Chapter 24

Chapter 24

I Became the Academy Mafia, Chapter 24The career counseling room located near the faculty room.

There, I now found myself alone with Ji Su-hyeon.

“You look like you’re dying of curiosity?”

Holding a rolled-up piece of paper in one hand and lightly tapping it against her shoulder, Ji Su-hyeon sneered as though finding me ridiculous.

She looked as though she was enjoying the current situation to death.

“I’ve never made such an expression.”

“Really? Then I won’t tell you.”

I had always felt this even in the game, but she truly had an irritating personality.

“...

I’m curious.”

“Right?”

Only after I gave in did Ji Su-hyeon smile and hand me the paper.

Turning my gaze away from her face and unfolding the contents, the first thing I saw was the words [Club Registration Permit]

written on it.

“I was uneasy because the result came out faster than expected, but it passed in the end.”

“I told you I’d take responsibility and make sure it passed, didn’t I? And apparently someone from the Student Council saw your spar. That helped things go smoothly too.”

“My spar?”

Could they have been mixed in among the students?

“You were overwhelmingly strong. They probably thought someone at your level could be trusted with being a club president.”

“Hmm?”

While reading the documents Ji Su-hyeon handed me, I noticed something strange.

“Instructor. Has a room for our club room not been assigned yet?”

“Apparently there aren’t any empty rooms available right now. They said they’d assign one as soon as possible.”

“Isn’t Basement Floor 1, Room Z empty?”A

-Z continued as the names of the rooms. But unlike the other floors, Room Z located in the basement wasn’t even an area originally designated as a room.

It was simply a space filled with things like storage.

“Room Z? Isn’t that the place the guys using Basement Floor 1 use as a warehouse?”

“Yes, as far as I know, that place can also be used as a club room.”

In fact, Room Z was also a space that could be used as a club room in the game.

And it was also the location of one of the hidden gimmicks in the Academy.

“Really? Well, I’ll ask about it later. But is there a particular reason you specifically chose that place?”...

It wasn’t like I could tell her that something I wanted was located there. For now, I decided to gloss over it.

“Isn’t it larger than the other places? I thought it would become a good location after some cleaning.”

“...

Really? How boring.”

As though she had said everything she needed to say, Ji Su-hyeon chuckled and stood from her seat.

“General education starts soon, so go back to the classroom for now. You can check out the club room after school. Ah, right. Give me your phone.”

“Pardon?”

“Hurry.”

Ji Su-hyeon held out her palm toward me and fluttered it impatiently. When I carefully placed my phone into her hand, she entered her number with extremely quick movements before handing it back to me.

“I’m your club advisor now, so contact me here if anything happens. It’s my personal number.”

It was a different number from the one known as her official instructor contact number.

Apparently she kept separate phones for official and personal use.

“Then I’m leaving?”

She immediately spun around and headed out first, and I bowed my head toward her.

Ji Su-hyeon’s personal number... I feel like this could be useful later.

After Ji Su-hyeon left, I also headed toward Class A, where the others were.

The moment I opened the door and entered, gazes gathered on me. Apparently rumors about what happened this morning had already spread, because even though I had only entered the classroom, the corner of my vision was already indicating that Baby Boss had activated.

“Oh, Boss! So, how did it go?”

At the back of the classroom, Jin-woo, who had been chatting with Se-ah and Young-je, waved his hand and laughed.

The other kids also looked full of anticipation.

When I walked to my seat and sat down, everyone gathered around my desk.

“Eugene, so what happened? Did it pass right away?”

The moment I sat down, Se-ah leaned toward me as though she couldn’t contain her curiosity.

“Yeah, I just heard that the club passed and that we’ve been assigned a club room.”

At my words, the three of them dropped their jaws.

“This seriously works in one day?”

“Boss is a god. Boss is a god. Boss is a god.”

“I believed in you, Eugene!”

Their reactions were even noisier than expected, and a laugh escaped me.

“We’re planning to visit the club room after school today, so keep that in mind.”

The three nodded vigorously at my words.

Compared to their worried faces this morning, they looked completely different.

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There wasn’t anything particularly important in the general education class.

A hero’s proper bearing, behavior, and such. It was all nothing but obvious things.

“...

I’m bored.”

During a short break.

As though voicing my own thoughts, Jin-woo, who sat beside me, flopped down and muttered.

“Boss. Aren’t you bored?”

“If you keep listening, it’ll help you too. Focus.”

“Ugh, I didn’t expect even Boss to say that.”

In the game, there had been a setting where your intelligence stat increased if you attended all the general education classes.

I didn’t know whether it would still help now that this had become reality, but there was nothing wrong with listening carefully.

Of course, since merely participating in the general education classes was enough to raise intelligence in the setting, I was killing time browsing the internet with the Smart Lens.

Honestly, wouldn’t it be ridiculous to just sit still and listen to class when I had something this useful?

“Still, apparently an outside lecturer is coming next period?”

Se-ah, who seemed to have been listening to our conversation, approached my desk with a bright smile. At that, Jin-woo tilted his head as though hearing it for the first time.

“Outside lecturer?”

“Yes, didn’t you check the pamphlet? Apparently someone famous is coming.”

Was there originally an outside lecture around this time? I had that question, but I couldn’t exactly throw away a chance to raise my stats.

“The instructor says the next general education class will be held in Convention Hall A of the main building, so we should head there.”

Young-je, who had gone to the faculty room after being called by the instructor, returned to the classroom and delivered the message.

Judging by the fact that it was being held in a convention hall rather than a classroom, someone considerably famous must have been coming.

“Let’s go.”

When I got up first and headed outside, I could see the other two, along with the rest of the kids who had been watching for cues, following me out.

The other kids had naturally realized that authority lay with me.

When we stepped into the hallway, students from other classes were also moving toward Hall A.

And at the same time, the [Bloodline: Calione]

indicator appeared on the interface.

It meant someone held hostility toward me.

If there was someone here who would be hostile toward me...

Was it that guy?

Ahead of our class, I saw the backs of students from another class. Among them was Jung Ui-hun glaring at me with snake-like eyes.

“What the hell is that bastard glaring at Boss for?”

Jin-woo, who was walking beside me, spotted him and raised his middle finger. Jung Ui-hun’s eyes widened at that. Jin-woo laughed and raised the middle finger on his other hand too.

“Heh heh. That bastard’s pissed. Boss, do you know him?”

“...

He’s not worth worrying about.”

“Really? Boring.”

Since telling him that he was the son of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency would probably only make Jin-woo uneasy, I decided not to mention it for now.

After walking for a while, we saw the entrance to Hall A, where the other first-years were entering one after another.

Judging by the colors of their name tags, this lecture seemed to be for first-years only.

Not long after we found empty seats and sat down, the voice of a student who appeared to be the host came from the stage.[There will soon be a special lecture by an invited outside lecturer. Freshmen, please take your seats.]

The noisy surroundings gradually became quiet.[We will now begin the afternoon schedule for the third day of freshman orientation, the invited outside lecturer’s lecture. Please give a big round of applause to our special lecturer, Mr. Kang Seung-tae, who came a long way today for all of you freshmen!]

At the same time, applause echoed throughout the convention hall. Amid that applause, I lowered my head to hide my agitation.

“Kang Seung-tae? That man came here now?”

There was a reason I had no choice but to be this flustered. Kang Seung-tae was a close friend of my father, Vito Calione, and the Incheon branch chief of the South Korean Hero Association.

“W-what! Why the hell is that man here?!”

Jin-woo, whose father was the Boss of the Vivald Family, apparently also knew Kang Seung-tae, because he jumped in surprise and began trembling.

The reason he was reacting this strongly was obvious.

Kang Seung-tae. He was a man fanatically obsessed with strength, achievements, and friends.

“Hotahahaha! So these snot-nosed brats are this year’s Academy freshmen! Nice to meet you! I’m Kang Seung-tae!”

Even without a microphone, his booming voice echoed throughout the hall. At the same time, the murmuring hall instantly fell silent when his name was spoken.

“I’m not that impressive a person. I’m just someone who came because my damn friends kept pestering me. So I don’t want to hold you here for hours and nag you.”

The faces of the kids around us immediately brightened at Kang Seung-tae’s words.

Because what he said was practically the same as saying he would end it quickly.

But.

“One representative from each class!”

He raised his index finger toward the students and grinned, baring his teeth.

“If the strongest one from each class comes out and wins a bet against me, that class can leave. As a bonus, I’ll give you attitude points too. But if you lose, not only will I deduct attitude points, you’ll have to listen to me nag until the very end.”

Then Kang Seung-tae checked his wristwatch.

“It’s 2 o’clock now... I’ll give you until 2:10. Discuss it among yourselves, and the representatives can come stand in front of me. That’s all!”

Kang Seung-tae sat down on the floor, crossed his arms, and began looking around.

I never imagined he would conduct the special lecture in this manner. While I was wondering what I should do here, I suddenly realized that everyone around me was staring at me.

“...

What.”

The students had completely surrounded me. Judging by their faces, all of them, including Jin-woo, Se-ah, and Young-je, were students from my Class A.

“Boss is the strongest among us.”

“That’s true. There’s no one besides Eugene, right?”

The others nodded as well.

As I sighed at the sight, I felt someone looking toward me from the stage below.

When I turned my gaze, I met Jung Ui-hun’s eyes. Judging by the situation, it seemed his side had chosen Jung Ui-hun as their representative.‘Come. Down.’He mouthed the words toward me, provoking me.

Apparently wanting to settle things with me through this opportunity, he continued glaring at me.

If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t care, but I had no intention of standing out too much in front of Kang Seung-tae, so I was about to ignore his provocation.‘Come. Down.’Behind him, however, I saw Kang Seung-tae grinning as he mouthed the same words.

A smile reminiscent of a ferocious demon.‘Hurry.’As expected, that man.

Apparently the friend who had asked him to come was Father...

This is driving me crazy, seriously.