It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 264

Chapter 264: Yoo Seol-ha trapped in Kyung-joon’s trap

Yoo Seol-ha VS Kyung-joon’s Unlimited Table Tennis Festival AR Showdown.

As expected of a game from Seolha Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Seolha Group, at first, Yoo Seol-ha had the upper hand, memorizing various special kill commands.

She even widened the gap to an absolute 9 to 0, but it was as if he had only played with her for a while.

Kyung-joon scored 11 points in a row with unbelievable gaming skills.

“I can’t believe it…… I can’t believe it…… I can’t believe it…… This kind of thing…… can’t be happening……. “

Thud.

Yoo Seol-ha collapsed on the floor.

During the time she lost 11 points in a row, she couldn’t figure out what was going on.

No, she knew one thing.

The creature in front of her, Lee Kyung-joon, was clearly something wrong, or a creature whose causality was twisted…….

Thud. Thud.

Kyung-joon walked over to where Yoo Seol-ha was sitting on the floor.

And then.

“Hey guys. We’ve played enough today, so let’s all go home. Don’t be careless just because you played, let’s all study hard for tomorrow’s exam since we had so much fun.”

━Uh, yeah…… That’s a good idea.

━What about you, Kyung-joon? What about, Yoo Seol-ha…….

“I’ll take care of Yoo Seol-ha. I’ll call my secretary or something.”

━Oh, yeah! That would be great! See ya!

━Bye!

━What, you know…… Good luck to you two!

━Hey! What the hell are you talking about, you idiot!

Thump. Thump.

Kyung-joon dismissed all the other friends.

Then, in the space left alone with Yoo Seol-ha.

“You said it can’t be happening? What? That you lost?”

“……. “

She clenched her fists as if frustrated.

This was the first time.

It wasn’t simply that she was upset that she had lost at table tennis.

The inviolable rule of her 18 years of life had just been broken.

It was the first time in her life that her expectation of a perfect victory had been completely off the mark.

“The AR equipment raises or lowers the physical abilities of two people to almost the same level…… No matter how abnormal your physical abilities are…… As long as you’re wearing the equipment, you can’t control it as you please……. “

She muttered several reasons.

“No.”

But she was immediately denied.

Thud.

Kyung-joon stopped walking right in front of Yoo Seol-ha.

He had already taken off all the AR equipment, judging that the match was over.

“That’s why it was so uncomfortable to wear. Honestly, it felt like I was wearing shackles. If I had done anything to the equipment, I would have fixed that first.”

“You’re saying you didn’t touch the equipment?”

“Yeah.”

“……Really?”

“Yeah. Really.”

He didn’t touch it.

In the first place, it was his first time touching the AR equipment, so he didn’t even know how to touch it.

“Then…… Then what is it…… If you didn’t do anything to the equipment, then what in the world was that……. “

“That? Ah, that.”

What Yoo Seol-ha was talking about must be the 11 points he scored in a row at the end.

“……I saw it. Before I even hit the ball, no, the moment I took my stance, you were already…… swinging your racket.”

It was impossible.

To swing the racket before the opponent even hit the ball, and for it to be a perfect counter.

This itself was something that could not be done without reading the opponent’s mind.

Even the best pros react only after they see the ball being hit.

But Kyung-joon was different.

He was already acting when his opponent showed the prelude.

And his actions, like perfect foresight, were proceeding in a way that completely blocked the opponent’s trajectory, no, in addition to blocking, it was proceeding in a way that perfectly countered it.

Yoo Seol-ha was staring at Kyung-joon, waiting for an answer.

“Your finger movements.”

Kyung-joon smiled at her and opened his mouth.

“Every single one of your subtle gestures, including your footwork, the direction of your pupils, and even the way your clothes swayed from the force you put into your muscles, told me whether you were going to attack, defend, or use some skill to break through. Once I knew that, it was just a simple calculation to figure out which direction, at what speed, and how the ball would fly next. Of course, the AR equipment’s unique correction values would be mixed in, but the amount of exercise and impact, that one equation is enough, right?”

“……. “

“In other words, to put it in one sentence, 『Deterministic Worldview』. You’re smart, so I’m sure you know what I mean. You learned about classical mechanics, right?”

Deterministic Worldview.

The physical worldview of classical mechanics, which accepts that if you know the cause, the result (future) is also determined.

If you know everything about your opponent’s movements and the surrounding environment (gravity, temperature, air resistance, etc.), you can accurately calculate the outcome that will follow.

“……I’ve never heard of such a skill being in a table tennis festival before……. “

“When did I ever say it was an AR equipment skill?”

“……. “

A question that was more meaningful than any other question Kyung-joon had ever asked.

Yoo Seol-ha gulped nervously at Kyung-joon’s next words.

“Never mind.”

“……Eek?!”

Kyung-joon grabbed Yoo Seol-ha’s arm, lifted her up, and made her stand up straight.

She let out a small scream at his sudden action.

Anyway.

In the end, Kyung-joon only threw out bait and didn’t give her a definite answer.

But she had nothing to say.

Because.

“Anyway, I won, right?”

Kyung-joon had won the match.

“You said that if I won, you’d do anything I wanted within the bounds of not infringing on your life and dignity, right?”

Kyung-joon grinned.

It was a mischievous expression, like a prankster plotting something big.

“Ugh……. “

Yoo Seol-ha felt a momentary, silent threat.

“I, It was within the bounds of not infringing on my life and dignity, right? Right……?”

“Hehehe, of course. As long as it doesn’t infringe on your life and dignity. Hehe. Hehehehehe.”

Kyung-joon started laughing like an evil demon.

“You…… You, you, you…… W, What in the world are you……. “

Yoo Seol-ha started to back away, feeling even more threatened.

One step back for her, one step forward for him.

Two steps back for her, two steps forward for him.

“He! Hehe! Hehehe!”

And he began to laugh even louder and more evilly.

“Hic……. “

Yoo Seol-ha, her face pale, stumbles back for a moment.

And then.

Thud.

Kyung-joon suddenly stopped walking and stopped laughing.

His suddenly serious face was somehow more frightening, like a psychopath.

Soon.

Kyung-joon’s mouth, which had been shut tight, finally opened.

“On the last day of the exam, ditch your secretary and bodyguards and come to the school gym.”

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Creak.

A ray of light entered the pitch-black gym, followed by a figure.

“I, I’m here……. “

“Oh, you’re here. Close the door quickly.”

“Uh, uh……. “

Yoo Seol-ha closed the gym door with a flinch.

“You ditched your secretary and bodyguards?”

“Yeah…… I told them I was going to the bathroom, jumped out the window, climbed a tree, and hopped over here, so I think so.”

She was also beyond human limits, not as much as Kyung-joon.

“Well, that’s fine.”

Of course, to Kyung-joon, who had already given up on being human, it was very ordinary.

“They’re not going to track you by GPS on your phone or send a group of people to search for you, are they?”

“No. I turned off location tracking and texted them that I’m on a two-hour flight-mode. It’s okay because I do this often when I’m bored.”

“Good.”

Kyung-joon nodded his head in satisfaction.

However, Yoo Seol-ha still looked uneasy and uncomfortable.

“……So, what in the world are you going to make me do in this enclosed space? You’re not really going to infringe on my life or dignity, are you?”

“You came here because you believed I wouldn’t, right?”

“Well, that’s true, but……. “

Kyung-joon shrugged and went inside the gym and started removing the dusty mats.

“Come on. Don’t worry. I can’t do anything weird even if I wanted to. This novel is rated PG-13, you know.”

“This novel……? What the hell are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Well, never mind.”

Swoosh.

Swoosh, swoosh.

“Done.”

Kyung-joon finished removing all the dusty mats.

“Cough, cough.”

Unlike Kyung-joon, she was an ordinary human being and had a hard time even with dust.

But as the dust cleared.

“What is this……. “

“Surprised?”

An unexpected pit greeted her.

“It’s only been two days since I made it, so it’s a little dirty, but come on in. I’ll go in first, and you can jump in right after me.”

Whoosh!

With that, Kyung-joon jumped into the pit first.

“……What the hell is going on.”

Yoo Seol-ha sighed in half-desperation and grabbed her forehead.

And then, as if she had made up her mind.

Whoosh!

She threw herself into the pit just like Kyung-joon.

But.

Whooosh!

“Kyaaa?!”

No matter how far she fell, her feet wouldn’t touch the bottom of the pit!

Kyung-joon had just jumped down easily, so she did the same, but she was tricked!

“Kyaaa―! It’s already been 10 seconds―! How deep is this―?!”

Thump!

She closed her eyes shut with the shock.

Then, she opened her eyes because the pain in her body wasn’t as bad as she thought.

“Hmm.”

She saw Kyung-joon holding her in a princess carry.

“About 51.9kg, I guess.”

He said, putting her down on the ground.

“Gasp…… Gasp……. “

Yoo Seol-ha was too out of breath to argue with the fact that Kyung-joon had guessed her weight correctly.

He waited for her to calm down for a moment.

“Let’s go if you’re done. Follow me.”

Kyung-joon took the lead.

“Wait, I can’t see.”

“Turn on your phone light.”

“What about you?”

“I can see very well without light.”

“……. “

So she secured her vision with the light of her smartphone and managed to move through the pit.

“……Again?”

“It’s not that high this time.”

Another hole appeared in front of them.

Whoosh. Thud.

Kyung-joon jumped first, and unlike before, she heard him land on the ground right away.

Thud.

Yoo Seol-ha landed similarly.

“Let’s go. We don’t have time.”

Kyung-joon immediately started moving again.

“Oh, yeah. Watch your step.”

“……!”

As soon as he warned her, she almost tripped over the floor.

‘Tell me that sooner……!’

Thinking so, Yoo Seol-ha checked the floor that almost tripped her with the light of her smartphone.

“Railroad……?”

She couldn’t help but be surprised.

“B, By any chance, this is……. “

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Kyung-joon urged her on with a gesture and continued.

This place.

The most passed-by place in Korea, but also the most secretive.

Unless you’re determined to search underground, you’ll never find it, and even if you try, it’s too long and complicated to find easily.

This place is.

“Line 4, and probably a little above Sadang Station?”

It was the Seoul subway, the underground of Seoul, which might be more complicated than an anthill.

“There’s a subway passing by in three minutes. We’re going to take that and go down.”

“……This isn’t a station?”

“Yeah. So?”

“……. “

Yoo Seol-ha didn’t know.

That you don’t have to go to a station to take the subway.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

The way Kyung-joon got a free ride was very simple.

And it was also scientific.

How to get on a subway safely without stopping it when it’s running at 80km/h.

It’s about making the subway stop without making it stop.

How?

Relative speed!

If Kyung-joon also runs at 80km/h, the subway will appear to be relatively stopped from Kyung-joon’s point of view!

“Kyaaa?!”

Tatter!

Kyung-joon running at a speed beyond human!

“Hey, hey. Be quiet. We’re getting on soon. People inside will hear you.”

“N, No! This crazyyy―! B@stard―!! Youuu―! Are you even human―?!”

Anyway.

After all that.

The place where Kyung-joon took Yoo Seol-ha was Gwacheon.

It was here, in this place that is rumored to have the highest crime rate per foreigner in Korea, that Kyung-joon wanted to meet someone.

To meet the person who would educate her, the unique granddaughter of the Seolha Group.

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