episode_0050

Academy Area A Main Auditorium

This place, where a special lecture on strategies for class B to A monsters was being held, was very messy and noisy, perhaps because the lecturer had not yet arrived.

“What…what is happening…”

“So, this is my first time seeing it too”

“No…did they eat something wrong as a group?”

The target audience for this special lecture is cadets from classes 1 to 3.

However, that was only a subject for taking the course, and all 2nd and 3rd class cadets knew that this was a special lecture in which only 2nd and 3rd classes would participate.

That’s right, they had only seen the faces of Class 1 cadets more than once in their entire year of academy life.

Class 1 cadets who never attended classes or activities that overlapped with the curriculum.

The 2nd and 3rd class cadets were only able to see the faces of the 1st class cadets once or twice on the day of the required exam.

But now.

As if by some sudden wind, Class 1 cadets attended the special lecture in droves.

Their faces showed great dissatisfaction, and among them there were one or two who looked unwell as if they had been injured somewhere.

“6…7…8. Wow, there are 8 people. Eight students from Class 1 came and sat down to take a special lecture.”

“Shh! Speak quietly so I can hear everything!”

As if he had already heard it, Class 1 Hwang Eui-tae turned around and glared at the Class 2 cadet who had raised his voice.

Hehehe

The two 2nd class cadets instantly lowered their eyes at his terrifying momentum.

But soon, Hwang Ui-tae’s gaze meets Ji-hoon’s gaze, who is sitting next to the two cadets.

Grinning

Jihoon smiles slightly

In an instant, Hwang Ui-tae’s dissatisfied face brightens, an awkward smile appears for a moment, and then he turns his head to stare ahead.

“Phew…Phew…”

“Why is that?”

“No…that monster is sitting over there with the 2nd class kids.”

“What?”

Jeong In-hyeok, who instantly reacted and turned his head upon hearing Hwang Ui-tae’s words, immediately realized his stupidity and smiled awkwardly before quickly turning his head away.

“That crazy bastard…Don’t make eye contact because I don’t know what else he’ll start a fight with…”

“I know, fuck it…let’s avoid it if possible”

Have they forgotten that they were the ones who started the argument?

Hwang Ui-tae and Jeong In-hyuk are watching Ji-hoon and desperately hoping that the instructor will show up quickly.

Aside from these, the 1st class cadets that Jihoon had brought in from the large guilds each had a shit-chewing expression on their faces, but none of them made a sound and sat quietly in their seats.

“Kang Ji-hoon…did you bring them all?”

“Class 1 kids? Yes, I brought it”

“8 people in one day?”

“Excluding those 3 Mojiri, I brought 5 people. All 5 guilds are within a radius that can be visited in one day.”

“…Is distance important?”

“Then what’s important?”

“…”

Sojung, who was asking Jihoon, could not help but shake her head at his obvious expression.

The large guilds must have just given up the first class cadets…

The fact that Jihoon brought in a class 1 cadet meant that he had devastated the guild like he did with Ares.

Moreover, bringing 5 people…

They say they turned over 5 large guilds in one day…

It was Sojeong who couldn’t even guess how far Jihoon’s unreasonable actions would go.

“I think they were seriously injured…”

“Huh? Ah, those guys… I brought them in after taking care of the kids who didn’t listen very well. It was a kind of love bond.”

“What is the falcon of love…I guess they just hit it at random. Is there at least one person who resolved the issue through conversation?”

“…”

Jihoon keeps his mouth shut.

Well then…

Sojung was feeling both admiration and regret when she saw Jihoon like that.

“Now… I’m really going to go to class 1…?”

“Uh…what should I do? There are still 4 people left, so let’s bring them too”

“Four people? Oh right…where are the remaining 4 people?”

“Japan”

“…Japan?”

“Uh. I guess they signed a gate subjugation contract with Big Number and are going to Japan to subdue the gate that won’t disappear. I’m planning to leave the country tomorrow too. I got permission from the chairman.”

“What?!?”

As Sojung shouts loudly and urges Jihoon, the attention of the cadets sitting around them focuses.

However, they quickly corrected their posture and tried to avoid eye contact with Jihoon, who was looking around.

“My ears are going to drop. Is going to Japan really that surprising?”

“…Big number…A gate that won’t disappear…You really don’t know what those two are?”

“No? why don’t i know I know everything”

Jihoon shrugs his shoulders and shows a proud expression as if he is not an idiot.

In fact, he was the first to learn about the Big Number Guild and the Gate that Doesn’t Disappear through Sooyoung and Ellie, but he had a triumphant expression on his face as if he had already known about it.

Sojung looks so foolish that she bursts into laughter without even realizing it.

“Who knows what those two are and wants to go to Japan?”

“Yes. I have to bring the four remaining kids…and…”

Ji-hoon is lost in thought, unable to properly forget what he said.

“You’re leaving the country tomorrow? So suddenly?”

“Yes. Big Number decided to take care of everything, like passports and flights. I have already finished talking with Chairman Song Yu-kyung”

“Why are you in such a hurry…?”

“I heard that Big Number Number One or something is coming in four days. I have something to check at the gate before that person comes”

“What is that?”

“…”

For the first time, Sojeong saw Jihoon hesitant to answer her question.

He always told everything to himself without hiding anything.

Sojung had a vague feeling that he had a story, but she had never asked him about it.

However, the fact that there was something that he, who felt quite close to her now, did not even tell her, made her very sad.

“Isn’t it because of the kids in class 1? Trying to go to such a dangerous place…”

“There is a monster that travels through dimensions. I need to check it out. I also have to go dimensionally.”

…

Sojung doesn’t know how to react because the words that come out of Jihoon’s mouth are so nonsensical.

I couldn’t even imagine that his story was so absurd.

To So-jung, who doesn’t know where to start or what to ask, Ji-hoon once again speaks casually.

“In a world other than modern times, a precious person is waiting for me.”

What would it have been like if someone else had heard Jihoon’s words?

They probably thought it was just a boring joke or nonsense that a middle school student would spout.

But it wasn’t Sojung.

Having spent quite a bit of time with Jihoon, she knew that although Jihoon often showed a foolish side, he was never a person who spoke empty words.

Another world… It was an unbelievable story, but since Jihoon said it, it was definitely true.

She didn’t even notice that she had come to have absolute trust in Jihoon.

“Precious…person…?”

Sojung finds herself focusing on facts other than the two contents, which contain great mysteries such as dimensional movement and other worlds.

“Yes. Precious person”

“…Woman?”

“Yes. A very pretty woman. No matter how late I am…I will be waiting forever…”

An infinitely deep sadness was welling up in Jihoon’s eyes.

Sojung didn’t know why her heart was so numb.

To think that Jihoon misses someone and is throwing his life away to go to that person…

An inexplicable sense of loss and sadness was welling up in her heart.

At that time, the special lecture instructor opened the door and began to come in.

“Hello. Special lecture today… huh?… why… 1 class… why…?”

The instructor who was greeting was also shocked when he saw the eight Class 1 cadets sitting upright in their seats with expressions full of dissatisfaction.

***

“…What is it? Is it a dream?”

“She’s a beauty you only see in dreams, right?”

“It’s a dream…”

As Ji-hoon closes his eyes to wake up from his dream, So-jung continues to shake him and call him.

“No, why are you following me all the way to Japan!!!”

Jihoon arrived at the Japanese airport and was looking around to find the Big Number employee, when he caught Sojung’s attention.

“Aren’t you following me? I came here to eat ramen?”

“Who comes to Japan to eat ramen!! You…what about your academy?”

“I also officially submitted a vacation request~ I have never been on vacation before, so I have a lot of vacation days left~”

It was Ji-hoon who was simultaneously holding his head pounding and the back of his neck stiff at So-jung’s lively tone.

“Oh, you go to work~ I came here to eat ramen~”

“Um…Hunter Jihoon Kang?”

A short Japanese woman who speaks slurred Korean approaches Sojung and Jihoon.

“Yes. I am Jihoon Kang.”

“Ah…hello. It came from Big Number Guild. Vehicles are ready. The gate raid starts in two days, so I’ll take you to the hotel first.”

“No, it’s a gate that won’t disappear. Please go there”

“Just wait until Number One arrives…”

“I just want to take a look”

“Ah…”

The Japanese woman in charge of the guide had no choice but to change the destination, as if Jihoon’s strong stance had no choice.

“…?”

“Why?”

“You go eat ramen now”

“I heard there’s a ramen restaurant near that gate…Please give me a ride on the way there”

“I didn’t follow you!!”

Sojung was shamelessly following Jihoon with a innocent, childlike expression.