On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 33

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 033

 

 

In Just Three Days?

 

 

Delev.

Celia.

And Yurio and Karen.

All six remaining students shared the same thought as if they had made a pact.

 

‘Does that even make sense?’

 

What came next was even more absurd.

 

“I’ll spar without a weapon.”

“Teacher, even so, there are 10 of us and you’re alone… isn’t that a bit much?”

“Do you really think so?”

 

Delev nodded without hesitation.

 

“I respect you, Teacher, but still, wrong is wrong.”

 

Whether he was showing respect or just hadn’t grasped reality yet.

Celia agreed with this as well.

 

“That’s right, Teacher. I don’t understand what the point of individual lessons is either, but more than that, all 10 of us will attack simultaneously – you won’t be able to dodge, will you?”

 

Ziel maintained his calm expression.

He neither mocked the students’ words nor raised any major objections.

He simply nodded.

 

“Understood. Then we’ll see through results. Everyone pick up your swords.”

 

Everyone looked incredulous.

Ziel was an amazing teacher.

But even so, how could he manage without a weapon…

 

‘Could there be another reason?’

 

For example, like during the first Self-Defense Arts class, would he turn off the lights and launch a Surprise Attack?

 

“Are you going to turn off the lights in the Auditorium, Teacher?”

“No. We’ll go as is.”

 

This was definitely strange.

Celia also had her doubts.

The other students, swept up by their reactions, tilted their heads in confusion as well.

 

“Are you really going to face all of us alone? Simultaneously?”

“It seems that way…”

 

Self-Defense Arts class.

Long Distance Running class.

Both involved only one-sided instruction with bare hands, no swords.

But this time was different.

They had swords and would demonstrate their most confident Swordsmanship.

They had even proudly passed the selection trials to reach this point.

Their confidence was overflowing.

Especially Delev, who had even managed to block an attack during the recent Self-Defense Arts class!

 

‘Teacher, I’ll give you quite a surprise.’

 

Delev gripped his sword lightly.

Kundel Swordsmanship.

The 7th Form he had mastered thanks to Ziel.

He planned to demonstrate it here.

 

‘It seems like Teacher doesn’t know much about our Family Swordsmanship?’

 

Celia was also confident.

Rihart Style Swordsmanship was the ultimate one-on-one combat technique!

Starting with this swordsmanship, the family had grown and become the great lord of the Western Region.

 

‘Is Teacher really capable of handling this alone?’

‘His speed is incredible, but if we surround him simultaneously…’

 

Though not as confident as those two, the other students shared similar doubts.

 

“Is everyone ready?”

“Yes, we’re ready.”

 

Ziel’s hands were even completely empty.

 

“Aren’t you using a sword, Teacher?”

“I don’t need one.”

 

At those words, both Delev and Celia’s eyebrows twitched simultaneously.

 

‘He doesn’t need one for our level?’

‘Teacher really doesn’t understand much.’

 

“Before we start, I’ll say one thing. Any student who successfully lands an attack will receive a Praise Card.”

 

A Praise Card!

All 10 students’ eyes sparkled simultaneously.

The Cards were proof of receiving recognition from the great Teacher Ziel.

 

“And I’ll also buy you Ice Cream.”

 

A somewhat unexpected bait.

 

“It was delicious. Especially the apple flavor was tasty.”

 

Ziel also revealed his firm preferences.

 

“If any student wants to eat mint chocolate, buy it yourself. I won’t buy that.”

 

Celia was disappointed.

There were several other students who were disappointed along with her.

 

‘But it’s so delicious.’

 

“Well then. Let’s begin.”

 

As soon as Ziel’s signal dropped, the students naturally formed an encirclement.

Delev and Celia were the most aggressive.

A quiet stillness flowed through the auditorium where even the smallest sound would echo loudly.

An intense concentration where not even a single footstep could be heard!

The first to move was Delev.

 

Thud!

 

Kundel Swordsmanship 1st Form unfolding as he kicked off the auditorium floor.

However-

 

Swoosh!

 

Ziel lightly dodged the sword tip.

Without even moving his feet, just twisting his upper body.

 

‘How?’

 

“Move aside!”

 

Celia’s attack followed.

Rihart Style Swordsmanship focused on thrusts.

An extreme thrust that would surely subdue the target instantly passed Delev and extended toward Ziel.

But it was the same.

Ziel again dodged by twisting only his upper body, and evaded the final low thrust by stepping back with one foot.

 

‘Just how?’

 

And Celia got tangled up with Delev.

 

“Hey! You should look before attacking!”

“I was trying to attack from your blind spot!”

 

While they were bickering, the student who bravely rushed in was Karen.

Karen’s swordsmanship was at an ordinary level compared to Delev and Celia.

But it contained the pride of being selected in the trials.

 

‘If low and high don’t work, then middle!’

 

Karen cleverly rushed in simultaneously with Yurio, with a slight time difference.

She had talked with Yurio beforehand, before training started.

Ziel confirmed Yurio preparing behind as Karen rushed at him.

 

‘Good.’

 

However, the attack missed without exception.

The attack flying in at middle level – he twisted his waist.

Yurio’s following attack – he ducked his upper body.

 

“Just how…”

 

The remaining six students were needless to say.

They all attacked using their most confident methods, but Ziel dodged them all.

Movements so swift they were incomprehensible.

Their pride was nowhere to be found.

Their confidence naturally disappeared as well.

Even Delev and Celia felt humiliated.

 

“I’m going again.”

 

Delev readjusted his stance and rushed in.

This time he was a bit more emotional.

 

Thwack!

 

But this time it was completely blocked.

Not the sword, but his striking hand was caught mid-air.

And Ziel extended his other hand and tapped Delev’s wrist.

 

Clang.

 

The sword falling to the auditorium floor.

Delev couldn’t understand what had just happened.

It wasn’t a strong hit, it felt like somewhere was just pressed, yet all the strength drained from his wrist.

 

“…”

 

The auditorium became quiet again.

Delev couldn’t even think of picking up his sword.

The other students couldn’t muster the courage to attack again.

An overwhelming difference!

Ziel looked at the students and asked expressionlessly.

 

“What do you think now?”

 

No answer came.

 

 

Assassins move alone.

Most of them do, anyway.

Very occasionally they would perform cooperative missions, but they each carried out their tasks in different spaces.

So Ziel doesn’t really have much concept of cooperation.

He moved alone, assassinated alone, and at some point began training alone.

But Ziel is an Academy teacher.

Because of this, he frequented the library for several days.

However, his conclusion was this:

 

‘Developing individual capabilities comes first.’

 

Cooperation is important.

Naturally, because you need to be in sync with each other.

But what’s important before that is individual capability.

One and one coming together is different from two and two coming together.

He had read the ‘famous saying’ in a book that one plus one isn’t two, but Ziel didn’t agree with it.

Efficiency comes from the basics.

Long Distance Running classes conducted while wearing sandbags and limiting mana.

Similarly, Self-Defense Arts classes conducted in darkness while limiting mana.

All methods for building fundamental skills.

 

‘So this time too, I’ll build the basics.’

 

Raise individual capabilities.

Cooperation is something that can be naturally pursued in that process.

 

‘What’s important in cooperation is making them realize the concept of cooperation.’

 

More precisely, making them feel the necessity of cooperation on their own in the process of developing individual capabilities.

 

“You all need individual growth before cooperation.”

 

Ziel’s voice was cold.

 

“I hear that the First Years have come in last place without fail for the past 20 years.”

 

A natural result, if you think about it.

The First Years had less developed bodies and less experience.

In such circumstances, it wasn’t strange at all that cooperation wouldn’t yield results.

 

“So before that, we first develop individual capabilities.”

“But Teacher, with only 10 days left… wouldn’t it be better to practice cooperating and get good scores in the first match?”

 

It was Celia’s question.

From a First Year’s perspective, it was an extremely rational thought.

Since the results of the battle royale were almost predetermined, it was better to aim for high scores in the breakthrough exam where they competed by grade level.

However, Ziel’s thinking was different.

 

“Why should we do that, student Celia Rihart?”

“Well… because it’s efficient?”

“Efficiency comes from the basics, student Celia Rihart. If you don’t each grow your individual capabilities, no amount of cooperation will yield results.”

“…!”

 

It wasn’t wrong.

Ten grains of sand coming together is different in weight from ten pebbles coming together.

 

“I heard that First Years have only come in last place every year until now. But this year is different.”

 

Ziel, just as he had done before the selection trials…

 

“We’re going to create unprecedented results.”

 

He prophesied.

That they would win.

 

Thump!

 

At those words, all ten hearts beat simultaneously.

It was just a simple sentence, but something inside their chests began to stir.

Some students felt a chill down their spines.

 

‘We… really?’

‘Not last place?’

‘That’s impossible…’

 

Ziel resumed training.

 

“We start again. Land an attack on me.”

 

And he changed the reward too.

 

“I’ll change the reward too. If you succeed in landing even one attack, I’ll give everyone a Praise Card and buy you ice cream.”

 

Rewards should be raised in stages.

Ziel was putting into practice exactly what he had read in books.

A reward that drew out individual capabilities while naturally encouraging cooperation.

They just needed to succeed in landing one attack by any means necessary.

 

“Except mint chocolate.”

 

However, his preferences were firm.

Anyway, it worked well.

The moment they heard Ziel’s words, everyone took their stances as if enchanted.

 

“Delev, what will you do?”

“I’ll cover the back. Attack from the front. Yurio! Let’s talk for a moment.”

 

The other students weren’t falling behind either.

 

“Contus, you’re fast, so can you catch Teacher Ziel when he dodges?”

“I’ll do that. Ann, if you aim low, I’ll jump right in.”

 

A sight that couldn’t be seen just 5 minutes ago.

The corners of Ziel’s mouth rose slightly.

The emotion he felt while watching the students improve was definitely ‘joy’.

 

‘I chose well with this cover identity.’

 

A servant of a modest noble house.

A worker from the outskirts.

A war merchant from near the border.

There had been countless candidates, but this seemed to have been a good choice after all.

 

“Teacher, then we’ll begin!”

 

A voice filled with determination.

It was Delev.

 

“Begin.”

 

Thwack!

 

“Ugh!”

“Gah!”

“Urgh!”

 

Of course, the results couldn’t improve immediately.

Still, their expressions were much better than before.

 

“That was so close just now!”

“Keep pressing the attack!”

 

Though still chaotic, they had moved away from the honest method of one person attacking followed by another person attacking.

 

Whoosh!

 

They would attack simultaneously-

 

“Behind you!”

 

And they would attempt disruption while helping other students’ attacks.

Naturally, cooperation couldn’t be abandoned in the exchange tournament.

However, since individual capability came first, Ziel had chosen the most ‘efficient’ method.

The best way to draw out cooperation while focusing on improving individual capabilities!

 

‘A decent method.’

 

This was identical to the training he had experienced during his assassin days.

That monster-like instructor.

All the trainees had ganged up on him, whose name and face remained unknown.

Initially, the results were no different from the current students.

But as time passed, they naturally began using other trainees and filling in their own shortcomings.

Ziel was one of them.

And among them, he was also the only trainee who had successfully landed an attack on the instructor.

If there was a difference from that time-

 

“Student Delev Kundel, thrust a bit stronger. Just now, your thrusting force was insufficient.”

“Student Karen Aswan. When aiming for the back, horizontal direction is more advantageous than vertical.”

 

Unlike that instructor back then, he offered kind advice.

The problem was that he was casually giving advice while simultaneously facing 10 people.

 

“You’re slow, Student Celia Rihart.”

“Can’t you just call me Celia? Or Student Celia?”

“No.”

“Ah.”

“More than that, don’t step with your left foot, step with your right foot just now. You’re too honest.”

 

Clang, claaang!

 

Beyond leisurely, he even performed evasion techniques that bordered on artistry, making the students’ attacks tangle with each other.

 

“Whoa, I almost got stabbed!”

“Still, don’t hesitate and attack! There’s no blade anyway.”

 

The offensive that 10 students each unleashed.

Cooperation was still a distant story, but today’s main purpose was improving individual capabilities.

 

‘Student Delev Kundel’s swordsmanship is fast and clear compared to heavy sword technique, but his sword path is excessively irregular.’

 

Information accumulating neatly in his mind.

 

‘It should be completed soon.’

 

What Ziel was planning wasn’t just this training.

If he was only going to use the method of training them all day to achieve results, he wouldn’t have made such promises to the students.

Three days passed like that.

 

 

“Huff, haaah.”

“Whew. Whooo.”

 

Finally, the students collapsed completely exhausted, their mana depleted to the bottom.

Three days of continuous training.

They attacked Ziel, and attacked again.

Today was an especially difficult day.

Why?

Because it was the weekend.

A crazy forced march from 10 AM to 10 PM!

 

‘Can’t… can’t do any more.’

‘I’m really dying…’

 

Only Delev and Celia were barely managing to stand, but attacking any further was impossible.

However, even if the two had the strength to attack more, they didn’t want to.

 

“Does this even make sense, really…”

 

Training while receiving attacks from 10 people was one thing.

But logically, shouldn’t he get at least a little tired?

He hadn’t shown even a hint of fatigue for three days.

 

‘Or at least allow some attacks to land!’

 

Ziel looked pristine without even a scratch, let alone dust on him.

Not a single drop of sweat either.

His expression was also calm.

For three whole days.

It was just the same as before.

Long Distance Running class.

Self-Defense Arts class.

Just like then, he couldn’t feel the strain.

 

‘Everyone is improving.’

 

The students were developing sufficiently.

They recognized their own shortcomings and readily absorbed the advice Ziel gave them.

And what he had been writing on paper seemed like it would be completed today.

Since three days of observation were finally over.

 

“We’ll end today’s training here. Starting tomorrow, we’ll begin individual lessons based on your swordsmanship that I’ve assessed today.”

 

What he had been preparing was also completed.

 

“You mean you’ll teach us swordsmanship individually?”

“Yes. That’s how we’ll proceed.”

 

Ziel brought over a bag.

It was the same bag he carried around every time.

But this time it was quite heavy.

 

“Take one each.”

 

When they looked to see what it was, there were books inside.

 

‘Books?’

‘Suddenly?’

 

Was he planning to do theory lessons now?

 

“Has everyone received one? From now on, we’ll improve your individual abilities based on the content written in those books.”

“But Teacher, is this suddenly theory class?”

“It’s practical application based on theory.”

 

Not understanding what he meant, Delev opened the book.

 

“This… this is…”

 

Content that left him speechless.

Following that, Celia, Yurio, Karen, Ann, Quantus, and all the other students checked the book’s contents and were stunned.

 

“Teacher… how did you…”

 

Celia asked with a trembling voice.

Ziel answered calmly.

 

“I had it bound at the Central Plaza print shop.”

“…”

 

That wasn’t what she was asking about.

 

“This… this is really incredible, Teacher? Did you make this yourself?”

“Yes. I made it myself.”

 

Celia was at a loss for words.

This textbook was an amazing thing.

She could guarantee that even people who had mastered swordsmanship would acknowledge it.

Incredibly detailed analysis of each student’s individual habits, weaknesses, and strengths.

Methods for improvement.

Plus precisely drawn illustrations of body parts and direction for the next steps.

But…

 

‘He analyzed everything and created this textbook in just three days?’

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