EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school
Chapter 1168: Witness (6)
"Even though it was vacation, Ma Jin-seung lived in the dormitory and went to school regularly to train.
Most of the third-year dormitory students at Eun Kwang High School, except for the students in Class 0, spent their vacation diligently preparing for college entrance exams and employment, but Ma Jin-seung’s lifestyle was somewhat different.
The most noticeable part was that Ma Jin-seung’s average training time had nearly doubled.
Most students who were aiming to join a pro player team right after graduation were devoting themselves to training, but Ma Jin-seung was different when it came to maintaining their usual pace.
Ma Jin-seung added support-only simulations to his usual training, and as a result, he realized that he was really well suited to being a supporter.
‘No matter how much I do, I never get tired of support-only simulations! When I see Chae-ah doing it, support is definitely not an easy position!’
Ma Jin-seung realized his new aptitude through the Korea-China-Japan Youth Exchange. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Especially during the training camp, when he was sparring with Jo Ui-shin, he felt keenly that he was suited to be a supporter.
When the exchange match began, he never participated as a dealer, but he performed well as a supporter.
‘I received many offers from pro player teams, but they all asked me to be a supporter.’
As soon as he graduated, Ma Jin-seung tried to join a pro player team and did a lot of external activities, but there were almost no places that wanted to scout him, as he had not yet received a nickname and was famous for picking fights with Yeom Jun-yeol.
The places that contacted him occasionally were groups that tried to commit fraud by using the power of a graduate from Eun Gwang High School, or underqualified teams that were so weak that they could not conquer the other world.
However, after the exchange match, he started receiving calls from fairly solid pro player teams.
So Ma Jin-seung had a hard time accepting that he was suited to be a supporter and devoted himself to training.
However, he still had regrets.
Ma Jin-seung wanted to defeat the enemies and the other world who were trying to ruin the peace with flashy techniques like his self-proclaimed rival, Yeom Jun-yeol.
Ma Jin-seung changed the simulator settings and raised the power of the supernatural.
“Eww!”
Ma Jin-seung shouted to use Gwangrim against the virtual enemy that appeared according to the changed settings.
Then, the shout calling the meadow was activated, and grass sprouted from the ground to catch the enemy, but it quickly withered and became useless.
Ma Jin-seung grabbed his club and tried to shout again, but the simulator turned off before he could.
“Jin-seung, don’t lose your strength. I told you we’d train together today.”
The person who barged into the simulator room was Cheon Dong-ha.
Last night, Cheon Dong-ha said something unclear to Ma Jin-seung, saying, ‘I have a favor to ask of you, and to do that, I need some training.’
Ma Jin-seung agreed without knowing what would happen because he trusted Cheon Dong-ha.
Cheon Dong-ha worried about Ma Jin-seung, who seemed to have no thoughts, but didn’t say much.
“Just warming up! I’m fine!”
“You look fine compared to the training time recorded. I didn’t know that the training results would change this much when you switched to support.”
“Haha, I didn’t know that would happen. What kind of training are we going to do today?”
Cheon Dong-ha looked over the training data recorded on the simulator for a moment and said.
“Let’s go to the Seondobu Hall.”
“You’re going to train there? It’s not like it’s study training, is it?”
“Where is that kind of training? No.”
Cheon Dong-ha took Ma Jin-seung, who was talking nonsense, to the Seondobu Hall.
Ma Jin-seung thought that they would head to the top floor, which was mainly used by the Seondobu third-years, but Cheon Dong-ha headed to the basement.
Cheon Dong-ha was heading to a secret passage that was passed down through word of mouth among the student council and the leadership.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been here. It’s where the old simulator was.”
“That’s right. I’m going to train here.”
Ma Jin-seung found it strange that he was ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) going to train here.
There was an old simulator that could be used for training in this secret passage, but there was no need to come here since the latest simulators could be used on the ground.
Cheon Dong-ha added an explanation.
“He’s worried about you a lot, so I suggested it. There aren’t many ways to train your mental strength, but I happen to have a method.”
“Any means to become stronger is welcome. And since it was Dong-ha who suggested it, it’ll be fine!”
Ma Jin-seung said without a shred of doubt.
He later thought, ‘Who is the ‘he’ that Dong-ha mentioned?’, but before he could ask, he found out who it was.
Jo Ui-shin was waiting in front of the old simulator inside the secret passage.
“Hello, thank you for coming.”
“You’re the one Dong-ha said was worried about me! I don’t know why you were worried, but you don’t have to!”
Ma Jin-seung spoke as if they were competing.
Ma Jin-seung had never really won against Jo Ui-shin in a duel, so he couldn’t help but feel competitive.
Since Jo Ui-shin was his junior, he couldn’t openly declare himself a rival like he did with Yeom Jun-yeol, but Ma Jin-seung was determined not to lose.
After that, the three of them started a simulation strategy, and Ma Jin-seung forgot the reason he came here and the strange attitude Cheon Dong-ha showed because he thought he had to fight better than Jo Ui-shin.
And then, when the door to the boss room opened, a strange adult male appeared.
“Oh, I know who that person is! It’s National Assemblyman Seong Guk-eon!”
“No, that person over there is his grandfather’s AI.”
“Huh?”
Ma Jin-seung opened his eyes wide and looked at the AI of Seong Seong-woo, the former Korean branch manager.
Seonghyeongwoo's AI spoke to Jo Eui-shin first.
[My purpose for being has already been achieved, and yet you are coming again.]
"Please help me. This is something I need."
[Of course, I had no intention of refusing from the beginning. It was your request.]
After hearing the conversation between Jo Eui-shin and the AI, Ma Jin-seung realized belatedly that this situation was very strange.
Seonghyeongwoo's AI looked at Ma Jin-seung.
[I see. You want to train that student, right?]
The AI that spoke like that had sharp and keen eyes compared to Seongguk-eon, who looked very similar.
The atmosphere was so different that it was hard to understand why he had been confused with Seongguk-eon.
Ma Jin-seung tried to hide his nervousness and spoke loudly.
"Yes! I will train you!"
[I see.]
Jo Eui-shin quietly watched Ma Jin-seung walking toward Seonghyeongwoo's AI.
Thinking about it, Jo Ui-shin was quieter than usual and seemed to be constantly apologizing.
As the end of the vacation approached, the day he had promised with Yeom Jun-yeol arrived.
In the meantime, he took Ma Jin-seung to Seong Hyeong-woo’s AI at Cheon Dong-ha’s suggestion.
Cheon Dong-ha said that Seong Hyeong-woo’s ordeal was painful, but it helped train his mental strength.
‘It would be good to experience it before the replay.’
Fortunately, Ma Jin-seung was able to complete the ordeal safely after hanging on to the old simulator for a few days.
Although Ma Jin-seung had experienced many trials and errors, Seong Hyeong-woo’s AI said something that could be considered praise or not, such as ‘The simpler the thought circuit, the less distracting thoughts there are.’
Ma Jin-seung never said anything weak the whole time and showed his growth.
Cheon Dong-ha also showed his training records as a supporter, and the results were good enough to show how much Ma Jin-seung had grown since before the summer vacation.
Cheon Dong-ha was also a replay target, and I felt sorry but thankful that he was trying to reassure me as a senior.
“Did Yi-shin come to meet you? He didn’t have to.”
In front of Eun-hui-gwan, a little late due to Yeom Jun-yeol’s schedule.
I came to meet Yeom Jun-yeol.
Since there was almost nothing I could do for him from now on, I wanted to come to meet him.
“You’re still polite. He was upset that I hadn’t shown up at Yonggung recently.”
“Rin... My wife also wanted to meet Yi-shin.”
“If someone heard, they’d think I hadn’t been to Yonggung for years. You didn’t forget that I made up an excuse to film a while ago, right?”
Yeom Jun-yeol appeared with Cheong-ryong and Yeom Bang-yeol.
There were no separate bodyguards, but if those two were there, there would be no need for security.
For your information, Yong Je-geon had arrived early and was waiting.
In the meantime, Yeom Jun-yeol turned his head to those who were engaging in a war of nerves with Hwang Ji-ho and spoke to me.
“I just happened to have something to discuss with Yi-shin. It’s short, so it’ll be over soon.”
While walking down the hallway of Eun-hui-gwan, Yeom Jun-yeol told me about the dream that Yeom Jun-yeol’s mother, Chok-rin, had.
He also told me about the reason Chok-rin had the dream, and something came to mind when I heard that.
‘Didn’t you say that Hou-ye went into a secret passage before and fell asleep? That Hou-ye was Yeom Jun-yeol’s mother, Chok-rin.’
I thought about the mechanism of the secret passage that Hwang Bo-yoon explained, which only attacks Jin-jok and Hou-ye.
According to Hwang Bo-yoon, when Jin-jok and Hou-ye are exposed to intelligence, their subconsciousness shakes and Jin-myeong reacts.
So, the moment Chok-rin entered the secret passage, Hwang Bo-yoon’s device would have been activated, attacking her soul and putting her to sleep.
―Even if you use all your intellect, all you can do is slightly damage her soul and put her to sleep, and erase a few dozen minutes of her memories.
That’s what Hwang Bo-yoon said, and the Dragon Clan would have checked Chok-rin’s condition with the help of the Dragon King, so it didn’t seem like she was seriously injured.
However, it’s possible that the shock at that time was the trigger for her to gain some power.
‘You said you had a dream about Jeju Island being covered in the flames of the red dragon. Who had that dream?’
It could have been a dream, but it couldn’t be ruled out that it was someone involved in the mastermind’s plan.
If it’s true that she was involved in the mastermind’s plan, then the person who had that dream might have been the first to intervene in the mastermind’s plan.
Even though Yongjok had been through many hardships, it didn’t seem like Chokrin had had a dream.
In the end, Yeom Jun-yeol came to consult with him, but he couldn’t give proper advice and the conversation ended in a vague manner.
“Everyone, come in quickly! I’ve already set everything up!”
As the door to Eun-hui-gwan’s reception room opened, Yong Je-geon’s bright voice was heard.
In the reception room, which was located in Eun-hui-gwan but somewhat far from the chairman’s office, three recliners were set up, unlike usual.
Also, a sofa was placed very close to the set recliners.
It seemed like Yong Je-geon had prepared a guardian seat.
“Yong Je-geon, in advance