Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 112



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(112)

“Yes. When I opened it, it was something that was a combination of a tree and a devil. Even if you get your neck cut off or are seriously injured and thrown into the ocean or a pit, you can recover by absorbing the magical power in the air and the moisture in the ground. Since it was completely turned to ash, there’s no need to worry anymore.”

“I tried everything to avoid dying. But then I died. What kind of irony is that?”

“It’s a common thing. It’s a gangster’s greed that leads to ruin.”

Deep night.

Sega sat across from Je Seo-cheon on the sofa on the 10th floor and chatted about this and that.

On the 10th floor, all lights were turned off except for one mood light.

Thanks to this, instead of the view inside the room being reflected outside the window, the city view was clearly visible.

If you forget, 20mm machine guns and 30mm automatic cannons from the outer walls will fire, annihilating any large or small enemies that approach the city.

“That’s unexpected.”

“Surprisingly? Don’t you know what every gangster dreams of?”

“Join hands with the political world and become the emperor of the night?”

“No. Go up to the sunny side.”

Je Seo-cheon muttered in a dreamy voice.

“It’s even more surprising.”

“Yes. We don’t dream of destroying the country or anything like that. We want to make money, but we don’t have the ability to compete fairly, so we take it from others.”

Her voice seemed to become sharp for a moment, then became dreamy and hazy again.

“Right now, I am in this situation because I have no technology and am weak, but my ultimate goal is to gain government recognition and establish myself.”

His eyes, looking up at the night sky through the glass window while lying on his back on the sofa, were so clear that it didn’t seem appropriate.

Sega asked with genuine curiosity.

“In what form?”

“When our country’s guilds advance into foreign monster lands, they use that area as a leased territory during the process of recovering and rebuilding. The ownership of the land belongs to that country, but the administrative authority is held by the government of the Republic of Korea, and that is delegated to the relevant guild. The judgment of the local commander is very important in recovering monster lands.”

“Is that what you want to make of this city?”

“Uh. I want to formally employ former North Korean residents and the Awakened, secure price competitiveness based on low wages, and produce various consumables needed for hunting. Not a city like now where gangsters exploit people and corpses pile up. A city with some rules and hope.”

“That’s cool.”

Sega let out a heartfelt exclamation.

It seemed that Je Seo-cheon had already clearly described the success he had vaguely hoped for.

“Yes. Okay. Don’t get on the plane. I still have a long way to go. I’m taking over this land that is clearly Korean territory, handing over my country’s administrative authority to a guild or company, and hiring former North Korean residents who are legally entitled to the minimum wage at this price. It’s all hard work.”

“Aren’t you already doing that?”

“It’s a completely different thing to be recognized and have legitimacy.”

“ah.”

“So I too must rise in the ranks. I must become a S-class hunter, gain negotiating power, and earn money to bribe the members of the National Assembly. And until then.”

She looked down at the dark city.

Something that was a mixture of responsibility, passion, and desire sparkled in his deep eyes.

“This city needs a leader.”

Sega nodded.

“You will do well.”

“Thank you very much. Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything. I will send you the potion every month.”

“Okay. I’ll look forward to it.”

Je Seo-cheon stared at Se-ga’s face for a moment, then took a gold ring off his finger.

“Take this too. It’s an artifact of lightning. It will nearly double your magical power efficiency.”

“Can I fit in here?”

“It’s not the ring finger, it’s the middle finger.”

“ah.”

Sega took off the knuckle ring he had received from a portrait management agent whose name he could no longer remember, and put on the gold ring that Je Seo-cheon had given him in its place.

“Does it suit you well?”

The ring fit snugly on her long, white finger.

“It suits you well.”

Je Seo-cheon nodded with a dangerous smile.

The secretly affectionate face coexisted with a large scar, creating a strange charm.

She gently pulled Sega’s wrist.

The two sat close enough that their outer thighs, sides, and shoulders touched.

“Isn’t it too close?”

“You don’t like it?”

I felt a thrilling heat as if I was struck by lightning.

‘Is that so? No. So suddenly? I don’t think we were that close? I don’t hate it, but no. I like it, though.’

It’s a world where you never know when the person in front of you might disappear like smoke.

Liking should be confirmed from time to time, emotions should not be kept in, and it should be enjoyed when it can be enjoyed.

It was a culture that I once understood but never convinced of, but now I understand it.

Every time I looked at the empty back seat, the scent of cinnamon wafted to my nose.

Sega answered with a sly smile.

“You don’t like it? It’s a little hot.”

“The air conditioner broke down while you and Yeomyeonggyeong were fighting. There’s nothing we can do. Take off your jacket.”

“Can you help me?”

At Sega’s suggestion, Je Seo-cheon’s lips turned up in a crooked manner.

‘Oh. You’re perceptive. Yeah. Even stealing requires coordination.’

“Huh? They say a quiet cat climbs up a shack. You’ve been living your life pretending to be careful and doing everything.”

She reached for Sega’s shirt buttons.

Sega smiled faintly and put his hand on Je Seo-cheon’s back.

“Be careful?”

A playful spark flew from their eyes that met.

“I?”

Their arms, white and covered in irezumi tattoos, crossed each other and quickly unbuttoned each other’s buttons.

Sega’s jacket and Jesseocheon’s suit vest were strewn across the table, and two shirts spilled onto the floor.

Only then was Sega able to see the full extent of the tattoo, which had always been visible only up to the wrist or elbow.

The long, ornate tattoo stretched from her wrist, covering the upper part of her ample chest and below her collarbone in the front, and up to near her shoulder blades in the back.

“Why did you get a tattoo? You always wear long sleeves to cover it up.”

Sega pushed Je Seo-cheon onto the sofa, then lifted her arms with one hand and asked.

Je Seo-cheon blushed and answered the persistent gaze that ran from her fingertips down her forearms to her face and armpits.

“… … When I first started practicing lightning, my veins and skin burst and I got really bad scars. They were magical scars, so they didn’t go away even with potions. I had tattoo needles all over my body before I entered Shinseoul. They look a lot better now that I’ve gotten them on my arms and legs. … … Can you let me go now? I’m a little embarrassed?”

She was very beautiful, even though she had two large scars.

“no.”

Sega smiled invincibly and kissed the scar on her face.

“pretty.”

Je Seo-cheon smiled so brightly that anyone who knew her would not believe it.

“… … I’ll show you often even after school starts.”

“really?”

“It doesn’t matter as long as it’s a secret in front of the kids.”

“Isn’t that a bit disappointing?”

A world where you don’t know when you’ll die.

It was a position where one could not even enjoy light pleasures.

She gladly accepted Sega’s gesture.

‘You don’t look down on me.’

The scent of dark chocolate and acacia are mixed together in a jumbled manner.

* * *

“Finally, I’m free!”

The bow of a yacht returning to New Seoul.

Iljinrim let out a rare scream.

“Freedom? Were you a slave all this time?”

Sega asked with doubt.

“I was a slave.”

Iljinrim answered with a cool smile.

“I fought with Je Seo-cheon before.”

“You fought?”

“Once upon a time, here’s a story. I was on an errand here, and on my way back, I was attacked by a demon and lost the byproduct. It was more valuable than my own body. I wandered north to get it back, and found Je Seo-cheon, who had caught the same demon. I didn’t know how scary he was, and tried to steal it.”

“crazy.”

“I shot him three times, but he got up and started shooting lightning. I barely managed to escape. Of course, I took the byproducts. And then I met him again a few years later. At that time, I was no match for him.”

“huh?”

“Our director, he was standing right next to Yeomyeong-gyeong, who was trying to talk to me even once. As soon as he saw me, he smiled and showed me the side he had hit me with. I thought, life is over.”

“Have you paid off all that debt?”

Iljinrim nodded, adjusting his sunglasses.

“He came this morning and patted me on the shoulder. His legs were shaking and his throat was sore. He must have been tired from cleaning up the rebels and planning for the future.”

“… … Oh. You must be tired.”

Sega averted his eyes.

Her legs were shaking and her throat was hoarse because of herself.

“I got the artifact bullet, I got my freedom, I made some money. Ah. What a fulfilling vacation.”

Iljinrim wasn’t a student who was oblivious to such things, but he was so absorbed in joy that he didn’t notice.

The yacht entered the Han River.

“I’m back. The air here is the best.”

“Yes. Sega student. Confirmed.”

Sega gave a formal report to the dorm supervisor and returned to his dorm room.

It was originally a 4-person room, but only 3 people moved in, and on the first day of school, only 2 people remained, and now it is a single-person room.

Squeak.

I opened the personal safe attached to the wall inside the bed and organized the loot I had just acquired.

“There are a lot.”

First, there were two large magic stones as big as ripe melons, one weighing 11.4 kg and the other 13.2 kg.

If it had been put up for auction illegally, it could have been worth 5 to 6 billion, but Sega was more concerned about growth that could end at any time than money, so they decided to take both.

The second was a generic elixir, a potion made by copying an elixir, the finest healing potion in Europe.

A sparkling purple liquid was contained in a small glass bottle, glowing.

I was wondering whether it was right to always carry around this liquid that cost 5 billion won, so I put it in the safe for now.

The third was 6 bottles of superior magic affinity potions received as a deposit and 3 bottles of superior magic affinity potions received as a balance, for a total of 9 bottles.

Since it’s not good to just eat a lot, I just drank one bottle.

Saaaa.

Along with the feeling of my whole body getting colder, dark veins appeared on my arms, and the magical power around me became more and more vivid.

The expression “almost within reach” was exactly right.

“after.”

The fourth was 20 1kg gold bars and 1.2 billion won in cash.

I planned to put all the gold in the safe and use the cash only at the Shinseoul store.

“Now everything I have physically gained is finished.”

Intangible assets also had to be sorted out.

I thought about taking a nap and moving, but the moment I breathed in the magical air of Shinseoul, my fatigue disappeared as if it had never existed, so I headed straight to the autonomous training room.

I tried to use my skills to forget the scent of cinnamon in my memory.

The first is psychic overflow.

It was a technique that allowed one to display incredible performance for about 10 minutes by resonating with the magical power within the body as if bubbling.

‘The downside is that it completely dissipates after 10 minutes, but if you use absorption, you can use it one more time, or you can recover immediately.’

The second is induction.

It was a technique that used an overwhelmingly high voltage current to discharge lightning from the opponent.

‘The magical power consumption is greater than you think. It is not a technique that can be used indefinitely. It is more correct to think of it as having one card against an electric wizard or an electric-type demon that you thought you had won against.’

The third is the lightning chain.

It was Sega’s first original technology.

The ‘electric net’ could be spread out long without mesh, allowing it to bind and electrocute the opponent at the same time.

‘This time it was somewhat of a special case. Normally I would have just thrown a fireball first, and I could have tied them up with telekinesis. But in a situation where I need to subdue my opponent, it seems really good.’

The fourth is resonance waves.

Originally, the bio-radar had to be overheated to cause the resonance wave to ‘explode’, but now it could be ‘exploded’ freely.

‘Stiffness, confusion, provocation? I think it has the same effect. If it’s as Professor Haejun Sang said, it has a connection to the spiritual world, so it could be developed infinitely. It seems to be a technique with deep connections to the Cheonshinhwa religion, so it would be best to refrain from using it in official settings as much as possible.’

* * *

After that, Sega lived each day starting from the autonomous training center and ending at the autonomous training center.

Iljinrim also went back and forth between school and Ganghwa Island every ten days or so, and every time he went to school, he practiced all day long.

“First of all, I know one thing.”

“me too.”

“Our fighting styles just don’t match up.”

“I agree. Actually, that’s not right. I’m a melee dealer and defensive player, and you’re a support player.”

Sega was a close-range fighter based on a bodyguard.

Ironically, his ultimate skill was the Aurora Magic Bullet, but his basic fighting style was one of pushing forward with strong physical strength and magical power.

On the other hand, Iljinrim was a mid-range warrior based on the Bloodthirsty Swordsman.

His style was to keep a certain distance and use his marksmanship and bloodletting skills to cut down his opponents before aiming for a single blow.

Both were versatile positions with self-reinforcement skills like Overflow and Blood Flow Rush, close-range techniques like Blood Blade and Sword Ki, and long-range techniques like Blood Flow Magic Bullet, Flame Magic Bullet, and Heat Ray, but their fighting styles were polar opposites.

When the two of them fought, Sega would chase Iljinrim like crazy, and Iljinrim would run away like crazy and just keep raining down mid-range attacks.

If Sega catches it, Sega wins a landslide victory, but if he can’t catch it, he gets hit hard by Iljinrim’s mid-range attacks and it ends there.

If this pattern keeps repeating itself, it’s no fun and neither of us gets much out of it.

“Let’s go shooting.”

“That means I will definitely win?”

“I’ll do it with a hot wire.”

As those days continued, an assistant came to visit Sega.

“Senior Assistant Professor?”

“Student Jeong Se-ga. Are you having a good vacation?”

He was the head teaching assistant for the bodybuilding class.

Since he was someone who had a hard time every day administratively handling the self-centered Kang Chae-seo’s classes, I felt a little sorry for him every time I saw him.

“Yes. I am doing well.”

“Could you please help me with a simple lesson?”

“Are you talking about the second semester curriculum?”

“No. It’s a special vacation lecture for outsiders.”

The teaching assistant explained.

The Shinseoul Hunter Academy also held simple classes for those who suddenly awakened during the vacation, either naturally awakened or non-hunter awakened people.

“Of course, I’m not teaching you combat skills like you guys. But at least you should know your abilities properly so that you don’t have any accidents in your daily life.”

“I remember when I first came in, I couldn’t even control my hands and feet. I would get so annoyed in the office that I would wave my hands around and a fireball would probably go out.”

“Yes. It’s to prevent that kind of situation. You need to know how to control yourself when you run wild.”

“I will go if you wish, sir. But I don’t think I am capable of helping anyone yet.”

“You’re being too humble. You even defeated a big-time gang boss not long ago.”

“!”

Sega was once again amazed by Shin Seoul’s information power.

We’ve come too far to ask questions like “How?”

“… … Now that I think about it, I feel like I would gain a lot if I helped someone.”