The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

3.

Those who arrived at the training center were first guided to private rooms.

A clean room as if you were in a condo.

After unpacking there, I moved to the lecture room in the next building.

There, it seemed that they were going to start basic education right away from today.

“Ah, are you here?”

When I arrived at the lecture hall, a plain-looking woman spotted me and pretended to know me.

It was a woman named Dayoung Kim.

And next to him was Lee Hyun-seok, a man with a sturdy physique.

Both of them applied for the same job as me, and I didn’t know them.

On the bus, they happened to sit close by, and now only knew each other’s names.

“Looks pretty good here, doesn’t it?”

Kim Da-yeong asked as if she liked the training center.

“It wasn’t as bad as I thought.”

“How is Hyunsuk?”

“I agree too. It looks better than anywhere I’ve been before.”

“Where have you been before?”

“I used to work at the fire station, but then I went to that training center.”

Somehow, I heard that you have a good physique, so you must have been a firefighter.

I nodded and looked around.

The classroom was also spacious and clean with a semi-circular structure.

The seats were largely divided into three sections, and I was sitting in the seat marked Class A among them.

From what I heard on the bus, it seemed that everyone in the car was from Class A.

“Coming here, it feels like I’m back in college. It wasn’t even that long ago.”

Yeah, I wasn’t old either.

Except for 10 years in fantasy.

After the three of us talked about the training center for a while, it became an education session.

Immediately standing on the podium in the lecture hall was the police officer who had guided us a while ago.

“Nice to meet you, students. My name is Inspector Lee Soo-yeon, who will be in charge of Class A from now on.”

She was neatly dressed in a police uniform, but she had a cold expression.

“This is a training center that educates exorcists who fight ‘evil’. Is there anyone who hasn’t heard an explanation about this?”

There was no answer.

Everyone seemed to have heard roughly what this exorcist was.

Even after hearing that, I thought of coming all the way here.

I listened to Lee Soo-yeon while thinking about that.

“This training center takes a total of 3 months. After completing the education at the training center, you will be qualified to enter the rank of 6th grade exorcist police, that is, the rank of Inspector-”

She immediately began to introduce the training center and give basic explanations about the education that would take place there.

At first glance, this training center was similar to a school.

I attend training on time, I have break time, and after the schedule is over, I have free time.

There was an exception.

“During the three months of training, personal access outside the training center is restricted. If you intentionally break this, you may be punished by law, so please be careful.”

That I can’t get out of this training center for a while.

And the inability to use communication devices, including smartphones.

But that was written in the work contract I received, so no one complained.

Instead, we were provided with tablets exclusively for use at the training center.

It is used to deliver emergency contact or announcements.

“The basic explanation ends here. So, do you have any questions?”

A moment of silence passed.

Then someone slowly raised their hand.

It was an unknown middle-aged man in his 40s.

“I heard that criminals are also trained at the training center. Is the criminal here by any chance?”

At those words, several people exchanged anxious glances.

However, Lee Soo-yeon firmly shook her head.

“no. And, as it turns out, you didn’t explain the class assignment.”

Lee Soo-yeon cleared her throat once and continued.

“Everyone here is enlightened about demons. And I think everyone already knows what the conditions for opening the eyes are.”

death of others.

That meant everyone here was responsible for someone’s death.

“But Class A, which you belong to, is a class only for ordinary citizens who have not committed crimes.”

“All these people?”

The man said that he couldn’t believe it.

All 10 of these people were involved in the deaths, but they weren’t breaking the law.

“Then… that’s all right. The next step is self-introduction. It is a place to say hello to the classmates who will be with us for three months.”

be motivated If you look closely, does that happen?

However, in fact, the age difference was quite wide to be considered a motive.

I saw people in their 20s like me, Dayoung Kim and Hyunseok Lee, and even a grandfather who seemed to be approaching retirement age.

“So let’s introduce ourselves one by one and tell the reason why we opened our eyes.”

“what?”

“Can’t we trust each other only after this process?”

“That’s right, but…”

“Then, let’s start with Lee Jae-jeong. How did you open your eyes?”

The man who spoke up frowned slightly as if he was troubled.

But after a while, he let out a small sigh and continued.

“I am a taxi driver. But I hit someone while driving.”

“Tell me more.”

“that is···”

The man poured out his story every week.

He struck a jaywalker in the middle of the night, eventually killing him.

However, during the process, the man did not violate traffic regulations.

The dead man was judged innocent because there was a circumstance where he rode a bicycle and quickly entered the road.

“great. Then-”

So, one by one, the reasons why they opened their eyes were laid out.

Then, Dayoung Kim’s turn came, and she slowly opened her mouth.

“I was . . . originally a doctor.”

Her story was this.

Shortly after graduating from medical school, she went abroad to do medical volunteer work.

A remote area without a proper hospital.

Originally, Dayoung Kim was only supposed to see simple internal medicine there.

But while she was visiting the doctor, a patient arrived who needed an urgent surgical operation.

Dayoung Kim, who judged that she would die if she did not operate immediately, eventually took a scalpel, but the operation failed.

The patient died, and that led to the opening of the eyes.

“okay. Next, Mr. Lee Hyun-seok.”

Lee Hyeon-seok, who was a firefighter, said he lost a colleague during a rescue operation.

“If it wasn’t for me, that friend would have lived. He said he would save me in that situation, but then…”

As Lee Hyeon-seok slurred his words, heavy sighs erupted from here and there.

It is because when I gathered only those who were involved in the death of others without sin, it was full of strange stories.

Lee Soo-yeon also listened with a smile on her face and nodded her head seriously.

“Well sir. And next…”

Lee Soo-yeon’s eyes turned to me.

Next came the last, my turn.

It was difficult.

It was perfect to hear the madman talking about the hero in this atmosphere.

So the moment you want to do something.

“Lastly, I will specifically explain Mr. Kang Jin-woo’s reasons.”

Lee Soo-yeon told the story instead of me.

“Jinwoo Kang is a victim of a car accident. A head-on collision with a drunk driving vehicle left the only family member, the older sister. Mr. Kang Jin-woo was driving the vehicle, and because of that-”

Suyeon Lee said that and looked straight at me.

Are we going to just do something like this?

A laugh came out inside.

If you’re going to make it up, make it up perfectly, what else to mix with the truth?

“oh my···”

Someone murmured like a sigh.

Except for me and Lee Hyun-seok, most of them were involved in the deaths of others who had nothing to do with it.

So they didn’t even ask Lee Soo-yeon why she was explaining instead of herself.

It was to feel pity for me that I had lost my family.

“This is it. As you have heard, none of the people here are criminals.”

People nodded as if they were relieved.

Lee Soo-yeon continued.

“Criminals are scheduled to be admitted separately in one week. Also, they are divided into Class B and Class C for distinction.”

“B and C? What’s different?”

“To put it simply, Class B is ordinary criminals. The offenses range from negligent manslaughter to drunk driving. And Class C is a group of violent criminals such as robbers and serial murderers.”

“Serial murder? Do you still need to be educated with such people?”

“Fighting demons is chasing monsters worse than felons. Sometimes you have to turn your back on those killers. You better get used to it.”

Lee Soo-yeon’s words were polite but firm.

Again, it wasn’t wrong, and it wasn’t a fact that I didn’t know, so no one tackled it.

“At this point… I think the explanation of class arrangements is complete. Do you have any questions?”

No additional questions arose from Lee Soo-yeon’s words.

“Then let’s take a break and move on to the next training session.”

***

In front of the Director’s Office.

smart.

A calm knock knocked on the luxurious wooden door.

“I’m Lee Soo-yeon.”

“Come in.”

When permission was granted, Lee Soo-yeon entered the room and bowed modestly.

Then, the owner of the room, Police Officer Baek Min-seong, nodded once and received a greeting.

“Did your first training go well?”

“yes. All notified personnel have confirmed the move.”

“Were there any problems?”

“There was nothing out of the ordinary. however···”

Lee Soo-yeon hesitated for a moment before carefully opening her mouth.

“Is the treatment of Kang Jin-woo really okay like this?”

“Kang Jin-woo? Oh, that person.”

Among the number of people admitted this time, he was a person who corresponds to a special case.

He was a man who built up his karma in a delusion, not in reality, and was said to have opened his eyes.

“It is not possible to place a person whose reason for opening his eyes is unclear among ordinary citizens. He could be a serious criminal.”

“yes. That’s right.”

At Lee Soo-yeon’s words, Baek Min-seong, director of the training center, also nodded.

Accumulating karma with delusions

It was an unacceptable reason no matter who thought.

I wonder if he even made a false reason for Kang Jin-woo to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings on this side.

“But nothing to worry about.”

“Why?”

“This is a judgment from above. We have nothing to discuss.”

“Accidents may happen.”

“Do you know who brought him? I’m Inspector Sophia from the headquarters. If we raise our voices, we will only get rid of the hateful hair. So Inspector Lee Soo-yeon take good care of me.”

Baek Min-seong said in a joking tone, but Lee Soo-yeon did not laugh at all.

Anyway, she was a woman with no social skills.

Looking at Lee Soo-yeon, Baek Min-seong sighed lightly and opened his mouth again.

“It is no joke that there is nothing I can do. don’t you know That I’m now a kite with a string off. So you have to be quiet.”

“·······”

Lee Soo-yeon nodded her head expressionlessly.

She didn’t know much about the circumstances inside the police, but she knew that someone in a high-ranking position, whom Baek Min-seong was working on, had recently withdrawn from the front line.

Did you say that you were seriously injured by a monster that appeared half a year ago?

“And nothing to worry about too much anyway. After all, isn’t the next education the awakening of demons?”

“you’re right.”

“Then you can keep an eye on it. I don’t know what kind of power he will have, but it’s not too late to worry.”

***

20 minutes later.

The next place of education was not a lecture room.

The training place is the basement of the dormitory where we unpacked our luggage today.

There were several private training grounds with a gym-like atmosphere.

From room 1 to room 20.

Among them, the place I had to go to was the tablet dedicated to the training center, and a message had already arrived.

“Room 8… just those appliances.”

I opened the simple white door and went inside.

Inside, Inspector Lee Soo-yeon, whom I had seen earlier, was waiting for me.

She had already changed into gym clothes.

“welcome. This training will be conducted on a one-to-one basis.”

“One on one?”

She nodded lightly.

“Due to the nature of this class, there is no choice.”

“What are you doing?”

“I will teach you how to fight demons.”

“method?”

“It doesn’t end with what you see. to use magical powers. And to exclude Ma through it. That is our exorcism.”

“So…you mean you’re going to let me use that horse?”

“yes.”

“how?”

“Sit comfortably in front of this. After that, just stay still.”

Lee Soo-yeon pointed to the floor and said.

Just sit on the bare floor?

Something was dubious, but I did as I was told.

Then, Lee Soo-yeon placed her hands on my shoulders from behind my back.

“Then let’s begin.”

With those words, I felt a warm energy in Lee Soo-yeon’s hand.

And it went right through my body.

“This···?”

Gathered in the middle of the chest.

Then, just once, with the feeling of something breaking, warmth spread throughout the body.

“Nonsense···”

I muttered involuntarily.

By the way, I knew this feeling.

Ten years ago, when I first made a mana heart in another world.

It was exactly the same feeling I felt at that time.

Although, what spread through his body was not mana, but a completely different energy.

Also, it wasn’t that Mana Hearts were created, it was all just passing through the body once, but that’s for sure.

If there was only one difference, it was that it was painful enough to vomit blood.

“This is so amazing.”

When I said that and looked back, Lee Soo-yeon was staring at me with her eyes wide open.

It was a surprised face.

“Are you okay?”

“What?”

The moment I tilt my head and ask back.

A tearing scream could be heard from the next room.