episode_0096

A night where I got out of the White House without any major problems thanks to Mia.

I met the chairman again, who was waiting in the car near the hotel, and went home. When I came back, everyone was gathered in the living room, not sleeping.

On the way back, I called my senior and explained the situation to him, and told him to sleep and be okay… .

Since everyone was asking for details, I had no choice but to tell a brief story. In the end, I ended up talking about Mia.

There were scary rumors that just knowing the name Samjeong Knight would make you die, so let’s leave that out.

So I couldn’t say anything except that he was a very powerful Awakener.

“Senior, your mother… .”

People with a clear expression of surprise.

Yuna had heard that Mia was a powerful Awakener and that she had to leave for some reason, but she was surprised to hear for the first time that she was in a position to tell the Director of the Inspection Bureau what to do.

Of course, it was an embarrassing story for both Saya-senpai, who was involved, and me, who was telling it.

“Hmm… Anyway, thanks to that, he won’t be able to touch us for a while. We’ve bought ourselves a lot of time.”

But we can’t just believe that.

For now, he’ll pretend to listen to Mia, but he’s not the type of person to just sit there and do nothing. There’s a good chance he’ll try to trick Mia or subdue her.

Mia-ssi’s abilities seem great, but… she doesn’t seem to be strong against deception or trickery, and there’s a possibility that she’ll try to subdue us and attack Mia-ssi as well.

“Even if you really wanted to just sit back and watch, if they see us doing things, they won’t want to leave you alone. So we’ll be as careful as possible to avoid getting caught while doing things… .”

“Is there a reason you don’t talk about assassination, Miss Seha?”

The chairman tilted his head.

“I would normally have thought that this would be the first issue to discuss. Of course, since you have the ability to turn a master into a slave, I wouldn’t consider it if you were thinking of turning that person into a slave… .”

“… Please don’t say such scary things.”

Yes, that’s right.

In a normal organization, even if you blow your head off, someone will be able to fill your place.

However, in a master-slave structure, one master unilaterally dominates multiple slaves. Since a slave cannot replace the master, a blown head can never grow back.

Therefore, assassination is the fastest way to solve the problem and should be considered as a top priority, especially if the opponent has a powerful organization like the one we have now.

however….

“Unfortunately, we don’t have enough strength to assassinate that guy right now.”

The chairman’s Thousand-Slaughter Method and Yuna’s Bazra are powerful abilities. However, they alone are not enough to defeat Baek Yu-go. In order to defeat him, you must prepare multiple situations that lead to a one-sided attack.

“If possible, I would like to get the cooperation of all four organizations I mentioned earlier. That’s necessary to discuss assassination.”

“… Is that what it takes to assassinate someone?”

I am concerned about the ‘patriot’ that Mia mentioned. I don’t know what it is, but if that is the reason why Mia can’t subdue Baek Yugo, then if Mia can prove or make Baek Yugo not a ‘patriot’, she might be able to help.

But, that alone is not enough.

“I could have tried it before, but… I realized how dangerous it is to just believe that things will go well without being prepared this time, so I think I need to steadily build up my skills and move forward.”

“I often find myself thinking that the words you speak to me mean something very different from what I know… .”

Yuna grumbled.

“If you do it right…what should I do?”

“There are two places that would definitely reject Baek Yu-go’s offer. One is Judith Military School and the other is Silvergun. Nine, the master of Judith Military School, is not one to listen to being told to offer up a cadet for one night, and Silvergun is no different.”

So, of course, they try to destroy it first in order to show their power.

“So our first target is also the Judith Military School. I want to recruit the core members there before they get eaten by Baek Yugo.”

“““… inclusion… .”””

Yuna, Suin, and the chairman’s voices overlapped. Their cold gazes were also the same.

These are the members of what could be called the victims’ union.

“What is it? Why?”

“… .”

When he came forward confidently, everyone shook their heads. However, the one who stepped forward to confirm the truth was the chairman.

“I don’t know what your inclusion is like. … But, are you planning on targeting me too?”

“Of course.”

Originally, it was an entity that could not be targeted.

Since he is the master, he cannot make a slave, so he has no other choice but to overthrow him.

But now… you can make someone a slave by using the skill [Everyone is a slave before it], provided that you so desire.

“Nine, you are a… remnant. You don’t have a body? You can’t use your best weapon.”

“… What do you think my best weapon is?”

The chairman looked around in silence.

This time, even Yuren, who had not reacted before, blushed. She could confirm that only her senior did not think of her as a victim.

“I don’t think it was specifically included like that… . And even if it’s a remnant, there’s a way.”

“Even the remnants… .”

“No, that’s not what I meant… .”

It’s going too far off track.

I drew attention by clapping and then explained the goals for the future.

“As I said, since they won’t even listen to Baek Yu-go’s proposal, there’s a high chance that Judith Military School will be attacked first. Before that, we’ll recruit 2-3 key figures.”

Yuna In, Sung Jae Hee, and Lien Guilard. The last name is in parentheses.

“Everyone knows about Nine, right? She has excellent mental manipulation skills, so much so that she can remain in the body for decades after her death. However, she has three weaknesses.”

“I don’t know if the expression “dawn” is appropriate, but I heard that the time you can endure as a remnant will soon reach its limit. You won’t be able to move outside of school and your home. I don’t know about the other one.”

I smiled bitterly.

Maybe it’s just nature. He has an obvious weakness, and he probably knows it, but he doesn’t want to think about it.

“I have a question, Chairman. If I were to pick out your weaknesses, there would definitely be one that would be on the list. What do you think?”

“… ?”

I slowly turned my head and looked at Yuren in front of the puzzled chairman. Yuren, who had noticed the weakness I mentioned earlier than the chairman, smiled awkwardly.

“Just as the chairman cherishes Yuren so much, Nine also cherishes her students so much. There are too many hostages, and everyone knows it. It’s because of that that she died once.”

“… I don’t think that’s your weakness.”

Yeah, because that’s my nature.

Although I can say that I ultimately lost because of Yuren, I absolutely do not think that that was my weakness.

And that kind of intense nature becomes a point of attack.

“What, and next is this kid named Jaehee. Does the chairman know?”

“I’ve seen you a few times when I visited Judith Military School. I know you’re someone that Nine really likes.”

“I’m a second-year student at Judith Military School… and I’m an awakened martial arts world member.”

The chairman frowned.

Other people reacted similarly.

Awakening abilities are usually classified into four categories: Transcendence/Magic/Martial Arts/Special. The ones you usually see are Transcendence type Awakeners, and at least up to the military school level, you rarely see Magic/Martial Arts/Special type Awakeners.

To begin with, the number itself is extremely small and the special system is basically the same as the word unknown, but magic and martial arts awakened people are born through ‘learning and training’.

Transcendent Awakeners are randomly generated and their abilities are greatly influenced by the individual’s imagination and original scenery. On the other hand, Magic Awakeners and Martial Arts Awakeners are born by studying magic theory from a young age or through special training.

In other words, they grow up in a heterogeneous background that is completely different from that of typical modern society.

The ones who are awakened in the magic realm are those who come into contact with the book of magic before the regular course textbooks, and the ones who are awakened in the martial arts realm are those who pick up weapons once they can walk. They will probably put the 18th class weapons on the table at the first birthday party.

To put it extremely, this is something that would only be allowed in the old days. From the perspective of children’s rights, it is absurd.

They too have lived without revealing themselves, believing that they cannot teach to those who are not qualified.

But after the Hwanma began to attack, they found a place to stand. Each country did not reject them either.

In any case, the Awakened are precious, and those who have trained their abilities since childhood are very valuable forces.

Therefore, after the magic and martial arts world awakening, those who have awakened after the magic and martial arts world training have gained citizenship, but when they get entangled with modern people who live in the same era but have completely different lives, all kinds of troubles are bound to arise.

Because of this relationship, most magical and martial arts world awakeners live at a distance from ordinary people. They never mix with each other until they reach military school.

“Why is a martial arts awakener going to military school?”

“He’s a bit of a special case. He was found adrift on the beach when he was seven, and he had lost his memory, so he didn’t know anything about himself. So he lived as a normal orphan… but last year, he finally realized that he was a martial arts awakener.”

If things were as they were, I would have quit the military academy and joined a special force comprised of martial arts masters. But Nine held on.

“I am already enrolled in the Judith Military School, and I have spent a long time as a regular cadet. It is not right to treat me like other martial arts awakened people now.”

“… You must have been rolling around in the sky again and causing trouble… .”

“I don’t know about that… Anyway, thanks to that, I’m attending Judith Military School. Do you know what’s important here? Okay? Suin, you answer.”

“Huh?!”

“If you leave everything you think to others, you’ll end up regretting it later when it’s important?”

Suin nodded, her face turning red.

After thinking for a moment, he opens his mouth with a ‘Huh?’ expression.

“The story goes that he was found with his memory lost at the age of seven and grew up like a normal person… Doesn’t that mean he only had time to train until he was seven?”

“That’s right. But since you tried to treat him like a normal awakened person, he’s not an ordinary talent.”

The most dangerous target at Judith Military School is, of course, Nine. And the second most dangerous is Jaehee.

Even with just what he had learned by the age of seven, and with only his instincts and no proper knowledge, he was recognized as a proud awakened martial artist in the martial arts world.

“What kind of integrity do you use?”

The chairman asked curiously.

“Hmm… . In some ways, you could say he’s similar to the chairman… .”

“With me?”

“Yeah. It’s not like self-harm is necessary, but… . So if a situation arises where you have to confront it, it’s not too wrong to respond based on that premise. ”

I pointed to the last remaining one, Lien Guilard.

“You’re the secretary of the Judith Military School, so you know the president, right? You were originally a master, and you had the master skill of controlling the opponent by feeding them bodily fluids and turning them into puppets… but you lost to Nine. Nine didn’t kill you… but you made it so that you can never become a master again.”

“Is that why you put parentheses in it? So that you don’t have to be careful?”

“Hmm… . It’s not that we don’t need to be vigilant, but it’s not a target that we need to embrace first. It’s important, but… .”

Yuna frowned when I trailed off.

“You don’t want to talk about it.”

“Yeah. If possible, it’s best to not know anything about this. Nine reads the other person’s thoughts. If you don’t know anything at all, the risk of being read is reduced. However… .”

I looked towards the chairman.

“The chairman has a lot to do in front of Nine, so he can’t just ignore it and needs to actively hide his thoughts.”

This is one of the reasons why I want to recruit Nine first. After that, there is a high possibility that a mind reader will appear, and Nine can put up a mental barrier to prevent your thoughts from being read.

Of course, to do that, you have to keep Nine from being able to read your mind, so it becomes a bit like putting a bell around a cat’s neck.

“First, Chairman, give me an excuse to meet with the Judith Military School. While waiting for that, I will train myself to think twice.”

“Doublethink? Is it that simple?”

Well, it’s not easy.

It’s not easy, but the chairman is a genius and… if things don’t work out, he can improvise.

“After all, what is read is surface-level thinking… If something intense dominates your mind, it becomes that much more difficult to read. Fortunately… I know something absolute that dominates the chairman’s mind.”

Without saying anything, the chairman naturally turned his gaze from me to Yuren.

Yeah, that’s it.

“Okay, so now let’s start the headhunting operation at the Judith Military Academy! The key words will be Nine’s love for the cadets, Jaehee’s love for Lien, and the chairman’s love for Yuren.”

“… … … … … … … … … I think my perception of the word love is going to get worse.”

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And a few days later.

I was in front of the main gate of the Judith Military School with the chairman from early in the morning.

There is a regular competition between the two military schools at the end of June. To put it simply, it is a sports competition between the two schools, and I came here under the pretext of discussing the details.

Pointing out doublethink to the chairman… The progress was surprisingly fast, but it wasn’t perfect. So I had to use auxiliary means.

“… Tell me the truth, Seha. You’re holding a grudge about what happened last time.”

“I don’t know what you mean by last time. Okay, don’t think about the distracting things and focus on what’s important. Keep thinking about Yuren. Isn’t that the chairman’s specialty?”

Yes, that’s right.

What is read is surface-level thinking anyway. So, if you are actively and intensely thinking about something, it becomes relatively difficult to read deep thoughts.

Fortunately, the chairman had someone who always thought of him and whose heart beat fast at any time. That person was Yuren.

From the moment I open my eyes in the morning until I fall asleep at night, I think of Yuren. At any moment, Yuren is always in a corner of my mind. Just like in a game where resources are extremely limited and there is only one type of tree, there is always an object called Yuren somewhere in my field of vision.

The chairman, who has been breaking through the daily and extraordinary without any problems, in a way, is like continuously training himself in double thinking.

“That’s not all… . This, this kind of thing… This much… … Even meeting Nine-nim… .”

His face turned completely red, unlike any president.

Of course, that’s natural. The chairman has a lot of toys attached all over his body right now.

Sponsored by Yuren.

I encouraged him by saying, ‘It doesn’t matter if you get caught. In fact, it might be better if you get caught,’ so it seems like the brakes have disappeared from Yuren.

“That’s good. You can’t think of anything else, right? Even Nine probably wouldn’t be able to see through that.”

“… Absolutely… Absolutely this is revenge for what happened last time… .”

“I told you it was a misunderstanding~. If I really wanted revenge, I would have said let’s come in a bunny suit instead of a dress.”

The chairman would look cute in a bunny girl outfit.

It’s a really nice outfit, assuming I’m not wearing it.

Anyway, while the chairman was fidgeting, permission to enter was granted. As I was passing through the main gate and heading towards the student council room of the Judith Military School, I saw a tall female cadet wearing a red sports jacket running across the playground.

Her hair is in a ponytail, and she is wearing spats underneath. Her long, straight legs stretch out, and the distance between them narrows with each step.

I should prepare too.

Her facial expression was calm, and she looked forward with a soft and gentle smile. It was an expression that she had intentionally imitated, and even if no one else noticed, she would notice the similarity.

Before the chairman and I could take even a few steps, the cadet arrived in front of us and stopped.

“Ah, hello! President Ellin!”

“Hello. You were Jaehee, right? Did you come out to meet me?”

“Yes, yes!”

He bowed his head towards Jae-hee, who nodded quickly, surprised that the chairman remembered his name.

“Please be strong. Please take care of me, Jaehee.”

As if it literally embodies the words gentle, feminine, and elegant.

He copied the smile of the girl named Lien that Jaehee liked.

I reached out my hand to Jaehee, who was frozen as if he had been struck by lightning. Embarrassed, I held his hand tightly and shook it lightly.

Then, [Elixir Creation] was activated. [Elixir] and [Arousal Medicine] were directly created and injected into Jaehee’s body. Using ‘Time Activation’, it was set so that a larger amount would take effect as time passed.

I thought as I looked at Jaehee, who was looking at me with blank eyes even after we finished shaking hands and let go.

I thought about the girl who was made a slave by her roommate whom she admired and was toyed with to the fullest, and then suffered because of her burning body even after being liberated.

Love is a poison.

Once you get addicted, you can’t stop.

Those who do not know its sweetness would surely call love an evil.