Chapter 86
86 fury
Interlude - Point Settlement (1)
Zzz
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Someone's cell phone is asleep, a new song by popular singer 'Bus Small, Bus Small', and a song about a man and a woman going to a karaoke bar are playing as ringtones..
Ding_
“hello……?”
[What's wrong with your voice? No way, he’s woken up now?]
“ mom……
[Isn't today Monday? I'm not going to school?]
“I have to go now……
[Ugh, I can't survive.!]
“It's still okay... I can fit it just right……
[Wake up, boy! I'll be late!]
“Wow... I hate Mondays so much......
Scratch Scratch Scratch.
“Should I just say it hurts and not go?……
[Still gotta go, bitch…….]
The mother's voice raises her voice as if she is pathetic..
[you are a teacher…….]
Hwa-eun rolled over and fell to the floor, wrapped in a blanket..
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-
10After washing her hair, washing her face, and brushing her teeth in just one minute, Hwa-eun finished using skin lotion, basic makeup, and installing eyebrows on her BB in another 10 minutes at a devilish speed.
As she was drying her hair with a hair dryer, her cell phone rang again..
［♬♬］
Ding_
“Ah~ Mom! I'm getting ready for work, I'm busy!”
［I called to see if you were sleeping again, bitch..］
“ I woke up!”
[Okay, great, drive carefully..]
“How old are you and you wake me up with a phone call? Mom too, really..”
[If you feel unfair, get married.]
Hwa-eun threw her cell phone onto the bed at the sound of her mother's voice scolding her from far away..
[hello? #"%$#]
“Yes I love you too~”
The phone soon turns off as if resigned..
Hwa-eun hurriedly straightened her hair with a curling iron and confirmed that she had 5 minutes left..
She quickly sets the alarm and sits back in her chair..
This is her trick for controlling sleepy mornings, as she leans on a chair and takes a short nap for fear of damaging her hair if she lies down..
Zzz
She doesn't play games at all, but she sleeps for a while on the large gaming chair, also known as the PC room chair, which she bought because it is famous for being comfortable..
[There is no way! No way! cancer!!
cancer!! Ahhhhh!!!] The alarm rings soon after a short sleep time has passed..
Piyu stands up from his seat with a sigh..
Hwa-eun puts on her outerwear, packs her bag, and heads out the front door..
As if she had never been sleeping in her underwear, she has transformed into a sophisticated and mature working woman..
Eventually, Hwa-eun arrives at the school and enters the main office on the second floor..
“Hello~ Thank you very much. I am the newly appointed teacher Hanari. Please take care of me.……
In the teacher's office, a short, young female teacher who had been newly appointed as a replacement for the science teacher who had died of a heart attack was walking around the teacher's office and saying hello..
Hwa-eun takes advantage of the crowd and hurriedly bends down to open the door..
“Nice to meet you, have a nice day. You have been assigned to a good place for your first assignment..”
“yes, thank you……
“Please take care of me too. But you must have a hard time in class. Because the students are mischievous.”
Taking advantage of the teachers' attention being focused on the new female teacher, she sneaks to her seat..
Fortunately, everyone's attention is focused on the cute and awkward new teacher, so no one looks at her..
Finally, Hwa-eun sits down safely and puts down her bag..
The lady in the back seat, a Chinese character teacher, quickly pulls up a chair and whispers in a quick tone to Hwa-eun, who is trying to catch her breath..
“I heard that I was hired immediately after my appointment, but after a while, I became a science teacher and was assigned here..”
“Ahaha… okay……
Hwa-eun smiles awkwardly.
Either way, the Chinese character teacher whispers seriously..
“24How old are you, 24 years old? The hardships are clear.”
“You're young, ahaha.”
A typical Chinese character teacher who whispers things without being asked and is sensitive to rumors..
However, Hwa-eun has a cool personality and responds with a smile..
“Instead of a science teacher, oh my. I'm going into first grade.?”
“yes. Still, I'm glad the midterm exams are over. There is no way the progress will be disrupted..”
“That's right, ahaha.”
A woman whispering seriously about something insignificant. After a conversation with a co-worker, Teacher Han Ari comes this way as if she has completed her personnel tour..
He was about to sit down across from Hwa-eun in his former science teacher's seat, but when he saw her, he stood up again and said hello..
“Hello, I am the newly appointed teacher Hanari. i look forward to……
“Yes, please take care of me!”
Hwa-eun responds with a bright smile..
“It's hectic trying to adapt to something new, right? Still, all the teachers here are nice. You won't have any inconvenience during your stay..”
“thank you……!”
Teacher Hanari bows down with unnecessary enthusiasm..
Looks like a typical rookie.
‘The hardships must be clear.’
Hwa-eun greeted me with a smile, but inside she sighed..
It's not a lie that the teacher is nice, it's the truth..
However, the enemies of the newly appointed young female teacher are not her fellow teachers, but the students she is supposed to teach..
‘I hope you don't cry.’
Hwa-eun shook her head, recalling her first appointment..
And after checking the next class, period 1, I stood up..
‘···24You're 10 years younger than me..’
As Hwa-eun stands up, she sticks her head out over the desk partition and peeks at Teacher Han-ari..
Even the sight of him tidying up his desk was full of freshness..
‘Totally a chick, chick.’
Teacher Han-ari, who is small and petite, has a style that is completely opposite to Hwa-eun..
As long as you put on your school uniform, you won't feel out of place at all even if you blend in with the students..
‘Still, it's much better than the gloomy old man who was always blunt and silent..’
I felt like I had a cute younger sister and decided to treat her well.
She left the teacher’s office..
* * *
[2019Monday, April 29,, 08： 52]
[Lee Jun - 2nd episode]
[ghost story point : 647]
[causality : 14%]
“ZZz……
After my homeroom teacher's boring assembly, I was sleeping on my desk, unable to overcome my Monday sickness..
“ Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun.”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Someone whispered words that triggered trauma in my ear, so I jumped out of my seat and stood up..
When I turned around, I saw Hayun covering her mouth with her hand and laughing..
“···Ha, it's Hayun. hi……
“hi~”
She gently waves her finger and says hello..
“Oh, I didn't wear my glasses today too.……
“I care?”
“Oh no… what……
Because of the thrilling charm that made people cringe, I couldn't make eye contact and looked elsewhere..
Before that, I just thought she was pretty and had no other thoughts, but ever since I saw Hayun without her glasses, for some reason, every time we talked, I started to worry about small things..
For example, is my posture okay for having a conversation right now?.
I feel like I'm standing there hesitantly.
Because my voice seems to be locked, I sometimes cough and cough to clear my throat, or I get embarrassed and squeak during a conversation..
As I look around, I see not only me but also male students glancing at Hayun..
“···Was there a kid like that in our class??”
“what was his name……
Hayoon smiles and opens her lips.
“The midterm exam scores came out, but I didn’t go to check.?”
“···huh?”
Come to think of it, first period is about to start, and our class is strangely quiet..
I guess everyone went to check their grades..
“Let's go see it, quickly.!”
«huh
Suna, who was watching us from the next division, also stands up and follows us..
“Manager, you’re here. He was sleeping so soundly that I didn't wake him up and just came..”
“okay. thank you for your concern.”
1Bulletin board next to the grade office on the first floor.
As we walked towards the students who were gathered around loudly, Kyungwon, who had arrived first, turned around and said hello..
“So what rank are you in??”
“ Hehehe······
Kyungwon smiles and raises his glasses..
“I am 4th in school.”
“wow… I am?”
“You were worse than me.”
“uh. okay.”
After giving a rough answer, I went among the students and looked at the bulletin board to check their rank..
The names of first graders are written densely on large sheets of paper..
“Let's see……
〈1Grade 1 midterm exam total school rank〉
1Banjanghun, back
2Lee Chae-rin
3I have one back
4back optician
‘It's really 4th place.’
As expected, Kyungwon is really good at studying..
I nodded again..
‘After that……
As I was looking for a name I knew, I found Hayun..
12In Ha-yoon, etc.
‘···You're good too.’
But what can I say.
In Hayun's case, I thought she would do better, but I feel like she came out lower than expected.?
Of course, compared to me, who stayed in the 40s and 50s despite my efforts in my previous life, 12th place is a level that cannot be surpassed, and if I maintain it until the 3rd year, I am guaranteed a place in Seoul..
I thought it was unexpected compared to the smart, intelligent, and mysterious image she usually exuded..
‘I thought Hayun would be in the single digits. hmm.’
Then, as I wandered around looking for a name I recognized again, I was surprised after going down only a few spaces..
15etc.
‘15etc… … ? really?’
I was dumbfounded..
I checked again to see if my name was correct, but I was ranked 15th..
There is no reason to be confused because it is a foreign name, it is clearly a correct ranking..
‘···15etc. wow.’
It's the best grade I've ever gotten in my life..
‘You played really well?’
You played really well.
Hoo.
15etc.?
I?
Hmm?
A feeling of excitement and exhilaration for some reason.
The corners of my mouth rise and my head tilts and I smile..
‘I'm like this?’
3High school life starts again from the beginning after missing a year.
It would be pathetic if I didn't get good grades, but honestly, it's true that I didn't prepare that hard this time..
Even that was intertwined with the science teacher's curse, so I didn't pay much attention to the test..
‘Even if you hit it with your foot, you still rank 15th??’
“Hehe, I was worried because I thought I was going to lose to the manager..”
Kyungwon, who I like and smiles next to me.
“Still, I'm the brains person in the club, but if I lose to the manager, I lose face..”
I guess he thought of me as competition..
Is the bravado I used to get him to join me still working?.
“Huh. I'm usually in the single digits. I didn't get 15th place..”
“know. It's because I'm distracted by the science teacher..”
An optician who says it’s obvious.
“Even though I went through the stress of dying from a heart attack several times during the exam period, I think it's actually amazing that I ranked 15th..”
“···Well, something like that..”
A guy who doesn't even think about something as trivial as running using regression..
I think I mentioned it once before, but I guess I haven't remembered it yet because it's a timeline where something happened that never happened before. Perhaps because he grew up well, unlike me, who was a miserable person, there was a part of me that wasn't socially influenced..
“But I won't let down my guard, Manager. Do your best on the final exam. Let’s stick with our skills like men who were aiming for special selection..”
“Hehehe.”
Why are you pushing it towards rivalry?.
Instead of answering, I cleared my throat and started looking at the rankings again..
‘The rest of the members... Let's see.’
After that, I had to go down a long way..
74Deok-Hoon Oh, etc.
‘hmm. Deokhoon does it too..’
Basically, is it because my butt is heavy?.
Considering that the total number of students in the school is about 300, 74th place is still a good score that puts you in the top 30%..
It's about the same rank I got in my previous life if I played around and passed the test with ease..
‘···Seona is?’
I could only find Suna's grades after going back down for a while..
163etc. Yun Seon-ah
‘This is also surprising.’
It seems like you don't do anything else during class, take notes hard, and study a lot during exams..
‘Are you the type of person who works hard but doesn’t get good grades?……?’
She is a female student who is pitiful in many ways..
Now that I think about it, I remember Seon-ah having trouble following Gyeong-won's explanations when she was out solving ghost stories..
As an optician who is a professional explainer, his explanation was a friendly lecture that pointed out only the key points so that even people without knowledge in the field could understand, but Seon-ah often seemed unable to follow along..
‘···Sunah is definitely not the type that looks smart. There are some dark corners.’
Paat-
[Your understanding of the character Yoon Seon-ah has increased by 5..]
I then looked at the rest of the ranks, but perhaps for the sake of students' human rights, the list only included the top 200..
Of course, Jinhee’s name wasn’t in it..
After such a lazy Monday, after school.
Carrying bags and new bags, our ghost story club gathered in the club room to settle points..
“Who is Teacher Jang Hwa-eun? You don't have to call me?”
“First of all, we resolved the ghost story from the day before yesterday between us. Let's do this today.”
“hmm……
The members looked a little sorry that they were leaving the teacher again..
However, it is true that we solved it on our own, and there is an air of acceptance that they did not want the pie to be divided..
“so? Everyone's been thinking?”
I sat at the head of the desk and looked at the other five people..
“100 points per person. Either level up or receive 1 million won worth of cash in kind. You can choose.”
Members secretly looking at each other.
They look a little nervous as millions of won are exchanged in high school clubs..
“Don't be too serious.”
I tried to calm the mood and motioned for them to calm down..
“It's a reward. A reward for hard work. You don't have to feel guilty about getting money. Everyone fought for their lives..”
“···yes.”
Kyungwon nodded with his arms crossed..
“I agree with that part. We deserve to enjoy this much. but……
Kyungwon slightly tilts his head.
“What I'm worried about is that money will make things a little weird.……
“ me too······
Sun-ah cautiously agrees with a look that says she has been waiting..
“Because of things like this, we are all greedy... I'm worried that might happen……
“that's right. Before, I was a little excited and said something like promising 2 billion won per person, but for some reason, it still bothered me. I feel like I'm doing something bad.”
hmm!
I was so moved by their innocence that I clenched my fists..
After all, a 17-year-old high school student is purely me..
An unspoiled age where you feel burdened by the exchange of large sums of money and feel sorry for the concept of receiving compensation for your labor..
“Of course, I also thought a lot about that part. but.”
I nodded and tried to persuade him by slowly giving realistic conditions..
“These three years we have to fight for. It will be too long and difficult to get through with only friendship, morality, and a sense of justice. As long as you continue your club activities at this pace, I cannot guarantee your grades..”
“···That's right.”
“It's natural that you don't have enough time to invest in studying, and there may be times when you have to skip school and go out. Even if it's okay right now, the difference is clearly visible for third-year students with entrance exams just around the corner. Even then, will we be able to function only with friendship or a sense of justice??”
Guys with no answer.
“However, even if I take care of your grades, I can't commit suicide and come back and hand out cheating sheets every time I take the test over 10 times, and there will be many instances where I have to make excuses to my parents or get criticized by my friends and teachers when I engage in activities other than entrance exams..”
“···I guess so.”
“Besides that, there are many practical problems we will face. So the distribution of these points is important..”
Members nodding their heads slowly.
“40100 million is still 3 years away, and there are realistic problems we will naturally face in that time. The distribution of points is a psychological device to prevent that. I can't take care of everything about your family affairs, but these small rewards will help you both psychologically and practically..”
“agree.”
After hearing the explanation, Gyeongwon nods his head..
“Now that I think about it, adults also intentionally create step-groups where money is exchanged. We could just get together..”
“that's right. I think of those as devices that hold the group together..”
Buwon is slowly becoming more understanding.
"s’.
I told them there was no need to feel guilty about this..
“It's natural to work and get rewarded in the first place. Don't be fooled by media outlets that say good things like saving the world shouldn't cost anything. There has to be a price. That way I can endure it.”
“···Well, I get it..”
“Let's make it quick, fuck.”
The members, led by Gyeongwon, slowly nod their heads and Jinhee looks irritated..
“good. Well then, let’s get to the point. Everyone has decided what to choose?”
“of course! I spent the weekend happily thinking about that.~”
Deokhoon chuckled and answered with a smile..
“good. Just in case someone notices, please send me what you chose first via KakaoTalk. Take a look.”
Morally, it is the right choice to level up to overcome the world's crisis..
In contrast, receiving something in kind may be seen as a personal act for self-interest. But I really want them to be free to choose what they need..
In particular, Seon-a, who seems to be choosing money due to her family's circumstances, is worried that she might choose to level up based on what others think, so she tries to receive opinions through KakaoTalk in advance..
Soon, the members picked up their cell phones and started typing what they had chosen, and my cell phone vibrated one after another..
I slowly checked their answers.
‘···Surprisingly, most people chose physical goods.?’
Only two people chose to level up.
After confirming, I nodded..
“good. Well, I don’t think there will be any problem. Then start distributing right away..”
ghost story club
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