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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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Even as I thought this, Han Min-ha continued to be flung through the air and tumbled across the ground.
Song Do-yoon slowly approached Han Min-ha, who was struggling to get up.
With each step Song Do-yoon took, Han Min-ha was pushed back further, as if kicked by a giant, invisible foot.
“What is she doing? Is she using Aerokinesis as a freshman…?”
Jin Se-young muttered, clutching her pen.
“She’s quite skilled at it, too.”
Professor Yoo Hyun-joo also watched with a serious expression.
Aerokinesis, as the name suggested, was the ability to manipulate air currents.
From summoning a gentle breeze to, theoretically, creating a typhoon.
Of course, creating a typhoon was only possible in theory; no hero had ever actually achieved it.
So, Song Do-yoon’s ability wasn’t telekinesis, but Aerokinesis.
That explained the bird incident.
She had manipulated the air currents to throw the bird against Han Min-ha’s window.
Quite cunning.
Such creativity from a freshman; as expected of an upper-class student.
The problem was that although Song Do-yoon used Aura for her Aerokinesis, the actual damage wasn’t from the Aura itself, but from the air currents.
Air currents were a natural phenomenon.
Aura, on the other hand, reacted strongly when it collided with other Aura.
Therefore, when Han Min-ha was indirectly attacked by a natural phenomenon like a strong gust of wind, her dense Aura wasn’t as effective.
If she could skillfully manipulate her Aura, she could negate even natural phenomena, but Han Min-ha wasn’t at that level yet.
I had anticipated Han Min-ha having the upper hand, assuming an Aura-versus-Aura battle, but now that seemed unlikely.
“It’ll be tough if she can use Aerokinesis that freely.”
“Indeed. That lower-class student was planning to increase her weight by gathering her Aura, but that plan’s completely useless now.”
The headhunters behind us offered a rather pessimistic analysis.
But I didn’t think so.
Secreto agents fought dirty.
They ruthlessly crushed weak opponents and pretended to retreat against strong ones, only to stab them in the back.
They completed their missions by any means necessary, accepting the risks of illegal or unethical actions.
And Han Min-ha had been trained by me, a former Secreto agent.
She could do this.
If she could just understand my intention.
“Professor Kyo… will Min-ha be alright…? She’s just getting pummeled…”
Professor Jin Se-young asked worriedly.
“Well, I’m sure she’ll do fine. She wouldn’t have challenged an upper-class student without a plan.”
I extended my hand like a blade as I spoke.
When Han Min-ha, tumbling across the ground, met my eyes with a desperate look, I subtly tilted the blade of my hand sideways.
That should be enough of a hint.
Han Min-ha stared at my hand, then pulled herself up.
Han Min-ha. You can do this. Show them what you’re made of.
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Han Min-ha saw Professor Kyo’s hand gesture and wondered what it meant.
She wiped her goggles, thinking she had seen wrong, but she still couldn’t understand.
But she didn’t have time to ponder.
Song Do-yoon, who had approached unnoticed, unleashed her ability with a cruel smile.
Han Min-ha was hit head-on by an invisible gust of wind and sent tumbling backward.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Song Do-yoon walked towards her calmly, as if there was no rush.
“Realizing you’re outmatched?”
She seemed confident of her victory.
Han Min-ha retreated, desperately racking her brain.
The professor made a specific hand gesture.
He wouldn’t do something meaningless, so it must be a clue to overcoming this situation.
But… I don’t get it…
What does tilting his hand like that mean…?
“What are you thinking about?”
“Huh!?”
Another gust of wind.
This time, it was narrow and pointed, aimed at her abdomen.
The force was so strong that Han Min-ha doubled over in pain, as if she had been punched.
“Ugh…!”
Song Do-yoon smirked at the sight of Han Min-ha retching.
“You know what? I think I’ll just kill you here. Or at least cripple you so you can never act up again.”
Generating swirling air currents around herself, Song Do-yoon continued,
“Before I do, can I ask you something? Is Hee-won… really black down there? Does she taste sour? What does she smell like? Tell me in detail.”
She’s crazy… Song Do-yoon is completely insane…
With a truly deranged look in her eyes, Song Do-yoon shrieked,
“Answer me!”
She rode the air currents surrounding her and shot towards Han Min-ha like a bullet.
Reacting instinctively to Song Do-yoon’s sudden attack, Han Min-ha created a Basic Physical Barrier.
It was a completely unconscious action, her body remembering Professor Kyo’s incredible training.
The quickly formed barrier blocked Song Do-yoon’s air current.
However, because it had been created hastily, the barrier was weak, and the impact twisted it at an angle.
Song Do-yoon’s air current, following the angled barrier, grazed Han Min-ha’s cheek.
“Gasp?!”
Feeling a burning pain on her cheek, as if she had been burned, Han Min-ha suddenly understood the meaning of Professor Kyo’s hand gesture.
That’s what he meant…!
Dodging a second attack, Han Min-ha released a burst of Aura, propelling herself away from Song Do-yoon.
“So you won’t answer. Ah, I see.”
Song Do-yoon gave a creepy smile as she watched Han Min-ha retreat.
“It was all a lie, wasn’t it? You made it all up to mess with me?”
She covered her mouth and laughed theatrically.
“Of course. Why would Hee-won ever be with a cheap, dirty slut like you? You probably reek of sweat under those big tits…”
“Hee-won…”
Han Min-ha interrupted,
“Is my friend.”
“Don’t give me that bullshit. You…”
“I genuinely consider Hee-won my friend, and I care about her. Not like you, using her to satisfy your disgusting, perverted desires.”
Song Do-yoon froze and stared at Han Min-ha with trembling eyes.
“Perverted desires…? My pure love… how dare you…?! You… you…!”
“Pure love? Don’t make me laugh. Hee-won would be disgusted if she knew how you really felt. That the girl who follows her around like a shadow is actually obsessed with the color, taste, and smell of her… you know.”
Han Min-ha forced a trembling smile.
“She’d call you a disgusting lesbian and hate you. You’d be abandoned, and everyone else would pretend they don’t know you after Hee-won dumps you. And then…”
“Shut up! Don’t say another word! Die! I’ll kill you! I’ll rip your tongue out so you can never speak again! Die!!”
Song Do-yoon screamed and unleashed a barrage of deadly air currents.
“Dodge, Min-ha!!”
Teaching Assistant Bae Ye-bin screamed from the spectator seats.
But Han Min-ha didn’t dodge.
Instead, she charged forward, creating barriers as she ran.
Basic Physical Barriers, angled to the left and right, appeared in front of her.
The barriers deflected the air currents, and as they shattered, new barriers formed behind them, layer upon layer.
Han Min-ha raced forward through the narrow gap created by the wedge-shaped barriers.
Her body began to glow violet as her Aura rapidly condensed.
“Aaaaagh! Die! Slut! Whore! Rapist!!”
Seeing Han Min-ha approaching, breaking through her attacks, Song Do-yoon lost all reason, spitting curses.
She amplified all her Aura and summoned a monstrous gust of wind.
The force was so powerful that the broadcasting drones above were sucked in, colliding and shattering.
“Get away from Hee-won!!”
The gale, strong enough to tear apart a wooden building, slammed into Han Min-ha.
The wind tore through the layers of barriers and impacted her body.
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“No! We have to stop this!”
Professor Jin Se-young snapped her pen and jumped to her feet.
But Song Do-yoon’s gale was too fast.
Just as the powerful, visible gust of wind was about to hit Han Min-ha head-on,
Han Min-ha, flung backward by the impact, created a series of angled barriers behind her, linking them together to form a sharp, semicircular curve.
Using Song Do-yoon’s gale as propulsion, Han Min-ha slid along the connected barriers like a waterslide, arcing towards Song Do-yoon with incredible speed.
Gasps of astonishment erupted from the audience.
Hmm. Totally unexpected, Han Min-ha.
I thought she would just deflect the wind.
But she went further and connected the barriers to create a slide.
I hadn’t expected that.
Well done.
“Aaaaagh!!”
Enraged, Song Do-yoon, oblivious to Han Min-ha circling around her, continued to attack blindly forward.
“Song Do-yoon! Snap out of it!!”
Kim Yi-bit-na’s shout, as she gripped the spectator railing, snapped Song Do-yoon out of her frenzy.
“Huh?!”
Finally realizing the situation, Song Do-yoon saw Han Min-ha returning like a boomerang along the barrier wall and belatedly raised her arms to guard.
“Too late.”
Professor Yoo Hyun-joo commented curtly.
Han Min-ha, having gathered all her Aura, was glowing brilliantly violet.
A dense, heavy Aura, just like her father’s.
That Aura, condensed to its limit, combined with the momentum gained from the headwind.
Han Min-ha was an unstoppable violet comet.
She slammed into Song Do-yoon.
Crash!!
A thunderous boom echoed through the arena, and a cloud of dust erupted.
Song Do-yoon was flung high into the air and her limbs flailed like a puppet with its strings cut.
Professor Jin Se-young shattered her chair as she leaped up and caught the falling Song Do-yoon.
A deathly silence fell over the arena.
All eyes were fixed on the slowly dissipating dust cloud.
“There… there she is…!”
The headhunters behind me pointed, letting out hushed gasps.
Han Min-ha emerged from the dust, her suit tattered, but she was still standing.
“Min-ha!!”
Teaching Assistant Bae Ye-bin leaped over the railing and ran into the arena.
“Hehe… TA…”
With a weak smile, Han Min-ha slumped into Bae Ye-bin’s arms and lost consciousness.
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