I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 105

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“As a second-year, I don’t have much to say, but please remember just one thing: while you are enrolled in the Academy, just focus on getting stronger.”

It might sound arrogant, but the third-year students couldn’t even harbor any objections or show any displeased expressions toward Seonghyun’s words.

They had been thoroughly crushed before.

“That’s all.”

As Seonghyun finished speaking, applause erupted once again.

Louder than before.

As Seonghyun stepped down from the platform, the headmaster reappeared.

“First, I will inform you of the changes in the schedule compared to last year.”

The Academy’s operations had changed significantly from the previous year.

If there had been no difference in the frequency of Gates appearing or the rate of mutations, they would have stuck to the original plan, but with the frequency increasing dramatically, all plans had to be altered.

“From now on, all grades will go on subjugations [monster hunts] twice per semester. However, due to the absurdly high frequency of Class 3 Gates, we will be receiving support from the Association and going together.”

Now, subjugations twice per semester.

The only thing that remained the same as last year was the Inter-Academy Competition schedule.

“And, in line with the global situation, we have made some changes to the teaching methods.”

The headmaster slightly moved aside, and a screen appeared behind him.

“We have significantly reduced the schedule for theoretical classes and added sparring sessions between students. These sparring sessions can be requested by anyone, at any time, as long as you are at the Academy.”

It felt like the operation was drifting away from the essence of an academy, but the Academy didn’t have many options.

“The rules are the same as the Inter-Academy Competition, and the first-year student who achieves the most victories in these sparring sessions will become the class representative. The second and third-year students must directly defeat the current class representatives.”

The auditorium began to buzz at the headmaster’s words.

Until now, the policy had been to ensure the safety of the students and lead everyone without anyone dropping out, but now it was about abandoning those who fell behind.

“It was a difficult decision for the Academy as well, but the conclusion was that we had to adapt to the changing world, which is changing beyond imagination.”

The opening ceremony ended like this.

For the first-year students, it turned into a jungle-like place where they had to worry about sparring from the start, rather than enjoying the joy of entering the Academy.

“The headmaster has played a pretty strong hand, huh?”

“It’s an unavoidable choice.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon’s expressions weren’t very bright, but they didn’t seem to have any complaints about the operating methods announced today.

“By the way, Seonghyun, are you going to come to the Academy? I heard your talks with the Association are over.”

“If the Academy is focused on sparring, things might be a little different.”

There were definitely hidden powerhouses in the Academy.

There might be more people like Choi Gisu, whom he met when facing the second and third-year students before.

Just like Seonghyun knew a face among the seemingly weak first-year students.

“I do have one thing to do. But it’s not that urgent.”

“Unless they’re crazy, no one will be stupid enough to apply for a spar with you.”

As Sangyeon said, no one would apply for a spar with Seonghyun.

“That’s right. We’ll probably be much busier than you.”

It was obvious that sparring requests would flood to Inhwan and Sangyeon, who seemed relatively easier to handle.

‘They’re not easy opponents either.’

He wasn’t worried about them.

They would do well on their own anyway.

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“So, what should we do now?”

This year, Seonghyun focused on funds more than anything else.

The source of those funds was potions.

“Selling them recklessly is crazy.”

Seonghyun knew better than anyone the weight that the short word ‘potion’ carried, so he had no intention of hastily releasing them into the market.

Seonghyun thought that he already possessed power beyond the typical level, but that was from the perspective of a hunter, an individual.

The moment potions were released into the market, the attention towards Seonghyun would undoubtedly increase even more.

He was the only one besides [the original creator] who could use abilities related to healing.

He couldn’t prevent such things from happening, but he could prevent some of the side effects that would arise from it.

That was to connect with a suitable place.

A place that would handle the potions Seonghyun created.

He could ask Inhwan, but in a situation where they had become more than just a team, it would be a little difficult to handle if even a slightly awkward situation arose.

Seonghyun first narrowed down the companies that were quite large now.

“Hmm…is this it?”

A total of 10 companies made it onto Seonghyun’s list.

And then, the ones he remembered even before his regression.

He further narrowed down the ones that survived until then.

“That makes a total of 5.”

Finally, the ones where no problems had occurred.

There might not be any that were completely free of corruption, but at least not on a large scale.

The more he narrowed it down like this, the smaller the number became, leaving only two.

“Hwajeong Group and DNN?”

Hwajeong Group was a traditional company, while DNN was a newly emerging company.

And there was one more difference: Hwajeong’s roots were all Korean, while DNN’s roots were Japanese.

“There’s no need to rush.”

It would be nice to gather funds quickly, but the moment he released the potions into the world, Seonghyun would gain an unimaginable level of financial power.

Rather than acting hastily here, it was important to choose a place that could cooperate as much as possible.

Until then, he would wait for the results of subjugating 20 Class 3 Gates.

In fact, Seonghyun thought that his second year wouldn’t be much different from his first year.

No matter how many Gates appeared or how many mutations occurred, the basics wouldn’t change.

But Seonghyun’s expectations were completely wrong.

The day after the opening ceremony, as he left home to go to the Academy, a man in a black suit was waiting for someone in front of his house.

“Are you Hunter Kim Seonghyun?”

“Yes, I am, but…”

“Good morning.”

The man handed over a business card as he greeted.

“…”

“I am here on behalf of Assemblyman Kim.”

“Assemblyman Kim?”

It wasn’t a very welcome situation.

Until now, the Association had been blocking things well in advance, but with the talks with the Academy over and Seonghyun becoming a second-year student, it was a little too much to completely block all these movements in advance.

“Yes. It’s just that the Assemblyman would like to meet you once, Hunter.”

“What’s the matter?”

“I don’t know. However, I can say for sure that you won’t regret meeting the Assemblyman.”

He wanted to refuse on the spot, but he was curious about what kind of proposal they had prepared to be so confident.

Moreover, if there were more cases like this in the future, it would be helpful to have told Assemblyman Kim that he had rejected the proposal.

“When is it?”

Fortunately, seeing Seonghyun accepting, the man opened the door of the car he had come in and said.

“It’s possible now.”

Was it right to get in that car now?

He thought about whether it would be better to think about the coping methods and go, but that wasn’t for Seonghyun.

“Let’s go.”

“Thank you.”

After all, there was no way to know what kind of proposals those people would make unless you were in the same field.

Rather than leaving a knot in his heart with such an unanswerable question, it was better to end it right away.

Especially against these people.

“It will take about 10 minutes.”

“Yes.”

During the 10 minutes to the destination, the two did not exchange a word.

Seonghyun was only staring out the window, and the man kept watching Seonghyun’s mood until 10 minutes had passed.

“We have arrived.”

Seonghyun, who got out of the car, confirmed that the huge building near the Academy was today’s destination.

And he also confirmed that the destination was the Hwajeong Group building.

“Hmm…”

“Is there a problem?”

The man asked, worried, as he looked at the building with a bad expression.

“No.”

“Then, I will guide you.”

As he followed the man into the building, many people’s eyes began to focus on Seonghyun as if they recognized his face.

“…You’ve deliberately set the place here. As if you want other people to see me coming here.”

“…I will guide you.”

The man ignored Seonghyun’s words and guided Seonghyun to an elevator that ordinary employees could not use.

Again, the top floor of the building.

Since it was a huge building, it took quite a while to go up, and after enjoying the scenery outside the elevator a little, he heard the sound of arrival.

There were quite a few impressive people on the top floor.

Whether they were guarding the person in this place, each of them was quite large.

“He is waiting inside.”

Walking while making eye contact with each of those people, he was able to arrive at the room where Assemblyman Kim was.

“Assemblyman. I have brought him.”

“Oh, tell him to come in.”

A kind voice was heard, and Seonghyun entered through the door that the man had opened.

“…”

“Hmm? Is there a problem? Please sit down first.”

But very coincidentally, the person waiting in the room was someone Seonghyun knew very well.

All he knew was what he had seen on TV.

“Yes.”

It was the person who created the Special Act on Hunter Management.

All hunters had to have the obligation to subjugate Gates.

That was still the case, but the special law had a clause that required a certain number of Gates to be subjugated during a certain period.

Thanks to that, the number of hunters had decreased a lot.

It was a law that was quickly abolished, but Assemblyman Kim had made the special law and sold off a huge amount of cheap equipment, quickly making a fortune in a short period of time.

“The reason I invited Hunter Kim here today is very simple.”

Assemblyman Kim handed Seonghyun a document.

“As you know, there is not much time left until the election.”

It was about the election schedule.

“What does the election have to do with me?”

“It’s not that it has anything to do with you. But you can exert influence.”

Assemblyman Kim got up from his seat and pointed to one day on the schedule that Seonghyun was looking at.

“Just give me this one day.”

“…What do I have to do?”

Perhaps thinking that Seonghyun had accepted, Assemblyman Kim smiled with satisfaction.

“Just heal a few people. And give a simple speech…that’s all.”

“…”

“Of course, there will be a corresponding price. The financial part is obvious, as well as your family and even your cherished friends.”

“So you’re saying you want me to show that I support you, Assemblyman?”

At Seonghyun’s words, Assemblyman Kim nodded and took his finger off the schedule he had been pointing to, placing his hand on Seonghyun’s shoulder.

“Perfect.”