Chapter 32: Leading Manager Kang Seol-yeon(3)

Yooshin stepped in to stop them, but he couldn’t do anything about the atmosphere that had already crossed into another dimension.
Yuri, for her part, looked displeased.
Seol-yeon, too, seemed to have something on her mind, as she hadn’t said a word for a while and wore a thoughtful expression.
Watching her, Yooshin clicked his tongue.
‘It’s over, it’s totally over.’
There was no more information to be gained.
There was no reason to continue this awkward company.
Having made that judgment, Yooshin clapped his hands in front of the lost-in-thought Seol-yeon.
“Hmm? What is it?”
“That’s enough for today. If I need anything else next time, I’ll ask, sunbae.”
“Ah, I see. My apologies, I wasn’t able to pay proper attention.”
“No, no, this was more than enough.”
At least Yooshin’s words weren’t empty pleasantries.
Thanks to her personally guiding him, he was able to get a grasp of the Special Building’s layout and the general atmosphere.
He’d have to find out the rest himself.
The most important thing for Yooshin right now was the main scenario.
The only thing he could infer at the moment was that the main scenario was about halfway through.
However, the original protagonist, Baek Yooshin, failed to grow due to collective bullying and took his own life.
It was obvious things were very twisted.
But what happened before was none of Yooshin’s business.
Enhancement, or rather, his combat power, wasn’t a problem.
The real problem was the immediate situation.
‘If this is a scenario like a web novel, the masterminds would have been carrying out their plans on their own all this time.’
There are definitely masterminds here too.
To give a simple example, the entity that turned Instructor Lee Youngseok into an ogre.
That entity is probably the mastermind.
But masterminds don’t just sit around and play.
Each would have proceeded with their plans, and the protagonist’s party would have somehow stopped them.
That’s the basic framework.
However, the protagonist, Baek Yooshin, failed to do so because his growth was stagnant.
What does that mean?
To put it simply, it was like a group project where nothing had been done.
And the presentation was tomorrow.
In a word, it was fcked.
The masterminds present in the main scenario, at least the ones in the early to mid-stages, would have achieved their respective goals.
Most of them would appear before him in a stronger form.
Yooshin, with only fragmented information, had no choice but to judge it that way, and it wasn’t entirely wrong.
Of course, Hyunwoo had taken on Baek Yooshin’s role in his place.
Unfortunately, he lacked the ability.
He produced results that fell short of the original scenario.
Of course, Hyunwoo himself was satisfied, but that choice had raised the scenario’s difficulty even more.
“Oppa, I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine, you weren’t wrong.”
As Yooshin remained silent, Yuri, who had been quietly observing him, apologized.
She thought she had upset her brother.
Just sitting and thinking about it wouldn’t change much.
He just needed to act in that time.
And surprisingly, it didn’t take long for Yooshin to act.
As soon as Kang Seol-yeon left, a fight was picked with him.
S-Class was greatly twisted compared to the main scenario.
In the original scenario, things were supposed to normalize to some extent as the Student Council and the Disciplinary Committee reconciled through Yooshin’s efforts.
However, because things got twisted, that didn’t happen.
Thanks to that, the villains who should have clashed with the protagonist Baek Yooshin and been weeded out long ago were still remaining in S-Class.
For example, like the big guy who just appeared in front of Yooshin.
“Hey.”
“?”
“Follow me for a sec.”
Not only was he being rude from the get-go, he was even beckoning with his finger to follow him.
What’s this?
A new kind of suicide wannabe?
Or just fearless?
It was absurd, but thanks to Seol-yeon’s explanation, Yooshin immediately saw through the opponent’s identity.
Seeing the white badge, he seemed to be from the Student Council.
He had heard the Disciplinary Committee’s explanation earlier, so Yooshin judged that it wouldn’t be bad to get some information from the Student Council this time and took a step forward, holding his temper for now.
“Oppa, something about the atmosphere doesn’t feel right.”
“You guys stay here.”
“Y-Yooshin, I can’t let you go alone.”
“I can see your legs shaking from here. Athena, protect them for a bit.”
“Leave it to me.”
Was it because of the tense atmosphere?
Even Yuri, who wasn’t one to back down in terms of grit, unlike the frail Hayoung, was saying it didn’t feel right and that they should ignore it.
He fully understood her feelings.
Even to Yooshin’s eyes, it clearly looked like a trap.
But for information, he had no choice.
And to be honest, he didn’t think he would lose.
There were about three boys from the Student Council.
They led Yooshin to an empty, deserted classroom.
As he was being led, Yooshin looked around.
It seemed each section of the Special Building had its own territory.
The first and second floors were used by the Student Council, and the third and fourth floors by the Disciplinary Committee.
Something like that.
“I have a lot to ask you guys.”
“What’s with this bastard?”
“Is he out of his mind?”
The two boys who were already sitting on desks in the classroom, smoking cigarettes, had dumbfounded expressions at Yooshin’s suddenly confident demeanor.
They had called the new kid to ‘educate’ him.
They never dreamed he would act so fearlessly.
But Yooshin didn’t care.
He had no intention of giving them the reaction they wanted.
Finally, one of the Student Council members, unable to hold back, grabbed Yooshin by the collar.
“Has this bastard gone crazy?”
Their purpose was to show their authority as seniors, but at the same time, it was to keep the juniors with bright futures from surpassing them.
Once you enter S-Class.
Your talent is beyond doubt.
Of course, they themselves, having entered S-Class, couldn’t deny they had talent beyond the ordinary.
But it was inevitable that even among geniuses, there were different levels.
Just look at Selena from the second year who could use ‘Flowering,’ while they, who also entered S-Class, couldn’t.
Doesn’t that already give you the answer?
So they keep the new freshmen in check.
They pressure them as much as possible to induce their talents to blossom as late as possible.
If the juniors come up from behind, it’s them, the seniors, who will end up losing their places.
“What did you say, you bastard?”
There was just one problem.
“Your words are short.”
They had picked the wrong opponent.

Words have more power than one might think.
Because they contain all of a person’s thoughts and emotions.
The head of the Disciplinary Committee, Kang Seol-yeon, had no intention of ignoring that meaning.
For instance, regarding Yuri’s outcry.
Why did that child shout with such a hateful voice?
That came as a considerable shock to Seol-yeon.
Although she didn’t show it, she had believed she was changing the academy for the better.
But that firm belief was slightly shaken today.
What if there was something I didn’t know?
What if, in fact, nothing about the current academy had changed at all?
I can’t just stand by.
Whatever it is, I have to find out for myself.
As soon as she made the decision, Seol-yeon immediately took action.
Just sitting and thinking was not her style.
You have to act to make a change.
Finding out wasn’t that difficult.
After all, the C-Class members, except for Baek Yooshin and Yoo Hayoung, had been either expelled or forcibly transferred to other academies as strong disciplinary action.
Thanks to that, Seol-yeon was able to find out what had happened without much difficulty.
The result was more shocking than she had imagined.
Not only the collective bullying in C-Class.
But even the so-called ‘Sword Saint Corps’ of the first year had persistently tormented Yooshin.
In other words, Yuri, as the victim’s sister, couldn’t hold back and had expressed her anger towards her.
‘How foolish I was, lost in cheap satisfaction and missing the truth.’
There were reasons, of course.
If she had to make an excuse, she could.
Like how the conflict with the Student Council had intensified, and she unknowingly didn’t have the luxury to turn her attention to that side.
But Seol-yeon didn’t make excuses for herself.
This was clearly her mistake.
To have missed things like this while saying she would create a better academy.
How pathetic must she have looked to Yuri, the victim’s family member?
However, if a mistake was made, she would fix what could be fixed right away.
Seol-yeon let out a sigh and said.
“I’ll have to have a proper talk with Yooshin tomorrow.”
“Who are you talking to?”
“Hmm? Ah, I’m talking about Baek Yooshin. He just joined S-Class.”
“…”
Unfortunately, Hyunwoo, who was having a meal with Seol-yeon, happened to overhear it.
Hyunwoo’s two eyes began to burn with hatred.