119 – Academy Competition_6
“Yusei? Did you say Yusei?”
“What did I do?”
“You really—”
The quarrel intensified.
I was almost afraid that if I left it as it was, I would surely get into a physical fight.
“What happened all of a sudden?”
“Yeah, why are you doing this all of a sudden? Everyone knows this is not the time.”
It’s not like the other cadets didn’t realize that, so they started interfering with the arguing cadets to stop them.
“Let go.”
“What? Are you pretending to be strong after losing to me in an individual match? Where are you going to hit me?”
However, far from stopping the bickering between the two, they now clearly began to show hostility.
“What are you really doing?”
“Let’s talk first.”
The cadets who stopped them didn’t seem to understand the sudden change in the situation.
‘Why is that?’
The reason was simple.
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Skill activation sounds continuously ringing in my ears.
Adjust it so that the field of view narrows at the right timing. Twisting concepts to monotonize thoughts. It was a natural result as they fantasized about cursing each other.
“What did you say?”
“What did I say wrong?”
“You!”
Now it was time to really start fighting.
‘This should be enough.’
It’s just the right timing.
“How about doing this?”
I quietly approached and raised my voice.
“You must be…”
In an instant, the quarrel stopped.
The cadets were startled and turned their heads to where the sound came from.
Since there are quite a few things I did after being possessed, I didn’t like to be exposed much. Except when necessary, it became a habit to use Unidentified to cover his presence as much as possible.
As a result, I was using the skill subconsciously this time too, and because of that, I was in a state of disappearing. I wonder if it’s because I felt like a person who didn’t exist among the cadets suddenly popped out like a ghost.
“My name is Sunghyun Lee of 1-K.”
That’s why I made an appropriate introduction.
It was a very simple introduction, but even if it was this much, none of the cadets here would recognize me.
That would also be the case because they had seen me at least once in the autumn Mutuje solo exhibition or had shared hands.
“Ah, come to think of it, you participated in the training camp too… Why did you forget?”
“Isn’t it because I have a thin presence?”
“I’d like to think it’s ridiculous that you have a thin presence with that face. Having experienced this, I cannot deny it.”
Park Gang-cheol, one of the cadets who was arguing, said with a small smile.
“I’m just grateful that you’ve looked at it favorably.”
“I’m not saying this, but… Well anyway, so what do you think?”
Park Kang-cheol asked me about my intentions.
“Isn’t it right to get water first?”
Lee Seung-chan, who had been arguing with Park Kang-cheol over the subject of accommodation and water, quickly opened his mouth.
“Honestly, I don’t think the idea of finding a place to stay is wrong. But even if you can’t find a place to stay, if you accept the inconvenience, you can climb up a tree to rest or cut down a tree to make a place to stay. It can be really hard if you can’t find proper drinking water in a situation where you don’t have food.”
“Come to think of it, I was forcibly summoned to the camp, so I couldn’t even drink a sip of water all day…”
“Agree.”
Seeing that he even added his own reason, he seemed to want people to agree with his opinion.
A few other cadets agreed with Seungchan Lee.
“You haven’t forgotten that it’s winter, have you? In addition, night comes quickly in a forest with such an altitude, so if you waste time looking for water, you may have to find a place to stay at night. It’s not too late to find water after you’ve decided where to stay.”
“That’s right.”
“As expected, it will be difficult at night.”
Park Kang-cheol refuted Lee Seung-chan’s words.
The cadets, who did not agree with Lee Seung-chan’s words, expressed positive intentions to Park Kang-cheol’s words.
‘It’s quite plausible.’
Both were correct.
Although the opinion was very weak, a place to stay and water were important things.
That’s not wrong.
Both Lee Seung-chan and Park Kang-cheol, no, this is a fact known to all the cadets here.
Then why is there such a discrepancy?
I have the feeling that I created a fight with my skill, but that doesn’t mean I created something that didn’t exist.
It is a work that has only accelerated what was already there.
Even I couldn’t make something out of nothing.
Anyway, the reason was simple.
This is a battle for supremacy.
It was because it was a very simple fight in which the one whose opinion was passed first had the initiative.
In addition, they also vaguely guessed that the leadership of this training camp would lead to the academy competition.
They are not fools either.
There is no way you don’t know that these things can be easily solved by sharing them.
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If you couldn’t think of that much, you had to remove Seulgi Seulgi from the name Seulgi Seulgi.
It’s not just those two.
The other cadets, who agreed with the two opinions and were already forming a group, were similar.
I don’t know how they became friends from the beginning, but I don’t know if the groups were divided into groups of 3 to 3 with just the right number of people.
“I think you both said the right thing.”
So what I had to do was very simple.
“So let’s split up and explore.”
It is wasteful to find water with 6 people or a place to stay with 6 people in the first place.
So when you think rationally, you just have to present something reasonable.
My job is to coordinate.
It is the role of carrying the weight.
The position is just right.
I am the semi-winner of the autumn Mutuje individual event.
Since the winner did not participate, it is safe to say that he is the strongest here.
There were a lot of people older than me here, but it didn’t matter.
Because mana talents instinctively divide the hierarchy based on strength, it is not easy to ignore my words.
“Tsk.”
“Um…”
The atmosphere sank in celebration as I did not raise either hand.
“I think the number of people should be divided in a 3 to 3 ratio.”
Otherwise, I assigned their roles.
If I don’t follow these words, if I’m pushed to one side, I’ll have no choice but to yield the initiative.
Noticing this, the two remained silent.
“3V3? One person is empty?”
A cadet tilted his head and asked if he was puzzled by my words.
“Ah, I’m going to move separately and try to get food. A place to stay and water are important, but food is also important in its own way.”
This was a competition between those two groups, so I meant that I wouldn’t be part of it.
That word was also in line with the meaning of determining leadership according to which of the two groups produced proper performance.
“Not a bad suggestion.”
“Because I thought it would be inefficient to do something together.”
Park Kang-cheol and Lee Seung-chan nodded as if they understood the meaning of my words.
“Then let’s meet here in three hours.”
Even if you understood the meaning of my words, there is no guarantee that things will work out the way you set your mind to it.
Anyway, it was good.
All I was interested in was figuring out this forest.
As expected, this place will be set up similar to the forest area where the grand battle will take place. For my plan, it was more important than anything to understand this place.
‘It would have been better if it had been in the mountain area.’
The only place that can be created in a short period of time is a forest, so this is inevitable.
“Oh, and in case you get lost…”
Even so, it’s not a hobby to not get what you can get, so I added an explanation ‘in preparation for the unexpected’.
“Then let’s begin.”
A brief explanation.
At my words, two groups of cadets started moving.
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“Hmm…”
As my gaze turned towards me, the cadets in front of me slightly lowered their gazes.
The reason was simple.
It was because I couldn’t achieve what I set out to do despite all my hard work for three hours.
On the other hand, it was a reaction that I couldn’t help because I had saved a few small wild animals but something to eat.
“Well, it can’t be helped.”
I let out a small sigh.
I expected this.
There’s no way there’s a proper cave in a forest like this, and there’s no way there’s a proper water source or river.
It’s not like it’s not there at all, but it was natural that neither the aborigines living in these places nor the cadets living in the city could find it.
“Then what should I do now?”
“Evening is approaching now, but in this state…”
The cadets bypassed Park Kang-cheol and Lee Seung-chan to ask for my opinion.
It was a natural result.
They couldn’t even produce proper results despite raising their voices, but I achieved enough of what I set out to do.
It was the contrast of the so-called performance.
They have now lost the power to express their opinions.
It’s not perfect, but I had no choice but to include my opinion in this choice.
“I see… There is a place I have seen on my way back and forth. Why don’t you go there first?”
This was a bit lacking.
It wasn’t enough to create any more extreme situations here.
I think the rest will be possible only when the competition starts and proper survival begins.
Even so, it was possible to plant seeds.
Approximately 5 days before the match starts.
The first stage of preparation has been completed.