Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
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33. Outcome of choice (6)
Compared to the voice I heard when the Nine Iron Teeth Rake pierced me, its voice was terribly faint.
‘It may be because my proficiency is still insufficient. But…’
There was no feeling of helplessness I felt from the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s voice before.
“Jo Uisin!”
I heard teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim’s voice.
The Kaiju Enemy I was facing a moment ago was attempting a pincer attack from behind, together with the Flying species Enemy in front of me.
‘It troubled itself to speak up, so I should give this voice a response…!’
The instant that I activated the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s forks.
I saw a superpower wave flow, looking as if it was drawn.
When facing Zhu Ganglie, I could only use forks in a straight line.
However this time was completely different.
Kwa-chink, kwa daaang—!
The lunched fork pierced through Kaiju Enemy’s soul stone.
And…
Kwakwakwa—!
As I drew the line according to my will, the fork bent and cut off the head of the Flying Enemy.
Together with Enemies’ destruction effect, two messages about completed subjugation floated up on the device.
Recorded Enemies rank was SSR– – –, and the biggest contributor was naturally ‘Unknown Supernova’.
“I almost uselessly interfered, eh?”
Ham Geun-hyeong watched the afterimage left by the fork in admiration.
He realized the effectiveness of the UR rank weapon, Nine Iron Teeth Rake, anew.
‘If I shoot it towards the ground, the mountain would split.’
I almost damaged the mountain where my Playable Character’s master-nim lives.
I’ll have to be careful in the future.
While making such a resolution, I looked towards teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim.
He only watched the surrounding without a word, holding a bow. He didn’t speak up to me.
“… You also won’t ask me anything this time?”
“I won’t. I’m only guessing to a certain degree.”
You said you’re guessing?
“It should have something to do with the crow mask you were wearing when you rescued Maeng Hyodon, right?”
As teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim cooperated with me during Choe Pyeondeuk’s birthday cake smash incident, there was no way he didn’t know about the crow mask, huh?
Intel[1] of unknown origins, crow mask, Nine Iron Teeth Rake.
There were many things about my actions, which he should be curious and worried about, but worthy of teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim, he was considerate of the disciple and didn’t ask.
⟨Warning, Enemy approaching.⟩
System voice interrupted my thinking.
As if teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim also sensed signs, he glared at the otherworld crack.
“Let’s concentrate on the subjugation right now.”
“Yes.”
After that, the Nine Iron Teeth Rake shut its mouth once again.
However, in addition to learning a way to move forks, I had the backing of the strongest homeroom teacher-nim, so I had nothing to fear.
***
Far away from Ham Geun-hyeong and Jo Uisin, there were people observing the two defense team members’ performance.
Song Daeseok and Min Geurin.
They also wanted to join the otherworld conquest party, but under Hong Gyeongbok and Ham Geun-hyeong’s opposition, they decided to only observe this time.
“Did you see that just now? Did Uisin do it?”
Min Geurin, who was observing the scene of Jo Uisin defeating two Enemies at the same time, from a distance, said.
Song Daeseok, who observed her face, was exploding with annoyance.
‘It’s plainly visible what Geurin is thinking. ‘So cool! So wonderful! I want to draw it!’, she is obviously thinking something like that, right?’
Of all the things, the one playing an active role was Jo Uisin who gave Min Geurin AR glasses.
Even though Song Daeseok was thankful to the suspicious vice class president, he felt uselessly pissed about it.
Min Geurin, who was unaware of his thoughts, mapped out an idea on the device, as if designing a drawing in her head, and was even making a sketch in a small sketchbook.
“I – I’m going to attend school from tomorrow.”
Song Daeseok suddenly said impulsively.
According to his intentions, Min Geurin’s hand stopped, and she looked up at him with an extremely surprised face.
“Really?”
“Uh. I’ll also go to the class 0’s study meeting.”
“Really?”
Min Geurin made a stunned expression, and then she smiled with her eyes full of tears.
As he turned her attention away from that suspicious guy and Min Geurin was happy, Song Daeseok’s mood improved greatly.
‘It’s thanks to Him also saying that He will help…’
While petting Min Geurin’s head hidden in the hood, Song Daeseok strengthened his resolve.
It was a half-impulsive decision, but he also thought that it would be okay if it was the 1st year class 0.
***
The conquest of the SSR rank dungeon which occurred at Gari Mountain Muswimaljae ended.
As expected, there were no injured.
The biggest contributor was Seong Gukeon, but the most eye-catching was painter Hong Gyeongbok.
‘Hell, what superpower were you using?’
Painter Hong Gyeongbok in the hanbok wasn’t covered in even one speck of dust, no different from before the conquest.
He folded his arms behind his back and relaxed, he laughed ‘hehe’.
They weren’t injured, but in contrast, all others had visible traces of rolling on the ground as their clothes were dirty.
Especially Gye Idam had his face covered in dust as if he had troubles.
“It’s thanks to Seong hyung’s grandsons and Eungwang School juniors who were working diligently. Gukeon, congratulations on becoming the biggest contributor.”
“Thank you. It’s thanks to painter-nim for giving me the way.”
“You’re being humble. Hehehe!”
Seong Gukeon wasn’t someone who said empty words.
Hong Gyeonbok probably really gave him a way.
“Uisin, you caught all of this? Whoa.”
Seong Siwan, who checked the subjugation record, said with a surprised voice.
“I was lucky.”
“Anyone would work hard if you could capture SSR Enemy or something like that with just luck! And the time interval between subjugation compilation records is… amazingly fast! Did you use magic?”
“It would be difficult for such a record to come out if he used magic, because of the casting time.”
Seong Gukeon’s secretary, Jeon Muyeong, put in a word.
‘Jeon Muyeong was interested in magic, right…?’
The attack power of Jeon Muyeong, who specialized in covert actions, wasn’t so great.
He considered magic as a method of overcoming it, but he would have a difficult time learning it.
“Huhu…”
“Not only magic, but even physical category attacks…”
Midst downpour of burdensome gazes.
Seong Siwan noticed it and changed the atmosphere.
“Idam, let’s also work diligently so we don’t get behind the 1st years!”
“….”
Gye Idam didn’t say a word until the end.
And like this, the SSR rank dungeon’s conquest ended perfectly.
Before parting.
I climbed into a car where Seong Gukeon and Jeon Muyeong, those two people, were.
As I said that I had something to say to them, the two people, conscious of other people’s ears, invited me here.
‘As I thought, it only looks shabby from the outside, huh?’
Unlike on the outside, which looked like an ordinary upper-middle class Korean ground car, the inside was covered in an otherworldly metal.
It would be prepared against raids, assassinations and wiretapping.
The car resembled its owner, so it was a worthy car of Seong Gukeon.
“Did you come to give an answer? But I wanted to hear the answer slowly.”
“I came to talk about something else.”
“Speak then.”
I guess they thought I came searching for them because of something related to the Jin targeting the Korean Peninsula.
Although there was a connection.
“I saw something else in the old simulator’s boss room.”
“Something else?”
Seong Gukeon and Jeon Muyeong stared at me.
Looking at their expression, I guess they also didn’t know about the existence of clues I obtained through the Power of Fate.
Excluding the existence of Power of Fate, I described everything I saw that day.
That he, who didn’t trust Jin people and descendants, hid clues in his alma mater Eungwang School for safety.
And ‘Death of Imoogi’.
“You mean that according to painter Hong Gyeongbok-nim’s words, that painting was commissioned by senior-nim’s grandfather-nim. And he put a few conditions for the production process.” [2]
I passed everything, even the conditions painter Hong Gyeongbok told me about, to the two people.
“… Death of Imoogi has such a story?”
“Should I put a visit to the Museum of Korean Modern Art in the schedule?”
“Please.”
It seemed they thought of going to check it straight away.
“How did you find that hidden message?”
I didn’t answer.
The Power of Fate was something difficult to reveal.
Seong Gukeon fell into thoughts while looking at me, who didn’t answer, and then opened his mouth:
“Did you use power, whose origin you can’t talk about?…. That’s bothersome, but I’ll probably have confirmation when I hear the story from painter-nim.”
Seong Gukeon answered according to my thoughts.
I made up my mind to talk with him about this after I confirmed that Seong Gukeon and painter Hong Gyeongbok were close.
Seong Gukeon probably also read my intentions.
“It seems that I obtained a good collaborator, huh? Please take care of me, junior.”
Bang!
Seong Gukeon hit my back with a cheerful smile.
As it was how my Playable Character was expressing his affection, it didn’t feel bad, but my back hurt a bit.
But did you say ‘good collaborator’?
‘Didn’t you say that you wanted to hear the answer slowly?’
I guess Seong Gukeon considered me a collaborator straight away.
***
Monday morning.
After finishing in the morning, road to school.
I checked the Jang Namuk and Yu Sang-hun message room.
[Yu Sang-hun] ??
Yu Sang-hun wrote two ‘?’!
Seeing how he wrote twice more than usual, I guess that guy was also worried about Jang Namuk.
However, Jang Namuk didn’t speak just like before.
Even the messages sent before weren’t marked as read.
‘It seems that something happened…’
When I thought of the moves to dig into Jang Namuk’s situation.
“It seems that you were busy in Hongcheon and then returned, eh? The name list of Players who subjugated Enemies shows quite a few lines of ‘Unknown Supernova’.”
The one who spoke was Hwang Jiho.
On the walk trail leading to the 1st year building from the residential zone.
Looking at how the guy, who comes to school through the main gate, came here, I guess he was waiting for me.
But that guy was checking the Player list during the weekend?
“You have nothing to do?”
“… I was also quite busy as a chairman during the weekend. There were a few matters I had to deal with concerning personnel problems.”
Personnel problems?
Was someone fired again and someone new had to be assigned?
“You also would know all of the candidates. Because they’re all related to the 1st year class 0.”
While saying that, Hwang Jiho pointed with his chin at the other side.
At the walk trail towards the 1st year building.
On that road I saw two elders in hanboks.
“Painter-nim will be busy in the future as the Art Club’s advisor, so please let go of the class 0’s vice homeroom teacher’s seat!”
“Hehe, according to what brother Tak[3] is saying, you must be getting a lot of requests to become a daily instructor for the martial art clubs.”
“Darn it. Didn’t painter Min already accept painter-nim as a master? My pre-disciple hasn’t contacted me yet…”
“What pre-disciple? It was strange by itself that you suddenly said that you will become a teacher with that personality of yours. Did that student not give you a face, so you could do nothing but come all the way here?”
“Yes, painter-nim! What you said is all correct, so I have to become a vice homeroom teacher!”
Painter Hong Gyeonbok and ascetic Tak were arguing.
‘Ascetic Tak was an honorary teacher for a long time, so it’s whatever, but… even painter Hong Gyeongbok came. Was he worried about Min Geurin and Song Daeseok, so he even took on a teacher position?’
But those two masters couldn’t act befitting their age and were fighting over a seat of vice homeroom teacher of the 1st year highschool class?
At that moment, someone appeared and cut in between the two elders.
“I’m the 1st year class 0’s vice homeroom teacher.”
Yong Jegeon, who appeared like a wind.
It seemed that the game category Yong, who couldn’t behave befitting of his age even more than the two people, snatched the vice homeroom teacher’s seat.
“What!… That man, that, not that dragon!”
“Hehe….”
As if ascetic Tak and painter Hong Gyeongbok also knew the identity of the several thousand years old Yong, they regretfully shut their mouths.
I guess that personnel problems during the weekend included appointing Yong Jegeon as a 1st year class 0’s vice homeroom teacher.
Yong Jegeon, who discovered me and Hwang Jiho, waved his hand.
“… Hello. You came early.”
“It’s my first time working as a vice homeroom teacher, you know? I wanted to come quickly. And it’s also because there seemed to be some disturbances in front of ‘our class’ classroom.”
A natural ‘1st year class 0 is our class’ was Yong Jegeon’s way to boast in front of the two elders.
This dragon couldn’t act befitting his age, but worthy of my Playable Character the appearance of him devoting attention to the class he was in charge of was amazing.
‘But disturbances? What is happening in our class?’
In front of the 1st year class 0’s classroom, towards which the Jin people and elders, whose combined age was slightly above ten thousand, moved.
It was a mess in front of it.
“Lu-lucky. Others and teacher-nim came!”
Sawol Seeum, who was flustered in front of the hologram, saw us and made a relieved face.
Before Sawol Seeum could speak more, I heard a loud voice.
“Hey, vice president! Call the police!”
“Student Council or Guideline Club will come faster than police.”
They were the voices of Maeng Hyodon and Han Yi.
The two people were restraining a wriggling man with a shabby appearance.
And in front of them was a torn replica version of ‘Death of Imoogi’.
*~*~*
[1] intel of unknown origins – literally ‘information power’ in raws.
[2] Jeon Muyeong towards Jo Uisin – he uses a polite tone.
[3] brother Tak – ‘younger sibling/dongsaeng’ Tak. Doesn’t imply blood relation. By the way, should I just use dongsaeng to avoid gendering, confusion with hyung, noona, unnie etc, and when a word specific for blood-related siblings is used?
Translator’s note:
Jo Uisin: *acts even more suspicious than usual*
Seong Gukeon: What a good collaborator!
Did you see a mistake? 🐞
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