The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89

“Is everyone ready to enter the Gate~?”
Kim Do-gyeong appeared with his familiar voice, gesturing to the person who’d followed him. He introduced the newcomer with a flourish.
“This is the Gate-management researcher!”
At his side stood a man clutching coffee in one hand, his complexion visibly worn by fatigue.
With dark circles settled beneath his eyes, the researcher gave a slight nod.
“Park Woo-min.”
Everything about him radiated indifference.
But the moment he spotted Ji Jae-hyeok standing at the front of the line, focus suddenly returned to those lifeless eyes.
“…Ji Jae-hyeok?”
“…….”
Jae-hyeok lifted a single eyebrow slightly.
Offering acknowledgment with minimal gesture, Do-gyeong glanced between the two men and asked.
“Do you know each other?”
“We studied together at the Academy. Same year.”
The researcher pushed his glasses up.
Ice clattered inside the coffee cup.
“Different classes, though.”
Jae-hyeok cut in firmly.
It was a curt response that would normally have left the other party embarrassed, yet the researcher merely shrugged without belaboring the point.
“Well, that’s how it was.”
The researcher moved straight to business.
“Then we’ll proceed with the Gate-entry protocols.”
He gestured toward a large machine installed before the Gate and shifted his footing.
“At our Research Complex Gate, you’ll need to undergo a Magic Power Scan before entering the interior.”
“A Magic Power Scan?”
Hae-seong looked toward the indicated spot with a puzzled expression.
A cylindrical piece of equipment that pulsed with the aura of powerful mana.
Tae Eun-o called out in a cheerful voice, playing familiar.
“…Oh, that thing! We did that when we took the first Awakening test!”
A cutting-edge scanner that measured the Rank and Status Window of Awakened individuals.
There was no Awakened among them who didn’t know what that machine was.
Hae-seong asked, bewildered.
“We have to do a Magic Power Scan just to enter a Gate…?”
“Normally we’d only verify identity through your Hunter License before Gate entry, but….”
The researcher spoke in a flat tone as he adjusted his glasses.
“There have been recent cases of criminals infiltrating Raids with forged identities for the purpose of illegal gathering. Security protocols have been significantly strengthened.”
Wherever money’s scent drifted, criminals swarmed like hornets.
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s brow creased faintly.
“We would’ve already confirmed the identities of everyone entering today.”
“Those are the regulations. We’d appreciate your cooperation.”
The researcher replied mechanically.
“Quite the hassle.”
As Sa-hyeon sighed with obvious displeasure, the researcher moved to his station and recited the formal precautions.
“For an accurate Rank measurement, please remove all items you’re wearing and any items in your Inventory before entering.”
He stepped into a small monitoring booth attached beside the scanner.
Do-gyeong flopped down in the seat next to him.
“It’s all right if I watch too, isn’t it?”
“Sure, why not.”
The researcher gave a flat nod.
Hummmmm—
As the power came online, the machine began emitting a cyan glow.
The students climbed into the scanner one by one.
One half of the dual monitor displayed each student’s original Status Window from the moment of their Awakening.
And as each student completed their scan, the other monitor displayed the updated Status Window.
“Hmm.”
Compared to their previous Status Windows, everyone’s ability values had risen slightly.
Physical strength, overall ability values like muscular power — these could be raised in rank through training alone.
Of course, the process was painfully slow and grueling, far from easy.
After debuting as a Hunter, they underwent a regular Status Window check once a year, like a health screening.
Because of that, stat changes themselves weren’t particularly remarkable.
‘Since Awakened students are still fresh to the Academy, their absorption rate is fast — their rank advancement would match that pace.’
The researchers spent their days watching Hunters’ Status Windows at the lab, so there was little cause for excitement.
Yet there was something that caught the eye.
‘The Combat Class has jumped in rank more in three months than the Hand-to-Hand Class has in a year?’
Normally over such a short timeframe, there’d be no rank change at all, or at best a single stat rising by half a grade.
But the Combat Class students had seen all their key stats — physical strength, muscular power, mental fortitude — rise by half a grade.
‘Even for early-stage Awakened, A-rank students don’t raise their stats so easily.’
The researcher was pondering this when—
“Looks like Professor Yeom has been working those kids pretty hard.”
Kim Do-gyeong seemed to share the thought, his mouth quirking upward with interest.
“Well… it is unusual.”
The researcher sipped his coffee and agreed lightly.
Even among the Academy, where monsters swarmed, the Combat A Class belonged to the elite tier.
It could be a gathering of students with unusually rapid growth.
‘Next is Lee Yu-wol, the S-rank Summoner….’
And then Lee Yu-wol’s turn finally came.
Before stepping onto the scanner, Yu-wol began pulling equipment after equipment from her Inventory.
‘……How much is all that worth?’
The researcher momentarily lost himself at the array of uncommon items.
His eyes blinked blankly for a moment before he snapped back to attention as Yu-wol mounted the scanner.
Her Status Window appeared on the screen.
‘Indeed, the Summoning Skill is SS-rank.’
S-rank Awakened individuals themselves were so rare it was enough to draw interest.
But except for her uniquely dominant S-rank skills, her overall ability values were balanced around A-rank level.
Shortly after, the students’ scans were complete, and it was the turn of the accompanying professors.
“As if taking this off would make any real difference in rank….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon pulled items from his Inventory with an annoyed expression.
Kim Do-gyeong watched with his arms crossed, oddly intrigued.
And the moment Sa-hyeon drew out the Thorn Sword last.
“…Hmm?”
Do-gyeong’s sharp eyes narrowed.
A strange aura emanated from the blade.
Even as Sa-hyeon casually tossed the sword into storage, Do-gyeong’s gaze remained fixed firmly upon it.

Meanwhile, now unburdened, Sa-hyeon stepped into the scanner.
Whirrrrr—
The Magic Power Scan began, and the researcher’s monitor gradually filled with Sa-hyeon’s data.
‘It’ll just be a common A-rank Status Window, anyway.’
The researcher leaned back against his chair with indifference and drew his coffee through the straw.
The scanner’s hum ceased.
A Status Window appeared on his monitor.
The moment the researcher’s vacant gaze turned toward the screen.
“?!”
Ptooey!
He sprayed the coffee he’d been holding in his mouth.
“…? Uh? Why are you—?”
Do-gyeong’s gaze, which had been fixed on Sa-hyeon’s sword, belatedly shifted toward the researcher.
“Hck, cough, cough!”
The researcher, who’d inhaled properly on the spray, pointed at the monitor with tears streaming down his face.
Do-gyeong turned his eyes in turn and found the Status Window on the monitor.
“…Aah?”
Do-gyeong exhaled a long sound of amazement as he confirmed Sa-hyeon’s name at the top of the screen and the ranks laid out beneath it.
“I’ve… I’ve never seen a Status Window like that before….”
He stared at the monitor in silence for a moment, then let out a hollow laugh.
Overall ability values and skills — everything plastered with S-rank.
“Ha… So that bastard has been holding back on me all this time?”
Kim Do-gyeong swept back his short hair and stifled a hollow laugh.
The researcher, meanwhile, wiped his coffee-dampened lips and stared blankly at the monitor.
On the screen: numbers that defied common sense, displayed for the first time before his eyes.
‘A Mental-type Awaker of this caliber existed in our country?’
For his research, he’d reviewed all available information on domestic A-rank and higher-tier Awakened individuals.
Even data on Hunters already deceased and special Awakened whose records were kept strictly classified.
To his knowledge, there was only one Mental-type Awaker in the entire country whose specs were this absurd.
The researcher’s rigid gaze slowly shifted from the scanner toward Sa-hyeon as he stepped out.
“No, why, how—”
He fumbled through the words, unable to complete a full sentence.
Sa-hyeon watched the researcher point at him with trembling hands, then clicked his tongue quietly.
“Don’t say pointless things. Keep your mouth shut.”
“Gasp!”
The researcher clamped his lips together.
His pupils dilated sharply.
‘So that’s why he ordered me to take the scan…’
Gyeol noticed the researcher tugging at his hair and fidgeting nervously.
“Is this Sa-hyeon’s Status Window?”
Apparently curious, Gyeol craned his neck toward the monitor.
“…?”
His eyes widened as he checked the Status Window. He rubbed his eyes hard, as if doubting his own vision.
“Is this broken? Is that even possible?”
His dazed muttering drew the attention of the other students.
“What? What is it? I want to see too!”
Eun-o, who’d been watching the mana cart by the Gate entrance, came rushing over.
Hyeong-won from the martial arts group also showed interest.
“Professor Yeom’s Status Window!”
“I’m curious what it looks like.”
“Why are you all making such a fuss?”
As Tae Jun and Jun-hyeon approached and the attention shifted this way, Sa-hyeon hastily tossed the items he’d retrieved into his Inventory, then jerked his chin toward the researcher.
“What are you doing, spacing out like that?”
“…!!”
The researcher’s body jerked involuntarily at the irritation in Sa-hyeon’s voice.
In that moment—
“Privacy should be respected.”
Kim Do-gyeong switched off the monitor.
“?”
The researcher turned to him in confusion, while Kim Do-gyeong simply raised an eyebrow and smiled calmly.
Eun-o, who’d missed it by a hair, jeered.
“Aw man, that’s so mean! I wanted to see too!”
The other students expressed disappointment as well, but lacked the nerve to protest Sa-hyeon directly, so they reluctantly moved on.
“Well then, shall we begin entering the Gate?”
The researcher stood up from his chair and guided the students forward.
The attention that had focused on the monitor room dispersed naturally.
Among the students, only one had glimpsed Sa-hyeon’s Status Window.
‘What exactly is this man doing…?’
Gyeol followed the other students with a bewildered expression on his face.
Sa-hyeon was about to move at his leisure when—
“Professor Yeom?”
Kim Do-gyeong called out from the monitor room, stopping him.
Sa-hyeon turned his head at an angle.
Kim Do-gyeong smiled meaningfully as he spoke.
“Want to talk for a moment?”

S-Rank Gyodogwan Devours the Academy · Episode 89

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Baek Ruga
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