125 – Academy Competition_12
The special control room located at the top of Repeat, the entrance to Ella and the control center building that manages various events, was busy.
The reason was none other than the 32nd Academy Awards, which had just begun.
Because of the value of the name of the world’s only island in the sky, it has often been used as a filming location for movies or as a place for events, so the members of the special control room were tolerant of most events.
In order to proceed without any problems with a large-scale event in which only 2 weeks, 10 academies, and more than 100 energetic mana talents participated at once, constant efforts were required, and because of that, I had no choice but to be busy.
“I can’t see camera number 32. Who installed that? I told you to tell me in advance if anything is broken! Go to the replacement team quickly and exchange them.”
“The 102nd camera is also strange. The constant janking is probably out of order. I think this one needs to be exchanged.”
“Cadet number 57’s last act is missing. Elimination is confirmed. The location is west grassland coordinates X102 Y67…”
That’s why the event officials raised their voices while looking at the hundreds or thousands of Ella’s current status boards prepared in all directions of the spacious special control room, checking everything that was happening above Ella in preparation for an unexpected situation.
“Sorry.”
Alex, the A-class hero who was in charge of directing the event in the center of the special control room, looked down with cold eyes at the man in the black suit who was bowing his head in front of him.
“You missed it?”
The man in front of him flinched at Alex’s cold words and started making excuses.
“That’s why we told the cadet over and over again to stop, but they didn’t listen…”
“So you missed it?”
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“I have nothing to say.”
“Ha…”
Alex let out a small sigh.
This is the first time I have been appointed as a referee for an academy competition.
However, as I became a referee, I came across a lot of incidents in the past academy competitions.
From what I’ve heard, the incident that just happened happened every year.
It was always a privilege for a proud cadet to run away because he couldn’t accept that he had been eliminated.
Therefore, more than a few countermeasures were prepared.
Even so, Alex couldn’t take a good look at the man bowing his head in front of him.
What do you do when you’re a regular B-class hero?
Because he couldn’t subdue even a single cadet and ruined the event.
“I’ll send you a few more people, so do it quickly.”
What happened is what happened.
If you can’t do something that didn’t exist, you have to do it well.
So far, there seems to be no damage from the escaped cadet.
“Sorry. This is an urgent matter. One cadet…”
That was the moment I was about to issue an order.
Another man in a suit rushed in and started talking about missing another cadet who had been eliminated.
“…”
Hearing that story, Alex had a sudden thought that these guys might be doing something to ruin his career.
How could regular B-class heroes grow things like this when they couldn’t subdue a cadet?
A huge fire soared inside Alex.
But the flames could not be extinguished.
If it had been groaning since the first day, the only thing left to do was feed the staff at the broadcasting station who were filming and editing the video after entering the control room.
In addition, the academy staff said that the directors would come soon, so there was nothing good to see if things got bigger.
So Alex suppressed her anger with her superhuman patience.
“Find it quickly. Teams 2 and 3. It’s okay to mobilize all operators, too.”
However, he seemed to be unable to suppress his anger completely, and with every word he spoke, mana was loaded and he put pressure on the men.
“I’ll give you 30 minutes.”
“”I understand.””
The frightened men lowered their heads once and hurriedly left the special control room.
“Tsk.”
Alex looked at those guys and clicked his tongue.
It was because there was no time to be pathetic.
‘Still, this will solve the problem.’
No matter how pathetic they are, there’s no way they can’t handle the job even though they’re cutting out people this far.
So Alex started looking around the special control room to deal with the overdue work.
“Sorry.”
How long has it been?
30 Minutes must have passed, but the team that went to collect the dropouts did not return.
Is that all?
Isn’t there a rumor that another cadet who was eliminated ran away?
This is the third time.
If you do it once, you will understand.
I can understand it somehow even if it’s twice.
But the third time was different.
No matter how often I heard that it happened, it only happened once or twice during the whole period of the event, not this much.
That’s why Alex felt strange.
It can be said that it is the intuition of an A-class hero who has experienced various incidents over the years.
For some reason, I had the feeling that something was happening.
Not quite.
It could be that everyone is mistaken, that the assistant referees were simply stupid, and that the cadets selected for this competition came out as particularly proud.
“I will attach one team. Do it quickly.”
But the unexpected happens when you do.
It may not be a big case, but the sooner things are resolved, the better.
That’s why I tried to get the work done quickly by attaching one team of the best.
‘Should I watch it?’
And Alex pondered whether to report the anomaly.
However, he shook his head.
The only way to get to Ella is through Repeat.
That’s why there was no way someone broke in.
In that case, it was safe to say that this incident was all an aberration of the cadets.
If it’s an incident, it’s an incident, but it’s probably not a big one.
So there was no need to make a big deal out of it.
If you grow up, only a lot of stories will come out in your career.
Alex was strangely uneasy, but decided that way.
**
It is quite a burden to make someone into Sarah’s household.
That’s also true, because being a member of the family meant, in other words, to make a vampire.
In other words, it was like saying that you can’t move around during the day, die if you touch running water, or become vulnerable to stakes and garlic.
Of course, I don’t have all of those penalties.
Its intensity is not to the extent that it turns to ashes just by looking at the sunlight.
When exposed to the sunlight, it burns the skin, so it just feels like an endless burning pain.
Of course, those with skills above a certain level or those with inexhaustible mana could reduce most of the penalty, but there are few such cases and most have no choice but to bear the penalty as it is.
Is that all?
If you find out that there is a vampire, you will find out that Sarah is alive even though you hid information about Sarah as an intelligence operation.
It was only natural that Sarah could make a vampire in the world of sugar gold.
So I tend to put a lot of thought into making a proper follower.
In some ways, it is the same as the instinct of all living things, so it was natural if it were natural.
But those are the things to focus on to make a proper follower.
Disposable was good.
Because dead things don’t leave traces.
“Even…What the hell…”
“Why are you…Why are you…”
North of Sky Island, Ella.
Halfway up the mountain area.
Earthworms wriggled on the ground where the night had fallen.
The earthworms convulsed and vomited blood from the seven holes.
Then they put on a look of disbelief at the person who did this to them.
It was really sad to see that, but it was good.
Since the surveillance cameras and magic tools scattered around were neutralized, there was nothing to be discovered.
At the same time, the alibi was perfect because he periodically teleported to the camera on the opposite side of this place.
“Congratulations, Hayato-kun, you have more friends.”
I clapped my hands as I looked at Hayato, whose expression was endlessly wrinkling on top of those earthworms.
“This time, they are cadets attending the same Raiden Academy.”
However, there was no further reaction from Hayato.
I let him speak to some extent, but he didn’t seem to have anything to say right now.
-Wuduk!
Still, my body seems to be tickling.
The sound of teeth grinding tickled my ears.
“With this, Villain Hayato’s teammates have become 5.”
Otherwise, I ordered Sara to turn the worms that fell on the floor into my followers.
And he handed out bombs and poison I bought at the store.
It meant to commit suicide if your identity would be discovered.
“Then, I will ask you to take good care of me in the future. Hayato-kun.”
After finishing my work, I ordered Hayato to continue the current work.
“ㅅ…What’s the reason you’re doing this ㅁ…?”
Hayato gritted his teeth and said.
It looked like he was about to use swear words, but since he had ordered no swear words, it was quite funny to see only good words coming out.
“Is there any reason I should tell you?”
Where is the wicked man who is not a retard and says everything about asking why?
Still, since Hayato was doing a good job, there was nothing he couldn’t do with a hint.
A false hint anyway.
If you look at it from a different point of view, you will be able to see it as real.
“Honestly, I thought you were stupid, right?”
“…”
“Still, I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll give you a hint. Here’s a hint. How many people live down here?”
“What is that…”
“Because I gave you a hint.”
Whether Hayato didn’t understand or not, I was teleported back to where I was.
Day 1 of the Academy Competition.
Hayato’s teammate has become five.