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Park Min-hyuk, the secretary of Asung High School’s leader club, has a secret hobby.

weekend. Minhyuk entered the figure store wearing a hooded hat and round glasses and carrying a large bag. A smile spread across his face, as if he had entered paradise.

Minhyuk’s steps stopped in front of a limited edition figure. The figure box was shining bright colors in his field of vision.

‘Steel Blood Girl Marina Silver Armor Second Version… !’

Minhyuk quietly exhaled with excitement and purchased the figure.

Looking back at the past.

Until the beginning of this year, Minhyuk was not this obsessed with figures. I just lived faithfully to my romantic feelings for a real woman.

But unfortunately, Minhyuk’s romantic feelings always brought dismal results.

─ ‘I’m sorry. to be honest… ‘You’re not my type.’

─ ‘I’m saying this because you confessed to me. ‘Do you know that you are rumored to be shady?’

─ ‘I look so easy… ?’

─ ‘I didn’t know you thought of me like that. I thought we were just friends… . ‘I’m sorry, but can’t we just be friends?’

─ ‘Ah, Minhyuk… . What if I confess to Nayeon? ‘Who will notify me now?’

Minhyuk has a particularly better memory than anyone else. The results of his confession were not forgotten but piled up in a clear form, gradually causing his head to fall down.

It was also common for me to feel ashamed of myself and kick the blanket when going to bed.

I wanted to hide in a mouse hole to run away from my memories. In the end, Minhyuk came to the choice of throwing himself into a cabinet or a trash can.

Because I felt disconnected from the world, I felt much more at ease.

Then one day, Minhyuk realized something.

Is there a need to seek love from people who will avoid you anyway?

What caught my eye was the 2D character.

He was an ideal being who could not cause himself to feel ashamed.

After that, my favorite animation character, Iron Blooded Girl Marina, started to look different.

It was the beginning of ‘virtuous’.

In other words, it was the beginning of ‘love’.

Minhyuk carried the bag containing the figure box forward and hugged it in his arms. I just left the store.

I looked around with caution.

There was no suspicious person in sight.

‘I won’t experience anything like the last time again.’

Minhyuk repeated to himself as if making a self-suggestion.

On the day he was kidnapped by Anomia, Minhyuk lost his limited edition figure of Iron Blooded Girl Marina. Naturally, that experience remained vivid in my mind like a trauma.

The selling season had already passed, and only figurines with stains from someone’s hand were posted on Internet cafes that buy and sell used goods. Minhyuk eventually gave up on the figure.

That’s why Minhyuk was determined.

‘never! No matter what! I won’t lose Marina-chan!’

Minhyuk is in a state of extreme tension. Cold sweat broke out.

Minhyuk walked forward at a brisk pace, keeping his guard up. Even the sound of his breathing was cautious.

However, anxiety soon becomes reality.

Suddenly, a hand shot out from the alley and grabbed Minhyuk.

“Huh!”

Swish! The helpless Minhyuk was dragged away like a fish caught on a fishing hook. Minhyuk’s heart sank.

The person who dragged him away was a mysterious woman wearing sunglasses and a mask.

Anyone could see that he was a suspicious person.

“Oh, no… !”

Minhyuk was shocked and his voice trembled.

Does this mean that heaven will not allow him to have the Iron Blooded Girl Marina?

Minhyuk thought, recalling the experience of being attacked last time.

The woman in front of him was most likely a villain targeting him.

“Sa, please save me… !”

Minhyuk trembled like a cornered stag.

However, what had to be kept had to be kept.

Minhyuk squirmed and held on to his bag.

“No, it’s better if you kill me… ! Just Marina-chan, just send Marina-chan home!”

“Minhyuk, it’s me.”

“… … ?”

The woman took off her sunglasses and mask in one go, revealing her face.

“A wild Hayesong has appeared!”

Ha Yesong, the person in charge of cracking down on disobedience at Asong High School’s guidance department, greeted the students energetically with a regular comment.

“… … .”

Minhyuk’s expression coolly sank.

As the fear that had filled his heart subsided, his heart turned cold as a reaction.

Yesong shivered and put his arm on Minhyuk’s shoulder.

“What a shame, Minhyuk just said something to Marina-chan. What’s in it? yes? Minhyuk Kun?”

“I will kill you.”

“Fuha!”

Yesong burst out laughing.

“Your privacy is okay~. I’m not interested in the slightest, that’s what I mean.”

“You trample on my innocent heart… , I can’t forgive… .”

Tears welled up in Minhyuk’s eyes.

His weak heart was already in tatters.

“Anyway, I guess that’s why you didn’t look at the chat?”

“Talk?”

“There is a very important problem right now!”

“I have nothing more important to worry about than going home right now.”

“Follow me.”

Minhyuk, who was weak, had no choice.

Yesong stuck his head out of the alley and sniffed.

“This way!”

Yesong took Minhyuk with him and headed somewhere.

“Hey, I’m glad you disguised yourself too.”

“What are you doing?”

“Following.”

“Ah, is this stalking? Please keep such pathetic things to yourself. I can’t do it because my level is low… .”

“It seems like the manager and the deputy manager are on a date.”

“!”

Minhyuk was fully prepared and moved with Yesong seriously.

“Where is it? Track it by smell right now.”

“I see it over there. … Wait, am I a dog?”

Minhyuk did not deny it.

The two found a man and woman pair entering a large hamburger restaurant. They were Ahn Woo-jin, the manager of the leadership team at Aseong High School, and Oh Baek-seo, the vice-head. Everyone was in civilian clothes.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Yesong and Minhyuk moved secretly as if they were spies.

“?”

However, to passers-by, Yesong and Minhyuk just looked like a suspicious stalker and an otaku moving together.

The hamburger restaurant was spacious. Thanks to this, there were many blind spots where Woojin and Baekseo could be secretly seen.

After Yesong and Minhyuk ordered the hamburger set, they sat down from where Woojin and Baekseo sat. Thanks to the corner, it was out of the view of the manager and assistant manager.

“The double steak burger and teriyaki burger you ordered came out.”

After receiving the hamburger set, Yesong and Minhyuk ate it and glanced sideways at Woojin and Baekseo. This was possible by peeking your head out of the corner.

“Weekend, just the two of us at a hamburger restaurant… . Does this smell suspicious?”

“The love story of a heavenly manager. We need to properly check and support you… . If they are lovers, it would be my duty to protect their relationship… .”

Yesong and Minhyuk quietly talked in a collective monologue.

At that time, a female student with blonde hair in a ponytail entered the hamburger restaurant.

Accounting of Aseong High School’s leading department was guided.

She saw two people who were obviously Yesong and Minhyuk and approached them.

“Hey, Hayesong.”

“Judoha, I’m coming.”

“Why did you suddenly call me in broad daylight on the weekend? They say ‘super emergency’ and make a fuss because something important has happened… .”

“First, cover your face.”

“?”

Yesong placed the hat he had prepared in advance on Doha’s head. As Minhyuk urgently motioned downward, Doha lowered his upper body.

“Lower your voice.”

Yesong said while looking at Doha.

“It seems like the manager and Baek Seo Jjing are dating right now? Have you heard the rumor that these two people might be dating?”

“I’m not interested in that… .”

“Our purpose is to obtain circumstantial evidence that the manager and Baek Seo Jjing are dating. Keep it in mind.”

Doha frowned.

“Why are you doing such a troublesome thing?”

“I’m in charge of crackdown on disorderly conduct? I have a duty to check whether the manager and Baek Seo are dating or not.”

“Then there’s no reason to call me… ?”

“You can’t just leave Doha alone. We should all check out something fun like this together.”

“You talk a lot, but in the end, it’s just for fun.”

“Hehe.”

Doha decided not to ask any more questions.

“Hmm.”

I didn’t care whether the manager and vice-chief were dating or not. However, since we have come this far, we decided to answer any questions about whether the two are dating.

After all, since the manager is the person he serves, there is no harm in taking note of this information.

Doha sat at the same table as Yesong and Minhyuk.

Yesong and Minhyuk chewed their french fries like rabbits and stole glances at Woojin and Baekseo.

* * *

I stopped by a hamburger restaurant to have a quick meal with Oh Baek-seo. But for some reason, strange stalkers stuck by me.

One was Ha Yesong, wearing sunglasses and a mask, and the other was Park Minhyuk, holding a bag dearly. Yudoha was just added.

‘what are you doing… ?’

I deliberately pretended not to know.

It was just because I didn’t want to pretend I didn’t know.

‘Is it being followed? suddenly?’

I was being followed.

I didn’t know until I entered the hamburger restaurant. Still, it’s noticeable here.

Suddenly, I felt that the expressionless junior who was watching Lee Se-ah closest to me was amazing.

‘I’m sure the white paper noticed too, right?’

I noticed it, but there’s no way the white paper didn’t notice.

At that time, Baekseo spoke calmly while drinking his drink through a straw.

“Hey, manager.”

“Why?”

“Have you heard that rumor lately?”

“Which one?”

I asked, drinking my drink through a straw.

“These days, there are rumors that the manager and I are dating.”

“Sigh! Cough!”

At that moment, I swallowed my drink incorrectly and cleared my throat repeatedly.

There’s a rumor going around that we’re dating?

“Are you okay?”

“This… , I swallowed it wrong.”

It didn’t seem like a joke.

‘Why didn’t I know?’

Have you been busy these days and haven’t heard?

The white paper cupped his chin and smiled his usual kind smile.

“… Really?”

I asked to confirm.

“Yes. I heard that such a rumor was going around in the leadership team. I don’t really care, though.”

“I care… .”

You may not care about your reputation, but I don’t.

‘Then they…’ ?’

Now I understand.

‘Are you here to check if me and Baek Seo are dating?’

So bad that they even followed him.

His ability to act is amazing.

by the way.

‘It’s a mistake.’

It’s a rumor that’s likely to go around.

Recently, I have been living next door to Baek Seo, so going to school together has become a daily routine.

High school students are a group of men and women who think, ‘Huh? ‘Aren’t they dating?’ is bound to create excitement and rumors.

This is because love history is an interesting topic for those who are full of curiosity. Especially in the environment of Asung High School, where dating on campus is taboo.

‘I should have been more careful.’

Actually, I was concerned.

but.

Since the white paper living next door was concerned about threats towards me and asked me to go to school with her, it was not easy psychologically to get rid of her. Of course I didn’t want to do that.

But we still need to be careful now.

Because I am in a position where I have to follow the school rules like a sword.

‘First of all, it would be a good idea to give them the impression that you and Baek Seo are just friends and not a couple.’

Let’s pretend we don’t know they’re here. It turns out that he even disguised himself to avoid getting caught.

Now was the time to talk to the White Paper.

“It’s a white paper.”

“Why?”

“It is dishonorable for there to be rumors that the leading manager and vice-president may be violating the school rules. We must be seen as an exemplary person who always follows the school rules without question. So be careful for now… .”

When you want to speak firmly.

“Manager, just a moment.”

“Huh?”

White Paper grabbed a tissue, leaned his upper body towards me, and wiped the corner of my mouth.

“There’s ketchup on it.”

“Ah, thank you… . But isn’t it too close?”

The white paper was leaning out its upper body so close to me that it felt burdensome.

Besides, he said he had wiped off the ketchup, but for some reason he didn’t take his hand off my mouth.

“Is it a white paper? Wait, what are you trying to do… ?”

Gradually, the face of the white paper was brought closer to my cheek.

As if he were going to kiss my cheek.

When I swallow dry saliva without realizing it and feel tense.

“Manager.”

Suddenly, Baek Seo’s voice filled my ears.

“The bite has come.”

“?”

A white paper with a grin.

Soon, two figures quickly approached us.

Whick! One of them took off his sunglasses and mask.

“Captured! I captured the kissing scene!”

Ha Yesong. She pointed at us and exclaimed majestically, like a reporter with a scoop.

Next to Yesong, Minhyuk, wearing round glasses, was pointing at us with the same surprised expression as her.

Then the eyes of Baek Seo and I turned to them.

“You guys… ?”

“Hello?”

White Paper greeted naturally.

“Baek Seo Jjing, you had the same relationship with the manager!”

“Manager, you really are like that with the deputy manager… ?”

At that time, Baekseo showed the smartphone screen to Yesong and Minhyuk.

“Ah.”

For a moment, Yesong and Minhyuk froze like ice.

Baek Seo’s smartphone contained images of Yesong and Minhyuk approaching on the street.

“Trap?”

When Yesong asked, Baekseo nodded. At that moment, Doha was coming up behind Yesong and Minhyuk.

White Paper sat back down and put his smartphone in his pocket.

Hey… Did you know from the beginning that you planned to make fun of him?

“I met the manager because of work. The rumor is false, so don’t misunderstand.”

Baek Seo smiled his usual kind smile and said what I wanted to say instead.

Yeah, this is better.

I guess I was too cautious.

Anyway, the effort was saved.

“Okay… ? If it were Baek Seo Jjing, that would be the case… .”

Yesong and Minhyuk had expressions of regret. Is this why something I thought would be fun ended up in vain?

The two shared a look with Doha, and then Yesong asked me.

“What should we do now, manager?”

“Why are you asking me that?”

After admonishing me for following me and the White Paper for a while.

We played karaoke.

Since we had already met, we agreed to go to a karaoke room and have fun.

It was quite fun.

* * *

A female student wearing Asung High School uniform was repeating training in a dark space. A leadership armband was placed on her arm.

The screams of the dead, ‘Geueouk!’ rang out from all directions. The female student just watched her minions fighting with an expressionless expression that seemed to show no emotion.

That expressionless expression was something that the leader of Aseong High School highly valued.

Eventually, the expressionless female student raised her arm and snapped her fingers.

Perfect!

With a cheerful sound, all the dead who appeared on the ground were immersed in darkness and sank to the ground.

Only the training doll, the walls, and the ground had scratch marks left by giant fingernails.

Even during the practical evaluation at Aseong High School, many fingernail marks would be left behind on the site.

“… It’s useful.”

A grave voice.

The expressionless female student turned her back and left the scene.