The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 117



◈ Episode 117 Magic, Science, and Tricks (2)

“what. “Why is there no one?”

The suppression team that entered safe number 2 could not hide their bewilderment as they saw the empty interior without anyone.

The instructions given through the crystal ball said that a thief was clearly inside and was working hard to steal valuables.

But what about the sight reflected in their eyes?

There is no one.

Even the stored items are in good condition with nothing missing.

I thought they might be hiding somewhere so I searched even harder but the result was the same.

The Old Guard sensed something strange and raised the crystal ball.

“This is the Old Guard. Can you hear the security office?”

[What’s going on?]

“We are now in safe number 2. But a problem arose. “There are no thieves in sight.”

[what? Can’t you see? What does that mean?]

“That’s literally it. There are no thieves. “Is it really true that there is an intruder?”

[therefore….]

[hey! Get out of the way!]

With a harsh shout his employer Ivan Luke held up the crystal ball instead.

[What are you talking about now? There are no thieves in sight!]

“Director Lee? That’s literally what it says. Safe No. 2 is clean with no traces of anyone breaking into it.”

[what? What are you talking about? Even now those thieves are still breaking into the safe!]

“yes? Are you robbing me? But we can’t see anything with our eyes.”

[Then what is this I’m looking at!]

Ivan gritted his teeth as he watched the scene unfold before his eyes.

The scene shown on the artifact screen was still the thieves working hard to transport goods through the breached wall.

Moreover there was no sign of the Black Guards who had rushed in at all.

“Are you sure you went in properly? “Aren’t you mistaken for somewhere else?”

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[yes? no. I’m sure we’re in safe number 2 right now.]

“Then why on earth…”

What you see here is different from what people on site see.

At this point Ivan Luke also sensed that something strange was going on.

“Uh huh? Director Lee! Look at that!”

At that moment my subordinate was surprised and pointed at the screen.

The screen where the thieves were busy robbing safe number 2 turned blurry with a crackling sound and then suddenly disappeared.

And what was seen again was the embarrassed blackguards who had entered safe number 2.

Ivan’s head froze for a moment at the sight.

“What is this? Why? So what we just saw…”

The screen you were looking at just a moment ago was fake?

No but how? It clearly looked exactly like the inner safe but how did they make it like that? Or rather how is this artifact…?

“Go guards. “What’s the situation inside?”

[Everything is in good condition not a single item was stolen. I guess there was some kind of mistake…]

“That’s not the problem now!”

[What can we do better than that? The items in Safe No. 3 are being moved to a safe location by an escort team. Will you return them to their original location?]

“that….”

Ivan thought about it and came to a conclusion.

“no. Just in case we will dispose of the items in safe number 3 according to the original manual.”

[yes. All right. As of now the convoy guards have boarded the elevator with the goods.]

“okay. i get it.”

Communication was lost.

Ivan and the security room guards still felt like they were dreaming.

It was difficult for them to easily determine what had happened.

“no way. Are we being fooled by a fake video?”

Someone expressed such a cautious opinion.

“what?”

“Isn’t that right? “This artifact itself displays the scene captured by the artifact over there on this screen.”

“…Keep talking.”

“So someone may have intervened and interfered with it.”

“Disturbance?”

“yes. So in the process of transferring the image taken by the artifact to this screen someone used a hand to make a completely different image appear on the screen. “Forcing them to show pictures taken in advance instead.”

“no way.”

“I think someone created a set in the same shape as Safe No. 2 in advance and deliberately used the scene of breaking things.”

“…Then why? Even if you do that you won’t be able to steal anything and you’ll get caught right away right?”

It didn’t matter how the guys who caused the incident copied the inside of safe number 2 so exactly.

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For what purpose did they do this?

Is the goal just to trick them by pretending to steal something?

“I’m also good at that….”

Ivan clicked his tongue as he watched the security guard answering in a cold sweat.

At that time his aide who was watching the incident next to him and racking his brain suddenly shouted as if something had occurred to him.

“no way!”

“what. “Why are you there again?”

“Vault 3! Director! “It’s safe number 3!”

“what? “What do you mean?”

“What they were targeting was safe number 3 from the beginning! Breaking safe number 2 is just a trick taking advantage of the opportunity to transport the goods to another place according to the manual…!”

“what? Then…”

Ivan’s complexion turned pale.

And their anxious imagination became reality.

[Bo security room! Security room! Can you hear me?]

I received a call from the blackguards who were down underground.

“What’s going on!”

[We’re in big trouble! An elevator going up to the ground!]

News came as if from the blue sky through the crystal ball.

* * *

About 10 minutes ago.

Alex and Pantos went down through the underground elevator and carefully checked the underground storage room hallway.

“hmm. Looks like there’s no one there yet. “Is it somewhere else?”

“Let me check.”

“how?”

Instead of answering Pantos closed his eyes and gathered momentum.

Even though there was no wind his white hair swayed gently.

Alex gazed at Pantos’ actions with a calm gaze.

‘indeed. Is this the spirit power that the beastmen wield?’

It was a slightly different but slightly different power from the aurors handled by knights and the mana handled by wizards.

It is the same to use the power floating around in the world but while mana and aura are refined by the user to suit themselves this spirit is used as is without any such process.

Alex realized that a subtle wave spreading around the pantos was passing through his body.

And he realized what it was.

‘Is it exploration using spirit? It’s a technology that detects the location of others using tiny waves transmitted in the air. ‘The beast people are not called natural hunters for nothing.’

Eventually Pantos who had finished his search opened his eyes.

“There are people. The total number is 8. “Everyone is scattered separately.”

“Where are there only two of them?”

“Follow me.”

Pantos walked ahead. His steps were unstoppable but I couldn’t hear his feet hitting the ground at all.

It was a hunter’s instinct to hide his presence when he started hunting.

Eventually the two arrived at the entrance of a small storage warehouse.

I could hear a loud conversation going on inside so it seemed like they were just hiding to kill time.

Pantos opened the door and went inside.

The two guards who were chatting in the internal supply warehouse with their helmets off were embarrassed when they saw Alex and Pantos suddenly appear.

“What is it? “Who are you?”

“There’s still time left until shift time….”

However at the same time the fact that they took a stance while holding the weapon that was placed next to them proved that they were professionals.

However even if the opponent was bad it was too bad.

Pow!

Before the guard who was similar in size to Pantos could react properly Pantos’ fist hit his face and he fell backwards.

“Holy shit!”

The other one who was chatting together tried to take a step back and take a stance but Alex who had followed him tapped his foot and he lost his balance.

“Uh huh?”

I narrowly avoided falling but the gap that appeared in that split second was fatal.

Pow!

After being hit by Pantos he floated in the air and crashed to the ground.

Since I was hit in the face with my helmet off I had to absorb the shock and go to sleep.

“Good. “Let’s get ready now.”

“hmm.”

The two immediately took off the guards’ armor and put it on their bodies.

In the case of Pantos he was large but one of the guards here was also a fairly large man so it was easy to wear.

Still Pantos wearing black armor that seemed to be a little too tight twisted his body around.

“hey. Just be patient. “It will be soon anyway.”

It was just as Alex said.

Not long after an alarm sounded calling for internal personnel.

“what! what’s the matter!”

“Let’s gather together!”

Alex and Pantos put on their helmets and naturally joined the other blackguards.

Soon reinforcements came down from the ground via elevator.

Among them were Hans and Arpa who were pretending to guard the entrance.

“The suppression team will enter safe no. 2 and your escort team will move the items from safe no. 3.”

Old Guard formed his own dedicated team and headed to vault number 2 at will.

“Mr. Ha. Also look at how he brings out only his close associates to show that he has made a contribution.”

“What can I do? Now that I have a long-awaited opportunity to be active I have no choice.”

Although the remaining guards grumbled they followed the Old Guard’s instructions and steadily loaded the items from safe number 3 onto the cart they had brought.

After packing up those important items and getting on the elevator.

Pantos and Alex who had been hiding in disguise moved.

“What! Ugh!”

“Aaaah!”

A sudden surprise attack. A short scream rang out and the guards who were caught off guard fell down without even being able to resist.

Hans who was watching the scene trembled at the shocking helplessness shown by Alex and Pantos.

‘What kind of knight-level person falls like this?’

I already knew that Pantos was strong but it was completely unexpected that even Alex who was like a gisaeng brother showed formidable skills.

Unlike Pantos who just uses force to push down he overpowered other guards with ridiculous technique.

‘Isn’t that movement normal? ‘Isn’t that person at least a knight?’

I don’t know what he did in the past but it was clear that Alex was quite talented despite his seemingly light words and actions.

‘what. ‘Then am I the weakest one here?’

I felt a sense of lack of qualifications when I saw that Arpa who seemed to be easy-going was capable of defeating a large man.

Of course since he is in charge of gathering information and does not know how to fight it is not right to compare him with force.

‘If this continues my position will be threatened right?’

The problem was that they were not just good at fighting.

It is equipped with combat ability as standard but doesn’t it show outstanding talent in other areas as well?

I didn’t feel it much when I was with Ludger but as I moved around with other people like this I felt my own shortcomings more keenly.

Once on the ground the elevator door opened and the four people took out all the items and fallen guards into the hallway.

“ruler. “Then it’s the final step.”

Alex lifted the spear and stabbed it at the key mechanism inside the elevator.

Quad deuk!

As it is an object driven by sophisticated machinery there is nothing more fatal than a blow to a key part.

Shake!

The elevator fell into the basement.

Kwaaaang──!!!

* * *

“The elevator is broken? “So you can’t come up…?”

Upon hearing the news Ivan Luke looked as if his soul was about to come out of his mouth.

“Director Lee maybe now is a good time?”

“Are there any more people out there? Other people! Other guards!”

“There is this but most of the Blackguards were sent underground….”

I never thought they would destroy the elevator and isolate the people in the basement.

It was a failure that arose because there was only one entrance leading to the basement.

“First of all shall we inform the guests of this? “Have you contacted the Lederbelk Police Department?”

“Oh no! “If I do that I’ll ruin this auction that barely took place!”

“Then what should I do?”

“I don’t know! “I don’t know!”

Ivan had no choice but to shout like that.

He couldn’t make a good decision about how to deal with this situation.

‘Where on earth did it all go wrong?’

When you are sure that the security here will not be breached?

Are you trying to carefully handle internal problems without them being discovered by guests?

Also how did you find out about the condition inside the safe? How did they cleverly disrupt the artifact like that?

“I’m screwed. “If my father finds out about this…”

The aide who judged that Ivan was in bad condition gave instructions on his behalf.

“You guys move! Gather all the security team members! “First of all let’s step in and stop them!”

“yes!”

It was the moment when the guards in the security room stood up and were about to leave.

“Uh huh? “The door won’t open!”

“What dude? “What do you mean by that all of a sudden?”

Rattle rattle!

The security guard pushed the door with force but the door to the security room did not open.

No matter how hard I tried to turn the doorknob the door wouldn’t open as if something was blocking the entrance.

“Damn it! “What is this?”

Sheridan chuckled after hearing the screams coming from inside the security room.

She looked with pride at the several solid metal hinges near the door.

“Like a fool they’re all in there so they’re like ‘Please lock me up.’”

Sheridan snorted and walked down the hallway.

‘Seeing the urgency on the inside the operation was a success. ‘It seems like the invention I made worked properly.’

Communication hacking equipment.

To be exact it was an invention that Ludger instructed to make.

Ludger told her just one thing focusing on the part about transmitting underground surveillance cameras to the display.

‘I never thought they would change the video in the middle and show a completely different scene on the display.’

For that purpose Alex went down to the basement hiding his identity and saw the entire internal structure with his own eyes.

It was something that could never be done with normal thinking.

Hans who obtained a design and recognized the internal state and Alex who memorized everything he saw and implemented it exactly as it was.

And even Ludger who designed this whole operation.

‘As expected Nari is amazing.’

In some ways meeting him in the underground mine of the Delica Kingdom may have been a big turning point in her life.

No I’m sure that’s the case.

“iced coffee. lily. Can you hear me? “This is <Wells>.”

After exiting the spacious hall she sent a message while looking at the inside of the auction house which was more cluttered than before.

In her line of sight she saw a group of four people wearing black armor moving valuables.

“Operation. “It was a success.”

[I see. i get it. Everyone worked hard.]

* * *

After finishing the communication Ludger glanced at the back of the auction house.

The two large men who were waiting to watch him suddenly left in a hurry as if they had received some kind of communication.

When I heard that something had been stolen I guess my feet were on fire.

“Hans. Can you hear me?”

[Oh brother. What’s going on?]

“What about the items?”

[I got everything. Not a single thing is left behind.]

“What did I say?”

[I knew that would happen so I left it out in advance. Please wait. I will change my clothes and go get them.]

“Of course. “This communicator’s time is up so let’s meet and discuss the rest.”

Pop.

The portable communication device seemed to have run out of time so the sound stopped. It was truly timing that seemed to be measured with a ruler.

Ludger who no longer felt the need to be at this auction house stood up.

Because there was no good reason to stay longer.

It was that moment.

Kwahiah ─── !!!

A huge explosion occurred on one side of the auction house and swept the surrounding area.

A cloud of dust erupted and the host who was conducting the auction was swept away and fell down.

Ludger looking at the scene frowned.

‘What’s happening all of a sudden?’