I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 148

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Becomes One Chapter 148

Hero.
Training.
The two concepts didn’t align, and Jung Sang-hyeok’s mind ground to a halt.
As he was barely managing to process this, the Trainer Association President appeared entering through the main entrance.

“Ahem.”

Seeing the foreign Awakened Ones gathered there, his expression brightened slightly.
He then headed straight for the stairs, apparently intent on reaching the Association President’s Office.

“Association President.”

Jung Sang-hyeok quickly followed and bowed respectfully, and the Association President greeted him warmly in return.

“Yes, Trainer Jung. How’s the training progressing? The Association’s a bit chaotic, I know. Everyone’s making a fuss looking for Trainer Kang. Don’t worry though. It’ll be sorted out soon.”
“Yes, sir. The training is going well. But I just heard that Trainer Kang Yu-jun trained a Hero. Is that actually true?”
“You didn’t know? The whole country’s in an uproar.”
“I’ve been focused on training Yun Su-han, so I only just heard about it.”

The Association President spoke clearly to the somewhat embarrassed Jung Sang-hyeok.

“It’s true. I just witnessed it myself. Sorry, but I’m busy, so I’ll take my leave.”

At that, Jung Sang-hyeok stood frozen in place, while the Association President chuckled softly and headed toward his office.
Left alone in that spot, Jung Sang-hyeok was astonished.
He quickly turned on his phone.

“Wow. Wow.”

News articles, YouTube, Hunternet.
Everything was buzzing with talk of Kang Yu-jun.

“I can’t believe I didn’t know about this.”

It had become such a massive issue that any Korean would inevitably know about it by now.
And there was good reason.
It was training for a Hero, after all.

……

Jung Sang-hyeok, reading through the articles, let out a hollow laugh.

“At this rate, you’re just going to skip right past us?”

He muttered in disbelief about the talk of adding Yujun to the New Three Great Trainers to make them the New Four Great Trainers instead.

“He trained a Hero. Why would he be among the New Three Great Trainers?”

Yujun’s achievements had already surpassed those of the New Three Great Trainers.
He now operated in a realm occupied by the Three Great Trainers: Do Kang-myeong, Yeon Da-seul, and Han Gyu-jin.

“Wait, didn’t he surpass them too? Training a Hero is on a completely different level.”

It was something those three hadn’t accomplished.
No matter how much trainers might each have their specialties, training a Hero was simply a different tier of work altogether.
At this point, Jung Sang-hyeok didn’t even feel jealousy.

“Not long ago, I only knew him as a prospect who’d been released from a guild.”

It wasn’t simply that he’d gained one ability and reversed his life.
Among trainers, there were quite a few who possessed abilities specialized in training.
Jung Sang-hyeok himself had an ability considered specialized for training.

“I’ve heard my Thousand-Mile Eye is rare enough that only a handful of people in the entire world possess it, but what kind of ability could he have to train even a Hero?”

This was the ability he’d honed to reach the position of one of the New Three Great Trainers.

At this level, there was no room for jealousy or resentment.
Only a sense of awe.

“Yeah. Letting the truck pass is the right call.”

Standing up to a truck hurtling wildly forward wasn’t wise.
The smart thing was to step aside and go your own way.

“Let’s stick with being one of the New Three Great Trainers.”

If a magpie tries to copy a crane’s gait, it’ll end up tearing its own legs.

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Association President’s Office.
Director Ryu Jung-hwan had just finished his call with the Cheonrae Choi Family.

—I understand. I grasp the situation completely. I realize we can’t just speak for our side alone. Let’s meet and discuss further.

He’d agreed to meet with the Cheonrae Choi Family and discuss things further.
But they too seemed to have had some of their momentum blunted.

“This might actually give Trainer Kang more leverage.”

Until the dragon training was complete, the Cheonrae Choi Family’s stance had been quite firm.
But with this Hero training, their tone had softened considerably.
In the current situation, who could possibly claim that the S-rank License was issued too quickly to Yujun?
Rather, people were saying that even an S-rank License seemed insufficient.
Therefore, even the Cheonrae Choi Family couldn’t afford to simply oppose it.

And so the Association President seized this as an opportunity.
Not for the Association itself.
But for Kang Yu-jun.

“This might let us reorganize the license tier system as well.”

The trainer industry’s current tier system, with S-rank as the highest, could be restructured to create a new tier above it.

Knock, knock.

“Trainer Kang Yu-jun has arrived!”
“Send him in!”

The door opened and Yujun stepped inside.
The Association President welcomed him with a broad smile.

“Welcome. I actually have another matter to discuss with you, Trainer Kang.”

The Association President immediately brought up the Japan training matter.

“It’s truly rare. As you know, Japan has many excellent trainers. On top of that, their pride runs so deep they’d never seek assistance from another country under normal circumstances.”
“If they still reached out, the difficulty must be substantial?”
“Yes, exactly. They say they’ve thrown in the towel entirely. So they’ve swallowed their pride and brought us an enormous compensation package along with their request.”

The official documentation listed it as a request for cooperation from Korean trainers, but the Association President didn’t take it at face value.

“This is almost certainly a request specifically intended for you, Trainer Kang. No matter how urgent their situation, Japan already knows our trainers’ level. They would never send a formal document like this.”

Japan couldn’t be unaware of Yeon Da-seul’s or Do Kang-myeong’s capabilities.
And even though Han Gyu-jin has been on the rise recently, his foundation lies in overseas training.
Japan had no particular reason to ask for his help.
And given that this formal request came after the dragon training concluded, what they had in mind was unmistakably Kang Yu-jun.

“After analyzing the dragon training situation, they seem to have come to a decision. Japan has been conducting Demon Beast training as well, after all.”

Consequently, they understood well the difficulty of Demon Beast training, and witnessing you accomplish what even top international trainers like Sarah Jennings couldn’t, they seem to have gained a measure of confidence.

“So they figured that if you could handle dragon training, it might be worth trusting you with this?”
“Yes. And the situation appears quite pressing.”

The Association President gave a brief briefing on the situation.

“The urgency is severe. Famous trainers in Japan have taken on the case but failed. After the situation worsened, nobody’s willing to try anymore. If something goes wrong during training and that royal perishes, they’d be branded a traitor.”

If it were merely an SS-rank Awakened, there wouldn’t be such a shortage of volunteers.

‘Being their own royal family, it’s understandably a heavier burden.’

Yujun had heard the story before.

“Yamura Kei. An SS-rank Awakened with Pyrokinesis.”

At that name, Yujun nodded.
It was exactly the name he’d known.

‘Japan’s sole SS-rank Awakened who gave up on training.’

He’d once been Japan’s representative Awakened.
The first to reach SS-rank, and he’d done so faster than any other Awakened.

Japan now possessed an SSS-rank Awakened, but at that time there’d been none, and only Kei had been evaluated as capable of reaching that tier.
But he’d challenged the Tower of Despair and ended up like this.

‘I’d heard rumors he’d recovered, but apparently that wasn’t the case at all.’

“You may have heard his name. There was quite a lot of talk about him back then. I heard his condition had improved as well.”

But this was false information put out for public consumption, when in reality his condition had severely deteriorated.

“The Tower of Despair is one of the most dangerous towers in Japan.”

The Tower of Despair remained one of Japan’s most dangerous structures to this day.
It was nearly sealed off and kept under strict management to prevent any outbursts.
As a result, nobody had seriously attempted to challenge it, but Kei had gone ahead and done so.
It had been an attempt aimed at creating Japan’s first SSS-rank Awakened at the time.

‘In the end, the worst possible outcome came to pass.’

“And yet, despite the urgency, Japan still came to us asking for help? That’s truly surprising.”

This was Japan’s trauma.
It was simultaneously a revelation of Japan’s powerlessness.

“I was quite shocked when I first heard about it too. I never expected Japan to expose such a weakness so plainly and come bowing.”

Director Lee Ji-tae understood the implication of Yujun’s words.
And he offered his speculation about Japan’s psychology.

“I suspect they’re clinging to a thread of hope that you might be capable of this, Trainer Kang. That’s why they included a treasure like the Golden Ring Shield.”

The Golden Ring Shield was an artifact that couldn’t be converted into mere money.
They were willing to hand it over if it meant securing the training.

“But you should be cautious. There may be those who are quietly hoping for your failure.”

Yujun understood Director Lee’s concern.
Korea’s growth was hardly welcome news for Japan.
Should Yamura Kei perish during training, they’d seize that as leverage to assign responsibility.
Yujun ran through the situation mentally.
Baek Hyeon-jin’s abilities were sealed as if burned away, so despite being SS-rank, he couldn’t use them.
Kei, meanwhile, couldn’t use his abilities because they were in a state of runaway.

“That’s good.”

Perfect conditions, really.
While the various interests it would bring were certainly welcome, what appealed to him most was the symbolic significance of the training itself.

“At this point in time, Japan’s trainer level is higher than ours, wouldn’t you say, Association President?”
“That’s an undeniable fact.”
“Then I’ll go show you whether that’s really true.”

Yujun spoke with absolute confidence.

“Whether it really is.”

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