Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

Chapter 802

Bang Yoonseob's "Bread Shuttle" Extension News Spread Far and Wide.

I didn't spread the news.

It just happened that Bang Yoonseob was cursing me and shouting, which drew the attention of many people.

Of those who heard the news, Mok U-ram seemed the most pleased.

"I’m happy I can continue my side job this year."

It seemed that Mok U-ram was planning to continue his side job of catching Bang Yoonseob smoking.

He added, “At the end of last year, his skills improved suddenly, making it hard to handle him. But now, I think I can fight him.”

I knew the cause of Bang Yoonseob's skill change.

It was said that the priest of Invidius had drained Bang Yoonseob's life force to extend his powers.

For the demons, Bang Yoonseob was a disposable piece, used for a short time around Christmas and then discarded, so they didn’t care at all about any aftereffects or loss of lifespan.

Fortunately, I had stopped Bang Yoonseob from using great power before Christmas, and the head of the Sa-jok helped with the aftermath, so no major problems remained.

Currently, Bang Yoonseob was weaker than when the demons were actively involved, but he had become much healthier and had more potential for development.

"I don't think I can help with the search. Sorry."

There was no reason for Ju Su-hyeok to apologize, but he did.

Though Ju Su-hyeok mentioned being busy with training, it seemed there was another reason.

‘The head of the Sa-jok must have said something to Ju Su-hyeok.’

I had contacted the head of the Sa-jok several times after Christmas.

The head of the Sa-jok, who had helped Bang Yoonseob deliver his scales, seemed to be concerned about Ju Su-hyeok.

To borrow the expression used by the head of the Sa-jok, "Bang Yoonseob should avoid opponents harboring ridiculous feelings of inferiority."

That was because Bang Yoonseob’s mental state hadn’t fully stabilized yet.

I couldn’t even imagine how bitter Ju Su-hyeok must have felt when hearing those words.

But even knowing that, I didn’t interfere.

‘Ju Su-hyeok will continue to face these kinds of issues. He’ll have to get used to it.’

Objectively, Ju Su-hyeok was outstanding.

He had no shortcomings in character, ability, appearance, or background.

It wasn’t surprising that someone would develop jealousy and inferiority towards such a perfect title hero.

There would likely be more people who harbored such feelings toward Ju Su-hyeok, aside from Bang Yoonseob.

Even if Ju Su-hyeok didn’t flaunt it.

But that didn’t mean he should give up what he had. He would have to overcome it mentally.

‘Ju Su-hyeok thinks of Bang Yoonseob as a friend, so I hope they get along well…’

Though I can’t do anything about the feelings others have toward Ju Su-hyeok, I do hope that Ju Su-hyeok and Bang Yoonseob can get along.

But I couldn’t just erase Bang Yoonseob's inferiority complex and mess with his mind either.

So, for now, I decided to wait for Bang Yoonseob's growth.

Afterward, I could intervene by providing a reason for them to become closer.

[Maeng Hyo-don] Oh, right

[Maeng Hyo-don] (photo)

[Maeng Hyo-don] I took a picture when he was smoking before.

Upon hearing the news about the re-launch of the Bread Shuttle’s anti-smoking campaign, Maeng Hyo-don sent two pictures.

In the first photo, Bang Yoonseob, with a nervous face, had a cigarette in his mouth. The second photo showed the Taoist from Takgeosan kicking the cigarette out of his hand.

The date on the photos indicated that it was the day before Bang Yoonseob confessed to Choi Young-hee.

That pathetic guy seemed to have wanted to rely on nicotine before confessing.

Meanwhile, another nicotine addict sent me a device message.

[Ju Su-gyeom] I moved to confirm the contract.

Unlike Bang Yoonseob, the competent smoker worked quickly.

Ju Su-gyeom, an executive at the Joo Group and a member of the royal family, obviously needed to quickly understand the situation with the O Group.

Before asking for specifics, Ju Su-gyeom sent another message.

[Ju Su-gyeom] Five people were injured during the verification process.

[Ju Su-gyeom] I’ll send you the encrypted file. The password is the date and time we agreed on.

Why would there be injuries when confirming the existence of a contract?

Instead of explaining via message, Ju Su-gyeom sent an attachment.

After entering the password, the report file opened.

The report’s contents were as follows.

After Ju Su-gyeom’s investigation, it was found that none of the surviving members of the O family were aware of the contract.

It was possible that the previous generation had tragically died without passing on the contract, but Ju Su-gyeom thought otherwise.

He found it strange that they hadn’t passed on the contract regarding the Crystal Palace made with the Sea King through the will.

‘It’s strange that a life-and-death contract wasn’t passed on to the descendants. Besides life, wealth, and honor are at stake, and breaking the promise could result in hostility with the Dragon Clan.’

Ju Su-gyeom rechecked the will left by the O family’s predecessors and the process of its execution.

Since much time had passed, it was difficult to find traces, but Ju Su-gyeom and his secretaries directly investigated and confirmed the omission in the will.

They meticulously examined traces of the energy manipulation left on the otherworldly paper of the will and found the interrupted flow.

The lawyer who executed the will was now deceased, and his son had inherited the law firm.

When Ju Su-gyeom’s secretaries visited the law office with a pre-arranged appointment, an ambush occurred.

‘A large law firm was destroyed, but it’s so quiet. Did Ju Su-gyeom stop it?’

The staff members of the law office who had no strength to resist were unharmed, but the guards stationed at the law office and Ju Su-gyeom’s secretaries were injured.

Moreover, the safe was crushed like paper, and most of the recording devices were destroyed.

According to the damage report in the file, this would inevitably make the news.

As expected, the article was blocked by Ju Su-gyeom.

[Ju Su-gyeom] The article was blocked for now, but the ambush incident will be reported today.

The police seemed to believe that this was an act of revenge.

Since the outcome of the trial would affect the lives of many, those with grudges against the lawyer were not few.

The police began investigating the possible grudge relationship, assuming that someone had hired player mercenaries to ambush the law office.

However, Ju Su-gyeom had a different idea.

[Ju Su-gyeom] The timing was too perfect. It could have been a scheme to conceal the existence of the contract.

I agreed with that idea.

In fact, since I had heard the details of the contract directly from the Dragons, hiding it or not didn’t matter much to me.

What mattered was who had prevented the O family from passing down the contract to their descendants.

[Ju Su-gyeom] The omission in the will seems to prove the existence of the contract. I plan to investigate further about the mastermind behind this.

[Ju Su-gyeom] In the meantime, I would like you to mediate the cancellation of the contract.

It seemed that the O family had become involved in even more dangerous matters than I had expected.

Someone behind this was likely hoping for the O family’s short lifespan and the agony of the Dragon Clan.

And that someone was undoubtedly the hidden force behind all this.

The question was, who among them was working as the mastermind’s pawn?

‘They would have to be powerful enough to intervene in the execution of the will of the Joo Group.’

You couldn’t do this kind of thing without significant wealth and connections.

I could only think of other conglomerates with powers comparable to the Joo Group.

Among them, it certainly wouldn’t be the Hwangmyeong Group, so it must be TC and Namgung.

I guessed Ju Su-gyeom had figured this much out too.

‘Could this become the spark for the four major conglomerates’ internal power struggle?’

There’s still quite a bit of time before the scenario plays out, but the ominous signs are increasing.

That means the struggle runs much deeper than I thought.

The club recruitment period smoothly passed, and most of the first-year students had decided where to go.

Eun Seo-ho decided not to join any club to focus on his position as class president, but Eun Yi-ho joined the student council.

Eun Yi-ho was quite interested in school affairs and seemed to have grown closer with An Dain, almost like real sisters.

‘Yoon Yeorang looked at clubs excitedly but didn’t join in the end, saying she’d be too busy with priestess duties.’

There were some unexpected choices among the first-years.

Cha Seok-won entered the Jikhoe club.

On the first day of school, Cha Seok-won had blown up his room, making him stand out as a potential troublemaker for the 0-class. He became friends with them and eventually joined the Jikhoe club.

I wondered why he had to enter a club like Jikhoe with someone like ‘Gye,’ but there were players like Park Seung-hyun there, so it might not be so bad after all.

‘It would be better if Park Seung-hyun or another third-year took over as the Jikhoe president.’

Recently, our 1st-year 0-class had been causing more and more incidents in the dormitory, so Kim Shin-rok had become busier.

Last year, our class was calm, and no matter what happened, Seong Si-wan would resolve it quickly, so Kim Shin-rok didn’t need to get involved.

But this year, the Jikhoe president was far less competent, and the difference was becoming more noticeable.

“Yi-shin hyung, if there’s anything you want to do, I’ll help. I joined the clubs in a way that would help you too.”

Unlike others, Eun-ho said something thoughtful.

Eun-ho joined the discipline committee and the newspaper club.

Dual club membership required approval from the faculty advisor and the club president, but everyone nodded in agreement.

Ham Geun-hyeong, the teacher, Je-gal Jae-gul, Cheon Dong-ha, and the newspaper club president all agreed.

Eun-ho also said, “I wanted to join the same club as hyung. I was disappointed that you didn’t participate in any club activities when you were in college.”

‘Still, he should focus on discipline work as the main priority. He can act as a guest reporter in the newspaper club. This year, there are many members, so the workload isn’t heavy.’

So, another tiger joined the newspaper club alongside Hwang Ji-ho.

The changes weren’t just in the clubs.

Our curriculum as second-years shifted more towards practical work, with fewer restrictions than in first-year, allowing us to form parties more freely and engage more actively in otherworldly explorations.

“Most wanted criminal, Choi Pyeon-deuk hunting party? Is it still here? I want to join once I raise my combat skills more!”

Recently, Sa Wol-seum, who had shown interest in many parties, said that.

Choi Pyeon-deuk was the one who had sold Sa Wol-seum at the dream auction.

At first, just seeing the name made Sa Wol-seum nervous, but it seemed like she had shaken it off.

‘I might not succeed in hunting Choi Pyeon-deuk, but I’m having good results with hunting other wanted criminals, so joining here seems fine.’

It was a party without Choi Pyeon-deuk, but so what?

Choosing to join wasn’t a bad decision.

“Hyodoni looks like he’s in bad shape. What happened?”

“There’s a math quiz tomorrow.”

“Oh no, you chose math again.”

“Somehow…”

Some were making reckless choices.

Maeng Hyo-don had chosen a subject teaching high school-level math, heading straight into hell.

It had been less than a month since the semester started, and Maeng Hyo-don seemed half out of his mind.

I wondered if he could survive this semester.

‘Today, I can’t help because of an after-school appointment, but I’ll have to tutor him starting tomorrow.’

As I headed to the meeting spot after school, I was making plans to tutor Maeng Hyo-don.

The meeting spot was MITRON.

Today, I had something to ask the pastry chef, Ryu Jang.

I needed to find out what he had done during the Fomor demons’ auction to assess which chess pieces I could move.