Breaking Up with the Heroine of the Female-Oriented Game - Chapter 127

Chapter 127

Anomaly (1)

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“…It’s autumn already.”

Yoo Seolhyun suddenly muttered to herself as she leaned against the window, looking at the scenery outside.

It had already become early autumn weather.

The leaves visible in the distance were starting to show colorful hues, and luscious fruits were hanging ripe.

It feels a bit cooler.

It was midsummer just a short while ago.

Looking back, time really flies.

“…Has it already been about a month since the Busan Great Rift incident?”

The Busan Great Rift incident.

It refers to that incident when numerous monsters appeared and turned the entire Busan city into chaos.

There were significant casualties and property damage due to hundreds of monsters and the giant snake monster named Ouroboros.

Even now, people in Busan were trembling in fear, recalling the Great Rift incident.

Because vicious monsters could appear again and trample their daily lives.

It was inevitable for people to be afraid, as another large-scale monster incident occurred before the wounds from the Busan Infection Explosion that happened a few years ago had properly healed.

And because of the Busan Great Rift incident, one villain began to emerge.

It was Yoo Dahee.

The person suspected to be the main culprit of the Busan Great Rift incident.

The girl who first gained notoriety during the Union attack incident. The girl who proudly revealed her own name was suspected of summoning the monsters, putting heroes and the government on edge.

Because the abnormal ability to summon monsters was no different from a natural disaster.

Being able to freely summon dangerous monsters alone?

It essentially means that an individual could control the peace and security of the nation.

Therefore, the government designated Yoo Dahee as the worst villain and terrorist in Korean history and worked hard to cooperate with the Hero Association and clans to eliminate her.

However, despite the government’s efforts, Yoo Dahee’s influence and notoriety only grew day by day.

It was thanks to the government’s unintended noise marketing.

An individual that even the government, association, and clans are wary of and fear.

It was like announcing the birth of a new great evil.

Yoo Dahee soon began to attract many types of villains.

Villains oppressed by the government, villains with grievances against social regulations, villains with grudges against heroes, villains who want to make huge amounts of money, villains who just want to commit evil acts, and so on.

She united villains who had been watching the government, association, clans, and heroes under the banner of Rebellion.

Rebellion.

It means revolt, insurrection.

In other words, a denial of the current system.

Therefore, Yoo Dahee intends to carry out.

A rebellion against the current system along with villains dissatisfied with the current Republic of Korea.

“I wonder what’s going to happen to the world, haa.”

The political situation in Korea was changing rapidly.

Suppressed villains began to run wild under Yoo Dahee’s name.

Some people were enthusiastic about Yoo Dahee and even praised her.

A normal person wouldn’t praise a criminal like Yoo Dahee, but all sorts of praise posts were being uploaded on the internet.

Her beautiful appearance, strength that didn’t match her age, innate talent and the worst abnormal ability in history, and so on.

Whether in a good sense or bad sense, she was bound to be attractive, so there were quite a few cases of people falling for Yoo Dahee.

In fact, even for serial killers, if they had pretty or handsome faces, there were quite a few cases of fan cafes being created or petitions on the national petition board demanding their release.

In Yoo Dahee’s case, it was very severe.

‘She killed the high-ranker Oh Junho, huh…’

Villains following and obeying Yoo Dahee wasn’t just because she could summon monsters to turn cities into wastelands.

Yoo Dahee proved herself by killing a high-ranker.

That she was not only capable of summoning monsters but also qualified as a villain herself and as the leader of an organization.

The fact that she killed a high-ranker hero who had been through thick and thin at an age not even reaching adulthood was evidence that Yoo Dahee had talent and potential above rank 10.

Perhaps the future Yoo Dahee might become a monster that no one can do anything about.

The worst villain in Korean history.

‘Using blessed talent above rank 10 for evil acts…’

Yoo Seolhyun let out a sigh.

Then she slightly checked the time.

It was already lunchtime.

Maybe she should go check on Jin Soyeon’s condition soon.

‘I wonder what Jin Soyeon is doing.’

She was a bit worried because she had said some harsh words to Jin Soyeon yesterday.

She still couldn’t forget Jin Soyeon’s face looking at her with tears falling and an expression stained with guilt.

Honestly, she was even a bit afraid that Jin Soyeon might make an extreme choice.

So Yoo Seolhyun carefully tried sending messages and calling Jin Soyeon, but as expected, she didn’t answer.

Could she be sleeping until now?

Or is she ignoring it on purpose?

…When she said she’d visit again around lunchtime yesterday, Jin Soyeon had nodded as if she understood, so she probably wasn’t ignoring it on purpose.

Yoo Seolhyun hurriedly moved her steps with an unnecessarily anxious heart.

She was able to arrive at Jin Soyeon’s house before long.

But wasn’t that the familiar back of a man at Jin Soyeon’s front gate? Why is that guy there?

“Lee Siwoon?”

“Ah.”

Lee Siwoon, who had been hesitating whether to ring the doorbell or not, slightly turned his head at the familiar voice.

Then he could see Yoo Seolhyun.

“Yoo Seolhyun.”

“You’re really something. So devoted.”

Yoo Seolhyun looked at Lee Siwoon with a smirk.

He had been trying quite hard to comfort the heartbroken Jin Soyeon until now.

He visited Jin Soyeon’s house like this and also recited words of encouragement to Jin Soyeon, who was cooped up at home, through text messages or phone calls.

But Jin Soyeon only expressed her refusal.

She didn’t properly meet him even when he came to her house, rarely answered phone calls, and only replied to messages roughly.

But Lee Siwoon didn’t seem to mind much.

A normal person would feel hurt or discouraged by continued rejection, but that Lee Siwoon guy was devoted for a whole month without even being asked by anyone.

“Isn’t one-sided love quite hard, Lee Siwoon?”

“…”

“No matter what you do, Soyeon’s attention is probably all elsewhere.”

“…”

Lee Siwoon was silent for a moment.

That’s right.

He knows well that nothing will change no matter how he acts like this.

But…

“You must have had a hard time too, Yoo Seolhyun.”

“What?”

“It’s one-sided for you too.”

“Ha.”

Yoo Seolhyun snorted.

One-sided?

What nonsense is this?

Did that guy think Yoo Seolhyun had any interest in Lee Jinhyuk? It was a bit ridiculous.

“That’s not funny.”

“Not funny… Well, let’s say it is.”

Yoo Seolhyun frowned slightly at Lee Siwoon’s attitude of nodding and going along with it, but she didn’t bother to argue further.

She didn’t want to waste time unnecessarily in front of Jin Soyeon’s front gate.

-Ding dong ding dong.

Yoo Seolhyun rang the doorbell and waited for the gate to open.

But there was no response.

The gate didn’t budge at all.

She tried ringing the doorbell again, but it was of no use.

“Haa, really.”

Yoo Seolhyun forcibly picked the lock on the gate like last time, as if she had no choice.

Lee Siwoon hesitated slightly at that sight, but meanwhile, Yoo Seolhyun had already moved her steps briskly and picked the front door lock as well.

“Yoo Seolhyun, you…”

“Wait, what’s this?”

What they saw as soon as the front door opened was a dented living room floor.

It looked as if it had been struck hard with a fist.

“…Is that a phone? It’s broken?”

There was a shattered phone lying a bit further away.

Judging by the marks on the wall, it seems the phone was thrown at the wall and broken.

“What on earth happened here?”

“Could she have been attacked by someone?”

An ominous thought flashed through Yoo Seolhyun and Lee Siwoon’s minds.

“Jin Soyeon!”

“Soyeon!”

The two called Jin Soyeon’s name and searched the house thoroughly, but they couldn’t find a trace of her.

Did something really happen?

If so, this is really bad, really bad.

I shouldn’t have left Jin Soyeon alone after all.

Lee Siwoon bit his lower lip slightly.

“…She wasn’t attacked by villains, was she?”

“That’s not it, there’s no sign of a fight at all.”

Yoo Seolhyun, who was carefully examining the living room, could realize that no fight had occurred here.

The broken phone and dented living room floor seemed to be her own doing.

“Shoes… The shoes Soyeon usually wears are gone. Looks like she went out for a bit…”

“That would be fortunate then.”

Since she might have gone out briefly to buy a new phone to replace the one she threw in anger yesterday, Yoo Seolhyun and Lee Siwoon decided to wait for a while.

But even after some time passed, Jin Soyeon showed no sign of returning.

As Jin Soyeon still didn’t return, they even reported to the police out of anxiety, but in the end, they couldn’t find Jin Soyeon.

Yoo Seolhyun and Lee Siwoon tried to use their family’s influence to find Jin Soyeon, but it was of no use.

And so, Jin Soyeon disappeared without a trace.

From the academy, from home, from daily life.

The person named Jin Soyeon had completely vanished like a mirage.

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“Hyuk-ah.”

“…Mmm?”

“Wake up, Hyuk-ah!”

“…Wait, what.”

“I said wake up! Hyuk-ah! Jinhyuk-ah!”

“…Ah, uh?”

I slowly opened my heavy eyelids at the brazen girl’s voice.

And there…

“Are you awake?”

“Who are you?”

Soyeon from kindergarten was smiling brightly as she looked at me.

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