episode_0105

During lunch time, Su-yeon, who heard the news of my discharge and return to school, rushed to the third-grade cafeteria and jumped on me.

” Senior Seongjin!!!”

Because she had a cast on one of her arms, she couldn’t rush in and hug her like she usually did. Instead, she did her best to bump her head while avoiding the injured arm.

“How about moving? Doesn’t the injured part of your head hurt? Hehe… If it wasn’t a part-time job, I would have taken care of you every day…”

Yuri became uncomfortable when he saw Sooyeon clinging to me and groping my body and acting cute, so he sneaked in between us and pulled her away.

“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that. Would you like to talk slowly at a distance for now? I nursed Seongjin for several hours every day after school. ‘Every day’.”

Suyeon’s expression changed completely and she snorted as she looked the glass up and down.

“Oh, really? It would be nice to have some free time. Because of my part-time job, I couldn’t go even if I wanted to.”

“What, what?! Are you free…? How much student council work do I do while nursing the sick?”

As soon as we met, the two started to fight again, so I quickly intervened.

“Come on, let’s not fight and let’s go eat. I still get a bit of a headache if people shout too much.”

When the injury was brought up, both Yuri and Suyeon immediately shut their mouths.

They were still glaring at each other.

I saw Jeong Eun-ji standing behind me and made a chin gesture.

“Jung Eun-ji, aren’t you eating?”

“Eat by yourself. Today I’m with Youngbae-”

That doesn’t work.

Now, none of you will get close to Gong Young-bae.

I turned around and grabbed the hand of Jeong Eun-ji, who was waiting for Gong Young-bae, who had not yet come down from the rooftop.

“Hey, what are you doing?! I’m going to eat with Youngbae-”

“What kind of public service is this? Come to first base. Let’s eat.”

Jeong Eun-ji kept complaining the whole time she was being dragged away, but she eventually quieted down when I dragged her by her hand and made her sit in front of the table.

In the end, she left a message to Gong Young-bae telling her to eat lunch separately today, then pursed her lips and glared at me.

“He’s really arbitrary, selfish, and doesn’t even think about other people’s circumstances-”

“Again? It hasn’t happened in a day or two, so get used to it.”

“…… So, how is your body?”

Eunji Jeong belatedly asked about my physical condition.

In response to her question, Yuri and Suyeon also looked at me with curious expressions.

In the meantime, Yuri stopped by the hospital for a few hours every day after school, and Suyeon stopped by the hospital every day after finishing her part-time job to check on my condition.

“They say I still have a wound on my head, so I put some medicine on it and put a bandage on it every day… but I have to go back and forth to the hospital a few more times for my arm and wrist. It’s a miracle that it ended like this.”

“Ha… I’m glad. I was really wondering what if there were some lifelong aftereffects.”

“Senior, never do anything reckless from now on, okay? At that time, I really thought I was going to die when I saw my senior.”

“Okay. Anyway, all the people who would do something like that would be in jail or juvenile detention, so there’s no point in doing that. By the way, Sooyeon, are you okay? Didn’t those people you hang out with do anything to you?”

What Hwang Seong-tae was originally aiming for was Su-yeon.

Because of this, I was worried that the group of people she usually hung out with might have done some harm.

Su-yeon answered my question calmly without much agitation.

“They are all so scared right now that they are trembling.”

According to Su-yeon, many of the girls in Iljin, including the girls she used to hang out with, did not come to the site and were still showing up at the academy fine, but they were noticeably withdrawn.

Most of the 3rd graders were taken to a detention center, and some of the 1st and 2nd graders who were present that day were also sent to juvenile detention center. The Jinsu-gyo corps itself was almost disbanded and I was the only one left, so they seemed to think they would take revenge on me.

Thanks to the fact that the group of men who would have used physical force against Suyeon were almost completely wiped out, Suyeon was fine.

“It went well anyway. Because soon I won’t have to see them anymore.”

“Why are you breaking off relations?”

“Rather than that… I guess it’s something where you naturally become distant when you’re not in the same place?”

“I don’t really know what you’re talking about.”

“Hehe, you don’t need to know now. Because it hasn’t been confirmed yet. You’ll probably be very surprised when you find out later, right?”

Yuri said sarcastically at Suyeon, who smiled at me.

“Do you have any big plans? Whatever the plan that comes out of your head, it will still be there.”

“Huh, well, what about it? Actually, what I want to see the most at that time is Yuri senior’s expression more than Seongjin senior’s.”

“What?”

“Are you curious? Stay curious~”

“Did you think I would blink at you just because you did that?”

We started eating as my girlfriends started bickering again.

I spoke to Yuri and Suyeon while eating.

“Oh, by the way, Yuri, Suyeon. I don’t think we can go somewhere together after school tomorrow.”

“”What? Why!?””

They both shouted at the same time.

“I decided to buy Jeong Eunji a meal. Anyway, I owe this guy a big debt, so I’m going to repay him.”

Whatever the reason, it was true that Jung Eun-ji had definitely saved my life, including her decision to chase me and her quick decision to call the police, so the other two did not have much of a difference of opinion. Or it wasn’t visible.

And now that a fait accompli has been established, Jeong Eun-ji has no choice but to cancel her promise to meet Gong Young-bae tomorrow.

“… I’m really just going to eat and leave.”

“Who says what? Or did you expect anything after that?”

“Oh, no!”

Seeing Jeong Eunji like that, Suyeon laughed heartily, and Yuri made a slightly subtle expression.

#####

After lunch, I took action one last time to organize all my past kites.

I summoned all of the remaining members of Jinsugyo Iljin to the area in the backyard of the academy where the Iljin members always gather.

Since more than half of the people had disappeared, there were not many people to summon.

The male to female ratio is now almost 3:7.

In less than 5 minutes, the group rushed there with all their might, and soon all of the remaining members gathered together.

Among those gathered, there were hardly any third-year students and most of them were first- and second-year students.

“Hey, you guys.”

“Yes, yes, senior!”

“You all know what happened last week.”

“Yes, senior!”

The remaining guys knelt in front of me and trembled in fear.

No matter how injured I was, most of the kids here were women so they couldn’t beat me.

“I don’t know whether you knew or didn’t know what those bastards were planning.”

Everyone swallowed nervously.

“Now, I won’t bother looking into who was more involved. If I ask you anyway, it’s obvious that you’ll all just say no.”

No one opened their mouths.

“Instead, I give you one last order.”

“Yes, senior!”

“The gangster play ends today.”

“……?”

Like crazy people, they couldn’t understand and were busy looking around with their heads looking at each other’s faces.

“Almost all of the 3rd graders are in detention, so now there is no one for you to follow. Looking at the 1st and 2nd years, it seems like there are a few people missing, and the number has decreased a lot. Now, don’t do bullshit and just live a normal life.”

“Yes, senior!”

“Now, it may seem funny that I am telling you not to do such things, but just do as you are told without questioning anything. From now on, if I hear that you stole someone’s money, borrowed something and did not return it, committed school bullying, or gathered together to harass someone, I will take care of those bastards. Go and kill them directly.”

“Yes, senior!”

“I’m sure there are people who want me to restore it to its original state as soon as I graduate, but there are also a few kids in the lower grades that I can contact. If you want to do something like that even after I graduate, get ready to meet me that day. Did you understand?”

“Yes, senior!”

As if what I said didn’t sound like a joke, the group rang in a louder voice than before.

Of course, there was no connection to plant someone.

Originally, they would have tried to do something to me out of protest, but none of the people gathered could say anything because they knew what had happened to the people who had already done it.

That was the end of Jinsu Higher Education Academy Iljin Group.

#####

After school on Friday, I sent Yuri and Suyeon off first and headed to the playground.

At the playground, Eunji Jeong was practicing hard with the members of the track and field team.

Running repeatedly for a while, jumping over hurdles and sometimes falling, resting for a moment and running again, and when it’s not your turn, rolling your legs repeatedly in place to warm up…

The more I looked at her, the more I realized that Jeong Eun-ji had quite good physical strength.

After regular practice, the members went home one by one as their individual practice time passed, but Jeong Eun-ji stayed until the end and kept running and running.

I went to the water purifier in the hallway, filled an empty plastic bottle with water, and approached Eunji Jeong, who was practicing alone.

“Did the practice go well?”

“Heo… Heo… Why are you here.”

“You waited. Now, water.”

Originally, Eunji Jeong would not drink the water I gave her, but now she readily drinks whatever water I give her.

“Gulp… Puha. Phew, I guess I’ll buy some. You waited for me? Still here?”

“Uh.”

“He went home and watched others practice.”

“No one is home, so what are you doing alone? And I thought you were pretty when you ran, so I just watched it, why.”

“!!!”

Jeong Eun-ji was startled and jumped at the words thrown out so casually.

“My, what am I…? What are you talking about-”

“Huh? You look happy?”

“Oh, no! Who is happy?”

Jeong Eun-ji didn’t even notice that her face was turning red, but she eagerly denied what I said and gulped down the water I gave her.

“I’m not happy at all… Because of you, I broke my promise with Youngbae today…”

“Then I’ll have to take Gong Young-bae’s place and make you happy.”

“… That’s it. I’m just doing this out of a sense of duty, so please know that. Because there is absolutely no other meaning!”

“Yes, it must be young.”

From now on, I will make it so that it has a different meaning.

Jeong Eun-ji went to the clubroom, changed her clothes, and from then on our Friday date began.

… Jeong Eun-ji will deny it for as long as possible.