Gongseob Ji

* Current
* Younger

"*Take Pride in Yourself. That is Something I Realized Far too Late*"
—Gongseob Ji in episode 424

**Gongseob Ji** is a monk and the King of Daegu and a predecessor of Zack Lee.

## Appearance

Gongseob is a tall, bulky man with pale skin and black hair. His hair is styled into a buzz cut and paired with a short beard. The lobes of his ears are stretched, which conforms to his image as a Buddhist monk, and his eyes are typically closed in a smiling expression.

He dons the clothing of a Korean Buddhist monk, having draped an orange garment over clothes of pale grey. He also wears a Rolex watch, expensive sneakers, and glasses with black frames. A greyish pendant shaped like a Christian cross hangs from a cord around his neck, and he is often seen carrying a moktak in hands, tapping it as a monk would.

The long fabric of Gongseob's religious habit hides his missing right leg, which has been replaced with a prosthetic that appears to be made of a shiny grey metal.

In a recollection of his past as a king of the first generation, Gongseob had a slimmer build and a clean-shaven face. His head was not shorn, but had hair braided into cornrows, and his ears were pierced. He wore a ring on each pointer finger, and glasses of a design similar to his current ones.

## Personality

Gongseob Ji is seemingly religious, crying out to the Buddha as a means of calming himself and claiming to have "left the secular world" behind. However, it is revealed that he actively participates in the secular, partying with several women at a time and partaking in strong drink on multiple occasions. There is at least one instance exhibited where he became so inebriated that he began playing his moktak with a bottle of alcohol. To further disprove his supposed position of monk, Gongseob adorns himself in riches, possessing a varied collection of expensive brand items. He does not engage in any religious practices of significance, being shown to neither devote his time to prayer, nor cleaning his prayer area as a true monk would.

## Relationships

#### Taesoo Ma

Friendly rivalry as they have nicknames for each other and fought a lot in the past (with no stated winner).

#### DG

Resents him greatly as James dropped a building on him.

#### Zack Lee

Scammed him at the beginning, but had a change of heart and actually started training him.

## Synopsis

### Background

Like any other 1st Generation King, he was defeated by James Lee, who also took his leg in the process.

## Fighting Prowess

In the past he ruled the area known as Daegu which is one of the larger parts of South Korea, and stated by James to Zack that if you want to emulate him control your breathing better, indicating that Gongseob in the past was greater than Zack Lee currently (who can beat Mandeok Bang with no damage taken).

He uses a special version of Boxing that is called Iron Boxing which is only attained at buddhist training, it gives you a steel (can be tungsten level if a student likes to train more) like durability and makes the most important tool of Boxing (that is legs) more enhanced and better speed but the weakness is holding and grappling any part but it can be taught in a proper way.

Gongseob Ji has many great 'Iron Boxing' techniques such as the 'Gongseob Ji Counter' where its described to be a double edge sword as you need to have an immense desire to not fall and to win to get back up to land a devastating punch on your opponent that could potentially end the fight with your win.

Unlike his past, he's currently only have 1 leg left and it makes his movements very restricted but his durability remains until now.

## Gallery

### The Kidnapping of Daniel Park

Ep. 397 - Gongseob greeting Zack entering the templeEp. 397 - Gongseob after destroying a bellEp. 398 - Gonseob's leg
### First Generation King

Ep. 404 - Ji Gongseob pastEp. 404 - Gongseob's flashbackEp. 409 - Gongseob talking about Mastery
### The Hunt for Big Deal

Ep. 411 - Gongseob after training ZackEp. 426 - Zack Lee inherits the same fighting spirit as Gongseob JI

## References

1. ↑ Webtoon, Episode 398
2. ↑ Webtoon, Episode 398
3. ↑ Webtoon, Episode 398
4. ↑ Webtoon, Episode 404