89 – A lot of things that bother me (8)
This was the air-raid siren that hadn’t gone off since I entered the academy.
As soon as I stepped out of the meeting room and went outside, a tremendous scene unfolded on the other side.
Low hills rising in places around the only road leading to the outside from the academy.
At the top, dozens of beams of light, presumably from anti-aircraft guns, swept across the sky like a broom.
At the same time, a whistle sounded, and machine guns quickly began firing forward from the overpass on the fence outside the academy and the position above the main gate sculpture.
Where all the attacks were focused, something black was flying this way.
Like a goshawk flying through the woods, it performed an impossible flight, turning at breakneck speed and dodging barrage.
what the hell is that… ?!
“Oh, I don’t know what kind of villain he is, but he’s really unlucky.”
Half Wonder followed me outside and smiled, slowly revealing the energy of ice and fire in both hands.
“Why did you come to find this Half Wonder on your own feet?”
Pride pierces the sky.
But this is Grafford Academy.
A place where even B-class heroes, if not S-class heroes, are infested.
Even if it’s not half wonder, it’s a place overflowing with heroes who will put at least one trivial villain in the ground.
After a while, someone from the academy flew in and landed with a dark green aura.
It was Professor Yoo Hyeon-joo, wearing a suit and holding a cigarette in his mouth.
“Which crazy villain is causing this mayhem from the weekend?”
It was annoying to have to wait for an emergency on Saturday, but Professor Yoo Hyun-joo was angry at the end of his head because he had to sortie there.
Seeing Professor Yoo like that, Half Wonder opened his eyes wide and slapped her on the back.
“Oh my gosh, who is this? Isn’t that Crocoba, you?”
“Huh? Half Wonder? Why are you here?”
Unlike Half Wonder, who was happy and slapped him on the shoulder, Professor Yoo had a very disapproving expression.
“Oh my gosh, nice to meet you, kid. Who knew I’d see you here?”
“what….”
Professor Yoo gave me a questioning look, and I shrugged and pointed at the unknown flying object that was breaking through the barrage.
“It seems like we’re dating each other, but let’s get rid of the hoepo later, and let’s grab that one first.”
“I’ll take care of it, so stay away.
“All right.”
As soon as a barrier was put on the structure of the main gate, Professor Yoo threw his butt on the ground and activated his aura, preparing to fly like a missile.
At that time, the black dot that had been flying this way suddenly disappeared from sight.
Like a bird of prey soaring high in the sky and disappearing into the sun, it disappeared in an instant.
“Where did you go?”
“Professor Yu. I’ll cover you with a shield, so let’s secure the standard altitude first.”
“Okay. Support me.”
Even in the midst of this, Half Wonder kept talking loudly instead of showing any sign of helping us.
“Hey, nice to meet you. You seem a little thinner than before. Are you still ignorant of that mixed martial arts or something?”
“If you’re not going to help me, please get out of the way. It’s getting in the way.”
The moment I was about to push Half Wonder aside, I sensed something strange and hurriedly opened the local defense shield.
“Vertical attack from above!”
At the same time as Professor Yoo shouted, something hit the barrier with a tremendous sound.
Looking up, I saw that the person who hit the shield fell to the ground as if rolling along the border of the shield.
“I’ll catch you!”
The moment when Professor Yoo, who had broken through the barrier, grabbed the black villain by the collar as he stumbled on the floor and was about to hit his face with his fist.
“Oh my gosh. Look at that.”
Half Wonder covered his mouth with a hoho.
Isn’t the villain, who grabbed the hand that grabbed the collar, throw Professor Yoo aside?
Class A hero, Academy Professor, and Professor Yoo Hyun-joo, who is good at close combat, so lightheartedly?
But there was no time to think further.
Seeing that the villain was about to leap to Professor Yoo Hyeon-joo, who had blown away by smashing several flower beds, I combined several complex defense techniques and poured them into the villain.
A tremendous roar and vibration, and the screams of the defense brigade soldiers who surrounded the scene.
“Huh…”
In the midst of the mayhem, only Half Wonder watched my attack in silence as if it were interesting.
When the thick dust disappeared, the villain, lying on his back with his limbs stretched out, appeared in the middle of the smashed concrete fragments.
He slowly approached it and touched the villain’s body with the tip of his toe.
“Calm down, Goshawk.”
“Turn it off…”
Bleeding from his nose, Goth Hawk opened his eyes faintly.
“Where is this…”
“This is the main gate of Grafford Academy. Because you flew to come without prior notice, you were classified as unknown by the air defense network of the Academy Defense Brigade and attacked. He beat you directly.”
Not understanding my words at all, Goshawk stared at the deep blue autumn sky for a while and blinked his eyes.
“Is he still out of his mind and pretending to be a villain?”
Half Wonder, who approached me before I knew it, clicked his tongue.
Goshawk covered in dust with thick smoky makeup and Half Wonder with bright makeup were really polar opposites.
“Oh, it hurts. What is that, professor?”
Professor Yoo Hyeon-joo rubbed his head and came out to clean the tree that had been broken in half.
“It’s Goshawk.”
“Goshawk? Not a villain, but a hero? But why the hell did he do this?”
“I don’t know either. He’s such an unpredictable hero.”
“Hmm. If it’s not a villain, I’ll have to move it to the health center first. Is the scramble support team still far away?”
Just in time, several equipment vehicles arrived one after another with loud sirens from inside the main gate.
That is the sortie support team, and in the event of a situation, emergency standby heroes sortie first and take control of the situation, while mobilizing after them to support combat and secure the safety of the surroundings.
A sizable team, including brigade armed forces and medical personnel, as well as an armored personnel carrier equipped with a machine gun, a fire engine, and an ambulance.
In the case of a normal hero office, such a team would be unnecessary, but this is the academy.
It is a completely independent institution and the safety of students is the top priority, so such a team exists.
Outside, social safety nets like the police and fire departments do what they do.
The scramble support team, which had just arrived at the front gate, was getting off the vehicle, but Goth Hawk, who had just been lying like a corpse, suddenly stood up.
“Everyone step back!”
In that brief moment when Professor Yoo warned the scramble support team, the Goth Hawk ricocheted up like a bursting bullet and grabbed my neck with both hands.
“Dog … dare to ignore me like that …?”
Goshawk gnashed his teeth with red bloodshot eyes, smeared with smoky makeup, and exhaled an extremely strong alcohol smell.
How much alcohol have you been drinking?
“Professor!”
“No. Stay still. I’ll do it.”
I raised my hand and stopped Professor Yoo who was about to run.
Goth Hawk can never suffocate me anyway.
I read from her movements that she was already going to strangle me, so I put a shield around my neck.
And this shield is not a level of basic physical defense that an A-class hero can break with his grip.
An advanced complex defense shield that few heroes can even implement.
It blocks not only physical attacks but also Auras over a certain strength.
“I’m going to kill you… I’m going to kill you…!”
Whether he knew this or not, Goshawk was wasting his strength and shaking his arms as if he were squeezing the shield around my neck.
Tough arm muscles twitched under her black suit, and bloody saliva flowed in froth from her mouth.
“Goshawk. Let’s find out the reason why he’s doing this and get hit.”
“You, you ignored me…!”
“When did I say I ignored you? It was you who violated the rules and forced the apprentice to battle the villain alone, and when that wasn’t enough, you challenged me, the academy professor, to a duel. I just didn’t like it either. So I got a trainee and I fought a duel with you and won fair and square. Where do you think I ignored you? Rather, isn’t that what I’m talking about?”
“You treated me as an ignorant bitch! Using difficult words! You made me a stupid bitch just because I was from the 3rd Training Center!”
“No. I never did. I just heard it clearly based on the current law so as not to leave room for later controversy. And training camp 3? Didn’t you say you were from Grafford?”
“Even now! It’s still like that! Apologize right away! Did you dare to ignore an active A-class hero face to face like that and be safe?!”
This is a bit strange.
No matter how outgoing a hero may be, he storms into the academy in broad daylight and is like this? Are you sane?
Besides, why are you drooling like that?
Hmm, I don’t think he just came in after drinking. Have you ever done drugs?
yes. Come to think of it, Song Do-yoon said that there were suspicious syringes and medicines in Goshawk’s closet.
Considering the usual behavior, it is quite possible.
Was it to lose his temper and go on a rampage, soaked in alcohol and drugs?
There doesn’t seem to be any way to stop doing this again.
If that’s the case, I’ll be more comfortable if I take this opportunity to fix the bug and send it back.
I sighed and smiled.
“Okay. I’ll apologize. I’ll get down on my knees and apologize. I’ll even lick the soles of my shoes if you want.”
At those words, Goth Hawk’s hand, which was strangling the shield around my neck, seemed to soften slightly.
“Instead, let’s duel again here. So if I lose, I will.”
“Ah… a duel…?”
Goshawk flinched and released his hand from my neck, allowing me to back away slightly.
“There are other academy professors here, as well as the S-class hero Half Wonder. Besides that, countless other people.
Goshawk looked around with anxious eyes.
“Answer me, Goshawk. If you win, it’s nice to get an apology from me, and if I win, it’s a good chance to prevent this from happening again in the future. Of course, if you don’t accept this offer and just die, nothing will be said about it. I won’t even take it out. How about it. Shall we stick together properly?”