chapter 6
Episode 6
I took out a cigarette from the roof and asked.
After you’re done, you need to get rid of the smell. Especially when it comes to picking up trash in tight spaces.
There was a cool valley breeze blowing through the buildings. But I didn’t feel too good.
“… This is true.”
Min So-yul’s debt, to be precise, the debt left by Min So-yul’s father has been resolved. I thought that prevented Min So-yul from becoming a junkie breeder.
But one problem remains.
“I thought it was just a matter of money.”
The junkie breeder I knew was a money-mad, greedy madman. He did not hesitate to sell drugs that lead people to hell as well as strengthening drugs with strong side effects.
But now that I see it, money is not an issue.
It wasn’t just a background investigation, but I knew it when I met her in person and got involved in her life.
“Is it a feeling of betrayal?”
I looked again at the papers I had packed in the office. They already knew where Min So-yul’s father was.
No, to be precise, they were ‘managing’. Nevertheless, these cubs checked Min So-yul every day.
As it was, there was no reason for that. The person who will pay the money has already been in his hands, so what is he going to do to keep an eye on Min So-yul, who can’t even make money?
“I had no intention of receiving money in the first place.”
Basically, Awakeners are good at accepting mana. This is because pure mana flowing through the body makes the body in an ideal direction.
If you are determined like the original owner of this body and don’t try to ruin it, you will be reborn as an attractive enough person.
Because of this, Awakeners are classified as a special product in the prostitution industry.
In the first place, there was no reason for Awakeners to engage in such a job, so it was unusual, and it was because some ordinary people envied Awakeners.
There were surprisingly many people who would pay a huge cost for the twisted desire to dominate that they could control the Awoken.
“I understand why he killed his father with his own hands.”
The Junkie Breeder took over the organization and the first thing he did was find his father. Until then, he had not touched any strengthening drugs, and only made money by manufacturing drugs.
But after she found her father and killed him, things changed completely.
In earnest, he cooperated with the villains to start supporting activities and tried to destroy society.
“… I never thought he would have sold his own daughter.”
He continued to receive loans on the condition of passing the minso rate. The moneylenders were making sure that Min So-yul did not run away while waiting for his debts to pile up.
Minso-yul cannot be obtained if the debt is paid off with only one or two prostitutions. They waited for the time when the interest swallowed the debt, the interest called the interest, and in the end, the amount piled up.
I put the butts in a portable ashtray.
In this lifetime, Min So-yul will not kill anyone.
* * *
“Keuk… .”
A drunken man with a red face burped briefly. He looked at the mirror in the elevator.
“Fuck… It was definitely a plate to eat.”
The chips on the plate flickered in my mind. But at the end, the table turned over.
He had to vomit all his chips and return to this shabby motel.
“Fuck… I will have to borrow it again.”
The elevator door opened with a ding just in time. He staggered and knocked on the door of the next room before going to his own.
“Hey, Myeongguk-ah. Let’s borrow some money from me.”
Myeongguk was the name of the moneylender. To be precise, he was a thief given to him by a moneylender, but in any case, borrowing money had to be done through him.
Thanks to the time we spent here, we became comfortable calling each other by name.
But there was no answer.
“You bastard, are you already sleeping… Niimi, what is this fishy smell… .”
He muttered and headed for his room. The money was to be borrowed tomorrow.
It was just as he was banging his head against the door to search for his card key.
“ok… ?”
Doesn’t the door open with a squeaking sound? He wanted something and inserted the card key.
The dark room became bright.
“Huh… !”
he gasped.
A man in a metal suit was sitting in the room. The problem was that the outside of the suit was bloody.
Then the door closed with a thud.
“uh? uhh… ?”
drunkenness ran away Survival instinct awakened his reason.
Whoever that philosopher was, he did not come for benevolent purposes.
“People live… !”
He tried to scream, but a metal plate flew into his mouth. I tried to peel it off, but it didn’t come off as if it had become his skin.
The iron man, Kang Tae-min, was watching with his chin resting.
[Karma Log]
[Name – Min Seok-gyu]
[Alignment – Evil (-1841)]
[Recently recorded karma activity]
[> Evasion of Parental Duty (-10)]
Taemin Kang moved his finger.
Min Seok-gyu’s karma activities were listed in a row. He changed the sort order of it.
[Evil Karma Activities (in descending order)]
[> Use children for personal gain (-200)]
It was as expected.
Kang Tae-min grabbed the door and pulled Min Seok-gyu, who grunted, with his ability.
“Ugh!”
Min Seok-gyu, who was caught by the collar, trembled with a terrified expression. Kang Tae-min’s face was hidden by the suit, so he was even more afraid.
When Kang Tae-min crossed his fingers, a hole pierced the iron plate covering his mouth.
“Sa, sasasa, save me.”
“Why did you leave a note for Min So-yul?”
Min Seok-gyu’s eyes shook.
What does this suddenly mean? Why did the daughter’s name come up again?
Kang Tae-min laughed at his expression, which did not know why.
“… I didn’t leave it to my daughter.”
Kang Tae-min recalled the note that Min So-yul had kept and taped together.
[If I hadn’t been there… ]
[I would rather have been happy with Soyul]
It was clear that Min So-yul interpreted the contents as he wanted to see. However, seeing Min Seok-gyu now, Kang Tae-min was able to infer the original content.
[If it wasn’t for Soyul… ]
[I would have been happy]
The first thing Min Seok-kyu wrote was clear. No, that didn’t matter anymore.
In the first place, Min Seok-kyu doesn’t even remember whether he wrote such a thing.
“Wait, what do you want… Kuck!”
Kang Tae-min made an iron wire and wrapped it around Min Seok-gyu’s neck. Then he attached the end to the doorknob and settled down.
“turn off… Turn it off… .”
Min Seok-kyu, who was hanging in the air, struggled and struggled. Kang Tae-min asked for a cigarette.
The cigarette light went out slowly.
* * *
The next day, Noblesse Academy’s office.
A regular faculty meeting followed. The meeting proceeded quickly as there was nothing else to report.
Vice Principal Cha Dong-hyuk shook his head and looked at Kang Tae-min.
“Kang Tae-min, how was the home visit?”
The other teachers’ eyes widened at the question.
‘… Teacher Taemin visiting the house?’
‘You went to meet a special class student?’
Most of them seemed surprised to learn that Kang Tae-min had visited their home. That would also be the case, originally because Kang Tae-min went home immediately after class was over.
I couldn’t help but be surprised that Kang Tae-min, who had such a closed personality, came forward voluntarily.
‘Wow… ! Teacher Taemin, you are really working hard.’
Seol Ga-eun did not hide her interest. She openly looked at Kang Tae-min’s face and waited for an answer.
‘… You never know. Home visits are an excuse, and he may have just gone home.’
Katherine, on the other hand, rolled her eyes and turned her gaze the other way.
“Yes, I came to meet student Min So-yul. Refusal to go to school is not a student problem, but a family matter, so we need to see a little progress.”
Kang Tae-min’s answer was without hesitation. At his confident attitude, Cha Dong-hyuk looked at him blankly for a moment and then nodded.
“All right. If there are any changes, please tell us first next time. So, the meeting ends here… .”
“Ah, there is something I would like to suggest.”
The eyes of Cha Dong-hyuk, the assistant principal, and teachers who had just raised their hips turned to him. Katherine, who had been deliberately ignoring her, turned away without realizing it.
Teacher Kang Tae-min’s suggestion?
There was still enough time, so Donghyuk Cha nodded while clearing his throat briefly.
It meant permission.
“Actually, it is a request rather than a suggestion.”
“What are you asking for?”
Seol Ga-eun asked with her eyes shining. Kang Tae-min smiled lightly at her and made eye contact with the other teachers.
“I need your help in this class.”
* * *
“Are you going to finish early today?”
“I hope so.”
“I went to karaoke yesterday and no one was there.”
The atmosphere in the special class classroom was quite excited. It was because I was able to play leisurely thanks to leaving school early.
“Surprisingly, isn’t it our class?”
“It could be. Didn’t you send it because you wanted to leave work early?”
As the girls flirted, Ko Min-soo frowned. It was because he did not like receiving Kang Tae-min favorably.
“Damn it, did the old man beat the girls gently?”
“… wouldn’t it? The sound was downright brutal.”
“Still, aren’t we a bit similar to each other to the point where we smoke?”
Go Min-soo glared at the last person who spoke.
“Oh, or maybe it was just to break our cigarettes.”
“Hey, come.”
Upon hearing the news that Kang Tae-min was coming just in time, the students quickly settled down. It was because I didn’t want to taste the etiquette injector because I was caught in trouble.
Then the front door opened and Kang Tae-min entered.
“The learning effect is good, Song Dae-beom.”
“Yes? ah… .”
Song Dae-beom, who was suddenly pointed out, soon realized that he was talking about the prank on the first day and lowered his head.
It was because of the embarrassing memory of being slapped on the cheek and falling out.
In the meantime, Kang Tae-min quickly completed the attendance check. There were still 12 of them.
“Today’s class topic is ‘Subject Understanding’.”
“… Get the subject?”
“No, what are you doing today?”
A strange class called ‘understanding the subject’ followed by ‘understanding class members’. Question marks appeared on the faces of the students.
“Yesterday you knew who you are, today it is your turn to know who others see you. From now on, according to my instructions, you will participate in different classes.”
The students’ eyes widened.
Wasn’t the special class originally a separate class? what is this all of a sudden
“But I am not taking classes. You will be the subject of practice in the course content.”
It was for this reason that Kang Tae-min sought cooperation from other teachers at the faculty meeting.
“What is that… .”
“What the hell… .”
When the students tried to protest, Kang Tae-min took out the etiquette injector.
Surprisingly, the noise disappeared in an instant.
“Of course there are rewards. Being a practice subject means competing with other students. Every time I win there, I will advance the dismissal time by 30 minutes.”
The students’ eyes widened at the reward. And the eyes rolled quickly.
It was obvious that he was doing the math in his head.
“Winning or losing will be decided under the supervision of the teacher in charge. If we lose even once, we immediately gather at the training ground.”
“if… .”
“Raise your hand if you have any questions.”
The student who was pointed out by Kang Tae-min flinched and then raised his hand.
“What if they all win?”
“Then you can go back right away.”
“Wow… !”
“Crazy. Crazy.”
Aspiration flashed in the eyes of the students. They didn’t even realize that they were passionate about Kang Tae-min’s class.
“What if you don’t want to?”
At that time, Ko Min-soo asked in an awkward manner.
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“… Yo?”
Ko Min-soo flinched and hesitantly raised his hand. Even that went up to his cheeks, as if he had pride.
“As I said yesterday, there is no absence from my class.”
Ko Min-soo frowned, but soon looked away as if he couldn’t help it.
“From now on, I’ll call each of you the class you need to go to, so listen carefully.”
Kang Tae-min started assigning classes according to attendance numbers.
* * *
Kang Tae-min pulled out a can of coffee and headed to the training ground.
“Please eat.”
“hehehe, I’ll have a good drink.”
Seol Ga-eun grinned and accepted the canned coffee he held out.
“Thank you for helping me.”
“It is for the students. I wanted to help even if I couldn’t do as much as Taemin’s efforts.”
Seol Ga-eun said with her eyes shining. Kang Tae-min felt new, but felt that Seol Ga-eun was a very easy-to-understand person.
“But will it really work?”
At Seol Ga-eun’s question, Kang Tae-min looked away. She waved her hands and continued.
“Ah, it’s not that I don’t trust Teacher Taemin, I’m just worried… .”
“Even if it doesn’t work, it is necessary.”
“You mean to prevent the special class students from getting together… ?”
Seol Ga-eun remembered what Kang Tae-min said during the meeting.
“The reason why problem children don’t fight each other and form a gang is because only then can they intimidate other students. That’s why it’s necessary to keep the children apart rather than keeping them together… .”
“Yes, that’s right. But that’s not all.”
Taemin Kang glanced at his watch. It was still too early for the first losers to arrive.
Not a bad topic to kill time.
“I want to instill a sense of competition in children.”
“A competition?”
“Yes. Depending on the results of this class, the dismissal time of students will vary. It was because of that that I already had a taste of early dismissal during class yesterday.”
I don’t know if I didn’t have it from the beginning, but it’s a person’s heart to want to get it back when they’re taken away.
“It depends on the awakening ability of each student and the class environment, but children will not think so complicatedly. Friends who go early will think they have more skills.”
“Um… But wouldn’t that make things worse for the kids?”
“I hope so.”
“Yes?”
“If you just hang out with friends, you think that’s all there is to it. Ordinary people, as well as awakened people, should not be like that. These kids will be risking their lives after graduation.”
Kang Tae-min lightly crushed the can he had finished drinking.
“You have to realize what level you are in a similar field of ability, what efforts others are making while you ignore reality, and what will happen in the future.”
That is why the subject of the class is ‘identifying the subject’.
At those words, Seol Ga-eun opened her mouth slightly.
‘really… You really care about the students.’
It’s because I didn’t know that I was thinking so deeply.
‘I need to get some money from the kids I used to look down on before I can come to my senses. There’s also a good potion here.’
Without knowing Kang Tae-min’s other intentions.
Then the training ground doors opened and the first student arrived.
“Ah, here you are!”
“… As expected.”
It was Song Dae-beom with yellow hair who came in with a resentful face.
It was like a lung that passed out with a single blow to the cheek.
“uh… ? Teacher Gaeun?”
Song Dae-beom trudged in and blushed when he saw Seol Ga-eun waving brightly.
I looked around and there were no other students.
‘Fuck, it’s a dog… .’
While regretting whether he should have passed the time and returned, Kang Tae-min waved to him.
Song Dae-beom hurriedly approached him.
“How many wins?”
“… 0 wins.”
“Right. Then you are subject to special training.”
“Yes?”
Taemin Kang smiled wide, showing his teeth.
I didn’t explain, but I thought that the students who couldn’t win 2 wins should be trained first.
“do not worry. Teacher Ga-eun is here too, so I won’t die.”
“… Yes?”
Song Dae-beom looked back at Seol Ga-eun with a stunned face.
However, Seol Ga-eun, who had already been influenced by Kang Tae-min, sent only cheering eyes with both fists clenched tightly.
“Okay then, let’s start the special training.”
For Song Dae-beom, Kang Tae-min’s voice sounded like a death sentence.