Possessed Man’s Artifact Restaurant - Chapter 137



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Episode 137

In the morning alone, there were as many as 7 incidents, with 10 minor injuries.

Fortunately, no casualties resulted from serious injuries, but the real problem was the seven incidents that occurred in a short period of time.

In response to the sudden incident, the student council held an emergency meeting and all student council members and club association members gathered in the conference room.

“Some of the students who caused the incident said they didn’t know why they were so angry.”

“There are too many of them to be considered mere excuses….”

There is usually a reason for a fight, and the parties involved will be more specific about what that reason is.

However, what was unique about this incident was that the parties involved did not clearly know why they were angry.

Because the cause of the incident that escalated into a fistfight was so trivial.

‘Even if most fights are caused by minor misunderstandings, the causes of these incidents are completely incomprehensible.’

Besides, the students who were the main culprits of this incident did not have such bad behaviors on a regular basis.

Of course, there were some students who were not good, but there were also students who were well-received by students and professors.

“Someone… may be instigating these incidents.”

The attention of the students in the student council meeting room was focused on my speech.

In particular, Yunjin asked me with an expression that seemed to contain complicated thoughts.

“Why did you think that?”

“The timing is really strange. At this point, when the Hunter and Magic Engineering students are in conflict, why are there suddenly consecutive incidents of violence between the Hunter Club students?”

Since that incident was brought up, the student council has been concerned about the conflict between the Hunter College and the Magic Engineering College.

However, the current situation in which conflicts between Hunter College students occur one after another strangely feels out of place and is hard to call natural.

“In just three hours, there were seven incidents with 10 casualties. Nothing serious has happened yet, but it wouldn’t have been surprising if some of them had.”

The most notable characteristic of this incident is that the students who caused the incident were unable to control their anger.

If the patrolling patrolmen had not quickly suppressed the situation, the fight would have been so intense that someone would have been seriously injured.

“If you look closely at the timing, point in time, and events, there are many parts that seem quite unnatural.”

No one really objected to what I said.

Perhaps the student council officers also felt that something was strange.

“What does Senior Jeong Mina think about this?”

After convincing the student council to some extent, my gaze immediately turned to Jeong Mina.

In fact, she was the one who caused this conflict.

That means she could be said to be a strong suspect in this case.

“It’s a regrettable incident. I can’t say that I’m not responsible either. Some of the incidents that happened this morning were triggered by my remarks.”

She began her story while looking at the people around her with a pitiful look, and soon began to quickly grab the attention of the students around her.

“It’s really unfortunate that this has come to this, but I think we all need to work together to overcome this. I will also do my best to overcome this situation.”

An answer that is slightly off the mark from the question I asked.

However, it wasn’t a good time to ask a question worth tackling.

If I ask any more tough questions, everyone will think of me as a junior who is tackling the words of a senior who is admired by everyone.

“That’s a great answer. I will follow my senior’s example and do my best to solve the case.”

First of all, I decided to take a step back.

Not only was she not yet a clear culprit, but there was no need for me to tarnish my image in such a desperate way.

Once the situation was roughly sorted out, Yunjin began the final cleanup.

“Since the situation is not good, I would like to ask for help from the Student Council. As of now, we will allow Class A weapons for the Student Council and Student Council members, extend patrol hours until 12 o’clock, and deploy additional personnel.”

This was the highest measure the student council could take, effectively declaring martial law.

* * *

Perhaps recognizing the seriousness of the situation, the school also increased the patrols and working hours of school guards.

Of course, since the guards rarely entered the school building, that part had to be managed by the student council.

“My head hurts.”

“You should do some work while you’re at it. The chairman is too lazy.”

Kang Hyo-rin, who was lying on the sofa, pressing her temples and revealing her quirkiness, sent a pitiful gaze to Han Joo-hee, the secretary of the club association.

“Will you do the work for me?”

“Will that work?”

“It’s fatal….”

Kang Hyo-rin stood up and looked through the report on this incident.

“Joohee, who is the best player in our union right now?”

“Of course. It would be Hyun. He’s a monster that can defeat even the Blood Flower.”

Han Joo-hee swallowed hard at the sight of Kang Hyo-rin’s expression forming an evil smile.

“What are you doing?”

“As you know, Hyun seems to be trying to catch the culprit.”

“Chairman…?”

“Shouldn’t you, as a senior, be able to give strength to your juniors who are working hard?”

It was not about leaving things to be done by someone who was too lazy to do them myself, but rather about giving strength to a capable junior.

“Besides, you know that to deal with him, you need someone stronger than him.”

“Chairman. You are already convinced.”

“You and Jin both know, but you just don’t say anything.”

Han Ju-hee couldn’t answer those words properly.

Because there was positivity in that silence.

“Of course, it’s more because it’s annoying.”

“Chairman… You really have no sense of responsibility.”

“That’s far from it. I wouldn’t have taken this position if Jini hadn’t persistently persuaded me.”

Han Joo-hee raised both hands and feet to Kang Hyo-rin, who was smiling calmly and spreading her arms.

“I’ll prepare it….”

“What? Are you okay?”

“I don’t like the president’s attitude, but in reality, there is no student as capable as him.”

I still can’t forget the sight of him defeating Park Jae-sang, a Class A Hunter, with one blow at the eve of the festival.

Moreover, he had no choice but to admit that he had defeated all three S-class black-rank guardians and become the leader of the golden generation.

“I’m sure they’ll do well in this case too. We’ll have to do our best to help.”

Han Ju-hee, holding a piece of paper with the words ‘temporary authority’ written on it, stamped the seal of the association president.

* * *

In order to solve the incident, I first went to the students who caused the incident today.

The student punishment room, located within the school grounds, was also a place to punish students who caused trouble within the school.

“I came with permission from the student council.”

“Could you please identify yourself?”

“I’m Lee Hyeon from Class S, first year.”

“Confirmed. Please come inside.”

The people who managed this student punishment room were not students, but professional hunters.

Perhaps because of this, a rather stiff and strict atmosphere spread throughout the punishment room.

The atmosphere is almost like a prison.

‘Of course, they are all devout and none of the students have committed serious crimes that would keep them there for more than 10 days, but the atmosphere is quite intense.’

Since students who committed serious crimes for more than 10 days were sent to Hunter Prison instead of here, naturally all the students here were those who had committed minor crimes.

“You can go in there.”

“Thank you for the guidance.”

As we entered the interview room following the guidance of the corporal punishment room guard, the second-year senior student we had subdued earlier in the day was sitting there.

“Lee… Lee Hyeon?”

“It’s my first time seeing you since the daytime.”

“So… what brings you here? If it’s an incident, I already told you everything earlier.”

The second-year student with a blunt expression was acting as if he had nothing more to say.

He then took out a pack of expensive cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to her.

Then his expression brightened and he carefully looked around and put it in his inner pocket.

“I have a few questions to ask.”

“Ahem… I’ll do my best.”

As his attitude improved considerably, I brought out the question I had prepared.

“Didn’t you feel strange at the time of the incident?”

“There wasn’t much to it, except that he was a little more sharp than usual. And that bastard Hyunbeom was strangely nitpicking on what I said.”

“What happened the day before?”

“No. There wasn’t any. Huh?”

He made a strange expression and continued speaking while thinking deeply.

“Now that I think about it, it’s a little strange. Is it because I didn’t sleep well the night before? I think I was a little sensitive this morning. Normally, I would have been a bit of a jerk, but not to the point of throwing a punch at Hyunbeom.”

Basically, hunters are taught from a young age the dangers of their powers.

It was a government policy because their power was quite dangerous.

‘Of course, everyone’s tolerance level will vary, but usually, a simple argument doesn’t easily lead to a fist being thrown.’

Still, the fact that the fist came out easily means that there was something wrong.

Whether it’s a person or something else.

“Wasn’t there anything really strange about yesterday? If you think about it again, I can give you one more.”

As I glanced at the cigarettes in his inner pocket, he slowly began to recall his memories while holding both sides of his head.

“Hmm… Ah! There’s a cigarette that Yongho gave me, and I think it was much better than the other cigarettes. I felt a little hazy and the taste was really smooth.”

“Who is Yongho?”

“Hey, friend. Class A, 2nd year, Department of Magic Engineering.”

“Can you swear on magic that what you just said was not a lie?”

“Yes. I swear by my magic that what I just said was not a lie.”

“Thanks for your cooperation.”

I handed him another pack of cigarettes along with the answer.

Then he accepted it and went out of the interview room with a happy expression on his face.

* * *

As a result of meeting with the five parties involved in the incident, we obtained three main pieces of information.

The first one was that he was more angry than usual and committed violence even though nothing had happened the day before.

The second is that the opponent reacted more sensitively than usual and ended up using violence in response to the violence.

The third time, a friend of mine suddenly got into a fight and got violent.

‘As expected…. It’s clear that someone intervened.’

What’s most disturbing is that all the students in the first case had received something as a gift from someone the day before.

All but one of them received gifts from friends in the Magic Engineering Department, which was quite suspicious.

‘Ha… I want to go directly to the students who sent gifts to the target, but there’s no way.’

I wanted to talk to them in a place where other students were not watching, but that was not possible with my current authority.

Because the only people who had that level of authority were the student council president, the student council chairman, and the club federation president.

Tiring tiring!

The phone function was activated by the sudden ringing sound.

“What’s going on?”

“Hyun-ah. Do you want to come to the club meeting room for a moment?”

“yes?”

“I have prepared a very nice gift for you.”

It was a moment of very strong anxiety.