episode_0015

“Today I’m going to record you and I sparring.”

“Why is it suddenly a recording concept?”

As usual, he was an old man with disheveled hair and an unshaven beard.

The baggy tracksuit that the old man is wearing now feels familiar to me now that I see it every time.

“This time, I’m going to use one of my abilities, so if you hit me even once, it’ll count as a success.”

“No, fuck, now you’re saying you’re going to beat me with your skills. Isn’t that too much? How can I hit you?”

“Shut up and listen.”

“……”

However, unlike usual, the old man’s voice was very serious.

The old man was looking at me with a rather unbalanced combination of a languid expression and sharp eyes.

“The ability I’m using now is the ability to control objects.”

There was no change in the tone or tone of voice as he spoke.

But the atmosphere now was very different from usual.

It felt sharp and cold.

It feels like I might get cut by a knife.

The old man picked up the weapons cabinet in the training ground and turned it over.

The various weapons in the storage box scattered across the training ground with a thud.

The old man spoke while rummaging through a pile of weapons.

“My ability is subject to many conditions, but it is effective. Listen carefully.

An object with two 4cm straight lines drawn at a distance of 1.3cm is placed under my control. ”

It was an old man who picked up a longsword, examined the blade, and then roughly threw it away.

“I can control objects under the given conditions to the extent that my calculations allow.

Be careful, the speed and power at this time are the same as when I grabbed the object and used it myself. ”

The number of selected swords has now exceeded four.

But the old man continued to rummage through the pile of weapons.

“I’ll also tell you the characteristics. Objects that are under my control and then leave it won’t fall to the ground. They’ll stay fixed in that position.

Lastly, the control range is 10m around me. It’s impossible to keep a distance, so deal with it as you see fit. ”

The moment the eight swords were selected, the old man’s explanation stopped.

The appearance was quite different from usual.

A weapon that is actually meant to kill people.

Now he’s trying to use his powers against me and throw it at me.

The man began to draw two sharp, straight lines with a magic marker along the lower part of the black mask.

Not long after, the old man drew two solid lines on the last sword.

Then, eight real swords slowly rose into the air.

Before I knew it, eight real swords surrounded me from all sides, their tips pointed at me.

At the same time, the old man held another real sword in his hand.

Only when everything was ready did the old man activate the training system.

“Let’s get started.”

As soon as I finished speaking, eight swords simultaneously pierced my body.

I was already rolling forward, as I had some idea that he was going to attack right away.

It probably didn’t mean anything, but I felt wronged so I vented a little to the old man.

“Give me some time to grab my weapon.”

“How many kids are there who will wait in real life?”

I quickly picked up a longsword with my right hand while dodging the flying swords.

And when he rose again, he picked up a mace with his left hand.

Even if you try to distance yourself, you will only be held back.

I quickly shot my body forward.

As soon as he reached the old man, he stepped on his right foot and attempted to stab him in the stomach with his longsword.

– Hey!

Before I knew it, a flying blade blocked my stabbing path.

I bent my right arm and struck the blade of the sword that had stopped me hard with my elbow.

Without killing the inertia of the body that occurred while striking, he makes a large turn around his right foot and strikes the mace in his left hand.

– Bang!!!!

As expected, another sword flew in and blocked my attack.

A strong attack that was louder and caused sparks to fly compared to when stabbed with a longsword.

But it was far from a valid hit.

Any further approach was abandoned.

After all, if the swords floating in the air surround the old man, there is no way to attack him.

Instead, I backstepped and attacked the lower part of the sword blocking my way with my longsword.

The part you are aiming for is the line drawn with magic.

With a “Clang” sound of swords clashing, the distance between me and the old man was restored to its original state.

“Yeah. It’s not bad to be wary of my abilities and try to nullify them.”

“How do I break through it!”

“If you can’t get through it, you have to die.”

Six swords rushed at me.

But this time, it wasn’t a simple stab like before.

Some are cutting. Some are stabbing.

Randomly, as if each sword had its own will.

And then it flew by in time.

I flew to the right, knocking away two swords that flew in a slashing motion, and ran forward once more.

no.

I tried to run.

A sword suddenly swung vertically out of my sight, stopping my movements.

The black sword that flew in like that pierced my right forearm.

– Phew!

“Fuck, this fucking hurts!”

“It’s fine to clear it away, but the sword you attacked earlier is still under my control.”

“No, shit. Isn’t this a real scam?”

The sword that had stabbed my forearm was quickly pulled out of my arm.

And he was standing in front of me, blocking me as if protecting the old man.

I took a deep breath and assessed the current situation.

My left hand is still fine.

The wound that was just pierced through my right hand was more serious than I thought.

You may be able to wield the sword, but you won’t be as strong as usual.

He held the sword with his right arm down and trembling.

Blood began to flow from the arm that had been pierced.

Before I knew it, the area below my right elbow was soaked with blood.

“So think carefully and avoid it.”

“Stop talking nonsense that is out of your conscience.”

He held the sword tightly as it was about to slip because of the blood soaking his right hand.

This time I bounced to the left.

In response, six swords attempted to block my path.

Two from each side, towards the ankle of the left leg that is about to take a step forward.

The rest are respectively towards the neck, right shoulder, left thigh, and abdomen.

I stepped forward half a beat faster with my left foot.

I felt a sharp pressure on my left ankle.

He immediately twisted his body and threw himself sharply to the right.

– Shaak.

– Boohoo.

– Brim.

There was a thin cut on the left calf.

It was a sharp attack aimed at the moment when the direction changed abruptly from left to right.

But this much was okay.

Because it didn’t affect the movement.

The rest of the swords either cut precariously through the air or were buried deep in the ground.

This time, I stepped onto my right ankle and shot my body to the left again.

I resist the inertia of being pushed away and quickly approach the old man.

“That wasn’t so bad just now.”

“Then just give me this once.”

I stepped out with my left foot without killing the acceleration.

At the same time, he swung his sword with all his might.

– bang!!!!!!!!

Sparks flew with a loud cracking sound.

I think the old man also judged it to be dangerous because the speed had increased compared to before.

This time, four swords flew in and blocked my attack.

As if that wasn’t enough, the sword the old man was holding was also overlapped.

“This kid, his strength is so stupid.”

It looked as if he had struck with a mace rather than a sword.

But the valid hit has not been entered yet.

Without stopping, he pulled his right foot forward and jumped, stepping on the overlapping swords.

And the moment he was about to bring the mace in his left hand down from above.

– rustle

Two swords that were not embedded in the ground flew in and cleanly cut off my left arm below the shoulder.

“Ugh.”

“If you can’t get through it, you’ll fall behind.”

“The difficulty is really fucking hard.”

I held back a rising scream and swung my arm, which was still slightly below my shoulder.

As if you have arms even though you don’t have any.

Then, blood spurted out from the severed left arm.

– Bam!!

“What the fuck?”

As if he hadn’t expected this, the old man’s vision was momentarily obscured.

It was an opportunity.

I rolled forward in the air and grabbed the old man from behind.

And then he suddenly thrust his sword towards the spine.

– Pok

– Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

The sword gently stabbed into the old man’s back.

I intended to dig deeper, but two issues made that difficult.

One is that my right hand was already injured, so I couldn’t exert enough strength.

The other is that six swords were fired in anticipation of the attack and struck the sword face.

However, it was not enough to miss.

That was enough.

I feel the sensation of the sword touching my bone at my fingertips and focus again.

It’s already a success since I’ve already stabbed him, but I’m pissed because I’ve been hurt so much that it’s ending like this.

As I stepped back slightly, the old man spoke to me in a surprised tone.

“You got stabbed? Congratulations. You passed.”

“Get behind!!!!!”

“That won’t do.”

At the old man’s words, eight swords began to stab my body without mercy.

But the crazy adrenaline rush made me forget the pain for a moment.

A brief reprieve was given.

That was enough.

I quickly stepped on my right foot.

In that state, he rotated his body greatly and attempted a back kick with his left foot.

The target of the kick is the pommel of the longsword.

– Phew!!!!!!!

The sword that was lightly stuck in the old man’s back suddenly received strength.

Just as a hammer can drive a nail into a hole, my sword pierced through the old man’s body in one blow.

“I got it, you piece of shit.”

At that moment, I suddenly felt dizzy.

Could it be anemia due to losing too much blood?

Or maybe the tension in my body has been released.

Either way, I couldn’t stand it any longer.

Unlike the old man who was standing upright, I slowly fell down and soon passed out.

Just before I passed out, I thought I heard the old man’s words.

“You’re a bad boy. Are you really going to break through it?”

As the sparring system ended, a sudden silence fell on the sparring arena.

In the silence, only the sound of recording ending rang out hollowly.

***

“What do you think? When you saw it?”

“It’s Ryu Kang-hyuk.”

“That’s right. Even so, the number of weapons is less than a quarter of my limit. And I only used one ability.”

“Still, that speed and power are clearly Ryu Kang-hyeok’s limits.”

As the video ended, Chairman Jang In-hyeok rested his chin on his hands and said,

“Would you like to see the last part in more detail?”

“Why is that?”

“Look at my hands instead of kicking.”

It was the secretary who started to play the video slowly by rewinding it slightly.

While watching the video, Jang In-hyeok quietly said in a tone of interest.

“He’s erasing the mark with the blood on his right hand.”

“What does that mean….ah.”

“I like you because you understand things quickly. That’s why I brought you on as my secretary.”

Jang In-hyeok, whose mouth was getting bored, soon waved his hand on the desk.

Immediately afterwards, he stuffed the cheap lokum he had in his hand into his mouth.

“In case the attack fails, you might want to erase the mark on the sword and use it as is.”

“That doesn’t seem like something you would have thought of. It seems more like instinct.”

“I don’t know what it’s like in reality, but just looking at it, I can already see the possibility.”

“With that level of movement and reflexes, you’d be gold level.”

Then Jang In-hyeok burst out laughing.

“The person who gave Ryu Kang-hyeok a piece of bread is a freshman I admitted.”

“……Huh?”

The secretary, who had been maintaining her composure, showed signs of agitation for the first time.

Jang In-hyeok smiled with satisfaction after seeing that.

“You’re an incompetent who hasn’t even awakened a simple ability.”

“Is it possible for someone like that to land a valid blow to Ryu Kang-hyeok?”

“If it weren’t possible, there wouldn’t be a video like this, and I wouldn’t have decided to admit you.”

It was only then that the secretary showed an expression that seemed to have understood something.

“…So you admitted that student.”

“Hahaha. Aren’t you curious?”

Jang In-hyeok looked out the window with eyes that seemed to recall something.

Is it a nostalgia for the past? Or is it a rumination on a bad relationship that suddenly came to mind?

Only Jang In-hyeok will know.

“What if someone with that level of incompetence were to awaken their abilities?”

“It may be presumptuous, but statistically it has been shown that the awakening of abilities occurs only before the age of 20.”

“Yeah, that’s right. But isn’t there a “what if”?”

“That won’t happen.”

Jang In-hyeok cut off his secretary’s words by getting up from his seat.

And it was Jang In-hyeok walking slowly to go out the door.

“Think of it as a small expectation of an old person.”

“…”

“And the main character of this sparring is that student.”

“Are you talking about a ridiculous odds game that exploits loopholes in the rules?”

The secretary, who rarely shows her emotions, snapped at him particularly harshly.

Jang In-hyeok smiled brightly as he turned to his secretary instead of opening the door.

“You. It was arranged?”

“……”

“Thanks to you, I made some money. Other old people must be crying tears of blood. Hahaha.”

Chairman Jang In-hyeok went out, but his secretary stayed in that spot for a long time.

Only the secretary knows whether the reason for the pause was surprise or sadness due to the arrangement.

***

“Shinwoo, you really don’t know anything?”

“I don’t remember a single thing since I came here. I forgot everything. I’m screwed.”

“I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life, so you won’t get dementia, right?”

“…Hyeji? Why is the topic suddenly getting heavy again? I’m still in my 20s.”

In the end, I didn’t tell Hyeji that I didn’t take the test.

It’s not that I don’t believe in Hyeji.

However, I thought I should at least be careful because I didn’t know how rumors would spread.

‘There should be a believer in the fuck.’

I was trying to study again in my spare time.

No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like these were definitely not the kinds of theories that could be learned in a short period of time.

‘There are no normal hunters because they stuff theories like this into their heads.’

Of course, the only hunter I met was Mr. Kang Hyuk, but he wasn’t in his right mind either.

It wasn’t until recently that I was finally able to hit him a little.

Before that, he was a crazy guy who would beat me up while laughing.

Even though I fucking hate you, you should be thankful to me.

Soon, Mom Dispenser will be going to see her magnificent older sister naked in doggy style.

Why?

I got a hint.

I said it was a matchmaking thing to Hyeji earlier, but it feels like season 2 of The Reverse Knight of the Training Ground.