episode_0021

It was as if time had stopped because the surroundings were so quiet. That meant everyone was taken aback by my words.

Time continued to pass.

“Oh, okay. It’s over.”

Even Yoo Soo-ho barely manages to utter a single word mixed with a laugh as if he finds it ridiculous. In the end, what I did was something that no one could have expected. That’s why I was even more satisfied.

Yoo Soo-ho couldn’t help but be more curious about me. So, today was a good situation because I had the chance to meet characters that usually only appear in the middle or the latter half of the story.

I tried to get down from the ring without saying anything. It was natural, since I had nothing else to do anyway and didn’t feel the need to stay.

“Okay, wait! I can’t accept this!”

I stopped moving for a moment at Lee Ji-hye’s loud voice. I thought about what to do for a moment, then slowly turned my head and looked in the direction of Lee Ji-hye. There was a girl there, her face slightly red, unable to hide her excitement.

That was the appearance of Lee Ji-hye that could be properly seen only when she was rehabilitated by Seo Jae-hyeok.

“What are you going to do if I surrender! Do it right!”

Unlike her calm demeanor just a moment ago, she was screaming like a child throwing a tantrum.

“There’s no rule that says you can’t surrender, so I did it. Are you dissatisfied?”

“Of course! That’s what I’m talking about!”

Lee Ji-hye approached me quickly, like a horned bull. She reached right in front of me and glared at me.

It wasn’t that scary.

“Isn’t it okay since I lost anyway?”

“I haven’t seen your skills!”

I couldn’t understand why it mattered if I fought Lee Ji-hye anyway, since I wouldn’t be able to last more than a few seconds and would collapse.

Lee Ji-hye continued to glare at me, then suddenly coughed and continued speaking.

“Kim Seo-jin. In the end, you ran away. It was so pathetic. Do you understand?”

“Yes, I know.”

So what? It’s not even real.

I didn’t really care because it wasn’t like my life was going to fly away just because I said I would. To be honest, I was annoyed that they were treating me like crap all this time, so I surrendered right away, but what’s the crime?

I just wanted to give you a big punch. So that you don’t feel uneasy. So that you feel uneasy.

Let me at least claim a moral victory.

And it’s okay since you won anyway.

“Kim Seo-jin, you won’t be able to do your job as a hunter properly.”

“If you want to think so, think so. I don’t really care.”

Well, in the end you’ll have to help me.

There are also orders from Yoo Soo-ho.

“You.”

Lee Ji-hye continued to stare at me without saying a single proper word. It felt a little burdensome because her gaze was always focused on me.

It’s time to stop now.

“Stop.”

Yoo Soo-ho, who had been quiet, slowly approached and spoke.

At his voice, Lee Ji-hye took a slight step back from me.

“Wisdom, your actions right now are pretty ugly. No matter how dissatisfied you are, you yelled at me too much and were too forceful. Isn’t that right?”

“…….”

“In the end, this is Kim Seo-jin’s victory.”

huh?

I lost. I surrendered earlier. Why are you suddenly saying I won?

“And Kim Seo-jin.”

“Oh, yeah.”

“That was a really funny move. I guess it made me understand you less, though.”

“Thank you.”

At Yoo Soo-ho’s words, for some reason my gaze went to Lee Ji-hye. She lowered her head with a dark expression, and I couldn’t help but feel sorry.

Obviously, it’s not his fault. But honestly, if it were me, I would have made a bigger mess, so I feel even more guilty.

You should have behaved a little better.

“You can go in now. Thank you for your hard work, Kim Seo-jin.”

At Yoo Soo-ho’s voice, I immediately asked a question.

“What about the magazine case?”

“You can ask Lee Joo-hyuk or Lee Ji-hye over there about that. Do you have any more questions?”

“No. Thank you for giving me a good weapon.”

“Okay. Bye.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I went out.

I thought the atmosphere would only get weirder if I stayed any longer. I decided to go out into the hallway and walk leisurely back to the dorm.

If it’s Lee Ji-hye, it’s easy to guess that she’s probably saying something to Yoo Soo-ho. After all, she’s only been paying attention to me. She can’t help but feel a little dissatisfied. So I think she’s probably speaking in a dissatisfied tone.

Of course, I could be wrong since I can’t verify it myself, but at least that’s what I thought.

*

Lee Ji-hye thinks about the man again.

Kim Seo-jin.

As the person who had humiliated me, I didn’t like him at all from start to finish. As I continued to look at him, I felt as if my anger was still boiling over.

I thought that one day I would repay what was done to me today double.

However, Lee Ji-hye could also feel dissatisfied with Yoo Soo-ho at the same time. He didn’t pay any attention to her at all and only talked to Kim Seo-jin. Anyone who saw him would think that he didn’t care about her.

This is really too much.

It was all because of Yoo Soo-ho that she took the time to come here. But Lee Ji-hye couldn’t help but feel sad that he didn’t care about her.

Whether he knew Lee Ji-hye’s thoughts or not, Yoo Soo-ho kept thinking about Kim Seo-jin.

It really feels like I know, but I don’t. I guess you could say that their personalities are actually similar to mine.

It makes me laugh.

The fact that he acted so cowardly showed that he was truly determined to win. It was especially impressive that he started picking a fight right from the start.

In a way, you could say that it was bold. It takes a lot of courage to act like that toward someone stronger than you.

Yoo Soo-ho took a moment to collect his thoughts and looked at Lee Ji-hye.

When I see her expression darken, I feel a little sorry. It’s like seeing my own child depressed.

In fact, he knows that he only cared about Kim Seo-jin. But there was nothing he could do. Even now, when he thinks about it, he wonders how he knew about himself, and he likes his personality.

Yoo Soo-ho slowly approached Lee Ji-hye.

Lee Ji-hye also opened her mouth as if she noticed that Yoo Su-ho was approaching.

“This is too much.”

Yoo Soo-ho also knew that he was talking to himself.

“I know. That’s why I came to apologize.”

“Apple?”

“Yeah. I haven’t had much stimulation lately. So I think I’ve been focusing too much on Kim Seo-jin. I’m sorry.”

At those words, Lee Ji-hye slowly raised her head and looked at Yoo Soo-ho. Seeing his awkward expression, she felt somehow funny. Of course, she was now in the form of a woman, but it was still funny enough.

“Then tell me why you care so much about Kim Seo-jin.”

To be honest, I was really curious. No matter how much I thought about it, there was nothing that I could call a special characteristic. He didn’t seem to have any special abilities, and he didn’t seem to be very smart or anything. On the contrary, he was a coward, which made it even harder to understand.

“Okay, I understand. Then I’ll give you a brief explanation. First of all, I like your personality.”

“Personality?”

Is that the cowardly personality? Is that the personality of Kim Seo-jin that made you feel like you didn’t win even though you won by deliberately declaring defeat?

“Yeah. If I had to say, he looks like me.”

“Do you think it looks like that?”

Lee Ji-hye had a hard time understanding what he was saying. Especially, the fact that their personalities were similar? Of course, there were times when they were cowardly and playful, but it was hard to accept when you consider that there were also times when they were serious.

“Is it hard to understand?”

“Honestly, yes.”

“Then keep watching Kim Seo-jin. You will feel many similarities between you and me.”

Keep watching. That sound was a little disappointing because it meant I would continue to see Kim Seo-jin. Still, I couldn’t help but understand it was a request from Yoo Soo-ho.

“Is there anything else besides that?”

“Well, of course there are a lot. There are a lot of secrets and things like that.”

“Secret?”

A person named Kim Seo-jin has a secret? An ordinary person like that would know right away if they just touched something illegal. But he has a lot of secrets?

“You didn’t do any background checks?”

“Of course I did. But I’m still interested because there’s a secret.”

“You have it?”

“Yeah. Especially today, I could tell he was hiding something.”

Lee Ji-hye couldn’t help but tilt her head at those words. There wasn’t anything unusual about what he did today.

“Didn’t you see the gun being fired just now?”

“No. I saw it.”

The only thing that was great about Kim Seo-jin was the way he shot the gun. It was impressive to some extent because he shot the target from far away.

“Is there something strange?”

“That’s because, more than anything else, the guy has killed people before.”

“Yes?”

Killed a person.

“When he shot the gun, something was different in his eyes. He definitely saw the body.”

“What is that.”

“Not only that, he didn’t even hesitate. There was definitely something there.”

Lee Ji-hye couldn’t help but change her mind at those words. If it was Yoo Soo-ho’s words, it would be clear. In that case, it would be better to keep watching.

“It’s also suspicious.”

Lee Ji-hye thought as she said those words.

No matter what happens, I have to watch over that person named Kim Seo-jin.

*

The next morning.

I was walking down the hallway, my tired body dragging itself along.

After Yoo Soo-ho and Lee Ji-hye broke up, there was nothing special. I went to Seo Jae-hyeok to check if Yoo Seo-ra was up to something, but it seemed like he was still having trouble. Thanks to that, Seo Jae-hyeok ran to me as soon as he saw me and asked for help.

That was the first time that Yusera gave me a look that seemed like she was going to kill me, and it scared me.

Anyway, it could have ended without any problems. I was able to somehow convince Yoo Seo-ra by using Seo Jae-hyeok, and thanks to that, I was able to leave peacefully.

And I once asked Yusera if she was going to do something like that again. Fortunately, she didn’t, and I was able to sleep with some peace of mind, so I was able to stay conscious.

My body itself was a little tired, but I wasn’t mentally tired, so I was feeling pretty good.

‘I need to start moving properly from today.’

I plan to use my lunch break to personally meet all the characters that appeared in the original work. Of course, it might be a little unnatural, so I will have to meet them naturally somehow.

But I know what they like, so I think either arrangement will be fine.

‘I guess everything will work out somehow.’

I opened the door and went inside the class.

Everyone looked the same as usual, but there was something unexpected: Yoo Seo-ra.

I approached him with the thought of saying hello, and opened my mouth with a slight smile.

“What’s going on? Seo Jae-hyuk isn’t here.”

“Shut up. I’m thinking about how to kill Lee Joo-hyuk right now.”

It seems that Lee Joo-hyuk stopped him. He kept going to Nam’s class. He must have been very dissatisfied with it, because his expression was so fierce that it felt a little scary.

Do you really want to go to Seo Jae-hyuk that much?

‘Lee Joo-hyuk is safe, so we can ignore him.’

In the original work, he said he would kill Lee Joo-hyuk, but that never actually happened.

I think you said that you had no choice but to let him live because he helped you a lot in the first round. Thanks to that, you were able to feel at ease.

‘That guy Lee Joo-hyuk should be grateful to his pre-regression self. Thanks to that, he was able to live several times in the original work.’

After looking at Yusera for a while, I returned to my seat.

As the curfew began, I stared out the window absentmindedly. I was wishing that the curfew would end quickly.

“And Kim Seo-jin. You follow me.”

No, what is it this time?

“This is what Lee Ji-hye sang.”

Why him?