Episode 9 Vincent’s lecture.
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The morning of the second day after entering Trinity Academy.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
My body was very light for what I rolled on the training ground yesterday.Is it because the dormitory facilities are so good?
Pleasant temperature and humidity, and even luxury furniture that looks expensive.
Up until now, every day I slept with a hard cheap mattress in a place where the heating wasn’t working properly.
How could such a big change happen just by changing the bed?
That’s amazing.
I wanted to lie on the bed in the dormitory all the time, but unfortunately I couldn’t.
It is impossible to miss lectures from the first day.
Of course, I still had quite a bit of free time until the start of the lecture, but it was strangely a waste of time to sit still.
I hope nothing special happens today.
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“Good morning, Sungjin Park.”
“Hello, Cheon Hyun-woo.”
“Are you more diligent than you think?”
“It’s just that, somehow, I woke up early.”
Hyeonu Chun may have a hardworking personality, but I am a person who is far from sincere.
Rather, he has a personality close to that of a stinky nerd.
“I came out early today just in case I didn’t know, but maybe I can attend with a little more time tomorrow? I heard that Professor Vincent is relatively generous with his attendance.”
“I’m glad.”
“By the way, can I ask you one thing? About your foreknowledge.”
“Anyway.”
“Does that mean you know how you or someone else will die?”
Why are you asking such a question all of a sudden?
People who usually ask me this are because they know the future to some extent…
It can’t be.
Because Chun Hyeon-woo’s ideological powers are nothing but abilities that have nothing to do with foreknowledge of the future.
You’re just asking because you don’t know if someone close to you might be short-lived.
“Not everyone, but some people know. It’s not something I really want to talk about. Because it feels better to say you can save someone than to think that someone is going to die.”
“It is. I don’t know exactly about your abilities, but I hope that future is a future that can be changed. There are many cases where the predicted future cannot be changed.”
“What, the oracle-like powers from Greece and Rome?”
“I think it would be similar.”
Hopefully it won’t.
Because this is not an ability like fate theory in the first place.
Of course, there is no such thing as ‘must be’ in the world, but if you think about it on the contrary, isn’t that itself a contradiction?
There is no law that says it will always be done as predicted.
Or, it may simply be that the conditions for changing the future have not been satisfied.
A typical example is the ability of a chaos manipulation system to derive the desired future only by activating a specific trigger.
“I don’t know. As I said, I didn’t know much about my abilities, so I entered here. If I had known them well, I would have opened a fortune teller earlier or belonged to a hero team somewhere.”
“Yes.”
As we chatted like that, one day we arrived at the classroom.
“Good morning. Cheon Hyun-woo.”
“Katrina, you too.”
Of course, I thought that Chun Hyun-woo and I would arrive first. Surprisingly, there were two people who came before us.
Katarina Belyaeva.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Mitsuru Aina.They are characters that are set to be faithful to self-development.
It was a little surprising that there was no Alfred who was second to none in his diligence and diligence, but just as I thought, Alfred immediately followed us.
And from that point on, the number of people gradually increased, and all the S-class cadets soon gathered.
Except for his professor, Vincent.
“You’re much later than you think.”
“Damn it, my grades in lectures were not good for some reason.”
“James, I understand that you’re an asshole, but please don’t do that in front of the professor.”
“Will you? Are you sick?”
Oddly enough, no one was bothering James and Jade’s conversation.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Maybe it’s because the two were famous for being close friends, and they’re also famous for people who don’t listen to what others say even if they die.Of course, Vincent’s whereabouts are unclear, so that’s probably the biggest reason.
You’re a professor who’s late from the first day of class, so it’s not cheap even if you get insulted.
“Hi guys. I slept late and was late.”
That was a really candid statement.
Of course, honesty didn’t cover all situations, so the other guys’ eyes were full of distrust.
“Now, shall we begin the lecture? It’s the first day, so let’s proceed lightly.”
Vincent threw the hologram board spread out for the lecture to the other side in an instant, and sat on the table in a crooked position.
“First, let me ask you one question. What is Trinity Academy doing here?”
“It’s a place that teaches you how to handle superpowers well, huh.”
“It’s a simple explanation, but it’s not wrong. yeah right This is a facility that teaches how to use a superpower that has suddenly appeared since one day, hereinafter referred to as ‘thinking power’. If so, what is the way to teach them how to handle superpowers well?”
“Are you looking for a job that suits your abilities?”
I laughed at someone’s joke.
In retrospect, it wasn’t wrong.
In fact, Trinity Academy even arranges for positions with people in the job that suits the person’s abilities.
“That is also true. But, that’s a story about guys who don’t have great abilities. Where do all the people who graduate with excellent grades from the academy’s top classes get a job?”
“It’s a team of heroes.”
“Then what is the role of the hero team? Yes, it kills people. Of course, they do other things, and they pretend that it is for a lot of people, but fundamentally, what they do is kill someone in the end.”
“… Yes.”
“So, what do I have to do to be told that I have taught well? Aren’t you supposed to teach me how to kill people well?”
It was easy to understand why the lecture evaluation score was low.
I’m not saying it’s wrong, but it’s something I can’t hear comfortably.
“I cannot agree with that. professor.”
100% unnecessary (???).
There are no words more appropriate to describe Katarina, who always strives to walk the right way.
And, of course, she could not tolerate Vincent’s gossip logic.
“why?”
“Obviously a lot of heroes jump on the front lines to defeat villains, but that’s not all they do. There are also heroes who are saving many lives and honing their skills for the advancement of mankind.”
“You must be well aware that such heroes are few. Most of the time, the main task is to kill villains.”
“But we can do more than that with this ability. If we can, it is our mission and our duty to do so.”
It was an idea that really suited the word hero.
The phrase ‘mission and duty’ was a bit offensive, though.
Of course, if it had been someone else’s story, I would have passed it on normally.
However, since Katarina is from Russia, which used to be a communist country, it was true that the remarks made me feel strange.
“It’s a wonderful ideal. But ideals cannot be the same for everyone. Your ideal and the ideal of the person sitting next to you can be different.”
“Don’t people want everyone to live well? Then there is the universal ideal.”
“And, people who don’t have universal ideals will try to steal you and those around you. So, the reason we fight is also to uphold that universal ideal. You have to be strong to protect them.”
Katarina licked her lips, angered by the fact that she couldn’t refute it.
Vincent still continued his story.
“It is good to discuss the ideal. But in order to make the ideal a reality, you must first become strong. The weak can never achieve it. It is never too late to discuss the ideal after reaching the peak or equivalent in any way.”
“I cannot admit it. I think that just by doing your best in your position, you can make those around you closer to the ideal.”
“I admit it. But, will you be strong enough to put it into practice? I don’t think so.”
“I think anything is possible.”
It’s over.
Katarina was already involved with Vincent.
Now all that’s left is to be beaten to death.
“Then let’s go to the training ground and check it out. Don’t ask too much. touch me just once Then I will tolerate any nonsense you say.”
“good.”
“By the way, I am not going to use any ideology.”
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Most were exchanging glances that Vincent’s attitude was unreliable.Still, I was curious as to why he was able to go out with such confidence, so it seemed like he was following him in the end.
“Ayna, do you really think Professor Vincent won’t allow even a single attack?”
“I think it is possible. If you can’t even meet that gap, you won’t be able to hold a professorship.”
“It’s a theory, but… I won’t give up. Until the moment of victory.”
“Do what you like.”
Does Katarina really know her future and say something like that?
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Maybe you know.It’s not like he’s going to quit just because he knows it anyway.
However, it is a bit like that because it seems that everyone who sees me will suffer.
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The training ground was almost empty.
Seriously, there are quite a few professors who go into practice from the beginning of the semester.
“Come in.”
“Yes.”
The two entered the empty training room.
Why is it my mistake that the images of animals being dragged to the slaughterhouse overlap?
[User recognized. You are synchronizing your thinking. please wait for a moment.]
[Users Vincent Miller and Katarina Velyaeva have been synced. Please set up training.]
[The training settings have been completed.]
“What kind of training are you going to do?”
“Of course, this is the default setting. No special settings have been made except for the fact that it is open to the public, so you can attack as soon as the countdown is over.”
“All right.”
[Countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, training has started.]
To be honest, even if the match continues, I think the probability that Katarina will win is remarkably low.
The first to get exhausted is Katarina.
Rather, they are both in perfect condition, and Vincent is unaware of Katarina’s abilities, so this would be the only match.
Her imaginative power is made up of abilities that are optimized for Estimated Special Kills.
The first ability that deals fatal damage to the enemy only on the first attack.
A second ability that increases the overall agility of movement and gradually accelerates its speed.
Targets that have taken more than a certain amount of damage even have a third ability that can instantly kill them with any attack.
These are typical ‘if you don’t know, you have to be right’ type of abilities.
However, rather than being mean, I thought that the simple and honest abilities would be a good combination with Katarina, who has an upright and upright personality.
Of course, this is my personal impression, but it did not prove to be a win-win.
[Winner, Vincent Miller. Training ends.]
… I don’t even know what I just saw.
It seems that it took less than 3 seconds for the conclusion to take place.
The scene where Katarina activated her second ability and rushed towards Vincent with a very high speed was clearly etched in her memory, but there were no scenes after that.
All I could see was Katarina, who suddenly collapsed at some point.
“I think it is still too early to achieve the ideal. to go forward.”
“How the hell did you do that?”
How can I ask a question in a situation like that?
Although he was crawling on the floor without being able to get up in pain, it was a mental force that he had no choice but to admit.
Truly, he is a guy whose mentality is second to none.
“Honestly, I don’t want to talk like this because I’m tired of it, but I do it all the time. Simple. The movements are too obvious and standardized.”
“Yes?”
“People often expect a battle between the best heroes and the worst villains. And disappointed. Do you know why? It’s a lot more bland than I thought, and it ends in a pointless attack.”
“Certainly, it seems so.”
“After reaching a certain level, those scenes come out more often. There are too many to be expected. Sometimes it’s better to pretend to be crazy and try some weird attacks.”
It seems to me that you know what it feels like.
Obviously, if you look at sports competitions or game matches, there are only close battles for numbers and no decisive goals or kills.
It usually comes out in strange scenes.
“I learned a few things. thank you But I will not give up here.”
“It doesn’t matter that attitude. I hope that belief will last a long time.”
And then, the two collided once more.
However, there was no change.
Only Katarina was lying on the floor again.
And the scene continued to play until the bell rang to end the lecture.
Thirty-seven times, the number of times Katarina fell in class in the morning.
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