Chapter 96

<97th Episode> IF: Side Story (The Day Yu-jin Lost) 4 (Complete)

After that, Yu-jin’s actions continued without pause.

Whenever he saw a girl he liked, he would subdue her with pleasure.

It didn’t matter if the opponent was strong or cautious—it made no difference.

“Wh-why did you come to a place like this, Class President?”

“Just casually~ I wanted to have some fun together.”

“Fu…fun?”

“Yeah, and feeling good.”

Using the Class President and Young-hee to let his guard down, he then went straight for them.

Right before his eyes, he took away the woman of the man who had tormented him.

For the current Yu-jin, it wasn’t such a difficult task.

The more women fell into Yu-jin’s grasp, the greater his influence grew.

No one could touch Yu-jin Kim.

In fact, he soon ruled like a king.

He collected pretty girls as if they were figurines,

enjoying their service while indulging in a pleasant school life.

The best moment? It was when he used the girl who had tormented him as a doormat.

Yu-jin deliberately didn’t take her like the other girls.

Instead, he controlled her through violence, ostracism, and fear.

“Hey, your arm is lowering!”

“Kyaa! Yes, yes! Sorry!”

Treating the girl like a chair,

Yu-jin enjoyed the services of Young-hee and the Class President.

“Aww, Mr. Yu-jin, can you look over here?”

“Me, I tried something different today—how does it look?”

There was no longer any sign of model students from either of them.

All that remained was two girls fawning over the boy they liked.

Anyone who looked down on him or belittled him—he broke all their limbs.

And those who merely stood by—all of them ended up under him.

Well, almost everyone.

“…What is going on here?”

Except Chul-soo.

“Yu-jin Kim… is this what you’ve become?”

After-school classroom.

Chul-soo muttered as he stared at Yu-jin, who now ruled like a king.

Yu-jin had been conducting everything secretly until now.

Even while everyone feared him and he claimed women,

he avoided being noticed by Chul-soo.

It was quite the hassle,

but after recruiting all the students, it became surprisingly easy.

Not out of fear.

He simply wanted to show him.

Having perfectly obtained everything he desired,

and having taken everything from Chul-soo,

he wanted to display himself just like the first day he came to this Academy,

when Chul-soo treated him that way.

“Young-hee, what exactly…”

“Ah, Chul-soo.”

Young-hee called his name as if it were nothing.

She was lying on Yu-jin’s lap, exposing her belly, and acting cute like a kitten.

When her chin was stroked, she purred happily.

“Can you wait a moment? I’m getting affection from Yu-jin right now.”

“Huh?”

“Hehe, there are so many girls now, so if my turn gets delayed, I’ll have to wait a long time. So please wait a bit~”

Saying that, she resumed enjoying Yu-jin’s caresses.

Clearly, something was wrong with the situation.

Chul-soo’s gaze turned toward Yu-jin.

“You, what exactly have you done?”

“It’s nothing much.”

Chul-soo lowered Young-hee gently.

Young-hee puffed her cheeks slightly in dissatisfaction.

Ignoring that, Chul-soo stepped forward.

“I guess you accepted this fate.”

“Accepted it?”

“The strong can do anything and be forgiven, while the weak must endure whatever happens to them. Isn’t that how the world works?”

“Hmph, nonsense!”

Chul-soo’s black eyes burned with anger.

Yu-jin felt nostalgic looking into his eyes.

Ah, yes.

Those were the same eyes he’d seen on the first day.

He had wanted to see those eyes again so badly.

The day Chul-soo mercilessly beat him when he first came to school.

That day when everything broke, and he was plunged into hell and despair.

If only he could go back to that day…

He thought about it hundreds, thousands of times.

With even denser emotions than before,

Chul-soo glared at him with the same rage from that day.

“That day, you hit me, remember?”

“Yeah, after that day, I thought I’d never cross paths with you again.”

“Wow, too harsh. You trampled someone else’s life and now think it’s over because you don’t want to deal with me anymore? That’s unfair.”

Yu-jin smirked.

With half-mad eyes, he stared straight at Chul-soo.

Then he spread his arms wide.

Behind him stood everything he’d built up so far.

“What do you think, Chul-soo?”

“What about?”

Beautifully adorned, the women gazed at him with playful smiles.

On their knees, trembling in fear while awaiting judgment, were the guys who had bullied him before.

He proudly displayed them like war trophies, like a child showing off.

“Haha, I’ve avenged myself against everyone. Everyone who harassed me, who made me suffer—I made them all kneel. There were tough times, moments when I wanted to give up, but eventually, I got my revenge!”

“Now no one can torment me! Everyone worships me! School isn’t like hell anymore! In fact, it’s fun! You know, I’m tasting happiness for the first time in my life!”

“I owe you a thanks! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known this feeling! Wasn’t this what you were trying to teach me? The world is all about power! The strong can take everything! Isn’t that what you did to me? And you were right!”

Chul-soo gritted his teeth.

He was completely insane.

With a face full of madness, he spouted crazy stories without hesitation.

“Chul-soo, you taught me this! So you really were my friend after all, huh? This was your friendship!”

If the person standing in front of him were an ordinary human, it would have ended as mere delusion.

Unfortunately, Yu-jin possessed strength.

And that led to this result.

“Why… why do you have such amazing power yet waste it on… something like this…”

“Haha, why, you ask?”

Yu-jin’s laughter suddenly stopped.

Still wearing a faint smile,

tears streamed down his eyes.

His emotional changes were unpredictable.

Chul-soo felt chills run down his spine with every reaction from Yu-jin.

“Haha, you know… I wanted to be like you.”

“Huh?”

“I wanted to be acknowledged like you. I wanted to make friends and play normally. I wanted someone precious!”

His voice carried both tears and sincerity.

Like a trapped animal screaming its last cry before death,

Yu-jin let out a desperate wail.

“Why did everyone bully me?! Why did you all abandon me?! I endured, I held on, I kept holding on, believing things would get better someday no matter how painful and hurtful it was!”

This story began from the first day Yu-jin came to the academy.

It was about the bullying from the other kids.

“I just wanted to have a friend…”

Yu-jin’s heart stopped there.

Actually, it couldn’t stop; it had to keep going.

If he hadn’t met Rime, he would have jumped off the roof and ended his life that day.

“I just… wanted that! That’s all I wanted! I didn’t want anything extraordinary! Just one friend who would listen to me! Why did it end up like this?!”

“……You’re insane.”

Chul-soo silently drew his sword.

Clearly, Chul-soo knew little about what Yu-jin had gone through.

To be honest, he didn’t care.

“I don’t know what happened to you, but I feel sorry for it.”

To him, it was already over.

Yu-jin was just one of the unpleasant memories.

“But even if you suffered, that doesn’t justify doing these kinds of things.”

And he was right.

Yu-jin might have been the victim once,

but that didn’t excuse everything.

Especially dragging innocent people like Young-hee and the Class President into it was unforgivable.

Yu-jin was evil.

A fact that couldn’t be denied, nor should anyone deny it.

“So, where exactly did it all go wrong?”

But, the world doesn’t always work that way.

Evil doesn’t always lose.

-Pwahk!!

A chilling sound filled the air as Chul-soo’s chest was pierced.

“Huh…?”

Chul-soo looked down in confusion.

A long tentacle had burst out from his chest.

“Cough…”

Bright red blood dripped down.

But strangely,

he didn’t feel pain.

He knew something was wrong with his body,

but he didn’t feel any pain or sensation.

It was as if all control over his body had been taken away…

“I truly suffered, you know. I lost everything to you and felt so angry.”

“You… surely you’re not gonna…”

“Haha! So I’m going to take everything from you too.”

Yu-jin grinned cheerfully.

……

……

Chul-soo instinctively understood what Yu-jin intended to do.

“I’m taking your body, your powers, your talents, your relationships, your past, your future, your entire life.”

Literally, the guy planned to take everything.

Abandoning his own past and body, he would claim Chul-soo Kim instead.

That was Yu-jin’s ultimate revenge.

“Don’t worry. You’ll be remembered as the hero who defeated the terrorist Kim Yu-jin.”

“Kim… Yu-jin…”

“I’ve already brainwashed the kids! They won’t say a word! They’ll obey me absolutely and act accordingly! The villain ‘Kim Yu-jin’ will die, and everything he accomplished will be passed on as your legacy! Even Young-hee, the one you love, I’ll take care of her for you.”

“Stop… it…”

“You’ll enjoy a pleasant school life in my stead. So farewell, Chul-soo. And thank you!”

“Kim Yu-jin!!!”

Chul-soo cried out in anguish, but nothing changed.

As the tentacles moved, his consciousness faded completely.

[Breaking News! Heir of Hwagcheon, Kim Yu-jin, commits mass terrorism at the Academy! What was the true nature of the dark magic revealed by the hostages?]

[Genius swordsman, Kim Chul-soo, becomes a hero for saving dozens!]

[Yu-jin Kim dies during the terror attack. Most opinions agree it was self-defense…]

[Kim Chul-soo receives the youngest national Chungmugong Hero Medal. “His contribution to saving dozens of lives is beyond what a medal can encompass.”]

[Top Guild Baekryeon plans to immediately scout Kim Chul-soo upon graduation with top-tier conditions.]

While reading the article, ‘Chul-soo’ hummed a tune.

The blonde girl sitting beside him, Rime, asked,

“So, now that your revenge is complete, what’s next?”

“How about devouring Hwagcheon next? I hope they regret abandoning me.”

Looking at the cheerful boy, Rime smiled contentedly.

“Hmm, a very cool idea.”

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