I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟐

𝚊ᴡ𝘦𝙗𝙨𝔱𝘰ṙ̇i̇̇𝕖𝕤.𝐜𝘰𝘮

In the dead of night, a male student is having trouble sleeping in a dormitory exclusive for first-year students at Cheonghwa Academy.

The student was none other than Johan Kruger, an exchange student in class 1-A.

「𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣?」

Just a few hours ago, he witnessed something unbelievable.

Johan began to recall the incident as he fiddled with the mystically colored watch in his hand.

「. . . . . . .」

In the afternoon, Johan, who was rushing to his next class, bumped into someone he hadn’t noticed. That was the start of the incident.

As luck would have it, he dropped the watch he was wearing, probably because it wasn’t fixed properly, and he handed it to Johan.

It was Han Kang-yoon, a senior in class 2-A.

「𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙.」

Johan, who had seen Han Kang-yoon in action when they were on the same team on Yeongwol Island, remembered his high level of combat skills. That’s why he recognized him at a glance.

However, that’s where the problem started.

「𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠.」

The watch Johan had wasn’t an ordinary watch; it was a specially made item.

It was made using fragments of a karma value stone.

You might wonder why he was carrying such an item, but Johan’s family had been chasing a special-grade wanted criminal.

His name was Alan Kruger, an evil warlock also known as the Body Snatcher.

「𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬. . . . . . .」

He can extract a person’s soul through an unknown type of black magic and take over their body by possessing it.

It is said that he has been living by taking over other people’s bodies in this way for over 300 years, making him a legendary figure.

「𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙬.」

However, Johan knew all too well that he was a real person. Of course, as his name suggests, he was Johan’s distant ancestor.

Anyway, since they were chasing such an extraordinary being, the Krugers always carried items made with karma value stones.

This was so that they could detect his traces anytime, anywhere.

Of course, they had never actually met him. For now, he was just a family enemy, and Johan was still just an academy student trying to grow.

But then, Johan witnessed something.

He saw a karma value so dark that he had never seen or heard of before.

「𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣.」

As a Kruger with a knack for black magic, Johan knew what the karma value reading meant.

If the color was that dark, it meant that the person had dabbled in a taboo that was unimaginable for a human.

If he had taken over another body, then the current Han Kang-yoon might be the great sinner Alan Kruger that the family had been chasing.

Johan couldn’t sleep at all due to his anxiety. The next day, he immediately left the dormitory and went to find Han Seo-ah, who was preparing for class.

He wanted to get information about Han Kang-yoon and decide on a course of action.

“What kind of person is Seo-ah’s Oppa?”

“. . . Oppa? Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”

“Well, I’m curious about him in many ways. Isn’t he the most popular guy in the second year these days?”

He managed to get an answer, but there was nothing particularly special about it. It was just a series of positive evaluations, saying that he was a good person with no problems as a family member.

Johan, feeling frustrated, decided to ask a more direct question.

“Haven’t you ever felt like he’s changed as a person since some time ago?”

“Changed?”

“Yes. Like doing things he didn’t used to do, or his tastes and habits changing.”

Han Seo-ah thought about it for a moment and then answered Johan with a complicated expression.

“I don’t know.”

Johan nodded and was about to withdraw his question when Han Seo-ah added something new.

“But I do feel like he’s been keeping secrets from me lately.”

Johan’s eyes wavered at her words. If Han Seo-ah, who had been watching him the closest, said so, then it was something that could no longer be taken lightly.

“By any chance, did his skills start to improve and he became famous around that time?”

“. . . Did he? Now that you mention it, I think that might be the case. Maybe someone taught him something.”

Han Kang-yoon, who had been in class D throughout his first year, had shown a dramatic improvement in his skills after moving up to the second year.

If he had been possessed by Alan Kruger at that time, it would make sense.

「. . . 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡?」

In fact, up until this morning, Johan had been thinking that there must have been some kind of mistake.

However, all the circumstances pointed too clearly to the worst possible scenario.

Johan briefly stepped out of the classroom, took out his smartphone, and began to think deeply.

「𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?」

The Kruger family, who were skilled in dealing with black magic, and Mikhail Kruger, who was considered one of the strongest in the United States, Johan’s home country.

If they all came together, there would be nothing they could do, even if Han Kang-yoon was the great sinner Alan.

However, the problem was that Cheonghwa Academy would be plunged into chaos for a while.

His family would certainly ignore the country’s approval or the academy’s wishes, and there could be secondary and tertiary conflicts as a result.

Also, his friend Han Seo-ah would be greatly shocked by the sudden tragedy.

This was especially true since Han Kang-yoon was the only remaining family member from the same facility.

「. . . . . . .」

There was not enough evidence to act without hesitation. Johan decided to postpone his judgment for the time being and observe the situation a little longer.

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𝘢𝙬ᴇḃ̇𝕤𝚝𝕠𝘳ɪė̇𝘴.𝔠ᴏ𝙢