I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 32

Fortunately, experiencing it in the game and attending the class in person were different domains.

The information in the game felt like reading text, so there were parts that I easily overlooked, but...

Park Yoonho's information, explained by him directly, was on a different level.

"Villains who take hostages and demand negotiations fall into two categories. Those who can actually kill the hostages to escape this situation, and those who can't kill and just hold them as a temporary measure. The best way to distinguish them while ensuring the safety of the hostages is to attack the hostages."

"Wouldn't the hostages get hurt if you attack them?"

"Of course, you need to control your strength. As flashy but as weak as possible, in other words, an attack that's practically a performance. If you do that, the villain will either be confused or realize that the deal won't go through and choose to flee."

He truly taught the students with practical and useful tips.

The students were also burning with enthusiasm. They realized that what they were learning now was not 'Korean, English, and Math' but information essential when they become heroes.

Just like that, Park Yoonho, who was teaching the students with zeal, suddenly stopped talking.

"Oh, look at the time."

At the same time, the sound of the bell ringing throughout the classroom.

It meant that the morning session was over and it was lunchtime.

"Let's end today's class here. Since it's the first class, there's no homework today."

"Thank you!"

Park Yoonho nodded to the students and left the classroom.

At the same time, the students also got up from their seats and started heading to the dining room with a buzz.

"Boss. It's lunchtime, aren't you going to eat?"

Jinwoo, tapping my shoulder as usual, asking if I'm going to the dining room with him.

"I need to eat. But I have a lunch appointment separately."

"Huh?"

Jinwoo's eyes widened at those words.

"Boss, do you have friends other than us?"

Are you trying to get me to hit you?

"...I have to go to the 'International Trade Club' regarding the club. Unfortunately, you guys will have to eat without me today."

"Wow, do you have to work even during lunchtime? Is that how you earn 100 million in pocket money? Well, can't be helped then."

"I'll go ahead."

"Good luck~"

Leaving Jinwoo behind, who was spouting nonsense, I headed to the booth of the International Trade Club.

After yesterday's incident, the employees immediately guided me to the president's office where Lee Haru was as soon as they saw me.

As I opened the door and entered, my eyes met with Lee Haru, who was laying out lunchboxes on the table.

"Ah. Welcome, Young Master."

"...I apologize for scheduling a meeting during lunchtime."

"It's alright. Lunchtime is just a simple meal followed by a nap, so it's fine."

As she said that, she put down the last lunchbox container and pointed to the seat in front of her.

"I heard about it this morning and prepared it in the club's kitchen, though it's a bit simple... Please, take a seat first."

"Hmm? You prepared it? Did you make it yourself?"

The level of the lunchboxes spread out now was so diverse and fancy that even professional chefs wouldn't be an overstatement. And Lee Haru made them?

"What... is wrong?"

Lee Haru tilted her head, sensing something off in my reaction.

"No, it's just that your cooking skills are beyond my imagination."

Hearing my words, she nodded as if she finally understood.

"I've received various educations from my family since I was young. Among them, cooking is something I quite enjoy."

Lee Haru enjoys cooking?

I found myself interested in this new piece of information.

Is it a habit from when I was a gamer? Sometimes, when I come across unknown information in a game like this, I feel an inexplicable sense of fulfillment.

[The codex has been updated.]

[Character Codex(N)]

And even more so when the codex is updated.

[Name: Lee Haru]

[Affiliation: Inomiya Group, Academy]

[Description: Her real name is Inomiya Haru. She is the eldest daughter of the Inomiya Group's director and one of the group's successors. Since childhood, she has built friendships with the Calione due to group business, and through the group's education, she has versatile abilities. Among them, she enjoys cooking the most.]

If it's even listed in the codex, it must be something she enjoys to the point of it being a characteristic.

Just looking at her now, gripping her pants in tension, unlike her usual expressionless self, gives me a sense of how much she enjoys cooking.

"To call such dishes simple, they are rather impressive."

"Really...?"

Upon hearing my words, Lee Haru bowed her head deeply. I nodded to her and took my seat.

"May I eat?"

"Please."

Carefully taking the chopsticks she handed me, I moved my hand to the most eye-catching dish.

"Hmm...?"

The meat melted in my mouth the moment I put it in.

"...It's better than the chefs of my family. Impressive."

As I gave a sincere compliment and looked up, I saw a surprising scene.

"..."

Lee Haru was blushing.

But soon, she checked my reaction and her face color returned like magic.

"You flatter me. Please, eat before it gets cold."

After saying that, she finally sat across from me and started eating. As the atmosphere for conversation formed, I opened the topic.

"By the way, since we've eaten, I should pay for the meal."

"Pay for the meal?"

Lee Haru tilted her head, not understanding the sudden topic.

I took out the USB I had in my pocket and placed it in front of her.

"It's the overseas account of the Triad that I obtained recently due to the organization's business."

Lee Haru looked at the USB in front of her, then at me. I continued the conversation I hadn't finished.

"From what I've investigated, the account contains about 1.3 billion credits. I plan to invest this money in the 'International Trade Club' and my club. 1 billion for my club, and 300 million for the 'International Trade Club'. What do you think?"

After listening to my proposal, Lee Haru put down her chopsticks and fell into thought.

About 10 seconds later.

"It seems quite feasible. The Inomiya Group also frequently uses our club."

She picked up the USB in front of her and put it in her pocket.

"What should I use as the name of the investor? Even if it's anonymous, someone will try to find out who invested such a large sum all at once."

"Use the name of the group my mother owned. As for my grandfather... I'll handle that separately."

Lee Haru nodded at my explanation.

"You mean the Hanwol Group. In that case, there will be no issues. I expect all processes to take about three days, but... will that be alright?"

"That's fine. I apologize for bringing up such business during our meal."

At my words, Lee Haru shook her head.

"Investing such a large sum of 300 million credits in the 'International Trade Club' is rather a great favor to us. As long as you are looking after our club, we will do our best."

With Lee Haru saying that, it seemed there would be no major issues in cleaning up the Triad's funds.

That concluded the main discussion.

As we lightly ate and talked about recent events and club-related matters, I heard an interesting piece of news from Lee Haru.

"Come to think of it, rumors about the Young Master have started circulating among the second and third years."

"Rumors about me?"

"Yes. Since it's unprecedented for a club to be established in just one day, it seems to have caught their attention."

It wasn't unexpected. Rather, it was something I had hoped for.

Having high visibility in club activities could be considered an advantage.

But the reason Lee Haru is telling me this now is...

"Are you worried that I'll be targeted?"

"Yes. It's clear that students wanting to test your abilities will target you."

This damn academy is full of people desperate to prove their strength.

So, I have to prove it.

That I'm not some junior for them to test their strength on.

To prevent such situations, there was also the merciless obliteration of the 'Fund Investment Club' members... but that, too, was something that happened inside the sparring ground.

Since the entire academy was the stage, it was certain that people aiming for me would appear from unexpected places.

This was probably what Lee Haru was worried about.

However.

"There's no need to worry. I had planned to resolve that issue today anyway."

"......Today?"

"Yes. Fortunately, I'm supposed to receive the club booth today."

"Ah, the club booth? Now that you mention it, I saw a popular post on the school community yesterday saying that we'd start taking requests. That must be it."

By the way, the post Lee Haru mentioned was something I had asked Jinwoo to do last night, which came to mind while we were discussing how best to promote the club in the group chat.

"I couldn't check because of family matters yesterday, but did it really become a popular post?"

"You haven't seen it? Just a moment......"

Lee Haru turned on her smartphone, which was on the table, and opened a window, showing me.

Inside, there was content that was truly shocking.

[★Popular Post★]

[Title: Isn't it kinda crazy that the 'Fund Investment Club' guys got wrecked by a freshman today? lololol]

[Yes, it's not crazy at all. That freshman is none other than our club president.

Hello. This is the newly established club [Familia].

The reason for this post is to promote our club.

Yes, there was a club promotion section.

To be honest, the president just told us to post a promotional message and didn't bother checking it himself, so I'll just do it my way.

We do things like security work, finding lost cats, and oh, we also track down stolen money.

We haven't secured a club booth yet, so I'll update that once we do.

That's all. 20000. Adun Todidas.]

"......What the hell is this?"

"This is a post that went up yesterday. I assumed the Young Master would know about it."

No, I did know.

Jinwoo had mentioned that he perfectly posted the message and that the response was good.

I was too busy with family matters until morning to check, but... did he really post this garbage?

I quickly checked the comments section.

[lol these guys are crazy lol]

[Can you really recover stolen money? Can you really recover stolen money?]

[I thought they'd be doing something serious with that power, but turns out it's just a messenger service lolol]

[I'm also a freshman, but does President Yoojin offer dating services too?]

[└ Comment by the post author: Not sure about the boss, but I'm available lol.]

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"......Hah."

Is this guy insane, seriously?