EX rank supporting role's replay in a prestigious school

Chapter 868

Seong Hyeongwoo had decided to use his death and body, but he could not leave behind powerful abilities.

The stronger the ability, the higher the chance of it being discovered.

If he had used abilities like recording all the conversations around his body, there would have been tremendous progress in gathering information, but that was impossible.

Seong Hyeongwoo had considered this point and found a way to leave information in a precarious manner.

"Did he change the properties of his skin and hair to absorb the information about the places he stayed, the traces?"

"Quite a primitive and inefficient ability. Given the consumed energy and time, the amount of information gained is minimal, which is why no one uses this method. It likely went unnoticed."

Qinglong and Yeong Jegun immediately figured out what kind of ability Seong Hyeongwoo had used and admired it.

Seeing the two dragons speak like that, it seemed Seong Hyeongwoo had chosen his ability with great caution.

Hwang Jiho asked Seong Guk-eon.

"Can we tell where this body stayed at different times?"

"I guess we'll find out if we try. After grandfather passed away, he used his ability, so there’s a high chance the information was lost."

When Seong Hyeongwoo implanted information into the AI, there had been data loss.

While the principle and process were slightly different from using abilities on the body, it was not strange that information loss occurred in the body after death.

‘He must have known his body would be used, but he found a way to gather information. I hope the loss wasn’t too great...’

The information left on the body held Seong Hyeongwoo’s deep intentions, and the information itself was incredibly useful.

If we succeeded in fully reading the information, we could pinpoint the enemy's hideout, their movement routes, and the location of the garden.

If we knew the time as well, we could reveal the accomplices.

Tracking those who had been in those places at those times would provide answers.

“I’ll help minimize the loss. If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask.”

“I’ll help too.”

Hwang Jiho and Qinglong also felt the importance of it and added their support.

Seong Guk-eon didn’t refuse their help.

"Can you assign someone skilled in information analysis? My grandfather would rest easier knowing that."

Though Seong Hyeongwoo had firmly refused resurrection, it didn’t seem like his soul was peacefully resting, forgetting the world.

Having left behind such precious clues, it seemed like he was waiting and trusting someone to find them.

If it were me, I would never rest in peace.

In Flamago, no one had found those clues by the end.

Moreover, just before dying, Seong Guk-eon and his confidant Jeon Muyeong had been affected by Seong Hyeongwoo's abilities.

It was the Windlord and Usha who had killed them in Flamago, but they too had been attacked by Seong Hyeongwoo’s abilities.

‘But now Seong Hyeongwoo’s abilities won’t attack anyone. All the clues he left have been discovered.’

I hoped this would bring peace to his soul.

If I had the chance to speak with the Guardian of the Cycle of Reincarnation, perhaps I could ask about Seong Hyeongwoo.

At least if I could find out if he passed through the Cycle of Reincarnation and if he was still lingering there, it would be good.

If it were Seong Hyeongwoo, I thought he would have quickly passed through the Cycle of Reincarnation, turning his back on lingering attachments to erase the possibility of resurrection.

“I’ll assign Jeokho to assist. He’s the right person to hide Seong Hyeongwoo’s body and analyze the information.”

“Understood. I will report as soon as the information is analyzed.”

It seemed like Jeokho would be in charge of handling Seong Hyeongwoo’s body.

Once they became familiar with controlling their powers without interfering with daily life, they would receive a completion certificate and leave the center.

However, there were those who still struggled with controlling their powers even as middle school students, and those who awakened their powers during middle school.

The Youth Player Preparation Center was for those individuals.

‘Attending the center isn’t mandatory. Many students enrolled at Eungwang High without ever attending a center.’

As I thought about the information related to the center, a bad feeling began to grow.

Listening to Hwang Jiho, that feeling slowly solidified into something tangible.

“I heard that the TC Research Institute has supported the center around Tan Nae-jung. It wasn’t just TC Research Institute, but I can’t be sure, yet there’s a chance that TC is involved with this strange energy phenomenon.”

Cheon Dong-ha, having many connections with the TC Group, likely knew a lot from what he had heard and seen.

He must have pieced together clues from random overheard words, memos, schedules, and concluded that there might be a connection.

Although there was no concrete evidence, it seemed almost certain that TC was involved.

“Joo Soo-hyuk immediately reported some information through the ‘Hwang Jiho’ device. This was also related to the same center. It was information that Maeng Hyo-don’s middle school teacher discovered.”

Maeng Hyo-don’s middle school teacher had suspected something regarding the strange phenomenon the Tan Nae-jung student had experienced.

So they had bought an energy measurement kit and run experiments, coming to a hypothesis.

‘After visiting the center, the energy levels dropped drastically? Maeng Hyo-don didn’t attend the center, and there were so few players from Tan Nae-jung...’

It felt like chess pieces were moving chaotically in my mind.

The students who had attended the center near Tan Nae-jung.

The involvement of the TC Research Institute.

The situation of those who had attended the energy centers.

Combining all of this, I reached a conclusion.

“TC Research Institute isn’t just researching how to steal energy.”

“Did you figure something out? Tell me.”

It wasn’t that I had figured everything out, but when I linked my thoughts together, the pieces fit.

I answered Hwang Jiho’s question.

“TC Research Institute has previously accelerated the awakening of players who hadn’t fully awakened their abilities.”

Qinglong and Yeong Jegun immediately understood what I was referring to.

The player I was talking about was Yoo Sang-hoon.

Even before fully awakening his abilities, Yoo Sang-hoon had absorbed shockwaves from around him, influenced by Gwangrim, nearly dying in the process.

Yoo Sang-hee had asked for TC Research Institute’s help to save him, and Yoo Sang-hoon had survived by fully awakening his powers.

To pay the price for that, Yoo Sang-hee had been forced to cooperate with the experiments.

“And they might have also researched how to accelerate other people’s abilities using the accumulated energy.”

It might not be enough to say they just accelerated abilities.

I organized my thoughts and said again.

“The enemy didn’t just steal energy; they must have figured out how to gather it and use it. Just like how they used the energy of fate, they might have prepared to use the energy of countless others.”

It didn’t seem like the mastermind had only targeted the center near Tan Nae-jung.

Those born with abilities made up 20% of the population.

And only 15% could maintain their abilities until the age of 17.

The mastermind might have been targeting the lost 5% of energy.