I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 155

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Transcendent Genius Trainer 155

Prince Kei’s national broadcast reached South Korea swiftly.

-Japan’s Royal Family Member Kei! Returns from the Brink of Death!
-The One Who Trained Him? South Korea’s Supernova “Kang Yu-jun?”

Everyone was startled by the news that Yujun had successfully trained Kei, a member of the royal family deeply respected even in Japan.

-??
-Why in Japan…?
-Don’t tell me he naturalized…?

The people had a trauma.
There had once been a major brain drain incident in South Korea.
It was an era when advanced Awakener nations were pouring enormous sums of money to secure Awakeners, heating up the competition.
Quite a few had leaked out during that time, and it was far from the first time the nation felt the humiliation of weakness watching those who were supposed to be South Korea’s representatives and pride become the property of other countries.

-He didn’t naturalize.
-Apparently he was commissioned.
-Thank goodness.
-The Japanese government directly commissioned this.
-Our Management Bureau and their equivalent agency asked Trainer Kang Yu-jun to do it, I hear.
-They said it was incredibly difficult too.

On Hunternet, the Awakeners’ community, people debated the difficulty level of this training.

-Seems like it was similar to when they trained the Hero.
-But the Hero at least continued living as an ordinary person, while this one was in full rampage… on the very brink of death.
-He trained someone who was on the brink of death?
-I mean, if he’d actually died in the process…
-This is seriously no joke.

The Awakeners on Hunternet wagged their tongues at Kang Yu-jun’s audacity.

-Wait, he’s a Trainer, but…
-From what I hear, when Awakener Baek Hyeon-jin was trained, he literally bet his life on it too, right?
-Trainer really committed…
-He’s a guy who’s genuinely serious about training.

There had never been anyone so serious about training before.

-Is this crazy? Japan barely ever requests anything from us.

In the field of Awakeners and Trainers, South Korea was the one making requests, not receiving them.
Especially in the Trainer field, Japan was far ahead of South Korea.

-Wow…
-Wasn’t that huge disaster just recently?
-I remember it too. The Yamamoto Jun’ya incident.
-I thought it was all over then. I never imagined the gap would be that wide.

After the Jun’ya incident, even the occasional requests that came into South Korea all disappeared.

-But we’re producing results like this now.
-This is truly National Pride.
-At this point, I’m curious.
-When does this guy ever rest?
-I’m betting he never does.
-Probably moves straight to the next one.

Now there was no one hoping for Yujun to rest anymore.

-So will the next one be overseas?
-Who knows. Can’t even predict anymore. He’s growing by shattering all existing conventions, you know.
-Don’t tell me another announcement’s coming out right away?
-As if.

But that “as if” was already in preparation.

* * *

After the training exchange ended.
All the Japanese Trainers expressed their gratitude to Yujun and left, hoping for another exchange someday.

“Yes, sir. The exchange has concluded. I felt I should report this immediately, so I’m calling at once. Korean Trainers can no longer be underestimated.”

Each one hastily contacted their respective organizations to report the situation.

“It’s different. Unlike any Korean Trainer I’ve encountered so far.”
“Do Kang-myeong? Yeon Da-seul? No. A new level entirely. How was Trainer Yamamoto? Excellent. No, wait—I can barely remember. Because of the training I saw from Trainer Kang Yu-jun at the end…”

All their memories had been overwritten.
In their minds, only Kang Yu-jun’s training remained vivid.

“One thing is certain—we might fall behind.”
“Rather than accepting Trainer Yamamoto’s methods… we need to adopt Trainer Kang Yu-jun’s methods!”
“What? What kind of methods? That’s…”

They fumbled through their explanation to whoever was on the other end of the phone.

“With just that one staff…”

-What are you talking about! Does that even make sense?

An irritated response came back.

“…”

Does it make sense?

“It doesn’t, no.”
“It’s just as nonsensical as Prince Kei’s training.”

For them, it was deeply frustrating.
He really did show that insane performance with just a single staff—what were they supposed to say?

* * *

“Trainer Han!”
“Teacher Han!”

The Dream Guild, which had poured massive money into recruiting Awakeners yet couldn’t rise above 7th place, had since solidified 5th and was now aiming higher.

At the center of it all was Han Gyu-jin, who had signed a Trainer contract with a massive signing bonus.
When Han Gyu-jin first joined Dream with an enormous sum, there were mixed feelings of hope and concern.

Hope that Dream could soar with Han Gyu-jin’s recruitment.
Concern about whether they really needed to spend that much, even if he was a Trainer recognized overseas.
Within such circumstances, Han Gyu-jin didn’t let himself be discouraged and went about his work.
He not only trained the existing Awakeners but boldly called up unprepared Youths and threw them into training.

The results appeared faster than expected.
He awakened the Youths’ potential, pulling all of them up to A-rank or higher.
Those Youths filled the second team, with some just short of becoming part of the first team’s fifth roster.
Because of this, Dream now had countless promising talents.
Word had spread far that if you received training from Han Gyu-jin, Dream’s second team was guaranteed, and you could even aim for the first team.
And today was a training session for one such Youth who had become A-rank in a short period and joined the first team.

“Gasp…”
“This training is no joke.”
“At this rate, another S-rank will emerge?”

The Dream Guild originally had several A-rank Trainers besides Han Gyu-jin.
After he arrived, they became his assistants, and initially all of them were displeased.
But after assisting him for just one day, they willingly gave their best to supporting him.

The reason was simple.
Han Gyu-jin’s training was on a different level.
Rather, they could learn about training through him.
So they devoted themselves to supporting him.
And this was the result.
The guild was on the verge of producing its 17th S-rank Awakener.

“Insane. In less than half a year, already the 17th.”

One of the assistant Trainers let out a whistle.
This was an incredible pace.
There had never been a Trainer who produced S-ranks this quickly.

“Teacher Do Kang-myeong couldn’t do this! Teacher Yeon Da-seul couldn’t either!”
“People say Trainer Kang Yu-jun is the trend now… but I think Teacher Han Gyu-jin is more impressive!”

At those words, Han Gyu-jin smiled slightly.
He, too, had considerable interest in Yujun.

“Dragon Training isn’t something anyone can do. And beating out Sarah Jennings is even harder.”

He knows well how formidable the top-tier Trainers overseas are.

“And training the Hero… even more so.”

Han Gyu-jin then said that and returned to his private room, opening his phone.
On a channel with five million subscribers, Trainer expert Go Beom-jun was discussing Kang Yu-jun.

-Let me explain in more detail just how remarkable this is! He accomplished what even Sarah Jennings couldn’t. She’s one of the top S-rank Trainers in America. Though she’s S-rank, she operates on a different level from domestic S-rank Trainers.

He spoke excitedly, raising his voice.

-And this was done in just 57 days. How did he obtain an S-rank License in just 57 days? The key lies in this Dragon Training. This training that was won by defeating an overseas Trainer famous just by name alone!

-And look at this! The Hero’s training! We all know Awakener Baek Hyeon-jin, don’t we?

Han Gyu-jin, watching the video, smiled faintly.

“Old man Go’s excited.”

The two had some degree of acquaintance.

-But isn’t it difficult for a Trainer like this to emerge domestically?
-That’s true. Honestly, the best would be to study abroad. Of course, studying abroad isn’t a cure-all. If it were, everyone would have gone abroad. Trainer Han Gyu-jin is a source of hope. The advanced training methods there aren’t easy to learn.

Everyone thought Han Gyu-jin had easily improved by learning advanced training methods abroad.
But Han Gyu-jin had never rested a single day overseas.
No—rest wasn’t even the issue. His body and mind had never known comfort.
Every day he ascended the Tower.
He climbed the Tower, training rough Awakeners and breathing in rhythm with them.

Their methods.
He had staked his life to absorb everything about them.
He’d returned after such a fierce process, but he didn’t bother mentioning it.

‘It’s good that it looks easy. It’s good that everyone’s letting their guard down around me.’

Han Gyu-jin smiled.
Looking easy ultimately meant insufficient analysis of him, which in turn meant no Trainer existed who could properly keep up with him.
Han Gyu-jin had returned with ambition.

In that respect, Kang Yu-jun’s existence was very interesting.

“He’s clearly a domestic Trainer.”

No overseas experience.
He hadn’t even been a Trainer until recently.
Yet his results were overwhelmingly superior.

Hong Jun-yong and Seo Yu-ri—these two had reputations for being difficult even in the industry.
Of course, Han Gyu-jin was confident.
If he took on both of them, he could do exactly what Kang Yu-jun had done.
But he thought it would take considerable time, and he didn’t want to shoulder the risk of failure.

“Beating Sarah Jennings is impressive. And training the Hero on top of that.”

This couldn’t be reduced to mere talent.

“What does he have?”

There’s something different about Kang Yu-jun.
A-rank right from the start.
S-rank achieved in less than two months.
It was something that could shake the entire nation of South Korea.

“I came back to change things.”

He had indeed completely transformed Dream and was now shaking up the domestic Trainer landscape.
Now came the next step.
He was thinking of raising his influence to bring overseas Trainers into the country.

Unlimited competition.
His goal was to inject tension and freshness into the domestic scene through this, and further elevate the level of domestic training.
But if this happened, all eyes would inevitably turn to Yujun.

“I’d need to bring him to my side to implement the plan properly.”

In many ways, it was an unsatisfactory situation.
But not all hope was lost.
Kang Yu-jun’s path might be the same as his own.

“I’d like to meet him once.”

From what he’d heard, a meeting didn’t seem easy to arrange.
He deliberated for a moment, then made a decision.

“I should have a word with the association president.”

And then.

-Everyone, we’ve just received breaking news.
-Trainer Kang Yu-jun has succeeded in new training!
-Japan’s Prince Kei has been normalized through training by Trainer Kang Yu-jun!

“…?”

Han Gyu-jin’s pupils trembled.

“Prince Kei?”

Han Gyu-jin knew well about Prince Kei.
He was one of the hottest topics in the neighboring country, after all.

“That prince who was nearly dead? How…?”

Han Gyu-jin stared intently at the broadcast in bewilderment.

-Articles are continuously emerging as we speak.

“…It was just days ago. When he trained the Hero. But he went to Japan and trained Prince Kei?”

Ding-!
That wasn’t all.

-Right now! The Hero Baek Hyeon-jin is making his comeback! Thanks to training from Trainer Kang Yu-jun!

An article appeared announcing that Baek Hyeon-jin’s comeback press conference would be held one hour from now.
Go Beom-jun shouted.

-Something… is changing.

“…”

Han Gyu-jin’s eyes grew deeper.

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