episode_0022

It was my first time killing someone, but maybe because it was a fictional character, it didn’t really shock me.

If I were to be honest, it felt like the kill count in the game had increased by one.

But if you ask me if I want to enjoy massacres, that’s not the case. I just thought this was the most efficient way in the world.

“So, why did you kill your roommate?”

I was brought back to the dean’s office where I had just said hello. The difference is that this time, his hands are tied behind his back and he is on his knees.

In the back, instructors were standing in their seats and applying pressure.

If you were to be honest and say, ‘I did it because I liked the guy and didn’t want to be bothered by the main character,’ you would be shot immediately.

I answered while keeping my face as expressionless as possible.

“There was a possibility that he may have joined the rebels.”

“Rebel?”

“The person who entered the academy to become an agent did not take EDP-427, so the result is obvious. They must have been rebels from the beginning or were about to become rebels.”

“John Peralta did not take EDP-427? How did you know that?”

The dean asked with a serious expression.

You need to answer well here. If I make a mistake, they will immediately tie me to a stake and use me as a sign for shooting. This is truly possible at this military academy disguised as an academy.

What should I say?

I opened my mouth with a serious expression.

“What does the king say when he doesn’t want to go into the palace?”

“?”

“Murder, murmur, ”

eat

Tangㅡ

The pistol in the dean’s hand as if it had been there from the beginning. Smoke rose from the muzzle of the gun.

One of the instructors behind him collapsed, clutching his chest.

“……It’s a trivial method, but there are cases where it works.”

“This method works surprisingly well.”

Actually, I didn’t even think it would work. I was just planning on being a bit pushy, but this is what happened.

Doesn’t this mean that if you just throw in a book of comical jokes, the rebels will be annihilated?

We unintentionally opened a new era in the method of identifying rebels.

At the dean’s gesture, the instructors stood me up and untied my hands.

“Check once and bring him back here.”

“Yes.”

I was led by the instructor to the infirmary and had to undergo various tests. It was almost like a process to check if I had taken the medicine.

I wondered if these kids were going to give me a health check-up, which included inserting a needle into my arm, rubbing a cotton swab inside my mouth, and getting a full urine test.

Of course, since there was no such welfare, the test results came out quickly, probably just to check whether the medicine was taken.

The dean, who took the test form from the instructor, nodded.

“Great.”

“Thank you.”

“There is still one more thing left.”

The dean said that and dragged me towards the open space in the center of the academy.

The vacant lot, made up of hard-packed sand, had a strangely gloomy atmosphere.

“Originally, I planned to proceed tomorrow, but now that I’m here, I’ll just take care of everything and go.”

At the dean’s gesture, a group of instructors led a group and moved to the center of the vacant lot.

“Ahh!”

“Please save me!”

“Let go of this, you bastards!”

“Go to hell!”

With their hands and feet tied tightly, they fell to the floor and screamed.

The dean ignored their cries as if they were bugs and handed me a pistol.

“They are subversive elements who cooperated with the rebels. Let’s execute him ourselves.”

Is this some kind of loyalty test?

Is it because it is decorated differently than the pistol used by John Peralta? I felt a heavy weight.

‘I can do it if I want to…’

It’s a bit annoying to keep ordering people to do this or that. Should we kill him and the prisoners together?

I thought about it briefly, but I think it would be difficult.

There’s a group of instructors fiddling with guns next to them, and since I don’t know what abilities they have, I can’t move around carelessly.

I have not yet acquired either the Telos or Alvaroi fighting techniques, which was the purpose of entering the academy in the first place.

‘Let’s kill the Dean next time we get the chance.’

I ignored the cries of the cat that was squirming inside me and pointed the gun at the captive, who was starting to get annoyed by the continued yelling.

A man with red eyes struggled when he saw the gun pointed at him.

“Long live Valkyrie!”

Tang-tang-tang-tang

After killing all the prisoners with a barrage of bullets, I returned the pistol to the dean and asked,

“What is Valkyrie?”

“This is the name the rebels call themselves. It’s not important.”

‘Well, in the first place, the rebels are not officially recognized by the state.’

It’s also funny that the government follows the names they use among themselves.

I was only able to return to the dormitory after helping the instructors move the body to the incinerator.

Before I knew it, all the blood stains on the walls and bed had disappeared.

It feels much more comfortable to use the double room alone. Once again, I think it was a good idea to kill John.

After spending the day in the dormitory, I went to the infirmary to receive Telos injection.

Inside the infirmary, there was a doctor named Mariel who conducted my drug test yesterday.

She is also a character in the original work, and later takes on the role of supplying Telos to the rebels through the protagonist.

In a way, it played a decisive role in breaking the balance of power between the government and the rebels.

First of all, I am still taking EDP-427 well and there is no connection with the rebels, so I plan to keep an eye on it in the future.

“……”

The Telos injection was carried out quietly without any conversation.

Mariel firmly fixed my limbs as I lay on the bed.

Wow

It seems that there are many cases of struggle during the injection process, as it is tied so that it cannot be moved with any amount of force.

‘It’s not that painful…’

Still, getting sick for a while is better than learning something magical that is impossible to understand in a fantasy world.

In the first place, it’s not like I have genius intelligence and can remember everything I hear once.

Rather than an authentic academic discipline that may take decades to master, I prefer skills that are like junk food that can be used right away.

Mariel came to me holding a syringe.

It is a syringe containing Telos, a liquid that glows orange. It was a bright color that made it taste like magic.

Eventually, Telos enters my bloodstream through a syringe.

At first, my arm felt a little numb, and then a bitter and spicy taste began to form in my mouth.

Cold sweat breaks out all over and my body shakes. I felt strangely cold, and the bed I was lying on felt as cold as a snow field. The leather belt that binds my hands and feet feels like frozen shackles.

“Ugh……”

Unlike the cold outside, the inside is bubbling and the dizzying situation makes you groan naturally.

I tried my best to hold back, but when even my vision began to blink and blur, I ended up screaming and struggling.

“Aaaah!”

The leather belt that tightly held his limbs tore like paper, and a pillar of fire rose from his screaming mouth.

Kwaaaa

“Haa…haa…”

After spitting out the fire once, all symptoms disappeared and my vision returned.

The medical bed he was lying on was shattered due to a broken back, and the center of the ceiling was melted after being hit squarely by the pillar of fire.

Mariel came up to me as I stood there in a dazed mood.

“You have obtained an elemental ability.”

Perhaps due to my influence, she was covered in sweat and quietly wrote down a few things on the chart in her hand.

“Congratulations.”

She said with a completely non-congratulatory expression. I didn’t bother to reply.

Regardless of her empty words, I gained just the right ability.

Grumbling

Fire blooms from the palm stretched out towards the sky. To me, it doesn’t feel hot at all, just a burning flame.

‘The agent will get a free pass.’

I finally gained a power that can be described as a superpower, which is different from a slightly stronger body or faster thinking.

Can you handle fire? I gained an ability that seems useful in many ways.

It was a strange feeling that I experienced for the first time, so I used my abilities to play around.

He tried lighting fire like a lighter with his fingers, and also spewed flames from his entire arm.

After playing like that for a while, I turned my head when I remembered that Mariel was next to me.

Crunchy

She was quietly observing me with her mouth closed and recording any unusual details.

“Can I just go back now?”

“Wait a minute… Please sign here.”

Only after completing all the paperwork was I able to leave the infirmary.

For now, the morning routine is over. From the afternoon, you must move according to the schedule set by the academy.

I called the guidebook with the intention of having something to eat.

‘Tell me where the restaurant is.’

[The cafeteria at Haylem National Academy…]

The restaurant we arrived at following the directions in the guidebook was deserted. I was worried what would happen if we arrived a little early and didn’t get food, but fortunately there was no problem eating.

There shouldn’t be any problems…

‘It’s so fucking delicious…’

The government must have been sparing the budget for students at the academy that trains the military to protect them, and the food was not tasty.

Salty and greasy soup with hard bread. The salad contains no fruit and only some weed-like plants.

I feel like I have the urge to just kill them all and beat them up.

Now I know why the protagonist helped the rebels when he broke free of EDP-427’s influence.