episode_0067

Let’s backtrack for a moment.

Yesterday, I saw Su-in fidgeting after checking what Sa-ja-myeong was doing through the camera installed on campus.

I could guess why.

“Contact me. Cut off contact with Shin Myeong-jun and go somewhere for a few days. We can sort out the lion’s name during that time.”

“Huh?! I, I didn’t say anything… .”

“You know that without me saying it.”

In the video, Shin Myung-jun was getting beaten by Saja-myeong for not bringing his lover. And before watching the video, Shin Myung-jun was arguing with Jung Yu-jeong. Jung Yu-jeong was angry and said, “Are you crazy? How can you say such a thing?”

In terms of time, it was after the argument with Jeong Yu-jeong… so he must have thought that he had to offer his lover to Sa Ja-myeong in the end.

I can say this for sure now, but it’s not at all strange that I would feel like giving up my lover if I couldn’t move and got hit sixteen times by that bastard.

And Suin was worried about that.

However, it is not good to interfere too much. If things go wrong, it is like letting the lion know that there is a watcher.

So, as an anonymous advisor, I contacted him using the email address I used to contact Jeong Yu-jeong.

After thinking about it for a while, Su-in sent an email suggesting that if there were any problems between her and her lover, she should take some time and distance to think about it.

“You write so beautifully. It’s like some kind of relationship advice.”

“What do you want me to do… . Are you going to mix in some dialect and write like an old man? ‘If you go down south and eat a full course meal of hot noodles, everything will be fine.’ Or something like that? ”

“We’re not even on good terms, so I just thought you were being too considerate.”

At this point, we can guess that the reason for the message asking for help was a consultation about Shin Myeong-jun’s request. There is no need to respond to something like that… .

“What if they don’t listen?”

“If you ask for help and they don’t listen, then you didn’t expect much. Their luck is running out.”

This morning, Suin, who risked attracting people’s attention by going to school, confirmed two things.

The fact that Yoo-jeong, who was taking the same class, did not show up to school, and Shin Myeong-jun came to the classroom looking anxious and looking for Yoo-jeong, was information that could be used to infer that Yoo-jeong had accepted the advice.

So I thought this issue was settled for now… .

That Shin Myeong-jun was coming to Su-in’s house.

He wasn’t alone. There were four intruders. In other words, he brought three more with him… and each of their faces looked familiar.

Yeah, they were the guys who got lynched for not handing over their girlfriends.

The Lion King gathered the slaves earlier than usual today and ordered them to capture the members of Unit 5121, so there was no lynching… .

“The lion ordered us to capture our unit members, and then divided us into groups and gave us addresses… If we knew the addresses weren’t real, it wouldn’t be a violation of orders to take separate action.”

“If you were truly loyal, you could say that the address is wrong, but that’s not the kind of relationship you have.”

Vague orders are open to interpretation. Direct orders restrict action. That is why loyalty and voluntary obedience are so important.

“The four who desperately needed public service came together… I guess that’s how it is. In order to monopolize the public service, they intentionally didn’t mention it to the other guys… .”

“If we keep those four mouths shut, we can say that there is little chance of this place being directly attacked for the time being.”

“… Are they having a conversation or talking to themselves… .”

It’s quite a welcome thing to have someone else continue my thoughts. I was talking with a slight sense of enjoyment when Su-in interrupted.

Yuna cut him off.

“So you’re saying I should just organize those four?”

“Yeah, Chairman. Is there a guy in there that’s difficult to deal with?”

“Where… .”

The chairman explained the awakening abilities of all the members. Except for Shin Myeong-jun, who had [Acceleration] and [Magic Sword] and was good at kendo, there were no opponents who could pose a big threat.

Of course, there may be cases where the school did not fully understand the awakening ability, just as they did not know that Shin Myeong-jun was an awakened person.

“Yuna alone would be enough. Yuna would also be the most suitable to counter Shin Myeong-jun’s [Acceleration].”

Not only is Yuna’s [Acceleration] ability level higher, but at the current stage, it is unlikely that Shin Myeong-jun’s [Demon Sword] will surpass Yuna’s [Resistance].

Plus, it seemed important to give Yuna, who had been acting all this time, someone to beat up. She’s scary…

I was thinking of sending Yuna off and following her, but Suin suddenly grabbed my sleeve.

“Mi, I’m sorry… Can’t I do it?”

“You?”

“Yeah. Okay… No, I have something I want to ask that guy… .”

Hmm… .

I can still clearly see the way he trembled in front of Shin Myeong-jun.

“Is it really necessary to do that?”

I don’t think you necessarily need to get used to things you can’t do. Just delegate the work that others can do for you and focus on what you can do well.

But Suin was stubborn.

◦Please let me do this… . I don’t want to keep on like this… .”

Yeah.

“… If you feel like it just won’t work out, I’ll get in the way, so behave properly?”

“Why are you threatening… .”

“And the other three don’t matter? Do you only have business with that guy?”

“Yeah.”

I exchanged glances with Yuna.

“Okay, then… [Labyrinth Flower] begins.”

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[Labyrinth Flower] is one of the area defense options.

Simply put, this is an option that changes the path leading to the center of the area into a maze. Paths and buildings are randomly duplicated and mixed, making it difficult to find the target. If you want, you can spend experience points to place guardians or traps.

Because it is level 1, the area is narrow and the time it can be activated is short. It was installed because of the chairman’s insistence that ‘at least the same level of area defense is needed as before’, but it still required a lot of experience points that made me cry. Well, considering that it is a facility to protect my senior and Yuren, it is not unbearable.

There is a similar option called [Interplanetary Flower], and if you have both, you get [Interplanetary Labyrinth Flower]. In the latter half, after winning the power battle, the important task is to attack the enemy master who is trapped in [Interplanetary Labyrinth]. For now, it will be a story of the distant future.

Anyway, it wasn’t activated to make the opponent wander, but to isolate the intruders. When activated, the area is separated into external space, and if there’s no one with a specific purpose in this territory at the time of activation, they will remain in the normal space.

It would be annoying if a fight broke out on the street and it affected people’s homes or the police were called.

Surprisingly, Shin Myeong-jun and his group weren’t that surprised even after being hit by [Labyrinth Flower]. It seemed like they had already experienced it. That guy, Saja-myeong, was moving around quite diligently.

The movement of the four who had been carefully leaving marks stopped. This was because a girl wearing a maid outfit appeared one block ahead.

“Lee Soo-in!”

Shin Myeong-jun shouted loudly.

After that, he charged straight in… I wish he had done that, but he took a more cautious stance and started walking slowly. It was natural, but it wasn’t pleasant.

So Yuna moved.

Yuna, who had abandoned her endurance and focused on instantaneous acceleration, jumped out of the darkness. Shin Myeong-jun reacted quickly, and swung his wooden sword at Yuna who was rushing towards him, but Yuna was already far behind him.

A guy with [Super Strength] and [Strong Body] abilities tried to block Yuna, and Yuna’s target happened to be him. He was the only guy who could survive Yuna’s super-speed attack.

With a leap, Yuna’s jumping knee was inserted in succession, and their bodies hit the wall together.

The next moment, the wall collapsed and only the opponent rolled over the wall. As Yuna was about to land in place, something like ice-like spikes rained down from the air… but Yuna dodged by repeatedly doing back tumbling and disappeared into the darkness.

[Icebreaker], which deals physical damage with an ice pick and freezes the area it touches, dealing additional damage and hindering movement. It remains in the location it is placed in, hindering movement, so it is the most annoying Awakened user, except for Shin Myeong-jun.

So, I wrapped Sersi around the fence and lightly hit her in electric whip mode. Shin Myeong-jun ran over and tried to swing the whip at her, but by then she had already finished retrieving it and disappeared.

At the same time, Yuna appeared from the opposite side, pressed down on the last guy’s foot and lifted his chin with her long sword. After confirming that he staggered and fell down as if he had lost consciousness from the blow, she ran away again and disappeared.

I also disappeared. From now on, I will leave it to Su-in until he asks for help or is in a situation where he cannot say so.

Shin Myeong-jun couldn’t follow Yuna, nor could he chase me as I jumped up the building using Sersi.

So Shin Myeong-jun had no choice but to focus on Soo-in, who was still standing and looking at him. Soo-in was quietly waiting for Shin Myeong-jun, who was slowly approaching while being cautious of his surroundings.

Quietly… might be a bit of a misnomer. It would be more accurate to say that I was so out of breath that I didn’t have time to do anything else.

Even though it was night, when they were close enough to see each other’s faces, Shin Myeong-jun’s face became relaxed. He still held the wooden sword tightly, but the corners of his mouth slightly rose. If he used his acceleration ability, he could jump in one step and strike.

“What the hell happened to you? What did you do that made that bastard come and get you? What was that just now?”

“… .”

“Hey, aren’t you going to answer?”

As Shin Myeong-jun took a menacing step forward, Su-in flinched and took a step back.

Although the distance between them remained the same, their emotional positions were overwhelmingly different.

“Answer me?”

“… … … … … .”

“You’re really ridiculous. What’s with that tail? Did you really cut it?”

Shin Myeong-jun moved his feet as if slipping. The wooden sword struck Su-in’s thigh in a diagonal line, causing Su-in to stumble and fall.

Since it was Aret’s maid outfit, it would automatically react and protect the wearer if it received such an impact. Therefore, it couldn’t have been because of the pain.

…I wonder if he’s okay. Could he be hyperventilating? If he’s in that state, he probably wouldn’t be able to ask for help even if he wanted to.

Did he forget that there were other enemies, or was he just curious? Shin Myeong-jun frowned and lifted Su-in’s skirt with his wooden sword.

“Ha, don’t do that!”

Su-in screamed and pressed her skirt with his hand. Shin Myeong-jun stretched out his foot and kicked Su-in’s chin in disbelief. It couldn’t be the same as before, since she was naked. Su-in fell backwards and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Did she bite her lip or tongue?

Shin Myeong-jun pushed the wooden sword between Su-in’s skirts, where there was no resistance.

“Eek!”

Su-in screamed. And Shin Myeong-jun burst into laughter.

“It’s really not there? You really cut it off?”

Su-in got up in a hurry. When she glared at Shin Myeong-jun with a bright red face, Shin Myeong-jun struck her upper arm with the wooden sword again.

“You cut it well, so why are you like that? You were always like that from the beginning, you were a girl. If you were going to get surgery, why didn’t you do it earlier? When you were in high school, there were a lot of guys who wanted to eat you, but I had a hard time protecting them?”

At that moment, Suin’s trembling stopped.

But Shin Myeong-jun continued to babble as if he didn’t notice.

“I didn’t know why that bastard was telling me to bring you here, but now I know. Did he want to taste the artificial vagina too?”

“… … … … … … … … … Jeong.”

Su-in wiped the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth with his glove and spoke softly. The faint trace of blood remaining on the corner of his mouth looked like a smile.

Shin Myeong-jun probably hadn’t noticed the change in Soo-in’s mood yet. He asked in puzzlement.

“What?”

“Jeong Yu-jeong. Did you see her today?”

“I haven’t seen it… What is it.”

Suin laughed maliciously.

It was an expression I had never seen since I became a woman.