chapter 6
6 – Transfer Student’s Reporting Ceremony 6
Choi Choi-hye passed out while getting the final blow.
Right after winning that victory,
I couldn’t help but admit the fact that I looked at her too easily, with her relief as she looked at her.
‘I heard that kids grow up fast these days, but I really didn’t expect them to do this to me. At the end, it might have been dangerous if he hadn’t been vigilant and given distance…’
The sparring with Choi Shin-hye, which started with a feeling similar to a light ceremony.
I had already heard and knew that the opponent’s strength was at the level of a B-class hero.
In addition, as she is a talented person of the same lineage as her father, she also knows the strategy well.
I was convinced that there was no reason for me to be defeated or shaken.
However.. Honestly, the match that started with a leisurely victory, went in a quite different direction from what I had thought by the end.
The reason is, first of all, my strength has weakened as I became this body more than I thought.
And… More than that, it was because her power was stronger than I predicted.
Originally, I was thinking of lightly ending her in despair after leisurely defending all of her latest attacks.
My goal is to show overwhelming strength and make it impossible to climb again.
However,
To be honest, if I were to give a cold-hearted evaluation of the previous game,
Since I became like this, I could say that this was the second time I had passed a dangerous hurdle.
In her final moments, she threw all her might at me with a blitz.
After piercing through my defenses using its ability, it succeeded in striking my body as it is.
I was much weaker than when I fought fiercely with the top S-classes during my corps commander, but I succeeded in giving me a blow, which still has the level of power that spans the A-class.
Absolutely impossible with B-level power.
That meant that her true skills had reached the level of A, beyond the top of the B-class, and she had been hiding it from the outside until now.
‘He’s only this strong at his age.. As a leader, it’s ambiguous, but if he improves his mental side, he’ll become a fairly strong hero. Maybe it only counts on its own combat power, but it might become a monster worse than G-Abby.’
Higher than I thought.
In addition, the fact that he has that level of ability at his age made me know that the level here is more formidable than I thought.
As I am correcting her assessment of the woman before her eyes, I come to the conclusion that I should not be too rude in the future.’
‘Whatever it was… there won’t be anyone in the academy bothering me with this for a while. It was dangerous, but the goal was achieved anyway.’
Apart from the slightly risky confrontation, the original purpose was accomplished anyway.
Putting aside my slightly flustered feelings, I left my body to the medical crew who came running with a stretcher and closed my eyes for a while.
It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced…
At the same time, feeling the fatigue from the sparring that I experienced for the first time since becoming this body rushes in like water…
*
There were no visible wounds, but Choi Choi-hye and Choi Hye-hye were carried away defeated.
Han Do-young is carried away victoriously despite being in a mess.
Looking at the appearance of the two, the students of Hero Academy began to show various reactions.
“I can’t believe that Shin Hye-hye lost…”
“Wasn’t the last one particularly dangerous? You’ve never used an attack like that in Dalian before.”
“But it wasn’t enough to stay alive even after getting hit, so I didn’t think it would even reverse..”
“Did you say Han Do-young? Maybe another monster has landed in the academy.”
Shin Hye Choi, who showed more majesty than they thought.
And… I don’t know what strategy she used, but Han Do-young succeeded in gaining victory against her.
Accordingly, the students’ interest naturally began to turn to Han Do-young, who fearlessly challenged one of the strongest players in the academy and won the victory.
“I heard that the S-rank 7th is the one she took in as her younger brother?”
“I see.. I wondered what the wolf-like hero of the wilderness was doing all of a sudden. It was all for a reason.”
“But what did you do? To be honest, even if I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn’t understand what had happened.”
“Me too.. Just for some reason, none of Shin-Hye Choi’s attacks worked.
“It looks like it has some ability, but I don’t know what that ability is.”
“The ability to defend against electric shock and deliver an invisible blow..”
“Isn’t it like telekinesis? Or maybe it’s the ability to manipulate invisible gases…”
At the end, the winner and the loser were clearly decided, but the match ended leaving only questions about the rest.
So, among the students, various stories about the Dalian that just happened began to come and go, and in particular, various speculations about Han Do-young’s ability began to pop up.
Starting with the story of whether she made a wall with her invisibility ability.
Whether she has the ability to manipulate air, telekinesis, or even the ability to control electricity, like her Shinhye.
But…
In the midst of these various speculations.
Just one person.
Looking at Dalian just now, the only person who recognized what the ‘answer’ was.
At this moment, she kept quiet, sparing her words.
‘That person… no way..?’
*
“!…”
The ceiling in front of you.
Recognizing that, Choi Choi-hye felt her head pounding and slowly rose from her seat.
“Ah.. Lady!”
“Are you okay? Where are you uncomfortable?”
“..It’s okay. Rather… What happened to me? If I remember correctly, it must be at the end…”
“That.. That..”
The faction colleagues look heavy at Shin-hye’s question.
Through this, Shin-hye recognized the fact that the last memory she had of her was not wrong, and began to smile bitterly at the corners of her mouth as she was.
“..Yes.. I see. In the end, I lost.”
“Yeah.. That’s right, but..”
“Even if we did, we lost by a narrow margin. It’s because the lady was a little careless at the last moment..”
Her clique colleagues, including Kim Kang-sun, try to comfort her by any means.
However, Shin Hye-hye slowly shook her head about this and she told them.
“No.. I don’t need those excuses now. Whether it’s careless or whatever, defeat is defeat. And above all, even if I hadn’t been caught off guard, I probably wouldn’t have beaten him. Because there was an overwhelming gap between him and me in the first place.”
“Yes?”
“That.. What is that..”
They could have agreed to admit defeat, but the others started to look surprised at Shin-hye’s words.
Although he defended against Shin-hye’s attack. In the end, he was hit directly by the final blow and left to die.
Although the victory was won, in their eyes, the boy named Han Do-yeong was still seen as an opponent that Shin-hye could defeat as long as she was not vigilant.
However.
Shinhye was in the middle of denying this idea.
“Think about it. He was just focused on defending until I gave it my all. In addition, even after receiving a fatal blow from me, he knocked me down with one blow without a single change in his expression. That means, contrary to appearances, he took little damage from my attacks.”
“That.. Was it like that?”
“Hmm.. It certainly doesn’t make a lot of sense. Then why would he do such a thing…?”
The students expressed their doubts while showing a reaction to the words of Shin-hye, who fought the battle.
At this, Shinhye put a bitter smile on her lips and started talking about her answers to her students’ questions.
“That guy must have taken advantage of the situation in his own way. To show that I can’t win even if I fight with all my might, so that I can make a name for myself and grow my influence in the academy. Just like when I first sparred in the academy..”
If you think about it, it seems that everything was under his calculations from the beginning.
He arrogantly rejected his proposal and induced sparring through it, and won an overwhelming victory just like before.
Now, this fact will spread rapidly within the academy, and naturally Doyoung Han’s reputation will be imprinted on countless students.
And as for what he would do with this fame, Shin Hye-hye was able to predict to some extent.
“I’m sure he intends to raise a faction like me. It must be because of that that he put on a performance that showed his strength to the fullest.”
“Hmm.. Sure..”
“I heard and saw it. It was to the extent that even I got goosebumps watching her walking back to where Lady Shinhye was, even after receiving such an attack.”
There was no better way to attract people than to show strength.
As a result of this sparring, a person named Han Do-young will receive a lot of attention from people in the future, and it will soon grow into a faction and a force that follows him.
And about this…
As a person who is in charge of one axis of the academy’s forces, Shinhye had no intention of leaving this fact alone.
Her defeat just before her was obviously very painful for her.
Personal pride was hurt, and externally disgraced, it was quite a blow tangible and intangible.
However, she was defeated in battle, but apart from that, she did not give up yet.
No. On the contrary, in some ways, it could be said that she started to become more motivated.
In the first place, her true strength comes not only from her individual combat prowess, but also from her family and one of the few factions within her academy.
In addition, it was obvious that the other factions, although rivals, would not want the Middle East of the new powers.
As the leader of this faction and part of the so-called ‘stuck stones’.
Choi Shin-hye made up her mind to work with all her might for this ‘goal’ that naturally arose in her mind.
‘Wait and see… I will never let things work out the way you want. Doyoung Han… I will definitely subdue you.’
While predicting another ‘confrontation’ in the future, Shin Hye-hye began to solidify her resolve in her mind.
She is determined to repay the debt to the man who used her to such an extent that she played with her..
And,
At the end…
Her determination to make the strong man who defeated her her own.