episode_0015

Famous strong figures in Academy City are given appropriate ‘star names’.

A representative example was Oh Baek-seo, the military leader and strongest person at Aseong High School, and an unselected genius.

Her nickname is ‘Daehan Hojeop (大韓蝴蝶)’.

The same goes for Mahyeon High School. Separate from the student council president, who was the representative of the military, Lee Je-ho, leader of the leadership team, had a special nickname.

His nickname is ‘Amunjang (巖雲將)’.

Ahn Woo-jin was almost dizzy at the thought of arm wrestling with an opponent with a star name.

However, I couldn’t back down.

“The match is a one-shot match.”

Host Shin Ga-yeon folded her hands on top of Ahn Woo-jin and Lee Je-ho’s joined hands.

“If you try to use any other technique, such as ‘magic style’, other than strengthening your body with magic power, you will be immediately eliminated. Please keep this in mind.”

Magic formula refers to a technique derived from developing unique abilities.

It was a story that had nothing to do with Woojin, who does not have any unique abilities.

“The table is made from magic gemstone, which is famous for being the hardest, by applying magical power to it, so it is very sturdy, so you don’t have to worry about it breaking. Unless you decide to break it.”

Woojin and Jeho shook their heads in shock.

The two people’s plan to nullify the game by breaking the table without notice if they thought they were going to lose was shattered.

“Well, that doesn’t matter! No matter what happens to the table, do you think it will affect our game?”

“Even if the table was broken, the game would have continued.”

Since the table was not going to break anyway, the two people showed off their gladiator mentality and bluffed.

“You both have a great competitive spirit.”

Host Ga-yeon lifted her glasses and nodded.

Jeho is drooling.

He shouted irritably, intent on removing the bull’s horn as quickly as possible.

“Hurry up and announce the start of the duel, Vice Commander!”

There was no escape route.

All that’s left is to move forward.

“This is ‘Gyeonggi’, manager. Not a ‘duel’.”

“Anyway… !”

“Yes, then get ready.”

Woojin and Jeho focused on their joined hands.

The honor of each person as a leader was at stake in their hands.

“Game, start!”

Finally, host Ga-yeon shouted and pulled out both hands, and immediately the veins on Woo-jin and Je-ho’s arms stood out.

Ouch! They strengthened their bodies by pouring out magical energy and put all their strength into their arms.

“Keuuu… !”

“Kwaaah… !”

Two people showing off their spirit.

An exciting power struggle began.

Kugugu… !

The ground begins to vibrate more and more.

“What, earthquake?”

“It feels like the air is shaking… .”

The students whispered.

Kugugu… !

Tables, dishes, and glasses slowly shaking.

The tremors gradually spread and affected the banquet hall.

yet.

Clink!

“Aaaah!”

“The glass is broken!?”

“And the dishes!?”

Starting with the two managers arm wrestling, glasses and dishes were broken one by one like dominoes.

“Kwaaah… !”

“Ugh… !”

Woojin and Jeho opened their eyes wide and continued their power struggle.

Kugoogung! Even though they simply poured out magical energy to strengthen their bodies, the magical energy of the two people flowing through their skin collided, causing a violent reaction and spreading waves around them.

The waves rose violently and were accompanied by bitter strong winds. Padda-dak! Dubujang’s hair and clothes were constantly fluttering like a flag facing a typhoon.

The stage equipment collapsed, and the remains were helplessly pushed away by the magic waves generated by the arm wrestling.

Meanwhile, Woojin and Jeho continued to arm wrestle with all their might.

“Asung High School’s leading manager… , I’m not being pushed back at all!”

“Our manager, you have no problem even against the dark cloud leader?”

“Amazing… .”

The students could not keep their mouths shut.

‘What on earth is this, you bastard!? It doesn’t even budge… !?’

Jeho was amazed at Woojin’s arms, which were holding on as firmly as an iron fortress.

The same goes for the clash of magical powers.

Even though the magic power was colliding with each other, Woojin was not pushed back at all.

Arm strength and horsepower density.

It was difficult to see this as something from the 4th tier.

Did you deceive the hierarchy?

no.

People with unique abilities can instinctively distinguish between people with unique abilities.

It is only confirmed later that he does not use his unique ability.

However, Woojin did not feel that feeling at all.

This man clearly has not reached the fifth rank.

‘How can this be the 4th egg? !’

Jeho recalled the sparring between Woojin and Shinso.

Woojin’s magical power was truly at the level of art.

In particular, concentrating lightning magic and extinguishing it as a shock wave was an unusual feat.

In such sophisticated techniques, Jeho judged that Woojin was superior to him.

However, Jeho himself thought that he would have the upper hand in terms of magical power density and magical power.

Generally, the higher the hierarchy, the superior the level of magical power.

It was common knowledge that the gap in first rank alone was enormous.

However, Woojin was different.

It seemed as if they were mocking that common sense.

How much magical power does he have that he can’t be defeated even by someone who is one level higher than him?

Jeho could not contain his astonishment.

‘I know one thing for sure… !’

Jeho’s doubts about Woojin turned into confidence.

‘This guy isn’t just a strong 4th tier guy. It is a vessel that will become a monster… !’

Suddenly, the images of heroes he had seen in fairy tales appeared in Jeho’s mind.

Historical heroes who established the operation to suppress the Golden Sheep.

It was ‘Argonaut’, which reached the 8th rank among mankind.

Jeho loved the history of the Argonauts and memorized their biographies in detail.

So I found out.

It took Argonaut much longer than other geniuses to reach the 5th rank.

He had already stood out since he was in the 4th rank.

The more outstanding your natural ability, the more time and effort you have to spend to realize that ability.

This is because the achievement conditions are strict.

For a person with excessively high talent like Oh Baek-seo, the time and effort required would be shortened, but no matter how you looked at it, Ahn Woo-jin did not seem to be inferior to Oh Baek-seo.

Rather, if the 4th rank was like this, there was a high possibility that he had a talent that surpassed even the Five Hundredseo.

‘This guy will soon reach the 5th rank.’

Having achieved this much in the 4th rank, Woojin’s talent would most likely have surpassed the barrier of the 5th rank.

‘If this guy is Argonaut level… .’

The state of a hero.

Woojin might become a giant who could turn Academy City upside down.

Kugugoogung!

“The ground… !”

“Everyone avoid it!”

The wave of magic spread everywhere and the ground was crushed.

All the leading members fled.

Quagang! Woojin and Jeho were startled when the stage floor shattered and fell apart, but they quickly came to their senses and continued arm wrestling.

The Quagga River!

The aftermath of the arm wrestling created a storm that sent debris from the stage floor flying in all directions.

Soon, only Woojin, Jeho, and their vice president, who continue their fierce arm wrestling, remain in the banquet hall.

“Off!”

Jeho’s arm gradually went backwards.

‘no. Can not be done… !’

Jeho put all his strength into the mokuldae.

“… !”

Slowly, the two men’s arms return to the battlefield in the center of the table.

Let’s go!

“Ugh… !”

Wave after wave of magic surged around them, shaking the air.

Baek Seo and Ga Yeon, who were nearby, had to take out their weapons and take a defensive stance to withstand the shock of magical power.

“It’s scary… .”

“Is this real arm wrestling? !”

The leadership team members swallowed dry saliva and watched the two managers arm wrestling from afar.

The leading members could not guess what kind of outcome they would face if they even got close to them.

Even if the 4th tier are put together, or even if most of the 5th tier are put together, that level of power will never be achieved.

That was a decisive battle that only those ranked high among the five ranks could participate in.

Moreover, isn’t one of them Ahn Woo-jin from the 4th rank?

It was unbelievable.

“Hey, Manager Ahn Woo-jin… ! You look a little tired? Now stop struggling in vain and give up, right? Huh!?”

Jeho provoked while breaking into a cold sweat.

“That’s funny… . Director Lee Je-ho, do you know that the blood in your neck is sticking out like it’s about to explode…? !?”

“That’s the nature of my body… ! Even if you apply a little pressure, the veins are clearly visible… ! If you have low body fat like me, that’s what happens!”

“I guess you don’t remember that you almost missed it a little while ago?”

“I was just relaxing for a moment because a funny thought occurred to me… ! In the end, you couldn’t get over my arm!?”

“Bullshit… !”

Woojin and Jeho made an effort to smile.

‘Please move on!’

‘Let me live!’

The two people cried out desperately in their hearts.

We both felt like crying.

‘It can’t go on like this.’

Woojin thought.

A converting blow was needed.

A flash of light flashed through my mind, as if my brain had treated the realization that if I were to lose here, my reputation as leader would fall to my death.

“!”

Woojin snatched up a piece of game knowledge out of nowhere.

─ ‘I only attended the exchange meeting following the instructions of the student council president.’

The reason Lee Je-ho attended this exchange meeting.

That’s because of the student council president’s instructions.

The student council president is Lee Je-ho’s older sister.

and.

‘right. This bastard was a siscom!’

Jeho, a siscom, must have been unable to resist his sister’s wishes and attended this event.

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

Woojin said that thought out loud without any filtering.

“Director Lee Je-ho, you said you were here because of the student council president’s instructions!?”

Woojin had to raise his voice because of the violent waves caused by arm wrestling.

“What’s wrong with that!?”

“You are the student council president’s younger brother… ! Well, you have to follow whatever your sister wants, right? Even if you have to hold an exchange meeting with us who you hate?”

Woojin laughed as if it was ridiculous.

“Is it a siscom?”

As Woojin expected, Jeho’s face turned red.

Jeho had often heard the insulting term “siscom,” but he never imagined he would hear it directly from Woojin’s mouth.

He got angry.

“What are you talking about? ! How dare you… ! Ugh!”

Jeho could not continue speaking.

This was because Woojin strengthened his arms while he was momentarily distracted from excitement.

Jeho lost his pace and his arms began to gradually fall back.

“Keuuk… ! Cowardly child… !”

Jeho couldn’t lose either.

“Then aren’t you embarrassed to have become a manager while being hidden in the shadow of Oh Baek-seo!?”

“What… ?”

“At least he should have proven that he is more capable than Oh Baek-seo and become a manager… ! Don’t you think it’s a nuisance to Aseong High School!?”

Jeho dug into Woojin’s weaknesses.

I was definitely thinking that there was a reason why Woojin took the position of manager, but that was the only means of attack that immediately came to mind.

“Vice Minister Oh Baek-seo must also feel skeptical… ! You have to make someone weaker than yourself the manager! I have constantly proven my strength so that I can be proud of our leadership! Unlike you!”

“What should I do… !”

Jeho then shouted.

“Right now, look at our vice president! The most intelligent and talented person is watching my back! Because I have proven my abilities… !”

“That’s funny… !I think I haven’t done anything… !? And Ji-sung, our vice-president, doesn’t lose either… ! Even to the vice-president you brag about so much!”

“What!? Huh!”

Due to the intense secretion of adrenaline, the two people felt a strong desire to compete.

In the end, a cross vein appeared on Jeho’s forehead due to Woojin’s comment.

“Are you trying to say that our vice-chief’s intelligence is inferior to that of your vice-chief!?”

“You probably know the reputation of our Vice President… !?”

The student council presidents had a troubled look on their faces.

This was because the two managers realized that things had gone wrong when they started arguing and growling.

The leadership team members watched the two managers with excitement and excitement while chewing popcorn.

In front of that scene, both leaders were in unison like audience members sitting in front of a movie theater screen.

“Huh! Our vice-president is wise and intelligent! Glasses can’t look good on him like that! This means that she is the best husband and wife with both beauty and intelligence! Do you think our Vice President will fall behind Vice President Oh Baek-seo!?”

“Our vice-president is also a complete person with both beauty and intelligence… … !”

“Our vice-president is the best supporter… … !”

“Our vice president is the strongest person of Asung High School in name and reality… … !”

The argument between the two managers led to them bragging about each other as vice managers.

Gradually, the expressions of the two vice presidents began to change.

Shin Ga-yeon’s face turned red. It seemed like heat was radiating from his face.

Oh Baek-seo tried hard to keep a gentle smile, but she couldn’t stop the corners of her mouth from twitching. Even she couldn’t calm her expression.

The war of words between the two managers was causing them a fatal sense of shame and disgust.

Eventually, something exploded.

“Our Ga-yeon is… !”

“That’s it!!!”

Kwaang!!

“Phew!”

A large iron hammer that suddenly grew in size sent Jeho flying. It was engulfed in magical power, and its power was incredible.

Jeho’s body violently flew through the air and rolled mercilessly on the ground. Only after he finally hit the wall was his body able to stop.

Because his body had already been strengthened with magical power, Jeho did not suffer much damage. His excellent skills also played a part. However, the mental damage was considerable.

Jeho looked confused and stared blankly at the stage.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok… !”

Ga-yeon, holding a large two-handed hammer, was catching her breath with a face as red as a ripe apple.

Her patience, which had been calm at every moment, had finally reached its limit.

“Department, the manager… ! Are you really planning to kill me!?”

Ga-yeon screamed loudly with an excited face.

The voice screeched. That’s how much she couldn’t calm her emotions. There were even tears in the corners of my eyes.

Only then did Jeho regain his senses and realize that he had made a mistake.

“… … ?”

What happened?

Woojin had to be caught in confusion for a moment.

Soon, someone gently grabbed Woojin’s collar and pulled it little by little.

“?”

Woojin looked back at the person holding his collar.

It was five hundred books.

“Manager, can you stop now?”

The white paper was smiling its usual gentle smile, but the corners of its mouth kept twitching.

The voice was generous, but Woojin felt an unknown, bloody energy.

“Oh wow.”

“This can’t be right… .”

“Oh my god… .”

The leadership team members all expressed their bewilderment at the unexpected results.

The same was true for the music school.

They couldn’t even think about continuing to play.

For a while, the banquet hall was filled with silence.

… …

the next day.

[ Recreation results ]

─ Asung High School wins.

─ Mahyeon High School lost.

Lee Je-ho obediently admitted his defeat.

Because I couldn’t control my excitement, I made a mistake and damaged the spirit of my husband-in-law.

There was no need to say anything about the intervention of the vice president.

However, since it was not actually the result of an honest confrontation, there was no perception that one side was weaker.

“It was amazing… .”

“As expected, Manager Ahn Woo-jin does not seem to be an ordinary 4th rank person.”

“You were on a par with that dark luck leader!?”

“Really, you didn’t become the manager through cowardice?”

The sight the leaders saw spread as a rumor throughout the school.

The students who still had doubts about Woojin becoming the leader began to re-evaluate him after hearing the news about the exchange meeting.

Besides that.

“I heard that Mahyeon High School lost?”

“Vice President Oh Baek-seo didn’t even come forward.”

“But the senior manager and the deputy manager, are you dating?”

“You two hang out together every day. It’s not like I have feelings for you.”

“Yesterday, the vice-president was proud… .It even made me cringe.”

“It just happened when the head of the dark clouds and I were bragging to each other about being the head of the wife. I think that seeing it as dating is an extended interpretation.”

“It must have been because of the desire to win.”

Inside Aseong High School, stories about the leadership team were on the students’ lips.

* * *

The leadership team’s executive office was filled with silence and the scent of coffee beans.

I put my coffee cup down next to me, reviewed the documents, and started signing the signature line with my name engraved on it.

“… … .”

Soon, the pen stopped.

It was because I remembered what happened yesterday.

My head was lowered.

thud!

I hit my forehead on the desk.

‘Let’s die.’

I didn’t have the confidence to live with this shame.

I was criticized by the student council president, asking what would happen if we fought at the exchange meeting. The situation seemed to be the same at Maheon High School.

It didn’t matter.

The match ended in Asung High School’s victory.

That didn’t matter either.

… No. Does it matter?

Anyway, yesterday I put a lot of pressure on the white paper.

I feel sorry.

‘How do you look at the white paper now?’ .’

I should have maintained my sense of reason.

No matter how much I regretted it, I couldn’t rewind the past.

at that time.

Rattling.

At the sound of the executive office door opening, I quickly raised my upper body and assumed an upright posture.

Because as a leading manager, I can’t show a disheveled appearance.

The person who opened the door and came in was Oh Baek-seo.

“Chief couple? Hello… .”

“Good morning.”

The white paper smiled kindly and accepted my greeting.

‘Should I apologize for what happened yesterday…? ?’

This is a topic that is difficult to bring up again.

Should I really apologize?

Wouldn’t they rather want the white paper buried?

While I was thinking about it, a rectangular box holding a white paper suddenly caught my eye.

“What is that?”

“This?”

White Paper put the gift box down on my desk.

“A gift from Mahyeon High School. A Mahyeon High School student gave it to me.”

“Gift?”

On the invoice, the leader of the guidance department at Mahyeon High School was listed as the sender, and the leader of the guidance department at Asung High School was listed as the recipient.

The size of the box was quite large.

“Why was the transaction sent?”

“Did you not check your email?”

“Not yet.”

“I checked it with the manager’s email. They said it was sent to congratulate us on winning?”

“Hmm.”

I went online and checked the email from Lee Je-ho.

─ Sender: Lee Je-ho

─ Recipient: Ahn Woo-jin

Hello, Asung High School leader.

This is Lee Je-ho, leader of the leadership team at Mahyeon High School.

We would like to express our gratitude to you for warmly welcoming our Mahyeon High School leaders through the exchange meeting.

We also send you gifts to celebrate your recreational victories.

I would appreciate it if you could please accept it.

Have a good day.

‘this… . It means to ask you to zip your mouth.’

I was able to figure it out clearly.

As a result of this exchange meeting, the image of Maheon High School’s leadership team suffered a major blow.

So, it was clear that the leadership was asking the leadership not to reveal anything about this exchange meeting in the future.

‘I didn’t intend to make a fuss in the first place.’

I had no intention of taking the lead in lowering the reputation of other leaders.

“I heard you also got a gift from the student council president?”

“I guess so.”

I talked to the white paper and opened the gift box.

Squeak.

A sense of luxury emerged.

I opened the lid.

‘oh?’

What was inside the box was a long pole with a handle.

It was similar in size to the triple pole I usually use.

It was similar in shape to a lightning rod, but had a neat design, and the iron bar could be inserted into the handle like a three-stage bar.

I immediately recognized what it was.

‘It’s Byeokchulbong (霹畜棒)… ?’

It was a rare magic tool that had the function of storing lightning magic power and then releasing it when the owner of the magic wanted.

Although I could use lightning magic through a triple wand with a magic circuit, I could only do a very small amount of spewing lightning outward.

In other words, it was a very useful magic tool for me.

‘It’s amazing… . Anyway, how can something like this… ?’

I was skeptical because it was an overly luxurious gift for hush money, but I soon realized the answer.

‘Ah. The student council president must have had some influence.’

It was the student council president of Mahyeon High School who wanted to become closer to the leaders of Aseong High School through this exchange meeting.

It was probably a gift she sent with Lee Je-ho.

In other words, the meaning of ‘Let’s stop fighting anymore and become friends’ was also contained in this magic tool gift.

“You gave me something very good… ? I will send you a reply saying thank you.”

“I’ll send it to you. It’s a gift to me.”

“Okay.”

White Paper nodded.

“And… .”

One after another, White Paper took something out of his arms and placed it on my desk.

“This is my reward.”

“Huh? Ah.”

right.

I remembered that Baek Seo said he would give me a prize if I beat Lee Je-ho.

I immediately realized that the stockings mentioned as an award yesterday were nothing more than a provocative joke.

What is the real prize?

I saw it in my two eyes.

‘card?’

I saw a pretty card.

The white paper was handmade by cutting card stock.

I read what was written on the card.

[Right to use Five White Papers]

─ No. 1, you can rest your head on Oh Baek-seo’s lap and receive [Ear Crushing]. The effect of this card is not negated.

※ Only available to Manager Woojin Ahn

“… … .”

Something like this… You didn’t expect it at all?

It’s not really on the same level as the joke I told yesterday, but it’s still pretty embarrassing… ?

“Uh… , thanks. I’ll write well.”

“Yes. Use it when you need it.”

White Paper smiled brightly and headed to the sofa.

It seemed like he didn’t even care.

I don’t know if it was because of his mood, but the white paper’s ears seemed redder than usual.

Soon she quickly swept her hair down and covered her ears. So I couldn’t look closely.

Anyway, I stared at the card for a while.

No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like it was just a prank.

‘uh?’

At that time, a question passed through my mind like a thunderbolt.

‘if… ‘Boss, do you have a crush on me?’

It was a reasonable guess.

The same goes for the strong joke I made yesterday.

They even gave him the shameful right to use a hearing aid.

‘I can’t do this to someone I don’t like… !’

There is a best way to check your heart.

The natural thing to do is to ask for a date.

So I tried to call for a white paper.

“100… .”

“Yesterday.”

White Paper’s voice cut off my call.

“The manager had a new thought that I should take care of him as expected.”

The white paper looked back at me.

The usual smile was on his face.

“You heard my boast. Is the manager looking at me like that?”

“That’s right… .”

White Paper smiled brightly, like a flower bud blooming.

“The manager is also important to me. Also good as a leader teammate.”

“… … .”

I swallowed my breath.

Gratitude and ambiguity simultaneously settled in my heart.

“Okay… . I’m glad you think so.”

I raised the corners of my mouth and nodded to return the smile.

The white paper’s head turned again.

‘Whoa.’

A silent sigh escaped between my teeth without any will.

Two expressions were filling my head: ‘As expected, I should take care of him’ and ‘He’s good as a colleague.’

‘Right… . Just like a boss takes care of his subordinates, like a mother takes care of her son… . It might be that kind of feeling.’

I seemed to be recognized as a ‘manager who needed to be taken care of’ by White Paper.

This was an issue that scratched my pride before considering whether I liked it or not.

A feeling of despair comes over me.

‘Let’s stop drinking kimchi soup first…’ .’

Do you like it or not?

Within the same organization, it is better not to touch on these issues unless you are sure.

There is a risk that the relationship between friends and colleagues may become awkward.

Let’s stop thinking nonsense.

First of all, I will need to strengthen my position as manager.

So that we can overturn the white paper’s perception of a ‘manager who needs to be taken care of’.

“… … .”

Today, White Paper brushed out her hair more than usual.

This is a white paper who always tucks one side of her hair behind her ear.

But for some reason, today she had her hair covering both ears the entire time she was in the clubroom.