Chapter 22 - Chapter 20: Episode 20
Class President Choi Seo-ah helped me pick out my main weapon.
The racks were lined with everything—swords, spears, axes, bows, staves, shields, you name it. We had to choose one because our midterm and final grades would be based on our proficiency with it.
Since I didn't know jack shit about weapons, I just grabbed a sword that looked easy to handle.
There were tons of variations in length and style, so I just settled on a decent-looking one.
"A short one-handed sword? Hmm, it's pretty short. You'll probably need a shield to go with it."
"A shield? Wouldn't that be heavy to carry around...?"
I grumbled, but I took Choi Seo-ah's advice and picked out a reasonably small round shield.
As I grabbed it, she tapped away at an electronic pad, logging the model names.
She kept running her mouth while she worked, and it was a fucking brutal reality check.
"Honestly, weapons are pretty meaningless for you anyway. You'd be better off figuring out how to escape from women's clutches."
"...."
"But you know what? Even after graduating from the six-year program, guys from the Male Service Department are easy targets for villains. As trained sex slaves."
"...Is that so? Wow, that's some really useful information. Thanks."
"Don't be sarcastic. I'm telling you this out of goodwill."
She finished typing whatever she was logging on the pad.
I guess the paperwork for my main weapon was done.
[ Quest Success ]
[ Select Main Weapon ]
[ Reward: Stat Point ]
Once the selection was finished, Choi Seo-ah led me to the training facility.
"The facility assigned to our class is just for our own individual or group practice," she explained.
"But the Academy Comprehensive Training Facility uses a mix of magic and science to generate a realistic virtual reality right inside the room.
You can engage in lifelike mock battles against monsters or famous villains.
It's easily one of the most expensive and valuable buildings in the entire National Hunter Academy.
It cost trillions to build, and the supercomputer in the basement is worth a fortune."
"Whoa... but why is the entry security so lax?"
If it's such an expensive space, shouldn't that blonde delinquent teacher be more careful about handing out the entry password?
Besides, didn't someone from the class hack their way in here in the first place?
"No one can steal it. To break the system, you'd have to infiltrate the underground security room, which is basically impossible.
Users can't compromise it from the surface level. That's why security for regular users up here is lax."
"Is that so."
The Class President gave me a rough rundown—how the facility works, the reservation system, and how to set up a virtual reality mock battle against monsters or villains.
Of course, I didn't really get it; I felt like I'd be screwed if I had to do it alone.
Choi Seo-ah's explanation had been pretty vague, too.
"Hey. Since I'm already here, can't I try training for an hour?"
"An hour? ...That's a hassle."
"Please, I'm begging you. And teach me how to set up the mock battle one more time. I don't know what any of this says.
What's this button for? And why is the setup in English? I'm not good at English."
"Well, obviously because the manufacturer is in the US... sigh. Move aside. I'll do it.
So, who do you want to fight?"
"Who's the weakest opponent? I just need to kill time for an hour."
"What does time matter in training? It's important to have a breakthrough and work hard, even if it's just for a minute.
Ah, do you happen to have a time-related trait? Are you an awakened user of that type?"
"...Uh, um... that is..."
Should I tell her?
As I agonized over it, Choi Seo-ah flinched and gave me an apologetic look.
"No, I'm sorry. You don't have to tell me. I made a mistake asking about your trait and awakened ability. My bad."
Judging by her reaction, it must be rude to ask about someone's awakened ability or trait unless they volunteer it.
"...Still, we've even slept together, you could tell me...."
But watching her mumble in a low, inaudible voice, I figured friends or close people probably share that stuff.
I thought she looked cute while mumbling, so I patted her head.
"Fine, then I'll set it to one Ordinary Female Villain—she's one of the weakest opponents. Let's do one mock battle.
An ordinary woman will be much easier to deal with than a monster that moves like a beast.
Ah, but even if it's a mock battle, don't let your guard down. Real wounds won't remain, but the pain is real.
Unless the pain is intense enough to cause shock, the computer won't block it; it'll transmit the pain to you as is."
"Yeah. Got it."
"And while the movements of villains and monsters differ based on their behavior patterns and personality,
generally, they'll act just like the real thing.
If you let your guard down just because they're fakes created by computers and magic, you're going to get hit hard."
"Got it, got it. Hurry up and summon her."
I listened to her concerns half-heartedly, fiddling with my sword and shield.
A vein seemed to pop on Choi Seo-ah's forehead at my attitude, but I assumed I'd just imagined it.
"Her strength will be at an ordinary person's level, but I'll make her personality a bit vicious."
As Choi Seo-ah operated the console, I found myself standing in a new space.
It was a dreary alleyway in a gray city center, completely blocked off from sunlight.
Just me and one woman.
Oh, this is amazing. Is this how you enter virtual reality?
I looked at the female villain.
But the woman... she was prettier than I thought.
She looked plain, but for an ordinary person, she was actually quite decent.
-"The opponent is one adult Ordinary Female Villain entity armed with a dagger, generally used as a beginner combat gauge. Alright, starting the simulation now. Start."-
Choi Seo-ah's voice echoed from above.
She must be watching us from the outside.
"Hunter? Tch, caught you. Die!"
The female villain immediately rushed at me.
"Uh, uh...? Hey! You didn't even wait for me to answer! No time to prepare myself, just like that...?!"
The female villain closed the distance in an instant and lunged.
You said she was an ordinary woman, one of the weakest opponents!
Is this really a beginner combat gauge? Why is she running so fast?
She... she really feels like she's trying to kill me!
No, ordinary people are... if an ordinary woman just runs up like this and attacks to kill...
A man in a gender-reversed world like me is too weak; I'd die...
Even in the world I used to live in, ordinary women were weak, so if a man with a knife attacked...
-Stab!-
The female villain's dagger plunged into my side.
Blood splattered. It hurt like hell.
"Aaaaaaaah!!!"
-"Hey! What are you doing! You should have blocked with the shield or dodged!!"-
Choi Seo-ah gave me advice from the air.
Fuck, I suddenly hated Choi Seo-ah so much.
Backseat gamer, get out!
"Aaaaaah! Fuck!! Easy for you to say!!"
"Fuck, why is a Hunter this weak? Are you really a Hunter?"
The Ordinary Female Villain spat on the floor and asked me.
She raised her dagger again.
I think I'm going to get stabbed again.
It's fucking scary.
I clung to the air, calling for Choi Seo-ah.
"...Sa-, save me!! Save me, Seo-ah!!"
The villain swung her knife again.
Instinctively, I rolled on the ground, using the alleyway's terrain to dodge, but the female villain showed no mercy.
I had already lost my sword and shield.
Abrasions and shallow stab wounds were appearing all over me.
I was getting exhausted from the pain and the stamina drain.
It hurts, and it's hard. It's hopeless.
The female villain even picked up the sword and shield I'd dropped.
My chances of winning, which were already non-existent, plummeted to rock bottom.
After a pathetic chase scene through the alleyway,
I eventually tripped and got caught from behind.
Perhaps annoyed that I kept running,
the female villain stomped on both my hands, crushing them.
"Aaaaaaaah!!!!!"
I was in so much pain I felt like I was going to faint and lose my mind.
Fuck, you said you'd block the pain before shock!
Perhaps worried that I might run away again,
the villain even severed the tendons in both my feet.
My Achilles tendons? It felt like they'd been cut.
-"Hey! You idiot! What the hell are you doing!!"-
Choi Seo-ah, you fucking bitch! Is that really an ordinary person?!
Fuck, isn't that like an A-rank or S-rank villain?
Why is she so good at fighting... Fuck.
"Haa, sob... sa-, save me.... Is, is this really an ordinary woman? Sob sob...."
The villain smiled faintly.
I felt the fear of death.
"This Hunter is fucking weak.... Hey, Hunter. Do you want to live?"
"Ye-, yes...."
The villain squatted down beside me and said with a grin.
I was in so much pain and wanted to live so badly that I nodded frantically.
"Then I won't kill you. Instead, you have to listen to what I say from now on, okay?"
"Yes, yes.... I'll listen well...."
"Now that I look at you, you're kind of charming. I'll even treat your wounds. If you listen to me well."
The villain carried me on her back and took me to a deeper, completely deserted alleyway.
I didn't resist her rough handling at all.
Inside, the Ordinary Female Villain took out some kind of magic ointment and applied it to my hands and feet.
When she applied the hemostatic and magic ointment to my bleeding side, the bleeding stopped, and the wound seemed to heal quickly.
The pain subsided a bit.
But her hand was rough, so it hurt a lot when she applied it.
Especially on the abrasions and general stab wounds, she applied regular ointment and disinfectant, and it stung like hell.
"Ugh!"
"Fucking Hunter, you're such a crybaby. Hey, hold still. I'm treating you right now.
If I leave you like this, you'll have to live as a cripple with no hands or feet. But are you really a Hunter?"
The female villain seemed to be treating me with some care.
Whether because the treatment was effective or not, the pain subsided significantly, and my crushed hands and feet seemed to have recovered quite a bit.
My hands had been completely wrecked and the tendons in my feet had looked severed—is the magic ointment really that effective?
As I was looking at my healing hands and leg tendons,
the female villain grinned and patted my head.
And then she took off her skirt.
'Huh?'
"Hey. You fucking weak Hunter. Now, aren't you going to pay this big sister for the medical treatment? I'll make you pregnant with my baby."
("Hey. You fucking weak Hunter. Now, aren't you going to pay this big brother for the medical treatment? I'll make you pregnant with my baby.")
For a moment, it was like I heard an auditory hallucination, and I understood the situation.
Because I'm a fucking weak male Hunter, I'm about to get fucked by this female villain.
The villain took off her skirt and panties, revealing her slightly hairy pussy.
It looked experienced and seemed quite aroused, already sticky with arousal fluid.
I think this villain had been planning to fuck me from the moment she dragged me into the dark alleyway to treat me.
I mean, why else would a villain go out of her way to use expensive-looking magic ointment on me?
No, but fuck. You said this was virtual reality—why did you implement things like this?
"I'm going to take off your pants, so stay still. If you resist, you know what happens, right?"
The villain took off my pants.
I didn't resist at all.
If I resisted, the knife at the villain's waist was scary.
"Wow, your cock is fucking huge? Fuck, and it looks fucking delicious.
Fuck, kekeke, I'm really lucky today."