Episode 22 The eye of the storm. (4)
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All three of them enter the entrance of the inner ward and fall into silence.
The silence may have stemmed from anxiety about what would happen, rather than from a sense of loss.
‘Find the hidden villain in the shaggy inner ward like a maze.’
It’s easy to say, but if reality is so easy, where is reality?
If you take a commonsense approach, it’s not something a cadet would ever try to defeat a villain without taking damage in a narrow space with numerous medical devices, patients, doctors, nurses, and staff.
“I think the information we have right now is not enough, shouldn’t we ask Sungjin more about the villain?”
“That’s right. Let me ask Sungjin Park.”
Katarina joins Park Seong-jin’s channel.
“Park Seong-jin.”
“why?”
“The information you gave me alone is not enough to track the enemy. Any more info on him? Is it impressionable? It’s the look.”
“I remember he was well-dressed. At first glance, you might be mistaken for a professor.”
At Park Seong-jin’s laid-back attitude, Katarina wanted to scream.
It’s not unusual for a villain to hide in Trinity Academy.
Since the opponent is not an Awakener suitable for battle, he will hardly ever lose his life, but dealing with a villain against a cadet requires considerable determination.
Of course you have to be nervous.
Park Seong-jin’s attitude that he didn’t know how nervous he was was only felt wild.
“That alone is not enough. Do you have any other information?”
“I don’t know. Because in the future I saw, I didn’t really fight fiercely. The villain’s target is the power generation room in the internal ward. It seemed the purpose was to disrupt the faculty of the academy by shutting down the generator,”
“after… I get it.”
Katarina cracked her heels, expressing dissatisfaction.
With such a relaxed attitude, he knew that he would have a clear plan, but he didn’t seem to even consider a proper plan.
Of course, he did not come up with a concrete plan because he confirmed the future where this side would win, but it was only natural that he felt irresponsible to entrust the plan in such a way that he had to take care of it.
“I don’t think it will be easy to find a villain hiding in an internal ward.”
“why? What did Park Seong-jin say?”
“I don’t have any clues to identify him other than that he’s dressed like a professor.”
At this point, Hyeon-Woo Cheon and Yeon-Seok Seong-Yeon also made expressions that they understood Katarina’s dissatisfied attitude.
“How do you find a guy whose camouflage is your main idea?”
“I heard that Baek Seong-yeon has the answer, so I have no choice but to trust Baek Seong-yeon.”
“Then let’s split up the three and find them.”
“okay.”
Chun Hyeon-woo, Katarina, and Baek Seong-yeon, who had gathered, began to disperse with tense faces.
The serious expression on the faces of those entering the ward was unthinkable, but it looked awkward.
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Baek Seong-yeon and Cheon Hyeon-woo moved to the right side of the inner ward, and Katarina Belyaeva moved to the left side where the power generation room was.
It was inspired by the conclusion that Katarina, who is most specialized in one-on-one, guards the entrance to the power plant, Baek Seong-yeon, who has excellent retrieval skills, slowly scans the internal ward, and Cheon Hyeon-woo as her assistant.
The plan itself was fine in theory.
“Hyunwoo.”
“why?”
“Can we do well?”
Baek Seong-yeon, who has the most normal sensibility in the S-Class, which has her own mental world, asked.
Her weak-looking appearance stimulated men’s desire for protection.
“It will be fine.”
“I wish… It’s my first time dealing with a villain.”
Chun Hyeon-woo, who had been with Baek Sung-yeon for a long time, could understand her.
When Chun Hyeon-woo first met Baek Seong-yeon, he felt that she was ‘not suitable for Trinity Academy.’
She did not fit into a world where it was necessary to kill someone if necessary, and it was a virtue to endure the death of someone.
Baek Sung-yeon was too weak.
They don’t have the courage to harm others, and they can’t sit still and watch people who have nothing to do with them die.
He wanted to protect Baek Sung-yeon, who had such a pure heart, and Cheon Hyeon-woo.
“You just have to find the villain. The battle will be between me and Katarina.”
“But to find a villain, you have to use a third ability, but I’ve never used thought power against the rules of the academy.”
“Then let’s do it this time.”
Chun Hyun-woo knows that this is an unreasonable treatment.
In my heart, Hyun-woo Chun wants to leave Baek Sung-yeon as it is.
But the world is too harsh for that.
In that sense, it is ridiculous to say that this is Park Seong-jin’s operation, but I liked the operation.
Because he saw it as a good opportunity to develop her.
“I will work hard.”
“Yeah, let’s succeed.”
tuk.
Someone taps Hyeonu Chun on the shoulder and passes by.
“sorry.”
“no. I’m sorry too.”
The person who bumped into Chun Hyeon-woo apologized politely and passed them both.
Chun Hyeon-woo and Baek Seong-yeon, seeing the back, were terribly surprised.
They both felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
it’s this person
Although there was no material evidence, his strangely dignified posture and the appearance of him heading towards the power plant with all his suits on, stimulated their senses.
“Let’s go after it.”
Cheon Hyun-woo whispered to Baek Sung-yeon.
She nodded, as if feeling the same way.
They slowly started chasing the supposed villain, keeping a reasonable distance.
As time passed, their doubts began to turn into convictions rather than doubts.
It was common to get lost in the inner ward, even for those who had used the inner ward quite a bit.
That’s because the internal ward had a complex structure.
However, this gentleman in suit was heading towards the power plant with a brazen gait, as if the internal ward was a structure he was all too familiar with.
Chun Hyeon-woo and Baek Baek-yeon carefully followed him around the corner.
And then, the gentleman disappeared from my sight.
“It’s that guy.”
“It’s him!”
Chun Hyeon-woo and Baek Seong-yeon said at the same time, seeing that the shrine had disappeared in front of their eyes.
Chun Hyun-woo and Baek Seong-yeon expressed their displeasure.
If camouflage is used, the trailing becomes difficult.
The moment Chun Hyeon-woo wants to contact Katarina to strengthen her vigilance.
The space shook.
“Did you find me?”
“Hyunwoo!”
The cutlery digs into Cheon Hyun-woo’s back.
If you are a cadet of Trinity Academy, this is a familiar feeling.
Because I’ve been through a lot of pain in training.
Hyeonu Chun calmly made a blood sword with the blood that flowed from his body and attacked the villain.
A blood sword passes through the villain’s side.
“Seongyeon-ah, will you join me?”
Baek Sung-yeon could not fulfill it.
I’ve been getting tired of watching bloody training, but it’s different from a real person dripping blood.
The only thing Baek Seong-yeon, who was shocked, can do is to tremble in a state of panic.
Chun Hyeon-woo clicked his tongue at the sight and began to manipulate the blood sword.
I hope Baek Seong-yeon can quickly come to her senses and help herself.
‘It’s dangerous to call Katarina.’
Chun Hyun-woo first thought of it.
With Katarina’s help, she could be able to subdue him at once, but it was too risky to call Katarina prematurely.
If you thought that you were putting pressure on him and even summoned Katarina, there was a high possibility that he would get out of this situation and occupy the power plant with camouflage.
Therefore, without the help of Katarina and Baek Seong-yeon, Cheon Hyeon-woo had to pass away purely alone in this situation.
“Damn!”
In the midst of the stalemate, a nurse in the internal ward found us.
The situation only became more annoying for Chun Hyeon-woo.
“it’s okay. You can get treatment later.”
“No!”
Hyeonu Chun refused treatment, but eventually doctors and nurses in the internal ward began to drag him away.
Since it has become like this, it is difficult for Chun Hyeon-woo to continue the battle.
Before he was taken away, he tried to make one last move to the villain, but the villain had been out of the situation with camouflage for a long time.
“Sung Yeon-ah! Remember Park Seong-jin’s words! Camouflage can be found with ghost paintings!”
When Chun Hyeon-woo, who was always by his side, disappears from his eyes, Baek Seong-yeon’s eyes are devastated.
But Baek Seong-yeon, realizing that he could not continue to be in disgrace like this, took a step with trembling legs.
‘Yeah, I can’t rely on Hyeonu forever!’
As if she had made up her mind, she activated the third ability, Ghosting.
And, passing through all the complex terrain of the internal ward, it goes straight to the power generation room.
‘found! by the way… Can I beat him?’
According to Park Seong-jin, he did not have a particularly strong fighting ability.
The problem is, it’s the same with Baek Sung-yeon.
Baek Seong-yeon specializes in assisting allies, but only has the ideological powers that are the youngest in attacking the enemy.
‘You must!’
Baek Sung-yeon makes up her mind and releases the ghost.
And, blocking the front of the villain.
“It was that year. Have you come to your senses? How else did you know where I was?”
Baekhyun doesn’t answer.
“I want to kill you, but… I can’t waste time like this.”
The villain runs in the opposite direction.
Baek Sung-yeon also follows him.
Once again, the villain disappears from your sight.
Camouflage was used.
In what way can you find him by using the ghost shoes?
Baek Seong-yeon connects to Park Seong-jin’s channel.
“Park Seong-jin! How can I find him with a ghost painting?”
“As you know, if your body is superimposed on a specific object in the ghosting state, you can’t cancel the ghosting. So, if it’s a seemingly empty space, but the ghosting isn’t lifted, it means that it’s a space where he’s using camouflage. Go around the power plant in a ghostly state.”
“Okay, I’ll try.”
Baek Seong-yeon used the ghost shoes again and busily moved toward the power plant.
In the process, Baek Seong-yeon felt that the other cadets were great.
He used his thought power until he endured the shock of this painful serial card, so he didn’t want to try again.
‘Wait, Hyunwoo. Me and Katarina will definitely catch the villain.’
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