Episode 15 Debut. (One)
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Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Mondays used to go by terribly slow, but today I have a feeling that it is especially so.I was very nervous because of the first simulated battle that was just around the corner, so it was natural.
I was praying for Baek Sung-yeon to be named as my opponent.
Because there was not a single person who could win among the rest.
Even Beatrix, the same freshman.
“Today is… Let’s watch a simulated battle between Park Seong-jin and Jade Cromwell.”
After all, nothing in the world goes the way you want it to.
In terms of physical strength, I have to stick with that guy who is no different than the best in the S-Class.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Moreover, even a strategy aimed at reversing the Jade relativity theory could not be used.After all, his ideological power is ‘invincible’.
It is a condition that appears frequently in the game, ‘a state of not taking any damage’.
Of course, it’s not a permanent ability, it’s only for a few seconds.
Even that, it’s a very usable ability, so it’s not a major drawback.
Whatever it was, one thing was certain.
I’m f*cked.
“I don’t have high expectations, so please take it easy. After all, this isn’t a test or anything, it’s just to check your skills. Who would have high expectations of you as a freshman in the first place?”
That’s right, but still, there’s got to be something to show you.
You can’t be beaten and lost without doing anything.
You can’t just run away in an ugly way.
Of course, I couldn’t beat him because he said he couldn’t come here, so I guess I’ll just have to work hard as much as I can.
“It would be. All right.”
“Everyone seems ready, let’s go to the training ground.”
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Was the King of One X Men like this?
I don’t know why so many people are interested in my mock battles.
“Is he the S-class student?”
“I will. Telekinesis It seems like you are using an obscure ability.”
“There was a story that his fighting ability was very poor for that kind of thing. I heard that it is because the foreknowledge of the future is the main ideological power.”
“Oh, it’s been a long time since the Awoken with future-related ideology, isn’t it? But, what’s with future foreknowledge and poor fighting ability? Can’t we just fight without getting hit?”
“I don’t know either. All abilities like foreknowledge consume a lot of thinking power, so I guess it’s because we can’t foresee all the futures.”
Brain fissures were pouring out everywhere.
Why is everyone doing this, Won.
Please don’t give me false hopes.
I’m sure you’ll be disappointed
“Did the president come to see you too?”
“Yeah, the dean is there too.”
“I think there must be something great about it, as you said.”
“Well, if the rumors are true, maybe it is.”
What, are you real?
Across the crowd, I could see Chloe and Oscar.
It’s not good if it attracts attention like this.
I had hopes that I might have heard of it or that I might leave soon, but they stopped looking at the training room in front of me and did not intend to move.
I didn’t know that I would become the ‘person who gave up false expectations and was disappointed’.
“Everyone seems to be ready, so let’s start the mock battle soon. Let’s go to the training room.”
It will be a gorgeous public execution.
[User recognized. You are synchronizing your thinking. Please wait a moment.]
[Users Jade Cromwell and Park Seong-jin’s synchronization is complete. Please set up training.]
“Now, starting today, I will set up the environment. The environmental theme is the same ‘city area’ as the theme of this midterm public tournament.”
When the midterm exam story came out, there was a rain of shouts from all directions.
It was a sad story for me.
Because the city area was the environment where I could show the highest performance.
It seemed to be a bit of a win-win.
[The training settings have been completed.]
Clearly, it is a favorable condition for me, but the city itself is one of the most difficult environments for most people.
One of the reasons was that the densely lined buildings limit visibility and actions, but the most annoying thing was the existence of neutral units, citizens.
If more than a certain number of citizens take damage, they are automatically defeated.
In other words, the need to subdue the enemy while minimizing the damage around it was a troublesome condition in many ways.
Nevertheless, the theme of the midterm exam for the first semester will be held in the city.
The reason is, of course, that most of the battles take place in the city center.
As it is a densely populated area, the chances of encountering a villain are high.
So, being proficient in street fighting was actually nothing less than a basic skill as an Awakened person.
Of course, that’s not to say that everyone here is good at street fighting.
[Countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, training has started.]
Before the mock battle began, he took out the weapon he had secretly prepared.
What I chose was memorization, which is also known as Aina’s favorite.
It’s definitely not something I picked well.
In common sense, there is something that an ordinary person like me would touch with a shuriken.
It just came out while thinking about how to lead the game to an advantage even a little.
Please, I hope the battle goes according to my plan.
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“What, you’re writing memorization?”
“Can you handle it? No, even if I knew how to deal with it, it wouldn’t mean much. Someone will welcome memorizing memorization thrown live in a place where everyone can see it. Even my mother could close her eyes and avoid it.”
“Ainaya, she’s very good at handling things, and she has the ability to correct vital points, so I’m writing this… He doesn’t seem like that.”
“Is it true that you like Aina? So if you follow along, it makes sense.”
At Katarina’s one word, everyone’s eyes began to turn to Aina.
Naturally, Aina began to protest fiercely as if there was no way.
“Stop talking nonsense. It was just prepared for poisoning.”
“Are you poisoned?”
“Jade’s invincibility may be a good ability to temporarily take high damage, but it’s an ability that loses meaning in attacks that continuously accumulate damage like poison. It is highly probable that he had prepared memorization with poison for that purpose.”
“I don’t know if that’s a valid strategy. Does it have any meaning?”
“You must be thinking of a hit-and-run battle. Even if you say you won’t get hit at all, there’s no guarantee that you’ll never get hit. If you happen to get hit, you can win even if you just run away.”
“If you think about it that way, I don’t think it’s the wrong approach at all. I do not know.”
Aina was sure.
Park Seong-jin, who extremely avoids direct combat, would definitely use such a strategy.
And, it was true.
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After the mock battle started, I immediately moved to a higher point using grappling and practiced parkour techniques.
Jade carefully, so as not to stand out.
After arriving on the roof of the tallest building, I leaned my head slightly and looked around.
Looks like Jade over there.
Seeing him walking through the buildings without any boundaries, he didn’t seem to think he would lose.
I think the country would have thought so too.
Still, I couldn’t get rid of that thought.
The thought of wanting to pierce me through memorization at any moment soared, but it wasn’t the right time yet, so I quietly let go of my anger.
At least I had to wait until the block of the building I’m in right now.
And finally, Jade stepped into the area within my reach.
I wanted to think about it a little more carefully, but I thought that I might be caught off guard by wasting my time, so I immediately put the plan into action.
First, I hung the thread towards the top of the other building that I had marked in advance, and then threw myself under the building.
Then, instead of falling vertically, my body started pendulum motion in a curved line.
Of course, I didn’t try to do this because I wanted to ride a Viking.
It was to insert the memorization into the back of Jade who passed by in the process.
He was quite tall, so his speed was quite fast, and he didn’t think he would attack in this way, so Jade allowed my attack very easily than I thought.
It was a bit disappointing that the memorization didn’t feel like I was digging too deeply, but it wasn’t too much of a concern.
The poison has already begun to spread through the body.
Still, he did not stop throwing memorization between buildings.
The poisoning symptoms don’t show up so quickly with just one stab.
Anyway, now that I know where I am, I won’t memorize any more, and it was best to move as much as possible so that the poison spreads well.
However, I soon realized that my judgment was wrong.
Jade, who had been avoiding memorizing until now, suddenly smiled as if he had realized something.
At first I didn’t know what that meant.
And, the moment Jade picked up the memorized memorization, he realized what it meant.
The memorization that left my hand has started flying to me again.
This isn’t very good.
Of course, because Jade wasn’t Aina, he couldn’t show an overwhelmingly high accuracy, but maybe it was because of his physical strength that was different from the speed I was throwing, the difference was huge.
His throwing skills were also much better than mine, who was nothing more than a civilian.
I tried to avoid it in my own way, but in the end, three or four memorized words were stuck in my body.
If this happens, I’m going to collapse from poisoning before Jade.
Although Jade was the first to spread the poison, the amount of poison injected was twice as large on my side.
Do I have to fight on my own?
Seungsan started plummeting to the bottom.
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“Oscar, what do you think?”
Chloe, who was sitting at a distance from the cadets, sipping a glass, asked.
“The idea is good, but the body doesn’t seem to follow it.”
“Will Jade win?”
“Well. We still have to wait and see.”
“Is your answer different from usual today?”
“Because Park Seong-jin showed too little to make a quick conclusion. If there is a new number that we have prepared, the result can be quite different.”
Chloe believed.
Park Seong-jin will win.
No, I was thinking that losing wouldn’t make sense.
Because it was such an overwhelming talent.
It was also the reason why he didn’t use the strange imaginative power he showed in the entrance exam. I thought it was just to match the level of others.
“Well, I think Park Seong-jin will win unconditionally.”
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I rode the thread and slowly descended down the building.
Jade began to rush at me with a sharp speed, as if he would not miss that moment.
I tried to install a thread in the path between me and Jade just in case, but he didn’t even realize that the thread was caught in his ankle.
It was because he was rushing towards me, cutting the thread casually.
Now there is only one number left.
This will be my last attempt.
I took out all the remaining memorization.
Then, he tied a thread to each one and threw it at a firmly fixed object, such as a wall of a building, rather than a jade.
By the time all the memorized notes were stuck on the wall, at some point, Jade’s fist reached my eyes.
However, it will not happen that it touches my face.
Because the speed obtained by rapidly contracting the dozens of memorization letters that just got out of my hand and the connected threads was not the speed that could be caught up with the government, no matter how superhuman it was.
Hectopascal kick hits Jade’s abdomen with a straight blow.
“Did you win?”
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