Chapter 124: Verification of Life (3) (1/2)
They were the reporters who had been waiting outside the Portal Bureau.
Yeorum had a lot of enemies, and many were badmouthing her regarding the underground dungeon raid already. Since she displayed a power level that was beyond that of a cadet despite the hatred, it was clear that her interview would be a hot issue no matter what her response was.
Dozens of reporters ran towards her like zombies, while the security guards of the Portal Bureau stopped them.
“Please don’t come too close to the cadets!”
“They just finished a battle. Please understand!”
“Hey, you reporter over there! Where are you from? Keep your distance please!”
The person the reporters wanted to interview the most was naturally Yu Yeorum. She was drenched in blood and sweat and looked unhappy for some reason, but so what? Somehow, they managed to squeeze through the gap and excitedly asked her.
<Q: Was the route you took planned from the start?>
<Yu Yeorum: …>
<Q: It was edited out of the video, but we heard Cadet Sophia Vorkova yell for like one second. Is it true that you arbitrarily decided on another route on the spot?>
<Yu Yeorum: (heaves a sigh)>
But the reporters were stubborn.
<Q: What do you think about people saying that you lacked etiquette?>
<Yu Yeorum: I don’t know.>
The moment their eyes met, fear stiffened the body of the reporter. However, he was delighted inwardly. Since Yeorum finally opened her mouth, his report will gain a lot of traffic.
Soon, the reporters began throwing more aggressive questions.
<Q: When you say you don’t know, does that mean you were blinded by the scores despite knowing that it was against manners, and tried to monopolise it?>
<Yu Yeorum: Ah, what the **** is this **** about.>
“Hello. Why aren’t you pushing these guys away?”
In response to Yeorum’s irritated voice, the guards came and pushed the reporters away, but there were too many reporters in comparison to the guards. Before long, other reporters came and asked her.
<Q: Cadet Yeorum’s victory is, in essence, the victory of our proud Republic of Kore…>
<Q: Kim Ji-in and Hisaki Soujiro, these two cadets are really weak as cadets. Was there a reason you brought them togeth…>
<Q: If you failed, Sophia Vorkova would’ve suffered a big loss to her score. Cadet Yeorum, don’t you think your self-confidence is too excessive…>
Hearing the questions go on and on, she stopped her feet. Then, she turned around.
<Yu Yeorum: What’d you say, you ****?>
When the interview was shared after having the profanities filtered, Yeorum’s fancafe, ‘Crazy for Yeorum’ went wild.
– Looooll
– Our Boss is mad lolololol
<Q: Weren’t you holding your teammates’ scores hostage?>
<Yu Yeorum: Yeah, I did. So what?>
– ;;;Yeah so what if our Yeorum does that!
– Take my useless brother hostage as well unni T.T
– Isn’t it fine since everything turned out well? Lol
– Well, it could’ve been bad for them, yeah…
– Ahh whateverr. It turned out fine anyway kekek.
– True lololol
<Q: What in the world was the reason you brought Kim Ji-in and Hisaki Soujiro, these two weak cadets?>
<Yu Yeorum: Your company uses people like you as well.>
<Q:…>
– Lolololololololol
– So true kekekekek
– Ahh fk. The way she speaks lololol
<Q: The Koreans are excited for the victory of our nation! Please give them a word!>
<Yu Yeorum: I am Chinese.>
When the angry Yeorum said whatever that came to mind in response, one of the reporters was displeased and went a level further.
<Q: Has your personality been like that from the start?>
<Yu Yeorum: What?>
<Q: Cadets talk about how impolite you are, Cadet Yeorum. What’s your opinion on that?>
<Yu Yeorum: Hah, **** you come here.>
<Q: Sorry?>
<Yu Yeorum: Come here you ****.>
– Lololololol
– Kekekek. Our boss lololol she grabbed the reporter by his neck lololololol
– Feels so fuc*ing good lololol
– Hah I love you unni T.T But doesn’t that become a problem? Lair hates things like that Q.Q
– Don’t think so lmao. It’s the reporters that crossed the line first lolol.
This interview was more violent than any other interviews, and her words had crossed the line to the point that the PR team became conscious of the matter.
Thus, the ones that hated Yeorum were extremely angry. They would’ve stopped after swearing one or two times, but this time, they furiously hurled swear words at her.
– She’s crazy for real. She’s actually gone mad.
– Are reporters your friends? Crazy bi*ch;;
– Why is she so rude? Look at how impolite her gaze is. The ones that think she’s pretty need to get their eyes checked. She looks like a venomous snake.
– …Tbh she is pretty. But what if she’s pretty? Her personality’s gone down the drain.
– I liked her before but it’s disappointing. I think Cadet Yu Yeorum crossed the line by too much.
Yeorum herself didn’t care at all, but the ones that loved and cared for Yeorum including Soujiro and Kim Ji-in were displeased. But since the haters began grouping together, even the PR team had to consider the general opinion of the masses.
But that night, the public sentiment was flipped at once.
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[Official Petrovic of the Association]
Title: Thoughts and Manners
As a war correspondent and a world ranker, I’ve been living my life wandering and interviewing people around places where volcanoes erupted, and where grounds ruptured from earthquakes.
Since everyone had the right to know the correct information about what was happening inside the dungeons, we ran, and the families who were waiting for news of their sons and daughters teared up from our stories.
But what’s wrong with the reporters these days? Despite having no manners themselves, they arbitrarily call young and talented superhumans as nobles and yet continue acting without manners.
Of course, this isn’t a problem. Reporters can naturally make others feel uncomfortable. By nature, revealing the inner thoughts should be carried out under the assumption that it will make someone else feel uncomfortable.
But on the other hand, society being unable to handle a young superhuman revealing their own thoughts in a situation like that, is a problem.
Young generation of reporters, you are garbage.
You have made me displeased. But that is fine, because I too, will make you displeased.
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That night, each national broadcasting channel received a call from Petrovic and the Hunter Association. Due to that, the press shared a word of apology, which was rare, and the ones that hated Yeorum hid themselves.
“…”
Against her will, Yeorum had to head to the PR team and be lectured on the ways to treat the media.
She followed them without any complaints.