I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius

I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius – 76

EP.76 Hyena (3)

At the academy’s park.

In front of the public restroom where Kang Seo-jun was dealing with urgent business.

[-Teheng~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

“Puhuhuhihi…”

Jin Se-rin giggled as she watched YouTube on her smartwatch.

It had already been about 25 minutes since Kang Seo-jun went into the restroom.

Being late to the academy was now a certainty, and although she had been waiting for quite a while, Jin Se-rin showed no signs of irritation as she waited for Kang Seo-jun.

At that moment.

– Swish. –

“…?”

A large shadow fell over Jin Se-rin’s smartwatch.

Instinctively, Jin Se-rin looked up.

A man she had never seen before was looking down at her with a vile smile.

He had bright yellow hair and tanned skin.

It was Kuyamoto Kenji.

– Slurrrp. –

Kenji licked his lips with his glistening tongue.

He looked as if he was savoring a delicious meal in front of him.

“…Uh?”

Jin Se-rin’s face automatically scrunched up in disgust at the sight of him standing just half a step away.

She had been happily watching Wackgood’s videos while waiting for her boyfriend, but now this golden-haired guy appeared, looking at her lecherously and even licking his lips openly.

‘What is this guy doing?’

That was Jin Se-rin’s first impression of Kuyamoto Kenji.

Meanwhile, Kuyamoto Kenji was also observing Jin Se-rin closely, forming his own impressions.

‘She looks even tastier up close.’

Her skin was remarkably flawless.

Her large, beautiful violet eyes.

Her youthful face that still hadn’t shed all traces of girlhood.

Her slender waist that looked like it could be lifted with one hand.

‘This is a feast fit for a king Wwwwwww’

There wasn’t a single thing about her that wasn’t to Kenji’s taste.

They stared at each other for about 15 seconds.

Jin Se-rin, frowning deeply, spoke first.

“…Who are you?”

“…”

Kenji deliberately didn’t respond.

‘What a bitch. I haven’t even done anything yet, and look at her face.’

He continued to stare at her with a displeased look.

He wanted to observe her reaction.

‘People show their true colors when they’re flustered.’

Some get angry, some get scared, and some simply ignore.

From that alone, Kenji could gauge what kind of person Jin Se-rin was and what her tendencies were.

‘Usually, the scared ones are the easiest to break. Just a little torment, and they give in quickly. Next are the angry ones. Once you break them properly, they become just like the scared ones. The tricky ones are those who ignore. Unless you find a specific weakness, they’re hard to shake.’

Accordingly, his approach to her would differ.

“…What? Excuse me. What are you doing? Standing in front of someone like this? It’s really unpleasant.”

Jin Se-rin was the type to get angry.

“If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you’re just looking for trouble out of boredom, leave while I’m being nice.”

She waved her hand dismissively.

To Kenji, it was an incredibly insolent gesture.

He wanted to slap that white cheek right away to show her who was superior, but that would land him back in prison like in Japan.

He had to hold back for now.

‘But still.’

Usually, in such situations, the woman would leave first.

‘If she doesn’t go to class now, she’ll miss the first period. What’s she doing here? Skipping? No. Just looking at her student uniform, I can tell. She’s the diligent type.’

So, was she waiting for someone here?

If she was waiting even at the risk of being late…

Could it be… a boyfriend…?

Kenji’s mind worked quite well.

‘There’s a way to find out.’

Kenji changed his expression to a friendly smile and waved his hands.

“I’m sorry. I’m new here. My Korean is not good. I wanted to ask for directions.”

Even if people get into a confrontation, they tend to calm down quickly once they realize the other person has no bad intentions.

So, despite having native-level Korean skills, Kenji deliberately spoke awkwardly, pretending his silence was due to his poor Korean.

“Oh! I see. I thought…”

As Kenji expected, Jin Se-rin’s expression lightened considerably.

“Directions? Where are you headed?”

‘So easy, stupid girl Wwwwww.’

Kenji suppressed a mocking smile and spoke.

“Ah! Academy main building. How to go?”

“The academy main building? First, you need to go that way…”

Jin Se-rin kindly and clearly explained the way to the academy’s main building.

After she finished, Kenji, with a friendly face, bowed and took out his smartwatch.

“Thank you! By the way, are you a first-year?”

“First-year? Yes. Why?”

This was where the real test began.

“Ah! I’m also a first-year. Friend, friend. Exchange phone number.”

Depending on her reaction, he could determine if she had a boyfriend.

“Oh. Phone number?”

Jin Se-rin’s expression quickly turned troubled.

This alone was almost a confirmation.

“Sorry, but I have a boyfriend. I can’t give out my number here. Sorry.”

– Smile. –

Kenji’s lips curled into a wide grin.

‘She has a boyfriend? This is… really something.’

Humans are more satisfying to break the higher they are, and it’s more thrilling to take away something precious to others.

Jin Se-rin had all the qualities that matched Kenji’s tastes.

‘Haa… Damn… I want to attack her right now. Haa… How do I hold back?’

– Thump thump thump! –

– Throb throb throb! –

Knowing that she met all his desired conditions made it extremely hard to suppress his urges.

Moreover, Kenji had been recently released from confinement, so his desires were already pent up.

‘If I had known this, I should have taken care of a few in Japan beforehand…’

– Crunch! Crunch! –

His teeth ground together involuntarily, the urge almost unbearable.

Kenji had a condition where, if he didn’t inflict pain on others periodically, he experienced withdrawal symptoms akin to heroin addiction.

He was a man born with heavenly talent and a hellish curse simultaneously.

“Huuu… Huuu…”

– Crunch! Crunch! –

As Kenji suddenly covered his face with both hands and began grinding his teeth, Jin Se-rin pulled back her chin and stared at him wide-eyed.

“What? What’s wrong? Excuse me?”

That beautiful voice snapped the reins Kenji had been barely holding onto.

‘How can I hold back!!! Just do it! Think about the consequences later!!!’

Unable to resist his impulses, Kenji sprang forward, lunging at Jin Se-rin.

A sudden tackle aimed at her waist from just a step away.

Kenji believed that Jin Se-rin, being several levels below him at [C+] rank, would never be able to react.

In the split second of 0.1 seconds, Kenji thought.

‘Yes. I’ll knock her out here, drag her to the bathroom, rape her, and take a bunch of photos to use as leverage!’

Why hadn’t he thought of this sooner?

He should have done this from the start!

“What the hell, you bastard!”

– Whack! –

“Ugh!”

In an instant, his vision spun.

‘Huh…?’

He realized he was crawling pathetically on the ground only after feeling a sharp heat rising from his left jaw.

– Dizzy. –

Kenji’s world spun around.

Significant damage.

Something had struck his head.

‘I-I got hit? By what?’

– Thud. –

A moment later, two molars and a canine tooth fell out of his mouth and hit the ground.

“Uh…?”

The pain hit him belatedly.

“Aaaaargh!!!”

Kuyamoto Kenji rolled on the ground, clutching his cheek.

He had surprisingly low tolerance for pain.

He had never met an equal among his peers, and the only people stronger than him were family members who always held back during sparring.

Thus, this was the first time he had been properly hit.

Jin Se-rin’s counter knee kick was by far the most painful attack Kenji had ever experienced.

‘D-damn it! Wasn’t she [C+]!? Wasn’t she [C+] level!?’

According to the information Kenji had gathered before coming to Korea, all the promising students at the Korean Hunter Academy were below [C+] level.

Jin Se-rin was supposed to be one of them.

‘Was the information wrong!?’

The information had been gathered by the family’s ninjas, directly under the head of the family!

However, Kenji had overlooked something.

No matter how skilled an intelligence agent is, unless they have a transcendent trait like Kang Seo-jun’s ‘Eye of Providence,’ they can always bring back incorrect information.

Kenji should not have blindly trusted the information provided by the intelligence agents.

Jin Se-rin’s growth to [B] rank had been a very private affair, conducted secretly with Kang Seo-jun in her dormitory.

Moreover, she hadn’t had any recent opportunities to showcase her performance, so even the most skilled intelligence agents had no way of knowing that Jin Se-rin had recently reached [B] rank.

‘Even if it was a counter, I couldn’t even react!?’

Especially since her agility was ’27.’

In terms of agility alone, she was at [A] rank level.

In contrast, Kenji had balanced stats distributed evenly across all attributes.

In terms of speed, he was several levels below her.

“こ, この野郎!!! (Y-you bastard!!!)”

“What, what?”

– Thunk! –

Kenji, who had been rolling on the ground, stood up, covered in dirt.

He was a sight to behold, with blood streaming from his mouth and nose.

“What the hell!?”

From Jin Se-rin’s perspective, it was absurd.

“You just tried to tackle me, didn’t you? Are you crazy? What the hell?”

“Shut up, you bitch!”

“What?”

‘What the hell is this guy? Wait, but suddenly…’

“You speak Korean well?”

“Yeah. Damn. Let me show you what else I’m good at!”

Kenji spoke with a sneer, striding towards Jin Se-rin.

Jin Se-rin, too, widened her eyes and took a combat stance, ready to counterattack if he got any closer.

The situation was on the brink of a major fight.

Just as the two students’ fists and kicks were about to clash,

– Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! –

“…!?”

“…!!!?”

Suddenly, a thunderous noise, like a warhorse’s neigh, echoed from inside the restroom.

“Ah… Pfft.”

‘What, what is this!?’

Jin Se-rin laughed as if relieved, while Kenji looked at the dark restroom with a bewildered face.

– Whoooosh!!! –

Soon, hot air blew out from the restroom.

“Ugh…!”

“Cr, crap!”

The air was hot and humid, like a dragon’s breath.

But then,

‘Damn, damn it! What is this smell!!!’

The hot air carried the stench of rotting corpses.

– Bang!!! –

Soon, the sound of a toilet stall door opening with tremendous force.

– Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! –

Heavy footsteps, enough to shake the park’s tiles, approached.

“何, 何だ こりゃ!!! (Wh, What the hell!!!)”

‘What on earth was approaching from inside the restroom?’

It was just before Kang Seo-jun, suffering from Lloyd Rage, appeared.