Episode 145

Upon arriving at the training ground, Rosalind still had a dissatisfied face. Kang Tae-min said to her.

“You seem to be less upset yet.”

Originally, a friendly match was to be played. As evidence, Ju Da-hyun, Yu-rin Yoo, and Song Dae-beom were already waiting.

It’s just that Rosalyn disrespected Bao Shen in front of everyone.

She frowned and crossed her arms.

“Such, that instructor named Bao Shen, because he’s a bit uneasy… .”

“Reluctance?”

“On the outside, it looks like he’s crouching, but his eyes aren’t like that at all. What did he say… Ah, the word Gumilbokgeom (口蜜腹劍) seems like a perfect fit!”

old-fashioned sword.

The words that came out of his mouth were sweet like honey, but he hid a knife in his stomach. It meant that there was something dark about it.

“Are you saying that there seems to be some other ulterior motive?”

“No, it’s not to that extent, but anyway, I want to see that face crumpled! Our students can do it, right?”

“of course.”

Taemin Kang shook his head.

‘I was wondering if there was something I guessed, but I just didn’t like it.’

His gaze returned to Bao Shen across the street. A karma log appeared next to his smiling face.

[Karma Log]

[Name – Tao Yuhan]

[Alignment – Evil (-3844)]

[Recently recorded karma activity]

[> Malicious Lies (-1)]

Rosalyn’s intuition was right.

He looks fine on the outside, but he was a definite villain. Bao Shen was not even his real name, and above all, his recorded karmic activities were decisive.

‘Kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured, assassinated, sabotaged… It’s not something an academy instructor should do.’

At first, I thought it was related to the Chinese side of the triad like the Red Cross, but the karma activities looked at in order of evil were completely different from what I expected.

‘Probably a Chinese intelligence agent. Either the instructor’s position is a disguise, or the academy has the intelligence department’s touch.’

Kang Tae-min judged it to be the latter.

Since Awakeners are an important human resource, it was highly likely that they would be directly managed by the CCP.

“Hey, sir, these people… ?”

While the judgment was over, Song Dae-beom, the first runner, carefully asked. Unlike the previous friendly match, men and women in neat suits were seated next to the stage.

“Ah, those people are simultaneous interpreters!”

The answer came instead from Rosalyn. The eyes of the students turned to her.

“There was an issue in the past where the other side was arrogant about not being able to understand, right? I prepared in advance so that this does not happen this time!”

When dealing with Japan and Russia, Kang Tae-min acted as an interpreter for them. This time, however, he did not reveal that he could speak Chinese, so Rosalyn had hired a good interpreter.

“Aha… .”

“If you have something you want to say to the other person, you can do it comfortably! Fighting our students!”

“Go to the special class!”

“Put it on again!”

As Rosalind cheered in a high tone, the other regular class students who had settled nearby also raised their voices.

Kang Tae-min looked at Song Dae-beom instead of cheering him up and only nodded slightly. That was enough.

‘This will determine the selection.’

Song Dae-beom took a breath and went up on the stage. The other person was a man with short hair.

‘He seems to be a fighter like Minsu.’

There were no weapons visible.

Song Dae-beom lightly greeted him.

“I’m counting on you.”

Through the in-ear earphones, I heard the interpreter’s words. The other side lifted their chin slightly as if they understood what they were saying a beat late.

“The attitude of asking is not basic.”

“… what?”

“Please be more polite. Then I’ll finish it to the extent that it doesn’t embarrass me in moderation.”

Song Dae-beom quickly turned his head.

Have you ever had a problem with the translation process?

However, the interpreter maintained a professional look without any embarrassment.

“I don’t even want to go to Samgwegugodurye. As a citizen of the country, I will show you generosity.”

Samgwegugodurye was an old Qing Dynasty etiquette that became known as the humiliation of Samjeondo.

“What are you talking about?”

It was also a story that Song Dae-beom, who was not interested in studying, could not understand at all.

However, the words of the opponent who talked about the great country were enough to frown.

Just in time, the beep announcing the start cut off their conversation.

“Feel the difference in level between a large country and a small country!”

Song Dae-beom was very surprised to see his opponent running.

‘No, how the hell… .’

Eyes flashed rapidly.

‘Is the national representative this slow?’

The opponent’s movement was too slow. I moved my body here and there in an attempt to dazzle Song Dae-beom, but to no avail.

“You surrender too easily… Whoops!”

A scream echoed with a bang. The opponent, who was babbling and running, stepped on a landmine predicted by Song Dae-beom and bounced off and rolled down.

“… what?”

“it’s over?”

It was before the audience even got excited.

“The status of a great country cannot be broken to this extent!”

But before long, a human figure popped out of the explosion.

“Not yet!”

“But what are you babbling about?”

The audience was focused again.

Song Dae-beom quickly raised his shield. Soon after, the unfolding scene again subverted expectations.

‘Look at this bastard?’

A fist with an aura loaded into it, but Song Dae-beom did not miss the shiny metal under the fluttering sleeves of his uniform.

He disguised himself as a martial artist, but in fact he used memorization.

But the opponent did not know.

‘Even if it’s a big country or something, I wonder if he was talking about this.’

The fact that Song Dae-beom had already played against Pyo Soo-ho until he got tired of memorizing it during vacation.

He lightly twisted his body to avoid memorization and activated the magic circle with his shield facing the opponent.

With a slap, the sticky liquid covered the opponent’s body.

“Turn it off!”

The figure of the opponent who collapsed and struggled clinging to the floor was like an insect.

Song Dae-beom looked down at his opponent with a pitiful look.

“Whether it’s a big country or a small country, build up your skills before you do it.”

* * *

The difference in skill between the two teams was evident.

In the second game, it was Yoo-rin’s turn, and the game was over in an instant. The qigong master who appeared against her attacked by materializing mana, but did not deal much damage to the spirit Yuhuarin summoned.

‘As expected, friendly matches aren’t the goal.’

Kang Tae-min looked at Instructor Bao Shen’s expression with a calm face. Even though the students had already suffered two losses in a row, he still stood with a smile on his face.

‘I’m unfamiliar with the students who came out as representatives in the first place.’

As China has a large population, the number of awakened people is also large. Among them, a student who can overcome numerous competitors and become a representative is naturally outstanding.

In other words, it had to be a person that even Kang Tae-min before his return would have heard of at least once. However, the students who came out against him now were not in his memory.

‘Group 2? No, it must be worse than that.’

I don’t know how the Chinese New People’s School roasted those students, but it was an undeniable fact that their skills were unqualified.

‘Even if the representative comes out, winning or losing won’t change.’

However, perhaps because of the ideological education of the Ministry of Information, his pride was skyrocketing. And that’s the way Korea is downplayed.

“Instructor, if I win this time, can I deal with the other two?”

“Um, are you confident?”

“of course. Even if you say that you can fly and grow in such a narrow land mass, it is only an imitation in the end.”

It seems that he thought that it would not be translated until he went on stage.

In the meantime, Joo Da-hyun, the last in order, took the stage. She lightly gripped the spear and took her stance.

“Oh, you know how to use a spear.”

Seeing her like that, the opponent twisted the corner of his mouth.

“Did your grandfather say Changhwang?”

“Do you know my grandfather?”

Ju Da-hyeon originally tried not to mix the words, but when the name of his grandfather came up, he had to ask.

Then the other person’s smile grew thicker.

“Sure. But isn’t it kind of funny?”

“Are you kidding me?”

“It’s a martial art that’s stolen, and it’s called the emperor or something.”

“… what?”

Ju Da-hyun’s eyes sharpened. However, the opponent did not care and shed ridicule.

“I knew it. You don’t know that East Asian martial arts are all rooted in China. As proof, I know how to handle all weapons.”

“what… .”

“You Koreans are especially like that. He often insists on our things as if they were his own. Same with Paochai and Hanfu.”

Ju Da-hyun opened her mouth slightly.

The interpreter was also rubbing his forehead as if he was dizzy.

“Did I speak too frankly? what can i do You will find out now.”

He smiled triumphantly and grabbed the spear among the weapons provided. Ju Da-hyun did not answer.

It was because he had an intuition that he was an opponent with whom he could not communicate.

Then, with a beep, the two clashed. The audience jumped to their feet at the sound of the kangha.

“no… !”

“It ended quickly this time too!”

Ju Da-hyun disarmed the opponent at once. She said to the shocked man.

“Choose another weapon.”

“Uh, what… .”

“Choose.”

Joo Da-hyun said in a cold voice. The opponent gritted his teeth and grabbed another weapon.

At least his words that he knew how to handle various weapons were not false. He wielded swords, axes, halberds, batons, and even tonfas.

All of them were destroyed by Ju Da-hyun’s blow.

“Uh, how… .”

The opponent missed the weapon every time and muttered as he looked at his torn grip. Ju Da-hyeon looked at him with contempt and grabbed the javelin.

“If there are no more.”

“Now, wait… !”

The opponent who woke up frightened.

“Go away now.”

Dahyun Ju threw a javelin at her. The javelin, which rotated fiercely along with the ability, narrowly passed the side of his neck.

“Keep it off!”

The wind entangled in the spear wrapped the back of the uniform in the javelin. The opponent, who was dragged away, rolled out of the field with a giggle.

When the winner was decided, the crowd applauded and cheered.

“It’s completely gone.”

“No, it was over in less than 30 minutes.”

“But are your Chinese skills only this good?”

“Made in China is like that.”

Meanwhile, Bao Shen approached Taemin Kang.

“As expected, there was a reason why the Japanese and Russian teams also lost. It has been a good experience.”

Despite the rout, he kept a smile on his face. At this, Rosalyn said with a sneer.

“I’m glad that’s the case. Ah, but I think we will have to think a little harder from now on, right? This isn’t much help when the match ends so blandly… .”

For an instant, Bao Shen’s temples twitched. But he smiled again and shook his head.

“Because I am an instructor. The match is over, so I’m leaving.”

“Yes, please. It’ll be over soon, so you’ll have plenty of time for sightseeing.”

Rosalyn smiled and waved her hand, apparently feeling better. Bao Shen bowed to Kang Tae-min and took out the shocked students.

Kang Tae-min looked at his back and said to Rosalyn.

“I’m going to smoke some cigarettes for a while.”

“yes? Ah yes! It ended earlier than expected, so it seems like there will be plenty of time.”

The students were scheduled to return to the Surado Guild for training again. Rosalind prepared a transport for this purpose.

“… Whoa, what is this?”

After a while, Song Dae-beom, who had returned from congratulations, made a short sound while looking at his phone.

“what’s the matter?”

“No, why are there Chinese people on my Minstar… .”

Joo Da-hyun glanced at it and saw that the comment window was plastered with Chinese characters. Judging by the emoji that ran together, it was clear that the malicious comments were.

“I guess those kids were swearing at us on social media. But Minstar seems to be caught because you are the only one.”

“Isn’t China banning Minstars?”

“Forbidden, apparently.

Ju Da-hyun answered Yoo Hwa-rin’s question. She has quite a bit of experience in the internet community.

“Hey, put on the amulet.”

“charm?”

“With one of these, it will disappear.”

Joo Da-hyun sent the photo to Song Dae-beom. It was a picture of a man standing in front of a line of tanks.

* * *

early afternoon.

Bao Shen arrived at the shopping district.

It was to find Miss Backdoor, leaving the students he was leading to play freely.

‘As reported. There are no people even at this time.’

The place where the pawnshop was located was a shabby shopping mall, and there were almost no people during the daytime.

Rather, it was inconvenient to pay for work because the residents returned at night.

He immediately took out the tools he had prepared. The short-distance jamming device, acid solution, and surveillance camera were neutralized, and the locking device was melted down and it was over.

With Bao Shen’s mastery of motion, it took less than 15 seconds to open the door.

“What… .”

When the door burst open, the startled Mr. Rock immediately tried to manifest his ability, but he couldn’t.

‘It’s pretty intense.’

Bao Shen’s ability is ‘Suppression Field’, suppressing the flow of mana within a certain area to suppress the manifestation of other awakened abilities.

It was thanks to him that he was active in the intelligence department and became an instructor at the Chinese New People’s School.

“My lady, run away… !”

“Until there.”

Bao Shen caught him in an instant, overpowered him, knocked him down, and even restrained his hands.

Then he skillfully drew a pistol from his waistband and pointed it at Mr. Rock’s head.

Then when he pulled the trigger, he flinched and passed out.

“Inspiration!”

Frightened and scattered cats. A gun pointed at Miss Backdoor, who stood up in surprise.

With a soft whimper, instead of a bullet, a thin injection flew and stuck in her body.

“Uh… .”

Watching her collapse with a low moan, Bao Shen smiled sincerely, unlike before.

“With this, all information is in our hands… .”

It was while he was satisfied.

“Isn’t it enough to plant backdoors in Chinese products?”

At the sudden voice, Bao Shen hurriedly turned around and pulled the trigger.

‘what… ?’

But the trigger was fixed and did not move.

“She is my informant.”

An iron man stood at the tip of the gun.

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