Episode 110
Causal(2)
As the pen fell to the floor, the corners of Choi Gyu-ri’s mouth went up.
When she slipped under the desk, picked up the pen, and came back up, a full smile was on her lips.
“hehehe-, I don’t have to worry about being idle because I have nothing to do~? Originally, practice in real situations like this started from the third year.”
Lee Yoo-ra narrowed her eyes as she saw Choi Gyuri giggling and slapping her forearm.
Gyu-ri Choi was so excited that she couldn’t see Lee Yu-ra’s eyes as she glanced at her.
“… … Is that such a good thing? Rather, you should be concerned. It’s called serial murder.”
“Why are you pretending to be so naive? Could you please entrust me with a dangerous and difficult task?”
“sure?”
“Perhaps they will tell you to patrol in moderation during the day. It’s not reliable power. No matter how awakened we are, aren’t we still students?”
‘bang!’ As the buzz grew among the students, Kim Chan-ho hit the desk once with his cane and picked up a stack of papers.
“It’s okay for everyone to disband. Just because you can’t go out, don’t lock yourself in your room and just sit around, come to class and do some self-study.”
Pointing out a few as if picking out certain students with a cane, he headed out of the classroom.
When he left, he saw Choi Gyu-ri, who was stretching and trembling, and Lee Young-woong, who stood up in front of Lee Yoo-ra.
Next to him, Cha Seung-hyuk, who was dozing on his desk, caught his eye.
Lee Young-woong, who looked around for a while, looked at Lee Yoo-ra and opened his mouth with a smile.
“It’s Yura. Seunghyuk, can you wake me up and take care of me? The kid was at the training ground until late yesterday, but it ended up like this. I have to go to the teachers’ office.”
“Yes, got it. Don’t forget to tell me what’s going on.”
“Ah, I’ll post what I heard in the teacher’s office to the group chat room later?”
When Lee Young-woong, who was talking, turned his gaze to the direction of the classroom door, he saw Golden Sun nodding his head with a languid expression, as if asking when he would be back.
* * *
“sun? long time no see?”
“very?”
“What, isn’t it the first time since the last practice that the two of us are talking like this? It was a little disappointing. You said let’s talk later, didn’t you say anything?”
“… … I didn’t have much time. But seeing that you didn’t come first, I don’t think it was that urgent.”
“Isn’t it?”
It was obviously Lee Young-woong’s kind laugh, like Andrew always makes it, but I felt a sense of distance. No, it seemed like there was a ulterior motive hiding something inside to call it a sense of distance.
Unpleasantly narrowed narrow eyes and raised mouth corners.
If it hadn’t been for me causing this incident, I would have gone after him without fail.
The teacher’s office I visited at Chan-ho Kim’s call was an ordinary one with nothing special about it.
A plain stretched desk and file folder.
Even the appreciation plaques and bookshelves that filled one side of the wall.
“Let’s talk about it later, then come and take this. Two teams from our class… … . Should I like this or not?”
Kim Chan-ho, who had clicked his tongue as if he didn’t like it, handed over a thin file folder and paper bag to Lee Young-woong.
“… … I think this is an entry pass. What about me?”
“What is it? This time, it’s the administrative file for your dispatch and the mission manual. They say it’s within reach if you tip over, but dispatch is dispatch. What are you doing? Check if you have all the names of your team members and what the contents are.”
Anastasia, Chevalier, Kang Hyuk, Andrew, and Geum Taeyang.
I opened the paper bag, checked the pass inside, and put it back.
Kim Chan-ho, who sat down on a chair and took a cigarette out of his breast pocket, chewed on the cigarette filter without lighting it and continued. I listened to him and opened the file.
“As of now, your two teams, 10 members, will be temporarily transferred to the Museion Security Team. It’s just a simple daytime patrol mission, so don’t get carried away.”
– Temporary change of affiliation.
“Because I belong to the Academy Guard, I do not need to receive orders from the Awakened Association or Guild. No, making these kids do something that should have been done in the third grade in the first place.”
-Target.
golden sun.
Anastasia Ivanov.
Desiree Chevalier.
Andrew Ferguson.
Hyuk Kang.
The affiliation of the above 5 members is transferred from the ＜Academy Education Department＞ to the ＜Academy Guard＞. Please come to the main office of the security guard in uniform and armed by 8:00 the next morning.
“So, even if you don’t know anything else, I want you to listen to this one thing.”
Looking up from the paper, he sighed deeply and looked up at me and Lee Young-woong.
I could see his cigarette in his hand and his prosthetic left leg shaking.
“If you think you are in danger, lead the children and run away without looking back. That’s not going to happen, but there’s no need for you guys to take responsibility and solve this case.”
That’s what I’m saying from experience.
This is Kim Chan-ho, who was active in the Han River Gate with Kang-hyeok’s parents.
At that time, he was evaluated as having saved countless people from disaster. But what do those ratings mean?
In fact, he lost a leg, and because of that, he gave up the title of god and retired at the early age of 30, which he did not want.
“If you have a sense of resonance or a desire to become a hero, put it away, and I hope you all come back safely.”
Will he regret the choice he made then, sitting in a chair and scratching the junction with his prosthetic leg trembling?
Or are you satisfied that you saved a lot of people?
“answer.”
I blankly looked at Kim Chan-ho’s face and nodded at his words.
Lee Young-woong next to him said, ‘Yes. “I understand,” he replied briefly.
“Then go.”
He came out of the teacher’s room with Lee Young-woong at the celebration of his waving hands.
Is it because I grew up? His back, which had obviously looked gigantic when he first saw it after entering the school, looked difficult for some reason.
The teachers’ office where Taeyang Geum and Youngwoong Lee left. Kim Chan-ho spit out the cigarette he was holding and threw it at the trash can at his feet.
* * *
The sun has risen.
The pass and administrative documents I received from Kim Chan-ho yesterday were distributed to the children and explained, so as soon as I got up, I put on my arms and headed for the guard headquarters.
Normally, I would have run into Anya, who would have started from the dormitory, but maybe because the destination has changed, I am accompanied by a completely different person.
“The Sun. So what do you think about this case?”
“hmm… … , Well, isn’t it just a struggle between Awoken organizations?”
“Isn’t that a bit too simplistic to answer? An inter-organizational conflict right in front of the academy?”
“It’s a joke. The culprit must be acting with a purpose. It’s not easy to identify only the Awoken among the general population.”
“Is that right? hmm… … .”
It was Chevalier who walked beside him with a clattering sound.
Despite the increasingly hot weather, he is dressed in iron armor that covers his entire body.
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Joan of Arc’s armor.
It is the name of the armor she is wearing.
It was not the original, but the fragments were recreated by mixing the best materials, such as the Death Knight’s plate armor or the scales of a sauropod.
It is so rare that it is difficult for an individual to obtain even the ingredients for it unless she is heard as the best prospect in France.
The flag spear he is holding is also made on a similar principle.
“ah. I see it over there. Entrance.”
While talking about this and that, we arrived at the south gate of the four gates that separate the inner and outer districts.
The headquarters of the Guard is located here.
“Sun. Here!”
Anya, who had already arrived and was waiting, waved her hand eagerly.
Next to her were Andrew and Kang Hyuk, and on the other side were several teams, including Lee Young-woong’s team.
“Yo, sun.”
As Andrew raised his fist, I reached out my right hand and bumped into it.
Kang Hyuk seemed distracted as he was talking to himself and tapping his smartphone as if he was contacting Kang Ha-neul while talking to Yeriel.
After waiting for a while, the time has come, and the person in charge came out of the building… … .
“ruler-! Attention everyone!”
Why is that man here?
Instructor Min-guk Son had a familiar face with a huge stature and white hair.
The blue guard uniform could have been misunderstood as a police uniform, but it could be distinguished by the academy pattern on the chest where the sword and spear crossed in front of the shield.
“hahahaha, I can see all of your expressions. Even after this, the president of the association, no, the president of the association appointed me to this position, probably because I am a senior awakener of the association and have worked for a long time.”
I don’t trust him at all as he speaks while scratching the back of his hair, but it’s true.
Students taking classes with him looked at him with the expression, ‘Is that human?’
“Hey, come on. Then what do you guys do-!”
After taking a deep breath, he spoke next.
“There is nothing!”
It was as expected. However, there were also students who did not comply with the words.
“No, then why did you call us?”
It’s the first time an Awakened person is put into a real situation, and if the person in charge comes and says, ‘There’s nothing to do,’ everyone will have that kind of reaction.
“ah-. Calm down and listen to me. There’s nothing to do. There’s plenty to do. Student Park Hye-seong.”
Flipping through the list, he grinned.
“You are members of the guards and will be patrolling outside. But that’s it. They will be deployed as far away from the scene of the incident as possible during the safest time of day. It would be a disqualification as an instructor to throw you, who are still students, into danger.”
To be honest, it didn’t matter where it was placed.
Because there was no way something would happen unless I ran amok.
The moment he was about to speak.
“Me, officer in charge?”
There was someone who came out of the main office and stood behind him to talk to him.
Instructor Son Min-guk was definitely right to be the center now. But what caught my eye was a different person.
“There is a change in staffing.”
He was wearing a blue janitor’s uniform and was clearly a member of the general security team under the security forces, so it was no surprise that he was here.
lust.
As soon as I saw him with a skinny face, I immediately frowned.
There was definitely no way for a single freshman to go to a place like this. It became clear with his appearance who was manipulating behind the scenes.
Instructor Son Min-guk’s eyes got smaller as he looked at the documents handed over to Lust, and then he frowned and squeezed his hands tightly.
Thanks to that, the papers in his hand were also crumpled.
“no? Do you mean this?!”
“but… … , I just delivered, and since the delivery is from the top… … .”
“That’s right… … No, no matter how much it is, what the hell is the upper management thinking about sending these blood clots to such a place?”
Instructor Son Min-guk, who managed to restore his reddened face to its original skin color, threw the crumpled papers behind his back.
… … I wandered around at night, selling gluttony here and there. Lust asks for this.
I obviously wanted him to move, but not in this direction.
I underestimated him too much.
It was obvious what he would have done after removing some of his body.
The board he had made was drawn in his mind.
The board of directors, which is called the top of the academy, must have had ordinary people in it, so it must have been easier to control from behind. If you were not an ordinary person, but a decent Awakener, you wouldn’t even be able to resist.
“… … On this patrol, you will be active day and night.”
Questions arose among the students.
“Some teams are assigned near the scene of the incident.”
As Instructor Son Min-guk continued to speak, there was a stir among the students who noticed a strange atmosphere.
“Searching… … . The authority to search suspicious areas has also been granted.”
What the hell does lust paint? Originally, I wouldn’t have even noticed it, but now I can understand it completely.
“Everyone, don’t worry. I will protest and return this to its original state.”
The existence of the Holy Apocalypse is already known lust. In his mind, the murder case had nothing to do with it in the first place.
From the point of view of lust, it is the academy that acts as a defense system for the Holy Apocalypse and the world of Museon, not a murderer.
It’s enough to collide the academy and the Holy Apocalypse by using the students as tripwires.
If so, from the point of view of lust, I could save myself the trouble of looking for the holy Apocalypse, which was already annoying.
If even one of the students had an accident, the academy would not stand still. The overflowing labor force there is a bonus.
The murder case only gave him an opportunity to move the academy efficiently. It was clear that he thought that even if he caught the culprit, it would be enough even if he couldn’t catch it.
Behind Instructor Son Min-guk, he comes into sight with his head bowed and his mouth twisting.
That evening, Instructor Son Min-guk’s protest was dismissed, and our team was assigned to a dangerous area where the next murder was expected to occur.
This is where the hideout of the Holy Apocalypse is located.