Chapter 85 - Chapter 83: Episode 83
After Ahn Min-seo's swearing-filled chat,
Ahn Seo-yeon started explaining what a villain actually is.
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Villains aren't some grand concept. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : You seem to think villains are all like those epic Demon Kings or Four Heavenly Kings you see in manga. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Ninety-nine percent of villains are just losers. In my book, the other one percent are just slightly annoying pests. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : If you round up all the Academy personnel and jump them, no villain stands a chance. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Heroes of justice always roll in groups of at least five, even when they're only facing one villain. ]
Ahn Seo-yeon seemed to be fishing for a reaction or a quip, but
when I didn't bite, she resumed chatting a few minutes later.
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Generally speaking, if a Hunter—who is basically a weapon from head to toe—leaves the Academy without permission or deserts their unit, they're just a villain. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : For your reference, in China, if a Hunter says 'Xi Jinping is a son of a bitch,' they become the country's top villain that very same day. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : If they get caught, their body just... disappears. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : In China, being a villain is an automatic death sentence. Yet, dozens or hundreds of them pop up every year. It's a truly fascinating country. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Even drug offenders get the death penalty, yet they keep appearing every year. Is it the same context? Anyway. ]
Ahn Seo-yeon seems like the type to go on 'explain-bot' rants or get sidetracked when she's chatting.
You know the type—their personality does a complete 180 when they get behind the wheel or hop on social media, even if they seem normal in daily life.
...Wait, no. Even in daily life, she's not exactly 'normal' by my standards, is she?
Even if I am the Sex Slave Track of an Ero-game world,
a teacher is leading the charge in bullying me...
Anyway, she kept rambling about history and current events I have zero interest in.
It feels like... she's starting to give off a bit of an 'old man' vibe.
Ahn Seo-yeon is definitely in her mid-20s, which in my original world is the age where you start showing signs of being an 'old man'.
It's the age where if you walk into a kindergarten, the kids are already calling you 'ajusshi' or 'ajumma'.
[ Ahn Min-seo : Eonni, it's the same in our country, too ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : I learned about this during a general elective class at the Academy on Friday ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Outgroup homogeneity bias ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : In English, it's outgroup homogeneity bias ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : It's a phenomenon where you perceive differences among members of your own group, but generalize about external groups ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : It's when you think your own group is full of diverse individuals, but you paint other groups with a broad brush ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Easy examples are ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : All women are the same ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : All men are like that ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : People from that region are all weird ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : That race is all inferior ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : People from that country are all retards; they're dirty ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Even in our country, everyone knows that if you get caught committing a crime, your life is ruined, yet tons of people still get caught every year ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : That's true... Yeah. Our Min-seo learned well. Yeah... ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : That lecture on Friday was fun and informative, but our slutty fucker piece of shit must have skipped class and missed it ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : I specifically told you, you piece of shit, just in case you didn't know ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : But you slutty piece of shit, tell me honestly ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : What did you do after skipping class? lol ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Did you fuck another woman? lol ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Ah, thinking about that suddenly makes me even more pissed off ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : This is why they say handsome men act like their faces are worth something ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : They say handsome men are either sluts or celebrities, and that's really true ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : ... ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Eonni, why are you suddenly like that ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Why are you typing '...' ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : No... nothing... it's nothing. ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Why, I'm right, that piece of shit is a slut, right? I didn't say anything wrong ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Yeah... you're right about everything... yeah... ]
The two of them went quiet for a while.
I have a feeling they might be arguing in real life rather than over chat.
After some time passed, Ahn Seo-yeon's chatting resumed.
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Anyway, that's how it is. You must have thought a villain had to commit some huge crime. If a Hunter touches drugs, commits sexual assault, or steals, that's a villain right there. ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : These days, there are even Hunters who were falsely accused of MeToo, driven to become villains, and went into hiding ]
The two of them were just dumping their thoughts on how the world is going these days onto me.
I wasn't interested, so I just skimmed through it half-heartedly.
Maybe because they're both young women in a gender-reversed world,
they were very interested in things like unfair MeToo accusations or the antics of 'Maeminists'.
They were excitedly talking about various cases,
and if you just swapped the genders, it was really similar to the world I used to live in.
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : And Yasuo, the villain with the highest bounty in Japan right now. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : He got pissed off because the Japanese Prime Minister spouted bullshit about how it's okay to eat radioactive material, so he committed a radioactive terror attack on the Prime Minister's residence. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Now he's become Japan's top villain. The bounty is a whopping 4.5 billion yen. That's about 45 billion won in our money. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : In our country, they call him Patriot Yasuo or Yasuo-jwa. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Anyway, becoming a villain is instantaneous and easy. That's what I'm saying. ]
Ah, right.
Come to think of it, when I was training in virtual reality last time...
seeing as there were 'Ordinary Person Villains' too...
Is 'villain' just a term for a rogue or a scoundrel here?
'Ordinary Person Villain'—the very fact that this term exists means that ordinary people are treated as villains depending on the circumstances.
Most people called villains are ability users, but
the existence of the term 'Ordinary Person Villain' itself means ordinary people can become villains, too.
'...But I got trashed by an Ordinary Person Villain back then, and now my stats are even lower....'
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : So, I'm taking you to the Deep Punishment Room, but I won't torture you. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Come to the Holy Sword Department on Monday. Got it? ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : If you don't come on Monday, too... hehehe. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Then you'll be going on a tour of the Deep Punishment Room with me. ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : I clearly warned you, okay? ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : Min-seo already told you what kind of torture you basically get if you're locked up there, right? ]
[ Ahn Seo-yeon : If you come on Monday, I won't hit you or bully you, so you must come on Monday, okay? ]
I was tempted by her promise that she wouldn't hit or bully me if I came to the Holy Sword Department on Monday.
Since Ahn Seo-yeon is a teacher, I didn't think she would break her word.
Wouldn't it be a happy ending for everyone if I just went and offered my dick?
Ah, but what if it's a trap? What if I go and she completely changes her tune and starts beating the shit out of me?
Ah, fuck... But if I really don't go, the Deep Punishment Room is guaranteed...
While I was agonizing over this and that,
there was no response in the chat room, then suddenly, messages popped up urgently.
[ Ahn Min-seo : Hey. I'll talk to Eonni for you, so make sure you come, okay? ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : She won't be that angry, so don't be scared and make sure you come. ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Honestly, I want to see you a lot♡ I really won't be angry♡ ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : I'll treat you really well from now on♡_♡ ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : I really love you♡♡♡ ヽ(*´∀｀) Even if you're a slut, I love you♡♡♡ I'm definitely going to marry you♡♡♡ ↖(♡_♡)↗ ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : The proposal ring was actually something I looked at to confess to you♡♡♡ ]
What the... Suddenly,
the Ahn Min-seo character I saw in the chat completely changed.
And for some reason, the tone sounds like Ahn Seo-yeon...?
Ahn Min-seo hadn't been bothering to put periods or question marks at the end of her sentences until now.
Ahn Seo-yeon, maybe because she's a civil servant or maybe that's just her personality, used them like clockwork.
[ Ahn Min-seo : Ah fuck, delete the text above ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Eonni took my phone and is teasing me ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : She wrote it instead of me ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : If I come tomorrow and check, and it's not deleted, I'll really kill you ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : Delete it quickly, you piece of shit ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : If it's still there, I'll really kill you, delete it quickly ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : If you don't delete it, I'll tell Eonni and drag you to the Deep Punishment Room ]
[ Ahn Min-seo : I clearly said I'd check ]
While I was looking at the chat,
Kim Ji-na quietly approached my side.
I hurriedly and flusteredly closed the chat window.
"Puppy♡ What kind of text are you looking at?"
"...Yes? Ah, it's nothing... Sp-spam text... Ha, hahaha..."
"Really? Fufu♡ Then what does our cute puppy♡ think about skipping Monday?"
"...Eh? Ah, yes...? Ah... th-that is...."
"Hmm♡ Our Do-jin♡ puppy seems to have a slightly different opinion♡"
"Ah, ah... th-that... that's not it... that is...."
"Hmm...♡ Do-jin-ah♡ You can tell me honestly♡ Do you want to go to school?"
"Ah... th-that... well...."
I couldn't think of a good answer.
So, to stall for time,
I deliberately asked a random question.
It was something I was slightly curious about.
I should ask while I have the chance.
"...B-but I suddenly got curious... It has nothing to do with this, but I'm just curious...."
"Hm? Our puppy♡ What are you curious about?"
"...Th-that, if Gina-noona and Ahn Seo-yeon fought... who would win...?"
"Ahn Seo-yeon? Who's that... ah... the Holy Sword Department teacher? The blue-haired one?"
"Yes, ye-yes...."
At my question, Kim Ji-na frowned as if in thought,
and Lee Ji-eun cut in, speaking to me as if I were pathetic.
"Hey. Kim Do-jin. What kind of retarded question is that?
Do you think the Holy Sword Department teacher is some kind of pushover?
In the first place, all Academy teachers are stronger than students.
And Ahn Seo-yeon is that famous Blue Terror, Ice Woman, you know.
She's an elite Hunter cadet who graduated early from the Academy."
"Ah...."
"So she's a tough bitch who's rumored to still be a virgin because she only does studying and training.
No matter how strong Unni is among her peers,
how can you beat such a tough bitch who, despite living the Hunter Academy life—which is like university—
and even being in the Holy Sword Department, has never even fucked a man?
She's famous for the rumor that if she pees, not even a single blade of grass will grow on that ground."
"Ah...."
"But that bitch is really fascinating.
The Holy Sword Department is famous for its promiscuous summer training camps, so how has she kept her virginity until that age?
She's a crazy bitch, really.
Come to think of it, that must be why she's an elite talent who graduated early, which is rare in Academy history.
If she's still a virgin, that's truly legendary.
A crazy bitch who poured her whole life into training and studying...."
"...Ah."
'But I broke that....'
However, if I told them that I fucked Ahn Seo-yeon and took her virginity,
I didn't think Kim Ji-na and Lee Ji-eun would react well, so I didn't say anything.