I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 222

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Transcendent Genius Trainer, Episode 222

“Currently, our guild has two hundred twenty-one youths. More than half are studying overseas or attending training academies, and fifty are receiving training from Trainer Kang.”

The secretary reported on the current status of the Promise Guild’s youth roster.
Click—. Click-click—.
Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong scrolled through a pad as he listened.
He knew the information about the youths well enough.

It had been Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong himself who had collected these gems in the treasure chest.
While scouts and executives frequently made recommendations, Choi Ho-jeong made the final approval, so he knew them all.
All two hundred twenty-one names existed in his head.
Moreover, he had a rough understanding of their abilities and their current states.

“Call Manager Kim Han-ju for me.”

At the Guild Master’s summons, Manager Kim Han-ju quickly arrived at the Guild Master’s office.

“You called for me, sir.”
“Manager Kim. These youths under Trainer Kang—how would you like to structure the team?”
“I beg your pardon?”

He’d heard that youth training was currently in progress.
Trainers from the training team had been sent to study that method.

“The training hasn’t finished yet, but…”
“It’s a matter of faith.”

Choi Ho-jeong’s eyes held profound trust.

“In my head, I don’t think it’ll be easy.”

Youths were different from the sales team.
Teaching youths was more difficult than training the sales team, and the success rate was considerably low.

“The latent potential youths possess is literally just dormant power. It’s not easy to draw it out through simple training alone.”

It wasn’t that the training team was insufficient.
Fundamentally, promoting a youth to the First Team through training wasn’t easy in the first place.
That’s why so many guilds accumulated large numbers of youths and sought out quality trainers.
If Promise Guild’s youth success rate had been high, it would have already become the best guild in South Korea.

“But Trainer Kang Yu-jun came from the youth ranks himself.”

Kang Yu-jun had been a youth who’d never broken through for a long time.

“He understands better than anyone. That heart.”

He comprehended and saw through it.
What youths truly need.

“I heard he talked about his first attempt. Apparently he trained a youth from Sky Guild.”

Woo Ha-na, a youth from Sky Guild, was supposedly a longstanding headache for them.
She had outstanding talent, but she hadn’t broken through.
With the massive support poured into her, they said she couldn’t even be cut loose anymore.

“That’s common for youths. But Trainer Kang trained that Ha-na and promoted her to the First Team. Do you know what happened to her after?”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong said:

“She became mid-tier S-rank in just two months.”
“…!”

Just two months.

“Making a talented youth into S-rank is something you’ve done before, and Han Gyu-jin from Dream did it easily too. But…”
“Making a youth whose talent was blocked and couldn’t break through into S-rank isn’t easy.”

That alone was proof enough.
Manager Kim Han-ju smiled.

“Then I’ll prepare the structure in advance. Who should we build the team around?”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong pondered for a moment, then spoke.

“Jang Myeong-hun.”

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Bang—.
Crack—.

“Go.”

Blast—!
Light shot forth like artillery.
Following Yujun’s training, the youths began to maximize their strengths.
The gems in the treasure chest began to shine with their true light.

“That’s the level you were able to reach.”

The Geumgang Iron Staff moved.
Each time pinpoint training succeeded, the youths’ conditions improved dramatically.
One success ignited emotion and drove explosive growth.

‘Youths have overflowing potential as a foundation.’

Once they sank into despair, they sank endlessly, and when they grew, they grew wildly.
That way, Yujun trained forty youths.

Now ten remained.
Jang Myeong-hun was at the end.

His face was cold, but intense nervousness showed in his eyes.

“It’s been a while.”
“I was truly sorry back then.”

Jang Myeong-hun remembered.
Because of his nightmarish ability, he had nearly killed someone.

“Is it still the same?”
“…It’s changed.”

Jang Myeong-hun lowered his head.

“Now I can’t even draw the ability itself.”

It had grown worse than before.
Yujun nodded.

‘Ability Lock caused by trauma.’

That wasn’t all.
Crackle—. Crackle-crackle—!
Yujun frowned as he examined Jang Myeong-hun’s state.

‘It’s worse than what Manager Kim described.’

Crackle—.
-True Eye activates.
-Scanning Awakener Jang Myeong-hun!
-Thought Acceleration!

Yujun scanned Jang Myeong-hun with Thought Acceleration.
Crackle-crackle-crackle—!

There were considerable problems throughout Jang Myeong-hun’s entire body.
But Yujun smiled faintly.

-Latent Potential: Transcendent Maximum

‘Insane potential.’

The scouts of Promise Guild and Guild Master Choi’s eyes were accurate.
Jang Myeong-hun was the brightest gem in Promise’s treasure chest.

Whoosh—.
Crackle—.
Yujun focused deeper to observe Jang Myeong-hun’s condition.

-Special Notes: Ability Disparity, Trauma, Physical Decline, Emotional Overload.

‘I knew it. There’s emotional overload.’

Yujun clicked his tongue.
He’d expected it to some degree.
His ability was Explosion.
The Explosion ability had deep connections with emotion.

‘Jang Myeong-hun can’t control Explosion.’

Explosion was a skill that grew stronger the more one raged.
When Yujun had been caught in that ability and nearly died, Jang Myeong-hun had been consumed by fierce anger.
It was anger at his situation—having spent so long as a youth of Promise Guild without properly refining a single ability—and anger at himself.

‘The solution is easy.’

One just had to control the rage while maintaining rationality.
But executing that was difficult.

‘You have to rage coldly, but that’s easier said than done.’

You had to maintain clarity of mind while generating rage, but then the power of Explosion would inevitably weaken.

‘It’s artificial rage.’

Conversely, if he lost his composure and raged fully, he’d explode without distinction between ally and enemy.

‘The other trainers would be seriously troubled by this.’

Moreover, Jang Myeong-hun’s stats were flashy compared to other youths.

‘His ceiling is already high. And it can go higher.’

Transcendent Maximum latent potential didn’t manifest for nothing.

‘Then. I’ll manage it with a Hidden Trait.’

Yujun recalled his earlier training of Meryl Holland.

‘Among Hidden Traits, there are those tied to emotion.’

Meryl Holland had awakened the Hidden Trait that made her faster the more fear she felt—Turn Fear Into an Ally—and shattered her existing limits entirely.

-Confirming Hidden Trait!

Yujun checked his Hidden Trait.

-Hidden Trait: Madness Awakening (Awakened)

‘A Hidden Trait that grows stronger the more he rages.’

It was a decent Hidden Trait, but in this current situation, it only had a counterproductive effect.

‘But this is a Hidden Trait matched to his ability.’

Normally, Jang Myeong-hun was quite composed.
Completely opposite to his ability.

‘Then there must be more.’

Crackle—!
Yujun’s Thought Acceleration pierced through the Hidden Trait confirmation.

-Confirming Un-awakened Hidden Trait.
-Hidden Trait: Super Freezing (Un-awakened)

Yujun smirked.

‘I knew it would be there.’

-Awakening Hidden Trait: Super Freezing!
-Points consumed!
-20,000 Points consumed!

Ordinarily, this Super Freezing wasn’t entirely a good Hidden Trait either.

‘Becoming too composed reduces physical metabolism, slowing mana circulation.’

It was a Hidden Trait where one could think calmly, but at the cost of reduced physical capability and weakened power.

‘But for Jang Myeong-hun now, it’s perfect.’

“I’m truly sorry, but since I can’t use my ability…”

Jang Myeong-hun said it would be difficult to receive training.
He hid his emotions well, but the sense that he was about to cry couldn’t be erased.
He wanted to receive training.
But he couldn’t use his ability.

“You’re worried you’ll lay waste to this whole place?”
“…Yes.”
“Drop that worry.”

Yujun said:

“I will absolutely stop it for you.”

But merely hearing those words wouldn’t enable him to use his ability.
If it were that simple, he would have succeeded long ago.

-True Word Correction activates!

‘I have no choice but to force it open.’

Yujun activated True Word Correction and struck him with the Geumgang Iron Staff.
Bang—! Crack—!

“…!”

Crack—. Crackle-crack-crack—!
Mana began to surge through Jang Myeong-hun’s body.
Yujun was forcibly drawing out his ability.

“Senior…!”

In that moment, Jang Myeong-hun recalled the nightmare from before.

“It’s fine.”

Rumble—! Rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble—!
Now it couldn’t be contained.
It would explode. It was about to explode.
Rage welled up. Rage filled with countless emotions.
Why was he still here?
Why couldn’t he control a single ability?
Hoped for.
Hated.
Wounded…

Blast—!
Welling rage.

“This won’t do. Please stop me. I can’t…”

Yujun smirked.

-Hidden Trait activates!
-Super Freezing!

“It doesn’t explode.”
“What…?”

Just as Yujun said, it didn’t explode.
Rather, his mind became clear.
Even as fierce rage boiled within, he could find rationality.
This state was his first time experiencing it.

“What is this…?”
“Your power.”

Yujun lowered the staff and spoke.

“You were always capable of control. You just couldn’t do it because you were afraid. I’ve just awakened that ability you’ve had all along.”

Jang Myeong-hun was definitely raging.
But…he could control it.
It was a truly strange feeling.

“Finding rationality within rage. I’ve just awakened the ability you’ve had hidden all this time.”

Jang Myeong-hun looked down at his own hands.

“Strike. Now by your will.”

Jang Myeong-hun took his stance and threw a punch with the power of Explosion.
The Explosion ability he’d never once controlled.

Blast—!

“…Power adjustment!”

He controlled it.
Moisture gathered in Jang Myeong-hun’s eyes, and a single tear fell.
At that, Yujun smiled and praised him.

“Well done. Your control.”

Ding—!
-Training complete!
-Awakener Jang Myeong-hun has been judged S-rank!

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