Chapter 23 – Indoor Class (2)

“Hey, you said you had a drink with Jung Soo-hyun the other day? Did you find out anything after that?”

Listen to the questions that fly over the phone. Kim Yu-jung had no choice but to show an unpleasant expression on her face. She sighed inaudibly as she frowned as if her cell phone were Lee Jun-hyeok’s face. Lee Jun-hyuk, who is his boss and has a fairly good standing within the guild, still thought that Jeong Su-hyeon had eaten a fragment of the Almighty.

“No. There was nothing particularly unusual about it.”

Kim Yoo-jung said so. In her mind, all sorts of unusual images of Jung Soo-hyeon passed by, but she decided to dismiss all of these as coincidences. It was also a coincidence that her muscles were extraordinarily swollen the day she had her first experience. It was a coincidence that her muscles fell off the next day, and it was also a coincidence that she grew faster than others.

“Ai, did you get it right? Hellele, aren’t you talking roughly after the sun goes down?”

Lee Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue and questioned Kim Yoo-jung once again. Kim Yoo-jung casually brushed off his doubts.

“It’s been a while since we met, so how do you ask such a detailed question? I asked indirectly, but he didn’t answer. Aren’t you mistaken? I haven’t had anything to be proud of yet.”

“Oh, should I look for it again? You, stick around for a while. Okay? I’m going to try and keep trying to recruit.”

“Ms. Ichie is still trying to recruit, but she still doesn’t seem to feel good about joining the Black Dragon Room. I wonder if it would be nice to show the strengths of the Black Dragon Room, but what is there?”

“That… Wait. I will ask our ark and give you an answer.”

“Thank you.”

Kim Yoo-jung hung up her cell phone and sighed deeply. It was because I could feel through my phone that Black Dragon Ark Choi Soon-hong really wanted the fragment of the Almighty. Why is that fragment so greedy? Kim Yoo-jung could not understand.

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“Juseong!”

A man with a burdensome impression wearing a 2:8 parting suit dressed up in a neat suit called Kim Joo-seong. It was the second indoor class day of the week. Kim Joo-seong was lying face down on his desk, showing off his big muscles, and most of the students were hunched over in a similar posture to Kim Joo-sung.

The sudden resonant voice was enough to startle the inside of the classroom. I was chatting with Ichie at that moment. It was a moment when we were having a conversation about what delicious food is and what restaurants are good in Korea. A man who looked like a salesperson was walking toward Kim Joo-seong.

“Ah, brother. Are you here?”

Kim Joo-seong scratched his head and stood up to greet him. The man whom Kim Joo-sung called “Older brother” Grinned broadly, revealing his dry teeth to the point where it was burdensome. Ichie saw his steady smile and slightly frowned his eyes as if he was burdened. Kim Chun-bae, who was sitting next to Kim Ju-seong, stood up hesitantly.

“Are you Chunbae?”

“Ah yes.”

Kim Chun-bae bowed his head to an acquaintance of Kim Joo-sung. The acquaintance slightly lowered her eyes and looked over at Kim Chun-bae, then nodded her head. Kim Joo-seong looked around and then spoke to the man.

“Brother, what happened?”

“What’s the matter, dude? I stopped by to see you.”

He twitched his eyebrows as he swept his waxed hair once. And he said to Kim Chun-bae.

“Chunbae. Can I call you Chunbae? Are you comfortable with me because I’m older?”

“Ah yes.”

Chunbae answered meekly and timidly like a lamb, losing the excessive confidence he had shown in front of Ichie yesterday. An acquaintance of Kim Joo-sung pointed to the door and said.

“Let’s go out and talk.”

“Yes.”

After Kim Chun-bae and Kim Joo-sung disappeared, the students started talking about the person who had just appeared. Ichie was looking at me, and I listened to the students. It was because I didn’t know much about Hunters.

“Who are you just now?”

“You’re from the diamond club. Didn’t you see it was attached to the suit just now?”

“Really? Did Juseong go to the Diamond Club?”

“See if the mentor is a person there. But if you can contact me personally like this, you must be very close.”

Diamond club. It is a huge guild that has recently been rumored to have murdered a famous streamer. In terms of its size, it is one of three guilds in Korea, and it has a great influence. Of the 9 S-class hunters in Korea, 3 were members of the Diamond Club.

It was so huge, so difficult to get into. It was because from the time of selecting awakening trainees from within, talented people were selected using a special technology inside the Diamond Club.

“Diamond Club. I’ve heard of it. A big guild in Korea.”

Ichido seemed to know the name of the Diamond Club. It was similar to what I vaguely heard of the name of a large Japanese guild. I looked at the three people moving in silhouette beyond the door and said to Ichie.

“It makes sense. What do you want for lunch today?”

“Lunch. Let’s go somewhere delicious.”

“There’s a place that serves soup right in front of you. Do you want to go there?”

Ichie shook his head. She said with a slight frown on her face.

“You ate soup yesterday too. I like something other than soup.”

“It makes sense. Today’s food is not just rice soup, but bean sprout soup. Did you eat pork soup yesterday? Today’s soup is soup with no meat and only bean sprouts. The soup is made with bean sprouts, so it has a light and refreshing taste. Would you be surprised if you try it once? You would wonder how it would taste like this with only bean sprouts added.”

“Is it so? Are you really that curious?”

“Of course.”

I nodded. Ichie seemed curious when I said this. She said.

“I want to go.”

Ichie nodded her head. Just then, the bell announcing lunchtime rang. I went out with Ichie. Today, I was going to try bean sprout soup, beef head soup tomorrow, and yukgaejang soup the day after tomorrow. Because soup is delicious.

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[Relax your body, close your eyes.]

When I came home after work, I fell into training with the Almighty. I was the first one to ask for training. It was because I wanted to grow up as soon as possible and raise the ranks, and show the stamina-filled muscular man I showed in front of Yoo-jung.

You showed your first experience so intensely, because it was obvious that senior Yoo-jung would think it strange if you continued to not be cool in the future.

In addition, in order to prepare for the Rookie of the Year, I had to train without a break from now on. Everyone else trains hard, so I had to work harder than everyone else to be one step ahead and win the championship.

[Take a deep breath and imagine yourself. The way you stand.]

I closed my eyes and started imagining myself following the words of the Almighty. No matter how hard I tried to imagine with my eyes closed, I couldn’t come up with what I wanted. Almighty said.

[You have to eat comfortably. Relax, close your eyes and concentrate.]

When I was very young, my whole family went to a temple stay together. There was a program called Meditation Time. It was an activity where people sat in a row and meditated, and when their posture was disturbed, the middleman walking around lightly hit them on the shoulder with a strange-looking cane.

When I concentrated on not getting hit, my posture naturally got messed up. I shouldn’t have paid attention to what was right. When I just woke up and cleared my head, there was a moment when I was so focused on meditation that I couldn’t hear anything. I thought that this is what the Almighty Emperor was talking about. I closed my eyes and calmed my mind. I suppressed my impatience as I took a deep breath. A faint light came into my dark vision, and I was standing in a certain gray space before I knew it.

“Desire develops a person. It always has been.”

A voice rang out in the distance. An old man with a long beard was walking by wearing a robe. I involuntarily backed away and carefully clenched my fists. The old man laughed and said.

“Don’t be on your guard. I am a fragment of the Almighty and now have no name to be called. To help you practice, I have stepped into your image.”

“Is that figure, that, the original figure?”

“No. I have no fixed form. It’s because I don’t remember my true form.”

After saying that, the Almighty Emperor shook his head. His whole body became blurry, as if he had jumped into water, and he changed into a neat middle-aged man. Even his voice became thicker, and he felt a sense of intimidation, as if he were facing a difficult boss at work.

“I can turn into this kind of person.”

Again the Almighty shook his head. His black hair grew long and spread like fireworks. He grew a little shorter, and a soft, benevolent smile appeared on his hardened, stern face. A woman with a warm smile came down gently, spreading her sky-high clothes wide.

She had big breasts Her waist was slim enough that she wondered if it could support her breasts, and her line from her waist down to her thighs drew a gentle curve. The Almighty Emperor spoke in a soft voice.

“A person like this can change.”

“It looks good. Please guide me in that form.”

There was a saying that if the price was the same, it would be a red skirt. The Almighty seemed to find my attitude amusing. Maybe he hadn’t met anyone for a long time, and every little thing I did could be a very fresh stimulus. She nodded his head happily.

“Yes, if you want, I will continue training in this form.”

Her clothes were modest, but her voluptuous figure kept attracting my attention. Almighty said.

“Then let’s start practicing. As I said in advance, the purpose of this training is not to develop your body, but rather to control your judgment and unconscious habits in battle. Through sparring, you will abolish useless habits.”

She stood in front of me and held out her hand. I was confident in my abilities. Even in my image, the awakening ability seemed to be exerted. Almighty Emperor said.

“Come.”