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“…Kang Ji-hoon? Are you talking about the Kang Ji-hoon I know?”

“Yeah… that’s probably right. Jihoon Kang, who went to the same high school as us”

Jinhee could see why Yujeong’s face was distorted as if it contained all the questions in the world.

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it myself.

Jihoon was the academy’s representative failure student in class 11, and the last among them.

The story that Ji-hoon had made Chang-hoon, a Class 6 C-level hunter, look like that was not something that could be easily believed.

“Kang Ji-hoon has been a little strange since a few days ago. Would you say I have become a completely different person than before…”

Jinhee’s expression hardened as she recalled the events with Jihoon again.

He was a friend who was like his own subordinate and was so loyal that he would take care of everything, including his liver and gallbladder.

Jin-hee, who had been with him since childhood, manipulated and used him to her heart’s content.

After his parents died, the biggest thing in his world was himself.

For him, who did not have a single good friend, his presence was absolute.

Jihoon was just a person who went when he wanted to and came when he wanted to come.

He was someone who was waiting for him anytime, anywhere.

In my second year of high school, when I first found out that Jihoon had a crush.

Jinhee did not feel jealous.

This is because I did not think of Jihoon as a man.

It seemed like only an unpleasant sense of loss was filling her.

Are you anxious that your toy might be stolen by someone else?

It was for this reason that rumors spread about Jihoon’s pure heart.

Jinhee knew that Jihoon, who was busy making a living, couldn’t possibly confess something to Yujeong.

As expected, the situation went as Jinhee wanted.

Yu-jeong was displeased after hearing the rumor, and soon pushed Ji-hoon, who was not close to her, even further away.

It was Jinhee who once again confirmed to Jihoon that she was his entire world.

Jinhee was free even though Jihoon mentally held him back to prevent him from going astray.

She also openly revealed to Jihoon that she likes Changhoon, who is handsome and comes from a good family.

You can’t meet anyone, but I can meet anyone.

Ji-hoon couldn’t notice Jin-hee’s mean heart.

The fact that her childhood friend likes Sung Chang-hoon, who bullies her terribly.

It didn’t matter to Jinhee how sad that fact made Jihoon.

No one plays with a toy without paying attention to how it feels.

Then her toy suddenly takes control of her world.

Jinhee couldn’t believe the reality of not being able to say a single word to a person who used to come and go.

Everything happened so suddenly.

Ji-hoon transformed overnight from Jin-hee’s toy into someone she couldn’t control.

“Do you know why it was made like that?”

Yoo-jeong’s sad voice brings Jin-hee out of her thoughts and into reality.

“Uh..huh? What?”

“No, I mean Changhoon. I can’t believe Kang Ji-hoon made Chang-hoon like that, but I’m also curious why he did something so severe”

“Ah… um… that is”

Jinhee couldn’t tell Yujeong that Changhoon had been bullying Jihoon consistently since high school.

The fact that the person he likes has been tormenting his childhood friend to death.

“Well…I’m not sure about that either.”

Jinhee soon spits out a lie.

She hears Yoo-jeong’s incomprehensible words in her ears.

“Is it because of me?”

“…?”

What does this mean?

Jinhee couldn’t understand at all.

Why does Yoo-jeong think that Ji-hoon and Chang-hoon’s fight is because of her?

The fact that Ji-hoon liked Yu-jeong was a rumor that not only Jin-hee but all of his classmates knew.

However, Jin-hee did not know that Chang-hoon liked Yu-jeong, confessed to her many times, was rejected many times, and still did not give up.

Jinhee didn’t know why Changhoon never gave up his side to Jinhee, who was eagerly approaching her.

“Well…what do you mean? Why do you think it was you who fought?”

Jinhee asked, looking at Yujeong who continued to think with a serious expression on her face.

“Um…no. I think it would be better to talk to him in person first. It was nice to meet you. I’ll go first.”

Yu-jeong, who gave a cursory greeting to Jin-hee, soon left the hallway of the healing room.

‘What…what is he talking about again…’

Jinhee looks at Yoojeong moving away.

-A man will move on immediately if a woman stays by his side when he is sick?

Soon, the words Jihoon said playfully earlier came to mind in Jinhee’s mind.

“Why is he saying such nonsense…what the hell…”

As Ji-hoon said, Jin-hee was able to stay by Chang-hoon’s side when he was sick, but now it was Ji-hoon who was wandering around in Jin-hee’s head.

How did he suddenly become so strong?

Why did he say something playful to support the relationship between himself and Changhoon?

After saying that, you really made Changhoon like that…

One thing is more powerful than all the questions.

Why did your attitude toward yourself change so much? What is different from before?

Just when Jinhee’s head was pounding like crazy, the door to the healing room opened and Professor Hyun Jayoung came out.

“Cadet Chang-Hoon Seong is the friend who brought the severed leg, right?”

‘Ugh..’

Jinhee was starting to feel nauseous again after spitting up earlier.

“…Yes, that’s right. How is Changhoon?”

“The wound was almost completely recovered thanks to the healing skill. The legs were also well joined as they were supposed to be. As for the mental shock… Well, anyway, it looks like he wants to meet Jin Hui, so let’s go in.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Changhoon is looking for himself?

Is it really true what Kang Ji-hoon said?

Jinhee couldn’t stop thinking about Jihoon even as she entered the healing room.

***

In front of the fitness center building

Jihoon is drinking a cola from a vending machine.

Jihoon, who learned that he would be given penalty points if he did not spend at least 3 hours at the gym every week, had just come out of the gym a little while ago.

Because it was a physical training center for academy cadets, it was lined with much higher-intensity equipment rather than regular fitness equipment.

However, Jihoon, who had been training at Moorim for ten years, was not satisfied.

Even if I didn’t use any internal energy at all, training at that level was just like child’s play.

“Ah, this is a waste of time…”

Jihoon was determined to adapt to the academy, but the fact that he had to be bound by unnecessary rules made him very uncomfortable.

Click

Jihoon opens the can of cola and starts drinking it.

The small happiness, or rather the big happiness, that carbonation gave me was still the same even a few days after returning to modern times.

“Keuuu~~~ It’s really killing me!”

Ji-hoon burps happily and then puts the empty cola can to his mouth and shakes it off.

Jihoon groaned in disappointment as he only had enough cash left to buy a cola after buying a hot dog for breakfast.

‘Oh that’s right! The cost of the hot dog on credit… Changhoon stole it, so I have to get it from Changhoon~’

Although he was unable to eat a hot dog due to unavoidable circumstances, Jihoon was very grateful that his angelic boss had given him a special treat.

“Hey Kang Ji-hoon!”

A person approaches from afar, calling out to Jihoon, who is standing in front of a vending machine.

She looked familiar and was approaching me while talking on her cell phone.

‘Who was it…where did I see it…’

“Oh, Yoojeong, I found this guy. It’s in front of the fitness center. No, no, it’s the fitness center in area 7H. Oh, are you coming right now? Yeah, I’ll catch it. But what happened? Why are you looking for him.. Oh, I understand. See you later~”

‘Oh, you’re the one who was with Yujeong in the library?’

Jihoon greets her warmly, admiring her memory.

“Yoojeong’s friend Seonhwa! See you again? Nice to meet you”

“Seonhee…”

I guess Jihoon’s memory wasn’t that good.

“So, Seonhee! I said Seonhee”

“You said it was Seonhwa… same as last time…”

It was Seon-hee who remembered Ji-hoon calling her name Seon-hwa when they parted ways in the library the other day.

“Was that…? Well, what’s important about the name”

“What nonsense is that? Is there anything more important than a person’s name…”

Is it because he misses Yeonhwa that the ending of her name comes out of his mouth easily?

Anyway, Ji-hoon tries to walk with Seon-hee next to him.

“Hahaha! This is a great cola restaurant, so have a can~ I’ll go, Seon..hee!”

“Hey, wait a minute. Wait ”

Seon-hee tries to grab Ji-hoon’s forearm as he tries to leave, but remembers the warning he gave her earlier, so she can’t help but block him with her body.

“Huh?”

“No, Yujeong keeps looking for you because she has something to ask you. I decided to come here now”

“Yujeong?”

Jihoon soon stopped walking with a questioning look on his face.

And then a moment later.

Seol Yu-jeong is walking towards me.

“Hey, here comes Yoo-jeong. Yujeong~ It’s here!”

In the direction where Seon-hee was shouting, Yoo-jeong was approaching Ji-hoon step by step with a very unknown expression.

Eventually, Yu-jeong arrives right in front of Ji-hoon and asks Ji-hoon in a very cold tone.

“Hey Kang Ji-hoon. Is it because of me that Changhoon made his legs like that?”

Jihoon’s head is tilted at an angle.

What is he saying when he comes to me out of nowhere?