Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy - Chapter 196

195 – Intermission_17

Seo Ji-ah ignored Lee Seong-hyeon’s words.

In this world, even those with the so-called Mana ability die without being able to awaken.

I barely managed to enter the gate and woke up to the point where I almost died once.

It was not like I was treating the mana users from all over the world who were throwing themselves into the gate for awakening with a hope that was as real as reality as fools, and I could not believe it.

Of course, there are people in the world who win first prize by buying just one lottery ticket, and there are also cases where they win first prize for several weeks in a row.

Even if I make a hundred concessions, no, a thousand concessions, I won’t say that it’s impossible for Lee Seong-hyeon to have such good luck that he almost died when he entered the gate and fell into a trance, and to awaken in one go.

“No matter what, it’s an ability to see a certain future.”

That just didn’t make sense.

Even if you are awakened, there is a limit.

Even this person, who is said to be the world’s greatest prophet, has difficulty seeing the definite future.

Are you saying that you can only see the future of a certain cadet?

I don’t know for sure, but what about the time paradox, and are we going to go back to the fatalism that everything in the world is determined by a great being like the religious people say?

Therefore, I did not believe it.

“It’s a coincidence, even a broken clock is right twice.”

Seo Ji-ah muttered as she looked at her horse with a flat tire.

But the incident happened just as Lee Seong-hyeon said, on the day and at the time he said.

This could have been passed off as a coincidence, and since he was a person with this ability in the field of prophecy, it was right to think that something with a high probability happened by chance if you thought he had foreseen it.

“This is also a coincidence.”

Even if the computer he was working on suddenly broke down just like he said.

Even though flower pots fall from the sky and a red-haired woman bows her head, saying it was a mistake.

“It’s a coincidence.”

The incident he was talking about happened, and I was dispatched to the scene.

Even though something happened right before my eyes that could have killed the children in the hidden room if I hadn’t found them.

Even if the gate suddenly overflows.

Even if you get caught pickpocketing while walking down the street.

Even if your subordinate comes in injured.

Even if what was said on TV news came out.

Even if a mysterious disappearance occurs in a foreign country.

“chance.”

Seo Ji-ah treated everything as a coincidence.

“right…”

No, I wanted to treat it as a coincidence.

Even though everything he said happened at the time he said, in the place he said, and in the way he said.

It had to be treated as a coincidence.

If not, then it means that what Lee Sung-hyun said, that his cousin, not his older sister, but the S-class heroes of South Korea would destroy South Korea, would be true.

That’s why I tried to ignore the anxiety that was building up and all my thoughts, emotions, and everything else was heading in that direction.

But the more it happened, the more I worried.

Don’t people say that when they try not to think about something, they end up worrying about it even more?

The more I ignored him, the more interested I became, and the more I forced myself to look away, the more time I spent wandering around for no reason.

A month passed like that.

The things that Lee Seong-hyeon had written down on paper as things that would happen in the future have also ended.

“…”

Seo Ji-ah lay on the sofa and looked at it for a long time.

But no matter how long I looked, something that wasn’t there suddenly appeared.

How long have I been looking at it like that?

“Ahhh!!!”

Finally, I picked up the phone.

Because this person has the ability to predict and prophesy.

My accuracy isn’t that bad, so I just wanted to get some advice.

There was no other intention.

I never felt anxious or nervous about the blank space that was no longer being written on.

‘I’m just trying to use it as a reference.’

He consoled himself by saying that as a hero, he was doing it to prevent any accidents or incidents.

“Uh, by any chance… do you have time? If you have time, I’d like to meet up and talk separately.”

Anyway, after a brief call waiting tone, a signal came to my ear indicating that a call had been received.

Seo Ji-ah spoke carefully.

[Why are you doing this?]

“Oh, that’s…”

[Are you thinking of believing me now?]

I knew you would call me around this time, and I knew what you were going to say.

Of course, it was something that could be inferred.

If this is also the power of that supernatural ability called clairvoyance…

“…”

[No answer. Well, that doesn’t matter. What else can I do? I have something important coming up right now, so it’s hard to make time. I hate to say this, but if you want to meet me, I think you’ll have to come to the Academy in person.]

By the way, it was ridiculous.

If you want to meet the Lotus Team Leader, just come. Why are you talking so much?

Even if he is a promising prospect who received 5 special invitations.

Even though he’s been making great achievements and making a name for himself.

Even so, he’s still an intern and not even the team leader of Shinwha, so why is he acting so stiff?

‘ha.’

But this time, it is this side that is asking for help from the other side.

I don’t believe it, I really don’t believe it even a little bit, but if what you said were really true, if it were a story that had a one in a million chance of happening…

“…Okay. Where should I go in the academy?”

For now, this is the right thing to do.

If it turns out to be a lie later and they say that nothing like that happened.

Because then you can go and take different actions.

Seo Ji-ah deceived herself like that.

This internship wasn’t meant to be this long.

But things dragged on.

The reason was very simple.

It was because I was unable to use my abilities properly and was limited.

Of course, to some extent, it was a negative factor that the public’s eyes were adjusted so as not to look at this side with suspicion.

Rather, the problem was the limitations of ability.

To be exact, it was Astra, especially Cheon-Gyeon and Cheon-Eum, that were the problem.

‘A thousand views and a thousand sounds…’

Astra’s eyes and ears.

Information Officer.

The ability to see and hear anything on Earth, no matter where you are in the world.

The limitations were that you could only see and hear one place at a time, and since it was no different from an extension of your eyes and ears, it was so dark that you couldn’t see even an inch ahead of you, and if you didn’t speak, everything would go to waste.

No matter what, it was impossible for people to remain silent in a place where they couldn’t see even an inch ahead of them.

If we don’t deal with it as soon as possible, all the following tasks will be dragged out as well.

There was a chance that things wouldn’t go as planned.

So, in order to function properly, I had to deal with them in some way, either by taking them as my own or killing them.

But there was no way.

Astra is a dot organization.

And in terms of the scope of his abilities, there was a high possibility that Cheon Gyeon and Cheon Eum were not nearby.

In that situation, there is teleportation, and even if the mana needed for teleportation is drawn from others and used.

It was impossible to search the entire Earth for them, even though we didn’t know where they were.

‘That’s how it was until now.’

A method has been found.

Of course, it is a disposable method that does not have much leeway.

That was enough.

That is why I ordered that after I had made all the preparations I could, Yu Chae-ah, who had become my subordinate, be taken out to a specific location and execute the operation.

[You contacted me first. What’s going on?]

A noisy voice coming from a cell phone on speaker.

Seeing her speak so freely to Number 11 Yu Chae-ah, I think she might be one of the top Numbers in Astra.

“You know, it’s an emergency.”

[…I don’t think it’s a story about someone letting their guard down because they were too bored and having the place they were planning to use as a base taken over.]

“…”

[So that’s why the 11 in the world are asking for help first.]

“It’s noisy.”

[How can I help you?]

“Lend me the twins.”

Yoo Chae-ah looked at me from a distance.

Ready signal.

[Twins?]

I took out several bundles of potions from my bosom.

I slowly opened the stopper that was sealing the entrance.

“eve.”

And he handed over a bundle of uncorked potions and the Devil’s Elixir to Eve, who was waiting nearby.

From noble mtl dot com

“huh.”

She began to drink the devil’s elixir I gave her without any hesitation.

[What’s the matter?]

“There’s something I need to look into. So, would you mind taking a look at the place I designated?”

[Hmm. I can hear it, though.]

The voice on the phone sounded suspicious, though.

It was a natural reaction when someone I knew was running away and the operation had failed suddenly asked me a favor, something I didn’t usually do.

From the beginning, due to the nature of the organization, Astra doesn’t trust anyone except the leader.

[Why do you want to see that place? If it’s a personal matter, I can’t forgive you.]

So, that suspicion inevitably leads to some kind of natural action.

For example, what is Yoo Chae-ah doing now?

“It’s a private matter. It’s very important.”

[much?]

Will come.

Eyes and ears.

“Look… here…”

Eve muttered, convulsing.

“2… improvement…”

Eve’s mana abilities, enhanced by dozens of demonic elixirs, combine with her unusual eyes to broaden the spectrum of what she can see.

However, this is a power that is not granted to Eve.

A huge amount of water was poured into a small bowl, so the bowl could not hold it and overflowed and overflowed, eventually starting to crack.

I could see blood flowing from my eyes and mouth.

‘Even though most of the damage is transferred through heart sharing, it still looks like this.’

Even though nameless villains are taking the damage on his behalf, it looks like this. Most of the villains who are taking the damage on his behalf must have died without leaving a will.

‘It’s not my part-time job, though.’

It was a shame to see the tokens disappear though.

Eve’s eyes were more important than any token you could get anywhere.

It didn’t look like it would last long in this condition.

It seemed like things had to move quickly.

“Really? Where did that line come from?”

A finger pointing north.

I picked up Eve.

At the same time, he pulled in as much blood and mana as possible from hundreds and thousands of people that he had gathered on the island in advance.

[11? It doesn’t seem like you’re alone. By any chance…]

Questions, doubts, betrayals, certainties.

Before the person receiving the phone comes to their senses.