I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 201

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Transcendent Genius Trainer, Chapter 201

At Yujun’s rebuke, the trainers’ expressions hardened in an instant.
Pathetic?
They were the primary culprits who had destroyed the Promise Guild?
Anger surged up in that moment.

“Now you’ve got the right fire in your eyes. Good. That’s how it should be. You should be angry.”

Yujun smiled, satisfied.

“Your pride ought to sting. Because what I just said, I meant every word. A trainer is responsible for the guild’s growth. It’s the trainer’s role to correct the Awakeners’ weaknesses and amplify their strengths.”

Yet the trainers of Promise were failing to fulfill that role properly.

“……Trainer Kang knows this much, doesn’t he?”

The trainers clenched their fists.
This situation hadn’t always been this way.
Promise Guild was among the largest guilds in South Korea.
Naturally, to become an official trainer at such a place required exceptional ability.
Everyone gathered here had once been a promising trainer in the industry, and they had all proven their worth.

“The Awakeners are refusing training. They’re saying there’s no reason to accept feedback because our training methods are subpar.”
“And Hwang Jin-seong is at the center of it all.”
“Yujun. No, wait—Trainer Kang. If you’re Trainer Kang, I don’t think we need to explain further.”

Kim Han-ju, who had been speaking casually, corrected his tone.
Yujun, who knew the internal affairs well, would understand better than anyone.
They weren’t neglecting their duties or refusing to work out of laziness.

“I understand. I understand it well, which is exactly why I’m saying this.”

Yujun nodded and surveyed the trainers around him.

‘They’re not even properly maintaining their own physical condition.’

“I’d appreciate it if you’d all put on the VR Machines.”

No amount of talking would accomplish what direct experience could.
Yujun intended to make them understand firsthand.

Everyone looked at Kim Han-ju, their Team Leader.

Kim Han-ju held Yujun’s gaze steadily.
His eyes contained not a shred of hesitation.
His expression had changed completely from the look he’d worn during his days as a Youth.

“……Everyone, put on the VR Machines.”

Kim Han-ju gave the order, then donned his own VR Machine.
Following his lead, the trainers of Promise Guild one by one equipped themselves with VR Machines.
Once Yujun confirmed that everyone had put on the VR Machines, he spoke.

“Then we shall begin.”

Hummmmmmm—!
A Dummy Awakener materialized before the fifty trainers.

“Train that Dummy Awakener. Use whatever methods feel right to you. I’ll observe.”

‘First, I’ll take another look at their training.’

The moment Yujun gave the signal to begin, Kim Han-ju moved first.
As the Trainer Team Leader of Promise Guild, Kim Han-ju was the most skilled trainer among them.

His market value was correspondingly high.
Until Dream recruited Han Gyu-jin, Kim Han-ju held the record for the highest transfer fee.
His training method was overload-based.
He pushed the body to its limits through stress, then allowed recovery.

‘Among trainers, Kim Han-ju was always unique.’

His ability was that of a Debuffer—one who imposed Debuffs.

‘Normally, Awakeners with this ability serve as support damage dealers in the Tower.’

Yet he had repurposed this Debuff for training.
He deliberately weakened his trainees’ stats to strengthen other capabilities.

‘It was remarkable at the time.’

Thanks to this approach, Kim Han-ju had earned the prestigious position of Trainer Team Leader at Promise Guild and had mentored countless promising talents over the years.

‘He’s produced many S-rank Awakeners.’

Not only prospects, but he had also trained high-tier Awakeners that Promise had recruited.
To Yujun in those days, he had been a figure of admiration.
But now.

‘I didn’t know it then, but looking at him now, there are serious problems.’

His training method. And the physical condition of Kim Han-ju while conducting that training showed considerable red warning signs.

The moment Kim Han-ju’s training began, all fifty trainers started their own training in their respective styles.

“No matter how I think about it, this isn’t quite right…….”

As they began, the trainers clicked their tongues watching the Dummy Awakener before them.

“He can observe that?”
“I heard he conducted large-scale training…….”
“That was with Awakeners as subjects.”
“Doing it this way, there’d be nothing to observe and nothing to train…….”

Fifty trainers.
No matter how skilled Yujun was, conducting simultaneous training for fifty people was unreasonable.
Even focusing on a single person left one wanting.
Regardless of how much Yujun knew about them, it was past knowledge.
Moreover, they were trainers themselves.
They required training methods different from those for Awakeners.

“This won’t work.”
“Well, we should try anyway. What else can we do?”

Though the trainers responded negatively, they nonetheless focused on the Dummy Awakener before them as Yujun instructed.

“Hmm.”
“He set it up this way?”

The Dummy Awakener that Yujun had configured was in a serious state of dysfunction.
By any reasonable measure, training would be impossible in such a condition.
It was absurd, but they began training as best they could with what they had.

-True Eye activates!
-Deep Scan!

Yujun activated Deep Scan and set his Lightning Mana in motion.
Crackle—.
Crackle-crackle-crackle—!
Eyes gleaming red.
And across his entire body, blue lightning coursed and coiled.
Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle—!
The power flowed directly to his mind.

-Thought Acceleration activated!

Vast amounts of information began streaming in.
In that accelerated state of thought, Yujun quickly scanned through the trainers.

‘There’s no way around suspicion.’

The situation Yujun had created was unreasonable by any trainer’s standard.

‘Training would be impossible in such a situation.’

Under normal circumstances, at least.
But if it could be done, the efficiency would be extraordinary.

‘If it’s possible, the efficiency is quite remarkable. And they’ll only believe it if they see it.’

He intended to deliver a decisive impact to them.

‘The one I ultimately need to teach at Promise is Hwang Jin-seong.’

SS-rank Awakener, Hwang Jin-seong.

‘Capturing the interest of that difficult Hwang Jin-seong.’

“Mana is leaking from the left scapular region. When correcting training, you need to swing harder. Like this.”

Thud—.
Yujun, wielding the Geumgang Sacheol Staff, struck precisely at a trainer’s scapular region.
The leaking mana immediately stabilized, and the corrective force increased.

“The Mana Circuit adjustment is loose. Efficiency suffers. To improve efficiency, let the mana flow naturally, then stimulate the circuit at precise timing. Like this.”

Crack—!
As Yujun walked among the trainers, the Geumgang Sacheol Staff struck precisely at the right points each time.

“Wha……?”

In the minds of the trainers was imprinted the image of Yujun from his golden Youth days.
But at this very moment, that golden Youth version of Yujun no longer existed.
Before their eyes stood South Korea’s only SS-rank Trainer.
Despite the simplicity of his words and actions, the dramatic changes they felt were impossible to ignore.

“Residual mana lingers in the circuit. That effectively means double training, and it reduces efficiency.”

Observe carefully and train with certainty.

“Your fingertips. Your fingertips are wavering. When a trainer wavers, so does the Awakener.”

Crack—! Thud—!

-Language Correction!

Along with Language Correction, Yujun unfurled Synchronization and Force Sync: Avatar widely.

-Force Sync: Avatar activated!

“……!”

Then they felt it clearly.
That something was changing dramatically through Yujun’s training.

“Is he simultaneously……training fifty people right now?”

And it wasn’t mere training, either.
He was training the trainers themselves.
He was grasping every aspect of their methods and conveying corrections that approached the ideal to each of them.

“It’s working…….”

Training that had been difficult before.
It had required repetitive stimulation of the Mana Circuit, and even then the success rate was low.
But now they succeeded with ease.

Without expending great effort.
Timing.
When they moved at the precise timing Yujun described, the deficiencies were compensated, and the Dummy Awakener’s training began to succeed.

-Training successful!

“This is impossible.”

Did they not know the issues Yujun was pointing out?
No. They had known all along.
As trainers, they were acutely and sensitively aware of their own shortcomings.
They were things they knew but could not fix.
So they corrected what they could and created the best situation possible otherwise, but they never resolved the fundamental problem.
Yet in this moment, Yujun’s training was solving every aspect of that problem.

“We knew it all along…….”

The things they knew but could not do had become possible through Yujun’s training.
Yujun smiled as he watched the trainers.

‘This was always the moment I longed for back then.’

That longed-for moment was before his eyes.
In this very instant, Yujun was proving himself.

“Why……why is this working……?”

Yujun answered.

“Because I’ve made it work for you.”

Among Promise’s trainers, there was only astonishment.
Normally, one would never configure a Dummy Awakener this way.
The problems compounded upon each other, making proper training effectively impossible.
Yet now they were smoothly training that problem-laden Dummy Awakener.

Thud—.
Grasping the surging Mana Road.

-Dummy Awakener’s problem resolved!
-Dummy Awakener’s problem resolved!
-Dummy Awakener’s problem……

Crackle—!
Yujun swiftly deactivated Thought Acceleration.

“Phew.”

The trainers who had doubted Yujun now carried reverence and trust in their eyes.

‘Now only one remains.’

Trainer Team Leader Kim Han-ju.

“Manager Kim. I can see you’ve been through a lot. It wasn’t visible back then.”

Kim Han-ju, unlike the other trainers, was in significantly poor physical condition.

‘Overexertion in training.’

He had sacrificed his own body to train SS-rank and S-rank Awakeners.

‘His Mana Road is damaged. Especially the hands.’

Because much of his training focused on hand movements, the Mana Road in his hands had deteriorated significantly.

‘He’s probably taken many potions and received much treatment trying to recover.’

But no matter how much treatment or potions, if one didn’t address the root cause and continued using the area, the condition would only worsen.

‘And he kept pushing hard with excessive training in an improperly healed state, making things worse.’

Indeed, Kim Han-ju was struggling to conduct proper training of the Dummy Awakener.

“How long has it been since you stopped training directly?”
“……What do you mean?”
“Haven’t you gone some time without hands-on training?”

There was no way he could train S-rank or above Awakeners in such a condition.

‘It’s probably been more than a month.’

A trainer had to train daily.
Otherwise, one’s sense would rust over.
Some might say merely a month was too short to rust, but such deterioration was inevitable.
Especially for a trainer who had to discern, penetrate, and refine the condition of their subject rather than themselves.

At Yujun’s words, Kim Han-ju closed his eyes.

“……Yes.”

He painfully affirmed Yujun’s observation.

“It’s been about a month.”

For a month now, he had been planning and offering advice on training, but could not engage in direct training himself.
As he answered, Kim Han-ju felt deep humiliation.
Not because of Yujun’s words.
It was humiliation at the situation itself—that a Trainer Team Leader had become unable to conduct proper training.

“To be honest, I know my body is in a state where retirement would be the right choice. With a body like this, I can’t train anymore. Even if everything healed, it would be the same.”

His body could endure no more.
Even with repeated treatment, he’d just injure the same places again.

“Don’t worry. There will be no reason for you to retire.”

Yujun remembered.
He had not forgotten that day.

-I’m not giving up. If you don’t give up, we go all the way.

“Because I have no intention of giving up.”

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