Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: Do a Joyful Ass Dance to Celebrate Receiving This Body!!!!!!!
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“Senior! Senior!!”
“...Mm.”
Barely opening my eyes, I could make out a man's face.
Even that was blurry, and my drooping eyelids kept me from seeing clearly.
“Senior Cloé! Are you okay?”
“Who...?”
“Let's get you to the infirmary first! I'll carry you!”
“......”
Cloé closed her eyes again.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ “Taeyang's seriously amazing, right?!!”
“He took every single one of Cloé Maiden's whips!!”
“He even knocked her down!! What the hell is his body made of, steel??”
“The Guidance Committee President ended up a sweaty mess, collapsing in disgrace!!”
“Kukuk! As expected of Taeyang!! I knew I could count on him!!!”
All classes had ended for the day.
The thugs trailed right behind me, chattering nonstop.
“Screw the Guidance Committee! We're invincible! Taeyang is a god!!”
Come to think of it, it was only natural they'd stick to me like this.
Ark Academy was a graveyard for thugs.
Anyone who looked even a little delinquent got marked by the Guidance Committee,
and they'd end up whipped by that mad queen, Cloé Maiden, or reduced to slaves.
And I'd just defeated their “absolute evil”—the thugs' nightmare—with this body of mine.
“Hey! Quit being annoying and get lost!!”
“Taeyang! Can't you train me? I wanna get strong like you!!”
“Me too! Me too!!”
Well, that part was fine.
But they were getting on my nerves with all the pestering.
Training these extras wouldn't do much anyway—they don't grow well.
No matter how much I tried to shoo them away, it was useless.
If I actually beat them up, the Guidance Committee would use it as an excuse to come at me.
Dress code violations end with 1,000 lashes, but assault could land me in jail. Tricky.
So I decided to think differently.
These guys were the only classmates who actually liked me right now.
Kim Taeyang had the looks, the family background, the attitude—he was the scary, nasty type.
And these guys happened to love that image.
I pointed at the one with the rooster crest haircut.
“Hey! You! What's your name?!”
“Finally asking my name! I'm Hang-nam! Rebel Nam!! Nice to meet ya!!”
“What? Hang-nam? Kuhahat! What a fucking hilarious name?!”
“Haha! If you think it's funny, that's good enough for me!”
A thug named Rebel Nam...
A name that really drives home this is a game world.
“Rebel Nam! You're Action Captain from now on!”
“M-Me, Action Captain?!”
“And all of you—follow the code of conduct I'm making right now!”
“We'll obey no matter what!”
“I'm in too!”
“Taeyang's word is law!!”
I called it a code of conduct, but I hadn't really thought of anything.
Just something to keep these idiots from causing trouble.
“First! No being late to class!”
“Okay! Easy!”
“Second! Wear your uniform properly!”
“That's easy too...!”
“Third! Don't pick fights first!”
“What... that's doable...!”
“Fourth! Keep your eyes open innocently!”
“Uh...? Is that doable...?”
“Fifth! Don't take or borrow other students' money or stuff!”
“Hold on, Taeyang. This feels off. If we don't take or borrow... you mean buy it with money?”
Finally sensing something was wrong, Hang-nam spoke up.
I pondered how to convince him.
But I got annoyed.
Just bulldoze with momentum...!
“You bastard!!!!! Dare to rebel against your captain?!!!!! Trying to stage a coup already as Action Captain?!!!!!”
“Hiiik!! N-No way?! You're my hero! My role model—I'd never rebel against you!!”
“Then shut up and obey!!! My word is absolute in this crew!!!!!”
“S-Sorry!! I was short-sighted...!!”
This works...?
Guess extras have zero brains.
Works for me.
“Taeyang must have some plan!”
“Probably some insanely crazy plan. Kukuku.”
“Ahh— I wanna follow this code so bad already. Kikiik.”
“No tardies, proper uniforms, no picking fights, innocent eyes, no stealing money or stuff—my heart's already pounding and burning up!! It looks normal but must be super evil!!!”
How the hell does that make it evil...?
The code's fine—it's your imaginations that are busted...
“Kim Taeyang, you bastard! You're gonna plunge all of Ark into fear!!! You're the ultimate psycho, aren't ya?!! Kuhahaha!!!”
Something tells me there'll be hell to pay when the truth comes out...
But what can extras do?
“All of you! If you get it, scram!! You're too damn loud!!!”
“Got it, Captain! We'll follow the code starting now! Tell us if you think of more!”
Nice loyalty.
Definitely usable as underlings.
After the storm passed,
only Seol Harin and I were left on the way home.
She'd been following from behind and smoothly sidled up next to me.
“I have a question.”
“Hah? What?”
“You... how did you endure those whippings? You didn't even seem to feel the pain......”
At this point, Seol Harin hadn't received the “Instinct of the Sled Dog” stigma yet.
So she couldn't understand how I took the whips.
I could tell her the truth about the stigma, but it'd probably shatter her mentally again?
Stress is bad for muscle growth.
Better to bullshit moderately.
“Hah? Didn't feel pain? Getting whipped hurts like hell, obviously?!”
“It hurt...?”
“This body's mental fortitude and physique are fucking killer, so I endured!!”
“......”
She looked shocked for a whole different reason.
Was that a bad play?
Whatever.
Time to hit the iron.
“Hey, sow! Quit slacking and hurry up!! It's an important day today!! Leg day, bitch?!!”
“I-I'm coming!”
Seol Harin seemed oddly quicker on her feet.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The next day.
The Ark community—aka Arkgall—was completely conquered by Kim Taeyang.
📰 Breaking News - Honestly, Kim Taeyang is kinda cool, upvote if agree — Anonymous Me first lololol ↳ Upvote Upvote ↳ Is tanking a thousand whips for real? What's his body made of, a rock? Lmao ↳ Whipping a boulder;; Cloé-senpai was drenched in sweat, so hot... ↳ Die, retard. 📰 Breaking News - Guidance Committee is fucked!!! — Anonymous Kim Taeyang fucked up the Guidance Committee President!! ↳ Not really fucked;; Taeyang just got beaten nonstop lol;; Heard the president was off her game that day;; Guidance Committee arrest ↳ This guy's Guidance Committee Glasses twerp? 📰 Breaking News - Honestly, the Guidance Committee President was a bitch — Anonymous Whipping kids and throwing them in jail over nothing. Kim Taeyang gave her a proper lesson, right? From now on, call him Ark's “Dark Night”. ↳ Night? It's knight, dumbass. Talking about black night lol Only freshmen and thugs fear Cloé, what bs; ↳ That's true. Newbies hear Guidance Committee and freak out mindlessly, calling them trash Guidance Committee kept Ark clean, fact. Newbie retards whining without knowing shit ㅉㅉ 📰 Breaking News - As of today, I withdraw my support for Kim Taeyang ⭐ Top Comment — UltimateFan From today, I step away from mere support Kim Taeyang and I are one body, united. Attacks on Kim Taeyang are attacks on me. If there are 7 billion Kim Taeyang fans in the world, I am one of them. If there are 10 million Kim Taeyang fans in the world, I am still one of them. If there is one Kim Taeyang fan in the world, it will probably be me. If there is no longer a single Kim Taeyang fan in the world, that is when I will leave this world. Kim Taeyang, my love. Kim Taeyang, my light. Kim Taeyang, my darkness. Kim Taeyang, my...... ↳ (Touched...) Upvote while taking off panties ↳ What bullshit Ark level sucking thug dick lololol ↳ Newbies this gen are legends lol Ark is done fml lol Mangmoosang appeared lol ↳ Look at boomers trying to check us lol What check dumbass Taeyang's getting expelled soon anyway ↳ All profs hate him now, won't last ㅇㅇ One or two years older and boomer? To me y'all are fossils! (They call this 'rhyme' these days ㅎ) ↳ This guy's serious? Prof...? Hmm...
Better for mental health to check Arkgall only occasionally.
Today was the first weekend since enrollment.
A very important day for students.
The reason? Club recruitment.
New freshmen could join clubs, so first-years scrambled to find ones they liked, and second-years hustled to recruit new members.
Of course, I had one in mind too.
Naturally, chosen more for stealing Constellations than actual club activities.
“Hey, Pomi! Walkies time!”
“Woof!!”
Just in case, bring Pomi as a bodyguard.
Who knows what might happen while signing up...
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ While all clubs were busy scouting freshmen,
the Guidance Committee had already marked a few students as new recruits.
The criteria were simple and strict.
1. Model student.
2. Strong enough not to cower against thugs.
3. Good reputation to elevate the Committee's prestige.
Only elite students could join.
Cloé had already selected one who fit perfectly.
“Ju-hyuk. Thanks for helping. We really need someone like you in the Committee.”
“Thank you. It's an honor.”
Kang Ju-hyuk was the one who'd carried the sweat-soaked, collapsed Cloé to the infirmary.
Impressed by his exemplary conduct, Cloé decided to recruit him.
“As you know... our Committee is in a major crisis.”
“Because of Kim Taeyang, right?”
“Yeah. He's a type of thug I've never dealt with before. That's why your role is even more crucial.”
Cloé saw Kang Ju-hyuk as Kim Taeyang's counter.
Same year, same class—perfect for monitoring.
Not as skilled as Taeyang or Seol Harin, but competent enough.
And most importantly... he held a personal grudge against Taeyang...!
“Thinking of Harin-i... I can't sleep at all.... Every morning and night, that guy goes into her room and comes out drained—who knows what horrors she's enduring......!”
Kang Ju-hyuk clenched his fist.
In his delusions, Seol Harin was declaring defeat to Kim Taeyang's massive dong daily.
In reality, it was defeat to heavy plates.
Anyway.
“I will... put that bastard in jail no matter what...!”
“Yeah! I'll do my best too!”
Cloé wrapped her hands around his fist, lending strength.
And in that moment.
“......”
“......”
An embarrassingly thick pink aura flowed between them.
“...Thank you so much, Senior. Without you, I might have collapsed.”
“W-What nonsense! Helping a freshman in need is just what a Committee President does!”
“Senior...”
“Yeah...?”
Their distance closed further.
Even now, with his childhood friend possibly getting wrecked by a massive-dong thug, Kang Ju-hyuk's breeding instincts didn't wane.
Because he's the protagonist in an eroge.
Crash!!
“...?!”
A mood-breaking noise echoed.
Seemed like a commotion in the hallway.
“Senior...! That voice... no way?!”
“Damn! It's him!!”
Tense as heroes before a demon king, they waited for the door to open.
A pathetic warrior party facing the final boss.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ “10-Year Consecutive Kendo Tournament Champs! Join Ark Kendo Club, the 'Sword Ghost'!”
“Knowledge is power!! Join Bookworm Reading Club for exam cheat sheets!!”
“J-Join the VTuber Fan Club...! Guaranteed collab content with super popular VTuber Cain-chan...!!!”
“Ugh, fuck off, you otakus! Can't promote our club cuz of you!!”
“Kuh...! Being an otaku isn't a crime!!”
The school plaza was packed with club booths.
A time when they all hyped their clubs to lure freshmen.
One person silenced them all.
“K-Kim Taeyang...?!”
The blond giant muscle thug, Kim Taeyang.
'Don't make eye contact!'
'He can't join our club!!'
'He'd beat up the otakus...!!'
The plaza fell deathly silent in an instant.
Unbelievable for a place with hundreds of students.
“Hah? Why's everyone acting cautious?! Kendo, reading—lame-ass clubs like that, I wouldn't join even if you threw a truck of girls at me!!!”
Openly dissing all the school clubs.
The kind of statement that'd piss off any dedicated club member.
'Thank god...!!'
'Thanks for thinking they're lame!!!'
If it weren't Kim Taeyang saying it.
Club students breathed sighs of relief.
Kim Taeyang strode straight to one male student.
They knew each other—clashed twice already.
“Hey, Glasses Twerp!!!”
A scrawny bespectacled second-year senior.
Things had been sour with Taeyang from their first meeting.
“Kuh...! My name isn't Glasses Twerp!!”
“Hah? Then what?!!”
“Kim An-kyung!!”
“Hey hey!!! Same difference as Glasses Twerp?!!!!!”
Kim Taeyang grabbed Kim An-kyung's collar and shook.
Naturally transitioned to a headlock, dragging him along.
“Glasses Twerp!! Guide this body to the Guidance Committee!!!”
“W-Why the Committee?!”
“Aang?! Cuz I got business there, duh!!!! Quit yapping and guide me!!!!”
“Kuh...!”
Kim Taeyang's bulldozer pushiness.
Swept up, Kim An-kyung had no choice but to lead him to the Committee room.
“W-What business do you even have in the Committee room...”
BAM───────!!
Kim Taeyang kicked the door open.
It flew wide with enough force to nearly rip off the hinges.
Cloé and Kang Ju-hyuk's faces twisted at his entrance.
Kim Taeyang bellowed, making the room shake.
“Howdy fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Kuh...!”
An overwhelming presence, like being pushed back by sheer shout alone...!
'Just a greeting and my hair's flapping...?!!'
Though it was the fan, it felt that intense!!
Swish—
Cloé and Kang Ju-hyuk reflexively gripped their weapons.
“Y-You! Here to confess breaking school rules?! Useless! It's the weekend—dress code's free!!”
“Hah-? What kinda nonsense is that, mini sow?!!”
Kim Taeyang pulled a crumpled paper from his pocket.
An A4 sheet that looked tiny in his hand.
It had a familiar format.
“T-That’s...! No way!!!”
Cloé's pupils shrank.
A bead of sweat raced down her back,
and her guess was spot on.
“Club application!!!!!”
“...?!!!”
“Guidance Committee President!!!!! Do a joyful ass dance to celebrate receiving this body!!!!!!! Hey!!!!!!!!”
The school's top thug submitting a join application to the Guidance Committee.
'So why the hell you...?!!'
Cloé's mental breakdown day.