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Episode 148. Perception Change
Even veteran Letoma was once a rookie.
That’s why I received training centered on the textbook of the Interrogation Bureau.
‘It’s not something you can master overnight!’
This is a textbook for training new interrogators.
You think you can master and teach that textbook, which has accumulated countless experiences, in less than a day?
‘The textbook of the Interrogation Bureau is not that easy!’
“Did you plan everything out in advance and decide on it?”
That’s why Letoma couldn’t help but be suspicious.
But Jared shook his head. If he had hidden Ethan like a secret weapon, he would have brought him in sooner.
“How could I possibly do that? If I had such talent, I would have used it right away when new employees came in.”
“… … Then, really, really.”
Letoma put emphasis on each and every word.
“In that short period of time, you memorized the textbook and are teaching it to the new recruits?”
“Yes, it’s surprising, it’s unbelievable, but that’s true, Letoma.”
Jared answered curtly. Letoma then looked at Deputy Director Benjamin.
“Vice President.”
“Yes, that’s right, Lady Letoma. I saw it clearly too.”
Since the director and deputy director all said it was true, Letoma had no choice but to remain silent.
If by any chance those two people aren’t making fun of you, then everything you see right now is true.
Phage, phage, phage!
At that moment, yellow lightning and blue cold air began to flow out from Ethan.
“!”
It was a type of energy that restricted the movements of the new recruits and made them form a kind of formation.
“It’s amazing that you can force movement like that by just applying pressure and channeling your energy.”
It was a very advanced technology.
Phage crackle-.
Ethan slid the mace into his waistband as if he were putting a sword into its scabbard and took his stance.
Wheaaa …
“Perfect blunt technique. A textbook in itself.”
The textbook explains in detail how to swing the mace.
Of course, even though it is detailed, it has a certain degree of intuition because it was written by a veteran instructor based on his intuition.
To be sensual is to be difficult to understand.
But Ethan recreated that sensual movement with his body.
Wedge-!
Ethan swung his mace again and again.
The mace simply cut through the air without touching the new interrogators.
But after repeating it over and over again, even the most excited of new interrogators could not help but notice Ethan’s movements.
It meant to be seen.
Wedge-!
As if this were the perfect inquisitor’s technique.
The new interrogators were completely tense. As they continued to remain tense, their bodies quickly became tired.
Even though they hadn’t been hit by Ethan’s attack, everyone had an extremely distressed expression on their face.
Then Ethan slumped down and dropped his mace.
“Ugh… … Ugh… … .”
“Huh… … Hup… … .”
Only when Ethan regained his composure did the new interrogators finally let out the breath they had been holding.
Some even sat down on the spot.
The sitting interrogators looked up at Ethan.
His gaze, which I had thought seemed cold at first, now felt cold.
“The goal of this instructor is to make you human. That means the goal is to make you into an Inquisitor who can do one’s part.”
If they fought the Moon Followers at their current level, it was clear that they would all die before long.
‘We need to educate them properly so that we can put pressure on the Moon Followers. That’ll kill two birds with one stone.’
The first was to properly pressure the Moon Followers so that they would not turn their attention to the Academy, and the second was to spread the name Ethan among the Holy Light Church.
‘I’m slowly building a foundation to meet the saint.’
If we make the new interrogators human, the foundation for meeting the saint will be longer and more solid.
“From now on, all answers will be unified as evil. Do you understand?”
Despite Ethan’s words, the surroundings were quiet.
As Ethan took hold of the mace again, someone finally shouted.
“evil!”
Starting with that, the other interrogators also started shouting at the top of their lungs.
Now there were no more rookie interrogators here to ignore or look down on Ethan.
-You have achieved the achievement!
– [Instructor of the Inquisition] You have earned likes by achieving the achievement.
– Got ‘3’ likes!
* * *
“That was amazing, haha. How old are you? Are you really a new teacher at the Academy?”
That evening, a small welcoming ceremony was held for Ethan.
It was attended by Jared, Benjamin, and Letoma, a veteran inquisitor from the Errant branch.
Letoma clapped and exclaimed in admiration after hearing Ethan’s introduction.
“Hey, I wonder if I’m looking at the youngest master. You’ve only been a new teacher for half a year, and you’re already this good? I was really surprised earlier. How can you teach like that?”
When Retoma heard that Ethan was a new teacher who had just started teaching this year, she praised him so much that her mouth was watering.
“You are too kind. There is still Mr. Cloudy at the Academy, and there are many other great teachers. As you may know, Mr. Geomseong’s grandson is also a fellow teacher who entered the academy with me.”
“Oh, this year’s Ibekah could beat Freya Academy? By the way, I’m really surprised.”
Jared couldn’t hide his surprise at seeing such a Retoma.
Letoma was a cold-blooded man.
Back when Jared was a rookie interrogator, his senior, Letoma, had never once complimented him during the five years they had worked together as marksmen.
Likewise, even after ascending to the position of director, Letoma was stingy with praise.
But the rare compliments he received were sincere, and Jared found them very flattering.
I can’t believe that a person like that is giving me so much praise.
Although he was praising Ethan, Jared was secretly pleased that his insight in bringing Ethan was being acknowledged.
“I have some talent.”
Ethan said with a sly smile.
“Hahahahaha! If this is just a small talent, then am I just incompetent? You are truly amazing.”
It’s an absurd talent. People who have that kind of talent naturally have a sense of superiority about it.
Especially if you are someone who has already achieved success.
But Ethan was very humble.
It’s not that he’s humble because he doesn’t know the value of his abilities, but he’s humble even though he knows the value.
People like this are rare.
Letoma seemed to really like Ethan’s personality and drank his wine happily.
“Retoma-sama is more amazing than me. What I find amazing is the continuity of talent.”
“yes?”
“I heard you’ve been in that position for over 30 years. Over 30 years as an interrogator in this dangerous Inquisition. That’s impossible unless you’ve maintained your outstanding talent for decades. I think someone like that is far more amazing. My talent has only just blossomed, but hasn’t Retoma-sama’s talent already blossomed and continued for over 30 years?”
“Ahem!”
At those words, Letoma’s face completely relaxed.
If anyone in the interrogation bureau ever refuses to acknowledge Ethan from now on, I’m going to give them a good beating. Ethan and I are now one.
Jared whispered something to Letoma.
“Didn’t I tell you, Letoma? I brought a great person.”
“It was inevitable that there would be preconceptions.”
Letoma answered Jared with a big, embarrassed expression.
“Anyway, I guess there’s nothing to worry about.”
This should ease the worries about the new inquisitors. In Ethan’s hands, they will soon be able to become full-fledged inquisitors.
It was a warm welcome ceremony, but it soon turned into work talk.
“It’ll take some time for the new recruits to be deployed. Then we won’t have to deploy them to the Moon Followers who are holed up in that forest, Director.”
“Yes, I don’t plan on deploying it. It’s a process that is being completed, but it’s not over yet. The resistance is strong, and above all, the magic stone containing the energy of the moon is secure, so the personnel deployed now will finish it off.”
“It’s a magic stone containing the energy of the moon. Why do you want to obtain it? Are they trying to revive Moon Mother?”
“That could be the case. We don’t know their exact goal yet. We only know that they want to destroy the current world and create a new one.”
‘The energy of the moon?’
As Ethan listened to the story, he focused on certain words.
‘If it’s the energy of the moon… … Ah, that’s it.’
The followers of the moon are collecting artifacts imbued with powerful powers for their own purposes.
The traces of those found in the temple of Moon Force were also part of that.
‘Is there a temple of Moon Force in the forest?’
At least, since it had the word moon in it, it was likely an item imbued with the power of Moon Force.
‘This is a chance to secure one more temple and make believers.’
“Is it okay if we put a new interrogator in there?”
As Ethan continued to speak, Jared smiled brightly as if he was glad to hear those words.
“Since it’s almost over, we’re considering sending in new recruits to gain some practical experience, but since the resistance is so intense towards the end, we were going to reject it because there’s a high chance that the new recruits will get hurt. However, if Ethan sends them there as part of their training, it wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
Jared had no intention of trying to force any more common sense on Ethan.
This is a person who completely read through a textbook that would have taken over a month to study in just 30 minutes.
It would have been out of the question to start teaching today, but this is the person who made it possible.
“But there’s a good chance that the situation will be resolved within ten days. If you want to invest and achieve meaningful results, you’ll need to complete the training within ten days. Is that possible, Ethan?”
If he says it’s possible, it’s possible.
Jared had great confidence in Ethan’s words.
And so did Benjamin. He looked at Ethan with sparkling eyes.
Neither of them would have ever thought they could trust someone they just met today so much.
“it’s possible.”
* * *
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What made this possible was a single video.
A video of the Archer Hood that continues to update the rankings of popular videos even today.
The gods checked the footage.
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All the gods could not hide their surprised expressions.
