I Became a Troublemaker at the Academy Chapter 125

Episode 125 Black City (2)

-Thump thump-

Black City.

Of course, at first glance. 

You might think of it as a similar concept to the black market.

Like the difference between the words Market and City that follow Black. 

In reality, the scale itself could be said to be as different as heaven and earth.

‘No, more than that… from what I know, Black City isn’t a place that anyone can easily go to… … .’

Even if you just look at the original. 

Even our protagonist, Han Su-yeon, who has regressed hundreds of times, has only been to Black City so many times that she can count them on one hand.

Because, the black market is open to anyone as long as they know the password to enter it.

This was because Black City was inaccessible unless you had a certain level of recognition and credibility.

So in a word.

It was absolutely impossible for me, with no credit, let alone recognition, to enter Black City using normal methods.

‘How on earth are you going to get in there? Could it be that it has something to do with you wearing this association agent uniform…?’

At that time.

“The store you see over there is the Black Market I just explained. Hmm? Are you listening? Wind.”

-Shock-

Shin Yul’s voice suddenly came in from the side.

Her voice brought me back to my senses, and I immediately scratched the back of my head and opened my mouth with an awkward laugh.

“Yes…? Ah… Hehe, I’m sorry. Where did you leave off? It was such a shocking story that I was lost in thought for a moment… … .”

“Huh… Really?”

“I totally understand! Monkey! I was shocked at first, so I couldn’t hear the explanation!”

“You probably didn’t hear the whole thing because the explanation was so long. Anyway, now that I hear it, it makes sense. Then, should I explain it again from the beginning? I did talk about the black market, though.”

“Ah, Black Market… … Fortunately, I understand up to that point. I think you can just keep explaining it.”

“Well then? Then let’s move on to the explanation of Black City, which is the place we’re going to visit today.”

Thank goodness. 

It seemed that Shin Yul’s explanation had not yet reached the Black City that I was truly curious about.

‘Yeah, if I were to think about it on my own, I might end up making a mistake like before. Since Shin Yul already holds the answer in his hands, let’s focus on what he says from now on.’

After that, I decided to listen to Shin Yul’s explanation carefully from now on, and just waited for Shin Yul to speak again.

And soon, as I had hoped, Shin Yul began to explain in earnest about Black City, not Black Market.

“In a word, you can think of Black City as a higher concept of Black Market. Well… To put it simply, if Black Market is a single black market dealer, Black City is a black market that gathers dozens of black market dealers.”

“So, are you saying that the black market called Black City is located in the store that the leader just pointed to?”

-Dori dori-

“Strictly speaking, that’s not it. There’s only the Black Market there, and the Black City exists in a different space. So to get to the Black City, you have to go through the teleportation portal inside the Black Market.”

“Teleport portal… … .”

In fact, up to that point, I already knew this information through the original work.

But the problem, as I said before, is the conditions for using that teleportation portal.

So, I immediately asked Shin Yul a question to clear up the remaining questions.

“But Leader, can anyone use this teleportation portal? For example… even students like us at the Academy. Of course, it seems like it shouldn’t be used… .”

Then I was afraid to speak.

Shin Yul answered confidently, drawing a faint line around his eyes visible through his fox mask, as if asking something so obvious.

“Of course not. I haven’t tried it, but I think you’ll be kicked out of the Black Market if you go there in your uniform.”

“… Haha, is that so?”

“Don’t worry too much about that. That’s why I wore this association uniform in the first place, to prevent something like that from happening. It’s the same when you go there.”

“You’re saying that you pretend to be an association agent and get in? But does that really work? Still, since it’s clearly an illegal place, I think security would be tight…”

“Right, unless they’re stupid, they wouldn’t do a sloppy inspection. But… … .”

-Swoosh-

At that moment, Shin Yul trailed off. 

Suddenly, she moved her hand towards the fox mask she was currently wearing, and soon her entire body, including her head, began to blur.

-Slurp-

And a little later.

“It’s okay. Just make it so that they have no choice but to be fooled, hehe.”

Not with Shin Yul’s voice, but with another woman’s calm voice.

‘…Improved Hanbok?’

A black top embroidered with gorgeous flowers.

In contrast, a long skirt made entirely of intense red.

Unlike the long, straight hair style, the bun hair style exudes an elegant and sophisticated vibe.

Lastly, there is the fox mask, which has only a slight difference from the original, so much so that it could be called Shin Yul’s mask.

Currently, in front of my eyes is not Shin Yul, who was wearing a black tracksuit just a moment ago… … . 

There was a woman wearing a colorful, modernized hanbok, giving off an elegant and refined vibe.

It seems clear that you used your unique ability to disguise yourself. 

Who the hell are you disguising yourself as?

***

Anyway, while maintaining silence for a while, I looked around at Shin Yul, who was disguised as a person with eyes full of doubt.

-Swoosh-

Shin Yul, who was moving his body little by little as if trying to adjust to his changed body, soon turned his body towards me and spread both his hands wide and asked me.

“How do I look?”

“Uh… that’s….”

“Your clothes are a bit tacky! You fox!”

“I didn’t ask you, you dullard. Ahem… Anyway, I’ll finish the explanation I was giving. Where did I leave off…?”

After that, I wanted to quickly resolve my curiosity by hearing Shin Yul’s muttering, so I answered her right away.

“He even said that he would make it so that I had no choice but to be deceived.”

“Oh, right. Then I should tell you that first. Um… , first of all, in order to use the teleportation portal to Black City, there are two major conditions that must be met.”

“Two conditions…?”

‘One of them is obviously related to recognition or credit, and the other one was what…?’

“Yeah, the first is ‘fame.’ That is, you have to be a famous player to be eligible to go to Black City. And the second is, of course, ‘money.’ These guys are the type of people who want to sell everything they can, so they charge an entrance fee for the first time.”

‘Oh, that’s right. Now that I think about it, Han Soo-yeon also had to pay the entrance fee when she first entered… Wait, that means… … .’

After a while, I started to organize my thoughts while listening to Shin Yul’s explanation. 

I had a rough idea of ​​why she had used her disguise ability, so I immediately spoke to her with confidence in my voice.

“Then the leader who is disguised now must be someone who satisfies both of the conditions you just mentioned. And we are planning to use this person’s identity to enter Black City.”

-Nod-

“That’s right, you really have great reasoning skills. Unlike others who can’t understand no matter how much you explain it to them, you can understand two or more things if you tell them just one thing.”

“ha ha ha…….”

Immediately after that.

I immediately guessed the identity of the ‘who’ Shin Yul had mentioned, so I quietly turned my gaze away… . 

-Glance-

“Haaam~”

I glanced at Peng Hojin, who was yawning peacefully and waiting for our conversation to end.

‘Senior Hojin… I still like your unadorned appearance… Please stay healthy.’

While I was looking at Peng Hojin with a favorable gaze for a moment,

Shin Yul, who had been looking at Peng Hojin with a subtle gaze like me, soon continued speaking.

“Anyway, as you said, the wind is going to use this person’s appearance to enter Black City. By the way, this person is also a senior in our Fixer Clan, so we have already received permission to borrow his appearance, so you don’t have to worry about that part.”

“… Yes? Oh, you were a senior in the Pixar Clan? That’s why the leader’s fox mask changed slightly.”

-Nod-

“Yeah, that’s right. The person I turned into also had the same fox mask as me.”

Shin Yul nodded in agreement with what I said, while at the same time adding more words.

“Ah, and Hojin too, and Baram, you can say that you’ve disguised yourself as a player who satisfies the two conditions I mentioned earlier. The mask and the association agent uniform… and luckily, even the weapons they each use are the same.”

“… … Then, are Senior Hojin and the people I disguised also seniors of the Pixar Clan?”

“Of course. Plus, I’ve already gotten their permission, so there won’t be any complaints.”

“…I see. I understand.”

Actually, after hearing Shin Yul’s story. 

Even though I currently have no idea what character she is in disguise.

I could immediately guess who these two people, who Peng Hojin and I had disguised, were.

That’s right, Shin Yong-ho and Kang Hyun-woo.

Before coming here, I guessed that the two people I had thought of at the Z-dong mask storage would be the main characters.

No, from the beginning, it was certain that the only people wearing the association agent uniform and animal mask in the story were a few agents belonging to the secret special forces.

When referring to the original work, it was because those two people were the only ones with the tiger mask and the puppy mask.

‘As Shin Yul just said, the weapons they each use are a long sword and a sword, which also matches… .’

Also, only then. 

I could even understand why Shin Yul insisted on wearing a puppy mask instead of my original monkey mask.

‘It must be because Kang Hyun-woo is a person who satisfies those two conditions… … .’

-Stop-

however.

‘… Hmm? But, wait a minute… .’

The feeling of relief was short-lived, as the doubts about changing the mask were resolved.

‘Even if Shin Yul’s appearance itself has changed, that’s okay… … .’

Suddenly, I was able to discover.

The fact is that Shin Yul’s plan still has one major flaw… no, two.

So I immediately told Shin Yul in a worried voice about the huge flaw I had thought of.

“I… but, Leader. Of course, we also disguised ourselves… but what if, by any chance, they tell us to take off our masks…?”

“Don’t worry about it! Monkey!”

And at that moment.

Peng Ho-jin, who had been silently listening to my concerned questions, suddenly opened his mouth with a confident attitude.

‘Oh, then that’s right. As expected, all the seniors had plans… … ‘

“Last time, they only tested the fox, but they didn’t test me! So this time, I just have to pray earnestly that they only test the fox.”

“…Huh? What the heck is that…?”

At Peng Hojin’s absurd remark, I looked at Shin Yul, who was standing next to me, with a look of absurdity.

-slap-

But where my eyes landed… … .

-Swoosh-

All that was there was Shin Yul, who was secretly trying to avoid my gaze demanding the truth by turning his head to the side.

What the… Even the Shin Yul I trusted is reacting like that… .

Could it really be that this is a prayer meta…?

***

“… Ahem. But there is a way to get through it safely, so don’t worry too much about that. Wind.” 

“…Can I really trust you?”

“Well, of course. Right, Hojin?”

“Of course! Fox! I am confident!”

“Look, Hojin is confident.”

“… … Yes, I will believe you.”

I don’t know what makes you so confident.

Still, since there was a way, I decided to trust those two for now.

And then back to the main topic.

I asked Shin Yul a question, belatedly, that was the most important thing I had completely forgotten about, as I was shocked to learn that I was going to Black City.

“So what on earth do we do in Black City?”

That’s exactly the purpose of going there.

Of course, it was somewhat expected.

To be exact, I wanted to hear directly from the person concerned what ‘I’ should do, so after asking the question, I just waited silently for Shin Yul to answer.

Soon, not long after.

After hearing my question, Shin Yul brought up the story as if he had forgotten about it.

“Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you the most important thing. It’s probably obvious, but I’m planning on doing some shopping there. I was thinking about buying some goodies to give out to the cadets at the festival next week.”

“Product… I see.”

‘This is as expected.’

As a side note, the products that Shin Yul was talking about could easily be purchased on the black market.

But the reason why you would go to Black City to buy something is probably the difference between wholesale and retail.

In simple terms, this means that you can buy the same item more cheaply through Black City than through Black Market.

Moreover, since the scale itself is much larger, there is also the advantage of being able to compare and choose similar items since there is a wide variety of items.

Anyway, that’s the reason.

Finally, having satisfied most of my curiosity, I went straight to Shin Yul to ask him one last question that remained.

“So what exactly do we need to buy? Weapons, elixirs, and things like that?”

“Well, that’s… … .”

Then, Shin Yul paused for a moment to answer my last question, and then a shocking statement came out of her mouth.

“I’ll leave that up to your discretion and taste. Feel free to choose within the given amount.”

“… … Yes? So you’re saying I can just do whatever I want?”

“Yeah, you understood correctly. I’m sure that if Baram has a keen eye, he’ll be able to pick out good items. Don’t you think so, Hojin?”

“Of course! Fox! Just looking at the gifts I received today, I can definitely see that Monkey has good taste!”

After that, following Shin Yul’s praise, Peng Hojin’s confident boasting ended.

I met the two people’s expectant eyes, visible through their masks… … .

“… … .”

-Swoosh-

Just like the rate from a little while ago. 

I had to turn my head slightly to the side, naturally avoid their hot gaze, and try my best not to show my embarrassment on the outside.

Sense and vision… Did I have something like that…?

First of all, it’s not written in my skill window… .