Chapter 244 – Utopia of Division (2)

“Has Student Yu Xian woke up?”

“Ah, yes.”

I stood up on the bed and checked my body.

It doesn’t seem like there’s anything broken in particular? What happened in the end?

When my fist containing white flame and Miyama Asui’s sword were clashing, Miyama Asui tapped me.

And centered around that place…

“What if it can’t just be used as a sword?”

Asui Miyama’s special move, she was able to use her hand to release sword energy and tear her opponent to pieces in an instant?

Was it because I wasn’t aware of that fact at all that the insight didn’t activate?

Finally, as I sat down on the bed recalling how I fell, I heard the professor’s footsteps approaching.

“Do you remember how student Yu Xian collapsed?”

“Something big hit here.”

He said, tapping her left shoulder with his right hand.

“It’s good if you just remember that. If an attack that your normal sense of pain cannot handle comes in, it will instantly cut off the senses of the student you are sparring with. There is nothing wrong with your body, so it’s okay to go back now.”

Is this an attack that pain perception cannot handle, that is, an attack that could lead to death?

I thought I preferred one-hit kills, but it feels like I got hit by the ‘real thing’.

I didn’t use it as a sword, but instead touched it with my hand, and I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.

When I picked up the smartphone lying on the table next to me and checked the time, it was already close to noon.

And then I saw a message from Professor Jeon Yeon-nam, so I checked it.

[Still a straight attack. Can’t read all the other person’s moves and shows a lot of them.]

[Explosive improvement in physical ability will be of great help in the future, but it is not yet complete.]

[There is a need for technology to effectively suppress the enemy.]

And I watched the attached video.

I think this is the last part of the sparring between me and Asui Miyama.

When I donned white flames and charged with all my might, Asui Miyama blocked me with his sword and then tapped me on the shoulder.

At that moment, I was thrown and landed on the wall of the sparring room.

Would it have been torn to pieces if the barrier hadn’t protected it? It was clear that not even the Shadow Armor could have withstood it.

“Defense and flexible attacks are still lacking.”

It seems like the attack power is sufficient, but if it doesn’t reach, it’s the same as 0.

I put my smartphone in my pocket, said hello to the professor, and went out.

Since this week’s class is over, shall we take some time to think about flexibility? What on earth is a flexible attack?

‘An attack that can shake the perception?’

I had that feeling when I was fighting with Professor Jeon Yeon-nam or when I was fighting with swordsmen from other martial arts groups.

If that can be called a flexible attack, then it is true that I only used straight attacks.

I thought I could cover it with overwhelming power and speed, but am I not at that stage now?

“Sian!”

I heard a voice calling me, so I looked up and saw Naeun running, her light blue hair flying.

“Seo-yeon?”

“Are you okay? I heard you sparred with Miyama.”

“Uh. I’m fine because there’s a barrier. Is class over?”

“Yes. I ran over as soon as it was over.”

While answering that question, I started using mana to scan my body.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong, Naeun sighed heavily.

“You were worried.”

“Sorry, Asui Miyama is a bit strong.”

“What kind of attack did you get hit with? Is it the technique that cut the troll into pieces back then?”

“That’s right.”

“How can you use that on people!”

Seoyeon was furious, but I had nothing to say.

Because I did my best and stretched out my fist filled with white flame.

“I’m satisfied that I pushed that hard. Ah. Are we still continuing our streak of losing all class Q?”

“What kind of bright face are you doing that with?”

“Because I feel like I will be 8th in class Q and 8th in the first year of the academy.”

“The average for that class is too high.”

Seoyeon grabbed my arm and wrapped her arms around me.

“Shall we take a short walk and then go to a restaurant?”

“Okay. Then. And it’s okay if you don’t use healing magic.”

“Oh. Did you get caught?”

How could I not know that Seoyeon’s mana is subtly spreading through my arm?

*

They had lunch together and walked around the Global Academy. When the time came, Seoyeon went to her classroom to take her class.

Since I had no intention of attending Professor Jeon Yeonnam’s special lecture this week, I naturally had free time.

In the first semester, I devoted all my spare time to physical training, but now I don’t have to do that anymore.

‘Should I practice Paryun Resonance? It felt a little different from writing in Chinese.’

As she was walking through the academy with that thought in mind, her smartphone started ringing.

“Is there no one to contact you?”

Then, as I took out my smartphone from her pocket, it seemed like all the students’ smartphones around me were ringing.

Feeling uncomfortable in a slightly strange situation, I checked my smartphone and a live broadcast came on.

“Comrades of ability who exist in this world.”

Has a masked man hacked every smartphone in Utopia? Everyone was looking at the same screen.

“Do you really think it is right to seal away one’s abilities and imprison oneself in a prison called utopia? Our appropriate intervention for the development of the world has always produced good results. Africa, which was close to being a land that could not be used as a desert, has become lush with trees. The creation of forests, the treatment of infectious diseases that would have killed humanity, and the prevention of futile wars were all achieved thanks to the existence of our talented people.”

“Isn’t it the work of a talented person to poke holes in the world map?”

At that time, a student who was watching the same broadcast spoke so that people nearby could hear.

We literally made Africa usable, but I learned both outside and at the academy that there was more land that was unusable.

“I reject the current world and utopian system that forces people to give up their powers while forcing them to spend the time they can live as ordinary humans minimizing the use of their abilities during the critical period of character formation. Those with abilities are different from ordinary humans. Recognize that difference. If we do this, we can move forward on a better path and escape from the false paradise utopia and become gods.”

And the field of view began to widen, as if zooming out from the place where the man was standing.

The island was floating in the sky, with temple-like buildings seen in ancient Europe, medieval European-style buildings, and modern architecture mixed together.

Naturally, I and the surrounding students looked up at the sky and heard the man’s voice again.

“This is Olympus. New comrades who join me are always welcome. Of course, I will also help comrades who have been unfairly sanctioned for using their power for themselves so that they can have a new start.”

And as soon as the video ended, the Global Academy community began to explode.

*

A ton of posts were posted in an instant asking why Utopia didn’t respond and if they were thinking about moving to Olympus if they could.

Although Utopia is cut off from the outside world, it is possible to communicate with the outside world using some kind of route, so we were able to see that the same content was broadcast around the world outside.

“Welcome. Seoyeon, I’m here.”

Seoyeon, who was in the class, and Naen, who was also taking the same class, came to see me.

“What’s going on?”

“That’s right. I didn’t know classes would be canceled. They said all professors would be summoned?”

I don’t know what it means that Utopia, which has never had an opposing group until now, allowed Olympus’ broadcasts to the end.

“I feel like the world will change somehow.”

“It is not wrong that those with status window abilities have hidden their power to the level of ordinary people until now, but if they do not hesitate to express that power, it is clear that the world will become a mess.”

Seoyeon and Naen sent slightly negative opinions to Olympus.

But it won’t all be like this.

I am somewhat aware that we, who have greater power than others, have become accustomed to it by bowing down and spending time like ordinary people.

In a world where you can actively use your power, I became a quester at the age of 20? Rather than being frustrated because his plan to live a normal life was ruined, he must have been jumping for joy.

The world was taming us knowingly and unknowingly.

“Sian, what do you think?”

“It is clear that the rules that have been followed so far will be broken, but wouldn’t that also be an option for those with status window abilities?”

“Still, I feel like they are bad people.”

“Maybe it’s because that’s how we were taught. I don’t think everything he said was wrong.”

Perhaps because I experienced many different worlds while possessing, I felt like my perspective had broadened a bit.

“That’s right… Still, I don’t think it’s a good idea to reveal one’s ambition for domination like that.”

I agree with Naeun on that part.

The overall social trend has been to inform and oppress those with power that they should not use their power outside of utopia, but I don’t think it’s right to suddenly try to dominate someone.

“No matter what, you have to increase your strength to avoid being swayed.”

“So, I heard you lost again today? Was it Miyama Asu this time?”

Naen told Seoyeon what happened in the morning.

“Class Q is still out of standard.”

When she came to the Global Academy, she calmly answered Naen’s question because she had never won against Class Q.

She couldn’t even dream of victory in the past, but she still feels like she’s come a long way.

“But did he go to Upper Perth?”

“That guy? Kasori Koki? Senior Lake Xilan just dragged him in last week. I guess he liked something. Or he was trying to rehabilitate him.”

“Is that so? Seoyeon was originally planning to enter Perth today, but she thought she would go in after seeing the Olympus incident.”

“From my perspective, it doesn’t look like there will be any major changes in the Global Academy… So it won’t be too late if you sign up by this week.”

I think it remains to be seen whether there will be no change in the Global Academy as I said.