I Became a Mafia in the Academy
Chapter 122
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Chapter 122
Our club is called Familia and the vice president of our club is Jin-woo.
The reason is not that big.
If there is any danger to the club in my absence Jin-woo, who would protect the club at all costs, rather than Young-jae, who always makes rational decisions, was the right person for the job.
After all, Familia was created as an affiliate of the Corleone family, and he was the only one who knew how such a mafia organization works.
Thatâs why the contact information for our Familia representative was written in his defense. So it was no surprise that the student council contacted him.
âFamilia chat roomâ
[Jin-woo: (photo)]
[Jin-woo: Look at this]
The photo he posted was a screenshot of his cell phone.
A letter with the words âThank you for your cooperationâ written on it.
In other words, there were dozens of lines saying that they were conducting an audit because there was a lot of talk about the facilities, equipment, and support of Familia from the students.
[Jin-woo: No, we havenât even been a club for a semester yet. Itâs not like weâve done anything to deserve an audit.]
[Se-ah: Didnât you do a lot?]
[Young-jae : Lol, even if it was me, Iâd be annoyed if there was a freshman club that trampled on the seniorsâŠ]
[Jin-woo : Eh? Right.]
And it wasnât too hard to predict why.
âItâs a warning.â
A warning about what happened at this freshman welcome.
And a warning about the determination that Choi Yeon and I had shown in the student council room.
I donât know if they realize who theyâre doing this to.
First, I send a message to Haru, the clubâs treasurer, asking if sheâs okay back home and attaching a picture of Jin-woo.
I received a reply a few moments later.
[Haru: Donât worry, Iâll have the staff of the âInternational Trade Clubâ organize the materials by tomorrow.]
This was very reassuring, coming from Haru, not anyone else.
Of course, if there were any suspicious behavior after submitting the materials, I would take other measures.
But first, Iâll have to calm down the chaotic chat.
[Me: Thereâs no need to be scared.]
[Se-ah: Of course not, itâs not like weâre committing any crimes.]
[Young-jae: Arenât most of them bought with the presidentâs money anyway?]
[Me: I didnât spend a penny of the academyâs funding.]
[Jin-woo: What, youâre just being silly. Then you can go to the academy tomorrow with a smile on your faceâŠ]
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[Jin-woo : ââŠâ]
With that, everything would be fine as long as Haru came tomorrow with documents proving that I hadnât used any of the grant money.
We knew that one of the most common weapons used by the student council is the âauditâ, so it was very helpful to be prepared just in case.
They didnât think weâd touch the money, did they?
What can they do? We didnât spend any of the money, let alone embezzle it in the first place, so they can go suck their fingers.
I was worried that I would have a new pile of work on the weekend when I decided to take it easy, but thankfully that didnât seem to be the case.
Of course, I feel sorry for the members of the International Trade Club who have to work on Sundays, butâŠâŠprobably wonât have that much work since we didnât touch anything anyway.
I thought this was going to be the end of this debacleâŠâŠ.
âYouâd better open the door before I force you out.â
âCome with a search warrant, not an audit warrant.â
I didnât think this was going to be such a confrontationâŠâŠ?
* * *
After a class like any other we gathered in the club room and were going over the papers Haru had sent us in preparation for the upcoming audit.
It was a very thin stack of papers, maybe three sheets at most.
âWow. Thereâs nothing to read since we donât actually use the club funding. Seriously, boss, whatâs the point of a student council meeting?â
Jin-woo let out a huff of laughter and shook his head, fed up with the paperwork.
âAs I said in the chat, itâs more of a check and warning. The Academyâs student council is pretty authoritarian to begin with.â
And as such, the pressure on us wouldnât be that great.
I was confident that the relationship between the student council and the Association was one of behind-the-scenes collaboration, so he wouldnât be able to express his feelings openly.
His personality wouldnât allow him to play dumb about it, and if he went behind my back, heâd realize that I was backed by the Hanwol group, so he wouldnât do anything unreasonable.
âDonât you think we should try it, just to give them a heads up?â
âYeah, well, thatâs good for us.â
Jin-woo nods as if he understands my explanation.
âSo when the student council people come in, weâll give them a little nudge, hand them some papers, and itâll be over, so we can go about our business as usual, reviewing requests and training.â
âWell, if the boss says so, I guess. Then, I guess I shouldnât worry about it, huh?â
Jin-woo chuckles as he stands up from his seat with a rueful expression.
âI really feel like Iâm making a big deal out of this. I saw thatâŠâŠguy from the student council earlier and he was gathering a bunch of people, so I thought something was going to happen.â
âŠâŠHuh?
âWhat did you just say?â
âHuh? I thought something was going to explode.â
âNo, before that.â
âUhâŠâŠ the senior club president is gathering people?â
âYeah, that. How many people were there?â
âI donât know, but I think there were more than 10 seniors.â
Seo Yeon-soo is organizing people? More than ten people?
Normally, two or three people would come and do a simple inspection, but I couldnât figure out why she was gathering that many people.
Why on earth would they do that?
âAlert, alert, emergency!â
Se-ah, who had been outside for a while, screamed in an urgent voice and rushed inside.
âIt seems that the person I met during the all-out war, the head of a certain club of the student council, is heading this way with a bunch of people!â
âHeâs coming this way?â
âYes! I mean, is this supposed to be an audit or something? That doesnât sound like what Iâve been toldâŠâŠ.â
It was clear that something was going on.
âJin-woo, why donât you follow me on the freight elevator upstairs. If they try to come in, I want you to stop them.â
âWhat? Now?â
âNow!â
Quickly fixing the tie on my Academy uniform, I headed out of the storeroom and could hear several footsteps in the distance coming toward them.
âThings are getting interesting, arenât theyâŠâŠJin-woo.â
âYep. Boss.â
âWhatever happens, donât let them in.â
âHuh? Itâs not like we have anything to hide or anything, right?â
He seems to think that since our club hasnât done anything wrong, we should go out with dignity.
âNo, this is ego territory in the first place. If they come in, weâre going to lose, so stop them, okay?â
âI canât stand ego battles, butâŠâŠ Iâll stop them any way I can.â
To my relief, Jin-woo smiled and loosened his knuckles.
âHere we go.â
In the distance, I see a group of men rushing toward us, led by a woman with tired eyes.
The red armbands on their arms and the sign of the Seoul Hero Academy painted on them.
I couldnât help but laugh out loud as I realized that the armband officially identified them as the Student Council of Seoul Hero Academy.
âYou came here with a plan?â
With her hands in her pockets, Seo-yeon, the head of the clubs, silently made eye contact with me.
When she finally closed the distance between us to an armâs length, the man next to her took a step forward and unfolded the paper in his hand.
âThis is the student councilâs club audit team. Weâve received reports from other students that the club âFamiliaâ has been making money through fraudulent means and using it to invest in club facilities.â
Theyâre spouting bullshit as if theyâre some kind of justice.
âThis is a legitimate enforcement of the rights of the Academyâs student government, and you are hereby forewarned that any interference will result in unreasonable disciplinary action under the school code. Iâm sure youâve received the warning I sent you earlier.â
With that, he tucked the paper back into his pocket and spoke with a backward glance as if he were anything.
âIâd like to ask you to get out of the way and open the door for me, though.â
âYeah?â
I slowly walk toward him.
âBo, boss? Donât kill him!â
Even if I had become Untouchable, I wasnât stupid enough to commit murder at the Academy since it would destroy everything I worked so hard to build.
SoâŠâŠ.
âStay out of my way.â
I shove the guy in front of me aside and turn to Seo-yeon, who is watching me silently.
âItâs been a while since weâve seen each other, Seo-yeon, the head of the Student Councilâs clubs.â
âYeah. Itâs been a long time.â
âIs this an order from the student council president?â
No, heâs the only one who would do something like this.
The problem is, the guy I know wouldnât do something like this without some sort of incident.
There had to be something going on.
âIf youâre done saying hello, will you please move out of the way, Iâd like to get this over with and get back to work.â
Shaking her head in annoyance, Seo-yeon yawned and tried to walk past me. I moved to the side to block her movement.
ââŠâŠWhat are they trying to do?â
âEven if youâre from the student council, you canât go into the club without permission.â
âDidnât you hear? I told you that we have a formal audit warrant. Do you even realize that if you block the door like this, youâll be subject to force? Youâd better open the door before I do.â
âYou think you can scare me into moving out of the way, Iâm pretty familiar with Academy rules.â
No, I know them better than you, whoâve only been here a few years.
I pulled out my phone, opened the page with the Academyâs rules, and thrust the screen at Seo-yeon.
âSee? Academy rules. Article 2, section 1, regarding the rights of the student council and the right to audit clubs.â
What it said wasnât hard to understand.
âThe Student Council may conduct audits of the Academyâs clubs, and clubs that are the subject of an audit are obligated to submit materials. However, if a club fails to provide the materials for the audit, the Student Council may apply for a search warrant through the Faculty Council, and only then may it forcibly enter the clubâs premises.â
In other words.
âYou want to get into our clubhouse, come with a search warrant, not an audit warrant.â
This meant they couldnât step foot in the room without a search warrant.
âIsnât that according to school rules?â
The student council is supposed to lead by example.