Get Schooled / True Education — Chapter 12¶
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Name note¶
This scanlation uses Gwonhyeok Jang in this chapter for the dominant Sanmaeg/Gu-un student. Earlier supplied chapters rendered the returning legend as Yang Kwan-hyeok. The inconsistency is preserved rather than silently corrected.
Opening — The Gu-un High Rebel Alliance¶
A group of delinquent students meets around a circular table in a Chinese restaurant.
A caption identifies them as:
“GU-UN HIGH REBEL ALLIANCE.”
One student asks:
“Y’ALL HEARD WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT?”
He reports:
“GWONHYEOK JANG TOOK ON SOROK HIGH ALL BY HIMSELF THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY!”
The group’s leader says his sixth sense tells him Gwonhyeok is not finished.
“IF WE SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING, HE’LL COME FOR US NEXT!”
He proposes:
“INSTEAD, LET’S JOIN FORCES AND GO BRING DOWN GU-UN HIGH!”
Several members hesitate. One points out that Gwonhyeok defeated roughly twenty Sorok High students alone.
Another suggests they should not fight cleanly:
“WE’LL GET’M IN A SINGLE GO, WHETHER THAT MEANS CRACKING A BAT OVER HIS HEAD OR THROWING ROCKS AT HIM FROM THE ROOFTOPS…!”
The meeting is interrupted by the bruised top dog of Sorok High, who was beaten two days earlier.
He calls them idiots.
“PONY UP, FUCKERS!”
“THERE’S NOTHING THAT CAN’T BE SOLVED WITH MONEY!”
The chapter title follows. The opening establishes that the defeated schools are no longer relying only on student numbers; they intend to purchase professional violence.
Hyeung-joo serves the former top dog¶
Inside the school, Kim Hyeung-joo pours water for Gwonhyeok.
His narration says:
“EVERY DAY I WITNESS SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNBELIEVABLE.”
The formerly untouchable top dog now sits while Hyeung-joo attends to him.
“YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE?”
Hyeung-joo reflects that Gwonhyeok:
“…IS NOW SERVING ME LIKE A BUTLER.”
The smaller student’s face shakes with forced confidence.
A flashback shows that the arrangement was not accepted peacefully.
Gwonhyeok towers over him and snarls:
“YOU LITTLE TWERP! WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?”
“YOU’RE ORDERING ME TO GET YOU WATER?”
He warns Hyeung-joo that he is already angry and does not need a loser bossing him around.
Hyeung-joo quivers and says:
“TRY TALKING TO ME ONE MORE TIME…”
“…AND I’LL KNOCK YOUR TEETH OUT!”
The threat is visibly rehearsed rather than natural. His fists are clenched near his chest and his entire body trembles.
Na performs the king’s “justice”¶
Na appears behind them carrying a ridiculous feathered cat toy or wand.
He scolds Gwonhyeok for speaking disrespectfully to:
“HIS HIGHNESS.”
He announces himself in theatrical language as the guardian of the king.
“IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE, I SHALL PUNISH YOU!”
Na tickles Gwonhyeok’s nose with the feathers.
Gwonhyeok sneezes violently:
“ACHOO! THE FUCK’S YOUR…!”
The gag is humiliating precisely because the former ruler cannot respond safely.
Na presents the toy to Hyeung-joo:
“A GIFT FOR YOUR HIGHNESS.”
Hyeung-joo holds it with stunned discomfort.
“A CAT TOY FIT FOR A KING…”
The scanlation’s continuation describes it as capable of punishing forms of evil. Na has transformed disciplinary enforcement into absurd royal theater.
Students consider attacking Na together¶
Elsewhere in the school, former gang members gather.
One says:
“LET’S GO AFTER THE WARDEN TOGETHER!”
Another argues:
“HE CAN’T TAKE ON ALL OF US!”
They admit that the current situation exists because Na defeated a few of them and everyone else became frightened.
“BUT IF WE COME AT HIM ALL AT ONCE, WE CAN GET HIM FOR SURE!”
Not everyone agrees.
A student answers:
“THEN DO IT YOURSELF!”
Others point out that the loudest advocate already had the shit kicked out of him. Once he was injured, he was no longer able to reign over the others.
The crowd begins questioning why they should obey him.
The scene shows the old hierarchy weakening without Na needing to enter the room. A leader who cannot personally enforce fear has no automatic legitimacy.
The academic order becomes ordinary life¶
The change is not limited to authority.
Students who previously fought begin studying together.
A boy praises another for solving a problem:
“THAT’S RIGHT, YOU BASTARD, IT’S A PIECE OF CAKE WHEN YOU SOLVE IT LIKE THAT!”
Another jokes:
“IT’S KINDA FUN FILLING THAT EMPTY HEAD OF YOURS!”
The reply comes:
“IT’S CALLED BEING A QUICK LEARNER, JERKOFF!”
They bargain over rewards:
“IF I RAISE YOUR RANK, YOU’RE GONNA BUY ME PIZZA, RIGHT?”
“HECK, I’LL EVEN THROW IN GARLIC BREAD!”
“BUY ME A SODA AS A DOWN PAYMENT!”
The teasing remains crude, but its subject has changed from territorial dominance to schoolwork and food.
At lunch, Hyeung-joo’s classmates play with him and feed or tease him.
A visual joke compares opening his mouth for food to a tunnel and a “choo-choo train.”
The narration states:
“AFTER SPENDING TWO WEEKS PACKED TOGETHER LIKE A TIN OF SARDINES…”
“THE LINE BETWEEN THE AUTO AND ELECTRIC DEPARTMENTS GRADUALLY FADED AND THEY’VE ACTUALLY STARTED TO GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER.”
Hyeung-joo sits on the throne smiling nervously and wonders:
“BUT REALLY, WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME…?”
The principal praises the intervention¶
The principal watches students walking peacefully through the gym or hall.
He smiles with relief.
In his office, he tells Na that students who had recently been at one another’s throats now get along.
“YOU’VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, MR. NA.”
He specifically mentions calming the rabble-rouser Gwonhyeok.
The principal suggests that, if the improvement continues, Na may no longer be needed.
Na asks whether seeing students mend their old ways makes the principal proud as an educator.
The older man replies that despite Na’s long experience, he still has an innocent side.
Na’s smile becomes sharper.
“DO YOU REALLY THINK…”
“…THAT KID HAS CHANGED?”
The question separates forced compliance from internal reform.
After school — Hyeung-joo and Gwonhyeok¶
At sunset, Gwonhyeok walks away carrying both his own belongings and Hyeung-joo’s bag.
Hyeung-joo calls after him:
“H-HEY GWONHYEOK, SCHOOL’S OVER, YOU DON’T NEED TO CARRY MY BAGS…”
Gwonhyeok answers:
“…IT’S FINE. IT’S A SCHOOL RULE NOW, DON’T YOU KNOW?”
Hyeung-joo reminds him:
“YOU DID THIS FOR THREE YEARS, RIGHT?”
The narration says:
“GWONHYEOK CHANGED MOST OF ALL.”
For a moment, he appears subdued.
The narration wonders whether losing everyone who followed his every word made him realize something.
Gwonhyeok brushes his clothing, lowers his eyes, and walks on.
Then his internal monologue is revealed.
“IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS…”
“I’M ALMOST FULLY HEALED!”
He says he has never held back like this in his life.
He sees Na’s face even in his dreams.
“AND TOMORROW, I’M GOING TO SMASH IT TO PIECES!”
After Na, he plans to punish everyone who abandoned him.
“I’M GONNA KILL THE LOT OF THEM!”
The apparent reform is strategic patience.
The ambush¶
A group blocks Gwonhyeok’s path.
One bruised student laughs at the sight of Gu-un’s top dog carrying a loser’s bag.
“THIS SOME NEW FORM OF HUMILIATION? HAHA.”
Gwonhyeok asks:
“YOU HERE TO TALK SHIT?”
The leader answers:
“I’M HERE TO GET REVENGE, JACKASS!”
Gwonhyeok notes that there are only three students in front of him and says he could handle several dozen.
He asks why they are so confident.
The leader replies:
“‘CAUSE WE’RE GONNA GET WHAT WE PAID FOR!”
Footsteps approach from behind.
The student explains that money can hire:
“…SOME GOODFELLAS LIKE THESE!”
Three adult men in black suits appear. The central man wears dark sunglasses and smokes.
A caption identifies them as:
“BULLY CLEAN-UP CREW”
“THE HIRED GUNS”
Hyeung-joo, who is still nearby, thinks:
“EEK…! G-GANGSTERS?”
The hired men tell Gwonhyeok that there are limits and that they have come to teach him a lesson.
Gwonhyeok attacks the professionals¶
Gwonhyeok does not retreat.
He strikes the blond hired man in the face.
Blood and impact lettering burst across the panel.
“YOU THINK YOU’RE IMMUNE TO PUNCHES?”
He says:
“GANGSTER OR NOT…”
“…ONE PUNCH FROM ME AND YOU’RE GONNA BE HALFWAY TO HELL!”
He throws a full-force punch at the sunglasses-wearing leader.
The adult catches the fist in one hand.
Gwonhyeok’s eyes widen.
“HE STOPPED MY FIST…?”
The man smiles:
“YOU LIVE UP TO THE HYPE, KID!”
He says that students like Gwonhyeok were common in his day and asks whether this is really all it takes to be number one now.
The adult counterattacks.
A heavy blow drives into Gwonhyeok. Blood sprays from his mouth and he folds forward.
A professional who remembers the school¶
The hired leader pauses.
“I KNOW I’M GETTING PAID, BUT THIS JOB JUST SITS WRONG WITH ME!”
He says it feels wrong to smash a promising young man from:
“MY ALMA MATER.”
Gwonhyeok reacts:
“A-ALMA MATER?”
The adult says it has been eight years since he graduated from Gu-un Vocational.
He remembers that nearby students called the school the Mongol Army.
He removes or adjusts his sunglasses.
“…AND THEY CALLED ME THE ‘GREAT KHAN.’”
The final caption identifies him:
“TOP DOG OF GU-UN HIGH TECH HIGH SCHOOL EIGHT YEARS AGO,”
“AKA, GREAT KHAN.”
The chapter closes on the revelation that the paid enforcer is not merely a gangster. He is the adult predecessor of the exact school legend Gwonhyeok has been trying to embody.
Chapter-level observations¶
1. Compliance is not reform¶
The principal sees peaceful behavior and assumes the problem is solved. Na recognizes that Gwonhyeok has only learned to wait until his body heals and the inspector’s attention drops.
2. The academic system produces genuine social change elsewhere¶
The automotive and electrical students begin teaching one another and sharing ordinary jokes. Their improvement is not purely fear-based because new relationships have formed.
3. Hyeung-joo remains vulnerable¶
His royal title protects him inside Na’s structure, but he senses that his safety may vanish. His nervous smile during the peaceful period keeps the threat present.
4. The Great Khan is a living consequence of school culture¶
The school’s violent tradition did not end at graduation. It produced adults available for hired violence, and those adults still understand themselves through the school’s old hierarchy.
5. Gwonhyeok meets his future¶
The final opponent is what Gwonhyeok imagines becoming: an older, stronger legend whose authority has survived outside school. The confrontation turns the school’s history back against him.