Location Incheon, 2020.
It sucks.
Wangdu is sitting in a classroom. This is his last day in middle school with absolutely no friends. I can't understand how he didn't have any friends at all tille now. Yes he has grown a lot. A full 14 years old boy reaching to be in his 15. He looks are good enough to be not called bad and all other things are just fine. "Hey Wangdu." One boy came to his desk. Seems to be a fellow lonely, "yeah, what?" , "uhh actually.... uh.... umm—" Wait did he seriously blushed? I doubt if he's really a boy with that cute looking face. Though I'm straight. Wangdu thoughts are simple. "Actually uh...." , wind started blowing and all the scene is just, what to say? Romantic? Nahhhh.
Wangdy is thinking funny cause he had nothing to do right now so he just kept listening as the other students are just talking to each other, some writting each other's name on clothes(uniform) as a memorial. This is the last day of them all together, they may see others in the city for a while after but together? Can't. All the students of last year(current batch) are doing whatever they wantwd to do and to say. So as thought Wangdu.
"Well, there's certain someone that I lik—" , "It's me?" He hit the guess and the boy cheeks fell red hard, he stumbled a little at the speech and regained his posture in few seconds, shaking his head, he denied," I just wanted advice." , "Why me?" , "huh? You are reliable." Boy tilted his head at the little confusion as if Wangdu didn't knew how good he is at giving advice. Throughout all his school time, he always lazes out and do just enough to keep getting the edge, not initially volunteering for help, but when asked he would give the most nonchalant but serious advice for any situation.
"I waited for this day so that you won't spread the news, it's not like I don't trust , just a assurance." , "But it is the last day, how are going to do anything at all?" , "Actually that certain someone isn't from class. A indirect relative." , "That's.... complicated. But I guess I can talk." He said while stretching over the desk. "It is just that I'm not sure of my looks, though she never really say anything about my looks but...." , "Do you have a skill?" , "Huh? Like something I'm good at?" , "Yes, people tends to respect someone who can do things others just can't. That's simple and if she finds it's attractive then the window is open. These things build confidence also." , "I see but what does last phrase mean?" , "I read it somewhere." , "a skill? Well I do, I'm good at singing." Wangdu tilted his head , thoughts racing in his mind. He serious? Cute looks and now good voice too? Well I'm not that surprised after knowing how he talks. "Singing is really good skill in this perspective then. Get in freindly terms with her, it's fine even if she calls you brother sometime, don't mind that just keep light flirting." I've never done any of this but guess if it can work in novels then it will work out here too. He thought and gave him a little smile as a affirmation and tell the confidence too.
Boy got motivated enough, and this much talking can be beneficial for, any more of this talk and he might just collapse. Everything is good in it's limit. Neither little nor more than enough or it will be harmful in some way.
After some time they all got called up to the grounds for some little activities like selfies with the teachers and other things. What Wangdu cared about the most was to checkout what's on the table to eat. School also set up some good quick food for them. He closed his eyes and ate a little, devoured that bite and opened his eyes then. "Tastes like calories and cholesterol." , "not much reaction, is it?" A girl popped out. This one is a extrovert who adopted Wangdu along with few other introverts at school.
"Well I'm always in my diet, so that's why it tasted weird." , "I didn't asked that though?" Huh? Did I hear her wrong? Who cares her use is already done for me as this school has ended. He gave her his food and waved hand as he just passed by her side, "Take it otherwise it'll just go to waste." , "Hey idiot, this one dumpling is half bitten." , "just throw that one away." And she ate it. She for some reason don't like throwing food away, she never did in this school time. She knows that Wangdu is healthy so no desease transfer though she forgot to atleast look around because someone saw her eating other's bittem dumpling.
Wangdu just went towards his bag and told his supposed friend to ask teacher when will this end. "Half an hour teach said." , "oh."
All this time, from elementary school to middle school he kept building a ecosystem of his own. In elementary school it was just the class for some minor help in his work but in middle school he created the ecosystem of every section of his grade. It was possible because of this one extrovert girl, Mia. He knew she isn't good with her studies so he simply provided her with simple notes of the hardest subject she thought of. Yes he didn't helped her in any other subject at all but it was enough to keep her with him at least till middle school. And with all these connection across classes he was able to know about internal things of teachers(teacher related students like some teacher's kid studying in another section) and question paper ahead of others.(sometimes papers held differently in section by dates but they just can't cheat even a system as weak as this. It's weak for Wangdu.[His blackmails contains benefits for others, who would not like to help?])
He had no problem is school time at all. No nonsense activities, no tension, no weird work and punishments, all because of his initial efforts in class and specially Mia. But now he is a little worried about his peaceful life. All he wanted is total freedom, at home he is being tutored for no reason now. His dad is just trying sharpen him as much as possible so he must study every subject thrice and do all kind of sports available to him. He is not that annoyed since he accepted it all when he was 6 years old, but now he began to think. Isn't he just a pawn like this? He must complete the job quickly and leave the Han family for good. His dad doesn't really cares about him but acts nice becaase he knows how to grow a child into a good pawn, even though he knows the dangerous potential of Wangdu.
Things are complicated in his family, and he rarely see his mother who actually don't bother him in anything at all. His grandfather only cares about the grand goal of defeating someone through him. And now he is prepared, he is prepared to face FGHU and clean it up within a year.
"All I need to do is defeat the leader right?" He is sitting in a car that came to school to pick him up. He asked this to the driver. "Yes but he is also assumed to be at your place." , "I know, there can be people out there who might be better than so I'm not perfect." He said while closing his eyes. Driver looked at backmirror at him and sweated a little, This kid is like the embodiment of perfection and he says things like this? On top of that all this kid thinks about is to use equality to his benefit. He thought as he remembered how in past Wangdu tricked him to avoid school by saying something like "If you believe in equality and see that equality should be aligned to everything, then you must also this is right, lessons in class are equally tought to every student but aren't every student unique? Some weak and some strong? They change the second when they are born by gender, physical ability, financial status, taxes, brain structure and how are they going to live after that. How can the 'equal' teachings be good for a whole class? This is nonsense." , "you want to skip school today?" , "maybe." All he wanted to do that day was to plan what to do. Well let's see now what you can actually do.
They arrived to main building of Incheon. His home is on fourth floor. He got out of car, he approached the stairs way, he thought a second, he approached the lift then, he pressed the button to 4th floor, he entered the 4th floor shortly after, he approached the main door there, he wrote the password on touchsceen, he opened the door, he entered inside, aaaaand....
He saw the grandmaster. Oh it's grandpa.