Chapter 76
Shinohara Main House
Shinohara Yuzuki returned to the Shinohara main house through a portal after finishing at the Academy.
While soaking in the bath to relieve her fatigue, Shinohara Yuzuki carefully asked Mariko, who had appeared behind her like a ninja.
"Did you find out anything about Sin?"
"No. Nothing at all."
"What about the Korean Hunter Association?"
"They also seemed to know nothing about Sin."
So there really is nothing.
"Hmm, do they really not know anything?"
"While President Ha Jeong-seok might know something, the Korean Hunter Association is known for being clean."
I know that. But there's no such thing as being completely spotless. At the very least, Japan should know something about the Sin issue.
It's not just about not trusting South Korea. Just look at the Chaos Oni incident - because we couldn't respond early due to those crazy bastards dreaming of reviving imperialism.
As a result, Eastern Japan became a complete wasteland.
The only intact area in Eastern Japan was Tokyo, where Japan's elite Hunters were stationed.
"We can't forget the Chaos Oni incident. Father always said it. To be wary of approaching threats. To protect Japan. There's no guarantee that the Sin that broke out in Korea won't cross over to Japan."
That's why we need to find out even a little about Sin. But as announced by the Korean Hunter Association, information about Sin was extremely limited.
"Association President Choi Cheol-sik wouldn't have hidden it. And it would be awkward to approach Yoo Jin-seok. Then I guess it has to be Yoo Eun-ha."
Yoo Jin-seok probably doesn't know anything about this Sin incident in the first place. Then it has to be Yoo Eun-ha.
But Yoo Eun-ha's reaction was quite lukewarm.
She might know something deep about Sin. While the Korean Hunter Association seems to leave Yoo Eun-ha alone because of Yoo Jin-seok, if we play our cards right, we might get information that even the Korean Hunter Association doesn't know.
"Did you look into Yoo Eun-ha?"
"Yes. But there's a bit of a problem."
"Problem?"
Is Yoo Eun-ha some kind of villain? What kind of problem could there be.
"Well. This Academy student Yoo Eun-ha is... yuri."
Mariko had even gone dungeon diving with Yoo Eun-ha before. She hadn't known at all until then, but finding out she was a lesbian was quite shocking.
She deeply contemplated whether to tell this to the head of the family. But after checking the Academy anonymous bulletin board, she had no choice but to speak up.
The head is also a woman, and she's called Japan's greatest beauty.
It would be dangerous if she fell into Yoo Eun-ha's trap.
"Yuri? The Korean Lily Guild?"
I've heard of the Lily Guild.
A guild in Korea made up of only beautiful female Hunters.
Rumor has it that their master, Noah's Flower, will take in any pretty woman even if they're a civilian and force them to become a Hunter.
And Yoo Eun-ha is in such a guild.
"No. That, women's homosexuality. In other words, lesbian."
"Oh. Really?"
Yuri. Lesbian.
No way, the Divine Sword's sister. One of the most promising students in Korea right now is a lesbian.
The world has changed a lot since the Great Cataclysm. Shinohara Yuzuki isn't narrow-minded and thinks same-sex relationships are fine as long as there's love.
But to find out that the girl she was trying to befriend was a lesbian.
"Yes. To approach Yoo Eun-ha, you'd need to seduce her as a woman. Rumors say even Dean Lee Young-hee was visually raped by Yoo Eun-ha."
"Holy shit."
A being that could make even the noble Shinohara head blurt out "holy shit". That was exactly who Yoo Eun-ha was.
Come to think of it, while talking, Yoo Eun-ha seemed to alternate between looking at her face and breasts, and even checked out her legs.
Wait, isn't this dangerous?
"Moreover, Yoo Eun-ha is already in a relationship with Flame of Purification Spear Han Soo-ji and Spirit Arrow Reina, and she even turned the 2nd Divine Sword Choi Si-woo into a woman..."
"Why?"
"Well, on the anonymous bulletin board, they say she turned Choi Si-woo into a woman to make her a lesbian lover. Though that's speculation, and the Academy newspaper reported it like this."
"Let me see it outside."
Shinohara Yuzuki left the bathroom and received that day's Hanseong newspaper from Mariko.
And the headline caught her eye.
U Choi Si-woo's sex change has nothing to do with me... Irresponsible words. Is this what makes a bad woman?
"...No, this looks weird no matter how you look at it."
"Right? It should be Y not U. I guess they just used the surname's alphabet directly."
"That's not what I mean."
No, no matter how you look at it, this is just politicians' excuses.
Shinohara Yuzuki, who became head of the Shinohara family at a young age.
From childhood, she had received gifted education along with imperial studies and Hunter training to live for her family and Japan.
Even she was shocked.
'She sex changed a Divine Sword User saying she wanted the Divine Sword? Because she wanted to be in a relationship with a woman rather than a man?'
Shinohara Yuzuki. As the de facto ruler of Japan and head of a family already known worldwide as the Shinohara Shogunate, she faced her first major obstacle in life.
After spending a while deep in thought, Shinohara Yuzuki calculated the practical benefits.
Anyway, Yoo Eun-ha was the one who defeated Sin. No, beyond that, she might become someone responsible for Korea in the future. We need to get close to her.
'Right. This is for Japan's national interests. Purely for Japan. And with looks like that, I can understand why women fall for her. Just looking at the anonymous bulletin board...'
Shinohara Yuzuki picked up her phone and checked posts about Yoo Eun-ha on the Hanseong Academy anonymous bulletin board.
Title: I really want to fuck Yoo Eun-ha.
I want to rub against her so bad! Fuck! I was straight but that bitch turned me lesbian!
So what?
Nah seeing her face suddenly made me horny. That's when I started wanting to rub against her
Why are there so many yuri villains? Hanseong really is a Villain Academy fr fr
Shut up. Go rub your dick or something.
Right. Posts this bizarre are showing up.
At this rate, maybe it doesn't matter? If I play my cards right, I might be able to make her Shinohara's person.
Of course, seeing is believing, and I can't trust her abilities without seeing them with my own eyes.
Then it would be good to observe for now.
It would be good to prepare in advance.
"So you're saying to get close to Yoo Eun-ha, I need to research lesbians?"
"Pardon?"
"Mariko. First bring me some lesbian novels and manga."
"Yes. Understood."
Right. Let's see what we can learn about Yoo Eun-ha.
Whether we'll become friends, enemies, or just acquaintances. While investigating Sin, it wouldn't be bad to study her as well.
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Hanseong Dormitory
In the girls' dormitory of Hanseong Academy, a short-haired woman in a qipao was speaking Chinese with someone through a Magic Gear.
She was none other than Ping Tao. Unlike Japan's Shinohara Kotone and America's Rosemary, she was a foreign student who didn't blend in with the class at all.
Having learned only that China was supreme and living only for China, she saw no need to get close to Koreans or other foreigners.
Are you looking into Sin?
"Yes. But Korea seems to know nothing right now."
We don't have despicable spies like those little Japanese, so we only asked about Sin as a formality. You know why I called.
Sin is just a formality. There's no need to dig up what even the World Hunter Alliance doesn't know about, and China has other priorities right now.
"It's because of Yoo Eun-ha, isn't it."
Thanks to Divine Sword User Yoo Jin-seok appearing in that tiny peninsula country, our Zhonghua was overshadowed by Korea of all places. If his sister turns out to be even more amazing than Yoo Jin-seok, it would be a huge loss of face for Zhonghua. Can you win?
"While I don't know much about Yoo Eun-ha yet, she has many openings. She's such a naive girl that she even allows surprise attacks."
To Ping Tao, Yoo Eun-ha seemed to have so many openings that she could be taken down with a single attack. She thought the Korean media and Academy were just overhyping Yoo Eun-ha.
She didn't know that Yoo Eun-ha allowed surprise attacks because she was confident she could win even when ambushed.
What about Divine Sword User Choi Si-woo?
"While Choi Si-woo shows no openings when hostile, she becomes like a lovesick girl when she sees Yoo Eun-ha. She can hardly be called a martial artist."
Divine Sword User. One granted swordsmanship and massive attribute techniques by the Constellation Divine Sword. A being worthy of being called a martial artist.
Yet Divine Sword User Choi Si-woo was so head over heels for Yoo Eun-ha that she wouldn't notice if her neck was cut.
Other Hunters could tell just by looking at those two who could be called Korea's strongest rookies.
The Korea of Yoo Jin-seok's generation no longer exists.
So you're saying you can win depending on the situation.
"Yes."
Whether sparring or whatever, absolutely do not lose to Choi Si-woo or Yoo Eun-ha. Shinohara is already annoying enough, Zhonghua cannot lose to barbarians again.
"Yes General!"
Ping Tao hung up the Magic Gear and bowed her head once toward the west.
Ping Tao. A Hunter belonging to the Beijing Warlord, her goal was to defeat Choi Si-woo and Yoo Eun-ha to revive Zhonghua as the center of the world in this Hunter era.
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A few days after returning to the Academy. Hanseong Academy Class A mostly studied about practical experience and guilds.
Since all the remaining students already knew the basics, it was natural. But if this is all we're doing, why even attend the Academy?
Should I just drop out and go straight to being a villain?
No. I need to balance being both a Hunter and villain. That way I can use Yoo Jin-seok's generation's guilds to fight against Sin.
Now that the villains in the Incheon area have been dealt with or recruited by Choi Shia and the villain organization White Flower, it's time to move to other regions.
"Alright, today we're going dungeon training."
Finally Firebat announced a decent training program.
Though it's probably just orders from the Association.
"A dungeon?"
"This time is a bit different. Since the level of students in this class is too high. We'll send you to a guild-owned dungeon."
A guild-owned dungeon? At this time it can only be the Lily Guild.
"If it's a guild-owned dungeon..."
"It's the Yuri Dungeon owned by the Lily Guild."
Lily Guild. While Cheonsan is Hanseong's corporate sponsor, Lily has had connections with Hanseong since it was first built.
The school emblem is even modeled after a lily.
And the Yuri Dungeon is one of the dungeons owned by the Lily Guild.
Monsters made of glass appear.
Actually it's nothing special. Except for the boss, there are just lots of monsters. Unlike the mecha dungeon, the interior isn't even maze-like.
This was the first guild dungeon that Choi Si-woo entered in the original.
However, this dungeon has insane human wave tactics. The monsters all swarm in unmanageable numbers.
"Is the Yuri Dungeon that one with the crazy numbers?"
"Yeah. Huh, you already know about it?"
I know a bit.
I even remember the explanation about how even the treasure chests were made of glass, which disappointed Choi Si-woo and the heroines.
"Ah, yes."
"Well since Eun-ha is here, I guess I don't need to explain."
What the fuck, bitch?
"Hey. Instructor."
This bitch is just dumping everything on me. Is she really just collecting a paycheck? Looking at her recently, she seems to be trying to separate out all the skilled students.
No matter what, shouldn't she at least fulfill her duties as an instructor?
"Just go outside after this period ends. A vehicle sent by the Lily Guild will come, you can take that to the Yuri Dungeon."
"What about you, Instructor?"
"Me? I'm gonna go have fun."
Is this bitch really human? Planning to slack off somewhere.
"Hey, you're an instructor."
"Whatever, sadly I'm busy with Sin Day stuff so I need to stop by the Association."
Firebat made her one-sided announcement and then opened the window and jumped out.
Right. In other words, she ran away.
I'll definitely get back at that bitch someday. Definitely.
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