I Got a Monster Spaceship from the Tutorial Tower - Chapter 25

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Episode 25
25
“A Space Warship is a reassuring ally.”
An ally.
An ally, he said.
Jin Yong turned the word over in his mind.
In other words, he wasn’t saying Yeon Woo would join the Meng Ho Clan, but neither would he betray the trust between them.
Though it was only a promise in words.
And what would Yeon Woo gain from this false registration?
Probably the ability to properly manage the enormous broadcasting revenue he was already earning through Earth’s hero.
He’d also receive the disposal rights for Scrap and various other benefits provided to Pilots.
In essence, Jin Yong was creating a false identity for Yeon Woo to operate as a Pilot.
‘Then…….’
Jin Yong quickly finished his calculations.
“This is remarkable…… I’ve managed a Clan for quite some time, but I’ve never received a proposal like this.”
Jin Yong spoke with a cold smile.
The Meng Ho Clan had been a powerhouse that competed for the top position in Korea from the moment of its founding.
To think he would receive a proposal to thoroughly exploit that very Clan.
‘Is he refusing?’
Yeon Woo felt his spirits sink at the sight.
Of course, it wasn’t as if he were asking to operate within their Clan—he was only asking to borrow its name, which was ultimately a matter of pride.
He’d even considered the possibility of being rejected from the start.
But then.
“We have no choice but to welcome such a proposal.”
“?!”
Both Yeon Woo and Ha Yoon were startled by Jin Yong’s follow-up.
Until just moments ago, it had seemed like an outright rejection.
Jin Yong, smiling once more, appeared warm again, as if nothing had changed.
“Let me confirm one thing. How much time are we talking about?”
“Well…… roughly around the fortieth floor. That’s about what I was estimating.”
“Less than a month left?”
“…….”
At Jin Yong’s matter-of-fact calculation, Yeon Woo found himself momentarily at a loss for words.
He hadn’t been thinking of it in such long terms either.
‘Less than a month—that means clearing one floor a day, just like now, right?’
Right now, Jin Yong was essentially affirming that the momentum of Yeon Woo and the Space Warship would not falter all the way to the fortieth floor.
In fact, he seemed to have even more certainty than Yeon Woo himself.
“That should be sufficient. Later, if you give permission, I can mention it separately to the director of the Control Authority. Then there won’t be any problems. In fact, the Control Authority will probably welcome it.”
“If you say it that way…….”
Yeon Woo nodded, somewhat bewildered.
Not just approval—to think they’d actually welcome it.
Jin Yong, as if seizing the moment to finish things, took out the tablet that lay beside him.
“Let’s do the registration right now. The procedure is simple.”
Then he asked Yeon Woo for some personal information.
“Your name is Yeon Woo Seo, correct?”
“Yes.”
“Address and ID number…… ah, even with a false registration, if we fake those, it becomes a real problem.”
“R-right, I suppose so.”
Yeon Woo understood perfectly.
Creating a genuinely new identity wasn’t just a different matter in degree from a false registration—it was a completely different category of problem.
“All that’s left is the scan.”
Once he placed his hand on the scanner and completed it, the system would verify what Rank he had awakened as.
Jin Yong, who had been frowning in thought for a moment,
“I’ll do it.”
With a soft tap,
he placed his own hand on the scanner.
A faint hum sounded as Jin Yong’s Rank—C—was entered into the system.
Neither low nor particularly high.
But Yeon Woo didn’t miss the dark shadow that flickered across Jin Yong’s face.
‘Cha Jin Yong, the Clan Leader of the Meng Ho Clan, founded it…….’
Anyone who had looked into Jin Yong’s past would understand why—it was a history that couldn’t be overlooked.
But Jin Yong soon smiled and closed the tablet screen.
“Well, that’s all settled now, C-Rank Pilot Yeon Woo.”
“……Thank you.”
Yeon Woo, who hadn’t expected the conversation to go so smoothly, stood and shook hands with Jin Yong.
Crack.
“?”
But Jin Yong’s grip on Yeon Woo’s hand tightened with peculiar force.
Was he signaling that something displeased him?
And reflexively, to match the pressure, Yeon Woo applied a little strength in return.
“Agh!”
Jin Yong gave a startled cry, a gasp of agony.
‘What—what grip strength!’
Though it hadn’t seemed like Yeon Woo was using much force at all, the pressure that suddenly surged forth was truly enormous.
It was as though an elephant had stepped on his hand.
Of course, Yeon Woo’s expression remained perfectly composed.
“……?”
Ha Yoon, oblivious to whatever had just passed between them, simply stared at Jin Yong in confusion.
Jin Yong, nursing his wounded pride, offered an awkward smile and addressed Yeon Woo.
“Well, it’s not about anything else—I’ve granted your request, and there are a couple of things I’d like to ask in return.”
“Ah, yes. Please, go ahead.”
Yeon Woo nodded, now understanding Jin Yong’s intention.
So that’s why he’d squeezed so hard—he must have been planning to make some rather difficult requests.
The atmosphere had fizzled out from Yeon Woo’s counter-grip, but.
* * *
A short time later.
Yeon Woo and Ha Yoon stepped out from the Meng Ho Clan’s annex.
“If you have anything to discuss with me or the Clan Leader in the future, come here. I’ve heard your access has already been approved.”
“Yes, thanks to you, I’ve solved quite a troublesome problem.”
To Yeon Woo’s grinning reply, Ha Yoon hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“If the Clan Leader’s request feels too burdensome, you don’t have to…….”
“No, it’s fine. It’s not really a difficult request.”
Yeon Woo waved his hand dismissively.
Jin Yong’s request was surprisingly straightforward.
One was to maintain confidentiality about his identity going forward, but to broadcast his raids live.
The reasoning was that this would increase the Space Warship’s influence and significantly boost broadcasting revenue.
‘Well, I’ve registered as a Pilot now anyway, so there’s no real reason to avoid it.’
Yeon Woo readily agreed, not particularly concerned about the influence aspect but grateful that his financial breathing room would improve.
Though Yeon Woo wasn’t especially materialistic, there was little virtue in refusing money he could earn.
The other request was to occasionally team up with Ha Yoon on party raids going forward.
He reasoned that even if they weren’t first clears like now, it would be good for building mutual trust and exchange.
And in the course of this discussion, one misunderstanding was also cleared up.
=As long as you don’t do interviews about me…….
=……?? What do you mean by that?
Contrary to Yeon Woo’s assumption, the Meng Ho Clan had no intention of exposing or slandering his identity.
Rather, when both sides were vying to recruit him, why would they damage that image?
Once Yeon Woo understood this, it made perfect sense.
Besides, it was a relief that the first clear wouldn’t be posted to the Earth Heroes channel, drawing unwanted attention.
And then Yeon Woo broached the next topic.
“The Clan Leader said your fighter was destroyed in Total Destruction, didn’t you?”
Clan Leader Jin Yong appeared remarkably lively and outgoing.
But as a Pilot, Jin Yong carried a deep wound.
Jin Yong, with decent skill and good character, had earned the respect of his fellow Pilots.
Two years after the Tutorial Tower opened, at a Raid Portal over Chungcheong Province, he’d been shot down trying to rescue another Pilot.
His fighter, the Hexagon, was deemed beyond repair—Total Destruction.
He would never fly with a fighter again.
It was the moment his wings were broken.
After three months of seclusion, Jin Yong founded a Clan called the Meng Ho, announcing his brilliant return.
From then on, people forgot about Pilot Jin Yong.
But the shadow that had flickered just moments ago revealed that he had never truly left those days when he was still a Pilot.
Ha Yoon nodded calmly.
“Yes.”
Occasionally, as Earth’s repair technology advanced, machines that had once been declared a total loss miraculously came back to life—but Jin Yong’s Hexagon was beyond hope.
With only three years left before the Tutorial Tower’s deadline, it was rational to abandon any hope.
“Hmm…….”
Yeon Woo fell silent for a moment.
‘Would Hwa Ryeon have some way to help?’
Earth’s technicians would certainly do their best, but they couldn’t match someone like Hwa Ryeon, a B-Rank mechanic officially recognized by the system.
Since he’d received considerable help this time, Yeon Woo thought it only right to see what options she might know.
Meanwhile, Ha Yoon seemed to think the conversation had run its course and began to bow.
“Then.”
“Wait, just a moment!”
Yeon Woo hurriedly caught her.
“Is there something else?”
Yeon Woo called out to the now-still Ha Yoon, glancing around to check who might be watching.
“There’s something I think I should tell you, Pilot Ha Yoon.”
A secret Yeon Woo had hidden all this time.
The greatest reason he’d decided to register secretly through the Meng Ho Clan.
“We should move somewhere more private first.”
Yeon Woo spoke with his fists clenched tight.
Ha Yoon looked at him for a moment, then spoke in her characteristically calm tone.
“Our Clan has a directive to minimize private contact between Pilots.”
“……?”
What was she talking about?
Yeon Woo stared blankly at Ha Yoon, whose words had come completely out of left field.
“I mean, about strategy going forward.”
“Ah, if it’s about that, it’s fine.”
For a moment a terrible misunderstanding had nearly taken hold, but crisis averted.
Yeon Woo and Ha Yoon found a spot where no one inside or outside the building could eavesdrop.
“I should warn you—you’re going to be very shocked. ……But that’s also how much I trust you, Pilot Ha Yoon.”
Ha Yoon simply looked at Yeon Woo without replying.
Her eyes betrayed the question: what on earth was this about?
‘Well……I can’t keep hiding it forever anyway.’
Yeon Woo took a deep breath inwardly.
For better or worse, he and Ha Yoon would inevitably keep crossing paths both inside and outside the Tower from now on.
Perhaps it was better to just lay everything bare from the start.
He’d already made Jin Yong promise to keep this absolutely secret.
And then.
「Shall I summon Vice-Commander Urelka, Pilot Marcos, and Mechanic Hwa Ryeon?」
‘Yes.’
He called the three who were waiting in the Space Warship.
The loud Goblin brothers and the bulky Gudru could be brought out another time.
Zing.
A portal similar to the one that appeared during summoning opened before Yeon Woo and Ha Yoon.
And from within it emerged the three.
“Captain, did you call for us?”
Urelka greeted him respectfully.
“So we finally meet the Pilot of the Hades!”
Marcos brightened at the sight of Ha Yoon, his internal affinity on full display.
“Pleased to meet you. I’m Hwa Ryeon.”
Hwa Ryeon smiled and greeted Ha Yoon warmly.
Yeon Woo turned to Ha Yoon, his whole body tense.
Since they’d likely be working together on strategy going forward, it seemed right to reveal things now rather than later.
But even so, he couldn’t help but feel a chill at the sight of the beings suddenly materialized before them.
And yet.
Tremble.
Ha Yoon’s reaction was far more intense than Yeon Woo had anticipated.
Her already pale skin turned even more deathly white.
She seemed like a sculpture carved from ice, trapped within a glacier, radiating a bitter cold.
But her clenched fists and eyes burned as if aflame.
“H-Ha Yoon? Pilot…?”
Yeon Woo called out to her cautiously.
It wasn’t fear or surprise in her voice.
What he sensed from her was rage—raw, burning antagonism.
Ha Yoon fixed him with a glacial stare, grinding out her words as if each one tasted of poison.
“What… is this?”
The force behind that brief question was unmistakable: depending on his answer, she was fully prepared to cut him and the monsters down where they stood.
But Yeon Woo couldn’t retreat now either.
‘It’s too late to take any of this back.’
This was a reckoning that had to come eventually.
Besides, it couldn’t stay hidden forever.
If there was misunderstanding, it had to be cleared.
At least with Ha Yoon—at least now.
Yeon Woo held her gaze without flinching.
Standing before the crew, he spoke.
“They are the crew of the Space Warship. And I am their captain.”
It was the truth.
The crew would grow in time.
The Space Warship’s combat power would surge exponentially.
‘If I can’t convince Ha Yoon herself, I can’t convince anyone.’
This was the first gate he had to pass before revealing himself to the world.
Ha Yoon’s eyes remained cold and sharp as she turned to leave, speaking one final sentence.
“I see. I’ll inform the Clan Leader of this. If you want to stop me, you’ll have to kill me. The monsters’ strength should make it easy enough.”
Whatever the Space Warship was, monsters were monsters—they had to be eliminated.
A human cooperating with monsters.
She’d never imagined such a thing could exist, but such a person deserved no less than immediate execution.
“Wait, if you’d just listen to my explanation, I think you’d understand—”
“What explanation could there possibly be with monsters?”
Yeon Woo reached for her arm.
She wrenched free roughly, her voice rising in fury.
Then Urelka, who had been quietly observing Ha Yoon’s mood, pushed her glasses up and spoke.
“If the Pilot wishes to eliminate monsters, joining forces with us would serve that purpose quite well.”
……
As Ha Yoon’s gaze shifted from Yeon Woo to Urelka, the fire in her eyes burned all the brighter.

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