Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 21
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Episode 21
The next morning.
Youngsoo arrived at the parking lot before the other cadets.
A 15-seat minibus was waiting in the parking lot to transport the cadets.
however…….
“Is this… a bus?”
It was a long bus.
That’s because I’ve never seen that bus before.
All the windows were covered with iron bars, so I figured that police buses were like that too.
But what about the thick metal armor that covers the rest of the parts?
This thing was actually closer to a mini armored car than a bus.
And one more feature.
Although this vehicle was obviously owned by the KPA, there was no indication that it was a KPA vehicle.
Mr. Kim, who will be driving today, said.
“If we don’t do this, we won’t have any way to deal with an attack.”
“Do I have to worry about being attacked just by walking along the public road?”
“That’s right.”
Come to think of it, the KPA-owned resource transport vehicle that Youngsu had recaptured didn’t have any KPA markings on it either.
Rather, it was driven with the wrapping of the previous owner, Hongryeon, still on.
It was because the criminals underestimated the KPA and used it as prey that they could not reveal that they were the KPA.
This bus was like that too.
“Well, don’t worry too much. I won’t go anywhere dangerous. I’ve already covered all the roads in the Seoul-Gyeonggi area, haha.”
While the knight and Youngsu were talking like that, the cadets also arrived at the parking lot.
10 cadets.
Youngsoo spoke to them.
“Today we go to the forest of training.”
“… … !”
A few cadets swallowed dry saliva.
It was a sign of tension or anticipation.
The strangely excited father muttered without realizing it.
“Is this finally real… … !”
“no.”
Yeongsu cut his parents’ expectations like a knife.
“You have no chance of dying today. Only life-threatening situations are considered real combat. What we’ll do today is practice with a real-life skin.”
“ah…….”
As he said that, Youngsu knocked on the outside wall of the bus.
“get on.”
The cadets boarded the bus.
Finally, Youngsoo got on, and the door closed with a heavy sound.
The bus has departed.
* * *
“Fuck.”
20 minutes after departure.
The bus stopped.
It was because some guys were blocking the road.
There was no way to avoid it.
This is because these guys pretend not to notice anything on the side of the road and then suddenly jump out and block the car.
These guys were even fully equipped with firearms and portable fences.
There was no choice but to stop.
“… I’m sorry. I didn’t know there would be guys like this here… … .”
Perhaps embarrassed by his previous rude remark before departure, the driver’s voice was starting to crawl away.
The cadets’ expressions also hardened and became thoughtful.
“what’s the matter……?”
“what?”
“What should I do… … ?”
While everyone was upset, Youngsoo was the only one who remained calm.
Yeongsu quietly looked at the men surrounding the car.
At first, I thought they were police officers or soldiers conducting random checks.
But it didn’t seem like that, seeing them each wearing whatever they wanted, like a t-shirt, hoodie, and jeans.
Youngsoo asked the knight.
“What are they?”
“They are like a bunch of city bandits. They occupy a district and extort money from passing cars.”
“Public security in Seoul has really become a complete mess.”
“But most of them will send it if you pay… … .”
“Oh, is this a problem that can be solved with money? Then it’s easy. Open the door.”
Youngsoo got off the bus.
One of the guys approached Youngsoo.
Youngsoo asked the guy.
“What do you want?”
“You have to pay the toll.”
“How much is it?”
“I don’t know about that, put your hands up.”
Yeongsu raised his hand obediently.
The bastard searched Youngsoo’s pocket and took out his wallet.
There was 1 million won in cash in the wallet.
He took it all out and put it in his pocket.
It was very frustrating, but I didn’t regret spending the money.
Anyway, after about 50 days, once civilization collapsed, all the money would have become trash.
There was still a lot of money left over from the TS company.
So, Youngsoo tried to just hand over the money and quietly let it go… … .
“Get down.”
Suddenly, the opponent started barking.
“…why?”
“You should walk from here. I’ll have to charge a toll for this bus too.”
“… You’re charging bus tolls and now you’re charging buses too?”
“Where are this chewy?”
The bastard aimed his gun at Youngsoo’s forehead.
The cadets inside the bus began to murmur when they saw this sight.
“professor……!”
“Hey, wait a minute, they’re trying to steal this car… … ?”
“What should I do? Should I fight?”
“… But aren’t all our weapons in the trunk?”
“ah.”
Of course, Youngsoo had no intention of dragging the cadets into this game.
Yeongsu quietly looked at the thief in front of him.
To be exact, the red letters floating above his head.
—-
[KP: 8]
—-
Youngsoo nodded and muttered.
“It will probably cover the labor costs.”
“Can’t you hear me? Everyone get out of the car… … .”
Shukak.
The bastard couldn’t continue speaking.
Because I couldn’t make any sound with my severed vocal cords.
dump!
The bastard grabbed his neck and fell to the ground.
And then, fresh blood was dripping from the poisoned sword that was now in Youngsoo’s hand.
Saaaaah-
The red energy was sucked into Youngsoo’s hand.
With this, this bastard’s karma has been completely stolen.
At that moment, the other guys also started to notice how things had turned out.
“crazy……!”
“Shoot!”
He picked up the gun, aimed it at the man, and tried to pull the trigger.
But Youngsoo’s hands were faster.
—-
[Skill] ‘Chain Throwing Shot’ activated.
—-
Pubberbug!
The iron needles that left Youngsoo’s hand were stuck in the men’s foreheads and the backs of their hands.
“Ugh… … !”
“Ugh… … !”
The guns they were holding all fell to the ground without firing even once.
‘gun…….’
In broad daylight, loaded guns littered the streets of Korea.
Youngsoo couldn’t get used to this kind of sight.
This is not the Korea I desperately wanted to return to when I was trapped in the game.
The image of Korea that Youngsu remembered was now almost gone.
Fuck.
“Whoaaah… … !”
“Save me!”
Those who had lost their weapons and barely managed to survive began to run away.
Yeongsu looked at the guys and thought.
If we leave them alive, they will surely live somewhere else, like today, preying on others and living like parasites.
There was no reason to leave it behind.
Youngsoo activated his skill.
—-
[Skill] Activate ‘Direct File Island’
—-
Shhh!
A skill that quickly moves in a straight line and cuts down targets along the path, Direct File Island.
As Youngsoo’s figure disappeared, the blade flashed through the air.
Shhh, shhh!
“Ugh!”
“Ugh… … !”
Those who ran away rolled around, blood spurting from their vital points.
The red energy pulled out of their bodies flowed into Youngsoo.
Shwaaaa-
Processing and absorption.
Youngsoo felt his whole body’s muscle strength gradually increasing.
The cleanup is over.
“and…….”
“No, crazy.”
“Was it that much?”
Exclamations of admiration came out of the cadets’ mouths without warning.
To them, Yeongsu was a distant being.
Of course, all of them had become incredibly stronger than before thanks to the hellish training of the past 40 days.
However, or rather, looking at it with a mature perspective, it became clearer how ridiculous Youngsoo’s skills were.
Was that why?
A significant number of cadets lost even more confidence after seeing Young-soo’s battle.
It was so far away that they felt like they would never be able to reach that level.
From the time I entered KPA until now, my self-esteem had been lowered by those around me, which was preventing me from even having ambitions.
These guys were the ones who were ‘lacking confidence’ that Youngsoo was worried about.
And I couldn’t challenge the wild with guys with this kind of mentality.
But now it’s okay.
Today, I have prepared a plan that will definitely restore this shattered confidence.
These guys needed to know that they were strong enough.
Even if they have to destroy other people with their own hands.
“Let’s go, sir.”
The bus started moving again.
Fortunately, the bus ran without any problems this time.
And finally, we arrived at our destination.
“think.”
The cadets who looked out the window paused for a moment to reflect on the overwhelming scenery they were seeing for the first time.
Huge, exotic trees that looked like something you would see in a tropical forest filled the view.
This is the forest of training.
The bus went inside, crossing the bumpy forest road.
“Let’s park around here.”
If you park outside the forest, there’s a chance that you’ll get robbed by the same guys as before.
But that wouldn’t have happened if I parked it in the woods.
Those kinds of people don’t come here without permission, and monsters don’t bother touching vehicles unless there are people around.
“We’ll walk from here.”
“Where are you going?”
“Area E, habitat of the rock golem.”
The cadets who got off the bus each grabbed their weapons from the trunk.
These are real weapons that are for training purposes, but are capable of killing monsters.
“Today’s training is simple. Just grab what’s in front of you.”
The cadets nodded.
But they didn’t know yet.
That the targets to be defeated today weren’t only monsters.
* * *
Forest of training.
The inside of this place was completely different from the outside.
Climate, geology, topography, vegetation, all of it.
Even inside, there were no human-built structures or facilities.
This is because it was not a space that overlapped the space where humans lived, but a space that interfered with the space where humans lived.
These places were collectively called ‘hunting grounds’.
This was because the monsters that could be caught kept respawning.
Monsters continue to respawn in the Forest of Training.
However, since they are all beginner monsters and no corpses remain when killed, experienced players do not come here.
Most of the people who come here are cadets.
Cadets from Hongryeon Academy were also here for training today.
Area E, habitat of the rock golem.
After a round of training, the Hongryeon cadets took a break.
“It’ll take 30 minutes until the next regen, so get some rest.”
The name of the professor who led the Hongryeon students today is Go Jong-yeop.
He was the younger brother of Branch Manager Ko Je-yeop, who died at the hands of Yeong-su in ‘Count Candeley’s Garden’ 40 days ago.
Jongyeop leaned against the tree, smoking a cigarette and thinking.
‘I searched everywhere for 40 days, but I couldn’t find a single clue to the culprit who killed my brother.’
There were now only two places left untouched by Hongryeon.
Korea Players Association and KPA.
‘The upper echelons excluded the association and KPA from the list of suspects from the beginning. They judged that they had no power to do something like that.’
But as things got to this point, Jongyeop began to pay attention to the association and KPA.
‘But if, indeed, the KPA was hiding such power… … .’
“professor!”
“hmm?”
Jongyeop was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of someone calling him.
“What’s going on?”
“That guy over there… no, the KPA guys came looking for you. They’re your students and professors.”
“Them? Why?”
“He asked me to step aside so he could use Area E here.”
“Are you crazy? No, let’s just go for now.”
I followed the cadets and, sure enough, I saw a group of cadets wearing sportswear with the KPA mark on them.
The Hongryeon side’s cadets stood in front of him, blocking his path.
The atmosphere was not good.
The KPA side was showing their vigilance, while the Hongryeon side did not hide their contemptuous and look down on them.
As Jongyeop arrived, a person who appeared to be a KPA guide stepped forward.
“KPA Professor, this is Cheon Yeong-su.”
“Professor Go Jong-yeop of Hongryeon Academy. What brings you here? Are you lost in the forest?”
Hongryeon’s students began to snicker at Jongyeop’s rustling noise.
Then Junyoung said to Yeongsu.
“… Let’s just go back, Professor.”
“Why should we go back? I have to train here.”
At Youngsoo’s words, the students on Hongryeon’s side suddenly burst out laughing.
“Poohaha!”
“Hey, Professor! This is Hongryeon Land!”
Jongyeop added one more word to his students’ words.
“Go away, Professor Chun. In the first place, you can’t even come in here if you’re not Hongryeon… .”
“Article 1, Paragraph 3 of the Joint Management Agreement for the Training Forest prohibits any specific group from privatizing part or all of the Training Forest. Don’t you know this?”
“You don’t listen to what people say.”
Sreung!
Jongyeop pointed his sword at Yeongsu.
The tense tension was broken.
Sreung!
Kiing!
Cadets from both sides drew their weapons in one breath.
The situation was flowing at an imminent pace.
In the midst of this chaos, the only one who was relaxed was Youngsoo.
Because this whole situation was going according to Youngsoo’s expectations.