The morning after hearing the news of the hunting…
When I went to school early in the morning to talk with Hwang Jiho, I ran into Joo Soohyuk. Dormitory students and commuters did not have to run into each other on the promenade.
“Why are you coming from there?”
“I came early to warm up a bit. There is also a practical exam today.”
It seemed that schoolboy Joo Sohyuk went to school early for the exam period and used the simulator room and shower facilities that were open 24 hours a day. When he was continuing the conversation on the topic of final exams.
Joo Soohyuk fixed his sight and stopped talking unnaturally.
‘Is An Da-in nearby?’
As expected, I saw An Da-in walking ahead in the distance. She came out in a hurry, and her long, not completely dry hair, glistened in the morning light.
Joo Soohyuk couldn’t take his eyes off the back. While she stood blankly like that, she may or may not know. Her heart became cramped. “What are you doing without talking?”
“Uh? So… to whom?”
This perfect protagonist had no ability to take the shichimi apart. Thinking that she should speak to Joo Soohyuk in place of her stuttering, she approached An Da-in and spoke to her.
“Hey.”
“Huh? Hello, my dear.”
She drew An Da-in’s attention this way, though she tried to fall in love after she induced the two to say hi.
“Eushin-ah, that cotton ball that was posted on Yuri’s SNS before… I saw Olma’s picture.”
Knowing if she had heard the source of her snare photo from Kim Yuri, An Da-in spoke to her with her soft face.
“Can you send me some pictures? I heard that Yuri and Olma are very close.”
When she heard that from An Da-in, her dog, the owner of the cotton ball in the game, she felt happy. Her title heroine was a request to recognize the cuteness of Olma and her rightness, and of course she had to grant it.
“Okay. I have a picture I took a while ago, can you send it to me?”
“Huh! Send them all, no matter what!”
When she smiled face-to-face with An Da-in, exchanged device codes, and shared the entire folder dedicated to her snare photos. Joo Soohyuk was looking at this with eyes that seemed to have seen the world crumble.
One didn’t get tea very well, but he couldn’t avoid my eyes, which were stagnant and rotten water.
‘The gun disappeared from Joo Soohyuk’s eyes! I was shocked to see An Da-in exchanging contact information with her high school boy.’
Instead of being wary of me like the ugly Do-won Woo or Song Dae-seok, Joo Soo-hyuk was alone in the depths of infinite despair. The title hero’s personality and pure love were also different.
While An Da-in and I were chatting while looking at pictures of the snare, Joo Soohyuk’s face gradually faded.
“Thank you, my lord! Please send more and more pictures from now on! … Huh?”
An Da-in, who had been obsessed with her mind in the snare’s photo, asked worriedly when she saw that there was no blood on Joo Soohyuk’s face.
“Soohyuk, where are you feeling unwell? Shall we go to the infirmary?”
“Ah, that… … it’s okay.”
As An Da-in spoke to her, Joo Soohyuk’s complexion improved noticeably.
“I’ll go ahead and go to class now.”
“Yeah, huh? Uh…”
Seeing the two of them start talking, I quickly walked towards the classroom. Behind the scenes, after the exam, I heard a conversation which revolved around recommending books to each other, just like the last time.
‘I don’t promise to go out to play after the exam.’
Joo Soohyuk often recommended Maeng Hyo-don and I to go play, but I didn’t know why Da-in couldn’t do that. As I was thinking about a way to induce the two to go on a date, I quickly arrived at the Year 1 building.
The class 0 classroom within it was still quiet. Hwang Jiho was sitting on the desk with a blank face and waiting for me.
“The enemy is not returning.”
Jeokho, who said he would come back after spying until the gang hunters return. It seemed that they were holding on to come and do more research when the gang hunting was coming.
When Jeokho returned, he would likely hear another voice from Hwang Jiho.
“The damage to the gang was serious. After forcibly disembarking after being attacked by you at Cymopoleia, it seems that someone has attacked you…”
It was a story about a woman of sorrow. I didn’t know how they attacked, but to make the leader of the Jin faction disappear and inflict that much damage…
“After returning to their base on their own, the low-gang hunters are currently fainting and using recovery items.”
“So the enemy is still there.”
“Okay. He has a brain similar to that of Jeokho, so I understand it quickly.”
Jeokho and I had different positions, so I didn’t know why they were thinking about it again. Hwang Jiho’s expression was a mixture of dissatisfaction and irritation.
“He insisted that there was no problem because his hunting conditions were not good and there was no Sangboshimgeumpa. After Jeokho reported that he would continue his infiltration, he unilaterally cut off contact.”
I can’t force the infiltrating enemy to come, so it seems Hwang Jiho was getting so hot. Hwang Jiho said softly while pressing his temple.
“…I don’t know what I’m going to do when ‘that person’ comes, aside from that gang hunting.”
The final exam period continued despite Hwang Jiho’s nervousness and worries.
* * *
On the last day of the final exam, after the exam, at Kim Yuri’s house…
“Guys, you’ve worked hard!”
“Hyo-don really suffered…”
“He said he scored over 50 this time too! congratulations!”
“Thank you…”
All the children were gathered except Maeng Hyo-don and I. She came while I was giving a provisional score for the math test. Unlike the last time, Maeng Hyo-don threw away a specific part due to selection and concentration, this time he studied all the test ranges diligently.
The resulting score was 51 points. This time, he must have been last among the students who took mathematics, but Maeng Hyo-don’s study period, which escaped the failing without taking a picture, was a human victory itself.
Maeng Hyo-don, who overcame the pressure of mathematics and reported the score to the homeroom teacher, looked exceptionally bright.
“Then let’s get ready to toast! Did you all buy it?”
“Okay. I bought it for three people in case it wasn’t enough.”
“Oh, I bought three glasses too!”
“Me too.”
At this after-party, each of us decided to bring a drink and exchange it. It was planned to be brought randomly without consultation, so the fun was not knowing who would bring what and how to change it.
“Tell me what each of you brought!”
The result was this. I had brought out a juice drink that I took out at a fresh fruit juice store in front of the school. Maeng Hyo-don, a summer limited edition soda flavored ion drink from a famous carbonated beverage company.
Sawol Saeum, Ice Cappuccino topped with homemade ice cream.
“These three are just as expected.”
“Saeum looks delicious…”
“Then we’ll reveal ours too.” There was ginger ale made by Kim Yuri with a carbonated water maker.
Blueberry Ade made with Kwon Lena and Kim Yuri. Min Green, almond cream, nut milk. Han-yi, a milkshake with added sugary Java chips, whipping, chocolate powder, hazelnuts, and caramel syrup, which seemed to make the tongue happy, but not the blood vessels when inhaled.
“Han is great…!”
“Tell me where you ordered from!”
“Let’s go together next time.”
After the release of Han-yi’s drink, who boasted an overwhelming visual. It was the turn of the people of interest, Song Dae-seok, and Hwang Jiho. I picked up Song Dae-seok, who seemed better.
“I didn’t buy it.” Song Dae-seok answered shamelessly. The atmosphere was almost going to go down, but Kim Yuri fixed it right away.
“Well then, Dae-seok wins by drinking a mixed plate of all drinks.”
“What! Why me?!”
“Don’t be loud! Dae-seok made a mistake.”
As Min Green looked up and said that, Song Dae-seok bit his entire mouth. There were a lot of very unique drinks, and he didn’t know how Song Dae-seok could handle it.
‘Still, I can’t do it because it’s self-sufficient.’
All that was left was Hwang Ji-ho, the best kid in the Year 1 Class 0 room.
“Relax. I brought them in two types so I could choose one of them. I brought 10 people of each type.”
Hearing those words did not give me any reassurance. The children were at a loss for words when they saw the drinks Hwang Jiho took out in a shopping bag smeared with gold dust and packaged in a paper box. Red ginseng juice and pine needle juice. This old man had an accident.
“What’s this!”
“Turn around you bastard.”
“…Should I consider it lucky that it’s not crucian carp or mushroom juice?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
The red ginseng juice and pine needle juice set with the golden label looked quite expensive and had high nutritional value, but it seemed to be the best avoidable target. Hwang Jiho laughed cheerfully among the children who were in love.
I thought the old people were excited about feeding their children healthy food.
“Then I’ll start with the mix version that Dae-seok belongs to.”
“Wait, are you going to mix red ginseng and pine needles like the beggars brought by me? Should I eat that too?”
“Huh. have to eat Then I’ll bring you a blender!”
“Hey, are you really going to do this? For a moment!”
The drinks that Kim Yuri and Kwon Lena took out little by little began to mix one after another.
Song Dae-seok’s complexion also changed strangely when he saw the strangely colored drink that was getting more and more strange.
“Well then, cheers!”
“Toast!”
“…Toast.”
“Yes…”
Sawol Saeum, who won red ginseng juice and green juice, and Song Dae-seok, who had to drink the mixed version, were in pain. No one looked after Song Dae-seok, but in the case of Sawol Saeum, pitiful children handed out their drinks.
Out of curiosity, the children ended up sharing all the drinks in small portions. “So that was the day of the Eternal Lake team building security check?”
“Yeah, it was also the day of the team members’ health checkup. Apparently, Team Doctor said that he injured his neck that day. That’s why I had to talk with hologram subtitles because other people couldn’t stop me from speaking… … It took a while.”
“Did it take a long time? What?”
“Health screenings. As a bonus, I also had a health checkup. Even if I declined, Kwon Jae-in did not look after me.”
“Hahaha, you are still there.”
Among the chatter that was not made during the final exam period. Kwon Lena talked about her visit to the Eternal Lake team building. It seemed that the Eternal Lake crew had confirmed and lifted the Curse of Silence Oath hanging on Kwon Lena with such an excuse.
“While being examined, Kwon Jae-in sunbaenim was thinking of a new song and asked me to listen to it, so I was concentrating on playing, so I…”
Soon, the topic changed with Kwon Jae-in’s new song, and Kwon Lena, who always carried a versatile violin and bow, seemed to cover the new song. Everyone admired Kwon Lena’s performance, which had improved her skills even more than before.
At the end of the crazy rehearsal. ‘Is Song Dae-seok still worried?’
While Min Green was away for a while, I saw Song Dae-seok displaying a hologram and checking the Players Association website.
Among them, it was a picture of the interior of the satellite control room, which was also released to the press. On the other hand, there were others besides Song Dae-seok who showed a droopy appearance.
“…I will be alone again for a while.”
The exam period was over as well as the study meeting, so Kim Yuri will be alone again at home. She mumbled very softly, but she made my playable character’s voice a rotten fossil that I couldn’t miss.
‘I want to give strength to the two of them.’
Hwang Jiho also seemed to be in a bad mood as he had just received a report from Jeokho that he would not return today.
“Come on, I’ll show you this.”
I floated a hologram. The children’s eyes focused on this. “It’s like a puppy I’ve seen somewhere… Oh, what a snare!”
“Oh, it’s true. It’s a snare.”
“Cute!”
He released a picture of the trump snare. Last night, the descendants of the Eun clan sent a picture of a snare jumping with her front paws out toward the screen, which they sent to them to do their best on the last day of their final exams.
“…Jo Eushin, are you going to let your classmates know that your intelligence is intermittently lowered?” Hwang Jiho hated me and treated me as an intermittent fool, but the children liked it and Olma was very cute, so I didn’t think much of it.
“It’s cute.”
Look, even Song Dae-seok said that.
Kim Yuri received a photo of her with her happy face and immediately corrected it and posted it on her SNS.
“Eushin, come play with the snare again next time!”
As a result, following the two children, Hwang Jiho also seemed to be relieved after seeing the snare picture. After all, Olma was always cute and right.
* * *
The day after the final exam…
The school had a festive atmosphere. It was not only because the exam was over, but because a big event was scheduled.
“Hey, vice president! What’s this!”
The school bulletin board was buzzing with two events organized by the newspaper department.
One event was ‘Strong Homeroom Lim Yeon-hwa VS 3rd Year Class 0’.
It was the second event that Maeng Hyo-don took issue with.
[A hidden strongman, Maeng Hyo-don, the only first-year student who passed the special screening.]
Under the title, Maeng Hyo-don was full of awards. And next to it, a paragraph, two photos, and a title were floating.
[Great Tak against the fighting genius and Bread Shuttle Bang Yoon Sub from hell.]
“Yes, the referee will see you at the newspaper department. Prepare well and go.”
Maeng Hyo-don was absurd at my words, but it was already spilled water.
* * *
Home of the Don clan. The hunting room.
Jeokho, who had hidden himself in red smoke, was quietly looking down at the river. It was Jinjoo who ripped through my stomach, but Jeokho’s head was strangely cold.
‘It is more important to find clues than to take personal revenge on interest.’
Jeokho was thinking that way both rationally and emotionally. Therefore, he did not comply with Hwangho’s request to return.
‘I used a recovery item of high rarity, but low hunting doesn’t get better.’
All traces of the fork created by Jo Eushin disappeared, but the nail marks on the abdomen did not heal. It was presumed that the injury of the stalker was caused by a special ability.
It was when Jeokho was organizing information in his head.
“The red dress… kill…”
For the first time, the words that shook Jeokho’s heart came out of his mouth.
‘Red dress…?’
She couldn’t have been involved in this. In Jeokho’s head, he could remember the old Jeongin (情人) who looked good in red clothes.
