Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1051

“Instructor!””Yes!””This isn’t working, could you take a look?””Yes, yes, I’m coming!”Yang Jin-chan rushed towards the person who had raised their hand enthusiastically.”What’s not working?””I followed the instructions here, but it’s not working.””Ah, the command here is wrong. See here? If you compare it with that screen…””Ah…”Bae Jae-min scratched his head vigorously.”Man, this is really weird. When the instructor says it, I can see it right away, but I can’t find it on my own no matter how hard I look.”Yang Jin-chan smiled gently.”It’s like that for everyone.””I’m sorry. I’m just not very bright…””No, I’m not just saying that to comfort you, it’s really like that for everyone. From a learner’s perspective, it’s hard to see. That’s why repetition and practice are so important.””Yes, thank you.”Yang Jin-chan smiled contentedly.
‘This is really amazing.’At first, he had doubted whether this training could even work. No, it wasn’t just doubt. After observing the first two days, it was clear that this training was already a failure.Training programs that have their initial plans overturned are almost guaranteed to fail. It meant that something had gone wrong, far beyond what they had anticipated.But this time was different.Despite experiencing the worst-case scenario of a completely overturned curriculum, it was quickly stabilizing.And it wasn’t just stabilizing.The trainees, who had been awkward at first, were becoming more settled with each passing day.Or, to be more precise, the instructors had misunderstood the trainees. What that meant was…”Instructor, over here.””Yes!””I don’t quite understand, what does this mean?”See?That challenging tone.If others asked with that kind of attitude, they would be reprimanded for being rude and given penalty points, but there were two problems with taking that approach here.One was that penalty points didn’t really mean anything to them.Unlike the new employees of Jae-kyung, whose training scores directly affected their performance evaluations, the evaluations of these trainees were not done by Jae-kyung. Or rather, even if they did the evaluations, it was impossible to know how the recipients would use them.So, controlling them with penalty points was impossible.And the bigger problem was…”Instructor?””Ah, yes. It’s nothing. What was the problem?”That fierce look.Even though they were just asking a question, their eyes seemed to pierce right through you. At first, he thought that all the trainees were working together to intimidate the instructors.
‘So, how could the training possibly work?’Those who train people are generally thick-skinned and strong-willed. Forcibly bringing a person with free will up to the desired level requires more mental effort than one might think.But that strong personality didn’t work at all on these people.
‘I feel like I’m about to get beaten to death…’He had seen countless trainees who pretended to be tough. Among men in their late 20s, there was almost always someone who hadn’t completely shed their bravado.But these people were different.This wasn’t pretending to be tough.The reason?It was very simple.”Thank you. I should try to understand it in one go…””It’s alright. Please ask me anything.”No matter what their tone might be, their manners were very polite.And every time they were taught something, they would give a bow that was almost excessively polite.
‘They’re just a bit awkward in their interpersonal relationships…’Who would have imagined that so many people would be collectively awkward in their interpersonal relationships? So, everyone thought they were being threatening to the instructors.But once they had a few conversations and realized that their attitude was innate, they began to see things differently.
‘They’re more passionate than I thought.’First of all, they had no sense of shame.Although training is basically a place to learn, new employees don’t want to show that they don’t know something. Even if they don’t understand, they pretend to understand.This was actually more of a characteristic of Koreans than trainees, but trainees were particularly prone to this tendency. They thought that if they didn’t understand something that others understood, it meant they were incompetent.From the perspective of someone conducting the training, this was a truly terrible attitude.Their goal wasn’t to pick out the best talent among them. Their goal was to make all the trainees ready to work, not to rank them.To be honest, how could they evaluate talent in a training period of less than three months?There was no way to evaluate them, and since they had more than ten years of evaluation ahead of them, there was no reason to evaluate them.Nevertheless, the trainees never showed that they didn’t know something. Even though they clearly knew that they didn’t understand, the instructors had to pretend not to notice so that the trainees wouldn’t panic.But these trainees were completely different from those trainees.”Instructor!””Yes! I’m coming!”They had no sense of shame.They asked questions confidently with a face that said, ‘Why is it shameful that I don’t know something?’ It was a type that Yang Jin-chan was encountering for the first time.And their attitude towards the person asking the question was also unique.It was common for a trainee who dared to ask a question to be met with a slightly mocking gaze. They tried not to show it, but that subtle gaze couldn’t be hidden.Therefore, even someone who had dared to ask a question once would not dare to ask again, even if they didn’t know something. At most, a more proactive person would later come to the instructor and ask indirectly.But these people had no interest in what others were asking.They didn’t ignore you for not knowing what they knew, and they didn’t brag about knowing what others didn’t know.
‘They’re really strange people.’It might seem like a minor characteristic, but Yang Jin-chan knew very well how unusual it was. Since he had been assigned to the training team, he had participated in numerous new employee training sessions, but he had almost never seen a group like this, or even an individual new employee of this type.How could Yang Jin-chan know?That they were Murim people [martial arts practitioners].The fact that they didn’t know the work as Murim people was a great help to them. Since they were all Murim people, they took it for granted that they didn’t know the work well, and they weren’t ashamed of their lack of work skills.People are naturally more lenient in areas that are not their specialty.If what they were learning was martial arts instead of office work, their attitude would have been very different.And there was another reason why they didn’t ignore others.From the beginning, they had competed while learning martial arts. In the long, marathon-like competition, everyone knew that a momentary lead was nothing.The person I ignored yesterday could be far ahead a month later. So, who could ignore whom?
‘This is really strange to say, but…’Yang Jin-chan, who had finished explaining and straightened his back, looked around. Then, he smiled wryly.
‘They’re learning incredibly fast.’Even now, they didn’t meet the minimum standards that a new employee should have. They were far below the standards of a new employee starting training, not a new employee finishing training.But the reason he wasn’t disappointed by that fact was that the speed at which they were learning was incredibly fast.
‘Are they all made of iron?’After an emergency meeting, the training was completely overturned.The training hours were drastically increased. The start time was moved to nine o’clock, and the end time was also changed to nine o’clock. If you added the personal review time, they were going through a schedule similar to that of a test taker.Despite going through such a grueling schedule, there was no sign of fatigue on their faces. On the contrary, they were showing the passion to stay behind and review on their own even after the training hours were over.The reason was probably…Yang Jin-chan glanced up.Tap tap tap!Someone in the back was typing with tremendous force.Usually, someone who typed so loudly was considered to be all talk and no action, but not that person.
‘How did someone like that end up in new employee training?’He usually didn’t think about it, but Yang Jin-chan was also an employee of Jae-kyung. In other words, he was also a talented individual who had gone through all these processes.Conducting training was not an easy task, and naturally, they had to choose someone who had achieved excellent results in the training process. Yang Jin-chan had achieved excellent results in new employee training, and he was proud of that fact.But that person was, how should he put it…
‘He’s someone who shouldn’t be here?’No matter which university in Korea you graduated from, no matter how brilliant your mind was, Yang Jin-chan had never once thought that Jae-kyung would not be able to handle such talent, but that Kang Jin-ho was on a different level.
‘No, well, there has to be something to teach.’It wasn’t that he was too good to teach. It was literally that there was nothing to teach. On the first day, he at least pretended to ask questions, but from the second day, he started to study the teaching materials in advance and went far ahead on his own.And now…”Instructor.””Yes?””There’s something I don’t understand here.””Ah, don’t ask me! I don’t know either!””I haven’t even asked the question yet?””I don’t know anyway, so don’t ask me.””Hmm.”Yang Jin-chan shouted in horror.Showing this kind of attitude as an instructor might not be a good thing. But this was definitely not Yang Jin-chan’s fault.People have to do the roles assigned to them.If someone teaching high school math can’t answer a question about calculus, it’s the instructor’s fault.But the moment a student brings in differential geometry and asks a question, the responsibility leaves the instructor’s hands. If you have any conscience, you shouldn’t ask such a thing.That was exactly what Kang Jin-ho was doing.He went off on his own, digging into things that weren’t even written in the textbook, and then asked strange questions, saying he didn’t understand.The first time Kang Jin-ho did that, Yang Jin-chan was seriously about to call his professor from university.To ask for the answer?No. He just wanted to know what the hell this guy was asking.”Mr. Kang Jin-ho.””Yes?””…Please go home, please.””But it’s still training time…””It’s okay, please go home. I’m dying from the pressure.””I’ll just stay quietly in the corner.””Please! It’s also disturbing the training of others, so please go home, please!”Kang Jin-ho got up from his seat with an awkward expression.”Then…””Okay, you can go out that way. Please hurry.””…Yes.”As Kang Jin-ho left the classroom with a gloomy face, sighs poured out like bombs from all over the place.”Wow, I can finally breathe.””Who the hell sent that guy to training! Don’t they have any conscience, really!”Listening to the outpour of complaints from all directions, Yang Jin-chan spat and joined in the complaints.It was the moment when the boundaries between those who teach and those who learn were broken, and a strong camaraderie was formed.