I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 33:

I cant believe you put this shit on the internet.

I furiously moved my fingers, shooting messages of anger at Jin-woo, who was probably eating. But the words never went away.

Eventually, after I called Jin-woo, he hastily deleted the post.

You havent been quiet since you joined the academy.

Satisfied that the situation had been resolved, I turned and stared at Haru who was chewing her food, moving only her jaw and cheeks mechanically.

After swallowing all the food in her mouth, she wipes her mouth with a handkerchief and says, I thought I was good.

The one you just told me to erase?

Yeah. One day to start a club, one day to get a bad assignment. Youd think that anybody but an idiot would realize that youre not normal and wouldnt try to creep up on you.

I blinked, and my mouth moved for a moment.

Did you think of anyhilarious moments?

No, its just that you, with your name being Haru, just keep doing it day in and day out.

Suddenly, I remember the old days, even then, you brought the same song with you every day and kept asking me to.

Ill apologize, but I hope youll stop talking about the past.

Thats a shame, we still have a lot to talk about, so I assume the only thing you came here for today is to do laundry.

Haru asks, glancing at her wristwatch.

Oh, there are other things I need, and I was hoping to ask you for a favor, too, since I have some things that Im going to put in the storage room.

I said, and handed Haru the list I had prepared in advance.

Haru flipped through the list with an expressionless face.

Are there any items that are hard to get ?

No, theyre all available, but are you sure you want to leave these items in the storage, theyre quite large.

She seemed to be wondering if I could really use the items on the list.

Thats fine, I just need to get them back intact. Oh, and you can pay for the items from the account I left them with you.

It might cost a bit of money, though?

How much? Does that matter?

At this point, money was the last thing on my mind since the answer to fast growth is the status quo.

Im relieved to hear that your club is rich. By the way, are you sure youre going to fulfill your future requests as posted? From what youve ordered, it looks like its equipment that only large clubs would use.

Is it because of the idea of working together? When Haru asks whats next, I give her a simple explanation.

Ill be doing a lot more than that. Its not like were just going to beneighborhood errand boys.

Thats why I decided to name the club Famiglia.

In Korean, the word means family or clan and I wrote it with the idea of the Corleone family in mind, but I also thought it would be a good idea to explain that the club aims to be a family-like club, and that its activities are centered on socializing.

Above all, its a very classy word.

Things like mafia game clubs and bodyguard clubs are childish and too tacky.

At that moment, a new message popped up through the smart lens.

[Kim Young-jae: Instructor Ji-hyun has just left a piece of paper, saying that the club has been assigned a room. Would you like to come with us?]

It looks like the club has been assigned a room already. When I sent a reply asking where I was assigned to, I received a short reply saying, Room Z.

I have to go, I just got a call that weve been assigned to Room Z. Maybe you can send my luggage to Z as well.

As I stood up to leave, I suddenly remembered what I hadnt said and looked at Haru, who stood up with me.

By the way, I really enjoyed that meal and I hope to eat it again.

Hearing my words, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.

Thank you. As for your request, dont worry, Ill contact you as soon as Im done. I also happen to have a few things in stock at an off-site warehouse, so Ill be happy to deliver them to you in order from.

Please.

With that, I left the International Trade Club behind and went back to my class, where I saw a depressed Jin-woo, and the other kids looking at him as if he was pathetic.

Whats wrong with Jin-woo?

I asked Se-ah, who was sitting in front of me as I took my seat, and she snorted in disbelief.

Oh, Jin-woo, it seems that when he deleted the post after listening to Eugene, he also deleted the ladys number in the comment. Pathetic, really.

What a bunch of crap.

Oh, by the way, this is the form we received!

Se-ah said and handed me the paper in front of her.

On it, the words [Club Hall Move-in Confirmation] were written, along with the address of our clubs room.

B1F, Room Z. Good.

Stowing the papers in my cube, I immediately looked at the kids and said.

You all know that you can take off all of your afternoon classes at the Academy for club activities, except for duels, right?

Of course.

Of course.

Huh? Really?

Thatguy didnt know.

I sighed and turned to Jin-woo.

Okay, so if you dont have a duel this afternoon, you can skip it for a club activity.

Duel. I can skip basic English, mamma mia.

Its just skipping a class, but is this the kind of thing that makes you roll your eyes and love it.

After leaving the classroom, we headed straight to the hallway of the club hall where Room Z was located.

It was just past lunchtime, so there were tons of students heading to their respective clubs and among them, our family was a bit of a heretic.

Whats with those guys, arent they freshmen? Why are freshmen in the hall?

Hey, theyre the ones from yesterday, the ones from the Fund Investment Club. I heard they started a club this time, so I guess thats why theyre here.

What? They havent even been in school for a week.

Theyre special. Wow, I wonder what its like to be the president of a club less than a week into school.

We start to hear things about us around.

In a way, it was a natural situation and by now, our club was a regular part of the academy.

Jin-woo, why do you walk with your shoulders down? You havent done anything.

I didnt do anything! I posted that and you say I didnt do anything!

Im watching you to make sure you dont get into an accident, Im doing it for you!

Someone got in an accident!

You! You!

The two start to get loud again but Young-jae was able to defuse the situation by stepping in between them. After all, its better to leave the husband and wife to Young-jae.

Weve arrived.

I walked quickly to avoid the embarrassment of the two loud people and arrived in a flash.

The iron doors are bigger than any other club room Ive ever seen and are designed to open on both sides.

Boss, this place is really old, isnt it? Does it look like a boiler room?

Jin-woo asks worriedly, having been intimidated from the start by the different appearance.

Yes, this is Room Z, the far corner of the lowest floor of the Academys club hall. Andthe widest room.

Grabbing both handles and opening them wide like wings, a cool breeze blew in from the inside.

At the same time an empty space spread out in front of us.

Wow. Its as big as the presidentsaid it would be.

Young-jae was the first to enter and turn on the lights. At the same time, we heard the sound of lighting that could only come from a warehouse, and the interior turned bright.

The space was reminiscent of an empty warehouse, with nothing but concrete pillars lined up in the middle.

Judging by the lack of dust and cobwebs, it was clear that the warehouse had been cleaned out of its previous storage.

Wow, its really empty. Theres only one table in there.

Jin-woo looks around and points to the center of the room.

True to his word, theres a table sitting in the center of the room, out of place.

As I slowly approach, I notice a note on the desk.

[I had the others clean it up. I heard somewhere that you cant have a mess when you come into the office, so I left a desk behind. -Ji-hyun]

It was left by the instructor, so at least its clean.

Boss, I have a question.

Jin-woo sat across from me in the chair with his hands on the desk.

I dont think the boss would have simply asked for this place, right? Theres more to this place besides the fact that its spacious, right?

He chuckles and asks me.

I know, something good.

Hahahaha! Of course! So, what is it?

I point behind me as he looks like hes going crazy with anticipation.

There.

That?

In the back of room Z where I pointed to was a giant iron gate, completely out of place in this room.

Huh? Isnt that anelevator? It was a freight elevator.

Thats right, its an elevator. Thats one of the reasons I wanted this place.

An elevator designed to provide more space and carry heavier cargo than any other.

It also meant that the space could be repurposed into anything.

Wow, we definitely need one of these so we dont have to turn around and go outside.

Thats one way you can think of it.

So, where does this go?

From what I understand, its connected to the incinerator in the back of the club house.

Because thats how it was in the game.

Why is Room Z bigger than everywhere else and why is it the only one with a freight elevator?

The reason for this is that it was the first room the player would receive when they started their own club.

The elevator was set up because they couldnt give up on the idea of having a base for players, content-wise, but.there was no way a game as big as CS would include an elevator just for that reason.

I slowly walked to the elevator with only two buttons to go up and down like any other normal elevator. And heres where the astute player realizes something.

You can see the underground through the gap in the elevator. This means that the elevator also connects to the second floor of the basement.

Its a secret subterranean space that players cant wait to explore. However, we were not ready to go there yet, so I wanted to make sure we were prepared.

Come on, lets clean up the incinerator first, the luggage will start arriving soon.

Luggage?

Se-ah tilted her head as I grabbed the elevator to get her attention.

We cant live in a place like this, can we?

Its too stale for anyone to use.