Friday. A day that cos every week yet everyone always waits for.
A ti when you can't hide your heart pounding with anticipation for the approaching weekend.
But today, even that Friday couldn't deliver any of its usual vitality.
[ As casualty counts continue to rise nationwide... ]
[ Today, both ruling and opposition parties suspended all work for the victims... ]
The sudden large-scale gate incident that occurred just yesterday.
Moreover, the places where those gates appeared weren't ordinary appearance areas but right in the middle of urban centers.
Naturally, human casualties followed and suppressor uselessness theory erged in an instant.
[ Nationwide suppressor inspection results show no abnormalities. Cause of this incident cannot be determined... ]
[ Zero possibility of villain involvent. This gate incident falls into mystery ]
There were no problems with the suppressors. Villains weren't involved either.
Clearly the world was turning exactly the sa as two days ago.
But yesterday, that world completely turned upside down and painted a scene of hell.
[ News Investigation - Are monster levels different from before? ]
[ Returned ability user interviews: They beca stronger. They beca faster. ]
anwhile, reports ca out that monster levels had risen overall.
Public fear was already growing due to suppressor uselessness theory.
Hell-spawn monsters are getting stronger?
This is no ordinary matter. It could potentially cause great social chaos.
[ Currently the sa situation is occurring in all countries, with worst case scenarios expecting millions or more... ]
Most decisively, it wasn't limited to South Korea.
All countries on Earth were caught up in the sa situation.
It was said to be just over an hour.
During that ti, suppressors had no effect and gates overflowed.
Monsters appeared and their power was much greater than before.
It's the sa anywhere in the world. There's no place to escape anymore.
In such a situation, it was natural that no one could shout about a happy Friday.
"Quiet as a dead mouse."
Really. Really quiet. Unbelievably quiet.
Just last week, Friday was very noisy.
This week's Friday was so quiet it was eerie, beyond just silent.
Well, that's understandable. Such a shocking event happened just yesterday.
Fortunately, there were no gate incident casualties within the academy.
Thanks to the professors' quick initial response and students' rapid reaction.
Plus, my team and I sohow managed to defeat even the boss.
But so academy students suffered unfortunate losses.
So lost friends, others lost family.
They survived but had to bid eternal farewell to those close to them.
Because of this, today beca a truly bitter ti.
Classes all ended early, and everyone returned to their hos or rooms.
Or so went to training grounds to improve themselves further.
"Are you alright, Examiner?"
At Lee Hyunwoo's words, I looked back at him questioningly.
Then Lee Hyunwoo shrugged his shoulders once and continued speaking.
"Your expression doesn't look good. It seems like you're thinking a lot about yesterday's events."
"I can't help it. The whole world is stained with tragedy. Are you okay, Lee Hyunwoo?"
"Yes. Fortunately, my family is safe. Thank you for your concern."
No need for thanks. Lee Hyunwoo's family are external figures I must definitely protect.
No matter how much of a Lee Hyunwoo he is, he can't beco cruel enough to abandon his family.
So I must protect them even more. This ti, sothing almost went very wrong.
"Over thirty students lost family mbers. Adding those who lost acquaintances makes it just over a hundred. It's truly... heartbreaking."
Kang Hana, sitting nearby, delivered the situation with a gloomy tone.
Being student council president, she seems to keep encountering such information inevitably.
Yoo Dasom also seed to feel the sa devastation, only sighing.
"It's more problematic that it's not just our country. I never imagined the whole world would be in chaos like this. Watching the news, it's absolute chaos. Already saying the world is ending, hell has arrived. What are they trying to do..."
They really love that hell talk. Though no one actually wants to go there.
Of course, the current situation is indeed a very great fear for current people.
Suppressors were breached, countless people died and were injured, and the whole world is in chaos.
Anyone would think it's worthy of calling world destruction or hell's arrival.
But if you think about it that way, when gates first appeared was much worse.
At that ti, there weren't even proper ability users.
It was a ti when those who could fight were close to zero.
In contrast, now, though chaos has erupted, it's not completely impossible to deal with.
Even if suppressors were breached, ability users who can fight remain.
That ans suppressors can be improved and used again anyti.
'Just looking at the situation described afterward... it wasn't world-ending level.'
Certainly, many ability users will die from the overall growth of monsters.
Gates will appear randomly, requiring extre vigilance.
But ultimately, the world didn't end. Humanity didn't perish.
They managed to adapt and show endurance to so degree.
They even showed scenes of gradually growing to match the world.
So there's no need to view it only fearfully.
We can overco it sufficiently. We overca the gate crisis even in tis when there was nothing.
What's needed now is people's firm will and achieving a step forward.
"Oh, Examiner. Look. Students are coming."
At Lee Hyunwoo's words, I looked up toward the front of the examination hall.
As he said, I could see a group of students approaching this way.
"Hello, Examiner."
"Hello."
Students greeting as soon as our eyes t.
They seem to have co for examination. Right, that part is the sa as before.
But unlike just a few days ago, not a single one was laughing or chattering.
Everyone had a very subdued atmosphere. Heavy, gloomy, and silent.
"We ca for examination."
"Yes. Please prepare starting with prepared students one by one."
I roughly understand the reason. Directly or indirectly.
They must have seen and experienced things from all those incidents yesterday.
Soone saw their own powerlessness, others saw collapsing fear.
And yet others felt the desperation that they must change.
I can feel it. Sothing desperate from that student standing in front now.
A friend who's co for examination several tis. He works hard, but that was his limit.
Without any particular opportunity or purpose, his limits were quickly revealed.
"Examiner."
Even that guy seems to have properly felt sothing now.
His eyes are different. That's the most powerful thing among human wills.
Sothing incomparable to wanting to kill or wanting to protect.
That was the will to live, the desire to survive.
"Really, please do it properly. Like you did with other students, not just examination but almost beating them up level is fine."
Now they've realized it too. If you stagnate, you definitely die.
To survive in this chaotic period, they must change themselves.
It would have been better if they knew a bit earlier, but now is fine too.
It's not too late. They didn't realize it just before death.
"If you want that, I can do it. But you'll have to be prepared."
The student answered by imdiately running toward instead of words.
Right. Getting hurt and aching here. That would be much better.
At least here there are no monsters with eyes rolled back wanting to eat people.
Ttiring!—
At the phone notification sound, I slipped my hand into my pocket.
Looking at the screen, I saw Irina's na prominently.
She says she's busy with aftermath cleanup, but has ti for ssaging?
[ Seojin oppa ]
[ Yes ]
[ You didn't tell anyone about what I sent yesterday, right? ]
What she told yesterday would be referring to 'that matter.'
No, if you're going to worry about that, don't say it in the first place.
[ Of course I didn't say anything. Do you think I'm an idiot? It clearly said classified in front. ]
[ Originally, so people talk more when it says classified stuff. Don't you know? ]
Hmm. That's true too. Certainly, there are so people like that.
...No, but wait. Listening to this makes angry.
[ What. Are you trying to say I'm that type of person? ]
Huh? Say it, you crazy woman.
[ No way, our Seojin oppa has such a tight mouth! He puts up such an iron wall, so naturally his mouth would be as heavy as an iron wall, right? Ah, is it because below is also an iron wall so you have no intention of putting it in? ]
[ Stop saying weird things. This is why you get called a crazy woman ]
After sending a slightly sharp text, there was no reply from Irina for a while.
She's probably laughing like crazy without ti to type.
[ Anyway, thanks to that, S-rank managent suddenly beca much sharper ]
[ Can sharp managent stop Elders? ]
[ Can't stop them, but they have to do it to feel relieved ]
The British S-rank killed by Elders this ti, Bernard Shaw.
I heard he was the most powerful magic-type ability user in Britain.
He even received knighthood from the British royal family at a young age.
Being excessively arrogant was a problem, but since half of S-ranks are like that, pass.
[ Elder bastards. They only did individual play, didn't expect this. Got backstabbed hard ]
As Irina said, Elders are beings who absolutely cannot harmonize.
Would guys who hate mingling with society get along well holding hands?
So much so that the day all Elders die wouldn't be through S-ranks' large-scale subjugation.
It's faster for them to mutually destroy each other through internal fighting.
Uung—
[ Be careful ]
The mont I received Irina's next ssage, my body flinched.
It's not even face-to-face conversation, just ssaging.
The seriousness felt from that one sentence probably isn't my imagination.
[ The world too, and villain bastards too. Now you never know where they'll jump ]
I pondered briefly. Should I convey these words? Because the other party is Irina.
But because it's Irina, I feel I must say these words even more.
[ Irina, you be careful too. Don't get hurt. ]
She definitely saw my answer. The read receipt appeared. But no reply cos.
...Could she be angry? Thinking I'm ignoring her?
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