Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 44



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(044)

Do you have the confidence to fight and win against the devil on the beach that you couldn’t even see properly in the video?

If it were just any other opponent, I would have bluffed as usual, but this opponent was the Crimson Reaper, Leena.

“Honestly, I have no confidence.”

When I looked into those crimson eyes, it felt like my heart was completely pierced.

“But I really want to do it.”

Ina nodded at those words.

“Okay, I’ll sign it.”

“yes?!”

Sega was startled, and Ina answered calmly as if nothing was so strange.

“We encourage students to challenge the Demon Hunt only when they are 100% ready. It would be troublesome for many reasons if a precious student were to die.”

“yes.”

“But that’s just a recommendation. We’re also interested in seeing students make big leaps in their own way, without listening to us. Just like we did at that age.”

She accepted Sega’s documents, entered the professor’s Shinseoul app on her laptop, and paid for Sega’s mission.

She checked a few more notification windows and told Sega.

“As you can see, the recommended number of people for this mission is two.”

“Ah. Yes.”

“I just got word that a student from another class has also applied for this assignment. I’ll contact the professor in charge, and I’ll be able to meet the student around 1 o’clock today.”

“thank you.”

After greeting deeply, Sega left Iina’s laboratory.

Squeak.

“Joo Da-hyun. And Geum-eun. So it’s your turn this time?”

Beyond the sound of the door closing, Ina’s muttering could be heard from afar.

“Angel Hee.”

* * *

The first class on Tuesday was modern history.

“It’s been a while. This is Taeseulgi. Continuing from last time, we will learn about the evil spirits that caused great damage to Korea and countermeasures in chronological order.”

Perhaps because of the major performance evaluation in comprehensive hunting studies, the overall classes have changed to focus on practical training.

And today, the modern history theory class, which was held for the first time in a long while, was a 4-hour class.

But unlike regular schools, there were no voices saying that history classes were boring.

“This black goat demon is the world’s first infectious demon. Since then, various types of infectious demons have appeared, including the spore type, parasitic type, and encroachment type, but none of them have caused as much damage as the black goat’s plague type.”

“South Korea quickly developed a cure thanks to the efforts of Dr. Joo Myung-hwan, but the development of this cure actually became poisonous to the United States. This is because people who have turned into zombies can no longer be killed at will.”

“The price of the cure was also ambiguous. It was burdensome to mass-produce, but it was a price worth investing in for one or two precious people.”

Professor Taeseulgi, who had the impression of a cheerful large dog and a sad smile, was loved by everyone.

“It just so happened that it was election time in the US. The country was split in half over whether zombies were human or not, and whether they could be killed or not. Fortunately, it didn’t lead to civil war, but during that chaos, zombies spread and tens of millions died.”

Needless to say, the girls and boys also liked Taeseulgi and thought of him as a cool older brother.

“This time, we will learn about sea monsters. The danger of sea monsters was first fully realized in the early days of the opening of the country, when the nuclear power plant area in eastern China was in danger of being submerged.”

The class content was also very informative.

“In the ocean, they are less affected by gravity and have fewer natural enemies, so the size of their demons grows enormously. They can even bring tsunamis and swallow large container ships. As a result, the cost of maritime logistics transportation has skyrocketed, and a cold wind has blown through the global economy.”

Types of demons, divided into infectious, beast, and foreign types.

There are different types of gates, such as the fixed type that spit out the devil from one place, the instant type that spit out one strong one and disappears, and the erosion type that erodes an area.

A variety of secret stories from modern history that stick in your ears.

All of them were tailored to the students’ needs and tastes.

“Currently, South Korea is evacuating residents in areas where traces of a sea monster are visible… … .”

* * *

After the four-hour history class, Group 8 headed to the cafeteria to have lunch together.

“What is your mission this time?”

“Hey. Hurry up and sign up for the Han River water mission. I heard that Yoon Da-na from Class 16 has signed up. If you’re with her at the water’s edge, you’ll be completely invincible.”

“Do you know where Jeong Se-ga is going? I think it’ll be safe if you go with him.”

“Wake up. This is a high-level mission. We have to get permission from the professor to go, so even if we die and wake up, we can’t follow you.”

The biggest concern of the first-year students right now was the mission, and naturally, the mission was brought up again in Group 8.

“I decided to go to the Gangwon-do refugee camp and search for the body. Since it’s near my hometown, I know the area well, so I’ll finish it quickly and then go see my parents.”

Lee Gyeom was the first to talk about his mission.

Iljinrim narrowed his eyes when he heard the word refugee village.

“Do you get paid a lot?”

Kyeom shook his head.

“They’re lower-middle class, so they get paid a pittance. However, since they’re commissioned by the local government, they get high scores. They do it by reporting on the scores.”

For Sega, who came from a slum, it was a story he could not ignore.

“The people there will be very grateful. Please take care of it.”

As he spoke in a very serious tone, Kyeom averted his eyes as if he was embarrassed.

“No. I’m saying this based on the scores. And I’m not the only one. Almost all the first-year explorers are here.”

Iljinrim said he was participating in the crackdown on a criminal organization operating on the border between Paju and Seoul together with the Seoul police.

Lee Gyeom and Joo Da-hyun reacted as if to say, “What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“Instead of committing crimes with corrupt police, you are participating in the crackdown on criminal organizations?”

“Are you planning to use the police to wipe out the hostile organization?”

At Joo Da-hyun’s half-joking remark, Iljin-rim opened his yellow eyes wide behind his sunglasses.

“how?”

“Joo, Joo Da-hyun. What are you going to do? You said the combat mission would be too much?”

Sega quickly changed the subject, fearing that the atmosphere would become awkward if the topic was brought up any further.

Dahyun smiled brightly for the first time in a long time and said.

“I’m going to work for a construction company.”

Sega doubted his ears.

“Construction work? You’re doing odd jobs with that body?”

Dahyun, Kyeom, and Jinrim all shook their heads at the same time.

Kyeom giggled at Dahyun.

“It’s a mess. It’s a mess.”

Dahyun used telekinesis to attach her lips to Kyeom’s, then sighed and explained.

“I don’t carry loads on my back. I dig the ground with telekinesis, lift assembled modules, fill the sea with dirt, and do things like that. This time, I’m in charge of basic civil engineering, so it’s easy. I just have to level everything.”

“Ah. There’s that kind of mission too.”

“It would take 10 billion won to do it with heavy equipment for a year, but if you call a telekinesis specialist, you can finish it for 5 billion won in a week.”

“Wait a minute, then what about the maintenance?”

“I don’t work all week, so I don’t get paid much. It’s just a two-day job. A billion won a day? Oh. I wouldn’t have even looked at that kind of money in the past.”

Dahyun sighed and Sega let out a sigh.

“1 billion?”

She lifted her chin and spoke triumphantly.

“Pyromancers make a lot of money. As a Hunter, a Pyromancer makes the most money, but as an Awakened, a Pyromancer is the best.”

Sega checked the mission that Dahyun had received.

Since it was a mission exclusive to psychokinesis, it did not appear in the mission filter set by Sega for rigid body magicians.

‘My mission wasn’t the highest amount.’

Dahyun asked Sega.

“You got that mission? You two are going together? Do you know who your partner is?”

Sega checked his watch once.

There isn’t much time left until 1 o’clock.

“Yeah. Got it. Now that I think about it, I didn’t even hear your partner’s name. We agreed to meet at 1 o’clock. You probably know me too, so if you get close, you’ll probably talk to me.”

Dahyun made a strange expression.

“You don’t even know who it is?”

Sega recalled Ina’s muttering.

“No. It’s a bit ambiguous. I think it was Cheon Sa-hee?”

The moment she heard that name, Joo Da-hyun’s face turned pale.

“Angel Hee?”

* * *

1 o’clock.

Sega waited for his partner, who was probably Cheon Sa-hee, in front of the clock at the entrance of the restaurant.

‘Seeing that Joo Da-hyun was so surprised, I don’t think she’s an ordinary kid.’

Standing between the spring sun and the shadow of the building, looking at his watch, Sega looked like a painting, and the female students who were leaving the restaurant in a circle glanced at him.

Then, a group of students approached them.

They all had white badges attached to their uniform collars, so they looked like they belonged to a certain faction.

‘I guess it’s one of them.’

Sega took a step towards them and made his presence known.

The students from the faction that had been forming the wall split left and right, and one of them walked out.

Step by step.

The moment Sega saw her, he understood why Ina and Judahyun had reacted that way.

“Hello?”

She had pure white hair that flowed gracefully down to her hips, skin as white as a limestone statue, and fiery orange eyes.

He looked relaxed and energetic, and there seemed to be light radiating from his back.

It was pointless to talk about how she dressed or what accessories she wore.

If she wears it, even clothes that cost ten thousand won at the market will look like luxury goods worth tens of millions of won.

“My name is Cheon Sa-hee from class 13~.”

Cheon Sa-hee had a strong sense of detachment, a characteristic of someone who had lived as a winner since birth.

If Joo Da-hyun was amazing and Geum Eun-yo was mysterious, this one was just bizarre.

She had a female student standing next to her who looked strangely like Joo Da-hyun.

When Cheon Sa-hee looked at her, she also introduced herself to Sega.

“This is Joo Ra-hyun from class 13. She’s Da-hyun’s cousin. I heard she’s in the same group as Da-hyun. Please take good care of her.”

His arrogant attitude was evident in his tone and every look in his eyes.

Sega answered by looking at Cheon Sa-hee, not Jura-hyun.

“Thanks to Joo Da-hyun, I was able to do well in the last performance evaluation. I should be asking you to do a good job.”

Cheon Sa-hee smiled as if her answer was correct.

She winked again, and Jurahyun retreated into the crowd of factions as if being chased away.

“I like both of them. That’s a very satisfying answer to my liking~ Jeong Se-ga.”

“Yeah. That’s the situation in Class 1. You’re the one who decided to go with us for the mission evaluation, right?”

Sega acted as calmly as possible.

‘He’s not in his right mind. You shouldn’t hang out with him. You’ll get caught up in it.’

He held his chest up proudly, held his chin up like he did when meeting other students, and smiled invincibly as if he had nothing to fear in this world.

Instinct was warning me of a crisis.

‘It might be stronger than gold and silver.’

The moment he showed even the slightest sign of weakness, it seemed as if she would invade his mind and dig up all his secrets.

Maybe he had psychic abilities.

“……he.”

Cheon Sa-hee smiled without a trace as if she liked that attitude.

“Tomorrow at 8 a.m. Let’s meet in front of the main entrance after eating breakfast.”

And then he left just as quickly as he had come leading the faction.

Sega felt a sense of exhaustion as if a storm had swept through his mind.

‘I might have to spend five days with a kid like that?’

Suddenly, the mission evaluation became a real burden.

‘I need to wake up and act like a future S-class.’

* * *

A large fish farm in the West Sea.

In the luxurious president’s office, a middle-aged man fidgeted with his face darkened.

“president!”

Then the secretary burst through the door and shouted a report.

“They say they’re sending students from Shinseoul!”

He kicked his chair up and cheered.

“Finally! God, Buddha, Venus. Thank you all!”

The secretary looked at him with anxiety.

“Are those students really enough?”

The president nodded as if it was obvious.

“Of course. It’s Shinseoul. But before that, prepare the poison I mentioned earlier. You absolutely must not get caught.”