I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 112
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 112
Changed South Korea (3)
“Heh heh heh!”
The Head of Player Association, who had arrived in London, England, burst into hearty laughter.
“I really never thought a day like this would come in my life. To think I’d come all the way to England for World League business.”
“Is that so?”
Park Chang-seok smiled upon hearing the Head’s words.
The leaders of nations selected for the Round of 16 receive invitations from the British Royal Family, and this was one of the positions that countries worldwide desperately wanted to be part of.
Because it meant being recognized as a clear summoning superpower.
In South Korea’s case, they sent Player Association Head Kwak Gyu-jun as their representative.
This was because he was popular with the citizens and had implemented Baek Jin-woo-friendly policies, proving his substantial contributions.
After all, wasn’t it actually the headquarters’ decision to replace the national team with SKY members this time!
“Assemblyman Park Chang-seok.”
“Yes.”
“Thank you once again. Hahaha! If I hadn’t listened to you, could I have appeared in such a position as acting president? It’s all thanks to you. Hahahaha!”
“As long as you understand.”
“Yes, yes. I understand very well.”
The Head nodded vigorously.
Though he spoke somewhat tactlessly, it didn’t matter.
He had committed sins in the past Assemblyman Im Hee-su incident, and there was also the mistake of withdrawing investment in Baek Jin-woo because he thought a mere few billion won was too much.
It was Park Chang-seok who had covered up all those responsibilities.
Yubaek only listened to that assemblyman’s words.
‘Ah, the Round of 16.’
The Head’s heart was already trembling with excitement.
The World League was a different class of competition from sports like the World Cup or Olympics.
While it was sports in format, it was actually also a place to assess each nation’s power and divide them into ranks.
South Korea had advanced to the Round of 16 in such a league.
And he, as the South Korea Player Association Head, would personally receive the treatment accorded to such a powerful nation.
‘The President told me.’
He could make immediate decisions on all matters of this meeting and essentially implement them as is.
‘Heh heh heh.’
The Head, who had always been ambitious and power-hungry, began to feel his heart burn with excitement.
Being a natural politician, he became even greedier at this point.
‘At this rate, might I really run in the next presidential election?’
They weren’t even confirmed for the Round of 16 yet.
What if they made it to the quarterfinals?
No.
Maybe even the semifinals, as Baek Jin-woo said?
‘Or maybe really…’
If they won or even came in second, it would be a huge jackpot!
“Head.”
Park Chang-seok spoke seriously.
“Hm?”
“Please don’t get too excited.”
“What? Who says I’m excited?”
“It’s written all over your face.”
“Ahem, ahem.”
“Just making it into the top 16 out of 92 countries worldwide is already something to be proud of. Of course, if Baek Jin-woo grows more, we might someday surpass England too, but realistically, isn’t it too early to expect that?”
“Haha, that’s right! That’s obviously true!”
“I naturally hope we win too, but even if we don’t, Baek Jin-woo is our country’s future and hope. Just remember that.”
“Right.”
The Head smiled broadly.
Even if he really became president later, he just needed to use Baek Jin-woo-friendly policies exclusively.
What if they actually won?
Then South Korea would really become the Republic of Baek Jin-woo.
“Heh heh heh, heh heh heh heh!”
The Head couldn’t stop laughing.
Even while moving to Buckingham Palace in Westminster, London, his face bloomed with smiles.
Then.
Thud!
He ended up bumping into a passerby.
‘Geez, please watch where you’re going. What kind of department head has no dignity like that.’
Park Chang-seok, who sighed deeply inside, bowed his head.
“I’m sorry. We should have watched where we were going.”
Translator birds were floating above Buckingham Palace’s rooftop.
They weren’t there every day, but were deployed whenever events like this took place.
“Really now. Please be more careful.”
The person they bumped into frowned deeply.
With a large nose and many wrinkles, he looked distinctly Western…
Wait.
Park Chang-seok paused.
‘Italy, Senate President?’
He recognized the person at a glance.
Since he came as a national representative, knowing key figures from other countries was basic diplomatic knowledge.
Of course.
“Who is that person?”
Head Kwak Gyu-jun, who said such things toward the back of the irritated departing person, seemed quite removed from such diplomatic knowledge.
Whether he heard those words, the Senate President whipped his head around.
“What did you just say?”
“Pardon?”
“Are you picking a fight after bumping into me first?”
Oh no.
Park Chang-seok slapped his forehead with his right palm.
‘Geez.’
What kind of department head causes trouble the moment he arrives?
Park Chang-seok, his facial muscles trembling, gripped the Head’s shoulder tightly.
“Bun. Bu. Jang. Nim?”
“Ah, ow! It hurts! I said it hurts!”
“Please just stay still, I’m begging you.”
“O-okay… I got it! I got it, so let go!”
No matter when you looked at him, the Head was just someone good at political maneuvering.
Not true politics meaning governing a nation, but politics with the suffix ‘scheming’ attached to it…
That’s why it was easy to use and manipulate him like this.
‘The less capable someone is, the easier they are to handle.’
“What are you people? Which country? China? Huh?”
As the Senate President’s voice rose, the atmosphere instantly became hostile.
Park Chang-seok, who had pulled the Head back, bowed politely once again.
“I apologize. Given the location, we should have been more mindful of our surroundings, but we failed to do so.”
“No, so which country are you from! China?”
“Not China, we’re from Korea.”
“…Korea?”
The harsh expression on the Italian Senate President’s face began to slowly soften.
“…Korea, you said? South Korea?”
“Yes.”
“The Korea where Jinugod is?”
“…That’s what I said.”
Park Chang-seok realized for the first time.
That this gruff foreigner’s expression could become so gentle.
“Ah, ahahaha! You were honored guests from Korea! I studied as much as I could but didn’t realize. The President didn’t come personally? What might your position be?”
“…I’m the Head of Player Association. He’s a council member under me.”
“Ahahaha! Is that so?”
Even other invited guests besides Italy began slowly approaching.
They were countries that wanted to build even a little friendship upon hearing the word Korea.
“Oh my, I should have kept my eyes open properly. Instead I raised my voice. I’m the one who should apologize. I was rude at our first meeting.”
He even killed his earlier attitude and directly apologized while swallowing his pride.
This was the Italian Senate President of the summoning powerhouse Italy, no less.
‘Ah, this is.’
Park Chang-seok felt it to his bones.
This is exactly the treatment a great power receives.
At the same time, he was grateful.
To Baek Jin-woo, who had elevated South Korea’s status this high.
The full-scale league began.
The World League would run until the end of January, and once it ended, both world rankings and domestic rankings would be updated.
The first day was the match between England and Italy!
It ended with England’s expected overwhelming victory.
Italy had to return home literally beaten to a pulp… but their faces were still full of satisfaction.
Meeting the strongest nation England in the first round of 16 meant they had barely scraped into the very bottom of the round of 16.
They were fully satisfied just making the round of 16, and hadn’t even thought about beating England from the start.
Italian citizens were also busy going “Wow wow!” while watching the English national team’s show.
The second day was the match between Mexico and Bangladesh!
A close match unfolded where the outcome was uncertain until the end, and Mexico achieved a tearful victory.
And the third day.
[The match between South Korea vs France will begin soon.]
[The respective countries please enter the arena.]
Finally, South Korea’s first round of 16 match unfolded.
“Uaaaajajajat!”
With Gi Jae-hyeok’s fighting cry, everyone entered the arena.
“Brothers and sisters! Fighting to everyone! Let’s go!”
“Yeah, let’s go! Let’s go win cleanly and come back!”
“No matter who gets picked, let’s show another perfect sweep this time!”
“Kya, a perfect sweep in the round of 16! Totally great! It’ll cause another uproar, won’t it?”
The guild members felt deeply moved.
To think the moment would come when they could joke around talking about perfect sweeps against the summoning powerhouse France.
Baek Jin-woo, watching them, didn’t say much either.
He didn’t even know who the French players were anyway.
He had only analyzed players from the Five Great Powers where the Five Emperors existed.
“With France, we just need to be careful of two people.”
Surprisingly, Hwang Ju-won did the analysis.
After forming the national team’s characteristic circular huddle, he recited information about the French players.
“Evan Parker, world ranking 19th. He’s the captain, and Ian Hayes, world ranking 42nd. He’s the vice-captain. There’s also one more around 96th place called Kevin Diaou, right? We don’t even need to get to him, just deal with those first two and it’s over. And let’s aim to finish it on our end without even needing to go to Guild Master.”
Hwang Ju-won recited everything from the summons they mainly used to combat habits and known weaknesses.
‘Oh.’
Baek Jin-woo smacked his lips appreciatively.
Hwang Ju-won hyung definitely suited being a coach.
And he seemed to know that position himself.
‘He’s showing it right now.’
That he’s a player useful in these aspects too.
He should probably talk to him seriously once this league ends.
About whether he could take on professional coaching while participating in training together.
Of course, the treatment would be exactly the same as the national team.
The slogan Yu Ji-a had put up when creating SKY was 【World’s best skill, world’s best treatment】.
Baek Jin-woo had no intention of breaking that slogan.
[Players from each country, please prepare for the tournament.]
[The order will be decided by the ‘Dice of Fate’!]
Always the same.
Player order was random.
And it wasn’t announced before the match, but drawn by dice after each game ended, so quick strategic thinking was also important.
First.
[France’s dice is rolling!]
[The first match participant is player ‘Amadou Jean Lyon’!]
France’s first batter was a player named Lyon.
Of course, Baek Jin-woo didn’t know who he was and wasn’t interested.
From the looks of it, he didn’t seem to be a world ranker either.
[Next, South Korea’s dice is rolling!]
Ping-geureureuk!
The dice on the electronic board rolled comically.
Though it had 6 sides, the names written there were random anyway.
Thunk, dugeureureu!
The dice that had been rolling around began to stop, and the guild members clasped their hands together and prayed earnestly.
‘Please let it be me!’
‘I want to show them!’
‘Someone like Lyon should be crushed by me!’
Baek Jin-woo had said it.
To show them something in this World League.
France would be quite weak as an opponent to show against.
As they went to quarterfinals and semifinals, stronger opponents would naturally appear.
In other words, now was the opportunity…
The Dice of Fate showed a result that was slightly disappointing to the guild members.
[The first match participant is player ‘Baek Jin-woo’!]
What?
The guild members’ eyes widened like lanterns.
“Huh?”
Baek Jin-woo also blinked and scratched the back of his head.
‘Me right away?’
Well, this is something.
What about those guys?
They’re going home without even getting to try anything?
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