I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 219

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“It’s me.”

“Come in.”

Envy entered to finalize the Pilgrim’s task with the Leader.

The Leader, who didn’t wear a hood like Envy or Sammy, possessed a cool and collected demeanor.

“What brings you here today? Things have been quiet lately, haven’t they? Is there a problem with your assignment?”

“No. I’m here to report on the Pilgrim.”

“The Pilgrim? Isn’t that the Hunter with abilities similar to Kim Sunghyun?”

“That’s correct.”

Contrary to Envy’s expectations, the Leader didn’t seem particularly interested in the Pilgrim.

“He reawakened his ability, and it appears to be the ability to create equipment.”

“The ability to create equipment, you say?”

“Yes.”

Only then did the Leader look at Envy with a flicker of interest.

“Intriguing. So?”

“I thought it might be worthwhile to meet him. It’s a type of ability we don’t currently possess, isn’t it?”

“Hmm… Is mind control still active?”

“Under normal circumstances, I would have released it by now, but I’ve left it in place due to lingering suspicions.”

The Leader frowned, contemplating.

Was meeting the Pilgrim truly necessary?

Envy noticed the Leader’s hesitation but remained silent.

He felt the same way.

“Envy, according to your investigation, Kim Sunghyun’s ability is growing stronger. Is that correct?”

“That’s correct. Just the level of his healing ability alone is on a completely different scale.”

“Do you think the Pilgrim could also become stronger in the future?”

“He’s someone who has reawakened his ability. The previously low probability has significantly increased.”

“If Envy says so, then I suppose it’s possible.”

“You don’t want to meet him?”

“Not particularly. He wasn’t someone who stood out in the first place. The Pilgrim, I mean.”

The Leader’s lack of interest stemmed from one reason.

The Pilgrim wasn’t part of the future he envisioned.

“So, he’s a variable then?”

“No, not to that extent. He simply wasn’t visible at all.”

“If he wasn’t visible even with your ability, then he’s not someone who requires much attention.”

The Leader’s ability was unique.

An ability that existed only once in this world, like Sunghyun’s.

“That’s right. If he wasn’t visible in the Revelation [The Leader’s unique ability to see the past from the future], it means one of two things: either the Pilgrim is destined to die soon, or someone who was already visible is pretending to be someone else.”

The Leader’s ability was Revelation.

Revelation was a different dimension of ability than simply seeing the future.

Unlike simply seeing the future, Revelation involved seeing the past from the future.

It was as if the future self, having reached a certain point in time, was sending a gift to the past self.

The Leader had received countless Revelations.

It was an ability that consumed more mana than any other, limiting its use to once a day.

Even then, he had to spend the rest of the time recovering mana, consuming an enormous amount.

“What should we do?”

“Hmm…”

From those numerous gifts from the future, the Pilgrim had never appeared even once.

“If leaving him as he is and accepting him both act as variables, then it’s better to accept him.”

Originally, enemies should always be kept close.

That was something that should be done not only with enemies but also with those who occupy a significant part of one’s plans.

“Then when should we schedule it?”

“Does the Pilgrim know he’s meeting me?”

“I’ve mentioned it.”

“Tsk, then we need to meet as quickly as possible.”

“…Ah…”

Envy realized his mistake at the Leader’s reaction.

Even though he was still suspicious of the Pilgrim and had left mind control active, he had already told the Pilgrim that he would arrange a meeting.

He didn’t know when the actual meeting would be, but giving him time to prepare was already a mistake.

“It’s okay. It’s just a little concerning.”

“I understand. Then I will schedule it as quickly as possible.”

“Okay. Good work.”

“Ah, and this…”

Envy produced the equipment the Pilgrim had created from his arms.

A ring that emitted healing abilities, albeit faintly but clearly.

“Is this the equipment the Pilgrim made?”

“Yes. Try wearing it. Aren’t you in pain every day?”

“…Okay.”

Envy slightly bowed his head and left the room. The Leader turned his head and recalled the most recent Revelation he had received.

Almost nothing different from before.

After all, the Revelations were all for one thing.

“If only I can prevent that outcome…”

The process didn’t matter at all.

No one would understand this, but if he didn’t do this, even those people wouldn’t be left.

“What kind of results will my decision bring?”

It was time to receive the new Revelation for the day.

The Leader closed his eyes in the same position he had greeted Envy and concentrated his mana.

It was beyond simply manipulating his mana.

The walls of the Leader’s residence were made of what Sammy had invented on the outermost part, and the inside was all space to hold crystals.

He had to draw on that mana to receive more detailed and precise Revelations, so the Leader began to concentrate his mind, drawing on the mana from the crystals stored in the walls.

“Kugh…”

At the same time, tremendous pain began to surge.

The Leader’s ability was not the kind of ability that could simply see.

If it was just the kind of ability that simply saw the future, such a large reaction wouldn’t have occurred, but the Leader’s ability was a higher dimension of ability compared to those.

Even those with similar abilities try to change the results when they use their abilities.

But the changed future is not visible again.

They just hope that the future will change with their changed actions.

Using Revelation once a day to confirm the past from the future, it was a high-dimensional ability that could always find the correct, the best path.

Thanks to this, he had been able to operate until now without having his identity or base exposed to other places.

That variable he first encountered in China.

At the point when all the plans were falling into place, that person suddenly appeared.

Except for Sunghyun, everyone had been moving within a predictable range in this cycle.

“Haa… Haa…”

The Leader wiped away the cold sweat that flowed while constantly panting.

It was a pain he received every day, and it was something he experienced every day, but it was natural that he couldn’t adapt.

“Nothing has changed.”

Whether it was fortunate or more unsettling.

Clearly, the fact that there was no change was a positive sign, but the Leader frowned with an unknown sense of unease.

“…After all, the result is predetermined.”

However, since nothing had changed in the Revelation, the Leader thought that worrying any further was unnecessary and closed his eyes again, wearing the ring that Envy had left behind.

A very faint and subtle but clearly felt healing power.

It was equipment that could be used quite usefully for the Leader, who rarely left his residence due to the unbearable pain.

“It’s not too late to dispose of it after meeting the Pilgrim.”

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Sunghyun was planning to spend time at the hotel after the meeting with the Leader was set, but Sammy didn’t leave him alone.

“Pilgrim! Come over here.”

Sunghyun felt a little creeped out by the sly smile and the gesture that matched it, but behind Sammy was a series of unidentified rooms, and he had no idea what they were or what might be inside.

He had to check what was inside, and perhaps another test subject was suffering, so Sunghyun had no choice but to be dragged around by Sammy.

“This is where we dispose of byproducts from failed experiments.”

The most noticeable place among them.

The byproduct disposal site.

It was only called a disposal site, but in reality, it was a place where they studied the things they obtained from failed research, so it could be regarded as the core place of this laboratory.

Seeing him show such a place, it seemed that Sammy had reached the point where he no longer guarded the Pilgrim.

“And next is…”

He went around to several other places besides this one.

Really, without leaving out a single place inside this laboratory.

And since Envy wasn’t here now, Section Chief Cha was watching all of this and imprinting it in his head without missing a single detail.

“How is it? Amazing, right?”

“Yes. The scale is quite large than I expected.”

Perhaps because the walls that Sammy invented were stacked in multiple layers, it was a slightly larger space than Sunghyun had felt and grasped.

“It’s been difficult to find test subjects recently, so it’s fortunate.”

“Are you talking about Russia?”

“Yeah. I requested it from the Russian side… Wait, Pilgrim, what are you…”

Sammy looked at Sunghyun with eyes filled with surprise and vigilance at the same time.

Even though he had removed his vigilance, it didn’t mean that he had deep trust.

Besides, there were only a few people who knew about the matter with Russia.

The Leader, himself, and Envy were the only ones who knew about this.

“…How on earth did you…”

“I used the sphere you gave me before.”

“You used the sphere? How did you use the sphere…”

Only one thing came to Sammy’s mind.

That was mind control.

“You…knew?”

“I didn’t notice it until recently. It was also a coincidence that I found out about the conversation I had with Kabulski.”

As Russia’s top Hunter, he had to participate in the schedule requested by the Russian side, and one of those schedules was the treatment of slums.

“I wouldn’t have made such a request…”

“It was a sudden action by a Hunter whose hometown was a slum.”

The number of Hunters whose hometown was a slum was not very small.

Sunghyun deliberately didn’t use any more words that could narrow the scope to a specific person.

“That Hunter acted individually to you, Pilgrim? Because his hometown slum was in danger?”

“That’s right.”

“Certainly…that could have been the case.”

“From there, I questioned Russia’s lack of support for the slums, and eventually, I ended up using that sphere.”

“Ah…then our conversation would have come out inevitably.”

“That’s right.”

Sammy nodded at the words that were no different from the report he had received in advance about the Pilgrim’s movements.

“It can’t be helped. Still, wasn’t mind control a little unpleasant?”

“I didn’t feel any aversion because I didn’t feel restricted.”

“Phew. That’s even better. I understand.”

Sammy patted Sunghyun on the shoulder with a pitiful expression as if he understood him.

Sunghyun was quite unpleasant with the dirty hand on his shoulder, but he forced a light smile, knowing that he could completely uproot this organization if he waited just a little longer.

“How long did it take? This scale.”

“About…5 years?”

“I see.”

Sammy looked at Sunghyun with doubtful eyes at Sunghyun’s voice, which contained no soul at all.

However, the time it took to achieve something was originally meaningless.

Disappearing was instantaneous.