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n“Looks like I am in your debt again Cho Eui-shin. Thank you for your cooperation in purifying Silver Light District.”

nThe tone and atmosphere were completely different from Kim Shin rok he knew.

nHe didn’t look like the friendly teacher who came to his room with Seong Si-wan and said hello.

nKim Shin rok had a difficult expression to read.

n‘Somehow not like a person.’

nJeokho.

nKim Shin rok.

nEntrance examination demon intrusion case.

nTiger tribe and Ung Tribe.

nNow this place.

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nHe put his thoughts together one by one.

nIt’s hard to believe, but there was one conclusion that came out.

n“You are not human.”

nThe odds of the Jin tribe and Jin tribe or Jin tribe and humans having children were extremely low, and even if they had children, the child did not become a Jin tribe.

nIn the case of the white tiger, the yellow tiger, and the red tiger, the sacred beasts became mythical beings to be recorded in the Kaecheon myth and became a part of the Jin tribes.

nYongje-gun was also born in the Chintamani of the Dragon King God.

n‘Ha, I can’t believe it.’

nBeing in the realm of Jeokho without trouble means that they are either part of the tiger tribe or descendant of one.

nHowever, if he were a simple tiger tribe or descendant of one, he would not have been easily beaten by the Ung during the entrance exam.

nEven if the descendants were lesser beings of the Jin tribe, there was no way that they could seriously injure the descendants in a short time by tricking the other teachers before the entrance exam.

nBut if he was also a descendant of the Ung, the story was different.

nThe descendants cannot resist against Jin tribes they share blood with.

n“You must be the descendant of the Tiger and Ung.”

nKim Shin rok was the descendant of the Tiger and the Ung, he shared both of their blood at the same time.

nTo be precise, he was the descendant of Jeokho and the Ungnyeo of grief.

n“You are definitely the Unknown Supernova. Very intelligent.”

nKim Shin rok, who answered that way and smiled, didn’t seem human at all.

n“That’s right. I’m a Tiger and an Ung. I am a descendant of the two Jin tribes.”

nCrazy national trash game.

nIn the tutorial, the character who died without much dialogue has had this kind of setting?

n“As you know well, descendants are blood-bound. I cannot attack the Tiger and the Ung. So during the last attack, I couldn’t resist and I was beaten by the Ung.”

nKim Shin rok smiled and pointed to the end of the dark corridor.

n“Let us go. Jeokho is waiting for us.”

nThe Jeokho in the game continued to wear black clothes until the day of his death.

nPerhaps it was because he grieved for the death of his descendant, his son, Kim Shin-rok.

nAs he reached the end of the corridor along Kim Shin rok, he saw Jeokho.

n“Baekho, Cho Eui-shin. The Ung are locked up, but they lost their minds.”

nInside the lab guided by Jeokho.

nThere, he saw Choi Pyeon-deuk struggling with the tamer Ung tribe who lost both arms.

nWhen Choi Pyeon-deuk saw Kim Shin-rok, his eyes opened and glowed.

n“Ki, Mr. Kim. Good timing! I, I mean. There seems to be some misunderstanding with these teachers! Please, please.”

n“Don’t make flap your mouth in front of Baekho-nim and Jeokho-nim.”

nKim Shin-rok threw a thumbtack at Choi Pyeon-deuk’s jaw.

n“Ahhhhhh!”

nThe thumbtack stuck exactly in Choi Pyeon Deuk’s chin.

nBlood flowed from the place where the tack was stuck, and Choi Pyeon Deuk groaned.

n‘It is natural that Choi Pyeon-deuk is getting beaten. But why.’

nWhy?

nWhy a thumbtack?

nHe looked at Kim Shin rok with his eyes full of doubts.

n“There are students and faculty members who prefer analog paper notice boards. So I always carry them around.”

nRattle-.

nKim Shin rok shook a small plastic bucket full of thumbtacks.

nHe took out two thumbtacks and simultaneously bounced them off his fingertips and repeatedly looked at the Choi Pyeon Deuk.

n“Do you have anything you want to ask?”

nHe thought that the interrogation was going to be done by Jeokho.

nKim Shin rok said with an artificial smile that was still unhuman.

n“I am pretty good at stuff like this. Better than Jeokho-nim.”

n“Let’s leave it to him, Cho Eui-shin.”

nChoi Pyeon-deuk, who was groaning at Jeok-ho’s words, looked at me breathing deeply.

n“What? Cho Eui-shin? No, no way, the Unknown Supernova is…!”

n“Answer only the questions we asked.”

n“Ahhhhhh!”

nKim Shin rok put two thumbtacks that he was playing with into Choi Pyeon Deuk’s forehead.

nThere was no doubt about it.

nKim Shin rok really seemed to be able to do this well.

n“There is one thing I want to ask.”

nThere was one thing he wanted to ask.

nOther than that, all the information that Choi Pyeon-deuk had was all that he already knew or could know through a simple investigation.

nEven in the game, he had to uncover unclear information.

n“Who are the ones among the Zodiac Alliance that broke the barrier of Silver Light high school?”

nTo my question, Baekhogun, Jeokho, and Kim Shin rok both sharpened their eyes.

nChoi Pyeon-deuk flagged my question.

n“T-there is no way in hell I would answer that!”

nRattle-.

nKim Shin rok poured out a lot of school supplies in front of Choi Pyeon-deuk.

nBallpoint pen nib, zigzag scissors, cutter knives, thumbtacks, pencil sharpener…

nThey are obviously common school supplies, but when Kim Shin-rok displayed it, it felt dark.

nKim Shin rok, who felt his gaze, said with a smile again.

n“I’ve been a teacher for a while.”

nKim Shin rok said, picking up a 0.38mm red ink ballpoint pen lead and bringing it to Choi Pyeon Deuk’s eyeball.

n“I can handle a lot of analog school supplies very well.”

nSoon, Choi Pyeon-deuk’s screaming was heard.

nHe was able to see the true face of Kim Shin rok, the descendant of the Jin tribe who pretended to be like a normal, caring teacher…

nOne more teacher who he should never talk back against was added to his list.

nAfter about 30 minutes.

nBefore Kim Shin-rok tested ten kinds of school supplies, Choi Pyeon-deuk made a declaration of surrender.

n“Oh, noh, I, I don’t know either! At the time of breaking the barrier, the shadow had a long tail, a long tail!”

nKim Shin-rok nodded at him after checking Choi Pyeon-deuk’s eye movements, heart rate, and skin tremors.

nIt seemed to be the truth.

nWhen breaking the barrier, it would have been necessary to change into an incarnation of a beast in accordance with the covenant of the Alliance of 12.

n‘A long tail you say. Among the 12 zodiacs, the ones with long tails were rats, cows, tigers, dragons, snakes, horses, monkeys, and dogs.

nOf these, except for the clearly innocent tiger and dragon, six would be left.’

nRat, cow, snake, horse, monkey, dog.

nThe Rat tribe (鼠族), the Cow Tribe (牛族), the Snake Tribe (蛇族), the Horse Tribe (馬族), the Monkey tribe (猿族), and the Dog tribe (犬族).

nAmong these six, there was the Jin tribe who betrayed the Tigers.

nIt cannot be concluded that it was just one of them, but even if so, there was no problem.

n‘The game is still early. The number of moves I can make remains infinite.’

nWhen his question was over, Kim Shin rok started asking questions.

n“Why did you aim for the job of the 1st-grade class teacher and the job of advisor to the intellectual society? You denied the offers given to you for homeroom teacher and other advisory positions before. What were you trying to do in Silver Light?”

n“Ah, I don’t know… They told me to, “to…!”

nThree colorful thumbtacks were held between Kim Shin-rok’s fingers.

nChoi Pyeon-deuk got frightened and immediately replied.

n“Oh! Excellent student, they said they needed an offering!”

nThere was something that came to mind when he said that an excellent student and an offering.

nIn the game, around a year later, the intellectual society gets annihilated.

nAlthough most of the first graders survive because Joo Soo-hyuk and An da-in protect them.

n“By killing the descendant, Kim Shin-rok, the power of Silver Light is cut down, and the procurement of offerings is facilitated by making Choi Pyeon Deuk sit as advisor and homeroom teacher. They’ve been working on it from the very beginning.’

nIt’s what he expected, but to think he would hear that from a full-time teacher working in Silver Light high school.

nAfter that, interrogations and confessions continued.

n‘······There is no end.’

nThey set up a decadent business to insult the territory of the Tiger tribe.

nTaking talented students to fight clubs.

nStudents with rare talents were sold at auctions.

nPreventing excellent teachers from becoming regular teachers…

nRed sparks continued to erupt around Jeokho, and Baekhogun’s eyes gradually became colder.

nAlthough those weren’t the only evil deeds performed by Choi Pyeon-deuk.

n‘Putting his hands on the students and taking tribute…Because they are not directly related to the tribe, they will not be condemned here.’

nKim Shin-rok, who judged that he had heard all the necessary information, put a cutter blade into Choi Pyeon-deuk’s neck with the consent of him and Jeokho, preventing him from screaming.

nMeanwhile, Jeokho brought a frame with ropes stained with blood bound to a bright red wooden board.

n‘What is that······!’

nJeokho brought the red frame.

nOn the frame, indescribable thoughts and a terrible curse were buried.

nJust looking at it caused him to choke.

nIt was as if he had brought a little hell.

n“Ugh…… uh……!”

nChoi Pyeon-deuk also started struggling as if he felt something.

nKim Shin rok kindly explained the hell that Choi Pyeon-deuk will suffer in his near future.

n“After committing a deadly sin, Jeokho-nim bound himself here for about 4900 years before the other world conflict broke out to punish himself. Humans have a short lifespan, so trash like you must last maybe 100 years.”

nJeokho used that to punish himself?

nA miniature version of hell would be right.

n‘Choi Pyeon Deuk will be in hell until the moment he dies.’

nHe guessed this would be an eternal goodbye to Choi Pyeon-deuk.

nHe left a greeting.

n“I felt like a dog listening to bull** in your class. Live a long life here, Choi Pyeon-deuk.”

nOriginally, birthday punch is given in hopes of longevity.

nHe turned his back, leaving Choi Pyeon-deuk, who couldn’t scream and was twisting his body.

nBaekhogun and Jeokho followed me in the elevator to the lobby of Eunyounggwan, except for Kim Shin rok, who stayed behind to clean up.

n‘With the entrance of Baekhogun, I still have strength leftover today.’

nIt’s great because he still had work to do.

nHe looked back at Baekhogun and Jeokho and said.

n“There is still a building that needs to be demolished. Who wants to come?”

nThere were a total of five decadent business buildings operated by Choi Pyeon-deuk in front of Silver Light high school.

nOnly one was demolished so far.

nBefore the rain and wind stop, he planned to demolish everything and rob it as a bonus.

nThe Tiger tribe has the Hwangmyeong group on their back, so they would have no need for money and all the riches left in those buildings would be ripe for his taking.

n“I will go.”

n“We will be together. Cho Eui-shin.”

nThe two tigers who were nodding were really trustworthy.

nThe finest free workforce was here.

nAs he stepped out of Eunyoung Hall, he saw rain pouring again.

nAs it was the research building area, the lighting of the laboratory and the large greenhouse, which was being tested overnight, were lit up here and there, but it was still dark.

nShhhhhhhhh-.

n‘I don’t think the rainstorm will stop anytime soon.’

nStill, it was worth going out through this storm.

n‘Since the days of the game, I wanted to destroy the maps where dog**-like events occurred.’

nUnless there was a special gimmick in the game, it was impossible to destroy maps or buildings, no matter how strong the character was.

n‘It’s different now.’

nHe could break anything as long as he had the strength.

nThe three of them broke through the storm and embarked on the demolition of illegal buildings.

nThe work was easy because he checked the drawings and blueprints of the buildings in advance and determined the weak points.

nOpening the vaults hidden everywhere was quickly over.

nLooking at the cash and item cards in the item window, he felt proud.

n‘It’s so easy and rewarding!’

nSince midnight has passed, it was now Saturday dawn, but in an idiomatic sense, it was also still Friday.

nHe, Baekhogun, and Jeokho happily destroyed buildings and burned their Friday.

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nAfter the burning Friday was over, one more address was stored on his wearable device.

nThe one that was newly registered was Baekhogun.

nHe and Baekhogun exchanged their codes just before returning to the dormitory.

n‘It’s strangely easy to talk to Baekhogun.’

nHe was always polite to Hwang-ho and Jeokho, but he used informal words to Baekhogun as soon as he saw him.

nIs that because it is a playable character who has rolled 10 years?

nHwangho and Jeokho were NPCs, so they were a little different from Baekhogun.

n‘Baekhogun doesn’t seem to care so I’m just going to be informal with him.’

nSometimes, Jeokho gazed at him saying he did not understand.

n‘The weather is nice today.’

nLooking out the window, the rain and wind had stopped completely.

nIt was daytime Saturday now.

nHe was in the best condition because he hadn’t even dreamed like normal and got a good night’s sleep.

n‘Ham Geun Hyung’s message should be coming anytime now.’

nAs expected, ding-dong, and the arrival of the message alarm sound was heard.

nHam Geun-hyung Come to the faculty’s office break room by 2:00.

nHam Geun-hyung would have wanted to call him as soon as he finished protecting Maeng Hyo Don.

nHe must have guessed what he had done last night, so he must have been considerate of him to sleep a little.

nHe thought he should not keep them waiting.

nHe changed his clothes and left the dorm room.

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nThe break room of an empty faculty residence that met the weekend.

n“Hello.”

n“Yes, sit down.”

nHe sat across from Ham Geun-hyung.

nWith a shady face, he said calmly.

n“Maeng Hyo-don is undergoing a close examination in the first health room in the central area. The exact result was not obtained, but according to the opinion of the player specialist, there were signs of excessive use of recovery items.”

nSigns of excessive use of recovery items.

nMaeng Hyo-don’s school uniform with traces of stitches here and there.

nThe Enemies that followed him.

nPlayer SAT-K’s Enemy Alert, which did not sound.

nJust by looking at those facts, Ham Geun-hyung must have a rough idea of what happened.

n“All you told me was that Maeng Hyo-don would come running to the front gate of Silver Light after midnight, so protect him and report it to the Players Association. Did you have anything else you wanted to tell me other than that?”

nHe talked about what might be known in the future.

nHe finished only explaining what Choi Pyeon-deuk did and what happened to Maeng Hyo-don.

nWhen the explanation was over, Ham Geun-hyung stood up.

n“······Okay. Then I’m going to go see Maeng Hyo-don, so let’s go together.”

nWhat?

nHe thought it was natural for him to be questioned and was clearing up his mind to prepare to answer, but he became stunned at his reaction.

nHam Geun-hyung seemed to have no intention of asking for more.

n“Are you not going to inquire further?”

n“If you don’t want to talk, I won’t ask.”

nHe didn’t understand.

nIn this case, Choi Pyeon-deuk, a teacher, and Maeng Hyo-don, a student, was deeply related.

nIt was natural to ask how he knew and how he dealt with it.

nBut he still chose not to ask?

n“I’ve seen some just player students with excellent intelligence and independent information collection routes. I know that those types of guys don’t break their will. I haven’t even known you for a month yet, but I think you are one of those types.”

nHam Geun-hyung stood up and said.

n“Whenever I tried to stop them or tried to find out more about it, it resulted in injuries to them. I don’t want to hurt my students.”

n“Mr. Ham Geun-hyung…”

nI’ve heard of this line before.

nIt was also what Ham Geun-hyung said to Joo Soo-hyuk.

nIt was the line that made him think that there wouldn’t be a real teacher like this, that games are just games.

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n“If you can’t talk about it, then don’t talk about it, Cho Eui-shin. Instead, be sure to tell me when you need help. I will help you without asking anything.”

nHe thought it was very fortunate for him that he was his homeroom teacher.

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nHe and Ham Geun Hyung each took an air board and moved to the central area.

nWhen he got on the air board, an unusually blue sky came into his sight.

n‘The sky is blue…!’

nThe rain had stopped and it was a little cool, but the sky was blue and the wind was refreshing.

nAfter a short flight, they landed in the central area, and someone was waiting for them.

nThe man smiled brightly and approached him and Ham Geun-hyung.

n“It’s been a while, Eui shin.”

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