Chapter 315 – Part 2 – The Power of Authority

“O-oppa!”

When Choi A-yeon shouted, the female students who had been grabbing her hair flinched.

“This bitch has an older brother?”

“Then, then he’s a hunter?”

The fact that Choi A-yeon had risen in status thanks to her older brother was already known.

That meant her older brother was at least an E-rank hunter or higher.

‘But he seems to be higher than E-rank…’

‘Looking at how he drives such an expensive car…’

When he appeared driving a sports car that obviously cost hundreds of millions, they couldn’t help but feel intimidated.

Most importantly.

“I told you to let go of those hands.”

Faced with the threat from a hunter that would be frightening to ordinary people, the female students instinctively had no choice but to let go.

“Oppa! How did you come here? No, more than that, the situation right now is…”

“You don’t need to explain. I roughly understand.”

Choi Seong-min had come here thanks to the tracking function of the assassin’s mark.

‘I’m glad I placed a mark this morning.’

Wondering if something might happen at school, he had tailed her and sure enough.

He was able to witness the situation where she was being bullied by delinquents.

‘That’s why I brought the car I had parked on the roadside.’

The security guard at the school’s main gate had waved his hand telling him to park the car outside, but he had brought it all the way here regardless.

To show the delinquents that he had some financial power.

‘Fortunately, it seems to have worked.’

After seeing the expensive car, the delinquents had become docile.

They seemed ready to have a conversation.

“You guys, what are your names?”

“Why are you asking that?”

“To report to the school.”

“What did we do wrong?”

“Pick up those cigarette butts on the ground first before saying such things?”

“We’re merchant-class status and over 16 years old, so we can smoke, you know?”

“But it’s prohibited on school grounds.”

“Ah, so what about that.”

“Geez, what a busybody.”

The female students grumbled, but Choi Seong-min wasn’t shaken at all.

“And I saw everything you guys did earlier, you know? Bullying this friend here and my younger sister.”

“Who’s bullying who? We were just playing around as friends.”

“Is what she said true? Are you A-yeon’s friend?”

At Choi Seong-min’s pointing, Heo Solji flinched and raised her head.

Then she nodded deeply.

“Y-yes. They bullied me.”

“That bitch!”

“You’re dead later!”

The female students were indignant but couldn’t directly confront him.

Because Choi Seong-min was blocking them like a wall.

“Smoking on school grounds, making friends run errands to buy bread, verbal and physical abuse, and even trying to burn with cigarettes? What do you think will happen to you if I tell the school about this?”

“What would happen? We’d get some nagging from the old fogeys and that’s it.”

“Hehe hehe.”

Seeing that they weren’t afraid even if he reported to the school, it seemed like this wasn’t their first or second time doing such things.

“These young ones are completely hopeless. Did your parents tell you to act like this?”

When parents were mentioned, the expressions of the female students who had been giggling turned cold.

“Hunter sir. Don’t touch our parents, okay?”

“Can you handle our parents?”

“Just try talking shit about them. I’ll tell my father right away.”

For ordinary people to threaten him, a hunter.

Choi Seong-min found it absurd.

“What do your parents do? Looking at how you talk, they must be doing very well?”

“My father is the chairman of a major corporation that people know just by hearing the name.”

“My father is a hotel representative, and their parents are doing big business in hunter equipment.”

“I don’t know what rank hunter you are, but you could get hurt if you interfere carelessly.”

“Me? I’m C-rank.”

When he revealed his rank while he was at it, laughter erupted after a moment.

“Pfft, C-rank?”

“Isn’t C-rank mid-level?”

“I thought he was B-rank or higher.”

In this industry, C-rank wasn’t exactly a pushover rank, but being ordinary people, they seemed not to know well.

‘Well, kids who have never met hunters mostly react like that.’

If you’ve never seen one in your life, you might not realize how strong hunters are.

“Whatever rank you are, our parents are on a scale you can’t handle, so it would be good for you to mind your own business early on.”

“A C-rank hunter whose name isn’t even known shouldn’t be interfering.”

“If you pretend you didn’t see anything and move on even now, we won’t say anything to our parents either.”

In a capitalist society, such threats might have worked.

But now was an era where power was more important than money.

For Choi Seong-min, who had the Great Hero as his backing, the female students who were being arrogant relying on their parents seemed utterly ridiculous.

“Not enough with the crimes I mentioned earlier, but threats too…? Okay, I’ll add the charge of intimidation and report to the school.”

“Do whatever you want.”

“If you’re confident you can handle the consequences, do as you please.”

“But we won’t just sit still either, so watch and see.”

“Girls, let’s go.”

The female students who had made threats glared at Choi Seong-min’s group once each before leaving.

Choi Seong-min didn’t bother to stop the female students.

Looking at their confident attitude, they didn’t seem to have any intention of running away.

“Oppa… what if they really tell their parents?”

“Don’t worry, A-yeon. Did you forget who’s behind me?”

Choi Seong-min picked up his phone.

‘You have to fight power with power.’

When he made the call, Song Chi-hyeon’s voice was heard after a moment.

-Choi Seong-min?

“Hello, Great Hero-nim.”

-Seeing that you suddenly called like this, you must have thought of something you want.

“I’m sorry, but that’s correct.”

-Is it power? Or items? Let’s hear it.

A wicked smile spread across Choi Seong-min’s lips.

“It’s power.”

* * *

The vice principal, who had been looking out the window from the faculty office, called a passing teacher.

“Teacher Lee.”

“Yes, Vice Principal.”

“I see a sports car on school grounds. Do you know whose car it is?”

“Ah, the older brother of a new student who entered last month came to visit, and he’s a hunter.”

“A hunter?”

The vice principal frowned and adjusted his glasses.

“Is he some B-rank or higher hunter? Looking at how he parked his car so recklessly, ignoring school regulations?”

“Well, I don’t really know the rank…”

“What did he come for?”

“Well, the thing is…”

Teacher Lee conveyed exactly what he had heard to the vice principal.

The content was that there had been bullying between students in the class, and a hunter who witnessed the scene reported it to the school.

“Making them run errands to buy bread and smoking cigarettes? Is that all?”

“They also used verbal and physical abuse on the victim students, and even threatened the hunter who came by bringing up their parents.”

“What do those perpetrator students’ parents do?”

Soon, when Teacher Lee mentioned political figures impressive enough to make one’s jaw drop, the vice principal cleared his throat as if choking.

“Hmm, if they’re students with such great parents, I can understand why they’ve gone astray like this.”

“Excuse me? You understand?”

“Isn’t that right? Usually, successful rich people are more strict about their children’s education, aren’t they? They would have tried to educate and control them in various ways. If they grew up being suppressed like that, it’s easier to fall into deviance.”

“Is, is that so?”

“Yes. I’ve dealt with many students so I know well, but kids like this will behave properly right away if you just guide them in the right direction a little.”

“Ah… then it’s not a big deal? I was thinking it was a very serious matter…”

“Of course. How many times do students fight among themselves? Things like this can just be handled by holding a disciplinary committee and covering it up roughly. There’s no need to approach it too seriously.”

That’s when it happened.

“Vice Principal!”

A teacher came running with an urgent face.

“What’s the matter? Teacher Go?”

“The administrative office called urgently but said you weren’t answering.”

“Ah, I forgot and left my phone in the vice principal’s office. Is there something wrong?”

“There’s someone looking for you, Vice Principal.”

“Who is it?”

“It’s Great Hero Song Chi-hyeon.”

The first name didn’t matter.

Just the three syllables “Great Hero” were enough to make the vice principal nervous.

“Right now there’s a call to the faculty office, so please take it…”

“Move aside!”

The vice principal pushed the teacher aside and rushed to where the phone was.

“H-hello? Is this the Great Hero?”

-…

“I-I’m the vice principal of this school, Noh Dae-gyeong. I heard you were looking for me…”

-Ah, damn it.

At the sudden profanity, the vice principal felt like his breath was cut off.

-Why is it so hard to talk to the higher-ups? Do you know how many minutes I’ve been waiting?

“I-I’m sorry.”

-And I clearly called wanting to talk to the principal, but you’re the vice principal?

“Ah, well, the principal is currently out, so the administrative office connected me. I also have the same authority as the principal, so if you have something to say…”

-Hey. Do my words sound like bullshit to you?

“…Excuse me?”

-I said I want to talk to the principal, right? Hurry up and bring the principal.

“Well, the principal is currently unreachable…”

-Damn, do my words not even sound like words? Vice principal bastard, get lost and bring the principal!

“I-I’m sorry. I’ll arrange to connect with the principal as quickly as possible!”

-I’ll give you 3 minutes. If there’s no contact after waiting 3 minutes, know that I’ll turn everything upside down.

“Eek! Y-yes, understood!”

The vice principal who hung up the phone left the faculty office faster than anyone.

The school’s fate was in the principal’s hands.

* * *

“Damn, what’s with that hunter from earlier.”

“He doesn’t look much older than us but acts like a busybody giving lectures.”

“Right. So damn annoying.”

The female students who had been lectured by Choi Seong-min grumbled as they headed to the classroom.

They couldn’t loiter outside forever.

Since they had killed enough time, they now had to attend class.

“Let’s just sleep in the classroom.”

“Me too, me too.”

The female students who returned to the classroom during break time opened the door.

Creak-

They could see students looking at them with surprised eyes.

Heo Solji and Choi A-yeon who had also returned to their seats.

“I’ll show those bitches.”

After glaring at the two, they went to find their seats, but somehow the atmosphere was strange.

All the students in the class were looking at the three of them.

“What are you looking at? You bastards? Got something to say?”

When they raised their voices, the gazes finally turned away, but it was clear the atmosphere was different from usual.

‘What’s going on?’

Then, the front door opened and a teacher came in.

“Hey, you three.”

“Yes? Us?”

“Follow me.”

“Ah, shit.”

The female students made faces like they were eating shit, as if what was coming had come, and followed the teacher.

‘We’re going to get another damn lecture.’

‘Annoying as hell.’

‘When we get back, we need to go after those commoner bitches first.’

They thought they were going to the faculty office with various complaints, but.

‘Huh?’

The place the teacher took them was the principal’s office.

“Come in.”

When the female students entered, they each couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Huh? D-dad?”

“Our dad is here too?”

The female students’ fathers were sitting together with the principal.

“Dad, what are you doing here without saying anything?”

“Dad, isn’t this the busiest time at work?”

“…”

“…”

The fathers, who had been just looking without answering their children’s questions, sighed and turned their gazes to the principal.

“Principal. Can we leave now?”

“Yes. As I said earlier, we’ll skip the procedures, so please do that right away and I’d be grateful.”

“Sigh… It can’t be helped.”

The fathers bowed to the principal in greeting, then left the principal’s office taking their respective daughters.

“Let’s go.”

“Where are we going?”

“Just follow quietly!”

“Ah, why are you yelling? It’s embarrassing in front of other kids…”

Smack-

The female student who was slapped so hard it echoed through the hallway looked at her father with disbelieving eyes.

“What are you being so loud about when you did something good! Do you even know what you’ve done?”

“What, what! What did I do wrong!”

The slapped female student shouted as if it was unfair.

“Don’t tell me it’s because I touched that hunter’s sister? You got scared of just a C-rank hunter…”

Smack-!

When she got hit one more time, the atmosphere became quiet as if cold water had been poured.

The other fathers and female students also watched while holding their breath.

“Do you know who’s behind that hunter you touched? The Great Hero is there!”

“…What? Gr-Great Hero?”

The other female students were equally surprised at this fact they were learning for the first time.

“Not only did you upset a direct subordinate of the Great Hero, but you were also bullying his sister and friend. Oh my, really! It’s my fault for raising my daughter wrong! My fault!”

“D-dad… I really didn’t know. I never thought such a high-ranking person would be behind him…”

“Stop making excuses and hurry up! We have to move urgently today!”

“M-move? Why suddenly move?”

The father looked at his daughter with cold eyes.

“Then what? Should we stay and endure when they’re going to confiscate our assets and drop our entire family’s status to commoners?”

“…”

It seemed the Great Hero had given an order to forcibly move to another region.

“Then what about school?”

“What school? Of course it’s expulsion!”

At the word expulsion, the female students finally realized.

That they had touched someone they shouldn’t have touched.