24 – Superintendent (2)

Kang Han-na completely hardened her mind at the appearance of Baek Woo-jin, who hadn’t changed at all.

However, Kim Kyung-ho, who was surprised by the sudden situation, was spinning his head more fiercely than when he was in a situation where his life was in danger at the time of active duty, unlike her when the accident stopped.

‘Why is that person here… !!’

Seongwon Kim, Finance Manager. And the document in his hand.

Kim Kyung-ho’s eyes turned to Baek Woo-jin, who was standing next to Kim Seong-won.

A young man with a body large enough for him to look up.

‘… There’s something about him.’

No matter how long he had retired and not been to the field, it didn’t make sense that he couldn’t detect the approach of an ordinary person who was not an Awakener himself.

As proof of that, I couldn’t feel any energy from the two standing in front of me right now.

‘First-‘

“Kim Seong-won.”

Before Kim Kyung-ho could even spit out an excuse he had desperately thought of, Baek Woo-jin called Kim Seong-won first.

“Yes. professor.”

‘… … her?’

Kim Kyung-ho opened his eyes wide in amazement when he saw Kim Seong-won bowing his head slightly toward Baek Woo-jin and being polite.

The hard-nosed Finance Manager, who treats the special professors invited by the chairman himself bluntly, and insults magic professors who break down facilities and equipment whenever he gets a chance, bows his head politely toward the young man and shows respect.

But the surprise is short-lived.

“I’ll take care of this, so go and call the school secretary.”

“All right.”

Kim Seong-won was about to turn around to call the head of the academic affairs department who had not come to work today, but Kim Kyung-ho quickly called out to him.

“Wait!!”

“Let’s live clean.”

“What, what?! sleep… Seongwon Kim!!”

Kim Kyung-ho anxiously called for him to leave the room, but Kim Seong-won clicked his tongue and left the room very coolly.

‘Damn it… … !!’

I wanted to run right away and snatch the document in Seongwon Kim’s hand and grab him, but I couldn’t move it easily because I was worried about the man standing in front of me.

It was nothing else, because Kim Seong-won, who treats professors as if they were monsters, was caught being polite.

However, it is not possible to cause a commotion inside the academy.

finally. The moment Kim Kyung-ho opens his mouth after concluding that he cannot try anything unless he can do something about the young man standing with his back to the door.

“I am strong.”

“… … Yes?”

At the same time Baek Woo-jin appeared, Kang Han-na, who had been dazed, shrugged her shoulders and came to her senses.

“Go out and gather people.”

“… me all… … Yo?”

“entire.”

“Uh, that… Oh, I see… It is.”

Nodding her head like a person possessed by a ghost, she tried to move, but Kim Kyung-ho, who was standing in front of her, grabbed her arm and said,

“Hey!! What do you collect!! Go out and catch Kim Seong-won first, aaa-!!”

The sound of something breaking was heard from Kim Kyung-ho’s wrist, who was holding Kang Han-na’s arm, and he let go of her arm and suddenly covered his screaming mouth.

“good.”

“Yes, yes… … .”

She ran out of the room quickly, responding to Baek Woo-jin’s sweet voice that seemed to melt her ears rather than Kim Kyung-ho’s staring gaze from the side.

click-

The door to the Superintendent’s Office was closed again.

“Oops! Ugh!!”

The face of Kim Kyung-ho, who struggled and covered his mouth with his arm, whose wrist was completely broken, gradually turned pale.

‘What is this… … ?!’

This is because the magic within her body completely escaped her control and seized control over her body.

“Kim Kyung-ho.”

“Ugh?!”

Gyung-ho Kim, who quickly fell into panic despite his age and experience, returned to his original place like a lie.

He glared at the man calling him, frowning at the tingling pain in his brain.

No matter how wrong he was, this was clearly an act that crossed the line. Even if you are dismissed from your professorship, this matter must be—

“Relieve yourself before digging your eyes out.”

“… … .”

As if anger was acting, Kim Kyung-ho’s eyes, which were glaring at Baek Woo-jin, slowly turned toward the floor.

The anger that briefly boiled over from the pain and shame of having been beaten by a young man was suppressed by instinct and experience.

1st and 2nd generation Awoken.

That is, the time when rifts and awakenings first began to appear.

It was an era when people were governed by force rather than law.

And Kim Kyung-ho was also a second-generation Awakener.

He instinctively realized that the words that came out of Baek Woo-jin’s mouth were not a simple threat.

In spite of the terrible pain from his broken wrist, Kim Kyung-ho squeezed his neck tight so that not even a moan could flow out.

Baek Woo-jin, who watched it for a while, spoke again.

“You know that you are also an Awakener. Only the first time is difficult. After that, you just get used to it.”

Stealing something.

Even killing someone.

If it is done voluntarily, not forced, human beings will eventually adapt, get used to it, and become proficient.

Learn to move stealthily so as not to be seen.

Strengthening your feet and legs to avoid getting caught.

Develop manual dexterity to get what you want.

Even killing someone.

Learn how to fight for yourself.

Strengthen the body so as not to die.

Greed is no different.

Little by little, the body is called out.

only for your own benefit.

Without knowing that his guilt is wearing away.

“Kim Kyung-ho.”

Baek Woo-jin called his name and slowly approached Kim Kyung-ho.

A distance close enough to touch each other’s breath.

Kim Kyung-ho looked at the shadow cast by his lowered eyes.

Baek Woo-jin said quietly to Kim Kyung-ho.

“Be content with what you have and leave for a quiet place.”

Kim Kyung-ho’s mana gathered in his left chest and slowly pressed his heart.

“If you want to live a long time, that is.”

**

On the other hand, the professors and staff who were in the process of checking the finish of the exam that was about to begin were glaring at the person who had summoned them.

“Everyone got together without missing anyone… … .”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes… .”

Kang Han-na nodded to Kim Seong-won, who took the place of what she had to do.

“What on earth did you ask us to gather for?”

At that time, the professor with the most experience among those gathered here came forward and asked Seongwon Kim.

A brown ring was worn on the professor’s left hand.

Not only that, but all the professors who gathered in the exam hall as supervisors were professors wearing brown rings.

A brown ring of the lowest rank among the three ranks.

Seongwon Kim looked around at the professor who came forward and the others who stood behind him.

“The Superintendent ordered us to gather, so don’t ask me.”

“… Is the chairman coming?”

Originally, the position of the general supervisor was the responsibility of the chairman.

However, since the chairperson was very busy, there were only a handful of people who actually showed their faces in the exam hall, and that’s why the professor who asked the question was surprised and asked back.

“How could a nobleman who entered the 12th rift to get an artifact to be offered as a prize this summer come here?”

“… … ?”

Kim Seong-won waved his hand as if it was annoying.

“Starting this year, another professor will be in charge of the Superintendent, so know that and wait a bit.”

“… … .”

No one in the academy knew what kind of person Kim Seong-won was, so the professor just kept his mouth shut and returned to his original position.

“yes?”

Kim Seong-won suddenly checks the smart watch on his wrist, takes out his smartphone from his bosom, and walks somewhere.

-uh. Chief Choi. Hurry up and head to the auditorium… .

When Kim Seong-won disappeared, people’s eyes naturally focused on Kang Han-na.

“Hey. strong me Is it true that a professor other than the chairman has become the general supervisor?”

“… It’s the first I’ve heard of it.”

It was true.

I just went out and gathered people because they told me to.

Like the people in front of her, she didn’t know anything.

“madam… Didn’t the chairman bring in a retired old man from another large guild?”

“I’m busy, but what the fuck is this set… .”

Complaints erupted from everywhere.

If it had been directed by another professor, Kang Han-na would have reacted the same as them.

‘It was the same as back then… … .’

Only the clothes are slightly different.

Same as 8 years ago.

Messy hair and big glasses. and even a deep voice.

‘… no Come to your senses, Kang Han Na.’

Now is not the time to fall for a man.

If he made a mistake, he could get involved in the incident just now, so why are he carefree?

To hide her anxiety, she touched the wrist that Kim Kyung-ho was holding.

It must have been a fairly strong grip, but it still tingled.

‘… … It was broken.’

A familiar sound came from the wrist of Kim Kyung-ho who held him.

It was the sound of bones breaking.

Kim Kyung-ho’s reaction was like that.

‘What is he really doing?’

Unlike the professors gathered in front of him, Kim Kyung-ho was a professor who owned a light blue ring, one level higher.

In terms of simple skills, even if ten of the professors gathered here attack at once, they can’t help Kim Kyung-ho.

The man who fractured Kim Kyung-ho’s wrist in an unknown way.

‘… … Why did he come only now?’

How long have you been looking for

Kang Han Na, who decided not to think about Baek Woo-jin, filled her head with thoughts about Baek Woo-jin again.

Click.

The bustle of the auditorium was instantly quieted by the sound from behind.

Kang Han Na also reduced her thoughts and tightened her body again.

“… … uh?”

“Kim Kyung, Ho… Professor… ?”

The faces of the people who were so dissatisfied open their eyes wide enough to look stupid, and their mouths slightly open.

Kang Han Na could not hold back her curiosity and turned her head slightly.

‘crazy… … .’

Kang Han Na didn’t make a foolish expression like them, but it was no different in that she was surprised.

Kim Kyung-ho walks out with a pale face while holding onto his swollen right hand.

‘I was completely terrified… .’

Kim Kyung-ho, who, to put it mildly, is full of wild beauty, and, to be honest, just looks dirty, was facing the auditorium door with the face of a man who would soon die.

And.

“Is anyone missing?”

“to?”

Kang Han Na opened her eyes wide at the sweet voice coming from right next to her and made a dumbfounded noise.

When she turned her head, Baek Woo-jin was standing next to her.

Baek Woo-jin asked her once more.

“I asked if this was all.”

“Oh, yes, four. Everything, everything.”

“yes.”

Baek Woo-jin nodded once in response to her answer and stomped his feet slightly towards those who still had their eyes tied to Kim Kyung-ho.

thud-!!

The auditorium, which was designed to never shake unless the ground cracked, shook greatly.

“What, what!”

“Is this a raid?!”

“Equipment, equipment!!”

In an instant, the auditorium became noisy.

There Baek Woo-jin opened his mouth.

【Be quiet.】

A voice filled with strong power that penetrates clearly as if whispered right next to it.

“… … ?”

“uh… … .”

The auditorium, which had become chaotic in an instant, returned to quietness even faster.

Baek Woo-jin opened his mouth again after confirming that the eyes of those gathered in front of him were focused on him.

“I have gathered you together to give you a warning and an opportunity.”

Someone might have doubts, but Baek Woo-jin’s voice was originally added to his will, so no one interfered with Baek Woo-jin.

I just listened with a half-bewildered look on my face.

“Kim Kyung-ho, who just left, will be dismissed from his professorship as of today. The reason is that they tried to manipulate the evaluation of a certain test student.”

Some people knew about it, while others were surprised to hear it for the first time.

“If you surrender now, I promise to end it with a simple dismissal.”

Baek Woo-jin looked at the faces of the professors who were wearing rings exactly once.

“Also, if anyone knows about such a fact, report it to me. No proof needed. We just need to inform them.”

Baek Woo-jin turned his head and threw a light blue ring at Kang Han-na.

“Uh… … ?”

She looked up at Baek Woo-jin while holding the ring she had accidentally received.

“The grade will drop to brown, but will the lectures that Kim Kyung-ho was in charge of be strong in the future? You can do it.”

“… … to? I, I… Yo?”

Baek Woo-jin nodded once again and looked at the people gathered in front of him.

“This is my chance to give you. Existing professors give you a chance to raise your grade. If you don’t like that, you can ask for something else.”

kiik-

At that time, the back door of the auditorium opened and Kim Seong-won came inside with a middle-aged man with a lot of hair.

Baek Woo-jin turned around and said.

“Don’t worry about retaliation.”

He put on his slipped glasses, grabbed the doorknob of the director’s office, and spoke quietly.

“I’ll make sure we don’t run into each other again.”

After that, Baek Woo-jin went back to the general supervisor’s office.

Even though Baek Woo-jin left, no one gathered there, including Kang Han-na, opened their mouths or moved.

As if possessed by something, he just stared blankly at the door of the supervisor’s office that Baek Woo-jin had opened and entered.

Swoop-

Seongwon Kim and Seokhee Choi, head of the Academic Affairs Department, sneaked into the auditorium where a strange silence fell.

“What are you blankly doing? Aren’t you going to finish the work you’ve been doing? Well, those who are called professors… … Eh tsk tsk.”

Seongwon Kim foolishly kicked his tongue at Professor Seon and the faculty and then entered the office of the general supervisor as if running away.

At that time, one of the professors murmured while watching the closed door of the supervisor’s office.

“What is that person missing? … .”