Chapter 128

Chapter 128

I Became the Academy Mafia Chapter 128[Hidden Achievement Accomplished!][Achievement: 「With Overwhelming Power!」 acquired!][You successfully exceeded 10,000 points on the Power Machine during the physical fitness test!][The instructor is shocked by your strength!][A special reward is granted!][Physical Strength increases!]

It wasn't quite enough to say power was surging through my entire body... though it was satisfying.

Instead, I could feel the shocked gazes of the instructor and students around me.

I could enjoy that a little more.

“Thank you for your work. Then I'll be going.”

“Uh... sure.”

I moved on immediately. The faster I finished, the more time I'd have to rest.

I should wrap this up quickly. There was no reason to drag things out.

Only one thing remained, the Speed test.

And the instructor in charge was...

“Hahaha!”

Ji Su-hyeon was firing unpredictable attacks all over the small field.

For some reason, she looked extremely pleased.

The Speed test mainly evaluated reflexes and evasive ability, so she wasn't exactly the wrong choice, but...

“Hm? What? Why did you come here first without doing the others?”

Apparently she hadn't imagined I'd already been through the other stations because I looked perfectly fine, and Ji Su-hyeon asked with a surprised expression.

“This is the last one.”

“Huh? This is your last one? You really must've finished everything in an instant.”

“I'm a little tired. Could you make this quick?”

At my words, the corners of Ji Su-hyeon's mouth rose.

“Quickly? Really?”

“Please.”

At my words, Ji Su-hyeon snapped her fingers and formed a small field.

“Go inside and last for three minutes. No, just one minute.”

“...One minute?”

“Of course. I'm serious. If you last just one minute, I'll give you full marks. Or should I do it normally like with the other kids?”

“One minute, please.”

“Okay~”

I stepped into the field Ji Su-hyeon had created and went over her words again.

The condition was to last one minute.

That meant dodging or blocking counted too.

Then... this would be much simpler.

-Ready?

Her voice came from inside the field.

Outside the field, Ji Su-hyeon was smiling as though she was looking forward to this immensely.

“Yes. I'm ready.”

-Good. Then shall we start?

At the same time, goosebumps rose over my skin as the atmosphere around me changed.

The concentration of mana filling the field had changed.

-You won't die, so don't worry too much.

“Don't worry.”

At the same time, I took out the key I'd been holding in the hand inside my pocket, inserted it into empty air, and turned it.

Golden effects scattered as a small storage room appeared before me.

It was the [Dimensional Storage]

I'd obtained from the ‘Class Ranking Match.’

-Huh?

“Well then!”

I kicked open the door, went inside, quickly closed it, and immediately looked at my wristwatch as I began counting the time.59... 58... 5

7.

An extremely peaceful scene where not even the sounds outside could be heard.

The treasures and items filling the surroundings seemed to bring peace to both body and mind just by looking at them.28... 27... 2

6.

I killed time by rolling a gold coin around on my palm.4... 3... 2... 1.

It should be fine to go out now, right?

With that thought, I stepped outside and was greeted by an incredible sight.

“...

Didn't you say I wouldn't die?”

The ground inside the field had been completely erased.

Even the exterior of [Dimensional Storage],

an item considered top-tier in terms of durability, had scratches on it.

Judging by the deathly pale faces of the students outside the field, I could roughly guess what had happened.

-Y-you! Han Eugene, you!

“One minute has passed.”

-That's cheating, you little punk! Who uses an item like that?!

“Weren't you the one who said to last? So I lasted.”

If she'd told me, ‘Try to dodge properly. Try to block,’ instead of merely saying to last, I wouldn't have gone this far.

After all, people might say I'd cheesed the measurement with an item.

But Ji Su-hyeon was the one who had put no conditions on it first and said she'd give me full marks as long as I lasted.

“You'll give me full marks, right?”

When I walked out of the field and asked playfully, she let out a sigh.

“Haa, seriously. You sly bastard. I keep my promises, so hurry up and go somewhere else.”

Then another unexpected message appeared.[Hidden Achievement Accomplished!][Achievement: 「Annoyed, Aren't You? Can't Catch Me, Can You?」 acquired!][You successfully toyed with the instructor during the Speed test!][Ji Su-hyeon is shocked by your petty trickery][A special reward is granted!][Dynamic Vision increases!]

An achievement I'd never seen before.

It was the moment my suspicion turned into certainty.

Had new achievements I didn't know about been added after I crossed over into this world?

“Aren't you leaving?!”

“Yes. Good work.”

In the end, this was nothing but pure profit for me.

I decided to leave quickly before unnecessary trouble flew my way.

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After school.

After all of today's classes had ended, I stood in front of Class C waiting for someone.‘Isn't that the guy from Class A?’‘Han Eugene? That's Han Eugene, right?’‘Why is he in front of our class?’I was killing time on my phone, but conversations about me kept reaching my ears.

They didn't seem particularly unpleasant, so I silently kept looking at my phone until──“Why are you here?”

A voice anyone could tell was dissatisfied rang out.

I raised my head and saw a face with furrowed brows.

“Jung Eui-hoon.”

“What.”

Right. He was in Class C too, wasn't he?

“None of your business.”

“That's true. But who knows what you're planning to do to our class? As Class C's president, I can at least ask that much, can't I?”

He was Class C's president?

It wasn't like I'd come here to do anything bad, nor was the reason especially important, so telling him my purpose wouldn't have been difficult, but...‘For some reason, not telling him seems more fun.’I ignored him completely and raised my hand toward Choi Yeon, who had just come out of the classroom.

“Over here.”

“Ah, sorry. I fell asleep during homeroom.”

“You get sleepy during homeroom?”

So that's why one of her cheeks was red. Apparently she'd slept with her face turned sideways against the desk.

Choi Yeon looked at me with a vacant expression, seemingly still half asleep.

When Jung Eui-hoon realized the person I'd greeted was Choi Yeon, he suddenly looked at me.

“Why are you with Choi Yeon...”

“Is that any of your business? Let's go, Choi Yeon.”

“Yeah.”

The last expression I saw on Jung Eui-hoon's face sat right on the border between bewilderment and disbelief.

You're dying to know why Choi Yeon is going with me, aren't you?

You tried to get close to Choi Yeon, but she kept her distance from you, and now she's walking beside me.

Maybe that was why.

For some reason, I felt a strange sense of satisfaction in one corner of my chest.

It almost felt like the words ‘Woohoo─’ were about to slip out of my mouth.

While barely swallowing the laughter that kept threatening to leak out as I walked down the hallway.

Choi Yeon looked at me with eyes that were still half asleep.

“...

You look happy today.”

“Do I?”

“Yeah. How should I put it. Your eyebrows are a little more relaxed than yesterday.”

Eyebrows? I didn't know you could tell someone's mood from something like that.

“What about you, then. How are you feeling today?”

“Hm? Umm... jealousy.”

“Jealousy?”

“Someone stole first place from me in the Power test.”

“That must sting.”

“Yeah.”

She answered like that, but Choi Yeon's expression was still impossible to read.

Wondering if I could tell by looking at her eyebrows, I stared at them, but I had no idea what was different from usual.

She's still hard to read.

“Ah, thanks for coming to get me today.”

“Hm? Ah, I figured if I told you to come alone, you'd probably get lost again.”

“Right. I probably... would've wandered around all over the place.”

She was one of CS's representative characters with a terrible sense of direction.

That was why I'd suggested we go together before heading to the club room, just in case.

It felt like the right decision.

“Like I said last time, if the club building is confusing, just take this elevator. I've registered your student ID with it.”

“Yeah. It's the place you get to by going straight to the right side of the club building, right?”

“Behind.”

“Ah, behind. Yeah. I remember.”...

Why do I feel uneasy?

When she scanned her student ID on the elevator, it began descending.

Rumble

- The elevator reached the basement with a sound, and when the doors opened, I saw the others already out in the club room.

“President, you're here?”

Young-je was sweeping the floor of the club room.

“Choi Yeon! Welcome!”

Se-ah stopped working at the computer and waved toward us.

“...

Hehehe. Yeah. You fell for it~ I'm a guy~”

And Jin-woo was trolling people on the community.

With Choi Yeon joining last, everyone in the club was now gathered.

“I thought this yesterday too... it's really huge.”

“In terms of size, it's one of the largest club rooms. Want me to properly explain all the facilities?”

Choi Yeon nodded at my question.

But her gaze was already directed somewhere else.

Over there... the training room?

“Want to see the training room?”

“Yeah.”

As expected of a training maniac, the first thing to catch her eye was the training room filled with all kinds of equipment.

When I entered the training room with her, cold air from the air-conditioning we'd turned on in advance swept over my body.

“This is the club training room. It's filled with ‘Another String’ equipment used by top-tier guilds, and you can change things like weight and resistance using the control panel beside it. Want to try?”

She nodded again, then silently sat down on the machine with an awkward posture.

“Grab there and there. Right. Put your back against it, and when I tell you to lift, lift.”

“Okay.”

Curiosity appeared in her eyes, as though this was her first time using equipment like this.

Considering the Azure Sky Sword Clan's training methods, using machines like this would practically be new technology to her.

Just from what I'd seen in the game, their training involved outdated things like meditating beneath waterfalls, splitting rocks, and climbing cliffs back and forth.

To Choi Yeon, who had never tried something like this before, it seemed to be a fresh shock.

Child steeped in old-fashioned methods, behold.

This is modern technology.

“You can set the weight of the mana weights you're lifting with this. I'll set the weight first.”

Se-ah did around 150kg, so maybe 200kg would be fine?

As I slowly raised the weight, Choi Yeon made small sounds of “Oh. Oooh.”

“This is interesting.”

“It's expensive.”

After finally setting the mana weight to 200kg, I spoke to her as she gripped the handles.

“Try lifting it slowly, like you're extending your arms upward.”

At my words, Choi Yeon slowly raised her arms.

As though 200kg was nothing, the mana weights rose extremely easily.

“Can it go heavier?”

“Heavier? How much?”

“Twice this.”

“...

Twice?”400kg was definitely a weight only physical-type Awakened would normally attempt.

“You sure?”

“Yeah.”

After asking her one more time, I gradually raised the weight until it reached 400kg.

Then Choi Yeon extended her arms once again.

More slowly than before, and with noticeably more effort, she raised her arms and repeated the movement about eight times before slowly letting go.

“Tired?”

At my words, she shook her head.

“...

Delicious.”

“Hm?”

“My muscles taste delicious.”

“Ah.”...

It seemed the training room had gained another regular.