Chapter 99 – Episode 99 Kim Hyeon-Jeong’s Cadet List (1)

Rumors that the trio of freshmen had beaten Choi Ik-hyeon quickly spread throughout the academy.

“Hyeri Lee was amazing, right? I heard that I lasted 5 minutes one-on-one with Professor Choi Ik-hyun.”
“Baek Han-beom, who was next to Lee Hye-ri, is also amazing. He said he blocked the professor’s first blow properly. At that time, the back of the professor was empty, so he took the advantage.”
“As expected, those two are great. Weren’t they the best students before entering school?”
“A child? I heard he was in the same group?”
“The telekinesis is strong, but to be honest, it wasn’t very helpful.”
“Professor Choi, did you tie up his movements for about a second?”
“That alone is great, but…”
“Honestly, it’s a bus.”

Most of the stories were about Lee Hye-ri and Baek Han-beom.
The two showed incomparability against Choi Ik-hyeon, and in the end the seasoned hunter lost against the three.
The loss of a professor who never lost was the number one issue for students.
For everyone from 1st to 4th grade.

‘It sounds funny.’

Hanmi clicked her tongue after hearing such a rumor.
Yuara didn’t do anything?
At all.
If that was the case, Professor Ikhyun Choi wouldn’t have given me an A+.
I don’t know anything else, but I’m not the kind of person who tolerates a free ride.
Perhaps Yuara must have contributed to her team in other ways.

I accidentally remembered the image of Yuara I saw at school.
She was convinced by the look.
A bright smile that showed no worries.
The moment she saw that smile, she knew.
That she received an award from Kim Si-woo.
I couldn’t have made that expression without it.

‘I’m envious.’

I was envious.
She received her outstanding grades enough to receive her award.
Seeing it getting stronger.
Obviously, last year she was a much weaker Hunter than her…
Yua Ra, her paid student, has suddenly become her expectant mother, receiving more expectations from her than she does.

“Ha.”

A sigh came out.
She now has an exam tomorrow, and she was very worried.
Of course, his mana stats were higher than before, and his skill points were increased, so he could use his skills in various ways.

In fact, hypnosis was not a combat skill.
In this exam where I had to fight the professor, I didn’t show much strength.

Is there no way

She sighed.

“Mina, what are you worried about?”

She asked Mi-kyung Kwon, her fellow cadet she had been with since her sophomore year.
Unlike her spirit-type hunter, she is a martial arts fighter who uses her tongpa.
She was the best prospect for her sophomore year, and also a friend Han Mi-na always went to take exams with.
She uses her little hypnosis to increase her likeability.

“It’s nothing. I’m just worried about tomorrow’s test.”
“I’m with you! And although it’s unreliable, Ryu Soo-young is there, so the three of us should be able to do it.”

She saw her friend shouting Fighting.
She was a hypnotized friend.
Maybe if she wasn’t hypnotized, she wouldn’t even be able to talk.
Mi-na Han recalled Si-woo Kim’s words.

‘Don’t start with a mental attack, ask a favor. Then I will listen.’

Ask.
How reassuring it was when he said that if you ask for a favor, he will do it for you.
Of course, it was still difficult for her to appear in front of other people unless she was hypnotized.
Still, she was alone enough to proudly check out her goods at her convenience store without self-hypnosis.
He had enough time to nod her head without hypnotizing passers-by to say hello.
Has grown a lot
Compared to the past, when ordering at a convenience store was done by pointing with your finger.

Of course, self-hypnosis was necessary in order to go to school and work as a celebrity, but at least I was able to do light activities.
So, wouldn’t it be possible to ask for a favor now without hypnosis?

“There you are. Mi-kyung…”
“Huh?”
“I have a request for you.”
“Tell me anything!”

It was her first request that she did not hypnotize her.

“After this exam…”
“Yep!”
“Would you like to go to a cafe together?”
“Really?”

Kwon Mi-kyung narrowed her eyes in surprise.

“Huh.”
“Isn’t this the first time Mina asked me to go with you first? What’s wrong?”
“That, just. I thought it would be nice to go play together like this.”
“I can do it anytime!”
“Really?”
“Huh!”

Mihan Han swept her chest.
It was the first time.
What she asked her other person without hypnosis like this.
And that first one felt pretty good.

-Please. I will listen.

Kim Si-woo’s words lingered in my ears.
It came true because he did as he said.
Really. Really.

‘He’s a hero.’

Mi-Na Han reminded her of her hero and blushed at her.
She, like Yoo Ra and Lee Hye-ri, thought that she wanted to receive her prize because of her high test scores.

***

Light.
After receiving a report that a huge energy clash had occurred, Chief Park Hyun-moo went to Gwangmyeong with 5 scout teams to directly investigate the incident.
It was not the scouting team’s job simply to scout students.
While investigating incidents and accidents happening all over the world, finding someone who could become Daesung’s strength.
That’s what scouting teams really do.

During the semester, there were many investigations into the academy simply because there were many gemstones gathered at the academy.
Since the academy investigation yielded a lot of results against the time, usually teams 1 and 3 were in charge of the Korean academy.
Team 2 conducted a comprehensive survey of Daesung Academy, and Team 4 conducted a comprehensive survey of various overseas academies.
Of course, there were a lot of cases where each team had to shift their duties.
Team 5 was different.

Team 5 was the only one that had the role of scouting current hunters, not cadets.
That’s why Chief Park Hyun-moo found Gwangmyeong with those 5 teams.

“Is it here?”
“That’s right. They said that there was a huge collision of energy in Gwangmyeong.”
“Isn’t the gate open?”
“Yes, as a result of analyzing the waves, it was a fight between hunters.”

Park Hyun-moo saw traces of a huge fight that even changed the terrain.
It was a fight between at least S-class hunters.

“Let’s start a closer look, who fought here.”

If it’s worth recruiting, you’ll have to find it right away.
It was time for Team 5 to take out the investigation equipment.

“What are you doing here?”
“… Lee Kang-san?”

Hearing a voice from behind, he turned around and saw Lee Kang-san of the Saint Guild walking towards him.

“What are you doing here?”
“I want to ask. I was training, but someone interrupted me.”
“It’s training… Is this what you mean?”

Park Hyun-moo looked at the messy street and said.
It was already in ruins, but more than that, it was still shattered.

“Okay.”
“I don’t remember receiving a report.”
“I said I’m going to train, but do I have to report it to Daesung? Did Daesung start replacing the South Korean government? I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“Who did you train with? Looking at it, I received a report that two types of mana were detected.”
“Chief Park Hyun-moo, are you going to bother me like this? I know this place is empty and doesn’t belong to anyone.”

Clearly there is something.
Park Hyun-moo’s intuition was telling.
He couldn’t back down
His opponent is Kang-San Lee, but he also has a friend called Dae-Sung.
I need to investigate who was doing what…

“What are you doing?”

An old man’s voice was heard.
When he turned his head, an old man brushing his white beard was approaching.

“Knife… Castle?”
“Are you from Daesung’s side? What’s going on here?”
“I received a report that there was a huge mana collision.”

The Sword Saint chuckled with his hands behind his back.

“Daesung is very diligent. Seeing how vigilant they are even in small things like this.”
“…”
“Kangsan-kun asked for sparring, so he came all the way to me and was sparring.”
“…”

As Park Hyun-moo looked at her suspiciously, Geomseong clicked his tongue and said to Lee Kang-san.

“Heh heh, I’m sorry. Gangsan County. As you know, the Republic of Korea has a small land mass, so when there is an uproar like the United States, people come to visit us like this.”
“It’s okay. Anyway, the atmosphere has changed a lot. Before I left Korea, no one interfered.”

Lee Kang-san carried the shield.

“If you want to investigate, do it. Because I’m done with my business.”
“Are you going to go already?”
“I have to go. I have left America too far behind.”
“Hmm, America… I want to see that muscular man after a long time.”
“Are you talking about Mr. America?”
“Okay. He was the first one who broke my swordsmanship.”

The two strong men ignored Park Hyun-moo and started talking among themselves.
My pride was crumpled, but I didn’t have the strength to argue.
His strength is A+ grade.
It is true that if you attack with all your might, even if 30 A-rank hunters gather, it will be difficult to defeat one S-rank.
Fighting was a stupid decision.
In the first place, the relationship between the swordsman’s guild and Daesung isn’t bad.

“Then, assuming that work is over, the investigation begins…”
“Do whatever you want. I was about to leave with Gangsan too.”

The two strongmen left without regret.
After confirming that they were moving away, Park Hyun-moo gave a chin, and the scout team investigated the distribution of mana in the area.

“As a result of the investigation, only Lee Kang-san and Geomseong’s mana were detected.”
“Is that the end?”
“Yes.”
“I can’t…”

A feeling of reluctance settled in a corner of my chest.
However, there was no evidence.
Evidence.

“Shit.”

***

“Sorry. Old man.”
“All right. Seeing that you asked so urgently, I knew something was up.”

Lee Kang-san, who confirmed that Park Hyeon-moo had disappeared from sight, bowed his head to the swordsman.
After the fight with Kim Si-woo, he contacted the swordsman to get rid of his mana remnants.
Looking at the circumstances, Siwoo Kim was committing something without Daesung’s knowledge, and a lot of things actually changed.

Active skill.
It was a shadow mask that did not acquire active skills even after going through numerous dungeons.
However, now Kim Si-woo had some ridiculous skills.
So you’ll have to hide it.

It was a pretty strong force.
Among those who could cover this level of power only with their own strength, there were few people who had nothing to do with Daesung.
Most of them had a relationship with Daesung.
What came to mind at that time was the swordsman.
Hunter who is serious about nothing and has a neither good nor bad relationship with Daesung.

I didn’t talk about Kim Si-woo, but I called him, saying I wanted to have a sparring match.
I actually fought him a few times.

As a result, the traces of Kim Si-woo were completely erased.
Park Hyun-moo came at an amazing timing.

“It was fun. You have become one of the few swordsmen who have experienced Lee Kang-san’s shield.”

The swordsman smiled lowly, as if he liked this sparring.

“If you come to the United States, we will arrange a proper sparring session.”
“Can I fight the Saint Guild’s executives?”
“If you wish.”
“Haha, then I’d like to hang out with a muscular man.”
“I’ll talk to the guild leader once.”

Swordsman smiled as he looked at Mt. Ligang with his head down.

“Don’t look too badly at him.”
“… Yes?”
“Wasn’t it because of the shadow mask?”
“Did you know?”
“It made me very sick. The scent of that friend’s mana.”
“…”
“He’s a bit rough, but he’s a deep guy. I don’t know what the two of you are up to, but let’s try it.”
“All right. Old man.”

Li Kangsan lowered her head.
He was still immature to fool an experienced veteran.

So Lee Kang-san left for the United States.

***

“Is this a list?”
“That’s right.”

Kim Hyun-jung handed me the report.

– Korea Academy Top Priority Recruitment Report for all grades.
– Daesung Scout Team 1.

A full list of the most promising cadets at the Korean academy was included in this report.

“It was hard. You’re masturbating there while I’m watching.”
“All right.”

I opened the first page.