The Spoon Villain Is Obsessed with the Hero Again Today - Chapter 94



There Is No C in My Grades (3)

A few minutes after Arna left the room, Kang Tae-hoon returned.

“I wondered what nonsense you were talking about on the phone. What? You want me to teach you sword techniques?”

“Yes.”

By the way, the mint chocolate chip ice cream I asked for earlier is nowhere to be seen.

Is this saying that a loser doesn’t deserve to eat ice cream?

“You’ve finally lost your mind. Instead of a sword, you should be looking for a nursing home first, huh?”

Kang Tae-hoon had an expression of disbelief.

I pointed to my face with my hand.

“I’m not talking nonsense. Can’t you see my serious face?”

“Serious, my ass. Are you planning some other bullshit?”

What kind of image does Kang Tae-hoon have of Shin Yoon-seong in his head? It seems he doesn’t trust me at all.

Honestly, I was a bit hurt. We’ve shared some good times together.

“But why a sword? Have you completely given up on spoons? Are you only going to use them to eat ice cream now?”

“No. I still use spoons. It’s my only weapon.”

I lightly swung the large spoon.

On the other hand, Kang Tae-hoon still had a puzzled look on his face.

“So why a sword, you idiot? You said you use spoons. What’s the connection with a sword?”

It seems I need to explain in more detail.

So suspicious.

“I realized during the recent individual tactics evaluation that I lack the basics.”

“Did you just figure that out now? Huh?”

Ahem. I cleared my throat once.

“Anyway. To build that foundation, I need to start by learning new postures and movements.”

“So you’re going to learn swordsmanship? And then apply those movements to the spoon?”

“Exactly. As expected from the second place graduate.”

I picked up a training wooden sword from the corner. I handed it to Kang Tae-hoon.

“Here, if you understand roughly, teach me how to use the sword.”

“…”

Kang Tae-hoon narrowed his eyes and stared at the wooden sword.

And then.

“You’re talking nonsense.”

He immediately gave me a fist bump.

─Hey! You’re holding it the wrong way! How can you expect to swing with any force when your hands are tangled up like that?

─Aren’t you stepping properly? Are you trying to tap dance or something?

─Oh, I see. You’re just going to do whatever you want now, huh?

From the next room, a man’s shouts echoed continuously. They reached all the way to where Arna was.

“Eeeek…!”

Arna had returned to the sync room she first used. She pressed herself against the wall, listening intently to the sounds from the next room.

Biting down on a handkerchief.

“Am I just invisible to him…?!”

She had gone out of her way to approach him and talk. She even gave him some advice.

But now he was ignoring her, asking Kang Tae-hoon to teach him swordsmanship?

What kind of rude behavior is this?

It’s completely mannerless.

“I’m better than him! I can teach better, can’t I? I’m the top student in my grade! I hold the record!”

No matter how much she complained, her words never reached Shin Yoon-sung. They were all blocked by the wall.

“Aaaaargh…!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Arna couldn’t hold back her frustration and started pounding the wall with her fists.

“Am I just a joke to him?!”

It’s infuriating. So infuriating. She hated how he toyed with her feelings.

“Ugh…”

But what she hated even more was herself.

From the start, she should have just ignored a guy like that. He was just a villain not worth approaching.

But whenever she came to her senses, her gaze was always directed at Shin Yoon-sung. Against her own will, her eyes would automatically go to him.

“….”

The reason for this was something that happened a few days ago. Specifically, on the last day of the school open event. It was when she ran into Choi So-eun at the shop.

That day, Choi So-eun boldly bought a student ID. The last one left of Shin Yoon-sung’s. The one Arna had her eye on first.

She was shocked. She never thought Choi So-eun would do something so daring. To buy Shin Yoon-sung’s student ID right in front of everyone.

Now, she could go straight for Shin Yoon-sung without any hesitation.

And that scared her. The thought that Shin Yoon-sung might go far away. That he might never come back to her side.

That anxiety was why she couldn’t take her eyes off him.

“Ahhhhh…! What am I thinking right now…? Why would I do that…!”

Slap! Slap!

Arna slapped her cheeks hard to erase the distracting thoughts that had bloomed in her mind.

Then, she forced a wide smile on her face.

“Alright! Since I’ve come this far, let’s try the new difficulty level!”

Moving her body around might help shake off these complicated feelings a little.

Arna quickly stood in front of the kiosk.

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Personal Tactical Evaluation

: Selected Difficulty [S]

: Student Information [Second-year Combat Department, Arna Kristindottir]

: Clear Record [Fail]

From noble mtl dot com

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“Hey.”

Kang Tae-hoon called out to Shin Yoon-seong, who was swinging a spoon by himself.

“Let’s have a simple sparring match.”

“Sparring, huh. Sounds good.”

Shin Yoon-seong stood in front of Kang Tae-hoon as if he had been waiting for this moment, brandishing a giant spoon.

“Let’s see how skilled you’ve become….”

Whoosh─!

“Hey, you jerk! You should at least let me finish talking before you attack! Are you completely crazy?!”

A small duel began inside the synchro room. Shin Yoon-seong freely displayed the moves he had learned so far.

Thwack─!

Kang Tae-hoon skillfully moved his wooden sword to block Shin Yoon-seong’s attacks.

“Hmm.”

His movements were still clumsy.

It can’t be helped. It was just a few hours of class, not even a whole day. You can’t expect perfection from that alone.

“Hey! Your shoulders are opening up too quickly!”

But that doesn’t mean I’m going to give you any carrots. If I praise you even a little, you’ll immediately start climbing up.

Kang Tae-hoon didn’t stop his harsh words.

“You’re not putting enough strength in your legs, are you? Can’t you see your feet are getting tangled?”

Whack─!

“Just because you swung once doesn’t mean it’s over! Your final follow-through is a mess! What did you learn earlier?”

Whack─!

“Are you already tired? Your upper body is starting to lean forward.”

Shin Yoon-seong’s posture was already collapsing, even though it hadn’t been long since they started. It’s inevitable since he’s moving his body differently than usual.

“That’s enough.”

Thud─!

Having seen enough, Kang Tae-hoon ended the sparring by kicking Shin Yoon-seong in the abdomen.

Shin Yoon-seong collapsed to the floor without even having time to scream.

“Wait… That kick just now… It seemed like there was some emotion in it…”

“No way. It must be your imagination.”

After the sparring, Kang Tae-hoon realized. Shin Yoon-seong had no talent.

He was just one of the many mediocrities you can find anywhere.

In such cases, with enough time and effort, one can improve to some extent. But right now, Shin Yoon-seong doesn’t have enough time.

There’s less than a week left until the evaluation update.

“Why don’t you just comfortably aim for a C?”

“No. I’m aiming for a B. I’m Shin Yoon-seong, the man.”

“That guy, he gets obsessed with strange things, doesn’t he? What’s so important about grades?”

“One more time.”

Shin Yoon-seong got up again after a short break. Seeing this, Kang Tae-hoon clicked his tongue.

“Again? Do you think I have all the time in the world?”

“Let’s start.”

“Listen to people, you idiot!”

Shin Yoon-seong picked up the spoon and got into a ready position. But Kang Tae-hoon reached out his hand.

“Hey. Forget that. Try the connecting move we learned earlier.”

Connection Movement. A technique that combines multiple postures into a single movement. It uses not only physical movements but also the magic power within the body.

“Do you remember?”

“Of course.”

The connection movement being demonstrated now is one of the basic techniques that appear in the manual. It is a counterattack technique that deflects the opponent’s attack once and then delivers a powerful blow.

Tap─!

Without anyone saying who should go first, the two of them stepped forward simultaneously. And as if they had promised each other, they both made a diagonal slash starting from the upper right.

Bang─!

At the moment when the spoon and the wooden sword clashed, a huge roar echoed along with the shockwave. Perhaps due to the influence of magic power, the scale was different from when they were sparring earlier.

“Hmph…!”

During the contest, Kang Tae-hoon put weight on his wooden sword. If this continues, Shin Yoon-seong will be overpowered.

Tap─!

Shin Yoon-seong did not stay still either. There is no need to continue the power struggle that the opponent wants. He twisted his wrist and deflected the opponent’s wooden sword.

“Hup…!”

In this fleeting moment when their weapons separated, Shin Yoon-seong moved on to the next action. He twisted his waist and spun his body around. At the same time, he condensed the magic power within his body.

Swoosh─

The physical force generated by spinning his body and the magic power gathered in an instant. The two forces combined and focused on the spoon.

And he swung it with all his might.

Bang─!

It was a properly powered blow. If nothing else, he performed this one exactly as he had learned before.

Although it was blocked by the wooden sword…

Crack─!

In an instant, a crack appeared on the wooden sword. That was not the end. The crack continued to spread like tree roots and soon covered the entire wooden sword.

“…!”

Kang Tae-hoon, who was defending against this, quickly took a backstep to widen the distance.

Thud─!

Soon, the wooden sword in his hand crumbled. If he hadn’t stepped back, the blow would have reached Kang Tae-hoon without stopping.

“Whew. How was it? Did it work this time?”

“…”

Kang Tae-hoon could hardly close his mouth. Just a moment ago, the guy who was floundering like a squid… suddenly could exert such power. He couldn’t even imagine that the wooden sword would be shattered.

It wasn’t an ordinary wooden sword either. Kang Tae-hoon had also infused magic power into the wooden sword. But Shin Yoon-seong easily broke through it.

“This feeling….”

And this tingling sensation left on my fingertips. I’ve felt it somewhere before.

Very recently, too.

“Hey!”

Kang Tae-hoon called out to Shin Yoon-seong with a serious face.

“Did you eat something strange while I was gone?”

“Something strange? Are you talking about the Max Spicy Shanghai Burger I had for lunch earlier?”

It didn’t seem like he did anything suspicious. Shin Yoon-seong also had a face that showed he had no idea what he had done.

“…”

Where did such power come from?

A normal body could never produce such an impact. No matter how much magic was used. This is not the kind of power that can be produced by simple magic. It’s an alien power.

Kang Tae-hoon knew better than anyone. Because he had experienced it firsthand.

That power was exactly.

The same kind of power that Lloyd Hintz used during the international evaluation match.

The same kind of power as a stimulant.