Get Schooled — Chapter 177¶
Complete Detailed Panel-by-Panel Transcription¶
Scope¶
This transcription follows all 12 ordered long chapter strips embedded in the supplied MHT, plus the scanlation credit banner. Readable English dialogue, media captions, official notices, social posts, and the school-violence reports are preserved where legible.
Content note¶
The chapter discusses fraudulent medical treatment, developmental disorders, public scandal, occupational suspension, physical abuse, school bullying, extortion, and false counter-reporting.
Strip 001 — Scanlation credit¶
A full-width Hive Scan banner identifies True Education Chapter 177 and the translation staff.
Strips 002–003 — Na refuses a quiet internal settlement¶
The chapter opens outside the K-Genius confrontation.
A Ministry or agency official tells Na that simply dragging the director through internal discipline is not enough.
Na says the man needs to be dragged publicly “down to hell” through exposure and formal reporting.
Another civil servant says he will report the matter to the press.
Na hands over the material and says that press coverage will move faster than ordinary departmental procedure.
The official hesitates. Reporting the matter may bring political consequences, hostile reporters, and Ministry pressure.
Na asks whether he can handle that.
The man answers:
I DON’T CARE.
A crowd of reporters soon surrounds him.
They ask why a deputy inspector reported an alleged child-abuse and fraudulent-treatment case connected to another Ministry official.
He answers that exposing violations is his duty:
AS A CIVIL SERVANT OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.
The title card appears, followed by a montage of media coverage.
Strips 003–005 — The K-Genius scandal expands¶
News reports summarize the allegations:
- K-Genius promoted false treatment for children with ADHD and developmental difficulties.
- The method told parents to remove restrictions, reject ordinary discipline, avoid medication, and interpret worsening behavior as genius.
- The director used royal ancestry and “Emperor’s DNA” claims to flatter customers.
- Families paid substantial sums for books, seminars, consultations, and treatment plans.
The scandal is not limited to Wang’s household.
One report describes a family who spent heavily while a child’s condition deteriorated. Violence eventually spread through the household, with severe injuries to family members.
Investigators raid or inspect the K-Genius laboratory.
The director insists:
I HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING WRONG…
Authorities collect documents and research materials.
Public posts and petitions multiply. Some victims describe being told they had failed as parents whenever the treatment did not work.
Wang Soyu faces disciplinary review.
She receives a three-month suspension, which commenters mock as a vacation. In practice, the suspension ends her career trajectory as a high-ranking civil servant. She leaves the Ministry complex while Na, Hanrim, Sera, and Daniel watch.
Sera laughs at the sight of the proud official falling for a fake doctor and a cult.
Na tells her:
DON’T LAUGH!
Strips 005–006 — Why fraudulent cures continue¶
The chapter shifts into documentary narration.
Experts explain that fake treatment systems survive because they exploit desperation.
Developmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, and borderline intellectual functioning are difficult to cure completely with modern medicine. Parents may spend years managing behavior, education, diet, and social difficulties without receiving a simple answer.
In one example, a child refuses food and demands ramen. A caregiver patiently says he must eat the prepared meal.
Parents who are exhausted by these daily struggles become vulnerable to anyone promising a total solution.
The chapter also explains the regulatory gap:
- police say they struggle to act without a clearly identified victim,
- medical associations may avoid intervention unless licensed medical malpractice is involved,
- and pseudoscientific providers describe themselves as educational or counseling institutions rather than hospitals.
Behind these programs is not merely “bad advice,” the narration says, but:
A SERIOUS CRIME THAT EXPLOITS HUMAN DESPERATION.
At the hospital, Na sits beside Hyunjong and helps him eat slowly.
The child is no longer treated as imperial blood or proof of genius. He is treated as a patient who requires structure and patience.
Strip 006–007 — The agency identifies a new target¶
Back at the Teachers’ Rights Protection Agency office, Hanrim and Sera search through reports.
Sera suddenly slams a document onto the desk:
FOUND IT!
OUR NEXT TARGET!
Hanrim teases her for taking eleven days to locate one report.
Sera says the contents captured her attention completely.
The submitted document asks the agency to resolve an incident involving a false report.
The statement begins:
I AM YU JUNGTAEK, A SOPHOMORE AT SAMMYUNG HIGH SCHOOL.
Jungtaek says he has been relentlessly bullied for two years by a classmate named Kim Giryong.
The visible abuse includes:
- physical assault,
- verbal insults,
- attacks on Jungtaek’s family,
- humiliation,
- and extortion.
Images show Jungtaek bloodied on the ground while Giryong stands over him.
Jungtaek writes that the list barely covers what he suffered.
Eventually he could no longer endure it.
He follows Giryong into an alley and says:
I’LL REPORT YOU TO THE SCHOOL VIOLENCE COMMITTEE.
I CAN’T CONTINUE LIVING LIKE THIS!
He also threatens to contact the Teachers’ Rights Protection Agency.
Giryong’s response is strangely calm:
REPORT ME?
GO AHEAD AND TRY.
Strips 008–009 — Giryong reports first¶
Jungtaek soon receives a phone call from a teacher.
The teacher says the school cannot discuss details over the phone, but a report has been filed and the alleged bully must be investigated.
Jungtaek is confused:
I BULLIED HIM?!
He says he is the victim and asks why he must be investigated.
The teacher explains:
- the school cannot decide the truth in advance,
- once a report is filed, the accused student must be investigated,
- and Giryong submitted the report first.
Jungtaek therefore files a counter-report to defend himself.
The school-violence committee convenes.
Jungtaek explains everything Giryong has done.
The committee chair then says:
NOW THAT WE’VE HEARD YOUR TESTIMONY ABOUT THE HARM SUFFERED, LET’S…
DISCUSS YOUR ALLEGED OFFENSES.
Jungtaek’s face empties in disbelief.
The result sheet gives both students similar or identical punishment.
The wording visible on the decision includes:
MUTUAL ASSAULT? CATEGORY 3 PUNISHMENT?
Jungtaek asks:
WHAT IS THIS…?
He cannot understand how two years of abuse and one defensive confrontation became equal misconduct.
Giryong watches from nearby and laughs.
Strip 010 — Sera reacts to the mutual-assault decision¶
Jungtaek cries outside school.
He thinks that reporting was his last lifeline as a victim, yet he has been punished when he was the person asking for protection.
Sera becomes furious while reading:
WHAT DO YOU THINK?? ISN’T IT INFURIATING?!
She paces through the office and says children have become shameless.
She says that if beating the bully was not enough, she wants to report and punish him again herself.
Hanrim notices something unusual in the file and calls Daniel:
HYUN! TAKE A LOOK AT THIS…
Strips 011–012 — Two almost identical reports¶
Daniel compares Sera’s report with another document submitted approximately one week earlier.
At first, the reports appear extremely similar.
Both contain the same four identifying keywords:
- Yu Jungtaek,
- Kim Giryong,
- Sammyung High School,
- School Violence Committee.
Sera asks whether Daniel is accusing someone of plagiarism.
Daniel says the similarity has damaged the credibility of the report, causing it to be categorized as a lower-confidence yellow case.
Then he points out one decisive difference.
Sera’s report says:
- Victim: Yu Jungtaek
- Offender: Kim Giryong
The earlier report reverses the roles.
A full report page states:
I WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AT SCHOOL BUT THEY SAY IT’S MUTUAL ASSAULT.
It describes Kim Giryong as the victim and Yu Jungtaek as the offender.
The final images show Giryong savagely beating Jungtaek in the alley. Giryong’s face is calm and predatory.
The closing narration explains:
IN OTHER WORDS… THE ROLES OF VICTIM AND OFFENDER HAVE SWITCHED.
The chapter ends on Giryong’s frightening smile.
Chapter-level continuity notes¶
The chapter completes the K-Genius arc’s public consequences¶
The fraudulent laboratory is raided, its victims become visible, and Wang’s Ministry career collapses.
The documentary section explains why enforcement is difficult¶
Fraudulent treatment operates between medicine, education, counseling, and belief. Each institution can claim the case belongs to someone else.
Hyunjong is shown in ordinary care¶
The quiet meal scene contrasts with the K-Genius spectacle. Improvement begins with safety, structure, and patience rather than promises of royal genius.
Giryong weaponizes the reporting system¶
He knows Jungtaek intends to complain and files first, ensuring the true victim enters the process as an accused student.
Mutual punishment rewards strategic lying¶
The committee treats mirrored allegations as symmetrical, even though the underlying history is not symmetrical.
The duplicated reports are the central clue¶
The same names and keywords are not accidental. Giryong appears to have copied or anticipated Jungtaek’s account and reversed victim and offender before the genuine report could establish the narrative.