< Fight School > Episodes Nine to Twelve.
From this point on, the story covers the events following the disciplinary committee, which had been the core of the conflict until now.
The disciplinary committee ends successfully.
In Episode Nine, every student whose name was brought before the disciplinary committee receives a punishment, large or small.
However, the results are not entirely satisfactory.
Some of the teachers remaining at this school evaluated the faults of the majority of students unfairly. Ultimately, Mobeom High could not change as long as the teachers did not change.
Lee In-woo, knowing this, decides to take action to change the teachers.
Then, an incident of violence occurs.
It is an act of violence committed by a student from the public official group who was unable to accept the results of the disciplinary committee and was suppressing his anger.
However, even though an innocent student is being assaulted, no one attempts to stop it. Not only the other students, but even a teacher who witnesses the scene tries to ignore the situation.
Just as a shadow of fear begins to loom over Mobeom High once again—a place that had briefly seemed to find peace—Lee In-woo finally makes his appearance.
At the same time, the perpetrator student, who had been swinging his fists like a madman, snaps out of it and discovers Lee In-woo.
“Ah—sir, this is…”
The perpetrator student tries to make an excuse to Lee In-woo.
However, Lee In-woo does not even look at the student.
After scanning the surroundings, he speaks to the teacher standing at the very back.
“Teacher Park.”
“Yes?”
“What were your students doing? I’m curious because I didn’t see the situation clearly. Were these two students… just playing around?”
As soon as Lee In-woo finishes speaking, a smile of relief appears on the perpetrator student’s lips.
It was inevitable. The perpetrator student also knew that the teacher had already turned a blind eye to his violence once before.
In fact, it was not just this time. This teacher had already ignored the violence of many students several times in the past. Therefore, the teacher would likely tuck his tail and run again this time.
Sure enough, the teacher squeezes his eyes shut.
The expressions of the students watching are tinged with disappointment.
However, when the teacher opens his eyes again, they are unexpectedly filled with determination.
With a determined look, the teacher approaches the perpetrator student and speaks.
“It wasn’t a joke. It was an assault. This student assaulted that student. Therefore, I… intend to refer this student to the disciplinary committee.”
A teacher who possesses a sense of justice but is unable to express it. The first thing Lee In-woo wanted to change was the heart of such a teacher.
***
In this way, Lee In-woo continues to transform Mobeom High.
In Episode Ten, he aims to change the mindset of teachers who think the problems of Mobeom High have nothing to do with them.
Of course, Lee In-woo does not act first for this purpose.
‘I don’t need to move personally. Problems are larger than expected, so they’re bound to reveal themselves eventually.’
It is just as Lee In-woo thought.
As expected, there is a side that moves one step faster. It is the parents who were bested by Lee In-woo during the recent disciplinary committee.
Although the leaders of both student groups that ruled Mobeom High were cut off because of Lee In-woo, the rest are not without power. As is the nature of cowardly power, they had simply been cowering before a stronger darkness; they are all people with significant influence in the Republic of Korea.
And the goal of the parents has shifted to seeking revenge against Lee In-woo, who humiliated them.
The parents move with a thirst for revenge. The first targets they seek to recruit are none other than the teachers who believe these problems have nothing to do with them.
It does not matter how upright and clean Lee In-woo is. This was a world where if the majority said Lee In-woo was guilty, a crime that did not exist would be created. That was the logic of the world the perpetrator parents of Mobeom High had learned.
With this belief, the parents try to recruit the bystander teachers.
Some teachers who had a sense of justice but could not express it have already completely turned to Lee In-woo’s side after the incident in Episode Nine. Therefore, the only targets left for the parents to recruit are the teachers who stand by with their hands behind their backs.
And the method the parents use to recruit these teachers is simple.
They fill boxes with ten-thousand won bills and send them to the teachers’ addresses, which they obtained through the Principal. This was an exploitation of human psychology, making it awkward to refuse once received.
A few days later, a female student’s scream echoes through Mobeom High.
“Kyaaa! Help me! This man was peeking at me!”
One of the female students at Mobeom High pointed at Lee In-woo and made such a claim.
In the end, even the police are called to the school.
Fortunately, Kim Eun-ha, who was in the same location, takes Lee In-woo’s side, but the situation gradually worsens. Despite the lack of evidence, the teachers who acted as pawns for the parents begin to frame Lee In-woo as a molester.
If even the teachers targeted by the parents point at Lee In-woo, he could be completely framed as a sex offender.
Unexpectedly, those teachers take Lee In-woo’s side.
“I was there, and Teacher Lee was simply passing through the corridor.”
Not only the police but even Kim Eun-ha is shocked by this response.
***
Episode Eleven explains why the teachers, who had avoided involvement in Mobeom High’s problems no matter what, ended up taking Lee In-woo’s side.
In fact, before receiving the boxes full of ten-thousand won bills, all of those teachers had received a short note from Lee In-woo.
And the note read as follows:
[A box full of money will arrive at your home soon. You are free to take it, but if you do not wish to pay the price for it, it would be wise to make a smart choice.]
A tendency to not want to get involved in other people’s business. It was Lee In-woo’s preventive measure utilizing this very trait. If he did this, it would become difficult for them to take the parents’ side even if they received the box.
Of course, this does not mean the bystander teachers’ mindsets have completely changed. However, to the parents’ eyes, it is certain that these teachers are not on their side.
Also, some people will feel it. If they just stay still like this, they might be the next victim.
Sure enough, the teacher who first stepped forward to defend Lee In-woo speaks.
“And there is one thing I would like to report on this occasion. I received money from an unknown source.”
Then, the other teachers who received boxes also speak up one after another and report to the police.
With that, the focus that had been pinned on Lee In-woo completely vanishes. The police’s interest also shifts to the boxes of unknown origin.
In the meantime, the teachers who had framed Lee In-woo and the student who tried to pin the harassment charge on him try to sneak away.
However, Lee In-woo has no intention of missing this opportunity.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
And then, he delivers the decisive blow.
“As far as I know, the people over there also received boxes of unknown origin, didn’t they?”
It was true. Just as Lee In-woo said, the teachers who were trying to leave had also received bribes full of ten-thousand won bills.
In the end, a police investigation is conducted on the entire teaching staff of Mobeom High.
However, the Principal, who could be considered the leader of these teachers, is cleared of charges. It wasn’t that the Principal had never received a bribe, but rather that his methods were so sophisticated that he wasn’t caught in this investigation.
But if Lee In-woo continues to dig, even the Principal will be in danger. For that reason, the Principal makes one last desperate attempt to drive Lee In-woo out of Mobeom High.
He spreads rumors questioning Lee In-woo’s qualifications as a teacher. As a result, a rumor spreads throughout Mobeom High that Lee In-woo is incompetent and was hired through nepotism as a parachute appointment.
To drive the point home, the Principal decides to hold a public class.
Meanwhile, Kim Eun-ha feels anxious because she remembers what Lee In-woo was like during their school days.
***
Episode Twelve explains what kind of person Lee In-woo was during his school days through Kim Eun-ha’s flashback.
No matter how hard one tried to look at him favorably, Lee In-woo was not a model student. That said, he couldn’t be seen as someone who bullied others or did bad things either. He was simply a loner. He just attended school in that manner.
This stimulated Kim Eun-ha’s curiosity.
Then, an incident occurred where Lee In-woo was targeted by a group of bullies. The leader of the bullies, who had a crush on Kim Eun-ha, was jealous of Lee In-woo because Kim Eun-ha had started showing interest in him.
In-woo had to endure one-sided harassment from the bullies. However, he did not react to it. Eventually, Kim Eun-ha could not stand it and stepped forward to protect him, which only led to Lee In-woo receiving even harsher bullying.
But one day, for some reason, an event occurred where Lee In-woo and the entire group of bullies suddenly transferred to different schools.
Kim Eun-ha did not know it then, but Lee In-woo had fought a life-or-death battle against the entire group of bullies. The parents of the bullies, who had all been severely beaten by Lee In-woo, stepped forward to report him, but it was useless.
An order had come down from the Chairman of Chaesung Group.
The incident was settled with everyone involved being scattered.
Having only now learned the full story of that incident, Kim Eun-ha cannot help but worry about whether Lee In-woo will do well in the public class. She had only ever seen him as someone who had built a wall between himself and studying.
However, Lee In-woo conducts a lesson so good that it exceeds everyone’s expectations.
He didn’t just conduct a good lesson. In the subsequent June mock exam, every part Lee In-woo had pointed out appeared as a question. The probability of his predictions was nearly 90%.
Because of this, contrary to the Principal’s plan, the students’ trust in Lee In-woo deepens instead.
And based on this trust, Lee In-woo uncovers the Principal’s corruption. Ultimately, he finds out how the Principal was receiving bribes.
In the end, all the teachers who had made Mobeom High what it was, including the Principal, receive a suspension of qualifications and are completely expelled from the education sector.
Not only that, but most of the students who had caused problems receive a forced transfer.
A powerful atmosphere of hope, never seen before, spreads through Mobeom High.
Unfortunately, this atmosphere does not last long. With the appointment of new teachers, new students transfer to Mobeom High.
Among these students is Lee In-woo’s younger brother.
He is not just Lee In-woo’s brother. He is the direct heir to Chaesung Group.
It was true. Unlike Lee In-woo, a younger brother who actually inherited the blood of the Chaesung Group Chairman had started attending Mobeom High.
It was a new phase.
***
Taeha, who had finished filming up to Episode Twelve of < Fight School >, was moving for another shoot that had been scheduled urgently.
It was the filming of the movie < Ghost Ship >, where Lee Seok-hyun was appearing as the male lead.
It was a cameo appearance.