Chapter 15
Chapter 15
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 15
Chapter Title: High School Girl VS Underground Fight Club (1)
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Good exercise means different things to different people.
Just look at attitudes toward sparring.
Some fighters prefer going light, barely putting any power into it.
Others aren't satisfied unless they're spilling blood.
Even among the world's top pros, the divide is clear.
It's not about right or wrong, or even skill—it's a matter of taste.
I was firmly in the latter camp.
In fact, I had a reputation for going brutally hard.
'Sparring fucking beast mode.'
Of course, I didn't do it with just anyone.
We'd gather folks nationwide with the same hardcore vibe and run training camps.
That way, in my past life, I could throw punches guilt-free.
But things were different now.
'This is frustrating as hell.'
There weren't enough sparring partners who could handle my fists.
Should I just keep pounding the high school girl O-yu-na like that?
A few opponents in the fighter squad could take it at first, but now even they were dodging me.
Keep it up, and they'd all bail—the gym would fold.
So I opted for real combat.
'Time to enter a match.'
Conveniently, help was on hand.
Go Eun-ha:
Jung Seung-hyun rep. Before the main tournament, can I take a fight with this group called Fight Club?
Jung Seung-hyun's influence in this scene was massive.
He even ran his own agency.
Jung Seung-hyun:
Of course, no problem. Their rep's a buddy of mine. I'll check.
But High School Fighting King has big expectations for you, Eun-ha, so there might be some strings attached. Let's talk it over.
Jung Seung-hyun was pretty chill.
Having been a fighter himself, he always tried to see things from our side.
His agency even handled the whole thing for me.
That's how the Fight Club bout came together.
The terms were straightforward.
Jung Seung-hyun:
This match won't go public on YouTube. No filming allowed. Strictly live stream and live audience only.
Fight Club wants a trash talk video, though. You up for it?
Trash talk.
Bad manners in most sports.
But MMA? Totally different story.
'A dash of WWE makes for killer seasoning.'
Fighting's core is combat, plain and simple.
Emotional brawls beat polite tussles for entertainment every time.
Even UFC favors fighters who can talk smack—better marketability.
I enjoyed a good mind game myself.
Go Eun-ha:
Even if you told me not to, I was gonna do it.
Jung Seung-hyun:
As expected, one of a kind 🤣🤣🤣
And just like that, my debut fight was locked in.
When I broke the news, Park O-yu-na leaped like a grasshopper.
"Th-the opponent's Gye Geum-ok?! She's legit tough! Even for you, Eun-ha, it could be risky…!"
Thwack.
"Ow."
"No hysterics."
I chopped her crown to settle her down.
She still wouldn't stop yapping.
"N-not hysterics… Gye Geum-ok's a defector fighter—her clinch game's savage. You know how scary a day laborer base is…?"
Day laborer base.
Meaning her martial arts foundation came from grunt work.
Pure joke, of course.
A jab at top UFC guys who've done day labor or still do.
The vibe: day labor's the ultimate real-world martial art.
"Rumor has it she's not just day laborer—straight outta Aoji coal mine base…."
Aoji coal mine base, huh.
If true, intriguing.
Survivors of hellholes like that are bound to be tough.
But I'd watched her fights.
"Just your run-of-the-mill wrestler? You'd smoke her, O-yu-na."
She seemed a notch below O-yu-na.
"Huh? No way…."
O-yu-na had a soft streak for sure.
Got swept up in the hype, lost all objectivity.
"Fight Club's player pool ain't deep or elite."
Fight Club's a small outfit.
Insider knowledge only—niche audience.
Under 30k subscribers, views in the hundreds to low thousands.
"Fighters from similar local gyms. Probably scraped whoever's nearby."
Heavy local flavor.
Small pond.
"Your amateur tourney, though?"
"Nationwide talent shows up…."
"Exactly. Fight Club's local league—you're nationwide star."
Nationwide O-yu-na stepping into local Fight Club?
"You'd roll 'em all."
Result's a no-brainer.
"R-really…?"
O-yu-na pushed up her glasses, skeptical.
Still on edge, she probed.
"Gonna shoot a trash talk vid too? Fight Club always drops one."
"They specifically asked. Perfect timing—grab the camera."
"O-okay…!"
I had O-yu-na film while I unloaded.
No script.
Just raw, unfiltered gut talk.
'She's a girl, so tone it down a bit.'
My version of gentlemanly smack.
O-yu-na's eyes went wide—clearly not used to this side of me.
"S-saying stuff that harsh… won't she blow up?"
"It's all WWE."
"WWE…?"
"Scripted theater. I'm playin', she's playin'—no real beef."
"But some folks get legit pissed…."
True, some take it too far.
Go full emotion, cross lines,
or sulk like kids post-fight.
"Low self-esteem or estrogen overload, probably."
Not me, though.
World's coolest tetter incarnate.
That's when O-yu-na's phone pinged.
"Gasp! Gye Geum-ok's trash talk dropped first…!"
"Play it."
We watched together.
Interview style.
📹 Interview
-Gye Geum-ok. Greeting to the fans, please. -Hi there~ Gye Geum-ok here~
Her name screamed tough rustic vibe, but her face? Adorably cute.
Bob haircut suited her perfectly—total cutie pie.
The lingering North Korean accent amped it up.
Personality, though? Not so much.
-Heard Go Eun-ha took down An Seung-ho. Thoughts? -Dunno about that, but one thing's crystal clear?
She flashed a bright grin and kept going.
-She's one crooked thorn bush. What'd they call it…? Oh, 'Man-Obsessed Girl'?
Deng-
Felt like a smack to the head.
"What?"
Misheard or what?
Me, Go Eun-ha, tetter supreme—Man-Obsessed Girl…?
-Man-Obsessed Girl, you mean…. -'Girl crazy for dudes'! -Hahaha. Why'd you think that? -Search 'Go Eun-ha' on YouTube. Out pops her dancing in slutty outfits? Tail and all, swaying like she's seducing the world?
Head spun.
Slutty outfit dancing videos?
No freaking way.
"My performance clips are floating around YouTube?"
"You didn't know? Already cracked 1 million views…."
Zero clue.
1 mil on a high school dance team vid?
No reason it'd go that viral.
Influencer or not, I wasn't that big.
"Tons of praise in the comments…!"
O-yu-na must've thought I was thrilled.
She started reciting.
"'Whoa, she's gorgeous'
'Perfect face, insane body!'
'Fan cam of the year!'
'Pure estrogen overload'
'That tail sway's killing me'
'Nailed it~'
Agh, skip the last one…."
"Enough."
Dizzy as hell.
Danced purely for MMA training.
Never saw this coming.
My oversight.
Deal with the fan cam later—file a report at home.
Gye Geum-ok's vid rolled on.
-Who but a man-obsessed chick dances in slutty clothes like that? Bet her MMA gig's just for guy attention. -Final words for your opponent? -Doesn't look serious about fighting. I'll make sure she never sets foot in the game again.
That was it.
She'd branded me a Man-Obsessed Girl.
Some slut dancing in sexy fits to lure dudes.
A fake fighter chasing clout.
"Ha."
Fine, stretch to accept Man-Obsessed Girl.
But me—chew-macho tetter who went life-or-death with an Asiatic Black Bear—not serious about MMA?
Couldn't swallow that.
No one's more MMA-devoted than me.
That's why I could drop everything and dance in a sexy cat suit.
For the fight game, I'd ditch it all—that's me.
"Ugh, need to pound a heavy bag."
Sprung up, charged the bag.
No warmup—middle kick at 100%+ power.
Bam!
The impact thundered through the gym.
"E-Eun-ha? You're not pissed, right? You said it—trash talk's just WWE…."
"Not pissed."
Bam! Bam!
Kwaang-!
"Uh…."
Really, not mad.
Just a tiny bit.
A smidge aggrieved, that's all.
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The next day.
Go Eun-ha's trash talk hit the Fight Club YouTube channel.
Ice-cold expression.
Eyes oozing bloodlust, I growled.
-Gye Geum-ok. Talking all that 'serious MMA' talk? Prove it if you're so real.
My challenge: simple.
-We're playing a game. Wrestling.
Wrestling: her bread and butter.
Hit her where it hurts most.
-Takedown me even once mid-fight? Win or lose, my fight purse is yours. Fail? Yours is mine too.
I didn't just poke her sore spot.
I yanked it clean out.
-North Korean youth national wrestler, right? No way you'd duck this.
Ten minutes post-upload.
Uploader pinned their own comment.
📌 Pinned
— @GyeGeumOk
Betting wrestling against a wrestler? Head must be pitch black. Bonus appreciated~ 🤣
Two weeks to fight night.
Time flew by.
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