Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan

Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan – 079

Meanwhile, Yeo Jin-soo, the offending student, was sitting alone in his chair, breathing anxiously. As the couple sat beside the victim, ready to offer warm gestures, the boy locked his eyes tightly shut in familiar loneliness.
“What’s wrong, Jin-soo? Did you cut ties with the agency?”
“Ah, seriously, what’s the deal! Stop talking nonsense. You act like you don’t know anything now? Truly demonic. Even Satan would cry, seriously.”
He subtly blocked out the sympathetic murmurs of his peers. Without seeing or hearing, the boy calmly regulated his breathing.
When he opened his eyes again, within the always solitary gaze of the boy, there was a chilling calmness. Perhaps ignoring reality and suppressing emotions was the best resistance the boy could muster.
– Tick, tock. –
Time passed relentlessly. As the clock pendulum swung, the victim, Lee Hyo-beom, seemed to regain his spirit, while his parents smiled indulgently, their tongues clicking as if to express mild amusement.
Even on the face of the boy, who was suppressing his emotions, anxiety was slowly creeping in.
“As the time approaches, the offending student, Yeo Jin…”
The chairman, glancing at his wristwatch, was about to speak.
– Click. –
The firmly closed door swung open, and two men entered. On the right side of the neatly dressed man hung a lawyer’s badge, while the other man had a face recognizable to any citizen of South Korea.
– Tick, tock, tick, tock. –
Isaac, the S-class hero whose selfish demeanor and expressionless face concealed a mysterious depth, walked towards the boy as if everything was a nuisance.
– Thunk. –
A student suddenly stood up.
– Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. –
Other spectators, committee members, and the chairman all rose as if possessed, gazing at Isaac in bewilderment. It was a near-instinctual reaction.
An overwhelming force capable of purifying special-grade disasters. Publicly hailed as potentially surpassing even the greatest hero, ‘Sword Emperor’. The history of humanity, venerating such a great being, was engraved down to the genetic level, causing the onlookers to widen their eyes as if feeling a stirring in their chests.
“Ah. Ahh, ah.”
The boy, seemingly unaware that the director would personally intervene, shook his head and suppressed his emotions. As a momentary silence passed, people gradually regained their composure and sat down with nonchalance.
Isaac had overwhelmed the audience with his appearance, yet he himself seemed indifferent, casually leaning back in his chair as if he had no care in the world.
“Huh, huh, uhh…”
However, the state of the involved parties didn’t end with just a moderate level of surprise. Lee Hyo-beom, the victim, began to breathe heavily, almost as if having a seizure. The parents hurriedly tried to calm their child, struggling to hold him still.
The chairman, unsure of how to control the situation, hesitated before speaking, but as the student seemed to calm down, he let out a sigh of relief.
“Well… um. Alright, since everyone is here, we will now begin the Middle School Violence Countermeasure Committee.”
As the invisible storm passed, the arena for the real showdown began.
Ignoring the spectators, whose eyes sparkled with apparent delight at the sight of Isaac, Lee Hyo-beom’s father passionately denounced the wrongdoing of the offending student, Yeo Jin-soo.
“A hero is a protector of citizens. We must train our mental barriers rigorously to avoid being consumed by negative energies. However, what about a professional hero who inflicts harm impulsively? This is clearly a deliberate and malicious act of violence.”
The compelling voice of the three-term member of parliament resonated, causing spectators and committee members to nod in agreement one by one. He continued his impassioned speech, forcefully advancing like a wild horse crossing the plains, attempting to grasp the reins of victory.
“Yeo Jin-soo crushed my son’s arm as if it were a machine. I heard my child said something offensive to the offending student. So, I feel ashamed that I haven’t raised my child properly. However, no matter how you look at it, the actions of the offending student are not acceptable. Why? Because he is none other than a professional hero!”
Lee Hyo-beom’s father, with a demeanor that seemed to block any logic the offending student might present, passionately expressed his sense of injustice.
“The association does not simply permit the qualification of a professional hero based solely on ‘power’. One must possess strong mental and emotional resilience! That’s how one becomes a ‘hero’ whom we respect. If we excuse the actions of the offending student here just because he is young or acted impulsively, it would be equivalent to undermining the deliberation process of the Hero Association. I earnestly request the committee members and the chairman to consider the fact that the offending student ‘intentionally inflicted terrible violence on my child’ and make a wise and rational judgment.”
Congressman Lee Sung-hoon’s argument was concise and clean. Some parents, who were in agreement with him, seemed eager to applaud, but they refrained from doing so due to the imposing presence of Hero Isaac sitting right in front of them.
Next was the defense’s time. Lawyer Han Gil-tae, maintaining his poker face, calmly began to unfold the arguments he had prepared.
“Firstly, I want to point out that Yeo Jin-soo is also a victim of school violence. Due to his introverted nature since a very young age, he endured difficult times of isolation and bullying, unlike other children, he couldn’t even receive protection from his parents. The student who came here today from the victim’s perspective, Lee Hyo-beom, was also one of the bullies who tormented Yeo Jin-soo. The unfortunate fate of these two students began in the 3rd grade of elementary school when they were assigned to the same class. At that time, Yeo Jin-soo hadn’t yet displayed any talents, and due to his gentle personality and malnutrition at the time, he was relatively underdeveloped and became a target for continuous school violence from Lee Hyo-beom. For a long time, he had to endure days of suffering without anyone’s care.”
“Chairman, I object. This statement is solely the defense’s unilateral argument and is not relevant to this School Violence Committee. Please specify that today’s meeting is convened to address the physical harm inflicted by the offending student.”
As the atmosphere around them seemed to change, Congressman Lee Sung-hoon raised his objection with a serious expression. The chairman advised Han Gil-tae, the lawyer, to only speak about matters related to the school violence committee.
People were startled by the chairman’s courage. How could he interrupt the lawyer’s statement in front of Hero Isaac! Even the chairman himself wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with trembling hands.
Nodding.
However, Isaac roughly gestured for the lawyer to continue his argument, as if urging him to proceed. People were even confused about whether he was not interested in today’s committee itself or was just respecting the chairman’s position.
“I did speak about relevant matters. In that case, I request the attendance of witnesses to testify about how maliciously Lee Hyo-beom harassed Yeo Jin-soo.”
“Yes, lawyer for the offending student. This isn’t a courtroom, but since both sides adhere to the standards of the court, I’ll proceed accordingly. Will the witness please come forward?”
Upon receiving permission from the chairman, who was also a sitting judge, a female student sitting among the spectators stood up, walked forward, and stood at the designated spot.
“Let’s skip the oath. It’s not good to burden even the students. You can speak comfortably here, student, this isn’t a courtroom. Just share your thoughts.”
“Yes…”
Lawyer Han Gil-tae spoke warmly to the female student before quickly getting to his key question.
“Student Kang Ji-ah, have you ever witnessed Lee Hyo-beom harassing Yeo Jin-soo at school?”
“…Um, well.”
“Honestly, just tell us what you saw.”
“Well, um… um…”
The girl trembled as if frightened, her voice trembling. The chairman, sensing that the girl was afraid to speak due to the backgrounds of the offending and victim students, kindly encouraged her to speak up.
“Student Kang Ji-ah, it’s okay. No one will say anything to you. If you feel uncomfortable, you don’t have to talk.”
“Th-then I’ll speak!”
“Yes. Speak your mind freely.”
“Th-the person over there… asked me to lie and say that Hyo-beom was harassing Jin-soo! If I don’t do it… they said they’ll… prevent me from… becoming a hero in the future…”
“Student Kang Ji-ah, are you saying that you were threatened with perjury by someone from the Harmony clan?”
“Yes, yes!”
Murmurs rose in the room. Amidst the chaos, the chairman quickly moved to calm the situation and proceeded with the School Violence Committee.
“I believe we don’t need to hear any further arguments from both sides. Director Isaac, I’m afraid to risk your wrath, but as a current judge, I will make a decision on the discipline of the offending student, Yeo Jin-soo. Members, let’s gather for a moment.”
Despite the chairman’s firm words, Isaac remained indifferent throughout, as if he hadn’t heard a word from the beginning to the end. On the other hand, Lawyer Han Gil-tae clenched his fist and bit his lip. People were worried about the safety of the girl who had revealed the truth, but they couldn’t utter any malicious words in his presence, partly because Isaac was sitting next to him.
A few minutes later, the committee’s meeting concluded. After taking a deep breath, the chairman announced the disciplinary action against the offending student, Yeo Jin-soo.
“To Yeo Jin-soo, who maliciously caused harm to the victim student, Lee Hyo-beom-“
Heartbeats quickened.
No one had convened this meeting for a simple schoolyard brawl, and there was no one thinking in such simple terms. It was a clash of power between the Hero Clan and a major corporation. The hero of this victory was,
“-I order expulsion!”
It was the side of the victim student. The offending student, caught up in perjury controversy, was handed an expulsion, unable to defend or retaliate.
– Click, click! –
The shutters of the reporters’ cameras flickered wildly. Yeo Jin-soo seemed shocked, as if the air had been knocked out of him, while Lawyer Han Gil-tae, his face flushed, gritted his teeth.
Isaac watched these scenes calmly and finally rose to his feet, speaking for the first time.
“I regret it.”
With those words, he led Yeo Jin-soo and Lawyer Han Gil-tae out of the conference room. Hyo-beom and his parents embraced each other in the joy of victory, relieved by the satisfying outcome.
More shocking than Yeo Jin-soo’s expulsion was the revelation that he had been coerced into perjury against an academy student by the Harmony Clan. As soon as the School Violence Committee concluded, sensational articles with provocative titles flooded the media.
[Shocking expulsion of Hero Yeo Jin-soo, involving ‘coercion into perjury’?]
[S-rank hero Isaac, ‘involved in threatening a female student.]
Above all, since the proceedings of the School Violence Committee were being recorded by journalists, the scene of the girl exposing the coercion into perjury was uploaded and quickly garnered millions of views within an hour, thanks to algorithmic pushes.
Everything was turning against the Harmony Clan.