The Regressed Chaebol Grandson Finds It Hard to Forgive - Chapter 26

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Episode 26. Now it’s your turn!

“This is…….”
“Hmm…….”

Thursday.
Midterm Exams had ended.

The students of Cheonghwa High School had all left campus once the tests were finished.
Starting tomorrow, with the principal’s discretionary holiday added on top, they’d have the whole weekend off.

Despite the consecutive days off, the atmosphere in the Cheonghwa High School faculty conference room was heavy.

The key subject teachers of the second year and the academic affairs director were present.

They stared at one student’s answer sheet with grave expressions.

“This is absolutely impossible. There’s no precedent in the school’s history of a student who placed fifth in their class on the last exam suddenly taking 1st Place School-Wide!”

It was Lee Jang-yong, the math teacher.

His eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses glinted with disbelief.

He’d agonized over crafting those killer problems, and some kid he’d never expected had shattered them completely.

A kid who’d been placed fifth in the class, not even top of the grade.
He couldn’t accept defeat in this manner.

“Well, these things do happen, don’t they?”

Han Yu-ra, the Korean literature homeroom teacher, added her voice.

It was a kind of defense.
But.

“Are you covering for a Reading Club student?”
“I’m sorry? What do you mean by——”
“This little bastard definitely stole the answers! He must have tampered with the safe!”

No high schooler could possibly solve this problem legitimately.
Lee Jang-yong ran through multiple hypotheses and voiced his personal opinion.

“It’s impossible. The school safe requires two keys to open—one from the vice principal and one from me.”

Wang Jin-deok, the academic affairs director, glared fiercely.
From the standpoint of someone meticulous about key management, he couldn’t hide his displeasure.

Especially since test security at Cheonghwa High School was managed with cutting-edge systems.

If the papers leaked despite that, it would damage not just the school but the foundation itself.

Who were these students’ parents?

Prominent figures from the political, financial, legal, and medical circles who wielded influence over South Korea.

This was a place where the children of the upper echelon learned and studied before stepping into society.

Any scandal would shake South Korea to its foundations.

There had been issues of a different sort in the past.

The Korean Group had undergone a tax investigation, and both the foundation and school had wavered.

Since then, the school had paid much closer attention to security.

Teachers were required to sign confidentiality agreements before hiring.

If anyone leaked test materials on a personal level, dismissal was the least of their concerns—they faced both criminal and civil liability.

“Then you’re saying you actually believe that bastard got it through pure ability, Director? I absolutely cannot accept this!”

Lee Jang-yong’s voice rose into a shout.

A math teacher who harbored obsessive tendencies bordering on paranoia when it came to mathematics.
His skepticism ran deep.

“……Hmm.”

Wang Jin-deok’s expression hardened at Lee Jang-yong’s tone.

He too was reluctant to accept it easily.

A student who had shown only mediocre achievement suddenly placed first.
Not even a student who’d been hovering around first and second.

That fact alone made the situation complicated.

“If the parent association president finds out…….”

A murmur escaped the lips of the English teacher who’d been sitting quietly.
At that moment, Wang Jin-deok’s face went ashen.

It was exactly the scenario he’d been dreading most.

The current parent association president of Cheonghwa High School was someone whose name alone rang bells across South Korea.

Ju Mi-ju, second daughter of the chairman of the Korean Group, ranked in the top ten of the nation’s financial elite.

Among the conglomerate families, she was famous for having the sharpest temper and most arrogant personality among her siblings.

Her nickname in the circles of the ultra-wealthy was Misery Ju.

It was a name she’d earned by growing up with absolute confidence in her family’s power, living without restraint since childhood.

Buzz. Buzz.

The academic affairs director’s phone vibrated.

Wang Jin-deok’s face went even darker when he checked the display.

The moment he hurriedly tapped the call button and brought the phone to his ear——

—What exactly are you doing as academic affairs director?!

A sharp woman’s voice—so loud that even the teachers sitting nearby could hear it clearly despite it not being on speakerphone.

“M-Madam President, that is…….”
—Sa Bae-ja? What about that student? Did the school deliberately turn a blind eye to cheating? How could something like this possibly happen?!

The parent association president was all but certain that cheating had occurred.

Her own son was also a second-year student at the school.

The problem was that he was a prodigy who had never once placed anywhere but first.

It was a situation that could certainly make Ju Mi-ju’s patience snap.

* * *

Who’s talking trash about me?

My right ear was itching like crazy.

I had a rough idea, so I didn’t pay it any mind.

Those kids who hadn’t taken their eyes off me during the entire exam period, boring holes into me with their glares.
I’d lightly ignored them and focused on my work.

Now I don’t need to care about their stares anymore!

“Hahahahaha!!”

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t stop laughing.

Midterm Exams!
As planned, I’d scored full marks and claimed 1st Place School-Wide.

By now, those teachers who’d looked down on Sa Bae-ja must be huddled together in some room tearing their hair out.

They can choke on this!

A perfect score—a height that someone like Sa Bae-ja had no right to reach.

Today was May 12th, Thursday.
Late evening.

The moment I’d been waiting for had finally arrived.
The moon fell, torn to shreds in agony.

Luna, which had hovered at 5th place in Market Capitalization just days earlier.

It had boasted impressive prestige, with individual coins reaching 100,000 won.

That moon took a nuclear missile to the face at high altitude and plummeted straight to the ground.

Worth less than a single won!

A Scam Coin through and through, corrupt from inception.

A genius’s scheme to become a Stablecoin using capital that didn’t amount to anything.

Those who’d trusted it and jumped in suffered catastrophic losses.

“I’m sorry, but…… thank you for the meal!”

I’d started liquidating the Scam Coin I’d positioned with Short Selling from yesterday.

Trading would halt soon.
Holding onto it knowing that would be foolish.

“Where would we get 5 trillion won? I’ve already set my sights on killing it.”

To prevent a recovery-oriented sell-off, you’d need a minimum of 5 trillion won.
But that was absolutely impossible to secure.

In an instant, it was shredded to pieces, becoming carrion for prowling hyenas.

I already knew the script.
On a board destined to collapse anyway, I was simply cashing in my share.

“Done!!”

I’d finished selling.
A cryptocurrency worth tens of trillions in market cap had become worthless digital scraps in mere days.

“Delisting starts tomorrow.”

Even knowing it was coming, my heart pounded.

It was only possible because this had already happened in the past.

Before I had foresight, I too had gotten greedy and crashed hard to the bottom.

I’d finished selling right at the turning point.

And the number I saw with my own eyes!!

“Insane…….”

I’d roughly expected it, but the actual number before my eyes surpassed imagination.

I’d gradually liquidated my position whenever I had time, clearing the volume.

My 1.5 billion won plus Ji-woong’s 500 million—a 2 billion won Short Selling position.

The profit margin was…….

“2, 220 million Tether……!”

My heart felt like it might burst out of my chest.

This was a Short Selling without Leverage Investment.
And yet the returns were staggering.

Even excluding the small trailing digits, the number at the front was a full 220 million Tether.

Since Tether is pegged at one dollar, that’s 220 million dollars in profit.

Today’s exchange rate was 1,280 won.
That’s over 280 billion won in Korean currency.

I’d deftly carved off a slice of the 50 trillion won moon.

“Is this a dream?”

I studied the numbers again carefully.
The digits were undeniably crystal clear in my vision.

Thump.

My fists clenched on their own.

“Grandmother, thank you!!”

My grandmother, who’d given me a second chance at life and even added a 1 billion won bonus.

A grandmother I’d never met in person.

In this moment, I could almost feel her gently stroking my head with pride.

“I’ll make sure to enjoy it boldly just as you said!”

Without cryptocurrency, I could never have dreamed of this reversal of fortune.

“Whew…….”

I drew a deep breath down into the depths of my lungs.

280 billion!
For ordinary people, it’s wealth that wouldn’t be spent even if they lived a thousand lifetimes.

But for me, it still wasn’t enough.
I should have lived as someone born with a silver spoon, instead I wallowed in filth.

“You bastards!”

My goal was singular!
My pathetic family members.

I picked up my phone.
My next target.

“Just to be safe, let’s go with 30x Leverage Investment…….”

Now that I had capital, it was time to begin serious Leverage Investment.

I adjusted the ratios carefully, knowing what was coming.

There were often cases where crazy whales liquidated positions in both directions.

“Diversification is the golden rule.”

I’d breach offshore exchanges capable of futures trading.

Among many exchanges, I selected ones that used safe Stablecoins.

Three in total!

220 million dollars is no small sum.

If I deployed Leverage Investment on a single exchange, it would be impossible not to stand out.

I especially had to be careful not to attract displeasure from the major whales.

That was something I needed to keep in mind.

Luna had followed the same pattern as the past.
But I couldn’t completely ignore the Butterfly Effect I was setting in motion.

The coin market could act as a variable.

I rummaged through my memories of the past.
The entire coin market would tremble momentarily from the Luna collapse.

Among them, I needed to target coins that could be called Leading Coins.

I stared at my phone screen.

Those plump, well-fed pig coins practically begging to be picked.

“Bitcoin and Ethereum! Now it’s your turn!”

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