Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 372

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 372

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 372

Let’s Go Back (2)

Okay. Let’s sort out the current situation.

‘The Magic Tower is in a state of emergency. The researchers barely escaped with their lives and research data, which is more precious than their lives.’

The city’s residents were thrown into anxiety as the Magic Tower emitted a red light and flickered, accompanied by a siren that felt out of place in the medieval setting.

The city’s people, eager to get their hands on some money, stared intently at the Magic Tower, licking their lips. The collective greed of the people was so intense that it felt like the hairs on my body were standing on end.

“T-That, Master Soo. There are subversive elements over there…!”

“It’s alright.”

This city is very large.

It wasn’t just a small village; it was as vast as the capital of a powerful nation.

Moreover, even though it was a medieval setting, the civilization and technology of this world were quite advanced.

So much so that there were even robots guarding the city’s security.

“They’re Hunters.”

“Hunters!”

In a vast land with developed civilization, numerous occupations naturally emerge.

If the Magic Tower governed the city and robots created by the Magic Tower maintained the city’s security, there were also jobs for the people’s lives and convenience.

That was the Hunters.

They hunt monsters that appear inside the city.

They get paid to assassinate people they don’t even know, or conversely, they often fall into traps and die.

In this medieval era, they might be hired as security guards to steal confidential data from rival companies, whatever the business may be. In many ways, it was a job with diverse tasks.

‘Luna, when she first learned about Hunters.’

She jumped up from her seat.

“What?! That’s not a job!”

She denied it.

But what changes if you deny it alone?

‘In the end, she accepted the job of a Hunter faster.’

Anyway, those Hunters were all staring at this place.

I can feel countless greed.

I wonder what kind of greed they hold in their hearts, but I will never know those things.

─Why?

‘You have a hobby of asking questions when you already know the answer, don’t you?’

It’s obvious without even looking.

Even if the Magic Tower is well-defended, the Hunters are a group that lives in this crazy city with their own martial prowess. Hundreds and thousands of such Hunters were licking their lips over the same thing.

‘In this wild era, would Hunters leave their fellow colleagues alone?’

I don’t know what the Hunters want, but if left alone, they will go out to find their share.

In this kind of situation, reducing the number of mouths is common sense.

‘I’m going to kill them all.’

Until the last one remains.

They will kill and be killed.

Even if it’s not just one person, it’s fine.

Whether it’s ten or a hundred. The Hunters will bare their teeth and swing their swords at each other. Since there are Magic Towers and elevators that don’t fit the medieval setting, there might be Hunters pointing guns.

‘Anyway, if the guy who survives like that comes here.’

The game is over.

“Let’s get ready quickly.”

“What are we preparing for?”

“A major cleaning of the Magic Tower and welcoming guests.”

It’s time to clean up the students’ paths and traces, and decide whether to greet the soon-to-arrive Hunters nicely or roughly.

“Cleaning? You’re doing that now?”

Luna, who only roughly understood my words, asked back in doubt.

“We have to do it now because it’s now.”

I said with conviction in response to Luna’s words.

Because there’s no one here. It was the perfect time to set the stage.

* * *

There is no one in the Magic Tower.

To be precise, it is correct to say that there is no one on the upper floors of the Magic Tower, but most people do not know much about the lower areas of the Magic Tower.

And the place where the students invaded and made a mess was the lower Magic Tower.

What this means is.

‘It means it’s perfect for setting the stage and shaking people up.’

The lower Magic Tower smells different from the upper floors.

The smell of blood vibrates in the air. All the equipment used is state-of-the-art, and there were also several inhumane experiments.

Therefore, the Magic Tower’s high-ranking officials could not disclose information about the lower floors.

The day they do, the hegemony of this city will no longer belong to the Magic Tower.

‘Let’s hurry and prepare.’

Before the researchers who fled return.

Before the Hunters, covered in the blood of their comrades, arrive here.

Before the high-ranking officials arrive to manipulate the evidence that incited them, without revealing the existence of the lower floors to the citizens, I finished preparing to end everything.

As time passed, the first Hunter appeared.

“I, I finally arrived! I arrived!”

The Hunter’s joyful appearance was noticeable, but after that, his other characteristics came into view. A middle-aged man, no one around him, and the place where his left arm should be was empty.

Drip. Drip.

Moreover, blood was dripping from the spot where his left arm should be. There was no reason to ask why he was alone.

His body is explaining everything right now.

“What, what should I take first? Expensive equipment? Or a thesis? Ah, research plans that haven’t been written yet can also be sold expensively to researchers in the slums, which is good.”

His mouth introduced his tendencies.

He was a man who was extremely fond of money.

It may be because there are many mouths to feed in his family, but even so, there were no traces of a woman taking care of him, nor the handprints of small children.

Of course, it is possible that the middle-aged man is a filial son living with his elderly mother, but it is impossible to live long in this difficult medieval era.

‘He’s just a guy who’s greedy for money.’

Okay. Eliminated.

I moved my finger.

Thud!

Something fell at high speed from the ceiling of the Magic Tower entrance.

It’s nothing special, just a giant weight. Since I can’t use magic properly because the magic circuit is broken, I just moved the magic power in the atmosphere here and there, tearing off the decorations attached to the ceiling and dropping them.

“Will he avoid it? Will he die?”

If he’s a Hunter who has reached here, it means he’s quite skilled.

“But his body is so broken.”

For a Hunter, the body is the most precious asset.

A Hunter with such a broken body was not afraid of anything.

The Hunter, who was dragging his bloodstains on the floor as he arrived at the Magic Tower, turned into a handful of blood [was crushed].

In that way, many Hunters lost their lives here.

Someone lost their life due to something heavy, someone was killed by a blade, and someone was burned to death.

At the same time, two Hunters who arrived at the Magic Tower were seized by unnecessary greed and fought to the death before I could even step in, resulting in mutual destruction. Traces of death began to accumulate in the Magic Tower, and I added a little bit to it to guide all these traces in the direction I wanted.

As a result of the screams of greedy Hunters continuing all night.

“W-What on earth is this?”

“C-Chief, Chief Researcher! You were here.”

“……Please stop using that strange title.”

Morning dawned, and the researchers returned.

They realized that there was nothing seriously wrong with the Magic Tower, even though the emergency alarm was on. Researchers who used to act high and mighty and elderly researchers had bundles tied around their waists and backs.

The Magic Tower was so urgent at the time that these people took their research journals and records with them. However, if you look closely at the people who left the Magic Tower.

‘The Tower Lord and some high-ranking officials are gone.’

Those people were probably at the bottom of the tower.

I pondered and got up from the chair I brought from the lab.

“……First of all, everyone has arrived.”

“Chief Researcher. What on earth is this spectacle?”

“Please explain.”

The people who used to grab my pants and ask me to explain the theses I wrote are now asking me to explain the surrounding scenery.

At their request, I looked around.

The surrounding scenery is full of blood and corpses.

Moreover, all the corpses clearly showed signs of fighting to the death.

If there is a Shura realm [a Buddhist term for a realm of suffering], would it be like this?

It was a sight that made me think that way.

In that scene, I.

Limping, limping.

I moved very slowly, dragging my injured body.

“Mr. Soo. Are you perhaps injured?”

“There’s blood coming from your leg?! Quickly, get the Chief Researcher a leg chair! Who on earth is the rude fellow who asked someone with mobility issues to stand up and explain!”

“N-No, no one asked you to stand up and explain…….”

“You fool! Saying that itself is wrong.”

The ones who reacted first to that appearance were the researchers who highly valued me. At their urgent cries, the researchers studying below hurriedly moved.

A strong researcher lifted me up.

Other researchers took care of me with utmost sincerity, such as treating my wounds and wiping my blood-soaked body.

“I’m sorry. I wanted to handle it alone, but in the end, I caused trouble for everyone.”

“……?”

“Did I hear correctly? I didn’t hear wrong, did I?”

“The Chief Researchers don’t speak informally?”

“I’ve been thinking about it, but hasn’t the Chief Researcher been speaking kindly since earlier? I read this in a thesis, when a person is about to die, they suddenly change or become kind……!”

“Don’t say such ominous things. There’s no way a young man with a bright future would do that, right? The Chief Researcher will definitely write many more theses in the future.”

“But the way he speaks!”

Since earlier, the way he speaks, the way he speaks.

No, is that important right now?

‘You should be asking why the surrounding situation is like this. And why I got hurt.’

Hiding my frustrated heart, I made a difficult expression.

“There are many things I want to say.”

The researchers began to listen attentively to the exquisite expression and the way he spoke, which seemed to have changed 180 degrees. I moved my mouth like that, and Tamamo and Luna’s expressions, who were listening to what I was going to say, went from surprise to shock.

─No, how can he lie like that without changing his expression at all?

“……I thought there was nothing more to be surprised about even if I learned more about that person, but I never imagined that he would have such outstanding acting skills.”

Whether the two were surprised or not.

I acted passionately, and the traces scattered around gave strength to my argument. After speaking for about 10 minutes.

One fact filled people’s minds.

That is, Chief Researcher Soo did not run away or panic even when the alarm went off, but remained alone to protect the Magic Tower. The Tower Lord, who was nowhere to be seen in the meantime, was a bonus.

As two days passed like that.

I stood at the top of this tower.

─I didn’t know you would take over the Magic Tower so quickly.

‘It’s a bit later than I thought.’

I thought I would take over sooner.

─But you’ve become the real power of this tower. That’s enough.

Real power? I’m not just that right now.

“Tower Lord Soo!”

“Excuse me? Did you just call for me?”

“Yes! That’s right!”

“I’m not the Tower Lord, though?”

“If the person who dedicates himself to the Magic Tower and stands above all the researchers is not the Tower Lord, then who on earth is the Tower Lord?”

“Now that the existing Tower Lord is not showing his face. You are the only one who is looking after us!”

“That’s right! I was harboring a petty heart at the fact that a newcomer who came in just a few days ago had reached a higher position than me, but how can I not recognize someone who is struggling to protect our home?”

Next-generation Tower Lord.

A person who receives the respect of all researchers.

This is my current position.

─You haven’t done anything, though.

‘Uh-huh.’

How dare you disrespectfully doubt the Tower Lord?