I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius

I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius – 89

EP.89 The Emperor’s Cradle (1)

“First of all….”

Kang Seo-jun checked the time on his smartwatch.

It was 3:30 PM.

It was still the time for autonomous strike training at the academy.

“Park Shin-hye. You should go back to training for now.”

“What!? Are you serious!?”

Park Shin-hye looked at Kang Seo-jun with incredulous eyes.

They needed to report the demons to the association, rush to the hospital for a comprehensive check-up, and there was a mountain of things to do, yet he was telling her to go back to the academy for training?

“How can you order me around like that! And right now…!”

“Ah. Shut up.”

“Ugh…!”

Kang Seo-jun didn’t have the energy to argue with Park Shin-hye, especially since he was already exhausted from the status ailment 《Cost of Borrowed Power – Potion of Power Concentration》.

Even after sending Park Shin-hye away, he had a lot of tasks to handle.

“And before you go, I have one request. Let’s keep this incident between the two of us.”

“What? Ha!? You, you keep making ridiculous…!”

“Sigh…. Shin-hye. I went through all that trouble for you, can’t you do this one thing for me?”

“Ugh…! You didn’t have to go that far…!”

Actually, she didn’t need to.

Although she hadn’t used it in the chaos, Park Shin-hye’s smartwatch had an emergency summon function.

With just one click, it could call the academy’s security and nearby Taesan Group hunters.

This feature had been added by the academy and Taesan Group to prevent a repeat of the kidnapping incident from about two weeks ago.

‘In the end, I didn’t use it…!’

She had a panic attack as soon as she encountered the demons and didn’t even think about the summon button, but still….

“You didn’t have to go that far!”

“Wow…. This is really too much…. I saved your life…. You really….”

“Ugh…!”

Even though Park Shin-hye was a narcissist who only cared about herself.

She wasn’t so heartless as to be cruel to someone who had approached her to help and even saved her life.

“That, that’s…! But still…! Ah, what’s the reason!?”

However, she wasn’t willing to let go of the parts she couldn’t understand.

“Explain first! What are you thinking!?”

“Ah, right. I should at least do that.”

Kang Seo-jun began to explain his situation.

“It’s a simple reason. I don’t want others to know about my abilities.”

If Park Shin-hye reported this incident to the association or the Taesan Group, they would ask her for detailed information about the event.

As she explained the situation, Kang Seo-jun’s involvement and his abilities would inevitably be mentioned.

She might even have to explain how they dealt with the demons’ corpses and the battle traces.

Just thinking about it created a lot of troublesome scenarios.

If Park Shin-hye kept her mouth shut, all those headaches could be avoided.

“Let’s just pretend this never happened.”

Although he said that, Kang Seo-jun knew it was a rather unreasonable request.

After all, this was a matter concerning Park Shin-hye’s safety.

She would naturally want to report it to the association and the Taesan Group for a more thorough investigation.

Moreover, given her trashy personality, the more he asked, the less likely she might be to comply.

If Park Shin-hye remained uncooperative to the end….

‘I’ll have to knock her out with a surprise attack and use the memory eraser….’

“…Tsk. Fine! I’ll let it go this time! Got it.”

But fortunately, it seemed that wouldn’t be necessary.

‘That’s a relief.’

Using the memory eraser would lower Park Shin-hye’s intelligence.

That would affect her training efficiency.

It was a relief that he didn’t have to reduce her intelligence.

“Good. Now go back to training.”

“What about you?”

“I….”

– Keung. –

Kang Seo-jun dusted off his pants and stood up.

“I’m tired. I’m going to rest.”

He expected her to say something like, ‘You’re tired!? If you’re going back, we should go together! You said you’d help with training!’ But Park Shin-hye’s response was unexpected.

“…If you want…. I can lend you my personal doctor.”

“…What?”

Suddenly?

What’s your angle, you rascal?

“Suddenly? Your doctor?”

“Tr, treatment is necessary! Do you know what you look like right now!?”

Due to the status ailment 《Cost of Borrowed Power – Potion of Power Concentration》, Kang Seo-jun looked as if he had aged 30 years.

“Don’t blame me later. Just accept it when I offer! I’ll even cover the treatment costs!”

“Huh.”

Kang Seo-jun was genuinely impressed.

Even with the 《Eye of Providence》, he could see that she had no ulterior motives.

She genuinely wanted to help him.

But….

“I’ll pass.”

Regardless of Park Shin-hye’s sudden change of heart, he couldn’t accept her kindness.

He didn’t want his information to reach the Taesan Group.

‘This is quite unexpected.’

Maybe the reduction in testosterone and increase in estrogen had lessened her aggression and made her more empathetic.

It was surprising to see a narcissist like Park Shin-hye showing concern for someone else.

Life was indeed full of surprises.

“If it’s because of your identity!? If that’s the case, don’t worry! I’ll keep it a secret.”

“No. It’s fine.”

Even if Park Shin-hye had no ill intentions, he couldn’t go to the hospital.

He didn’t know who her personal doctor was or if they could be trusted, and if it was Ranma, that would be even more concerning.

“I’ll handle it myself.”

So just go already.

“…Are you really okay?”

Park Shin-hye looked into his eyes with a determined gaze.

It was as if she was trying to gauge his condition through his eyes.

“Yes. I’m fine!”

He was really busy.

“…Alright. But let me know if you change your mind.”

She was genuinely sincere.

“…You actually care about others, huh?”

“W-What!?”

For a moment, Park Shin-hye’s face turned bright red.

“D-Don’t misunderstand! I just…! You said you’d help me! If I want to keep using you! So I’m saying I’ll take care of you…. Ugh!”

She was flustered.

“…Got it~”

Kang Seo-jun decided to calm her down.

“Then take care. I really need to get back to my tasks now.”

Selev was still left up there on the retaining wall.

He needed to quickly take her to the 《Dimensional Rift Warehouse – N320697691》 and turn her into a power source.

“Give me your number! I need to be able to contact you for training!”

“Oh, right.”

Kang Seo-jun used the smartwatch’s transfer function to send his number to Park Shin-hye.

“Got it? Now, go.”

“…When will the training start….”

“Ah! I’ll explain everything later! There’s probably no practicals for a while anyway! We have plenty of time!”

Kang Seo-jun grabbed Park Shin-hye by the armpits and forcibly lifted her up.

“Alright!! Get up now!!!”

“W-What!?”

Park Shin-hye staggered, trying to regain her balance.

Kang Seo-jun gently pushed her back, guiding her out of the alley.

“Now, go.”

“….”

Park Shin-hye stood there for a moment before heading back to the academy.

“Phew….”

Finally, he could get to work.

Kang Seo-jun climbed up the retaining wall in the alley and walked towards Selev.

Selev was still there, unconscious and breathing softly.

‘She’s really sleeping like the dead. Let’s process her before she wakes up.’

Before entering the dimensional rift, Kang Seo-jun sent a message to Jin Se-rin, Seo Eun-ha, and Kim Ju-hee: ‘I’ll be in an off-limits area until tomorrow, so I won’t be reachable.’

He didn’t want to worry them again like last time when he was unreachable.

After confirming with the 《Eye of Providence》 that no one was around, he dragged Selev and entered the 《Dimensional Rift Warehouse – N320697691》.

– Woong. –

As soon as he entered the dimensional rift, Kang Seo-jun checked the status of the 《Life Support Device of Galactic Emperor》.

– Chiik! Chiik! –

– Drururuk! Drururuk! –

The installation was still ongoing, but it was almost complete, with most of the structure in place.

“Seriously, I couldn’t have bought this without the dimensional rift. It’s huge.”

It looked more like a building than a medical machine.

Given that it weighed 100 tons, its size was enormous.

‘Let’s see….’

Kang Seo-jun approached the golden medical machine and activated the 《Eye of Providence》.

[Viewing currently available functions.]

[-Body Correction Massage ※Power source required.]

[-Installation Acceleration ※Power source required.]

[-Power Source Input ※Appropriate material required.]

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Although the installation wasn’t complete, some functions were already available as it was in the final stages.

‘I’m going to use Selev as the power source. Show me how to use it.’

As Kang Seo-jun focused his will through the 《Eye of Providence》, a clear and concise guide appeared before his eyes.

[※Please insert the appropriate material here.]

[※Living demon. Usable material.]

– Drag drag drag…. –

Kang Seo-jun dragged Selev to the point indicated by the 《Eye of Providence》.

‘So I just need to put Selev in here?’

The input slot looked like a cylindrical slide.

“Ugh…!”

Kang Seo-jun threw the limp Selev into the input slot.

– Shooo…. –

Selev slid into the darkness of the input slot.

– Wooooong! –

– Kwajajak! –

Soon, the sound of bones grinding and flesh being crushed echoed from the darkness of the input slot.

“That’s brutal~”

– Clap clap! –

Kang Seo-jun dusted off his hands and walked over to the touchscreen next to the input slot.

[Current Charge: 120. ※Minimum 100 required for operation.]

“Oh? It’s meeting the minimum capacity?”

He thought it might be a bit short, but Selev provided more power than expected.

[Charging Details]

[Body of A-rank demon Selev: +10]

[Rare+ grade equipment: +15]

[Rare grade equipment: +10]

[Rare grade equipment: +10]

[Epic- grade equipment: +75]

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So that’s how it reached ‘120’.

‘I can use it right away.’

Of course, since the installation wasn’t complete yet, the main functions couldn’t be used.

The function Kang Seo-jun intended to use was ‘Installation Acceleration.’

[You have selected Installation Acceleration. Consuming charge to accelerate the installation.]

It consumed 100 units of charge to amplify the installation speed by five times for 8 hours.

[Download speed: 76g/s]

[Estimated time remaining: 1 day 13 hours 52 minutes 14 seconds]

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[Download speed: 365g/s]

[Estimated time remaining: 7 hours 53 minutes 07 seconds]

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‘Great. With this, I can use it by today.’

Although it consumed 100 units of charge, it was a worthwhile investment.

Once the installation was complete, the dimensional shop would provide a [Legendary] grade power source sample as a service.

‘A Legendary grade should roughly provide a charge of around 1000.’

And with a charge of ‘1000,’ he could remove up to 10 lowest-grade debuff traits or 20 low-grade debuff traits.

◆Traits

[Obesity Lv. Low], [Viral Dermatitis Lv. Low], [Allergic Dermatitis Lv. Low], [Cancer Stage 2 Lv. Lowest], [Squint eyes Lv. Lowest], [Severe Tinnitus Lv. Lowest], [Incontinence Lv. Lowest], [Prostate Enlargement Lv. Lowest], [Chronic Hemorrhoids Lv. Lowest], [Acute Enteritis Lv. Lowest], [Hair Loss Lv. Lowest] ………

‘What should I remove first?’

It was the beginning of a delightful dilemma for Kang Seo-jun.