Episode 28 Cube of Life (2)
“Make sure to review what you learned in class today. It will help you in your strategy battle next week.”
Mrs. Cho Ok-soon finished class just before break time.
On other days, he stayed during break time to answer some students’ questions, but today he left the classroom so quickly that it felt rushed.
Because teachers are not supposed to get involved in what happens from now on.
– ♪♬♩♪
As soon as Mrs. Cho Ok-sun disappeared from sight, the students of Class 3 who had been lying limp like bruised cabbage suddenly sat up.
“Freedom!”
The fatigue that had been plastered on my face disappeared in an instant, and my whole body was filled with energy.
One particularly energetic boy flung open the classroom door and threw himself into the hallway,
– Thud!
“100 million!”
I was thrown backwards after hitting something unknown.
I felt around for the open classroom door and found something like a transparent curtain blocking it.
– Thud!
“town!”
A female student who opened the window with the intention of getting some fresh air ended up accidentally rubbing her face against the transparent curtain as she tried to stick her face out the window.
He speaks while caressing the face he has bumped into.
“… …Barrier?”
The area surrounding the classroom right now is a large-scale barrier cast by Yongsal Academy.
It is on a completely different level of sturdiness from what one or two wizards would use.
This means that it is nearly impossible for a single student to break through.
Of course, the freshmen had no way of knowing that fact.
While I was debating whether to break the transparent wall in front of my eyes or wait a little longer.
The second large-scale magic was activated.
– Chijijijijijik—
At one end of the classroom, a thin film of magnetic fields appeared.
It swept across the students to the other end of the classroom in an instant, leaving no time for them to react.
“Eww!”
“Whoa!”
As the magnetic field passed by in the blink of an eye, the students belatedly and reflexively covered their faces, crouched, or stepped back.
But soon he realized that there was nothing wrong with his body and his expression became bewildered.
That’s because it’s not intended to harm people.
The role of that magnetic field is to find people.
To be precise, it’s about picking out.
“What, what is this!”
“What the heck?”
Parts of some students’ bodies were glowing red.
Usually a school uniform pocket or forehead.
One of the schoolgirls put her hand into her inside pocket and took something out.
A red glow emanates from what appears to be a cursed doll.
He hurriedly throws the doll away as if it were not his, but the next moment he realizes that the doll and himself are connected by a red line.
Instead of having glowing pockets, some students have a large red ‘I’ written on their foreheads.
This means that the problematic item is in your inventory.
Baggage check. Van wave.
Items that are not suitable for possession and use by students of Yongsal Academy are listed on the , or in players’ terms, the
And now, we’re going to trigger a ban wave to weed them out and impose sanctions.
The first ban wave of the new semester will most likely occur on Friday of week 1.
The day when most of the freshmen start to flock to the arena for the face-to-face matches.
You may have watched other students’ replays for a few days to gauge your own score.
In the process, you may have felt that your skills were somehow lacking.
Most people acknowledge that fact, but still challenge it, bump into things, break down, and grow.
That is also what Yongsal Academy expects from its students.
However, some resort to shortcuts, namely reaching for banned items.
Because I don’t want to lose points.
Even though using such items only maintains short-term scores and has no benefit whatsoever, you are blinded by the score in front of you and your thinking stops.
Yongsal Academy responds to these people with a merciless hammer.
– Kookung!
A heavy crash sounded from afar.
That’s probably a wall.
Judging by the distance, it looks like they’re starting from class 1.
It will approach one by one and will pass through the third class.
“Hmm, that’s interesting.”
Go Hyun-woo is watching the situation with shining eyes as if he is seeing something precious, while Seo Ye-in is still lying face down on the desk, seemingly uninterested.
Since you don’t have any forbidden items, you can’t find any red aura.
On the other hand, Shin Byeong-cheol… … .
The pockets are red, and the forehead is red.
The ‘I’ on the forehead is so dark and clear that it looks like a laser beam will shoot out at any moment.
How many banned items did you bring with you?
Unfortunately, the authorities will soon come and confiscate all of that.
A lot of penalties and a lot of disciplinary action, to boot.
There is nowhere to run and you cannot discard items.
A dilemma, a crisis on all sides.
I gave Shin Byeong-cheol a pitiful look.
“Oh my, your face is really bright today?”
“Hey… … . Don’t tease me. I’m serious right now.”
The usual relaxed smile had disappeared from Shin Byeong-cheol’s expression.
His pupils shook without warning, and his shaved head glistened with cold sweat.
“Anyway, you left it in your room and didn’t even listen to it for a long time. What? I’m not that kind of person.”
“No way~ Did you know that this would happen to me? Tell me in detail.”
“Your club president probably told you. He said that your belongings might be searched this Friday, or next Monday.”
“No, I did, but I didn’t do anything like this… … .”
“You didn’t just stop listening, did you?”
“… … .”
Shin Byeong-cheol kept his mouth shut as if he had been hit on the nail on the head.
Since second and third graders will have data accumulated over several generations, they will have a rough idea of the period in which crackdowns occur.
He must have been warned to buy himself a house, but this is the price he paid for turning a deaf ear to it.
It’s all my own doing.
Shin Byeong-cheol walked in place, drawing a small circle.
“Oh my, what do I do? This is really fucked up. What do I do? If I get all this shit, I’ll really get in trouble with the manager. What do I do? Wow, I’m really.”
“Should I save you?”
“I’m serious! I told you not to keep scratching… … What?”
Shin Byeong-cheol, who had been angry at me, opened his eyes wide.
In an instant, he asks back with a cowardly smile.
“… … Brother, what did you just say?”
“I felt bad for you so I was going to let you live. If you don’t like it then just leave.”
Shin Byeong-cheol grabbed my hand.
“Please save me, brother. I’ll do anything, brother.”
“You owe me.”
“Of course, brother.”
“This way.”
Since the mark has already been made, it is inevitable that other students will be paying attention, but it is better to cover it up a little rather than doing it openly.
I went to a corner that was out of sight and opened the [Cube of Life].
“Put everything in the van. Focus on small and valuable items.”
“What happens if you put it in?”
“Put it in for now. If you don’t believe me, leave it out.”
“No, bro. I’ll put it in, bro.”
Shin Byeong-cheol started moving the forbidden items into the cube.
– Gulp, bang!!
The sound of thunder echoed from the classroom next door.
The Student Leadership Team will soon move to Class 3.
Shin Byeong-cheol’s hands became even faster.
[Blood Ginseng Candy]
[Depressed Cloud Cookies]
[Skill Book – Blind Hatred]
[Dream Candy (Became a Mangnani)]
… …
… …
“Why are there so many? Where are you going to immigrate, sir?”
“Ouch, I’m just sorry for everything… … .”
Shin Byeong-cheol apologized for my nagging, but he still packed the cube with forbidden items until it was completely full.
‘There’s nothing okay.’
If I saw something worth taking, I would have asked for one or two.
But I didn’t regret it much.
There will be plenty of opportunities in the future, and right now it’s not even an appetizer.
[Cube of Life] was placed in inventory.
The I on Shin Byeong-cheol’s forehead still remains, as not all of the banned items have been moved, but it is noticeably lighter than before.
You should be able to handle that much yourself.
“Stop moving.”
– Phagec!
A bolt of lightning struck next to me and Shin Byeong-cheol, and Song Cheon-hye appeared in an instant, leaping through space.
He asks, his gloved hands blazing with threatening electricity.
“What are you doing there?”
The band wave has just been triggered, and Shin Byeong-cheol has a branding on his forehead.
With Shin Byeong-cheol and I standing in a corner of the classroom with our backs turned, anyone who saw us would be very suspicious.
I tried to look as innocent as possible.
“I don’t know anything.”
Shin Byeong-cheol also defended me.
“That’s right. This guy did nothing wrong.”
“… … I guess so.”
Of course, Song Cheon-hye couldn’t believe that at face value.
He thrusts a terminal with a glowing crystal ball into me.
An item that has a similar role to the Ban Wave, if the target is holding a banned item, it turns red.
– Woof—
There is no response.
Song Cheon-hye activated the crystal ball again, but the result was the same.
“… … .”
“Can I go?”
“… … Please go back to your seat and sit down.”
In Class 2, the leading members kept coming over.
Walk around the classroom, confiscate prohibited items, and register the owner’s student ID on the terminal.
Additional penalties and disciplinary actions will be applied depending on the level or number of prohibited items.
– Boom!
Students who resist are mercilessly suppressed.
As the male student who had drawn his sword was hit by Jo Byeok’s fist and pinned to the wall, another male student who had been resisting along with him quietly put his weapon away and handed over his item.
“… … .”
Meanwhile, Song Cheon-hye continued to look at me with suspicious eyes.
I feel like I need to open my inventory somehow.
But since there is only circumstantial evidence and no physical proof, it is not something that can be done by force.
Actually, I have a lot of banned items in my inventory.
‘That’s why I tried to finish it before Friday.’
The waves emitted by the Cube of Life are powerful enough to lure Park Na-ri’s cat from afar.
It wraps the cube like a thick armor to disrupt the band wave, so whatever you put inside is recognized as a ‘life’ series item by the outside.
It was a hidden piece that even I discovered quite by accident.
Using the Cube of Life, I paid off a large debt to Shin Byeong-cheol and the club he was a part of, and also did some publicity for them.
An item that conceals banned items from the ban wave.
Even if it’s a class that’s completely unrelated to the life series, you’ll be crazy to want one.
* * *
After class ends.
I met Shin Byeong-cheol in a deserted place.
As soon as he saw me, he was overcome with emotion and tried to hug me, so I pushed him away.
Shin Byeong-cheol stands awkwardly and gives his thanks.
“Wow, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, everything would have been taken away and I would have been a corpse or a slave.”
“Put it on the line as a debt. You’ll get a full refund later.”
“Oh, of course. I would never take something like that off.”
I don’t mind receiving the debt for saving Shin Byeong-cheol from trouble later, but I plan to receive the money for taking away the items that were originally ‘confiscated’ separately.
To their club president.
“Let’s go to your department and get the banned items.”
“Of course not. The manager wants to see you anyway. Should I go right away?”
“Let’s go.”
I followed Shin Byeong-cheol’s instructions and went to the club room.
The troublemakers of Yongsal Academy who cause all sorts of incidents and accidents, including trading banned items through [Yongsal Academy Errand Service!].
The thieves’ club is in disarray.
The supporters ate it all
