I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 132 : Seo Jun-seong (1)

Jeong Su-hyeon versus Seo Jun-seong.

The finals, held as a battle between these two, was scheduled for 3 PM after lunch.

"Are you curious why we don't give sufficient rest time?"

Instructor Kim Cheol-han asked me inside the helicopter returning after recovering the main tournament participants.

"I have some idea."

"Oh. What do you think the reason is?"

"I thought about what the implications might be for this to have become established as a tradition."

"And?"

"Real combat is always full of various variables. Things rarely go according to plan. If that's the case, we should rightfully anticipate situations where injuries incur penalties."

"Correct. The sooner you discard the shallow expectation that you can always fight in perfect condition, the better."

"That's exactly right."

"If you understand, there's no need for me to talk until my mouth hurts."

Instructor Kim Cheol-han laughed.

"For the remaining time, recover your stamina as much as possible. You won't be able to receive any treatment until the fight is over."

"Understood."

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"Chairman, we've received a report that Miss Ji-su has been unfortunately defeated in a one-on-one fight with Jun-seong."

Hearing Chief of Staff Kim Jin-hyung's words, Chairman Hwang Yong-jae slowly nodded as if he had expected it.

"I see, so the final two are Seo Jun-seong and Jeong Su-hyeon?"

"That's correct."

"Seo Jun-seong will win."

Hwang Yong-jae declared.

"So that's how you see it, Chairman."

"Of course."

Chairman Hwang Yong-jae, the head leading the B&S Group.

He had great interest in this cohort of academy cadets.

"What does our Chief Kim think?"

Chief of Staff Kim Jin-hyung, standing behind Hwang Yong-jae, bowed his waist and carefully chose his words.

"While I highly value Su-hyeon's potential, skill, maturity beyond his years, and his achievements so far..."

"But?"

"I think Seo Jun-seong's skill might be slightly superior, having directly inherited the qualities of Hero Seo Dong-jin and grown up under his intensive education, following an elite course. The compatibility aspect also definitely leans his way."

"No, no."

Hwang Yong-jae waved his hand.

"From what I see, Jun-seong's quality is better than his father's."

"...You think that highly of him?"

"Seo Dong-jin is a genius, but he was perfected through decades of fighting. But Seo Jun-seong already has a complete form in terms of the versatility and destructive power of his characteristic, as well as the awakened person's own skill in fully utilizing it. Perhaps reaching S-rank might be sooner than expected."

"If that's the case, Jun-seong might break the record as the youngest S-rank awakened person."

"Well? That's uncertain."

"What do you mean by uncertain?"

"In just a year, Jeong Su-hyeon might be in an even higher place. I have that kind of feeling."

"No one can match your insight, Chairman, so if that's how you see it, it must be right."

"Hmm. Our Chief Kim is getting better at flattery as he ages, isn't he?"

Hwang Yong-jae chuckled.

"But right now, Seo Jun-seong will win. That's my conclusion."

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Amidst the faint sounds of excited students and murmuring from the audience in the stands.

Hong In-hyeon came to find Seo Jun-seong, who had finished his preparation for the match.

"Hey, how's your condition?"

"Not so good."

Seo Jun-seong sighed.

"My head is a bit fuzzy, perhaps because of the attack I took from you earlier."

"Dammit, I've got cracked ribs and everything."

"...Heh."

"Oh? You're laughing?"

"Mina must be hurt too."

"If you hadn't caught her at the end, she would have been seriously injured."

"That's fortunate."

"Hwang Ji-su seems fine except for the mana exhaustion."

"Hmm."

Seo Jun-seong, who had been nodding, suddenly asked.

"You've fought both me and Jeong Su-hyeon."

"Yeah. I lost to both of you."

Hong In-hyeon bared his teeth.

"You're wondering who's stronger? Is that what you're curious about?"

"...Well."

Seo Jun-seong turned his gaze to the wall.

"To be honest, I'm a bit afraid. Of that unfathomable something in Jeong Su-hyeon."

"That's what I call a complaint from someone who's well-fed."

"What do you mean?"

"The fact that you only feel that much pressure from him is possible because it's you."

"Is that so."

"Who's stronger? How would I know that? You'll have to face each other to find out."

Hong In-hyeon tapped Seo Jun-seong's shoulder.

"Do your best. You were more difficult for me to fight against."

"That's a nice thing to say."

Meanwhile, the first-year cadets sitting closely in the stands were waiting for this final fight with excited hearts.

"It's a shame. Having to be in the position of watching."

In response to Kwon Seung-yeon's words, Hwang Ji-su snorted.

"It's frustrating, but there's nothing we can do. Next semester, I'll be there."

"Oh my, I have nothing to say as someone eliminated in the preliminaries."

Song Yu-ha spoke while fanning herself as if it were someone else's business.

"Hey, do you think Su-hyeon will win?"

Kim A-yun quietly asked.

"This is really hard to say. Looking at compatibility, Jun-seong has the advantage, but Su-hyeon is just so unpredictable."

Kwon Seung-yeon frowned, crossing her arms.

"What do you think, Ji-su?"

"I don't care who wins."

Hwang Ji-su answered primly with a humming sound.

"But I get the feeling that Seo Jun-seong, just like Jeong Su-hyeon, still has power he hasn't shown yet."

Hwang Ji-su recalled her memory of being defeated after a fierce battle.

"...From the feeling of having fought both, Jeong Su-hyeon felt like a master who knew very well how to deal with me. Seo Jun-seong felt difficult because the power he possessed was just too outstanding."

"Hmmmm."

Song Yu-ha said, scrunching her chin with her hand.

"If I had to bet money, I'd bet on Jun-seong."

"I'm just abstaining."

Kwon Seung-yeon said, raising her shoulders.

"I, I'm on Su-hyeon's side."

Kim A-yun quietly took Su-hyeon's side, and.

"Then I'll go with the long shot."

Hwang Ji-su inconspicuously sided with Su-hyeon.

"...By the way, where did Lee Yu-jin go?"

To Hwang Ji-su's question, Song Yu-ha grinned.

"She went down to talk with Su-hyeon for a moment."

"I don't think long words are necessary at this point."

Lee Yu-jin said to Su-hyeon, who had finished his preparation for the match.

"You'll be able to win."

She drew a soft smile below eyes full of trust.

"Go on."

"Yes, I will win."

Lee Yu-jin quietly watched as Su-hyeon walked toward the arena with a sword hanging from his hook.

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With all members of the academy watching the two.

Seo Jun-seong spoke to Su-hyeon.

"Honestly, at the time of enrollment, I hadn't thought it would be you standing in this place facing me."

"I suppose not."

Su-hyeon answered as if it were obvious.

"But from that time, your existence greatly concerned me."

"Your instincts are good."

"Since I became conscious of your existence."

Seo Jun-seong said.

"I've always been thinking about tactics to defeat you."

"And you've found the answer?"

"Probably."

Seo Jun-seong wiggled the fingers of his drooping hands.

"That's exciting."

Su-hyeon smiled.

[3, 2, 1. Begin.]

Along with Instructor Kim Cheol-han's voice announcing the start of the fight.

"Hup!"

Seo Jun-seong's telekinesis flew toward Su-hyeon like an invisible shell.

"The first attack is from Seo Jun-seong!"

"When you think about it, that's natural!"

Hearing the voices of the watching cadets.

'Eye Power activated.'

Keeeeeng!

Su-hyeon, who had activated Eye Power, began circling widely around the arena while watching the telekinetic waves subtly distorting the atmosphere.

"He's slowly circling while closing the distance!"

'No chance!'

Seo Jun-seong immediately fired a gravity field with massive density at Su-hyeon.

Boom! Crash!

The tiles on the arena floor crumbled like bricks made of sugar.

"Oh my goodness!"

The head of the general affairs department screamed.

"Every time that guy comes up, the facilities get destroyed!"

Thud!

The fragments of the arena tiles were caught by telekinesis and stopped in mid-air, and.

Whoooosh!

They became Seo Jun-seong's bullets, chasing Su-hyeon like guided missiles.

'Tch!'

In the end, Su-hyeon had no choice but to form a Mana Shield and use three-dimensional evasive maneuvers.

"He flew!"

"But he's still in danger!"

The threat of telekinesis, plus the physical force of broken tiles.

It was a scene creating a miraculous exchange ratio where the volume of attacks pouring toward Su-hyeon increased the more he evaded.

"Wow, what's with that scale."

"No wonder people talk about Seo Jun-seong!"

The cadets burst into admiration at Seo Jun-seong's attack fiercely pressing Su-hyeon.

"Jeong Su-hyeon's movements are really good too. He's avoiding all that without getting hit."

"But there's a limit to that approach."

"Right, he's bound to get caught eventually."

'I'll bring that moment closer.'

Seo Jun-seong, who had guided Su-hyeon to keep rising higher, twisted his mouth as he watched Su-hyeon reach a sufficient altitude.

'Now!'

At the moment when Su-hyeon's right foot, moving in a zigzag, was about to step on a created Mana Shield.

'Eh?!'

Seo Jun-seong's telekinesis, having predicted the coordinates, interfered with the Mana Shield and pushed it far away!

'This bastard!'

At the moment when Su-hyeon, who had lost his foothold in mid-air, was about to slip and fall.

'Eat this!'

Countless bullets created by Seo Jun-seong all flew toward Su-hyeon at once.

Boooom!

"Aah!"

"Is it over?!"

'It's impossible to avoid all that!'

But even in this difficult situation, Su-hyeon's reaction was agile.

'Mana Shield.'

Woong!

Su-hyeon wrapped his entire body with a Mana Shield and chose the method of kicking off from the air again to escape the barrage by the shortest route.

Babababak!

But just as one cannot pass through a downpour without getting wet.

'Kuuuugk!'

Chunks of Su-hyeon's Mana Shield were shaved off, and abrasions and contusions appeared all over.

"He got out!"

"He still looks okay?"

"No, there is damage!"

Listening to the commentary from the cadets.

"Hahaha."

Su-hyeon laughed.

'To suddenly use such a move. As expected of Seo Jun-seong.'

"He's laughing?"

"He's a bit weird too."

"Once you reach top student level, there are no normal kids."

"Are you talking about Hae-na?"

"Phew, it's intense right from the start."

Nam Tae-hoon, who had wiped the sweat from his palms by rubbing them on his pants, muttered.

"That's Jun-seong for you. Following the plan step by step to inflict damage."

Kang Geon-woo admired.

"The fact that Jeong Su-hyeon is taking damage itself is a rare situation."

Hong In-hyeon laughed dryly.

"Anyway, that annoying bastard. He exaggerates while doing everything he needs to."

"Definitely."

Kim Ho-su agreed.

"In that aspect, both Seo Jun-seong and Jeong Su-hyeon are similar."

"Quiet, it's starting again!"

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Like all abilities, Seo Jun-seong's telekinesis also has some limitations.

'It weakens against living organisms.'

More precisely, the higher the density of mana a living being has, the more resistance it has against his telekinesis.

'A balance patch, if you will.'

Su-hyeon thought.

'That's why he applies it in ways like gravity fields or throwing objects.'

However, at this moment, Su-hyeon realized that Seo Jun-seong had found a way to overcome his penalty.

Crack! Crackle!

Su-hyeon, who had pressed down on his ankles that had started turning by themselves with both hands, grimaced from the pain in his twisting joints and ligaments under near-limit pressure.

"Is he trying to break it by concentrating telekinesis on one spot?!"

"That's smart."

"At this rate, Jeong Su-hyeon can't do anything!"

It was as the spectators said.

'If I struggle too much to escape, my ankle will twist, and if I endure like this, I'll be hit by follow-up attacks.'

"So, what will you do now?"

Seo Jun-seong asked.

"Is this the end already?"

"Sigh."

Su-hyeon sighed as if he had no choice.

'Liberation.'

Booom!

Su-hyeon, who exploded with overwhelming output, kicked off the ground and left Seo Jun-seong's telekinesis range.

'Fast!'

While his telekinesis lost track due to the unexpected speed.

Tap tap tap!

Su-hyeon, who had kicked the air three times and changed direction in a zigzag to get behind Seo Jun-seong, smiled.

"Behind!"

"This is dangerous!"

'Your telekinesis has a habit of activating along your line of sight.'

This ambush was possible because Su-hyeon knew the mechanism by which his ability was exerted.

'Damn it...!'

Seo Jun-seong turned his body and hurriedly surrounded himself with telekinesis, but.

Whaaack!

Su-hyeon's roundhouse kick, which easily broke through the shallow telekinetic wall, landed on Seo Jun-seong's guard.

"Kuhek!"

Superhuman destructive power that seemed like it would break the guard itself.

Seo Jun-seong's body, flying like a soccer ball, crashed right into the ground.

Boooom!

"Wow, he got hit properly."

"Didn't that break a bone?"

Tap tap.

Su-hyeon landed among the debris of tiles that had soared high and fallen to the ground from the impact of the collision, and said.

"Stop resting and get up. We should continue."