Gatewalker: Remnant of the Tang Clan Chapter 35: Chapter 35 - The Weight of a Name

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Sa Gwan, Ilho and Ryul made their way northwest. They trekked through the dense forest until they noticed a fire in the distance. Ilho stuck his nose in the air. "Meat, those four are cooking." Ilho took off running and turned his head. "Quick, before Jinhu eats it all." Ilho and the others emerged from the pines. Jinhu noticed Ilho. Ryu turned. "Hey." Ilho darted past him toward the fire without a word. As he approached, Jinhu got there quicker. He snatched up all the meat to Ilho's dismay. "What the fuck man? Get your own meat. Wait... what are you doing here?" Ilho picked up a hot coal and threw it at Jinhu. As meat went flying Ilho snatched it out of the air and shoved it in his mouth. "So-Yeon took Blue." Ilho said with his mouth full. "What?" Mu Jang walked out of the woods adjusting his pants. "What did you just say?" Mu Jang got closer to the fire. "Where the hell is my meat?" Jinhu pointed at Ilho who looked like a chipmunk hoarding nuts for winter. Sa Gwan appeared behind Mu Jang. "So-Yeon took Blue." Sa Gwan said as he tapped Jang on the shoulder. "Why would she do that?" Ryu asked. "I dont know. But she killed an Orc, then grabbed Blue and left." Ryul answered. "Orc? Did you say an orc? Okay wait, I'm the dumb one. But you are leaving out a lot of that story." Jinhu exclaimed as he punched Ilho in the gut and watched the deer meat go flying back into the fire. "Go get another deer to cook." Jinhu roared at Ilho. Sa Gwan nodded to Ilho and Ilho vanished into the woods. The men sat down around the fire awaiting Ilho's return. Sa Gwan summarized the earlier events in detail. "I mean, she did stab him once. Can we really trust her with him?" Jinhu exclaimed. A voice replied behind Jinhu "Do you want to confront her?" Jinhu turned his head as Ilho walked past with a deer over his shoulders. Ilho turned and the deer's foot smacked Jinhu in the head. "I'm pretty sure she could kill all of us, dumbass." Ilho placed the deer on the ground as Ryu started to skin and clean it. "As much as i hate the situation. There's not much we can do." Ilho sighed. "Amitabha, Buddha really has it in for him." Hanjo knelt and helped Ryu. "We have to trust Blue guys." Ryul said. Ryu looked up, hands red from the deer blood. "Our leader sure has a talent for finding trouble." The tension broke, laughter and chats filled the air as the deer began being rotated on the fire. ─── On the eastern side of the forest, So-Yeon jumped effortlessly between the pines. Blue followed behind, doing his best to keep up. So-Yeon stopped suddenly on a thick branch high in the canopy. "You have a lot to learn. You are far too weak to use my grandfather's footwork." She dropped down right as Blue caught up. As Blue opened his mouth she raised her hand. Dangling the pendant in the air in his face. "Where the hell did you get this?" Blue blinked. "The Alliance vault." He said softly. "I chose it as my treasure." So-Yeon's expression hardened. "So, Cheng and my uncle taught you nothing but how to lie and steal techniques from a family you don't belong too huh?" Blue shook his head. "Seriously. I'm not lying. You have some serious trust issues." Blue jumped down to the forest floor and sat, back leaned against the tree. So-Yeon followed, the pendant still dangling from her hand. "I found it on the floor of vault. I thought it seemed familiar, like the one grandfather used to wear. So I picked it up. And now here we are." Her grip tightened around the pendant. Her knuckles turning white. She knelt down and met his gaze. "You don't get to call him grandfather in front of me." She sat. "Not unless you want another wound to match that one." Blue hand raised to his left shoulder. "Look, I don't understand why you're so angry, or why you detest me. But nothing that has been said now or even before was a lie." "Detest you?" She snapped. "Yes, that's the correct word." She placed the pendant on the ground between them. "I detest a man who dares use my families techniques. I