I Became a Disaster-Class Sorcery Genius

Emotionless Iron-Blood (3)

The method for Kim Dojun to make her feel anger was very simple.

'I just need to beat her at PK.'

That meant getting stronger than her character through microtransactions and then PKing her until she snapped.

If he made it a point to tease her as he did it, her rage would double!

'Of course, in this scenario, you do have to choose your words wisely.'

But to Kim Dojun, that was a piece of cake.

After all, fifteen years ago, he had the record of playing with bratty kids while climbing through the bronze, silver, and gold tiers of a once-famous real-world AOS game, back when there were no chat bans for profanity.

'I got mad a lot back then, too, but after getting through all that adversity, getting someone else mad is nothing for me now.'

The chat culture of the AOS game he played was notorious.

'Die once and your mother's in the grave, die twice and they'll throw your dad in too, die three times and the whole family's off to heaven. That's how that game went.'

Thinking back to that time, he let out a hollow laugh.

'There was even a time when my ancestors were called collaborators just because I died a few times—amazing.'

... Anyway, having weathered such hardship and adversity, learning every form of taunt, insult, and every way to irritate a person, Kim Dojun—

[Iron-Blood: You son of a bitch, what are you?]
[Iron-Blood: I asked what the hell you are, asshole!]
[Iron-Blood: I never get angry but I swear to God, I'll kill you.]
[Iron-Blood: Aren't you going to answer? Did you hear me, you crazy bastard?]
[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: Never seen you mad until now, lol? I did it.]
[Iron-Blood: Did what, you fuck?! I swear, I'll really kill you!!]
[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: Hneukin mleu hnaei ee seubseuyeo~ juntu jeugyeobeulgyeo~~~]

was successfully awakening at least one of the four basic emotions—anger—in her.

[Iron-Blood: Where do you live?]
[Iron-Blood: I'm coming right now. You bastard.]
[Iron-Blood: Give me your address.]
[Iron-Blood: Give me your address, you fucking dog bastard!!!!!!]

Seeing her demanding an address so she could show up for a 1v1 fight right now, Kim Dojun wore a very satisfied expression.

'A total success.'

He originally had several variations planned, in case she didn't get mad.

'I was going to use the "collaborator" style if this didn't work, but with this reaction...'

Seeing her so angry that she looked ready to tear him apart on the spot, he couldn't help but grin.

'Since I've awakened "anger" among the four emotions, that's already 25% progress.'

He began typing in the chat.

[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: lol, no way]
[Iron-Blood: You bitch.]
[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: That was fun~ I'm off.]
[Iron-Blood: Bastard, I seriously will kill you! Where do you live, asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: Figure it out yourself~]
[Iron-Blood: Hey! Hey!!!! You bastard!!!!! You wanna die, really!? Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: Don't use such strong language. Makes you look weak.]
[Iron-Blood: You think I can't find you? You really think I can't?! Huh!?!?!?!]
[18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan: Yeah, I really don't think so. Bye now~]
[Iron-Blood: Aaaaaaaaagh!!!!!!]

[Would you like to end the session?]

Tsk—!

With that, he immediately exited 'Lantiarval'.

'Today's objective fully accomplished.'

No, accomplished wasn't enough—he'd absolutely perfected it, and praised himself for it.

'Of course, she did threaten to hunt me down somehow and crush me...'

Kim Dojun kept his smile as he thought.

'I knew this might happen, so I came with a computer that couldn't be tracked. Even the microtransaction account was made anonymous by waiting several days and using one set up only in 'Demon Realm Of Tiger'S Dread'.'

Slide.

'And in case the card payment was traceable, I paid using cryptocurrency.'

Having prepared for everything, Kim Dojun smiled with confidence and thought simultaneously—

'Money really is great~.'

Just by throwing money at it, he was able to stomp a long-time ranker in the game.

'Though, yeah, I did spend... quite a lot....'

Kim Dojun let out a chuckle.

'Well, it's not my money anyway, so who cares.'

With that thought, he wrapped up his day by shutting down the computer.

At precisely that moment—

"Waaaagh!!!"

Bang!!!

As soon as Kim Dojun logged out, Tia let out a scream and smashed her computer to pieces.

"What happened!"

At the sound of something shattering, the organization members rushed in, flinging open the door.

But as soon as they entered the room and saw Tia's rage for the first time, they all unconsciously held their breath.

"......."

A heavy silence filled the room.

All that could be heard was Tia's ragged breathing.

Had her nature been more expressive, or if she'd erupted in anger like this even just a few times before, the members might not have frozen up so badly.

Grit—

But this was the first time, even for her subordinates, that they'd seen Tia this furious—or rather,

Gulp.

It was the first time anyone had seen her display such intense emotion, so everyone was on edge.

She was like iron and blood before her men—an utterly stoic, emotionless being.

No matter what occurred, she would calmly assess the situation and deduce the best possible answer—iron-blooded.

She hadn't even batted an eyelash, let alone sought bloody vengeance, when her own parents were killed in a mafia attack.

And yet now, the woman who'd never shown grief or anger, lost control—so naturally, the members were both flustered and tense.

At last—

"Bring them to me."

Her voice rang out.

Unlike the emotionless tone they were used to, it was laced with unmistakable rage.

The subordinates unconsciously stiffened, wondering who in the world could have made her like this.

"... Who, should we bring?"

They asked cautiously.

"..."

Tia ground her teeth, silent for a long moment at their question, and then spat out:
"18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan."

Her lips parted.

"... Sorry?"

The members, momentarily unable to comprehend, just stood there dumbly.

"18yoHighSchoolGirl-chan, that fucking bastard—bring them to me, right now!!!"

Tia shouted again, and all of them could only stare at her blankly.

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The next day after Kim Dojun had achieved his objective—fifth period on Thursday.

As the chime sounded and class ended,

[Attention, the midterm results are out a little earlier than scheduled, please check them.]

The announcement came over the school PA, and every student, without exception, groaned.

"Ah, fuck. Guess my day's going to suck."

"Damn it, if they just posted it a week ago, I'd feel bad for a week and get over it. This sucks."

"I don't want to move to the eight-person dorm... Please, please...."

"LOL~ I'm already in the eight-person~"

"Congrats, dumbass."

Even though everyone complained, they all stood up and headed to the 1st-floor central corridor where the results were posted.

Kim Dojun, just in case, went along to check his grades.

When he arrived on the first floor—

He saw so many students bunched up looking at the grade sheet that "crammed together" wasn't even enough to describe it.

"Ah, I'm screwed, fuck!"

"Straight to the eight-person dorm, damn..."

"Nice, I got a two-person this time."

"Shit, I'm moving down to a four-person."

"Four-person's not bad."

"Fuck, I thought I could move up if I did well, but I barely got tossed into the eight-person... What kind of country is this..."

Staring at the grades posted on the wall, the students each let out sighs and groans of disappointment.

But Kim Dojun, unlike the others, simply nodded as if it was obvious.

'That takes care of the dorms.'

His grade was at the top of the class on the results sheet.

"Whoa, Kim Dojun's in first place."

"He finished all his tests in under ten minutes and just slept the rest of the time, but he's first?"

"Is that for real?"

"Figures, he's built different."

"Yeah, thinking about how he wrecked those malevolent spirits, he totally deserves it."

As the voices around him echoed, Kim Dojun shrugged.

As everyone knew, he didn't actually take the test with his own strength—it was practically Yagrat who took it for him.

Actually, Yagrat just memorized all the answers—but so what if he did, or didn't?

The important thing was that Kim Dojun was in first place, and securing his single room in the dorm was what mattered, so he soon returned to the classroom.

'As expected.'

Shin Se-yeon, watching Kim Dojun return, also looked at the grade sheet with a knowing face and a sense of triumphant satisfaction.

Of course, just looking at the grades, there was no reason for her to feel superior.

She hadn't beaten Kim Dojun, and Kim Dojun had secured the spot as top student.

And yet, she felt proud.

'As I expected, I was right.'

Because she was sure, after this, that Kim Dojun liked her.

'Why would someone better at studying than me ask for basic lessons? It makes no sense unless...'

Unconsciously smiling, she thought of Kim Dojun.

How every time she tried to make eye contact, he'd awkwardly look away.

Plus, when she only taught him academics, he must have felt that wasn't getting anywhere, so he tried to get her card—as if he'd use it recklessly just to get her attention.

Heh.

Recalling that, Shin Se-yeon let out a laugh, finding him cute, and as a thought suddenly arose, she took out her smartphone.

'Maybe I should check how much he used? I bet it was purely just to get my attention—no way he actually spent anything~'

Even if he did spend some, it couldn't be enough to make her mad, she figured, so she launched her bank's app linked to her card.

"?"

[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]

"???"

[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
[Credit card payment -500,000]
....
...
..
.
[Total spent: -165,532,400]

"You crazy son of a bitch!!!"

Without thinking, she shouted and immediately ran after Kim Dojun.

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