Butterfly Effect
Butterfly Effect
Rewinding slightly, to when Yujin confronted Winterer.
Fast-moving reporters immediately began writing articles.
They were in such a hurry that they didn't even correct their typos.
[Ninomiya Suspected of Entering Korea Illegally]
[Prime Minister Nakanowatari Accompanied Her... Is the Security Threat Growing?]
'Facts did not matter. They had to post first!!'
Sensational articles poured out.
A Japanese-made Strategic Nuke had struck Korea!
The prime minister had unleashed Aika on Korea! Another Korea-Japan showdown was brewing!
The reporters' hysteria briefly sent Korea into an uproar.
[Korean Awakener Minor Gallery]
Title: Hwang-ika Enters the Korean Gallery lolololol
Title: The Prime Minister Sneaking In Too Is Basically a Declaration of War fr
Title: Please, I Just Put My Entire Net Worth into the KOSPI Today
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Title: Hypnosis Legend Interview Is Up
(Photo of Yujin being interviewed beneath a streetlight)
Three-line summary
1. Nakanowatari warned Yujin about the terrorist attack, saving ten thousand civilians who nearly fucking died
2. Aika followed the prime minister and decided to take Yujin as her disciple
3. Aika saved Seol Hayeon when she nearly fucking died
└ ??????? Is this real?
└└ (Link to livestream replay)
└└ Yujin and Aika literally just said it themselves, yeah
└ Whoa, how did things end up like this?
└ Guys, pause your refugee applications for a second
But now Korea was erupting for a different reason.
Before the hysteria about war could fully spread, more articles poured out.
Every one of them was packed with claims that were difficult to believe.
What? The Japanese prime minister had learned about the terrorist attack and told only Yujin? For Korea's sake?
Japanese politicians normally poked at Dokdo whenever elections came around to raise their approval ratings.
Yet he had simply handed over information this important.
He had even risked being captured by a villain to bring Aika to Korea.
What was with this prime minister?
And Aika herself was going to take responsibility for training Yujin.
Japan was teaching its nuclear technology to a Korean prodigy?
Was Aika staying in Korea personally because taking him to Japan might invite accusations of tampering?
'...What was happening?'
People could only be bewildered.
The excitement over yesterday's Gate subjugation hadn't even cooled.
Then another enormous incident erupted immediately afterward.
There was no way anyone could understand it.
So many people gave up trying.
They decided simply to enjoy it. A grand dopamine festival erupted.
[Korean Awakener Minor Gallery]
Title: So This Is the Current Situation, Right?
Seo Yujin <<< This bastard
got a warning about the terrorist attack from the prime minister a few days ago
while pinpointing every location where Winterer had planted a bomb
cleared an A-rank Gate yesterday with only one other person
then stopped today's sudden terrorist attack with hypnosis
and made Aika's womb throb so hard she took him as her disciple?
And tomorrow he is going to make another insane healing highlight reel?
(Meme of Yujin saying, 'Actually, I'm kind of a big deal')
Goddamn Earth Author, does this narrative make any fucking sense?
└ He even keeps calling the prime minister his older brother
└└ Same energy as giving Võ Chí Công the okay. This bastard is a living legend lol
└ Ah... you again....
A dopamine explosion. A lethal overdose of patriotic pride.
Every online community and article comment section caught fire.
A wholesome young man acknowledged even by Japan's prime minister.
A young man chosen as a disciple by none other than Ninomiya.
And finally...
[Korean Awakener Minor Gallery]
Title: Wait, Guys, Does It Look Like Aika and Yujin Are Living Together?
Aika said 'my disciple,' so I assumed she simply meant her disciple.
But she said it quickly, so I asked a Japanese friend whether the similar-sounding term uchideshi had a special meaning in Japan.
This was the translation they sent me.
==
An uchideshi (内弟子), or 'live-in disciple,' is part of a traditional Japanese educational system in which a master brings a disciple into their home and directly teaches them while they live together.
Characteristics:
The master and disciple share their daily lives, and instruction extends to every aspect of living
A long-term master-disciple relationship
Emphasis on cultivating character as well as transmitting techniques
Admission is highly restricted and requires a rigorous selection process
==
Doesn't that basically mean the two of them are living together?
Am I allowed to be reasonably suspicious?
└ Would Aika live with a man she just met? This panic is ridiculous
└ It is not like Aika is some man-crazed spinster... Wait, huh?
└└ What?
└└ True, she is probably starting to fear getting 'Seol Hayeon'd'
...The truth soon emerged: Aika and Yujin would be living together.
Whatever their master-disciple relationship, they were still an adult man and woman sharing a home.
One of them possessed overwhelming 'narrative plausibility.'
The other was facing a rapidly approaching marriage deadline.
Naturally, improper scenes sprang into people's minds.
Title: Upvote If You Support Yujin x Aika, Downvote If You Hate It
(19,201 Upvotes / 18,891 Downvotes)
Korea split in half.
One faction supported Aika and Yujin getting together.
The other opposed it.
Title: Them Getting Married Is Simply a National Benefit
(Photo of Aika flying on a katana)
Aika does shit like this with pure physical ability
and she might marry Yujin?
She is a perfect Japanese woman, so she'd obey her husband
and if he asked for anything, she'd say, Yes, darling♡ and do it
Japan's Strategic Nuke would basically transfer to us
We have to support it no matter what
└ Ugh, fucking Japanophile trash
└└ (Interview with Aika from elementary school)
└└ Aika's dream since elementary school was to become a good wife and wise mother
└└ Even her parents said in an interview, Please take our daughter. She cooks well and is very obedient
└ Even after filtering out the Japanophile bullshit, marriage is objectively the best outcome
└└ History proves the value of marriage alliances
Those in favor cited the national interest.
It would be ideal if Aika's combat power could be used to defend Korea.
Even if it could not, the marriage would greatly benefit future relations between Korea and Japan.
Title: Even So, a Thirty-Two-Year-Old Crone Is a Little....
Title: Don't You Feel Sorry for Yujin Getting Seriously Pressed by the Breeding Lady?
Title: The Moment They Have a Marital Fight, It Will Turn into a Korea-Japan Match
The opposition argued differently.
Aika was thirty-two. Yujin was twenty.
Aika was certainly beautiful and capable, but a twelve-year age gap was still rather large.
It was difficult to squeal, 'Oh my God, what is going on between them?' without reservation.
Naturally, some people reacted negatively.
And above all...
Title: (Image) The Future We Will Get If We Listen to the Crone Worshippers
Yay~ Everyone in Korea, are you watching? www
I'm going to fuck your precious Yujin senseless starting now~w
I will squeeze out every last drop of his intense patriotism
and turn him into an idiot who knows only Japan. Sorry~w
We'll never send him back to Korea for the rest of his life, though ww
==
It is a composite, but...
How about it, crone squad? Coming to your senses?
└ Oops.
└ Is this an NTR doujin? lololol
└ Oh... I actually like this.
└└ ('Get out of our village, you monster!' reaction image)
Was Japan not more likely to steal Yujin
than Korea was to steal Aika?
A composite image began circulating almost immediately.
That was how wary Koreans were of losing Yujin to Japan.
Of course, the image itself was quickly deleted.
It depicted real people—Aika and Yujin, no less. It was not merely against community rules; it was illegal.
However...
The unprecedented incident had drawn the entire world's attention to that community.
Many so-called 'cyber wreckers' were reposting Korean reactions in their own countries.
They moved faster than the moderators could delete it.
[Thread for Discussing Aika]
(Composite wedding photo of Aika and Yujin)
Huh? What is this?
>>193
Aika!!!?
>>193
We heard she went to Korea, but... WHAT!!?
Thanks to one cyber war correspondent crossing national borders, the fire spread all the way to Japan.
The Japanese found the situation absurd.
Look, we had definitely teased Yujin and Ninomiya with, 'Oh my God, what is going on between you two?'
But everyone knew it had been a joke.
Ninomiya could never be that kind of person.
But...
Yet when they looked at the photo... Huh? The two looked strangely good together.
Look at that smile, one hundred percent pure.
I've never seen Ninomiya look so happy.
[Thread for Discussing Aika]
>>193
Is this... real?
>>193
Aika, you really were desperate....
The Japanese didn't realize it was a composite and swallowed it whole.
Ah, she wanted to get married that badly.
Well, at thirty-two, she was at an age when one might start feeling desperate.
Though this was still rather shameless.
The composite was convincing enough to provoke reactions like those.
———Convincing enough to fool even Aika's parents.
—Freeze.
"Aika...?"
"Honey, what is it?"
"Dear, l-look at this. Our Aika...!!!"
Messages flooded the married couple as they quietly watched television at home.
People they knew had sent the composite image and asked whether it was real.
Their daughter, who'd barely contacted them lately, was embracing Yujin, the young man currently drawing attention across Japan.
She wore a wedding dress and held him with brazen familiarity.
Upon seeing it, her parents naturally...
"Aika finally found a man!!"
"Yes!! I drew great fortune from an omikuji, so this must be why!!"
"This is wonderful!!"
They rejoiced so much that they embraced each other and jumped up and down.
...By ordinary standards, their reaction was absurd.
Their daughter had married without telling them, and they were happy?
They could offer no defense if someone asked what was wrong with them.
But to the two of them, the reaction was perfectly natural.
"We were worried she might live alone forever, like Korea's Seol Hayeon...."
"And Yujin is that boy, is he not? The one who uses a katana and performs all those treatments! Everyone says he may become S-rank!!"
"He is perfect for our Aika!!"
The couple had married young and regarded a woman remaining unmarried past thirty as disgraceful.
Aika was already thirty-two.
They had secretly grown anxious.
Would their daughter spoil before she married, just like Seol Hayeon?
Then the moment a decent man appeared, she had gone straight to the wedding ceremony?
What a wonderful daughter! Such a filial child! She should do whatever she wanted!
Those were the only thoughts in their minds.
"How many children will she have? I hope she has at least four."
"No, she probably cannot have children. Aika is busy and has no time to raise a baby...."
"We can raise them for her! Our grandchildren!!"
"...Of course, darling!!"
The parents then got shamelessly carried away.
As befitted Aika's parents, they did so spectacularly.
"I'll email her and tell her not to worry. I'll also ask her to pass a message to Yujin."
—Tap, tap.
"Condoms... you do not, have to use...."
—Ding!
"......MAMA!!!!!?"
And so, back in Korea,
the butterfly effect caused by the single word uchideshi crashed into the two of them.
The effect was immense.
"C-con... condoms? Why would she suddenly say that? Me, with my disciple...."
"......."
'I knew my mother-in-law was playful, but this was too much!? A sex joke out of nowhere was too strong!!!?'
The atmosphere grew awkward in real time.
Aika fidgeted in embarrassment, making her swimsuit sway with her.
"This is..."
"N-nooo!! I do not know what this is about, but it's not true!!! I did not lie to Mama and tell her that my disciple and I were in that kind of relationship!!"
—Grab.
Aika even grabbed Yujin by the shoulders and shook him.
She feared he might think she was a shameless woman who talked to her mother about marrying him.
A new world unfolded before Yujin.
—Jiggle, jiggle.
"...M-Master!! The ties are coming undone!!!"
"Mama is the one saying strange things!! I swear, I've barely exchanged any emails with her lately...."
"I understand, so please stop shaking me!!!! The ties are going to s-snap!!!"
The long butterfly effect ended in shameless absurdity.
* * *
Winterer's terrorist attack had thrown the entire world into an uproar, and Yujin had resolved it.
Aika had publicly declared that she would teach Yujin, while Winterer had proved that someone could act like a villain without actually being one.
Yujin stood at the center of the storm.
The entire world's attention focused on him.
Even more intensely than when he had reached the No. 1 S-rank before his regression.
It seemed impossible that any future event could ever draw this much attention to him......
[Breaking News — Grade 0 Villain Necromancer Subjugated]
[Necromancer's Massacre Ends: Vietnam's Liberation Day]
[S-rank No. 7 Võ Chí Công Reveals That Seo Yujin Made It All Possible....]
"......!!!!!!?"
The wholesome young man had somehow accomplished even that impossible feat.