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Since the leader group is a large-scale armed force group, they do not miss tests that are directly related to the safety of students. The same goes for practical evaluations. I had to take on the role of supervisor. As expected, the cause is the lack of teacher manpower.

The practical evaluation is already a week away.

The final draft of the leadership team’s practice evaluation supervision case was uploaded and was about to be approved. The most important thing to focus on was when, where, and how to deploy leading personnel.

‘You have to place it carefully. Suppose there are six sinners among our students… .’

It was a problem that should not be simply overlooked.

Because we don’t know exactly when the six sinners will appear.

‘… ‘Necromancer.’

In the game, the six criminals who attacked Aseong High School were students called ‘necromancers’ or ‘necromancers’.

The necromancer was hiding his appearance with a skull mask, so it was impossible to figure out who he was.

‘Why are you doing this during the practical evaluation? … ‘I don’t know.’

It would be nice to be able to figure out the reason in advance, but it was difficult to find out.

‘Anyway, Aseonggo missed that guy in the game. It should never happen like that.’

As a leader, there should be no messing around.

In the game, one of the major events that led to the impeachment of the leader of Aseong High School was the necromancer attack.

You should be more careful.

The practical evaluation is conducted in a large location and is conducted by grade level over four days.

The leadership coach is a second year student when evaluating first year students.

When evaluating 2nd year, 3rd year.

During the 3rd grade evaluation, it was 4th grade.

During the 4th grade evaluation, the entire remaining workforce was responsible.

‘It would be easier to deal with it if we at least knew what grade of evaluation was happening… .’

I couldn’t figure it out.

However, you should not just place strong guys throughout the evaluation.

The practical evaluation takes a long time.

They were also human, so they would be very tired, and there was no way a necromancer who had planned to attack the enemy in the first place would just blankly ignore the suspicious circumstances.

‘We’ll have to deal with necromancy as well.’

Necromancers treat the dead as minions. In other words, it specializes in volume warfare.

Therefore, we need to prepare countermeasures against necromancy without appearing suspicious to students on campus.

‘Once we look at the suspects… .’

I looked again at the document I had prepared on my own. As a result of measuring horsepower on campus, there was a separate list of students with high horsepower.

The standard is ‘even if it is ranked 5th, it should not be an abnormal figure.’

The six sinners are basically strong.

Although the necromancer is the weakest among the six sinners, he is the strongest among the five ranks, so his magical power is bound to be high.

If favorable conditions are met, even the 6th rank is so strong that it is difficult to use.

‘There are about 50 suspects.’

Because Aseong High School was one of the major academies, there were many geniuses of the 5th rank or higher gathered there. However, because the number itself was not that large, the candidates were narrowed down to 50.

Among them, the leadership team had the highest ratio with 28 people.

It has the status of a club that ranks first in military power. However, this also proved that even the leadership cannot be trusted.

‘It would have been nice to be able to properly check the unique abilities.’

It was difficult to find out the unique abilities of the suspects unless the person concerned directly revealed them honestly.

There is a prevalent culture of trying not to reveal unique abilities by treating them as sensitive privacy, and there are also many cases where people try to deceive or keep their unique abilities a secret just in case.

It was a social phenomenon that occurred due to a combination of reasons, such as the fact that there were very few people who developed their unique abilities, the fact that they did not know how their rare abilities would be used, and that they might be targeted by criminals.

Therefore, unique abilities were clearly revealed, and students who were clearly not related to necromancy were also excluded from the list of suspects.

‘I’m not sure about your body type… .’

The necromancer walks around wearing a hooded robe, so I’m not sure about his body type.

First of all, since he wasn’t as big as Muldae, tall students were also excluded from the list of suspects… .

smart.

At that time, a knock was heard on the door of the leadership team’s executive office.

“Come in.”

I am the only person in the clubroom.

He raised his voice and said.

The door to the club room opened, and our talented person, who boasted a high-quality facial expression, came inside. He was an expressionless junior.

She came to my desk, saluted, then took a deep pose.

“Thank you for your hard work, manager.”

A dry tone.

An exquisite expressionless expression filled her face.

I looked away from the expressionless junior and looked at the document that needed to be approved again.

“Report.”

Unlike in the past, the expressionless junior’s duty to monitor Isea was reduced in intensity to just checking and reporting on the current situation as soon as it was noticeable.

Although Se-Ah already realized that I was watching.

There’s no way not to monitor it at all.

Also, the reason for receiving oral reports was to avoid leaving records.

“There was nothing unusual. Isea still leads the pack and focuses on doing good deeds. Same as usual.”

“Yes. Good work every time.”

Usually, reporting stops at this level.

It may be because the intensity of the mission is lower than last time, but the biggest reason is that Se-ah Lee doesn’t show much movement at the academy.

However, no matter how much it is, Isea will have no choice but to move in earnest sometime next semester. Because it is in the second semester of this year that she becomes the head of the Mafia Peach Blossom faction and the ruler of the black market.

The same goes for the time when Se-Ah Lee dies.

… Rather than that.

“Then I’ll just go… .”

“Han Seo-jin.”

“Yes.”

Han Seo-jin, an expressionless junior, answered calmly without any particular reaction.

“How are the leadership team’s activities? Have you gotten used to it now?”

Seojin was listed on the suspect list.

Even after properly investigating this time, Seojin’s magical power was much higher than expected. Should I say that he is a talented person who I judged to be a promising talent? .

So I have no choice but to be concerned.

Because she is one of the most suspected necromancers, the so-called ‘number one suspect’.

The top suspects were planned to be secretly marked by those with the most powerful force in the leadership team, such as Nana, Oh Baek-seo, and Ha Yesong.

Among them, I decided to take on the expressionless junior.

Because he’s a talent I’ve had my eye on.

Since today is the last reporting day before the practical evaluation, we decided to have a brief conversation.

“… … .”

Is this why I tried to talk differently than usual?

Seojin stared into my eyes in silence for a moment, as if trying to see through my intentions, and then opened his mouth.

“… There are still many shortcomings, but I have adapted to most things. The seniors taught me very well.”

“Thank goodness.”

I took my eyes off the document and looked into Seojin’s eyes.

“Now that I think about it, you said your motive for applying was to become a leader and protect order, right?”

“Yes.”

also.

Even though such a pretentious and shameful motive for applying using the official ideology of the leadership was mentioned, Seojin’s expression did not change at all.

“Then, is there anything else you want to do in the future?”

“… I don’t understand the point of the question.”

“It’s literally like that. I feel like you’re not always honest.”

“… … .”

For some reason, Seojin didn’t respond at all. I just threw this out there, but I think it was the right answer.

“From the motivation for applying. If I meant it, I apologize.”

“… no. I’m only telling you this now, but in fact, I came here to build up my qualifications. I said that because I thought I had to show enthusiasm during the interview. I’m sorry if you were disappointed… .”

“I didn’t mean to hear an apology. Those things are all similar. Me too.”

“Yes?”

I leaned back against the back of the chair.

“My purpose is the same as yours. If I successfully complete the position of manager, I will be able to get a good position after graduating from here. In other words, my goal is to build up my qualifications. Most of them are probably similar to you and me.”

“… I see.”

“That’s what I want to do. Get a reasonably good job and live reasonably well. Do you have anything like that?”

Seojin lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then finally opened his mouth.

“… I want to see the sea.”

“Sea?”

“There is nothing else that comes to mind.”

The sea… .

At first glance, it seemed like there was a small crack in his expressionless expression. We could see that Seojin, who had always hidden his feelings, gave an honest answer for the first time.

It was the same in my past life, and in various media in this world.

The vast blue sea stretching beyond the sandy beach had the power to thrill people.

This means that it is natural to have a romantic interest in the sea.

However, in modern times, going to the sea is prohibited.

There is no safe route to the sea in the first place.

The only way to go to the sea was to graduate from high school, obtain an explorer’s license, and then go out. In the process, I had to be prepared that I could lose my life more easily than a bug. Because there are dangerous demons swarming outside.

“… Are you going to laugh at me?”

“?”

One after another, unexpected words came out of Seojin’s mouth.

Seojin looked straight into my eyes. His expression was still expressionless and his emotions could not be read.

“Why me?”

“Because it’s nonsense. Everyone knows it is dangerous, but I want to see with my own eyes the sea that has been revealed to be no longer pretty.”

Does this mean that one’s wishes are worthless?

I thought of the images of the sea brought back by explorers.

Now, the scenery of the sea is… It was changed so that I didn’t actually feel like I wanted to see it.

but.

“What nonsense? I think it’s cool.”

“Yes?”

I couldn’t understand why Seojin was skeptical about what he wanted to do.

“Nature always cycles. By now, the sea somewhere may have regained its former beauty. Quite some time has passed since ‘The Hole’ closed.”

The Hall.

It refers to a huge gate that once appeared in the Pacific Ocean.

The Hall sent out many demonic beasts, starting with the Golden Sheep, who was the only 9th rank, and turned the world upside down.

Now the golden sheep has been removed.

“Then wouldn’t you be able to find that beautiful sea?”

“… … ?”

“I think it’s cool to have that kind of wish.”

It was purely sincere.

Because that kind of desire is what makes the world progress.

Seojin blinked his eyes gently. But no emotion was revealed on his face.

“… Is that so. Thank you for your kind consideration.”

Seojin bowed his head and expressed his gratitude.

After that, there was nothing much to talk about.

It was impossible to ask, ‘Are you six criminals?’

Han Seo-jin is a talent that I recognize.

He is a promising player.

So I just hoped that this guy wouldn’t turn out to be a necromancer and end up fighting me.

“Now go in.”

“Yes. Well then, good work, manager.”

Seojin saluted and left the club room.

* * *

After leaving the club room, Han Seo-jin thought as he walked down the hallway.

Seojin planned to leave Aseong High School after solving the dead and completing the plan during the practical evaluation. However, after entering Aseong High School, he faced unexpected variables.

The leading manager.

When I received the mission to infiltrate Aseong High School from the headmaster, Director Seondo was not a person of interest.

Seojin did not think it was that great that he had solved the Anomia subway terrorist incident single-handedly.

However, after joining the leadership club as part of the plan.

Seojin was surprised by the leader.

─ ‘In other words, are you telling me to monitor my classmate, Se-ah Lee?’

Director Seon-do entrusted Seo-jin with the task of monitoring Ise-ah.

Seojin was nervous with doubts.

Why yourself?

Could it be that he was suspicious?

Seojin recalled asking the leader of the leadership team why he was entrusting a personal mission to him.

─ ‘Because I’m in the same plum building 1st year C class as Lee Se-ah. Out of all of them, you just stood out the most.’

It was the same reason.

However, it was an ambiguous answer to deny.

At that time, Seojin secretly used one of the dead man’s abilities.

A derivative ability of the ‘6th sense’.

The sense of determining whether what the other person says is true or false.

And here’s what we found out:

‘It was a lie.’

Seojin determined that the reason given by the leader was a lie.

There was no doubt that the leader had a hidden agenda.

‘I guess I was exposed to suspicious circumstances without my knowledge.’

Director Seondo is a person who was rumored to have information about Anomia.

Seo-jin thought that even that was just a rumor, but when he was called aside and given a mission by lying, he couldn’t help but be suspicious.

─ ‘Thank you for entrusting me with it, Manager. We will do our best to bring you the best results.’

So, Seojin did his best to carry out his duties to avoid Manager Seondo’s suspicions as much as possible, and did everything thoroughly even when he was not asked to do so.

It was a performance that showed enthusiasm as a new leader.

The intensity of the current Isea surveillance mission has weakened. But I still couldn’t let down my guard.

‘There should be no disruption to the plan. If the head of the department shows doubts about me during the practical evaluation… .’

I couldn’t do it then.

We have no choice but to deal with the leader first.

While thinking about this and moving his feet, Seojin stopped and looked out the window. The outdoor swimming pool in the distance was reflected in her eyes. It was a facility used for swimming classes.

─ ‘I think it’s cool to have that kind of desire.’

“… … .”

The words that Director Seondo said kept repeating in Seojin’s mind.

After using my powers, I realized that those words were true without a doubt, and it continued that way.

I looked back at the past.

So far, whenever I have said that I want to see the sea, the only response I have received from others has been lies filled with the pretense of ‘good words’.

It was easy to be treated as a dreamer trapped in his own world or a foolish person pursuing a meaningless dream.

The only person who didn’t laugh at his wishes was the principal.

However, I had no idea that I would hear the sincere words ‘you’re cool’… Seojin had to experience confusion for a moment.

Seojin lowered his eyes and monologued softly.

“He’s a good person… .”

Seojin, who pondered the leader’s words for a while, eventually took another step.

… …

As time passed, the practical evaluation began.