Chapter 19 - Crouched Devil 4

Jin-Seong got out of the Mustang and closed the door. And he looked at the entrance and exit of the official residence where the chairman stayed.

The access road with the garden was blocked by tall walls and gold gates. In front of the sharp gate, two bodyguards were watching Jin-Seong.

Jin-Seong tsk-ed his tongue when he saw the magnificent mansion.

‘This is serious. I can’t believe there’s still a demon pit in a military academy.’

It looks like a luxury-built annex, but below it was the pit of evil with countless demons running around.

While Jin-Seong was looking at the situation, Kang Min-ah looked at Jin-Seong getting out of the car and asked.

“Have you thought about it?” “…Yes?” “You said you wanted to be a student here.”

Kang Min-ah was slightly greedy for Lee Jin-Seong, who showed outstanding qualities. But Jin-Seong’s answer was unexpected.

“Come to think of it, I’d rather be a professor.” “……Professor……?”

At that moment, Kang Min-ah laughed. She thought the kid was joking.

But Jin-Seong wasn’t joking. She thought he was talking nonsense.

Kang Min-ah’s smile dried up when she saw Jin-Seong’s blunt face.

“Don’t tell me…?”

Skkk.

Then, she lowered her sunglasses to the top of her nose and stared at him. Her blue and red eyes glistened.

“…Are you serious?” “There’s no reason that I can’t be.”

After Jin-Seong witnessed the current crisis and Yushin missing, Jin-Seong had to finalize his future plans.

‘If there is something wrong with Yushin, I must correct it.’

The dangers of the dead have become ridiculously serious. Therefore, only if he becomes a professor with the right to kill, can he wipe out the dead as soon as possible.

“Well, I’ll be on my way.”

After talking, Jin-Seong walked straight to the big gate.

“Oh, oh? Jin-Seong!”

In a hurry, Kang Min-ah got out of the car and looked at Jin-Seong. She wanted to say something more, but it was strange to argue with him.

“…….”

Kang Min-ah had expectations that Jin-Seong might really be able to become a professor.

Then she laughed unconsciously.

“This is gonna be fun.”

They opened the large front door of the mansion and he entered. Then Jin-Seong walked into the main hall, which was lavishly decorated with marble floors, white ceilings, and a Greek interior.

Many employees carried gold trays, gold candlesticks, and food materials inside.

Jin-Seong looked up at a stone statue standing in the middle of the hall.

The stone statue carved from white marble was about 4 meters in size.

It was a Minotaur with a muscular body and a pair of large horns.

Jin-Seong confirmed that it was just a statue and focused.

Then, a tarot card popped up.

[Enable the first slot of ‘The queen of Pentacles’, See Through]

Slrrrr…

Soon after, Lee Jin-Seong’s senses began to expand significantly.

The large hall, as well as the spaces beyond the thick walls, the top floors of the mansion, the endless underground secret dungeons, and the stories shared by the dead, began to feel vivid.

Everyone in the hall looks human, but they are preparing for a party and building an altar in a secret space, where they reveal their true demon form.

They intended to hold a banquet to commemorate the upcoming resurrection of the monarch.

‘They already think they’ve won.’

For other monarchical dungeons, creating an outbreak in a military academy was like suicide.

In Hwanin Military Academy, openers, cadets with world-class qualities, and the world’s best professors could quickly exterminate them.

It was a military academy full of sorceresses and talented people.

However, the ‘Malek dungeon’ under the school was different from other monarchical dungeons.

‘The moment Malek is out-braked, the whole area becomes a mess.’

Monarchy dungeons were lurking under the school.

The main Dungeon here was Malek, the first demon’s right arm. The bad thing about the dungeon was that it would be opened with a huge explosion in the outbreak.

So, as soon as the dungeon is opened, Hwanin Military Academy has to deal with a flood of artifacts that are pouring out.

Soon, Jin-Seong focused all his consciousness on one- man.

-Take care of it. What’s the status of the sacrifices?

It was the voice of the chairman. After a while, the splendid interior of the chairman’s office was seen.

A dead man nodded and reported to the chairman.

The chairman was looking out the window and turned around.

[Disabling ‘See Through’.]

Srrrr……….

His extended consciousness returned to the body. And the living-dead to come and called him.

Ring!

[Congratulations! Get the minimum assimilation rate to drive an Acacic record!] [The release of ‘Acacic Record’ performance system is imminent!]

Reminder words popped one after another.

“…Acacic Records?”

The notification that popped up was calling the system an ‘Acacic Record’. ‘…Is this tarot card that you’ve been showing me information about an acacic record?’

Jin-Seong recalled what the word ‘Acacic Record’ meant. It was often a word used to mean a large library where all the information in the world was recorded.

Among those who were absorbed in occult, there were those who believed they could access the acacic record, and they thought that they would know everything about the past, present, and future.

Literally reaching the area of the ‘Everything’.

“…….”

But Jin-Seong thinks that what the acacic record did to him was more like a cheat key.

Even if Acacic Records helped him, Jin-Seong’s plan didn’t change. At that time, a man came down and called out to him.

“Jin-Seong, you can go up now.”

Jin-Seong climbed the main stairs and stood in front of the chairman’s office on the third floor of the mansion.

At that time, the employee asked Jin-Seong to leave his knife behind.

“Would you please leave your weapons behind……? It’s a formal procedure, so don’t worry.” “Oh, yeah.”

This was a den of the dead. Anyone else would have hesitated to give him a knife, but it wasn’t genuine.

He unwrapped the sheath around his waist and handed it to the man.

“Thank you. Do you have any other equipment?” “No.” “Then I’ll give this back to you when you leave.”

The man holding the knife smiled.

After disarming, Jin-Seong stood at the door of the chairman’s office.

The door to the chairman’s office was unusual. It was a large, sturdy wooden door painted with black lacquer, with the head of a bull embossed on the ring of the handle.

The face of the bull, which was frowned upon by two large horns as if angry, was like a statue of the bull he saw in the hall.

Jin-Seong knocked on the bull’s head purposefully.

knock, knock

……come on in.

An old voice was heard over the door.

Squeak…

When he opened the door and walked in, the inside of the large boardroom appeared in front of him.

The first thing that stood out was a display case lined with various appreciation plates. The bank, police station, city hall, and the prime minister’s names were each embedded in the boards.

“Welcome, Jin-Seong.”

And a middle-aged man wearing plain glasses with a wistful impression with a large desk greeted Jin-Seong. A male cadet was sitting next to the man.

Jin-Seong greeted them.

“Good afternoon.”

Kim Oh-sung, chairman of the board, let out a unique smile.

“You’ve been waiting quite long, haven’t you? I had an important contract, so the call was long.” “No, I didn’t have to wait that long.”

Jin-Seong sat down. On the wooden table in front, snacks and coffee were prepared. Of course, Jin-Seong didn’t touch it.

“I heard something surprising happened during the test yesterday. Jin-Seong got grade A in the batting test and B in other practical tests.” “That’s right.”

Jin-Seong replied indifferently.

The chairman of the board, who took the cold answer with tension, laughed.

“Jin-Seong, don’t be too nervous. I just wanted to know how you could be so strong without any special abilities.”

And he introduced the male cadet sitting next to him. His shoulders had centurion seals mixed with gold and silver.

“That’s my son.”

The chairman of the board pressed his son’s head that was sitting next to him.

“Ugh, I told you that I don’t like it when you do that.…!”

Then, the son grumbled and bowed. However, he looked nothing like the chairman of the board’s son. Jin-Seong, who knew the reason, only smiled inside.

“My son is awakened now, but he can’t use his abilities yet. Is Jin-Seong in the same condition?” “…….”

Jin-Seong smirked inside. The board chairman’s shallow thoughts were too visible.

“What’s the problem with your son?” “Have you ever heard of an ‘incompetent’?”

The incompetent.

It is when a person has awakened their abilities, but are not able to use them. And if they don’t get out of that dysfunctional state within a year, they’ll actually be declared unrecoverable.

“…….”

Jin-Seong quietly executed a Codex.

+ Name: Kim Jang-Soo Ability status: O Potential: Very low. Possession: Body Extortion(SSS) Description: The only son of Kim Oh-sung. Kim Oh-sung, the chairman of the board raised him since he was a human being and he grew up to be a thug. His Body Extortion was awakened to SSS-level, but he became incompetent because he didn’t know how to use it properly. However, he turned into a living-dead by his father and was able to use this ability. ……. +

Jin-Seong nodded after seeing the Codex. At that time, Kim Oh-sung said.

“Jang-Soo, please leave the room.” “Dad, give me some pocket money.”

However, Kim Jang-Soo was taking his time. Kim Oh-sung was embarrassed and poked him in the ribs.

“Oh, alright. Ask Secretary Jung. Now get out of here!”

Kim Jang-Soo closed the door and left the office. When Kim Jang-Soo left, Jin-Seong spoke quietly.

“You’re quite close to your son.”

Kim Oh-sung looked tired.

“Ahh, well, I’m having a headache these days because of him…… He was cute when she was young…….” “But you still seem like a good father.” “Well….”

Kim Oh-sung, who was trying to complain, stared at Lee Jin-Seong.

“You’re my son’s age and he’s still talking nonsense. Well, I’m sorry about that.” “No, that’s fine.”

The chairman of the board once again laughed at Jin-Seong’s response.

“You’re quite an adult, aren’t you? If only my son were like you…….” “A lot of people tell me that I’m very mature.”

The chairman of the board smiled after a short pause.

“So the point is…….”

He took out the briefcase he had prepared in advance and put it on the table. A rectangular briefcase that was made of black leather. It was a briefcase called the 007 briefcase.

“Can you teach my son? Then I’ll give a compensation.”

“Compensation…… So, this is how they gathered their victims.’

While Jin-Seong was thinking, the chairman of the board said, unlocking the briefcase.

“This is the deposit.”

Click!

The briefcase full of cash was opened in front of Jin-Seong.