I Became the Leader of Academy City

25 – Discipline 12. The leader receives the best grades (4)

Weeeing.

Leading department executive office.

While I was enjoying my morning leisurely while drinking my morning coffee, my smartphone vibrated.

“Whoop!”

I spilled my coffee and almost fell off my chair. Fortunately, no accidents occurred on either side.

It was fortunate that there was no one in the clubroom.

I quickly picked up my smartphone and checked the text message at the speed of the wind. As expected, a message arrived asking me to check my grades.

Midterm exam.

Written, practical skills.

It’s all over.

Today was the day the comprehensive report card came out.

I immediately connected to the academy app.

‘Please…’ !’

My heart was shaking like crazy.

‘Please let me save the manager’s face… !’

After closing my eyes for a moment and praying, I held my pounding heart and opened my report card.

My grades….

[Aseong High School midterm exam comprehensive results]

─ Name: Ahn Woo-jin

─ Overall score: 98

─ Number of seats: 1

“Yes!!”

A shout came out of my mouth.

1St place.

It was first place.

I wanted to immediately open the window and shout, ‘Take off your panties and scream!’ And then do the Spider-Man dance of joy on top of the window.

Of course, if that were the case, her dignity as a human being, beyond her dignity as a manager, might have fallen. I have no choice but to restrain myself.

“hahahaha… !”

It was difficult to control the trembling corners of my mouth.

The joy of being first place had a destructive power so strong that it put to shame even the poker face I had trained.

No.

Be patient.

The moment the white paper came in, the winner had to show the composure.

Isn’t that the greatest pleasure that can only be enjoyed at this time?

It’s time for the white paper to arrive soon.

I took a deep breath, collected my emotions, and sipped my coffee.

“Good morning, manager.”

Soon, the long-awaited white paper arrived in the club room.

“Uh, hi.”

I said hello briefly.

From the white paper’s perspective, the composure of being number one must be flowing down my face right now.

‘First of all, we shouldn’t bring up s*xual topics.’

As naturally as possible, wait for your partner to bring up s*xual topics first.

That would also be the winner’s margin.

Baek Seo started drinking tea in the tea room.

“By the way, did you check your grades?”

It came right away.

“Not yet. “Did you get a good score?”

I asked calmly, expecting an answer from the white paper.

“Yes, I heard you were first place.”

?

“I was working with someone. “Are you the manager?”

What?

While White Paper was in the bathroom, I urgently checked my smartphone.

‘Ah… !’

I guess I was so intoxicated with joy after only checking ‘seating order: 1’ that I didn’t properly see the ‘special information’ written underneath it.

I finally saw it.

[Aseong High School midterm exam comprehensive results]

─ Number of seats: 1

※ Joint 1st place.

“… It seem to be like that.”

Tie with the white paper.

It was tied for first place.

Should I like this or not…. My mind became confused.

I was looking forward to studying well, perhaps because the power of pre-studying was greater than I expected.

At this point, it remained in a state where there was nothing better than the white paper… !

“Manager, would you like some tea?”

“No, I’m done…” .”

I should be happy because I am in first place, but I end up feeling completely defeated.

The white paper made a cup of black tea and sat down at the table to sip it. Meanwhile, he calmly watched internet news on his smartphone. Rather, her first-class composure and grace overflowed from her.

On the other hand, I stared blankly at the black coffee in the coffee cup.

‘If only I got one more question right….’

I wanted to close my eyes tightly.

I didn’t want to have the mindset of an unlucky study bug who would say something regretful after getting one question wrong.

However, the fact that she could not defeat Baek Seo causes a bitter feeling in her heart.

‘Off.’

I kept feeling regret down my throat as I continued to drink bitter coffee.

At that time, the door to the dormitory opened.

“Hello….”

“Uh, hi.”

“Good morning.”

The person who came in was secretary Park Min-hyuk.

The guy had a distraught look on his face with his shoulders slumped. He was literally depressed.

‘You look listless.’

It’s like that for most of the year, but it looks better these days.

“Minhyuk, your grades….”

“aaah…” !”

“I’m sorry, I won’t say anything.”

When Minhyuk buried his head on his desk and let out a loud scream, I stopped talking. One more word and Minhyuk would go straight to the school trash can where fallen leaves were swept up.

Minhyuk, who was in a state of self-destruction and making hoarse sounds like a zombie, cried loudly and fell to his knees towards me.

“Manager, I’m sorry… ! It’s impossible for me, who only ranked 45th in school, to serve such a heavenly manager! Please don’t forgive me for being ugly… !”

Minhyuk expresses his apology as if he were committing a plaster crime.

45Th place in the whole school would be a high rank.

Minhyuk’s pride did not seem to allow that rank.

“Someone like me is a piece of trash who deserves seppuku… !”

“Hello, Manager, Baek Seo Jjing…” . Even Minhyuk….”

The door to the dormitory opened again, and Ha Yesong, the person in charge of disorderly conduct, came in, greeting us in a weak voice.

“Uh, hi.”

“Welcome.”

He didn’t seem to have the same liveliness as usual. He didn’t even go straight to White Paper.

He was violently expressing the expression, ‘Please ask me why I am doing this.’ It’s burdensome.

I immediately guessed what the reason was, but I asked out of courtesy.

“Yesong, what’s going on?”

“I’m the manager….”

Yesong looked at me as if he had been waiting and started crying.

“I guess I was too arrogant… !?”

“Huh?”

Yesong clenches his right fist and places it on his chest, shaking his body.

Useless regrets poured out of her mouth like rapid fire.

“I let my guard down… ! It was okay in first grade, so I let my guard down. If I had known that the second year exam would be this difficult, I wouldn’t have gone out to eat or anything like that…. Why did I do that? Why was I so pathetic and complacent in the past? !?”

“Are you dissatisfied with your grades? “How long has it been since you couldn’t come out?”

Yesong displayed her numbers with both hands, spreading only her fingers. Her movements did not show any confidence at all.

Her spread fingers are five and three, respectively.

“If you are ranked 53rd, you are still high….”

“Two hands…. So, 253rd place… are you.”

“Ah.”

Since there are so many students in the school, she ranked 253rd is not bad, but….

When she was in first grade, her grades were way off compared to her grades at Yeson.

“… ….”

Minhyuk quietly watched Yesong, then got up from her seat and walked to her side.

Then she placed her hand on Yesong’s shoulder and spoke in her clear tone.

“Gaeheojeop.”

Yesong’s body trembled.

Soon, Yesong went to her sofa, hugged her knees and buried her head.

“This is a mess…. Sorry….”

“Fuhahahaha! Under… under….”

Minhyuk was cheerful by pointing a finger at Yesong, who was depressed.

She must have soon realized that her situation had not changed, so she sat down across from her and lowered her head.

“I should have done better…. I don’t have any respect for the manager….”

“I will go on a diet…” .”

The two began a collective monologue.

As the head of the Seondo Department, I have a duty to work hard for peace and harmony in the Department. But it seemed like there was no need to touch that kind of depression.

Suddenly! The door was wide open.

“I have come!”

“Uh, hi.”

“Welcome.”

The person who came in with a confident voice led the accounting.

There are three cases in which grades can be so bright on the day when the results come out.

You got a good score, failed a test, or gave up on life.

“Doha, did you get good grades?”

“Hmph. Does it matter? Once again, I couldn’t help but clap my tongue at the rudeness of the academy trying to evaluate me based on tests and such!”

“Yes, it’s good to be positive.”

It was my mistake to talk to that second-year middle school soldier.

……

After school.

The clouds were rippling in the sky pond, turning away from the light of the sunset.

‘I’ll just organize the documents and go.’

There was no urgent work today.

Unless there was anything special going on, it seemed like I usually had some free time after the exam.

I will soon have to start volunteering again with Se-Ah Lee. During the exam period, neither Sea nor I were able to do volunteer work because we were busy.

The purpose was, of course, to monitor Se-Ah.

Anomia, the rival of the Mafia Dohwa faction, has been destroyed. The need for surveillance was becoming more and more important.

I also asked my expressionless junior. Instead of spying on her like last time, just pay attention to her and tell her what she’s up to as soon as she sees or hears her.

‘Ise…. The more we spend together, the less I seem like a bad kid….’

A different perception has emerged from the impression I had from the recent game.

The point is that Se-Ah doesn’t feel like she could possibly be a villain.

She only looks suspicious on the outside, but it feels like she’s very kind?

However, the reason to monitor Se-Ah did not disappear.

In any case, she will become a black market merchant and engage in illegal activities. She had to prepare for her unexpected situation.

Also, I wanted to know why Se-Ah died in the original work.

This was a question that arose significantly after capturing Anomia.

There must be something I don’t know.

If I couldn’t even dig into that, even after my term as leader was over, I would still feel uncomfortable, like a piece of meat stuck between my teeth.

‘Now that I think about it….’

Thanks to the arrest of several sponsors and business partners while investigating the Anomia incident, the performance of the leading department was greatly accumulated.

However, it was not possible to reveal who the biggest sponsor was. That mysterious villain who provided Gray Stars to Anomia and greatly helped the organization’s finances.

The head of Anomia also stated that he did not know the identity of the sponsor because he did not ask for it. After using a lie detector test, it turned out that the statement was true.

Even if you dig into ledgers, cash flows, transaction records, official documents, etc., The results are the same.

Was it designed this way from the beginning, or was it a meticulous step? . Nothing was certain.

It was unexpected.

With so much money moving around, I thought it would be easy to find.

‘Who on earth is that sponsor?’ .’

One thing was certain.

In order to be able to perform such fantastic acts as if performing magic, there is a prerequisite that the power is extremely strong.

In that case, the suspect would have been narrowed down to a member of Hanyang Federal Academy, the center of Academy City.

Must be at least the student council executive level.

You must also have considerable assets.

However, Hanyang Federal Academy is the gathering place of city power.

Aseong High School leadership was a difficult place to touch.

Unless we could secure at least solid evidence, dealing with Hanyang Federal Academy was difficult.

‘What should I do with this?’ .’

“Manager, are you having dirty thoughts again?”

“?”

A lovely and caring voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

“Is that possible…? .”

“Here, black tea.”

“Thank you.”

Couple Manager Oh Baek-seo smiled and placed the tea on my desk. Then he brought a chair and sat down next to me.

“Hmm?”

White Paper rested his chin on his desk and looked at me quietly.

I don’t know why, but I couldn’t take my eyes off his face as it was illuminated by the setting sun. Should I say that there is a halo shining through?

Because it was just the two of us in the club room, there was a mysterious atmosphere. For no reason, a fever rose in my head. I had a feeling that things would get awkward, so I quickly asked a question.

“Are you going to have a snowball fight?”

“I just saw it briefly.”

It was very annoying because the eyes looked like a cute child.

If I felt like I was looking at a boy I like, I might have impulsively scolded him by confessing.

The white paper is really pretty.

Thanks to this, he felt a sense of happiness every evening when the sky was clear.

The couple’s face reflected in the sunset was so beautiful that I wanted to take a picture and hang it in a frame.

Should I say that it is good for the eyes? It has the power to make you lose your mind, and there were many times when even I couldn’t tell the difference and wanted to express my affection for it.

But I had to restrain myself.

Because indiscriminate confessions or direct signs of affection run the risk of ruining our relationship.

“It would be nice to have a snowball fight…” .”

The white paper muttered.

As if it were a conference room where opinions were heard and reviewed.

She didn’t tell me which direction she was okay with.

“Well, you don’t have anything to say?”

“There is.”

“What is it?”

I asked, hiding the slight disappointment I felt.

“Bet, what should I do?”

That’s right, bet.

She was delayed in thinking because she was lamenting the fact that she had not been able to defeat Baekseo through her study.

“Well, that’s right. “I have to decide.”

Originally, bets made with the white paper had to be decided based on test scores.

Now that we are tied for first place, we have no choice but to agree on what to do.

“Can I make a suggestion?”

“Tell me.”

“I think it would be better to tell each other our wishes and compromise somewhere in between. If compromise is not possible, try to grant each other’s wishes. How is it?”

It seemed better that way.

“It’s okay.”

Of course, I have to hear the story first.

“Then…” “What did you plan on wishing for, Director?”

I had nothing to worry about.

“Platinum mileage has arrived. “I’m going to go write something this weekend, and I’d like you to come along.”

Immediately after the midterm exams were over, I confirmed that platinum mileage had arrived in the student app on my smartphone.

This time, two people, Kim Yeon-hee and I, were selected as Platinum Mileage Awardees. Of course, I don’t know who Kim Yeon-hee is.

Anyway, I was finally able to entrust the forging of weapons to a Platinum-level blacksmith.

White Paper gently tilted her head and smiled meaningfully.

“Why? “Do you want to come with me?”

“It’s better to go together than to go alone. My military strength improvement will also help improve the work efficiency of the leadership team, and I can rely on you. That’s why I thought it would be better for you, the vice-president, to accompany me if possible.”

I just vaguely explained it.

Of course, I just wanted to go with White Paper. It’s like a date.

“If that’s the case, should we just agree to the manager’s wish?”

“Hmm?”

The white paper smiled mischievously and stood up.

‘Wait a minute. Uh?’

It’s good, but it shouldn’t end like this.

“What was your wish?”

“It has already been decided that I will grant the manager’s wish, so is there any need to tell him?”

Isn’t that cruel?

“No, no. Say it. “What was it?”

Baekseo shook his head and went to the bathroom, left the cup there, and packed his school bag.

“Is it white paper?”

“Let’s go home now. It’s been a while since you’re relaxed, right? “I have to go home early on days like this.”

“Wouldn’t it be a bit weird if I just finished talking about it…?” ?”

“It was agreed to grant the manager’s wish, but it looks like there is nothing more to talk about.”

I was very suspicious.

“… Did you change your mind while trying to say something embarrassing?”

“Well.”

The white paper smiled softly and avoided it.

“… ….”

I didn’t think there was any way to answer.

I had a feeling that if I asked more questions here, I would be the only one who felt embarrassed.

“That’s it… , let’s go.”

She stood up, struggling to swallow her curiosity.

We packed our bags, turned off the lights, and walked together under the glow of the sunset.

“It’s a white paper.”

“Why?”

“I can’t do this because my pride is hurt. You can also tell me your wish later. “I will listen.”

“Will you do that?”

“If this goes on, won’t I just be left with a sense of debt? “Say it unconditionally.”

“hehehe, that’s coercive. Okay.”

* * *

The sky filled with sunset light was familiar and beautiful.

It was an extremely peaceful scene for Oh Baek-seo.

Vehicles pass sparsely on the road. When you pass by an old bookstore, you get the illusion of the smell of paper books. When I pass by small shops with pretty signs, the smell of delicious food wafts through me, and when I see pretty cake models on the shelves in front of the cafe, I want to savor the taste with the man next to me.

And if you turn your eyes just a little, the hand of the person you like will come into view.

The cat passing by on the street was pretty, or the food at the newly opened restaurant was delicious.

This time of leaving school while listing meaningless stories with Manager Ahn Woo-jin was just a fleeting happiness for Baek Seo.

‘Wish….’

The white paper thought.

Occasionally, when he and Woojin touched the back of their hands and felt the texture of their skin, he would feel a desperate desire. I want to hold hands.

Let’s make a wish. I thought for a while about whether to muster up the courage, but as expected, I didn’t open my mouth willingly. Because that would cross the line.

As I got deeper into those thoughts, I felt a feather tickling my chest and became more conscious of Woojin than usual.

The optimist in my head, who may have been waiting for this moment, perhaps an angel or a devil, whispered seductively to the white paper, telling him to hold hands even now. The reason he asked was whether there was any need to worry about the future.

But knowing that this moment would end one day, the White Paper was content with occasionally rubbing the backs of his hands together.

“It’s a white paper.”

“Huh?”

It was when White Paper was about to cross the crosswalk ahead of me without realizing it.

Poof. Her Woojin grabbed her white paper’s hand and quickly pulled her towards him.

The sound of a vehicle passing by.

Baek Seo was right in front of Woo Jin’s chest, holding her hand and bruising her for a very brief moment.

“It’s still a red light. “What are you doing when you’re not watching?”

Woojin looks down at himself and urges himself.

“So….”

Baekseo looked sideways at Woojin’s hand. It was in the form of a hand wrapped around his wrist.

Warm warmth was covering his swollen hands.

Once again, Baek Seo felt that Woojin’s hands were bigger than he thought.

It was a common sentiment that only came out of the romance novels I read as a child.

But at this moment, the white paper seemed to understand why that expression has been commonly used.

“What… , did you think dirty thoughts?”

As if he had been waiting for this opportunity, Woojin joked, raising the corner of her mouth. It was revenge.

The white paper also immediately realized that it was a joke. However, it was not a question that could simply be dismissed as a joke. At least that was true for the white paper.

Baekseo, who is good at organizing his emotions, did not show the slightest bit of embarrassment and just smiled sinisterly as if he was fighting back.

“What a mess, manager?”

“?”

Woojin was taken aback when the white paper showed an unexpected reaction.

Woojin tries hard to put on a poker face, but the changes in his facial expression are obvious to Baekseo. To White Paper, it was just cute.

“Thank you. Let’s go.”

The traffic light changed to green.

Baek Seo pulled Woo Jin’s hand down and held the lovely hand tightly for a moment, then naturally released it.

The two started walking across the crosswalk again.

……

─ Platinum mileage must have arrived. Check it out.

The voice of an elderly woman on the phone penetrated her ears like a cold chill.

In front of the phone. Kim Dal-bi took out her smart phone and accessed her student app. Platinum Mileage was in front of ‘Kim Yeon-hee’.

“Yes, you came in.”

─ That’s what I’m trying to save. There is no way to get it other than the Platinum store.

“Okay…. “But you know what?”

Dalbi smiled brightly and asked into the receiver.

“You sent a strange kid to my school district? “Without prior notice.”

Dalbi narrows her eyes.

A bloody voice flowed from her smiling face.

─ Yes. Your boyfriend cut off my sweet children. I tried to tolerate it as long as it was at a reasonable level, but I went too far.

The elderly woman spoke calmly in a sighing voice.

“Isn’t it wrong for an old b*tch to use incompetent kids like Anomia? “She expresses her opinions cautiously.”

Dalbi smiled brightly.

─ … Oh no.

The elderly woman spoke as if warning.

─ If you are a dog, act like a dog. Don’t do anything you’ll regret.

Suddenly.

The phone hung up, and silence came.

The corners of Dalbi’s mouth slowly sank. She lowered her eyes and pursed her lips for a moment. Eventually, Dalby closed her eyes, raised her head, and took a deep breath.

“Whoa…” .”

Dalbi regained her composure and opened her eyes again.

“You damn b*tch.”

Dalbi muttered softly in her calm tone and she left the place.