Iron Blooded Villain’s Academy Class

Episode 77

Pyo Ji-hoon couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Is Scaler dead?”

It was a fact I had already heard from my collaborators. But how did the courtier, Hwang Ye-ri, know that?

“I’m not sure. But it’s safe to say that it’s almost 99% dead.”

Saying that, Hwang Ye-ri sat down on the sofa and put her legs on the table. Pyo Ji-hun looked at her dissatisfiedly, but he stopped pointing it out because he was well aware of her demeanor.

he asked, taking a seat across from him.

“How did you find that information?”

“Looks like Scaler was hiding in North Korea.”

“North Korea… ?”

It was as I had been told by my collaborators. Nevertheless, Pyo Ji-hoon reacted as if he had heard it for the first time.

However, Hwang Ye-ri was not interested in Pyo Ji-hoon’s complexion. Instead, she sipped the luxurious refreshments prepared on the table into her mouth.

“yes. You know our kids are active in North Korea, right?”

Specialists are a guild made up of mercenaries. And for the mercenaries, there was no place as plentiful as the conflict zone.

Because of this, Hwang Ye-ri dispatched guild members to North Korea even though it was illegal.

“Three days ago or four days ago. My kids went to investigate after detecting an unbelievable amount of magical energy.”

A huge wave of magical energy, maybe a dungeon break.

However, the employer did not want to lose the Awoken under his command, and the mercenaries went to investigate the site instead.

“But strangely, there were no monsters and only the bunker collapsed? So when I dug inside, it was full of traces of Ubermensch.”

“Was that the hideout of the Ubermensch?”

“I guess so. There were no survivors.”

“Isn’t that a good thing? You probably don’t have any affection left for the Ubermensch yet.”

She was one of the founding members of Ubermensch along with Johanna and Pyo Ji-hoon. And of the three, he was the first to let go.

Instead of answering, Hwang Ye-ri took out a photo from her bosom and threw it onto the table.

“This… !”

Pyo Ji-hoon’s eyes widened. In the photo, black crystal shards were taken.

Hwang Ye-ri’s eyes became cold as well as his stiff face.

“Now you understand why I came, right? It is clear that the bunker collapsed because of Scaler’s rampage.”

“How is this… ?”

“That is what I want to ask. Didn’t ‘research’ stop?”

At her question, Pyo Ji-hoon took a deep breath and stroked his beard.

“… Of course it was stopped. Haven’t you seen it yourself? Johanna also destroyed all the data.”

“Huh, then why does the ‘seed’ piece come out of here?”

Hwang Ye-ri asked with a laugh. ‘Seed’ was the product of research conducted by Ubermensch in the early days.

“I don’t know… Obviously, all prototypes were destroyed. Everything that has flowed into the underworld right now must be imitations… .”

“This isn’t a counterfeit?! It’s going to ‘mutate’!”

Hwang Ye-ri did not hide her anger.

“Isn’t that proof that someone is continuing the research? No, it’s clear that it has even been improved. Do you think there are only one or two ‘mutants’ found there?”

“calm down.”

“Calm? Huh, is our sword master gentleman calming down? You know what this is!?”

Taehyung kept his mouth shut. Of course he knew too.

“Pyo Ji-hoon, don’t forget that you are also responsible.”

“… Of course I remember.”

Pyo Ji-hoon was indebted to Hwang Ye-ri. He made an irreparable mistake, which led to the scattering of the three founding members.

“But I really have no idea.”

But I couldn’t say I knew what I didn’t know.

Hwang Ye-ri bit her teeth and glared at him. However, Pyo Ji-hoon did not lie.

“… Then you should meet Johanna.”

She left without looking back. Left alone, Pyo Ji-hun sighed deeply.

His mind was complicated.

‘The scaler has mutated? Besides, there were other variants? But did he handle it alone?’

The reason Scaler was punished was because he knew that he was a collaborator, something Hwang Ye-ri did not know.

I couldn’t help but be amazed at the ability of the collaborator again. However, the problem was the source of the ‘seed’.

‘If it was from North Korea, Hwang Ye-ri would have known about it first. If so, are you a sponsor? .’

Pyo Ji-hoon hardened his face. One more reason to meet with the sponsor.

* * *

Guild Veritas, Johanna’s research building.

‘At this rate, it will be finished sooner or later.’

Kang Tae-min thought while watching Song Dae-beom and Yoo Hwa-rin’s training on the control panel.

‘Then next… .’

He was just about to think about his next plan.

“Johanna!”

Someone stepped inside with a loud voice. When Kang Tae-min turned around, it was a familiar face.

‘Palace?’

Courtesy, Hwang Ye-ri.

It was an unexpected meeting, but Kang Tae-min was not taken aback.

[Karma Log]

[Name – Hwang Ye-ri]

[Alignment – Good (+54)]

[Recently recorded karma activity]

[＞ Selfish Vandalism (-1)]

According to the Karma Log, she had a ‘good’ disposition. However, the number was not very large.

Kang Tae-min roughly knew the reason.

‘Should I call it a mercenary?’

Before returning and now, she made a name for herself as a mercenary. He took on work based on compensation rather than good and evil, and was a person with clear self-judgment.

The reason she didn’t commit evil was because the penalty was bigger than moral reasons.

‘If there was a reward that would exceed that penalty, I would do it without hesitation.’

An example of this was the item called ‘selfish vandalism’. Hwang Ye-ri used to move in the air, driving arrows into nearby buildings if necessary.

It was because it was good to move quickly.

‘There must be a reason why I came here in such a hurry.’

While Kang Tae-min was organizing his thoughts, Hwang Ye-ri approached him with a terrifying look.

“Are you a researcher? Where is Johanna?”

It seemed that Kang Tae-min was a researcher working under Johanna.

To that question, Kang Tae-min answered calmly.

“I do not know.”

Hwang Ye-ri speaks respectfully only to her employer. Kang Tae-min was well aware of that fact, so he responded in half-spoken words.

For some reason, Johanna took Irua out.

Johanna had a mischievous expression on her face, but there was no reason to dissuade him from taking the guard.

“And I am not a researcher.”

“what?”

Taemin Kang took out his visitor pass and continued talking.

“As you can see, I am an outsider. Now we are getting help because of the training of the students.”

“… A teacher?”

Hwang Ye-ri’s eyes twitched.

‘That Johanna invited an outsider to the research wing?’

Johanna was a closed and self-centered personality.

How could she bring in outsiders into her space, even those who were not needed for her research?

‘I’ll have to be careful just in case.’

If Yohanna is related to ‘Seed’, isn’t it worth keeping an eye on outsiders related to him?

Hwang Ye-ri’s gaze soon turned to the students training behind him.

“Uhm… .”

Interestingly, Kang Tae-min wasn’t the only one. Among the two students, she caught sight of Song Dae-beom.

‘It doesn’t seem like a wizard, is it an ability that focuses on explosions?

Song Dae-beom memorized the explosion magic circle of various attributes. However, the method of memorization was quite different.

A dummy is created in the room, and if the explosion magic circle of the correct attribute is not installed within the time limit, the dummy explodes.

It was possible because the dummy Johanna made could detect the attributes.

“That friend is worth using. Say see you later.”

Hwang Ye-ri handed Kang Tae-min a business card. I was thinking of going to find Johanna again after telling the scout doctor.

However, Taemin Kang did not even look at the business card.

“Not required.”

“… what?”

“No guild membership until graduation, that is our class policy.”

Hwang Ye-ri laughed. Maybe it’s because you don’t know who you are.

“Just take it.”

Taemin Kang did not.

Song Dae-beom before returning, ‘Big Bang’, worked in the mercenary industry and ended up helping the villains.

‘At least I don’t send them as mercenaries.’

Although Song Dae-beom has changed, he did not know what would happen if he worked as a mercenary.

Since I had never investigated the ‘Big Bang’ in depth, it was best to block the same path as before the return.

“Huh, can I still be a teacher?”

“Student consent was obtained. I refrain from interfering.”

“Then I’ll have to deliver it myself.”

With those words, Hwang Ye-ri showed a movement like lightning. The Vambraces she was wearing clicked open, revealing a small crossbow.

The stiff business card in my hand bounced into the air, and a crossbow arrow pierced the business card and flew toward Song Dae-beom’s room.

The series of actions took only 5 seconds.

“… what?”

However, the arrow did not reach its destination. The shot arrow was caught in Kang Tae-min’s finger.

“It gets in the way of training.”

Kang Tae-min bent his fingers and crumpled the arrow and business card together.

“I’d rather just go back.”

Then, he bounced the crumpled lump like garbage at Hwang Ye-ri. She took it with a look of disbelief.

“you… What is your true identity?”

Hwang Ye-ri’s expression became serious. Just the movement a little while ago was enough to figure out his skills.

‘To the extent that I can’t even see it with my own eyes.’

As much as he was called the palace god, he was confident that one eye was the best among the 5 strongest.

However, even in her eyes, Kang Tae-min’s reaction was not properly visible.

Who would believe that a person with that level of ability is a teacher?

The atmosphere was about to become nasty.

＜I’m sorry. It’s as the homeroom teacher said.＞

Song Dae-beom’s voice came through the control panel speaker. Kang Tae-min turned around and saw Song Dae-beom looking at the camera after handling the pile.

＜I don’t think about guilds until I graduate.＞

Taemin Kang glanced at the panel. The microphone was on. That’s why he seemed to have heard the whole story.

“her.”

Hwang Ye-ri laughed in vain. Song Dae-beom’s words eased the tension.

“what? what’s the matter?”

Just in time, Yohanna and Irua returned together. Hwang Ye-ri looked back, then frowned again.

Isn’t there coffee in the hands of two women?

‘Johanna went to a cafe with someone else?’

It’s shocking to have another outsider, but to go to the cafe together.

Doesn’t Johanna seem like a ‘normal’ person?

“Are you here very early?”

Soon after, Johanna also recognized Hwang Ye-ri and said, I heard that they were coming to talk about something, but they arrived sooner than expected.

“Sir, what… ?”

“Nothing to worry about.”

“Ah yes… Eat this here.”

Irua glanced over and handed over the drink she had bought. Hwang Ye-ri also looked there, but had to stop at Johanna’s words.

“I don’t have yours.”

Another drink was for students.

Of course, Hwang Ye-ri’s intention was not to drink, but to look at Lee Lua, but he did not explain.

“… let’s talk Just the two of you.”

“What happened all of a sudden?”

“Yeah, no, it’s because of the old days.”

“… Come this way.”

The two moved places. Johanna activated the polite soundproofing magic.

‘Once upon a time… ?’

Taemin Kang looked at the two and said to Leeruah.

“Wait a cigarette.”

“Ah, yes. Bye.”

Kang Tae-min left the research building and confirmed that no one was around. And I contacted Pyo Ji-hoon.

＜Ah, I just contacted you.＞

“end?”

＜After contacting you, the courtier came to visit… ＞

Pyo Ji-hoon explained his own story. It was how the courtier found out about Scaler’s death.

But there was no talk of seed.

“It won’t interfere with the plan.”

＜I think it might be, but… ＞

“I get it. Contact me again.”

Taemin Kang hung up the phone and exhaled smoke.

‘And right away I found Johanna…’ ?’

There was no contact between Scaler’s death and Johanna’s. There must have been some other reason.

‘I’ll have to find out.’

* * *

What Kang Tae-min, who left the clone behind, found was Miss Backdoor.

“Can you figure out the conversation between the two?”

After explaining the situation, Miss Backdoor lightly shook her head at his request.

“customer. You’re not ignoring the influence of the name of the horse and the courtier, right?”

“Answer?”

“under… .”

She let out a short sigh and smiled softly.

“You can’t even show respect for this.”

“Is a bypass transaction possible?”

Kang Tae-min didn’t visit this place without thinking either.

“Um, I can’t help it if you say that. That’s right, if you specify the space and time rather than two people, the cost is drastically reduced.”

It means that rather than finding out the conversation between Maje and the palace attendant, it is to find out by designating it as a conversation that was held in a room in the research building.

Mr. Rock, who was watching, brought me a Bluetooth keyboard.

“Then let’s begin. Write down the conversation and it will appear on the monitor.”

“Let’s start.”

“Yeah, I’m going.”

With that, she quickly tapped the keyboard.

Make sure to read from noble mtl dot com

Letters quickly rose on the screen.

Taemin Kang silently read the contents. However, his eyes began to shake slightly.

‘What the hell is this… ?’

The fact that the prototype of the stimulant ‘Seed’ is not a villain, ‘No Name’, but a by-product of the research of the founding members.

And most important of all was the purpose of the study.

‘Awakening caused artificially?’

In the early days, Obermensch studied ways to awaken ordinary people.