Chapter 32

Chapter 32

I Became the Academy Mafia, Chapter 32Fortunately, seeing things in the game and actually attending the class were different matters.

The information in the game really felt like reading text, so there had been parts I skimmed over easily, but...

The quality of the information Park Yoon-ho explained personally was on an entirely different level.

“Villains who take hostages and demand negotiations fall into two categories. Those who can actually kill the hostage to escape the situation, and those who can’t kill them and are merely holding them as a temporary measure. The best way to distinguish between the two, while also being the safest method for the hostage, is to attack the hostage.”

“Wouldn’t the hostage get hurt if you attacked them?”

“Obviously, you have to control your strength. Make the attack as flashy but weak as possible. In other words, make it no different from a performance. If you do that, the villain will either panic or realize that the negotiation is no longer viable and choose to flee.”

He taught the students mainly realistic, practical tips.

The students were equally enthusiastic. They realized that what they were learning wasn’t something like ‘Korean, English, and Math,’ but information they would genuinely need once they became heroes.

And then, Park Yoon-ho, who had been teaching the students with such passion, suddenly stopped speaking.

“Oh, it’s already this late.”

At the same time, the bell rang throughout the classroom.

It meant the morning classes were over and lunch break had begun.

“We’ll end today’s class here. Since it’s the first class, there will be no separate assignment today.”

“Thank you!”

Park Yoon-ho nodded toward the students and left the classroom.

At the same time, the students also got up from their seats and began noisily heading toward the cafeteria.

“Boss. It’s lunch time. Aren’t you eating?”

As usual, Jin-woo tapped me on the shoulder and asked, intending to go to the cafeteria with me.

“I am. But I have a separate lunch appointment.”

“Hmm?”

Jin-woo’s eyes widened at those words.

“Boss, you had friends besides us?”

Is he asking to get hit?

“...

I’m going to the ‘International Trade Club’ for something related to the club. Unfortunately, it looks like you’ll have to eat among yourselves today.”

“Wow, you even work during lunch? Do you have to work that hard to get one billion in spending money? Well, can’t be helped then.”

“I’ll be going first.”

“Good luck~”

Leaving Jin-woo behind as he spouted nonsense, I headed toward the International Trade Club’s club room.

After yesterday’s incident, the employees immediately guided me to the president’s office where Lee Haru was as soon as they saw me.

When I opened the door and entered, my eyes met Lee Haru’s just as she was arranging lunch boxes across the table.

“Ah. You’ve arrived, Young Master.”

“...

Sorry for arranging this meeting during lunch.”

“It is fine. Lunch break only consists of a simple meal followed by a short nap for me anyway.”

Saying that, she set down the last lunch box she was holding and pointed to the seat across from her.

“I heard about it this morning and prepared this in the club room kitchen, so it is rather modest... Please, have a seat first.”

“Hmm? You prepared it? Don’t tell me you made this yourself?”

The lunch boxes laid out before me were so varied and elaborate that it would not have been an exaggeration to say they had been made by professional chefs. And yet Lee Haru had made all of this?

“Is something... strange?”

Perhaps puzzled by my reaction, Lee Haru tilted her head.

“No, it’s not that. I was only thinking that you’re far more skilled with your hands than I imagined.”

Only then did she nod as though she understood what I meant.

“I have received various forms of education through my family since childhood. Among them, cooking was something I enjoyed quite a bit.”

Lee Haru liked cooking?

I couldn’t help but become interested after learning something new.

Was it a habit from when I was a gamer? Occasionally, whenever I learned information like this that could never be discovered in the game, I felt a strange sense of satisfaction.[The encyclopedia has been updated.][Character Encyclopedia (N)]

Especially when the encyclopedia updated like this.[Name: Lee Haru][Affiliation: Inomiya Group, Academy][Description: Her real name is Inomiya Haru. She is the eldest daughter of a director of the Inomiya Group and one of the future successor candidates of the Inomiya Group. She has maintained ties with Calione since childhood through group business and possesses versatile abilities thanks to the group’s education. Of those, she likes cooking the most.]

If it appeared like this even in the encyclopedia, she must like it enough for it to qualify as a defining trait.

Even just looking at her now, Lee Haru, who normally maintained an expressionless face, was clutching her pants as though nervous, so I could roughly tell how much she liked cooking.

“To call food of this quality modest. If anything, it’s excellent.”

“Is... that so?”

Lee Haru lowered her head deeply after hearing my words. I nodded toward her and sat down.

“May I eat?”

“Please.”

I carefully accepted the chopsticks she handed me, then reached for the dish that stood out most.

“Hmm...?”

The meat disappeared the moment I put it into my mouth.

“...

You’re even better than the chefs of my family. Impressive.”

When I raised my head after giving my sincere assessment, I saw an unexpected sight.

“...”‘That’ Lee Haru was blushing.

But after glancing at my reaction, the color of her face magically returned to normal in an instant.

“You flatter me. Please eat before it gets cold.”

After saying that, she eventually sat across from me and began eating as well, and once an atmosphere suitable for conversation formed, I opened the discussion.

“By the way, since I’ve eaten your food, I should at least pay for the meal.”

“Pay for the meal?”

Lee Haru tilted her head as though she didn’t understand the intention behind my sudden remark.

I took the USB I had kept in my pocket and placed it in front of her.

“It contains an overseas account belonging to the Triad that I recently obtained through organization business.”

Lee Haru carefully looked at the USB placed before her, then looked at me. I continued what I had yet to finish saying.

“From what I investigated, the account contains approximately 1.3 billion credits. I’m planning to use this money to invest in the ‘International Trade Club’ and my club. One billion for my club, and three hundred million for the ‘International Trade Club.’ What do you think?”

After hearing me, Lee Haru put down the chopsticks she had been busily moving and fell into thought.

About ten seconds passed.

“It should be entirely possible. The Inomiya Group also makes frequent use of our club.”

Then she picked up the USB in front of her and put it into her inner pocket.

“What should we use as the investor’s name? Even if it is anonymous, if such a large amount is invested all at once, there will certainly be people who try to investigate it.”

“There should be no problem if we use the name of the group my mother owned. As for Grandfather... I’ll speak to him separately myself.”

Lee Haru nodded at my explanation.

“You mean the Hanwol Group. If so, there should be no problem at all. I estimate the entire process will take around three days... would that be acceptable?”

“That’s enough. Sorry for bringing up business like this during a meal.”

Lee Haru shook her head at my words.

“Receiving an enormous investment of three hundred million credits in the ‘International Trade Club’ is itself a great favor. Since you are taking care of our club, Young Master, I will merely do my utmost.”

If Lee Haru said that, there probably wouldn’t be any major problem cleaning the Triad’s money.

With that, everything regarding the main matter had been discussed.

While we lightly ate and chatted about recent events and club matters, I heard some interesting news from Lee Haru.

“Come to think of it, rumors about you have begun spreading among the second- and third-years, Young Master.”

“Rumors about me?”

“Yes. Since there has never been a case of a club being established in a single day, it seems to have attracted attention.”

It wasn’t unexpected. No, if anything, it could be said that it was what I wanted.

Having high recognition in club activities could actually be considered an advantage.

But the reason Lee Haru was telling me this now was...

“Are you worried that I’ll become a target?”

“That is correct. Students who want to test your ability will undoubtedly target you, Young Master.”

This damned Academy was packed with people desperate to have their strength acknowledged.

That was why I had to prove it.

That I wasn’t some junior they could use to test their strength.

Part of the reason I had mercilessly wiped out the ‘Fund Investment Club’ was to make an example of them and prevent such situations... but in the end, that had only happened inside a sparring arena.

Since the stage itself was the entire Academy, there would certainly be people who targeted me from unexpected places as well.

That was probably what Lee Haru was worried about.

However.

“There’s no need to worry. I was already planning to solve that problem today.”

“...

Today?”

“Yeah. I’m supposed to receive our club room today.”

“Ah, the club room? Right, I did see the post saying you would begin accepting requests reach the popular posts on the school community yesterday. So that was it.”

For reference, the post Lee Haru was talking about was something I had Jin-woo make yesterday evening, after the idea came up while we were discussing in the group chat how best to promote the club.

“I couldn’t check yesterday because of Family business, but it actually reached the popular posts?”

“You didn’t check it? One moment...”

Lee Haru turned on the smartphone she had placed on the table, opened a certain window, and showed it to me.

Inside was content shocking enough to make me freeze.[★Popular Post★][Title: Isn’t it kinda insane that the ‘Fund Investment Club’ got wrecked by a freshman today? lolol][Yes, it is not insane. Because that freshman is the president of our club.

Hello. We are [Family]

, a freshly established club created just today.

The reason I’m writing this post on the board is to promote our club.

Yes, apparently there’s a club promotion board.

To be honest, the president just told me to put up a promotional post and then stopped reading the chat, so I’m just going to promote it however I want.

As for what we do, anything from bodyguard work to finding your lost cat. Ah, we’ll also collect unpaid debts for you.

We don’t have a club room yet, so I’ll post again once the club room is decided.

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“...

What the hell is this?”

“It is the post that was uploaded yesterday. I assumed you naturally knew about it, Young Master.”

No, I did know about it.

Jin-woo had said with his own mouth that he posted it perfectly and that the response was good.

I had been too busy with Family business until this morning to pay attention, so I had simply assumed that was the case... He seriously did this shit?

I hurriedly checked the comments.[Anonymous: Lmaolol these guys are fucking hilarious lol][Anonymous: Will you collect unpaid debts? Will you collect unpaid debts?][Anonymous: I wondered what kind of club they’d make with that strength, but it’s just an errand center lolol Lmaolol][Anonymous: I’m a freshman too, but does President Eugene also go on dates with people?][└ Original Poster: Dunno about Boss, but I can lol.]...

“...

Ha.”

Is that bastard seriously insane?