166 – 3rd Training Center Director (3)
“This is not like going into a nuclear test site.”
After going through the checkpoint three times, Yoo Hee-won grumbled.
“Mister. Are you sure you came here correctly?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s a really strange place. It doesn’t show up on the navigation. Even if that’s the case, why are the security so tight?”
“I guess that’s because it’s a place that controls those who display characteristics.”
“I see. Honestly, I think I could break through all those barbed wire fences if I put my mind to it.”
I passed the last checkpoint and headed to the building in front of me.
The guard says that is the headquarters of the training center.
It is a rectangular building extending left and right, with the training center flag and the administrative flag waving, just like a military headquarters.
In fact, there was a barracks next to it, so I could see soldiers working at the training center coming and going.
When we parked in front of the headquarters, the training center director and several executives who had been notified in advance came out and were waiting for us.
The executives who saw us whispered to each other.
Perhaps it’s more about Yoo Hee-won, who walks arrogantly next to me, than about me.
Heewon is probably one of the most famous heroes today.
After graduating from S-class, he became famous as the Golden Viper.
“Hello, Head Professor.”
A middle-aged man with a fairly wide forehead due to M-shaped hair loss offered to shake my hand with a happy expression.
“Are you the director? I’m sorry I’m busy.”
“No, it’s okay. We’re honored to hear that Graford’s head professor is coming.”
“Ha.”
Yu Hee-won snorted at the somewhat embarrassing expression.
“And Golden Viper. Now that I’ve met you in person, you’re truly an outrageously beautiful woman.”
However, Yoo Hee-won, who had been tired of hearing such sounds, did not change his expression at all.
“Then go inside.”
We followed the training center director into the headquarters.
In the lobby of the headquarters, there were no pictures of past training center leaders that are commonly seen hanging there.
However, only the history of the training center was briefly mentioned, and that was all already known through information obtained in advance.
What I’m really curious about is not those old-fashioned things, but how actual training centers work.
However, since we have entered a place that is difficult to enter, we need to follow some procedures.
I nodded to the training center director introducing the history and then went to the training center director’s office and drank tea.
Stories about the atmosphere of the Academy these days and the trends of villains.
Yoo Hee-won yawned openly, leaning back on the sofa and tapping away at his cell phone.
That was an acceptable behavior only because it was a Golden Viper.
So the training center director didn’t even look at Yoo Hee-won and only talked to me.
“By the way, do you want to benchmark our training center’s system?”
After a boring conversation, we were finally able to get to the main topic.
The reason I was able to enter the 3rd training center here is thanks to the official document distributed in advance.
A few days ago, I visited the dean’s office and made a suggestion.
We want to check the systems of other academies on-site and benchmark the good ones against our academy.
When distributing an official letter with the approval of the dean, the 3rd training center was slightly inserted into the recipient.
It must have been very difficult for the 3rd Training Center to refuse when the head professor at the most prestigious Graford wanted to visit for such a beneficial reason.
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“That’s right. As I said in the official document, I was curious about how the 3rd training center here efficiently manages and educates trainees who have some problems.”
“Hmm, that’s right. There is probably no place that provides better guidance to those with traits than our 3rd training center.”
The training center director spoke with a proud expression.
Yu Hee-won glanced at that and snorted again.
“Then what would you do? Should I show you the relevant documents, or…?”
“I want to see the scene. Of course, I will never reveal to the outside world what I saw here.”
“Ah, yes. Of course. But there is another procedure, Head Professor.”
Yu Hee-won and I signed the confidentiality agreement presented by the training center director.
“Then let’s move.”
The training center leader took the lead and guided us.
The movement was by car, not on foot.
After getting into the small light car parked in front of the headquarters and going inside for a while, I saw a new bulkhead in front of me.
It wasn’t just a bulkhead.
A solid wall made of superalloy and about five meters high.
So, the triple barbed wire fence on the outside is simply to control civilians coming in from outside, and that is the wall that blocks those who truly display their characteristics.
Superalloy is the raw material for handcuffs used to restrain villains during active duty.
Unless he is a very strong villain, he cannot control the superalloy restraints.
Such a superalloy….
How much did the management bureau pour into this?
“It must have been a year’s worth of budget for a fairly developing country?”
Yu Hee-won commented while looking at the superalloy bulkhead.
Surveillance posts were installed at regular intervals on top of such bulkheads.
There was no guard holding a gun like you would see in a prison.
However, one hero in a suit was sitting and reading a book with a bored expression.
Are all guards heroes?
How on earth did that green gasvillain escape here?
“Come on, this way.”
The door of Chogokin opened and we entered the grounds of the 3rd Training Center in earnest.
“Huh? What is it?”
Yoo Hee-won, who was upset, was startled and put his face close to the window.
I was also a little surprised.
Next to where we are passing now is the parade ground.
There were several trainees sitting in rows wearing orange training suits.
And in front of it was a rectangular platform that was somewhat high, like a stage, and from there, two people covered in blood could be seen fighting fiercely.
“What is that, Warden?”
“Oh, I’m taking a break.”
“Rest? Is that rest?”
“Yes. Trainees who want to warm up during the break come out and compete with each other.”
The training center director explained it very lightly, but the sight I saw was anything but light.
The two people who were competing in skill were losing too much blood and seemed to have no will to fight.
The other trainees who are watching are just lowering their heads with gloomy expressions, and none of them seem to be excited.
At that time, someone came up on the platform and kicked the backs of the two people standing facing each other.
Judging from the different attire, he appears to be an instructor.
“That thing stops.”
The director shook his head at Yoo Hee-won’s words.
“There is something called the training center curriculum. It would be difficult to intervene carelessly…”
Yu Hee-won, who opened the car door wide, flew in a straight line, emitting golden aura.
Yu Hee-won, who was on the stage in an instant, roughly pushed the instructor away and shouted something.
“hahahaha. As rumored, you are passionate.”
The director laughed when he saw Yoo Hee-won like that.
But I could see it in the rearview mirror.
The warden’s narrow eyes sparkle with aura.
You probably don’t like the idea of an outsider installing it.
“Hey, warden.”
Yu Hee-won, who returned to the car, said angrily.
“Isn’t that like sparring? The instructor forced us to fight until one of us dies? Is that right?”
“Is that possible? Maybe something went wrong along the way.”
“Hah? How can we kill each other if things go wrong…?”
“Stay still.”
I gently pressed the knee of Yoo Hee-won, who was trying to argue.
“I’m sorry, Warden. Please keep going.”
The director continued to drive his car with an indifferent smile.
Yoo Hee-won glared at me, but shook his head.
There are still many places to visit.
If you start to increase your workload, you will have to leave without even being able to see the inside.
If that happens, you will never be able to come here again.
“That training ground is where trainees train their physical strength. And the building in front of me is a correctional facility where ‘education and socialization’ takes place in earnest.”
A large gray building whose size is incomparable to the training center headquarters.
Just by looking at how gloomy and gloomy the color was, I could roughly guess what was going on inside.
We got out of the car and had to go through a metal detector and undergo a body search before we could go inside.
“It smells strange.”
Yu Hee-won frowned as he walked down the dark hallway.
Iron doors stood at regular intervals on the left and right sides of the hallway.
Some doors had glass at the top so you could see inside.
Yoo Hee-won stopped her steps, looked inside a certain door, and took a deep breath.
“Huh?!”
The room inside the door was entirely white.
In the middle of it all, I saw a young girl wearing a white straitjacket sitting blankly.
“Chief. What is that?”
“Ah, you mean that? I’m a trainee in the trait suppression and correction process.”
“You look quite young. How old are you?”
“Six years old, probably.”
“What?!”
When Yoo Hee-won heard those words, a golden aura flashed from his eyes.
“You locked up a 6-year-old like that?! Are you crazy?!”
“There’s nothing we can do. If we don’t keep him locked up like that, the other trainees will die.”
Despite Yoo Hee-won’s sad attitude, the director did not give in and responded.
“That child’s trait is brainwave manipulation. It’s also very fatal. That’s why we have to use strong medicine and leave it like that. Otherwise, the brains of people around it will burn out. Golden Viper, if something like that happens, will you be able to handle it? ?”