Chapter 100.1

Chapter 100 – Rule 31: The Leader Restores Order in Academy City (2)

“What on earth… happened here?”

Early morning, Zero Zone.

Police academy investigators in uniform had arrived at the scene. Their mission was to investigate.

Generally, shared zones were initially secured by the police academy. However, the Zero Zone was off-limits by order of the Head Principal, making it impossible for them to even touch the area, let alone secure it.

This time was different.

Due to the large-scale battle that took place, the police academy had swiftly decided to launch an investigation.

The Zero Zone was considered a danger zone, so the investigators were all skilled individuals.

“My god….”

They were stunned as soon as they arrived at the scene.

The zone spanned an area comparable to a small city, and seeing it completely collapsed and reduced to ruins overnight was nothing short of terrifying.

“All of this… you’re saying the Disciplinary Committee Leader of Ahsung High did this?”

Could that even be possible?

How could one person decimate such a vast area in a single night?

“No matter how much he fought the Glutton, could this even be possible…?”

The fact that the one who turned the Zero Zone into a wasteland was Ahsung High’s Disciplinary Committee Leader, Ahn Woo-jin, had become widely known due to the investigation. He had cooperated fully as a key witness.

Yet, no matter how they looked at it, the scene defied all common sense.

“Is this what all Disciplinary Committee Leaders of major academies can do?”

“No way. Stop babbling and focus on the investigation.”

“No, but… wasn’t the Ahsung High Disciplinary Committee Leader only at the 4th Tier last semester? I remember watching that livestream when he fought against Sh dorim!”

“I heard rumors that he had awakened his Unique Ability. He’s likely at least 5th Tier now.”

“5th Tier? Even so, this is ridiculous! This…!”

“I know.”

The senior investigator broke into a cold sweat.

“This is the work of someone at the 7th Tier.”

A Unique Ability that reached the realm of disaster—the 7th Tier.

If the 5th Tier was considered a genius and the 6th Tier a monster, the 7th Tier was regarded as a walking natural disaster. This was not an exaggeration. The evidence lay right before the investigators’ eyes.

“To my knowledge, there are only two 7th Tier individuals in this city. One is Goliath, and the other is the strongest human among the Spartoi. I don’t know their names or abilities.”

“But… aren’t both of them considered urban legends or ghost stories? I can’t wrap my head around this! This is just….”

“Do you think I can understand it? A guy who was 4th Tier just last semester is now on par with those two?”

“Could it be that some sort of… blockage was cleared, like in martial arts novels? You know, the kind of thing where someone destined to be a monster seems stagnant because their growth demands too much experience? I heard Ahsung High’s Disciplinary Committee Leader was exceptionally strong even as a 4th Tier. He’s also the one who took down the Necromancer and Technomancer among the Six Sinners.”

The senior investigator let out a deep sigh.

“Ha, I don’t know. If Ahsung High’s Disciplinary Committee Leader has truly reached the 7th Tier, who knows what will happen next or if we’ll be able to handle it…. Forget it. This is a whole other level. Let’s just focus on our jobs and save the shock for when we have the full picture.”

“Y-Yes, sir…!”

The investigators hurried their steps toward the abandoned hospital, the location described in Woo-jin’s statement.

But then, they stopped at a certain section.

“What the….”

There were two strangely intact areas.

A very small piece of ground and the abandoned hospital.

These clues left the investigators horrified.

The devastation of the Zero Zone wasn’t the result of a random unleashing of overwhelming firepower.

It was evidence that the destruction had been caused by ‘perfectly controlled’ power.

“This is insane….”

The investigators couldn’t help but wonder what kind of existence Ahn Woo-jin, the Ahsung High Disciplinary Committee Leader, had become and just how terrifying a Unique Ability reaching the level of a calamity could be.

…

“Suspension of activities?”

Ahsung High Disciplinary Committee office.

A notice had just arrived from the Hanyang Federal Academy.

Ha Yesong, who was reading the notice late, couldn’t contain her surprise.

“Until they decide whether it was excessive self-defense? And they’re treating Baek-seo as the acting Leader in the meantime? Does that mean the Leader can’t be the Disciplinary Committee Leader anymore!?”

“There’s a time limit, so he just can’t be active for now. His position is still intact.”

“What the…! Until when!?”

Park Minhyuk held his forehead, answering in a trembling voice.

“I don’t know…. Once the police academy finishes their investigation, they’ll forward the case to the prosecutor’s office at the judicial academy. Since the case is serious, he’ll definitely be indicted, and until the final verdict, the Leader will be treated as a defendant…. Even without this order, he wouldn’t be able to be active since he’s detained. It feels like a warning to us not to make any moves.”

“Well, that’s just encouraging!”

Yesong snapped back, her tone sarcastic.

“That’s the reality….”

“What did the Leader even do wrong!? The Glutton tried to kill him first, and he just fought back!”

“Technically, it was still a killing….”

Ahn Woo-jin was facing charges of murder in the Glutton incident.

However, considering that the Glutton tried to kill Woo-jin first and that Woo-jin acted in self-defense while fulfilling his duties as Disciplinary Committee Leader, the primary issue would be whether it was excessive self-defense.

“If we can prove that he had no choice because the Glutton was too powerful, that would help, but… in the worst case, the charges could change to manslaughter or negligence causing death. If that happens, it’s dangerous.”

“Argh! Stop with the doom and gloom! Haven’t you heard of self-defense!? Do you want to keep arguing!?”

Minhyuk shook his head.

“If it’s determined that he could have subdued him, self-defense won’t be recognized. You know it’s hard for self-defense to be accepted in the first place.”

“I don’t care! Didn’t the Glutton go all out to kill the Leader with insane power? The Leader was caught in an unstoppable Magic Technique! He had no choice but to fight back and kill the Glutton! How can this not be self-defense…!”

“That’s why self-defense is so criticized…. The precedents left by judges before they were replaced by AI….”

“The law’s a mess! The judges must have wanted to learn the hard way if they had to experience it themselves! …Wait. What are you looking at?”

Minhyuk was reading documents with his glasses on.