Chapter 11
[[HOT] I used to be classmates with No. 120 who showed up at the Seoul exam site today—here’s the story (+207)]
There’s honestly a ton I could say, but I’ll just start with this:
That girl was f***ing insane.
We were in neighboring classes in high school, and seriously, everyone in school knew her name.
One time, she got suspended for two weeks for school violence—or that’s what we thought. But somehow she made some kind of deal with the teacher in the office, and just showed up to school the next day like nothing happened. Wtf.
Anyway, her younger sibling is No. 119, the one attending the exam with her. And as you can tell, that kid’s got a pretty face. Looks kind of like a girl.
And it’s even more noticeable in person, lol.
So back in high school, there were a few guys who used to mess with her younger sibling. A few of my own friends included.
But it wasn’t anything serious, really—just harmless teasing between friends.
You know, the kind of joke you just brush off in a friend group.
No one seriously calls that school violence or freaks out over it.
But she did.
It was during our second year. My friends and I were taking out trash and happened to run into her sibling (No. 119) near the dumpsters.
It was summer, and the kid was wearing gym pants. One of my friends, who’s a notorious prankster, suddenly rushed in—before we could even stop him—and yanked the pants down from behind.
But listen—he didn’t even get them all the way down because Kwon Seo-woo grabbed him just in time. It was seriously more of a fake-out than anything.
So we were all laughing and trying to apologize, just wanting to brush it off.
But apparently, Kwon Ah-sol had seen the whole thing.
And do you know what she did?
She grabbed a wooden bat from the trash pile and full-swung it at my friend’s head—within one second.
He collapsed right there, and we had to call 119. He got taken to the emergency room and didn’t regain consciousness until late that evening.
The next day, there was a huge disciplinary hearing at school, and her comments were even more ridiculous.
She said she had no regrets—and that if there had been a metal pipe, she would’ve used that instead. LOL what a lunatic.
And you’d think with all that mess she’d at least get punished, right? Nope. Nothing happened. Probably some shady deal with the school again.
After that, all my friends just avoided her completely. She seemed totally unhinged.
Once we graduated, no one heard anything more about her. We just assumed we’d had the misfortune of getting tangled with a psycho.
But now? I turned on the TV today and saw her at the Hunter Exam. Seriously??
She’s really out of her mind.
And she did that kind of stuff to multiple people—anytime someone pissed her off, she’d go ballistic.
Now she’s trying to become a hunter? I’m actually speechless.
If she passes, I’m going to the Hunter Association with my friends and we’re gonna protest, no joke. Please share this around—my friend is still so upset about this.
[Comments]
—Did I really just read this? I had to rub my eyes.
—?
—So basically, y’all ganged up to bully a younger kid and got your asses handed to you. Congrats. I can’t believe I wasted time on this trash.
—120 was totally right. Should’ve cracked more heads.
⤷ 222
—Didn’t expect that from 120, but wow, righteous queen. A true model hunter. You have my support now.
—Ever consider cracking your own skull open next?
—“She did that to multiple people.” x4
⤷ Says a lot about the school ^^
“….”
“Gyeon-ah, what are you looking at?”
“Just some dumbasses pouring out their sob story in a dumbass post.”
“Huh?”
Shindorim blinked in confusion at the out-of-nowhere reply.
“Hey, Shindorim. Your younger brother, he’s on the same team as No. 120, right?”
“Huh? Yeah. I think her name was Kwon Ah-sol or something. Why?”
“No reason. Just thought it was interesting.”
“Random as always, huh? You haven’t changed.”
Ignoring him, Baek Gyeon turned his eyes away from the phone and back toward the livestream from the test site.
It was nighttime now, and everyone had probably gone inside the buildings. The face he was looking for wasn’t visible in the drone footage.
All he could see were a bunch of dumb, weak-looking people.
After scanning the screen for a moment, Baek Gyeon lost interest and looked away.
Was that really her personality back then?
He remembered that she had a face almost identical to Kwon Seo-woo—like they were twins.
But if that anonymous post was true, then even a just-awakened, two-week-old Kwon Ah-sol seemed more promising as a hunter than all those idiots wandering around out there.
At least, if she passed.
“Going to sleep already?”
“Yeah. Just going to rest my eyes for a bit. Wake me if anything happens.”
With that half-hearted reply, the gray-haired man disappeared into one of the VIP rooms.
* * *
Hunting the E-rank beast, Aqua Lizard, didn’t take very long.
Just like in the original story, the area was sparsely populated—known as a “sweet spot” for hunting—and our teamwork, including Kwon Seo-woo, had been great the whole time.
“Wow, Ah-sol, you’re seriously good at this! Are you sure you only awakened recently?”
“Really? Funny how this metal pipe fits perfectly in my hands. It feels… oddly familiar.”
Since I couldn’t use any skills, I helped by beating the monster with a weapon Piuri had given me.
It looked like a normal steel pipe, but it actually had an attack power boost—crafted by a true artisan.
Granted, those two villains kept pushing my patience to the brink, but…
“Mr. Park! Can you please help block that side—”
“Oh dear! You should’ve said something earlier! I thought I didn’t need to do anything, so I was just standing around. Haha! Maybe next time let me know a little sooner?”
Like this kind of nonsense.
“Mr. Chulsoo, could you maybe go over and attack that side? It’d help balance things out.”
“Ah… but do I really have to attack? There are other dealers besides me, you know. And I’m older, so I tire faster than everyone else…”
Or that kind of nonsense.
…Well, it was annoying, but still tolerable.
We continued hunting diligently until evening. A while later…
“Ugh, my back…”
We decided to spend the night in a building near Sinsa Station.
The inside wasn’t furnished—just bare asphalt and steel frames—because the exam area was only meant to mimic an urban setting, not fully replicate it.
There weren’t even blankets to lie on, but after a full day of fighting monsters, even this was a blessing.
God, I’m gonna die…
“Well then, should we assign the night watch? We’ve got six people, so maybe three teams of two?”
I dragged myself up from the floor. I wanted to just pass out, but there was one last thing to take care of.
“Anyone want to take the first shift?”
“I’ll go. I’m tired now and probably won’t wake up if I fall asleep.”
“Same here. I really hate waking up once I’m out.”
Before I even finished, Kim Park-Park and Choi Chulsoo shot their hands up.
“Uh-huh. Of course…”
You bastards. Who isn’t tired right now?
They just didn’t want to be woken up later.
I gave the two a frosty look. I’d half-expected this to happen, but the fact that they so predictably lived down to expectations was annoying in its own right.
“Well, you two volunteered first, so you’re on the first shift. What about the rest? I’ll take second.”
“Oh, then me too!”
“Kwon Seo-woo, you take last shift. You said you were tired earlier.”
When I said that, Piuri cut in bluntly.
“I’ll take second. I don’t really sleep during dawn anyway.”
“So that means Seo-woo and I will take the last shift? Got it!”
Thankfully, aside from those two villains, everyone else was reasonable, so forming the rest of the teams was quick and painless.
The final night watch teams ended up as: me and Piuri, and Shin Yeomyeong with Kwon Seo-woo.
Watching everyone take each other’s condition into account as we organized the shifts made me feel all warm inside. It was so wholesome I felt a renewed love for humanity.
A few minutes later, Kim Park-Park and Choi Chul—ugh, I don’t even want to say their names anymore—left for rooftop duty.
That left us alone in the dark.
I’d assumed the rest of us would just crash instantly from exhaustion, but—
“…Ugh, what are we supposed to do about those guys? They have zero intention of cooperating. Or is it just me?”
Once the two nuisances were gone, a certain mood naturally began to settle over the group.
