I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 89

As if waking up from a sleep-induced anesthesia, my vision, which had been completely obscured, slowly began to clear.

"What the hell is this...?"

The unpleasant sensation covering my entire body was very similar to being teleported by a spatial mage, but it was far more disorienting and shocking than that.

"Urp, ugh, blech! Blech!"

From behind, the sound of someone retching can be heard.

Rubbing my blurry eyes, I slowly turned my head to see the figure on the floor, vomiting out their guts.

"Ugh, blech! Blech, blech!!"

Short blonde hair.

As far as I know, there's only one guy with that hair who would curse while vomiting.

"...Jinwoo. Jinwoo Vivaldi."

"Ugh... Boss? Is that you, Boss...?"

Jinwoo, with eyes unfocused from repeated vomiting, turned his head towards me.

"What... what the hell is going on? What was that shock just now, and why am I... blech!!"

"...I'm still trying to figure it out."

My vision has not yet fully recovered.

[Would you like to switch to night mode?]

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First, I switched my [Smart Lens] to night mode and waited for my vision to gradually recover, and the surrounding scenery began to appear little by little.

"...Here."

"What? What? Where is this?"

Drops of water dripping from stalactites on the ceiling, stalagmites rising here and there, the atmosphere felt very familiar.

"...A dungeon."

"What? A dungeon?"

Upon hearing my answer, he lifted his head and slowly looked around.

"What... what's this? It's really a dungeon, isn't it? But Boss, we were in the classroom just a moment ago... Is this even possible?"

Jinwoo mumbled, rubbing his eyes as if he couldn't believe it.

There was only one situation where this could happen.

"...Terror. The Villain Alliance carried out a terrorist attack."

"Terror? Are you saying we ended up here because of a terrorist attack? Does that... make sense?"

"Theoretically, it's quite possible. You should remember from our Dungeon Studies class a while back."

"Dungeon Studies?"

The method of creating an artificial dungeon by applying a powerful force to a top-grade mana stone.

When a dungeon is artificially created rapidly, the spatial coordinates are greatly distorted, and it sucks in nearby life forms, moving them into the dungeon.

This must be the method of terrorism the villains aimed at the academy.

However, according to the original story, the villains were supposed to carry out their terrorist attack on the day of the freshman welcome party.

"...Things have gone awry."

Because Shinchulgwimol died? Or did Ratte succeed in escaping?

It seems that something has changed since I started interfering with the villains' activities.

No matter what, I thought there wouldn't be a big problem since it's always an event that happens on the 'freshman welcome party' day in the game.

Who would have thought they'd strike the day before?

'Then it might be a solo action... or perhaps they were targeting something else.'

"But Boss... doesn't this place look familiar to you?"

As his nausea seemed to subside, Jinwoo slowly got up and looked around.

"Familiar?"

"Yeah, look closely. The shape of the rocks, or those bugs passing by."

As Jinwoo said, I focused more and looked around.

"Certainly... it does feel familiar."

Suddenly, I remembered the construction site I saw on my way to school.

Do they need to dig up the ground for construction?

...No way.

"Looks like they came in through the construction site."

"What?"

The puzzle pieces were starting to come together little by little.

"Jinwoo, you must have seen the construction going on when you entered the main building, right?"

"Ugh, my stomach... What? Construction? Yeah, I saw it. They started setting up barricades a couple of days ago, didn't they?"

As Jinwoo said, there was always an outer wall around the construction site, so you couldn't see inside properly.

Even in the game, they were doing stage construction around this time, so I didn't pay much attention to it, and I never imagined they'd use that.

"They infiltrated the academy disguised as construction workers."

"What? No way the academy wouldn't notice that."

Yes, so there are two possibilities.

One is that they used the ability of that guy who should be in the Villain Alliance by now to deceive the internal surveillance. And the other one is...

'No, let's not think about that for now.'

It's still just speculation.

For now, resolving this situation is the priority.

"Anyway, it's clear they dug a tunnel under the academy."

"A tunnel?"

The distance between the place where they were doing construction and our classroom in the main building is about a five-minute walk.

Of course, the academy wouldn't fall for such a simple strategy.

The special materials surrounding the entire area are strong enough not to allow even a mere tunnel.

So, there's only one person who could make this possible.

Miner.

A villain with a special ability to destroy any ore regardless of its hardness.

Only he could execute this plan.

"The villain miner who escaped from Niflheim this time. He could dig a tunnel to the underground of the main building within two days. And... he created an artificial dungeon right under our feet."

In the original story, they were supposed to infiltrate disguised as invited heroes and trigger the dungeon in the middle of the welcome party.

As a result, most of the academy's students and instructors would be engulfed by the dungeon, and the player would take on the quest to rescue the students and deal with the villains here.

But who would have thought they'd twist the terror in such a way?

We've been completely caught off guard.

"Hey? Boss, where are you going!"

As soon as I started moving, Jinwoo, who was standing behind me, hurriedly followed.

"First, we need to find the other kids who were swept up here. In situations like this, gathering in one place is the answer."

"Huh? Oh, right."

"Keep your wits about you. Jinwoo, this is a real situation."

After leaving a brief warning, I started moving again, and soon monsters began to appear, just like in a dungeon.

"Boss, look...!"

"Yeah, I see it too."

───! - -! ──!

A bug-type monster crawling leisurely on the floor.

Ah, could it be?

Unlike Jinwoo, who was disgusted by its appearance, I felt a slight smile creep up the corners of my mouth.

"To think something like this would happen..."

"Still, it's a good thing."

"Huh? How is this a good thing?"

Jinwoo tilted his head at my words.

"Yeah, look at it. Isn't it familiar?"

Upon hearing my words, Jinwoo looked at the approaching bug again and finally realized it.

"Oh, no way?"

"Yeah. This place... it looks different, but it seems to be our dungeon."

Our dungeon was also located underground at the academy, and the dungeon created by the miner was also underground at the academy.

So, it seems the two dungeons have merged.

Judging by the peculiar rocks visible here and there, it's clear that both sides have been influenced.

However, the essence itself is not greatly different.

"If it's the difficulty of the first floor, there's no worry about the other kids getting hurt. If we just cooperate moderately, we can hold on, and if even one instructor is with us, we can leisurely explore the surroundings."

First of all, there's no way we'll fall to the monsters with this.

The artificial dungeon created by the seniors' club has some difficulty, but it's ultimately for training.

It might cause some trauma, but it's not life-threatening from the first floor.

Above all, it also meant that one of the things they aimed for, the monster terror, was thwarted.

They probably never imagined there was already a dungeon under the academy.

So, there's only one thing we need to be careful about now.

"......Combat preparation."

"Suddenly?!"

Jinwoo raised his voice in surprise, but thanks to the previous lessons and training, he quickly drew his weapon and took a defensive stance.

Thud─ Thud─ Thud─

The sound of footsteps echoing through the cavern from far away.

I pulled Tommy out of the Cube and aimed it at the darkness ahead with my left hand.

The footsteps gradually getting closer.

Jinwoo, ready to leap out at any moment while slowly crouching, smirked with cold sweat.

"Did you catch this? Boss, your hearing is monstrous......."

It seems Jinwoo heard the footsteps too.

"With footsteps like this...... it's about five adult men, right? They're making clinking sounds as they approach, so they don't seem like ordinary academy students...... Boss, could they be villains?"

"That's highly likely."

Probably the villains who entered this dungeon with us.

Their purpose was all too clear. They were targeting students or instructors fighting monsters in the academy.

So we have to strike first.

"We'll start with suppressive fire. In the meantime, you go for a surprise attack."

I said that as I rolled up my sleeves.

I didn't want to do this in front of the other kids if possible...... but there's no other choice given the situation.

"Got it...... huh? What's that baby bracelet thing?"

"......Training tool."

A kind of restraint device that solidifies the flow of Aura.

If I use it, I can move the Aura more densely and accurately, but that's not what's needed now.

"Let's finish this quickly."

The Aura spreading wide and strong. What's needed now is my original Aura.

"Just confirming what's where is enough."

I focus my senses by bringing my hand that's not holding the gun closer.

[[Skill: Aura Sonar] is activated.]

Along with a slight feeling of exhaustion, the Aura bursts out from my palm.

The red Aura spreads widely across the dungeon floor, revealing the surrounding terrain, monsters, and roughly what's in which direction.

"──Ready."

Jinwoo grips his dagger in a reverse hold, ready to charge at any moment.

No signal will be given.

Anyway, the sound of the gun being fired will itself be the signal.

────!! ────!! ────!! ────!!────!!

The cave, which was only dark, is suddenly filled with flashes.

"It's an ambush!!"

"That's not a regular gun! Take cover!"

None of them seemed able to deploy a shield, as they crawled forward on their bellies.

Some of them seemed to be of the physical enhancement type, as they tried to stand up recklessly.

"Shh."

Of course, Jinwoo took care of those guys as soon as I stopped firing.

The other guys tried to counterattack in a hurry as Jinwoo suddenly jumped out from above, but they started dancing as soon as I hit them with precise shots from [Capone's Tommy].

And without missing the chance, Jinwoo immediately thrust his dagger at the guy's neck.

"Ugh──."

The guy clutched his wound as a red line appeared on his neck.

"Yeah, that's right. You need to hold it tight so the blood doesn't spray."

Kicking the guy's body as if it were ridiculous, Jinwoo immediately charged at another guy.

"This...... looks like I don't even need to step in."

Didn't he say he started taking classes at the Vivaldi Family recently?

Was it the effect of the mentor classes and the family training, or was it because the opponents were villains? Jinwoo's attacks were ruthless and relentless.

In this aspect, he might even be better than Youngje or Seah.

"Jenard! You bastard!!"

Another guy rushed at Jinwoo as he saw his comrade fall.

The blade came right up to his face, but Jinwoo tilted his head to dodge it without any fear and slammed the guy to the ground.

"Agh!"

"Are you guys really villains? The guys who trained with us seemed tougher......"

The 'seniors' he's talking about must be the regular members of the Vivaldi Family.

It's understandable if it's the Vivaldi Family, which is mainly composed of the force faction.

But above all else.......

"Looks like they're just back-alley thugs. They must have hired low-level villains to fill the numbers."

"Is that so?"

Even if you ask whether it was something a first-year could handle, that wasn't the case...... but it seems the recent training and mentor classes helped.

"Boss, what should we do then? Should we search the surroundings?"

Jinwoo, after dealing with the last guy lying on the ground with his arm outstretched, turned around and asked.

Dark red blood dripped down the blade of the dagger.

Jinwoo always showed a light side, but today, it was clear he had grown.

"Let's do that."

It's not our style to just take hits, so we should strike back.

"Alright, let's move. We need to find the other kids too."