Infiltrating the Academy
The Status Window possessed a wide variety of functions.
Receiving rewards through Quests, and using those rewards to increase stats.
All of it was powered by the Status Window.
And there was another function it possessed.
None other than the Shop window.
This Shop sold items in exchange for points earned from quests.
There was nothing the Shop didn't have.
It was called the Universal Shop, after all.
The Gender Transformation Ticket, which could return me to my original gender.
The Dimension Travel Ticket, which would allow me to return to my original world.
And other things like various spiritual elixirs and martial arts manuals.
All of it.
Could be obtained there.
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Cheonlim Academy was quiet on holidays.
However, just because no one was using the facilities didn't mean they slacked off on security and surveillance.
The main gate of the Main Building was firmly shut.
Usually wide open, it was now heavily guarded by a quadruple-layered gate made of special ore.
The other entrances were no different.
Except for one place.
Even on holidays, supplies had to be brought in, so the dedicated passage for deliveries was left open.
However, even this passage was guarded by male-model robot soldiers.
They were identical to the guards patrolling the main gate of Gran City.
Equipped with modern weaponry, they wouldn't easily fall behind even against a decent Murim expert.
Even if one managed to slip past the soldiers' eyes, it was meaningless.
Special detection sensors were installed in the lobby and every hallway, detecting and reporting unauthorized intruders day and night.
No matter how skilled an expert was at hiding their presence.
It was impossible to slip past the state-of-the-art thermal sensors.
If the alarm sounded, it was game over.
Standby security robots and chimeras would be released to subdue the intruder.
The level of all surveillance equipment was top-tier, even by the standards of Dean Gran's original world.
For the residents of this world, who had absolutely no knowledge of electronic equipment, there was no way to bypass these devices.
Amidst all this.
"Th-this is scary... a school at night... I really should have come during the day."
Dohwa muttered, cautiously scanning her surroundings.
She was walking through the dark hallway filled with sensors and surveillance equipment.
Strolling casually as if out for a walk.
High-performance innerwear utilizing special fibers and optical camouflage technology.
Conceals the wearer's vital signs and electronic signatures, neutralizing most surveillance systems.
Disrupts detection by standard cameras, infrared sensors, thermal imaging equipment, and biometric scanners. The wearer's appearance in recorded video and photos will appear abnormally distorted or missing.
Low-level surveillance systems may fail to recognize the wearer's existence entirely.
⚠️ Note: You remain fully visible to the naked eye, so exercise caution!
The only reason I was able to infiltrate safely.
Was entirely thanks to this outfit.
It was an item I had purchased from the Shop for a whopping 2,000 points.
Undergarments that granted stealth capabilities, albeit strictly against electronic equipment.
In other words, it couldn't hide me from the naked eye or mask my physical presence.
I had wondered if such a thing would ever be useful in the primitive Murim...
To think a situation where I'd need it so desperately would actually arise.
This wasn't just a primitive Murim.
It was a martial arts world.
A world where it was common sense for CCTV cameras to be installed all over a noble's estate.
There was no way anti-electronic gear would be useless.
By the way, what did I even do to accumulate so many points?
Today.
Before preparing for the infiltration mission, I had checked the Shop window and gasped in shock.
My accumulated points exceeded 13,000.
Back when I was at the Heavenly Moon Palace, most of the quests given only rewarded three to five points.
I had rarely seen four-digit points.
So to see over ten thousand points accumulated out of nowhere, I couldn't help but be startled.
I checked the logs... but nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Anyway.
Thanks to that, I was able to procure the necessary equipment without holding back.
I raised my stats.
And besides this outfit, I prepared a few other items that seemed useful.
...But this outfit is a bit too tight.
While it was incredibly helpful.
It had one minor drawback.
For instance, the design and material of the clothing were so skin-tight that every single line of my body was completely visible.
And since wearing anything over it would negate its effects, there was no way to hide it.
It was called "innerwear."
But it certainly wasn't living up to its name.
"Up ahead..."
In my hand, I held a small stone wrapped in thread.
The stone was pointing diagonally downward.
As if signaling that my target lay below.
A stone imbued with spiritual power.
Points in the direction of your designated target.
⏱️ Time Limit: 10 minutes
Following the stone's guidance, I went forward, and then down.
Since I couldn't use the elevator, of course.
I carefully made my way down the stairs.
The Main Building at night was eerie and silent.
Occasionally, I thought I heard mechanical sounds like pshhk or clack from afar.
It's a bit scary.
To be honest.
Even in my original world, I couldn't play horror games at all.
I absolutely loathed jump-scare games.
The only saving grace was that the lights were sparsely turned on, so securing a line of sight wasn't an issue.
For an ordinary person, it might be hard, but.
A martial artist could secure a decent field of vision with even a faint light source...
With that thought.
As I drew closer to my destination.
I suddenly froze in surprise.
"......!"
A person?
Right in the middle of the hallway, a person was standing.
No... that's.
It wasn't a person, but an AI.
An android, a humanoid robot.
She looked exactly like the maid in my room.
Even her outfit was a maid uniform.
Only her hair length was slightly different.
Were they sisters?
Not that robots can actually have sisters...
For now, I decided to think of her as the older sister.
The maid sister.
She stood right in the middle of the dim hallway, illuminated only by faint lights.
Still.
Quietly.
Staring at me.
"......."
I hadn't been caught... right?
Just in case, I checked the status of my innerwear again and cautiously moved forward.
Passing right.
By her.
Side.
Creak—
"......!! Shit!!"
Her eyes and head snapping toward me.
And me rapidly executing a footwork technique to dodge.
Happened almost simultaneously.
*Crash!!*
A booming sound echoed.
It was the sound of the maid sister's kick slamming into the wall.
A massive crack split the wall open.
That's not human leg strength!
Even if she's a robot!
If that had hit me directly, even a martial artist's body wouldn't have escaped unscathed.
"Intruder identified. Intruder identified."
"Alert Level 2. Transmitting data. Transmitting data."
I won't let you.
I pulled a fist-sized sphere from my pocket and threw it.
The sphere burst instantly, dispersing an invisible shockwave.
A Jamming Bomb.
With this, electronic communication devices would be rendered useless for the next fifteen minutes.
*Shring—*
"Student Code Article 7—Students must not intentionally damage or destroy school property."
I muttered, drawing the sword at my waist.
There was no rule saying not to come to the Main Building at night.
But there was a rule against destroying school property.
The thing in front of me was, technically, school property.
I shouldn't destroy it.
"...I'll subdue you without breaking you."
From the sword in my hand.
The dark, crimson energy of the Moon Shadow Mind Method slowly surged upward.
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"......?"
Inside a solitary confinement cell.
Dan Jua ceased her meditation and slowly raised her head.
It had been about four days since she was locked in this Reflection Room.
During that time, she felt a presence and heard a commotion she had never experienced here before.
"...Has someone come...?"
She.
Suspended just as she was, directed an intrigued gaze toward the door.
* * *
The students invited to Cheonlim Academy were all Peak experts, or masters of equivalent strength.
Gathered from all over the Central Plains through various means, they were accepted regardless of background as long as they met the condition of being adults.
Naturally, there were many troublemakers.
But this was not a problem either.
The anti-student security units prepared for emergencies.
They were powerful units tailored to match the students' specifications.
They were built with the goal of each unit being able to handle two or three ordinary Peak experts at least.
Furthermore, they were bio-androids.
Their bodies, constructed on a biological foundation, could manipulate qi.
It was also possible to utilize this.
In this way, they were evolving units with infinite, diverse potential.
No matter how excellent a martial artist was.
For a Peak-level martial artist, resisting or subduing them was supposed to be impossible.
Let alone subduing them without destroying them.
It should have been impossible.
*Creak— creeeak—...*
"Failure... failure... lost target... defeated..."
Rolling on the floor was that very combat unit.
After finishing the battle with Dohwa just a moment ago.
She was now wrapped tightly from head to toe in special binding ropes, unable to budge an inch.
"Strong... very strong... subduing target is impossible with this unit's capabilities..."
"Need to raise Alert Level to 3... Must transmit... this fact..."
"Cannot move... cannot move..."
In the dark hallway, only the hollow mechanical voice echoed.
I ran through the dark hallway.
Now that I had been caught once, I could no longer walk leisurely.
It seemed the opponent was a biological unit.
My innerwear only hid me from electronic equipment.
That must be why I was detected.
"Still, if it's an AI, the record will be stored in its electronic brain."
If so.
The fact that I was the culprit wouldn't be leaked.
...Probably.
If a problem arose.
I'd just have to take the punishment... Well, whatever.
By the way.
Just how deep was the Reflection Room hidden?
I had been running for quite a while, yet I still hadn't arrived.
But that was finally over.
"...Is it there?!"
After running continuously.
A door appeared at the end of the hallway.
A steel door.
The Dousing Stone in my hand was pointing directly at it.
I ran toward the door.
I leaped off the floor and kicked it.
Kicking any door while wearing these shoes will cause it to open.
💡 Note: Please kick as hard as possible! Hard enough to make you feel completely refreshed!
The thick steel door swung wide open.
I tumbled into the room.
It was a stark white room.
The walls, ceiling, and floor were all completely white.
In such a space.
Right in the center.
She was suspended.
"What a spirited young lady. Are you the Buddha who has come to deliver me from this place?"
With both arms and legs bound.
A naked woman suspended so she couldn't move.
Dan Jua, the Young Leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
She welcomed me with a smile.
