.
But the next day he realized just how absurd it was.
Not only warriors who were escorting him, but also his concubines were killed.
What’s even more creepy is that even though so many people died, Cho Chi-yang was completely unaware and only slept.
When he woke up, he was already in the middle of a multitude of corpses.
The body of his bodyguards and lovers surrounded him.
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the eyes of his dead lover. He still can’t forget how scary his mistress’ eyes which had lost their focus.
On that day, Cho Chi-yang deeply realized how foolish he had been, and each year he dedicated the exact amount to Dark Moon.
So another year passed.
But starting seven years ago, Dark Moon failed to visit even once.
In the first year, he doubted their intention. But three years later, and then four years passed, Dark Moon still hasn’t appeared.
Cho Chi-yang thought that something went wrong with Dark Moon. Otherwise, it made no sense that he would not come.
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