Chapter 20
Chapter 20
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 20
Chapter Title: Kim Taeyang Knocked Out Professor Shin Hye-won...!! Just How Incredible Is This Guy...?!!
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Her panties were stretched so taut they looked ready to rip at any moment.
No clue what brand they were, but damn, what durability.
"Urgh!!!!!!"
Finally, Kim Taeyang psyched himself up and unleashed his ultimate panty-lowering strike.
The serpent cooped up in those cramped panties shot out with ferocious momentum.
Pew-!
Ever heard the sound of a meat club slicing through the air?
It goes 'pew-'.
Smack!!!!!!!
"Guh...?!"
The launched serpent nailed Shin Hye-won right in the jaw.
Her head snapped back hard, and she looked like she'd taken a massive hit.
But she was a top-tier hero.
Even with her skull rattling from the impact, she didn't pass out.
So Kim Taeyang followed up with a combo.
"Urgh!! Urgh!!!!!"
Smack!!!!!!! Smack!!!!!!!!!!
Shaking his hips for a left hook, right hook... double strike lands...!!!
Thud-
Shin Hye-won finally collapsed.
Kim Taeyang looked down at her and struck a victor's tea-bagging pose.
"Hah? You passed out? Don't play dead—get up!!"
'Don't you dare get up. Stay down there, please...'
He let out a sigh of relief and chuckled to himself when commotion erupted from outside.
"S-someone's down!"
"Are you okay?!"
Seems the students had come in.
Kim Taeyang hurriedly pulled up his panties and zipped his pants.
Even rushing, the belt wouldn't buckle right.
Clunk!
The door finally flew open, and the students witnessed everything.
'That's the Vice Head?!'
Shin Hye-won.
She was out cold.
This was clearly an emergency.
If Ark's number two had gone down, it meant the threat that took her out was still lurking here.
And that terrifying threat...
Was boldly straightening his pant leg.
'This guy's... wearing pants...?'
The male students' pupils quaked.
It took mere seconds to process the scene, but it felt so much longer.
"Hah? What're you staring at?! Hurry up and take her to the nurse's office!!"
"Y-yeah! Got it...!!"
The male students carted Shin Hye-won away.
Their faces were pale as ghosts.
'Kim Taeyang knocked out Professor Shin Hye-won with his dick...!! Just how incredible is this bastard...?!!'
'That fucker...! He even turned my first crush professor into a sex slave...!'
Kim Taeyang's reputation was plummeting in every direction.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ After the students hauled Shin Hye-won off.
Tomo-tan strolled in late.
"Heeeee?! Gun-daru-kun? You took down Vice Head-tan...???"
"Eh, it just kinda happened."
"Did you maybe experience something massive in there...? Like a huge thing bursting from your panties! And Vice Head-tan goes 'ack!' and you go 'hell yeah!'!! Gasp!!!"
The academy head covered her mouth and overreacted dramatically.
"What're you even on about? You sound like a damn kid."
"I almost said it! Gun-daru-kun, come with me for a sec!"
Why was the head calling for me?
She was friendly toward me, sure, but that didn't mean I could let my guard down.
Yokozawa Tomoe.
She was a monster OP character from the game.
Harmless to the protagonist, sure...
But right now, I was pretty much the villain, wasn't I?
"Hah? I'm busy."
"Just for a minute?"
She flashed a grin.
Still her usual playful tone.
But the vibe felt off somehow.
Like if I didn't follow, she'd drag me anyway.
"What a pain..."
Truth be told, I'd planned to have a proper chat with Tomo-tan eventually.
She had a hidden event, but triggering it in the game meant waiting forever.
But now with infinite freedom...
Firing it off was as easy as Pomi scarfing down a bulgogi burger.
"Lead the way."
"Yay!"
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Tomo-tan led Kim Taeyang to her lab.
The reason she'd summoned him was clear.
Kim Taeyang.
His actions were getting way too suspicious.
"Gun-daru-kun. You know the Ark professors think you're a bad kid, right?"
"They make it so obvious, how could I not?"
"There's a lot of talk about you stealing Pomi. They think you did something shady to snag her."
"I didn't steal her—she chose me."
"Yup! I know! Tomo-tan believes in you~"
It was bullshit.
She didn't think badly of him, that much was true.
But 100% trust? Not even close.
He had way too many red flags.
"What do you think of your daddy-o, Gun-daru-kun?"
"My old man?"
"Yup. Word is your daddy-o's a huge bigshot back in Korea?"
Whatever constellations he eyed didn't concern her.
Strong heroes attract strong constellations—that was natural.
You couldn't forcibly steal a constellation no matter what!
That was Tomo-tan's take.
The real issue was his background.
A student gaining massive power with impure motives?
Not just any impure—villain-level impure?
That could threaten Ark, hell, all humanity.
"Not big on talking about my dad."
"Gasp. Why? Bad blood?"
"Eh, just kinda happened."
"Hmm... I see. So you don't plan to become a bigshot after graduation?"
"Hah? Obviously not! This body's gonna be a hero saving the world!!!"
"Ooh."
Kim Taeyang sounded pretty sincere.
Of course, one answer didn't prove everything.
She'd let it slide for now, but he'd stay on the watchlist.
As Tomo-tan went to send him off,
Kim Taeyang tilted his head and asked cheekily.
"By the way, Head. How old are you really?"
"How old do I look?"
"Middle schooler, obviously."
"Spot on! Tomo-tan's a cute middle school girl, 15 years old!"
Tomo-tan's usual joke.
Except it wasn't a joke...
No one believed a 15-year-old claim from someone who'd been around for 50 years.
It was a deep loneliness.
Tomo-tan wanted to play, needed friends to play with.
But she had no time or friends.
No one saw her as 15.
Most just awkward-laughed it off as lame humor.
She wished one person would believe her, indulge her whims.
But no one dared.
All except...
Kim Taeyang.
"Hah?!!!! You're actually 15?!!!!!"
"Hee...? M-me? Why're you mad, Gun-daru-kun...?"
Kim Taeyang's face twisted in fury.
Grab!
He seized Tomo-tan by the collar.
"You little brat who hasn't even hit puberty yet, pretending to be all grown up!!!!!!!!"
"Guh...?!"
Kim Taeyang was way crazier than she'd thought.
She'd wanted kid treatment, but grabbing the academy head's collar...!?
"From now on, no more respect for you!!! Got it, you cocky kid?!!!"
"......"
Her mind blanked.
This wasn't the treatment she'd hoped for...
'He's actually insane...'
It was refreshingly different, though.
15-year-old Tomo-tan burst out laughing.
"Pfft... Bwahahahaha!!"
"Hey! What're you rolling on the floor laughing at?!"
"Gun-daru-kun's too funny!! Hahahahaha!!!"
After cracking up, Tomo-tan snuggled into Kim Taeyang's arms and whispered.
"Special permission: You can drop the formalities with me starting today!"
"The hell? I don't need your damn permission!!!"
Anyway, Kim Taeyang had totally won her over. Tomo-tan thought.
The special day approaching.
Taking him to that sacred place only she could access might be fun.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ For some reason, it was a good day.
Her steps to the convenience store bounced lightly.
She didn't think it was because Kim Taeyang had won the duel.
She still saw him as the enemy.
'Then why do I feel so good...?'
She decided not to dwell on the annoying thoughts.
Today, to celebrate his victory, she'd give him a simple gift.
'Hmph. Not like I like him or anything. Just repaying the gift he gave me. I can't stand owing anyone.'
With that rationalization, she quickly bought ingredients.
Seol Harin's secret technique.
She'd make 'broth tteokbokki'.
Finishing checkout and stepping out, she ran into someone unexpected.
"Harin."
"Kang Ju-hyuk...?"
Kang Ju-hyuk.
He'd lost to Kim Taeyang today and was laid up in the nurse's office.
Seol Harin had heard, but hadn't visited.
Kim Taeyang wouldn't allow it...
No—he'd been dragged off by the head, so she couldn't ask.
She could've messaged, but didn't bother.
She knew he'd say no.
"Your face looks wrecked."
When Kim Taeyang pile-drove him, his face took the brunt first.
Bandages plastered his bruised mug.
"...Sorry. I lost."
"Why apologize to me? Apologize to yourself."
"I wanted to beat that guy... and get Glacis back for you......"
Kang Ju-hyuk clenched his fists.
Bowing his head, he sobbed silently.
Seol Harin had no words.
Didn't know what to say.
Normally, she'd have her comforting lines ready.
When he flunked tournaments, bombed exams—she'd always been his cheerleader.
But now...
'Have I... not thought about Ju-hyuk at all...?'
Kang Ju-hyuk wasn't even on Seol Harin's radar.
How could that be?
After over ten years of friendship, watching his defeat without preparing a single word of comfort?
She couldn't understand herself.
Even more incomprehensible:
'Gotta hurry...'
This moment too, Kang Ju-hyuk wasn't registering.
Kang Ju-hyuk spotted the bag in Seol Harin's hand.
Stuffed with green onions, rice cakes, and other ingredients.
"What's that...?"
"Oh, this? Nothing."
"Now that bastard's making you cook for him too?!"
Seol Harin flinched guiltily. Her excuse tumbled out in a rush.
"It's not like that. I'm doing it voluntarily... Taeyang might seem rough on the outside, but he's got a good heart deep down, so don't worry too much. I'm not really being mistreated..."
She realized as she said it. Her words had stabbed deeper into Kang Ju-hyuk's heart.
"Now you're calling him 'Taeyang'...? What do you mean 'good heart'? You actually like that fucker now?!"
"That's not what I—"
"His dick that fucking good?!"
"What...?"
Tears streamed nonstop from Kang Ju-hyuk's eyes. His body trembled with rage. Seol Harin shook too. Her head spun like bells ringing inside.
"You think I don't know you run to that bastard's room every night and morning?!! Think I don't know you come out exhausted?!! Word's all over!! That you're Kim Taeyang's sex slave, totally hooked!!! How fucking huge is that dick—"
Thwack!!!
"?!"
Something slapped Kang Ju-hyuk's cheek. The weird part: it wasn't a palm.
'A green onion...?'
It was a green onion.
Seol Harin had smacked him with it.
'Green onion slap...?'
Beaten with a green onion. Utterly humiliating and stinging.
"Kang Ju-hyuk... I thought you were my one true friend, but you couldn't trust me and spun that crap instead."
"That crap... real?"
"Think whatever you want, you perv. Move. I'm busy."
Seol Harin brushed past Kang Ju-hyuk. She heard what sounded like sobbing behind her, but didn't look back.
'Was gonna prep before Taeyang got back... Better hurry now.'
Imagining Kim Taeyang shocked by her cooking skills, going "Whoa whoa! This is good?!"
Just picturing praise from her prickly but deep-hearted master...
Squish~♡
Made her heart race for some reason.