Ch. 14
"Whoa, a foreigner. She's gorgeous."
"Is she an actress? A model? Damn... her figure is insane."
"Hey, keep your voice down. Don't be so loud."
"She probably doesn’t understand us anyway, so who cares?"
Hearing the murmurs of the academy students, Irina chuckled.
‘Doesn’t understand? Pffft. I understand way too well—that’s the problem.’
'Insane figure? Ahaha! I am pretty sexy, aren’t I?'
She skipped through the academy halls, brimming with excitement. Her disguise was working even better than expected.
In movies, people would change their hair a little, throw on some glasses, and—bam!—perfect disguise.
That’s so unrealistic!
TN: Clark Kent moment.
Or so she thought.
But now, having pulled off the exact same trick, she had to admit—Damn. It actually works.
She could openly stroll through the academy without a single student recognizing her.
'Will the damn villains fall for this? Should I head to a crime-ridden area like this? Someone might try to mess with me. Then I can legally beat them to a pulp.'
Villains had no restrictions when it came to attacking superhuman. But superhumans were generally required to capture villains rather than kill them.
Even those scumbags had "basic human rights." Or so the damn human rights committees kept saying.
If a superhumans killed a villain without proper cause, the press and the authorities would throw a fit.
Even the Superhumans Association would start preaching about restraint.
'Go ahead and throw your tantrums. Human rights? For villains? This country is really messed up!'
That said, there was one exception.
If a villain posed a serious, immediate threat to an Superhuman, lethal force was allowed.
'Maybe I should go blow off some steam.'
She did have the perfect excuse: revenge for the academy attack.
Even the other S-rank Superhumans wouldn’t have much to say about it.
Irina considered it for a moment.
Then, she shook her head.
Was it because she cared about her reputation? Afraid to tarnish her title as the strongest Superhumans in Korea?
Pffft. Hell no.
'If my mom finds out, she'll literally kill me!'
Visibly shuddering, she quickly shoved the thought away.
She glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then removed her glasses.
With a swift shake of her head, her golden hair cascaded down like a waterfall of light.
"Hup!"
With a single step, she launched herself off the ground.
BOOM—!
In an instant, a golden meteor shot into the sky.
'Crap. Jiyoon is gonna yell at me again.'
Didn’t Jiyoon say not to pull this kind of stunt inside the academy?
The sensation at her toes confirmed it—she’d definitely shattered the ground with that takeoff.
...Whatever. She'd just forget about it.
Landing smoothly on a nearby rooftop, Irina hummed a tune as she sat down, gazing at the city below.
Life had been so boring lately.
But today?
Today was turning out to be incredibly interesting.
‘Baek Seojin.’
She recalled the silver-rank examiner she had met earlier.
Tall. Handsome. Seemed pretty decent as a person.
But what really piqued her interest was—
‘That incident.’
‘He took a direct hit from the Water Phantom’s spear and survived. Now that has my attention.’
A deep grin spread across her face.
She replayed her conversation with Jiyoon in her mind.