I Became the Leader of Academy City

74 – Discipline 24. The Leading Manager Follows Through to the End (11)

Older humans believed that knowledge and peace were important for the revival of humanity.

The biggest difference between humans and other animals is the effective use of knowledge.

No matter how new is, it is difficult to somehow change this hopeless world without the advancement of knowledge.

In the end, the old mankind decided that knowledge would lead humanity to a better level.

Therefore, in the blessed land bestowed by the Golden Sheep, the old humanity built Neo Seoul, a city for the new humanity.

As most of the old humans died, only the new humans remained, and the city became a type of ‘academy city’ depending on its purpose.

In cities, older humans built infrastructure so that citizens, that is, children, could be guaranteed basic living and learn knowledge and combat.

Laying down the foundation of the Republic of Korea by guaranteeing the fundamental right under Article 10 of the Constitution to enjoy and pursue happiness.

It created a reason to later protect the home of life and fight for the revival of humanity.

However, in the end, the main axis of the city was still the adults of the old humanity, not the students.

Enjoying happiness in this world was only possible when the adults allowed it.

That was the reality of Neo Seoul.

Children could only enjoy ‘permitted happiness.’

Moon Chae-yeon cursed her own life.

Following the compulsory training method given by the headmaster, he passed through a painful childhood and continued into a life of being exploited.

But Chaeyeon thought there might be a reason for her life

As she lives, she may one day find out why she lived.

If you somehow try your best to live, you may find a reason to live.

You may be able to smile and say that life was worth living.

However, when I looked back, there were puddles of blood at each footprint.

I try to like dishes with cheese, I try to like mechanical engineering, no matter how hard I try to find my reason for living.

When I look back, something inside me whispers that you are not worthy of happiness.

In the end, she was a sinner who was only used by the headmaster. She had to have blood on her hands and a loss to the city. For the principal’s purpose, which I don’t know what it is.

No matter how hard I try to live that kind of life, is there any meaning to it?

Isn’t her own life her her only harmful to others?

On the day when her deep doubts came, Chaeyeon decided to give up on her difficult thoughts.

She just decided to live.

Most living things live because they were born, and do their best not to die. Because my instinct tells me to do it.

Didn’t the sea squirt even throw away its brain in order to survive? Everything is just trash that will fall apart one day anyway, so what is the use of trying to find meaning in life?

I will not wish for happiness or anything else.

I will not put any meaning into my life.

Then, it would be good if I could find the meaning of life that I cannot give up, even if it was in a desperate way.

For now, Chaeyeon promised herself that she would just survive.

It was a simple reason.

Because I wasn’t confident about dying.

Kwakagaga River!!

A heated underground facility.

Ahn Woo-jin and Moon Chae-yeon engaged in a fierce battle.

Lightning and wind pressure with powerful magical power spread out.

The iron dragon and mechanical spear intersect, drawing an efficient trajectory to defeat the enemy. It was an elegant dance, but it was also a cry with all its might.

A tornado broke out, and lightning repeatedly destroyed everything.

Any decent human being would have to prepare for death just by being near it.

The two are of the 6th rank.

The strongest players in Academy City.

He went beyond the so-called genius and reached the rank of a monster.

Every single blow they swung was truly threatening.

Kwaaak!!

In the end, Woojin’s Cheolryonggon reached Chaeyeon’s ribs.

The forceful blow that sent a thunderbolt sent Chaeyeon tumbling to the ground with the impact of shattering her bones.

‘More.’

Chaeyeon ignored the pain, stood up, and rushed towards Woojin again.

‘More… ?’

Then Chaeyeon suddenly had a doubt.

‘Why am I rushing at you now?’

What makes you rush?

The words that Son Ye-seo used to describe Kim Dal-bi as a ‘high-quality product’ filled Chae-yeon’s mind.

Perhaps he was enjoying a life of being nothing more than an object.

There is no reason in life.

Looking for a reason is foolish.

The purpose of life is simply to live.

Aren’t all living things like that?

Didn’t your instincts cry out for you to live?

But for some reason.

As Chaeyeon attacked Woojin, she could not remember her desire to defeat him and survive.

Kwakagak!

The battle quickly ceased, and Cheolryonggon once again invaded Chaeyeon.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, Woojin quickly moved his iron dragon and broke Chaeyeon’s ulna and femur on both sides. The triple pole was originally specialized for combo attacks. As a result, Chaeyeon’s limbs became a mess.

Puzzle! Cheolryonggon, wrapped in electricity, struck Chaeyeon’s body.

“Ugh!!”

A specialty that Woojin has been honored.

The shock wave of lightning magic sent Chaeyeon flying again.

Kwaang!

Chaeyeon bounced on the ground like a water swallow and hit the wall hard. Her blood poured out of her mouth her her her.

She almost missed the ceremony.

Woojin glared at Chaeyeon with his cold eyes and struggled to reach her. Because she was tired too.

Chaeyeon could no longer lift her mechanical spear.

Her limbs were broken and she had no strength.

Magic power is on the verge of depletion.

It was a limit.

But I didn’t give up.

Chaeyeon gathered her remaining magical power and formed a flying board on her body.

The flying board lifted Chaeyeon’s body her

Buuung! Chaeyeon’s body flew towards her Woojin on her flying board.

Because she can no longer hold a weapon, Chaeyeon created several automatic weapons on her body.

The remaining magic power was only dust, but it was enough to form a magic bullet.

Woojin, who was about to swing the Cheolryonggon again, appeared in the field of view.

It already looked tattered.

It wouldn’t be strange even if he collapsed a long time ago.

The magic power seemed to be almost depleted.

However, Woojin showed no signs of collapsing.

It was a strong spirit, like a general on the battlefield.

‘Was there any meaning to this fight?’

The corners of Chaeyeon’s mouth were about to rise. As she looked at Woojin, she thought of the six criminals and the five hundred books.

‘Han Seo-jin, Oh Baek-seo, Kim Dal-bi, Hong Gyu… ‘How are you guys so obsessed with something?’

Necromancer Han Seo-jin was obsessed with the sea.

I silently followed the principal’s wishes, saying I wanted to see the sea someday.

In fact, the sea didn’t matter to Seojin.

I needed a reason to stay alive, and I just put that into the sea.

Spartoy Oh Baek-seo and goblin Kim Dal-bi were obsessed with love.

That person is the man in front of you.

Love blinded the two people and led to foolish behavior.

Honggyu, a glutton, became obsessed with his family after accidentally becoming twins.

He was willing to jump into the fire of hell if he were with my sister.

Chaeyeon realized that they all had something in common.

They needed a reason to live.

I needed a driving force to somehow continue this terrible life.

It was natural for such people to tenaciously embrace the precious values that had instilled in them.

However, Chaeyeon had no reason to live.

I was just living as my instincts wanted me to live. She used him as a reason, and she was not eager to find meaning in life.

Why?

─ ‘Do you have to kill me and leave?’

Chaeyeon knew why she said that to Woojin.

‘I get it. I wanted to die.’

He was hoping that someone would end his life

It was inevitable that he would lose and die while fighting fiercely.

‘I did.’

I realized the identity of the source that had been giving me a sense of discomfort deep inside my body.

Only then did her mind brighten, and a sincere smile appeared on Chaeyeon’s face.

Kwaaang!!

Chaeyeon’s firearms shot out energy. Several rays of light aimed at Woojin.

However, after blinking, Woojin was already close to Chaeyeon.

It was a space leap.

Woojin took advantage of the opportunity and swung his iron dragon.

Chaeyeon closed her eyes in satisfaction.

Puzzle!!

Kwaang!!

She gathered her last remaining magical power and sent Chaeyeon flying with a strike filled with electricity. She hit the wall and was swept to the floor.

From noble mtl dot come

Chaeyeon didn’t even have the strength left to scream.

The mechanical armor was completely destroyed, and the body was completely destroyed.

Slur…

The ruined mechanical armor and the remains of mechanical weapons spread throughout the underground facility began to disappear as they were transformed into magical power.

It means that Chaeyeon’s magical power has been depleted.

Just as a program would stop working if there was a problem with the server, the foundation that could sustain all the machine forces disappeared and collapsed.

“… Ha.”

Chaeyeon let out a laugh.

It was a hollow laugh.

Woojin approached to fill the restraints. However, it seemed difficult for him to even move his feet, perhaps because he was already at his limit.

Whisk.

In the end, Woojin lost his balance and fell to the floor. However, without any change in expression, he stood up silently and tried to approach Chaeyeon.

It was a fierce obsession.

‘It’s so toxic, so toxic…’

I suddenly became curious.

Why does that man do something like that?

“Hey…”

Chaeyeon weakly called Woojin.

Woojin glared at Chaeyeon without stopping her steps.

Chaeyeon smiled kindly.

“Why are you so… Fight… ?”

Blood flowed from Chaeyeon’s mouth.

“Isn’t it natural for leaders to catch students who commit crimes? .”

“Be a leader. Duty… ? Responsibility… ? Because of that funny thing… ? Or because of a sense of mission that is crying, childish, and has unclear meaning, such as the pursuit of justice… ?”

“A pathetic b*stard who has no intention of realizing it at all should not be disparaged as crying and childish… However, it is not such a grand reason.”

Woojin took a breath and said.

“I’m just doing this because I want to live well… If you live hard as a student, there’s nothing bad when you become an adult, right?”

“And…”

Chaeyeon was deeply impressed.

“It was really a trivial reason… ? You are also much more worldly than you look… ?”

“Is it different from me? “I’m human too.”

“The answer… , I kind of liked it.”

Chaeyeon looked at her ceiling, talking comfortably as if she was talking to her friend.

I felt her heartbeat gradually slowing down.

“My heart, actually, I strengthened it with my own abilities…”

Chaeyeon said helplessly.

Woojin stopped her steps.

“My heart has been weak since I was born… As I got older, my condition got worse… ? In fact, she was going to die around the age of 12, but somehow she survived…”

“…”

“I can’t hold on any longer because my magic power has already been depleted…”

Woojin narrowed his eyes at her.

“… You knew it. If you fight too hard until you use up all your magical power, you will die.”

Even at the moment when it was clear that she would lose anyway, Chaeyeon gathered up her remaining magic power and pulled herself up.

She had herself put her foot on the brink of death.

In the original work, after the technomancer Moon Chae-yeon is defeated by the player, she runs away somewhere.

After that, her whereabouts she were nowhere to be found.

With that, a message appears saying that the subjugation of the six criminals, the Technomancers, has been completed.

At the time, Woojin didn’t think much of it.

Because it was a game.

All I could think was, ‘I just won.’

Now she knows why.

“What can I do, they can’t catch me…” ” ” ? “Your defeat?”

“…”

“Please react, you boring b*stard… What… , If I am a strong person like you, I will live well in the future…”

Now even the intense pain was stopping.

“I’m doing well, leader…”

Chaeyeon slowly closed her eyes.

“I want to stop doing this now…”

Chaeyeon’s broken arm went down her thigh and she fell limply on the floor.

Her head dropped weakly, and her heart stopped beating.

My vision, which had been stained black, slowly turned white.

Chaeyeon felt her body gradually becoming lighter. Her body gradually began to float like a balloon.

When she looked around, the scenery of the underground facility had disappeared.

The world was outside the landscape that Chaeyeon knew. When she raised her head, she caught a glimpse of the eerie bright red sky beyond her pure white world.

Chaeyeon did not understand this phenomenon.

At that time, a familiar voice was heard from behind her.

[You shouldn’t come here yet.]

Embarrassed, Chaeyeon immediately looked behind her.

A mysterious female student wearing her black robe was placing her hand on Chaeyeon’s shoulder.

Inside her hood, an expressionless expression that seemed to contain no emotions was revealed.

A familiar face.

Soon, Chaeyeon realized who the girl was.

‘Han Seo-jin… ?’

The six sinners who lost to Ahn Woo-jin and took the penalty.

It was Han Seo-jin.

Chaeyeon tried to call the name, but her words didn’t come out.

[Go back. Fortunately, there is someone who can save you.]

Seojin said as she poured her magic onto Chaeyeon’s chest her. A chilling magic flowed into Chaeyeon’s heart.

[And remember. Later, I will have to help the leader of Aseong High School.]

Chaeyeon didn’t understand what he was saying.

After Seojin lost to Woojin and had to endure her penalty for a long time, did she experience a change in heart?

No, more than that… Seojin seemed to have learned something important.

Immediately after, Chaeyeon was forcibly dragged down to the basement by her intangible power.

Seojin said to Chaeyeon as she walked away.

[See you then.]

… Pajik!

“… !”

Chaeyeon’s eyes opened wide as she felt a heavy shock hit her heart.

Her heart regained its original beat.

Her seriously injured area was improved with a temporary solution using a magic tool for first aid.

Woojin’s cold eyes were reflected before her eyes. He was struggling to breathe.

Chaeyeon returned to reality.

Her entire body was filled with restraints.

“You can’t run away.”

The corners of Woojin’s mouth slowly rose.

“I should receive a proper sentence and live in hardship for the rest of my life… Then, wouldn’t it be right to die and end up in a place like hell?”

“… “How did I survive?”

Chaeyeon didn’t understand why she was alive.

“There was magical energy stored up in the Byeokchukbong. She took it out and she applied electrical stimulation to your heart.”

Currently, Woojin’s magical power was depleted.

However, she had stored up magical energy in the wall axle she used to defeat the chimera.

Byeokchukbong originally takes time to re-release the stored magic power. However, with the effect of the 1st class of Cheolryonggon, I was able to forcibly extract that magic power and use it.

“I was dying anyway, so I tried… , That’s it.”

It was the nuance of not knowing it would happen.

Although he said so, after reaching the 6th rank, Woojin had practiced rescue techniques to restart a stopped heart just in case. This was because rescuing victims was one of the tasks of the leading department.

So, a strong direct current of electricity was applied to Chaeyeon’s heart, which was stopping, to stop it completely, and then repeated electric shocks were applied to make the heart beat again in accordance with the pacemaker’s signal. This was the principle of the defibrillator.

‘It was somehow easy, though. Something tasted strange. What… , I’m glad it ended quickly.’

Woojin was confused about that part, but decided to just skip it.

I could only think that the electrical stimulation was accidentally provided in synchronization with the signal from the pacemaker in the heart. I could only say that I was lucky.

Chaeyeon was still surprised.

Her mind was confused and she did not know what to say.

“… “What are you looking at?”

Poop!

Suddenly, Woojin hit Chaeyeon on the head. Chaeyeon just woke up and fainted.

“Stay asleep.”

Woojin stood up, took a deep breath, and took her steps.

‘I can’t use the communicator because I don’t have magical power…’

Now I have no choice but to move alone.

Currently, the separate team was searching for the entrance to the underground facility as per the mission given in advance. You might have already found it.

So, I decided to leave it to them to hand over Chaeyeon.

Woojin led her tired body and went to look for Oh Baekseo.