60 – sort(3)

After Baek Woo-jin left.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The atmosphere in the meeting room was precarious and fatal, as if walking on thin ice, as if it would break at the slightest shock.

A rubber band pulled tight.

In the space that was pulled as if it would break at any moment, Kim Seong-won pushed the chair back and stood up.

Soon, the professors’ eyes turned to Kim Seong-won, but Kim Seong-won didn’t blink an eye and turned around with his bag.

‘Uh, that crazy bastard… !!’

Looking at his motivation, who is alone in a different world, Choi Min-sik, head of the academic affairs department, quickly stuffed his laptop and materials into his bag.

“The professors seem to have something to share, so we’ll stop going.”

After bowing his head appropriately to the professors, he quickly left the meeting room following Seongwon Kim. Then, with shorter legs than himself, he quickly chased after Kim Seong-won, who was already far away.

“Hey you bastard!!”

“What?!”

The heavy impact on his back pushed Kim Seong-won forward a few steps.

“Big!! Hey dude!!”

I’ve been realizing that I’m getting older day by day, but I can’t believe he’s hitting my aching waist.

It was a long way over the line for a guy growing old together.

“It’s tough.”

“Hey. Give it up. If you say that even after being beaten the same way, I will admit that I am a motherfucker, so give it to me!!”

“Hey, kid. As you get older, why does your stomach get narrower? done!!”

“What the heck, you bastard!!”

“It’s embarrassing… . Turn your voice down.”

“There is no one, so what… … .”

They were the only ones on this floor right now, and since they were still waiting for the elevator, they had no reason to care about other people’s attention.

“Anyway, great. Rather… .”

“More than that.”

“Let’s type first.”

Choi Min-sik checked the heads of other departments who appeared in the hallway one by one, and quickly took Kim Seong-won to the elevator.

Ugh.

As the elevator doors closed and he began to feel the sensation of floating down, Choi Min-sik opened his mouth.

“How are you? If something like this is going to happen to the fellow classmate, shouldn’t you at least give him a hint?”

“what. What difference will it make?”

“Yeah… … . There is none.”

I don’t know if I didn’t prepare anything while drinking rice flour, but there was a pretty thick document pinned to the clipboard I had taken out of the conference room earlier.

-Ding.

The door opened and Seongwon Kim and Minsik Choi came out into the lobby.

It was a weekend, but since it was the main building, it was quite crowded with students and teaching assistants wandering around for one reason or another.

“But how did you research those materials?”

“What data?”

“The material I gave to Professor Baek. Looking at it, it seems that everything has been written from the beginning to the present, how the number of people has changed, and even the flow of funds.”

“Oh, I guess it was.”

“… … ?”

As soon as they left the bustling main building, the warm sunlight of spring greeted them.

“Kuh~ I have to go fishing in this weather.”

“Don’t talk back, you bastard!!”

“Look at this. this. Cursing comes out of your mouth when you turn the tap?”

‘A narrow-minded bastard.’

That’s why my hair is all gone

“… I’m sorry. Are you okay? it’s okay?”

“Buy lunch too.”

“A conscienceless bastard.”

“Oh my back… … .”

“Yaya! Okay so stop… . It’s embarrassing, really.”

Choi Min-sik eventually raised the white flag at the glances of the students around him. Then, he patted Kim Seong-won on the side and spoke softly.

“therefore. How did you get all those materials?”

“How do you get something? I just took what was given and arranged it.”

“… … gave it to you?”

“yes.”

Would he have researched all those materials to say he had connections and abilities? 37 guilds, too.

Even if everyone in the finance department is stuck, the only thing you can do is figure out the flow of funds that has flowed over the past three years, from the foundation to the present? absolutely impossible

When Seongwon Kim nodded, Minsik Choi, who was watching from the side, frowned.

“If you’re going to talk, do it until the end, you bastard!”

“I’m going to lose my ears… . Please lower your voice.”

“It’s because you keep scratching people inside. So, who gave it to you?”

“It’s noisy, so let’s go get some food first. My daughter and I ate rice flour, and my stomach is tearing apart.”

“… You really want to tear it apart.”

**

[ Department of Alchemy – Research Building ]

In a quiet space and with the intention of going to work on the weekend and taking some useful medicine, Kim Seong-won took Choi Min-sik to Yoon Do-sik’s laboratory.

“Come in if you have any business.”

“No, that… … .”

And I met Baek Woo-jin, who was drinking tea while facing Yoon Do-shik.

“Leave it alone. I must have stopped by to see if there was anything to pick up.”

“… ha ha ha. I’m not some kind of thief… … What do you pick up and eat? .”

Kim Seong-won grabbed Choi Min-sik’s collar as he tried to run away, and glared at Yoon Do-sik, who was spitting useless noises in front of Baek Woo-jin.

“Isn’t it?”

“No. then.”

“What. What else did you come to ask for?”

“that is… … .”

When Kim Seong-won stretched his horse’s tail, Yoon Do-sik clicked his tongue and said,

“I don’t know what it is, but come in first. This guy said so too.”

“Ouch… … .”

Kim Seong-won, who wanted to run away, had no choice but to drag Choi Min-sik into the lab.

“No, it’s wider over there, so why bother sitting here?”

“… I’m afraid Professor Baek will be uncomfortable.”

“Hemm, excuse me.”

Kim Seong-won and Choi Min-sik forcefully squeeze their butts in and sit on the sofa with Yoon Do-sik in the middle.

Baek Woo-jin watched the three middle-aged people for a while and then opened his mouth to the head of the academic affairs department.

“Choi Min-shik.”

“Ah, yes. professor.”

“Did you get the data from Seongwon Kim?”

“… Yes?”

Choi Min-shik blinked, and Baek Woo-jin and he almost simultaneously turned their heads toward Kim Seong-won, who had stolen Yoon Do-shik’s tea.

“Pu-sup-!!”

At the sudden gaze of the two, Seongwon Kim returned the tea to the cup and quickly wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

“Well, it happened to be lunch, so we tried to talk while eating. Yes. I never meant to be late.”

“Kim Seong-won.”

“Yes!!”

His name was simply called, but Kim Seong-won jumped up from his seat and took a posture of attention.

“Do not delay what you have been told to do, do it right away.”

“I’m sorry.”

Ugh-!!

Baek Woo-jin was about to say something more, but he heard a small vibration in his arms.

He put his hand in his pocket, took out his smartphone, put it back in, and got up.

“Come back next time.”

“Yeah. It’s not particularly urgent.”

Baek Woo-jin looked at Kim Seong-won, who was standing there, for a moment, then turned around and left the lab.

“Whoa… … .”

Only then did Kim Seong-won sigh in relief and sit down on the sofa.

Yoon Do-sik and Choi Min-sik shook their heads at the appearance of Kim Seong-won, with beads of sweat on his shiny wide forehead.

“therefore. What material do you want me to give you?”

“Can I see it too?”

“… … They say they are like heartless people.”

Seongwon Kim grumbled at the reaction of the two who didn’t care about him in the slightest, took a file out of his bag and handed it to Minsik Choi.

“It’s pretty thick.”

Upon receiving the file, Choi Min-shik immediately unfolded it.

『Name: Park Hyun-soo.

Age: 41 years old.

Ability: Telekinesis.

Description: As a dealer in the second capture party of the teenage guild ‘Taesan’, he lost his left leg and retired from the 8th level rift in the jet-black cradle three years ago. Now… … .』

Documents contained in the file contained profiles of retired Awoken and details of their current lives.

“Hmm, he’s retired.”

“Did you not know?”

“I don’t have a chance to know since you didn’t contact me first.”

“… I also came out as an article.”

“whatever.”

Among them, there were also awakened people who were known by their names.

“therefore. Why is this?”

“Why why? In a few days, the heads will be flying in piles, so shouldn’t we fill the vacancy?”

“… … Then, no way is there a list to write up and post.”

“Of course this is it. this.”

Kim Seong-won said, pretending to slit his neck with the blade of his hand.

“If you don’t filter properly, Jayden and Lee Hyuk will probably be cut off as well.”

“… … .”

Unlike Kim Seong-won, who was somewhat mischievous, Choi Min-sik looked over the list once again with a serious expression on his face.

At that time, Yoon Do-sik, who was looking at the list with Choi Min-sik, raised his head and asked.

“What happened today? The two of them could fall off their heads.”

“Ah, that’s what you mean.”

Kim Seong-won talked to Yoon Do-shik about what happened at the meeting today, and Yoon Do-shik snorted after hearing all the stories.

“I knew something would happen someday. Damn you guys. How can those guys who can only call it real combat experience know the real fear of cracks!! So I’m going to do something like that to fill my stomach with gas.”

“Kuh~ Jayden and Lee Hyuk’s faces were burning bright red, and they complained so much.”

When Kim Seong-won and Yoon Do-sik were chattering about the professors who had attended the meeting.

“Sungwon.”

“Back money… uh. Why?”

Choi Min-sik raised his head with a very serious expression and asked Kim Seong-won.

“Maybe.”

“uh. what by any chance.”

“You don’t have to meet and convince everyone on this list, right?”

It is more than 10 people.

Not even just retired awakeners, but ace-class awakeners who were active in the 10th guild or right under it.

The business card of being a professor at Arena Academy is very popular not only in Korea but also abroad, but it also depends on the person… .

“Ay~”

“Is not it? right?”

The moment Choi Min-sik was about to let out a sigh of relief at Kim Seong-won’s answer.

“As expected, my motive.”

Choi Min-sik opened his eyes wide and looked at Kim Seong-won again.

Kim Seong-won continued to speak toward his motive who was looking at him with an intense gaze.

“Because it’s not a joke after all.”

Choi Min-sik’s eyes closed tightly.