Academy’s Villain Professor-Chapter 157 : Chapter 157

Chapter 157: The Lecture (2)
Ji-an, sitting in a corner seat, couldn't bring herself to raise her head.
Overwhelmed with shame and embarrassment, she felt like she wanted to vomit blood.
She clenched the crown of thorns in her hand as if to crush it.
As if that wasn't enough, she put her thumb in her mouth and chewed on the tip.
To think Ho-cheol would be so diligent.
It was a completely unexpected variable.
What did Mister think after seeing that scene just now?
He wouldn't misunderstand me as a delinquent student, would he?
Of course, at a glance, one could misunderstand, but she had no intention of simply causing a disturbance.
She had just planned to establish some dominance before Ho-cheol arrived.
This lecture was not only for her current department, the Emission Department, but also for students from other departments.
Not just the Hero Department, but also the Support Item Production Department and the Operation Department.
That's why a strong entrance and first impression were necessary at that time.
But to think that Ho-cheol would have arrived five minutes early.
In the past three days of academy lectures, she had not once seen a professor arrive earlier than the lecture time.
She had thought it would be the same this time!
It's all ruined!
As she was twisting her body in agony, a worried voice came from the back seat.
“Are you alright?”
He was her classmate and also her follower.
It was a contradictory expression, but it was also true.
The Emission Department.
To be precise, she had already taken over B-class of the two first-year classes in the Emission Department.
On the first day, there had been a hostile atmosphere of ‘special admission by parachute,’ but Ji-an had not cared at all.
Even if her physical condition was not good, the charisma, leadership, and overwhelming military power that had once led a large villain organization had by no means disappeared.
After the first lecture, starting with crushing a couple of delinquent students who were acting up to establish dominance, it took only three days.
Ji-an had dominated the class in just three days.
Thus, she was treated as a leader even among her peers of the same age, and she had now even become an object of semi-worship.
Towards the follower who was still sending a worried gaze, she answered quietly.
“……It is done.”
I had even promised Mister I wouldn't use this tone of voice, and now he found out.
Her ears turned bright red with embarrassment.
She surreptitiously turned her head to the side and checked the time.
Only 1 minute left until the start of the lecture.
She quietly stood up and moved from the corner in the very back to right in front of the lectern.
Embarrassing was embarrassing.
In any case, there was no reason to watch from afar when a seat where she could see Ho-cheol's face up close was empty.
In fact, the reason she had made such a strong entrance in the first place was that she had had a good mind to kick out anyone who was sitting in this first-class seat.
At the same time, her followers also stood up in a group and sat in a line in the back seats behind her.
Even though she had sat in the seat right in front of the lectern, Ho-cheol didn't even give her a short glance, as if he had no interest at all.
Instead, he just turned his body to the side and diligently wrote something in his notebook.
Ji-an's face fell.
Of course, they had already agreed that they wouldn't acknowledge each other at the academy, but it hurt to be truly ignored.
And so, the clock struck the hour, and Ho-cheol lightly tapped the lectern as if knocking.
Everyone's attention was on him.
Ho-cheol silently looked around the lecture hall.
Half of the gazes were of curiosity, half were of looking down on him.
And one was a very burdensome, sparkling, affectionate gaze.
This lecture is probably going to be the hardest.
Sighing inwardly, he placed both hands on the lectern.
“I am Jeong Ho-cheol, and I will be in charge of the first-year [The Definition and Ethics of Villains] lecture.”
A loud round of applause erupted.
To be precise, Ji-an was clapping hard by herself.
When she frowned and glanced back, the followers in the back row belatedly joined in the applause.
With them clapping, a few other students also glanced around and greeted Ho-cheol with scattered applause.
As the applause died down again, Ho-cheol said with a faint sigh.
“Since it’s the first day, we’ll just lightly go over what we’ll be doing in this lecture and its purpose, and then we’ll be done. First, in this lecture, we’ll be dividing it into three main parts.”
Ho-cheol turned his back and wrote on the blackboard.
[The Definition of a Villain]
[The Justice of a Villain]
And
[The Ethics of a Villain]
“Through the definition of a villain, we will learn what a villain is. Through the justice of a villain, we will learn the principles of a villain’s actions. And through the ethics of a villain, we will learn the goals of a villain. We will consider, explore, and in the end, understand these three things separately.”
It wasn't an existing lecture, and there were no samples or textbooks, so Ho-cheol had to construct the lecture from beginning to end.
“There will be no separate textbook. We will create and distribute separate materials each week, and conduct the lecture through them.”
Ho-cheol turned back and placed his hand on the blackboard.
“What's the point of understanding and considering villains? You might have such a question. So what we can gain through this lecture, that's the key.”
Ho-cheol drew arrows from the three things he had just written, pointing to one place.
[Inferring a Villain's Thoughts One Step Ahead]
“Through the three preceding analyses, you will be able to understand the villain itself. In terms of dealing with villains, it can be divided into three methods: reading, reacting, and preempting. Here, reacting and preempting can be seen as a level clearly one step above an ordinary hero.”
This acted like a sixth sense through overwhelming experience, but Ho-cheol had turned it into a clear theory.
Of course, until now, he had used it against heroes, but it was also fully effective in the opposite situation.
“If all you can do is react to what has already happened, you’ll be a third-rate forever.”
“If we can read a villain’s thoughts, can we also read your thoughts, Professor?”
A question close to a taunt from somewhere.
The one who reacted first was, amusingly, not Ho-cheol, but Ji-an.
The moment she, infuriated, was about to shoot up from her seat, Ho-cheol snapped his fingers.
Taang—
The intense sound, close to a gunshot, was so strong that even a shockwave could be seen.
The only one here who understood its meaning was Ji-an.
She bit her lip and sat down.
Instead, Ho-cheol walked towards the student who had just spoken.
“Right. The student is, hmm.”
Ho-cheol briefly looked the male student up and down.
“You don't seem to be in the Augmentation Department. Which department are you in?”
“Emission.”
Surprisingly, he was in the same department as Ji-an.
Well, even if they were in the same year, they could be in different classes.
Ho-cheol chuckled.
It was a provocation if it was a provocation, and it was rudeness if it was rudeness.
But he didn't care at all.
No, in fact, he was a little glad.
“Right. If you can truly and perfectly master and understand what I teach this semester, then by all means.”
Teaching the well-behaved ones was something not only he, but also the other professors at Clington could do.
But against guys like this, most ordinary professors would end up just neglecting them.
But that shouldn't be the case.
If it were the first semester, he wouldn't know, but now he knew for sure.
Straightening out these incorrigible guys was something that only he could and had to do here at Clington.
“Now, since we have such a motivated student, I was originally planning to end the lecture right away, but I'll give you an assignment as well.”
He returned to the lectern and said.
“The definition, justice, and ethics of a villain written on the back. Write your own opinion on these three keywords in the form of a and submit it. The length, format, and content are all free.”
Sighs of lament erupted from here and there.
But Ho-cheol continued to speak, unconcerned.
“I won't be grading it separately, but I will be collecting another with the same content at the end of the semester. It’s to compare the s submitted at the beginning and end of the lecture, so don’t forget and submit it right away.”
He leaned forward and rested both arms on the lectern.
“And I need a class president in my lecture. Who wants to be…”
Ho-cheol couldn't even finish his words.
Two hands had already shot up from the very front seat.
It wasn't that two people had raised their hands.
It was just one person who had raised both hands.
Ignoring the hands that were raised as high as they could go, he looked around the lecture hall.
“Doesn’t anyone want to do it?”
“Me, me, me, me, me! I want to do it!”
Unfortunately, no one other than Ji-an raised their hand.
In fact, even if there had been other volunteers, if it had gone to a vote, it was a matter of course that Ji-an, who was leading five followers, would have been elected, so it was of little use.
Leaving behind the greetings of Ji-an, who had been promoted to class president, Ho-cheol finished his lecture.
And on his way back, the sudden vibration of his phone made him stop walking.
“Right. What is it?”
It was a call from Wolf Fang, who rarely contacted him first.
Since it meant it was a very important matter, Ho-cheol naturally answered in a serious voice.
“Um, it’s information about Black Oskopf. They’re holding a private showcase for a new technology in the battleground.”
“Hmm”
Ho-cheol stroked his chin.
“New technology. It must be what we’re expecting.”
“The human-monster synthesis technology… isn’t that a bit of a stretch? They’ll get an insane amount of flak if they reveal it.”
Unlike the negative Wolf Fang, Ho-cheol was half-convinced.
“Even if it’s the same technology, they won’t put it that way. Maybe they’ll package it as a technology that can regenerate lost limbs with monster parts for ordinary people who can’t benefit from things like body regeneration traits.”
Among monsters, there were also monsters with body parts that looked very similar to humans.
“……Selling it as a medical technology?”
“Even if they release it like that, how it’s received is another matter. In any case, at a place like that, only invited guests can go, right?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
A giant corporation that was normally impossible to even approach, a place where one could enter its core.
It’s too good to miss.
“The date of the event?”
“I seem to be a bit late with the information. They said it’s being held for two days this weekend.”
“Then that’s just tomorrow.”
Ho-cheol leaned his shoulder against the hallway wall and thought.
This is also more rushed than I thought.
As he was running a calculator in his head, he asked.
“A fake identity?”
“Uh, I can prepare it right away. In any case, if the Association helps, a very clean identity is no problem.”
“The money. Well, I can just use my own.”
The problem was that such an event was one that only a select few, who had been thoroughly vetted and verified, could attend.
Of course, he could sneak in or snatch another invited guest and go in their place, but he didn't want to take such a risk if possible.
In the first place, the location was the battleground.
And since they were very cautious, if there was even the slightest unexpected variable, they might just give up on the showcase and cancel the event itself.
Wolf Fang also said, as if that was what he was worried about.
“To attend legally, you need an invitation, but even I don't think I can get one in a day. I don’t know if it would be different if I still had my villain-era connections.”
At that moment, a good idea came to Ho-cheol's mind.
“Ah, that’s fine.”
Ho-cheol took out a golden business card from his wallet.
To think he would have to use this again.
Originally, since Lunard was in a close relationship with Black Oskopf, he had tried not to get involved in this matter any further.
But the current situation was the complete opposite.
In fact, since the two were in a close relationship, introducing a single customer would be no problem.
From Lunard's perspective, Ho-cheol was an underworld figure with a solid identity and sufficient financial resources.
Despite Ho-cheol's explanation, Wolf Fang looked a little anxious.
“But what if things go wrong?”
“It’s fine.”
Ho-cheol chuckled and brought the business card to his mouth.
What he liked most about this method was that even if things went wrong, the benefits outweighed the losses.
“Then Black Oskopf will also suspect the Lunard Auction House, which introduced me, and the two of them will fight to the death.”
Guys who work in this field never trust the other party.
It’s just a relationship of trust built on money.
If such guys were to suspect each other, they would have no choice but to bite and tear at each other until one of them was ruined.
Normally, Black Oskopf would be the absolute superior, but since Lunard was completely framed, they wouldn't just take it lying down.
In any case, they had left no trace of their identity.
A big ‘yeot’ if successful, a small ‘yeot’ if it fails.
In any case, it was enough to give the opponent some ‘yeot’ in the end.
Wolf Fang's admiration flowed from the other side of the phone.
“The boss is really mean.”
“If you say it like that, it sounds like an insult, not a compliment. And I told you not to call me boss.”
“Ah, boss. Then we’ll have to wear a mask anyway. Shall we prepare ‘that’ for the first time in a while?”
At Wolf Fang's question, Ho-cheol flinched for a moment.
Ho-cheol knew very well what Wolf Fang meant by ‘that’.
A mistake he had almost completely erased.
Of course, unlike Ho-cheol, who found it awkward, it would be extremely effective in a situation like this.
After thinking for a moment, Ho-cheol answered shortly.
“Right.”
The villain Jeong Ho-cheol.
Reopening for just one day.