I Became the Leader of Academy City chapter 44

44 – Discipline 19. The leader tests unique abilities (1)

A hectic few days passed.

Leading department executive office.

After receiving recovery magic from the healer, I sat down at my desk with my entire body covered in bandages and looked at the documents.

The Han Seo-jin incident has been concluded.

There were many injured, but there were 0 deaths.

‘0 Deaths…. ‘I can’t believe it.’

I decided to hear the story from Kim Deok-su, a leading member who was at the scene at the time.

It is said that this is because the leadership department did a good job against the skeleton beasts, and students with good combat skills, including the service department, helped the leadership department.

‘I don’t know if the number of students who actually died was zero.’

Thanks to Isea’s unique ability, my junior regained his life right before my eyes.

Just as a person is revived through dramatic CPR right after their heart stops.

‘Anyway, I’m glad in the end. ‘I’m a little worried about Se-Ah.’

I used a power that seemed to reverse cause and effect.

There was no way to know what kind of strong penalty would come with such enormous power.

However, since her unique ability was treated as privacy, there was no great person who could easily reveal the penalty.

The same goes for Se-Ah, who did not tell us what the penalty for her unique ability was.

I can only take comfort in the fact that the next day, he greeted me just fine.

‘Han Seo-jin… ‘I won’t be able to touch it for a while.’

The culprit of this incident, Han Seo-jin, was hardened with purple magical energy wrapped around his entire body.

No matter how many things he did in the leader club, the strong magical energy that filled Seojin’s entire body did not break.

Well, it had enough hardness that it could not be broken even by the shock wave caused by Goliath’s fist. There was no way it would break easily.

However, it was impossible to launch a super-powerful attack.

Beyond breaking her decision, there is a risk that Seojin’s body itself will be broken. The incident should not have been allowed to fall into a labyrinth.

‘It would be best now to detain him with maximum intensity.’

In the end, Ah Seong-go decided to carefully restrain Seo-jin and manage him. With the highest level of security.

‘All I have to do is bear the penalty, so I will eventually come back. ‘You have to question it then.’

If Seojin comes back safely.

After clearly identifying the truth, Seo-jin had to be handed over to the trial academy.

Until then, the Han Seo-jin case will not be concluded.

‘There is nothing more to see at the crime scene.’

The incident scene was investigated in detail.

The monster that Goliath defeated was not a living thing in the first place. If he had moved around the ground like an earthworm with his huge body, he would have been discovered during the construction of the test site.

Judging by my knowledge of the game and my research, it was a catalyst.

Once upon a time.

A demon with too much magic power dies while buried in the ground.

It appears that a large amount of magical power continued to accumulate for a long time and seeped into the skeleton of the demon beast, as there was no way for it to escape.

Han Seo-jin was able to breathe vitality into it.

It must have been a very strong magical beast at one time.

Anyway, how did Seojin know that something like that was buried in the practice evaluation site?

You will have to properly investigate, but there was an assumption.

‘Chief principal….’

A remnant of the old human race and a person who knows a lot about Academy City Neo Seoul.

And the person who was revealed to be behind Kim Dal-bi.

Principal, Lee Doo-hee.

She may have provided information.

‘Now that I think about it, skeleton monsters are like that too. ‘How could you easily save such minions?’

When playing a game, there are times when I thought it was just game direction and passed it over. The point is that Seojin dealt with many skeleton beasts.

How was it possible to make a contract with the souls of so many demon beasts and deal with them?

It would have been easy to understand if the principal had helped.

Above all.

─ ‘Five hundred books…. They told me to keep an eye on that person….’

It was the nuance of receiving instructions from someone.

When you think of a person who knows information about Neo Seoul and can give instructions to as many as six criminals….

As expected, no one other than the headmaster came to mind.

Of course, ‘everything in the world is the principal’s plan…’ !’ She couldn’t just focus her thoughts on her, citing her plan as the master of all things.

Please do not make hasty judgments.

The only way to find out the details is to uncover Seo-jin.

‘Anyway….’

I turned my attention to Oh Baek-seo, who was handling work. Since she had a lot of work to do, she was busy reviewing documents.

Due to this incident, practical evaluations were completely suspended, and the faculty, student council, and leadership team were concentrating on handling and investigating the incident.

‘Why was the white paper monitored?’

The principal or a mysterious third party wants information from the white paper.

As the investigation into the case was still in progress, the only way was to find out by searching Seojin’s belongings and residence.

Of course, I also asked the white paper directly.

Yesterday, I was asked, ‘Do you know Seo Jin by any chance?’

Baek Seo dismissed it as a relationship that did not mix with her words even once. It seems that there was Seojin’s one-sided surveillance.

‘Rather than that, this incident may be related to the disappearance of Baek Seo.’

The white paper disappeared from the game.

I don’t know what’s going to happen.

I didn’t know that there might be a connection between Seo-jin’s surveillance of Baek-seo and Baek-seo’s disappearance.

‘Can’t be overlooked.’

I protect the white paper.

I resolved to do so.

“Manager, do you have something to say?”

The white paper asked if he felt my gaze.

“No, I just saw it.”

“… ….”

The white paper turned its gaze toward me and stared at me.

“Why?”

“Are you feeling okay today?”

“Are you talking about a penalty?”

“Yes.”

I awakened my unique ability and used it during the battle with Seojin.

It was an ability to manipulate space.

If there were no strict usage conditions, there would have been a significant penalty. Because the two are inversely proportional.

But….

“… I’m fine. “To the extent that it’s strange.”

I looked down at my hands and answered.

“I don’t know why it’s like this either.”

Rather, it’s scary because there’s no problem… !

There was nothing wrong with my body for a few days.

Only the symptom of lethargy, which is characteristic of a state of magical depletion, appeared.

Once magical power is depleted, it takes quite some time to achieve a normal recovery function as a reaction. I guess it’s because of the overload of the magic circuit.

In fact, I am now an ordinary person with only strong powers.

“Thank goodness.”

The white paper approached me and showed its pretty face.

I suddenly lost my breath, but it didn’t show.

A white paper staring at me from up close.

There was a question on his face.

“How…?” “I still don’t feel like I’m the fifth egg.”

Is that why it came closer?

“Is that so? Why… ?”

A person with a unique ability can distinguish a person with a unique ability by feeling.

Like instinct.

But for some reason, none of the executives ranked 5th or higher said that they could not sense any unique abilities in me.

Only Secretary Park Min-hyuk congratulated me like a believer in a new religion, saying, ‘As expected, I believed that you, the manager, would awaken your incredible unique ability!’

There was another problem.

“Still can’t think of the terms of use?”

“Uh. I don’t know. “I don’t feel anything.”

I couldn’t even remember what the conditions for using the unique ability were. It was used sensibly in the battle with Seojin.

So I couldn’t even explain it and it was just frustrating.

“Isn’t it because I’m truly depleted of magical power?”

“The condition for using an inherent ability is to awaken it instinctively. You’ve already used it once, right? Then you wouldn’t know even if you were depleted of magical power.”

White Paper knew that I used my unique ability at will because I told him about the battle with Seojin.

“That’s right. At that time, I used it sensuously, but now I feel like I have forgotten that sense….”

“It’s special.”

“But it is true that a unique ability was created. It’s probably a temporary symptom. Since information is under control, it doesn’t seem like there will be any trouble right now due to the issue of unique abilities. “You should just relax and wait until your magic power recovers.”

The information that I had a unique ability was being controlled at the academy level.

Just as news that is bad for those in power disappears like a knife when it spreads on the Internet.

Some people have already witnessed my abilities in the field.

There are many people who have obtained information.

He decided that the information should not be spread more widely than that, so he sought help from the student council president.

The reason is.

─ ‘Don’t get killed by the idiots that abound in this city… !’

A warning from Goliath.

At first, I had no intention of hiding my unique ability once I realized it.

The problem was that I had developed a high-level intrinsic ability that deals with concepts such as space.

The more this information spreads, the more powerful enemies will target me. As proof, didn’t Goliath, whom I was most worried about, already show interest in me first?

Of course, it is impossible to completely control information.

It may have been a futile struggle, but it was better than doing nothing.

“There’s a lot of work to do right now.”

That’s right.

There was a lot to do.

Of course, investigating the incident.

The student council of Hanyang Federal Academy sent an official letter saying that it would investigate this case in order to reprimand Asung High School.

Originally, when an incident occurred at each academy in which many students were harmed, one of the roles of the student council was to step forward and hold the academy accountable.

It is the role of our student council to deal with the student council head on.

However, the leaders also had a lot of work to do.

Providing materials requested by the student council, attending meetings and briefings….

‘Well, compared to the work that the student council will do, it’s just new blood.’

Please make sure things work out well and don’t cause sparks to fly….

In the game, this incident became one of the mines that led to the impeachment of the leader. I just hoped I wouldn’t end up going down that route.

Sigh. As fatigue suddenly came to my eyes, I stroked the area around my eyes.

“Are you tired?”

“I haven’t been able to sleep these days.”

I didn’t necessarily deny it.

Even if I tried to hide it from Baek Seo, it would all be revealed.

It was difficult to hide my fatigue in the first place.

Because injuries were added to the lethargy caused by mana depletion.

The healing magician even urged me to be hospitalized, but with this incident having to be resolved, there was no way a guy named Seondo could just lie down in bed and kill time.

“Um…. “Don’t you use cards?”

“Card?”

What card?

“… Ah.”

That’s the story.

Right to use Obaekseo.

The card effect was to break ears, right?

“Specially for the manager who worked hard this time, can you even provide a pat service as a bonus?”

A white paper whispering in a confidential tone with one of its hand shades near its mouth.

A mischievous smile was on the corner of her mouth.

‘I guess I’ve worried you….’

The reason he spoke slyly was probably out of consideration for me.

This probably means writing the card with a light heart.

I waved my hand.

“That’s it. Later.”

I didn’t want to use that card right now.

“Later?”

“I don’t think it’s time to write yet. “I have to work.”

I can only endure this level of fatigue.

‘Because I want to use that card when I’m really tired.’

If I used that card, I would be truly happy at that moment.

You will be able to enjoy tremendous motivation and healing.

So I decided to save it for a decisive moment.

If I’m the manager, there’s no expiration date, right?

“… Then there’s nothing we can do.”

The white paper smiled and lowered her head from me.

At that time, the door to the leadership department’s executive office suddenly opened.

“A wild Hayesong has appeared!”

Wild Hayesong, the person in charge of cracking down on disorderly conduct, has appeared.

Baekseo and I turned our gaze towards Yesong.

“Lee Yeol, manager! “You’re still alive today!”

Yesong raised one knee and pointed at me with both index fingers. Her eyes sparkled, reflecting her features.

What kind of attitude is that?

“I look like someone who will die.”

“If you just look at the outside, it wouldn’t be strange to cross the Samdocheon right away, right? “You look so bad that you need to be hospitalized and bedridden?”

Well, it was like that.

“I can’t rest like this. “I’m the manager.”

“hehehe, the fighting spirit of the leader! I, Hayesong, am impressed… ! In that sense, how about dumpling casserole for lunch today?”

“… “Is there a place where only two or more people can order?”

“Hey, our manager! Be accurate!”

I wanted to eat dumpling hot pot, but there was no one to go with.

“Today, Yesong Lee will give her manager a special piggyback ride!”

“No, that’s done.”

“You have nothing to say!”

“I said it was done….”

I stood up with the support of Baekseo and Yesong, and then walked using crutches.

Even after arriving at the restaurant, Yesong chatted happily as if nothing had happened. She also seemed to be considerate of me.

Dumpling casserole was served. Seeing the hotpot with dumplings, rice cakes, vegetables, and meat floating around, Yesong exclaimed in exclamation and praised the greatness of the dumplings.

Bubble bubble.

As I looked at the boiling dumpling casserole, I suddenly remembered the conversation I had with Seojin.

─ ‘… ‘I want to see the sea.’

I didn’t know that the soup would remind me of the sea….

Now that I think about it.

“How is the sea these days?”

A sudden question came out of my mouth.

“Huh? Do you want to go to the artificial beach?”

Artificial beach.

It is not the sea, but a resort designed based on the sea of the past.

A place consisting of a sandy beach, a lake, and a large screen that reflects the horizon.

I remember it as a quite popular place.

“No. “Just the sea.”

“Ah…. Come to think of it, it was two days ago. “There are new photos of the sea brought back by the explorer who returned this time!”

Huh?

Really?

I was so busy handling the case that I didn’t have time to look on the Internet.

The photos of the outside world brought by explorers were rare.

Even if you try to look at the Earth with a satellite, the sky is enveloped by the dark magical power created by the demonic beasts.

But this guy….

“Did you have enough free time to surf the web?”

I narrowed my eyes at her and glared at Yesong.

Have you been very busy these days?

I worked even though I was sick?

“Hey.”

“Work, Hayesong.”

“You’re working!? Refresh, refresh!”

Yesong smiled awkwardly.

“Anyway, would you like to take a look?”

“… Show me.”

From Noble mtl dot com

Yesong showed me and her white paper recent photos of the sea that the explorer had brought back.

“… ….”

Dark sky.

The sea is polluted by large amounts of nuclear waste and the magic of demonic beasts and has not yet been purified.

Numerous skeletons that have lost all flesh and internal organs and cannot even be buried, lying in disarray.

An eerie coastal landscape that seems to symbolize hell.

Beyond the horizon, a strange and gigantic creature was walking on two legs.

An unidentifiable black island and a sacred altar were also floating in the middle of the sea.

Other sea photos were similar.

“Are you glad that the golden sheep gave you safe land?”

Yesong said something new.

“… “Maybe so.”

According to history.

After Argonauts challenged the Golden Sheep, it is said that the Golden Sheep seemed to appreciate humanity’s challenge and gave them several safe lands.

One of them is the center of the Korean Peninsula.

It was the current Academy City, Neo Seoul.

Well, I don’t actually know the Golden Sheep’s intentions.

─ ‘Because I want to see with my own eyes the sea that has turned out to be no longer pretty.’

Did you say that the penalty for necromancy is turning into a dead person?

If Han Seo-jin is separated from the body and freely roams the outside world.

Does she see this seascape in her eyes?

Then, what kind of scenery does the sea reveal to Han Seo-jin?

Did we succeed in getting a glimpse of the beauty of the old sea?

It was something I could not understand.

* * *

Ahn Woo-jin took off the bandage.

Thanks to the healer’s recovery magic, the injury recovered in about a week.

After hearing from the healer that the state of magical depletion would likely recover around dawn the next day.

As much as I rested, I exercised intensely at home.

It just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend.

“Whoa.”

After finishing the exercise and washing up, Woojin fell asleep, enjoying the pleasant muscle pain.

And the dark dawn.

The point at which Woojin’s magic power circuit was restored, and the magic power that had been on standby gradually began to return to normal.

What a mess!

A crack appeared in the air.

From there, white bare legs showing off beautiful legs are sticking out.

A girl slipped through the crack and landed softly on her bare feet, her long golden feet flying.

Even in the dark of the night, that girl showed off her noble appearance with her soft light flowing through her whole body. Soon, as her crack disappeared, the light flowing through her girlish body faded.

The girl, who had closed her eyes, lifted her eyelids with light gold eyelashes.

She caught the sleeping Woojin in her eyes.

“… “He is a person whose recovery is slow.”

The girl grumbled and took a deep breath of the air in her room.

After getting under the blanket covered by Woojin, she hugged him and fell asleep.