Possessed an Academy Security Guard

92 – 092. Simultaneous Events (7)

The man named Heo Seong-chan, whom he met that day, may be the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Kang Ha-neul, or the perpetrator.

Thought so, Ji Ye-Won watched closely the movements of Manager Seon-Woo Kim, who was said to have a contact with Seong-Chan Heo, while looking for an opportunity to meet Seong-Chan Heo again. But that opportunity seldom came.

Surely, Seongchan Heo used to hang around the research center every day. However, when Ji Ye-won found him, he disappeared without a trace. As if she knew Ji Ye-won was looking for her and intentionally avoided her.

In reality, Heo Seong-chan, who had been contacted by Kim Seon-woo, no longer needed to hang around the research center, but from Ji Ye-won’s point of view, who did not know the circumstances, she was worried that things might go badly.

The only thing that puts my mind at ease is that Min Chae-ryeong heard her report and started investigating a man named Heo Seong-chan, and fortunately, Kang Ha-neul has not had any major problems with her.

Ji Yewon, relieved by that fact, let out a deep sigh at her sudden skepticism.

Why is he so concerned about Kang Ha-neul’s safety as if it were his own business?

Ji Ye-won’s feelings for Kang Ha-neul were complicated.

Kang Ha-neul was a romantic enemy. It was an obstacle that had to be eliminated in order to connect with Ahn Su-ho. However, on the other hand, I felt sorry for sharing feelings with Ahn Su-ho that day, as if trampling on Kang Ha-neul’s heart.

No, on the contrary, Ji Ye-won also had this thought in her heart.

Ahn Su-ho should be connected to Kang Ha-neul.

He thought it would be better for him to connect with a normal woman like her rather than a criminal like himself.

If you reveal that kind of heart, Ahn Su-ho will surely say this. What does your membership in the Dawn have to do with the two of us? Even if you’re a criminal, you wouldn’t care about yourself at all.

She said that if it was Ahn Soo-ho, she would definitely say that, and she couldn’t help but hope that she would say that too. But… ….

“Haa…… “

While continuing her thoughts, Yewon Ji let out a deep sigh.

I don’t know.

Ji Ye-won told him the day she broke up with Ahn Soo-ho, she told him to organize her thoughts and decide her answer while she was away from him because of her duties. Those words applied to her as well. While she distanced herself from Ahn Su-ho under the pretext of a mission, she thought she would be able to organize her thoughts about him as well.

But I don’t know.

People say they know what’s inside the water on the hot road, but don’t know what’s inside the people on the long road. However, Ji Ye-won couldn’t even understand my heart, let alone the road.

“… ….”

Ji Ye-won drank the ice-cold coffee at once. A thrilling coldness pushed her thoughts out of her mind just a little bit. Driven by that momentum, Yewon Ji looked around her, ignoring the thoughts she wanted to ignore.

She was at the cafe where she talked to Heo Seong-chan. These days, when she gets off work, her routine is to come to this cafe and have her coffee. After she got off work, she looked for Seong-chan Heo around the institute, and when she couldn’t find her, she came to this cafe and drank her coffee. She had the slightest hope that he would never stop by this cafe again.

“Huh?”

And today. Ji Ye-won was finally rewarded for her shallow hopes. A blond young man with a cheerful impression entered the cafe with light steps. The moment she saw Heo Seong-chan, she reflexively exclaimed like that.

“Oh? Are you that kid then?”

Heo Seong-chan also recognized Ji Ye-won and approached her seat with strides.

“Nice to meet you! Hey, that’s a big deal! I didn’t come near you for a while, so I thought I wouldn’t be able to meet you! How come you run into each other as soon as you get here?”

“I will. Are you sure you said Seong-chan?”

“I’m glad you remember! That’s right! Your name is Ye Ji-won, right? I remembered it because it was a pretty name!”

Heo Seong-chan smiled and sat across from Ji Ye-won. He didn’t even order a drink yet, but Ji Ye-won didn’t bother pointing out that fact.

“You know, the other day you asked me for help.”

Yewon Ji didn’t say anything and immediately brought up her business. She thought it would be natural for her to be like this since she didn’t even have a close relationship with her.

However.

“Coming to think of it, there must have been circumstances, but I think he treated me too bluntly. You look pretty troubled, but if I can help, I’ll help-“

“Huh? Ah! That’s fine now! Everything is settled!”

“SOLVED…… Is it done?”

Ji Ye-won asked anxiously. However, Heo Seong-chan always had a bright smile on her face.

“Yes! The client I spoke to back then agreed to accept our apology! In addition, I decided to give you a chance to make up for the past failure! If this job is done well, the reputation and credit lost due to the previous failure will be restored to some extent!”

So it’s been resolved. So it’s okay

Seeing Heo Seong-chan say that with a happy expression, Ji Ye-won quickly shook her head.

Client.

Chief Seonwoo Kim.

The past failure.

Kang Ha-neul kidnapped.

Apology.

A chance to redeem yourself.

Make up for it.

Opportunity.

Keep kidnapping.

‘No way.’

Ji Ye-won thought.

If, as he speculated, Seong-chan Heo was a contractor from the slums, and Seon-woo Kim asked him to kidnap Kang Ha-neul. Giving him a chance to make up for his failure means that he asked Heo Seong-chan to kidnap Kang Ha-neul again.

“…… Is that so? Thank god.”

“Thank you! Do you think so too?”

If that guess is true, what should he do at this moment?

“Yes. But maybe there’s something I can help with. For now, we exchange contact information.”

Ji Ye-won made a quick decision. At her words, Heo Seong-chan smiled widely with a happy face.

“That’s good! In fact, even if it wasn’t for work, I wanted to be close to you!”

“Give me the phone.”

Heo Seong-chan readily handed over the smartphone to Ji Ye-won. At the same time, Yewon Ji said.

“But you. Aren’t you going to order me a drink?”

“Oh! Yes! I totally forgot! Thanks for letting me know!”

Heo Seong-chan left the table without any doubt and headed to the counter. At that moment, Ji Ye-won took out a small IC chip from her pouch.

An IC chip in the form of a SIM card in a smartphone that has wiretapping and location tracking functions. It was one of the surveillance equipment received from Min Chaeryeong.

While Seongchan Heo was distracted by her drink order, she quickly changed her SIM card on her smartphone. Eventually, when Heo Seong-chan returned from her order, she showed him the screen of her smartphone with her number taken with her calm face.

“I saved my number. Oh, can I send a text message to my phone from your phone?”

A bright smile appeared on Yewon Ji’s face when she said that.

The perfectly concocted laugh he honed as a Dawning spy.

***

“Stop!”

An urgent voice echoed through the training ground. At that cry, her fists, which had been extended with ferocious force, stopped in the air.

In front of her fist, Kang Ha-neul was breathing heavily and sweating profusely. On the other hand, the man who punched her, Ryu Tae-hyun, was looking down at her with her calm face.

“Ha, surrender. I will surrender. You really can’t stand it.”

“You are much better than before.”

“Empty words.”

Ryu Tae-hyeon reached out and raised Kang Ha-neul from the floor. Around him were several students from the first grade, first class, like the two of them.

“How much did the sky record come out this time?”

A female student named Yoo Seol looked at her stopwatch and said at Ryu Tae-hyeon’s question.

“1 Minute 7 seconds. I lasted 15 seconds longer than the previous record.”

“As expected. Did i say better than before Aren’t these empty words?”

“…… Even so, compared to the other kids, it’s a long way off.”

“What do you do compared to other people? It is important to develop yourself little by little. Alright, next person!”

At those words, Yu-jin, Yu-seol’s twin brother, walked out. A look of disapproval lingered on her face.

“I’m already in the middle of three rounds in a row. Wouldn’t it be better to take a break?”

“If you rest, your body cools off. I’d rather keep pushing until I lose.”

“Until I lose… ….”

At those words, Eugene stuck out her tongue. Ryu Tae-hyun has never lost a single match in this series of training to prepare for the midterm exam. Saying that he would continue until he lost meant that he would continue until the time of using the training ground was over.

‘No matter how heroic he may be, he’s a real monster.’

With the exception of Ryu Tae-hyeon, the people gathered here were middle- to low-ranking students in the 1-and-a-half interpersonal rankings. Objectively, they were by no means weak, but they were not enough to defeat Ryu Tae-hyeon. Even if you keep fighting without stopping.

‘To deal with Ryu Tae-hyeon, at least Midwinter or Ha Seong-min must come.’

Currently, there are only three first-year students who have won a one-on-one match against Ryu Tae-hyeon.

Two of them were mid-gyeol and Ha Seong-min, who reminded me of Kang Ha-neul, and the other was Eun-sol. They were ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the current freshman interpersonal rankings, respectively.

“I’m a little sorry. Even if we say that fighting with you will help improve your interpersonal skills, from your point of view there would be no benefit from fighting weak people like us.”

“What are you talking about? How much do you learn from sparring with you?”

At Eugene’s self-deprecating words, Ryu Tae-hyeon shook his head and answered.

“Person-to-person skills grow only when you have a lot of experience. But our school’s ranking matches are at most three times a week, right? Even if it’s not enough, it’s still not enough!”

“I wonder if there is room for further growth in your personal skills.”

“hahahaha! Thank you for looking good. But I still lack a lot. At the current level, you should be able to get an A-class promotion in no time, right?”

It was already great enough at the point of discussing the promotion of A-level superhuman at the student level, but Eugene and other students did not bother to point it out. Even Ryu Tae-hyun’s self-evaluation was an evaluation with a little humility added to it.

“Enough of small talk and start slowly, oppa! The time to use the training ground is over soon!”

“Okay! Hey, how many minutes was my best?”

“3 Minutes and 48 seconds!”

“Okay! This time, I will definitely skip 4 minutes!”

“Why don’t you set a bigger goal?”

“Then take a look!”

Ryu Tae-hyun, who laughed cheerfully, said that it couldn’t be, and took a stance. Eugene also pulled out the water from her large horse barrel with her psychic power and wrapped it around herself.

‘I need to wash up and come back.’

Ahead of the couple’s sparring, Kang Ha-neul headed to the bathroom. Looking at the remaining usage time, it was unlikely that his turn would come back, so he thought to wash off his sweat beforehand.

-Shoot aaa.

There was no one in the bathroom located at the end of the corridor at the training ground. At this point, with midterm exams just around the corner, most students prioritized studying theory over practical training. Ryu Tae-hyeon and other 1st class students who stayed up late for interpersonal training were unusual.

‘Still, it’s like I’m in the same class as the main character.’

Currently, they are holding out for a few minutes in sparring with Ryu Tae-hyun, but their qualities are so excellent that it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the best in the past. It’s just that some students, such as Ryu Tae-hyeon, Mid-gyeol, Ha Seong-min, and Naeun-sol, are so outstanding that they look relatively less.

After simply washing his hands and face, Kang Ha-neul rips off several paper towels and wipes them dry. In the mirror, a female student with her bangs wet from sweat and water was reflected.

“Hmm… ….”

Kang Ha-neul stared at her like that, and took various poses of her.

‘Still, I’m pretty good at it… ….’

As expected, is the fact that you are young holding back your ankles? Thinking so, Kang Ha-neul looked outside to see if others were coming and quietly activated her ability.

A bright light covered her outside, and the figure that was revealed before long was that of a woman who had matured a little more than her original self. Her river sky, of course, was already an adult, but her newly created avatar was that of a full-fledged lady, completely stripped of any remaining girlishness.

To be specific, my breasts have grown a little, my pelvis has gotten a little wider, my height has grown a little, and my eyelashes have gotten a little longer to give off a decadent beauty.

“Mmm.”

Kang Ha-neul, who looked around at his changed appearance like an Instagram photo edited with Photoshop, smiled.

‘Will the reaction be a little different if I cling to you with this look?’

Of course, the target they were sticking to was Ahn Su-ho. It bothered Kang Ha-neul that he had become strangely awkward with Ahn Su-ho these days.

The cause of that awkwardness was Kang Ha-neul himself, who hid the truth behind the possessed Johnny’s skill, but she couldn’t even clearly reveal it.

So Kang Ha-neul thought of having a drink together as the next best thing after a long time. It was her plan to use her alcohol as an excuse to ease the awkwardness and, if possible, to advance the relationship between the two. The grown-up avatar from earlier was also part of that plan.

‘Even Ye Ji-won said that she went far away because of her work, so isn’t this the right time for her?’

Even if you go to Ahn Su-ho’s room and have a drink, if there is an intruder in the next room, the atmosphere that was barely ripe will not cool down. As she thought so, a small sense of incongruity suddenly settled in her mind.

‘Something must have happened that day… ….’

When I said that day, I meant the day she, Ahn Su-ho, Ji Ye-won, and Chae-yeon drank together.

Kang Ha-neul had no memory of her day from the middle because she was drunk. But she had only a vague feeling that she had done something serious. When she asked Ahn Soo-ho the next day what had happened, she was suspicious of his reaction.

‘Should I ask you again this time?’

She said that even if there was something she was hiding, wouldn’t she give a sincere answer if I asked her over a glass in her own room.

Kang Ha-neul thought so, but on the other hand, she was worried that because of her drunkenness, she might say what she shouldn’t say.

For example, this world is a novel.

You are a character in a novel.

Something like saying that you are a person who has possessed this world outside of the novel.

Ahn Soo-ho still had doubts about her, including the cherry blossoms of her love heart. I couldn’t imagine that the question wouldn’t come out in a situation where the two of them were facing each other. If I accidentally told the truth in the spirit of alcohol at that time…….

“…… Will there be a special day? You’ll think it’s just drunken bullsh*t.”

If anyone in the world said that the world they live in is a novel, would they take it seriously?

Kang Ha-neul smiled in the mirror and quietly turned her body away, unlocking her powers. The grown-up Kang Ha-neul disappeared, and Kang Ha-neul, who still had a girlish feel, was reflected in her eyes.

“…… What?”

Even though she apparently turned away from the mirror. There was still a reflection of herself in her eyes.

Kang Ha-neul smiled brightly. Not the Kang Ha-neul that I was thinking about An Su-ho a while ago, but the Kang Ha-neul reflected in the Kang Ha-neul’s eyes.

A person who looked just like you appeared in front of you.

The moment the river sky froze in shock at that bizarre sight.

“Who are you-“

-Poo-wook.

The blue blade that another Kang Ha-neul swung was lodged in her neck.