Possessed an Academy Security Guard

Chapter 54

54 – 054. Ranking Match (2)

Cafe State.

It is a coffee shop located inside the Green House, and a place where Ahn Soo-ho used to meet Kang Ha-neul in midwinter.

That corner. Ahn Soo-ho, who was sipping coffee alone, was washing his face with a confused expression.

On the screen of the smartphone placed in front of it, the screen of the Internet broadcasting, which had been suspended, appeared. In the broadcast clips listed next to it, a woman with light blue hair was smiling with a lively face.

Ahn Soo-ho, who had been looking down at that lively smile, soon turned off the screen to soothe his sick stomach.

‘In the abyss there is more abyss…… Is it.’

Ahn Su-ho laughed at the aphorism that suddenly came to mind. That aphorism clearly represented his current feelings after watching Kang Ha-neul’s broadcast.

Kang Ha-neul’s broadcast, the streamer she directed, called ‘Noble Sky’, was objectively very good.

A witty talk that bursts out without a break in compliance with game skills. A clear, yet distinctive voice. A broadcasting sense that accurately grasps the needs of viewers. In addition, she has an outstanding appearance that combines the cuteness of a girl and the maturity of a lady at the same time.

Kang Ha-neul’s broadcasts did not miss a single corner. It wasn’t a fluke that it gathered that many viewers after 15 days of broadcasting. Rather, it was just the beginning. Kang Ha-neul said that she would soon become a famous streamer that everyone knows, and her broadcasts were so interesting that even An Su-ho, who does not enjoy Internet broadcasts, thought so.

It was fun, man.

Ahn Soo-ho felt various complex emotions along with her fun from her broadcast.

From nob le mt l dot com

Looking back, it was a bit of a cringe. It’s a shame that makes my face turn red. It was embarrassing, it was also sad, and it was a collection of various complex and subtle emotions that could not be expressed in words.

To put it simply, it was painful to watch.

Watching Kang Ha-neul pretending to be cute in front of an unspecified number of viewers, Ahn Su-ho felt an instinctive sense of avoidance.

If you look at the contents of the broadcast, it was definitely fun. She was having fun, but An Su-ho couldn’t concentrate on her broadcast because the original appearance of Kang Ha-neul was lost throughout her broadcast.

The original appearance wasn’t just about appearance. The tone of voice, gestures, facial expressions that are 180 degrees different from her original personality……. Ahn Soo-ho felt indescribable shame from such things.

It is Kang Ha-neul who broadcasts, but why is the shame of someone else?

Ahn Su-ho regretted that she had bothered to look for Kang Ha-neul’s broadcast. The psychological damage to her was not unusually severe.

However, a mischievous smile soon came to his face. What would she look like if she next met Kang Ha-neul and told her that she watched the broadcast. As she imagined the reaction, the psychological toll of her watching the show had completely dissipated before she knew it.

After a while.

Ahn Su-ho arrived at the 7th arena where the ranking match will be held just in time for the ranking match to begin.

The overall shape of the stadium was similar to that of a basketball court. The area of the part where the students stepped on while fighting was just the size of a basketball court, and the shape of the spectators surrounding it was also common in NBA broadcasts.

The only difference is that all interior materials, including the floor and walls, are made of shock-absorbing panels, and thick tempered glass is installed to separate the spectators from the arena.

Even though it was early afternoon, there were quite a few spectators in the stands. Most of them were students in the same grade to analyze the power of today’s ranking match players.

Originally, the freshman ranking match is not a very popular event. Not sure if it was a big match like Midwinter VS Ryu Tae-hyeon, but the interest of the students, teachers, and other guild officials who could officially watch the ranking match was focused on the match of the 3rd and 4th graders who were about to graduate.

However, even if it is a first year match, the story is different if it is a match for a top ranker.

The freshmen who entered the Green House are all carefully selected elites, from first to last.

To them, a top ranker is an opponent they must continue to compete with until they graduate. Highly motivated students would watch the ranking matches of top rankers from their freshman year and analyze their strength.

“Huh?”

So now, in the eyes of Ahn Su-ho, who had nothing to do with such circumstances, he could see the image of the most motivated student among the freshmen.

“Midwinter student?”

“… ….”

Midgyeol clicked his tongue low after confirming Ahn Soo-ho and turned his head away. It was a gesture that even the opponent did not want to do.

‘Look at this?’

Despite that blatant disregard, Ahn Su-ho dared to go to the seat next to Midwinter. The seat next to her was empty, three to the left and three to the right. Few of the freshmen who came to watch the game had the guts to sit next to Midwinter.

“It’s such a coincidence that we run into each other in a place like this! Did the mid-winter students come here for power analysis?”

“… ….”

Still ignored. Ahn Su-ho had a mischievous smile at that impregnable attitude.

“What? But today you’re not wearing glasses. When I saw it in the club room, I was definitely wearing it, right? Round rimless glasses.”

At that moment, Midwyeol, who had been ignoring her until now, turned her head to Ahn Soo-ho. Embarrassed Midwinter pursed her lips to say something.

“Oh, do you have bad eyesight? So, when you go to a mystery novel research club, wear glasses-“

“Stop!”

Along with her shrieking cry, the midwinter blocked Ahn Su-ho’s mouth. Midwinter, who quickly looked around her, whispered in a low voice.

“How many ears are listening right now, are you bringing up that story?! I won’t forgive you for saying more than that…… !”

What if you don’t forgive me? For a moment, he thought about it, but Ahn Soo-ho nodded his head obediently. Midwinter glanced at him suspiciously and slowly let go of his hand.

“That’s why you shouldn’t have ignored people. What did I do wrong?”

“…… You’ve been bothering me by stalking me since the last time.”

“What is stalking? Are you stalking a student in the middle of winter because I’m missing something?”

“Yes, I…… !”

“What do you mean, I follow the heir of Hansung Group around to get some bean curd?”

At that blatant question, Midgeoreum chewed his lips. Ahn Su-ho had no such thoughts at all, but he had no choice but to have such doubts in the middle of winter. In fact, it was a coincidence, but Mid-gyeol and Ahn Su-ho met too often to be a coincidence.

“…… It’s just, it’s because you keep getting stepped on in the eyes of annoyance.”

“You are an academy student and I am a former academy security guard. With just that, Yunan…….”

Ahn Soo-ho, who was speechless, suddenly remembered, and asked mid-gyeol.

“So what are those glasses? Do you have astigmatism? Or are you sure you wrote it as a disguise?”

“You don’t know anything about it. Rather, what did you come here for?”

Ahn Soo-ho shrugged his shoulders at mid-winter who asked a question with an angry face.

“What did you come to the ranking match arena for? I came to watch the ranking match.”

“That’s a very carefree answer. Does the guard have anything to do?”

“I took a leave of absence due to an injury.”

Ahn Suho slipped up the hem of his shirt, revealing the bandage wrapped around his stomach.

“I heard from Ryu Tae-hyun. I heard you got hurt trying to save that dropout?”

“Not anymore. Because the dropout was overturned.”

“I don’t know. You said that right then? A loser is a loser no matter what they do. He seems to have returned to school as if he were running away from an attack, but well, he will drop out again sooner or later.”

“If you think so, why did you come to see Kang Ha-neul’s ranking match? If you’re going to drop out soon anyway, there’s no need to analyze your strength-“

“Power analysis? Why me?”

Mid-gyu put his chin on his chin with one hand and glanced at Ahn Soo-ho. In that gaze, her unique arrogance came out.

“Do you think I’m on the same level as that dropout just because I’m in the same 1 and a half? Even if you don’t do power analysis, you can step on it from the front. I’m just here to see what the guy who ran away because he was scared of fighting will creep back in and see what he’s going to look like.”

‘…… It’s a dog’s personality.’

Ahn Su-ho turned his head with a tired expression. Although I was arrogant in front of Ryu Tae-hyun, I don’t think it was this much, but did I become more hateful in the middle of winter as I possessed it? He thought so

In reality, Midwinter in the original work was at least polite in front of Ryu Tae-hyeon, and since it was in front of Ahn Su-ho, who did not need to be polite, his original bare face was revealed, but there was no way that Ahn Su-ho knew the inside story.

-Beep!!

At that moment, the sound of the microphone echoed throughout the stadium.

Ahn Su-ho and mid-gyeol’s eyes turned to the stadium. While the two were fighting a war of words, the two protagonists of this ranking match were on both ends of the pitch.

-Ah, ah. Microphone test.

In the middle, a neat young man stood holding a microphone.

– Nice to meet you, current students and academy officials, who came to watch the ranking match today! My name is Cho Hyeong-seok, a 3rd year manager in charge of the referee for this ranking match!

Cho Hyung-seok shouted in a cheerful voice as if he was promoting himself and bowed toward the audience. In fact, about half of his PR was right.

The Green House didn’t necessarily have only aspiring hunters. In the hunter industry, the number of people who assist them is far greater than the number of hunters. The management department was a department for nurturing such auxiliary personnel. The referee for the ranking match was part of such ancillary work.

-These two are the protagonists of today’s ranking match! This is Jin Ryu and Ha-neul Kang from 1st grade class! Currently, Ryujin on the left is 19th and Kang Ha-neul on the right is 21st! However, unlike Ryujin, who has already played two ranking matches, Kang Ha-neul says that today is her first match!

At the word that it was the first match, the audience was slightly agitated. It was rare to see that a student in the upper class, where the game was actively played from the beginning of the semester, hadn’t played the game yet.

-The possessed psychic ability is Ryujin, a student manipulating water currents! And Kang Ha-neul is an avatar ability! A confrontation between a manipulative skill that is severely constrained by the environment and an avatar skill that is one of the most versatile! At first glance, student Jin Ryu seems to be at a disadvantage, but unlike student Kang Ha-neul, student Jin Ryu has the experience of two previous ranking matches! Therefore, it is forbidden to jump to conclusions! No one knows the whereabouts of this sutra!

-Then let’s briefly go over the rules before the game begins! Game time is 10 minutes! If one side loses consciousness or becomes incapacitated, goes out of the arena or admits defeat, the match ends at that point! All other detailed rules follow the universal rules for ranking before enrolled students!

– Also, the match may be arbitrarily stopped according to my judgment as a referee! Don’t worry about biased judgment! Ranking match judges are decided randomly, and I don’t even have a face-to-face meeting with these juniors!

-Then, let’s finish the explanation here, and after the countdown, we’ll start the ranking match between Ryujin and Kang Ha-neul! Prepare both players!

According to the referee’s order, Ryujin opened the stopper of the 20L water bottle. As he activated his psychic powers, the water contained inside began to rise into the air.

Ryujin’s psychic power, water flow manipulation, is a manipulation-type ability that manipulates the surrounding water. In terms of dealing with matter, it is similar to Midwinter’s ignition ability or Ansuho’s black smoke, but Ryujin was unable to create water on its own. Because of this, he came to the stadium with the amount of water prescribed in the ranking match regulations.

As Jo Hyeong-seok said, those with manipulator abilities are severely restricted by the environment. However, Ryujin didn’t care at all. Now that the game has started, we are only running to win. Resolving that, Ryujin put water around her and lowered her stance.

‘Ah, what should I do?’

On the other hand, Kang Ha-neul stood still even though the countdown had started. Unlike Ryujin, she didn’t feel any jealousy.

That’s right, I had no intention of winning.

‘I don’t want to fight. I don’t think I can win. Can’t we just abstain? Or run out of the field as soon as it starts?’

My heart was like a chimney, but unfortunately I couldn’t. Abuse in ranking matches is strictly prohibited by school rules. She had to present the fight content to be acceptable to the judges and the audience, no matter what her will, if she was to avoid being disciplined.

‘I don’t know. It will work out somehow. Now that this has happened, I need to test my psychic powers.’

When her countdown finally reached 1, she activated her ability with her heart to become what she was meant to be.

-Flame!

Her hair and eyes were dyed red with a blurry flame effect. At first glance, Midwinter, who was watching the game from the crowd, clicked her tongue slightly at the appearance that resembled Midwinter.

-Time!

When the gong finally rang to announce the start of the match, Jin Ryu swung her hand with all her might.

-Shoot aaa!

The water that stretched out as if sweeping her ground gushed out in front of the river sky. The water, which split into countless branches, swung at the side of the river sky like a whip.

The river sky stretched out its hand toward the whip of the water. At the same time, a small flame lit up in her hand.

“…… Under.”

Midwinter snorted at the insignificant fireworks.

The next moment.

-Kwaaang!

With a shrill impact sound, Kang Ha-neul’s body was broken into a giyeokja. Kang Ha-neul, who slid across the stadium, stopped his body just before he managed to go outside.

‘Ah, I’ll just go outside.’

Kang Ha-neul, who had a moment of regret, checked his body condition.

I felt a sharp pain in my arm that had been hit with a whip. However, that was all. No bones were broken, no muscles were torn, much less bruised flesh. Because Ryujin’s attack was nothing more than a check.

The problem is that we couldn’t even block that check.

‘I can’t do that either.’

Kang Ha-neul clicked his tongue as he watched the flames disappear without a trace. Even if the firepower was weak, it was too weak. In order to overcome the mutuality of water and fire, you have to press down with extreme firepower like in midwinter, but Kang Ha-neul did not have that firepower.

‘Then let’s go next.’

The next moment, Kang Ha-neul’s appearance began to change. Her waist-length hair changed to a short bob, and at the same time, the color changed from red to blue. It was her second preset, an avatar with the ability to accelerate.

– Plump.

Kang Ha-neul, who jumped lightly in place, kicked the ground.

-Pain!

Ryujin’s water whip hit the spot where she was. Sharpened whips furiously pursued Kang Ha-neul, but it was not enough to follow.

“Hmm.”

Ryujin let out a spitting voice and swung her hand. Then the shape of the water he was manipulating changed even more sharply. Water swords, almost as thin as paper, swayed and rushed from all directions in the river sky.

Numerous blades slicing from side to side in an instant.

Kang Ha-neul tried to use his acceleration ability to get out of the gap, but it was not enough.

-Blood Shoot!

She managed to get out of the prison of the blade, and in an instant, small scratches were engraved on her body.

However, Ryujin’s attacks did not end there. It was Ryujin’s own fist that was waiting in front of Kang Ha-neul, who struggled to avoid the blade. Suddenly, he approached and struck the side of Kang Ha-neul, who had become defenseless in avoiding the blade, as hard as he could.

“Kyaheuk!”

Kang Ha-neul, who lost his balance due to the dull pain, managed to widen his distance. The water controlled by Ryujin fiercely pursued them.

“…… Then it is.”

Seeing that scene, Midwinter muttered with her chin resting on her chin.

I knew that. He must have dropped out because he was afraid to fight at that level.

Having come to a conclusion about Kang Ha-neul in his own way, Winter looked at Ahn Su-ho. What kind of thoughts does this guard who protected her even when she was hurt to reverse her withdrawal from her river sky, seeing that river sky’s ugliness?

Meanwhile, Suho Ahn was concentrating on the game with his face full of questions.

‘…… Even if I become weak, I am too weak.’

Not only the ignition ability seen during the raid, but also the acceleration ability that Kang Ha-neul is showing has noticeably weakened. Originally, her speed, which was seen by the river sky in the original work, was such that even Ryu Tae-hyeon had a hard time, but now her speed is somewhat slower than An Su-ho, who accelerated twice with the breathing of the morning star.

Of course, it was fast enough. However, it was insufficient for a 1 and a half minute superman.

‘I don’t think I’ll be able to maintain the middle ranks, let alone one and a half.’

For what reason did he weaken Kang Ha-neul so much? Compared to the original, the difference between the sky and the ground is so great, Ahn Soo-ho looked at the river sky and murmured softly.

“…… Status window.”

It was an action to objectively grasp the current state of Kang Ha-neul.

-Titling!

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[ Status window of ‘Kang Ha Neul’ ]

Name: Kang Ha Neul

Gender: Female

Height/Weight/Age: 161cm/47.3Kg/20 years old

Occupation: Academy student

Affiliation: Green House Hunter Department 1st year 1st class

Possessed Super Power: Avatar (E)

[ Abilities ]