blueteamnovel Chapter 105
Chapter 105
A ripping sound as paper was torn roughly.
Despite the late hour, one corner of the Velvet Academy faculty room was still brightly lit.
“This won’t do....”
A man sitting there crumpled the paper he had been scribbling on and tossed it into the trash. However, the bin was already full of discarded wads of paper, leaving no space for more.
Sigh...
With a disheartened sigh, the man with a cold demeanor ran his hands over his face. He used to boast an intellectual and always flawless appearance, but now he looked quite disheveled.
“...Seriously, this is madness.”
The man’s identity was Park Jin-soo.
He was the instructor for the class “Understanding Formations and Organizations”.
“Is this really the best strategy?”
A holographic window unfolded before him.@@@@
It was the solution proposed by a boy who had shown a defiant attitude throughout his class, Jin Yuha.
The tanks were spinning in place, and the healers were leading the charge to block the monsters. Then the monsters would end up devouring each other, causing chaos and self-destruction.
“This isn’t a solution that can be derived with sound mind....”
He may have called it a beautiful solution, but to Park Jin-soo, this solution seemed like the ravings of a lunatic.
A strategy that relied solely on coincidence. If the timing was even slightly off or if the positioning deviated even a bit, the entire party would be wiped out. He had confirmed through hundreds of trials that there was no timing or positioning other than the one he proposed.
“It’s impractical for practical use, and relying on such random chance strategies is tantamount to disposing of them... However.”
Normally, he would never admit this as a solution.
But.
The reason he had been vexed until now.
As he turned his head, a small screen was playing a video recording of basic training.
An awkward video of Jin Yuha, who was supposed to be the party leader, actively participating in a party with special admission students Kang Do-hee and Shin Se-hee, both women.
[ Shin Se-hee, explodes in 12 seconds. ]
[ Kang Do-hee, step back three paces now. Step back! Not stepping back!? ]
[ Tsk, Kim Cheol-hyun. Heal Kang Do-hee. ]
[ Kim So-hoon, reinforce me in 3 seconds. ]
The party members moved organically according to his orders, as if they were one unit.
“All the orders are calculated. And when the plan goes awry, the commands are adjusted in real-time....”
He was successfully executing this strategy, which was like a tightrope walk with every second counted.
So even if he didn’t acknowledge his strategy as the answer, to Jin Yuha, it was the right answer.
He had proven that he could use this absurd strategy in actual combat.
...Well, it’s a god-given talent.
Park Jin-soo, who had always been hailed as a genius and never missed the title of the youngest genius, whether he was enrolled in Velvet Academy, or as a researcher after graduation, was now overwhelmed by his overwhelming talent.
Jin Yuha blabbered about looking forward to his future classes and the strange solution he proposed spread as if it were his own intention.
“What can I possibly teach him...!”
As I recalled the humiliation I would face in front of the rookies tomorrow, darkness seemed to close in on me.
That’s when it happened.
Crunch...
“Huh? Instructor Park Jin-soo?”
The door opened, and a dignified voice echoed. A woman with a bear-like stature came into view.
Instructor Hong Jinada.
She was responsible for the class “Combat Training for Individuals,” which Kang Do-hee and Jin Yuha attended.
“Instructor Hong Jinada? What brings you here at this hour...?”
“Kang Do-hee, let’s grapple.”
Without warning, Jin Yuha approached Kang Do-hee and spoke.
Kang Do-hee looked at him with a puzzled expression, chewing on her lip.
“...You want to grapple?”
“Yeah, it was the condition of our match. We’ll be grappling.”
She remembered.
The day they returned after conquering the Thorny Meadow Dungeon. What had he done when he came to her house?
The video that had been played over thirty times, while being held captive by Jin Yuha. The humiliation she had felt then was still vivid in her mind.
“Why am I even there?”
“Wow, it’s like a movie. But who took this?”
“Repeatedly played... 257 times? Seriously.”
As that day came back to her, her body began to tremble again.
Sigh...
She took a deep breath to calm herself down.
“Wait... Jin Yuha. You said you wanted to teach me grappling.”
“Yeah, so?”
“Isn’t it a bit strange if I’m the only one on the receiving end? It’s important for me to learn how to deal with grappling, but isn’t it also important for me to learn how to grapple? That way, I’ll understand better, right?”
“Um...”
Jin Yuha looked surprised, as if he hadn’t considered that aspect.
“Then, let’s take turns.”
Kang Do-hee smirked triumphantly.
“Jin Yuha! Let’s fight!”
Suddenly, a female student with orange hair ran up to Jin Yuha and shouted.
“Oh, what’s this? Out of nowhere?”
The interruption was unexpected, and it wasn’t a student this time.
“Instructor?”
“Hmm, sorry, but today I need to have a demonstration match.”
“Uh... An instructor’s demonstration match? All of a sudden? Aren’t scores usually determined by matches between students?”
“Hmm...You might feel a bit burdened by a 1:1 match against an instructor. So, Kang Do-hee and Lim Min-young, join in too.”
Instructor Hong Jinada pointed to me, Kang Do-hee, and Lim Min-young.
“If you three face me, it might be interesting.”
Upon hearing this, Kang Do-hee seemed to find it amusing, while Lim Min-young, taken aback by the sudden turn of events, rolled her eyes before nodding.
And then there was me.
“Why am I being asked to fight?”
I narrowed my eyes, questioning the sudden participation of this instructor.
At that moment, Instructor Hong Jinada stuttered, her face looking uneasy. (ha ha ha It’s a battle for Love now for the Instructor Lmfao)
“Uh... I, I just wanted to... see your skills since you’ve been performing so well lately! I, I have no ulterior motives!”
“It’s quite suspicious...”
Hmm, well, practicing against an instructor isn’t a bad experience.
I’ve sparred with Instructor Baek Seol-hee plenty of times.
I nodded.
“All right. I’ll accept the challenge.”
And so, the match between Hong Jinada and Jin Yuha, Kang Do-hee, and Lim Min-young was set.