“Crazy! Number 7 and 367 are going to fight!!”
A trainee’s shout shook the entire men’s dormitory.
-Woahhhhhhh!
Watching a fight was always one of the most entertaining spectacles.
A dome of trainees, mainly those who had invaded Room 1, formed around them.
It was a coliseum filled with cheers and anticipation. Anyone backing down here would suffer a severe blow to their pride.
“Just a bunch of trash making a fuss.”
The massive cheer from the trainees even reached Byun Kiyoung, who was alone in Room 1.
Trash that goes wild over radioactive waste and trash that throws a fit because of it – all the same.
“Idiots.”
Byun Kiyoung decided to stay and preserve his energy. Despite his nasty and messy personality, his calculations and judgments about himself were fairly accurate.
Considering the increasingly difficult training under Ahn Sungho, it was clear that tomorrow would be the peak. The last day, with the march back, would be beyond dreadful.
“Tch. I need to rest now. Even this isn’t enough.”
Considering the rain, it was a significant break. Tomorrow, a high-stakes test was surely waiting.
Above all, he wasn’t the least bit curious about the fight between the radioactive waste and the big beetle.
“Grind.”
Byun Kiyoung clenched his jaw hard enough to strain his right cheek. The thought of the fight’s outcome, popping up as soon as he closed his eyes, infuriated him.
-Woaaaahhh!!
Inversely proportional to Byun Kiyoung’s irritation, the situation was spiraling out of control.
The conflict between the big beetle and Park Jinsung was also turning devastatingly chaotic.
“Phew, how about fighting me head-on? Just this once, I’ll overlook any insubordination! Come at me, you F-grade punk!”
“…….”
Park Jinsung desperately suppressed the anger seeping out. His usual preference for taking things easy led to a cool-headed decision.
‘Hold back…’
Suppressing emotions is also a way to handle murderous intent.
Park Jinsung continued to chew over the fact that this was just training, trying to maintain his mind control.
‘Not now.’
Fighting the big beetle now would bring no gains, only troubles.
With a low rank and no backing, Park Jinsung knew that continuing this situation would be problematic.
He might even affect his chances of promotion if provoked unnecessarily. Being accused of insubordination could be disastrous.
‘I must endure, I have to.’
In the worst case, he could be expelled from the guerrilla training, along with the entire Squad 5.
“Not coming at me? Scared, huh? Alright, then I’ll come to you!”
Regardless of the big beetle’s rampage, Park Jinsung decided to stand still. However,
“Phewww! [Catch at All Costs!]”
[Catch at All Costs]
World Spirit Rank System: C⁻
°Grabs targets within the range of arms and legs. At this time, all of his joint muscles become extremely flexible.
Overall Combat Ability: B⁻
The heated big beetle had no intention of letting Park Jinsung go.
“Phew-phew! Here I come?!”
The big beetle leaped, spreading his arms and legs wide, reminding of a smelly net aiming to ensnare Park Jinsung.
‘Oh no. Straight to using his Edeya, huh?’
He had intended to simply push him away with physical strength, but he didn’t expect an immediate unleashing of an Edeya.
“Why aren’t you moving? You’ll get hurt!”
“Tsk…”
The big beetle’s long limbs lashed out like pairs of whips.
Whack-whack-whack!
As the big beetle’s body flew through the air, he lashed out numerous times. The attack was messy, but the power behind it was considerable.
“I got you!!”
Finally managing to cling onto Park Jinsung, the big beetle then wrapped his limbs around him tightly.
“Haha… It’s been a while since I’ve been in this situation…”
“Phew. It’s been a while? Then shall I tie you up like this every day from now on?”
“…….”
In his childhood.
He remembered being tied up by his aunt.
Smirk.
Surely, the big beetle’s limbs were more formidable than his aunt’s rotten ropes. Yet, they didn’t press down with the same heavy sense of despair that young Park Jinsung felt back then.
“Look at you? Just standing there?”
The big beetle began to slowly strangle Park Jinsung.
The big beetle’s winning pattern.
He had always been skilled at intimidating people. Once he restrained their hands and feet and then strangled them, everyone would break down in tears and submit.
“Cough, cough. Now that I see, you’re not a big beetle but a worm? Look how your limbs bend?”
“Phew! You talk a lot. Guess you’re still feeling relaxed!”
He was like a lesser version of [Definitely Catch You]. He must have felt a sense of despair, but not quite, when observing Ahn Sungho.
‘Ugh.’
Park Jinsung was on the verge of passing out while standing. The cunning balance of the worm-like big beetle kept him from falling over.
‘Yeah… but he won’t kill me.’
Park Jinsung felt his face turning red but wasn’t particularly scared. If he just took the beating, the big beetle would eventually leave on his own.
“Captain!! Our captaiiin!!”
“Don’t touch our captain, you damn bastard!!”
“Phew?”
One by one, the members of Squad 5, barely able to stand, started to show determination in their eyes. Even those who were still down had a fierce look in their eyes.
“Ughh!!”
There were even some zombies in tears of humiliation.
“Eh. You don’t look like you’re going to cry. I’m sure this will end quietly if you just keep your head down.
“Captain! Captain!”
One of the zombies jumped up with all the urgency he could muster. He tried to shove the worm away,
“Gasoline? An extra stays an extra forever.”
Boom!
The worm kicked him, just missing his right foot.
Crack! Daejayang!!!
The difference between a seventh-grade asshole and a douchebag who’s closer to the ground than a human being.
No matter how much he was lynched, his right foot was the only thing that mattered.
“Daaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“Phew, what is it this time?”
The zombie member didn’t get tired and ran towards the worm and Park Jinsung. He was hit, knocked down, hit, knocked down, but he was indeed a member of the mad zombie squad.
“I was there when we attacked Kim Seyun back then!”
“Phew, suddenly it’s confession time, I’m sorry, I can’t hear you very well through the blood in my head.”
“I knew from then on that you were an extraordinary person, because Kim Seyun personally vouched for you, right?!”
“Oops, I’m dizzy. Take it easy, Zombie, what’s he saying?”
“So please don’t lose! Show us like you did when you broke the rock! Show us a trick or whatever, show us something so we can follow in your footsteps!”
Hmph.
Park Jinsung’s middle finger twitched impatiently.
“Huh. I feel like I’m watching a monodrama, but your Captain is going to end here, so what can you do?!”
“Oh… I completely forgot…. I told you to follow along, by the way.”
“Huh? Huh?”
The big bug craned his neck and wiggled his eyebrows.
“From now on, zombies listen. [Dagger.] You’ll have to bear with me even if I get a little creepy.”
[Dagger].
World Soul Unit Rating System: F
Overall Combat Ability: F(?)
“B, boss!”
Park Jinsung grabbed the dagger and spoke quietly.
“As you can see, your Edeyas aren’t enough to stop such an ugly beast.”
“Huh… Did I strangle it less? The lines in my ears are strange.”
The beetle strained against the body that was binding Park Jinsung. It was heavy enough to hurt, but Park Jinsung didn’t even flinch.
“But there’s still a way out.”
“Hey, why is this bastard’s body suddenly so stiff….”
“In that case, you just need to do this.”
Zzzzzzzzzz!
Park Jinsung forcibly opened the giant worm’s body.
“Rip?!”
The slowly opening worm saw the dagger and instinctively felt threatened.
Unfortunately, the premonition that usually saved it from harm was not wrong this time.
Poof.
Park Jinsung stabbed the dagger into the beetle’s thigh.
“If it’s a bony type like this, just stab it with force. You can do it.”
Park Jinsung grabbed the beetle’s left arm and twisted it crosswise like a washing machine.
Pow!
Bonus: the skin was necrotic. The skinny arm let out a sound that shouldn’t have been heard.
“Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”
“And you should never let an enemy get away, especially one with a temper like this one, he’ll be on you as soon as he recovers.”
“Please, please help me! I did it wrong! Huh?!”
“Don’t be fooled.”
“Ugh! Yaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! How did you know?!”
Poof, and quack!
“Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
Park Jinsung pulled out the dagger he had plunged into the giant worm and stomped on the spot.
“I may not kill you, but I’ll make sure you don’t get the upper hand again. That’s the point.”
“Hhhhhhhh… S, spare me….”
“Hehe. When it comes down to it, you’re senior, you’re higher rank, you’re sleeping, I don’t know, just do it.”
The big bug, who was the seventh-ranked person in the entire school, crawled on the floor like a bug with a broken limb. He begged for his life from the other trainees, leaving a trail of spit and blood on the floor.
“…….”
The other trainees forced themselves to look away.
“Hmph. It hurts, it hurts!”
It wasn’t out of pity for the beetle.
It was primal fear mediated by the brutal scene.
I might actually die, the sensation ran down the trainees’ spines, immobilizing them.
“Do you understand, zombie squad?”
Park Jinsung was not even partially shaken, let alone killed anyone. Without a care in the world, he destroyed the bastard.
“Even if your Edeya is weak, this is enough to destroy the target. Even if it’s a backward Edeya, it can still inflict damage somehow.”
Boom!
The trainees who were instinctively distracted swallowed their saliva as a group.
It wasn’t out of boredom that the World Soul Unit Ranking System and Comprehensive Combat Capability were separated. Park Jinsung’s theory was realistic enough.
But,
It was easy to say.
“Now, how should we finalize it?”
Practice and theory are different.
Once a soul’s rank and combat power were assigned, they were generally proportional to each other.
There were few humans in the world who could reverse this relationship.
“Ouch. It hurts, it hurts so much.”
When it’s common for someone to be able to squeeze a big bug like that, it’s a little awkward as it is.
Just a moment ago, he was seventh in his class, and the highest ranked among the privates.
“Does anyone… here… know if you can whistle if you break all your teeth?!”
“Hic! Oh, no! I’m sorry! Please! Ow! It hurts!”
The frightened bug cried and clung to Park Jinsung.
Park Jinsung slapped the bug,
Kwajik!
“Oops. You’re making a lot of noise, big bug.”
“Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
It was crushed by a foot, giving it a scream.
“Hehehe. You really don’t have any common sense, do you? You have less common sense than I thought. Awww. I guess I’ll just have to try it.”
“You, you’re crazy! Woohoo! Woohoo!”
“Huh? You’re the crazier ones, with nearly 100 of you here to catch only 30. Now, aaaaah, do it. Now, fists in. Now, aaaaah, be careful not to hurt your tongue.”
Park Jinsung grabbed the big bug by the jaw.
“Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo!”
“One or two?”
“Uhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Whoo!
In a fit of extreme fear, the bug finally gave up its hold.
For a while, the soaking wetness of the bug’s bottom spoke to the trainees.
“Hehe. This is how you scare people. I don’t usually teach this kind of thing.”
None of the trainees dared to reply to Park Jinsung’s words.
Only the zombies ran to their captain with joyful expressions.
“Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“Yay!”
“Hey, everybody in the other room, could you please clean up this big bug? And wipe up the drops of water it spilled.”
The trainees who had attacked the zombie squad wordlessly grabbed the beetle. It was a stark contrast to Park Jinsung being raised by the zombies.
“Oh, and. And.”
Park Jinsung suddenly made a grim face.
“Don’t go near the zombies again. If you do, I will kill you.”
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