I Need Women's Gear
A woman's gear. 01
Honestly, it was hard to buy. The video's content was just too outlandish. A shaky, low-quality clip showing a stunning beauty—who'd just registered her hunter license that day—teaching a Gold hunter two tiers above her a lesson? Even webnovels get flak for lacking plausibility like that.
Which only made it spread faster.
The videos started spreading across communities.
Thanks to that, internet experts and armchair hunters mobilized en masse. In-depth, rigorous debates raged on whether the video was real or fake.
Then, eyewitnesses claiming they'd seen the incident live at the Hunter Center started popping up one by one.
The waiting room grind—hours of boredom—plus how newbie hunters and aspiring ones dove headfirst into communities fueled it.
Then another post went up.
The post logically laid out the before-and-after of why the fight broke out. But above all, the clear photos attached were killer. Shot from high up, the whole scene was crystal clear at a glance.
The fake controversy died down quick. Unwarranted Yeonwoo hate simmered too. Like someone planned it. The community buzz cooled a notch.
The smackdown video spread everywhere. Even unexpected spots played it.
"Hey, work-study kid. Prof's using the beam projector today—got it ready?"
"Yeah, TA noona. Not much time left anyway, wanna just drop the screen and project?"
"Hm. Should be fine. Prof hates anyone near the podium mid-lecture, so yeah, better."
"Got it. Oh, TA noona, you see this?"
"You the prof? 'This'—how would I know."
"It's blowing up rn. Check it."
The work-study guy tapped the keyboard lightly. Mid-projection to the lecture hall, the infamous smackdown video started playing.
"Whoa, what."
"Ahh, that. Was all over Facebook yesterday?"
The college students gathered eyed the screen. Yeonwoo's little sister Yeonseo was among them. But uninterested in trends or SNS, she just glanced and looked away.
"......Huh?"
Then, sensing something familiar, she looked up.
Whoosh! Swish!
"Still wild on rewatch."
"What kinda Stigma makes you that strong?"
Amid natural gasps of awe, Yeonwoo dodged the wooden sword. Her counter soon dropped Nade Man to his knees. She kicked his jaw hard, toppling him. Then rifled through his stuff.
"Crazy, oppa?!"
Thud!
Yeonseo shot up in shock. Her desk rattled, drawing eyes. Especially that "oppa."
"Uh......"
"Yeonseo?"
"......Oppa?"
Students alternated glances between Yeonseo and the screen.
"Yo, she said oppa."
"No way, that's her bro?"
The only guy onscreen fitting "oppa" was the thug hunter sprawled on the floor.
"S-Seoah. That real?"
"Huh? No! No way that thug's my oppa!"
Yeonseo shook her head frantically, pointing at Yeonwoo standing tall beside the thug.
"No, unnie! I call her oppa sometimes cuz of her personality, but obviously unnie. My unnie, that one!"
Yeonseo yelled desperately. No way she'd let that thug get mistaken for her oppa—college life would suck, and viscerally gross.
But she didn't foresee her words' ripple.
"For real? That's your unnie?"
"Yeah. Suddenly awakened yesterday and bounced."
"Whoa, insane!"
Students swarmed Yeonseo instantly.
"She got Insta?"
"What Stigma lineage? Congenital awakening?"
"Introduce me?"
"Quit screwing around."
"What's unnie like normally?"
Interest exploded.
"What, her. Don't look alike at all."
"Fr. Half-half mix and they latch on."
"Lying for attention?"
Not all eyes were kind. The video's impact was massive.
"Hold up, chill. Class starting soon."
"Close with unnie?"
"Yeah, but......"
"Really? Dying to know!"
Yeonseo glanced at the screen. Her now-female oppa openly looting the guy's jacket. Imagining everyone seeing it cracked her up.
"Her sense of responsibility's top-tier."
Suddenly, the orphanage fire. That steadfast back carrying her.
"She really was strong......"
Yeonseo's lips curved softly. Always her proud oppa. Now unnie to the world—couldn't hold back the smile.
"Seoah, you. You can smile like that."
Her seatmate's eyes widened. First time seeing aloof, class-only Yeonseo beam like that.
Meanwhile, back at the noisy Hunter Center from before.
The controversy's star rose late, scratching her exposed belly freely. Quite the sight.
Couldn't stand the bra, tossed it—loose crop top barely on. Bottoms? Just trunks pinched at the waist.
"Lemme see, egg in~"
Voice too pretty for such nonsense humming.
But even that looked casually cute—unbelievable.
"Done."
Yeonwoo killed the flame. Didn't move the pot. Just leaned on the sink to slurp ramen.
Slurrrp!
Steaming noodles vanished into her pretty mouth. Ate fresh-boiled ramen without cooling—impressive.
"Technically, hot's pain too?"
Yeonwoo mumbled, chewing piping ramen. Her trait [Pain of Loss] dulled pain perception. Made hot food easier?
"Hunters are wild."
Traits stacking for strength especially so.
Clunk.
Yeonwoo slammed the empty pot, grabbed water. Now the highlight. Pulled weapons from her Bag.
Practice wooden sword and Real Combat Compression No.2.
Too crowded yesterday for fusion. Home, crashed on bed from fatigue—now.
"This too."
Hunter weapons were wild too. Base iron series with low-grade options. Tests showed ~10% power boost per low-grade.
Yeonwoo had six. Simple sword slash? Cutting, weight, sharpness—three adapted. 10% each stacked to ~33% boost.
◈ Option: [Rotation Power]
◈ Special Option: [Focused Slash]
Perfect starter weapon. Top base performance for grade. Famous even among rares for options sans low-grades. Focused Slash? Gold.
"Great start."
Yeonwoo gave Nade Man brief thanks, fused Real Combat Compression No.2.
"......Here it comes. Finally."
Inner power surged. Stigma effect—hadn't even entered a Gate, but tier upped.
Yeonwoo checked status quick.
"Ooh!"
Yeonwoo eyed the status glowingly. Hunter base class: tier and stage. Experience from activity raised stage. Stages hit threshold? Tier up.
Stage ups could grant new traits. She'd just hit Tier I Stage 2, snagging [Weapon Block].
Tier ups massively boosted physicals. Crucially, elevated presence amped the hunter's core Stigma.
Stages: small growth. Tiers: big.
Tier walls were thick—Yeonwoo vs. Nade Man blew up for reason.
"Weapon Block already."
As mentioned in the duel, armed hunter basics: block and dodge. Weapon Block was block's foundation.
Past Yeonwoo split eras pre/post it—solid performance.
[Weapon Block]
Treats weapons as shields.
[※ Shield recognition halves performance.]
Hunter weirdness: trait perception literally changed performance. Halved? Still expanded uses wildly. Shined blocking projectiles/magic.
"This spec slaughters Ant Nest easy."
Ant Nest. Iconic newbie Gate, rite of passage for all hunters. Yeonwoo's first stop naturally.
"Wait, did Ant Nest liberate around now?"
Memory fuzzy five years back. Tier I anyway—no biggie liberated or not.
"Alright. One last prep and done."
New weapon fusion. New trait even. Perfect.
All but one thing.
"Buy gear."
But precious gear she couldn't solo. Needed help bad.
Same day afternoon. Bustling street shopfront.
"S-Seoah. Can't we come back later? Please?"
Yeonwoo hid behind Yeonseo, head down, lost.
"Jeez."
Yeonseo eyed her exasperated, then dragged her in forcibly.
"Makes sense for the girl who beat a dude senseless to tremble at underwear?"
"B-But......!"
"No buts! You begged to come!"
Yeonwoo sought the final piece for her new setup.
Women's innerwear shop.
Bra specialty store.