Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

176 – Guild Internship_7

“How do you…”

The planted scout looked surprised as if asking how he knew that.

“You guessed it right?”

“Looking at that expression, I think I knew exactly what you were going to say.”

“Then the story about the power of prophecy is true…”

Then, the murmur of the scouts below the stage who were watching the series of scenes grew louder.

But it soon died down.

It was something that could be passed over as a coincidence, but it was decided that more definitive verification was necessary, and an agreement was reached without saying a word.

“I think more detailed verification is needed.”

“I’ll take a test… Do you have the certificate…”

So the scouts below the stage raised their hands and demanded to be verified.

“Please start with that person.”

I pointed to one of the scouts who was raising his hand under the stage.

It was a character I planted.

“Student Seonghyeon, I’m going to say a number in 30 seconds…”

“It’s 1041.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Then this time I…”

“I think I’ll get a call from the scout’s wife 10 seconds later. Please take care of that first.”

“Contact? That’s… Oh, honey… No, it’s not that I forgot what day it is…”

But don’t they say once is coincidence, twice is fate, and three times is destiny?

As the verification continued, I could feel people’s perspectives changing.

‘This is why we need a wind catcher.’

But it was just funny when you know the truth.

Originally, in this kind of situation, the one on the receiving end was a fool and a sucker.

“Then what should I do in one minute…”

However, occasionally, uninvited guests who were not part of the cast of the play would intervene.

That wasn’t a problem either.

Of course, I didn’t have the ability to foresee the future as I’ve revealed here.

All I had to do was make it into the future I was talking about.

“If you try to confidently say you’re wrong, you’ll end up grabbing my foot and yelling at me.”

“Wrong…Kyaaak!!”

The scout who was trying to confidently say that he was wrong under the stage grabbed his foot and twisted his body.

It was because he used teleportation to send electricity through his toes, controlling it so as not to hurt them, and causing subtle pain.

Of course, there were still those who doubted it and tried to verify it more thoroughly.

But there was no problem.

“Student Seonghyeon, if that’s the case, then tomorrow morning here…”

“I’m sorry. I’m tired from using my powers so much, let’s do it next time.”

Because if you don’t answer, that’s the end of it.

“No, how much did you spend? It makes sense that you’d get tired…”

“sorry.”

But the scout looked at him as if to ask if he was lying.

There was a reason I said I had the gift of foresight.

There were quite a few other people with this type of ability, namely prophecy or foresight, besides me, and they had a hard time using their abilities even a few times a day.

The further into the future you look from the present, the more stamina you need and the less accurate it becomes.

That is, because there were precedents of a similar series, it was possible to use them as a shield to make excuses even if one was wrong.

‘And no matter what you do, you can get away with it by saying that you tried to prepare for the future.’

“I think that at this point, my abilities have been somewhat verified.”

As time passed and the play came to a close, I opened my mouth with a tired look on my face.

“If you still don’t believe me, here’s the confirmation that the scout mentioned earlier. Honestly, I think you’ll believe this more than me verifying it here and now.”

He took out a piece of paper from his bosom, lowered it down to the platform, and showed it to the scouts, gently shaking it so that the top surface could not be seen.

It was a certificate of official confirmation from a national testing agency that the person had a special ability.

I don’t have any powers, but I figured out that the power test is a way to detect the waves emitted when the power is activated.

Since the ability shared through heart sharing is an ability, it was judged that the wavelength would be detected, so it was tested and when the wavelength was detected, it could be said that it was a certificate that had been inspected by a credible agency for having been received using it.

If that’s the case, then instead of doing this kind of talent verification show, if they had just put this out there from the beginning, it wouldn’t have been a hassle.

The reason why this wasn’t released from the beginning was simple.

‘Because I got tested using another ability.’

The certificate contains information about the ability.

That’s why I thought that if I just put it out there, they would look at it closely, and then they’d find out that I was committing fraud.

Of course, it was taboo to know about the powers one possessed, so one could have chosen not to show them, or one could have used a trick.

In such a situation, it was difficult to receive people’s sincere trust.

There was a lot to say, but to summarize, it was simple.

It was just an attempt to at least alleviate some of the suspicions of those here for the next plan.

“Hmm…”

“It can’t be fake, seeing as there’s even an unforgeable seal made with the power of an S-class hero.”

“It really is the ability to foresee the future…”

They were so easily fooled.

If they had shown me the document first, I wouldn’t have believed it, but it was a document that showed their ability through a play called verification.

There, the wind catchers stood at the very front and nodded their heads, so even if you had doubts, you couldn’t help but let it go.

“Can you take a closer look?”

But if you still doubt it, if you try to look closely.

“I’m sorry. It’s not a government order or a special case, so I’m trying to find out the exact power of the supernatural world…”

“Taboo… I understand.”

All he had to do was bow his head as if he was a little embarrassed.

This was because the paper contained information about the examiner’s abilities.

What that meant was that it was an unwritten rule in the hero hunter world that you shouldn’t try to know the exact abilities of a superpower.

Even if I say that I have the gift of prophecy, what does that mean?

He said it was a prophecy or a prediction, but he never said anything specific.

To begin with, for the supernatural world, supernatural powers are a source of income, a desperate measure, and can also be a weakness, so why would you tell them that?

Of course, there were those who knew exactly what abilities they possessed. But that was only something they inevitably knew while working as a hero or hunter.

“I think this is enough.”

The five major guilds knew from the beginning that I had an extraordinary ability, so they didn’t conduct any further verification.

So, even without them, when everyone gathered here showed signs of trusting my words, I quickly returned to the podium.

“Then, let’s continue negotiations.”

The end is not far away.

**

[…. Guild Leader. What should we do now?]

Shin Jin-ho covered his face with both hands as he heard the words coming out of his cell phone.

It was expected that he had this ability.

That would be the case, since he said that there is a high possibility that Team Leader Yoo Chae-ah, who is his brother’s secretary and the information officer for this guild, will be there.

but.

‘Why did it have to be prophecy?’

Among all abilities, this is one of the rarest.

Regardless of power, he has an ability that any guild would want to have.

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have gone for the test then.

No, even if you went to take the test. I wish you hadn’t made such ridiculous threats.

I received 5 special invitations. If you think about it logically, unless the other 5 guilds are idiots, there must have been something they gave me.

Of course, I threw this out there as a gamble because I was pressed for time and in a hurry.

But I sent it anyway. Why did I feel uneasy for no reason and why did I keep insisting on verifying it later? If only I could go back in time, I would want to hit myself in the face.

[We’ve just started negotiations. How should we present the conditions…]

He made such a threat.

How do you negotiate?

It was clear that the kid was neither stupid nor ignorant, and that he would never make a good impression on the Shinhwa Guild.

So, the minimum requirement is to meet twice the requirements set by the other five guilds.

It was likely that the amount would be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled.

In that case, even if it was a myth, it was impossible.

[Guild Leader?]

Mistakes are not tolerated in order to survive in Shin Jin-kwang’s hands.

Also, a solid performance had to be achieved.

That was the only way to receive protection from the previous guild leader, or rather, from my grandfather.

But this was not a feat, quite the contrary.

I made a mistake and couldn’t even score a goal.

If this fact reached his ears, it was obvious what would happen to him.

‘Damn… what should I do…’

Shin Jin-ho grabbed his head.

And yet, I tried my best to keep my head up without turning back in order to survive.

I heated up my brain so much that I wondered if I had ever thought about it like this before.

‘What should I do… First of all… No, no, I found it out. The other guilds all know it. I found out something that Shin Jin-kwang didn’t know. So, I corrected Shin Jin-kwang’s mistake.’

In an instant, a brilliant idea flashed through Shin Jin-ho’s mind.

‘No one can deny that it’s my fault. So, I’ll just take what I have to take…’

Failure can be blamed on others.

For example, subordinates.

or not.

‘Either it’s Shin Jin-kwang.’

I haven’t heard of that mistake yet.

Well, there was a way.

The reason is that the Lotus and other five major guilds have entered the competition. Since there is not much that can be promised as a vice guild leader, if you ask for Shin Jin-kwang’s help, it would be…

‘It’ll work, no, it definitely will work. That guy can’t use his head.’

If someone were to ask about the difference in intelligence between the two, it would be obvious that they would say there isn’t much of a difference.

It was Shin Jin-ho who was proud of being better than Shin Jin-kwang.

[Guild Leader. The father who is going to fight the lotus right now…]

[The order is to buy as much time as possible.]

[Huh? What do you mean?]

[Stop talking nonsense, do you want to get kicked out of the guild?]

[…All right.]

[I’ll contact you again.]

Shin Jin-ho hung up the phone nervously.

Then he quickly got up, left the guild leader’s office, and headed toward the guild leader’s office located one floor above.

“Team Leader Yoo. Is the guild leader inside?”

It didn’t take long to arrive at the door of the guild master’s office.

After Shin Jin-ho touched his clothes, he opened his mouth while looking at his secretary, Yoo Chae-ah, who was working at the desk in front of the door.

“Ah, Guild Leader, what’s going on?”

“It’s nothing special… I just came to tell the guild leader some good news. If you’re inside, could you please send me some information?”

It was time to cheat to survive.

**

As expected, the competition was between the five major guilds.

Of course, other mid-level guilds also tried their best to get involved when they found out that my special ability was in the field of prophecy.

There was no way to win against the 5 guilds that had special invitations.

‘What should I do?’

Among the conditions presented now, the Lotus Guild, which ranked first, was the best.

If I had to choose, the lotus was the right choice.

Besides, since the lotus flower has a good reputation abroad, it was clear that everyone here unconsciously acknowledged that the lotus flower would win in the end.

“How about it? I think this is the best condition. Come to our lotus, Cadet Lee Seong-hyeon.”

Seo Ji-ah, who knew it all too well, looked at me with a confident expression.

How confident he was.

I wanted to see that expression distort even just once.

‘There is another reason, though.’

“okay.”

I took a small breath.

“That’s right. The lotus welcomes Cadet Lee Seong-Hyeon…”

“Then I will choose mythology.”

For a moment, Seo Ji-ah’s expression distorted at my subsequent answer.