Do-Hyeok walked into the registration room pretty early.
Be it luck or how fast he was moving, he made it to the class as seemingly one of the first.
So he thought,
'Might as well wait around a little, i got time.'
So he pulled out his phone and opened up a game to play for a little bit.
Which game?
Balatro.
After playing for a while, he was about to buy a holographic joker card when a sudden notification from Nest jolted him and made him click 'reroll' before he could buy it.
"FUCK!"
Closing the game and opening the email that was sent he saw the list of people who got a usb after they were all cleaned out.
'Looks like Suchan managed to get his course… Oh wait, isn't this bad? I'm listed here too. I should probably register now.'
After a quick deliberation, Do-Hyeok plugged in the usb into the computer at his desk and began to fill out his registration form.
'And… done.'
Finally, after almost 3 years, Do-Hyeok was registered at a university. Not only that, but it's also in the course he wanted to do.
It was safe to say he was pretty happy.
—
A few minutes later, people started pouring into the registration room.
Do-Hyeok looked around and saw a few familiar faces.
Dohwa cheon.
Huijin park.
And the guy dohwa was beating on.
'Now that I think about it, who is this guy? He seems to get along with those two but for some reason Dohwa keeps beating the crap outta him.'
At the thought, Do-Hyeok thought he'd introduce himself.
"Hey, excuse me."
"Hm?"
"What course are you taking?"
"Are you talking to me?"
"...who else has light orange hair, green eyes and 2 bug legs and is currently registering for their course."
"Right. Stupid question my bad. I'm in practical combat for insects."
This bug-legged young man apologized and told Do-Hyeok his course. But once he said his piece he looked at Do- Hyeok and said,
"Hey are you one of the new transfer students?"
"Yup, name's Kim Do-Hyeok, new starting this semester."
Do-Hyeok stated proudly.
"Like the soccer player? Nice name. I'm Hyeseong Cha. I look forward to the semester ahead, man."
"Likewise."
Despite having a bit of a thuggish aura around him, he was rather easily approachable.
The two quickly became acquainted and after a little bit of conversation registration was nearly over.
'Wonder what happened to Suchan. There's about 5 minutes till registration closes.'
Do-Hyeok looked out the window, he, Huijin, Dohwa and Hyeseong were the only ones left in the room.
Then Huijin spoke up,
"Hey, Dohwa, Hyeseong. Professor Ji just told us to take care of the other transfer kid. Looks like he's on his way."
"Does that mean I get to beat someone's ass?"
"We takin' care of the campers?"
Do-Hyeok watched as the three got up and began to leave the room.
"Can I tag along?"
He asked expectantly.
"I don't mind. What about you two?"
Huijin spoke first.
"Do whatever I could care less."
"Im cool with it if you guys are."
Lead by the two delinquents.
And so the four left the classroom and back into the mountains, much closer to the registration site this time though.
There they saw a bunch of insect-humans huddled in waiting, it seemed like they wanted to steal the usb at the last minute and register.
"Here he comes."
"All that damn waiting was worth it."
"Finally…"
Do-Hyeok looked up to where all the insect humans were looking and saw a green dot rapidly approaching
'Fast.' He thought.
And within seconds the green blur already blipped past the entire group, none of them had time to react.
And once they turned around to notice the four of them, they grew cautious.
"Im going in first!" Dohwa shouted as she launched into the crowd, already wiping out a few.
The other two reacted and burst forward, Huijin effortlessly took down a couple and Hyeseong wasn't much slower than her.
"If my math is right there's about 20 of them left. Could I even take that many?:
Do-Hyeok wasn't sure.
"Fuck it."
But he didn't care, the risk was thrilling to him.
[Saharan silver ant]
And all of a sudden, Do-Hyeok disappeared.
Within three seconds,
All 20 insect-humans collapsed.
"Y'know i thought a punch moving at 500 mph would lead to instant decapitation. Guess insect-humans are sturdier than I thought."
From the side,
Huijin, Dohwa, and Hyeseong were staring in shock.
20 v 1 in 3 seconds?!
Just who the hell is this transfer student?!
—
After Do-Hyeok and the others took out the group, they headed to student orientation.
Well, 3 of them were.
Do-Hyeok didn't have his student ID so he couldn't get in.
"Man, what a load of crap"
So reluctantly, Do-Hyeok went to grab his student ID from the faculty office.
"Should I just run there and back? I'm surprisingly fast now… Nope, don't wanna destroy the campus. Or my body..."
Earlier when Do-Hyeok was moving at such a speed he realised that after he stopped, his body had generated an insane amount of heat.
And when he went back to check the trail he ran…
The ground was cracked and in tatters, it looked like the world got a flesh wound.
Which meant in order for him not to destroy anything, he'd have to walk at a normal pace…
'Is it weird that I want more combat? It felt so refreshing when I fought those scrubs…'
From an ant's perspective, war and combat are not philosophical or political, but rather an essential, routine, and often fatalistic part of life designed to secure resources, territory, and ensure the survival of their superorganism colony.
Which is why Do-Hyeok feels so adamant to fight again, he doesn't know it yet but his body feels it essential to fight. An instinct embedded in his very core.
Soon enough, Do-Hyeok made it to the faculty office and was issued a student ID.
He grabbed it and hurried back to his class, he didn't want to miss orientation.
But as he walked in he saw Suchan standing in front of an entire class, smiling at him lead by Huijin saying,
"We all know"
At this Do-Hyeok saw Suchan was deeply touched and thought,
'What kinda shonen development is this?'
He didn't know what they knew but also didn't care enough to find out, his body was exhausted.
'Oh sweet, the corner seat hasn't been taken yet.'
With a lazy smile, Do-Hyeok walked up the steps and took a seat near the back.
Of which, he looked to his left and saw a large man with red slicked back hair and his legs kicked up on the desk, a sinister smile on his face.
'The hell's up with this dude?'
Then Do-Hyeok watched him get up and walk toward Hyeseong.
'...wait.'
Do-Hyeok got up and moved as fast as he could to get in front of him.
While it was in a flash, thankfully he went slow enough not to cause external damage to his surroundings.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing?"
Do-Hyeok asked.
To which this large man replied,
"Shut your trap, ant."
The next thing he knew, Do-Hyeok was awake in a hospital bed.
His head hurt like hell,
"Ugh… What happened."
"wha… where am i?"
He looked to his right and saw Suchan with a similar head injury. As well as Hyeseong in the next bed unconscious.
"This is the student health centre. I brought you three here cause when I came back, you were all unconscious and bleeding."
A voice rang out in the room, it was Huijin.
'Right… I remember seeing her leave the room for something the professor asked her to help with… but after standing in front of that big guy it's a blur.' Do-Hyeok thought.
Then he heard Suchan from the side,
"Wait… My student ID! Goddammit he took it!"
Do-Hyeok patted his chest,
Gone.
His student ID was gone.
'Why though?'
"Dont worry, we can get you a replacement ID, ill go get them now."
Huijin reassured the two as she left the room.
'But if it was that easy… why did he take them to begin with?'
Something didn't seem right.
"Dude." A voice from the third bed appeared, it was Hyeseong.
"Jeez!! You're still alive?" responded Suchan.
"Of course I am. What the hell happened?"
Hyeseong asked.
"Yeah, can you tell us what happened, the last thing I remember is standing in front of that red haired guy."
Do-Hyeok affirmed.
And then Sucham began to explain.
According to him, after Do-Hyeok was knocked out from a blow to the head and Hyeseong was slammed into the desk, a bunch of delinquents flooded the room and the big guy demanded everyone's student IDs.
Suchan tried to stop him but he was knocked out as well.
"What?! He took all of our IDs?!"
"But don't worry, 'cause the class prez just went to get us new ones."
"And you let her go? You morons."
"Think about it, why would he need to get rid of everybody if he's just after the top of our class? All he has to do is beat the ones who are most likely to become valedictorian. And besides, they couldn't possibly reissue all those student IDs in a single day."
It all began to click for the two,
"Huh…? But then Huijin…" Suchan began.
'Where did she go?'
—
Meanwhile, at one of Nest's campus lakes.
Huijin Park stood in front of the group of delinquents with an intimidating look in her eyes.
"im just asking to get this out of the way, but you're not gonna give them back nicely, are you?"
The delinquents circled her and the red haired guy said,
"Haha. Of course not. Bitch thinks she can intimidate me somehow!"
A malicious smile appeared on his face,
'It's all going according to plan. I never needed these stupid IDs anyway. I just knew you'd come looking for them.'
One of the delinquents reached to grab Huijin's shoulder,
'My whole plan was to get you standing right where you are now.'
Almost instantly the delinquent was neutralised and slammed to the ground.
'this is what you get for being first in practical combat last semester… Huijin Park!'
After the first was down, the rest of the delinquents rushed at her all at once.
This seemed like overkill but…
…It was a one sided beatdown from Huijin!
"Idiots… there's no way to beat her on land."
The red haired brute took all the student IDs off of his neck and hung them over the lake.
"Hey prez! What if I just dropped all these IDs into the water?"
That gained her attention.
Huijin lunged to grab the IDs from him but as soon as she touched the water…
"Attagirl."
Giant water bug.
Two long Bug like arms extended behind the brutes back.
Most powerful predator among aquatic insects.
"You're on my turf now."
—
END OF CHAPTER
A/N: someone made a jungle juice fic just to hate on me. It's crazy.
Powerstones pls.