The Tutorial Is Too Hard Chapter 246:

Editor: Tide

 

Once the fighting had halted, the parents of the children who had been fighting, arrived . Surprisingly, none of the parents were angry with me .

 

Instead, one of them quickly bent in gratitude to me and apologized . Both the kids were superhumans, but one of the parents was not . One child’s father was a superhuman, but the other child’s father was not .

 

Although the dispute ended, it didn’t have a good ending . The father with superpowers treated the other one coldly . Rather than two equals, the pair looked more like the way a nobleman in the Joseon Dynasty treated slaves . Which father would want to bend to others in front of his son? It certainly wasn’t a pleasant sight .

 

“Can’t you do anything?” I asked 1400, unable to hold back .

 

“No,” He answered bitterly, disappointment evident in his features . I thought all citizens had the privilege of universal equality, but it turns out this world was too classist for that .

 

“Then why do you keep watching?”

 

“You never know . ” There could be room for intervention . It was such a vain answer .

 

Fortunately, the father with superpowers never crossed the line . As soon as the situation was about to heat up, 1400 stealthily approached, and the father chose to close the case properly . He must have been satisfied with showing off his power . That gentleman seemed to think this was an extension of his child’s quarrel .

 

When things were over, we went out of the school and visited a small restaurant . While ordering drinks and simple food, Chun said he should wait for the next dispatch request . Sadly, the meal wasn’t very appealing after what had just happened .

 

“I’ve solved one thing, but will I get paid?”

 

“Yeah . This was originally a request from the police, but the police asked me to act as a mediator . You’ll get paid depending on the number of fights you resolve . ”

 

I had a strong hunch that I wouldn’t receive much . How much money would I earn for breaking up a fight between children?

 

One surprising thing was that the status of B-grade people was higher than I had thought . At first, I hadn’t immediately noticed it .

 

I’d noticed the way the father looked at 1400 . He probably thought something along the lines of “Why do people with B-grade superpowers get involved in this kind of thing?” His expression said it all .

 

Even while walking down the street, several people whispered to each other, saying, “He’s a B-grade” and “I’m sure he’ll make a lot of money out of this . Why did he have to come here?”

 

“Why are you doing this? Surely, you have better jobs to do,” I asked 1400, purely out of curiosity .

 

Anyone who had a high enough status could make a lot of money regardless of their profession . Why did 1400 insist on doing work where he’d have to listen to such outrageous things from people?

 

“What’s a better job?”

 

1400’s words made me choke .

 

[Don’t say anything more, Warrior . ] Ahbooboo warned, his voice gloomy . He hated things like this .

 

I didn’t bother to reply, and the atmosphere soon became awkward . Fortunately, 1400’s device rang once more .

 

* * * * * *

 

I was worried that we would have to go to a school again to stop another fight, but fortunately, it was a proper fight this time . Two superhumans were fighting in the middle of the street .

 

“Oh . ”

 

“What happened? It looks pretty tense . ”

 

One superhuman was blasting fire from his hand, and the other was creating an ice wall in the air; it was a showdown between ice and fire .

 

I wanted to see their fight, but 1400 didn’t give me time to spectate the match . Instead, 1400 immediately rushed toward the man who was spewing out fire .

 

“Take care of the other one!” 1400 quickly jumped forward and shouted at me . He wanted me to stop the man using ice while he was overpowering the weaker one . It was easy to see why 1400 rushed to intercept this fight rather than waiting it out like he did at the school . This battle took place on the street, and bypassers would get injured as collateral during the clash . While the ice wall wouldn’t harm the people around it, the flames fired at the ice wall would .

 

I could see the store owner trying to put out the fire that had spread to his store . The owner was powerless, but he still tried to put out the flames on the store building . Usually, the first thing to do would be to stop the man who was continually releasing flames, but such an option wasn’t possible for the weaker store owner .

 

1400 attacked the flame-thrower . The flame-flower reflexively belted out a flame towards 1400, but 1400 dodged it and sent his fist flying into the flame-thrower’s face, who fainted and fell back in one blow . The fires flickered and began to die down .

 

I had to do my job, too . “Ahbooboo . Knock him out . ” 

 

[Yes, Warrior . ]

 

Ahbooboo put the ice-wielder to sleep using magic, and he collapsed in a deep slumber almost immediately . 1400 didn’t stop after knocking out the flame-thrower and continued to put out the flames that had spread to the streets .

 

“I need your help,” I told Ahbooboo .

 

[Why are you making me do all these little things?] Ahbooboo grumbled but still listened to me, and water poured down on the flames .

 

As the water kept pouring down, 1400 looked around in surprise . Was he looking for a person with a water superpower? Then, his eyes fell on me . It wasn’t just him, though . The eyes of multiple bypassers also shifted toward me .

 

I felt like something similar had taken place before . 1400’s bewildered eyes seemed to be asking, “Did you do this, too?”

 

I quietly put my hands behind my back and took out the ring .  

 

“Invisible frog . ”

 

“Kea-ek!”

 

“What nonsense…”

 

1400 muttered, showing a dumbfounded face . It looked like that excuse didn’t work this time .

 

“Then is this frog saliva?” 1400 raised his arms that were wet with water .

 

How could a frog have so much saliva? This guy sure had strange thoughts .

 

“This frog can use magic too,” I told 1400 .

 

“Kea-ek!” Next to me, the frog croaked and answered no . It was fortunate that I was the only one who could understand that .

 

“Oh, what a frog . Wait, is it even a frog? It’s so furry . ” 1400 raised his brows .

 

“It’s a frog,” I reassured him .

 

“Kea-ek!”

 

* * * * * *

 

I solved five fights today . There had been cases where we prevented superhumans from clashing, and situations where we took care of the aftermath of a battle . We also pursued criminals who used superpowers . Ahbooboo did most of the work, but the frog took all the credit .

 

[This is so unfair! I want to get credit for my work!] exclaimed Ahbooboo .

 

The frog was lying in the living room, getting a massage by 1400 . It was quietly waiting to see if the massage given 1400 felt pleasant . It was fortunate that the frog, who had been a little sulky due to the repeated summons and reverse summons, quickly became cheerful .

 

[What am I going to do with that big guy?] I asked Ahbooboo .

 

Today, I had learned a lot about this world . Superhumans were divided into authorized and unauthorized groups . Those who were authorized could use their abilities in public, and those who weren’t, couldn’t . It was a requirement for everyone grade-B or above to be certified . To become a certified public figure, a person below C-grade had to work in public office or wield an exceptional ability . A person with an unauthorized ability was no different from a person without powers .

 

Nevertheless, I saw that the gap between the two classes was clear . I talked to Ahbooboo about this .

 

[It’s stupid . It’s better to have universal equality, but they split everyone into classes and gave them differential treatment . ]

 

“That’s discrimination,” I agreed .

 

In worlds like Ahbooboo and Seregia’s, where there were emergencies, it made sense why people with abilities would be given preferential treatment . But this place was similar to Earth and hadn’t been invaded by monsters yet . All in all, it was peaceful, and superpowers didn’t do any good .

 

[It’s so stupid . There are so many idiots who want to show off their power in this peaceful period . The only thing that makes them better than others is that they are born with superpowers . If they don’t have exceptional superpowers, they’re no different from ordinary people . Even if they have minuscule powers, they’ll still try to show them off . ]

 

It certainly was stupid . Most superpowers wouldn’t be of much aid to the nation’s defense capabilities; they were just convenient for everyday life . It was pitiful that the two children from the school were the most powerful out of all the people I had seen today .

 

It was better to let them enjoy their superiority while shackling their ankles .

 

[What? Like a noble sacrifice?] Ahbooboo questioned .

 

A noble sacrifice? I was skeptical .

 

I was wondering about what Ahbooboo had said about a noble sacrifice when I remembered a similar saying from Ahbooboo’s world .

 

[The class system is likely used as encouragement for people to raise their position . It’s their way of forcing superhumans to save people . ]

 

It’s a fresh idea except for one problem .

 

“Then what about the ordinary people? You have to think about them too . ”

 

[What about them? Will they die because of this? An inferiority complex is an improvement and a desire to improve oneself by seeing better people . Without it, people become powerless . ] Ahbooboo reasoned .

 

Ahbooboo was also a man who had started as an ordinary person and rose in God’s eyes . He had achieved the result with his own efforts .

 

“The problem is that underlying sense of inferiority,” I said . Supernatural powers were something that couldn’t be gained by sheer effort .

 

[Oh, that’s true . ]

 

It wasn’t even a sure if powers would be passed down to the next generation . What an interesting world .

 

I had a long conversation with Ahbooboo because I thought the situation here would be similar to that of the Earth in the future . Could challengers who had cleared the tutorial and returned to Earth without causing trouble? I didn’t think so .

 

Since I went through a process called a tutorial, I was likely to be more powerful than superhumans . Challengers didn’t need much discipline to be strong, and would have a different mindset after passing the tutorial .

 

[Yes, it’s very likely . ] Ahbooboo agreed . We continued to talk about this problem . It didn’t seem like something we could solve right away, but it was not wise to ignore it either .

 

* * * * * * *

 

It wasn’t until two weeks later that an official letter of reconsideration came from the Supernatural People’s Association . For nearly 15 days, I stayed at 1400’s house and helped him with his work . I had been through a lot of things and gotten used to this world . In addition to 1400, I came to know a lot of people, so many came to know of me .

 

Was that why it was so noisy? I listened to the crowd whispering around me while I was walking down the street to the conference hall .

 

“That’s the invisible frog, isn’t it?”

 

“That’s right . That’s the invisible frog . ”

 

“Hey… but does it make sense? In this crowded street, an invisible frog as big as a house is hiding . ”

 

“Someone said there are wings on the frog’s back . ”

 

Before I knew it, my nickname had already become the ‘Invisible frog’ .

 

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