I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 86

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 086

New National Team (3)

Squeeze!

Following Baek Jin-woo’s command, Hunkyo reset the Bone-Splitting Muscle-Adhering technique to 10 minutes again.

– My ears hurt.

Complaining that the screams were noisy, he even pressed the mute acupoint.

Because of this, Park Ho and the rankers, who were already suffering, couldn’t even make a sound.

“….”

The surroundings instantly fell into silence, and Kang Geon-ho gulped.

This didn’t make sense.

Just how do you raise a summoned creature and what kind of runes do you equip to display such power?

The three of them were once comrades.

That’s why he knew how strong and troublesome they were.

When he stood on the opposite side of them, claiming to uphold his beliefs, he was even prepared to lose his life.

But Hunkyo shattered such people with a single strike.

This couldn’t even be called a fight.

It was like a human swatting an annoying fly – he subdued them just like that.

Is this what Jinugod is?

‘Park Ho didn’t even need to act up in the first place.’

To be honest, he never dreamed it would be to this extent.

Park Ho had also assessed Baek Jin-woo’s power as just around the upper ranks of future world rankers.

If he had known it was at this level?

Forget complaints – he would have crawled like a dog long ago.

“Kang Geon-ho.”

When Baek Jin-woo’s voice was heard, Kang Geon-ho swallowed dryly.

He didn’t realize it, but his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

“Yes, yes….”

“Please handle these people. When 10 minutes pass, hand them over to headquarters.”

“To headquarters?”

For reference, civilian crimes are handled by police, while player crimes are directly managed by headquarters.

“I’ll send them with evidence for attempted murder charges.”

“Ah, yes! I understand.”

Kang Geon-ho is 33 years old, and Baek Jin-woo is 27.

Yet Kang Geon-ho was respectful.

After seeing Hunkyo’s appearance, even elderly grandparents would become respectful.

“Phew.”

Baek Jin-woo looked at Kang Geon-ho’s tense appearance and let out a deep sigh.

‘There’s nothing to blame Kang Geon-ho for.’

He saw it in the video.

All the crimes were led by Park Ho, and the remaining officers just moved based on their own interests at that moment.

He couldn’t see anything particularly wrong that Kang Geon-ho had done there.

“Separately from that, thank you for standing up for Yu Ji-a.”

“Not at all. Rather, I’m sorry. I should have stepped forward and strongly stopped them when I saw the signs, but I failed to do so.”

Actually, he had tried to stop them several times.

The problem was they absolutely wouldn’t listen.

Rather, there was also the aspect of following them because he was worried they might leave him behind and cause trouble.

Baek Jin-woo nodded.

“Originally, I was thinking of never accepting anyone from Baekho officer backgrounds for the next national team.”

“Yes, I think that’s natural.”

“But Kang Geon-ho is an exception. When we re-select the national team later, if you’re interested, try applying. Ah, of course.”

He pointed to the tiger badge on Kang Geon-ho’s chest.

“You’ll have to remove that badge when you come.”

Baek Jin-woo smiled and turned around.

Kang Geon-ho.

Actually, he’s not bad.

It’ll change when things reset next year, but anyway, he’s currently ranked 1st domestically.

There are countless combinations possible with the Paladin (A-rank) he employs.

If he gets serious and is given wings, he could become a good ally.

“Shall we go then?”

When he spoke to Yu Ji-a, she answered spiritedly.

“Yes!”

Fortunately, there were no damaged parts on the sports car.

“Damn it, there’s nothing to even choose here, is there?”

The Head of Player Association burst into hearty laughter.

In front of him was a video of Park Ho threatening Yu Ji-a.

“Wow, that Park Ho bastard. I thought he was smart, but he was quite stupid. Of all people to mess with, he messes with Baek Jin-woo’s person. And Yu Ji-a, who’s his closest associate at that.”

Right.

No matter how urgent headquarters might be, they can’t make a criminal a national representative.

Forget the national team!

With such clear evidence, he’ll have to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Actually, if handed over to court, he might have gotten off with about 5 years for attempted murder charges.

Former judge lawyers, whatever – South Korean law is originally somewhat messed up.

But these guys are different.

First, players don’t go to court.

They go to headquarters, which has summary judgment authority.

Since their power is great and dangerous, their sentences are much heavier and they receive special treatment.

“Head of Player Association. You know, right? It’s definitely life imprisonment.”

“I know, I know. Didn’t I say it? I’ll listen well to what you say for the remaining term.”

“An excellent choice. Daeseong also said so. They’d respond strongly if it’s not life imprisonment. They wanted to just execute them since it’s unsettling, but I stopped them.”

It’s natural for Daeseong to be angry.

They attacked the founder and his successor’s bloodline – it would be stranger if they weren’t furious.

Anyway.

Due to Park Chang-seok’s strong insistence, they were immediately sent to the player-only prison.

What if they escape later?

That was impossible.

“…Uh.”

“Hiiiii.”

“Hehe.”

The Bone-Splitting Muscle-Adhering technique seemed to have become a powerful trauma, as they couldn’t even speak properly.

They might recover later, but by then they’d already be far below their previous level.

They’d be sufficiently controlled.

“Ah, Assemblyman Park Chang-seok.”

“Yes, Head of Player Association.”

“That press conference thing? Announce our position tomorrow immediately. Say that headquarters respects Baek Jin-woo’s opinion and will actively accommodate it.”

“Hehe, the citizens will be pleased.”

“Hehehe.”

The Head of Player Association felt like he could fly these days.

He just changed headquarters’ policy to supporting Baek Jin-woo, and lately his popularity has been soaring to the sky.

At this rate, he’ll probably win the next election too.

The Head of Player Association position might be taken by Park Chang-seok, but so what!

“National team re-selection. Proceed immediately! Just let Yu Ji-a do whatever she wants.”

The Head of Player Association’s voice was unusually light.

[Player Headquarters makes bold decision! “We’ll select the national team again!”]

[The Head who pushed through without a public vote, with Assemblyman Park Chang-seok behind him. “There’s no time. The World League isn’t far away.”]

[Citizens excited by Baek Jin-woo’s confident promise of semifinals!]

└ Wow!!

└ Kyaaa! This is it!!

└ Crazy. Why is Headquarters doing such a good job lately?

The citizens cheered.

They actually liked that the decision was made boldly without a vote.

└ At this rate, are we really going to pull something off?

└ Semifinals?

└ We might actually make it lol Just thinking about it feels so good.

└ Nah, no way. He’s just showing that level of confidence. Honestly, if semifinals were that easy, would we be in this situation?

└ If we don’t make semifinals, will you curse Baek Jin-woo?

└ Is there a reason to curse him?

└ Why? Even if it’s Baek Jin-woo, if he doesn’t know the weight of his words, couldn’t he get cursed?

└ Didn’t you read the article?

└ What article?

└ I’ll give you the link, go check it out ㄱㄱ

└ Okay lol

An article came out.

It was an article released by Yu Ji-a.

[「Yubaek」’s bold promise! If semifinals entry fails, 10 trillion won compensation to the nation! To be used as subsidies!]

It was truly perfect handling.

Heartwarming even if they lose, complete jackpot if they win!

Naturally, public sentiment skyrocketed.

└ Kya!

└ Holy shit, that’s insane

└ 10 trillion is fair.

└ He’s basically saying he’ll spit out everything the national team received?

└ This one really has no backing down?

└ It’s not just words, he’s definitely going through with it. We have to trust this. Even if we don’t make semifinals, I acknowledge it.

Words come with responsibility.

The rankers so far had always just taken taxpayer money regularly, but never brought proper results.

Hadn’t they always acted high and mighty as the Big 3 after preliminary eliminations without even an apology?

This time was different.

Baek Jin-woo was bold, and he even put money on the line to take responsibility for his words.

Nothing in this world is as honest and certain as money.

Citizens were starting to feel it too.

Ah.

Something about South Korea is really changing.

At the center of that storm of change was naturally Baek Jin-woo.

Yubaek posted an announcement.

To summarize the content:

1. We’re recruiting national team members, so submit applications! We’ll select players through document screening, tests, and final interviews!

2. National team members must share the same goals, so only players who can leave their guilds should apply!

3. Total of three members!

4. You don’t have to be a ranker!

5. Successful candidates must join the new guild SKY!

It was extremely shocking content, and the most shocking part was definitely that you didn’t have to be a ranker!

The majority of citizens reacted with incomprehension.

And Yu Ji-a felt the same way.

“Jin-woo.”

“Yes.”

“This seems a bit strange. Shouldn’t we still pick rankers? We can’t go to the World League with non-rankers. We bet a whole 10 trillion…”

Yu Ji-a trusts Baek Jin-woo unconditionally.

But she was still anxious.

Having personally felt and experienced the world’s massive wall over the past 3 years, she couldn’t help it.

“I’m also a non-ranker though.”

“Come on, you’re obviously special, Jin-woo!”

“Actually.”

Chuckle.

Baek Jin-woo smiled.

“Anyway, South Korea’s level is about the same whether ranker or non-ranker.”

“…”

At least in Baek Jin-woo’s eyes, that’s how it was.

Looking further?

World rankers and non-rankers were pretty much the same.

‘I need to look far ahead.’

It’s only been 3 years since the world changed.

No one knows who will become strong and who will become weak in the future.

Rather than typical rankers, players specialized in something were actually better.

Like Hwang Ji-woo’s flame delay, for instance.

Honestly, he’d even thought about this.

Maybe he should try using Hwang Ji-woo on the national team.

Hunkyo’s praise never stopped because she was really working hard.

‘But that’s a bit too early.’

That’s why he was picking three.

The currently confirmed national team members are as follows:

[National Team Player Roster]

[1. Non-ranker, Baek Jin-woo]

[2. Rank 3, Hong Ari]

[3. Rank 4, An Gi-jeong]

[4. Rank 8, Hwang Ju-won]

[5. Rank 15, Gi Jae-hyeok]

[6. Rank 25, Kang Ji-ho]

Exactly 6 people.

With Oh Sun-young included, that makes 7.

An Gi-jeong and Hwang Ju-won left Ilwol Guild and became SKY membership waiting members.

‘I don’t know if Kang Geon-ho will apply or not.’

Whatever’s fine.

If he applies, Hunkyo will filter them first, then Yu Ji-a will conduct direct interviews.

Using mind reading to test how sincere and passionate they are about being a player, and how loyal they’ll be to the organization.

Because mind reading has a cooldown, she can only interview one person per day…

‘But that’s still something.’

The moment they enter SKY, they become his direct disciples, so it was better to select them thoroughly even if he was going to pick them.

“Phew.”

It’s now D-90 days until the World League.

He’ll have to hope someone gets picked within that time.

“Are there quite a few applicants?”

“Don’t even get me started….”

Yu Ji-a shook her head back and forth.

“So many people flocked in that the website has already crashed twice.”

“Whoa, already?”

Baek Jin-woo clicked his tongue.

Hmm….

Will we even be able to interview all of them?

I don’t know.

If we really can’t find anyone, I’ll just put in Hwang Ji-woo or something.

“When is the test?”

“Exactly one week from now. Until then, we need to thoroughly review the documents. First, we have to filter them out through paperwork before going to Hunkyo.”

This is a big problem.

I’m already busy as it is, and now it looks like I’ll get even busier.

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