I Possessed a Broken Academy Instructor

Chapter 12

“Famille? I saw her flying towards the training ground with Ran trailing behind her a while ago….”

Although it sounded like they were describing Dokgo Ran as some kind of beast, he realized there was no other way to put it and made his way to the training ground.

And soon, what he was faced with was…….

“Ugh, uwaaaaaaah!”

“Run away!”

It was a scene of utter chaos at the training ground.

“Haha, I told them not to tear up the ground.”

“Let's just have a smoke. There's no stopping them.”

“……Aren't there any Creatures around? Maybe they could come and drag those two away.”

The ground shaking was a given, and the androids and soldiers in charge of facility management walked out of the training ground with looks of resignation, each lighting a cigarette.

Their expressions showed that this was an all-too-familiar sight.

Only then did Jin Crow recall that in the original novel, Dokgo Ran and Famille had destroyed at least five training grounds before graduation, and he couldn't help but let out a dry laugh.

‘Monsters.’

There was a reason the Central Special Mission Military Academy received special treatment.

Taking in the sight, Jin Crow took a hip flask from his coat and took a sip.

-Drug Addiction (30min).

Not only did he lack the confidence to endure this sober, but if he were to get swept up in it by any chance, it would all be over.

It might not be enough, but it was better to have this much insurance.

Of course, to others, he might look like a madman drinking while the training ground was on the verge of collapse, but what could he do?

If necessary, he had to become even worse.

And so, he stepped inside, and the scene he soon encountered was truly a spectacle.

KWAAAAAAAAAAANG!

The floor and walls of the training ground, roughly the size of a baseball stadium, crashed down on Dokgo Ran like a tidal wave.

What was even more terrifying was that the emotion on Dokgo Ran's face as she faced it all alone was not fear or despair, but joy.

‘……To think that even this isn’t her full power, hah.’

Her outstretched fist tore through the surging walls and space in a single blow, and the resulting shockwave violently battered the window where Jin Crow stood.

C-c-crack.

He couldn't help but be appalled that the glass, which was supposedly the same type used in space battleships, was actually cracking, even if only slightly.

“……Oh my?”

Just then, the eyes of Famille, who was sitting arrogantly on her throne in the center of the training ground as if she were a queen, blinked.

Soon, a voice slipped past her lips and brushed against his ears.

“Instructor Jin Crow?”

Apparently, it was quite unexpected for him to have come all the way inside the training ground looking for them.

However, that momentary lapse in concentration was not a good thing for her, nor for Jin Crow.

RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE!

Soon after, Dokgo Ran, having pulverized all the walls that had surged like a tidal wave, leaped into the air and burst into a maniacal laugh.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

“……W-wait a minute!”

She had completely lost it.

Only then did Famille realize something was wrong and urgently try to calm her down, but.

「Dokgo Style, Ran Form.」

「Explosive Thunder Fist.」

It was impossible for her words to reach Dokgo Ran, who had already lost half her reason to the excitement of battle.

“Hnngh!”

She hurriedly scattered the alloy plates she had been using as a throne and scraped together all her remaining power to erect walls.

CRUUUUUUUUUNCH!

The earth trembled with a horrifying sound.

Space shattered, and faced with such overwhelming, materialized violence, Famille could only bite her lip.

‘G-going all out, what is she thinking!?’

It might have been different if she had her Special Mission Armament.

No matter how promising a Supernatural Triple Gear she was, dealing with Ran was a struggle.

“Kyahahahahahahat!”

It was better for her peace of mind to discard any hope like, ‘Maybe Dokgo Ran will come to her senses?’ from the start.

Because of that, she had no choice but to take a short, deep breath and opt for a gamble.

KWAAAAAAAANG!

Just then, her own reflection appeared in Dokgo Ran's dark red eyes as she pierced through the final wall.

“Got y-!”

“You brought this on yourself. Who told you to get an F?”

Muttering words of resentment and self-justification, she spread her fingertips.

Then, she glanced at Jin Crow, who happened to be staring intently at her, and opened her mouth.

「Refraction.」

“Huh?”

The fist that had clearly been aimed at Famille twisted away as if it had slipped.

Dokgo Ran's reason returned slightly as she realized something was wrong, but the moment she saw someone's face getting closer, she couldn't help but turn pale.

“Ah? Uh, uh?”

The slightly cracked window for some reason.

The face visible beyond it was familiar.

No, how could it be just familiar?

For better or worse, he was an instructor so famous within the academy that not knowing him would make you a spy.

The problem was that the destination of the fist she had just thrown with all her might was him.

“G-get out of the way! I said, get out of the way!”

She belatedly screamed, but it was a struggle that was far too late.

KWAAAAAAAANG!

Finally, her fist struck the training ground wall, which was already precariously standing due to Famille's ability, and the collapsing wall instantly engulfed Jin Crow and Dokgo Ran.

‘I-I’m screwed.’

Even for a Superhuman, being crushed by a building while defenseless was bound to leave at least a scratch.

The problem, however, was that the price for that scratch was attacking an instructor.

Pant, pant-.

Famille was her last hope, but she too had no strength left after using Refraction just now.

However, she hadn't refracted Dokgo Ran's attack without thinking.

“Tsk.”

Soon, the sound of a short click of the tongue brushed past the dazed Dokgo Ran's ear.

It wasn't an emotion like disappointment.

‘Annoyance?’

Yes, it was more like a low sigh filled with the annoyance of having been caught up in something pointless.

*Shing,* a sword was drawn.

Then, in a flash, a brilliant gleam of light was followed by a vibration that shook her to the core, as if something heavy had fallen.

“Guek!”

Dokgo Ran fully regained her senses precisely after her head had been slammed down at someone's feet.

Sniffle, sob…….

It wasn't just that her head had hit the floor.

It was as good as being slammed down with the speed of her Explosive Thunder Fist, so even for someone as durable as her, the pain was enough to bring tears to her eyes.

But the pain was momentary, and a question arose.

‘It doesn’t hurt?’

The pain from hitting her head was brief, and after that, there was no pressure at all from the building debris that should have been crushing her back and body.

Because of that, the very moment she blinked her questioning eyes and raised her head.

“Dokgo Ran.”

*Click.* Along with the sound, Jin Crow sheathed his Special Mission Armament, a jet-black longsword, at his waist and stared intently at Dokgo Ran, who was collapsed at his feet.

“……Ah.”

Only then did Dokgo Ran realize.

That he had cut down the debris of the building that had been collapsing towards her and Jin Crow.

Meanwhile, Famille, who had approached at some point, opened her mouth.

“Instructor, I have been wronged.”

Famille spoke calmly while wiping the dust and sweat from her face with a handkerchief, but her expression, which clearly said she'd gotten into deep trouble, was a sight to behold.

“Ah……. Th-that is, this wasn't me trying to attack you, Instructor…….”

On the other hand, Dokgo Ran, for some reason, had a tearful, pale face and was on the verge of begging for forgiveness.

But that too was only for a moment.

Dokgo Ran soon began pointing a finger at Famille, who was standing behind her, looking neat and tidy as if she had never broken a sweat.

“No, this is your fault in the first place, Famille!”

“What did I do?”

“You wrote your name on my assignment…!”

“You said you were doing the assignment and then you fell asleep, didn't you? It was going to be an F anyway, so what does it matter?”

“Th-that's!”

The sight of them passing the blame to each other was truly a spectacle.

Instead of answering, Jin Crow took a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

Flick, puff-.

The flint of the lighter spun briefly.

A flame flickered, and the acrid smoke that pressed on his lungs dispersed into the air like a heat haze.

“……”

“……C-cough.”

Was it said that silent anger is the most frightening kind?

Even Dokgo Ran and Famille, who had been blaming each other for a while, couldn't help but shut their mouths as Jin Crow smoked his cigarette without a word.

“Wh-what happened?”

“The, the training ground…….”

Following that, the instructors, cadets, and the Military Police who had sensed the commotion approached, and as the smoke cleared, they all let out gasps.

“……They've really caused a major incident.”

At the words of a military police officer who looked fed up, even the others nodded inadvertently.

The instructors, cadets, and even the Military Police were all within the category of Superhumans, even if there were differences in their ranks.

However, even for them, the sight of a completely demolished wall of the training ground was not a matter to be laughed off.

‘Of all people, Jin Crow had to be the one to get involved.’

‘Considering what happened last time with Dokgo Ran, it'll be hard to let this slide.’

‘She picked the wrong person. He must have been grinding his teeth, waiting for an opportunity.’

Moreover, the perpetrator and the victim were clear.

Because of that, the surrounding instructors and military police also began to grow tense.

Surprisingly, Jin Crow wasn't one to go on a rampage, but it was a different story once he snapped.

They had seen it once before, hadn't they?

A snapped Jin Crow was an extremely awkward opponent to deal with, even for the instructors and military police.

Indeed, just standing in front of him was suffocating due to his unique aura.

“Um, Instructor.”

One of the instructors standing nearby cautiously called out to Jin Crow, who was silently smoking amidst the debris.

At the same time, he took a step forward, tightly gripping his dagger-shaped Special Mission

Armament so he could subdue him at any moment.

“First, please calm down.”

But at that very moment, he indifferently stubbed out the half-smoked black cigarette in a portable ashtray, narrowed his eyes slightly, and opened his mouth.

“Dokgo Ran, Famille D'megeard.”

It was just a low utterance of their names, but the surrounding atmosphere instantly stiffened.

Just as even the dispatched regular soldiers were swallowing nervously, Jin Crow's mouth finally opened.

“Both of you, follow me to the instructor's office.”

With those words, he took his hand off the Special Mission Armament it had been resting on and turned around.

Dazed gazes from those around him followed his every move.

However, he paid them no mind, simply brushing back his slightly disheveled hair and adding a word to a nearby military police officer.

“Report to the Headmaster. I'll send these cadets to the Military Police after I have a talk with them. Is that acceptable?”

“Yes? Ah, yes! Understood!”

The short-haired female military police officer hurriedly nodded at the question-like command, and Jin Crow walked past her as if it were only natural.

“……A-are we saved?”

“Shut up and follow. Hah.”

Soon, Famille followed behind him, levitating the dazed and muttering Dokgo Ran in the air.

“……”

“……Wow.”

A strange silence remained in the spot where the main culprits had all left.

In front of the training ground, the instructors, cadets, military police, and soldiers could only follow the departing Jin Crow with their eyes.

The slight shift in the underlying emotion in their gazes was probably not just an illusion.

“……Hah.”

Meanwhile, Jin Crow, walking ahead, unbuttoned one of the buttons on his shirt that was choking him and thought.

‘……Fuck. It actually worked.’

They would never know.

That a moment ago, he was the only one in the training ground who had almost died.