Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 70



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(070)

‘Come to the lab right now.’

Sega quickly buttoned up his shirt, put on his uniform jacket, and ran madly across campus, heading to Iina’s lab in the main building.

“I’m here.”

“You called just now, but you’re here so quickly? The professor is inside.”

As I passed the large office where the teaching assistants worked and entered Ina’s private room, I saw her standing there looking out the glass window.

A breeze blew through the open window, causing her crimson hair, tied in pigtails, to sway down to her waist.

“The situation is that of a student.”

“Yes, Professor.”

“It’s sudden, but the student has been given an assigned mission.”

Assigned mission.

Rather than assigning the task to someone in Shinseoul, the task was assigned to a single student.

“The next mission evaluation is naturally exempt, and the score for the assigned mission will be reflected by 1.5 times. The deadline is up to 5 days, and if you have to miss classes from Monday to Wednesday, your attendance during that period will be recognized. The compensation is 300 million won.”

“yes?”

Sega tried to keep up with the situation.

Leena’s efforts were in vain as she continued to spew explosive words.

“This time, Sega students will be dispatched to a research lab with deep ties to Shinseoul. Since the very existence of the lab must be kept secret, they cannot ask for any help from government agencies, and they will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement when they go to the site.”

Sega tried to ask the question calmly.

“Am I going alone?”

Judging by the atmosphere, rejection was unimaginable.

In fact, from the moment I heard the amount of 300 million, I didn’t really want to refuse it.

‘If I get 300 million won… How many years would I have to work part-time at a convenience store?’

In this situation, what was important was having comrades to fight together.

Ina answered as if she had been waiting for that question.

“I would like to have one telekinesis and one explorer. Please make it up with the acquaintances that Sega students want.”

“All right.”

‘Acquaintance?’

Sega didn’t have as many connections as I thought.

In order to hide his identity, he deliberately kept his distance from everyone except for the members of Group 8, and he also tried not to become too close to those members.

‘I’m so tired because of the duel evaluation.’

After much thought, I called the two female students.

* * *

Friday, 21:30.

A bulletproof sedan raced out of the main gate of the Shinseoul Hunter Academy.

There were one faculty member driving and three students in the car.

“… … This is really cool. It’s my first time driving around here.”

Jeong Se-ga, who is staring at the night view of Seoul with his face pressed against the window and his eyes filled with fascination.

“That’s why they say ‘Shin Seoul, Shin Seoul.’ It’s cool no matter how many times I look at it.”

Nayeosu sits in the passenger seat and looks around with the same eyes as Sega.

“Don’t be so country. You’re being rude.”

And Joo Da-hyun, leaning back against the backrest and with her eyes half-closed, shoots out a sharp voice.

“You’re on the same team now, so don’t lose your temper too much.”

Sega, who was sitting next to Dahyun, tried to dissuade her, but Dahyun glared like an angry thornbush.

“Temperament? When you first called, I thought you wanted to meet up for a glass of wine on Friday night. When you told me you had to go on an evaluation right away, I thought you were thinking of me in your own way, trying to get me points and money. So I came flying in all excited, and there you are, naked, with that slutty little bitch linking arms with you? Do I look angry or not?”

“No. That’s it.”

Na Yeo-su was wearing only a school uniform skirt, and her top was a crop top that exposed her back.

“Besides, the fact that she’s still here with you even though I flew in means that you called her before me!”

At Dahyun’s words, Sega grabbed the back of her neck, and Nayeosu gave Sega an awkward smile.

‘I don’t know.’

Sega looked out the window with a half-resigned look.

As the light air, with its magic power drained away, flowed into my lungs, skyscrapers that seemed to pierce the sky brightly colored the night sky, and domes larger than baseball stadiums revealed their presence here and there.

These were fixed gates that operated as magic stone mines by capturing and killing magic stones as they were born.

“Dahyun. Do you have any of them?”

Dahyun, who took off the jacket she was wearing and forced it on Yeosu, answered rudely.

“We are not a hunter’s guild, but a magic stone conglomerate. We are not people who mine magic stones, but people who buy them from the government and process them.”

“ah.”

“… … What you see over there is managed by Kang Joo-hyeok’s guild, Gangpung, and what you see over there is managed by Baek Sang-eon’s guild, Baeksan. And what you see over there at the end is where the Shinseoul Comprehensive Hunting Foundation recently purchased the mining rights.”

“Thank you. I didn’t know.”

“You should study this too. This is the industry you’ll be making a living in from now on.”

The bulletproof sedan headed east toward New Seoul along the Han River.

Even though it was on the outskirts of the city, it was very clean, unlike the street where Sega lived.

But if we’re just talking about the dangerous atmosphere, this one was actually more intense.

If the slums on the outskirts of Sejong City were shabby, this place was eerie, as if bullets might rain down at any moment.

CCTV cameras and sentry guns appeared in the alleys, there was a barbed-wire gate at every corner, and guards armed with military firearms stood guard at checkpoints everywhere.

Na Yeo-su and Jeong Se-ga trembled at the danger they had never seen before, and Joo Da-hyun made an expression as if she had returned to her hometown.

“This is the eastern research area. There is a lot of joint research going on behind the scenes with the government here.”

“Joint research?”

“They outsource to us things that the government cannot openly research, like biological experiments or lethal weapons based on lethal force.”

A bulletproof sedan stopped in front of the main gate of a research institute.

“hello.”

A researcher in a white lab coat came out to greet me and handed me three pieces of paper through the car window.

“I’m sorry, but you have to write this first.”

It was a pledge not to reveal what I saw and heard inside.

It also included the fact that he did not want to know who he was fighting with and why.

“yes.”

Sega signed immediately and returned the documents.

The researcher was secretly impressed by his calm attitude.

‘As expected, this is the student sent by Vice President Lee Ina. I didn’t know he would be so upright. Maybe he has been living in the Shinseoul Hunter industry since he was young.’

Sega thought as he heard the iron door opening.

‘I’m going crazy. I’m going through all sorts of things.’

The lab looks just like a school.

There was a wall surrounding the site, a research building, and a space in front of the building that served as both an outdoor parking lot and an open space.

Segawa Dahyun and Yeosu parked their bulletproof sedan and climbed up a few stairs to enter the research center building.

“oh my god.”

As soon as I entered the lobby, a bizarre sight came into view.

“Burn all of Line A!”

“Shred all the documents! Don’t leave a single piece of paper behind.”

“Your cabinet is already packed. Load it into the car quickly.”

“I need the finished product, not the data. Throw away all the samples except the ones that are absolutely necessary!”

Researchers in white lab coats were running around, organizing books, experimental equipment, and various specimens.

The spine of something floating in the green nutrient solution was thrown onto a cart heading to the incinerator, documents with strange photographs were sucked into a shredder, and something that looked like a mixture of a person and a tree was carried out behind them by the researchers.

“Listen carefully!”

A three-armed werewolf-like creature was carried on a stretcher by two researchers to the crematorium.

Sega looked at the corpse and remembered the demon he had seen on the day of the entrance ceremony.

Black scales and thorny hair, muscles bulging like ropes and irrational eyes.

‘What on earth were you researching here?’

A doubt arose, but it did not last long.

Knowing the world’s dark secrets wasn’t such a good thing.

It was only natural that the person whose secret was revealed would want to silence the person who found out the secret.

I’ve seen people commit murder over a glass or two of alcohol.

Sega decided to exercise his right not to know and turned his eyes away from the demon’s corpse.

“Let’s start with our work first.”

Yeosu, who was looking around, hesitated as if she was overwhelmed.

“But… …what is our job?”

Even though she had lived a rather rough life, she was still a 17-year-old schoolgirl when she came into this world.

“It doesn’t seem like a situation where someone would be kind enough to explain it to you, Dahyun.”

“Huh, huh?”

“Find the highest person here and ask him to call the security chief.”

“Okay, that’s about it.”

Joo Da-hyun was a wealthy merchant in Shinseoul and was well-versed in portrait research.

“Dr. Park?”

“Miss Ju Da-hyun?”

She looked around for a moment, then approached a middle-aged man surrounded by young men in white.

“I didn’t expect to see you here.”

The middle-aged man greeted Dahyun politely with an embarrassed expression, and Dahyun responded with a bitter smile.

“I did that too.”

When the researchers heard the name Joo Da-hyun, their faces all hardened.

Some people made complicated expressions, some gritted their teeth, and some made pitiful expressions.

“I came to Shinseoul today as a hunter. I was given the task of guarding this place. Could you please call the security team leader?”

Dr. Park made a phone call, and soon a man wearing a bulletproof vest and a gas mask came running into the lobby.

“Ah. Are you from New Seoul?”

He looked urgent and anxious, but his eyes were filled with a deep sense of responsibility.

“Yes. Are you the head of security here?”

“Yes. I am the head of the security team. Excuse me, but what level of hunters are you three?”

I didn’t find it too offensive that they suddenly asked about my level.

Instead of answering, Sega pulled out the Dragon Bone & Turtle Cell Blade from his waist and raised his sword aura.

A blue light flickered in the dimly lit lobby.

The security team leader opened his mouth wide.

He smiled brightly as if he had new hope, and continued speaking politely.

“We are hunters, but we are all low-level bodyguards. We can only stop 9mm bullets.”

There were seven people in total including him, and they were armed with KH1 service rifles, Teeth blades, and nail karambits.

He added that although they have bulletproof vests and helmets, they are unlikely to be very effective against the expected intruders.

“Additional equipment includes two medium recon drones, six small suicide drones, and a KH4 sentry gun.”

Sega looked around the lobby once more.

“It’s not important to protect the lab, but to get out safely with the finished product, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. It will be safe to just enter the new Seoul city center.”

“Do they know we’re trying to run away?”

“According to the intelligence report from Shinseoul, this research was only just completed this afternoon. Since it is such an important research, I can’t imagine that Dr. Park would give up on it and run away.”

The most important thing was the research results.

“Then we’ll have to do our best to clear the way. We’ll hold out, so please use all your drones and equipment to secure an escape route.”

Sega’s instructions provided direction on a broad level and allowed the expert security team leader to demonstrate his skills.

‘Do they even teach conducting in Shinseoul?’

The security team leader was secretly amazed, and Sega clenched his fists.

‘During the refugee camp struggle, running away was the most important thing. Also, I think Cha Soo-bin gave instructions like this in mobile marksmanship. … … I’m just going crazy.’

* * *

The security team leader used both sentry guns and reconnaissance drones to secure Dr. Park’s escape route.

I made a pseudo-machine gun by drilling a hole in the roof of the car and fixing a sentry gun on it, and planned out a few escape routes with the recon drone.

Dr. Park, his graduate students, and other researchers, each carrying a bag containing the fake results with a determined look on their faces, went out the back door.

1:20.

Deep in the night, the moon is beginning to wane.

CCTV infrared cameras captured a minibus approaching.

“Hunter Shinseoul. They are coming.”

The security team leader strengthened his resolve as he loaded the magazine.

“It’s a beginning.”

“Come anytime. I’ll make you some minced meat.”

“In the name of New Seoul!”

Sega drew his sword, Dahyun prepared her telekinesis, and Yeosu smiled brightly and held a submachine gun.

CCTV footage showed a minibus stopping and people armed with guns and bulletproof vests getting out.

Judging from the hatchet, kukri, and karambit made from the by-products of the demonic spirits he was wearing on his waist, it seemed he was not a non-Awakened one.

Among them were some men wearing suits and hoodies.

Generally, the less well-armed a hunter was, the stronger he was.

“Sega. I’m leaving now?”

Na Yeo-su stretched her back like a cat, then walked out of the lobby holding a submachine gun and a flare pistol.

Even in this tense situation, she maintained a seductive gait with large pelvic swings from side to side.

If it were normal, Joo Da-hyun would have said something, but this time, she kept her mouth shut.

“… … .”

The courage of the explorer who was the first to rush into enemy territory was worthy of respect.

Percussion!

Na Yeo-su ran stealthily along the lab wall like a black cat running through the night.

Neither the high walls nor the sharp barbed wire could stop her swift feet.

“It’s terrifying to think that a hunter like that would raid this place.”

As the security team leader stuck out his tongue, Nayeosu looked at the bus the attackers had arrived in.

‘Found it.’

Blocking it wasn’t enough.

If they had noticed that Dr. Park was running away, they might have scattered.

It was a situation that had to be avoided, as blocking it was harder than breaking through it.

So, the gist of the operation that Segawa, the security team leader, and Dahyun came up with was this.

‘Let’s go out proactively. Instead of running away, we’ll gather strong hunters and give them the impression that we’re going to block them. Then, they’ll all gather to try to break through us somehow. Dr. Park, you can run away then.’

Na Yeo-su calculated the angle precisely and then fired a signal flare into the sky.

pop!

As fireworks and sparklers suddenly lit up the night sky, Joo Da-hyun looked at the CCTV footage and flares outside the glass doors of the lobby to determine the coordinates of the bus the attackers had arrived in.

“I’m done.”

She clenched her fist.

Kwajik!

The bus was seen crushed like a soda can on CCTV.

pop!

The bus’s mounted psionic engines and energy batteries exploded, creating blue flames, and the attackers looked around in confusion.

“… … !”

Hooded assailants and suit-clad assailants shouted something, and a group of them charged towards the lab.

bang!

The main gate was broken down.

Sega pulled out his sword and walked out of the lobby.

“I didn’t want to cut anyone.”

An eerie red glow illuminated the attackers.

“Maybe so.”