Chapter 83: Today, Lee Yu-jin Is a Baby
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 83: Today, Lee Yu-jin Is a Baby
“You just have to pick the one that’s different from the four options. Simple, right?”
“Yes, very simple. I assume the questions won’t be that easy, though?”
“Of course. We’ve prepared some common sense questions that any Navy pilot should know. We’ve taken the fact that you’re a high school girl into full consideration.”
Thump-thump. Thump-thump.
The time has finally come to show off my hidden love for weaponry...
[1. Destroyer]
[2. Cruiser]
[3. Aircraft Carrier]
[4. Submarine]
“Now, our MC will solve the quiz along with you, but we’ll naturally give the first choice to today’s star!”
“Go ahead. Take a guess.”
“...”
My expression almost crumpled, but I suppressed it as much as possible.
I really tried my best to hold it in.
‘Are they serious? Is this supposed to be a question? Am I supposed to feel proud for getting this right? I’m having an existential crisis...’
At this moment, I didn’t care if I was a high school girl or a high school boy. This was just absurd.
What exactly do people think a high school girl’s combat power is?
Don’t they know the military ‘axiom’ that the combat power of two special forces members equals one high school girl, and three high school girls together can take down a tank?
“Is it a bit difficult? Want a hint?”
“Wow. It’s. Real. Ly. Hard. I have no idea what the answer is. What is it?”
Because of my sky-high sense of self-loathing, I didn’t want to get it right, so I just brushed it off half-heartedly.
Getting this right would be an insult in itself.
“The answer is number 4, the Submarine. The other three sail on top of the sea, but number 4 sails under it. A Navy pilot should obviously know that, right?”
“Wow. Wow. That. Real. Ly. Is. Common sense that any Navy member should know. Thank you.”
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└ Yu-jin is so cute lololol
└ Look at her getting them all wrong T_T So pitiful T_T
└ She’s trying so hard to get at least one right but then she just gives up
└ I mean, they should at least let her guess. How is a high school girl supposed to answer military questions when they add a rule that she has to explain the answer?
└ Yu-yu just gave up because they told her to explain it T_T
└ Honestly, there are a ton of questions here even I don’t know. How is a high school girl supposed to get them? U Puzzle is being too harsh.
To the live viewers, Lee Yu-jin looked like a fragile girl who helplessly gave up as soon as she saw the questions.
And that dealt a fatal blow to their hearts.
└ Sigh, Yu-jin is so cute I’m going crazy T_T
└ My heart already exploded; my feet are pumping my blood for me now. If I stop walking, I’ll die.
└ Yu-yu is so lovely!
A string of relatively easy questions followed, but Lee Yu-jin didn’t get a single one right.
The MCs, who were both veterans, gave Yu-jin the first crack at the questions before taking turns answering and kindly explaining them.
To the production crew and the viewers, it was a heartwarming sight, but...
└ Something’s weird? Rocktten Jupiter Bell is a total mildeok, there’s no way she can’t answer such easy questions.
└ What are you talking about? How is a high school girl supposed to know that hard stuff;;
└ No, no. Before she’s a high school girl, she’s the Challenger of Challengers, the Guardian of the Rift.
└ What does being the Challenger of Challengers have to do with military stuff?
└ LoL fans really think they own the world, don’t they?
└ Ever since it got out that Yu-yu is Rank 1 in Solo Queue, they’ve been acting so smug.
The difficulty level of the quiz rose slightly.
[1. F-15]
[2. F-16]
[3. F-18]
[4. B-52]
The two MCs hesitated for a moment.
The trap was glaringly obvious.
‘Only number 4 starts with a B?’
‘It’s a trick to make it look like number 4 is the obvious answer. Then the real answer must be among 1, 2, or 3.’
That was when Lee Yu-jin raised her hand as if she had resigned herself (or so it seemed).
“The answer is number 3.”
The viewers who ‘knew a thing or two’ chuckled, enjoying Lee Yu-jin’s wrong answer.
└ It’s not 3, it’s 4 lol
└ She’s been failing so much that the crew put in the B-52 bomber, the only one with a different letter, just so she could get it right.
└ Explanation: 1-3 are fighters. 4 is a strategic bomber. GG.
└ Thanks for the kind explanation. I thought 4 was the answer too, but I didn’t know why. It was just so obvious they were pushing it because it starts with a B.
The PD also had a wide "fatherly" smile on his face as he asked the MC to request an explanation from Yu-jin.
The main MC asked with a face full of laughter.
“You have to give at least a minimal explanation. No guessing allowed.”
Lee Yu-jin thought to herself.
‘You probably wanted me to pick number 4, but I don’t feel like falling for your obvious intentions.’
The intention was so clear and transparent that it actually made her want to troll them.
In this moment, Yu-jin could understand why Jang Hyun-soo, Jung Yoon-ah, and Jang Ji-hye felt such happiness watching viewers tear their hair out.
“Only number 3 is capable of carrier landings; the other three models can’t. So, I think number 3 is the answer.”
“...”
“...?”
The MCs’ faces were washed with bewilderment, and the PD, shocked with his mouth agape, hurried to check the facts.
“Hey, is this right? Are you sure?”
“The explanation is correct. Only number 3 is a carrier-capable model; the others can’t land on one.”
“Do we have to count this as correct?”
The viewers also flipped out.
└ Huh????? I obviously thought B-52 was the answer.
└ I’m a born mildeok but I definitely would have picked 4.
└ But she’s not wrong. If you’re going by carrier landing capability, 3 is the right answer.
└ The crew messed up the question lol.
└ No, no, that’s not what’s important right now.
└ How does a high school girl know that????
└ Isn’t that just common sense that a Navy. Pilot. should obviously know?
“Co-correct! That is correct! You even gave a perfect explanation!”
“Do you have any further comments?”
Yu-jin said nonchalantly.
“It was a question where the answer changes depending on whether you look at it as Fighter vs. Bomber, or Carrier-based vs. Non-carrier-based. It wasn’t a very good question.”
Yu-jin smirked toward the off-camera area, and the PD, who took that smile head-on, clutched his chest and staggered.
“Br-bring them all! Bring everything!”
“Wh-what?”
“The high-difficulty questions! Hurry up and bring them all!”
“We didn’t even prepare stuff like that in the first place, what are you talking about?”
“Just bring them! All of them! If we don’t have any, make them up and bring them!”
The studio suddenly became frantic.
Easy questions meant to stall for time were poured out again, and Yu-jin reacted with indifference.
The staff broke into a cold sweat seeing her attitude.
They finally recognized it. The dignity of a master.
‘It’s not that she couldn’t get them right until now...’
‘Was it just that getting them right hurt her pride?’
Finally, the squeezed-out high-difficulty (relatively speaking) questions arrived.
The questions were handed to the main MC, and as soon as he opened the card, his eyes shook.
‘How is anyone supposed to get this right?’
The viewers burst into laughter at the emotion clearly visible in his eyes.
“N-next question. From now on, the answer will only be recognized if you provide a full explanation.”
[1. Queen Elizabeth]
[2. Yorktown]
[3. Shokaku]
[4. Zeppelin]
└ I’m losing my breath here.
└ Okay, mildeoks, step up.
└ Honestly, I have no idea. What’s the answer?
“The answer is number 1.”
“The, the explanation...”
“Number 1 is an active-duty British carrier, while the others are carriers from the World War II era. Number 2 is American, 3 is Japanese, and 4 is German—though that one never actually made it to sea.”
“C-correct!”
After that, Yu-jin’s barrage of correct answers continued, while the two veteran MCs could do nothing but sweat.
└ The reason I got them wrong in the beginning was because getting them right hurt my pride...
└ Yu-yu was a shy mildeok all along.
└ I told you Rocktten Jupiter Bell was a mildeok T_T
└ You’re telling me the world’s prettiest high school girl elf is a LoL geek AND a military geek? How are men supposed to handle this??
└ They can’t, they’re dying right now.
└ I’m already dead.
└ An actress has been hiding her mildeok power this whole time... damn.
Yu-jin continued to get them right one after another.
The PD, fallen into a state of helplessness, finally brought out the last remaining question.
“I still have one shot left... I can take her down...”
“PD-nim, why are you trying to take down a VIP guest?”
Regardless, the main MC received the question and revealed it.
At some point, the flow had changed so that the two MCs would pick an answer first, and Yu-jin would step in at the end.
① Chunmoo
② HIMARS
③ Militia
④ MLRS
“Uh... I think it’s number 4. Because it’s the only one written in English.”
“But isn’t number 2 just the English name written in Hangul?”
“Ah, is that so?”
While the two MCs were confused, Yu-jin stepped in nonchalantly again.
“Number 3.”
“P-please provide an explanation.”
“Setting aside the tedious and pedantic view that 1 and 2 should be grouped as sub-concepts of 4... 1, 2, and 4 are all ground-launched rocket systems. Only number 3 is a nuclear missile.”
“Wh-why is a ‘Militia’ a nuclear missile?”
“I assume you’re referring to the LGM-30 Minuteman, which is currently the only ground-launched ICBM the U.S. possesses. Surely you didn’t actually mean a literal militia.”
The PD and the two MCs fell silent, while the viewers simply cheered in delight.
└ Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! This is U Puzzle! We have been sunk!
└ A prepared pilot with a clear reason for being cast.
└ Yu-jin, get in the Hornet.
└ Fine, I’ll fly it myself!
└ I wish the Air Force Chief of Staff would make a grand decision for the sake of the country and let Yu-yu secretly grab the control stick once...
└└ Not ‘grand decision,’ it’s ‘patriotic decision.’
└└ Oh, my bad T_T
└ Chic Yu-jin is so pretty too T_T
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After that was a calm talk segment.
They even revealed photos from my childhood—not ones I prepared, but ones my brother selected. Naturally, there was no silver-haired mode.
“Oh, so you were already fully grown by the second grade of elementary school?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“You must have had many funny episodes during school trips.”
“During school events, I was often mistaken for a teacher.”
“You truly are the icon of growing up well.”
The MC didn’t forget to promote the movie either.
“I heard you’re appearing as an ace pilot in your next work. When can we see it?”
“Filming will likely start early next year once the weather clears up. I’m not sure about the release date, but I heard they want to release it as soon as possible.”
“Isn’t the time too tight to learn how to fly?”
“Ah, for pilot roles, the actor doesn’t actually fly. They sit in the back and act like they’re flying.”
“That’s a shame. I heard you have great athletic nerves. Is there any way you could train hard and grab the control stick even for a moment?”
I almost laughed at the completely impossible suggestion, but I stayed as calm as possible.
“It’s impossible. Handing over control of a military asset worth tens of billions of won to a civilian, even for a moment? That’s a major security breach that would lead to a string of resignations, starting with the Minister of Defense.”
“Wow, you really know a lot about those things for a high school girl.”
“Just listening to you talk, it’s like you’ve already completed your military service.”
Finally, the question I had been waiting for came up.
The one I had seen on the pre-distributed questionnaire.
“What is your ideal type?”
I looked straight into the camera with confidence and declared.
“I don’t have one.”
“If there isn’t one among real people, could you at least tell the fans what kind of style or personality you prefer?”
“I don’t have one. None at all.”
Thinking of the "confession saplings" growing around my cozy Hannam-dong villa, I spoke clearly, as if driving a stake into the ground.
“I don’t have an ideal type, I have no preferences whatsoever, and I’m going to live with my mom and dad for the rest of my life.”
You confession saplings, did you hear that?
I’m not saying this for your sake, I’m saying it for my own peace of mind, so carve it into your hearts...
“Pfft!”
“Hahaha!”
“...?”
The two MCs suddenly burst into laughter, flustering me for a moment.
“Ah, you’re so cute. My daughter used to say that too. I suddenly miss those days.”
“I’m serious, though. I’m really going to live with my mom and dad forever.”
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[Title: Today’s Lee Yu-jin is a baby]
(Baby Elf declaring she has no ideal type.mp4)
(Baby Elf confidently answering she’ll live with her parents forever.mp4)