I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius

I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius – 73

EP.73 Park Shin-hye (3)

Kang Seo-jun laid the unconscious Park Shin-hye on the bed, tidied up the chaotic hospital room, and returned to the dormitory.

The first thing he needed to do upon returning was to organize his thoughts.

He needed time to understand what had happened and decide what to do next.

‘TS… And not just anyone, but Park Shin-hoo…’

This was a route he had never encountered in the original [Grand Hunter Academy].

‘What on earth happened?’

He knew he was partly responsible.

If Park Shin-hoo hadn’t been kidnapped by the demons in the first place, none of this would have happened.

But he had no idea what had transpired in the meantime that led the Taesan Group and the hospital to turn Park Shin-hoo into a woman.

‘If you don’t know, you have to find out.’

Fortunately, Kang Seo-jun always had a way.

[The Eye of Providence reads the past of host 《Park Shin-hye》.]

With the Eye of Providence and enough mana, there was nothing in this world that Kang Seo-jun couldn’t uncover.

‘Show me the decisive moment that led to Park Shin-hoo’s TS transformation.’

Reading someone else’s past usually required a significant amount of mana, even with the Eye of Providence’s incredible efficiency.

However, reading the past of Park Shin-hye, who was connected to him as a host, didn’t require as much mana.

– Wooong. –

With a faint vibrating sound, the past unfolded before Kang Seo-jun’s eyes like a drama.

‘Hospital?’

The setting was a hospital.

The characters were Park Tae-ho, Park Seo-yoon, and Dr. Ranma.

‘Familiar faces.’

He knew them all, especially Dr. Ranma, whom Kang Seo-jun had frequently visited for gender transformations in each repetition.

[-The only way for young master Park Shin-hoo to fully recover is through a gender transformation.]

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[-Please take good care of my grandson… no, granddaughter.]

[-You won’t be disappointed.]

‘…So that’s how it happened.’

Dr. Ranma was a notoriously infamous character in the original [Grand Hunter Academy].

It was because, if a character was hospitalized with serious injuries, there was a certain chance that Dr. Ranma would forcibly perform a gender transformation.

For gamers who played male characters as their avatars, this caused extreme loss, and for those who nurtured female characters as their daughters or girlfriends, it was a severe insult.

‘Ah, I also fell victim to this doctor a few times when I was a newbie.’

But to encounter such a shock in the hidden DLC…

‘…Could this also be an effect of my luck stat?’

Although Dr. Ranma was infamous for forced gender transformations, the actual probability was quite low, about one in a hundred.

Dr. Ranma wasn’t a madwoman who performed gender transformations on just anyone, and the chance of her being assigned as the attending physician was low to begin with.

Moreover, it was quite surprising that the Taesan Group easily permitted Park Shin-hoo’s gender transformation, and Park Shin-hoo’s luck stat wasn’t particularly low either. Thus, the likelihood that Kang Seo-jun’s luck stat influenced this outcome was quite high.

‘But how does Park Shin-hoo’s gender transformation benefit me?’

Honestly, it was just gross…

The effects of luck were sometimes very difficult to interpret.

‘Well, anyway, now I know how Park Shin-hoo ended up as a woman.’

It was time to plan how to deal with Park Shin-hye moving forward.

‘Hmm.’

The conclusion came quickly.

‘Come to think of it, does it matter if only the gender has changed?’

It was just a change from male to female.

After all, Park Shin-hoo was still Park Shin-hoo.

No, the name had changed too.

To Park Shin-hye.

Anyway, only the gender and name had changed, the essence and personality of the villain hadn’t.

Just a few hours ago, she had almost attacked Kang Seo-jun with the intent to kill upon seeing him.

Well… considering the trauma from being tortured by the demons, she might have been in a mentally unstable state, but still.

Judging by how she attacked someone she didn’t even know, her trashy personality seemed unchanged.

‘In that case…’

In that case, nothing changes for Kang Seo-jun.

He would continue to leech off the remodeled villain, now Park Shin-hye, just as he had with Park Shin-hoo.

“I wonder what will happen next.”

Still, Park Shin-hoo turning into a woman would bring about significant variables.

For one, the relationships with Park Shin-hoo’s underlings would become ambiguous.

‘When someone undergoes TS, their overall stats decrease.’

The transformation would cause a substantial loss in stats due to the changes in the body.

‘From what I saw, her stats have dropped to around C+ level.’

And they would continue to drop gradually.

The decrease in stats post-TS usually occurred over about a month.

‘She’ll probably drop to at least C- level. In the worst case, she could fall to D- level.’

Would her underlings continue to follow a much weaker Park Shin-hoo?

“Hmm.”

Considering how Park Shin-hoo had treated them, he might have to worry about revenge instead.

“What if they actually take revenge?”

Honestly, Kang Seo-jun didn’t care what happened to Park Shin-hoo, but if the trait 《Heir of the Taesan Group》 was compromised, that would be problematic.

If her underlings took advantage of her weakened state and started bullying her…

If the dark side of this world turned into a Hitomi gangbang scenario…!?

‘Those underlings… they are capable of anything. They don’t distinguish between human food and dog food.’

In a game, he might have left it alone for the sake of events or collection, but…

Since this was a reality where time couldn’t be easily rewound, he had to be cautious.

‘Eh, I’ll think about this later.’

It’s not something that would happen immediately, and it’s just one of many possibilities.

He could deal with it when the time came.

‘For now, let’s focus on my training.’

There were still about three days left until the school opened.

‘Gotta hit my goal of all stats at 18.’

It was now 5 PM.

Time for mana cultivation.

Kang Seo-jun took the 《Downtown Brain Nutrients》 that boosted intelligence, sat cross-legged, and began his mana cultivation.

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The next three days flew by, and the day of the academy’s opening arrived.

‘…I made it.’

Kang Seo-jun slowly opened his eyes after an all-nighter of intense mana cultivation.

The energy flowing through his body was incomparable to two weeks ago.

He opened his status window to check his final growth.

◆Status:

[Strength: 15 → 19 (+4)], [Agility: 15 → 19 (+4)]

[Endurance: 15 → 18 (+3)], [Resistance: 15 → 18 (+3)]

[Health: 16 → 20 (+4)], [Mana: 16 → 19 (+3)]

[Sense: 15 → 18 (+3)], [Intelligence: 16 → 18 (+2)]

[Willpower: 32 → 33 (+1)], [Luck: 50 → 50 (+0)]

He had successfully reached his goal of all stats at ’18’.

In fact, his Strength, Agility, Health, and Mana had even surpassed the goal, reaching ’18’.

Excluding Willpower and Luck, he was still at the level of a [C+] Hunter, but at this growth rate, he could reach [B] rank soon enough.

‘If I reach B rank, I’ll be at the level of a seasoned hunter… Becoming the top student at the academy is a given.’

The time when he wouldn’t have to rely on 《Counter Time》 was not far off.

‘Even now, I can handle academy cadets without 《Counter Time》.’

Of course, he would still need 《Counter Time》 to face more than five opponents at once.

But he felt confident he could handle three to four opponents without it.

[All stats have reached ’18’ or higher. The traits 《Innate Martial Body Lv. Rare》 and 《Light Attribute Magic Lv. Rare》 resonate to manifest the trait 《Extreme Yang Body Lv. Rare+》!]

[All stats have reached ’18’ or higher. The traits 《Innate Martial Body Lv. Rare》 and 《Dark Attribute Magic Lv. Rare》 resonate to manifest the trait 《Extreme Yin Body Lv. Rare+》!]

◆Traits

[Extreme Yang Body Lv. Rare+], [Extreme Yin Body Lv. Rare+], [2nd Circle Lv. Common]

As his stats increased, he gained three new traits.

‘Extreme Yang Body and Extreme Yin Body’ were traits automatically generated by the resonance of ‘Attribute Magic and Innate Martial Body’,

and the 2nd Circle was a trait he purchased from the dimensional shop as soon as he met the stat requirements.

‘This combination is really synergistic.’

If a typical 2nd Circle mage’s fire arrow had the power of a handgun,

a 2nd Circle mage with Extreme Yang Body could produce a fire arrow with the power of an anti-materiel sniper rifle.

‘Extreme Yang Body and Extreme Yin Body greatly enhance light, fire, darkness, and ice magic.’

Moreover, Extreme Yang Body and Extreme Yin Body didn’t just enhance attribute bonuses.

‘It’s a trait that also boosts attribute resistance.’

A perfect trait for Kang Seo-jun, who could now perform powerful elemental attacks and tank at the same time, making him an all-rounder.

◆Skills

[Basic Mana Manipulation Lv. Low] → [Mana Cultivation Lv. High]

His mana cultivation, which had been at a low level, had now reached a high level through continuous use.

When considering all his abilities, he had grown enough to compete with the top students at the academy.

‘I haven’t even properly started the semester, and I’ve grown this much.’

All this growth had been achieved in less than two months since he arrived in this world.

‘If I maintain this growth rate for just a year, not only will I be the top student at the academy, but surpassing S rank might also be possible.’

Of course, maintaining this growth rate would require him to give his best at every moment.

‘For now, focusing on the academy is the best strategy. The support I can receive from the constellations with each exam is quite substantial.’

With this, the two-week summary came to an end.

He checked the clock and saw that it was time to head to the academy.

Kang Seo-jun took a quick shower, calmed his skin with the 《Downtown Moisturizer》 as usual, and headed to the academy with Jin Se-rin.

It was the moment of his second debut, now as a 223cm tall, 194kg plague-skinned Hercules.