Breaking Up with the Heroine of the Female-Oriented Game - Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Villain Emergence (4)

“…Lee Jinhyuk, do you have something to say?”

“Huh? Oh, no, nothing. Don’t mind me.”

“…?”

Noticing something strange in my gaze, Lee Siwoon tilted his head slightly and asked.

A tiny question mark seemed to float above Lee Siwoon’s head, so I coughed a few times and shook my head to clear my thoughts.

Let’s stop thinking unnecessary things and focus on more practical matters.

I can’t just leave Lee Siwoon behind and run away, can I?

‘In a situation like this, it would be more dangerous to act separately.’

If I were to split up with Lee Siwoon and then run into Yoo Dahee or another strong villain alone?

Haha, just thinking about it is a nightmare.

It’s unlikely, but you know I’ve always been pretty unlucky.

Unfortunately, that’s just how life has been for me.

‘If I leave Lee Siwoon alone and he runs into Yoo Dahee, that’s a problem too.’

Yoo Dahee might not kill him, but she’d definitely try to break him down with that twisted smile of hers.

To the point where he could never be a hero again.

‘Considering the future, I need Lee Siwoon.’

Lee Siwoon has to keep growing and, along with Soyeon, take down a lot of villains in my place.

Right, let’s not pretend otherwise.

I just want to catch a ride on the bus, that’s all.

I can’t afford to lose Lee Siwoon so easily.

Especially considering the future events that will unfold.

‘I have something prepared for a time like this. As long as I stick with Lee Siwoon, we should manage somehow.’

What did I prepare, you ask?

Hong Daye, of course—the high-ranker Hong Daye.

The reason I risked the danger during the practical evaluation and helped take down the Black-Handed Long-Armed Monkey with the kids was because of Hong Daye.

It was to seek her help if something happened at the Academy.

Originally, she was supposed to be gravely injured from the joint attack of the Minotaur and the Black-Handed Long-Armed Monkey and would have been hospitalized for a long time.

But thanks to our help, Hong Daye was able to continue her duties as an instructor without any serious injuries.

Hong Daye is an incredibly powerful figure, once considered a candidate for the top 10 strongest. She wouldn’t be an easy opponent for Rebellion members.

‘…I need to use the Space Ring to take out my phone. Oh, sure, I could secretly take it out when Lee Siwoon isn’t looking, but considering the situation, I’ll probably need to use a bunch of other items too. It’s better to just reveal it upfront.’

After organizing my thoughts, I discreetly created a rift in the air and pulled out a satellite phone from within.

Lee Siwoon’s eyes trembled slightly.

A dark rift had suddenly appeared in midair, and something like a satellite phone dropped into my hand.

“Lee Jinhyuk, what is that?”

“It’s my special ability. I didn’t want to reveal it if possible, but the situation isn’t exactly ideal.”

“…I see.”

Lee Siwoon nodded slowly without further questioning.

I don’t know if he truly believes me or if he’s just not interested in prying, but it doesn’t really matter.

I quickly dialed Hong Daye.

“Who is this?”

“It’s me, Lee Jinhyuk.”

“Ah, but aren’t you in the test site right now? How are you calling…?”

“I stole a phone from one of the villains! But that’s not important right now, is it?”

“…Right, of course.”

I deliberately acted as if I was in a hurry.

Being a test instructor, she seemed to have a rough idea of the situation, so she quickly accepted my explanation.

“We’re with the kids right now, and they’re all severely injured! Please help us, teacher!”

“…Where are you located?”

“We’re in Zone B-1! Please hurry before more villains show up!”

“Alright. Oh, and if you encounter a white-haired girl or a large man, don’t resist them too much; just try to stall for time, understood?”

The white-haired girl must be Yoo Dahee, and the large man must be the Crusher, Ryan Jones, right? I hope we don’t run into them before Hong Daye arrives.

“Yes, teacher!”
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With that, I ended the call.

I didn’t give the exact location within Zone B-1, but someone as skilled as Hong Daye should be able to roughly pinpoint our position as long as we stay within the same zone.

“Alright then… Hey, Kim Yuseong, wake up. Hey.”

I slapped Kim Yuseong, who was blissfully unaware of the situation and sound asleep a short distance away.

In a situation like this, Kim Yuseong is also a valuable asset.

I can’t just let him sleep away while the world is falling apart.

“Huh, huh? What?”

“Hey, Kim Yuseong, get a grip.”

“Y-you’re Lee Jinhyuk…? Ah, what…?!”

As the dazed look in his eyes cleared, Kim Yuseong, who had just come to his senses, leaped to his feet and pointed at me.

He seemed furious, probably because he had fallen into my trap earlier.
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“Y-you, you bastard! I’m not going to let this slide…!”

“Calm down, Kim Yuseong.”

“Si-Siwoon? Why are you here?”

At that moment, Lee Siwoon intervened to stop him.

“This is an emergency. I’ll give you a brief summary, so listen carefully.”

“H-huh…?”
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Lee Siwoon and I forcibly woke up the other two unconscious trainees and explained the current situation to them briefly.

The kids blinked in confusion for a moment.

The sudden mention of a villain attack must have been quite shocking.

But when they saw the three unconscious villains, they seemed to grasp the reality of the situation.

“Villains attacking the test site… What the hell is going on.”

“W-what should we do then? Shouldn’t we wait for the security team to arrive?”

“Well, with Lee Siwoon here, we should be alright. Just look at those villains lying over there. Lee Siwoon took them down.”

The three kids each reacted in their own way.

They seemed incredibly anxious, confused, and nervous about the unexpected situation.

Well, that’s understandable.

Even though they’re aspiring heroes, they’re still just trainees.

And they probably haven’t had any real combat experience before, so it’s only natural to feel uneasy.

But you know…

Shouldn’t we at least try to find Soyeon?

I know it’s a bit selfish, but I’m too scared to search for her alone, so I’d like you guys to help me.

“Lee Siwoon.”

“What is it, Lee Jinhyuk?”

“Before I fought you earlier, I saw Soyeon not too far from here.”

Of course, that’s a lie.

I hadn’t even caught a glimpse of Soyeon.

“She might be alone right now. Should we go look for her together?”

“……”

But as our pure-hearted Lee Siwoon, who has a crush on Soyeon, he wouldn’t be able to ignore such a statement.

“…Where was she?”

“I can’t say for sure, but I can roughly figure it out using this.”

I pulled out a portable radar and showed it to him.

It was a product of magical technology and quite expensive.

It could detect the location of people within a few kilometers’ radius.

Of course, it couldn’t differentiate between individuals, so there was a chance of running into villains.

That’s why I felt a bit nervous to use it alone, and I needed help from Lee Siwoon and the other kids.

“Alright, let’s go find her together.”

“Good. What about you guys? Are you going to stay here or come with us?”

“Uh, well…”

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Kim Yuseong seemed to hesitate for a moment.

He scratched his chin and bit his lip.

Then he lifted his head and looked back and forth between Lee Siwoon and me. Finally, he nodded slowly, indicating his agreement.

“Haa… It’s Soyeon we’re talking about. She’s helped us a lot before… I’ll come along too.”

“Y-Yuseong.”

“We can’t just sit here and wait like cowards. And you said there was a fight with villains here earlier, right? It must have been pretty noisy. Staying here would be dangerous.”

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“Y-yeah, you’re right.”

The kids quickly nodded in agreement.

“Th-then we’ll come too.”

“Alright.”

Those two won’t be much help, but the more people we have, the safer we’ll be. That’s a universal truth.

There’s a reason why herbivores stick together in herds.

Unless they’re dealing with a particularly dangerous villain, most would hesitate to attack a large group.

“Don’t worry too much. I’ve already contacted Instructor Hong Daye and told her we’re in Zone B-1. As long as we stay within this area, she’ll find us soon.”

“R-really?”

“Yeah.”

With that, the five of us quickly moved out.

Since I told Hong Daye that we were in Zone B-1, we couldn’t move too far away.

I secretly took out the Giant Crow Bow for Large Monsters and the Vigilante’s Sword from my Space Ring and thought to myself.

Given the circumstances, I’ll have to go all out.

I might get questioned about it later, but I’ll worry about that in the future.

Right now, securing Soyeon’s safety is the top priority.

***

In an open area of Zone B-1.

“Huff, huff… Roxanne, are you still… holding on…?”

Jin Soyeon panted intermittently as she quietly wiped the blood trickling down her temple.

She held her sword upright, but the long battle had left her exhausted.
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Her arms, her arms… they barely move…

Her once beautiful hair, which had cascaded like a waterfall, was now matted with dirt and blood.

Drops of blood dripped from the ends of her hair, quietly soaking the ground.

And her clothes…

The neat uniform she usually wore was in tatters, her outer jacket and shirt half shredded.

The bra strap along her shoulder line was exposed, and the hem of her skirt and her protective shorts were slightly torn, as if scratched by a beast’s claws.

She was a complete mess.

“Y-yes… Huff, huff, I’m fine… but the others…”

From Jin Soyeon’s perspective, Roxanne didn’t look fine at all.

Roxanne’s once elegant attire was disheveled, with many damaged areas.

Her large chest heaved up and down continuously, indicating that her stamina had almost reached its limit.

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“Is there… no more support…?”

“N-no… it doesn’t seem like it…”

Originally, they had been moving together with a group of about a dozen trainees and security personnel, but the attack from the exceptionally skilled villains had left many people injured and lying on the ground.

The villains who had ambushed them wore strange face masks, but their movements were anything but ordinary.

They were nothing like the third-rate villains they had encountered before.

Those villains had been easily taken down by the security personnel, but these new ones were overwhelmingly powerful.

They had nearly taken down all of the security personnel, who were former professional heroes.

‘…I don’t think we can hold out any longer. This is bad. What should we do now?’

There were only four villains, but they had nearly incapacitated the entire group.

Although Jin Soyeon and her team had barely managed to neutralize one of them, the situation was still dire.

‘…Those people are almost at the level of mid-tier heroes. With my current skill, I can’t do anything.’

Jin Soyeon bit her lower lip slightly.

A drop of blood rolled down from between her lips.

There were only five people left who could still fight. If Jin Soyeon, who was holding the front line, were to fall, the others in the rear would be in grave danger.

She couldn’t afford to collapse.

If Jin Soyeon falls, what will happen to the rest?

‘Is there no way out? Isn’t there some brilliant plan…?’

No matter how much she thought about it, no good ideas came to mind.

Is this really the end?

Is it really?

‘…If it were Jinhyuk instead of me, he would have found a solution.’

Lee Jinhyuk’s command and strategy-making abilities were exceptional.

If he had been here, they wouldn’t have been driven into such a situation in the first place.

The reason they were pushed to this point was not only due to differences in skill levels but also because of the lack of a clear command structure.

‘I miss Jinhyuk for no reason. I shouldn’t have such weak thoughts, but…’

He was always reassuring in situations like this.

Jinhyuk’s calm eyes, warm touch, and confident voice always gave Jin Soyeon great strength.

When she first encountered monsters at the Academy and was trembling like a coward, it was Lee Jinhyuk who brought her back to her senses.

He never gave up in the fight against the Black-Handed Long-Armed Monkey, which she had thought was impossible to defeat, and in the end, he took it down.

He was always the light that guided her through the darkness.

Whenever she found herself in danger, he would appear like a comet and save her from the crisis. She was too shy to say it directly, but he was always her hero. Ever since she was a child.

The reason Jin Soyeon decided to help people was because of Lee Jinhyuk.

‘…Ah, if I had known it would turn out like this, I would have properly apologized.’

She wanted to apologize for not realizing that he liked her and for asking him to be her fake lover.

For hurting him and for him silently enduring the pain she caused, she felt truly ashamed.

‘…Jinhyuk.’

Silently calling his name, she was beginning to let go of the last thread of hope.

Whoosh.

Something fell among the villains.

It looked a bit like a grenade.

Huh? A grenade? Wait, what?

Then—BOOM!

“…!”

“…Ugh?!”

The deafening explosion and blinding flash of light temporarily robbed everyone’s vision and hearing.

What, what’s going on? A flashbang?

Jin Soyeon was startled. Who set off a flashbang?

Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!

Immediately after, several arrows and various spells flew out from beyond the bushes toward the villains.

Even though they had lost their hearing and sight, the villains instinctively dodged, avoiding the arrows and spells.

But then Lee Siwoon, Lee Jeonghoon, Han Dongwon, and the others dashed out like lightning and ambushed the villains.

One of the villains failed to avoid the attack and had his shoulder slashed by Lee Siwoon’s sword.

The villains retreated to reorganize themselves.

“Ah, damn. They almost dodged everything. Even with Han Dongwon’s acceleration ability and Yoon Sangyeon’s ability to mask our presence.”

“J-Jinhyuk?”

A man slowly emerged from the bushes, gripping a black bow tightly—it was none other than Lee Jinhyuk.

No way… did he actually show up at this exact moment?

While Jin Soyeon was still in shock, more people started to emerge from the bushes.

There were quite a few trainees.

Lee Jinhyuk, Lee Siwoon, Han Dongwon, Yuliya, Lee Jeonghoon, Kim Yuseong, and others…

At a glance, there seemed to be more than twenty of them.

They were all students who had joined up after using the radar to search the area for Jin Soyeon.

“Soyeon, are you okay?”

“Y-yeah. I’m okay. Thank you…”

“Here, let me lend you my jacket. You should wear it.”

“Huh, what?”

A jacket…?

Jin Soyeon tilted her head slightly, then realized her own condition.

Ah, right.

My clothes are a mess, aren’t they?

With her clothes torn here and there, she was showing a bit too much skin, so Jin Soyeon blushed slightly and quietly accepted the jacket.

Looking down, she noticed that the chest area of her shirt was torn quite a bit, revealing her bra.

Ah, how embarrassing…

While Jin Soyeon was feeling embarrassed, Lee Jinhyuk hesitated slightly. Will Lee Siwoon look at me unfavorably for giving Soyeon my jacket?
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But it’s just a jacket, right? Her clothes are torn, so it’s reasonable to lend her a jacket, right?

“…Soyeon.”

“Siwoon, you came too.”

Lee Siwoon subtly checked Jin Soyeon’s condition.

She was covered in wounds as if she had been through quite an ordeal.

Unconsciously, Lee Siwoon’s grip on his sword tightened. He didn’t even notice the jacket that Lee Jinhyuk had given her.

Were all those wounds inflicted by those villains?

But he couldn’t just rush in blindly. They were formidable opponents, far more dangerous than someone like Kim Hwaseung.
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They must be real villains.

“Lee Jinhyuk.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Lee Jinhyuk nodded lightly.

Those guys don’t seem to be Rebellion members, but they’re still strong.

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‘Still, with this many people, we should be able to hold out until Instructor Hong Daye arrives.’

There were many strong individuals present, including Lee Siwoon, Yuliya, the apprentice of the Grand Sorcerer, rookie top-ranker Lee Jeonghoon, Han Dongwon, Kim Yuseong, and others.

Not to mention Jin Soyeon and Roxanne as well.

…Wait. Hold on. Roxanne?

Oh, right, Roxanne is here too.

The fact that Roxanne was with them made Lee Jinhyuk uneasy.

Could those guys be Seong Yura’s subordinates? Did they send them specifically to target Roxanne…?

“Ah, finally found you. So, this is where you’ve all been hiding.”

In that moment—

Lee Jinhyuk’s heart sank.

That voice shouldn’t have been heard in this place.

I thought I was lucky to have reunited with Soyeon safely, but I guess my luck ran out, damn it.

The tense atmosphere shifted as a girl with snow-white hair fluttered down gracefully, her gaze sweeping over Lee Jinhyuk and the others.

“Let’s see… Lee Siwoon, Yuliya, Lee Jeonghoon… What? Even Roxanne is here?”

The girl’s name, her snow-white hair now stained with sticky blood, was Yoo Dahee.

In the future, she would become the strongest in the world of this Romance Hero Academy and also be Jin Soyeon’s antithesis.

…But seriously, when is Hong Daye going to get here?

End of Chapter.