I Become a Mafia in the Academy - Chapter 562
The Mafia of the Academy – Chapter 562
KWANG──! KWANG──!
My fist covered in Midas’s gauntlet and Michaela’s fist covered in her cross gauntlet crossed and struck each other’s chins.
Instantly, our brains shook and our legs wobbled.
“Keugh!”
I felt it in Italy in the past too, but I still don’t understand how that tiny body can exert such ridiculous strength.
However, the sensation I felt from my fingertips was telling me that my attack had landed properly.
In fact, didn’t she also stagger for a moment after being hit by my fist?
I endured my trembling legs with willpower and stretched out my second fist for a follow-up attack, and Michaela also extended her fist toward me.
KWANG─! KWANG─! KWANG─! KWANG──!
It was a battle that truly deserved to be called a fistfight.
A scene began to unfold where we were each digging our fists into each other’s bodies and draining our stamina.
Despite the continuous barrage of attacks, Michaela didn’t shed a single drop of blood, and I barely managed to endure Michaela’s punches filled with her healing power.
If Michaela hadn’t injected divine power and healed herself, my face would have been covered in blood a long time ago.
Yet, the reason we were able to exchange fists like this was because she and I were having a ‘sparring match’ and not a ‘duel.’
“Junior. The strength in your lower body is fading. You need to put more power into it.”
As expected of the position of a Captain of the Knights, Michaela’s eyes didn’t contain any trembling or hesitation, even while she was receiving my attacks with her entire body.
“In that last attack, it would have been better to aim for my fist rather than my face. If you had, there would have been a natural timing to counterattack.”
As if she wanted me to grow from this sparring match. Michaela mixed in the best advice she could give as an opponent.
Yes, I know. I know that Michaela is working harder than anyone else for me right now and explaining things to me with great care.
But why?
“In a fight…”
Because to me, her opponent, it felt like she was looking down on me.
“──It’s better to focus.”
For some reason, I felt a sense of anger rising within me.
[Activating the item ‘Tendon of Zeus.’]
[The user’s strength will increase by 500%!]
KWANG───!!
“Huh?”
For the first time, Michaela, who had been quietly enduring my attacks, staggered with a bewildered voice.
She couldn’t adapt to the power that had increased fivefold after enduring my attacks so far.
Her body swayed and staggered.
I didn’t miss this opening and lowered my body to relentlessly strike her liver, spleen, and jaw.
THUD! KWANG! KWANG──!!
It was a completely different sound from before.
It’s a mistake to think that I would continue the same attack forever.
And then.
[The effect of the item ‘Kojiro Sasaki’s Uniform’ is activated.]
[Critical damage will occur on attacks using the waist!]
“Keugh!”
Suddenly, an even stronger blow exploded.
An attack that went beyond the guard and shook her insides.
Perhaps she hadn’t expected this level of power, as Michaela took a step back.
“So you had another trick up your sleeve…!”
“Originally, a beast doesn’t show its claws carelessly.”
I tried to press on with this momentum and continue my attack, but Michaela quickly took a defensive stance and met my fist with her own.
KUNG──!
As expected, it was a response worthy of someone who mainly fought against In-Outs.
Despite being struck with a force that had increased fivefold, she endured it with her body.
We instantly fell into a stalemate where we pushed each other away in midair.
She must have been out of her mind from the sudden flurry of attacks, but she was displaying unimaginable skill by accurately striking fist with fist in midair.
Was it only after I amplified my strength fivefold that I was able to draw out her full power?
This was part of the reason why Michaela was called the ‘Vatican’s Secret Weapon’ in the game.
“Indeed, I had forgotten that the person I was facing was a junior. I was thinking of guiding a squire as I usually do.”
Do all the Vatican’s squires learn by being beaten up like this?
Suddenly, I began to feel sorry for the knights of the Order that Michaela belonged to.
“Don’t think this is over yet!”
Our fists clashed with power.
As I activated Youngbo and moved underground, the balance of power was instantly disrupted and Michaela’s body staggered.
“Huh?”
As if her support had suddenly disappeared, Michaela’s body swayed forward with the same force she had been pushing with.
At the same time, I shot up from the ground like a water polo ball, my black mist wrapped in aura, and kicked Michaela’s face.
Kwaang—!
An explosion erupted.
However, due to her monstrous reflexes, her left hand blocked the kick.
“Nice try.”
“Not yet.”
My combo wasn’t over yet.
I accelerated once more from this position.
[Dark Thunder is activated.]
Crimson electricity erupted from the foot that had been blocked by Michaela’s left hand.
Dark Thunder is also a charge that rushes past the opponent in a straight line. Naturally, when activated in this situation.
Ppajijijik──!!
Her body had no choice but to float up.
“If you were aiming for an aerial battle, you made a mistake.”
Despite being suddenly lifted into the air, her guardian spirit, Johanna, began to glow without any change in expression.
“Deus nobis haec otia fecit. (God has given us this blessing.)”
At the same time, pure white wings spread out behind her.
Her appearance was reminiscent of an angel descending from heaven.
“Still, it was a good try. Junior.”
Michaela thrust her fist down at me.
However.
“You shouldn’t have spread your wings there.”
I smirked at Michaela’s reaction, which was exactly as I had imagined, and took out the item I had been carrying in the cube.
‘Billy the Kid’s Shotgun’.
One of my items that boasts the most destructive power at close range.
And in front of me was an opponent who had created a wide landing range by spreading her wings.
Moreover, the characteristic of the guardian spirit Johanna is that the wings created by Johanna’s ability are formed from the user’s actual flesh and blood.
In other words, all damage and pain directed at the wings would be transmitted.
All I had to do here was one thing.
“Unfortunately, Junior, ordinary attacks won’t even scratch me.”
“Then it must not be an ordinary attack?”
The amount of aura I put into the shotgun here is ‘all of me’.
“I’ll admit it if this doesn’t hurt.”
[Bloodline Ability: “Calliope” dominates “Billy the Kid’s Shotgun”.]
Billy the Kid’s shotgun, made of wood, began to change shape as it was covered in my aura.
The parts of the wood that were covered in silver and the parts that were originally iron that were covered in gold, had a sticky red aura that was so thick it rippled on the surface.
At that ominous sight, Michaela’s face hardened, and she began to protect herself by bending her two wings forward.
She had decided that it was better to block the attack with her wings than to receive it with her body.
However.
“Too late.”
Click─
My finger was on the trigger, and I flicked it like I was flicking my finger.
At the same time, a tremendous recoil surged over me.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaang────!!
A tremendous roar resounded in all directions.
The muzzle spewed out crimson aura bullets with the force to grind everything in front of it.
The bullets, made from all my aura, enveloped Michaela’s entire body like they were swallowing her up.
“Ah.”
At the same time, my body began to fall towards the ground.
I had used all my aura, and I was also quite high up.
For a moment, I thought that I would be quite hurt if I fell like this.
That’s when.
“Really. Do you intend to fight like this in actual combat?”
Suddenly, my falling speed slowed down.
Michaela, who had taken all my attacks and was covered in wounds, had spread her tattered wings wide open and created a gliding state before hugging me.
“If this were actual combat, that last shot could have dealt a significant blow to the enemy, but Junior’s life would have been in danger.”
It was as if she was scolding me.
Her words were not wrong. No matter how hard I fought to take down one person, if I ended up becoming a burden afterwards, it would be no different from not winning at all.
However.
“……Ah. That’s right. Actually, I was aiming for this situation.”
“Yes?”
“Mikaela, I believed that you would definitely come to save me in this situation. Thank you, Mikaela.”
“What’s this──.”
[Dispater’s [Skill: Dragon’s heart] is activated.]
[The user’s aura rapidly recovers.]
In an instant, she returned to her original condition.
Only after seeing the aura that slowly began to form around me did Mikaela realize the situation she was in.
“You really were a good friend. If you’re going to resent someone, resent yourself for creating this game board, Mikaela.”
“You tricked me…! Junior!”
She raised the ‘Billy the Kid’ shotgun that was still hanging from her fingertips and aimed it at her chest.
“Bang.”
Of course, she didn’t pull the trigger.
Because she would have already noticed.
If that trigger were pulled, both sides would have suffered serious damage.
In other words.
“……I’ve lost.”
It was Mikaela’s side that suggested we duel.
She has no choice but to admit her defeat.
“I never thought you would try to use my kind heart in this way. You really are clever.”
“……Are you not angry?”
I asked, puzzled.
Because Mikaela’s reaction was unexpected.
If I thought about her usual self, I thought she would at least grumble, but wasn’t Mikaela just looking at me as if she was impressed?
“Why would I be angry? Before I am a person of faith, I am an inquisitor who has seen countless evil people and battlefields. Inevitably, I have no choice but to consider efficiency rather than method. In that regard, Junior was very clever. Figuring out the opponent’s personality. That is also one of the paths to victory.”
Thud. Mikaela landed on the floor and finally released me from her arms.
“You’ve gotten much stronger, Junior. You’ve gotten stronger than when I saw you in Italy.”
As Mikaela said that, her voice was filled with sincerity.
She spoke as if she was looking at a child who had grown up well, and she looked very pleased.
“So have you, Mikaela. When I faced you directly, you were much stronger than I imagined. You’re really amazing.”
“You flatter me. Didn’t Junior also have a secret weapon hidden?”
“Was it that obvious?”
“Of course. Because I was hiding one too.”
Mikaela replied with a sly smile.
Yeah, come to think of it, you haven’t taken ‘that’ out yet. I nodded, convinced by her words.
Just then.
“Oppa!”
From behind, I felt something small and precious hugging my leg, along with the sound of hurried footsteps.
When I turned my head, I saw Jiyoon’s crown on my leg.
“Are you here?”
“Yes! Oppa! Who won? Papa and Uncle said that Oppa won?”
When I looked behind me, I saw my father, godfather, Alessia, and Parnell slowly approaching.
Everyone was looking at me with happy expressions.
At that, I hugged Jiyoon and replied.
“Of course, Oppa won because Jiyoon cheered for Oppa.”
“Really?! Oppa, you’re so cool!”
“Of course. You cutie!”
After hugging Jiyoon once more, I turned to Mikaela.
“Jiyoon, you should also thank Miss Mikaela for ‘playing with Oppa.’ Actually, Oppa was able to win because this elder sister took care of me.”
“……Really? Are you cool too, elder sister?”
Mikaela shook her head at Jiyoon’s cautious question.
“That’s not true. I lost because I was outmatched by Calione Junior. Really, you have a great older brother, young lady.”
“Hehehe.”
Jiyoon rubbed her face against mine as if she was proud of herself.
Feeling this happy emotion to the fullest, I decided to repay Mikaela for suffering so much for me.
“Mikaela.”
“Yes?”
“Starting tomorrow, let’s look hard for the Magical Log!”
“Huh……? Ah! Yes. Let’s do that.”
Mikaela hesitated for a moment before nodding, as if she hadn’t thought I would make this offer first.
Well, I came this far, so I should at least pretend to look hard!
“Just believe in me!”