Episode 34 Midterm Exam Open Tournament.(2)
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“Let’s see the game. The match between Katarina Belyaeva and Park Seong-jin awaits. Once again, we would like to express our gratitude to the viewers who have been waiting for a long time. Now, what do you think of the match between the two cadets and commentators?”
“I heard that cadet Park Seong-jin is entering high school. As such, a lot of information about ideological powers other than future poetry has not been disclosed to the outside world.”
“It is undeniable that the ability to see the future is clearly an excellent thinking ability, but conversely, if you see the future in which you will be defeated, there is a high probability that you will lose your fighting spirit. That could make it more difficult to reverse the outcome. In some ways, it may be a situation where it is better not to know.”
The casters and the commentators were chatting, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying to me and Katarina.
It can harm the fairness of the test, and this is because all external sounds are blocked.
First of all, I think we need to approach this edition a little more carefully.
As it is a full double-elimination tournament, there is one more chance left, but I do not want to show a loss in vain in the opening match that attracts many people’s attention.
I took all the threads I could use on the floor and installed them all over the city center.
The thread is so thin and weak that it cannot be seen with the naked eye, so it will break even with a little force, but it is much better for reconnaissance.
It is better for detecting enemies, and on the contrary, it is difficult for the enemy to notice my thread.
Of course, this goddamn rain prevents vibrations from being sensed, and there is a high probability that a citizen will break my thread while moving, so it would be quite difficult to accurately catch Katarina out of the countless vibrations.
“It seems that cadet Park Seong-jin has already used his ideological power. What kind of thinking?”
“After checking the information of cadet Park Seong-jin, the third ability has not blossomed, the first ability is the idea of an unnamed spider that uses threads and wires, and the second ability is a widely known prediction of the future. Foreknowledge of the future consumes a lot of thought power, so unless it is used in direct combat, it should be avoided as much as possible. It appears to have used an unnamed spider.”
“Did you also use an unnamed spider to move on a rope?”
“Rather than that, it seems possible to detect Katarina through the vibrations felt through the thread.”
There is only one sensation flowing into my hand.
One sense that raindrops got caught in the thread.
Other than that, no other vibrations are detected.
The range that the thread can spread isn’t quite that wide yet, so I’ll have to wait a little longer.
That was then.
One thread broke.
No, the possibility of being a citizen cannot be ruled out, so we have to wait a little longer.
I retrieved a few strands of thread and installed a few more threads on the shortest route from Katarina’s starting point to me.
one strand.
two strands.
three strands.
The thread began to break at a tremendous rate.
it’s katarina
Are you sure.
I retrieved all the threads to prepare for battle.
“Katarina’s second ability is acceleration! What a great speed!”
“Perhaps Katarina was definitely detected in Park Seong-jin’s thread. It remains to be seen how Park Seong-jin will react.”
“Actually, all the threads that were very widely spread are being returned to cadet Park Seong-jin. It seems that cadet Park Seong-jin is also preparing for battle.”
As soon as the last thread was retrieved, Katarina appeared in front of me.
“Finally, we met each other! I am looking forward to what kind of workshop will unfold!”
Katarina does not slow down.
I stretched out like a net of threads of maximum strength I could generate in the direction Katarina was approaching.
If you try to pierce this thread as it is, your body will be shattered, so you won’t be able to approach it easily.
As the nets unfolded, Katarina came to a sudden halt.
Good luck.
The net worked.
“Cadet Katarina stopped in the net created by cadet Park Seong-jin. Do you think that thread is more dangerous than you think?”
“I don’t know about hard materials, but it seems to have the cutting power to cut through human flesh.”
Having succeeded in stopping Katarina, it is now my turn to attack.
I unwound the net again with several strands of yarn, and the yarns were held together very tightly to form a bundle of yarn.
Then, the thread was fired at high speed.
Bullets made of thread fly towards Katarina.
Of course, Katarina, who had reached the peak of physical training, didn’t get hit by a single bullet, but she didn’t seem to be able to approach it easily.
Well, I didn’t think I could do damage to Katarina simply with a few rounds of thread.
If it looked like that, you would be wrong.
Because my thread bullet wasn’t aimed at Katarina in the first place, but at the small building behind Katarina.
Even though I applied quite a bit of force, the thread bullets that had dug into the wall of the building never came out.
Now that we’ve confirmed that it’s safe, it’s Showtime.
I shrunk the thread at high speed.
As a result, the building was pulled out of the floor and began to come out at high speed and attack Katarina.
If it goes on like this, the flying building and my Katarina will get caught in the building behind my back and crushed like a sandwich.
I quickly grappled the flying building’s thread to get it out of the trajectory of the building.
What are you going to do? Katarina Belyaeva.
“great! Park Seong-jin student! At first, I wondered why he chose that method because the accuracy of the thread bullet was so low, but if he was aiming for that from the beginning, it makes sense! The strength of the thread is very strong, isn’t it?”
“It’s not good. Katarina cadet, does the game end in vain like this?”
what.
He doesn’t look upset at all.
Although Katarina is always cool, she can be embarrassed by such an attack.
“no! Katarina Cadet! something!”
“That’s where you make that kind of judgment. It was a stunt action with a difficulty that you would only see in a movie. At the cadet level, it would have been difficult to even think of trying. After all, is there something different about the S-Class?”
She rushed towards the flying building.
Then, the building slid through the narrow gap created by floating low.
crazy
“Both cadets were really great workshops.”
“I think cadet Park Seong-jin wanted to show that a little bit. He didn’t just become famous for his future poetry. Can I fight well enough with other ideologies? It’s like a performance that was shown to show that kind of confidence, and I think it was definitely good to catch the attention of the viewers.”
“The Katarina cadets were also famous for their outstanding physical abilities, but there is no denying that they are amazing.”
After, I’m sorry
I wish it had just ended with an attack.
To be honest, the battle with Katarina is too scary.
Her first ability, Cho Kill, and the third ability immediately linked to it, the Executioner of Steel, is the same as ‘the moment they allow even one attack, they die instantly’.
“Is the prepared number over?”
“no.”
Until 5 seconds ago, he hadn’t thought about other numbers.
However, since a new number just came to mind, it cannot be said to be a lie.
Even if this method is somewhat gambled, if it works, it is unconditionally my victory.
The way to do it is to use the weather conditions.
Rain clouds are inevitably accompanied by lightning.
And, most high-rise buildings have lightning rods installed.
Now, what if I connect my thread to that lightning rod?
Of course, the lightning that fell on the lightning rod would flow through my thread.
Do you understand now?
I was thinking of giving Katarina a thunderbolt.
So, let’s start planning.
As if to signal that my plan had begun, lightning flashed from the sky.
“Cadet Seong-Jin Park, are you hurriedly running into the city?”
“I have no sign of using my imaginative powers, so I wonder what kind of thinking they came from.”
“You’ve been fighting on the outskirts so far, but did you judge that it was difficult to use the thread due to the lack of terrain? If you see more buildings moving towards the city center, you’re right?”
10 seconds elapsed.
I ran hard from Katarina.
He is still quite far from Katarina.
20 seconds elapsed.
A few strands of threads were installed on lightning rods on the tops of high-rise buildings.
30 seconds elapsed.
In the process, I experienced for the first time a warning that I had never seen before.
[warning. Points for combat evaluation will be deducted by continuously avoiding battles.]
did something like this happen?
This means fighting too blatantly.
If you run away without fighting for 30 seconds, you get a warning.
I found it good.
“Cadet Park Seong-jin! Is there any reason to run away even after receiving a warning?”
“If you see that they are constantly installing threads on top of buildings, they must be planning something, did they have to pay a penalty?”
“It means that you are not confident enough in close combat. In fact, even if I was a cadet, I would be afraid of Katarina’s First Kill and Steel Executioner.”
About 40 seconds have passed since I just ran away.
The seals installed on the lightning rod are sufficient.
Now that you’re all set to carry out your plan, I don’t think there’s any need to run away.
I turn my head to face Katarina from the front.
“Now you must have thought of fighting.”
“You didn’t think I ran away for no reason, did you?”
“Of course not. Because you’re a pretty clever guy.”
quite?
I’m not very clever
Up until now, I’ve been moving with thorough calculations.
According to the Lightning Annual Report of the Korea Meteorological Administration, it takes approximately 1 minute for the next lightning to fall from one lightning strike.
Up until now, it’s not a pointless act that I’ve timed.
It was just measuring the time until the thunderbolt fell.
50 seconds elapsed.
I shot all the threads on the lightning rods at Katarina.
Katarina had a plastic face, as if she couldn’t do any damage to herself like this, but when she checked where the thread was connected, her sense of urgency grew stronger.
Yeah, it’s no use anyway.
At first, he seemed to ignore the thread and run towards me, but as dozens of threads were putting a strong restraint on Katarina’s body, even Katarina, who boasts superhuman strength even in the S class, had to move a few steps.
Even with that in mind, it’s really insanely powerful.
At first, I thought about strangling the bound Katarina and ending it here, but since I had already used up a lot of thread, even if I used all the remaining threads I could pull out, it seemed that Katarina would cut it casually.
In fact, the few threads embedded in the body could not withstand Katarina’s power, and it seemed to break.
I’m glad I didn’t act hastily.
Still, it is impossible to break all the threads on the body by force.
The only way left is to pull the thread out of the body by hand.
However, the end of the dug is bent like a hook, so it is not easily pulled out.
I’m going to have a bit of trouble picking it up.
Of course, if a thunderbolt never lands while Katarina is removing the thread, or if it lands in the wrong place, I’m done.
1 minute and 3 seconds.
Katarina almost immediately removed the threads that had been attached to her body.
It shouldn’t be like this.
1 minute and 10 seconds.
Please, get off!
1 minute and 13 seconds.
The sky flashed when two strands of thread remained embedded in Katarina’s body.
Fortunately, the thunderbolt fell onto one of the lightning rods that I had attached a thread to.
Katarina, who had been charred like charcoal soot and became difficult to recognize, collapsed forward.
“There was a way!”
“Look. Erzebet. You said I was up to something.”
“Wow, the strategy is great. Cadet Park Seong-jin, it’s hard to see a win in an all-out war, so I’ll bring in lightning… It was in an unimaginable way.”
[Winner, Park Seong-jin. The first test has ended.]
I could feel the tremendous cheers echoing through Trinity Stadium, even inside the training room, where all sounds were cut off.
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