Chapter 519 (1/2)

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“The boy named Ban Hwee Hyul? His brother woke up,” said Yoo Chun Young.

“Wow…!”

“He’s probably in the hospital right now.”

Feeling delightful, I exclaimed on the other hand, ‘So, this world is indeed a fiction, huh? As soon as all the problems are resolved, even his brother woke up from a coma. What a perfect happy ending?!’ Then something felt suspicious all of a sudden. Looking at Yoo Chun Young, I furrowed my brows.

“Hold on, but how do you know that we’re related to Ban Hwee Hyul and even deliver us the news?” I asked.

Eun Jiho looked at us as if we’re douchebags. Shortly after, I was at a loss for words at his following remark.

“Then, didn’t you think the fuss you guys had made wouldn’t reach our ears?” sneered Eun Jiho.

“Oh…”

“Ranking Battle isn’t a neighborhood event; it’s a nationwide competition.”

The word ‘Ranking Battle’ that slipped out from Eun Jiho’s mouth without any sense of incompatibility made me realize the identity of this world. Staring at his particularly dazzling platinum blond hair today, I carefully tossed a question.

“… Um, are you also interested in the Ranking Battle?”

“Kidding me? I’ve been thinking that it’s fortunate to have it finally disappeared this time although I’m not sure how long it’ll last.”

Listening to Eun Jiho responding that way with no hesitation, I felt relieved. Based on his reaction, Eun Jiho wouldn’t re-open the Ranking Battle that Ban Hwee Hyul ended and take the new Number one position or something like that. Then, no more Ranking Battle appearing or being held in this novel, right?

What I only did so far was just trivial things–gathering information, stopping the fights, or watching the game in the audience seat–but even those were enough for me to go through such cheesy or cringe moments, so no more, please. Trembling my shoulders, I soon lifted my head upon Yoo Chun Young’s sudden remark.

Frowning, he uttered, “But… something strange happened in the hospital.”

“Something strange? What happened?”

“Oh, oh yeah… that’s why we decided to tell you guys too.”

Even Eun Hyung intervened in our conversation, which made me become more curious. How strange it was to react that way? My eyes then widened at their following words.

“Before Hwee Hyul’s brother woke up… they said someone unidentified broke into his room.”

I asked mischievously, “Wait, you mean…?”

“Yeah, the girl you saw last time… the one with the hoodies who looked like a student in middle school,” replied Eun Hyung without hesitation.

There were goosebumps on my arms. I pulled them into my chest, feeling some cold air flitting across my nape and arms even though it wasn’t winter time right now.

“No way… how could that happen…”

Recalling the girl whom I bumped into in the bathroom but vanished away like a ghost, I shivered and said to myself, ‘She was definitely real. Come on, she won’t be using the bathroom unless she is a person… but how could that happen?’

While I muttered in a daze, Yeo Ryung asked from beside me, “Perhaps she isn’t a human, is she?”

Though it was too serious to talk about superstitious things now, the girl was indeed so mysterious that even Ban Yeo Ryung spoke that way.

Jooin also added with a severe expression, “Maybe she’s like an angel of death.”

“Whoa, it’s surprising to hear that from you,” said Eun Jiho like a joke, but Jooin still looked serious.

“Since she brought two or three people back to life, it’s quite possible. Don’t you think so?”

“Well, kind of make sense though…” Eun Jiho replied apathetically, resting his chin on his palm.

We all tried to guess the girl’s identity for a while–she’s an angel, no she’s a demon–but soon gave up figuring out who she actually was. Unless we see her again and interrogate her identity, the footage in the security camera wasn’t enough to solve the question. However, since the girl was clearly recorded in the video, wouldn’t she be a real person?

I wondered for a moment, ‘Should I tell them that I bumped into her at the Ranking Battle?’ But since nothing was clear, letting them know about it would just bother them even more in this situation.