I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 12:

After Kim Se-ah and Kim Young-jaes duel, the rest of the duels were a wash.

Although the battles were between moderately talented guys there was definitely a flavor to watching each of them that made it easy to see why they were Ji-hyuns favorites.

Except for one, Choi Kang-hyun, who was the second to arrive at the classroom after me, having flown in by helicopter yesterday.

He started off with a bang, spraying seawater over his opponents nose, forcing him to surrender.

His unique weapon, a trident, was merely a walking stick but his duel was over in less than a minute.

He must be blessed by the sea.

As I was thinking about the dungeon wed be tackling later, and how Id have to include him at some point, the instructor looked at us and clapped her hands to get our attention.

Weve been training since this morning. Since today is the second day of class, and its a day I can use my discretion, Im going to end class here. You can all go home and recap todays battles.

This is definitely a good thing.

Im sure shed be a popular teacher in a normal school if she could finish early as long as she got her work done.

As Ji-hyun announces the end of the class, the students stand up one by one and prepare to go home.

I was about to call Han Seo-joon to go home too, but then I remembered Jin-woo lying in the health center.

I should probably stop by.

I would eventually recruit him into my organization and as the boss of the organization, I thought it would be a good idea to build up my goodwill in advance, so I decided to leave Han Seo-joon behind and go to the health center.

Butwhere is the health center?

I tried to ask Ms. Ji-hyun, but she disappeared so I could only look around, but I couldnt find it at all.

Apparently, the terrain I know from the game and the terrain I experience in real life are different, so I cant help but get confused.

So there I was, standing in the hallway, wondering.

Hey, are you lost?

Someone walked up to me and said.

?

No, wait. Why is this person coming out now?

Piercing eyes, long black hair, and a black name tag pinned to his neat Academy uniform. He bore a striking resemblance to a figure in my memory.

?

She tilted her head, apparently sensing the strangeness of my sudden daze.

Oh, Im not lost, Imlooking for the health center.

First of all, shes like a senior Ive never met before, so Im polite and answer her. Then all of a sudden, she stamps her foot and then bursts out laughing.

Isnt that what they call getting lost? The health center is just down the hall on the left.

Thank you.

Youre welcome. Its the student council duty. I see youre a freshman. Are you hurt or something?

Not me, but a guy I know got hurt and Im going to see him.

Oh, I wish him the best. Well, dont get lost. Bye.

With that, she turned and started walking back the way she came.

I never thought Id meet her, a member of the student council, so soon after entering the Academy.

Now that Im a freshman, Im also a newbie, so its not like Im going to run into her like this.

I hope we meet as late as possible.

I didnt want to see her again because I didnt know what our relationship would be like in the future.

With her already gone, I walked in the direction she gave me, and soon found myself in a room labeled as a health center.

Normally, the image of a health center is a small room with a health teacher waiting for you, but.Seoul Hero Academy has one of the best facilities in Asia.

Unlike a normal schools health center, it was equipped with specialized equipment that looked like a real hospital ward.

As I walked in and looked around, I saw Jin-woo lying on a bed, fiddling with his smartphone.

Wow, hes really fucking good. Is this the Divine Movement? No, its not, is it?

Giggling and fiddling with his phone, he seems to be completely fine.

Ha.

I couldnt help but smile at how excited he was, not realizing the class was over.

He must have heard me, because he looked up from his phone.

Heh, heh!

He freaked out and clung to the wall of the bed like hed seen a ghost.

Why, why, why again!

I didnt do anything to him, but hes shaking and making strange noises to himself.

Didnt you promise me before the duel?

Huh? What!

Club.

Theclub? Ah, ten million credits, is that what you came for?

I nodded at his question.

The period for new students to create clubs was about a week from tomorrow, so it was essential to have a definitive answer in advance.

I won the duel, so I assume youre joining my club?

I lost, so I cant help it. Ahmy ten million credits!

This guy is surprisingly cool about conceding. Luckily, he didnt seem to be the type of person who wouldnt accept the outcome.

For 10 million credits, I could have gotten all the skins.

No, this ones just a snarky one.

That was money for club activities to begin with. Its money well all share in the name of club welfare, so you shouldnt be too sad.

After hearing my words, Jin-woos head snaps up and he looks at me.

What, youre just going to spend 10 million credits on club activities, no questions asked?

He asks, surprised.

Theres no reason for me to keep the money if I have it, and Im also planning to give bonuses to the club members based on their performance, so they wont have to worry about not getting paid.

Oh, bonuses? Thats a no-brainer! Theres an old saying my dad used to tell me. The boss you serve must be rich and powerful. Can I call you boss from now on, boss?

At the mention of money, Jin-woos eyes sparkle and he looks at me with respect.

Judging from the activation of [Trait: Baby Boss] in the corner of my vision, he was genuinely admiring me now.

Bossdo as you please, but arent you the heir to the Bevalt Family? If youre the heir to a mafia organization, you should have enough pocket money, so why are you so obsessed with money?

It was an innocent question.

The Bevalt family, he belongs to, is an organization under Corleones umbrella. They should have enough money, so why is Jin-woo so obsessed with money?

In my family, its kind of like, You have to earn your own money, so in high school, I was just eating school lunches and robbing weirdos who came to take over the school, but since this is the Academy, I dont think I can do that.

Was this the truth of his story?

Thats a lot of work.

Right, so what is our club doing, and how are the members going to get paid?

Club? Its a club for a good cause.

Huh?

Jin-woo decided to join my club anyway and it wasnt too difficult to tell him what we would be doing at the academy.

Were going to be the club that protects the clubs.

The club that protects clubs?

Yes, the club that protects the clubs. Do you know anything about the academys clubs?

I ask Jin-woo, just in case.

Not at all.

Then let me give you a brief explanation.The Academys clubs operate on the logic of strength, and only the strongest survive.

Strength was the very characteristic and essence of the Hero Academy. As such, club activities at the Academy are driven by the logic of power.

Only the strongest clubs survive? That sounds very different from what I thought clubs were like?

Of course.

This was the Hero Academy, not a normal school.

It was not a place to raise ordinary students, but to produce heroes to save the world in the future.

This its the Hero Academy. After all, we are the ones who will be going out into the battlefield where the logic of power works.

As such, I saw an opportunity in the system of these clubs.

And were going to exploit the loopholes in the system.

Wed take a small amount of protection money from the weaker clubs and protect them from the stronger clubs.

And in the process, through the club wars that take place, we raise our clubs ranking.

Only when we became the best club and wielded more power than others could we see the Academys strategy.

Using the system loopholes? Like hacking or something?

He suddenly went off topic.

No matter how I look at it, I dont think he really understood.

I smirked and shook my head, knowing that even if I told him my ultimate goal now, Id have to do it again later in front of the club members.

Well talk about that later, after the club is formed.

Oh, that makes me even more curious. Cant you just tell me?

Its something well have to talk about later anyway, so wait a bit.

So, to summarize what youve said so far. We get paid to protect other clubs. Is that it?

Good to hear.

But isnt this what the mafia does? Its kind of like what my dad does.

Hes really the son of a mafia family after all. It didnt take him long to realize that our clubs system is based on the activities of the mafia.

Well, if you put it that way, I suppose it is. If you look at foreign areas, theyre operating similarly.

Thats true, but you. You do know that, right?

Jin-woos eyes narrow at my answer.

We can only protect them if were stronger than them, right?

Isnt that obvious?

And we know that the system works because of the existence of the Corleone Family, who has more power than any other organization in theOuter Area.

I see.

So youre saying that youre creating a club thats even more overwhelming than the other clubs in the Academy?

Youre finally making sense.

You think that makes sense?

Why not?

No matter how much-.

Trust me.

what?

By all means, I will show you how the club I will create will rise to the top.

I tell him, putting weight in my voice, unlike the lighthearted way I spoke earlier.

I will make it so that you can see the view from the top of the Academy, looking down on everyone, from my side, so

Trust me.

I look him in the eye and say, Trust me. Trust in my skill, the skill that defeated you once before.

At this moment, I was not Eugene Corleone. I was me, the player who had saved this world many times before, the player who had plunged it into chaos, the player who had achieved most of the achievements in existence, the player who had been second in CS, and I was confident.

I could do it.

I reached out to Jin-woo, who was still sitting on the bed, listening to my story in a daze.

If youre with me, its possible.

Jin-woo had talent and background.

And I was more confident than anyone in the world in rolling a bunch of characters and growing them.

Id done it dozens and dozens of times already.

Isnt it tempting?

And, after watching him for such a short period of time, I had a hunch that he would take my hand.

Ha, haha, hahahaha, hahahaha!

As soon as I finished, Jin-woo started shaking and laughing.

He was laughing so hard that he couldnt contain it, his body was shaking, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Haha, ha, thats a really unrealistic story.

Isnt it?

Thats why. I like it!

Jin-woo slowly stops laughing, wipes away his tears, and stands up.

Im going to be at the top of the Academy? Hahaha! Im sure that would scare the crap out of my dad, who nags me every day. Okay, Ill do what you say.

Finally, Jin-woo grabbed my hand.

Good.

He said sincerely.

Jin-woo Bevalt, Im going to take you to the top of the Hero Academy. I want you to help me get to the top.

Youre aiming too high, itll be a pain in the ass, but it sounds like fun.

Sure, it will be fun.

He smiled at my answer and shook my hand briefly.

Okay. Deal.

Deal.

And just like that, Jinwoo Bevalt became the first member of the organization I would create.