17 – True peace may come.
“…Is this a true story? “The former No. 1 Hero in Korea is teaching me personally.”
“Are you excited? “I’m already scared…”
“Let’s go pick up the textbook again and talk. “I never imagined that I would throw it out the window as soon as class ended.”
The students gathered in the classroom were moving to the rebuilt dormitory building, making noise.
Skilled architects and even heroes. The Academy, which was rebuilt by mobilizing everyone who could help with its construction, stands tall as it did in the past, but traces of the past, including the remains of collapsed buildings, still remain on the ground.
But they turned their eyes away from the traces. They were students too, so it was hard to look back on the terrible memories. If children who are still young try to recall such memories, they will only lose strength, so they try to act bright, pledging that they will not let something like this happen again in the future.
“Hmm… Starting tomorrow, this class will be repeated, right?”
“Is this a class? “It’s harder than practical training…”
“Don’t tell me… I’m shaking just thinking about it. “I feel like I’ve been traumatized.”
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The storm-like time passed in an instant. As if the principal’s claim that he would personally teach was not a lie, he headed to their homeroom teacher as soon as class was over, and when he returned, he immediately led the students to the place where the hero department students were training and offered them all.
The time limit is 30 minutes, and if they hit even one hit, the students win. The students who heard the conditions were puzzled as to why they couldn’t hit even once –
“How can you not even hit me once? “I want it because it’s unfair…”
“I didn’t know that the difference with the No. 1 Hero would be this severe. “You didn’t even fight back.”
In the end, they were defeated. Exhaling harshly, he looked at the principal as if he were looking at a monster, and then he declared to the students with an evil smile.
As you can see, you are still weak. However, if everyone works together before graduation, I will make it possible for them to defeat me. What you need to do that is crazy training.
“It was a truly hellish time…”
Starting with those words, they went crazy. I continued rolling for 6 hours without a single break. Seok-Hoon, who had finally told them that their training was over and that they could now go back, smiled meaningfully and said that he behaved a little weakly because it was the first day – it would probably be even more difficult from tomorrow.
“But you can’t give up, right?”
“Of course. Even if you tell me to give up, I won’t!”
The students sighed and shook their heads. I’ve come too far to stop here, and I don’t really feel like doing so. The training was very effective, and it felt like their stamina and skills were definitely increasing.
If we continue to train like this, one day-
“You can protect it next time, right?”
“Of course.”
Wouldn’t it be possible to become a true hero? Wouldn’t it be possible to change the world where everyone is surrounded by villains and trembling with anxiety? Wouldn’t it be possible to protect everyone and protect the precious ones?
They thought so and kept walking. The conversation continued, their faces were still full of fatigue, but their eyes were still alive.
How long did it take to walk like that? Now, when students see the dormitory building in front of them –
“But, where did Jihyun go?”
One of the female students who likes Hangyeol. Kwon So-ah, who was having a snowball fight with Hyuna, soon looked around her students and noticed the invisible figure of her friend.
“Are you really not interested in anything other than work…?”
“…Huh?”
“It’s nothing.”
Hyuna looked at her with an expression of astonishment, and when she saw her tilting her head, she let out a deep sigh.
“Jihyun said she had somewhere to go and left.”
“When?”
“After class. “You were there too, you human.”
Since she was always next to Hangyeol, she must have heard it, but would she be a fool if she fell in love with him? Her students looked at her and smiled bitterly, and So-Ah soon smiled shyly and turned her head.
“-But no matter where you go, you’ll get caught.”
“Haven’t you been leaving often since before? “Although you can definitely come in before curfew.”
A child who immediately turned the fire around. The students shook their heads at her words, but also responded to her words and exchanged conversation.
Where on earth did she go, what did she head out of the academy for – there were all sorts of speculations about that, but no one knew for sure.
“Hey, I guess I have something to do.”
“Okay. Is anything going to happen?”
“I need to sleep. See you all tomorrow!”
No matter how much you think about it, you won’t find an answer. The students soon gave up trying to guess what she was moving for, and she immediately walked towards her room.
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A shabby cocktail bar located in a corner alley where not a single light comes in.
“-What business do minors have here? “I don’t want our business to be suspended-“
As a result, when a girl entered the empty interior, the bartender, who was wiping the glass with her cloth, frowned and shot her –
“Bailey’s cream containing goat’s blood and red eyes. “With salt in the glass.”
“…This way.”
Hearing the girl’s words, he immediately returned his expression and opened the door to the warehouse located at the back, and the girl entered the warehouse as if she was familiar with it.
There were numerous bottles of liquor on the shelves inside, but she didn’t even look at them and continued walking straight inside – opening a small door that could barely fit a person through and going inside.
As the girl continued to walk down the stairs to the basement, she soon reached a basement that was larger than the entirety of her tavern combined –
-Are you here?
She looked at a mannequin sitting there and frowned.
“You don’t have to say the same password every time you come, right?”
-You can’t do that. Because this is the principle. Otherwise, how would you know if a hero or villain came in disguise? We can’t do that because we are safety conscious.
Noisy voice coming from inside the mannequin. She sighed and sat down in the chair opposite her.
-So, what are you curious about this time?
“Hyeonwoo. You said you were alive, right? “Is that real?”
-Oh my, I’m so sorry you don’t trust me.
“It’s not that I don’t believe it. “It’s just that it’s a little strange.”
-What?
A girl who is still conversing with an unidentified man – Choi Ji-hyeon.
“I was suspicious when he first approached me, but I’m even more suspicious this time. “You said you found Hyunwoo, whose location you couldn’t find until now, and you said you don’t know his current location even though you said he was alive-“
A phone call she received when she was in second grade. This unknown human, who introduced himself as her information merchant, was still working with her from then on, but that did not dispel her suspicions.
“You didn’t even tell me in the first place that the evil brigade would attack this time.”
-What can I do? The timing wasn’t good.
“Timing?”
-Because we don’t know everything. While you are trying to find out, accidents can happen, and like this one, it can happen without you knowing. Well, something like that.
“…As expected, you are more incompetent than I thought.”
-But there were many times when it was helpful, right?
Ji-hyeon, who continued to complain, was unable to say anything to the last question.
There were many times when these people were helpful. It was the author who gave her information when her students went through countless accidents, and it is true that the information she learned was of great help in catching her villains.
-Impatientness is not very good. This is an experience, so take it to heart.
“…I know.”
-Don’t worry, I’m still looking for it. Because I may find it someday. That’s right – we’re the biggest information store in Korea?
This is Korea’s best information store that sells information regardless of heroes, villains, or third parties. And that person is the best information merchant in that information store.
“At first, he said he was an ordinary information merchant.”
– Oh my, should I change my words now?
I glared with annoyance, but in the end, what was in front of me was just a mannequin. He just teases her with her humorous tone. Although she didn’t like that fact, she ultimately had no choice but to trust the author.
-Oh my, are you leaving already?
“You still don’t know anyway. “I was just looking for you.”
-It’s a shame. But the meeting is short-lived. I’ll be waiting for you next time.
She bit her lip and stood up from her seat as she was and walked towards the door she had come in from, and her questioning voice sent her off with no regrets at all.
So she grabbed her doorknob and pulled it, and she tried to head out, but-
“…Find out one more thing.”
Soon she remembered something, stopped her steps, and opened her mouth.
-Oh, is this an additional request? There is an additional charge, but…
“About the villain organization Repentance, its leader, Guardian, and villain Ash.”
Silence continues for a moment.
“Is it impossible?”
-It is possible.
A voice smiling and answering her words. However, Jihyun did not miss the fact that the noise-filled voice was slightly trembling.
-However, it will take some time. These guys are hiding their identity even better than the evil brigade.
“It doesn’t matter. Instead, call me right away the moment you find it. “I’m going to be busy for a while, so I might not be able to come again.”
What does that tremor really mean? Are you saying this because it is difficult to obtain information as you said? Or – was it difficult because of some kind of relationship with those villains?
“How much additional money should I send?”
-That’s it. Because it was a joke. Let’s say it’s a service for regular customers. Because you never know when it might happen anyway.
“…Okay.”
With those words, she left her store and headed back toward her academy.
The sun is now setting in the evening. It’s time for night to come soon. She didn’t stop thinking as she continued to walk.
The evil brigade is also a problem, but what interests her is another villain organization.
Repentance. Those guys know about Hyunwoo. There was still not enough evidence, but the red-haired villain had told her, so it couldn’t have been wrong. She was certain, because the provocation she made was nothing short of proof.
It is unlikely that this was a rumor that spread internally through the mouths of students or teachers. The only information that was widely spread was that a student had killed a villain who had sneaked into the academy and escaped. There is no way she could know that Hyeon-woo was her childhood friend, and that she felt guilty about not being able to protect him in the end.
The only way to know this is that they heard it directly from Hyunwoo and-
-I took that idiot into my own hands.
The last words of villain Ash,
-He looked like he had burns all over his body. I heard they were being chased by Repentance, but I don’t know the exact facts.
It must be certain because the information I heard from the information merchant was connected.
“Hyeonwoo…”
Why is Hyunwoo being chased by them? Why did he tell them about his relationship with her, and what is his relationship with them?
And above all, the villain Guardian who fought her, why on earth does he have Hyunwoo’s superpower?
“Where on earth and what are you doing…?”
What suddenly comes to mind is an ominous rumor. It was an urban legend about an unidentified man who took away her superpowers, but since she was working as a hero, she knew there were actually victims, so she didn’t hear the rumor.
There is no possibility that she is mistaken. Because the person who saw his abilities the most was none other than her. Then – that guardian is Hyunwoo’s –
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“Please stay safe. “Hyeonwoo.”
No way, probably not. Even as I think like that, information I already know begins to tangle and fill my head.
An ominous thought that keeps coming to mind. The feeling of despair that comes from the fact that there is nothing she can do.
She gritted her teeth and-
“I miss you…”
She looked up at the sky with her trembling eyes and muttered to herself.
“-That’s right.”
Meanwhile,
“Honestly, I don’t know if we overcame the crisis well. “It’s just a temporary measure.”
“…Anyway, if it weren’t for that crazy b*tch, it would have gone well.”
The man who had been eavesdropping on her spoke pressed a button to turn off the eavesdropper, then adjusted his glasses and quietly put down his drink.
“-Are you okay?”
“No.”
“It looks like that.”
“Don’t make fun of me. Oh, damn it…”
Although her tone was teasing, there was concern in her gaze as she looked at the boy in front of her. That’s right-
“Just get some rest, though.”
“…I woke up from sleep. “Because of nightmares.”
“Oh my.”
Because the expression on the face of Lee Hyeon-woo, the boy in front of me, was so distorted that it could not be described in words.